7. The character of the Zhao family
The five people in the two carriages in the back also felt ashamed that the Zhao family did not return the property they had borrowed by their in-laws after they left their relatives.
When the Zhao family moved to live in the county seat, they thought that it was a house bought by a scholar's family, and it was also in Wenkui Lane, where scholars gather in the county.
Correspondingly, the housing prices here are also relatively high, and when he bought a house at that time, Zhao's father licked his face and borrowed a sum of money from An's father.
It's been ten years younger, and it hasn't been paid back yet.
What's even more speechless is that not only did he not repay the money he borrowed before, but he also borrowed nearly 10,000 taels of silver because of the two families.
"Miss has arrived."
Da Zhuang parked the car in front of a house, a red-painted gate with two lanterns hanging on the door.
An Rui and Second Uncle An got out of the carriage first.
When An Xin was about to come down, An Rui wanted to help her, and An Xin waved his hand and jumped down by himself.
An Rui's eyes widened, when did his cousin become so fierce.
An Xin handed the box in his hand to An Rui, turned around and helped Aunt An out of the carriage.
The five people in the two carriages behind also followed.
Da Zhuang was instructed by his master to knock on the door, "Knock! ”
With a creak, the door of the Zhao family was opened from the inside by the doorman, and the probe saw a group of people at the door.
Frowning, he asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”
An Xin looked at Mending's impatient appearance in her eyes, her eyes turned cold, she didn't believe that Mending didn't recognize Second Uncle An who was standing at the front.
It seems that after the death of An's father, the Zhao family really felt that no one in the An family could hold up the door, so even a subordinate dared to despise the second uncle of An so much.
It's also a good thing that Zhao's father is also a lifter, so how can he put Second Uncle An in his eyes.
Their family was able to decide to quit their relatives so decisively, also because Zhao Kui was admitted to Tongsheng, and the future is promising, and they feel that an orphan girl in the original body is no longer worthy of their son.
"Go in and report to your master, and say that someone from the An family has asked for a debt.
Originally, I wanted to save some face for your master, but it was you, the doorman, who not only didn't go in to report, but also blocked and didn't let you in. ”
An Xin saw someone in the alley stretching out his head to visit, and sighed helplessly: "Alas, you have to let us explain your intentions before you are willing to go to your master."
This is the first time I've seen such a way of receiving visitors. ”
"You are talking nonsense, how can my master owe you a debt to settle down." The skinny-skinned monkey-like doorman rolled his eyes and said with disdain.
An Xin smiled.
How did the Zhao family choose the immortal disciples.
The doormen chosen by ordinary people are not honest and honest, and it is not easy to offend people.
It's just that the brain is more active, even if the owner is not refusing to visit, it will make the visitor leave very comfortably.
An Xin was originally worried that the Zhao family would not be able to repay it for a while because they had borrowed too much money, or they would directly cheat.
Now that his doormen have handed over the ladder, how can An Xin be polite to the Zhao family.
She beckoned to Eversheds.
An Rui ran over with a wooden box in his hand, "Cousin." ”
An Xin nodded to him, opened the wooden box, and took out a few pieces of paper from inside.
Turning around, he arched his hand to the people who were slowly gathering in the alley, as if he was forced to prove helplessly:
"It's not that I settled down to ruin the reputation of the Zhao family outside, but that the Zhao family's doormen suspected us of lying and came to slander his master.
In order to prove his innocence, please see, this is an IOU signed by Zhao Juren. There is also a record of books borrowed by his son, Zhao Kui, in the Wanhua Academy that I set up in my family.
This can prove that our An family is not here to blackmail his Zhao family. ”
Most of the people who live in this alley are scholars, not to mention the men, even the women who live here, and many of them are literate.
A: "It is indeed an IOU and a borrowing record, my eldest sister's son used to study in Wanhua Academy.
When he came back, he said jealously that they were ordinary students and could only borrow those books in the academy.
Only the son of the Zhao family, who is related to the Ansan family by marriage, can borrow books from the academy to read. ”
B: "And there is Zhao Juren's signature on the IOU, and there is also a record of Zhao Juren's son's borrowing on the borrowing book, so it is impossible to be fake."
It seems that the Zhao family did borrow these things and did not pay them back. ”
C: "Didn't you hear that the Zhao family retired from the An family a while ago?" Why, until now, I haven't returned the money I owe and the books I borrowed. ”
A word startled, a thousand waves.
Only then did the onlookers come back to their senses.
"Yes! I have retired from other people's relatives, why don't I return the money and borrowed things to others in advance, and ask others to ask for it in person. ”
"The doorman of the Zhao family is still so arrogant, he didn't even let people enter the door, and forced people to come up with evidence to prove that they were not blackmailing."
An Xin's comical operation, the second Uncle An's family who came with him, as well as Zhu Shijing, Li Ziyu, Leng Xiangbai, Jiang Zhou, and Liu Boxing, the five students were dumbfounded.
This is taking advantage of the trend, but this big devil can play clearly.
The Zhao family's reputation this time is not to say that it is notorious, but the character is definitely doubtful.
Several people tightened their faces and glanced at each other, and they all had a premonition that they would have a wonderful life in the future.
When Zhao Juren and his wife Wang heard the movement and hurried over, the scene in front of them almost made them faint.
Looking at An Xin, who has always been a figurine, his gaze is even more gloomy.
If eyes could kill, An Xin felt that he might have died a thousand times.
After Zhao Juren came out, he glanced at An Xin with gloomy eyes, and then immediately looked at Second Uncle An, looking disdainful of talking to the woman.
said in a reproachful tone: "An Xiucai, you just watched your niece messing around at the door, and you didn't stop it." ”
Second Uncle An has the temperament of a scholar, and since he knew the misconduct of the Zhao family, he looked down on Zhao Juren's behavior a little.
However, under the gaze of so many people, Second Uncle An still arched his hand to Zhao Juren, and he still had to have the politeness he should have.
"We came to visit, and your doorman had to ask the reason for the visit.
We had no choice but to say it, and he wanted to slander us for talking nonsense.
If we don't come up with evidence to prove our innocence, it doesn't prove our nonsense.
Isn't it Zhao Juren on the IOU, the silver you borrowed from my brother when you bought a house and a shop?
And the dozen or so books that your son borrowed from the academy, have you not finished reading them for so long, then his knowledge is nothing more than that. ”
Although Second Uncle An admits that he is clumsy, but to tell the truth, he still will.
"You, you, you ......" Zhao Juren was speechless for a while, because it was indeed the IOU signed by An Yuanrong when he borrowed money.
There are also books about the imperial examination that his son usually borrows from Wanhua Academy, and these books that have been annotated by An's father, a jinshi, are very rare for scholars.
Unexpectedly, there was only one orphan girl left in the An family, and she dared to come out to ask his Zhao family for money, isn't she afraid of being embarrassed?
If An Xin knew what Zhao Juren was thinking, he would tell him cleanly: No.
Those who borrow money are not afraid of being embarrassed, she is a borrower, and she wants to lose anyone.
Zhao Juren is a scholar anyway, but he has to take out so much silver at once, except for selling houses and shops, his family really can't take it out.
If he wanted to repay the debt, he also had to take care of the face of the scholar, so he glanced at the doorman fiercely.
Mending looked at the old man with such a terrible look, his legs were weak in fright, and he knelt down with a thud.
Zhao Juren had the heart to kill this doorman at this time, if he hadn't taken it upon himself to stop people from entering, how could he have made a fuss known to everyone if he borrowed money and didn't pay it back.
Hearing the whispers of the people around him, Zhao Juren had a dark face and secretly gave his wife a look.