He walked hurriedly to the entrance of the Xie Mansion.
However, they were stopped by the two boys guarding the door, "Without the permission of Madam, aunts from the backyard are not allowed to leave the house."
He knew that the Xie residence had this rule, but never thought that he would be bound by it.
I think when she was He's mother, because she served by the side of the adult, deeply trusted by the adult, the whole house who dared not give her face.
At that time, she wanted to go to Xie Fu wherever possible, when she wanted to go out of the house, no one dared to stop, everyone respected her as a mother He, no one dared to throw a face in front of her.
But now, she had gone from being a servant to a half-master, and surprisingly, she had even less of an identity to speak of than when she was a slave girl.
It used to be that she relied on His Excellency, and she was a fish out of water in the mansion.
And now that the adults are all kinds of impatient with her, she can only rely on herself, first take some silver in hand, so that those maids will willingly do things for her before she can.
Thinking about this, He once again went to the Sheng residence.
After listening to Frost go in and report, he led He into the side room.
Yunchu put down the account book in her hand and opened her mouth, "What is Aunt He doing out of the house, as far as I know, you are from Jizhou, your mother's family is also in Jizhou, right, if you want to buy something, there is a mansion boy and girl in the house, just give a command."
He lowered her head and said, "Concubine has deposited a bit of silver in a money bank and wants to go get it out, it's not safe to leave this to someone else."
"The matter of money is indeed sloppy." Yun Chou nods, "But it's still a bit unsafe for you to go out of the mansion as a woman, I'll send you a driver."
He hastened to thank them.
The carriage traveled to the downtown area and stopped in front of the money changer, He asked the driver to wait in place, she circled around from the money changer to the side alley.
There is a small courtyard belonging to her in this alley, it was when she followed Xie Jingyu to the capital and was not allowed to enter the Xie residence for a while, so she lived here with her three children for several years, He Xu was thrown out of the Xie residence and should have come here.
She walked to the door of the courtyard and got her key to open the door, but she couldn't get it open.
A matron at the entrance of the courtyard on the side who used to be familiar with her said, "Lady He, I haven't seen you for some years, and after this courtyard of yours was sold, I thought I would never see you again."
He was shocked, "I didn't sell this courtyard."
"Half a year ago, that brother of yours took the people from the dental office and sold the house for only twelve hundred taels of silver." The elder lady shook her head, "I wanted to tell you in advance at that time, but I didn't know where you lived, and half a month ago I even met your brother on the street, he was calling himself a brother with a few gamblers, so you have to be careful, He Niangzi."
He's heart sank hard.
The yard had been sold cheaply by her asshole brother.
When I first bought it, I spent 1,800 silver, now the capital is expensive, how to say can be sold for about 3,000 taels, he dared to 1,200 on the sale.
In the past, when he was in Jizhou, he gambled every day, and it took her a lot of effort to get him to change, he promised her that he would never enter a casino after he came to the capital, she always thought that he was true to his word, but she really didn't think that he had sold the courtyard behind her back.
She still had 2,000 taels of silver in his hands, so she didn't have to think about it, but it was definitely gone too.
After He forced a smile and pulled some small talk with the eldest mother, she immediately headed towards the capital's casino.
Just as she reached the door, she saw a man being punched and kicked, covering his head and frantically begging for mercy.
"See, this is what happens when you owe our casino silver and don't pay it back!" A strong man picked up the beaten man lying on the ground and punched him hard, "This is just a little bit of interest, if you don't pay back the money within three days, you'll directly chop off your fingers!"
The onlookers on the side stepped back in fear.
He shrieked in shock and rushed over, "You guys let go of him!"
The burly man stared coldly at He, "Who are you to him, we'll let him go if you help him pay off his debts!"
He Xu seemed to see a life-saving straw, and exclaimed, "I owe them two taels of silver, twenty taels with interest, you quickly help me pay it back!"
He sucked in a breath of cold air.
Borrow 2 taels and pay back 20 taels, what's this if not robbery?
Let alone twenty taels, she didn't even have twenty cents on her.
"Don't you have jewelry on you, quickly take it out or I'll be killed!"
As soon as He Xu's words fell, the fists of a few strong men on the side came down, and in a short while, his face swelled into a steamed bun.
No matter what, he is also his own brother, He is not so hard-hearted to watch his own brother being beaten by a group, she quickly said, "Okay, okay, I will pay back the money for him."
She took off the two green bracelets on her wrists, the hairpin on her head, and a finger ring all and handed them over.
The burly man took the item and shook it, "Still smart, consider it paid off and get the hell out of here!"
He Xu got up from the ground with a roll and pulled He away.
"I brought you to the capital on the condition that you would not be allowed to get involved in gambling in the future, but now that you've lost everything, can you stand up to me?" He really hated to strangle him, "Get your ass back to Jizhou now, don't cause trouble for me here!"
He Xu sneered, "You became the Xie family's aunt, so you don't put me, your own brother, in the bottom of your eyes, is that it, hurry up, give me the money, I want to turn over my money."
He did a double take and almost fainted.
Her yard was sold, two thousand taels of silver is gone, the jewelry on the body is also all gone, her cards are all defeated a clean, she did not say anything, this bastard even backtracked!
"I only have these few pennies left, here you go, all of it!" He threw the coins on the ground, "I'll pretend I don't have you as a brother!"
She turned and walked away.
Originally thinking that He Xu would catch up, she turned around to see that older brother of hers squatting on the ground, picking up the coins one by one, and then walking towards the casino once again.
He was disappointed to the core, she should never have brought He Xu to the capital.
Now that she's on her own, she couldn't care less about He Xu, and even if she's killed by the casino people, she deserves it.
After He left, a boy on the corner came out and walked over to He Xu: "Steward He can't play twice with these few coins, he might as well borrow more to flip his capital."
He Xu sighed, "Those money changers want the mansion and jewelry as collateral before they're willing to lend."
"I know a place where you can use your finger arm to mortgage, one finger can borrow ten taels of silver." The boy followed the temptation, "Steward He is very good at gambling, just a little bad luck, I believe that a few more times, I am sure that I can win back the thousands of taels of silver that I lost before ..."
He Xu really moved, followed the boy before going to the side of a small alley ...
Listening to the wind reported the matter in detail to Yun Chou.
Yunchu was lighting incense, she fiddled with the ashes, her voice was light: "The fingers and arms are only worth a few dollars, you have someone tell him to use the most important thing a man has as collateral, he can borrow two hundred taels."
Listen to the wind stay in place.
Hearing Frost pushed her, "Why don't you hurry up."
Yun Chou closed the incense burner, and the light pinewood fragrance spread through the room.
In his last life, Listening to the Wind and Listening to the Snow were miserably spoiled by He Xu, so let's get rid of that scourge thing in the crotch first, so that He Xu doesn't have a chance to spoil any girl in this life.