"Mother!"

Cheng Qiniang walked out of the house and looked at the second lady Cheng who drove away the servant woman sent by the second master, with a look of grievance.

"I can't sleep well when I'm bitten by bugs..."

Looking at the daughter who has turned from a pink carved jade to a withered yellow village girl in just a few days, Second Mrs. Cheng is also distressed.

Don't say that her daughter can't sleep well, where does she sleep well.

Her eyes fell on the front, the door ajar, and the girl had just cleaned up, as if she had gone to burn the iron and prepare to dry the bedding.

"Anyway, your sister is not at home, why don't you go to her room and lie down first?" She spoke.

Cheng Qiniang showed a little disgust.

"I don't want to go to that fool's house!" She said.

"Don't be a fool!" Second Mrs. Cheng shouted in a low voice, "Whether our mother can turn over or not depends on her." ”

She said let's pull Cheng Qiniang to walk over, open the other half of the door, the room is warm, fragrant and quiet.

Second Mrs. Cheng couldn't help but be stunned.

"Qing Taixiang!" She couldn't help but say.

It is said that this is the best incense today, and the family once bought a section, and then it was removed by Mrs. Cheng on the grounds that it was too extravagant and wasteful, and replaced it with something else, although it was also very good, but Mrs. Cheng still felt not very satisfied.

Who has used the good ones wants to use the inferior ones again.

I didn't expect this kid to use this.

Cheng Qiniang didn't know this, she only knew that she was about to be smoked to death in the past few days, and the aroma here rescued her, and she stepped in without the slightest hesitation.

"Mother, I'm going to sleep here!" She immediately announced.

Second Mrs. Cheng patted her and walked in without speaking, looking at the room with a little surprise.

Not much bigger than the house they lived in. Bamboo mats are hung on the walls. The mat straw mat is soft. As she looked at Second Mrs. Cheng's expression, she became more and more surprised.

"This is Mr. Wu Shan's painting..."She couldn't help but say, looking at the screen, she couldn't help but reach out and stroke, "... This workmanship...."

"Mother, mother, you see this lamp is so beautiful, there are paintings on it," Cheng Qiniang said, kneeling on the ground and looking at the lamp.

A thin white paper lantern sits on a carved table. A simple line on it outlines a half-opened lotus flower.

“… Mo Gan...."She said as she reached out and tapped the inscription on it.

Second Mrs. Cheng gasped and knelt down, picked up the lamp in disbelief, and her eyes widened.

"It's the lamp of the Mo family in Yanzhou!" She said, "This is a tribute family..."

"Didn't my grandfather have it too?" Cheng Qiniang also recognized where she had seen it, and pouted and said.

"Your grandfather is a baby, don't say it's used, even if you take it out, you can't bear to take it out." Second Mrs. Cheng said, turning the lamp.

She just took it and used it casually...

It's bad....

With a clanging sound, Cheng Qiniang opened the gate case over there again, and sighed.

"Mother. She's like a backgammon board," she laughs.

The mother and daughter were watching, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

"What are you doing?" Banqin shouted in surprise.

Second Mrs. Cheng was busy and put down the lamp in her hand with some embarrassment. Over there, Cheng Qiniang pouted and pushed the drawer shut.

"Let's see if there's anything we can do to help?" Second Mrs. Cheng said.

"Get out, get out." Banqin said.

This kind of disgust Mrs. Cheng has also seen it, when there are low-level servants in the family who accidentally enter the house and are driven away by the servants beside her.

"What are you shouting, you're just a subordinate."

Cheng Qiniang shouted, although she is a child, but children are more sensitive, coupled with the successive events in the past few days, when she felt this girl's undisguised disgust, she finally couldn't help it.

"I'm not leaving, I'm going to sleep here!"

Second Mrs. Cheng is not as unscrupulous as a child, she laughed twice.

"Banqin, you see that Jiao Niang is not at home, it is better to let Qi Niang sleep here first." She said, while busily pointing to the couch, "We don't sleep on the couch, just sleep on this mat." ”

"Second lady, how can you do that?" Banqin hurriedly said, "The lady doesn't like others in her house, and even I rarely sleep here at night." ”

"What are you?" Cheng Qiniang snorted and said, "You're just a subordinate!" ”

Banqin's face flushed, and when it came to her tongue, she could neither compare to the green plum of Old Lady Zhang, nor the plain heart of Old Lady Zhang's family.

Looking at the embarrassed girl, Second Mrs. Cheng smiled secretly in her heart.

"Banqin, Qi Niang is her sister, and she is young, let her sleep here first, I think if Jiao Niang is here, I won't say anything." She said with a smile.

Banqin bit her lower lip and looked at the mother and daughter in the house for a moment, without saying a word, she stomped her foot and turned around and went out.

Cheng Qiniang snorted at her back.

"A little hoof, and dare to pose in front of me! Slap you in the face again, you'll cry! She said, lying down with a puff, stretching her legs, feet and arms, and sighing comfortably, "This is where people should live." ”

Second Mrs. Cheng smiled and reached out to stroke her head, and continued to look around.

From this point of view, the seemingly simple furnishings in this house are not simple, they are all the best things, this week's family is so rich, and they are so willing to this woman...

"After boiling water and washing it for a while, you will sleep..."She lowered her head and said Cheng Qiniang.

Before the words fell, he heard the sound of footsteps outside the door, and Banqin went and returned, and there were a few more attendants such as Steward Cao behind him.

"You guys came just in time, go to the house for me and get some...."Second Mrs. Cheng looked at them and said.

Before the words fell, he was interrupted by Banqin.

"Throw them out!" She said, pointing out.

What the?

Before Mrs. Cheng came back to her senses, she saw a few entourages walking in and stretched out their hands without saying anything.

"What do you want to do! Ahhh It's the other way around! ”

Screams and shouts rang out in the yard.

However, this movement did not attract any onlookers, and the children who seemed to be playing outside the door but were actually vigilant only turned their heads to look at it when they heard it, and then ignored it.

Mrs. Cheng was stumbled out of the door. Cheng Qiniang followed and fell to the ground. Frightened, angry, and embarrassed. She cried loudly, and Second Mrs. Cheng couldn't help crying and reached out to hug her.

"Where's the injury, what's the injury?" She asked one after another, and looked behind her with hatred, "How can you do this?" ”

Banqin looked at them, her expression was still red, and she slammed the door without saying a word.

She can't speak, so it's better not to speak, just do what she has to do.

"Hey, hey!" Second Mrs. Cheng was taken aback and hurriedly got up and rushed over. "You can't drive us away, we were hurt by your lady and can't enter the door, how can you drive us away? Where do you want us to go? ”

"What do you mean by my lady?" Steward Cao frowned and said, "It's not our lady who drove you out of the house." ”

"If it weren't for your lady asking us to testify, how would I be today?" Second Lady Cheng said angrily.

"My lady told you to die, will you die?" Steward Cao smiled, "In the end, if you don't want to, who can force you?" ”

"You're the one who forced me!" Second Mrs. Cheng shouted angrily.

"What forced you?" Steward Cao asked with a smile.

If she doesn't testify, she won't marry...

Steward Cao laughed even more.

"Mrs. Cheng, what does it matter to you if my lady doesn't marry? Isn't it in your way? Otherwise, why would you be in such a hurry? He said, shaking his head. At the end of the day, it's just you who forces you. ”

Sure enough, he was sharp and unreasonable. No wonder he can make the eldest master faint in the court!

Second Mrs. Cheng bit her lower lip and wanted to rush forward, but Steward Cao's face sank.

"Second Madam, you don't think that only Madam Cheng dares to beat you, right?" He said.

Second Mrs. Cheng's face turned pale and stopped, looking at Cheng Qiniang who was crying on the side, and then at the eyes cast by the people in the south around her...

"You, you dare!" She said in a trembling voice.

Steward Cao didn't say anything and raised his feet to walk, and Mrs. Cheng screamed, grabbed Cheng Qiniang and ran.

Looking at the mother and daughter who staggered away, Steward Cao clapped his hands.

"Let's go, I'm still busy." He said.

Here, Second Mrs. Cheng pulled the crying Cheng Qiniang and stood in front of the corner door after a few hesitations and called the door.

"Second lady," the servant woman who opened the door called out with some surprise.

Second Mrs. Cheng raised her sleeves to hide her face and ignored them, and rushed in with her head bored, but no servant really stopped her, just watched her go inward.

Second Mrs. Cheng stepped into the courtyard, and the servant woman in the house was coaxing Brother Xi to play, and when she saw Second Mrs. Cheng, she was shocked, and she seemed to be happy and embarrassed that she didn't know whether to be happy or not.

Second Master Cheng also came out when he heard the voice, and looked at Second Mrs. Cheng pulling down her face.

"You're back," he began.

Before the words fell, a servant woman in the room had an idea, reached out and twisted it on Brother Xi'er's buttocks.

The room burst into the sound of a child's heart-rending cry.

Second Mrs. Cheng was overjoyed, and she hid her face and shouted, and her son rushed over, crying loudly.

The servants also cried one after another, and said Madam, you are back, Brother Xi is not eating well, you see Brother Xi thinking about his mother.

"I'll take another look at Brother Xi and leave, you, you treat him well..."Second Mrs. Cheng cried, holding Brother Xi while secretly twisting it.

Brother Xi cried even more painfully, and Second Mrs. Cheng made a gesture to let go, but the servants cried and kowtowed to stop her.

The second master Cheng on the side was anxious by crying and sighed heavily.

"Okay, it's come to this, do you have to make a fuss that no one can get by?" He said.

Second Mrs. Cheng was overjoyed in her heart, hugging Brother Xi and crying.

It took a while for the yard to be quiet, and after a full hour of washing, Mrs. Cheng felt like a person, changed into clean and warm clothes, sat in the house, and sighed comfortably while taking the hand stove and the tea bowl.

"You go and apologize to your eldest brother and sister-in-law and admit your mistake." Second Master Cheng said with a face on the side.

"Why did I admit my mistake? It's not our fault. Second Mrs. Cheng said.

Second Master Cheng got up angrily again.

"You still say it's not your fault, if it weren't for your idea, how would we have done to testify against my brother's disobedience!" He shouted.

Second Mrs. Cheng glanced at him unhurriedly.

"If he hadn't snatched Jiao Niang's dowry and kicked people out, Jiao Niang wouldn't have sued him." She said, "It's clear that he was the first to blame, but we are to blame." Why? ”

Is that so?

Second Master Cheng looked stunned.

"As the saying goes, a rabbit bites when it's in a hurry. Their husband and wife took Jiao Niang's dowry, and they just lived a good life by themselves. They also forced Jiao Niang to be like this, they were blessed and never thanked us, and now they are guilty, so they blame us? I don't want to think about what we are doing from beginning to end? Second Mrs. Cheng sighed and said, "If you want to say something wrong, that is, the fault is that you are the father of that stupid child." I'm her cheap stepmother. ”

Second Master Cheng sat down slowly, holding the tea bowl thoughtfully.

A smile appeared on the lips of Mrs. Cheng, slowly drank tea, and looked at the room again, she used to feel that her interior was very well arranged, but at this time, no matter how she looked at it, she felt a little awkward, and what appeared in front of her was Cheng Jianniang's simple room.

"I'll tell you, do you know what's in that lady's house?" She put down the tea bowl, moved to the side of Second Master Cheng, and raised her eyebrows and said.

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Here the husband and wife whispered and discussed. Over there, Cheng Jianniang and the others had already left Lujiao Mountain and entered a town.

The snow has stopped, and the snow on the road has been almost cleared. There are more pedestrians on the streets.

"Lady, look at this, it's really good."

The two women turned from a lantern shop, holding up a lantern and laughing.

Cheng Jiaoniang, who did not take a car and walked on foot, smiled and nodded under the hood.

"Buy." She said.

Immediately an attendant stepped forward to pay, and the two women did not know how to laugh, so they had to put it away and put it on the car that followed behind, and the car was already piled up with almost half a cart of things, and they had everything to eat, drink, and play.

"Next time, don't boast about you! Buy whatever you want, where can you eat such a bad practice! Xi Niang said.

"But don't boast stupidly, the lady said that she didn't look like she was shopping..."Sanniang said with a sad face.

"Big ladies, hurry up."

The attendant over there greeted.

The two women hurriedly answered each other's voices, admonishing each other and following them.

Cheng Jianniang was standing in front of a calligraphy and painting stall, the stall owner was an old scholar, wearing a shabby green shirt, pacing back and forth with his hands to keep warm, and saw Cheng Jianniang and others stop and greet enthusiastically.

Cheng Jianniang looked at the past one by one, and the two women didn't understand this, but they instinctively admired the words, calligraphy, paintings, and scholars.

"Lady, is the painting good?" They asked.

Cheng Jianniang smiled slightly.

"Not good." She said.

The old scholar smiled bitterly when he heard this.

"What the lady said is really polite." He said.

"You're welcome, what's in it for you?" Cheng Jianniang asked.

The old scholar was stunned.

"At least I like it." He said.

"Then you're setting up a stall here just to be happy." Cheng Jianniang nodded and said.

How could it be! He is full of food, and he is freezing here, listening to good words!

The old scholar blushed, and he wanted to open his mouth but didn't know what to say, so he held back his laughter for a moment.

"Yes, the lady is right." He smiled bitterly and gave a salute to Cheng Jiaoniang.

"But these words are okay, Sanniang, you can take them back and show them to the children." Cheng Jianniang said.

The old scholar immediately smiled again, looked at the two women who waved their hands and excused themselves, and handed over the calligraphy and paintings in front of them.

"Take a look, let's see, enlightenment is still possible." He said.

The two women hesitated, and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang with great interest to look at the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the side.

"Don't spoil the fun." A woman reminded in a low voice.

The woman didn't hesitate any longer, and the two of them lowered their heads and laughed and really chose.

"Lady, if you want to be not only pleasing to your heart, you must also have that condition." The old scholar held his hands, hesitated for a moment and said to Cheng Jianniang, "If you want to work hard, you have to be self-reliant first, although I am selling calligraphy and painting, I am not selling calligraphy and painting." ”

Yes or no, this is a tongue-twister.

Cheng Jianniang nodded and smiled slightly.

"You're right." She said.

As soon as the words fell, I heard shouts from nowhere.

"Divination, divination, seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, a hexagram only costs a penny."

His voice was hoarse, and he coughed twice from time to time.

Cheng Jianniang's expression was slightly stunned.

The old scholar sighed, stretched out his hand and picked up the calligraphy and painting, and pointed to the back.

"It's like this diviner, in fact, his divination is not just for divination...."

The calligraphy and painting were lifted, and through the bamboo pole shelf, I saw a young man standing under a tree behind him, with a low table in front of him, and a flag fluttering in the wind next to it.

The iron mouth is straight off.

"Cheng Ping."

The young man who was trembling and stomping his feet to keep warm while shouting suddenly heard someone call his name, and couldn't help but sigh, and subconsciously looked up.

The calligraphy and painting of the bamboo pole was lifted, and a beautiful little lady looked at herself, and before he could admire the beauty of the little lady, she saw the little lady stretching out her hand, so she ripped open the bamboo frame in front of her, and strode towards him in the exclamation of the old scholar and the scattered calligraphy and paintings.

It's so fierce... The strong woman!

Cheng Ping was so frightened that he couldn't help but shrink back.

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One more, in the follow-up plot adjustment, it took two days to write 3,000 words, forgive me. (To be continued......)