It is almost impossible to get down in the dilapidated and messy alley, which is filled with piles of firewood and various grass sheds.
The sudden influx of this group of brightly dressed people caused people in the alley to rush out and look at them curiously and uneasily.
Because of the sudden incident, the servants of the Cheng family who followed Cheng Jiaoniang at first thought that there was going to be a dispute. They were so frightened that they ran away. So when Cheng Jiaoniang entered Nan Cheng's mixed residence, they did not follow for a moment. The Zhou family
His entourage and this little lady are strange existences in the eyes of these people.
The clothes of good quality and half of the face exposed under the big hood are enough to dazzle everyone who sees it. The young lady, the handsome maid, the tall and powerful entourage, and the accent of a foreigner.
There are still people like this coming to places like theirs.
"Inquire about someone, inquire about someone." Manager Cao said loudly.
"Who do you want to inquire about?" An older man stood up and asked, with a bit of restraint and a bit of simple hospitality.
"Cheng Ping." Manager Cao said.
Cheng Ping?
The people around looked at each other with doubts on their faces, as if they didn't recognize him.
"Cheng Ping?" the old man said, shaking his head, "We don't have such a person here."
He said and pointed his finger.
"Or you can go to Beicheng and ask."
These people look like they are rich at first glance, and they must be friends with rich people. Although they all have the surname Cheng, the Cheng here is not a rich person.
"Little liar." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.
Is this an insult?
"Looking for a little liar." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
The people present were astonished.
"Are you looking for that little liar?" the old man asked, taking a step forward.
Cheng Jiaoniang nodded.
"It turned out to be a liar!"
"The little liar's original name is Cheng Ping?"
"Oh, has this little liar caused trouble? I already told him that I couldn't keep him..."
There was a lot of discussion all around.
Having found it, Cheng Jiaoniang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where does he live?" she asked.
"He, he must have lived over at Mrs. Su's house." The old man said, looking at the people around him.
"He can't live anymore. The wind blew down the shack a few days ago and it was picked up and used as firewood. He hasn't found a place to live yet. He spends a day here and a day there..." someone said loudly.
"Hey, little lady, has he defrauded you of your money? Although his surname is Cheng, he can't be considered a member of our Cheng family." Some people said with a bit of worry.
Cheng Jiaoniang listened silently and raised her hand.
"Looking for it," she said.
Manager Cao immediately understood and took a step forward.
"Come to him." He said, taking off a money bag from his waist and shaking it, "This is the reward."
Under the slanting sunlight, this gold embroidered bag sparkled in the eyes of the people present. After a moment of tranquility, the alley was filled with chaos.
The adults drove the children, and the old people did not lag behind. Those carrying the dustpan threw away the dustpan, and those carrying the clothes threw away the clothes. They were running around so much that the servants of the Cheng family who were following were knocked out of the way.
"What are you doing?" the servants and women shouted, this scene frightened them a little.
As the capable servants of Mrs. Cheng's family, almost everyone in Nancheng recognizes them. If they have the chance to meet those from far away, they will come to greet them with a smile. But recently, when standing so close, those who are close are knocked around and turned around.
, no one smiled and said hello to them, they all ran away with their eyes straight.
Everyone quickly ran away, and Cheng Jiaoniang and her group were the only ones left in the originally noisy alley.
"Madam, sit down and wait." Manager Cao said as he moved a tree stump from someone's house to prepare firewood from the side.
Cheng Jiaoniang wrapped herself up and sat down.
What are you waiting for? I'm really waiting for that man...
The maids of the Cheng family looked at each other and looked at each other.
"Madam, my wife is looking for you, let's go back first." One of them stepped forward and said.
"I still have something to do. I'll go see her when I'm done." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
What a big rack!
The servants looked stunned.
It is customary to give a few words of persuasion to those who are sensible, and to just put up a fight with those who are ignorant and leave. But this woman’s persuasion seems to be ineffective at this time, which means she is ignorant, but they can’t stand up and leave if they are not sensible.
....Look at the dozens of men next to them who are eyeing them. I believe that if they dare to make any offensive move, these men will eat them alive like hungry tigers.
The scene was stagnant for a moment, and of course it was just the stagnancy of these servants.
Cheng Jiaoniang and others didn't care about their thoughts and worries.
As people here ran away, noises from other places also sounded from time to time, and soon spread throughout this area.
But unfortunately, no one found this Cheng Ping until the last ray of sunset disappeared.
"Madam, this kid must be hiding. He has made trouble like this before." The old man said, "This kid is probably used to being chased and beaten. He is very good at hiding... You think you should go back first."
Let’s keep looking..”
"Yes, madam, go back first." The servants and wives also hurriedly advised.
Cheng Jiaoniang stood up.
"Okay, keep looking." She said, turned around and stepped forward.
Manager Cao threw the money bag in his hand.
In the dim light of the night, the old man moved quickly and steadily to catch it.
"If you find it, I will give you a reward. This will be considered as reward for your hard work!" said Manager Cao.
This bag of money must be consistent! It’s just hard-earned money! It’s so generous!
The scene suddenly became noisy.
Watching the surrounded young lady turn around and stride away, her broad cloak fluttering in the night.
"Who is this?" the old man couldn't help but murmured.
"The eldest lady and the second lady's wives are accompanying me, and they are very respectful. They must be distinguished guests over there, right?" someone said loudly.
Just now, everyone was busy searching. Many people didn't see the maids, and even if they did, they didn't bother to talk to them. At this time, they stopped and looked at the maids who followed the young lady, and everyone gradually came back to their senses.
"I remember!" someone shouted loudly, "It was the idiot who came in the day before yesterday! I remember these clothes!"
With these words, more people reacted.
"Yes, I remember them too, those followers!"
"Yes, that's right, it's her. I said at that time that she is like a fairy!"
"There's no idiot at all here! Are the people over there blind? They actually say he's an idiot!"
It was destined to be a noisy night on the south side, and it was not much better on the north side.
"Who is he?"
Mrs. Cheng couldn't sit still anymore. She had been lying down since she came back from the door. She didn't even eat dinner. She looked at the servant who came back after asking and asked feebly.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know what's going on." The maid replied, "This man only came to us last year."
"Last year?" Mrs. Cheng sat up after hearing this, "So he's not from our Cheng family? Then why did he let him live here? Get him away as soon as possible!"
"I don't know. I just said that I came from Shuzhou. The master sent me a message to move in. I don't know exactly what happened. I didn't have anything serious to do all day long. I just made a living by fooling around and cheating.
After spending a day wandering around in the West, the people over there are very annoyed, saying that they even deceive children..." the servant woman said.
Such a person? Mrs. Cheng frowned.
"Did he lie to her too?" she asked.
"Madam, you can't. She has only been here for three days and this is her first time going out." The maid flatly denied.
That's true.
Mrs. Cheng was silent for a moment.
"So, what does this person look like?" she suddenly lowered her eyes and asked.
The maid looked a little strange.
This, this, this sounds like who Cheng Jiaoniang is...
"Madam, no matter what she looks like, someone like that..." She couldn't help laughing.
Mrs. Cheng snorted.
So what about a person like that? A fool... The fool of the past, even if he is better now, is definitely different from ordinary people. What do you know? Everything is just based on skin.
"Keep a close eye on her and don't let her go out to embarrass me again," she said.
It's not a problem to watch it, but it's a question of whether it can be watched.
The servant woman looked complicated and lowered her head in response.
Mrs. Cheng waved her hand, and the maids hurriedly got up and left, put down the curtains, and extinguished a few lights. The room fell into the tranquility of the night. Mrs. Cheng, who just closed her eyes, was still unable to sleep. The events of the past few days repeated themselves.
The thoughts were whirling in her mind, making her upset.
Mrs. Cheng breathed out a tired breath and turned over.
Mrs. Cheng Er, who walked in, also heard the maid talking about this, but she didn't care at all as she was smiling from the moment she walked in.
"Looking for someone? Then go ahead and find someone. My sweet lady can find anyone she likes," she said.
The servants laughed.
"Madam, it seems that we have met the woman from the Qin family." They laughed.
Mrs. Cheng Er pursed her lips and smiled.
"I just went to visit a shop to see if there were any new materials, but I was blocked by someone and had to talk for a long time." She pretended to be helpless, but there was a smile in her eyes that couldn't be concealed.
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"How about that?" the close servant who was not at home asked hurriedly.
Mrs. Cheng Er smiled slightly.
"As a woman, I don't know whether what they say is true or not. I'll wait until the master comes back before making a decision." She smiled, "After all, this is the marriage of the master's eldest daughter, so I'd better not interfere."
She emphasized the words "Master's eldest daughter".
The servants understood and laughed and bowed down.
"Congratulations first, Madam." They laughed softly.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Go, go." Mrs. Cheng waved her hands pretending to be displeased, saying that she couldn't hold back her laughter.
I really didn’t expect that the Zhou family would arrange such a generous arrangement! No wonder I had to keep fussing with the dowry, it turned out that the relationship was more important!
Now that she has a relationship, she has gained a relationship that would have been impossible in her life. From now on, their family will be extraordinary. Money is nothing. With this relationship, who would dare to snatch the dowry from her.
Not only the dowry, but also the future relationship and the future marriage of her children.
So, is it better to choose the Qin family of the Princess Palace, or the Fengli Lang family? Or the Observer Judge’s family?
The servants and ladies gathered around Mrs. Cheng Er, who had taken off her hairpin and put on her home clothes, but she was not sleepy at all.
Where can I sleep! I can’t wait for dawn to arrive in the blink of an eye, and Mr. Cheng Er will return home to make a decision on this matter!
And they were not the only ones who couldn't sleep tonight. Although Mrs. Wang returned home exhausted, she was not sleepy at all. She saw her son getting up happily and felt a splitting headache.
"I knew my mother could do anything for me." Wang Qilang said with a bright face.
"It's not a big deal." Mrs. Wang said with a smile.
"Yes, yes." Wang Shiqilang nodded repeatedly and looked at Mrs. Wang, "Oh, mother, your face looks so bad..."
Mrs. Wang subconsciously reached out to touch her face. This was the first time she had coaxed her son. There must be a lot of flaws, and they couldn't be concealed no matter how hard they tried to hide them...
"Mother has been so tired from running around for me these past few days." Wang Shiqilang knelt down again and saluted with full heartache, "Mother, please rest quickly."
Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief, but her smile was even more ugly.
"You should go to bed quickly," she said.
Wang Qishilang stood up happily.
"Then I'm going to sleep too. I haven't had a solid sleep in a long time." He said, jumping out with one step at a time.
"Sleep well, sleep well."
His roar could still be heard in the yard. When the sound gradually faded away, Mrs. Wang's face in the room immediately fell.
There was a sound at the side door, and Mr. Wang stepped out.
"How long are you going to keep this secret from him?" he said, shaking his head.
"How can we not hide it? You see Shi Qi is going crazy with joy. If she knew... knew, she would really go crazy." Mrs. Wang sighed and put her hand on her forehead.
"But he said he was going to get married next month, how could the groom hide such a thing?" Mr. Wang said with a smile, "I am not a bride, even if I don't want to be tied up with a rope and sent to the bridal chamber."
"How many days can I keep it secret?" Mrs. Wang said a little irritably.
"Don't worry, he was just frightened and forgot about it in a few days. Just try to persuade him again. It's just a matter of getting married and getting a wife. It's not about killing him." Mr. Wang said with a relaxed and satisfied smile.
I hope so. Mrs. Wang pinched the sun and smiled bitterly.
"It's because you pampered him too much. Okay, okay, I'm exhausted. Go to sleep quickly." Mr. Wang said, walking into the bedroom.
It was strange that she could sleep. Mrs. Wang exhaled and sat still.
How did things become like this? Mrs. Wang was puzzled.
The night is dark, everything is quiet, and there are many rocks in the lotus pond, so the night wind becomes weirder than elsewhere.
The sound of whimpering wind swirled past the window, and Banqin opened his eyes.
The lotus pond is really not suitable for living in winter. If the wife plans to stay for a long time, she will have to choose another place.
Banqin put on her clothes and stood up, holding up a lamp and opening the curtain. When she looked at the bed, she couldn't help but tremble with fright, and almost cried out.
At other times, Cheng Jiaoniang, who was sleeping soundly, sat on the bed in the night and looked at her. The floor lamp in the corner of the room illuminated her eyes, which were darker and brighter than during the day.
"Madam, are you awake?" Banqin held up the lamp and asked hurriedly, "Do you want anything?"
Cheng Jiaoniang shook her head.
"I can't sleep," she said, smiling slightly.
Can't sleep? Banqin was very surprised.
This was the first time that my wife had such abnormal sleeplessness. She had encountered so many things in the past, whether it was Liu Xiaoli's aggressive approach or her husbands facing beheadings, her daily routine had never been disturbed.
Is it because of that person? Is this person so important?
Banqin knelt down on the floor mat.
"Madam." She raised her head and asked, "Do you recognize that person?" (To be continued)
