Emperor Kangxi sent me to marry

Chapter 157 Please You (Part [-])

Gao Shiqi's wife is a regular customer of Ruixiangfang's usury business.

Moreover, the deadline for repayment is approaching.

After the 3000 taels he extorted from Xu Qianxue were delivered, Mrs. Gao thought about sending them as soon as possible, so she settled the bill.A share of interest is also interest, and if the family can turn around, they will not borrow money at first.

But Gao Shiqi never came home, Mrs. Gao never overstepped her husband to make decisions on her own, and since the beginning of autumn, because of the weather, taking medicine every day when she was sick, seven or eight out of twelve hours fell asleep, mentally exhausted. It's not good, and I don't dare to be hasty and arbitrary.

In order to save money, the servants in the family cut all the servants that could be cut, and there were only three important ones left, all of which were Mrs. Gao's dowry.

One of them, Mama Qian, carefully cooked a bowl of boiling medicine, fearing that even half a drop would be spilled, and tremblingly brought it to Mrs. Gao.

"Madam, take some medicine. The doctor and prescription who just changed are said to be more accurate than the previous one."

"Are the medicinal materials expensive, or are they cheap?"

"Don't ask, ma'am. Now everything is priced at one price per day. I paid off the usury. If there is any surplus, I will ask the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to help buy more cheap rations. Let's save it. In an emergency, money can't be saved." When eaten as food, it is still food."

"Well, that's a serious idea. Master hasn't come back yet?"

"There is movement, old Chen came to tell me earlier. Ma'am, don't wait, drink your medicine."

Mrs. Gao fondled the money box containing 3000 taels of silver ingots affectionately. The bitter soup seemed to be sweet.

Kangxi was very generous to Gao Shiqi, not only gave some rewards and items from time to time, but also pointed out a small second entrance courtyard in Xi'an Gate for him to use, not far from the Forbidden City, so that it was convenient for him to enter the palace as a errand.You don't have to spend money on housing, which saves a lot of expenses.But the Gao family's livelihood is still difficult to maintain.

Celebrities don't just talk about it, and collecting ancient books, calligraphy and paintings can cost hundreds or even thousands of taels. This kind of face-saving project cannot be saved.Gao Shiqi used to be under Mingzhu's family, and from time to time he had some referrals to make money, and he was able to balance his income and expenditure. Once Mingzhu fell, Gao Shiqi didn't accept it, and he couldn't let outsiders see his embarrassment immediately, so Mrs. Gao had to borrow usury secretly.

Mom Qian saw that she seemed to be in good spirits today, so she casually said a few more gossips.

"Things are expensive, but people are cheap. I thought, maybe there are cheap vegetables at the gate of the city. I went to have a look today, but I saw the victims who fled the famine. Their children could not afford to support them, and they sold their children. They all stuttered." Just take it away. There is only a little girl in her teens, oh, she is so beautiful, so many people are watching. Her father started calling for 100 taels, but was later raised to 300 taels, but she didn’t sell it.”

"Mom is thinking about..."

"Master. He is seventeen. There is no servant around him. It would be embarrassing to say it. He is so old, and he is from an official family. He doesn't even have a housemate, but he is wronged."

"I haven't forgotten, but I'm afraid I can't afford it. Let's deal with it first. Fortunately, he doesn't like it too much. Mom pays attention. If there is any left over from the 3000 taels, save a sip and buy a clean one."

The master and the servant began to calculate how to use the money again, as if the money in the box could be more out of thin air, to buy all the winter coats and silver charcoal, etc., which are necessities that are best prepared before the price increase.

When she was talking, there was a faint voice of a man saying hello outside the window, and Mama Qian knew that it was the master who had returned. After packing up the medicine bowl and pulling up the cotton curtain, Gao Shiqi happened to walk to the door.

"How is your wife today?"

"The new prescription seems to be good, my wife is a little bit more energetic."

Some warmth appeared on Gao Shiqi's tense face, and he quickly walked into the inner room.

"It's rare for the baby to be awake when I come home. Do you want to have some supper together later?"

"Master, let's eat, I'll accompany you. I just drank the medicine, and the taste made me lose my appetite. Why did the master come back?"

"You don't understand things outside."

Mrs. Gao was always thinking about money, so she asked.

"Xu Mansion sent over 3000 taels, how can I use it?"

"Oh, I sold a painting and calligraphy to Xu Qianxue. Now it's not the same as the past two years, so it's okay to go back to the old business. Here, I have a use for 2000 taels, so put it aside and don't move it. The remaining one thousand is up to you."

The principal and interest owed to Ruixiangfang alone is more than 500 taels. Mrs. Gao hesitated for a long time, but swallowed the truth back into her throat.

"Understood. Let's eat, master."

Qian's mother brought porridge and side dishes, and Gao Shiqi used some casually, so he had to rest on the low couch next to the bed to cope with his wife's thirsty drinking water or going to the toilet at night.Mrs. Gao wanted to have a private conversation with Mother Qian, so she sent her husband to sleep in the study, and then solemnly took out 800 taels of silver and wrapped it up.

"Take it here. There's a lot of interest in getting out in one day, and saving a little is a little bit. The big shopkeeper is always kind-hearted, so you're sorry. She only said that it would be delivered in two days, so she wouldn't want to hurt others. "

"It's not difficult. The old woman has a thick skin, and the shopkeeper is a young girl, and she won't lose a piece of meat if she is said a few words. But the difference is seven or eight hundred, where can I find it?"

"It's really not possible. I pawned the jewelry and clothes of the dowry. Their family also accepts these fine things, and the price is fair, which is much better than that group of cunning pawnshops. Let's count the days. The head is the same, you can't tell the outside to look at the master." joke."

Mother Qian sighed, she had nothing to do, she took her bag of money and went out.The back door of Ruixiangfang was full of people day and night, and Axiang's eldest sister was sure that Gao's family would come today, so she didn't sleep waiting.Both sides recorded the accounts politely, and the concierge came out and sent Mama Qian far away.

The servants of Xu's mansion followed Qian Mama all the way over, wrote down the name and location of Ruixiangfang, and hurried back to the mansion to report to the butler.Knowing this is the place to go, the head housekeeper found it difficult, so he called his wife, gave some instructions, put him in a carriage and sent him to Ruixiangfang.

In less than half an hour, the housekeeper's wife came back, whispered to her husband for a long time, and then stuffed a piece of paper into his hand.

The next morning, when Xu Qianxue heard that the money had gone into the hands of the fourth princess, he became more confused and asked his younger brother Xu Yuanwen to discuss it.

"If it's her, I have [-]% confidence in her. The emperor treats her like a prince in his heart. But I have never offended the fourth princess, so why bother?"

After all, Xu Yuanwen was walking in the South Study Room, his vision was different from that of his elder brother, and he speculated from the trace.

"If you want to talk about the fourth princess, it's Chen Tingjing. He is also very powerful, so he simply went back to his hometown in Shanxi to avoid the limelight, and he didn't care about the capital city at all. It turns out that the door is here."

"Well, not necessarily. You see, this is the manager's way to get it, the details of Gao Shiqi's loan from the fourth princess. Perhaps, he is just greedy for the low interest rate of Ruixiangfang. You see, it is one hundred today and fifty tomorrow Yes, borrowing and repaying, piecemeal. If it was just to deceive me, it would take too much trouble. Maybe it was his virtuous wife, who is in heaven and earth, who borrowed it on her own. Wait a little longer. "

In the afternoon, the chief manager rushed to report that Gao Shiqi took the silver and went to Suo'etu's mansion, and Xu Qianxue felt that the taste was right.

There is only one Hanchen who can associate with Suo'etu, Li Guangdi.Now that Mingzhu has fallen and Suo'etu's family is the only one, how can he be allowed to come back and sleep soundly on the side of the couch.

Xu Qianxue decided to act.

(End of this chapter)