Chapter 395: The Humble Nature
Chapter 395: The Humble Nature
Xia Jinwan, the wealthy man of "Guanlin Town", didn't go to the ladies' rooms for a few days, even the room where he tried his best to get home and newly married the seventh lady Yaoyao, he rarely set foot in.
This abnormal phenomenon made the other ladies confused, and they couldn't figure out what happened to their wealthy man, Xia Jinwan, and made him go the opposite way.
It wasn't until one day that Dong Lang, the son of the widow in the west of the town, knelt in front of Xia Jinwan, the rich man of this "Guanlin Town", that these ladies guessed the mind of Xia Jinwan, the rich man who was in charge of their house, and it turned out that Xia Jinwan, the evil rich man, had fallen in love with Liu E, the daughter-in-law of the widow of Wu.
It is no wonder that Xia Jinwan, a wealthy man who has never touched the cloth business, actually spent a lot of money to open seven or eight silk cloth villages in "Guanlin Town", as long as the cloth shop of Dong Lang, the son of the widow Wu, buys what kind of cloth, their cloth shop sells, and the texture is exactly the same as the cloth of Dong Lang, the son of the widow of Wu.
However, the price is very different, the rich man Xia Jinwan and his family of cloth as if they don't need money, as long as the widow Wu's son sells at any price, he will sell half of the price to everyone, so that the whole "Guanlin Town" parents and villagers think that the rich man Xia Jinwan of this "Guanlin Town" has a good heart and has done good deeds, and they have praised this rich man Xia Jinwan is a great good person.
Dong Lang, the son of the widow Wu, could withstand such a toss, and it didn't take long for the entire cloth shop to make ends meet, but Dong Lang, the son of the widow Wu, who has always admitted to death, is still stubbornly supporting his cloth shop, and he even sold some of his family's ancestral property to support the daily expenses of the cloth shop.
After another period of time, Dong Lang, the son of the widow of Wu, couldn't support it, so he went to the restaurant to drink and get drunk, and happened to meet Xia Xiong, the housekeeper of Xia Mansion, Xia Xiong, who was very enthusiastic to accompany him to drink and chat, and he had nothing to talk about, Dong Lang, the son of this widow of Wu, actually made friends with Xia Xiong, the housekeeper of this Xia Mansion, and went to the restaurant every three or five to drink old wine and express the sullenness in his heart.
This came and went, Xia Xiong and Dong Lang turned out to be friends, once Xia Xiong brought some wine and food to Dong Lang's house to drink, Dong Lang drank until he was slightly drunk, and complained to this Xia Xiong, saying that he was ashamed of his ancestors, and the family property left by his ancestors was so ruined, and then sighed and complained about life in front of Xia Xiong, the housekeeper of this Xia Mansion.
Xia Xiong saw Dong Lang like this, so he proposed that a man should be like a man, and where he fell, he had to stand up somewhere.
Dong Lang said that he had reached the point of exhaustion, he couldn't afford to toss anymore, and there was almost no rice to cook at home, Xia Xiong said, since we are friends, he can't watch his friend fall, he said that he went back tonight to discuss with their Xia Dashan people, and borrowed a little silver for Dong Lang to make a comeback.
When Dong Lang heard Xia Xiong's words, he was really moved to tears, and he almost knelt in front of this friend Xia Xiong!
The next day, Dong Lang, the son of this black widow, really went to the Xia Mansion of the rich man Xia Jinwan to borrow silver. When this Dong Lang asked the rich man Xia Jinwan to borrow fifty taels of silver, the rich man Xia Jinwan actually said, who lives in this world without a difficulty or something, fifty taels to do business is a bit less, I will lend you a hundred taels of silver, as long as you make money at that time, you can pay me back.
Dong Lang, the son of the widow Wu, thanked the rich man Xia Jinwan a thousand times, and then took the borrowed silver, ready to continue to do the cloth business, ready to make a comeback, who knows that no matter what kind of cloth he makes, he will always lose, because of "Guanlin Town" Several other cloth shops are selling the same cloth as him, and it is cheaper than his cloth, even half sold and half sent, Dong Lang, the son of the widow of Wu, went door to door to find these cloth shops theory, people said, everyone do their own business, don't care how others do business, others also said, they are looking at the people of "Guanlin Town" life is too hard, many people can't afford to buy cloth to go home to make clothes for their children, are they doing wrong in these cloth shops half selling and half sending?
This toss, Dong Lang, the son of the widow Wu, lost dozens of taels of silver again, there was no way, he said that since this is the case, he will change to other businesses.
But no matter what he does, there are always a few families that are the same as when he made cloth, they are all half sold and half sent, in the final analysis, Dong Lang, the son of the widow Wu, what is he doing and what he is missing, coming and going, he now owes the rich man Xia Jinwan three hundred taels of silver, so that the son of the widow Wu Dong Lang is gratifying that the rich man Xia Jinwan has never asked him to ask him for the three hundred taels of silver he owes.
After a while, Xia Xiong found Dong Lang and said, although you and I are good friends, what should you do if you owe Xia Jinwan, the rich man, so much silver? Xia Xiong also said, these three hundred taels of silver, he is a housekeeper in Xia Mansion for a lifetime, maybe he can't earn three hundred taels of silver, now although the rich man Xia Jinwan did not force him to ask for this three hundred taels of silver, but this matter is his Xia Xiong's head, the owner must put the pressure of repaying the silver on his shoulders, and when he left, Xia Xiong asked Dong Lang, the son of the black widow, to quickly find a way to repay the three hundred taels of silver.
When it came to this time to repay three hundred taels of silver, Dong Lang knew that he had already fallen into a catastrophe, how could he have the ability to repay the three hundred taels of silver now.
This matter is not until now, Liu E, the daughter-in-law of this widow, has only learned a little about it, and she is a woman who is also frightened all of a sudden, so much silver, they just don't eat or drink I don't know how many years it will take.
That Xia Xiong came twice again, but this Dong Lang felt that he had no face to meet, so he let his wife Liu E come out to perfunctory this Xia Xiong, and Xia Xiong also said when he left, if Dong Lang didn't pay back the silver, the rich man Xia Jinwan would really come to demolish their house, so there was no way, and when Xia Xiong came to ask for money for the third time, that Dong Lang had to come out to meet his friend Xia Xiong.
When Xia Xiong saw Dong Lang, he first scolded this Dong Lang, saying that he was not a friend enough, he saw that he was down, so he took him to the wealthy Xia Jin's family to borrow silver, but now Dong Lang has put this matter on him Xia Xiong, what kind of friend is this? Dong Lang also felt that he was at a loss, and begged for mercy again and again, and then Xia Xiong said, recently Xia Jinwan, the rich man of the owner's family, is not in good health, and there is a lack of someone to take care of and serve him, and you can't come out of the silver now, so it is better to let Liu E go to the rich man Xia Jinwan of the owner to do long-term work, serve and take care of the rich man Xia Jinwan, and slowly repay the three hundred taels of silver.
There was no way, Liu E had no choice but to put down the young child and go into the Xia Mansion to serve and take care of the rich man Xia Jinwan, what Liu E never expected was that the rich man Xia Jinwan was kind and pleasant to this Liu E, shh
One day, Liu E just walked into the room of the rich man Xia Jinwan, ready to clean up, who knew that the voice of the rich man Xia Jinwan and Xia Xiong came from the room, Liu E kept an eye on it, did not knock on the door and went in, and secretly hid outside the door to listen to what the two of them were talking about.
Liu E heard Xia Xiong, the housekeeper of the Xia Mansion in the room, say to the rich man Xia Jinwan: When will Dong Lang pay us three hundred taels of silver, it is better to report to the official, arrest him, and then convert their house into silver.
Liu E also heard the voice of the rich man Xia Jinwan scolding this Xia Xiong, and only heard the rich man Xia Jinwan say: When everyone is in trouble, when you do this, where do you put your friend Dong Lang? Don't mention this matter in the future.
Widow Wu's daughter-in-law Liu E listened carefully and clearly outside the room, and scolded the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of Xia Xiong, the housekeeper of Xia Mansion, in her heart, and secretly thanked Xia Jinwan, a big rich man, and there were a lot of adults.
One day, Liu E went to the room of the rich man Xia Jinwan to clean as usual, who knew that the rich man Xia Jinwan had been lying in the room for many days without eating or drinking, and the family couldn't ask why he came.
Originally, Liu E had to go home every night, but now that the rich man Xia Jinwan has such an illness, she is embarrassed to go home, she has to take care of and serve the rich man Xia Jinwan all the time.
Due to the tiredness of the days, Liu E actually fell asleep on the table outside the room of the rich man Xia Jinwan, when she was dazed, she felt that someone had put a dress on herself, she woke up suddenly, she saw the rich man Xia Jinwan, under the dim oil lamp, sitting quietly next to herself, looking at herself in her sleep, the clothes on her body turned out to be the fur coat that the rich man Xia Jinwan loved.
Liu E, who was very tired, suddenly felt as if her heart was warmed by someone, and that strong and cold heart had the same strange feeling, she was also a person from the past, and she could also see his innermost thoughts from the hot and eager eyes of the rich man Xia Jinwan.
On that night, Liu E dedicated herself to the rich man Xia Jinwan, Liu E thought that the rich man Xia Jinwan liked himself on a whim, and he was so reluctant a few times, maybe he would not be interested, who knows, since he and the rich man Xia Jinwan had a night, he was out of control, and the rich man Xia Jinwan had to pester himself every day, stuffy in the room every day, and do that kind of nonsense.
In this way, Liu E can't go home on time every night, and Dong Lang, the son of the widow, also suspects that his daughter-in-law has something unsightly to do with the rich man Xia Jinwan.
Dong Lang didn't fully understand until this time that he might have fallen into the trap designed by others in advance, but others were soft-spoken and poor, who would listen to him?
The officials of the yamen arrested this Dong Lang and locked him up for a few days, then released him, and also took care of him not to cause trouble.
After this Dong Lang came back from the yamen, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, the more angry he was and drank desperately, as soon as he drank, he was going to get drunk, and after he got drunk, he was going to go to the gate of the Xia Mansion of the rich man Xia Jinwan to make trouble, at first, the rich man Xia Jinwan could still bear him, and later, this Dong Lang was getting worse and worse, and the rich man Xia Jinwan was also a person who had seen the world, and he had long been disgusted with Dong Lang who was drunk and making trouble every day, but every time he saw Dong Lang's wife Liu E, he couldn't bear it.
Because of this rich man Xia Jinwan, since he had a relationship with Dong Lang's wife Liu E, he has been completely infatuated with Liu E, a married woman, and he doesn't let Liu E go home every day, and he does that trick in the room every day.
Once Dong Lang drank again and got drunk, he was drunk and courageous, and secretly jumped over the wall into the Xia Mansion of the rich man Xia Jinwan at night, and brought a kitchen knife for cutting vegetables at home, he wanted to die with the rich man Xia Jinwan;
Although the rich man Xia Jinwan said that he liked Liu E, who was infatuated with this married woman, he also knew that this Liu E was a married woman with a family and a child, and at first he didn't want to occupy her for a long time, but later heard that this Liu E's husband Dong Lang was killed by the caretaker because he came to their account room to steal silver, but he had the idea of wanting to occupy Liu E for a long time.
Liu E is how to bastard, but she still thinks about her six-year-old son Dong Xiaobao in her heart, so she secretly went back to visit Dong Xiaobao, who knew that after the rich man Xia Jinwan knew, he let Liu E into the Xia Mansion and never let her walk around casually anymore.
The rich man Xia Jinwan just got up this morning, and he heard a report from the family of Xia Mansion that the old and frail, lonely and helpless widow Wu and her little grandson Dong Xiaobao were picked up by a luxurious and extravagant carriage, and now they live in the "Guanlin No. 1 Restaurant". Probably not, with his years of hard work and accumulation, his personal connections and the circle in the court, who can still move his rich man Xia Jinwan?
So what will be the end of this self-confident and complacent rich man Xia Jinwan?