The matter was more serious than Tong Yaowen imagined. When Tong Yaowen came to the gate of the hospital and heard the insults, painful complaints, and slaps on the door, he even felt that the sky was falling for a moment.
The people were so angry that if they went out at this time, no matter what they said, it would be in vain. Tong Yaowen had to ask his servants to guard the door, and then sat slumped in the yard, his mind confused, not knowing what to do.
Several brothers followed him and sat down. As for the big shopkeepers, they could only stand silently behind their boss.
The second child of the Tong family was silent for a long time, and then he said in confusion: "Where did we go wrong? Who did we offend? To deal with our Tong family like this is to destroy our Tong family."
Tong Yaowen didn't say anything. In fact, he didn't understand that the Tong family was still a second-class wealthy family in Yinzhou, but they fell into trouble in just a few days, which even made him feel that the Tong family was so vulnerable.
The third son of the Tong family spoke up, "The person who can force our Tong family to this point must be a big family, powerful and wealthy."
The fourth child thought for a while, "But there are many rich people in Yinzhou, and there are also many who are more powerful than our Tong family. How to judge this?"
Tong Yaowen thought about his recent business dealings, and he believed that he had not offended anyone.
But precisely because of this, he felt more and more aggrieved. Even if he died, he had to let others know why. But now, he didn't even know the reason, and he was really powerless.
"If this continues, it will be difficult to go out." The big shopkeeper looked worried.
"It's not difficult to solve this dilemma."
Just when everyone was feeling disheartened, a young but unexpectedly calm and steady voice came from behind everyone.
Everyone was shocked and looked back.
It turned out to be a child. Tong Yaowen felt strange in his heart, stood up and walked towards the child, "Child, what do you mean by this?"
Others also walked over, all looking strange and confused.
Qingyu glanced at everyone, and then asked without answering, "Do you know what caused this encounter?"
Tong Yaowen shook his head in confusion, "Do you know?"
Qingyu lightly stepped on the ground with one foot, "Everything begins with a single step."
"One step?" Tong Yaowen became more and more confused and looked at his feet. He really couldn't figure out the reason.
Qingyu reminded again: "Three months ago, think about it carefully."
Three months ago, that was May. Tong Yaowen tried hard to recall what he had done in May. Soon, he remembered one thing and suddenly exclaimed: "I know...
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Several brothers and the chief steward all looked at him. Tong Yaowen regretted and couldn't believe it, "Three months ago, it was when I bought 10,000 acres of land."
Everyone else immediately looked stunned, yes, if you really want to say who was offended, it was only that incident. At that time, the He family put pressure on both tenant farmers and landlords in order to buy up land from small landlords.
At that time, many people were afraid to buy land, but Tong Yaowen took a fancy to the opportunity. He thought that the Tong family had some wealth at least, but it was just pressure from the He family. He didn't take it to heart at all, so he bought it.
Thousands of acres.
After that, nothing happened, and he forgot about the incident. It turned out that the He family had waited until now to have the attack.
And I couldn't believe it, "The He family is one of the largest families in the world, how could they suppress my Tong family like this just because of these ten thousand acres of land?" This is... too much money must be repaid.
The second child thought it was very possible, "It must be the He family. They have a lot of money and connections with the government. If they want to suppress us, it will take no effort at all."
He added: "The He family is not going well this year. First they lost Prince Guan, and then what happened to He Mengyou happened. I'm afraid I've been holding my breath for a long time and wanted to find someone to blame, but I just remembered that we had offended him.
, just take it out on us."
Tong Yaowen was in a dilemma, so he discussed with his brothers and big shopkeepers, "What should I do? Should I bring a gift and come to apologize?"
Compared with the fate of the entire family, face is not important at all.
The second eldest son of the Tong family said in denial: "The He family obviously wants to destroy our family. Their methods and thoughts are extremely cruel. We just bought the land and didn't steal or rob it. Why should we come to apologize.
What's more, even if that kind of person apologizes, can he let us go? Even if he stops looking for people to spread rumors and no longer targets us, can the current predicament be solved?
The problem has been caused, even if we do nothing now, the He family is just sitting back and watching the results, will he still be kind enough to help us get through this?"
The words of the second child made the third and fourth children agree. The third child thought for a while and said to Tong Yaowen: "Hasn't the He family always been at odds with the Si family?
We might as well ask the Si family, maybe Mr. Si will help."
Tong Yaowen glanced at his brothers for a few times, but finally his eyes fell on Qingyu, who had been ignored by everyone.
No matter what the reason is, since this child can solve their doubts in one breath, it at least shows that this child's words should not be underestimated.
He asked tentatively: "Son, you just said that it is not difficult to solve this dilemma?"
The brothers all looked at Tong Yaowen in surprise. The second brother couldn't help but said: "Brother, she is just a child. What can be done about her?" However, they forgot to remind them that this was also the child.
Qingyu nodded slowly, "You can just let Yinzhuang open its doors normally early tomorrow morning."
Tong Yaowen frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then asked: "My child, who taught you this?"
Qingyu smiled, then walked away without answering.
Tong Yaowen shouted several times but received no response, so he had no choice but to give up.
The second brother said anxiously: "Brother, the bank is not open now. Once it opens, there will definitely be a swarm of people going to get the money. The crowd outside the door is eager to peel us off."
The third child was also a little hesitant, "I just let the door open and didn't say what to do. Can opening the door solve the problem? Isn't this nonsense?"
But the fourth child became confused and asked the housekeeper, "Whose child is that?"
But the housekeeper shook his head and looked confused, "I don't know, I haven't seen it."
Tong Yaowen was surprised, "Isn't he the servant's child?"
The housekeeper shook his head in affirmation again: "There is no such child."
This... Tong Yaowen became more and more confused, "Then who is she? How did she get in?"
The fourth child hurriedly told the housekeeper: "Go quickly, catch up and ask for details."
The housekeeper hurriedly called a few people and chased Qingyu in the direction where he disappeared. Unfortunately, he later searched the entire yard and asked at both the front and back doors, but he never saw such a child.
It's really strange that a child has come and gone without a trace. Tong Yaowen thought about it over and over, but couldn't figure it out, so he could only continue to sit at the door of the hospital, listening to the people outside the hospital yelling and cursing, feeling worried.
"How about trying to open the Yinzhuang tomorrow?" Finally, he discussed with his brothers.
Several brothers were quite distrustful of a child. The third child guessed: "What does a child know? Let me see, maybe the child himself was instigated by the He family in order to make us relax our vigilance. There will definitely be preparations later."
What kind of big move is waiting for us to jump in?"
The second and fourth children also nodded in agreement.
Tong Yaowen scratched his head and sighed in embarrassment. Then he thought that everything started because of the land purchase, and he felt annoyed, so he said to the third child: "It would be good to sell 100,000 acres of land at home to get some money for turnover."
Or maybe, the He family could calm down after knowing that they had sold the land. Tong Yaowen had this thought. After all, he still didn't want to confront the He family head-on, lest the Tong family suffer even more.