"You really should think about it carefully, and at least let Zhi Niang pay for the medicine you used to treat your injury..." At this point, Gao Mu thought of something and asked, "Is this a trick? She beat you so hard,
Will you be soft-hearted?"
Gao Mingzhe rubbed his eyebrows. When he was beaten, he really wanted to use a trick, but after the beating, he didn't think that the woman would be soft-hearted. Because she struck hard, and looking at her posture, she seemed to want to beat him to death.
It is impossible to be soft-hearted.
"Mom, don't think about it." Gao Mingzhe said helplessly, "If we get closer, I'm afraid she will beat me to death."
Gao Mu's eyebrows furrowed into a frown, "Then the beating you received was in vain?"
I’ve been beaten all the time, so what can I do?
"Mom, with how hard Zhi Niang beat me, I don't think she still has feelings for me. I can't go back there. I still can't make her angry with Qiao Qiao. You can call her over later and I'll talk to her.
Apologize." Gao Mingzhe ordered one by one. Although he wanted to think carefully just now, in fact, he only had this way to go now.
Based on the ferocity with which Luo Zhiniang hit people today, he really didn't dare to look for her again.
As for the children... When he was helped out by the Gao family today, he happened to see two children next door. In other words, they heard him being beaten from beginning to end, but they never came out. Either they were afraid of their mother.
Either he blames him or he just doesn't care about him as a father. No matter which way, the two children will never listen to him again.
Therefore, all the roads on Luo Zhiniang's side were blocked.
Gao Mu sighed, "I've wronged you."
Gao Mingzhe waved his hand, "Mom, I want to take a rest."
Seeing that he had no intention of saying anything more, Gao Mu quietly left and closed the door.
Not long after, the door was pushed open with a creak, and someone walked in quietly. Although Gao Mingzhe closed his eyes, he was not asleep at all, and ordered, "Get out!"
"It's me." The soft female voice sounded timidly, making me feel pitiful for the person coming.
Gao Mingzhe opened his eyes and saw Fang Nianqiao. She was dressed in plain clothes and had a simple hairpin on her head. She was not doing well at first glance.
Fang Nianqiao slowly approached and asked tentatively: "I heard that you have forgotten what happened in the past two or three years. Do you still remember me?"
After a long time, Gao Mingzhe closed his eyes again and said, "Yeah."
Just one word, but Fang Nianqiao breathed a sigh of relief, "Mingzhe, do you remember the past?"
Gao Mingzhe hummed again.
He was so cold, and Fang Nianqiao was a little uneasy, "I dare not say that I was right about what happened, but I couldn't help myself, and when I saw you, I didn't know your identity.
If you knew, I would definitely send you back to Gaofu. Later, when I got married to you, it was the fifth girl’s order. She wanted you to take me with you when you returned to Gaofu. Later, you were so kind to me, I...I
I am also pleased with you."
"Now that we have a child, your family has many misunderstandings about me, but I can't explain it. Mingzhe, you have to be good. The child and I can only rely on you. We only have you."
After a long time, Gao Mingzhe hummed again.
Fang Nianqiao was about to say more, but the door was pushed open, and Luo Qiaoqiao walked in with a straight face. Seeing the situation in front of the bed, she snorted coldly, "Get out!"
Fang Nian rolled out smoothly.
"Mom said you wanted to see me for something?" Luo Qiaoqiao stood in front of the bed, a little awkward, "How are you injured? Does it still hurt?"
"It hurts," Gao Mingzhe looked at her, "Actually, I asked for this beating."
Luo Qiaoqiao sneered, "Don't you just want to go back and find her? I won't stop you. We and Li are both..."
"I don't want to go back to her." Gao Mingzhe interrupted her, "Qiaoqiao, after this spanking, I don't owe her any more. Otherwise, if she finds out that I have recovered my memory, what if she comes to pester me?
Life is not easy for both of us."
Luo Qiaoqiao thought the same thing. After Gao Mingzhe recovered his memory, he had to give Luo Zhiniang an explanation. If he took this beating honestly, there would be no relationship between them in the future.
The corners of her mouth turned up: "I thought you didn't want me anymore."
"How could it be?" Gao Mingzhe held her hand, "No one in this world can treat me better than you. I can swear to God that I will never let you down in this life!"
Luo Qiaoqiao's smile deepened, "It's good that you know."
Gao Mingzhe stroked her hand, "I'm lying on the bed now and can't go to the shop for the time being. Please worry about the shop."
When it comes to business, Luo Qiaoqiao doesn't look good, "It's been looked after by the waiters these days, and there are basically no customers. The things sold are not enough to pay the wages. If this continues, we will close down."
Gao Mingzhe looked serious, "You were right before, let's quickly sell the powder at half price, and then we can do other things after we get the money!"
It’s not easy to sell even at half price!
In the past, the makeup powder in Luo Qiaoqiao's shop was of average quality and cheap. Now, in order to run the business of rich ladies, the shop has been renovated to look luxurious. Therefore, ordinary women who had been buying makeup powder before did not dare to come and all went there.
The real wealthy ladies have recently gone to Shimei Building and bought a lot.
Unable to sell at half the price, Luo Qiaoqiao gritted her teeth and paid 30% of the original price. Finally, someone came to the door, and half a month later, all the goods were cleared. The cost of more than one hundred taels was sold, but she only got thirty taels.
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Some of the money here will be allocated to Gao Mingzhe to treat his legs.
The Gao family and Luo Qiaoqiao were both afraid that his leg would be broken, so they used the best doctors and medicinal materials. The treatment cost five taels in one month. The expenses of these people in the family were reduced by another two taels.
Luo Qiaoqiao's family has more than 20 people in total, and they spend a lot of money every day. Most of them are the Gao family and their servants. It's hard for her to reduce expenses, so she has to bear it.
But carrying it hard is not the answer. Sooner or later, there will be a day when she can't bear it. Besides, she has never thought that she would be wronged because of the Gao family. During dinner that day, in front of the family, Luo Qiaoqiao said again, "Something happened to Mingzhe."
, the dispute started because I asked you to move. To tell you the truth, the money I have on hand now is not even as good as when I first got married. After the Luo family daughter got married, the business at hand became bigger and bigger.
There have never been fewer and fewer like me."
"Mom, dad, we can't support so many people at home. You have a house and a shop in the outer city, so you can support yourself. Why don't you move back?"
The father-in-law and mother-in-law couldn't answer the question, so they only looked at their son quietly.
Honestly speaking, as a daughter-in-law, no one wants to have a mother-in-law. After the He family and the Yang family looked at each other, He said, "We can move. But since ancient times, the eldest son has taken care of the elderly, and the parents still have to take care of them."
It's up to you to take care of us. Otherwise, our parents will follow us, either good or bad."
This is also true.
Luo Qiaoqiao did not fail to take care of the elderly. The main reason was that the two younger brothers and their whole family stayed here, but the He family and the Yang family were not worried. After a while, the children had to be well fed and clothed, and the wet nurse had to eat this and that.
There are also makeup and clothes. Although they don't cost much, Luo Qiaoqiao doesn't want to support them when she herself is in a tight situation.
They were willing to move away and leave the two old ones behind. Luo Qiaoqiao had no objection to this, so she nodded, "Okay."
After discussing it, the atmosphere at the table was good, and we finally had a good meal after Gao Mingzhe was injured.
After the Gao brothers moved out, Luo Qiaoqiao's yard became quiet. However, the business in the shop has never improved. Shimeifang over there has been selling at half price, and the powder shop next door is even cheaper than before, so Luo Qiaoqiao is crowded.
My shop is basically out of business, and the little money I make is not enough to start working.
More than a month later, the wooden planks were removed from Gao Mingzhe's legs, and the bruises on his body had subsided. After he could see people, he went to the shop, thinking about it inside and out, and even refused to leave even after it got late.
At night, he studied the account books of the past few months. He didn't plan to go back after it got late. The business was still sluggish, and Luo Qiaoqiao became irritable again. He couldn't make the shop's business turn around, at least let her see it.
Realizing that I was working hard, I stayed in the yard behind the shop that night.
After the two brothers of the Gao family moved to the outer city, they were living in poverty. By chance, Gao Mingfang met his former childhood playmate, and then went to the gambling house in a fascinated way.
He won two taels of silver that day and was so out of control that Gao Mingfang even handed over his shop to his clerk and went to the gambling house every day to make a lot of money.
As a result, I lost money in the next few days and even borrowed interest.
When Chu Yunli learned about this from Manager Chen, he was quite surprised, "Who led him there? What a surprise?"
Luo Zhiniang really cared about the Gao family and treated them as a family. They had never been separated from each other. After Gao Mingzhe disappeared, the two brothers had been against her all year round. Later, they watched Gao Mingzhe hurt the mother and son with cold eyes.
, let alone help, not even a reminder.
Before she could spare her hands to take care of the two brothers, she didn't expect them to start seeking death.
Manager Chen nodded, "It was an accident. As far as I know, the second master already owes twenty taels of interest. If he doesn't pay it back as soon as possible, after the interest is compounded, the Gao family may not be able to pay it back."
He always listens to Chu Yunli's orders and never makes unnecessary decisions on his own. If he is asked to keep an eye on the Gao family, he will really just keep an eye on it.
"Don't worry about it." Chu Yunli's lips curled up slightly, obviously in a good mood, "There's no need to tell others specifically."
Manager Chen agreed, "I'm not the only one who knows. Anyone who frequents gambling houses should have heard about it. If anyone says it, the Gao family will get the news in the next two days."
Chu Yunli didn't do anything unnecessary, so what if he got the news? For the Gao family today, twenty taels is not a small amount of money.
However, no one told the Gao family from the beginning to the end. It is said that someone from the gambling house said hello. Everyone knows that the eldest son of Gao married a daughter of the Luo family, so why not just take a few hundred taels of silver?
If the Gao family had known in advance that the Gao family had paid back the money, they would have restrained Gao Mingfang and not allowed him to come.
Therefore, when the thugs from the gambling shop stormed the door of the Gao family in a fierce manner, the IOU they took out clearly stated that they owed two hundred taels of silver and should pay it back within ten days.
The debt collector looked fierce and said, "Today is the last day. If you don't take it, you will see blood. At least one hand will be left!"
He and Yang looked at the fierce people in the yard, who seemed to be about to beat them up if they disagreed, and almost fainted from fright.
Gao Mingyu didn't believe that his three brothers were all considered promising in this area. Especially after the eldest brother married a daughter of the Luo family, people around him only saw them with envy. When had they ever been approached like this?
But the second brother over there was full of panic, and he knew it was true at a glance. He couldn't help but panic, and said loudly, "We'll give it! Let's borrow it now! My sister-in-law is the daughter of the Luo family, she must be