Chapter 1029: Enduring Humiliation and the Dancer of the Republic of China (4)
"No, no! My sister would never do this to me. Dad clearly told me before that he would find a way to make her willingly take care of me as I grow up. How dare she not even listen to Dad?!" Wan Dingjun refused to admit this fact.
"But young master, she is missing now. It seems that she is so cold and heartless that she doesn't even care about you, her brother. She even doesn't listen to the master's orders. She is so unfilial!" Uncle Wang angrily stood up for his young master.
"Then, what should we do now? Is there really no money left at home?" Wan Dingjun clutched his sleeves tightly and asked nervously.
"Young Master, I've looked everywhere, but there's really not a single valuable thing left. The eldest lady is too cruel. She wants to kill you!" said another loyal servant, Uncle Zhou, angrily.
Uncle Wang and Uncle Zhou looked at each other. They were loyal servants of the Wan family and were about the same age as Wan's father. Their lives were saved by Wan's father when they were teenagers, so they were loyal to him. Before his death, Wan's father asked them to take good care of Wan Dingjun, so they regarded Wan Dingjun as more important than themselves. Now the Wan family was about to disappear, and Wan Xu'er was missing. How would they, the two servants, live with a young master who was only a few years old?
"We still have this house, and we can make some money by selling it." Wan Dingjun was panicked for a while, but soon calmed down and set his sights on this house.
"But you need a title deed to buy a house." Uncle Wang reminded Wan Dingjun, and Wan Dingjun's face suddenly froze.
He had secretly gone to his treasure trove to check, and found that the treasure that his father had secretly left for him to make a comeback in the future had disappeared. This meant that they had no way out now. Now he heard the bad news that the house could not be sold. He simply could not imagine how miserable his future would be. Was he going to wander like an orphan on the street?
The master and his two servants were trying to find a way out with worried faces, but Wan Dingjun was just a child now. Although Uncle Wang and Uncle Zhou were adults, they were already old. Moreover, they had been working steadily in the Wan family for decades and were almost spoiled. They had no idea how to survive in the difficult world outside.
Finally, Wan Dingjun looked at the remaining intact furniture in the house and said to Uncle Wang and Uncle Zhou, "Take out all the furniture in the house and sell it. The house cannot be sold. See if we can rent it out. If not, then you can go and borrow some money from our relatives and friends. We can't stay here any longer. We have to find a safe place."
Uncle Wang and Uncle Zhou followed his instructions and quickly went back to their respective work.
The intact furniture could be pawned, but because it was not made of valuable wood, had been used, and was in a hurry to be sold, the pawnbroker would push the price down, so the furniture did not sell for much.
The plan to rent out the house did not succeed because there was no title deed. No matter how eloquent Uncle Wang was, no one dared to rent it. Therefore, he had to give up this plan and go directly to the relatives and friends of the Wan family to borrow money.
But who doesn't know that the Wan family has gone bankrupt after paying off their debts? Moreover, the backbone of the Wan family, the father, has passed away, and the only son left is still young. Who knows if he will be able to pay back the money in the future? Wouldn't it be a loss if I lent him money? Therefore, Uncle Wang went to many houses in a row, but was turned away by all of them. Some even laughed at him and ridiculed him.
Of course, there were some people who still had a conscience, and although they did not lend him money, they gave him a few dollars.
Uncle Wang returned to the Wan family with his head down. Seeing Wan Dingjun, who was still so young but had to hold on, his eyes suddenly became hot. He felt that the world was unfair and people's hearts were not as they used to be. Why did he let his young master suffer like this? So he cursed the person behind the Wan family's bankruptcy and Wan Xu'er who abandoned his young master and ran away with the money.
"Uncle Wang, how much money did you borrow back?" Wan Dingjun asked hopefully as soon as he saw Uncle Wang.
Uncle Wang took out the purse from his arms, and more than a dozen silver dollars poured out. "These are all we have. Seeing that the master has passed away, those people turned against us and are not willing to lend us money at all." Uncle Wang said indignantly.
Wan Dingjun looked at the dozen silver dollars on the table and fell silent. If the Wan family had not fallen on hard times, this amount of money would not be enough for him to play outside for a day, but now it was all they had.
"Master, don't worry. Lao Zhou and I will work to earn money in the future. You don't have to worry about having no money." At this time, Lao Wang had no idea that the world was difficult and how hard it was to make money.
"Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Wang and Uncle Zhou." Wan Dingjun suppressed his disappointment and said to Old Wang with gratitude. He was just a child now. If Old Wang and Old Zhou didn't want to take care of him and just left, there would be nothing he could do. Now he needed them, so he could only humble himself and win them over.
Before the Wan family went bankrupt, Wan Dingkun was a devil who never cared about what anyone thought. He would beat or scold any servant he wanted. Even if his sister Wan Xuer accidentally appeared where he passed by and got in his way, he would kick her.
It's a pity that the original owner was cowardly, kind, and foolishly filial, so in the original world's plot, she let bygones be bygones, endured humiliation and raised Wan Dingjun, and gave everything for him, but ended up being abandoned on the street by him.
If she were a vengeful person, would she listen to her father's dying request and raise Wan Dingjun, a ruthless and ungrateful person? Not breaking his legs to avenge his previous bullying of her was already a soft-hearted act.
"Young Master, those furniture have been pawned!" Old Zhou also came back from outside at this time and poured out the silver dollars in his hand. However, when Wan Dingjun took a look, he found that there were even fewer silver dollars than what Old Wang brought back.
"Why is it so little?!" Lao Wang blurted out.
Old Zhou smiled bitterly and said, "The owner of the pawn shop was very aggressive in lowering the price. He said that our furniture was not made of precious wood, was old-fashioned, and had been used by someone else. In short, he made up many excuses and was only willing to give us this little money. I think he was bullying us because the young master was still young."
Wan Dingjun was also very disappointed, but there was nothing he could do. He said, "Since we have money, let's leave here as soon as possible."
"Young Master? Can't we stay? At least we have a house to live in here. If we leave, we will have to rent one..." Old Zhou asked worriedly. He has lived here for decades and doesn't want to leave this familiar place at all.
"Old Zhou, you are confused! Have you forgotten that those who designed the bankruptcy of the master family are still behind the scenes? Who knows if they are still targeting the young master and whether they want to wipe out the roots? We can't be lucky." Old Wang saw their current situation very clearly.
(End of this chapter)
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