Mrs. Cheng's yard was full of servant girls, and more servant girls came running to greet her. Other servant girls in the distance asked each other if they didn't understand.
"What's wrong?"
"Come and see that silly lady is back."
"What do you want to see, silly lady? Be careful and you will be in trouble."
"She's not a fool, she's a beauty!"
"Then is it a stupid lady or a beauty?"
There was constant noise and theft in the inner courtyard of the Cheng family, but no one dared to speak loudly near Mrs. Cheng. The servants and girls in the courtyard even held their breath and kept silent. Looking at the hall full of people, it was still quiet.
Everyone's eyes fell on the woman on the lower left side of Mrs. Cheng.
The woman was holding up her sleeves with one hand and drinking tea with the other... Oh, it's not tea. When the girls served the tea, the maid behind her reminded her with a smile.
"My wife doesn't drink tea, please bring me plain water instead," she said.
This maidservant has a smile on her face, her posture is at ease, and she is not at all restrained by going to a strange place.
Oh, yes, this is not a strange place to her. This maid has been here before.
The maid next to Mrs. Cheng Er squinted her eyes and looked at her carefully for a long time before she overlapped with the frightened and tearful maid who was slapped and slapped in her mind.
This girl actually came back again.
The woman who took off her cloak wore a long-sleeved blouse with the same dark color as the cloak, only piping, a plain long skirt, a single-rolled hairpin, and a small silver comb. Other than that, she had no other accessories and held her head high.
The sleeves covered half of her face.
The wide sleeves hanging down are as natural and smooth as the woman's behavior.
The sleeves were gathered up and hung down on the knees, the tea bowl was pushed away, and everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, as if they could finally speak without fear of disturbing this lady.
"Are you really well?" Mrs. Wang was the first to ask, although her eyes had almost looked at Cheng Jiaoniang inside and outside countless times since she entered the door.
"My body is okay." Cheng Jiaoniang replied, smiling slightly at her.
Mrs. Wang hesitated and stretched out her hand.
"How many are...?" she asked.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the room was stunned.
"Five." Cheng Jiaoniang said with a slight smile, looking calm.
Know the numbers! That’s enough.
Mrs. Wang was overjoyed and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Great." She said as she stood up, "I'm going back first."
While others were still stunned, Cheng Jiaoniang stood up and bent down to give the gift.
Only then did the other people in the room regain their composure and get up in confusion.
"Sit down, sit down." Mrs. Wang smiled and walked out.
Mrs. Cheng knew that she cared about Wang Shiliang. If she hadn't taken a closer look at Cheng Jiaoniang, she would have left long ago, so she didn't try to keep him and sent him out personally.
"Not bad, not bad, sister, you are too, such a good little lady, why are you aggrieved?" Mrs. Wang smiled and walked quickly.
Mrs. Cheng's expression was complicated.
"It wasn't that good before..." she said, and then paused, "I don't think it's that good now...it's not just about looks that make a person good..."
Mrs. Wang turned back and smiled.
"Our family is seventeen, so it's not just about looks." She smiled and waved her fingers, "You can't choose your looks."
Mrs. Cheng watched Mrs. Wang hurried away in the car and stood outside the second door in a daze.
There were chaotic footsteps and low laughter behind him.
"Go quickly, go see the beauty..."
"..Are you really that idiot?"
Mrs. Cheng turned around and saw three or four rough girls running around, and her face suddenly dropped.
The maid next to me was busy and cheering.
The little girls who were the rough messengers saw Mrs. Cheng here, and they were so frightened that they knelt down and kowtowed.
Mrs. Cheng didn't bother to punish these people, she just felt dry and uncomfortable.
The last time this little lady came back, she knocked on the door at night and caused a fight between the couple in the second room. It also caused a quarrel between their sisters-in-law until now.
This time she entered the door openly in the daytime, but with all the excitement... I don't know what trouble will follow.
Mrs. Cheng reached out and pressed her forehead, then raised her feet and stepped inward.
but..
She stopped again.
Is it really better? No longer stupid?
Can it really be good? Can someone born with it be good?
Or is it just like the last time I returned home from Bingzhou, which is thousands of miles away, it is actually the result of that girl's proper arrangements?
Oh, yes, this girl, why did this girl who ran away to Zhou's house come back again?
She continued to walk, her mind was confused, and when she reached the entrance of the courtyard, she saw that the people who had just been swarming in the courtyard were gone, and only a few girls and servants on duty were left there whispering something.
"Where are the people?" she asked in surprise.
The servants, women and girls hurriedly stood aside.
"Madam, the second lady took her away." A servant girl replied.
Did the second lady take her away?
Mrs. Cheng suddenly looked serious and gritted her teeth. Look, look. When she was stupid, she walked in and pushed it to herself. Now that she had seen it, she immediately took it away.
For the sake of people? That’s weird! There must be something else going on!
"My dear, look, this is your home."
Mrs. Cheng Er said with a smile, leading Cheng Jiaoniang into the courtyard door.
The servants and girls in the yard hurriedly stood away and looked at the woman who was walking slowly.
Behind them were Cheng Qiniang, Cheng Liuniang and other sisters, followed by their respective maids and maids, and then other maids and maids. They all came from Mrs. Cheng’s courtyard with a loud voice, and they seemed to be dancing outside the courtyard gate.
tail, not to mention the girls and servants who hid on the roadside and watched after hearing the news along the way.
"Your father is not here. I have sent someone to send him a message. He will come back to see you when he has to take a rest." Mrs. Cheng Er said, leading Cheng Jiaoniang into the hall.
"Quick, sit down and rest."
"Madam, where is our wife's room?" Banqin asked, "Our wife wants to take a rest first."
Mrs. Cheng Er looked at this girl and remembered who she was.
At first, she was unwilling to work as a cook for Qiniang, so she was slapped, and she was so frightened that she ran away crying with Little Chicken. Later, a young man came to the Zhou family, and he was taken away with just one look.
It seems that this trip was not in vain. I have learned some skills. Look at this aura, I am more comfortable than the master of the house.
Mrs. Cheng Er chuckled in her heart.
This girl is not simple.
"Yes, I was so happy that I forgot about it." She said with a smile, while looking at the maid beside her, "Did the eldest lady arrange the room for my dear girl?"
The servant girl understood.
"Yes." She replied, looking embarrassed and hesitating to speak, "But madam, the house over there has not been inhabited for a long time. It has been sultry and hot from summer to autumn. Now it is cold again. Although I have tidied it up,
But I’m afraid it won’t be good for people to live there…”
There was a snapping sound.
Mrs. Cheng pushed the tea bowl in her hand and spilled the tea on the tray. The girl hurriedly knelt down to clean it up.
"Is that what she said?" she asked with raised eyebrows.
The servant girl bowed her head and answered yes.
"So the Second Madam asked Madam Jiao to go live with Qiniang for the time being." She said, "She will take the people to clean up the house in the lotus pond herself."
"Didn't I tell her to clean it up?" Doctor Cheng gritted her teeth angrily and said, "What good does it do her to treat me as a villain in such a hurry?"
"That is of course beneficial." The maid said, "Madam, it seems that my dear lady is indeed doing well now..."
"What's better?" Mrs. Cheng asked angrily, "Good-looking? She always looks like that. Who told you not to look at her last time? Can she walk? She walked in last time too? Can she talk? Up
The word "Father" was pronounced clearly the second time, and it was basically the same. How could it be a big success? Isn't it just the Zhou family's pomp and circumstance..."
The Zhou family has made enough arrangements...
Mrs. Cheng stopped talking and touched her palm.
No wonder something is wrong, the Zhou family really made a grand show for this little lady this time!
Why are they? Protecting their niece? Ah, only a devil can believe it!
"I asked them why they haven't done anything for so long. I thought they really gave up and no longer cared about my family... Where is my daughter's dowry? It turns out that the back-up is here." She hummed and laughed.
"No, the Zhou family has made so much fanfare without beating gongs and drums. Everyone in the city knows that our daughter is no longer the same as she was when she was a child. The second lady is very thoughtful and will not let this opportunity go. But
We have something to say." The servant woman whispered, "If she doesn't like what she wants, she will definitely yell something randomly. It doesn't matter how she yelled before..."
After all, everyone in the city knows that Cheng Jiaoniang is a fool. It is great luck for a fool to get married. Moreover, Mrs. Cheng is not picky at all. What else can Mrs. Cheng say?
No one believed it.
But it's different now. This idiot made a stunning appearance in front of people, and tomorrow it will spread throughout the city. If Mrs. Cheng Er says something else about Cheng Jiaoniang, the people will probably weigh it...
"The second lady just sees that this child can be used and is not stupid, so she is eager to win over her. When the time comes, she will coax the child to talk about everything. Madam, then..." Servant Wife
He shook his head and clicked his tongue twice.
I have long said that this fool is a trouble! Mrs. Cheng gritted her teeth.
"Madam, it just so happens that Mrs. Wang is also satisfied, and Mr. Wang is back. Send her out quickly." The maid said, "Be careful of long nights and lots of dreams."
Mrs. Cheng nodded.
"Don't be idle, go and get some clothes and household items to send to her," she said.
The servant girl responded and exited.
"Hurry, hurry up, go to the warehouse." She called to the other servants and women.
There was a commotion in the yard.
Compared with the chaos in the yard here, in the back alley outside the Cheng family's mansion, the people in front of a low bungalow were very happy.
"Come on, let me see, come on, let me see. Have you lost weight? Have you been beaten?" Chunlan cried while pulling Brother Jin to look up and down.
Brother Jin's parents were also laughing and wiping away tears.
"Oh, what?" Jin Ge'er said, shaking Chunlan away and shaking his arm, "I'm very strong and I've grown taller."
Talking and looking back at the same time.
"Brothers, just put your things down. Go and have a rest."
Only then did the Chunlan family see two people standing here, each carrying two bags in their hands. They were tall and dressed the same as Brother Jin, but they were much more imposing than Brother Jin.
Chunlan recognized them and knew who they were.
The Fourth Young Master was not at home now, so she was not idle in vain. Instead, she was assigned other tasks. When she heard that the silly lady was back, Chunlan was naturally overjoyed and followed them to the door to see, but because she went
It was too late, and all I could see was Cheng Jiaoniang's back surrounded by people as she headed towards the inner courtyard.
Of course, what she wanted to see was not this silly lady, but her younger brother, so naturally she would not chase after others like others, but asked about Brother Jin, and saw these things about the Zhou family in the yard where the servants were housed.
The followers were also stunned by this uniform momentum.
When she asked and learned that Brother Jin had gone home, she hurried back.
At this time, seeing the clothes of these two people, they knew that they were followers of the Zhou family.
"Okay, Brother Jin, let's go first." The two said with a smile, and one reached out and patted Brother Jin on the shoulder.
He has a friendly attitude and a friendly demeanor, and he doesn't feel the slightest bit impatient after being ignored for half a day.
"You go back first, I will take you out to play tomorrow." Brother Jin said with a smile.
The two of them saluted Jin Geer's parents and Chunlan again. The two elders were so panicked that they hurriedly returned the courtesy and watched the two of them go.
As soon as the two people left, other neighbors who were watching gathered around them with cheers.
"Brother Jin...is this a member of the Zhou family?"
"Brother Jin, is the capital fun?"
A mess of questions.
Brother Jin answered them one by one with a smile, and then invited everyone into the house.
"I came back with gifts for everyone," he said.
So generous? Looking at the two bundles in Brother Jin's hand, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and they hugged Brother Jin and went in.
Chunlan and her parents stamped their feet anxiously.
"This kid, how can he be so poor?" Chunlan whispered in a low voice. She went to the capital and then came back to pretend to be rich. She didn't know whose money she borrowed to buy these things. She secretly regretted that she didn't stop him in time, so she had to hurry up.
Follow up.
The room was already bustling with activity, as Jin Geer opened the gift boxes one by one and handed them out.
"This is the most famous silk and satin in the capital. You can use it to make clothes..."
"This is the best official wine in the capital. Take it and try it..."
Brother Jin's words were heard one after another, and the sounds of surprises in the room were heard one after another. The heartbeats of Chunlan and her parents also became faster and faster.
My dear...how much does this cost?
"Brother Jin, how much does this cost?" a neighbor asked.
Brother Jin shook his head.
"I don't know, Sister Banqin prepared it." He said, clapped his hands and saluted everyone, "I'm not at home, so you can take care of my parents and sister."
This statement made everyone in the room laugh.
"Oh, where, where..."
"Oh, Brother Jin, it's really amazing that he went to the capital..."
"Oh, look at Brother Jin, and then look at you, it's really a big difference..."
"Brother Jin has made his mark..."
Listening to these compliments and seeing the half-envious and half-jealous looks of the neighbors, Jin Geer's parents couldn't help but straighten their backs and grin.
"This bastard has learned to talk like this." Chunlan also laughed and raised her hand to wipe her tears.
Sure enough, you will become wiser if you go out and suffer.
The neighbors dispersed, and a family of four sat across from each other in the house. The son was neither beaten nor starved. The family felt relieved, but they felt heartbroken when they saw the two empty burdens.
"How much did it cost?" Chunlan asked.
"I really don't know, it must be very expensive. Sister Banqin is very generous when shopping. She picks the best for everything." Brother Jin said while drinking the tea soup made by his mother.
This was the second time Chunlan heard this name and hesitated.
"That Banqin is with a stupid...woman again?" she asked.
"It's not that Banqin, it's... Da Banqin, but that Banqin is also with the wife, and she is the one who comes back this time." Jin Geer said.
Chunlan was confused. Which one was which?
"There are three Banqin sisters. The most powerful one is the one who stayed in the capital. The second Banqin sister followed someone else. The first Banqin is still Banqin..." Brother Jin said while crossing his fingers. Seeing that his sister was even more confused, he waved.
Waving his hand, "...you don't recognize me after talking about sister anyway, so don't worry about which one is which."
Chunlan said, "That's true, they are all maids anyway, as long as the lady doesn't do this or that."
"Is that the money given by the Zhou family?" she asked.
"We ladies are rich ourselves, so we don't care about the Zhou family." Brother Jin said proudly.
Is the lady rich?
Her parents and Chunlan looked at each other.
"Where did that fool get his money?" they asked in unison.
"My wife is not a fool." Brother Jin said unhappily, with a bit of solemnity, "Don't say that again, you can't imagine what we encountered in the capital. If my wife was a fool, I would not be here today."
Maybe he’s back like this.”
The three people in the room were even more surprised.
"What happened?" they asked.
In the low house, the young man sitting cross-legged on the worn mat had a solemn look on his face, looking towards the door as if he was reminiscing.
There was a silence in the room. The strange thing was that in this silence Chunlan and her parents suddenly felt pressured, which made them dare not ask again, even though the people they wanted to ask were their son and brother, whom they were very familiar with.
The young man in front of me who had only been away for more than a year seemed to be really different.
"You don't have to ask anything. Sister Banqin has told me not to talk about these things." Brother Jin smiled slightly and said, "We follow my wife, just do more and talk less."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and pushed it in front of the second elder.
"I didn't buy any gifts for my parents and sisters. This is the monthly money that sister Banqin saved for me. You can take it," he said.
Jin Geer's parents were a little puzzled when they saw this kind of thing for the first time. Chunlan followed the Fourth Young Master and knew that it was a flying money coupon.
"How much money do you have, why do you make this and give some to others for free?" She said, reaching out to take it, and she took a breath when she saw the amount on it.
"One thousand strings!"
Jin Geer's parents were also frightened by this amount.
Their monthly money is only fifty cash, but now it has risen to seven hundred and twenty cash in Jiangzhou. How much cash is one thousand cash?
The old couple were so confused and their ears were buzzing that they couldn't figure it out.
"How come there are so many?" Chunlan asked tremblingly, her hands shaking as she couldn't hold the flying coins.
Brother Jin grinned.
"Sister Banqin said that my monthly salary is the same as the salary of Bachelor Longtu." He said with a smile.
Bachelor of Longtu?
Although I don't know what it is, it sounds like a very powerful official.
The monthly salary of a servant is the same as the salary of a court official? This, this is not a joke!
"Sister Banqin said that if there are fewer of us, we should have more. She also said that I am far away from home. Now I have learned to drive a car, guard the courtyard, chop firewood and sweep, all of which I do, so I can do it alone.
It's used by several people, so I should give more." Brother Jin grinned, patting his head with a little pride.
It turns out he can do so many things.
It’s Sister Banqin again.
"In that case, is it sister Banqin who makes the decision or the lady?" Chunlan couldn't help but ask.
"My wife makes the decision, but she never pays attention to these little things. Sister Banqin can just make the decision herself." Brother Jin waved his hand and said casually.
These little things?
This money is a small matter? Then what is a big matter?
"Yes, this is just a small matter." Jin Geer said, picking up the tea soup and continuing to drink it.
Killing those who want to bully them is the most important thing for a lady to do.
Neither the fuss on Mrs. Cheng's side nor the surprise on Brother Jin's side had any influence on Cheng Jiaoniang.
She won't know, and she won't care if she does.
Cheng Jiaoniang took a rest after washing up in Cheng Qiniang's room arranged by Mrs. Cheng Er. When she woke up, she saw Banqin sitting on the mat with her head lowered and folding the clothes she had changed. The afterglow of the setting sun shone in the room.
Quiet and peaceful.
There were footsteps and low voices outside the door, and then someone poked his head out of the door.
When Banqin heard this, she stood up gently and walked out, waving to the man.
"My wife hasn't woken up yet." She whispered.
Cheng Qiniang listened to her words, looked inside, and met Cheng Jiaoniang's eyes, who was lying sideways on the couch and looking over.
The big black eyes are deep and unblinking.
Not awake yet? So is this...sleeping with your eyes open?
He slept with his eyes open! It was so scary!
Cheng Qiniang screamed and ran away. Her scream made Cheng Liuniang and others who were following her scream in fear, and their skirts collided with each other and they fell down.
The girls and servants who followed him didn't know why, so they were so frightened that they shouted and rushed to help him.
The yard here suddenly became a mess.
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First update, but I still want to ask for a guarantee, (*^__^*) Hehe...
It's probably still a long-winded daily routine. Anyway, this article has always been like this. Let's save articles. The old rule is that it is better to read it once every ten days.
