Master Qiao escaped, thank God and was very content. But just now, the old lady cursed and complained that the reason why he failed to save the official was a lack of money, which made Master Qiao feel a little more or less It's strange.
It’s just that I know that relatives are just relatives, and it’s already a favor for Chen Cang to come forward, and it’s too greedy to talk about the others.
He was ashamed in front of his old mother and brothers' families, and he thought that because of his own, the family had lost all wealth and had another 3,000 taels of fines to be collected within a limited time, so that the family would be damaged.
The Qiao family started to become an official from Master Qiao to Master Qiao’s great-grandfather, and was already the fourth generation. However, the grade was not high before. In recent years, the Qiao family has declined again and has sold many public-Chinese industries and the remaining industries. limited
Unexpectedly, he had a lawsuit in the imperial court, and his life was at stake. The old lady and the eldest lady both held their private rooms tightly and refused to pay the money.
Master Qiao immediately became angry, but he was not so confused that he could save his official position by spending money. Instead, he thought that the Qiao family did not pay the money, so he would have to spend money when he could come out safely.
The Shen family’s help this time was a perfect end to be kind and righteous, and they may not be willing to go back to the second time after they can.
It was too much for the Qiao family to ask for help. Is Chen Cang a good-tempered person? Xu is kind-hearted? After this incident, the Shen family is afraid that he will avoid the Qiao family in the future.
Master Qiao sat on the chair, thought for a while, and shook his head and said, "Second brother, you can't take advantage of this.
"Yes, unless you don't count on the Shen family again, you should still inquire about how much money you have used to make up for it." Mr. Qiao Er was more familiar with human nature, and of course he thought of the powerful relationship and nodded and agreed.
The world is in a cold and cold way. The Qiao family is an old family in the capital and has more than a dozen relatives of relatives. However, for more than a month, they have been thinking that the Qiao family is like a plague, fearing that they will be involved. Compared with them, they have always been cold to the Qiao family. The hot Shen family seems too righteous.
The two brothers looked at each other and each had their own thoughts.
Mr. Qiao Er thought about the public middle school industry, and he would sell it if he sold it. Otherwise, when the family was really divided, it would not be possible that several houses would be divided equally, and most of them would be divided into sacrifices and distributed to the eldest house.
Master Qiao thought of the private rooms between Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. Qiao. Since the wealth is still there, there is no need to sell the ancestral property. Otherwise, he would have no shame to see the ancestors of the Qiao family.
Master Qiao is the head of the family. If he wants to make arrangements, the sick old lady Qiao will become a "deaf" and a "blind".
Which "loyal servant" dares to talk too much?
When Mrs. Qiao, who was serving the sick, noticed the movement, the old lady Qiao's private gold and silver and two boxes of antique ornaments in the warehouse had been secretly transported to the main room.
Mrs. Qiao hurried back to the main room and sent all the maids and mothers down. Fang took a little anxiously and said to Mr. Qiao: "Why did the master touch the old lady's private room? The old lady must be annoyed."
Master Qiao sneered: "Three thousand fines are fined, and the order is ordered to be delivered in ten days. If I don't raise the money, would I have to go in and jail again?"
Mrs. Qiao grabbed the veil and said, "Can you find a way to get it together? It's not like this."
"How to get it? There are only a few dozen taels left on the book. Will there be silver in the sky?" Master Qiao frowned and said.
Mrs. Qiao was speechless for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Turn around first, and it will not be too late to pay it back when the money from Uncle Third's side arrives."
Since Mr. Qiao was arrested by Jinyiwei, Mrs. Qiao asked the second master to write to the third master.
Mr. Qiao San is able to be legitimate when he is working outside, but in recent years, he has not seen him send money to the capital except for New Year's Day and Birthday Gifts.
The Qiao family is not yet separated, so the brothers' income should be included in the public service, and there is no reason to embezzle. Although the third master is the official, it was the family's money that was spent on the third master at the beginning.
Through this official dispute, Mrs. Qiao was trying to squeeze out some money from the third master.
If it were usual, Mrs. Qiao was so "smart" and Mrs. Qiao was only happy. After all, he was used to being a manager of letting go, but now he just felt cold.
"The distance water cannot dissolve the near fire, let's look at the front of you. These private houses are probably not enough. Do you still have any money there?" Master Qiao asked coldly.
Mrs. Qiao shook her head and said, "I originally had nine hundred taels of taels in my place, but a new shop was added to the Dragon Boat Festival, and the remaining more than two hundred taels of silver was taken away by my fifth brother."
Qiao Yongde failed the exam in the college, and the blow was very severe. This year, the third master was 40 years old. Qiao Yongshan was going south to pay his birthday to his father, so Qiao Yongde followed his cousin to relax.
Mr. Qiao did not suspect that his wife was lying. Mrs. Qiao had bought several shops in her name over the years and had been acquired in total, and they were all slowly invested in this way.
He drooped his face. Even if Mrs. Qiao had objections, she did not speak anymore. She watched Mr. Qiao call the account and counted the old lady's gold and silver. There were a total of 2,000 taels of banknotes, 700 taels of silver, and 1 gold.
Hundred and Thirty Taxes.
When Mrs. Qiao saw this, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, it's over three thousand."
Master Qiao shook his head and said, "It's not enough." He asked someone to carry the two boxes of antiques and play them out.
Mrs. Qiao looked at it and said in confusion: "Master, can you punish more than 3,000 taels of silver?"
Master Qiao said with his hands behind his back: "There is also the Shen family."
Mrs. Qiao didn't say anything. Old Mrs. Qiao had not paid the money before. Naturally, the Shen family was bleeding because of her husband's ability to come out. Although she felt it was inappropriate, she could pretend to be confused for her husband, but she didn't expect that he would think about paying back the Shen family's money.
Although she felt reluctant to leave her, she knew the importance of it.
After her husband was dismissed from office, the Qiao family was in a state of turmoil and could not be separated from the protection of the Shen family.
Two boxes of antique treasures were used as best friends, and they made a total of 2,500 taels of silver.
In this way, he raised 6,500 taels of silver.
Of these, 3,000 taels of silver were required to be kept for the fine, and 500 taels of silver were given to the second master and the eldest wife, and the previous misappropriation was made up, and the remaining 3,000 taels of silver were exchanged for banknotes.
After discussing with Master Qiao Er, he left behind one thousand taels of them. According to the writer's needs, he brought two thousand taels of money to the Shen family on the same day.
Shen Cang was not surprised by the Qiao family coming to thank him, but he really didn't expect that the Qiao family would think about paying back the money.
The Qiao family has been in decline over the years, and has taken advantage of the Shen family in recent years.
Before, only Master Qiao Er from the Qiao family sent 1,500 taels of silver, and then there was no movement.
But since it was Tongtian's lawsuit, how could it be solved with only one thousand,500 taels of silver? However, the Qiao family pretended to be deaf and dumb, and Shen Cang was also impatient to argue with them, just pretending that he had suffered a loss.
Unexpectedly, there is a turning point now.
Brothers, settle accounts clearly, let alone the two families are cousins.
Shen Cang didn't expect to collect the money here and bear the suspicion of "occupying it from it", so he immediately called the butler over.
The reason why Master Qiao was able to escape from official crimes was that the butler took Chen Cang’s famous post and ran out. The specific cost was calculated.
One day I received 1,500 taels of tickets from Master Qiao San's house, and one day I paid a few hundred taels of tickets from a certain yamen, and read them one by one.
Master Qiao looked surprised when he heard the beginning and looked at Master Qiao Er.
Master Qiao Er listened carefully to the subsequent expenses, and at the end of July, he had already paid 4,000 taels of silver. However, Master Qiao only came out after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the days after that were inseparable from the expenses.
The butler had to continue reading, Chen Cang said, "Let's do it, don't read the rest."
Master Qiao hadn't understood the key yet, so he only stared at the first 1,500 taels and asked, "Second brother, why is it 1,500 taels? Didn't he say that the family had collected 1,000 taels at that time?"
Master Qiao Er coughed uncomfortably and said, "I've collected another five hundred taels."
Master Qiao looked at his younger brother with gratitude. If he hadn't been at the Shen family, he would have tears.
At the critical moment of life and death, the biological mother and the wife were both holding their own private rooms tightly, but the illegitimate brother was able to help raise 500 taels of silver. In contrast, Master Qiao felt a lot of emotion.
For Old Lady Qiao and Mrs. Qiao, five hundred taels are not a big number, but for the second master who has always been guarded by his legitimate mother and sister-in-law, it is not a small number.
Mr. Qiao Er was uncomfortable being seen by his brother, so he turned to Chen Cang and said, "Cousin, let's calculate it clearly. Let's go home and get some money."
Chen Cang waved his hand and said, "No need, it's not a business. Ding is Ding Mao is Mao. Since I call me a cousin, what if I spend a few dollars?"
Only then did Master Qiao realize that the money he brought was not enough and said embarrassedly: "There is still some money at home, so I will send it to my cousin again."
Chen Cang was very displeased with Mr. Qiao, a cousin who was confused about life. Now that he knows how to be grateful, he always feels that he has not done his best. As for his cheap cousin, Mr. Qiao Er, who can do this for his legitimate brother. , it is not easy.
The three brothers in the Shen family have a good relationship, and Chen Cang is happy to see others' friendship.
The Qiao family is only a medium-sized family. The fine of 3,000 taels plus the 2,000 taels of silver in front of them, and the previous 1,500 taels of silver is more than 6,000 taels. Even if the family still has silver, they are not rich.
The Shen family is not short of money. Although it has spent some money on the Qiao family this time, it is not necessary to make up for it.
Chen Cang has a personality of "people respect me, I respect others" and the Qiao family knows how to be grateful, so his anger has disappeared almost the same before.
Because the three old ladies and Mrs. Qiao are sisters of their compatriots, and their cousins are similar to each other, they often play with each other since they were young. However, the relationship between the two families became alienated and it only gradually over the past thirty years. Far.
The mediocre Master Qiao was dismissed from office and became a white-clothed official, Chen Cang was a second-rank Beijing official. The two cousins were very different, but inexplicably less alienated than before.
Chen Cang looked at Master Qiao and said to himself: "You should be more careful in the future, don't live a confused life again."
Although Mr. Qiao is indeed involved in the case, Mr. Qiao only got 500 taels of 26,500 taels of project funds occupied by him, but he was burdened with the greater than the system. After all, he was still confused. It's right.
Master Qiao said ashamed: "No, I won't have that chance to make mistakes in the future, right?"
Chen Cang said: "For people like us, children are the foundation for studying. When you are free in the future, you will be able to urge your children and grandchildren to study. Nothing else matters."
The brothers of the Qiao family are seven, with three sons in the eldest son, two legitimate and one illegitimate; two legitimate and two illegitimate; two older ones die young, only one illegitimate son is still young; three illegitimate son is one illegitimate son.
Among these brothers, except for Master Qiao Er’s son, Seventh Brother, who was enlightened, what else can I see? The remaining five are the fifth brothers, and the sixth brother is studying. The older two brothers are not the materials for studying. Lianxian County I threw away the book without even trying.
Now, Master Qiao has several grandchildren. Chen Cang and Master Qiao mentioned this, but they were unwilling to let the Qiao family go down. Otherwise, the children would not be able to achieve success and could not support the door. If they suffer from this in the future, they would be Chenzhou.
Mr. Qiao did not expect Chen Zhou. He only felt that his cousin was sincere and sincerely advised him, and responded gratefully: "I understand, I'm going to be like this in my life, but my children and grandchildren are looking forward to becoming successful. When they go back, they will start. Urge them to study and must provide their children and grandchildren…”