Chapter 198: The Abominable Master Wu
Ye Er spread out the pocket of his clothes to reveal the silver with white flowers, and when Master Wu saw that he really didn't believe his eyes, he secretly said: "Where did you get so much silver from a little girl, even if you sell yourself, you can't sell so much silver." Thinking of this, his eyes rolled and he said with a cold face: "Where did you get so much silver from a little girl, I think it must have been stolen, and now I will arrest you and go to the government." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to pull Ye'er's arm, Ye'er stepped back and let him catch the air, Ye'er said: "My silver was given to me by a son and three young ladies." At this time, Ye'er's father also ran to Ye'er to block Master Wu, and asked Ye'er again: "Ye'er, you can tell me where you got this silver from." Ye Er told him about selling himself on the street and meeting Miss Gongzi to give him silver, and Master Wu said: "I think you are deceiving people, how can there be such a kind person, why no one gave it to me." ’
Then a young man's voice said, 'If you want me to give you money, you can go and sell your daughter to me as a girl, and I will give you money.' It was Zhang Lingyu who came, it turned out that Lingyu saw that Ye'er had arrived home safely, so she and Chang Yue'e walked back, and after walking for a while, they heard that there seemed to be someone in the courtyard of Ye'er's house, so they turned back.
When Master Wu heard the sound, he looked up and saw a young man and three young girls coming in from the courtyard gate, all wearing luxurious clothes, and their appearances were all handsome men and beautiful women, and they didn't look like ordinary people, so he secretly thought: "It seems that what Ye Er said is true, these people spend money like running water, and it is not a matter of giving away dozens of silver, so I might as well come and ask more." Thinking of this, he said: "It turns out that a good person like Gongzi gave this girl silver, then I don't have anything to say, since we have silver, we don't have to bring people." Then he said to the two families, 'Let them go.' The two family members let Sister Ye'er go. Master Wu said, "Bring the silver." ’
Ye Er walked up to Master Wu with the silver and said, "This is fifty taels of silver." You can return the IOU to my father. Master Wu asked the family to collect the money. Then he smiled and said, "I can't pay back the IOU, not for the time being, we still have accounts that have not been settled." Ye Er's father said: "Master Wu, why don't you talk and don't count, you came in the morning and said that it was fifty taels, what else is there to count." Master Wu said with a cold face: "My Master Wu has always been a man of words, I said fifty taels in the morning, but now it is noon." Of course, it's not fifty taels, and now you have to take another ten taels to repay your IOU, otherwise it won't be a matter of ten taels, and what I say counts. ’
Ye Er's father said with a crying voice: "Master Wu, you can be merciful and spare the little one, now tell me where to get ten taels of silver, I will kowtow to you." After kneeling down and kowtowing, Master Wu sneered: "Kowtowing is useless, isn't this son going to buy a girl, don't you sell Ye'er's girl to this son, won't you have silver." Ye Er's father got up and really looked at Lingyu. With a longing gaze, he said, "Childe, you can sell Ye'er." She can do everything, but she can be diligent. ’
Ma Junlan had been impatient to hear it for a long time, and stepped forward to say to Master Wu: 'Aren't you obviously bullying people?' Master Wu said: "Even if you bully people, what can you do, you can go to the government to sue me." Ma Junlan's willow eyebrows were upside down, and her apricot eyes were round and she was about to teach Master Wu a lesson, but Lingyu stretched out her hand and grabbed her and said: "Sister Lan, don't you be angry, as the saying goes, killing people pays for life, and it is a matter of course to repay debts, and it is reasonable for people to go anywhere." Ma Junlan looked at Lingyu and said in a long voice: "Brother Yu, how can you be like this. Lingyu gave her a look and told her to leave it alone, and said, "Sister Lan, don't be angry, isn't it just silver, brother, I have it." After speaking, he took out an ingot of ten taels of silver from his arms and handed it to Master Wu, and said with a smile: "This way you can repay the IOU." ’
Master Wu also smiled proudly: "Of course, Wu has always been a man of words." After speaking, he took out an IOU from his bosom and handed it to Lingyu, and said with a wicked smile: "Childe, the IOU is given to you, whatever you do." After speaking, he said to the two families, "Let's go back." Lingyu looked at the IOU and said, "Slow, I see that this IOU is only an IOU of ten taels of silver, and you still have fifty taels of borrowing that you haven't paid back, why do you want to ask for it again." Master Wu smiled and said, "There is only this IOU, if you don't believe it, you can ask Zhao Licai." ’
Ye'er's father Zhao Licai said: "What Master Wu said is that this is it. Lingyu said, "Master Wu, you have to return fifty taels of silver." Master Wu said, "Childe, what do you say?" Lingyu said: "If you owe money to repay your debts, borrow ten taels to repay ten taels, but you want an extra fifty taels." Master Wu said, "That's all interest." Lingyu said: "But there is not much interest written on the IOU. Master Wu said: "This is our old rule, if you don't believe it, you can ask Zhao Licai." Zhao Licai said with a bitter face: "Yes, what Master Wu said is true. Lingyu said, "Okay then, you can go." Master Wu and the two family members walked towards the door. Lingyu sent a voice to Hao Yan and said, "Sister Hao, you go with me to see where this old man Wu's family lives." Hao Yan and Lingyu glanced at each other and left.
Zhang Lingyu and Zhao Licai said goodbye to leave, and Ye'er also had to follow, Lingyu said: "We really can't take you away, our home is far away." Zhao Li said: "How can we take so much silver from you." It seemed that Lingyu was very unhappy, Lingyu thought for a while and said: "That's good, Ye'er is my girl, I keep her in your house now, you can't sell her in the future, you can let her marry when she grows up." After speaking, he took out a silver ticket of fifty taels from his bosom and handed it to Zhao Licai, and said, "This is the living expenses and dowry money I gave Ye'er." Zhao Licai said: "Childe, how can we ask for your silver again." Lingyu smiled: "This is not for you, it is for Ye'er, it is for Ye'er, maybe you don't want Ye'er to be a girl for me." ’
Zhao Licai hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Yes, willing." As he spoke, he put away the silver ticket and said, "Childe, we don't know the name of Engong's high name. Ma Junlan continued: "Her name is Zhang Lingyu, if someone bullies Ye Er in the future, you will say that Ye Er is the girl of the Qixia Lingyu family." Zhao Licai said: "Little Lao'er wrote it down." Lingyu smiled and said, "Uncle, don't listen to her nonsense, if you don't encounter last resort difficulties or don't mention this name, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to you." Zhao Licai said: "Don't worry, Zhang Gongzi, I will remember." After speaking, Zhang Lingyu and Chang Yue'e said goodbye to the Zhao family and walked out of the courtyard.
Later, Zhao Licai took Lingyu and gave the fifty taels of silver to start a small business, because he ran a good business, the business became more and more prosperous, and his life was getting better and better. Once, when he went to a foreign place to buy goods, he hired a carriage to rush back, and on the way he met two traders who were pulling the goods, and several people walked together, and they were walking together, when suddenly a few men with knives rushed out of the roadside forest to block the way.
The first leader of the great man stepped forward and said, 'Whoever knows each other should leave the goods and silver, or else he will leave his life.' One of the traders who led the horses begged: 'Good man, you can let us go, all the capital of my family is on this trip, if the goods are gone, how will I live.' The leader said, "It's not easy to live if you can't live, I'll help you." After saying that, he cut off the head of the horse trader with the knife in his hand, and the other horse trader threw down the horse and ran away when he saw this, but he was hacked to death by the thief before he ran a few steps, and Zhao Licai's carriage was frightened and weak when he saw this. (To be continued......)