Chapter 30: The Greedy Loser
After waiting for a long time, Zique finally took a mother-in-law out of the inner courtyard in a hurry. The little housekeeper hurriedly carried the box with people and sent it in, Dong Rong also wrapped Dabao in a blanket, got out of the car and walked to the yard with Zique.
Walking along the verandah to the outside of the east wing, Zique took the treasure and said that he would send it to the master, and then asked the mother-in-law to wait for Dong Rong to wash and change clothes.
Dong Rong entered the east wing, saw that the cleaning was quite clean, and there was no shortage of wooden utensils, so she simply washed her hands and face, and finally saw that the woman looked a little anxious and smiled, "Auntie, but there is still work to be busy, so even if you are busy, you don't have to take care of me." If there is something, I will tell my aunt. ”
The mother-in-law was not sure what Dong Rong's identity was, so she accompanied her cautiously and tentatively said, "Thank you for this lady's sympathy for the old woman, but the lady ordered it, how dare the old woman disobey the order?" As long as the lady doesn't dislike the old woman, her hands and feet are rough. ”
Dong Rong was amused when she heard it, and after thinking about it, she asked, "Mrs. Liang and the eldest young master rushed all the way back, and they haven't eaten dinner yet." I don't know where to get ready to eat? ”
The old woman had a bitter face when she heard this, and said in a low voice, "There are a lot of people left in the house, and now I am the only one left in the stove in the inner courtyard. ”
"Then the aunt will take me to see, along the way, Mrs. Liang and the young master's food are all prepared by me, and it is okay to be idle left and right, why don't I go with my aunt to help."
"W-how?" When the old woman heard Dong Rong say this, she was obviously a little tempted, but she hesitated a little, pinching the placket of her clothes and not knowing what to do.
Dong Rong smiled and said, "Let's go, auntie, you can go and ask Zique's girl first, and she will definitely agree." ”
After speaking, she opened the door and walked out first, and the woman was no longer at a stalemate when she saw this, and sure enough, she ran to Zique to inquire. I don't know what Zique said, but when she came back, she treated Dong Rong more respectfully, and led Dong Rong all the way to the stove room in the small courtyard.
There is no shortage of oil, salt, sauce and rice noodles in the stove room, but there are no fresh ingredients and meat. Dong Rong thought about the custom of "getting on the car and getting off the dumplings and getting off the noodles", so she scooped two scoops of noodles with water and kneaded them, put them aside to wake up, and then soaked dried mushrooms, daylily, fungus and other things to make a vegetarian marinade.
After the mother-in-law went to the room to report, she began to roll the noodles, and finally poured hot vegetarian marinade on them. As for Dabao, he found a few jujubes and wolfberries and soaked them, threw them into the porridge pot to boil out the sweet fragrance, and barely managed to deal with it.
The old woman came back with noodles, and saw that Dong Rong had already put out two bowls for her to eat together, and thanked her again and again, and only sat down at the end, and ate noodles while gossiping with Dong Rong.
Dong Rong was curious about what happened to the Liang family, so she knocked on the side and asked a few words. Although the old woman doesn't know much, and she adheres to the iron law of being cautious in words and deeds, Dong Rong still heard some clues in and out of her words. It turned out that this old man Liang seemed to have caused some serious trouble, and the family's property was robbed, and even this yard would be taken away in a few days.
Dong Rong couldn't help but feel worried about Mrs. Liang and Dabao, and came home all the way, but she was about to fall into the streets.
The two of them had eaten, and as soon as they picked up the bowl, the purple finch came in with swollen eyes. Without waiting for Dong Rong to speak, she had already stepped forward and pulled Dong Rong's sleeve and begged in a low voice, "Mrs. Cao, please help persuade our wife, she didn't eat a mouthful of noodles and kept shedding tears." The eldest young master was so frightened that he couldn't stop crying, what should I do? ”
As soon as Dong Rong heard Dabao crying, where could she excuse herself, and followed Zique to the main room.
In the hall of the main house, two rosewood carved Taishi chairs are placed in the middle of the door, with a square table in the middle of the chair, and a four-leaf landscape screen behind it. Mrs. Liang was sitting on a chair wiping her tears, and next to her sat a middle-aged man, who was very rich, with a smile and small eyes, and looked very kind. It's a pity that at this moment, his hair bun is a little crooked, his beard is unkempt, and he has a bitter face, if it weren't for the robe or brocade on his body, I am afraid that someone would give him half a dry cake when he squatted on the street.
Xu saw Dong Rong come in, the middle-aged man subconsciously straightened his back, coughed dryly, and motioned to Mrs. Liang on the side to speak.
No, Mrs. Liang cried even more sadly when she saw Dong Rong coming in, got up and pulled Dong Rong into the inner room, "Sister, you sit in my room and don't pay attention to him!" ”
Dong Rong glanced at the middle-aged man with a more embarrassed face, and guessed that this must be Dabao's father, so she nodded slightly. Master Liang was very polite, and actually got up and saluted back.
Dabao was sitting on the soft couch under the window, playing with a cloth tiger, and when he saw his best aunt come in, he suddenly stood up and was about to pounce on the soft couch. Dong Rong panicked and rushed to pick him up in two steps, and couldn't help but turn her head and complain to Mrs. Liang, "How can you let Dabao be alone in the house, what if you bump into it?" ”
Mrs. Liang sat on the edge of the collapse, pulled the handkerchief and wiped away her tears, "Sister, you don't know, the Liang family's life can't live." I really can't take care of Dabao, it's just, I'm angry. ”
Dong Rong hugged Dabao and kissed him on the forehead with a smile, and then played with him for a while with the cloth tiger to learn the tiger's cry, and saw that his face was not as uneasy as Fang Cai, so he motioned to the purple bird on the side to come forward to take care.
Then he pulled Mrs. Liang to sit on the wooden bed and asked in a low voice, "What happened, even if it is a big thing, you can't forget to take care of the child, he is your support for the rest of your life." ”
"Sister, I understand this truth, but I'm angry!" Mrs. Liang is also a strong person on weekdays, and she will not complain to outsiders, but the fact that she encountered at home made her so angry that she wanted to go crazy, and she felt that Dong Rong was close, so she pulled her and talked about the changes in the family.
It turns out that the Liang family has been in business for generations, although it is not rich and expensive, but it also has a small fortune. The old lady of the Liang family was thinking about changing the family for the family, so she trained her only son, that is, Master Liang, to study since he was a child, but unfortunately the Liang family did not have that Huigen, and Master Liang was almost twenty years old and did not be admitted to the child's life.
So Mrs. Liang also gave up and married her son to the daughter of an old friend's family, that is, Mrs. Liang. The young couple is also a husband and wife, the only regret is that the heir came late, and it took five or six years to get married and get a big treasure last year. Old lady Liang drank a few more glasses as soon as she was happy, but she couldn't sleep. Mrs. Liang was so sad that she also went with the cold. The Liang family suddenly had no elders in the hall, and although Mrs. Liang got along very well with her in-laws, she was also constrained no matter how she said it.
It's a pity that Master Liang doesn't know if he was too strictly guarded by his father before, and he had a rebellious mentality, or if he was not a romantic ruffian by nature. Once I went to the Qinglou with a few friends who drank and meat, and I actually fell in love with one of the Qingqi people, and went home to ask for a concubine.
Mrs. Liang consciously kept her family thriftily, took care of her children, and never made a mistake, but she was suddenly betrayed by her husband who had always loved her, and she felt that the sky had fallen. So in a fit of anger, he took people back to his mother's house in Binzhou City. Seeing this, Master Liang not only did not reflect, but it didn't take long for the concubine to enter the gate of the Liang family, even if he caused rumors from the neighbors, he didn't pay attention to it.
Mrs. Liang lived in her mother's house for half a year, constantly listening to the news from the family, and was so angry that she wanted to remarry. But her mother's family is reasonable, and persuaded her not to ruin the relationship between husband and wife for many years for a concubine who can be sold at any time, not to mention that the Liang family's property is a big treasure, how can she cheapen that concubine.
Mrs. Liang thought about it for a while, and said that it was about to be the anniversary of the two old men, so she rushed back with Dabao.
Originally, she was still worried, and when she went home, she saw what to do with the fox spirit, but she never expected that the fox spirit was gone, and the family business was completely ruined, and even the house that had been handed down by the Liang family for several generations was about to become someone else's. How could she not be angry, and she didn't care about any virtuous and virtuous virtues, so she caught Master Liang, who was drunk and unconscious, and inquired.
Only then did I know that the concubine had some means, and after coaxing Master Liang to turn his head away, she asked for all the deed papers of the family's houses and shops, as well as the silver tickets that had been saved for many years, saying that they were kept for Master Liang. In fact, he gave these things to a ruffian named Wei San, Wei San is also a means, the second day he joined the Maitreya Sect, dedicated all the properties of the Liang family, and on the third day, the Maitreya Sect came forward to change the name of all the properties of the Liang family, and the three shops belonged to the Maitreya Sect to earn a sesame oil to worship silver, and the old house of the Liang family was rewarded to Wei San.
A few days ago, Master Liang was still drinking and having fun with his concubine, and suddenly heard his shopkeeper running to say that someone was going to collect the shop, so he felt that the matter was intentional, and he had to run to argue, but he was beaten all over the ground by the people of Maitreya. When I returned home, I found that the concubine had already gone to the warehouse with all the fine soft and Wei Sanshuang.
Old Man Liang was so angry that he went to the government to complain, and after being robbed of all his money and accessories, a "kind" official sued him, and the county lord and the hall master of the Maitreya Sect worshipped the handle, and he was already a brother wearing a pair of pants. Whoever wants to sue Maitreya is like a dream, be careful to take your life.
Master Liang was not convinced, these days he has found all the good friends and a few rich gentry who were originally acquainted, but unfortunately, no one is willing to help him except for him. He was disheartened and felt shameless in the face of his wife and children, so he bought drunk and fooled around all day long.
Yesterday, Wei San brought a group of ruffians down, and after smashing it, he told him that he had to move out tomorrow and vacate the house. When the people in the family saw this, all the hired workers ran away, leaving only two old women who had signed a long deed and an old rich man.
The more Mrs. Liang spoke, the more sad she became, choking up, "Sister Cao, how do you say you can live this day?" I said at the beginning that there were no good things for the women in the Qinglou, he didn't believe it, and he was fascinated, and his wife and children didn't want it. As a result, a good family business was ruined. Tomorrow there will be no place to stay, pity my big treasure......"
Thinking that her son would suffer with her in the future, Mrs. Liang couldn't wait to go out and kill Master Liang. R638