Need for money

In order to protect himself, that ruffian confessed three people without hesitation. Mrs. Lin was furious when she heard that it was these three people who reported to that Eighth Master, which brought disaster to Jishengtang.

"Come on, follow him to the house of those three bastards, and bring him here." After Madam Lin said, seven or eight guards rushed in from the outside, dragging the ruffian out of the shop. .

The Lin family put up such a big battle today, and the old lady Lin acted without any scruples and acted vigorously, scaring the people of the Zhou family and the remaining ruffians into ashen faces, trembling all over, as if If you sieve the chaff.

"found it!"

At this moment, cheers suddenly came from the inner room of Jishengtang, and then a guard came out holding a purple wooden box with strides, "Go back to the old lady, the servant found thousands of silver notes in the inner room." two."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Bao's legs softened and he knelt down on the floor.

Seeing that his son was so useless, Zhou Ding felt very anxious. According to the behavior of the old woman in front of him, if what the Zhou family did was really investigated by her, the end would be extremely miserable. He kept thinking about how to lie and try to excuse the Zhou family, but This son is too disappointing.

Originally, he was sweating coldly on his tense forehead, but he managed to calm himself down, and now he panicked.

"Open it." Mrs. Lin ordered.

"Yes." The guard opened the wooden box again, and presented it in front of the master respectfully.

Stretching out his hand, he took out all the banknotes in the purple wooden box, counted them carefully, and found that there were 800 taels. Old Madam Lin sneered, looked at Zhou Ding and asked, "You are a mere hired doctor. Where did you get so much money?"

Zhou Ding took a step forward, bent down, and argued: "Back to the old lady, I was born in a family of doctors, and the family is quite wealthy. This pharmacy was handed down by my ancestors before. The three thousand and eight hundred taels of silver are my son's money. It was accumulated by three generations of grandparents and grandchildren."

"Since you have so much money at home, why did you sell the pharmacy?" Mrs. Lin asked again, not believing Zhou Ding's nonsense.

"This……"

Before Zhou Ding could figure out how to answer, he was interrupted by Tang Yuxiang, "Old Majesty, Doctor Zhou's son borrowed usury at that time and was detained. He was asked to redeem it with money. He didn't have enough money. That’s why I gave the medicine shop to my grandson’s daughter-in-law.”

"Is that the case?" Old Madam Lin sneered.

"No, it's not." Zhou Ding raised his sleeves, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and now made up a lie, "The young one was not short of money at the time, but he saw that the other party had a bad idea to hit the pharmacy. That’s why I gave the shop to this lady.”

Although Zhou Ding's answer made some sense, but seeing his nervous expression and his son's frightened look, he knew that there must be something wrong. Mrs. Lin was not in a hurry at the moment, and she If she really wanted to govern the Zhou family, let alone that they were really greedy for the Lin family's money, even if they were not greedy but disrespected the Lin family a little, she could find any excuse to drag the three members of the Zhou family out and beat them to death. .

"Slave, please greet the old lady!" The old lady Lin just waited to ask again, and suddenly saw a middle-aged man dressed as a steward walking in at the door. This middle-aged man was arranged by Lin Jingzhi to record the number of pills in Jishengtang That steward.

The middle-aged man has been doing business outside the Lin Mansion all year round. Although he doesn't recognize Qiu Zhidong, he is very familiar with Mrs. Lin.

When he came in front of Mrs. Lin, he knelt down respectfully.

Mrs. Lin once assisted her grandson in managing a business, and she had a certain impression of this middle-aged man. She also knew about the cooperation between the Lin family and Jishengtang, so she said, "You are the steward of Jishengtang sent by the second master. ?”

"Yes, the slave was sent by the second master." The middle-aged man nodded quickly.

After giving a little help, he signaled the middle-aged man to get up, and Mrs. Lin asked again: "Since you have been staying here, you must know how many pills Jishengtang has sold in total these days."

How did the middle-aged people know that this Jishengtang was actually bought by the second grandmother of the Lin family in private?Although he was very puzzled in his heart as to why Mrs. Lin would intervene in Jishengtang's affairs, he still replied respectfully: "Back to Mrs. Lin, this slave is only responsible for recording the number of pills sold by Jishengtang to refugees and poor people in Los Angeles. , I don’t know about Jishengtang’s high-end pills that are sold to rich kids.”

Ever since he saw this middle-aged man walk in, Zhou Ding's expression changed drastically. Just now he was in a hurry and forgot about the cooperation between Jishengtang and the Lin family. Splendid lotus, also does not help.

It's over, it's over!Zhou Ding's eyes were dark, and he took two steps back tremblingly, his heart was dead, and his body was like a haggard tree.

Tang Yuxiang bought Jishengtang in private, and later Lin Jing came to discuss business, and there was an oolong in his house. Such funny things are really rare.

"High-end pills? What kind of high-end pills?" Tang Yuxiang was puzzled when she heard this. The pills she asked Zhidong to send were all the same.

Middle-aged people are in charge, so on the day of the master's wedding, I met Tang Yuxiang and recognized that she was the second grandma of the Lin family, and quickly replied: "Back to the second grandma, I don't know how many grades of pill slaves there are in Jishengtang. Know that the pills they sell to refugees and ordinary people are the lowest.

The pills sold to wealthy families were frighteningly expensive. The slave once saw them sell the most expensive box of pills, which was worth 200 taels of silver. "

At this time, Zhou Ding knew that only by honestly confessing would it be possible to save the lives of the whole family.

Holding the old wife's hand, the two fell to their knees on the floor with a plop, and then told their son one by one about the idea of ​​packing some of the pills in a more luxurious package and selling them at a high price.

After listening, Tang Yuxiang's master and servant suddenly realized, while Mrs. Lin's eyes lit up, thoughtful.

Obviously, although this Zhou Bao is not a very good person, he is still a little clever.

Seeing his father pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, Zhou Bao told the whole truth in one go, his face was pale with shock, and there was no trace of blood. Speaking of which, he came up with the idea, and he was the only one who ran the high-priced pill business Responsible, then if the Lin family wants to investigate, don't they have to take all their anger on him?

"No, although I came up with this idea, my father also nodded and agreed!" Zhou Bao was frightened, crawled forward in a panic, and loudly defended himself. Man bears all responsibility...