Hearing Qi Peng's words, He Xing couldn't sit still. He stood up and then hissed in pain because he touched the wound.
Seeing He Xing's reaction, Qi Peng was somewhat surprised, "What's wrong? What are you going to do?"
When He Xing heard this, he only looked up at Qi Peng and said, "I want to see her!"
Qi Peng was confused and asked, "Who do you want to see?"
He Xing then whispered, "I want to see Chen Yan!"
When Qi Peng heard this, he immediately looked at He Xing with a look that suggested that this kid was sick, "Why did you go to see her? Didn't you reject her marriage when their family was at its peak? Now at this time, you can Go up, what do you want to do?"
He Xing ignored Qi Peng's ridicule.
He just stood up with great effort, and then moved step by step to the cabinet next to him. At the moment, he only dug out his monthly money from one cabinet.
Then he poured out all the monthly money from the bag.
He is now transferred to Wuhoupu and his monthly salary is twenty taels of silver. After moving out from Xujiaxiang, where land is at a premium, he and Qi Peng rented this relatively peripheral small courtyard. On the fifth day of the month, Qi Peng saw that he was short of money, so he took the initiative to pay three taels of silver for the big part, and he gave two taels for the small part. After that, if he throws away the three taels of silver for fixed monthly living expenses, he will still have fifteen taels left a month.
However, because he lived in his brother's house before, he still had some feelings for him. When he was fighting outside, he longed for the warmth of home even more, so when he returned in triumph. He downplayed the fact that his brother and sister-in-law kicked him out of the house and threw him into a military camp in order to get more of the family property. He almost died at the border.
At first, under their kindness, he finally returned to his former home, but he still realized that this was no longer his original home. In addition, his sister-in-law often complained about his poverty, so when he was transferred to the capital, he only transferred I give twenty taels of my thirty taels of silver every month to my brother and sister-in-law.
So when he was living with his brother and sister-in-law, he didn't save a penny.
But he was a bachelor and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
In addition, his brother and sister-in-law now treated him differently, so he thought they had changed their past and he had no idea about money. So even though he has been in Beijing for a year or two, he still doesn't have even a cent or two of money.
Later, although he moved out of his brother and sister-in-law's home due to some trivial matters, he still gave ten taels of silver to his brother and sister-in-law every month.
That is to say, starting from this month, after he was demoted to Wuhoupu, he did not pay a penny to his brother and sister-in-law.
If it hadn't been for the fact that they agreed to Chen Fu Yin's marriage proposal behind his back, and also accepted the dowry without permission but refused to return it, he might not have recognized the true identity of his brother and sister-in-law.
To put it bluntly, the couple treated him well after he returned to Beijing just because his current status was different from that of the past, and his monthly salary of thirty taels of silver was considered a high salary for ordinary people. Giving them twenty taels of silver would be enough for their whole family to live a relatively decent life in the capital.
If he didn't have this kind of money, if he was still an unknown soldier, even if he could return to the capital one day, I'm afraid their brothers and sister-in-law wouldn't even look at him.
It's just that he was too stupid at that time and couldn't see through the essence of things.
If it weren't for Chen Yan's trouble, he might not be able to see all this clearly.
Moreover, she never got back Chen Yan's dowry from her brother and sister-in-law. In the end, it was Chen Yan who managed to get it back, and there were still some things that she didn't want back, even though Chen Yan herself said that as long as he broke off the engagement in person, the dowry would be void.
However, in his heart, breaking off an engagement means breaking off an engagement, and returning a dowry means returning a dowry.
The two cannot be compared at all.
Although in the end Chen Yan did not want to make up for the missing dowry herself, although Chen Yan gave herself a thousand taels to make up for the vacancy. However, he always remembered this in his heart.
So after hearing that the Chen family had been imprisoned and was still being collected for debts, he wanted to help them pay off some foreign debts at this time. ŴŴŴ.ßĨQÚ
He poured out his fifteen taels of silver, and then asked the other party, "How much money does the Chen family owe your friend?"
Qi Peng looked at He Xing, and then said jokingly, "What? Do you want to help others pay it back?"
He Xing did not directly answer Qi Peng's words. He just continued to ask, "How much money does she owe your friend?"
Seeing that He Xing was not joking at all, Qi Peng realized that He Xing might not be joking, so he immediately frowned and said, "He Xing, you don't really want to help her family pay back the money, do you? Are you crazy?" Are you interested? You have fallen in love with her. You married her in the first place. What are you doing now that is so touching? You think you are very touching. Do you think she will appreciate it? "
However, in the face of Qi Peng's scolding, He Xing just kept a calm attitude, "I'm not crazy, and I'm not joking. I just want to help her pay back the money. Just tell me the number!"
Hearing He Xing's words, Qi Peng sneered, "Okay, if you want to take advantage of this, I will satisfy you. Her family owes my friend a hundred taels of silver. And this is just the tip of the iceberg of their family's debt. Their family at least still has The hole of several thousand taels was not filled in, and their home was ransacked. The ancestral house was only kept for them because their old lady was once the royal wife, and even saved His Majesty's life. So now this is Houses cannot be bought or sold. After the old lady leaves, they may not even have a place to live. Are you going to save them? How are you going to save them? You don’t even have a tile to cover yourself in this capital!"
"There are so many girls in the capital. Depending on your conditions, it won't be a problem to find the daughter of any small official family in the capital. Why do you need to get involved with a family that is about to fall into the mud and be unable to stand up? Together."
"In the past, their family's wealth was in the clouds and you couldn't reach it. Now they are in the mud and you can't save them. Don't waste your efforts."
After being scolded by Qi Peng, He Xing said calmly, "I don't want to marry her."
Qi Peng became even more excited when he heard this. If He Xing was coveting the beauty of the Chen family's daughter, then he could figure it out. However, now He Xing said that he was not trying to marry her at all, so what did he want to do?
Qi Peng immediately yelled, "You are out of your mind! You don't just want to marry her, you just rush to her house to pay off your debts! You think you are doing charity!"
He Xing, who was speechless after being scolded by Qi Peng, could only whisper, "Qi Peng, don't be so excited."
Qi Peng was still outputting passionately, "Can I not be excited? I have never seen such a stupid idiot like you. How could I make such a stupid friend like you! I'm really going to be pissed off by you!"
Although Qi Peng was passionate, He Xing also knew that the other party was worried about him, so he was not angry even if he was scolded. He was just a little worried that Qi Peng would really be mad at him.
So he only advised Qi Peng, "Qi Peng, don't be so excited. I'm really not doing charity, I'm doing it to pay off debts."
"Repay the debt? What debt to pay?" Fortunately, although Qi Peng was on the verge of going berserk, he still listened to He Xing's words.
When He Xing saw Qi Peng saying this, he couldn't help but whisper: "Didn't the Chen family come to ask for marriage before? My brother and sister-in-law agreed to this on my behalf. In fact, there is something I haven't told you, which is that my brother and sister-in-law have I received someone else's dowry, and they took part of it and never returned it, and I never returned that part. Chen Yan made up for the money herself. I originally wanted to save the dowry month by month and return it to her. It’s from others, but now that everyone is like this, I can’t possibly turn a blind eye.”
Hearing He Xing say this, Qi Peng, who was excited to death, finally calmed down a bit. He asked in a low voice, "How much money do you owe me? If you return your part to her, it will be settled."
Not wanting to congratulate Xing, he whispered, "One thousand taels."
Hearing this, Qi Peng took a breath of cold air.
When will this much money be repaid? Even if Qi Peng's own family is a little wealthy, he, the young master, can't afford a thousand taels at a time.
Then he sighed and said, "Actually, she didn't want it, I guess she just doesn't want it anymore. What's more, even if you returned the money to their family, her dowry will probably be confiscated this time, so in actual calculation, , they should not have this money in their lives.”
He Xing knew that Qi Peng was comforting himself, so he shook his head and said, "That's not how money is calculated. This is what I owe her."
Upon hearing this, Qi Peng could only say helplessly, "Then what do you want?"
"I want to pay her back." He Xing whispered.
"Only your fifteen taels of water can barely cover your teeth. No matter how much you save, you can only save so much. I advise you to leave it alone."
However, He Xing continued to insist, "I must pay her back, that's what I owe her!"
However, Qi Peng suddenly said at this moment, "Do you really want to return it?"
He Xing nodded, "Of course."
Qi Peng just said, "You didn't actually spend this money. If you ask me, you should let your brother and sister-in-law pay back the money!"
Hearing Qi Peng's words, He Xing smiled bitterly, "I can't get money from my brother and sister-in-law. If I could get it, I would have arrived long ago. What's more, I estimate that they have already used up the previous accounts. My brother is one He can only earn ten taels of silver a month, and the children at home need money, so how can he get so much money?"
Hearing He Xing's words, Qi Peng was speechless, "You guys really care about them. I saw that your brother and sister-in-law went to the best restaurant on Xiaoye Street to have a meal a few days ago, and they They seemed to have contacted Zhang Yapo a while ago and were planning to sell the house in their hands and buy a bigger yard."
Hearing Qi Peng's words, He Xing was a little doubtful, "How do you know this?"
Qi Peng chuckled, "Because your eldest brother is interested in a small manor that my family is planning to sell."
He was not surprised to hear this. He just couldn't figure out where his elder brother got so much money.
Qi Peng seemed to understand what He Xing was thinking. He just said softly, "He Xing, are you wondering where their money comes from?"
Facing Qi Peng's question, He Xing nodded honestly.
Qi Peng then whispered, "I heard that your brother took the other party's dowry money and went to the gambling house and won a lot of money. I estimate that he had three thousand taels in his hand, so now he should have a lot of money in his hand. It shouldn’t be a problem to come up with the one thousand. It won’t affect their livelihood.”
"And your brother is gambling more and more now. Nine out of ten times he gambles in this casino, he loses. Instead of letting him spend all his money in the casino, you might as well help him take out the money and return it to others. In this way It's better than you having to live frugally to repay the thousand taels every month. What's more, their lives are better than yours. Your brother, children, and wife are hot on the bed, and you have nothing. You listen to me. , but don’t feel sorry for your brother anymore!”
In fact, He Xing didn't feel sorry for his elder brother, especially when he knew that the other person was doing well.
He just knew in his heart that even his elder brother could come up with a thousand taels of silver.
But it is absolutely impossible for his eldest brother to take out that money again.
What's more, the real owner didn't ask for the money, so what's the point of trying to get it by himself?
So he just thought about it and said, "I'm not worried that my eldest brother won't pay it back. What I'm worried about is that my eldest brother won't pay it back. With his personality, if I can take away a penny from him, he will chase me to the end." Ends of the world, not to mention a whole thousand taels."
Qi Peng still understood Brother He Xing's personality, and when he heard He Xing's complaints, he stopped talking.
