"Xiaoxia, ask someone to prepare hot water. I want to take a bath." Taking a bath in winter is very troublesome, but she has been soaked with sweat several times from morning to now. Without taking a bath, she will feel uncomfortable all day long.
When taking a bath, only Xiaoxia was still waiting in the room, still separated by a screen.
Wan Qing soaked in the water, immersing all the parts below her neck in the water, took a long and comfortable breath, and then softly called: "Xiaoxia?"
"My slave is here."
"What did you find out yesterday?"
"The third master really ran away and took all the money in the shop. The old master wanted to be strong and didn't want to come here to ask for help, so he wanted to sell the shop. However, the third wife and the old lady forced the two aunts and young ladies to
Come here, I want to ask you to pay off their debts."
"How much does Third Uncle owe?"
"I heard it costs hundreds of thousands of taels."
"Hey." Wan Qing was mentally prepared, or she was frightened by this number. "Hundreds of thousands taels?"
"Yes, it is."
Wan Qing fell silent for a moment. The Xiao family was considered a wealthy family in Qingbo Mansion, but she didn't know how much the Xiao family's property was, but hundreds of thousands of taels... did the Xiao family have that much?
She now understands why Xiao Tongcai ran away.
"My servant also heard that the third master owed money to a bully from Qingbo Mansion. He was usually not easy to deal with on the street. This time, he made it known that if the third master did not pay back the money, he would have him imprisoned.
I dragged all the women in my courtyard to sell them, and they even chopped off the third master’s fingers, all ten of them.”
"It would be better if it's really chopped." Wan Qing cursed secretly, but she couldn't say it out loud. "What did my father say? Third uncle's shop has been sold. I wonder if I can raise the debt!"
In fact, there is no need to think about it. It is impossible to think about it. Otherwise, why would Xiao Tongcai be running away?
When she thought of Xiao Tongcai, Wan Qing really didn't know what to say. What kind of man was he? When they first met, she had thought that maybe he had some hard reasons. After all, he shouldn't be like that.
The one who can't bear to wait.
But now it seems that he is really the most despicable scumbag.
"I heard that last night, the uncle went to look for the old lady all night. Today, he also left early in the morning. As for the rest, I don't know."