Lu Lingjun was fiddling with his abacus in his courtyard.
The maids sat around her, embroidering clothes, tending flowers and plants, or fanning themselves.
"Why do I look at our Mr. Cheng so weirdly?" Xiaowei said.
"What's weird?"
"Don't you think he is particularly concerned about his cousin's affairs?" Xiaowei raised her head with a gossipy look on her face.
"I feel the same way!" Xiao Tao said, "You see, last time, Miss Cousin called him and Miss Huihui beggars, but he was not angry, and later came to Miss Cousin's rescue."
"No," Xiaorui shook her head and said seriously, "I think the second master is kind-hearted and doesn't care about my cousin. Look at him taking the initiative to help today. Is there any other master who would do such a thing?"
"If he is kind-hearted and enthusiastic, why doesn't he help you carry water? Help you with your work!"
"It's just that the last time you went to the outer courtyard to deliver a message, I wasn't enthusiastic enough to let you have tea!"
Xiaorui blushed, "How can I compare with my cousin!"
"Why not? According to what you said, I can only help Miss Biao deliver things, but I can't even help you carry water!"
"If you ask me, I will first ask the second master later on why he is so enthusiastic and doesn't help us Xiaorui!"
"That's right, I'll ask later."
"You guys are evil!" Xiaorui couldn't speak to a group of people. She blushed and complained to Lu Lingjun, shaking her arm, "Young madam, look at them!"
Lu Lingjun, who was playing with the abacus beads at the side, smiled softly, "Okay, you talkative girls, if you continue talking, Xiao Rui will have to spend all my abacus beads, and there will be no enthusiastic people to re-calculate the accounts for me. "
After she finished speaking, the maids around her all laughed.
Xiaorui pursed her lips, "Young madam, you are also bad and you bully others!"
When a group of people talked and laughed at Yan Yan, grandma came to report it.
"Young Madam, someone outside the door wants a bill!"
"Want a bill? From which company?" Lu Lingjun stopped smiling and looked at grandma strangely.
"It's someone from the gambling house. He said it was linked to our Marquis's account! He came to us to ask for money!"
"Who owes the money?" Lu Lingjun became more and more curious as he listened.
"The person who is responsible for the debt is called Du Tai. He said that his sister is the most favored aunt in the Ningyang Hou Mansion! All the debts are on Aunt Du!"
Lu Lingjun: "..."
Xiaoheyuan.
Du Ruo had a rare two days of leisure.
Her brother didn't look for her again, and her relationship with Cheng Yunshuo had become very close these days.
Every night she would coquettishly ask Cheng Yunshuo to feed her food and water, and Cheng Yunshuo would say a few words about why she didn't grow up, just to dote on her.
Du Ruoke liked to hear Cheng Yunshuo say that she wouldn't grow up.
It felt like being held in the palm of his hand.
She was tilting her head and thinking about how to act coquettishly with Cheng Yunshuo tonight, when she heard Xiaoqin coming to report in a hurry, "Aunt Du, Madam, please come."
Lu Lingjun is looking for her?
The sweetness in Du Ruo's eyes suddenly disappeared, and a trace of hostility and reluctance crept up.
Could it be that he saw that she was being favored and was deliberately trying to find trouble with her?
Huh, she won't be afraid of her!
Du Ruo tidied up, got up and went to Lu Lingyun's yard.
When she arrived at Lu Lingjun's yard, she saw several unfamiliar men standing in the middle of the yard.
Those people were all dressed in rough clothes, and they were all very carefree. At first glance, they looked like they were not serious people.
"What do you want from me, madam?" Du Ruo didn't realize it and asked over the people.
Lu Lingjun glanced at her and then at the person who came to ask for debt, "Here, this is Aunt Du. You guys talk to her."
After Du Ruo heard this, he immediately turned to look at the strangers in front of him, his eyes full of vigilance and curiosity, "Who are you? What are you doing!"
These are for her!
For a moment, she even thought that Lu Lingjun had found a group of gangsters to humiliate her and take revenge on her!
Feeling ashamed, angry, angry and confused, she heard the person opposite said fiercely, "Pay back the money!"
Du Ruo: "..."
"Pay back the money quickly!"
"It is only natural to pay back debts!"
"Who are you!"
For a moment, Du Ruo was confused and looked at Lu Lingyun hurriedly.
Lu Lingjun took a sip of hot tea and said slowly, "They came to you because your brother owed money in a gambling house."
Du Ruo: "..."
Her brother owed money at the gambling house and even chased him to the Hou Mansion!
Du Ruo's face turned red with embarrassment, and he was angry and annoyed, "How much money does my brother owe you!"
"Three hundred taels!"
"Three hundred taels?!" Du Ruo couldn't believe it.
"Auntie, please pay back the money quickly. This is your brother's fingerprint at our gambling house. If you don't pay back the money, we will file a police report!" The people from the gambling house threw out a stack of IOUs, with Du Ruo and Ning hanging on them. The name of Yanghou Mansion.
"Our Hou Mansion will not recognize this thing." Lu Lingjun's voice came slowly, "If you meet an official, we will definitely punish those who impersonate the name of the Hou Mansion."
Du Ruo's face turned redder when he heard this.
When her brother owed money abroad, debt collectors came to her husband's house to collect money, and the chief made her lose face in front of Lu Lingyun.
The key is that her brother falsely used the name of the Hou family. This embarrassment has been brought to her husband's family!
"I'll pay it back for him!"
Du Ruo said these words and turned back to his yard to get the money.
Her dowry was not enough. She had repaid Du Tai 160 taels before, and now it was 300 taels. The dowry and bride price together were only about 300 taels. In the end, when it was not enough, she put in most of her box of jewelry. .
Only then could I pay back the money to Du Tai.
"From today on, Du Tai's debt has nothing to do with me! You are not allowed to come to the Marquis Mansion to ask for debt again!" Du Ruo finished paying off the money and tore up the IOU in front of Lu Lingjun.
The gamblers who took the money naturally laughed happily and said, "Okay, okay, we won't come."
After these people left, Du Ruocai breathed a sigh of relief. She turned her head and glanced at Lu Lingyun, who had been watching the fun from beginning to end. She felt a surge of shame and anger. It was really embarrassing for him to be thrown in front of her!
"I've taken care of the matter! Don't look for me!"
After saying that, she ran away from Lu Lingjun's yard with a red face.
"Hey, this Aunt Du is really getting more and more unruly!"
"Did our young lady tell her to leave! She just left!"
"It's so embarrassing! It's so embarrassing!"
The maids said.
Lu Lingjun looked at Du Ruo's hastily fleeing back, shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if you are embarrassed in front of me. That's the end of it if you are embarrassed in front of others."
Du Ruo returned to her small courtyard quite shamelessly. She sat on a chair, thinking about rushing back to Du's house and questioning her brother, and wanting to lock herself up because she was embarrassed today.
Just at this moment, Cheng Yunshuo came back.
"What happened to you today?" Cheng Yunshuo couldn't help but ask as Du Ruo didn't see him as he walked in the door.
"Master!" Du Ruo raised a blushing face and threw herself into Cheng Yunshuo's arms.
"Who bullied you today?"
