in spring

Chapter 126
Looking at a large group of people kneeling in front of the door, Hu Fei asked in a muffled voice: "What are you doing here?!" After a pause, he realized something, and then sneered: "Your young master must have sent you here What? What kind of tricks does he want to play?"

The old servant raised his head tremblingly, with tears running down his face: "Second young master... You say that, this old servant is even more ashamed to face others! We are all people who have served the master for many years, and some of us have been with my aunt. We have suffered so much since you left the Hu family... The young master drove us to the farm, but the younger children, all the neat and strong ones, were dragged to the market to sell It's over... We are old, and we still have to be separated... This is all retribution! Second Young Master, I am sorry for you!"

He burst into tears, and those behind him also cried very sadly when they heard this.One of the women, who was kneeling in the corner, climbed to the steps in front of the door with difficulty using both hands and feet, looked up carefully at Hu Fei, and said with tears in her eyes, "Brother Xiaofei... I was the nanny that day, I'm sorry..."

Hu Fei was taken aback, and hurriedly helped her up, wiped the stains on her face with his sleeve, and his face turned pale: "Nurse? Why are you here?! Didn't you already go back to your son's house?" Is it gone?!"

A young man squeezed out from the kneeling crowd, walked over shyly, and said in a low voice, "The young master is angry and took back all the land we rented. The whole family really can't find another job..."

It was only then that Hu Fei remembered that his nanny was actually a tenant farmer in the Hu family's estate, not a family servant.He also hated the nanny who stood by and watched when his mother and son were in trouble, but he didn't expect that even the nanny could not escape the clutches of his brother.

He smiled wryly and said: "Now I can't do anything for my nanny... If my nanny is considerate, she can buy two acres of Susukida to live on. I don't think this should be a problem?" , or renting another family's land, or running a small business, it's not a problem. He remembered that the nanny's family was not too bad.

But the nanny cried sadly: "My little brother Fei, it's hard for you to think about my nanny until now, but..." She seemed a little hard to say, but she told the truth after all: "We are a family of four, even my son and wife And grandson...now they are all sold into the Hu family..." Her son added in a low voice: "There is really no way, my father owed a lot of money for medical treatment..."

Hu Fei's complexion changed, he sighed, he gently released the hand holding the nanny, and said indifferently: "Since the nanny's family has made a living, why do you come to me? To be honest, if you didn't sell into the Hu family, I might still be able to find an errand for the brother and his wife, but now... I am useless to you at all!"

The nanny cried in her son's arms full of shame, and her son also looked embarrassed, as if he didn't know what to say.The old servant said earlier: "Second Young Master, it was the Eldest Young Master who ordered someone to bring us back, saying that...he asked us to ask you to leave the capital...don't do business in the capital...he said that we have been together for decades. Old man, you have always respected us... so you want to borrow our old face..." He paused, then was too ashamed to speak.

On the other hand, Hu Fei couldn't hold back the anger in his heart: "What does he mean?! How did I ever hinder him?! I live an honest life, just collect some ordinary cosmetics and jewelry and sell them. The money he earns is incomparable to him! Can’t he even tolerate this? What does he think of himself? There are 800 people in this industry in the whole capital, why should he fight against me alone?!” After cursing, He looked at the old servant and then at the nanny, seeming to be very disappointed: "Why do you listen to him? He treats you so meanly, why do you still... Could it be that the good things my parents did to you before they were alive, you Have you forgotten? Sure enough... Even if you are a domestic servant, there is no reason to be loyal to your master for the rest of your life..."

"Second Young Master!" The old servant raised his sleeves to cover his face, leaned over and cried, "Why doesn't this old slave know the truth of being loyal to the master? It was our lard that deceived our hearts that day! Later, I realized that I regretted it... Originally I thought , even if we spend the rest of our lives in the village, we will admit that this is our retribution. But who would have thought that the young master would not let us go... He said, if we can't ask you to agree to leave the capital, They will sell us all to Wala and the Qing Dynasty! We are old, we can’t last long, and we will die early and reincarnate early, but the children are still young, and those who tell them to leave their homes will send their lives to that kind of heaven. How can we bear the coldness of the place? We have to be cheeky to beg you..."

Hu Fei gritted his teeth and turned his head away: "I've given in again and again, and he's gone too far! I managed to earn some money, and I'm trying to start a career. If I leave this way, all foundations will be ruined! You should go back. When my father and mother were here, you had a high position in the Hu family, and you received their grace. You have benefited a lot in private, but my father died that day for no apparent reason. Has anyone asked him a question? ?! When my mother and I were kicked out that day, who gave us a good word? My mother wanted to pack some clothes and jewelry, who of you responded to her? She died so bleakly, who of you came to pay homage to her? Passed her, put a stick of incense?! You have been so heartless towards our mother and child for your own selfish interests, and now you want to force me to leave for your own selfish interests? Don't think about it!"

He turned around and stepped into the threshold, closed the door vigorously with both hands, and bolted it again, then went back to his small courtyard with a sullen face.Chunying and Wei Po looked at each other, hesitating what to do.

There was a choked cry from outside the door, which gradually grew louder, and there was another sound of knocking on the door: "Brother Xiaofei, Brother Xiaofei... just because of your love when I grow up...you pity your brother Well...he is only full, how can he go to that barbarian place to endure hardship? You have been smart and capable since you were young, even if you leave the capital, you can live a good life..."

"Second young master, it's all our fault, but the children are innocent, please forgive them..."

"Second young master, do you remember when you were a child? We still played together...I made you a beautiful spinning top..."

"Second young master, I'm Lao Yu from the waiter, you like my tea the most..."

"Second Young Master, please, Eldest Young Master will not let us go... Our shop is also forced to close by him, my pity my daughter is only full moon..." This was Ah Fan's voice, accompanied by a burst of resounding baby howling.

Chunying frowned, why was A Fan involved?She is obviously married, so she is no longer a child of the Hu family?She approached Hu Fei and asked in a low voice, "Your elder brother seems to have learned his lesson this time? Don't force you, instead force someone close to you?"

Hu Fei sneered: "Are they people who are close to me?!" Glancing outside the door, he simply blocked his ears: "Leave them alone! When they are tired, they will leave naturally. I want to ask them to try it too. , called every day should not, called the taste of the land not working!"

Chunying knew that Hu Fei must have remembered the grievances and pains he had suffered in the past, so it was hard to persuade him, so he could only tell him to be more relieved.Hu Fei hummed twice, then looked at the ledger, as if he couldn't hear the commotion outside the door.

But there are some voices that he can't hear because he doesn't want to hear them.The group of old servants blocked the door, no matter who went out, they would pounce on them and beg. Hu Fei couldn't do business if he wanted to go out.The daily life of Wei Gong and Wei Po was also affected. They had to close the front door tightly and couldn't even sleep well at night.

The house they live in usually only uses the front yard, and there is a back door at the back of the mansion.Grandma Wei could only go in and out through the back door to buy some rice, vegetables, oil and salt, so she didn't stop cooking just now.But after walking around the street, she heard a lot of gossip.It seems that the news of the old servant of the Hu family crying in front of her house day and night has already spread.

Some people said that it was Hu Fei's poor relatives who came to seek refuge, but Hu Fei refused to receive him; The most reliable guess is that Hu Fei's former servant when he was rich, heard that he had made a fortune, so he came to seek refuge with him, but Hu Fei refused to take him in.

Another neighbor persuaded Wei Po: "You always go back and persuade Brother Xiaofei, what's the difficulty in taking in a few people? Just send them out to find work after two meals! Don't block the door. Warm, but the wind at night is cold. They are a group of people, old, weak, women and children. I heard that there is a new moon? Poor, don’t get sick from the cold! Do good for yourself ah!"

When Grandma Wei came back and said something, Chunying's expression changed.She has been stuck in traffic for the past few days and can't go home. She is in a bad mood. According to the neighbors, Hu Fei's reputation has almost been ruined!These people are indeed pitiful, but no one made them kneel in front of the door for a few days without leaving?Isn't this a bitter trick?It's too much, if the old people and children here are really sick, will it be Hu Fei's head? !Maybe we still have to bring Wei Gong and Wei Po and her? !
She went to Hu Fei angrily: "I can't let it go like this anymore! Anyway, Wei Gong and Wei Po didn't feel sorry for them, but now they made Wei Po listen to people's gossip outside!"

Hu Fei lowered his face, got up and walked out, and opened the courtyard door. The people who had been "crying" weakly by the wall immediately turned over and knelt down under the steps again. The leader had changed. The old servant was already so tired that he could only hum on the sidelines.

The man cried: "Second young master, please take pity on us..."

"Does it mean that if I agree, you can get a lot of rewards?!" Hu Fei interrupted him before he finished speaking, seeing him in a daze, and asked again, "Your young master didn't promise you any benefits ?!"

The man stammered and said: "You guys don't dare to force... I just hope that the master will not sell us to foreign countries..."

Hu Fei sneered: "Whether it is the Qing Dynasty or Wala, the imperial court prohibits private business transactions. Except for the three imperial merchants, no one can get involved. When did the Hu family get this grace? If not, the young master will send you If you sell it, you won't be afraid of being ginseng to foreign countries? When the time comes, it will be his business to ransack the family and exterminate the family, so don't get me involved!"

The man was stunned, and he didn't know what to say. Hu Fei said mockingly again: "I originally thought that you are all old people who have served my parents for decades. It would be good to give you some face." Face to face. Unexpectedly, you can't do it unless you understand what you said! Why don't you leave me soon? If you keep pestering me, don't blame me for disregarding my past relationship!"

The man bowed down in shame, and the others also bowed their heads. They didn't know who it was, and said quietly: "Even if it's not Wala of the Qing Dynasty, who knows which poor mountain valley it is..."

Hu Fei snorted: "That has nothing to do with me!" He was about to pull back and turn around, but Ah Fan rushed forward to hold him back and said, "Second Young Master! Please! Even if you don't want to miss your past friendship, don't you even think about it?" Don’t you care, Mo Han?!”

Hu Fei quickly turned around and stared at her: "What does this have to do with Mo Han? He has already been sold to Master Liu's house!"

A Fan bit her lip, and cried, "The Eldest Young Master saw that we had been crying here for two or three days and failed, so he asked Mo Han's parents to come to Master Liu's house to redeem him... and said that he would rather lose money, Bring him back and beat him to death! The Eldest Young Master seems very angry with Mo Han, calling him a bastard again and again..."

Hu Fei's face changed, he knew that Liu Yushi's complaint had been leaked last time, although he didn't know how his elder brother knew about it, but Mo Han had to protect it.He remembered that Mo Han mentioned at the beginning that the Liu family signed a death contract with him, and the Liu family was poor, with few servants in the first place. Master Liu liked Mo Han's cleverness very much, so he probably would not agree easily...

Seeing that Hu Fei didn't answer for a long time, A Fan was anxious. He saw Chunying standing beside him, but he didn't care too much. He grabbed Chunying's arm and begged: "My good girl, please help us talk, you say One sentence is better than a hundred of us!"

Chunying was in a dilemma, although she felt sorry for them, but their demands were too much, especially after exaggerating the harm they would suffer.It's not easy for Hu Fei to struggle until today. Once he leaves, all his connections will be wiped out. Besides, he has already bought a house...

The old servant struggled to get up, and said to Chunying in a hoarse voice: "Good girl, we are all born in the same family, you should know our difficulties... Please help me to say a few words, the old man kowtows to you! " After saying that, he pushed away the person who came up to help him, and kowtowed to the ground.

Chunying was startled, and hurried over to help him: "Don't! Old man, don't hit me, aren't you ruining my life?" Hu Fei stepped forward to open her, and held the old servant's hands tightly. Wrist: "How do you know...she is also a family child?!"

(End of this chapter)