flstandardbreds Chapter 238 Running away overnight
Chapter 238 Running away overnight
Thinking of this, Mr. Li was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, as if he suddenly realized something: he had been tricked.
Old Man Li seemed to have thought of this as well. The two looked at each other and saw panic in each other's eyes.
They now have a total of thirty-four taels of silver. If they take out another twenty taels, they will only have fourteen taels left. They cannot give it, absolutely not.
Boss Li's brain was working rapidly, determined to come up with a good idea. Judging from the gangster's attitude, what he said should be true.
If you don't want to give it, then just delay it for another day. Thinking of this, Boss Li nodded and bowed and came to the stone pavilion.
"Young Master, how about this? It's already afternoon and my family is really short of money. I'll go to my second brother's house to borrow some money."
"There is a Longmen Restaurant on Zhuque Street. You know, the owner is my niece. I will go to her to borrow some money. Come to my house tomorrow morning to get the money. I will prepare it for you."
"Longmen Restaurant?" The gang leader muttered to himself. There was nothing he didn't know about this part of the capital. It was said that when Longmen Restaurant opened, the most handsome man in the capital, and the second most handsome man in the capital, both went there. It was quite a grand occasion. It had been open for such a long time and the business had always been good.
He had been there once before, the food was really good and the price was not too expensive. For those of them who were in the underworld, they always cared about face in everything. Since Boss Li had mentioned this, it wouldn't matter if they went there a day later.
"Okay, I'll give the boss of Longmen Restaurant a favor. I'll come to get the money tomorrow morning. If you dare to play tricks, I'll break one of your legs."
The gangster stood up, patted his clothes casually, glanced at Boss Li and warned him.
"Of course, don't worry!" Boss Li assured him humbly.
"Let's go." The leader of the gangsters waved his hand, and a dozen people followed him and quickly walked away.
Watching them leave, Boss Li breathed a sigh of relief and took a few quick steps to close the gate.
"What should we do?" Old man Li sighed heavily.
"Dad, the man with the mustache was also in the court today. He must have known the prefect's verdict, so he no longer cares about us." Boss Li thought carefully about the situation at that time, and he seemed to see the figure of the man with the mustache.
"So what do you think we should do about this?" Old man Li sighed heavily again.
"Why don't we rush back tonight?" This was the only solution Boss Li could think of now. He had a rough idea of how much silver the family had.
They could afford the rent, but how would their family live in the future? The man with the mustache probably wouldn't show up again, let alone give them money.
Without money, their family will have to go back sooner or later, so why not go back earlier?
Hearing this, Old Man Li thought silently for a long time and thought that this might be the best way.
He immediately discussed the specific matters with Boss Li. When Liu and Jiang heard that they were going back, they looked at Old Man Li's gloomy expression and swallowed back the words they wanted to ask.
Boss Li sneaked out of the door, looked around to see that there was no one, then quickened his pace to the market and rented two horse carriages. Because they had to travel at night, he gave each person an extra twenty cents.
Jiang stuffed all the clothes into a big bag. There were many people in their family, and luckily they were here for a short time, so all the clothes could fit into one bag.
Li Laosi was lying on the bed, feeling so much pain. He didn't know what had happened exactly, but looking at the look of old man Li, it was definitely not a good thing, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to rush back overnight.
Liu packed up much faster. Since Li Chengcai came to the capital, he had been wandering around all day. He just happened to come back and heard that he was going back.
When asked, Liu said she didn't know. When he wanted to go find old man Li, he was stopped by Liu again.
"Your grandfather is in a bad mood right now, so don't offend him. It won't be too late to ask your father when he comes back."
Li Chengcai thought about it and it made sense. It was just a matter of earlier or later. But he couldn't understand why they had to leave so suddenly after only being in the capital for a few days.
After a while, Boss Li came back and agreed with the coachman to come back at 10 p.m. Li Chengcai asked what was going on. Boss Li waved his hand in annoyance and went back to Qinghe Village to talk about it later.
The two carriages were already crowded, and when they left, a purchased maid was added, making it even more crowded, and Li Laosi was still injured.
But if he rents one more carriage, it will cost extra money, and Boss Li is really reluctant to do that. So he just squeezes in a little bit, it's just for a few days anyway.
The family had dinner early in the evening, and everyone packed their luggage and waited for the carriage to arrive.
Seeing that time was almost up, Old Man Li asked people to move all the things to the door first and load them directly onto the carriage when the time came.
It felt like I had been waiting for a long time before I finally heard a knock on the door. The whole family was standing in the yard.
"Chengcai, go open the door." Old man Li hadn't smoked his pipe for a long time, but today he found it from somewhere. He has been smoking it ever since he went out to find a carriage.
Li Chengcai responded and reached out to open the door. When he saw who was outside the door clearly, he staggered back several steps. When he reacted, he wanted to close the door again.
The person outside the door stretched out his hand to block it and forcefully opened it wider.
He walked in with a big stride and pushed Li Chengcai, who was blocking the way, aside. Behind him followed a dozen thugs holding torches.
Seeing these people in front of him, Old Man Li was so scared that he didn't know what to do. The pipe in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, making a crisp sound.
Boss Li was also frightened by the people in front of him. Where were the driver he was looking for? Why did these people come?
"Li Dajiang, you are really awesome. You actually dared to play tricks on me right under my nose." The leader was the gangster leader who came in the afternoon.
At this time, he was glaring at Boss Li with a bad face. He originally thought that Li Dajiang went to borrow money from his so-called niece.
The people who were sent waited at Longmen Restaurant for a long time, but did not see Li Dajiang coming, so they sent two more people to wait outside Li Dajiang's door.
At the hour of Xu, they actually saw two horse-drawn carriages coming towards this side. The two men were also very careful and stopped the carriages to ask the reason.
When asked, he was shocked to find out that Li Dajiang wanted to escape in the middle of the night, so he quickly reported the news to the leader of the gangsters.
That's why the gang leader rushed over with a group of people, and then this was the scene that Old Man Li saw.
"No, sir, is there any misunderstanding here?" Boss Li was still making a dying struggle, hoping that the gang leader had not seen the two carriages he rented.
"Pa!" The leader of the gangsters slapped Boss Li hard on the face.