Chapter 47 forty seven

Juexin came home and saw Jueshi playing alone in the hall.As soon as he got out of the sedan chair, Jue Shi looked at him, then suddenly turned and ran inside.He didn't pay attention, so he walked in dejectedly.He walked into his room and unexpectedly found that both Shuhua and Cuihuan were there, one leaning over the desk and concentrating on reading, and the other sitting on a chair by the window knitting wool.They heard his footsteps and coughing, stood up in surprise, and greeted him with smiles. "I was about to go to sleep. I was very worried when I heard that there was a fire in the shopping mall. I wanted to wait for you to come back and ask, so I took the book to you to read. It just so happened that the third father sent Cuihuan to call you, so I asked She took a living to come here to accompany me," Shuhua explained affectionately.

"Eldest young master, I'll wait for you here. The third master said that he would invite you to come when you come back. The third master is also very anxious!" Cuihuan said with a smile.Seeing Juexin's face covered with dust, she said courteously, "Master, I'll bring you a basin of water, wash your face first." Without waiting for his opinion, she put the wool on the square table and went into the inner room to get The washbasin is gone. "Brother, has the fire gone out now? How many shops have been burned?" Shuhua put the book away and asked with concern.

"It's all burned up, I'm afraid there won't be any room left," Juexin shook his head and replied wearily, and he sat down on the movable chair. "Strange, how come these things come together?" Shuhua said unhappily. "Is Mom back?" Juexin asked casually. "Yuan Cheng came back and said that Mom won't come back tonight. Mom was afraid that grandma would feel sad, so she stayed there to persuade grandma more," Shuhua replied. "Okay, you go back to sleep, you have to go to school tomorrow morning," Juexin said gently to Shuhua with a sigh.

At this time, a rush of footsteps stopped Shuhua from answering, the door curtain was lifted, and Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Chen brought Jueshi in from the outside.Shuhua immediately turned around and hid in the inner room.Juexin frowned and reluctantly stood up to greet them. "Eldest young master, have you received the money that the fourth wife and I asked you to take?" Aunt Chen walked in and asked with a smile that was not a smile. "What money? I don't understand yet," Juexin said inexplicably. "Didn't we ask you to get back the deposit in the company today?" Aunt Chen said seriously.

"Aunt Chen, I still don't understand. When did you say you took the money?" Juexin said in surprise. "Fourth wife, listen! Didn't you also be there? We made it clear, and he will forget it once the fire burns," Aunt Chen said to Wang with a sneer on purpose. "Yes, I made it clear: I will definitely bring it back today. How could you change your mind? Could it be that the young master is joking on purpose?" Wang replied pretending not to care. Juexin now understood their intentions.This petty cunning aroused his anger.He said confidently: "Fourth Aunt, Aunt Chen, I really didn't hear you say it today. As long as you mention it, I will get the money back."

"I didn't say it? How dare you swear!" Aunt Chen blushed and said loudly. "Aunt Chen, you are so stupid! What's the use of swearing? Now that the matter is clear, we should take responsibility for any mistakes. Our money originally said that we would get it back today, but the young master must have forgotten it. Now the commercial market Once it is burned, the money will not come out. I need the money at the end of the month. You also need the money. No matter what, we have to ask the young master to find a way," Wang said to Aunt Chen agreeingly, but she said For Juexin.

Juexin only felt that there was a sharp knife stirring in his mind. He couldn't stand this kind of torture, and he couldn't stand the endless noise and insults in the future (this was what he could predict).He couldn't defeat them, and he couldn't beg them for mercy (he knew begging for mercy would have no effect).What he wants is quietness, what he wants is face.He doesn't know cunning, he doesn't know how to change things, he can't even think calmly at this time.So he finally held back his breath and said bluntly to them: "Okay, Fourth Aunt, Aunt Chen, even if you said it, even if I forgot. I'll just pay it out now. Aunt Chen took three hundred yuan, and Two hundred; my fourth aunt still has a hundred yuan. I will send the money the day after tomorrow.” His face was also flushed, and he bit his lips after he finished speaking, because he was afraid that he would burst into tears in front of them.Cuihuan came in early with a washbasin, then twisted a facekerchief and sent it to him.He picked up his facekerchief and wiped it carefully, unwilling to say another word to them.

"Aunt Chen, let's go. Since the young master said it so clearly, we don't need to say any more. The young master always says what he says. Let's just wait for him to send money the day after tomorrow," Wang said. Shi said to Aunt Chen with satisfaction, but there was a bit of irony in her words.They took a contemptuous look at Juexin, and walked out with Jueshi in a grand manner. "It smells so good," Cuihuan whispered angrily. "Let you all force me, I know that one day I will be forced to death, and you will be willing," Juexin wiped his face and handed the handkerchief to Cuihuan, watching them go out and hearing them outside Laughing, he couldn't help muttering to himself angrily.

"Eldest Young Master," Cuihuan called out in pain from the side.She said with concern: "How can the eldest young master say such a thing? It's not worth getting angry about this kind of thing. " Juexin looked at her in surprise, his beautiful eyes were filled with clear tears, shining like gems.It seemed to be another person's eyes.He felt a heat slowly take place in his body.He looked at her gratefully, unable to answer for a while. Shuhua ran out from the inner room and smelled the fragrance left by Aunt Chen again.She gritted her teeth and said, "These two old goblins, I wish I could slap them a few times!" She complained lovingly to Juexin and said, "Brother, you are too kind. It's not like you used their money, Why should you pay for it? It’s obvious that they are the ones who are shameless. When they see the commercial site burnt down, if they play tricks on you, you will still be fooled by them! It’s me, I will definitely not pay, and they will find a company to go!”

"Third sister, you still don't understand that I handled the money," Juexin shook his head in pain, and argued as if he had suffered a great injustice: "They can do anything. I've been unlucky all my life, but I just met them, what else can I do?" "I don't believe in your methods. What benefits do you think you have gained in the past few years? The second brother and the third brother all said that your bowing doctrine only harmed yourself and the people you like," Shuhua said angrily retorted. The gong rang outside at midnight, and the heavy metal sound seemed to sound like a warning to confirm Shuhua's words.Juexin could no longer defend himself.

The next morning Juexin went to the mall.The bearer had to put down the sedan chair at the street corner.There were crowds of onlookers in front of the mall.There are so many people that a street is full.Juexin walked slowly to the entrance of the mall.The majestic gatehouse still stood there intact, and he looked in through the gate, only to see a large pile of bricks and tiles, and crumbling charred and blackened ruins in twos and threes.There is a barely walkable path inside the door.The policeman guarding the gate knew him and let him go inside along this road. He had just walked a few steps when a gust of stuffy heat rushed towards him with a scorching smell.He kicked away stumbling gravel and broken bricks, and the further he walked, the stronger the smell became, and the eye-smelling and pungent smoke surrounded him.He could see nothing but piles of bricks and rubble.There were piles of bricks and rubble everywhere, and there was not a single house he knew.As he passed, he was greeted by some (not many), familiar faces of store clerks.They got something out of those brick piles.Some of the piles were still smoking slightly.People kept carrying buckets and pouring water on it. It's over, everything is over.He couldn't find a trace of the office, only two or three handymen standing beside the pile of bricks and tiles talking lonely.This is where he has been going every day for several years.He lingered there for a while, then went outside. Juexin came out of the mall and went to Manager Huang's house.Manager Huang went to General Manager Zhang's house early to report the burnt down of the mall.Several colleagues are waiting for Manager Huang here.We talked casually for a while.Manager Huang came back with a tired face.He asked everyone to wait for the instructions of the general manager of the company (the company will hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting within the next week). Juexin had dinner at Huang's house, said goodbye, and then went to a bank he knew well.He wanted to compensate Mrs. Wang and Aunt Chen's 300 yuan deposit, but he didn't have enough cash, so he had to borrow money from the bank.This bank has contacts with Juexin, and Juexin usually has good credit, so the loan matter was a success as soon as it was mentioned. After finishing his work, Juexin went to Zhou's house again.Master Mei's body had just been buried, and he could no longer see the face of the deceased.The coffin was parked in the inner living room, and Mei young lady prostrated herself in front of the coffin in filial piety and wept bitterly.Yun was also weeping beside him.Mrs. Chen's eyes were red and swollen, and she was discussing with Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Botao about renting a place in the Zhejiang Guild Hall to set up mourning hall costumes.Zhou Botao saw Juexin coming in, grabbed him, and begged him to help with these things. Juexin came to Zhou's house full of fatigue, he just wanted to go home early and rest.But it was inconvenient for him to express his refusal to Zhou Botao, so he had no choice but to agree.He sat at Zhou's house for a while.The young master of the Feng family suddenly came.He chatted with the guest again.After the guests left, he got into the sedan chair again and went to the Zhejiang Guild Hall. Juexin returned to Zhou's house after negotiating in the guild hall, and saw Juemin talking to Yun there.Juexin reported the results of the negotiations to the old ladies of Zhou.Zhou Botao wanted to leave him to do other things.But Juemin suddenly said to him from the side: "Brother, why do you look so ugly? Are you not feeling well? I think you should go home and rest for a while." Such words seemed to have a lot of magical power, and Juexin immediately felt that the last bit of self-sustaining power had completely disappeared.His legs suddenly became weak, and his body shook.He couldn't stand upright, as if he was about to fall down, he replied weakly, "I'm a little dizzy, I'm afraid I'm going to fall ill." He hurriedly leaned against the square table.His pale face and blue lips confirmed his words. As a result, Zhou Botao couldn't bother Juexin anymore.Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Xu all advised him to go home and rest immediately.Zhou also asked Juemin to send him back. The Zhou family hired a sedan chair for Juemin, and let the two brothers go home in the sedan chair. When they arrived at Gao's house, there was no one in the hall, as if they had walked into an ancient temple.Juexin looked around, and suddenly said with emotion: "Now I can't even hear the sound of reading." "You are in such a bad health, you still meddle in such nosy business!" Juemin complained with concern. "Everything has changed now. I always have a feeling recently: We don't know how long we can live in this mansion. I think our Gao family will end sooner or later. I see bad omens every day." Juexin Said with a pained expression (and a little horror mixed in) as if dreaming. "Sit and eat the mountain, how can it not fall?" Juemin replied angrily. "You are so strange, why do you have such an idea? I don't understand you." Juexin looked at Juemin in astonishment and whispered. Juemin didn't answer, but patted Juexin on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I see that you are very tired, don't talk anymore, you'd better go in and sleep for a while." Juexin obeyed Juemin's words, and silently turned into the turning door and walked inside.It was equally silent inside.There is an empty rattan chair in the courtyard under the steps of the right wing room, and a few potted young trees without flowers are placed on both sides of the flagstone aisle.A sparrow was hopping lonely up and down the aisle. When they entered Juexin's room, Juexin immediately sat down on the movable chair, sighed heavily, and said to Juemin, "Thanks to you for saving me today. I'm so tired." "I don't think you look right, you should have rested long ago," Juemin replied casually.He saw Juexin closing his eyes and resting his mind. He noticed that his elder brother was more haggard than the year before: a few lines appeared faintly on his forehead, his cheeks were sunken, and wrinkles appeared under his eyelids.He couldn't help thinking painfully: "What made this young and promising man age like this?" He suddenly caught a glimpse of Young Master Mei's face on Juexin's face.Feeling terrified and sad, he called out: "Brother." Juexin opened his eyes and looked at him in surprise.He begged in pain: "You can't go on like this! Your life is simply slow suicide!" "I've been living like this for years," Juexin replied blankly, not knowing the meaning of what he said. "Brother, don't blame me. To be honest, you are sacrificing yourself in vain if you live like this," Juemin warned. "It doesn't matter to me, as long as it's good for others," Juexin interrupted. "Think about it, what good have you done to others? Let me name a few people: Sister-in-law, Cousin Mei, Cousin Hui, Fourth Sister, Cousin Mei..." Juemin retorted sternly, he just wanted to awaken Juemin Xin Mengmeng, but forgot how his words hurt his brother's heart. "Don't say any more," Juexin waved his hand begging for mercy with a sudden change of expression. Seeing Juexin's painful expression, Juemin regretted it a bit, and felt that he shouldn't have tortured his brother with that kind of words at this time.What Juexin needs more now is rest, not stimulation.He changed his tone and said in a comforting voice: "Brother, you'd better go to bed and sleep for a while, I won't bother you anymore." Juexin didn't say anything, but put his hands on the table and struggled to stand up.He nodded to Juemin, said "yes", and planned to go to the inner room.But when the door curtain moved unexpectedly, Qin Song suddenly appeared in the room. "Eldest Young Master, Fourth Master called me to ask Eldest Young Master if the stock is sold? If you can't sell it, please ask Eldest Young Master to bring it to me so that Fourth Master can take it back," Qin Song said respectfully. "The house is burned down, where are there any stocks?" Juemin said to himself angrily.He said to Qin Song again: "Qin Song, you go back and tell the fourth master that the stock was in the office yesterday" Juexin didn't wait for Juemin to say the following, and quickly interrupted: "Qin Song, you go back and say that I greeted the fourth master, and the stock was not sold. I will personally send it to the fourth master tomorrow. Please rest assured." Qin Song received a satisfactory answer and politely agreed twice.But when he withdrew, he looked at Juemin with curiosity. Juemin watched Qin Song leave helplessly. He was so angry that he couldn't help but complained to Juexin again: "Why don't you let me tell him the truth? Don't be a good person! The things are obviously burned! You take What for him?" "I still have the 3,000 yuan stock that my grandfather gave me, and I just need to pay back 1,000 yuan to my fourth father. Fortunately, this kind of stock is not worth much now," Juexin replied. "Whether it's worth money or not is another matter. In short, he asked you to sell it on your behalf, and you shouldn't pay for it if you burn it," Juemin said angrily. "It doesn't matter if I don't pay. My fourth dad clearly saw me locked in a drawer yesterday. I came out with him. Of course he knew that it was burned. Today he still asked someone to ask for it. He wanted me to pay for it. In fact, I I also have a responsibility, if I bring it home, it won't be burned." Juexin said bitterly. "But I think you will pay today and tomorrow. I don't know how much property you have to pay!" Juemin said dissatisfied. "If I lose everything, I will be finished," Juexin complained desperately, without any hint of resistance in his words.