Chapter 39: Freemasonry
Although Zhang Sheng vowed to get ahead, he couldn't completely change the status quo for a while, so he could only go out alone to drink alcohol to eliminate the bitterness in his heart. I never thought that Zhang Sheng would even have a sullen drink and meet some people he didn't want to meet......
"Yo, isn't this the eldest aunt of the Liang family? How can a person drink sullen alcohol here? β
Standing in front of Zhang Sheng was a group of boys who walked birds and crickets on weekdays, Zhang Sheng didn't bother to pay attention to these gentlemen, but he didn't see them and drank by himself.
Zhang Sheng's attitude 'provoked' Xu Dashao, who took the initiative to greet Zhang Sheng, and asked him to unceremoniously knock on the table where Zhang Sheng was sitting with a fan, and picked on what Zhang Sheng didn't like to hear: "I heard that the aunt of the Liang family cooperated with others to do the incense 'medicine' business before, but he was deceived by someone and had nothing left, and I also heard that the capital of the business still borrowed Yinzi money...... Why, don't you have to think about paying it back? There is still leisure to drink in the restaurant. β
Xu Dashao's fox friend Lin Ershao listened to it and answered with a disdainful face: "What does he need to ''?" Our Aunt Liang has nothing to do just beg his mother-in-lawβββ as long as he begs his mother-in-law, the famous Second Lady Liang will come forward to settle things for him, he doesn't even have to move a finger! β
Lin Ershao's words provoked laughter from a group of sons, making Zhang Sheng feel embarrassed, and his hand holding the wine glass was clenched tightly: "Have you said enough?" Say enough and get out of here! β
"Yo, I can't see that Aunt Liang is still 'very' bloody and 'sexy', and even says the word 'roll'," Xu Ershao looked at Zhang Sheng condescendingly, and his tone was full of ridicule: "If you are so bloody 'sex', how can you have the face to reach out and take the silver given by your mother-in-law?" Do you really think of yourself as the Liang family's little daughter-in-law? β
Xu Ershao's insult finally made Zhang Sheng stand up unbearably, with a pair of red eyes and a fist to punch him in the face...... Zhang Sheng was outnumbered, and was soon beaten by Xu Ershao and his gang, and his nose and face were swollen.
Zhang Sheng curled up on the ground for a long time before slowly getting up, sat back in his place and poured himself a glass of wine expressionlessly.
As soon as Zhang Sheng returned to the big 'gate' of Liangfu, he saw his mother and sister standing outside the big 'gate', their faces were full of pleading, as if they were begging the people who watched the 'door' to let them in, but no matter how they pleaded, the little guy who watched the 'door' ignored them, not only did not let them in, but their attitude was very impatient.
Zhang Sheng, who was slightly drunk, rushed forward without saying a word, and kicked at the heart of the little guy: "The dog slave who fights people!" You're just a minion, and you dare to stop a serious relative of the master's family?! β
Zhang Sheng's mother, You Shi, lost such a big temper when she saw Zhang Sheng coming up, and hurriedly beckoned her 'daughter' Zhang Pei to come forward to stop him, and said angrily: "What are you doing here?" He just did what he was told, so why did you get angry with him? β
"Do as told?" After Zhang Sheng realized the meaning of this sentence, his face suddenly turned hideous, and he asked the little guy with a pair of eyes that seemed to be about to eat people: "Who asked you to stop my mother and sister from the big 'gate' and not let them in?" You make it clear to me! If you don't make it clear, I'll kick you to death today! β
It was also the first time for the little guy to see Zhang Sheng have such a big temper, and he couldn't help but tremble with fright: "Back to the eldest aunt, it was the second lady who ordered, she said that if you are not in the house, you don't have to let the in-laws enter the house, and no one has the leisure to greet them when they go in, so let the little one ......stop them."
The little girl's words made Zhang Sheng's eyes fire when he heard it, and without saying a word, he kicked the little guy again, and poured all his anger on him: "It's the second lady again!" Since she looks down on our Zhang family, why did she insist on recruiting me in the first place?! If she hadn't despised me everywhere, you villains wouldn't have dared to snub my mother and sister! It's all my uselessness, it's my uselessness! I'm going to tell the second lady that I'm not the 'son-in-law' of their Liang family, and I'm going to reconcile with Liang Yuanniang! β
"Don't talk this nonsense! How can marriage be regarded as child's play, and if you say that you are separated from each other? You Shi pulled Zhang Sheng to the corner, and persuaded him bitterly: "What is it that my mother and your sister are wronged?" As long as you can get ahead in the future and live a good life, your mother is willing to suffer any grievances. β
You Shi's words completely woke Zhang Sheng up like a basin of cold well water, making him kneel in front of You Shi regardless of the people on the street: "Mother, I swear that I will definitely get ahead in the future, so that our family can live a good life and never be despised again!" β
You Shi helped Zhang Sheng up with a look of relief: "It's good that you have this thought, forget it, my mother just wants to come to see you, and since I have already seen you, I won't go in to disturb my mother-in-law, let's go back." β
Zhang Sheng didn't want his mother to enter the Liang Mansion to be ridiculed by the second lady of Liang, so he did not oppose You's decision, and did not return to the Liang Mansion after personally sending her back to the Zhang Mansion, and went to the restaurant alone to buy drunk.
This time, Zhang Sheng unexpectedly met Young Master Liang, who was also suppressed by Mrs. Liang and had been depressed, and the two poor people who were both fallen people at the end of the world sat together and drank happily, until they were drunk before being sent back to the house by Young Master Liang's little servant......
Zhang Sheng and Young Master Liang accidentally got together and drank a drink, and they actually drank out of the friendship of sympathy, and the relationship between them grew by leaps and bounds, and after drinking together a few times, it became a 'friendship'!
After Young Master Liang learned of Zhang Sheng's experience and the distress in his heart, he persuaded Zhang Sheng to focus on reading first, and told Zhang Sheng that only the title of the gold list could make him raise his eyebrows and 'straighten' his waist and be a man!
Zhang Sheng listened to the words of Young Master Liang, and then temporarily put away his thoughts about doing business, forgot all kinds of unsatisfactory, and began to study hard with anger. After the relationship between the two gradually improved, the young master Liang, who had more status than Zhang Sheng in the Liang Mansion, often helped Zhang Sheng to relieve the siege, and Zhang Sheng often reminded the young master Liang to pay attention to beware of Mrs. Liang......
Not to mention how Zhang Sheng and Young Master Liang became Mo Zhi's 'friends', but said that the old Duchess Dingguo, who was far away in the capital, was about to celebrate her sixtieth birthday, and she deliberately sent the invitation to Thorn Prefecture thousands of miles away. Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Cen, who are 'friends' with the old Duchess of Dingguo, decided to go to Beijing together after receiving the post, one is to go back to the house in the capital for a while and visit relatives and friends who have not seen each other for many years, and the other is to congratulate old friends on their birthdays.
As soon as the two Mrs. Liang decided to go to Beijing, the Cen and Liang families were busy, and the Liang family could not let Mrs. Liang go to Beijing alone with an elder, so after the discussion of the four rooms, it was decided that Mrs. Liang, whose mother's family was in the capital, would accompany Mrs. Liang all the way, and Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Liang in the grandchildren ordered Liang Siniang and Liang Wuniang, the two youngest granddaughters, to accompany them.
It stands to reason that Mrs. Cen also traveled all the way, and it was most suitable to bring Gu Zheng with her, but because Gu Zheng and Liang Jingxian, the young couple, had only been married for a long time, Liang Jingxian couldn't leave Tingzhou, and the two old ladies didn't want their young couple to separate, so they didn't let Gu Zheng go on the road together.
Cen and Liang are both princesses, and they already have a house in the capital, and not only everything is complete in the house, but also there are guards to clean it, so the two old ladies don't have to bring too many things, everything is light and simple, and they only prepare a small half month and set off together, all the way to the capital.
As soon as Mrs. Liang was sent away, Mrs. Liang found an opportunity to find Gu Zheng, opened the door and asked Gu Zheng to cooperate with her directly: "Sanlang's daughter-in-law, I heard that you want to pull your eldest brother-in-law into the gang to do business?" Seeing Gu Zheng nodding, Second Mrs. Liang was overjoyed: "Your eldest brother-in-law has to focus on gaining fame, and he doesn't have the spare time to do business with you!" But don't be discouraged, I'm willing to cooperate with you on his behalf and contribute money to your sugar bureau branch. β
This is obviously a good thing for the second room to take advantage of, but as soon as it came out of the mouth of Second Mrs. Liang, it changed its taste, and it sounded like she was generously doing Gu Zheng a big favor! Gu Zheng didn't look down on the consistent style of the second room, especially the frequent suppression of Zhang Sheng by the second lady Liang's selfishness, and he didn't want to cooperate with someone like the second lady Liang, so he immediately found an excuse to shirk: "I just have such a thought, can this branch be opened or not, it's too early for the second aunt to talk to me now......
Second Mrs. Liang said disapprehantly: "How can it not be opened? As long as you have a way to refine white sugar, you can open as many branches as you want! It's not too early to say this, it's a big deal to invest in shares and money, and you have to discuss it carefully and think about it in the long run, and you can't be sloppy at all! β
Gu Zheng couldn't completely make Second Mrs. Liang die for a while, so he could only say vaguely: "I haven't thought about this matter yet, and I'll talk to the second aunt when I think about it...... I still have something to do, so I'll go first. β
Gu Zheng said that he didn't wait for Second Mrs. Liang to speak again and left quickly with a spoon, and only dared to slow down after leaving Second Mrs. Liang from afar, on the one hand, he felt that Second Mrs. Liang was 'selfish' and shameless, and on the other hand, he was worried that Second Mrs. Liang would take the opportunity to pester her, and after thinking about it, he decided to go to Liang Jingxian to discuss countermeasures.
Gu Zheng walked all the way to the inner study where Liang Jingxian practiced calligraphy on weekdays, and the maid who was guarding outside had just walked to the 'door', and before the maid who was guarding outside had time to report, Xiao Yurou's silver bell-like laughter came out of the study, which made Gu Zheng's footsteps stagnate, and finally turned around and left the study, without going in to disturb Liang Jingxian and Xiao Yurou alone.
When Spoon saw it, she couldn't help but feel unfair for Gu Zheng: "Sanshao's 'milk' and 'milk', why don't you go in?" β
"I don't want to bother them." There was a loss in Gu Zheng's tone that she didn't even notice.
Spoon didn't understand the distress in Gu Zheng's heart, and she didn't know that there was a "gentleman's agreement" between Gu Zheng and Liang Jingxian, so she only expressed her disgust for Xiao Yurou indignantly: "Do you just let that fox seduce the third young master?" You can also hear how charming she was smiling just now, and when you hear it, you know that she is laughing like that on purpose, it is really disgusting! Maybe she'll do something else shameless......"
**There will be two more today, and it will be presented later**
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