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Chapter 457 The Tug-of-War Begins

A night of unrestrained drinking, and then fell asleep.Guo Cishi and his party slept until dawn, and then had lunch at the government office before taking their leave and leaving.

Not long after they left, Governor Wei brought Mrs. Governor to the government office.

When Mrs. Wei Jieshi came in, she took Mu Jiaojiao's hand and shed tears.

"My Goro is young and spoiled by me. In fact, he has no bad intentions. He did this just to scare you. It has no other meaning! Mrs. Zhifu, you are also a mother. Your child must There are also times when disobedience and mistakes are made. But if the child makes a mistake, don’t we really ignore him? After all, it’s the flesh that fell from our own body. What we mothers can do is to apologize to other families, and then take the child back Education, so that he will not make such mistakes in the future, don't you think?"

"I said no." Mu Jiaojiao said coolly.

Mrs. Wei Shishi was taken aback.

Mu Jiaojiao quickly said: "If my child makes a mistake, I will protect him if I can. But if I can't protect him, it means that either I am incapable, or he has indeed made a terrible mistake. In this case , I won’t take care of it anymore. It’s good to let him learn a lesson and know that not everything in this world allows him to do whatever he wants. With this unforgettable lesson, he will know how to do things properly in the future. If he still No, it means that he is hopeless, no matter what."

Mrs. Wei Shishi's eyes widened.After a long time, she said coldly: "So, are you really planning to pursue it with us?"

"Isn't it natural for people to pay for the wrong things they do?" Mu Jiaojiao just said.

"Mrs. Cui Zhifu, don't forget, you are also a mother, and you have several children! Comparing your heart, if your child is reduced to this point, will you watch him suffer in the hands of others? Are you just Don't you feel distressed?" Mrs. Wei Shishi whispered.

"Of course I will." Mu Jiaojiao said.

"That……"

"However, it is not my child who is being pinched by others now, but my apprentice. You asked me to compare my heart with my heart. I'm sorry that I can't do it."

"You..." Mrs. Wei Shishi choked again, almost unable to speak out.

Mu Jiaojiao Shiran poured himself a cup of tea, and then said: "However... If you really want to take him back, there is no way."

When Mrs. Wei Shishi heard this, a flame of hope ignited in front of her eyes.

"Whatever you want, just say it!"

"I don't want much, I just want Mr. Wei Wulang to pay for the damage he has done." Mu Jiaojiao said, "For example, my eldest lady's birthday party was interrupted every day, for example, my husband was beaten several times. For example, the pharmacy over there in Fanfang was destroyed, for example, the medicinal materials we hoarded there were overturned, dirty and useless, and my apprentice was also frightened, until now It's still shocking, all kinds of things."

A contemptuous smile appeared in Mrs. Wei Shishi's eyes.After pretending for a long time, isn't the result just asking them for money?A merchant's girl is a merchant's girl, and her ten-year marriage to the Boling Cui family hasn't washed away her copper stench.

However, this is a good thing for them.

After thinking about it for a while, she said, "My Goro is indeed at fault in this matter, and we should compensate for these things. Let me do the math. I'll give you a total of one hundred guan as compensation, isn't that enough?"

Hearing this, Mu Jiaojiao just smiled slightly.

"Huangdou, bring the gift list from the eldest lady's birthday and read it to Mrs. Wei Shishi."

"Yes." Huang Dou casually took out a list, and read crisply, "Mrs. Cui of Boling, I will give you a peony necklace inlaid with jade and carved in gold, worth three hundred guan; Madam, I will give you a pair of agate bracelets. The second young lady...the third young lady...Guo Cishi, gave a gem-encrusted dagger, worth three hundred guan; Lu Guogong gave a mandarin duck sword forged from fine iron from the Western Regions, worth two hundred guan...Hejian County Wang, give me a nightgown made of ice cicada silk, which is priceless in the market, roughly estimated at [-] guan; a set of ruby ​​accessories, worth no less than [-] guan; and a gold pendant pearl anklet, [-] guan... ..."

The numbers one after another came to my ears, making Mrs. Weiss' face turn pale little by little.

After Huang Dou finished reading the list, he said as if he remembered something: "By the way, Governor Wei also came to drink yesterday, but it seems that no congratulatory gift came?"

Mrs. Wei Shishi blushed.

Mu Jiaojiao didn't seem to hear, just waved his hand. "Okay, you go down!"

Huang Dou quickly accepted the order and bowed to leave.

Mu Jiaojiao looked at Mrs. Wei Shishi with a slight smile again: "After listening to this, you must have an idea in your mind now, right?"

There are counts, of course there are counts, doesn't it mean that the hundred pennies are not enough to give her family's eldest wife a present as a present?As for the others, of course it has to be calculated separately.

After Huang Dou finished reading the list, Mrs. Wei Shishi knew that she was on a pirate ship.But now, she can't climb down, unless she pays a ransom that satisfies Mu Jiaojiao!
After comparing it in her heart for a long time, Mrs. Wei Shishi gritted her teeth with heartache: "Five hundred guan, is it okay?"

Mu Jiaojiao covered her lips and smiled lightly. "Madam Governor, you really know how to tell jokes. As an elder, you should be regarded as the same generation as Governor Guo, right? You have heard the value of the gift they sent just now, so you should know it in your heart."

Mrs. Wei Shishi couldn't help baring her back molars.

This man is really a lion!What is the relationship between them and their family? It costs two or three hundred strings as a congratulatory gift?She also felt that if Governor Wei came here to support the show, it would already give their family face and make their family flourish!
It's just that now they are people under the eaves and have to bow their heads.Mrs. Wei Shishi thought for a while: "Six hundred guan!"

Mu Jiaojiao burst into a smile. "Mrs. Inspector, are you going to the street to buy vegetables? Are you still bargaining like this?"

Talk like you didn't haggle!Mrs. Wei Shishi looked at her bitterly. "How much do you want, you can figure it out yourself!"

"How embarrassing is that? How much is it? It's Madam Governor's wish. If I asked for it, wouldn't it be too vulgar? It would also hurt our friendship." Mu Jiaojiao smiled slightly.

You're vulgar enough now, and there's no love between us!
Mrs. Wei Shishi cried out in her heart, and said again: "Seven hundred guan, there is nothing more. My master has nothing to do, and he lives on that little monthly salary every month. The seven hundred guan is already his salary for most of the year. It has to be pieced together to come together.”

"Since Mrs. Governor said so, then I won't ask you for more, let's round up a thousand guan!" Mu Jiaojiao didn't want to hear her cry poorly, so she simply called out the price.

Mrs. Wei Shishi almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"One thousand strings? You are stealing money!"

"Mrs. Governor, you should know that if Mr. Wei Wulang is really convicted, at least he will be imprisoned for three years. Three years of hard work and suffering, and only one thousand pens to buy it. I think it is very cheap." Mu Jiaojiao Click to finish.

She hadn't described to her the torments she was going to go through on the way to exile, and what it was like to live those three years without living.With Mr. Wei Wulang's pampered temperament, I'm afraid he won't be able to endure it.

Although she didn't say it, Mrs. Wei Shishi knew it in her heart.

Now that Mu Jiaojiao doesn't let go, she can only grit her teeth and admit it!
"Okay, one thousand guan is one thousand guan. But today you have to give me back my son!"

"Pay the money with one hand, and hand over the person with the other." Mu Jiaojiao only said.

"I didn't bring so much money!" Mrs. Wei Shishi yelled.Who is crazy to carry a thousand pens with him?

"Then you can write an IOU first." Mu Jiaojiao said, and ordered someone to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Mrs. Wei Shishi also deeply felt the humiliation.

However, for the sake of her son, she still gritted her teeth and wrote an IOU as Mu Jiaojiao ordered.

After writing the note and pressing the fingerprint, after confirming that it was correct, Mu Jiaojiao said: "Go and invite Mr. Wei Wulang out!"

Mrs. Wei Shishi was also unwilling to stay here for a moment, so she ran out to pick up her son.

When the mother and son got together, they hugged each other and cried for a long time.Then Mrs. Wei Governor took Mr. Wei Wulang's hand and said, "Son, let's go home and never come to this ghost place again!"

"En!" Mr. Wei Wulang nodded his head heavily, and still did not forget to give Mu Jiaojiao a vicious look.

That's great, the miserable experiences of the past few days haven't scared him yet.It seems that he will not stop in the future!Mu Jiaojiao quickly returned him a smile.

Mr. Wei Wulang's eyes flashed, and his cheeks blushed uncontrollably!

Mrs. Wei Shishi didn't notice this little situation of her son.She pulled Mr. Wei Wulang, and she wanted to inform Governor Wei of this great event with all her heart.Unexpectedly, Governor Wei just came out of Cui Pu's study at this time.

The family of three met face to face, and ran out without saying a word.

They didn't let out a sigh of relief until they returned to their own mansion.

"How did you get out?" Governor Wei hurriedly asked Mrs. Wei Governor.

Mrs. Wei Assassin then recounted what happened to Mu Jiaojiao.

Governor Wei nodded: "One thousand... Goro's life is really not cheap!"

Mr. Wei Wulang flinched. "I will definitely return this money to you in the future."

"Of course you have to pay this back, otherwise you will treat us as having money to waste on you?" Governor Wei said coldly, "However, it is imperative that you remember this lesson and don't make the same mistake again! I know that you did such a stupid thing, and if you didn't tell me that you harmed yourself, you even got involved with me, I will never forgive you!"

God knows how aggrieved he felt when he lowered his eyebrows in front of Cui Pu today!

Mrs. Wei Governor saw him so annoyed, so she asked in a low voice: "But Cui Liu, what excessive demands did he make of you?"

"He dares!" Wei Shi immediately choked his neck.

But, it looks really similar!Otherwise, why is his face so ugly?
Mrs. Wei Shishi thought to herself, but obediently changed the phrase: "Then, what did you talk about behind closed doors?"

Governor Wei's face looked better now. "I didn't talk about anything. I just promised him that I will strictly control Goro in the future, and if he is not allowed to do such things, he will not pursue it anymore. Then, we chatted about the details of promoting decoction in other parts of Lingnan. gone."

"that's it?

This is too simple, Mrs. Wei Shishi can't believe it.

"They have already squeezed a thousand guan from you, what else do you want? He is just a magistrate after all, and he still wants to live under me. If he does too much, I will send a memorial to the saint, He just waits to be trapped to death in Lingnan for the rest of his life!" Wei Governor snorted coldly.

That's true.How can Governor Wei hold Cui Pu's life and death power in his hands?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wei Shishi believed it.

She quickly grabbed Mr. Wei Wulang's hand, wanting to take the opportunity to care about her son.It just so happened that Governor Wei didn't want to see this son again for a while, so he waved his hand and told them to go out quickly.

However, just as he was stepping out of the study room, Governor Wei's voice came from behind him: "Go and tell the accountant that you will prepare a certain amount of money every month in the future, and medicine associations from all over Lingnan will come over." Pick."

Mrs. Wei Governor suddenly turned his head, Wei Governor had already lowered his head, and continued coldly: "Since I am the one who promotes the method of giving soup and medicine in other places, I will cover all the medical expenses in the following places. It is not much anyway, Think of it as doing good deeds for the people, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.”

Mrs. Wei Shishi moved her lips, but she didn't say what she wanted to say.

On the other side of the government office, Cui Pu saw off Governor Wei, and hurriedly came to Mu Jiaojiao's place.

"How is it, how much will it be?" He asked quickly.

Mu Jiaojiao handed the IOU to him.Cui Pu laughed immediately: "One thousand guan! Haha, this is enough for them to be in pain! However, this is just the beginning, and there will be times when they will be in pain!"

But enough laughing, he collapsed again. "What's the use of giving us a thousand strings? We're not short of money!"

"It's true that we are not short of money, but there are many people who are short of money in this world. One thousand strings, I'm afraid it's not enough!" Mu Jiaojiao said.

"You're right." Cui Pu shrugged and sighed.

These days, the most indispensable thing is land for spending money.

While the two were talking, Xiao Si'er came in again, holding several posts in his hand.

Cui Pu raised his eyebrows, and then he heard Xiao Si'er say: "Mr. Lang, the president and two vice presidents of the Guangzhou Huren Chamber of Commerce came to the door in person today, and brought a birthday gift to the eldest lady."

The birthday has already passed, so I came to give the congratulatory gift, which is interesting!Cui Pu let out a low laugh.

However, everyone knows that the congratulatory gift is fake, and it is true that these Hu merchants took the opportunity to come and build a relationship with him.

What happened at the gate of Fanfang yesterday must have frightened them, right?No wonder they couldn't hold back, and rushed to deliver it to their door today.

Cui Pu waved his hand: "Leave the things behind, and then tell them that I'm not free now, and see them when I'm free some other day."

Xiao Si'er left the invitation and went down.

Cui Pu grabbed the post again and shook it in front of Mu Jiaojiao.

"You're really right. Now, things are coming to your door on your own initiative!"

(End of this chapter)