Chapter 1 Mortgage
Dong Dong Dong...
"Open the door, open the door..."
"Damn, open the door quickly. If you don't open the door, I will kick you."
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"Who is it? Who is kicking in the door early in the morning and trying to tear down the door of my house?"
Mrs. Cao got up from the bed, put on a fine cloth blouse, rolled her fat body out of the house, and opened the door while cursing.
When she saw more than a dozen fierce-looking men standing outside, she hurriedly suppressed her curses, bent over and apologized, "Hey, you guys, you guys, we meet each other, we are passing by, right? This is... Borrow water to drink, or borrow a pot, or stay overnight?”
The Cao family's house is large, with red tiles and white walls. It is erected at the edge of Caojia Village, just close to Guan Road. From time to time, people passing by will come to borrow water, stay and cook.
However, this loan is not in vain. Every time after someone borrows it, Mrs. Cao will reach out for money.
It ranges from a few pennies to dozens of pennies.
If you meet a noble person, you will be rewarded with one or two and a half taels of silver.
This income amounted to three to five taels of silver a year, giving Mrs. Cao a rich income.
"I don't want to borrow water or pots. I'm here to take over the house." The big black-faced man in the lead pushed Mrs. Cao and led the people into the house.
"Kick out all the people inside, and don't let those two little ladies go." The big black-faced man said.
Mrs. Cao was panicked and hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, "Uncle, if you have something to say, please tell me. Why do you want to take over the house? This house belongs to my Cao family."
"Damn old woman, Cao Zian lost the house to me last night." The big black-faced man took out a piece of white paper, "It is written clearly on black paper and Cao Zian's signature."< br>
Mrs. Cao is illiterate. A lewd lock man said with a smile, "Cao Zian lost two hundred taels of silver last night. In addition to this house, there were two young ladies, all of which were mortgaged by him. Hehe..."
Two hundred taels of silver, even if she sells her house, her whole family won't be able to collect this amount?
The remaining silver...
As soon as Mrs. Cao's face turned pale, she collapsed on the ground and started crying, wiping away her tears, "Oh, that bastard, why didn't you just bet him to death? You actually sold my house anyway. God doesn't have a good eye. I am so damned that I have to sleep on the street... Oops..."
Thinking of losing her house and having to sleep on the streets, and how she would have to suffer the consequences as she got older, Mrs. Cao cried so hard that she couldn't breathe.
Suddenly thinking of her son, she got up, rushed up, grabbed the wretched man's clothes, and cried, "Where is Anzi, where is my Anzi, you unscrupulous people, what did you do to my Anzi?"
At this time, the last two people who entered the Cao family's yard dragged an unconscious and bloody man over and threw him in front of Mrs. Cao.
The shabby lock man shook off Mrs. Cao and said with a smile, "The house and the two young ladies are worth one hundred taels of silver. The other one hundred taels will be paid off with one of Cao Zian's arms."
When Granny Cao saw Cao Zian, who was covered in blood and dying, she let out a cry, rolled her eyes, and fainted.
The lock man kicked her, and when she didn't wake up, he spat in her face again, "Bah, you old man seeking death."
In the house, Xia Zihan, the master and servant, stayed up all night until four o'clock in the morning and finally finished embroidering a four-panel screen as scheduled. Not long after they lay down to fall asleep, they were awakened by the noise outside. .
In the haze, Xia Zihan seemed to hear her mother-in-law crying.
She stirred up her energy and her brain completely woke up.
(End of chapter)