sbdcsierra Chapter 150 The Cause of the Old Man's Death
Chapter 150 The Cause of the Old Man's Death
Near noon, the Zhong family's carriage stopped at the door of the Ye family's old house.
Everyone was staring at the carriage, and saw Zhong Yunfeng, Wulang and the accountant of Yunfeng Tower getting off the carriage, but Ye Xiaowu, Liu and others were not there.
"Wulang, where are your second uncle and his wife?"
The old lady asked Goro with a worried look on her face.
"Grandma, when we arrived at the county town, the carriage from the bank first took me to Yunfeng Tower, and then took my second aunt and Brother Silang to the county government office. After I found Brother Zhong, his carriage came directly over. It will probably take a while for my second uncle and aunt to come."
When the old lady heard this, she felt a little relieved.
Zhong Yunfeng briefly greeted everyone and then went straight to the point.
"Madam, I heard from Wulang that you are interested in selling your family's land?"
"Boss Zhong, I'm sure Sanlang has mentioned something about the situation at home in his letter. I don't have the ability to protect the family business left by my father. I don't know how I will have the face to see my father in my grave."
As the old lady spoke, her eyes began to turn red. When Zhong Yunfeng saw Ye Changyan wink at him, he continued what the old lady had said.
"You are too kind, old lady. This grandson has his own children and grandchildren. They are all young and strong. There is no need to worry about not being able to earn a fortune."
Everyone present nodded when they heard Zhong Yunfeng's words. Zhong Yunfeng is indeed a businessman, and his words are both pleasant and heartwarming.
"Madam, I dare not say anything else. If the Ye family sells the land to me today, if the children of the Ye family have the ability to buy back the land in the future, as long as the land is still in my hands, I will agree without hesitation, and promise that the children of the Ye family can buy it back at the original price, and will never increase the price."
Zhong Yunfeng's words sounded like he was comforting everyone in the old house, but in fact he was plugging a loophole for himself. The letter that Ye Changyan wrote to Zhong Yunfeng was to ask Zhong Yunfeng to help him buy the land, and then transfer it to Ye Changyan after this matter was over.
If any of the descendants of the old house really becomes capable in the future and intends to redeem these lands, Zhong Yunfeng will say that these lands have already been sold to Ye Changyan. Ye Changyan is a descendant of the Ye family, and he has not violated his original promise.
The old lady was naturally very happy that Zhong Yunfeng could make such a promise, but what she wanted was to hear from Zhong Yunfeng about the promise of arranging jobs for everyone in the old house in the processing workshop.
"Boss Zhong, in your previous reply to Sanlang, you said that you would provide jobs in the processing workshop to everyone in this family. I wonder if this is true."
The old lady wanted to confirm the matter in front of everyone, so she just asked directly.
"Madam, since I promised this in my reply to Sanlang, it must be true. My two uncles and three brothers have already been arranged to work in the processing workshop. If my aunts and sisters also want to work there, that's no problem."
After hearing Zhong Yunfeng's personal promise, everyone in the old house felt relieved and listened to what Zhong Yunfeng continued to say.
"Since Manager Huo of Baotong Bank is here, I'll ask Mr. Huo to help as a witness. I will increase the price by 10% according to the original price in the deed and buy all the land of the Ye family."
Huo Chong was puzzled as to why Zhong Yunfeng would increase the price by 10% and buy the Ye family's land, but since someone was willing to buy it and he could successfully recover his debt, he was happy to see it happen, so he readily agreed.
"Since Boss Zhong is willing to help others achieve their goals, Huo will naturally be happy to see it happen."
Then Huo Chong took out several deeds of the old house and calculated that the total cost of the old man of the Ye family to purchase these lands was 1,327 taels.
After discussion between Zhong Yunfeng and everyone in the old house, Zhong Yunfeng offered 1,460 taels to purchase all the land. Then the accountant brought by Huo Chong quickly drafted the sales documents, which also listed the terms such as Zhong Yunfeng's promise that the Ye family's children could buy them back at the original price.
The old lady asked Dalang to check the documents carefully. After confirming that they were correct, Zhong Yunfeng asked the accountant to take out the silver that had been prepared in advance.
Since most of the money would go to the bank, the old lady asked the people from the bank to go and check it.
Huo Chong was not polite and asked the accountant to check the silver taken out from the Yunfeng Building accounting office to confirm that the quality of the silver was very good.
Zhong Yunfeng and the Ye family's old house, the buyer and seller, signed the document. Huo Chong and Tang Laizi also signed their names on the document as witnesses. Finally, the accountant of the money shop who wrote the document also signed his name. The land transaction was finally settled.
The old lady asked Dalang to count out the silver he owed to the money house and then keep the remaining silver.
"Shopkeeper Huo, please order a little."
The old lady signaled Huo Chong to count the amount of silver. Huo Chong did not distrust Dalang's counting ability, but out of professional instinct, he still asked the accountant to count it again.
Seeing the accountant nodded to him, indicating that the amount was correct, Huo Chong, who was very knowledgeable about the rules, took out three IOUs and handed them to me.
"Madam, please check it out."
Although the old lady could recognize a few words, her eyes were blurry and she could not read the contents of the loan note clearly, so she handed it to Dalang beside her. Dalang carefully checked each note one by one. The old lady seemed a little worried, so she handed it to Ye Changyan.
"Sanlang, my grandmother's eyesight is not good. Can you help me check if these are the three IOUs you saw that day?"
Ye Changyan took it, looked at it carefully, and confirmed that they were indeed the three IOUs owed by Ye Xiaowu.
"Grandma, these are indeed the three IOUs that my grandson saw that day."
The old lady then put away the IOU and nodded to Huo Chong.
The accountant of the money shop quickly put the silver away. At this moment, Huo Chong's carriage also stopped at the gate of the Ye family's old house.
"Madam, since the debt has been settled and the Second Master and Erlang of the Ye family have been sent back, we will not bother them anymore."
As he spoke, Huo Chong bowed to the old lady, then said a simple goodbye to Zhong Yunfeng, Ye Changyan and others, then walked out of the front hall and headed towards the courtyard gate.
Tang Laizi, supported by two gangsters, walked outside and saw Erlang and Silang, who had just jumped off the carriage, stepping forward to help Ye Xiaowu get off the carriage.
Everyone in the front hall of the old house also stood up and prepared to go out to check on the people in the second house. The old lady even asked Aunt Chun to prepare a brazier in advance.
At this moment, Tang Laizi and the other two stopped, and then Tang Laizi turned around and looked at everyone in the old house and said.
"Old Madam, Mr. Ye, I actually have a question."
After hearing Tang Laizi's nonsensical words, everyone looked at him with some confusion, and then listened to Tang Laizi continue.
"On the ninth day of the eighth month, I saw the old man chasing the second master of the Ye family in Qingshan Town. I seemed to hear the second master of the Ye family shouting something to the old man, and then I saw the old man fall to the ground. Later I heard that the old man passed away on the eleventh day of the eighth month. I don't know what the second master of the Ye family shouted to the old man."