Jinyang Hou's mansion was silent in the capital overnight.
But silence returns to silence, people are not dead, and life will always pass.
Ruan Zhan collapsed overnight, he was deprived of the title, and the title passed down for several generations was buried in his hands. He really couldn't stand this blow.
Lingering in the sickbed for half a year, people will die.
So Ruan Siming and Ruan Siyi, the two brothers, added new filial piety before they took down their filial piety.
Originally, the two brothers still had errands, but unfortunately they had filial piety, so they could only worry about Ding. At this time, the two of them were at a loss, because they knew very well that their errands were led by Jinyang Houfu's face. Mother offended His Majesty badly. Once Ding You was worried, it might be endless.
However, the dead camel is bigger than the horse. In the past, there was still a lot of business in the family. The two brothers could save a little and live a lifetime.
Of course, this is just Ruan Siyi's idea, other people's plans are not like this.
After Ruan Zhan died, several concubines who had been suppressed by the Tian family in the past all jumped out, clamoring for separation. When two people who want to be respectable meet a group of people who are not respectable, they can only split up.
It's not enough if the points are too small. Now everyone knows that the Ruan family has offended His Majesty badly, including Ruan Siyi's wife's parents' family who dare not intervene in the affairs, not to mention the useless British government. So we can only divide it according to the head, and after a few draws, there are fewer people who can get it.
Ruan Siming seemed to be annoyed by this outing, and after dividing the family, he kicked out all the people who were not in his room, including Ruan Siyi, his own younger brother.
Ruan Siyi didn't say a word, and moved to live in the house assigned to him with the female family members of the four bedrooms.
Mr. Qiao kept silent, doing whatever he wanted to do, regardless of the family affairs, letting others toss.
Ruan Siyi has four concubines and a couple of concubines, all of them are spoiled, including Ruan Siyi, there is no need to buy someone to serve at home. And all life went according to the past, and it didn't take long for him to make ends meet.
Wrong, not at all.
Dozens of people want to eat when they open their mouths, and the money is naturally less and less.
When he split up the family, he also split two shops for him, but unfortunately, the shops were all bad business. Not to mention making money, he has to post inside every month. Ruan Siyi can only close the shop and sell it for money.
When the money from selling the shop ran out, he thought that the land he had allocated was not good enough, so he sold Zhuangzi again.
Joe just kept watching and said nothing.
Finally, it was sold to the point where there was nothing to sell, and only this house and these individuals were left, so they began to sell people.
Without the servants, those pampered people are not used to it, and Qiao just closed the door of her house, and led Chuntao and Chen's mother to live her own life, regardless of the almost falling out outside.
Soon someone ran away with his jewelry, and the most powerful one also swept away a few jade pendants that Ruan Siyi had left as a thought.
…
It was eerily quiet outside that day.
When Mr. Qiao opened the door, what he saw was Ruan Siyi, who was sitting in the hall, dressed in white and hunched over in a chair.
Qiao Shi really wanted to laugh a few times, but she couldn't at this time.
"Husband, what's wrong with you?"
Ruan Siyi looked up at her, a little shocked, "Why are you still here?"
"Why isn't the concubine here? The concubine is the husband's wife, so she wants to be with her husband."
Ruan Siyi's expression was complicated, and he glanced at her again. Disgust flashed in his eyes, but he quickly covered it.
Qiao turned a blind eye, "Husband, what about this family?"
"Go, all go..."
Ruan Siyi stood up in despair and walked into the room in a trance.
…
Ruan Siyi felt that he had slept for a long time, and when he opened it, what he saw was her with a short, thick neck and a little stocky.
"Husband, are you hungry?" Qiao said as she turned around and brought a bowl of porridge over. "My concubine cooked the porridge."
The smell of rice porridge was in the air, and Ruan Siyi was suddenly hungry.
How long has he not eaten
It's been a day before I fell asleep, and I don't know how many days I've slept now.
Qiao Shi fed him spoon by spoon, he was in a hurry and choked. Mr. Qiao hurriedly put down the bowl, wiped his mouth with a veil, and patted his back to give him a smooth breath.
Ruan Siyi saw her touching him and wanted to break away, but held back.
After giving him some relief, Mrs. Qiao fed him again. Ruan Siyi ate silently and didn't say anything.
"The concubine went to the kitchen to see it. There was only white rice at home, so I cooked porridge and felt sorry for my husband. But it doesn't matter, I asked Chuntao to go to the pawnshop with the jewelry. After I change the silver, I can have better food at home." Qiao Shi lowered his eyebrows and muttered, ignoring Ruan Siyi's complicated expression.
After eating, Ruan Siyi said the first words when he woke up, "Go out, I want to sleep for a while."
…
Ruan Siyi slept for several days, and each meal was brought into the house by Mr. Qiao for him.
On the fifth day, Ruan Siyi finally stepped out of the door and walked into the courtyard. The oncoming sunlight was a little dazzling, so he couldn't help blocking it with his hands.
After a while, he could see the situation around him clearly.
Mrs. Qiao was sitting there choosing vegetable leaves, Mother Chen was doing laundry, and Chuntao was drawing water from the well.
Ruan Siyi had never seen Mr. Qiao sitting on a small tumbler choosing dishes, and maybe he had never seen Mr. Qiao seriously before. This was the first time he took the initiative to see Mr. Qiao.
A woman he hated so much in the past, a Joey who sat there doing rough work in a silk shirt.
Suddenly, there was a loud knock on the door. Mother Xu put down her clothes and wiped her hands to open the door.
"Who are you?"
"Get out of the way, old lady, let's find Ruan Siyi, Fourth Master Ruan!"
With the voice, several big men rushed in.
Qiao was startled and hid behind Ruan Siyi.
"Fourth Master Ruan, when will the money owed to our casinos be paid back? The day has come!"
Ruan Siyi was stunned for a moment, only to remember that he was in a bad mood a few days ago, so he went to the casino he used to play a few times. In the end, he lost his eyes and asked the owner of the casino to borrow money.
"Husband, have you borrowed money from the casino?"
A small voice came from behind.
Ruan Siyi blushed.
He gambled, but not many times, and never borrowed money, only that time...
"How much did my husband borrow from you?" the woman behind him came out and asked.
"Not much, not much, only 1,500 taels of silver."
"So much?" Joe said in shock.
Ruan Siyi was taken aback, "I only borrowed a thousand taels."
The big man in the lead smiled, "Fourth Master Ruan, don't forget that this is a profit. If you surpassed it for so many days, it will naturally be 1,500 taels."
"You guys are just bullies!"
"Fourth Master Ruan, don't say that, we are just some common people who eat and eat. We can't compare with you. You are the famous Fourth Master Ruan, the son of the Marquis of Jinyang."
"you-"
Mr. Qiao said, "You come back in two days. We don't have so much money in our hands now. We will pay you back when we get enough."
"This lady, you're not lying to us, are you?" The big man looked suspicious.
"Is there any need for this lady to lie to you? This mansion alone is more than fifteen hundred taels!"
"Well, we'll come back in three days, and don't let our brothers go home empty-handed."
"Row."
The group of big men turned around and left, and one of them spit on the ground while walking, "Fourth Master Ruan! Let a woman speak out, even Lao Tzu!"
Ruan Siyi's blood rushed to his head, glared at Qiao Shi fiercely, and walked into the house with his sleeves.
No matter how angry you are, you still have to eat.
At noon, they ate two vegetables and white rice at a dinner table. Mrs. Qiao looked at Ruan Siyi and seemed to be calm.
After finishing the meal, Mr. Qiao discussed with him to sell the house. Anyway, there are few people now, so let's live in a smaller house. Ruan Siyi had no objection to this and nodded in agreement.
In the afternoon, Ruan Siyi went out to sell the house, and Qiao was uneasy and let Mother Chen follow.
When the two came back in the evening, the house was not sold.
Naturally, such a big house cannot be sold in a short time, especially since the asking price is so high that no one cares about it. After going out for two consecutive days, they could not sell it. On the third day, someone paid 1,500 taels of silver to buy it.
Ruan Siyi did not agree, the market price of this house was around 2,500 taels, and the lowest target price in his mind was 2,000 taels, and 1,500 taels would be a big loss.
The man had no ink, turned around and left. Ruan Siyi was a little anxious, but because of face, Chen's mother caught up to talk, and after several bargaining, it was finally set at 1,800 taels.
Looking at the sun that was already sloping west, thinking that tomorrow would be the time to pay back the money, Ruan Siyi reluctantly agreed.
After going to the government office with that person to go through various formalities, Ruan Siyi took 1,800 taels of silver and went out of the government office. When passing by a restaurant, he thought about the rough meals at home for many days, so he went in and ordered a table.
When paying the silver, I paid more than 40 taels, but mother Chen hesitated to say what she wanted to say.
Ruan Siyi returned to the house and told the Qiao family that the house had been sold for 1,800 taels. He agreed with the buyer that they would move in three days later, and the house would be found in the next two days.
Mr. Qiao nodded, and at this time the person who delivered the seat came.
Seeing the table full of tables, and asking how much money, Qiao shi frowned, but said nothing.
"Eating at home is too simple these days." Ruan Siyi picked up the chopsticks and didn't look at Mrs. Qiao, "You eat more."
Joe's eyes flashed, and he lowered his head to eat.
On the second day, the group of people from the casino came again, but this time they said that 1,500 taels were not enough, and they wanted 1,800 taels.
Ruan Siyi quarreled with them no matter how decent he was. These big men could talk and do nothing, and they gathered around and knocked Ruan Siyi to the ground.
Mr. Qiao screamed and cried in fright, and took out all the silver bills to them. After that, it was not enough to pull out a few hairpins on his head and threw them away, so those talents left the loan deed and took the money to leave.
Ruan Siyi's nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he shouted: "Why did you give them all the money? They are blackmail."
Qiao Shi sobbed in a low voice, "What if you were beaten by them, what should you do? No one's money is important..."
…
Now all the money has been given, and after three days, he has to move out, but he doesn't even have the money to buy the house.
Ruan Siyi sat in the room, listening to Mrs. Qiao outside discussing with Mother Chen.
"...Now is not the time to be decent. Mom, you and Chuntao will help me take all my jewelry tomorrow, and then buy a smaller house. There are only four people in our family, and it's enough to live there. "
"Ma'am, you only have a few pieces of jewelry..."
Qiao Shi was silent for a while, and said: "There is no way now..."
"... Madam, you shouldn't have used your dowry to subsidize the expenses of the yard. Now you don't even have any self-care..."
"...Okay, it's too late now, you can go with Chuntao later, see how much money you can get together, and then think about how to arrange the next step... "
"...Or, Madam, go back and beg the lord..."
Mrs. Qiao cried a few times sadly, and whimpered: "Dad says he doesn't recognize me, unless I get away from him..."
The voices outside gradually became silent, but Ruan Siyi was about to go mad...
What the hell is going on in this world? !