Chapter 40: Face to Face with Butler He
Tong Huaqiong came to the yard and stretched out her hand to stop housekeeper He who was about to break into the house.
"Widow Tong, you are so rude. I'm here to collect a debt, and you won't let me in?" Butler He said with a sneer.
Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "You can just collect the debt in the yard. Why go into the house? Butler He knows I'm a widow, but he still goes into the house. Don't you know that widows are prone to gossip? What if bad things are said about you and it ruins my reputation?"
"Just tell me what you intend to do to me."
It was early in the morning and she was in no mood to invite anyone in for tea.
Can't anything be solved in the yard? Why bother with the ritual of entering the house and taking a seat?
"you......"
These words left Butler He speechless for a long time.
Widow Tong is really difficult to deal with.
Don't you look at yourself? You're treating Qiao like an 18-year-old girl and spreading bad things about her. Who would spread bad things about her? Isn't this embarrassing?
Chen Sufen was extremely nervous when she saw housekeeper He and four or five servants carrying weapons, so she quietly stood beside her mother-in-law, holding a stick.
If housekeeper He and the servants dared to be violent towards her mother-in-law, she would dare to beat them up.
Tong Huaqiong patted Chen Sufen on the shoulder to indicate that he could handle it.
"Butler He came to collect debts and brought so many servants with him. If you didn't know, you would think he was here to take your life." Tong Huaqiong sneered.
"It's hard to say whether you are here to collect a debt or to take my life. If you can't pay the debt, your grandson's life will be in exchange for mine. I wonder if Widow Tong still remembers our agreement?" Butler He said aggressively.
When Gu Dashu, Gu Jingzhe and others heard the noise, they got up from their beds and went to the yard, surrounding Tong Huaqiong to support their mother.
Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe looked very unhappy because Butler He kept calling them widows.
Gu Jingzhe, in particular, could not stand others calling his widowed mother "widow" in front of her. He always felt that those who called her "widow" in front of her were deliberately stabbing her in the heart.
"Butler He, I advise you to watch your mouth. Have you been someone else's follower for so long that you don't know your own weight and look down on others?" Gu Jingzhe scolded.
When Butler He heard Gu Jingzhe calling him a dog, his face changed and he said sarcastically, "I thought Gu was a very cultured scholar, so how could you be so down-to-earth when you scold people? It's true that I'm a dog of the Zheng family, but a dog knows how to protect its master and family, but you're a human being, but you're pushing your family into the fire pit. Tsk tsk tsk!"
Gu Jingzhe's heart was touched, his face flushed, and he opened his mouth, not knowing how to respond.
At this moment, he really regretted marrying into the Zheng family. This incident would become a stain on his life.
He doesn't even know how to clean himself up.
"Widow Tong, why haven't you seen your precious grandson?"
Butler He was happy after winning, so he started looking for Gu Yaozu.
"You still want my son's life. Let me see if you have the ability to take it."
Gu Dashu picked up the hoe he used to weed the wheat field yesterday and held it steadily in his hand.
He carefully assessed the opponent's fighting power. With the two men, him and Gu Jingzhe, plus the fighting power of the fat girl Gu Taohua and her mother, they might not necessarily not lose.
However, Gu Dashu felt that the reason why he was so confident was not because of the fighting power of the Gu family, but because of the fifty taels of silver his mother gave him.
At this moment, he really wanted to throw the silver in Butler He's face.
He actually called his mother a widow openly. What's wrong? Does he want to be the stepfather of the Gu family? He doesn't even consider whether he is worthy of it.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Butler He is here to collect debts. Why are you talking nonsense here?"
When Tong Huaqiong heard Butler He's criticism of Gu Jingzhe, she deliberately did not fight back. In her opinion, Gu Jingzhe should be provoked by outsiders.
Look, Butler He works for the Zheng family and colludes with him to use Man'er to get married to the eldest son of the Zheng family. Even so, Butler He looks down on Gu Jingzhe's behavior in his heart.
Even dogs look down on things obtained through crooked means.
It’s time for Gu Jingzhe to wake up completely.
"I won't give you any nonsense. How is the money prepared?"
After a while of talking nonsense, Butler He retreated to a low point and saw Gu Dashu, Gu Jingzhe and Gu Taohua ready to fight. He knew that this group of bad guys were not easy to deal with.
He came here to ask for money, not to die.
If Widow Tong could not pay the fifty taels of silver, he would take Gu Yaozu away, castrate him, and send him to Shengjing.
This was not his idea, but the eldest son's idea.
"Already prepared."
Tong Huaqiong turned and walked into the room, opened the cabinet, took out a box, took out fifty taels of silver, put it in the package and carried it out.
When Butler He saw Yin Zi, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes.
I’m afraid the young master will be disappointed.
"Butler He, what's with that expression on your face? Don't you believe that my family can come up with fifty taels of silver?" Gu Dashu said.
I have to say that money can give people confidence. Gu Dashu's voice was even louder than before.
"Butler He, have you seen it clearly? Is it fifty taels?"
Tong Huaqiong counted the silver in front of Butler He.
It was exactly fifty taels, no more, no less.
Butler He's eyes flickered. He actually underestimated the widow Tong. She actually managed to raise the money in five days.
Tong Huaqiong handed the package to Butler He. Just as Butler He was about to reach out to take it, Tong Huaqiong pulled back.
Butler He's eyes narrowed.
Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "Where's the contract? One hand is the contract and the other hand is the silver."
Does Butler He really think that she is just a rural widow who knows how to make trouble and act recklessly? How can she give the money if she doesn't hand over such an important contract?
Butler He took out the contract from his arms and shook it open.
Tong Huaqiong took a few glances, confirmed that there was no problem, and handed the silver to Butler He. Under the eager eyes of Gu Dashu and others, Butler He handed the contract to Tong Huaqiong. Liu Yue'e lit a fire stick from the kitchen and came to the yard to burn the contract.
In Liu Yue'e's opinion, only by burning the statue without any evidence can her Yaozu be completely safe.
"Okay, I got the silver." After receiving the silver, Butler He did not want to embarrass the Gu family. Besides, he could not afford to do so, so he turned around and was about to leave.
"Butler He, please stay." Tong Huaqiong suddenly said.
Butler He turned around and said unhappily: "I've handed the contract to you, what else do you want?"
Tong Huaqiong asked with a smile: "I heard from Matchmaker Wang that Butler He wanted to send my boy to be castrated..."
"That was my eldest young master's idea. Don't worry, since your family has already paid back the money, your grandson's roots are saved. Widow Tong, to be honest, even if you can't pay back the money, I will take your grandson away. I would never do anything to ruin someone's family, I would be struck by lightning." Butler He said.
The dying young master is not afraid of being struck by lightning, but Butler He is afraid!
After hearing this, Tong Huaqiong looked up to Butler He. It seemed that this old man had a bottom line.
"I'm not telling you this. I want to ask the master of the purification ceremony, do you know where he lives?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
"Why are you asking this?" Butler He couldn't help but look Tong Huaqiong up and down. Would this widow be so vicious as to castrate her own grandson?
The other members of the Gu family had similar ideas as Butler He. Liu Yue'e was planning to take Yaozu and run away.
"My pig." Tong Huaqiong pointed to the pigsty and said, "This boar eats a lot but never gets fat. People say that old sows grow faster, so I want the castration master to castrate the pig. A castrated boar may grow fat faster."
Butler He's expression was as if he had been struck by lightning.
He had heard of eunuchs being castrated, but he had never heard of anyone castrating a boar.
This widow Tong is really good at coming up with new tricks. She doesn't have a man of her own, and her twisted mentality means she won't even let a boar go.
If the boar eats a lot but doesn't gain weight, then just wait patiently. Why do you have to castrate it?
Not only Butler He was surprised, but other people in the Gu family were also surprised. Gu Dashu even felt a little annoyed.
"Just tell me, where does the eunuch live?" Tong Huaqiong didn't care what Butler He thought, she was determined to find out where the eunuch lived.
"The master's surname is Tan. He lives on Quanshui Street. His house is the one with a big elm tree at the door." said Butler He.
"Thank you very much. When my pigs are castrated, I will let Steward He taste the castrated pork."
After getting the address of the cleansing master, Tong Huaqiong expressed her gratitude to Butler He with a beautiful smile.
This widow Tong is too perverted. She even castrates boars and doesn't want to eat the meat without roots.
"gone."
Butler He held the silver tightly and ran faster than a rabbit.
It seemed that if he didn't leave, Widow Tong would tie him up and send him to Master Tan together with the boar.