Chapter 30: Poor Master
After entering the left courtyard, Aunt Mei handed over the list: "Yoyo, come and see, the dowry list that Mrs. gave you." ”
Who doesn t like money, not to mention that this is the basis for eating by himself in the future, Tan Youyou immediately rushed over to take the dowry list, and looked beautiful.
Although the scumbag father and the Zhou family can operate, they can't stand the fact that the family has a lot of people and a thin foundation, and their income is limited.
She glanced at ten lines, turned to the back, and saw at first glance that there was a shop in the capital, and was shocked at first: "Why is there this?" ”
The scumbag father is not from the capital, he was born in a poor family, but the Zhou family's mother's family is from the capital, so this is obviously the Zhou family's dowry industry.
Aunt Mei was also taken aback, pondered for a moment, and looked up at Tan Youyou: "Youyou, Aunt has something to discuss with you." This shop ......"
"We can't ask for it! Right? Tan Youyou knew what Aunt Mei wanted to say, so she preemptively said: "This should be the dowry of the third sister." ”
Aunt Mei said, "Yes, Mrs. compensates you." But we can't take it with peace of mind. ”
If the other party is vicious and shameless, if you don't give it, you have to think of something, but the other party is reasonable and generous, which is not easy to take.
What's more, Aunt Mei is also worried that taking this dowry will cause trouble for Tan Youyou, in the final analysis, she will have to rely on her mother's support in the future, and the children of the Zhou family will not feel comfortable as long as they think of that shop.
Tan Youyou thought so.
The next day, the mother and daughter went to the main courtyard, Zhou was entertaining guests in the house, Aunt Mei was about to leave, Mrs. Zhang walked out with a smile and said, "Mrs. invites my aunt in." ”
didn't call Tan Youyou, so she said goodbye with a smile: "Then I'll go back first." ”
Aunt Mei entered the house, only to see two official media sitting there, chatting happily with the Zhou family, it turned out that Tan Ruyi was looking for her in-laws to have eyebrows, and asked her to consult together.
This is also a happy event, Aunt Mei stood behind Zhou with a smile and listened to the matchmaker.
Tan walked slowly and slowly with the steps that no ant can tread, and walked along the shade of the tree to the left across the courtyard to avoid the sun, walking and walking, and someone not far away screamed: "Ah! Snake! ”
Snake? Tan Youyou is strange, where did the good snake come from?
She stopped and poked her head forward, only to see Tan Ruhui and Tan Ruyu standing in front of the moon gate, looking at her with a frightened face, among which Tan Ruyu's hand was still pointing at her, trembling.
??? Tan Youyou's head was full of question marks, and he twisted his head to look back at their gaze.
"Ahh As Willow Branch screamed hysterically, her pupils narrowed rapidly, and her whole body froze.
A turquoise snake fell from a branch above her head, its triangular head less than five centimeters away from her.
The blood-red snake eyes stared at her coldly, and her neck was held stiffly, in a posture ready to attack.
It's a highly poisonous bamboo leaf green!
The blood in Tan Youyou's whole body was cold, and for a moment, she couldn't move, breathe, or think, she just stood there in a daze, staring at the snake, and standing still.
"Run! Fifth sister, get out of the way! Tan Ruyu screamed, her voice hoarse and unpleasant.
Willow came back to her senses and waved her arms wildly to catch the snake.
At this moment, the upside-down snake launched a lightning-like attack, hitting the tip of Tan Youyou's upright nose!
"Ahh The girls screamed in one piece, the sound shook the sky, Tan Ruyu couldn't bear to look closely, and covered her eyes with her hands.
"Smack!" With a sound, Tan Youyou must have fallen down after being bitten by a snake! Tan Ruyu covered her eyes and shouted: "Fifth sister! Fifth sister! Come on! Help me! ”
"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! After a few more sounds, Tan Ruyu cried: "Fifth sister, fifth sister!" ”
"Stop howling!" Tan Ruhui tugged at her sleeve in a hoarse voice, "Look! ”
Tan Ruyu cried: "I don't dare to look at it!" ”
"Bang bang!" The strange sound kept ringing and getting louder and louder, like the sound of something being slammed into the ground.
"Miss Six, don't be afraid, it's okay!" The servant woman who rushed over when she heard the sound persuaded Tan Ruyu, her voice was also very strange, depressed and hoarse, as if she had seen something terrible.
Tan Ruyu let go of her blindfolded palm and looked over with teary eyes.
I saw Tan Youyou, who "should have been bitten by a poisonous snake and fell to the ground", standing there well, carrying something in his hand, and falling to the ground hard, it was the kind of fall back and forth, up and down, left and right, and the action was fast and ruthless.
Every time she fell, the thing made a green arc in the air, and then it made a "pop" sound.
This is?
Tan Ruyu couldn't understand it.
"It's the poisonous snake just now." Tan Ruhui swallowed her saliva, her face pale.
Tan Ruyu looked up at the branches, and the turquoise snake was gone.
She rolled her eyes blankly, and finally saw clearly what Tan Youyou was holding in her hand and slamming back and forth, left and right.
It's the poisonous snake that hurts.
Somehow it fell into Tan Youyou's hands, she grabbed her tail and beat it millions of times, and it fell miserably.
Tan Yoyo finally stopped, threw the snake on the ground, and gasped sharply half-bent over.
The poor snake, lying limply on the ground, motionless, evidently had been broken all over his spine.
Tan Ruyu's red mouth slowly opened wide, and she looked at Tan Youyou stupidly, unable to say a word.
What had just happened was beyond her comprehension.
Tan Ruhui gasped sharply and rushed towards Tan Youyou: "Fifth sister, are you okay?" Did it hurt anywhere? ”
"Yes." Tan Youyou's dark eyes turned to her, and tears came out of her eyes: "I, I'm so scared...... Wow! ”
The sound shook the sky, and countless perched birds were frightened and flew up.
Tan Ruhui stiffly hugged the crying Tan Youyou, and she wiped all her tears and snot on her newly made autumn clothes.
A small guy walked over, boldly used a stick to flick the dead snake on the ground, and then looked at Tan Youyou with complicated eyes.
Tan Youyou didn't pay attention, just wrapped around Tan Ruhui tightly like an octopus, and couldn't wait for the whole person to hang on Tan Ruhui.
It's horrible, woo...... Cold mollusk...... She grabbed it and beat it for so long!
I've heard that snakes have a lot of parasites! I wonder if her hands will be stained with that horrible thing!
Tan Youyou put his hand on Tan Ruhui's new clothes and wiped it vigorously.
Tan Ruhui used to care most about what she was wearing, especially the new clothes that could not be touched, but today it is rare to be silent, and Tan Youyou is ruined.
"What's going on?" Zhou, Aunt Mei, Tan Tongzhi and others hurried over, and when they saw this, their scalps were numb, and they asked one after another, "Did you hurt anyone?" Has anyone been bitten? ”
Everyone didn't speak, and they all looked at Tan Youyou, who was still wiping her tears.
Aunt Mei's legs were weak, and she knelt on the ground with a "bang", her upper teeth knocked her lower teeth, and she was reluctant to make a tune: "You...... Leisurely ......"
Tan Youyou finally gave up the scourge of Tan Ruhui, ran to Aunt Mei's side, methodically grabbed Aunt Mei's two arms and put them on herself, and then leaned on her arms and howled vigorously with her mouth open, her appearance was ugly and miserable.
"The snake was smashed into meat sauce." The little girl looked at the fifth lady who was crying bitterly, swallowed her saliva, and whispered to Tan Tongzhi and Zhou.
Tan Tongzhi knew that he had seen the world in the end, and calmly stepped forward to pick up the poisonous snake with a stick and put it in front of him to take a closer look.
"I'm going to make it into snake soup! How dare you bite me! Tan Youyou was tired of crying, and she lay in Aunt Mei's arms and pouted her mouth.
"Ahem...... Tan Tongzhi coughed hard, trying to cover up his daughter's fierceness and horror: "This child is frightened, babbling, babbling, put this thing away, don't make a noise!" ”
Autumn City is cool, and snakes are even more rare in the city, this highly venomous snake appears in their backyard inexplicably, obviously caused by someone.
The case needs to be investigated, and the reputation of the girl is also required.
The girl who catches the poisonous snake alive, smashes the poisonous snake into meat sauce, and makes it into snake soup, I am afraid that no one will dare to marry, Pei Rong's rigid and more serious temperament is even more unacceptable......
Ouch...... Tan Tongzhi was glad that his daughter escaped death, but at the same time, he was worried about his toothache.
When the hustle and bustle was over, it was dark.
The family didn't eat dinner, and they all sat in the main room and listened to Tan Tongzhi's subordinates.
Tan Tongzhi had a set of trial cases, first closed the door of the house, locked all the servants in the house, and then detained the subordinates on duty that day one by one, and investigated them separately.
Whoever went in and out on that day, what they did, and who the witnesses were, must be recorded.
After interrogating the next person, several aunts and children were interrogated, especially Tan Ruyu and Tan Ruhui, who were the first to discover the poisonous snake, were asked the most.
Tan Ruyu was timid, and the words back and forth were those words: "The fourth sister said that there was an official media who came to the door, and asked me to accompany her to inquire, and when I walked to the moon gate, I just saw the snake ......"
Tan Ruhui lowered her eyelids, grabbed the handkerchief tightly, and vaguely said: "I'm just curious, I didn't want to do anything, I just saw a snake when I walked there......"
"Ruhui." Tan Tongzhi stared at her tightly and said gently: "I heard that you don't seem to be very afraid of snakes, and among the people present, you are the calmest." ”
Tan Ruhui was startled and shook her hand vigorously: "No, no, Dad, my daughter is afraid, my daughter is so scared that she can't speak." ”
Tan Ruyu said "Huh" and said: "The fourth sister is really not very afraid, she was the first to see the snake, the fifth sister is going to be bitten by the snake, I don't dare to look at it, and she has always seen the tail ......"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Aunt Qian suddenly jumped out and pointed at Tan Ruyu and scolded: "Sixth Miss, don't you know that talking nonsense will kill people?" ”
Tan Ruyu bit her lip and said silently, but Aunt Cui said unhurriedly; "I don't understand Sister Qian's words, Miss Six just said the facts she saw, why did she kill someone? What are you doing in such a hurry? ”
"Fart! Who's in a hurry? Aunt Qian crossed her waist and was angry: "What do you two mean?" Could it be that you step on Miss Four, the benefit is yours? ”
"Auntie!" Tan Ruhui's eyes were red and she shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”
Aunt Qian snorted angrily, and her eyes were red: "Why am I talking nonsense?" The good is someone else's, and the bad is ours, so why am I so miserable? ”
"That's it! Shut up! Tan Tongzhi roared like thunder, looked at several concubines coldly, and said slowly: "Now the master is going to investigate the case, find out who wants to harm people!" It's good that the bad guys didn't find out, so they bit it themselves? ”
Aunt Qian wasn't very afraid of him, and cried even more: "Master, it's obvious that they want to harm me and Miss Four!" You chased Miss Fourth and asked this kind of thing, don't you doubt us? ”
Tan Tongzhi wanted to scold Aunt Qian, but Aunt Qian grabbed his sleeve and cried in a delicate voice: "Have you forgotten how the master told the slave family in the first place?" Is it because the slave family is old, so why do you want to be biased like this? ”
"Poof......" I don't know who couldn't help laughing, Tan Tongzhi's old face turned red, he shook off Aunt Qian's hand vigorously, and said with a cold face: "Take Aunt Qian, Fourth Miss, Aunt Cui, and Sixth Miss all down and detain them separately!" ”
"Why? Master? What did we do wrong? ”
"Don't! Master! We didn't do anything! ”
"Daddy, Daddy, spare your life......"
Several women cried together, and then the boys born to the two aunts also cried and begged for mercy, like thousands of ducks making noise, making people upset and dizzy.
Tan Tongzhi was hugged by them, pulled his sleeves, crying and making trouble, and was very big and helpless, so he had to look at Zhou for help.
Zhou sat on the chair, holding a fan in his hand, watching this scene calmly, turning around and whispering to Aunt Mei and Tan Youyou from time to time, as if he had nothing to do with himself.
"Huh!" With a sound, Tan Tongzhi's sleeve was torn by Aunt Qian, and he finally couldn't help it, crying and begging for mercy with a sad face: "Mrs! You're good, but you're in charge! ”
Zhou coughed lightly, sat upright, and said: "Okay, Aunt Qian, Aunt Cui, this matter today is not about anyone to harm or deliberately target anyone, as long as you have nothing to do with this matter, I will definitely not be involved with you."
What if you can't find the bad guys and put a poisonous snake in your house another day and bite the children? Don't worry, before this matter is clarified, several boys will be entrusted to me to take care of them, and they will not hurt at all. ”
A miracle appeared, Aunt Qian and Aunt Cui both let go of Tan Tongzhi, and Pear Blossom cried with rain: "Yes, it's all up to my wife." ”
Zhou waved his hand, and the two aunts wiped their tears with Tan Ruhui and Tan Ruyu, and followed the subordinates back to the room and confinement.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly fell into a strange awkwardness.
The old man's words don't count, and the wife's words count, I really don't know who is the head of the family.
However, Tan Tongzhi did not let this embarrassment last too long, he quickly cheered up, tidied up his robe by himself, stroked his beard and said humanly: "Mrs. is really a virtuous helper, don't worry about handing over the home to your master!" ”
Speaking of this, he deliberately stopped, glanced at Zhou and Aunt Mei affectionately, and then looked at Tan Youyou lovingly: "Don't be afraid, I will definitely arrest the bad guys!" Dare to assassinate my Tan's family, he doesn't want to die! Hum! Okay, now the master continues to judge! ”
When Tan Tongzhi walked out of the room in high spirits, Zhou and Aunt Mei glanced at each other, and lowered their heads respectively, their expressions were indescribable.
Tan Youyou was breathtaking, except for worship or worship, sure enough, all existence is reasonable.
Tan Tongzhi was also dutiful, he didn't eat, and he checked until the third watch in the middle of the night.
Tan Youyou waited at first, but then he was too sleepy, so he fell asleep on Zhou's couch.
When I woke up, it was already dawn, and the voices of Zhou and Aunt Mei came from outside, low, and she couldn't hear what they said clearly.
She was about to get up, the door curtain was lifted, Tan Ruyi walked in lightly, and the two of them suddenly looked at each other, both of them were a little embarrassed.
"The third sister is here!" Tan Youyou was the first to break the silence, smiling as always.
Tan Ruyi said cautiously: "I'll come to see you, are you better?" Not mad at me? ”
"I'm just a little frightened, nothing else." Tan Youyou said: "I was still angry, but you broke my heart." But thinking that since you have decided to marry Pei Rong, you will also be punished and know that you are wrong, so you don't have to fight with you anymore. It's better to make you feel guilty than to peck you to death like a cockfight. ”
A layer of crimson appeared on Tan Ruyi's face, and she lowered her skirt and whispered, "Why?" ”
Tan Youyou said bluntly: "If you feel guilty, I can ask you for benefits." If I am an enemy with you, I will not get any benefits, and I will suffer even more! ”
A layer of tears appeared in Tan Ruyi's eyes, and he grinned: "I heard my wife say, you don't want the shops in the capital to be dowry, if you want to return it, take it, that is the compensation for you." My wife said it was to teach me a lesson. ”
Tan Youyou shook his head: "I don't want it!" A shop wants to send me away? Don't do it! ”
She doesn't want some people to see the shop in the future and feel that they will poke her eyes and make trouble for her again, so she resolutely doesn't.
"So what do you want? I have nothing, very poor! Tan Ruyi was irritable again, the door "banged", Tan Zhijin, the young master of Tan, ran in, and said excitedly: "The bad guy who released the snake has been caught!" ”