There is a fairy wife at home [Red Mansion]

Gu Mengcheng took Gu Xu, Gu Qing, Gu Ting, Uncle Xu and the other two long-term workers. After leaving, the soldiers divided into two ways to search for people.Gu Mengcheng has an honest temperament, but he is not stupid, especially he knows Gu Kang's nephew very well, he is almost carved out of his father.

"Boss, take Dashan and Laixi to the west of the city to look for it. First look for the gambling house. If you find it, you will take him back directly. If you don't find it, you will go back in two hours." After Gu Mengcheng finished speaking, he took Gu Qing and Gu Ting Find it in the gambling house in the east of the city.

After nightfall, it is the time when the business of the gambling house is booming.

Big and small gambling houses searched one after another, and finally found the person, but the person could not be easily taken away.

Ding Daqiang, who guarded the venue, took out some IOUs: "Master Gu, right? Gu Kang is your nephew and a guest of our gambling shop. He is free to come and go, so we can't stop him, but...you see. These The IOUs were all signed by Gu Kang, with a principal of 500 taels, without interest. Your nephew has been unlucky lately, because he is a regular customer of our gambling shop, so I made an exception and lent him more money to make up for it. Well, your nephew is out of luck."

"500 taels?!"

Gu Mengcheng gasped, his eyes darkened.

Gu Ting has never had a deep concept of money, and he was just surprised.

Gu Qing is different, he is very clear about what this means, especially the arrears of the gambling house are compound interest.The Gu family didn't split up, so the money had to be paid back by the public, but it was a huge sum of money, I'm afraid it would hurt his muscles and bones, and once he hurt his family, it would be difficult for him to study for the imperial examination in the future.

Gu Qing's eyes turned cold, he stared at Gu Kang who was huddled in the corner, and secretly clenched his fists.

Ding Daqiang smiled and said: "Don't worry, the IOU clearly states that the repayment period is three months, and now I'll let you know first. I know Gu Kang well, and I know that your Gu family is in Chunshan Town. Come and see Fucheng is not easy, and if you don't have time to come, I don't mind making a trip myself."

This is to say that he is very clear about the details of the Gu family. If he does not pay back the money on time, the gambling house will come to him.

"I want to look at the IOU again." Gu Mengcheng calmed down, cautiously, and wanted to check it again.

Ding Daqiang spread out the IOUs and asked him to look at each one carefully.

The amount was correct, and the date on the IOU was clear, with Gu Kang's signature and fingerprints.There are five IOUs in total, each of which was borrowed 100 taels, and three of them were borrowed on the same day.

Gu Mengcheng couldn't hold back, grabbed Gu Kang and raised his hand to hit him, but he stopped when he swung his hand in the air, gritted his teeth and kicked: "Go back!"

Gu Kang dared not say a word.

Back in the small courtyard, no one dared to speak, nor dared to go back to the house.

"Kang'er..." Mrs. Bai just came up to meet her, and her heart skipped a beat when she noticed that the faces of the few people were not right.

"Dashan, watch the courtyard gate tonight. No one can go out unless I say something!" Gu Mengcheng swept the second room and said: "Sisters and sisters, pack up your things tonight, and come back to town with me tomorrow morning. Except Qing'er The daughter-in-law stays to take care of the second child, and the third child and Xiangxiu have to go back, they've been out long enough!"

Gu Kang guessed that Gu Kang owed money from gambling again, so naturally he didn't dare to speak.

Gu Xiangxiu didn't want to go back, but seeing her uncle's dark face, she didn't dare to contradict her.What's more, even if there was no one talking about the falling into the water before, he was really guilty and didn't dare to go out to show off. He only planned to wait for the Zhushan Cultural Association to start looking for opportunities, but now...

Thinking of this, she not only blamed her third brother, but also blamed Bai's eccentricity. If she had taken care of her third brother earlier, she would not have allowed him to cause the current disaster, and she would not have been implicated.

Gu Mengcheng hadn't planned to be in a hurry, but when something happened to Gu Kang, he didn't want to stay any longer.

The next day, the sky was slightly bright, and the box was loaded into the car, and the group went out of the city.

The people who went back were not just those named by Gu Mengcheng, but also Gu Qing Chen and Gu Tingjiang Jinshu.

When they first brought Gu Kang back, when they heard that they owed 500 taels to the gambling house, they felt shocked and flustered, and they also had all sorts of petty thoughts. How could they have time to think about other things.However, sleeping at night, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, no one is a fool, has never eaten pork but has seen pigs run, how many people through the ages have sold their sons and daughters because of gambling.

Among these people, Gu Mengcheng, Gu Qing, and the Bai family know the horrors of the gambling house the most. The second master of the Gu family was a mess back then. , It didn't happen until the people from the gambling house came to press for the debt.

It is customary for gambling shops to lend money "nine times and thirteen returns". For example, if you borrow 100 taels, you will only get 90 taels in hand, and you will return 130 taels when it is due.However, gambling houses lend money on a daily basis, a monthly basis, and a yearly basis. Now Gu Kang has to repay the money with rolling interest on a monthly basis. If the loan of 500 taels expires after three months, such a calculation will have to be repaid...

Gu Qing sat up from the bed in a hurry, drank two cups of cold tea in one breath and calmed down.

He clearly remembered that when he was three years old, the gambling shop came to him to press for debts, and his father was held in the yard by his grandfather and stripped of his clothes.

At that time, the Gu family had 180 mu of land, including [-] mu of good farmland from their ancestors. There is nowhere to buy it with silver.But the money owed to the gambling house was too much, and Grandpa Gu had to sell the land, leaving only [-] mu.

It was also that time that he learned his lesson, his father stayed at home for two or three years in a row, not daring to show his head, and it was not until his grandfather passed away that he became so cute.

Gu Qing is not in the mood to care about what will happen to Gu Kang now, what he thinks is that he must pay back the money immediately, and cannot wait until three months later, otherwise the Gu family will not be enough to go bankrupt!

In the same way, Gu Mengcheng would also count, thinking that the land at home could not be kept, his heart would burn.What do their Gu family live on?What do the juniors rely on to study?All rely on the family's fields to produce.If the land is gone, don't talk about studying, you don't even have to eat.

Gu Ting didn't think too much about it, but Jiang Jinshu settled a bill for him, which made him anxious too.

Gu Ting worried that Mrs. Gu would not be able to bear the blow.

The Bai family didn't even dare to vent their anger. If the two sons hadn't returned, she wished she could hide in Fucheng.If something happened to Gu Kang, the family must be angry, but the grandson can't be beaten to death, right?She was afraid that the fire would spread on herself, and if she really got into trouble, Gu Zhongcheng would not help her, but would beat her half to death.

Such a group of people were silent all the way, and they all had a bad face when they returned to Gu's house.

When this kind of thing happened, Gu Mengcheng didn't care about anything else, and he was in a hurry along the way. In addition, he set off before dawn and arrived in the town in the middle of the afternoon. One can imagine how uncomfortable the bumps were.

No one dared to wander around, and followed Gu Mengcheng into the hall.

When Mrs. Gu heard that they were coming back, she was happy to welcome them out, but she saw that everyone's expressions were wrong.

"Don't kneel down yet!" Gu Mengcheng kicked Gu Kang.

As soon as Gu Kang changed from his previous appearance at home, he knelt down, looking terrified, and suddenly crawled up to Mrs. Gu, hugged Mrs. Gu's leg and cried loudly: "Grandma, grandma, save me, I won't dare again."

"What's going on here?" Mrs. Gu asked.

With a sullen face, Gu Mengcheng told about Gu Kang's gambling.

Gu Mengcheng didn't want to alarm Mrs. Gu, fearing that she wouldn't be able to bear it, but this matter was too big to hide.

The old lady Gu was stunned, and it took a long time for her to shed tears, and slapped Gu Kang: "You are a worthless child, why are you just like your father! I told you a long time ago that you can't gamble, why didn't you listen!"

Gao's body was even weaker, but fortunately, Yang supported him.

Gao Shi remembered that time more than 20 years ago, when the Gu family almost broke up, and looking at the present, she couldn't help crying with her face in her hands.She was angry and aggrieved, the last time it was the second room Gu Mengcheng who caused the trouble, and the Gu family was robbed once, but 20 years later, his son came back again, no matter how rich the family was, they couldn't hold back such a torment.Their eldest wife was exhausted to support the second bedroom, and the second bedroom was just ungrateful, and she couldn't bear it if she continued to make such a fuss.

Mrs. Gao didn't bother to communicate with Gu Mengcheng, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and opened her mouth and said, "Mother, I'm not sensible as a daughter-in-law, but Second Uncle's family is really... I want to separate! If this continues, The second room has ruined the entire family of the Gu family, and your great-grandson will not be able to support him!"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere became quiet.

Mrs. Bai quickly came back to her senses, and immediately jumped out to retort: ​​"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about, mother, she is still alive, why should the family be separated!"

Bai's family is not stupid, if the family is separated, what will their second wife have?Even if the land can be allocated, do you expect Gu Zhongcheng to take care of it?What's more, since the eldest son takes the majority of the separated family, and the big house is capable, it is more beneficial to be together, at least the family cannot be separated before Gu Qing becomes an official.

No one in the second room agrees with her.

It's not that I don't want to join in, it's that I don't dare.

Gu Mengcheng never thought about separating the family when the old lady Gu was still alive. Even if the second brother did not make progress, but the second room Gu Qing was promising, he also wanted to let the two rooms support each other.But after Gu Kang's incident, he remembered the assholes his second brother did back then, and felt frustrated.Another thing, the juniors don't know, but he knows that old man Gu left early, he was vomited blood by his second brother in anger, and he almost couldn't be saved, and his body collapsed after that.

Mrs. Gu obviously thought about the past, and felt sorry for the eldest son, so naturally she would not be angry with the eldest daughter-in-law.Gao's eldest daughter-in-law has done a good job, and she is not a person who cares too much. It is really the second wife who is too noisy.

"Grandma, don't be sad, the third brother knows he's wrong, so he doesn't dare to do it again." Gu Ting hurriedly comforted him, not to excuse Gu Kang, but worried about the old lady's health.

"Four treasures." Only then did Mrs. Gu realize that Gu Ting had also returned.

Gu Ting changed the topic: "Grandma, my grandson is healed. The old Mr. Shen of Pujitang is very skilled in medicine, and my grandson is not as stupid as before. An old gentleman accepted me as a student and asked me to study with him. Said that I am very talented, and I will be able to finish the test next year."

Mrs. Gu was amazed, looked at him carefully, and listened to Jiang Jinshu's addition, and finally believed that her grandson's illness was really cured.The old lady Gu hugged Gu Ting excitedly and cried: "Okay, okay, grandma's four treasures, you are finally healed."

The tense atmosphere before was relaxed, but the undercurrent became more and more turbulent.

Separation, when the word jumps out, this time the matter cannot be easily passed.