The two maids hurried in, and Mrs. Cheng Er, who had been restlessly pacing back and forth in the hall, hurriedly greeted them.
"How was it?" she asked.
"Yes, that's exactly what happened. Two women came here. They have Beijing accents and have already met the eldest lady." The maid nodded and said, "The maid on the porch outside the door heard it with her own ears. They said it was a marriage proposal, and there were more than one family.
I brought all the Geng Tie."
Mrs. Cheng Er sat down in a daze.
"Are you really going to marry that stupid... girl?" she asked with some disbelief.
"That's right, madam, the person at the door said that the person who opened the door was Cheng Jiaoniang, and they wanted to find Cheng Jiaoniang's parents." The servant woman said hurriedly.
"Also, Madam Wang was also present." Another servant woman added in a low voice.
Could it be the arrangement of the Zhou family?
The Zhou family could actually invite people from the princess mansion?
Mrs. Cheng Er held her hand and was stunned for a moment, then suddenly took pictures of several cases.
"Parents! We are the parents of our little girl! What kind of parent is her aunt?" She shouted, "You actually took it upon yourself to ruin our little girl's marriage!"
Be angry, be angry, think about what Qiniang would do if someone ruined her good marriage?
She will tear that man's mouth apart! Fight her to the death!
"Wang Shiniang, I'll follow you..." Mrs. Cheng Er shouted, got up and rushed out.
The servants were so frightened that they tried their best to stop him.
"Madam, Madam, please ask carefully before making a decision. The Qin family hasn't left yet..."
"Yes, yes, let's see how they are. If they just use the title of Princess Palace, they are not actually a good family, and they won't get any benefits..."
Everyone said it one after another.
Yes, I haven't asked clearly yet, so I can't act rashly.
"Go and call the master back quickly!" Mrs. Cheng Er shouted breathlessly.
It's not a big deal for that fool to come back. It doesn't matter whether Mr. Cheng comes back or not, but now it's related to a better marriage and a greater future and benefits for the family. This is a big deal.
"Just tell him that I'm going to die. I'll rush back all night and I have to be home tomorrow!"
Mrs. Cheng Er drove the servant girl away in a panic.
After the servant girl left, Mrs. Cheng was restless after all.
"Where does the Qin family woman live?" she asked.
"Just live in the city." The servant girl replied.
Mrs. Cheng Er's expression changed for a moment, and she waved to the servant woman to come forward.
"You go think of a way to let them know what we mean..." she whispered.
The servant girl understood and nodded in agreement.
Mrs. Cheng Er stood in the hall for a moment.
"Where's my dear?" she asked after coming back to her senses.
"By the river..." the servant girl stepped forward and replied, holding a hand stove in her hand, "Madam, please ask me to deliver the hand stove..."
"Then why don't you go quickly!" Mrs. Cheng Er raised her eyebrows and yelled, "Can you bear the responsibility of freezing my little girl?"
The servant girl hurried out in panic.
The wind blows from the river, and the fallen branches of the weeping willows sway, not losing their enchanting appearance even in winter.
"Madam, are you cold?" Banqin asked.
Cheng Jiaoniang shook her head as she looked at the river.
"Last time we crossed this bridge, we didn't look carefully because it was late." Banqin said with a smile, while also looking into the river.
The river was shallow and looked a little turbid in winter. At this time, several women were washing clothes by the river, and laughter could be heard from down the river.
"There shouldn't be a river." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Banqin didn't hear clearly.
"What?" she asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard voices coming from the side.
"...This hexagram is good, but there shouldn't be a river here..."
At this time, they were passing through an alley. Cheng Jiaoniang and Banqin turned around subconsciously and saw a group of children, large and small, squatting or sitting in the alley, gathered together, and they could not see clearly what was happening around them.
People only heard a clear voice coming out, and a bamboo pole was erected, with the flower flags on it swaying in the wind.
"….. You don’t have to cross the river to cross the house. I think some experts have seen it before. Although crossing the house will bring prosperity to your descendants for a while, it will easily scatter the blessings... If you are successful in the future, remember that the first thing to do is to fill the river.
Okay, okay, I’ll tell you your fortune, you give me a penny..."
"I have no money!" the child's laughter recalled.
"How can that be done? The hexagram will not go wrong..." the young male voice raised his voice and said.
Banqin couldn't help but laugh.
"Madam, it's true that thieves don't leave empty-handed, right?" she asked with a smile.
Cheng Jiaoniang smiled and said nothing, retracted her gaze and continued to move forward.
"...No money? If you don't have money, you can go to your house and get me some cooking cakes..."
The laughter of young men could be heard in the alley behind him.
It turned out that he was a lazy man who cheated children by eating and drinking. Banqin shook his head and walked a few steps to follow Cheng Jiaoniang. Six or seven people strode towards him, looking at each other, and passed by Cheng Jiaoniang's master and servant.
"Brother Six! Here!"
There was a shout from behind.
Banqin couldn't help but look back and saw the group of people stopped at the entrance of the alley, and one of them pointed inside.
"...this little liar is here!"
Little liar? Is he the one who coaxed the child to cook cakes just now?
"...Cheng Ping, don't run!"
There was chaos behind them.
Banqin raised his feet and walked forward, but bumped into Cheng Jiaoniang.
"Madam?" she asked in confusion.
Cheng Jiaoniang didn't know when she stood still, looking a little dazed.
"Cheng Ping..." She slowly uttered two words in her mouth, and then turned around suddenly.
Banqin couldn't help but take a step back and looked at the lady's suddenly bright eyes.
"Madam, what's wrong?" she asked.
Cheng Jiaoniang didn't say anything, she raised her feet and ran back.
Cheng Ping!
"Madam!" Banqin was startled. This was the first time she saw her wife running away. She once staggered and couldn't walk, then walked slowly, and now she can move freely, but she has always walked dignifiedly, steadily, and even hurriedly walked.
It's almost never happened, let alone running away with my skirt up.
What happened?
"Something happened, something happened."
The shouts of the maid outside the door made Mrs. Cheng sit up again in shock. Mrs. Cheng was dizzy because she had woken up so violently, and there was still a faint pain in her ribs.
"What's wrong?" she asked angrily.
"Ms. Cheng seems to have gotten into a fight with someone..." the servant woman said with a pale face as she knelt down in the hall.
"Which Mrs. Cheng?" Mrs. Cheng shouted.
How dare you disturb her rest? She will definitely not let this lady's surname be Cheng again!
"It's Cheng Jiaoniang." the servant girl replied quickly.
This daughter doesn't follow the family order, so it's really awkward to call her.
"She?" Mrs. Cheng was shocked.
"Yes, yes, I don't know what happened, but the people from the Zhou family she brought with her have already surrounded them, right by the river." The servant woman said hurriedly.
He even beat me outside the door...
The Cheng family has never been so embarrassed in so many years!
Mrs. Cheng stretched out her hand and pressed her ribs, only to feel the pain getting worse.
This broomstick! It’s only been two days since I entered the house, and the house has already become uneasy. If this continues, I’m afraid I won’t be able to survive the Chinese New Year!
"Go and call the master back quickly! The marriage will be arranged this month!" she shouted, raising her feet and walking out quickly.
The servants and women hurriedly answered yes.
When Mrs. Cheng was taking people out, there were already many people standing on the other side of the river, looking at the excitement. On this side, more than a dozen followers of the Zhou family were surrounding a few people in an alley. They all looked unkind and were ready to wait.
hair.
Manager Cao and others moved into the lower house, but they still assigned people to wait around the four doors of the Cheng family. So the moment Cheng Jiaoniang went out, the Zhou family's entourage knew about it, and two people followed her from a distance.
When they saw Cheng Jiaoniang suddenly running towards an alley and a man shouting from the alley, the two guards did not hesitate to step forward and the other ran to the nearest door to call someone.
One of them called for someone to follow, and in just a blink of an eye, it not only ensured that there was someone around the lady, but also ensured that follow-up helpers would come.
When Manager Cao came over, the man who pointed at Cheng Jiaoniang and yelled had been beaten to the ground, and the others were also stunned by the fierce and sudden appearance of the entourage.
"Speak quickly!" Manager Cao shouted, pointing at the person in front of him.
There were six big men in front of them, but they were squatting on the ground and shivering like little chickens.
It was really scary. I just yelled at the lady, "Don't mind your own business, whatever you want to do," and you were punched to the ground. The most frightening thing was that it was the lady who called them first.
I knew that people from the north were not to be messed with, but I didn’t expect that people from the south were also not to be messed with.
If I had known I had been cheated, I would have been cheated. Anyway, it was only a penny. Looking at the menace of these people in front of me, I don’t know if a beating can solve the problem...
"We don't dare anymore, we don't dare anymore." They shouted in confusion, "Sir, please spare your life."
Manager Cao straightened up with some satisfaction and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang beside him.
"Madam, they don't dare anymore," he said.
"Who told them to say this?" Cheng Jiaoniang said, frowning and looking at the six people squatting on the ground, "Who was the person you were looking for just now?"
The person I was looking for just now...
One opened his mouth to speak, but the other cleverly held him back.
"No, no." The man said hurriedly with a firm look on his face, "We are not looking for anyone, we are going the wrong way!"
Look, smart man!
The lady asked a smart question, and this man answered smartly too!
Manager Cao nodded with some admiration.
Cheng Jiaoniang looked at this man and smiled.
"I also want to find this person." She said, "You misunderstood."
Misunderstood...
Everyone present was stunned.
So when this lady yelled to stop, she was actually talking to that little liar?
If they didn't misunderstand that someone was coming to help and answered angrily, maybe it was the little liar who was beaten and trembling on the ground...
"Then why don't you speak more clearly!" A man couldn't help shouting in grievance and annoyance.
As soon as he finished speaking, the attendant beside the lady immediately stared and roared.
"Who are you yelling at?" they yelled.
The man sat on the ground in fear.
With such a stupid and arrogant entourage, how can we talk properly without causing misunderstandings?
"Who is that man?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked again.
"He's from Nancheng." This time the men finally answered crisply and pointed to the alley inside, "My name is Cheng Ping."
Cheng Jiaoniang took a step forward and looked at the man who spoke.
"Call, Cheng Ping?" she asked again.
This little lady is beautiful, and her voice is soft, but for some reason, when they look at her face and hear her say these three words, several men feel like their hearts are being grabbed, as if their answer is crucial.
"Yes, my name is Cheng Ping." The man couldn't help but nodded solemnly.
Cheng Ping!
Cheng Jiaoniang raised her head and looked into the alley, then walked quickly inward.
Seeing her leaving like this, everyone present was a little startled.
"Hurry up!" Manager Cao said and he hurriedly followed up, pushing up his sleeves again neatly.
It turns out that the real owner hasn’t been caught yet.
Everyone cheered and rushed forward.
The six men on the ground looked at each other.
"What about us?" one asked blankly.
"Run away, are you still waiting for someone to treat us to dinner?" a man shouted.
A group of people then got up and squeezed out of the crowd and ran away.
The excitement dispersed, but the onlookers did not disperse. Because they were separated by the Zhou family's entourage, they could not hear clearly what they said. It took a lot of asking to get a rough idea.
Mrs. Cheng came with her people and could no longer see Cheng Jiaoniang and the Zhou family's entourage.
"What happened?" she asked with raised eyebrows, looking at the people in front of her who were pointing and talking and felt bored.
Then a servant girl came forward.
"Madam, I said it was for a man..." she whispered.
For a man!
Mrs. Cheng put her hands on her waist, her ears were buzzing and her eyes were filled with stars. It would be better for her to jump into the river and drown!
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Thank you to the new leader zzzzaa222, thank you. I will add another chapter for you separately, but not today. I have updated nearly 10,000 words today. Thank you everyone for your continued support. I will continue to work hard. (To be continued)
