Chapter 42: Midnight Zhen'er
In the past, Tang Ning didn't need to spend money, at most he bought a few buns when he went out and gave them to those beggars.
If you ask someone to do something, you have to get some reward.
How much can a few buns be worth, and he likes the pocket money given to him two months ago, and he hasn't spent it until now.
But that's no longer the case.
For the sake of affection, he couldn't leave the Zhong Mansion for the time being.
But he can't ignore Xiaoru, she lives in Sujia Village, and she has to be delayed for a long time back and forth, and Tang Ning can't take care of her all the time.
The best way is to buy a house for her in the state city, as close to the Zhong Mansion as possible.
This method has the best of both worlds, and the only problem is that Downing has no money.
Not to mention a house, he just can't even afford the door of the house.
He can't afford it, someone can.
The Tang family is the richest man in Lingzhou, and the silver leaking from the fingers of the eldest lady of the Tang family is enough for him to buy a house.
Tang Yaoyao looked at him and asked, "Are you short of silver?" ”
"No." Tang Ning nodded, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, compared to Tang Fairy, no one is short of silver.
From the bottom of his heart, he would rather borrow the money from Tang Yaoyao than trouble his father-in-law to buy the money for the house.
Tang Xiaoyao sniffed and asked, "How much?" Is 10,000 taels enough? It's not enough for me to ask my dad again. ”
It's not for nothing that Tang Ning likes Tang Xiaoyao.
And it's not just because of her long legs.
Refreshing, crisp, spending a lot of money, long legs, such a woman, which man doesn't like it?
Tang Ning really doesn't know much about the housing prices in Yongan County, but it definitely doesn't cost 10,000 taels, and it's not a big mansion, 1,000 taels is enough to get it all.
Tang Ning thought for a moment and said, "Let's borrow a thousand taels first." ”
Tang Yaoyao took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve, handed him them casually, and said: "I don't know how many of these there are, but there must be a thousand taels, you take them first, and then look for me when it's not enough, you don't have to pay it back." ”
Although Tang Yaoyao did not lack these thousands of eight hundred taels of silver, Tang Ning has always been principled in doing things.
To borrow is to borrow, and the borrowed silver must be repaid, of course.
"That's one thousand eight hundred taels." He counted the silver tickets in his hand, counted eight of them, handed them to her, and said, "I will borrow one thousand taels first, and within a year, I will return it to you with interest." ”
Tang Yaoyao shook his head and said, "I said I don't have to pay it back." ”
Tang Ning ignored her, his room was occupied, he went to the favorite study to write an IOU, pressed his thumb print on it, walked out and handed it to her, and said, "You have taken the IOU." ”
Tang Yaoyao was about to speak, and when he saw the serious expression on his face, he was stunned, then reached out to take the IOU and put it away.
Tang Ning looked at her and said, "You cried just now because I couldn't take the state exam?" ”
Tang Yaoyao quickly wiped his eyes and asked, "Who is crying?" ”
Tang Ning pointed at her and said, "Your tears are still on your face." ”
Tang Xiaoxiao wiped his face indiscriminately and said angrily: "I didn't!" ”
Tang Ning looked at her and said helplessly: "I didn't wipe it off." ”
"I said, I didn't!" Tang Yaoyao stomped his foot violently, and a blue brick on the ground shattered into several pieces.
"That, I have something to do with Peng Chen...... Tang Ning turned around and walked outside.
The process of buying a house is not familiar to Tang Ning, and he has not been exposed to the title deed and the like.
The father-in-law asked Peng Chen to follow him, in addition to being a bodyguard, he also worked as a part-time assistant.
Peng Chen has few words, except for the suspicion of having special habits, he is a good follower.
Talking less will not bother him, do things neatly, when you don't need him, he will definitely not appear in front of you, when you need him, you can see him as soon as you turn around, such an assistant is not easy to find, and when he earns money in the future, he must give him a salary increase.
By the time Peng Chen finished please, it was already dark.
Tang Ning returned to the room, sat at the table and thought about something, I don't know how long it took, and felt a little hungry.
He was now habitually hungry at night.
Just as I was about to go to the kitchen to sweep and sweep, there was a knock on the door.
Qing'er stood outside the door with a tray with two side dishes and a bowl of white porridge on it.
Zhong Yi said that it is best to eat light things at night, and two dishes and one porridge have become his standard for supper.
Qing'er placed the tray on his table, and Tang Ning looked at her and asked, "You did this?" ”
Qing'er shook her head and said, "This is what Miss did." ”
"What about ...... her?"
Qing'er said: "Miss said that she was a little tired, so she went back to the room first." ”
Tang Ning sat down at the table, and Qing'er suddenly asked, "Uncle, I have a question." ”
"Just ask."
Tang Ning tasted the porridge, and it was still a familiar taste.
"I think my uncle is so powerful...... Qing'er looked at him and wondered: "But they all said that my uncle can't do it, why can't my uncle?" ”
Tang Ning almost squirted out the second mouthful of porridge, gritted his teeth and said, "Them? Who are they? ”
"It's everyone...... Qing'er looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "Uncle, what are you not good at?" ”
As the culprit of this matter, she actually asked herself this question.
Three watches in the middle of the night, lonely men and widows, if it weren't for the news that the Zhong family's aunt and beast were not human, and she used force on the maid in the middle of the night, her ass would have been swollen.
Tang Ning took a bite of food and drank another sip of porridge before looking at her and said with a smile: "Anyway, it's okay to be idle now, I'll tell you a story......
"Okay, good, good......"
Qing'er no longer bothered about whether he could do it or not, and hurriedly sat down opposite him, showing a look of anticipation.
Tang Ning put down his chopsticks, lowered his voice and said, "Once upon a time, in a big family, there was a little maid named Zhen'er......"
Qing'er held her face in her hands and listened intently.
According to the story that my uncle told before, will this little maid named Zhen'er be favored by the talented man and end up with the prince or the prince?
Tang Ning's voice fluttered, "Zhen'er was born very beautiful, and the young lady of this big family was very jealous of her, so one day she took advantage of the night to cut her face with a hairpin, pushed her into a dry well and fell to her death......"
Qing'er sat up straight, her face was a little pale, and she no longer held her face with her hands.
"After Zhen'er died, she was resentful and turned into a ghost, she died because she was beautiful, so she hated those beautiful women very much, every night, at midnight, she would climb out of the mirror, climb on the bed of those beautiful women, and cut their faces with hairpins......"
Tang Ning finished eating his supper and finished telling the story of "Midnight Zhen'er", looked at Qing'er, and said, "Okay, it's late, the story is finished, go back quickly." ”
Qing'er stood up, opened the door, looked at the dark night, looked back at Tang Ning, and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle, I, I don't dare to ......"
Tang Ning smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll send you back......"
……
Favorite room.
She made the bed, looked back at Tang Yaoyao, and asked, "Why did you suddenly want to sleep with me today?" ”
The two have been good sisters since they were children, and they often sleep together at night, but when they both grow up, they sleep in the same bed a lot less.
Tang Yaoyao put his hands behind his head, lay on the bed, and said, "I can't sleep, I want to talk to you." ”
She turned sideways, looked at Zhongyi, and said, "Because of me, he can't take the state exam, and I ruined his future......"
"This thing is in the past." Zhong Yi held her hand and said, "He didn't blame you, and he often asked me to tell you, don't blame yourself for this incident." ”
"Then do you blame me?" Tang Yaoyao looked at her and asked, "If it weren't for my recklessness, I wouldn't have hit him, and I wouldn't have Miss Su today, and you wouldn't have ......."
"How could I blame you?" Zhong Yi looked at her, shook his head and said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have Zhong anymore......"
Tang Yaoyao's mood was a little better, he looked at her again, and suddenly asked, "Xiaoyi, do you regret it?" ”
Zhong Yi looked at her and asked, "What do you regret?" ”
"When my aunt mentioned the two of you in the chapel that day, if you hadn't hidden, wouldn't it be different now?"
Zhong Yi was silent for a long time before he chuckled and said, "It's all over......"
When both of them fell silent, there was a knock on the door.
Zhongyi got out of bed to open the door, and saw Qing'er standing outside the door with the quilt.
She looked at Zhong Yi and asked pitifully, "Miss, can I sleep with you tonight?" ”