Xianggui

Chapter 55

Ding Zhuang was delighted that his granddaughter was capable, so he rewarded her with twenty cash.

"Don't save all your money, learn from your second brother and buy delicious food if you have money."

Ding Xiang Le Dian Dian put the money in a large box to save, as the start-up capital in the future.

She is now the little rich woman in the family, with more money and jewelry than Ding Zhao and Zhang's private houses.

In the evening, the whole family was having dinner when they heard the courtyard door being slapped.

Ding Lichun ran to open the door, "Who is it?"

He was a little angry, he didn't know how to knock on the door properly.

Guo Liang's loud voice said, "Lichun, it's me, open the door quickly."

His tone was urgent and rushing.

As soon as the door was opened, Guo Liang rushed in, and hurriedly ran to the room.

His head was sweating, his hair was standing on end from running, and he shouted loudly, "Second Uncle, Cousin, something serious happened."

Ding Zhao came out to greet him, panicking, "Did something happen to my aunt?"

Guo Liangdao, "It's not my mother, it's Chi Zi, he caused a big disaster."

Those words startled everyone in the room to their feet.

Guo Liang ran into the house and said, "At noon today, Tang Shaodong's family came to my house, saying that Chizi was tricked into participating in stone gambling. With all his family's savings, plus his house, he paid three points at Jiaozipu. Li borrowed 200 taels of silver and bought a piece of Lantian jade weighing [-] catties.

"It is said that the Lantian jade in the original stone can be sold for more than 1 taels of silver, but after being cut open, there is very little jade in it, and the quality of the jade is rough, and it can't be sold for 20 taels of silver..."

Tang Shaodong's family is Tang's younger brother.

Jiaozipu is a usury shop.If the interest is controlled within three cents, the imperial court will not take care of it, and it is a legal operation.If it is higher than this interest rate, it will be traded underground, and the people will not sue the government or correct it.Even if you file a lawsuit, Jiaozipu takes all black and white, and the Yamen is raised high and put down gently, the ones who suffer are the borrowers and the people who sue.

Ding Zhuang shook his body, slapped the table with his big palm, and said in grief and indignation, "That beast dared to gamble with stones. Quick money is not so easy to make, this is a big disaster."

Ding Zhao asked anxiously, "Where is Chizi?"

Guo Liang wiped the sweat off his face, "I heard that Chizi asked Sister-in-law Ji to send Lilai to the Tang family five days ago, but he didn't say anything about the disaster he caused, only that he and the Tang family went to the provincial capital to talk to Mr. Xue. Business. In fact, he was escorted by people from Jiaozipu to borrow money, but he and Tang escaped in the middle of the night."

The people in the room panicked even more.

Ding Lichun shouted, "They ran away, who will pay back the money?"

Guo Liang wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, "The people from Jiaozipu came to the Tang family today, and the Tang family knew that Chizi had caused such a disaster, and they decided not to help Chizi to pay back the money. Tang Shaodong's family even pointed at my parents and cursed at me. , Said that Ding Chi had abducted the daughter of the Tang family, not to mention Jiaozipu, if they found Chizi, they would also beat him to death.

"Second uncle, cousin, the people at Jiaozipu dare to borrow so much money from Chizi, they must know that your family has some wealth, the Tang family is rich, and they also know that you are related to the big family of Xue in the provincial capital. If the Xue family and the Tang family don't help, all the debts will be on your shoulders.

"With so much money, even if you sell the iron shop, this small courtyard, and the fields, it's still far away. My parents asked me to tell you that Boss Chu in Jiaoziji is ruthless and has many lives in his hands. Tell you to go to other places to avoid the limelight, and don't come back in the future."

Ding Zhuang coughed and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Everyone was even more afraid, and Mrs. Zhang covered her mouth and began to cry.

Ding Xiang slid down the chair and hugged Ding Zhuang's thigh and cried, "Master, don't get angry."

Ding Zhao supported Ding Zhuang and said, "Father, as long as people are here, no matter what is gone, we can start over. If people are gone, everything will be gone. You must hold on."

Ding Zhuang sat slumped on the chair, his eyes glazed over, and he cursed weakly, "Beast, beast, our family was ruined by him. Daydreaming every day, wanting to make a lot of money, wanting to be the richest man, how easy it is. Instead, he ran away with his wife and left the mess to Lao Tzu. What should we do with this big family..."

Ding Zhao's face became even paler, and he said thoughtfully, "No wonder, I saw a few strange men wandering around the village a few days ago, they must be from Jiaozipu, and they came to watch us. When it comes to Chizi, the Xue family and the Tang family will ask us for money if they don't care about it. Dad, what should we do?"

Ding Zhuang just went out today, and he also remembered that there were a few strangers wandering around the entrance of the village.

He shook his mouth and said after more than a quarter of an hour, "What else can I do besides paying back the money? I'm sorry for you, I have dragged your house into trouble. I, Ding Hongnose, is a bully in Gu'an Town. Shui County is a fart. I am not afraid of death, but I cannot let my granddaughter and grandson suffer. Especially Xiangxiang, she is still so young..."

He glanced at Ding Xiang, his eyes were red.

Ding Zhao said, "I'll have a discussion with them. Zhiniang, Lichun and I stayed at home to raise money, and my father took Liren and Xiangxiang to Zhiniang's family to avoid it. You are old and weak, maybe they don't know what to do. It will be difficult."

He knew the idea wouldn't work, but he had to try.

Ding Zhuang shook his head and said, "Do you think the people at Jiaozipu can reason with you? They have already let that animal run away, so why would they let us run away again? Even if they find that animal, he can't come up with the money, and put the animal away." He maimed and beat him to death, and eventually he would come to us to ask for money.

"Take out all our family assets, and then borrow some from relatives and friends. If it is not enough, we will continue to borrow at three percent interest. If we borrow money from relatives and friends, we will pay one percent interest."

Guo Liangdao, "My parents said that if the second uncle wants to pay back the money on Chizi's behalf, he will take back all the 60 taels that Jizi gave to my family, and lend you 40 taels. Alas, we can only help so much. "

He was a little embarrassed.

What the mother meant was that the family still had more than 300 taels of deposits, which should be used to help the second uncle's family tide over the difficulties.But my father disagreed, saying that the second uncle's family couldn't afford it, so the 100 taels would be given to them, and it was considered as a relative.I have to live on my own, so I can't borrow more.

The mother quarreled with the father, and Guo Liang agreed with his father. The mother couldn't compete with two people alone, so she cried behind closed doors.

She felt that Ding Chi became like this because she was not educated well.

When Guo Liang and Ding Chi made mistakes at the same time when they were young, their father would beat Guo Liang, and when they wanted to beat Ding Chi, their mother would protect him.Said that Ding Chi belonged to the Ding family, and my uncle had no right to beat him.His mother felt sorry for him because he saw that he had no mother since he was a child, but she didn't expect to hurt him.

Ding Zhao was not polite, and cupped his hands and said, "I don't want to thank you for your kindness. Even if my generation doesn't repay the loan, Lichun and Liren will repay it. The gate of the city is closed, so you can go to the third uncle's house to stay at night."

The family had to discuss raising money, so it was not easy for Ding Zhao to leave an outsider to listen.

Guo Liang didn't dare to live here, for fear that someone would come and steal the money at night.

"I'll go home early tomorrow morning to get the money," he said.

Ding Zhuang said, "Zhaozi will go to the county with you, and he will go to the Tang family to see if he can borrow some money to come back."

(End of this chapter)