Chapter 7 The Character of the Zhao Family

The five people in the two carriages at the back also felt ashamed that the Zhao family did not return the money and property they had borrowed by relying on their in-law relationship after breaking off the engagement.

When the Zhao family first moved to the county town, they considered themselves to be a family of scholars, and bought a house in Wenkui Lane, where many scholars gathered in the county town.

Relatively speaking, the housing prices here are relatively high. When buying the house, Zhao's father even went to An's father to borrow some money.

It's been nearly ten years and it still hasn't been paid back.

What is even more speechless is that not only did he not pay back the money he had borrowed before, but later on, because of the engagement between the two families, he borrowed nearly ten thousand taels of silver in total.

"The lady has arrived."

Da Zhuang parked the car in front of a house with a red-painted door and two lanterns hanging above it.

An Rui and Uncle An got off the carriage first.

When An Xin was about to come down, An Rui wanted to help her, but An Xin waved her hand and jumped down by herself.

An Rui's eyes widened. When did his cousin become so fierce?

An Xin handed the box in his hand to An Rui, turned around and helped Second Aunt An get off the carriage.

The five people in the two carriages behind also followed one after another.

Da Zhuang received his master's order to knock on the door, "Knock knock!"

With a creak, the door of the Zhao family was opened by the doorman from the inside, and he looked out to see a group of people at the door.

He frowned and asked, "What do you want?"

An Xin noticed Men Ding's impatient look and her eyes turned cold. She didn't believe that Men Ding didn't recognize Second Uncle An who was standing in the front.

It seems that after An's father died, the Zhao family really felt that there was no one in the An family who could support the family, so even a servant dared to look down on Uncle An, a scholar.

After all, Father Zhao was a juren, so how could he take Uncle An, a scholar, seriously?

The reason their family was able to make such a decisive decision to break off the engagement with the original body was because Zhao Kui passed the examination for a scholar and had a promising future, and they felt that the original body, an orphan, was no longer worthy of their son.

"Go in and report to your master, and tell him that someone from the An family is here to collect a debt.

I wanted to save some face for your master, but you, the doorman, not only refused to go in to report, but also blocked him from entering."

An Xin saw someone sticking his head out of the alley and sighed helplessly, "Alas, you insisted on us explaining our purpose before you were willing to report this to your master.

This is the first time I have seen such etiquette for receiving visitors. "

"You're talking nonsense. How could my master owe a debt to your An family?" The skinny doorman said with disdain, rolling his eyes.

An Xin smiled.

How did the Zhao family choose the immortal gatekeeper?

Generally, people choose doormen who are honest and simple-minded and are not likely to offend others.

They just have active brains and will make the visitor leave comfortably even if the host is not around and refuses the visitor.

An Xin was originally worried that the Zhao family would not be able to repay the loan in a short time because they had borrowed too much money, or that the family would simply default on the loan.

Now that his doorman has handed him the ladder, how could An Xin be polite to the Zhao family?

She waved to An Rui.

An Rui ran over happily holding the wooden box, "Cousin."

An Xin nodded to him, opened the wooden box, and took out a few pieces of paper from it.

He turned around and bowed to the people who were slowly gathering in the alley, as if he was forced to prove, "It's not me, the An family, who wants to ruin the Zhao family's reputation outside, but the Zhao family's doorman suspected that we were lying and came to blackmail his master.

To prove my innocence, please see this is the IOU signed by Mr. Zhao. There is also a record of books borrowed by his son Zhao Kui from the Wanhua Academy run by my An family.

This proves that our An family is not here to blackmail the Zhao family."

Most of the people living in this alley are educated people. Not to mention the men, even many of the women living here are literate.

A: "It is indeed an IOU and a record of borrowing books. My eldest sister-in-law's son once studied in Wanhua Academy.

When he came back, he said jealously that ordinary students like them could only borrow those books in the academy.

Only the sons of the Zhao family, who are related by marriage to the Anshan Chang family, can borrow books from the academy to read. "

B: "Moreover, Mr. Zhao's signature is on the IOU, and Mr. Zhao's son's borrowing record is also on the borrowing booklet, so it cannot be fake.

It seems that the Zhao family did borrow these things and did not return them."

C: "Didn't I hear that the Zhao family canceled the marriage proposal with the An family a while ago? How come they still haven't returned the money they owed and the books they borrowed?"

One word can cause a thousand waves.

The onlookers finally came to their senses.

"Yes! You've already called off the marriage, why don't you return the money and borrowed items to them in advance? Why do you want them to come and ask for them in person?"

"The Zhao family's doorman is so arrogant that he doesn't even let me in, forcing me to produce evidence to prove that I'm not blackmailing you."

An Xin's amazing move stunned Uncle An's family, as well as the five students Zhu Shijing, Li Ziyu, Leng Xiangbai, Jiang Zhou, and Liu Boxing who came with him.

This went with the flow and made the big devil understand the situation.

6◇9◇Book◇Bar

The Zhao family’s reputation this time is not to be said to be infamous, but their character is definitely questionable.

The faces of several people tightened, and they looked at each other, and they all had a premonition that their future days would probably be extremely exciting.

When Mr. Zhao and his wife Wang heard the noise and rushed over, the scene before them almost made them faint.

The look he gave An Xin, the one who had been the culprit from beginning to end, was even more gloomy.

If looks could kill, An Xin felt that he would have died thousands of times.

After Mr. Zhao came out, he glanced at An Xin with a gloomy look, and then immediately looked at Second Uncle An, with an expression as if he was disdainful of talking to a woman.

He said in a reproachful tone: "Mr. An, you just watched your niece making trouble at the door and didn't stop her."

Uncle An has the integrity of a scholar. Ever since he knew that the Zhao family had bad conduct, he has looked down on Mr. Zhao's behavior.

However, under the gazes of so many people, Uncle An still bowed to Mr. Zhao, showing proper courtesy.

“We came to visit, and your doorman insisted on asking the reason for our visit.

We had no choice but to speak out, but he still slandered us and said nonsense.

If we don't produce evidence to prove our innocence, it doesn't prove that we are talking nonsense.

Isn't it Mr. Zhao on the IOU that you borrowed the money from my brother when you bought the house and the shop?

And your son has borrowed more than a dozen books from the academy. Has he not finished reading them in such a long time? His knowledge is just that."

Although Uncle An admits that he is not good at speaking, to be honest he can do it.

"You, you, you..." Mr. Zhao was speechless for a moment, because the note on it was indeed the IOU that An Yuanrong had tactfully asked him to sign when he borrowed money.

In addition, his son would often borrow books about the imperial examination from Wanhua Academy. These books, which had been annotated by his father, a Jinshi, were very rare for scholars.

I didn't expect that the An family only had an orphan girl whose engagement was broken off, and she dared to come out and ask for money from the Zhao family. Isn't she afraid of being embarrassed?

If An Xin knew what Mr. Zhao was thinking, he would tell him directly: No.

People who borrow money are not afraid of being embarrassed, but for her, who is the one who borrowed money, it would be embarrassing to ask for the debt.

Mr. Zhao was a scholar after all, but he had to come up with so much money at once. Apart from selling his house and shop, his family really couldn't afford it.

Although he wanted to renege on the debt, he still had to consider the scholar's reputation, so he looked at the doorman fiercely.

The doorman was so frightened by the master's terrifying look that his legs went weak and he fell to his knees with a thud.

Mr. Zhao wanted to beat and kill the doorman at this moment. If he hadn't taken the initiative to stop people from entering, how could the fact that he borrowed money and didn't pay it back have become known to everyone.

Hearing the whispers of people around him, Mr. Zhao frowned and secretly gave his wife a look.

(End of this chapter)