Cheng Silang, who had been waiting in the hall for a long time, said immediately when he saw Mr. Cheng Er coming out.
It was already getting bright. Originally, he should be studying at this time. It was less than a month before the exam started. Even last night, he just had a dinner with his family and went back without viewing the lanterns. But when it was dark that day
, after hearing the news from the boy, he couldn't read any more.
"That is the property that my eldest sister earned with great difficulty. Second uncle, how could you... how could you..."
Mr. Cheng Er glared at him with a pulled face.
"Are you stupid from reading?" he said. "Don't you know the law?"
"But Second Uncle, that kind of person who doesn't sue the people and ignore the officials..." Cheng Silang said.
Mr. Cheng Er snorted.
"If the people don't sue the officials, that's when nothing happens." He said, pointing outside, "Isn't there a lot of trouble in our family? Why am I being impeached? Why is she being grabbed and beaten?
Kill? Why don’t you act erratically and leave others with excuses!”
Cheng Silang was not good at words, and he always respected his teachers and elders. His face turned red when Mr. Cheng Er said this.
"Well, that's obviously because you, second uncle, misbehaved first..." he stammered.
"You traitor!" Mr. Cheng Er shouted, "Why are you talking to me?"
Cheng Silang trembled and lowered his head.
"Did you see it? Did you see it? It's all because of her. She disrespects the heaven and the earth, and she has taught you all." Mr. Cheng Er said angrily, pacing back and forth a few steps.
"Even if a country boy buys a piece of land, he knows that it will be in the name of his grandfather and father, not to mention that she is a daughter, so it is reasonable for her to do such a ridiculous thing!"
"In order to replace this document without anyone knowing, I have gone to great lengths and lost all my money to beg for mercy!"
"You still come to ask me how could I do this? How could I do this? Then tell me, what should I do?"
"Shuzi! How dare you come here to teach me, an elder! Where have all the books gone? Get out of here!"
Cheng Silang was so scolded that he quickly saluted, covered his face and exited.
Compared with the attitude of Mr. Cheng Er, Mrs. Cheng Er, who also arrived at Cheng Jiaoniang's side early in the morning, had a much better attitude.
"Jiaojiao, this is all for your own good."
She said with a bit of uneasiness.
"Madam, you are really joking. This is the first time I have heard that robbing other people's things is for their own good." The maid laughed.
"Is Jiaojiao someone else?" Mrs. Cheng Er immediately said, looking at the maid with a bit of displeasure, "Is the master someone else?"
The maid looked at Mrs. Cheng and smiled.
"My lady has changed," she said.
It seemed like a sentence without beginning or end, but Mrs. Cheng Er understood it clearly.
Her face blushed slightly.
This means that in the past, not only was I respectful to Cheng Jiaoniang, but also to her as a maid, but now that the paperwork was in black and white and the property was in hand, my attitude immediately changed.
It can be seen that I have food in my hands, I am not panicking, and I am confident.
Now is no longer the time to rely on others to give money to charity, but the time to actually hold the money and food in her own hands. Although it is just an empty document for the time being, it will be a long time, and the documents will be in her hands.
Is there anything impossible?
That's true, there's nothing to be afraid of.
Mrs. Cheng Er sat up straight again.
"It's different now." She answered vaguely, no longer paying attention to the maid, and continued to say to Cheng Jiaoniang, "Now you are in the limelight, and your father has just come to the capital and has a weak foundation. I don't know how many people are there, both overtly and secretly."
He's staring at us, trying to ruin your reputation and ruin your father's future."
"You are right." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
It’s this sentence again.
Mrs. Cheng Er couldn't help but look at her.
Ever since Mr. Cheng Er brought this matter up last night, the woman has not been angry or made a fuss. At that time, she just said this and got up and left. The couple did not sleep well all night.
I came here in a hurry before dawn, but I didn't expect that this woman hadn't gotten up yet.
It seems that she slept well last night...
Really... okay?
"Jiaojiao, this is really for your own good and for the good of our Cheng family." Mrs. Cheng reiterated again.
"Then why are these not in the name of the second master, but you?" Banqin couldn't help but said.
Her eye circles were blue and her eyes were red and swollen, which showed that she had not slept well last night.
"This is just for Jiaojiao." Mrs. Cheng Er said hurriedly, "If it is in her father's name, doesn't it belong to the Cheng family? It belongs to the eldest master? Your father has no bad intentions, but he can't guarantee it.
It’s about the other members of the Cheng family.”
Banqin bit her lower lip, wanting to say something but feeling like she had nothing to say.
Looking at the silent maid in the room, Mrs. Cheng couldn't hide her pride.
So it’s reasonable, who can say anything else!
"Jiaojiao, don't worry, these are all just for show, and they don't really become mine." She said with a loving look, "These are yours, and you still have the final say. Miss Banqin still has the final say.
Big shopkeeper, when you get married in the future, I will let you take me away."
There was still silence in the room.
This made Mrs. Cheng's mouth feel a little dry, as if she was performing a one-man show.
"Jiaojiao, you don't believe me? Your father and I..." she sighed.
"I believe it." Cheng Jiaoniang interrupted her and said.
ah?
Mrs. Cheng Er was a little surprised and looked up at her.
"If you believe it, I believe it." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
After she finished speaking, she looked at the documents that were pushed in front of her. These were the ones with her name on them that had been replaced by Mr. Cheng Er.
"Banqin." She said.
The maid responded, knelt down and picked up the document.
"Burn it." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Burned?
Mrs. Cheng Er put her hand to her heart in surprise, and Banqin also looked at Cheng Jiaoniang in surprise.
Real or fake?
But the maid was not surprised at all. She responded and threw the document into the brazier aside without a trace of hesitation.
There was a burst of smoke in front of me, and several documents smoldered and curled up and turned into ashes in an instant.
that's all?
Mrs. Cheng Er was a little startled.
"Ma'am, what else can you do?" The maid's voice brought her back to reality.
"Ah, it's gone." Mrs. Cheng Er hurriedly said as she stood up. She thought of something and said hurriedly, "What does Jiaojiao want? Just ask someone to come and talk to me..."
Before she finished speaking, she saw the maid beside her looking at her with a half-smile.
"...Tell Banqin, just tell me what you need to do." Mrs. Cheng Er changed her subject in time and said.
The maid looked at her without speaking.
The people in this house were all strange. Mrs. Cheng didn't want to stay for a long time anymore, so she hurriedly said goodbye.
Is that really it?
So simple?
Mrs. Cheng Er was still a little disbelieving and couldn't help but look back.
"What else can we do if we don't do this?" Mr. Cheng Er snorted after hearing this, "She is the only one who can do things that are natural and right, and only she who doesn't follow the rules can do it! And I, the father-in-law, have to bother to deal with the aftermath!"
After saying this, he let out a breath and sat down with a bit of anger.
"Think about how much trouble she has caused me since I was little!"
"The old lady was beaten to death, her mother was beaten to death, and I was exhausted and my career was not going well."
"But now your career is going smoothly." Mrs. Cheng Er reminded, "It's because of her."
"That's because the emperor is kind and wise! Otherwise, I would still be squatting on the Yushitai." Mr. Cheng Er raised his eyebrows and said.
Mrs. Cheng Er smiled and stopped talking.
Cheng Qiniang is so disliked and fearful of Cheng Jiaoniang. Ultimately, she is afraid that she will steal her father's favor. In fact, she is not the same.
Such a daughter of a disciple of an immortal is rich and can earn merits. If Mr. Cheng Er worships her as a Bodhisattva and obeys his advice, she will be a continuation. In this way, what status do they have as mother and son in the family?
For this woman, she was really envious and afraid, wanted to get close to her, and felt disgusted at the same time.
"Stop thinking wildly. Now that the dust has settled, please arrange for people to go and make it clear to the people involved, lest they talk nonsense and say things they shouldn't and harm us." Mr. Cheng Er said.
Mrs. Cheng Er responded and happily looked at the brocade box.
On the last day of the Lantern Festival, Cheng Qiniang still failed to go to the street to enjoy the lanterns as she wished. She was so angry that she made a fuss at home, but Mrs. Cheng Er was too busy to pay attention to her.
At the same time, the ten men and women sent by Mrs. Cheng's family finally arrived. Mrs. Cheng was even more powerful and hurriedly assigned them, keeping some with her and sending others to the store.
"Add someone?"
Several shopkeepers in the store were surprised when they saw the person who was suddenly delivered.
"There is no shortage of people."
Seeing that the maid still looked half-smiling but not smiling, Mrs. Cheng's reasons became more and more smooth and confident.
"It's all a show," she said with a smile. "It's all just for show. Just let them help out and fill the scene. Don't take them seriously."
If you don’t take it seriously now, what about later?
"Miss Banqin, is it true that the owner has changed?" Shopkeeper Wu asked.
"What else? This time it's not an outsider, but an insider. Are we insiders going to cause trouble? To whom should we show it?" said the maid.
"Yes, family relations are righteous, etiquette, laws and regulations are there..." The other shopkeepers sighed and said, "What can we do?"
The personnel in the store were slightly changed seemingly inadvertently, and several people involved in the stock dividend also received new documents.
"This..." Fan Jianglin looked at the documents that were handed over and slapped them on the cases with a bit of annoyance, "I knew something must be wrong!"
"What should we do?" Huang asked, with a look of worry and anger.
Fan Jianglin was depressed for a moment.
what to do?
What Mr. Cheng did was reasonable and reasonable. He really didn't know what to do except find an opportunity to give Mr. Cheng a good beating behind his back.
Naturally, this beating was impossible. If he started to make a fuss, he could not help but ruin his own future and harm his sister.
Fan Jianglin couldn't help but raise his hand and hit himself hard on the head.
This idiot has no idea at all. It would be great if the third child was here.
Thinking of Xu Maoxiu, Fan Jianglin's throat couldn't help but hurt, and he turned around to hide it.
Compared to Fan Jianglin, who knew a little about the inside story of the father and daughter, the Li family's fireworks were much simpler.
Looking at the documents that were handed to him, Mr. Li felt a little surprised and a little ashamed.
"I feel guilty, guilty. It was my negligence that almost caused my wife to be unfilial." He said hurriedly. While taking the replaced documents, he hurriedly asked someone to find his own copy, in front of the steward sent by Mr. Cheng Er.
The noodles are burnt.
"It's good to know. What would you do if your descendants did this? What's more, my husband and wife are being watched closely now..." Mr. Cheng's steward said with displeasure.
"Of course I have to break my legs!" Mr. Li said categorically. As he was busy, he bowed and saluted, "Madam and sir, please forgive me."
While talking, he presented a big red envelope.
Mr. Cheng Er's steward immediately beamed with joy, accepted the red envelope and left happily.
"But why was it placed in her stepmother's name again?" Li Mao said with a frown.
"Don't forget, Mr. Cheng Er is the second master." Mr. Li said, twirling his beard, "The second master is the best... he can also play this trick..."
Having said this, he thought smartly and glanced at the people in the hall.
"Speaking of which, it's time for our family to check." He said solemnly, "Look at the dowry of this person's wife at home and how much interest it has accrued in the past few years."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of several people in the hall changed.
In a large family that does not separate families, many have to resort to some means to protect their own interests. Naturally, it is a common method that has been tried and tested to make a fortune for one's wife through dowry.
Mr. Cheng Er would do this, and the nephews and nephews of the Li family would naturally do the same. Unexpectedly, this piece of paper aroused Mr. Li's thoughts. It seemed that the year was over.
Li Mao ignored the thoughts of others in the hall. He had never done this kind of thing before, and now he looked down on these petty profits. He just looked at Mr. Li's livid face and frowned.
"The second master knows the trick that the second master wants to play, and you also know it, father. Then, doesn't the eldest master of the Cheng family know it well?" he asked.
