Chapter 42
There was a loud noise in the house, and the servants and girls in the courtyard all shrank their heads and were silent, and some people had the courage to look back and see that several screens and flower stands in the hall had all fallen to the ground, and they were in a mess.
"And you want to kill me because you're a fool?"
Master Cheng gasped, his hair was slightly scattered, and the homely robe on his body was also messy.
"Do you think I can't kill her? Does she think she can live a foolish life? Don't forget that you've already died in the urine tank once! β
Master Cheng flicked his wide sleeves.
"She's a fool trying to kill me, don't forget that I can kill her too!"
Hearing the news, Mrs. Cheng, who rushed from the newly established scripture hall, was startled by the mess in front of her.
"What are you doing here?" She shouted, urging the maid to clean up the ground, and pulling Master Cheng to sit down.
Master Cheng gasped and sat down with a difficult face.
"Do you know what she does?" He said, pointing to the outside, "She actually ran to Nancheng with people, picked up a broken house to live in, and said that she would build a house for the people over there, and she shot and injured my people when I said two words to her, and she shot me with arrows..."
Mrs. Cheng raised her hand and grabbed his arm, interrupting him.
"Wait, what did you say?" She hurriedly asked, "She's going to build a house for someone over there?" β
"Yes, she said it, bluffing the people over there in Nancheng like she was stupid." Master Cheng snorted and said mockingly, "I don't want to think about it, what is credible about that fool's words." β
Mrs. Cheng nodded.
"yes, build a house, how is this possible." She said. "She doesn't have that money."
"If you have that money, no one will build a house for someone else!" Master Cheng said.
Mrs. Cheng stretched out her hand to pat him. Pour hot tea on one side.
"Sir, you are discouraged. What to be angry with a fool. She laughed.
Master Cheng turned his head to look at her and frowned.
"Why aren't you angry?" He asked.
"I have the blessing of a real person, my mind is at peace, what is there to be angry about." Mrs. Cheng said with a smile.
"What a real dummy." Master Cheng frowned and said.
Mrs. Cheng hurriedly booed him, and read a few words of confession with her hands together before telling Sun Guan about the master, and pointed to the four-legged case by the couch.
"The scriptures are over there, and you and I can rest assured." She said.
"What a woman's foolishness!" Master Cheng shook his hand angrily and said.
Mrs. Cheng was not annoyed, and picked up the tea bowl with a smile.
"I'm relieved anyway. The girl was kicked out, tooβ" she said.
"Where is it to be kicked out?" Master Cheng said angrily.
"Anyway, it's okay if it's not in our house, where you like to go." Mrs. Cheng said.
"I can't afford to lose that man!" Master Cheng said indignantly.
Mrs. Cheng smiled.
"Master, from the day she was born, are our Cheng family still afraid of being embarrassed?" She said.
It's true....
Master Cheng flicked his sleeves angrily and got up to go to the study to think of something else.
"Madam, your complexion is really much better." The servant woman praised from the sidelines.
Mrs. Cheng drank tea with a smile.
"You're saying I didn't get angry by flipping the table and smashing the tea bowl this time, right?" She laughed.
Where would the servant woman admit it with a smile and deny it.
"Whatever you think, I'm not the same now." Mrs. Cheng smiled, and stretched out her hand to slap her sideburns, "With real people to protect me, I won't change color when the sky falls, let alone what a fool does." β
Sunset. A new day has arrived.
As the morning fog dissipated, the daylight gradually fell in front of Cheng's house. The two porters crossed their arms and laughed while watching the little maids sweep the door.
The noise of yesterday has dissipated with the night, and the Cheng family was peaceful, but soon this peace was broken by the hustle and bustle.
A group of people in simple and shabby clothes walked across the bridge, shoulder-to-shoulder, pushing carts to pull goods, shouting, talking and laughing, stirring up Chengjia Street like a temple fair in an instant.
As for the gift plaque hanging in front of the door, no one dares to make noise on the street in front of Cheng's house, what is this doing today?
"Go and ask, what's going on? Why did a group of people come here? The men in the porter frowned and shouted.
Then two of the little men threw down their brooms and ran to drink, and soon they came back with strange expressions.
"They said they were here to build a house," they said.
Building a house?
The men in the concierge glanced at each other, yesterday Cheng Jianniang and Master Cheng had already spread all over the country, and it was said that they were going to build a house for the people on Nancheng's side, isn't it a joke?
"Madame, ma'am."
Mrs. Cheng was kneeling in front of the four-legged case in the inner room and was muttering about the Taiping Sutra, but she didn't reply when she heard the words, and the servant woman in the outer room stopped the servant woman who came and reprimanded her in a low voice.
Mrs. Cheng finished reading a paragraph with peace of mind, respectfully put it back on a few cases, and then started to walk out.
"What are you yelling at again?" She asked lightly, sitting down and holding up the tea bowl.
"Madam, ma'am, what a house is built over there, 10,000! That stupid lady took out 10,000 yuan! The servant woman shouted urgently.
10,000!
Mrs. Cheng squirted out a mouthful of tea.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" She shouted.
"No, no, I know it, Nancheng said it clearly, it's really 10,000!" The servant woman said, and the surprise at the moment she heard and saw it had not faded.
10,000!
"Where did she get the money?" Mrs. Cheng said, reaching out and pressing her heart.
"Xu was given by the Zhou family?" The servant woman guessed.
No matter who gave it, since that fool took it, it belonged to theirs!
10,000!
"It's amazing, this fool was deceived by that group of poor ghosts in Nancheng! What about the master? Go tell the master! β
Mrs. Cheng said, while getting up and walking out, she got up too violently and accidentally bumped into a few cases in front of her, and her knees hurt.
Mrs. Cheng was so angry that she raised her foot and kicked over several cases.
"It's burned!" She shouted angrily, and raised her foot to help the servant woman limp out.
The servants hurriedly went to pick up the cases that had fallen to the ground, and one of them looked inside the other.
"It seems that real people can't meet stupid people," she chuckled.
This made both of the servants in the room laugh. Busy smiled again. He went out with the servant woman and carried a few cases.
When Mrs. Cheng went to find Master Cheng. Second Mrs. Cheng has already gone out.
This is the first time she has come to Nancheng's side, and she walked in a hurry, whether it was the inexplicable smell in the air or the bumpy road, she couldn't stop her steps, but she was stopped outside the courtyard where Cheng Jiaoniang lived.
"Jiao Niang, Jiao Niang is me." Second Mrs. Cheng said hurriedly, and raised her hand to wipe away her tears, "I know you have been wronged. I, I'll definitely figure it out for you. β
Steward Cao leaned against the door and looked at her with a smile.
"Madam, my lady said, I don't see you." He said.
My home?
Second Mrs. Cheng looked at him, her eyes flashed slightly.
"This time, I don't think the same thing as them, his father and I agree with you, you know why this is happening this time, it's because my father and I want to say another good kiss to Jiao Niang, and as a result, some people are annoyed and angry." She said, looking at Steward Cao. "We're the same as your family this time."
She accentuated her tone on the word "your home".
Steward Cao was a little confused, how could he be involved in family affairs. When it comes to the Zhou family, what is it, but he can't figure it out, so he doesn't want to, anyway, the person who doesn't see the lady doesn't have to pay attention to it at all.
"Madame, go back, if the lady says she won't see it, she won't see it." He said with a little impatience.
The others next to him beat the long sticks in their hands.
Second Mrs. Cheng and her servants were shocked.
It is said that when Master Cheng led people to step forward, he was really injured by an arrow....
"Jiao Niang, don't be angry, your father and I will definitely help you." Second Mrs. Cheng had no choice but to say inward outside the door, "You take all that money around, it's all yours, your dowry, don't be angry, don't worry about the house, they won't let you live at home, let's go out and find a place to live..."
As she spoke, several craftsmen crowded behind her.
"Master Cao, the craftsmen over there are going to make a decision, can you go over and take a look?" They asked respectfully.
Before Steward Cao could speak, Second Mrs. Cheng was startled.
"What is certain?" She shouted, "No decision! Children are messing around, are you messing around too? β
Everyone looked at her, and the craftsmen looked even more hesitant.
That is to say, how can some poor ghosts in Nancheng suddenly want to build so many houses....
"Get out!" Steward Cao raised his eyebrows and shouted.
Second Mrs. Cheng and the others were taken aback again, and took a step back.
The entourage of the Zhou family had already rushed up, and the sticks in their hands came over without hesitation.
Mrs. Cheng and the others screamed and fled.
Because of the uneven road, I was afraid that several servant women would fall to the ground, and they were sturdy with a stick, crying and running away.
This meeting startled Mr. and Mrs. Cheng, who rushed over after hearing the news.
"It's the opposite, it's the opposite, it's really stubborn!" Master Cheng shouted, raising his hand to call someone.
Second Mrs. Cheng, who was carried away by a servant woman and ran away with a clog, saw the couple and immediately turned red.
10,000!
This fool actually has 10,000 on him!
Now this ten thousand times is about to be abused!
"It's all you who hurt my delicate lady and forced her to do this! I'm fighting with you! Second Mrs. Cheng shouted, stretched out her hand and rushed towards Master Cheng.
It's okay to beat it behind closed doors at home, but this is outside, and the servants on both sides were startled, this is related to the face of the Cheng family, and even the servants of the second Mrs. Cheng stopped them desperately.
Rao is like this, and it also attracts a lot of eyes and fingers from afar.
The faces of Mr. and Mrs. Cheng darkened.
"Go back, go back and talk about it!" Mrs. Cheng persuaded the trembling Master Cheng.
Anyway, the shame has already been thrown home!
"You, you get out of here too!" Master Cheng stretched out his hand and shouted at Second Mrs. Cheng, then turned around and strode away with his sleeves brushed.
Mrs. Cheng glared hatefully at Mrs. Cheng, who was crying by the servants, and turned around and followed.
"What are you? If you tell me to get out, get out! Ahh Who do you think you are? If you can't give an explanation, I'll go to the official mansion to sue you! When our Peng family died, there was no one! Second Mrs. Cheng shouted.
"Madame, Madame, don't say a word, this is outside!" The servants said with white faces.
"Outside, it's just from the outside, so that everyone knows how they bullied us! Force away my mother, and drive me away again! Second Mrs. Cheng cried.
The servants didn't dare to let her say any more, so they dragged away.
The noise dissipated, and Steward Cao looked at the stunned craftsmen around him and smiled.
"Do you want me to go and see?" He asked.
The craftsmen's faces were red and white.
"No, no." They said embarrassedly.
Even the wife of the Cheng family dared to fight, which shows that they are indeed the master of this matter! Since you can call the shots, then this money can be earned, and it is a fool not to make money!
Several people nodded and retreated.
The people outside the door also dispersed happily.
Really, it's true that the house suddenly fell from the sky!
Steward Cao let people look at the door, and walked into the courtyard by himself, the hustle and bustle of the outside world did not seem to disturb here at all, Banqin knelt under the porch and wiped the floor, the door of the hall was open, and Cheng Jiaoniang was sitting upright reading a book.
"Lady, everyone has been driven away." Steward Cao stood under the corridor and said respectfully.
Cheng Jianniang put down the book in her hand and looked at him.
"Sit down." She said.
This is the first time this woman said to herself to sit, Steward Cao was immediately flattered and hurriedly thanked him, knelt down on the porch and sat down according to the words, and waited excitedly for the order.
"What's your name?" Cheng Jianniang asked.
Steward Cao was stunned, too, as a subordinate, Master Zhou couldn't tell this lady his name, so he had to open his mouth to say his name, and he had a thought in his heart.
In order to show that he is more loyal, it is better to let this lady give her name, anyway, when he came, Master Zhou also explained, and from now on let him respect this lady.
"The little name is vulgar, it's better to give one to the lady." He laughed.
As soon as these words came out, Cheng Jiaoniang over there hadn't spoken, and Banqin, who was wiping the corridor here, coughed 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.
Only those who the lady thinks are worthy, she asks for people's names, either because of gratitude or because of recognition, but there are only a handful of people who have been asked by the lady to take the initiative to ask their names today.
Those who are asked by the lady to name those who are not slaves will be asked, but those who are slaves will encounter another possibility...
"Lady, lady." She knelt and spun around a few steps, looked inside and smiled, "I can't tell the difference no more... Besides, it's not good for the man's family to call it."
What does this mean? What can't be distinguished?
Steward Cao was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized something, oh, Banqin! It turns out that so much half celery came from this way!
He shuddered.
Cao Banqin...
"Lady, Niangzi's surname is Cao Dan, the family is noble, and everyone in the family calls me Cao Si." He said in one breath, "The name is not good, and the lady is smiling." β
Cheng Jianniang looked at him and smiled for a moment.
"Cao Gui." She said.
Steward Cao nodded hurriedly, and for the first time, he felt that his name was really good.
"You're doing a good job." Cheng Jianniang said.
Steward Cao couldn't help but smile, stretched out his hand and touched his head, as if he was back on an errand, and he was bubbling with joy when he heard the master's praise.
"Lady, what else do you say?" He asked.
"You said that the dowry left by my mother has always been in the hands of the Cheng family?" Cheng Jianniang asked.
Steward Cao's eyes lit up.
Trousseau!
He also thought that this little lady would make trouble and build a house, and let the Cheng family lose face was a lesson for them, so he gave it up.
What's the point of doing it with these subordinates, it doesn't hurt your muscles and bones.
He thought of what the woman had said.
Yes, what is that, the real nerves are waiting here! If you don't make a move, it's enough, and if you make a shot, it's seven inches, this is what that woman has always done!
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Two more 4,000 words, oh, love you. (To be continued......)