"Young master, you are back." Butler Xu was walking out when he met Xu Shunqing who was coming back from outside.
"Butler Xu, where is the old man? I heard that the old man is dying. Please take me to see him quickly." As soon as they met, Xu Shunqing asked about Xu Youcai's affairs.
Butler Xu said: "Young master, you'd better go back to your room and rest first. The doctor has already been here. There's nothing serious about the matter. You'll be fine after a few days of rest."
"Nonsense, the old man is unconscious, how can he be okay?" Xu Shunqing said, "That doctor is just a quack. Take me to see the old man quickly."
Butler Xu stopped in front of Xu Shunqing and said: "Young Master, I want you to go back to your room and rest first. It is better to wait until I am better. You can go and see me."
"Fart." Xu Shunqing said, "The old man is ill. The Xu family cannot be left alone. I am the eldest son of the old man. Now when I am needed to take charge of the Xu family, you let me go back to my room to rest. What are you doing? "Xin, could it be that you are colluding with outsiders to take away my Xu family's property?"
After hearing this, Butler Xu knew that he could no longer stop him.
People's words are terrible. If someone with intentions spreads these words, it will really turn out that he is colluding with outsiders to plot the Xu family's business.
Getting out of the way, he said: "The master is in the study in the north courtyard, and the wife is also there."
Xu Shunqing walked past Butler Xu and walked straight towards the north courtyard.
Butler Xu hesitated for a moment, but finally did not follow.
Also staying with him was a man wearing linen clothes.
"Butler." The man spoke first.
Butler Xu frowned and said, "Which hospital are you from?"
As the head butler of the Xu family, he may not know every servant, but he has some impression of the servants in the family, unlike the person in front of him, who has no impression at all.
"The younger one is Wang San, the guy from Jiqing Gambling House." The man named Wang San had a flattering smile on his face.
Butler Xu frowned and said, "Since you are from Jiqing Gambling House, what are you doing here at Xu's house?"
"I'll be honest with you, butler." Wang San said, "The young master of your house owes our Jiqing Gambling House five hundred taels of silver. This is an IOU, and it has the fingerprint of the young master of your house on it."
With that said, he took out an IOU, opened it and gave Butler Xu a look.
Butler Xu saw that the words on it were the font of their eldest young master, and that this person came to the Xu Mansion with their eldest young master, it didn't look like he was lying.
But for such a large sum of money, five hundred taels, he could not be the owner of it as a housekeeper, so he said: "Give me the IOU. You wait here first, and I will get the money for you."
To use such a large amount of money, they still need their master's consent.
The doctor asked the master to rest in peace, but now it seems that it may be difficult. If he knew that the young master owed such a large sum of money to the gambling house, he might get angry and faint.
"The Xu family has a great business. I believe that your family will not default on its debts. Besides, the money from our Jiqing Gambling House is not easy to throw away." Wang San handed the IOU to Butler Xu.
Butler Xu reached out to take the IOU and said coldly: "Don't worry, our Xu family is not short of this little money."
Handing over the IOU, Wang San did not let go immediately, but whispered: "Yang Tou asked me to give the chief steward a message. The matter was done well, and the money owed to the chief steward has been cleared. If the chief steward is willing, you can continue to work for me. When we do things in Hutou Village, the benefits of a housekeeper will be indispensable from now on."
"Who are you?" Butler Xu was startled, took two steps back, and looked at the man in front of him in horror.
"The little Wang San of Jiqing Gambling House is also from Hutou Village." Wang San said with a smile.
Steward Xu stabilized his mind and said in a deep voice: "You have got the land deed and the land deed. We are settled. Don't come to me again in the future."
Wang San smiled and said: "Since the chief steward is not willing, we will not force it. However, this IOU is genuine. Please ask the chief steward to exchange the money on the IOU!"
"Wait." Butler Xu took the IOU and turned around and walked towards the north courtyard.
At this time, the master and his wife were both in the North Courtyard. If you want to take out such a large sum of money from the accounting room, you need the consent of the head of the Xu family.
Xu Shunqing, who went to the North Courtyard first, came to the study.
As soon as he entered the study, he shouted in a tearful tone: "Dad, what's wrong with you? I haven't had time to be filial to you!"
Xu Youcai, who had just laid down to take a rest, suddenly opened his eyes and said angrily: "You devil, you dare to come back, cough!"
Mrs. Xu beside her hurriedly helped her calm down and advised: "Don't be angry. Don't be angry. The doctor won't let you be angry. Besides, Qing'er also has good intentions to see you."
"Dad." Xu Shunqing came to the bedside and saw Xu Youcai lying on the bed. "Dad, you can rest in peace and recuperate. From now on, your son will take charge of your family."
"You bastard, get out!" An abnormal blush appeared on Xu Youcai's face.
Xu Shunqing said: "Dad, I came to see you out of kindness."
Mrs. Xu next to her also advised: "Master, Qing'er's coming to see you is part of his filial piety."
"Go away, I don't need this scoundrel to watch, cough cough!"
He spoke too hastily, and Xu Youcai couldn't help coughing.
Mrs. Xu hurriedly cheered and said to Xu Shunqing: "Don't make your father angry here. Go back to your room first."
"Mom, I am doing this for my father's sake." Xu Shunqing said, "A country cannot be without a king for a day, and a family cannot be without an owner for a day. Since my father is ill, it is naturally up to me, the eldest son of the Xu family, to support the family."
"Listen, listen." Xu Youcai raised his finger and pointed at Xu Shunqing and said, "I haven't died yet, and he is thinking about inheriting the family business."
Mrs. Xu advised: "Master, don't be angry. Qing'er is doing it for your own good. The doctor has said that for you to rest in peace and quiet, it's better to hand over the Xu family to Qing'er to take care of it. He will inherit it in the future." Family business."
"That's right, dad, you stay at home and recuperate, and the Xu family will be left in charge of your son." Xu Shunqing said smoothly.
Xu Youcai said coldly: "He has already stolen the family's land deeds before he takes charge of the business. If he really wants to take charge of the business, he will destroy all the ancestral property of the Xu family."
"What's that shabby village outside the city worth? As long as the iron farm in Dongshan is still there." Xu Shunqing looked disapproving.
"Get out of here, as far away as possible." Xu Youcaiqi's whole body was shaking.
Xu Shunqing said dissatisfied: "Father, what are you talking about? My son is kind enough to help you manage the Xu family."
Xu Youcai, who was lying on the bed, was so angry that he couldn't speak, and his lips were trembling.
Seeing this, Mrs. Xu said to Xu Shunqing: "Qing'er, don't make your father angry. Listen to mother and go back to your room first."
"I won't leave." Xu Shunqing said, "Dad hasn't given me the key to the house yet!"
At this time, Butler Xu came to the study.
When he saw the people in front of the bed, he shouted respectfully: "Master, madam, young master."
"Housekeeper Xu, take the eldest young master back to the room." Mrs. Xu ordered.
"Okay, madam." Butler Xu respectfully agreed, then took out the IOU and said, "Madam, please take a look at this first. The person is still waiting outside."
Before Mrs. Xu got the IOU, she heard Xu Youcai say: "Give it to me!"
Butler Xu had no choice but to pass it to Xu Youcai.
After reading the contents of the IOU, Xu Youcai's blood surged, his whole face turned red from holding back, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell straight on the bed.
