Chapter 59 Digging a Corner
Lao Yu played with a whip flower, and the crisp sound of whip exploded in the air. The carriage left the Jiedu Mansion and slowly drove towards Sima Bridge.
The carriage was passing through the night, the night sky was clear, there was no cloud in the sky, and a full moon sailed in the endless sea, scattering lonely glory, and the ground and tiles were dyed with a layer of silver white.
The night was very quiet, and the road was deserted. Occasionally, a few drunk people staggered away with their shoulders. Before they knew it, they had been in Zhang Qiu Jianqiong's mansion for two hours. Zhang Qiu Jianqiong finally accepted him. This was something he had been looking forward to for a long time. When he finally got his wish, his heart became lost and empty. Li Qing suddenly felt a little tired and tired. He missed the days of Yilong and Langzhou. Although he was busy at that time, he was a happy mood, carefree every day, and now he had a lot of money, but he had no happiness and no worries. The lot of money turned into a mountain, pressing heavily on him. He felt that he seemed to be slowly becoming a slave to money, and the pressing of the Hai family made him breathless.
"I don't know how Liang'er is now." Li Qing suddenly felt a desire for family in his heart.
The car body shook and had already driven onto the Sima Bridge. Through the car window, he saw the Wangjiang Restaurant again. The lights were bright and the noise of the people at the gate could be heard faintly. My thoughts were immediately pulled back to reality. "It's only five days, I have to hurry up."
After walking a few more steps, the carriage stopped, and Lao Yu's slightly hoarse voice came from front.
"Owner! Someone stopped the car in front of him, and it seemed that the eldest young master of the Hai family."
Li Qing looked out and saw that it was indeed Hai Zhongtian waving his arms desperately under the moonlight.
"Let him get in the car!"
Li Qing smiled slightly, it seemed that what he had assigned to Zhang Wang was done.
The car door opened, Hai Zhongtian dragged his fat body into the car clumsyly, looked at Li Qing timidly, nestled in the corner, lowered his head and said nothing.
"What? Isn't 200 stagnant enough to spend the night?"
Hai Zhongtian did not say anything, but his head lowered deeper. He rushed to the Jade Building and gave the silver to the madam. The madam responded to Yanru. Just as the two of them were drinking together and were in love, the madam suddenly turned against him and broke into him and said that a great merchant from Langzhong asked someone to send a message to buy Yanru with 600 guan. He asked him to leave unless he also took out 600 guan within three days. Yanru pulled him, his eyes were disheartened, and Hai Zhongtian's heart was broken. He immediately gritted his teeth and responded, but asked him to take out another 400 guan. What else could he do except borrowing money from Li Qing?
"I want to borrow another four hundred stakes." The voice was as low as a mosquito.
Li Qing glanced at him and knew that this person would definitely not be able to eat fishy tonight. He ordered Zhang Wang to ruin his good deeds. Xu Liubaiguan redeemed the woman and paid another deposit of 100 yuan. Thinking that the madam would naturally turn against him if she didn't recognize the money or the people.
"You said it very easily if you borrow another 400 guan. Do you know how many years these 400 guan can be used by ordinary people? Do you think I am a minting here?"
"I will definitely give you back!" Hai Zhongtian suddenly looked up, and a faint burst of tears appeared in his eyes, "I want to redeem Yanru, so I can prevent her from being abused by other men."
Seeing that he was listless and pitiful, Li Qing suddenly felt a little compassion in his heart, but this compassion was fleeting.
"Young Master Hai, it's not that I don't believe you. Do you know you have asked me how much money I have borrowed?" He took out the small yellow Ling bag from his arms and took out six IOUs and said, "This is already a thousand guan. I will give you the ten guan and twenty guans in the past. But what should you say about this thousand guan? At least you have to give me a time to repay the money and what to pay me back? Otherwise, don't blame me for reporting to the official, don't blame me for going to the mansion to ask for it!"
Hai Zhongtian's face turned pale, as if he had stepped on the air and fell from the clouds. "One Thousand Points!" He exclaimed in a low voice, and his hand unconsciously touched the IOU, but was quickly taken away by Li Qing. Hai Zhongtian was frozen there. At this moment, it was no longer important whether Yan Ru's life or death was suddenly gone. His heart sank into the abyss, and his mind was filled with this sky-high foreign debt.
"One thousand guan! Why should I pay it?" He called himself the eldest son of Hai, but he was actually the appendix of the Hai family. He only had ten guan per month and had to support his wife and children. How many years did he have to spend this thousand guan? Big drops of sweat flowed down his pumpkin face.
"Can I have to think of a way to give it a few more days?"
He begged in a low voice that he must not let his uncle know about this. If he knew that he had a good relationship with Li Qing, he would have to break his legs. Hai Zhongtian was a fool to women, which was also caused by strong endocrine, but in other aspects, his IQ was normal. He had heard of the grudges between the Hai family and Li Qing recently, but he could not get rid of Li Qing's temptation to him for money, just like drugs in later generations. He knew it was harmful, but he could not leave it.
He held his head and thought hard that his wife could be used as some jewelry and could steal some from his father's private money, but this was only a hundred coins at most, not even a 100% of them.
Seeing his face changing, Li Qing said a little slower and said slowly: "Regularly, we are friends, I shouldn't force you like this, but I worked so hard to make money, but you went to spend money in the golden cave to spend money. When did you think of me, and when would you think I was your friend!"
Hai Zhongtian's face changed several times, but this time it turned red. 'Friend!' He never thought that any man was his friend. He only had a confidante in his heart, yes! He suddenly remembered the rumors in the brothel today. The Hai family won a great victory in the business war with Wangjiang Restaurant. This must be the case.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said, "Brother Li, although I am from the Hai family, the Hai family's business has nothing to do with me."
Li Qing sighed softly, "We are friends. I have said too much just now. I apologize to you, but I really can't turn over my capital. Your Hai family has forced me to have no way out. Otherwise, I wouldn't ask you for money. I know you have no money, but if you can help me with a small favor, I will give you a few more months to give you this money."
"What's the busy?" Hai Zhongtian's voice was already trembling.
"Actually, it's not a big deal. Your Hai family's snow mud is good and cheap. I want to see how it is made. I wonder if you can take a guy in and get some experience."
He tried to make this matter a very small matter in an understatement, but Hai Zhongtian immediately heard the taste and took the Hai family's competitors to learn skills. This was not a trivial matter. He was speechless and couldn't say a word. After a while, Qiqi said: "It's not that I don't want it, but the Hai family's rules are strict, and I'm afraid I'm powerless."
"Hmph!" Li Qing snorted coldly. He had known that Hai Zhongtian would not have done this, but he would just open the price a little higher first.
"Okay! I won't make things difficult for you. Go back and tell me the specific location of the Snow Mud Factory. This is OK!"
Seeing Hai Zhongtian's face appearing again, Li Qing suddenly had a cold eyes and his eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he shouted sternly: "Do you think I am begging you? Let me tell you, if you don't send the map tomorrow, I will go to your mansion to ask for money. Seeing that Hailan will not break your dog legs, if you don't believe it, try it. Now, get out of here!"
Hai Zhongtian was so scared that he was heartbroken by the fierce light that came out of Li Qing's eyes. He rolled and crawled out of the car, ran seven or eight steps before looking back. He still felt scared, his legs trembled, and he watched the carriage drive away. He had no choice but to walk back with one deep and one shallow. Before he could walk a few steps, he heard the carriage return behind him, and Li Qing's sneer came from his ears: "Your confidante is waiting for you to redeem yourself! I will give you two hundred taels of silver first. If you are a believer, it would be okay for me to pick out two hundred taels of gold from my teeth to give it to you."
Chapter completed!