There was a commotion in the house, and the servants and girls in the yard shrank their heads and kept silent. Some people had the courage to look back and saw that all the screen and flower stands in the hall had fallen to the ground, and it was a mess.
"You still want to kill me because you're a fool?"
Mr. Cheng was panting, his bun was slightly disheveled, and his homely Taoist robe was also messy.
"Do you think I can't kill her? Does she think she can live a righteous life just because she is a fool? Don't forget that she died in a urine jar back then!"
Mr. Cheng waved his broad sleeves.
"She wants to kill me because of her stupidity, don't forget that I can kill her too!"
After hearing the news, Mrs. Cheng, who came from the newly built sutra hall, was startled by the mess in front of her.
"What are you doing?" she shouted, urging the girls and servants to clean up the floor, while pulling Mr. Cheng to come and sit down in the inner room.
Mr. Cheng gasped and sat down with a confused look on his face.
"Do you know what she did?" he said, raising his finger and pointing outside. "She actually took people to Nancheng and picked up a broken house to live in. She also said that she would build a house for the people there. I
After saying a few words to her, she shot my man and shot me with an arrow..."
Mrs. Cheng raised her hand and took his arm, interrupting him.
"Wait, what did you say?" she asked hurriedly, "She wants to build a house for people over there?"
"Yes, what she said was so joyful that she fooled the people in Nan Cheng." Mr. Cheng snorted and said mockingly, "I don't even think about how credible that fool's words are."
Mrs. Cheng nodded.
"Yes, building a house, how is this possible?" she said, "How can she have the money?"
"With that kind of money, no one would build a house for others!" Mr. Cheng said.
Mrs. Cheng reached out to pat him and poured hot tea.
"Master, calm down, why are you angry with a fool?" She smiled.
Mr. Cheng turned to look at her and frowned.
"Why aren't you angry?" he asked.
"I have a real person to protect me, and my mind and heart are at peace. What's there to be angry about?" Mrs. Cheng said with a smile.
"What a real person and a dummy." Mr. Cheng said with a frown.
Mrs. Cheng hurriedly hissed at him, folded her hands and recited a few words of apology, then told the story about Guanzhu Sun, and pointed to the four-legged case next to the couch.
"Where are the scriptures? You and I can feel at ease," she said.
"What a foolish woman!" Mr. Cheng said angrily, throwing his hands away.
Mrs. Cheng was not angry and picked up the tea bowl with a smile.
"Anyway, I feel relieved now that the girl has been kicked out..." she said.
"Where can I be kicked out?" Mr. Cheng said angrily.
"Anyway, as long as you're not in our house, you can go wherever you like," Mrs. Cheng said.
"I can't afford to lose that person!" Mr. Cheng said angrily.
Mrs. Cheng smiled.
"Master, from the day she was born, have our Cheng family been afraid of being embarrassed?" she said.
This is quite...
Mr. Cheng angrily rolled up his sleeves and got up and went to the study to think of another idea.
"Madam, your complexion and mood are really much better." The maid praised from the side.
Mrs. Cheng drank tea with a smile.
"You mean I didn't get angry this time by turning over the table and smashing the tea bowl?" She laughed.
How could a servant girl admit it and deny it with a smile?
"Whatever you think, I am different now than before." Mrs. Cheng smiled, reaching out and licking her temples, "With a real person protecting me, even if the sky falls, I will not change my expression, let alone a fool.
What happened?"
As the sun sets, a new day arrives.
As the morning fog dissipated, the sunlight gradually shone in front of Cheng's house. The two concierges crossed their arms, talking and laughing while watching the boys sweeping the door.
Yesterday's noise had dissipated with the night, and there was peace in the Cheng family. However, this peace was soon broken by the noise.
A group of people in simple and shabby clothes walked across the bridge, carrying goods with their shoulders and pushing carts, shouting, talking and laughing. For a moment, the Cheng family street was like a temple fair.
As for the gift plaque hanging in front of the door, no one has ever dared to make noise on the streets in front of Cheng's house. What are they doing today?
"Go and ask, what's going on? Why are a group of men here?" the men at the concierge frowned and shouted.
Then two young boys threw down their brooms and ran to ask questions. After a while, they came back with strange expressions.
"They said they came to build a house..." they said.
Build a house?
The men in the concierge looked at each other. The incident between Cheng Jiaoniang and Mr. Cheng in Nan Cheng yesterday had already spread throughout the country. It was said that they were going to build a house for the people in Nan Cheng. Isn't it a joke?
"Madam, madam."
Mrs. Cheng was sitting on her knees in front of the four-legged table in the inner room, holding the scroll of Taiping Sutra and murmuring. She didn't even turn her head when she heard the words. The maid outside stopped the maid who ran towards her and scolded her in a low voice.
Mrs. Cheng finished reading a paragraph with a calm mind, put it down on the desks respectfully, and then started to walk out.
"What are you yelling about again?" she asked calmly, sitting down and picking up the tea bowl.
"Madam, madam, they are really building a house over there. It costs ten thousand guan! That silly lady has to give out 10,000 guan!" the servant woman shouted urgently.
Ten thousand guan!
Mrs. Cheng spat out a mouthful of tea.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" she shouted.
"No, no, we all know. Nan Cheng made it clear that it is really ten thousand guan!" the servant woman said, her surprise at the moment she heard and saw it has not faded away.
Ten thousand guan!
"Where did she get the money?" Mrs. Cheng asked, putting her hand on her heart.
"Maybe it was given by the Zhou family?" the servant girl guessed.
No matter who gave it to me, since that idiot is holding it, it belongs to them!
Ten thousand guan!
"It's incredible. This fool was deceived by those poor people from Nancheng! Where is the master? Go and tell the master!"
Mrs. Cheng said, as she stood up and walked out, she got up so hard that she accidentally bumped into several cases in front of her, causing pain in her knees.
Mrs. Cheng was so angry that she kicked several cases over.
"Chop it and burn it!" she shouted angrily, raised her feet and helped the servant girl to limp out.
The servants hurriedly answered the call and went to pick up the cases that had fallen on the floor. One of them looked at the other one and looked inside.
"It seems that it doesn't work when a real person meets a fool..." She laughed softly.
These words made the two maids in the room burst into laughter. They quickly stopped laughing, winked at the other maid, and carried a few cases out.
When Mrs. Cheng went to find Mr. Cheng, Mrs. Cheng had already gone out.
This was her first time coming to Nancheng. She walked in a hurry. Neither the inexplicable smell in the air nor the bumpy road could stop her. But in the courtyard where Cheng Jiaoniang lived,
Was stopped outside.
"Jiao Niang, Jiao Niang, it's me." Mrs. Cheng Er said hastily, raising her hand to wipe her tears, "I know you have been wronged, I, I will definitely find a way for you."
Manager Cao leaned against the door and looked at her with a half-smile.
"Madam, my wife said she won't see you anymore," he said.
My home?
Mrs. Cheng Er's eyes flashed slightly when she looked at him.
"I have different thoughts from them about this matter. His father and I agree with you. You know why it happened this time. It's because his father and I wanted to find a good match for my little girl. As a result, someone
I am so angry." She said, looking at Manager Cao, "We are the same as your family this time."
She emphasized the word "your home".
Manager Cao was a little confused by what he said. Why did it involve marriage, the Zhou family, and so on? But he couldn't figure it out and didn't think about it. Anyway, people who didn't see his wife didn't need to pay attention.
"Madam, please go back. If you don't want to see me, I won't see you." He said with a bit of impatience.
The other people nearby struck the long sticks in their hands.
Mrs. Cheng and her servants were all frightened.
It is said that when Mr. Cheng led his men to force him forward, he was actually shot by an arrow...
"My dear, don't be angry. Your father and I will definitely help you." Mrs. Cheng Er could only say inward from outside the door, "The money you are holding close to you is all yours, your dowry. Don't be angry and act recklessly."
, don’t worry about the house, they won’t let you stay at home, let’s go out and find a place to live...”
As she was talking, several craftsmen crowded behind her.
"Master Cao, the craftsmen over there have all been finalized. Can you go over and have a look?" they asked respectfully.
Before Manager Cao spoke, Mrs. Cheng was startled.
"What is the decision?" she shouted, "No decision is allowed! Children are playing tricks, are you going to follow them?"
Everyone looked at her, and the craftsmen looked even more hesitant.
That is to say, how is it possible that some poor people in Nancheng suddenly want to build so many houses...
"Get out!" Manager Cao shouted with raised eyebrows.
Mrs. Cheng and others were startled again and took a step back.
The followers of the Zhou family have already rushed up, and they hit him with sticks in their hands without hesitation.
Mrs. Cheng Er and others screamed and ran away.
Because Lu Buping was afraid, several servant girls fell to the ground, received a strong blow from the stick, and ran away crying.
This scene shocked Mr. Cheng and his wife who came over after hearing the news.
"Rebellion, rebellion, you are really naughty!" Mr. Cheng shouted, raising his hand to call for someone to come.
Mrs. Cheng Er, who had lost a clog while being held up by the servant woman, immediately became jealous when she saw the couple.
Ten thousand guan!
This fool actually carries ten thousand strings with him!
Now this ten thousand yuan will be wasted!
"It's you who hurt my little girl and forced her to do this! I will fight with you!" Second Mrs. Cheng shouted, reaching out and rushing towards Mr. Cheng.
It was enough to fight with the door closed at home, but this was outside, and the servants on both sides were startled. This affected the Cheng family's face, and even Mrs. Cheng's second wife's maid tried her best to stop him.
Even so, it also attracted a lot of stares and pointing fingers from far away.
The faces of Master Cheng and his wife turned dark.
"Go back, let's talk after we go back!" Mrs. Cheng persuaded Mr. Cheng, who was trembling with anger.
Anyway, the shame has been lost!
"You, get out of here too!" Mr. Cheng stretched out his hand to point at Mrs. Cheng's second wife and shouted, then turned around and strode away with a puff of sleeves.
Mrs. Cheng glared bitterly at Mrs. Cheng who was crying while being supported by a servant woman, then turned around and followed.
"Who do you think you are? Get out of here if you tell me to! Bah! Who do you think you are! If you can't give me an explanation, I will go to the government and sue you! When all of our Peng family is dead, no one will be killed!" Mrs. Cheng shouted.
road.
"Madam, madam, please stop saying a few words, this is outside!" the servants said with white faces.
"Outside, I just say it outside, so that everyone knows how they bully us! They forced my daughter away, and they want to drive me away!" Mrs. Cheng Er cried.
The maids really didn't dare to let her talk anymore, so they forced her to leave.
After the noise dispersed, Manager Cao looked at the stunned craftsmen around him and smiled.
"Do you want me to go take a look?" he asked.
The faces of the craftsmen were red and white.
"No, no need." They said awkwardly.
Even the wife of the Cheng family dared to hit her, which shows that they really have the final say in this matter! Since they can make the decision, then the money can be earned, and you would be a fool not to earn it if you have money!
Several people nodded and bowed and backed away.
The people watching outside the door also dispersed happily.
Really, it is true that the house suddenly fell from the sky!
Manager Cao asked someone to keep an eye on the door and walked into the courtyard. The noise from the outside world didn't seem to disturb the place at all. Ban Qin knelt down in the corridor and wiped the floor. The hall door was open, and Cheng Jiaoniang was sitting upright inside reading a book.
"Madam, everyone has been driven away." Manager Cao stood in the corridor and said respectfully.
Cheng Jiaoniang put down the book in her hand and looked at him.
"Sit down," she said.
This was the first time this woman told him to sit down. Manager Cao was immediately flattered and hurriedly thanked her. He knelt down on the porch outside the door and waited excitedly for instructions.
"What's your name?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked.
Manager Cao was stunned for a moment. As a servant, Mr. Zhou didn't have to tell this lady his name, so he had to open his mouth and say his name. Then a thought came to his mind.
In order to show that he is more loyal, it is better to let this lady give him a name. Anyway, Mr. Zhou also told him when he came here that from now on, he will only respect this lady.
"The little one has a vulgar name, why don't I give him one from my wife," he said with a smile.
As soon as these words came out, Cheng Jiaoniang hadn't spoken yet, and Banqin, who was wiping the corridor here, started coughing repeatedly.
Now Banqin has understood that the lady never cares about the people who come and go around her, nor does she remember their names. The comings and goings, good or bad, are all a passing thing to the lady.
She would only ask the names of people whom the lady thought were worthy, either out of gratitude or recognition, but to this day, there were only a handful of people whose names were asked by the lady on her own initiative.
If the lady asks for her name, those who are not slaves will just ask, but those who are slaves will encounter another possibility...
"Madam, madam." She knelt and turned a few steps, looked into the room and smiled, "It's hard to tell the difference no matter how many words there are...Besides, it's not a nice name for a man..."
What does this mean? What can’t be distinguished?
Manager Cao was startled, and then he thought of something and suddenly realized, Oh, Banqin! That’s how so many Banqin came to be!
He couldn't help but shudder.
Cao Banqin…..
"My wife, my surname is Cao Dan, and the four most senior members in my family all call me Cao Si." He said in one breath, "My name is not good, and I am laughing at it."
Cheng Jiaoniang looked at him and smiled for a moment.
"Cao Gui." she said.
Manager Cao hurriedly nodded in response. For the first time, he felt that his name sounded really nice.
"You are doing a good job." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Manager Cao couldn't help but chuckle, and reached out to touch his head, as if he was back when he was just working as a errand, bursting with joy when his master praised him.
"Madam, tell me, what else do you want to do?" he asked.
"You said the dowry my mother left behind has always been in the hands of the Cheng family?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked.
Manager Cao's eyes lit up.
dowry!
He thought that this little lady was teaching the Cheng family a lesson by making trouble and building a house and embarrassing them, so he left it at that.
What's the point of fighting with these servants? It won't hurt your muscles and bones.
He thought of what the woman said.
Yes, that's nothing, the real injury is waiting here! If you don't take action, it will be enough, if you take action, it will hurt seven inches of vitality. This is what that woman has always done!
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Second update, 4,000 words, I love you all. (To be continued)
