Everyone else loved Yaozi, but Mrs. Gongsun was an exception.
Her eldest son, who has been aware of both cold and hot since he was a child, and who is both civilized and martial, is the son she loves the most in her heart.
Back then, for the sake of the Xiao family, the eldest son wanted to become a monk. In the end, she made a compromise and allowed her son to marry a woman named Xiao. However, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were at odds, and a rift gradually developed between mother and son...
The old lady looked at Qin Zeng, who looked very similar to her eldest daughter-in-law. She took a deep breath and then inhaled again before she resisted the urge to call someone to pull him out to beat him.
evil creature!
What a sin!
She thought that Xiao Lan was in poor health and would live for a few years. Then she would just marry a stepmother for her son. Who knew that the sick man could actually give birth to a son!
"Get down!"
I get annoyed when I see this face!
The old lady was not in the mood to talk to Li Qingyi and his wife, and Li Qingyi and his wife were naturally too lazy to talk nonsense to each other. They bowed and left, heading back to the east courtyard.
The couple left Jingyuntang, and Tong's mother came out from the corner.
Fortunately, the eldest grandma didn't mention the three thousand taels to the old lady, otherwise, she would have to explain to the old lady what happened this morning.
"Mother Tong!"
As soon as Tong's mother breathed a sigh of relief, she heard someone calling her, and she was startled.
"What are you shouting for? It's scary and scary!"
The little girl pursed her lips in embarrassment, "Mama Tong, someone from Grandma's side sent a message asking you to go to the east courtyard!"
Mother Tong's heart trembled, "Grandma is looking for me? What's going on?"
The little girl shook her head, "I didn't say anything, I just told my mother to bring the money."
Mother Tong felt cold, she was asking for a debt!
I don’t want to go… but I can’t help but go…
Mother Tong returned to her room, tremblingly took some silver from the private box and put it into her arms, and went to the east courtyard with a heavy heart.
Arriving at Fulingyuan where Li Qingyi lived, Tong's mother did some mental preparation for a while before walking in.
Li Qingyi had just changed his clothes and was drinking bird's nest. When he saw her coming in, he put down the delicate little cup and said, "Mother Tong, you are here."
"My servant has met Grandma. Grandma will live a long life!"
Li Qingyi smiled and said, "Mother Tong, if you call me longevity every time you see me, I'm afraid I will go to heaven before I have finished enjoying the happiness on earth. Besides, if the old lady knows about it, she will not doubt your surrender. Got me."
Mother Tong said awkwardly: "Yes, I know."
"It's good to know. I am a bride. I have to be cautious in everything in my life. I don't dare to cause trouble for the old lady. We have to draw a clear line. So, please return the money quickly and we will be settled."
Mother Tong had a frown on her face. She wanted to clear things up more than anyone else, but the money she reluctantly took out from her arms was only more than a hundred taels.
"That's it?"
Li Qingyi looked at the money in Tong's mother's hand and was very dissatisfied.
"On weekdays, this is not the only thing I leak to the girls through my fingers. You are a close person to the old man. After so many years, you can't just have this little private money, right?"
Mother Tong made a sad face. She didn't expect that the girls around Grandma were so lucky. It was a pity that the old lady was not so wealthy.
She glanced at Li Qingyi and said that the richer people are, the more stingy they are. The eldest grandma has a lot of money, but she insists on this little money in her hand.
"Grandma, my monthly salary is only twenty taels of silver, and I still have a lot of expenses. I also spent a lot on marrying my son, so this is already most of my savings."
"Most of your savings?" Li Qingyi held the money given by Tong's mother in his hand, glanced at her and said, "So, you still have a lot left?"
"Uh..." Tong's mother was speechless for a moment.
Li Qingyi's face turned dark, "You owe me three thousand taels of silver, are you planning to pay it back until you are buried in the earth? I don't have the patience to wait for you to pay it back until the day you bury it in the loess. I'll give you one month to use my three thousand taels." If you still can’t get enough, humph.”
Mother Tong swallowed.
Drooling, he knelt straight, and Duangduang kowtowed twice, "Grandma, please forgive me, Grandma, please forgive me!"
"Don't worry, if I don't kill you, if I kill you, won't my three thousand taels be wasted?"
"Then...what does Grandma mean?"
Li Qingyi raised a finger and said, "If you don't pay in one month, I will use your Xi'er to pay off the debt!"
Tong’s mother has a little grandson, and the baby is like something. I heard that he begged the old lady for love, and in the future he will be freed from slavery and sent to study.
So when she heard this, her face immediately turned green.
Before Li Qingyi finished speaking, "One Xi'er can't be worth three thousand taels. However, considering that you are an old man next to the old lady, I reluctantly asked him to sign a death contract for me, which is worth one thousand taels." Two pieces of silver."
Mother Tong leaned forward, "Grandma..."
"Hey!" Li Qingyi raised his hand to stop her, "Don't think that I give you a choice just because you are easy to talk to. If you are procrastinating and perfunctory, grandma, I will go to the Yamen with the bill of debt. What will be the consequences? , you have to take care of it yourself, and don’t say that I am making a fuss out of a molehill. My brother is still settling the scores. You are a servant, and I am willing to give you a one-month period. I have already given you a lot of face."
Mother Tong's heart split into eight petals, "Yes... I understand..."
Li Qingyi looked at her and waved his hand casually, "Go on, remember to come to my place every day to answer questions and bring all the money in your hand. Even if it is a copper plate, I will not be too little. I will make money every day. It makes me feel at ease, what do you think?"
Mother Tong was speechless. She felt that the pores all over her body were wide open, and cold air was pouring in, and her whole body was leaking air.
Coming out of Li Qingyi's house, Tong's mother's feet were fluttering. Mother Jiang came out and called her to stop her, "Sister, I'm so sorry. If I hadn't asked you to go in and call grandma that day, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened!"
Mother Tong said in her heart, if you don’t let me go, I still have to go.
And she hasn’t found the centipede yet!
She said listlessly: "Things have reached this point. I can only raise money from everywhere to pay it back to grandma. Otherwise, grandma may not be able to spare me..."
"Three thousand taels... Are you sure, Mother Tong?"
The words "three thousand taels" are what Mother Tong hates to hear the most right now. "Then I can't really tell my grandson to him!"
Mother Jiang sighed, "We can't use our grandson to pay off the debt, we have to think of other ways."
Mother Tong looked at Mother Jiang, suddenly grabbed her and walked to a quiet place, "Mother Jiang, you are serving Grandma, so you must know Grandma. How about you help me come up with an idea?"
Jiang's mother was confused: "I don't have any good ideas. Grandma has a bad temper..."
Mother Tong also knew that even if the other party was a little apologetic, it would be impossible for her to help her with the money. She thought about it and asked, "Has anyone ever owed grandma money before? How does grandma deal with it?"
Mother Jiang said: "Yes, there are some, but none of them are such a large amount, and others have paid them back."
When Tong's mother heard this, her face fell uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Mother Jiang added, "However, grandma is not actually a person who values money. When she is happy, she rewards people with handfuls of gold and silver melon seeds. She just doesn't like others who owe her money for no reason." .”
