The next day, Zhang Ye found a mother-in-law, surnamed Zhou, who was three big and five thick, and her voice was louder than that of Aunt Gui. She was not idle when she came, helping Manqing to do the work - just not going out, how much work could be done at home, so Manqing was completely idle and simply picked up needlework.

Recently, she has been working less by the river, but Zhang Ye still paid her wages - now that the relationship between the two has passed the clear road, she is no longer hypocritical to get up early and be greedy for a bag of rice and salt, in Zhang Ye's words, if she is like that, others will think that he does not care about the life and death of his future daughter-in-law.

For the next few days, Man Qing stayed at home, not daring to go to the river, for fear of causing trouble to Zhang Ye - now she was Zhang Ye's biggest weakness, she had to hide herself as much as possible, and no one could take advantage of her.

But things seem to be getting worse. It turns out that there are still people in the village who come to Gao's house from time to time, and now everyone is passing by Gao's house and hurriedly walking by with an unknown expression; Gao Lao also complimented him when he went out for a walk in the morning and evening, so that he came back with a smile and twisted his beard, but recently he has been going out to hang around indiscriminately, and his face is also very unsightly when he comes back, and even glared at Zhou Pozi and Man Qing several times inexplicably.

Mrs. Zhou was thick on the outside and thin on the inside, and when she saw this, she asked in a straight voice, "Xiucaigong, do you have anything to do?"

"Hmph!" Gao Lao naturally disdained to talk to a rough woman, since she came to the Gao family, she has always spoken with her eyes and nose.

"It's okay, why are you staring at me?!" Mrs. Zhou's voice was loud, and she could hear it from far away outside the courtyard gate, "I'm so scared that my broom has fallen off!"

Man Qing, who was embroidering in the backyard, couldn't help but want to laugh when she heard this. Aunt Zhou usually speaks with flying eyebrows and dances with her hands and feet with a very graphic sense, as if she said lightning and thunder, she said, "That day, the old man seemed to be pinching and beating someone to chase and beat, and he rumbled while chasing back, so scared that the old lady almost fell into the pit to ......"

When Manqing listened to her, not only did she not feel sympathetic, but she also leaned forward and leaned back with laughter - who told her to say so vividly.

She thanked Zhang Ye for his thoughtfulness, knowing that at this time she was worried about her life and being depressed, so she specially found such a person for him, not only to protect her, but also to make her life a lot happier.

I don't know what happened to him now......

After another ten days, early this morning, Mrs. Zhou went into the backyard with a wrong face and found Manqing Road, no one came to deliver food today...... Man Qing looked at Mrs. Zhou, and both of them chuckled in their hearts, probably because something had happened.

The Gao family naturally has vegetables, and chickens and duck eggs are also available, but now that life is better, Zhang Ye asked someone to send some pork to the Gao family every other day, after all, the Gao family is now three people eating, especially Mrs. Zhou, who eats as much as her voice.

The people who deliver the food also have a great role, which is to pass on some news from the town, so that they don't know anything and worry about it.

But this day is really going to be worried.

Manqing's forehead was about to be knotted, and she circled the room several times, heading to the front yard.

At this time, she suddenly had a situation back to when her mother had just passed away, and it was like now, no one could discuss, there was no one between heaven and earth, and no one could come to her to rely on.

The person she had managed to find to rely on was now in big trouble, and he needed her support, so she couldn't be weak, she had to be strong.

The willow-like manqing of the year returned to her.

"Aunt Zhou, you will go back to the town in a while. She tried to make herself look calm, "You just go and see, if there's anything wrong, don't come out," she paused, "you just go and see the situation, and then come back and tell me, I'll fix it." ”

Mrs. Zhou is not stupid, she knows that this is the little girl of the Gao family who doesn't want her to take risks, she just took some money from Boss Zhang to help, I heard that this matter is not small, and I don't know how much risk it is to get involved......

She sighed, and her spoken words were unprecedentedly gentle, "Little lady, don't worry, I'll take a look and I'll be back soon." She reached out and wanted to touch Manqing's head, but when she reached out and remembered that she hadn't washed her hands after doing a bunch of work, she took it back again, "It's going to be fine, the sky won't fall." ”

Man Qing almost burst into tears when she heard this. It's been suppressed for almost a month, there are low-pressure dark clouds everywhere, and she doesn't dare to say anything to others, for fear of affecting others.

Yes, what are you afraid of, the sky can't fall, how bad can the situation be, it's a big deal to go back to the time when my mother just passed away, penniless and in debt, and I can't eat a meal of meat a month...... I've survived that while, what is there to be afraid of now?

It's a lot easier to think about it. Man Qing nodded heavily at Mrs. Zhou, who went to the town neatly.

Seeing Mrs. Zhou walk on the main road, Man Qing returned to the courtyard, and saw Gao Lao standing at the door of the room with an uncertain expression, wanting to speak to her.

Man Qing suddenly felt weak, she wanted to tell Gao Lao to say don't worry, but it seemed that no matter how she said it, it was awkward, and they didn't have time to communicate about this kind of thing...... In the end, she didn't say anything and walked towards the backyard.

Zhang Ye's situation is unknown now, she can't wait for him to help solve everything, she has to work hard to find a way to survive on her own.

Before noon, Mrs. Zhou trotted all the way back in a panic, her face was tanned and red, not to mention, her head was sweating, and her voice was also pressed hard so that she didn't shout out loud: "Oh no, little lady, Boss Zhang has been arrested and put in prison!"

The embroidery needle in Manqing's hand poked into his finger at once. She threw the embroidered handkerchief into the basket in a panic, casually put on her shoes and ran to the front yard, and then collided with Mrs. Zhou, who ran in quickly, "What, what did you say?!"

Mrs. Zhou scooped up Manqing, she didn't even breathe, but she spoke like pouring beans, very fast, "I heard about it as soon as I arrived in town, saying that several officials knocked on Boss Zhang's door yesterday, and then took him away directly!"

Man Qing tried to stand firm, and there was always a voice in his heart telling him not to panic, and then asked in a voice that sounded a little unfamiliar to him, "Where did you get caught? Does anyone know? What kind of crime did you arrest?"

Mrs. Zhou finally slowed down, and spoke faster and faster, "I don't know either." I asked Mrs. Liu, who used to wash the clothes for Boss Zhang, and she said that she didn't know anything, so I ran to ask the old carpenter's house, and the old man was not there, and another little lady told me that there was a descendant of their family who went to the yamen to inquire, but she hadn't asked for news...... Aren't I afraid that you will be in a hurry, so I will hurry back and report to you!"

The more Man Qing listened, the more cold her heart became, the current situation, was it really the worst they thought before?