Chapter Twenty-Four Hearts(1/2)
In Dou Qi's house, the shopkeeper hurried in, followed by a man, the same man who had just chased Li Dashao's wife in Taiping Residence.
The Dou family's residence is in Doujiazhuang. After the restaurant opened in the capital, Dou Qi built a four-entry residence near the middle of the capital and lived in it with two outer rooms.
When the shopkeeper and the man walked into the reception hall, Dou Qizheng was waiting impatiently.
"How?" he asked.
The man shook his head and pushed over a land deed.
Dou Qi sighed.
"I don't know what's good or bad." He cursed and waved his hands.
The man hurriedly exited.
The maid in the room poured tea and then left, leaving only the two of them talking.
"That's just a piece of cake." said the shopkeeper. "I followed the old man wholeheartedly at first, but now I regard them as my reborn parents and will not leave even if I live or die."
Dou Qi sighed again.
"Shameless." He said with a gloomy expression.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a boy ran in.
"Qi Langjun." He knelt down in the corridor, with a bit of panic, "Zhu Wu said that Wang Da and the others were beaten out!"
Dou Qi and the shopkeeper looked stunned.
"...Wang Da said, what about the good thugs raised by Taipingju? They are no match for them. He also said..." The boy continued.
Having said this, Dou Qi could no longer hold back his temper and overturned the table in front of him.
The boy was so frightened that he stopped talking.
"What else are you talking about?" Dou Qi asked angrily, eyes wide.
"They also said that the person in charge didn't tell them, which was why they failed like this. Therefore, they asked for some money for the soup or medicine, or else they would complain..." The boy lowered his head and said in one breath.
Sure enough, after saying this, a piece of paper was smashed out and rolled down in the yard.
"Get lost." Dou Qi cursed.
The boy turned around and ran away, but was stopped by the shopkeeper again.
"Master, if you don't get rid of these rogues, they will cause trouble," he advised.
Dou Qi got up angrily and walked back and forth in the room.
"He actually raised a good thug? With a few little strangers and no relatives to rely on, who would be afraid of him?" He said, raising his hand and pointing, "Take more money and tell Zhu Wu that those scoundrels used to brag.
Big, this trip has ruined your face. If you say someone is a good thug and just push him away, you will look like a coward."
The shopkeeper was a little hesitant.
"Are you making a big fuss?" he asked, "I don't know what other backers this Taipingju has. I can't find out anything else, except that the words hanging in front of the door are said to be written by a very powerful person."
Dou Qi sneered.
"So what if a scholar writes a few words?" he said. "Even if he has a backer, others don't. Besides, it's just a few ruffians making trouble and having a fight. What does it matter?"
The shopkeeper was a little confused.
If it's nothing, then why?
"If you cause trouble, bring it to the government office and teach them a long lesson." Dou Qi said with a sneer, "If he has connections behind his back, then even if they are lucky, they will just have to suffer a little. By the way, we can also see what it is."
Relationship, if there is no relationship..."
Speaking of this, the smile on Dou Qi's face became even colder.
"Send them to Scarlet Cai," he said.
Scarlet Cai, a well-known jailer in Beijing, walking around under him is no less than going through the gates of hell, there are a hundred ways to make you die quietly and silently.
Find an opportunity to send this bold foreigner in. Whether he can come out or not is entirely in his hands, Dou Qi.
You don't even need to ask Grandpa Gan to come forward to do all this. He, Dou Qi, can do it all by himself without anyone noticing.
"It's not that easy to make a fortune by relying on the Feng Shui of my Dou family!" He hummed and sat down.
In this way, maybe he can get this place back this time...
Dou Qi's eyes couldn't help but light up, and his breathing became a little rapid.
Zhou Lang and Qin Shisan returned home after eating vegetarian food. As soon as they entered the door, they were called by Mrs. Zhou.
There were two servant girls sitting in the room talking, looking very tired.
"...I met the master on the road. The master asked us to make sure the wife is safe." They laughed.
Is it the person that father went to Jiangzhou to bring? Why did he come back so soon?
Saturday Lang sat down and listened.
Mrs. Zhou ignored him for the time being, and was busy asking about Mr. Zhou. She was relieved when she heard that he had eaten, drank, and looked good.
"We have inquired about Mrs. Cheng's affairs these days."
Liu Lang, who was about to speak, suddenly stopped when he heard the servant woman's words.
Her thing?
"How is it?" Mrs. Zhou asked casually. Since she kicked the woman out, life at home has returned to normal, and she is no longer as nervous as before.
"Just as Madam guessed, she was kicked out because she was causing a lot of trouble at home..." the servant woman laughed.
Mrs. Zhou smiled.
"I knew it." She said, raising her hand to stop the servant girl, "Don't talk about her, I don't care. It's rare to have peace of mind. You are also tired, go down."
The servant girl put away her words and hurriedly said goodbye and left.
Saturday Lang looked away from the maid.
"Mother, what do you want from me?" he asked.
"I heard from Qiniang, what do you think Taipingju belongs to Jiao Jiao'er?" asked Mrs. Zhou.
"How could I say that?" Zhou Lang said, grinning, "Qiniang heard it wrong, I mean..."
He hesitated and lowered his head slightly.
"...Take her to Taiping Residence to try something new..." he said.
Seeing her son's shameful appearance, Mrs. Zhou felt angry and annoyed.
"How dare you! Break your legs!" she shouted.
Zhou Lang lowered his head and muttered and stopped talking.
"Go ahead, go ahead." Mrs. Zhou said angrily. She had no intention of asking who belonged to Taipingju.
Liu Lang exited, walked slowly, thoughtfully, and finally stopped.
Qin Shisan set up a chess board in Zuoru Lang's hall and played chess with two maids. When he came in, he ignored him until the two maids knelt down in the room.
"Tell me about it." Zhou Lang said.
The servant girl responded yes.
"Slave, did you start talking about the day when that... sweet lady came in?" she asked.
Qin Shisan raised his head and looked at the two servants, somewhat puzzled.
"It was evening that day, and the beautiful lady walked across the river bridge on the north side. At that time, there were many people washing clothes in the river under the bridge. They still remembered the lady's description. She walked slowly and seemed to be powerless..."
Along with the servant woman's narration, Liu Lang who was standing by seemed to have seen the plot at that time. Under the misty night, a woman slowly stood in front of the door of Cheng's house and raised her head to read the words on the door plaque.
She's home.
"...At that time, Mr. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng had a fight in Mr. Cheng's house... Although I tried to hide it, many people still heard about it. I spent five dollars to get information from Mrs. Cheng and her former errand mother.
I heard about it..."
Hearing this, the maid who was still playing chess with Qin Shisan in the room couldn't help laughing.
"You are really poor. The master is poor and the servants are also poor. You dare to sell it for five yuan," she said.
The servant girl also laughed.
"It's not that I'm greedy for money." She said, "Speaking of which, my mother also wanted to tell her that the Cheng family's sisters-in-law... don't get along."
"Oh?" The maid stopped playing chess and asked curiously, "Didn't you say that the family will not be separated for a long time? Why don't the sisters-in-law get along with each other?"
"Speaking of which, this also has something to do with the sweet lady." The servant girl smiled.
"What a joke. She is a fool, but she can't control their elders and sisters-in-law." Zhou Lang said with a snort, "The Cheng family is really useless, it's easy to say such things!"
"Sixth Young Master, when my dear wife came home, because she was ill and wanted to eat and drink better, the children at home complained..." the servant woman continued hurriedly.
Two servant girls were sitting in the hall, talking to each other to add fuel to the fire.
Qin Shisan slowly changed from casual to attentive and thoughtful.
To be continued...