Chapter 009 returns to the capital

"Back to the eldest young grandmother, the slave maid inquired, the cook surnamed Qin was a festival woman taken in by Zhao Ershao's grandmother three months ago." A housekeeper who was waiting beside Zhao Chuniang stood aside with her head down, and whispered the news she had heard, "I heard from the people in the villa that the Qin family is indeed a cook, and because she is good at making soup, she was left behind by Mama Zhao. In addition, it is also a fact that she went to the capital, according to the Qin family, she is looking for her husband who went to Beijing to take the exam. ”

"Oh? Have you ever heard that there are a few very capable women around the second young grandmother, preferably someone who can weave and spin yarn? ”

Zhao Chuniang took two sips of tea, put the teacup on the small table at hand, took out a handkerchief and dipped the corner of her mouth, and asked.

"Back to the eldest young grandmother, the slave maid has searched around, and in Qingquan Villa, there are no people you are talking about," the mother-in-law paused, as if thinking of something, "Oh, by the way, when I went to help in the kitchen a few days ago, I heard the girl who prepared side dishes for Zhao Ershao's grandmother mentioned it, saying that Aunt Wu on the Zhuangzi next door is really skillful, and the cotton cloth is fine and soft, softer than silk, and I don't know how people spin it, how to ...... Grandma, what did you say, is that Aunt Wu the person you are looking for? ”

Aunt Wu? Spun cotton?

Zhao Chuniang thought for a long time with half-squinted eyes, and some fragments vaguely appeared in her mind, she pondered for a moment and said, "Well, I know, you go down"

As he spoke, he waved his hand lightly and asked the girl next to him to send the mother-in-law out.

"Eldest Miss, if the second young master wants to get those technicians, why don't you just ask the second young grandmother for it, why bother beating around the bush like this?"

Mingzhu is the girl who married Zhao Chuniang's mother's family, and in private, she has always called Zhao Chuniang by the title of the Zhao family. She saw that her eldest lady was working so hard to help the second young master find out the news, so she asked with some puzzlement.

"You don't understand" Zhao Chuniang shook her head, at first when she didn't come to Qingquan Villa, she really didn't pay much attention to Wang Qifang, thinking that her mother asked her to participate in the full moon ceremony, but it was just for the Li family to see.

However, when she really met Wang Qifang, she found that since then, her cowardly brother and daughter-in-law seemed to have been reborn, and the whole person changed from the inside out.

Not only has his actions and words changed, but even his personality and temper have changed like a different person. If it weren't for Mama Zhao's constant companionship, she even suspected that the current Wang Qifang was a Xibei goods that had been transferred.

"The current Wang Qiniang is not the soft character who had her husband in charge of everything, but a powerful woman with scheming and scheming." Zhao Chuniang remembered Wang Qifang's various performances on the day of the full moon wine, and sighed faintly, "It is estimated that Erlang also noticed that Qi Niang was wrong, so he asked me for help in a roundabout way."

In addition, how did Wang Qiniang come to Zhuangzi, I don't say that you have also heard rumors in Beijing. If you want you to say, if it were you, who was ruthlessly kicked out of the house by your husband's family and became an abandoned woman, can you not resent your husband's family in your heart? Don't blame your husband? ”

"Are you saying that the second young grandmother already has a problem with our Zhao family in her heart? Therefore, even if the second young master begged for it personally, she might not hand it over to the second young master? Mingzhu listened to Zhao Chuniang's words, frowned and thought about it, and then said disapprehantly, "That's not right, the children of the second young grandmother are the blood and blood of our Zhao family, even if she hates the Zhao family, for the sake of the child, she will not openly disobey the second young master." ”

"That being said, it can't stand the world's leisurely mouth," Zhao Chuniang didn't think about this possibility, but as a woman, especially as a woman with children, she can understand Wang Qifang's behavior very well, "After all, the cotton cloth business is a business purchased by people with 'dowry', just to earn some fat and silver, as a husband, how can he have the face to seek his wife's private property?" ”

"If Erlang really forcibly wants to come to those technicians, or forcibly buys Wang Qifang's cotton plantation, you see, in no more than three days, rumors about 'the Zhao family's downfall and forcibly taking the dowry of their daughter-in-law and children' will fly all over the sky. At that time, the Zhao family will really have no face. ”

"Also, don't forget, Wang Qifang is not as good as before. In the past, the Wang family treated Wang Qifang like 'spilled water', and didn't care at all, even if our Zhao family had any strong moves, without the help of her mother's family, Wang Qifang didn't dare to make any noise. But now it's different, there are two in-laws behind the family. The last time a 'spoiled concubine and wife killing' had already made the Li family seize the handle and run to the Zhao family to get a theory; if we 'seek a dowry' again, I don't know how the Li family will practice us."

"Oh, I see." Mingzhu nodded suddenly, she lowered her voice and said, "However, seeing that the second young grandmother is about to leave, we don't have any eyebrows about the mechanic." Look, did I go to the family for help? ”

"No," Zhao Chuniang waved her hand, "Didn't Mrs. Wang say just now, there is a Aunt Wu living next door." Mingzhu, listen to me......"

Zhao Chuniang beckoned Mingzhu to come closer, she put her hand in Mingzhu's ear and commanded in a low voice.

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"Second young grandmother, concubine, thank you for your great kindness"

Qin took a five or six-year-old girl and saluted Wang Qifang respectfully.

"Sister-in-law Qin doesn't have to be polite" Wang Qifang saw that the Qin family was going to make a big salute, and hurriedly asked Mama Zhao to hold the person, she looked at Qin's face that was slightly old due to hard work, and said with a little worry: "Sister-in-law Qin, tomorrow we are going to leave for the capital, but I still want to ask you again, do you really want to go to Beijing with me to find relatives?" ”

Raising her eyes and seeing Qin's puzzled look, she hurriedly added, "I don't regret agreeing to take you there, it's just ...... The capital is so big, your father-in-law has been away from home for four or five years, and there is not even a news, what if you can't find someone, you are a woman, and you have a child? ”

"Thank you for your concern," Qin secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Wang Qifang had no remorse, and then she heard that people were worried about herself, and said gratefully: "Although the young grandmother can rest assured, although my father-in-law has lost news for several years, a fellow villager said that he saw my father-in-law in the capital last year, and I heard that he also became a big official, and even the fellow villager at the address helped him write it down, and he should be able to find him according to the address." ”

Of course, it is not excluded that Wang Qifang is worried, thinking that she has traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to find a husband, but she has gained nothing, Qin's expression is gloomy, and he said bitterly: "For example, if you can't find my father-in-law in the capital, concubines and concubines can do work, plus in the past few months in Zhuangzi, the young grandmother has given a lot of money, and there are rewards, and the life of the concubine and Xiaocao is not a problem." ”

Aren't you worried that your father-in-law dislikes chaff and has already married another wife?

Wang Qifang endured it for a long time, but swallowed this sentence back. To be honest, in her previous life, she watched this kind of story on TV or in the air, and even developed a certain inertia, as soon as she heard a similar plot, she would think of the famous Quanmei case.

Alas, there are many infatuated women in the world, and there are also many infatuated men.

"Okay, since you've made up your mind, then I won't say anything," Wang Qifang sighed softly, gave Mama Zhao a look, and continued: "If, I mean if you can't find your father-in-law, don't listen to those unfounded rumors and run around with the grass." Let's go to the Zhao Mansion in Furong Fang to find me, I can't promise you any glory and wealth, but it's okay to live a stable life."

To tell the truth, Wang Qifang sympathized with the Qin family from the bottom of her heart, and her husband went to Beijing to take the exam in the second year of marriage, and there was no news for five or six years. She is a weak woman with children, serving her two in-laws and sister-in-law. Later, when her sister-in-law got married and her in-laws died one after another, she was busy sending her in-laws into the ground.

At this point, the Xianggong who went out still has no news, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

The Qin family took the child alone and lived a widowhood on two acres of thin fields.

Until last year, a fellow villager who came back from the capital said that he had met the Qin family's father-in-law, and he heard that he had become a big official, lived in a mansion, and had countless servants at home...... The Qin family, who got the letter, couldn't think deeply about why her husband didn't write a letter to the family when he became an official, so he hurriedly packed up his belongings, sold his land and house cheaply, and rushed to the capital with his daughter and in-laws' spiritual positions.

It's just that it's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's hard to go out for a day.

The Qin family is a peasant woman who has never been far away, where does she understand the rules of survival outside.

I lost my luggage and lost my coils, and my daughter suffered from heat stroke again. If it weren't for Mama Zhao, Qin and her daughter Xiaocao would have starved to death and died of illness on the side of the road.

Therefore, for Mama Zhao and the second young grandmother, the Qin family is grateful from the bottom of his heart.

As soon as Wang Qifang's words were finished, Mama Zhao, who got the hint, took out a bulging purse from her arms and stuffed it into Xiaocao.

Seeing this, the Qin family hurriedly snatched the purse from Xiaocao's hand and returned it to Mama Zhao, and said in his mouth: "Oh, Mama, you and the second young grandmother have taken in the concubine, which is already a great kindness." Now that you have to take us into Beijing together, you have saved a lot of entanglements on the way, how can the concubine still ask for your silver? I can't do it, I can't do it."

"It's not for you, it's for the grass"

Mama Zhao sank her face and stuffed her purse into Xiaocao hard, "The price of goods in Beijing is expensive, and everything costs money for food and water, how can you use your scattered silver." Take it, and if you excuse it, you will look down on the old slave."

After listening to Mama Zhao's words, Qin Shi couldn't refuse again, so he had to choke back tears of gratitude and accept the purse in a choked voice.

In the early morning of the next day, seven or eight carriages were parked at the gate of Qingquan Villa, and the maids and women were busy holding their luggage and carrying cages.

Mama Zhao and Ziyuan watched separately at the busy work, while Wang Qifang wore a conical hat and stood at the door with emotion.

"Brother and sister, it's time for us to go"

Zhao Chuniang took two girls and two mothers-in-law and walked out of the gate together, and met Wang Qifang, who was looking at Zhuangzi in a daze.

"Oh good"

Wang Qifang heard Zhao Chuniang's voice, and hurriedly came back to her senses, she saw that Zhao Mama had already commanded the people to pack their luggage, so she nodded and came to their respective carriages with Zhao Chuniang.

"Dongsheng, Zhuangzi's affairs will be handed over to you, if you encounter any difficulties, you can go to Qingyuan Villa to find Steward Feng. Steward Feng, I'll leave everything to you."

Through the car window, Wang Qifang explained to the two stewards for the last time.

"Yes, young grandma don't worry"

Feng Tiezhu and Chen Dongsheng hurriedly nodded in agreement, and saluted with fists, watching Wang Qifang's carriage slowly drive out of Qingyang.

"Alas, Mama, I didn't expect us to come back again"

In the rickety carriage, Wang Qifang looked at the two extremely excited babies, and her frustration was much clearer. Raising his eyes and looking at the changing scenery outside the window, he said with emotion.

"Oh, no. Oh, it's been seven or eight months, and I don't know if Xiaoya has grown taller now."

When Mama Zhao thought that she was about to return to Beijing, her eyes smiled in a straight line.

P: Roar, Xiao Qi is going back to Zhao's mansion, the next step is to punish Diao Nu with Su and Mrs. Zhao, please look forward to it