After hearing all the bad debts, Qian Dingbao realized how big a crisis his family was facing.
Even without Zuiyuelou’s current claim for 20,000 taels of silver, it would not be easy to survive the crisis this time!
Once he returns, the backbone of the family will be there.
He took out his savings for many years, but only had more than a thousand taels.
Most of his official salary is given to the old lady, and this money was saved by his wife.
This money is a drop in the bucket and far from enough to fill the hole.
Qian Dingbao went directly to his second brother's yard.
"As a family, we should share the joys and sorrows together! Second brother, take out your savings and let's find a way to overcome the current difficulties first."
"Bah!" The second wife was so angry. "At this time, you began to remember that we are a family? In normal times, your eldest brother has taken advantage of all the good things. Didn't all the good things in this family go to you? At that time, all the good things were given to you.
Why haven't you thought that our second wife is also a family member?
Your eldest son killed his first wife and was harassed by others. We had to help him carry it. He was like a rat crossing the street when he went out. He didn't even dare to go back home! Almost all of my pitiful business was ruined because of your eldest son, and so did you.
Didn't you compensate us?
Your second son committed a scandal and couldn't get away with it, so he pushed our second wife out and accused us unjustly. We were charged with any crime of wounding and arson! Did you treat us like family at that time?
Now that your eldest son has made a big mistake, you are thinking about our second brother-in-law again? You are locking us up just to pay off your son’s debt? How come our second brother-in-law is just wiping the butt of your eldest brother-in-law?"
However, Qian Dingbao didn't even look at the second wife. He didn't take a woman with a long tongue seriously.
"Second brother, everything goes well for the family. We brothers must work together. I have also spent all my savings. You can't stay out of it, and don't let outsiders laugh at it."
Qian Dingbao had not experienced the incident where his second brother-in-law was cheated and wronged a while ago, so he never expected that his second brother would punch him again.
"You are such a hypocrite! Shouldn't you use your savings to help him deal with the evil his son has done? He is not my son, so what if I stay out of it?
I'll fulfill my filial piety by your mother's side, and I'll stay close to you until we grow up together. In the end, I'll be trapped by you and forced to pay off your debts? Are you afraid of being laughed at? Then you should educate your two rebellious sons well! Money!
My family's reputation has long been ruined and has become a joke. Now you use this reason to kidnap me? What kind of brother are you! How can I be with you?"
The second master was angry not only because he was wronged, but also because he wanted to give his wife and children some confidence. He lost control and knocked over Qian Dingbao.
Qian Dingbao knocked out his head and bled, and now he was angry.
Because there were refugees all over the place, he came back with guards this time.
These guards were all masters, and they detained the second master and his son within a few moments of stepping forward.
Qian Dingbao, who was furious, scolded his second brother for being heartless, but also said that what he would do next was for this family and for the ancestral foundation of the Qian family. Even if his second brother resented him, there was nothing he could do.
He waved his hand and signaled to his men.
Everyone in the second room is going crazy!
They didn't expect that the people from Qian Dingbao would start robbing them.
They rummaged through the boxes and took away the savings from the second house.
At the end of the day, Qian Dingbao clasped his fists and bowed, saying that he would find a way to make amends after getting over the difficulty.
Qian Dingbao didn't have time to appease everyone in the second house, so he took the found assets of the second house and hurriedly made arrangements.
He was "fair" and went to Qian Xiang's place after leaving the second room.
"Take out the money!"
He already knew that the old lady felt sorry for her grandson and had given the traitor two hundred taels a while ago. How could this beast deserve the money? Of course it was confiscated.
Qian Xiang didn't want to do it, so he was even beaten with a ruler.
Qian Dingbao believed that he had slept with his brother's fiancée in an obscene manner, but no matter how he explained, he only received a "stubborn" comment from his father, which made him feel resentful.
Qian Dingbao also went to see Ni Hong. He heard that the old lady gave her several sets of valuable gifts in order to appease her. For emergencies, they could at least cover several hundred taels of silver.
"Are your Qian family going to torture me to death?" Ni Hong felt that she was being looked down upon, so she took a fruit knife and put it on her neck. Her reputation was lost, she was burned, her face was disfigured, and she was accused of being married to someone.
Qian Xiang, that same disfigured piece of trash, has already ruined her life. If he wants to take her money again, she will really have no way to survive.
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Qian Dingbao hesitated for a while and then left with a sigh, but his actions had already made Ni Hong hate the Qian family even more...
Qian Ding saved his life and opened the warehouse, and all the valuable objects in the house were put out.
He didn't expect that there was only so much.
After asking again, I found out that a lot of it was stolen by thieves last time and a lot of it was burned in the fire. The old lady raised money several times and sold some. Now this is all that is left.
As soon as the day broke, the people who made money from Dingbao went to find the stewards of several pawn shops and antique shops in the city.
There were still three kilograms of iron in the broken ship. I sold these items and collected about five thousand taels of silver.
Adding this up, he raised almost 8,000 taels without selling the property.
The door opened the next day and he began to deal with the bad things one by one.
He paid back the interest. Due to the pressure of his status, the usurer did not dare to complain, and in the end he only received an extra one hundred taels from their family...
"How dare you open your mouth if you don't get the job done?" He quickly dealt with the gangsters with three hundred taels of silver.
Then there are the villagers of Liangshan Village.
"Not a single copper!" He had asked, and the arson and robbery had nothing to do with his family. On the contrary, the old lady had already given the hateful Li Dashan a large sum of money for the dead Jin Gui.
Qian Dingbao went directly to the Yancheng Yamen. Not only did he continue to sue the Liangshan Village Yamen, he also questioned their kidnapping of his eldest son and demanded a thorough investigation by the Yamen.
After an investigation last night, it was found that the only people who have had grudges or entanglements with the Qian family recently were people from Liangshan Village. He felt that his suspicion was reasonable. Maybe it was the villagers of Liangshan Village who couldn't extort money and held grudges because of Jin Gui.
Feng'er kidnapped him just now, out of spite and defrauding him of his money.
However, a group of evil people may not have such brains. He suspected that it was still related to the abominable Taoist priest who disappeared.
So he also asked the Yamen to help the Qian family arrest the Taoist priest. Previously, the old lady covered up what happened that night because of the reputation of the Qian family. Now that the Qian family's "scandals" are happening one after another, there is no need to cover up what happened that night.
Qian Dingbao and his witnesses spent an hour explaining all the recent events and asked the Yamen to conduct a thorough investigation.
After coming out of Yancheng Yamen, Qian Dingbao got on the carriage in an orderly manner and went straight to the provincial capital...
He didn't know that secretly, there was a "sect" dedicated to trying to lose his black hat.
Although Qian Dingbao is vigorous, efficient and practical, Tao Ran is secretly having fun in the dark.
If he didn't come back, it would be difficult for Tao Ran to drag him into trouble. Now that he was so prominent, Tao Ran felt that his chance had come.
