The Bi Ma Hall was filled with smoke, and the bitter smell of the medicine seemed to have dissipated a lot with the autumn wind. Xian Jin sat up straight with a refreshed look, one hand on the armrest of the chair and the other hand casually placed on his leg.
Display her eight jade rings as comprehensively and multi-temporally as possible.
When Old Madam Qu lowered her eyes, she was shocked by the greenness all around her. She spat in her heart: He has been poor for a long time and suddenly became rich. This is the behavior of a despicable person!
"...The matter of submitting the tribute paper has been settled, you have also obtained the letter of severance, and I have also released the contract of the buddy who should go with you..."
Madam Qu's brows were tired. "You won this battle perfectly in every detail. Are you here today to see me look haggard and my family in turmoil?"
Xianjin:?
Your jokes don’t have any stunning beauty, so what’s so good about them?
Xianjin pursed his lips and said nothing.
Old Madam Qu suddenly remembered the fortune that her drunkard father had asked a wandering Taoist priest to tell her when she was a child: a smooth childhood, a restless youth, a wasted middle age, fatigue in old age, and a worry-free old age - all of it came true when she reached old age.
When she was young, the Qu family was a barefoot doctor. Although the family was not rich, they were respected in the village. When they slaughtered the New Year pig, her father would always take the two pieces of pork tenderloin. In addition, she was the eldest daughter, and her father protected and doted on her. She never had a hard life. Later, she married into the Chen family, who made paper in Jing County. Chen guessed that her father was tall and handsome. Although he was mediocre and lazy, he was not a wicked person with nothing at home. In the end, this marriage was still a marriage of high status for her.
Later, her husband died, and she took care of the Chen family alone until her eldest son entered the officialdom. Later, her eldest son also died, and she entered the tiredness of old age.
Now, of her two sons, one treats her like nothing, and the other treats her like an enemy; her most cherished grandson hates her and sees her as a blood-sucking leech; the rest of her descendants either fear her, resent her, or simply don't care about her...
Life is only a few decades long, and the people around her have dispersed, left, died, or become disabled.
Nothing can be kept.
Madam Qu's eyelids drooped weakly, "It is also a kind of mercy for a well-fed person not to smack his lips in front of a hungry person."
Xianjin reached out to take the teacup. The ring on his middle finger was the biggest and green, like a four-legged frog.
"I don't smack my lips when I eat. I came to you to ask for help."
Xianjin took a sip of tea, put it down casually, and took out a thick stack of banknotes from his arms. Xianjin knuckles on the banknotes, "A total of 4,762 taels of silver, which is all the profits of Chen's three shops since I became the chief manager."
Old Madam Qu sat up in shock, squinted her eyes, pinched the banknote stub and looked at it carefully.
Xianjin was an open thief. "Long before Bazhang Xuan, I had already spent all the money from the three shops in my hands. My purpose was to have bargaining chips in my hands and negotiate with you."
"You are an old sparrow. You should know what it means to do business without cash, right?"
Doing business without cash is no different from going up the mountain to be a bandit without a knife, robbing people without a mask, or eating noodles without chopsticks! ?
Madam Qu exerted so much force on her hands that her nails were about to dig into the stub. Her eyes were dim, "You want to negotiate? What else do you want? What else do you want? I'll give you all the Chen family's business, okay?"
Xianjin smiled happily, "Look at what you said - even if I'm really hungry, I can't eat everything!"
"Then what exactly do you want?!" Old Madam Qu looked terrified.
Xianjin looked out the window thoughtfully, stroking the corner of the table with his fingertips consciously.
Madam Qu was almost blinded by Xianjin's series of moves: She couldn't see through this girl! She really couldn't see through her! She didn't understand what this girl was going to do from beginning to end! ?
For money? She checked the girl's account and found that apart from supporting Qiao Baozhu, there was almost no extra expenditure!
For fame? This girl has so many titles now, such as the prefect's guest of honor, the last disciple of the top scholar, the president of Xuancheng Paper Industry Chamber of Commerce, the supplier of paper for the autumn examination, the reporter of tribute...but she doesn't go out to socialize or show off very often!
Everyone in this world is bustling for profit, and everyone in this world is bustling for profit!
This girl, all alone in this world, what on earth does she want to do!
Every stub in Mrs. Qu's hand had the three big characters "He Xianjin" written on it, and the date was July 8th - that is to say, He Xianjin had already started transferring his property a long time ago!
Old Madam Qu followed Xianjin's gaze and looked out the window.
There is the ground outside the window.
Large tracts of land.
He Xianjin...does he want the Chen family’s land...?
The land in Jing County, the land in Xuancheng Prefecture? And the land of the three shops?
Mrs. Qu suddenly understood: There is no such thing as an innocent good person! There is no such thing as a kind person who does not care about fame and fortune! He Xianjin wants to swallow up the Chen family completely! A little money is not as good as her eyes!
Madam Qu suddenly tossed the stub, and the white piece of paper flew onto the beam.
"I really should ask Jilang to come and see your face now! You are so greedy!"
"The Chen family's money! The Chen family's people! You are like a rat! You avoid the Chen family's shell and start biting from the inside, chewing it up and eating it all. Everyone thinks you are innocent... Only me! Only I know what kind of person you are!"
Madam Qu stood up tremblingly and pointed at Xianjin, "Get out of here!"
Xianjin looked up at the stubs scattered on the ground, "Fortunately, these are replicas." Xianjin walked with his hands behind his back and smiled, "I didn't know that the old lady loved our Third Master so much that she would rather have no money in the account than keep the Third Master by her side."
Mrs. Qu:?
What?
"What do you mean?" Madam Qu was stunned for a moment and said in a hoarse voice, "What Third Master?"
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