Mother Zhou laughed dryly twice, wanting to say something to ease the atmosphere, but Mrs. Xia opened it first.

"Mrs. Zhou, this is my wife's gift to Zhou Gongzi, thank him for his help in the past few days, my wife is inconvenient to come to the door, so I sent it."

"In addition, Mrs. also asked me to tell Zhou Gongzi that she is newly widowed, although the two families had some friendship in the past, but please understand Zhou Gongzi's identity, my master has passed away, and my wife is a woman who is inconvenient to interact with Zhou Gongzi again, which may cause criticism. Zhou Gongzi does not have to come to the door to help in the future, his wife has a few of us slaves and maids to serve, and there are some difficulties in life. ”

Mrs. Xia used to serve beside the old lady of the official family, although she was not the most useful person, but if she really wanted to put on a posture, it was not something that a country woman had ever seen.

Mother Zhou only felt that Mrs. Xia's momentum was more terrifying than that of Li Zhengdu, and the words she said were like a big mouth, which made her face red.

She thought that her son would suffer a loss for working for nothing, and she was worried that Zhou Shuisheng would be criticized for getting close to a widow, but she didn't expect people to send a thank you gift in the blink of an eye, and she also made it clear that Zhou Shuisheng should not go to other Su Qinniang in the future, and Su Qinniang was even more afraid of gossiping.

Mrs. Xia is also a cool person, and when she finishes speaking, she doesn't stay long, she turns her face and leaves.

The mother and son of the Zhou family stood at the door and the other in the courtyard, extremely embarrassed.

After a while, Zhou's mother came back to her senses, and looking at the basket of things, she was as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly. Turning his head to Zhou Shuisheng and complaining: "See, you rushed to help others, but did they get your affection?" People are rich now, and there are three people alone, do you need to help? Stay away from her in the future! A young man running all day to a widow's house, like something! ”

Zhou Shuisheng clenched his fists and returned to the house without saying a word.

Mrs. Xia was not angry in her heart, what kind of thing was Mother Zhou! Take the work of the past few days, her wife has never asked anyone to help, and her wife is very measured in this regard, even if Zhou Shuisheng went to help in the past few days, his wife has not said anything to him.

Why did my wife ask her to come over to deliver something, didn't she just want to avoid suspicion?

Zhou's mother doesn't dislike her son, and she is afraid that her wife will let Zhou Shuisheng gain a reputation, and she is really good at being amorous. With the appearance and style of her wife, Zhou Shuisheng may not even be qualified to be a little servant for her wife!

Mrs. Xia held her breath and returned to Zhao Xiuzhi's house.

Su Qin and Zhao Xiuzhi were cooking in the kitchen, Su Qin was not good at cooking, but it was barely okay to burn the fire.

Mrs. Xia took it upon herself to tell Zhou's mother about the call, so she naturally wanted to tell Su Qin, so she invited her outside and whispered about the Zhou family.

"Madam, the old slave listened to what Mrs. Zhou said too much, so he scratched a few words, and if the old slave did something wrong, he asked his wife to punish him."

Mrs. Xia is speaking for herself, and she is also maintaining her reputation, how could Su Qin punish her, "You did a good job, you go back first." ”

Zhao Xiuzhi's family conditions are not good, and the food is expensive at the moment, so Su Qin naturally will not let Mrs. Xia stay.

When she returned to the kitchen, Zhao Xiuzhi also asked, "What about Mother Xia, why did you let her go back?" ”

Su Qin snorted, "There is something at home that she needs to do, so let her go back." ”

Zhao Xiuzhi knew that Su Qin was saving food for her, so she didn't say much. Some are good, you don't have to talk about it, you just know it in your heart.

After lunch, Su Qin and Zhao Xiuzhi took their children to sit in the shade of the courtyard and talk, discussing the matter of going to the school in two days, I don't know who shouted on the road outside: "Zhao Yanping owes money for gambling in the county, and the gambling house has sent someone to collect the debt!" ”

This voice was like a thunderclap on the ground, and it exploded Xiaohe Village.

Everyone ran out to see the excitement, after all, it is not common for people in gambling houses to come to collect debts.

Zhao Xiuzhi was also very curious, and said to Su Qin: "Qin Niang, why don't we go and take a look?" ”

There was nothing to do, Su Qin got up and went out with Zhao Xiuzhi, but the child didn't bring it, after all, no one can say how much trouble it will be for a while, in case of blood, the child will be scared again, so several children stayed at Zhao Xiuzhi's house.

Speaking of which, Su Qin had been curious before, Cheng Yanping asked the gambling house to borrow three hundred taels of silver, and he said that he would come to collect the debt in three days, but it took more than ten days for the people to come to the shop, and the efficiency was too low.

Thinking of Cheng Yanping, Su Qin couldn't help but ask, "It seems that I haven't seen Cheng Yanping these days?" ”

Zhao Xiuzhi thought about it, and it seemed to be really, "It won't be that you ran out to hide debts, right?" ”

Cheng's house is not far away, and it only takes a short time to walk over. When Su Qin and the others arrived, a large group of people had already gathered outside the courtyard of the Cheng family.

Zhao Xiuzhi pulled Su Qin straight into the crowd, and it took a little effort to squeeze in.

I saw that the gate of the Cheng family was pushed to the ground, and more than a dozen strong men surrounded the Cheng family in the middle.

Old man Cheng was so frightened that he trembled, and several women were even more frightened like chicks, and they didn't dare to raise their heads, for fear that they would be taken by these fierce gods and evil, and then they would be taken away to pay off their debts.

The person who came to ask for the debt was called Cui Hu, this person had a big scar on his face, from the tail of the left eye to the right mouth, the whole face seemed to have been split in half, with a fierce expression, which was particularly hideous and scary.

Li's son Cheng Dabao was so frightened that he didn't dare to cry, he trembled for a long time, and finally peed his pants in fright. But he wasn't very old, so he didn't laugh at him.

Cui Hu took out the IOU written by Cheng Yanping and showed it, "Do you see it clearly?" Cheng Yanping's IOU, white, black, and red handprints, should have been paid off in three days, but our shopkeeper was kind and gave you a few more days of grace. If you don't pay back the money today, don't blame us for being polite! ”

Old man Cheng cried and said: "This Cui Ye, we don't know about the rebel son gambling money and debts outside." And he hasn't been back in days, and we're looking for him everywhere. ”

In the past few days, he has really been looking for Cheng Yanping everywhere, but Cheng Yanping seems to have evaporated from the world, and he is stunned that he has not seen anyone.

Su Qin glanced at Li and saw that although she was afraid, she was not surprised that someone came to collect debts.

The Li family does know, and she also knows Cheng Yanping's whereabouts, but she definitely won't say it. Regarding Cheng Yanping's loss of so much silver outside, when she first found out, she felt like the sky had fallen. But what could she do? Cheng Yanping is her man, she can't ignore it.

So the two discussed it, and finally decided to let Cheng Yanping hide out first.