Volume 3: The Richest Man in the World Chapter 72 Homeless
The letter was rushed over 600 miles and arrived in Guangzhou in less than ten days. Several horses died of exhaustion on the way. When the letter was delivered to Wu Jiayuan, Cai Qiaozhu opened it and was stunned. She sighed and went to Ye Youyu's room, who was in confinement after her baby, to show her the letter.
After reading it, Ye Youyu also sighed and handed the letter back to Cai Qiaozhu: "The handwriting is authentic."
Cai Qiaozhu said, "Aunt San, what do you think we should do?"
Ye Youyu said, "Sister-in-law makes the decision, I'm fine with it."
Cai Qiaozhu frowned and said, "Anyway, even the Yihe Bank's property has been mortgaged. This Wu Garden and the Huachahao are nothing. At most, we can all move back to the old house. But...but you are still in confinement...it's freezing cold."
Ye Youyu said, "It's not a big deal. Besides, I'm almost out of confinement. How cold can the weather in Guangzhou be?" She glanced at the letter in Cai Qiaozhu's hand again: "There's not a trace of sadness in this letter, but rather a hint of joy, even arrogance..."
Cai Qiaozhu raised her eyebrows. She was worried when she saw the content of the letter just now, so she didn't read it carefully. Now when she read it again, she couldn't help but say, "It's true..."
Wu Chengjian's letter was written in plain language. While reading it, Cai Qiaozhu seemed to see that domineering brother-in-law standing in front of her, mortgaging the huge Wujiayuan as if it were toilet paper with a wave of his hand, and his tone was full of the prodigal son's.
Ye Youyu added: "In addition to talking about serious matters, the official letter also reminded me to cut my daughter's hair for the first month of her life. The hair should be used to make baby brushes, which should be made by wolf-hair brushes from Xiguan. It cannot be handed over to others. He also said that the weather in Beijing is too dry, and lips will feel uncomfortable after winter. The lip balm sold there has a strong smell, so it would be best if my family could send some up urgently.——He is still in the mood to talk about this, it seems that everything is going well in Beijing. "
Lip balm is the lip balm in ancient times. It is usually made from animal fats and oils, and is mixed with various spices and medicines. Only wealthy people can afford it.
"That makes sense." Cai Qiaozhu pondered and said, "In fact, three million taels... we can raise the money with the money in our warehouse and some other things as collateral. We don't need to mortgage the manor."
"No!" Ye Youyu said, "Doesn't Haoguan know ? Since he asked us to mortgage Wujiayuan, then let's mortgage Wujiayuan. This is his arrangement, so it would be better for us to do as he says."
Cai Qiaozhu chose to believe Wu Chengjian, and immediately sent Wu Liu to Panjiayuan to mortgage Wujiayuan to Pan Youjie to borrow 2 million taels. Pan Youjie replied on the spot that the money was ready and he could come to get it at any time.
Then Wu Liu went to the Lu family again and mortgaged the Huachahao to Lu Guanhuan to borrow 500,000 taels. Lu Guanhuan also agreed, but said he would wait a few days, at least five days and at most ten days, and he would definitely give it.
After both families received responses, the next day Ye Youyu asked Changzi to go to the Ye family to borrow 500,000 taels without collateral.
Ye Dalin looked at Ye Youyu's handwritten letter and handed it to Ma. Ma sneered when she saw the letter: "You want to borrow 500,000 taels with empty words! Humph, do you think we are running a charity?"
Ye Dalin suddenly said, "Pan Youjie has already agreed."
"ah?"
Ye Dalin said, "There was some movement in Henan yesterday. Ye Duofu asked around and found out that the Pan family was moving money to the Wu family. They did agree. The Lu family is also raising money."
"Boss, what are you talking about? You're not really planning to lend money to the Wu family, are you?"
"You ignorant woman!" Ye Dalin said, "Don't you understand what I'm saying? If you don't understand, don't argue in front of me!"
He kicked Ma out, called Changzi in, and said, "Tell the third girl that I will prepare the money within three days, and I will ask her eldest brother to deliver it to her then."
Changzi bowed and agreed.
Ye Dalin asked again: "How is Haoguan doing in Beijing now?"
Changzai stammered, "It's all good, but I just dislike the weather because it's too dry. I asked my family to send me some lip balm to put on. The ones from the north are not good and smell too bad."
Ye Dalin smiled and said, "We have some good things at home. I'll ask Duofu to deliver them later. Forget it. Go to Yingyang Garden to pay your respects first. I'll have someone prepare them for you to take back."
This little thing was not worth much, so Changzi didn't need to ask for permission. He just kowtowed and thanked his master on his behalf.
Ma was driven away, and only a few sons were left in the study. After Changzi left, Ye Haojia said, "I heard that Haoguan is struggling to survive in Beijing, and he still has the mood to talk about lipstick."
Ye Dalin gave him a contemptuous look and asked his eldest son, "What do you think?"
Ye Haoye thought for a moment and said, "I think that it is precisely because my brother-in-law still thinks about things like lipstick that he is living a good life in Beijing. The rumor that he competed with dogs for food is either a false rumor or it was deliberately spread for some purpose."
"That's right!" Ye Dalin glanced at his eldest son happily and said, "Although I can't say I know all the information about the Wu family, judging from the money he gave out a few times before, if it were our Ye family, we wouldn't have to mortgage our own house. The Wu family should have more money than us, but Hao Guan insisted on mortgaging this, which shows that there is something fishy! Most of this is done for someone in Beijing to see - this is one of them."
All the disciples nodded.
Ye Dalin added: "Qi Guan has always suppressed the Wu family whenever he can, but these times he not only did not take advantage of the opportunity to add insult to injury, but also cooperated when he could. Last time he even stepped forward to put pressure on me on behalf of the Wu family. There is no doubt that Pan and Wu have reached an agreement in secret ! Your brother-in-law is a ghost among men, and Qi Guan is even more clever among ghosts. What these two are going to do together..."
Ye Haojia said: "It's definitely not a good thing!"
Ye Haoye said: "It must be a good thing!"
Ye Dalin smiled: "Yes, yes, both are correct!"
The Pan family's money came in very quickly, in the form of boxes of large gold ingots. After the land deeds and house deeds of Wujiayuan were mortgaged, the house should have temporarily belonged to the Pan family.
Ye Youyu said to Cai Qiaozhu, "Sister-in-law, since Wujiayuan has been mortgaged, let's move out as well."
Cai Qiaozhu said: "Although it has been mortgaged, the official has not come to urge us to move out."
Ye Youyu said, "Hao Guan mentioned in his letter that after the manor is mortgaged, we can find another place to temporarily live and wait for him to come back. It seems that he wants us to move." She was afraid that Cai Qiaozhu didn't understand, so she lowered her voice and said, "This must be done for others to see."
Cai Qiaozhu finally came to her senses. Combining all her previous speculations, she became more convinced that her uncle's move must have been based on deep considerations. As a result, she became less worried. The two sisters-in-law discussed moving and sent Wu Liu to Panjiayuan to ask the Pan family to take over.
Pan Youjie met Wu Liu, thought about it, and did not refuse, saying: "I will let Zhenghuan take over later."
Wu Liu said goodbye, and Pan Youjie called Pan Zhenghuan to take care of the handover. He told Pan Zhenghuan: "All the flower kings that the Wu family cannot take away"All servants, including night watchmen, will stay here. The monthly wages during this period will be paid by the Pan family. The heavy furniture that is inconvenient for Wujiayuan to take away will be left here . Have someone seal it up and don't move it."
Pan Zhenghuan has made rapid progress in his training over the past few days: "Is this for others to see?"
Pan Youjie smiled and said, "That's right. You have made great progress."
Pan Zhenghuan came to Wujiayuan right away and met his two aunts. Ye Youyu had already finished her confinement, and her aunts were still strong and had almost recovered.
Pan Zhenghuan explained his father's intention tactfully, and finally said: "The two aunts can temporarily leave this garden to my nephew to take care of. I will come from time to time to check if the servants are lazy. When Haoguan returns from Beijing, my nephew will definitely hand over a brand new Wu Garden to your uncle."
Ye Youyu said: "Thank you very much."
Seeing that Ye Youyu did not refuse this kindness, Cai Qiaozhu nodded.
The family then left behind all their heavy furniture and sealed up some things that were inconvenient to move. They called the servants and asked most of them to continue living in the garden, even Chunrui. They only took six or seven maids and servants with them, took some valuables and clothes, and headed towards Xiguan.
Unexpectedly, things went wrong just after the boat crossed the Pearl River. It turned out that Wu Chenggou heard that the first and third wives had even mortgaged the Wu Garden, so he occupied the old house and refused to let these orphans, widows, nephews and aunts live there. He also spread the word: "The first and third wives sold the grandfather's land! Humph, do you really think that they can hide the fact that they secretly sold the Yihehang property from me? I know everything! We don't have such unfilial descendants in the Wu family! If they dare to come, I will let the dogs bite them out."
After hearing what Wu Liu had said, Dong Xue and Xia Qing were both furious and said they wanted to go and argue with the Second Master.
Ye Youyu shook his head and said nothing. Cai Qiaozhu also sighed, "What's the point of arguing? Would it be nice if we really went to their house and let their dogs bite us?"
Lian Qiao and Bi Tao both asked, "Grandma, what should we do?"
Ye Youyu thought for a moment and said, "Wu Liu, do we have any other suitable house?"
Cai Qiaozhu said: "All those houses have been mortgaged. Apart from the old house, there is nothing else left."
At that moment, a large group of people were stranded at the dock, which was very embarrassing.
The news spread throughout Xiguan in a short time. Pan Youjie knew it first, but he showed no intention of coming to help. Lu Guanhuan also knew about it, but thinking that the relatives of the Wu family had not spoken yet, he kept silent for the time being.
The Ye family and the Cai family both got the news. Ye Duofu came first and said, "Father heard about what happened here and asked me to come and ask my sister if we should come directly to our house or clean up a villa for her to stay in temporarily."
Ye Youyu said, "A daughter who is married off is like water that has been poured out. Mr. Hao is away, and I am already very sorry for not being able to protect the manor for him. If I move back to my parents' home, I won't be able to face him when Mr. Hao returns from Beijing!"
He immediately declined the Ye family's kindness.
Just as Ye Duofu left, Cai Shiqun came in person, and Cai Qiaozhu followed suit and declined the invitation. Cai Shiqun was not as straightforward as Ye Duofu, and he made a scene for a long time before leaving.
Then the surroundings became deserted.
After that, some relatives and friends with whom Ye Youyu had a closer relationship came to invite him again, but Ye Youyu politely declined them one by one.
In the evening, when it was about to sunset, two boats came from the south. They were from the charity cemetery. Tan Sanniang sent someone to invite Cai Qiaozhu and Ye Youyu to stay at the charity cemetery temporarily.
Cai Qiaozhu thought that Tan Sanniang was Wu Chengjian's mistress, and this was known to everyone in the city. Now the wife of the first wife had fallen to such a state that she had to live with the mistress. This must be very embarrassing for Ye Youyu. She was about to refuse, but unexpectedly Ye Youyu agreed.
