Chapter Ninety-Seven: Threat
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Peony returned to Fangyuan, did not see Zhen and Sun, and asked someone, but accompanied Monk Fuyuan to the back of the garden to see the progress of the project. Peony didn't expect that Monk Fuyuan would come today, so he had to go to accompany him.
When I walked to the peach and plum forest, I suddenly saw a little monk running out of the forest with a smile, holding a half-eaten peach in one hand, holding the placket of his clothes in the other, and carrying a few peaches and plums, and did not forget to turn back to tease Ah Tao's younger brother Ah Shun: "Come on, chase it and give it to you." ”
Ah Shun ran with a red face, ran over with two hands open, and shouted as he ran: "Little monk, you are not allowed to run." ”
When the two saw Peony for a while, they paused, and Ah Shun learned from the adults to salute Peony and Gorou, but Ruman blinked his eyes and said: "He Shizhu, why did you come, I waited for you to send me peaches early in the morning, but I couldn't wait, so I had to beg the master to come and take a look." ”
Peony smiled: "I was going to bring it to you when I went back, but since you came, it doesn't matter if it's ten or eight, just eat enough at one time." Just be careful not to skip your fast later. ”
Ruman smiled: "Master is watching people digging rivers in the forest, and I will lead you there." After saying that, he jumped carefree and led the way. Ah Shun stepped forward and grabbed the corner of his clothes, grabbed a peach and fed it to his mouth, and happily ran forward with him.
Peony saw Ah Shun's jumping back, remembered the timid little boy at the beginning, and couldn't help but sigh He Zhizhong's kindness.
A third of the river in the peach and plum forest has been dug up, and the peach trees and plum trees that occupy the road are all picked in advance and transplanted aside, and the workers eat the fruits while working, and they also pick the best ones they think are ripe and hand them to the Fuyuan monk on the side, and the Fuyuan monk does not shirk, just wipe the sleeve and start eating.
Sun and Zhen stood from afar and watched, whispering from time to time, their expressions were not so good-looking. As soon as Zhen saw the peony, he took Sun's hand and walked over quickly, pulled the peony away from Ruman, stood aside and whispered angrily: "Danniang, you should also talk to your fifth brother, take good care of these people you invited, just work, why do you still take the sheep and eat the fruit of the master's house?" It's really not like it, isn't this worthless? If you sell it, you can sell it for a lot of money" glanced at Sun again, "I want to take care of it, but your sixth sister-in-law won't allow me to take care of it." "That means you don't think she's a good person.
Sun Shi hurriedly said: "This thief's reputation is not good. I think they dare to eat in front of us, and what they eat is only the tree to be transplanted, and the other people's houses have not moved, which means that they know in their hearts, maybe they have the permission of the fifth brother or Danniang, we don't know the reason, or don't open your mouth casually, accidentally offend people, wouldn't it be troublesome for Danniang? ”
Zhen didn't follow and said, "Danniang, is it really that you allowed them to eat?" ”
Gorou came over and said in a deep voice: "I allowed them to eat, when we are employing people, not to mention the other trees that grow, is it difficult to send these things to people to sell for money?" It will not be good to eat two fruits. "Why be so mean?
Zhen pouted and said, "Okay, it's just me who has a lot of things." ”
Peony hurriedly held her hand and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is also thinking about me." ”
Zhen said: "My temper is not likable, and my kindness is not easy to repay, I know that you all say that I am mean behind my back, but I am one one, two is two, since I am asking them to work, I am giving them wages......"
Sun saw Monk Fuyuan coming over, and hurriedly pulled her: "Master Fuyuan is here." ”
Zhen Shi stopped stupidly, and smiled at the Fuyuan monk far-fetched, and the Fuyuan monk and Wulang and Peony greeted each other, and said with a smile: "The poor monk is going to go out in a few days, so he came over to see if there is any need for the female Tanyue here?" ”
There are many places she wants to ask, and Peony hurriedly said: "Master looked at the progress of the project today, and think there is a deviation?" If so, please tell me, and I'll get it done as soon as possible. Do you want to travel? How long will it take? I still have a lot of things to ask you, like where to put what rocks......
"It's just the simplest project at the moment, and there's nothing wrong with it." Monk Fuyuan lowered his eyes and calculated, "Nu Tanyue, please rest assured, the poor monk is not a wanderer, and when it comes to building a house and placing stones, piling up rockeries, and planting flowers and trees, the poor monk should come back." ”
Peony breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, it's nothing." Master invited the house for tea. ”
Monk Fuyuan's eyes flashed, slightly surprised. He had heard Jiang Changyang talk about the things in Peony Zhuangzi last night, and saw Peony go to him at that time, guessing that he was afraid that something would ask him, so he came here on purpose, thinking that if he could help, it would not matter if he could say a few words for her. Who knew that Peony didn't speak. Why is that?
Ah Tao hurriedly ran in and said, "Lady, someone is looking for you over there in the big kitchen." ”
Peony hurriedly confessed, and asked Gorou to accompany Monk Fuyuan to the house to drink tea and talk, and she followed Ah Tao to the big kitchen: "Who is looking for me?" ”
Ah Tao said: "It's Xiao Li who is scolding his Zhou Banniang in the kitchen." Seeing that they were about to do it, they called the slave and maid to come and find you to be a peacemaker. ”
Peony guessed that it was probably for Zhou Banniang to force Xiao Li to help her family, but when she and Xiao Li were separated before, Xiao Li was fine, and she lost her temper after a while, and she didn't know if something happened again. asked Ah Tao: "Are Zhou Banniang and Xiao Li a family?" I went to his house before, and I saw that Zhou Banniang was quite capable and young. ”
Seeing that Peony was willing to ask herself, Ah Tao was happy and apprehensive, and whispered: "You don't know about their family." They were originally not a family, Zhou Banniang turned out to be Xiao Lizheng's little sister, married in Chang'anfang, a family surnamed Lu in Chang'anfang, and later her husband died, Xiao Lizheng's family Zhou Aunt also died, Xiao Lizheng begged the Zhou family to continue to marry, and asked to marry Zhou Banniang. Zhou Banniang refused, but her family still forced her to marry. At the beginning, I chased Xiao Li with a broom all day long, and the fight lasted for more than two months before it stopped. ”
Only then did Peony understand why Zhou Banniang sighed that it was not easy for a woman, it turned out that she was a woman who was bullied and unexpected.
Ah Tao saw that the peony didn't speak, so she boldly continued: "This Zhou Banniang is very bold, and there are many tricks, she once taught the young women in the village to use old bamboo strips and orange leaves to make incense, and everyone laughed at her for thinking about the good life of a rich family and thinking about going crazy, she ignored it, and went her own way." The slave maid once ran to smell her incense, and it smelled good. But she will also do disgusting things, go to catch toads to do what to hold taro soup to eat, and say that she learned a method from Baiyue. It's disgusting, and I don't know how she would have thought of doing such a disgusting thing. Ah Tao said this, and shivered cooperatively.
She thought that Peony would be like everyone else, and she would fuss and feel disgusted when she heard that she was eating this toad, but Peony did not show disgust, but asked calmly: "Have you ever seen her make a toad to eat?" ”
Ah Tao was stunned for a moment: "The slave maid hasn't seen it." I just listened to what Aunt Wang said, and the people in the kitchen also said that if it weren't for Zhou Banniang's good cooking and good strength, she must tell you that she is not allowed to come to the kitchen to help. ”
Peony let out a faint "oh", Ah Tao observed the words and expressions on the side, and felt that Peony didn't seem to like Zhou Banniang, but seemed to be a little interested, so he turned his words in the direction of favoring Zhou Banniang, and said with a smile: "Actually, she is quite capable, whoever marries a daughter here, loves to ask her to help cook, and she is also enthusiastic and willing to help." Once, my stepmother who ran away chased us and almost pushed my brother into the river, but she helped me and quarreled with my stepmother. ”
Hearing this, Peony couldn't help frowning, looked at Ah Tao sternly and said: "In this way, she is not only a capable and enthusiastic person, but also helped you, how can you follow others to spread her gossip behind your back?" Isn't this ungrateful? ”
Seeing that Peony suddenly turned her face, Ah Tao was so frightened that she quickly stopped, twisted her fingers nervously, hung her head and stammered: "The slave just wants to tell you everything she knows, and wants to please you." ”
Peony saw that her little face was so frightened that it instantly faded to blood, and thought that this child was a tree with a crooked neck, so she said: "Although you are here to make me happy, the gentleman has done something and has not done something, and your behavior is despised by people." If you don't change it, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you here in the future. ”
Ah Tao bit her lip: "From then on, the slave and maid will no longer speak ill of people, and will choose the good ones to say."
Peony sighed and called Yuhe: "You teach her the principles of being a human being, and then teach her what to say and how to say it." ”
Yuhe smiled slightly, and the eagle grabbed Ah Tao's collar like a chicken, and took her aside to start training.
By the time Peony arrived at the big kitchen, the farce had already ended, and Xiao Li and Zhou Banniang were preparing to come over to find her. Xiao Li was pouting his beard, his face was blue, and he was scolding in his mouth, but Zhou Banniang was full of indifference.
Peony hurriedly stepped forward to greet the two: "Uncle Xiao, what's the matter?" Who you off? ”
Xiao Lizheng saw the peony at a glance, and hurriedly ran over and said angrily: "I'm not your uncle, I can't afford it, don't shout." You killed me, I knew you were uneasy and kind, I should not have promised this stupid woman no matter what."
Zhou Banniang stepped forward to stop him indifferently, and smiled at Peony: "Little lady, let's find a good place to talk." ”
Peony led the two of them to the house, found another secluded room, and after inviting the two to sit down, he asked Zhou Banniang carefully: "I was fine just now, why do you say that I killed someone?" But what happened? ”
Zhou Banniang smiled faintly: "Isn't it that as soon as you left on the front foot, the minions in the Zhuangzi of King Ning's Mansion went to look for him on the back foot?" I thought that this person could only do one certificate anyway, who could blame him for going late? If the black and white words fall there, can it be changed? I didn't go to our Xiao Lizheng, poured him a cup of tea and came to work. ”
Xiao Li was trembling with anger: "Do you know who that is?" Can you afford to provoke the son of the royal saint? He glared at Peony again, "Can you afford to mess with it?" ”
Peony was about to speak, and Zhou Banniang glanced at Xiao Lizheng: "You are really stupid, the old lady has already arranged it for you, but you don't know how to shirk, who do you blame?" ”
Xiao Li said: "I shirked it, I said, they came late, I had already written that thing, it was impossible to change it, just ask them to come to the He family, but he refused to spare me, saying that I deliberately went against them, and asked me if I didn't want to do this, so he slapped me on the head and shook my teeth......
Peony looked at the past, and saw that half of his face was a little red and swollen, and couldn't help but be very sorry: "I'm really sorry, but now, I still have to ask you to push it on me, and I will pay for the medical expenses, so I should make amends to you......"
Zhou Banniang said: "I was going to push it on you." Seeing Peony looking at her, she said calmly: "Your purpose is for us to testify for you, and my purpose is to neither want to do bad things, nor do I want to be caught in the middle, and let others do it, so let's take what we need, but this old fool is too stupid, timid and greedy, can't do things and wants to be right, he deserves to be unlucky." ”
Peony thought silently, that's what happened. She didn't tell the truth at the time, and coaxed Xiao Lizheng to help her do this tricky thing, but from Zhou Banniang's side, she also wanted to get rid of the matter and push it to herself after signing this word, and let herself and Ning Wangfu fight, and they didn't get involved.
No one is stupid, they all have their own thoughts, the little people are just planning for their own families, and they really can't say who is good and who is bad, but in the end, Xiao Li is receiving this slap is indeed because of his own family, and Zhou Banniang is indeed frank. Peony said: "It's all the trouble I caused you, I'm here to apologize to the two of you, please ask if there is a doctor around here, I will immediately ask someone to come and see Lizheng's injury." ”
Xiao Lizheng snorted: "No need, I will be beaten for nothing, but I dare not have anything to do with your family again." They said, tell you to wait and see, I'm here to bring her home, you hurry up and give her today's salary, and then you wait for the people from Ning Wangfu to come to you for trouble, wait for bad luck."
Aunt Feng sent tea and soup in, and she was a little annoyed when she heard the words, what is wrong with this person, with feces in his mouth? Why do you talk like that? Immediately, he slammed the tea jar, raised his eyelids, and was about to say a few words, Peony hurriedly pulled her away, and said with a smile: "Thank you Uncle Xiao for coming to report the news, you are really kind people, I will be careful." Even so, I don't dare to keep you anymore, aunt, go and help Aunt Zhou settle her salary. ”
Aunt Feng is so old that she didn't ask Zhou Banniang what her salary was, so she directly asked Wulang to pay a lot of money to hand it over to Zhou Banniang, Zhou Banniang smiled, counted a hundred dollars, and said to Peony: "If there are more, I should sell herbs to his mouth." Hello little lady, do it yourself. "After speaking, don't send it to the eldest mother, and go with Xiao Lizheng.
Aunt Feng sank her face and said, "Danniang, who is so arrogant?" How dare you take advantage of such a big event happening in King Ning's Mansion to be so arrogant outside? Isn't he afraid of causing trouble for Ning Wangfu, and also for himself? Knowing that our family is a relative of Uncle Li, it is still so hateful. ”
Peony secretly thought that before the truth was unknown, what she could do was to do her best to prevent herself and her family from being implicated, and worry about the rest of her own Li Yuan. Then he said: "I told the fifth brother that we should all be careful these days, and don't be plotted by others." ”
Aunt Feng nodded yes. Peony saw that it was not early, and saw that Yuhe had brought Ah Tao over, so he instructed Ah Tao: "Let people go to the forest to pick some fresh and good peaches and plums, and prepare them into four parts, one for Master Fuyuan to take back, one for the family, one for the Li family, and the other for Mrs. Bai in the Houfu of Chuzhou." He also called Yuhe: "Let the kitchen quickly send vegetarian rice, and eat it so that Master Fuyuan can return to the city early." ”
Peony went in to invite Monk Fuyuan to eat fast, called Gorou aside, and said the words that Xiao Li was coming, and said, "Fifth brother, don't stay here tonight, go back with the third and sixth sisters-in-law, right?" ”
Gorou frowned and said: "Since they are looking for trouble, they should let people guard here, if we all leave*, how can someone come to make trouble?" No, I'm not going. ”
Peony said: "The fifth sister-in-law hasn't seen you for a long time. I'm just here to stay. ”
Gorou smiled slightly: "You are a woman after all, where do I know more about those dirty methods?" If you don't worry about me staying, how can I worry about you staying alone? That's fine, if you really want to stay, let my brother and sister stay together. ”
Peony was silent for a moment, raised her eyes and looked at Gorou and smiled: "Okay." ”
Zhen and Sun heard that Peony was not going back, so they chattered for a long time, saying that Peony stayed here purely to add to the chaos, and said that there was nothing here, and Peony's change of clothes was not brought, which was inconvenient, and they wanted to move Peony so that they could go back with them.
Peony just shook his head: "The clothes are no problem, I brought two sets to put here for backup when I first started, and I don't need anything else, I can't let the fifth brother stay here alone, it's okay for me to stay and give him a hand." Although she didn't know what Steward Deng would do to block her, she would never leave Gorou alone here at this time.
Zhen and Sun had no choice but to say: "As soon as we arrive at the city gate, we will let the family come back to help you." ”
Monk Fuyuan finished his fast very quietly, and then followed Peony's advice, followed the Zhen, Sun and He family's family back to the city together, and when he left, he quietly looked at Peony and said, "Be careful of the wood. ”
The most fragile thing is wood, which can be burned clean with a fire...... Isn't she going to stop work after the burning? Peony snorted and replied seriously: "Okay." ”
Monk Fuyuan smiled slightly, saluted Peony and Gorou with their hands together, thanked the horse brought by the He family, and still sat on the donkey he rode, and went slowly.
Peony and Gorou discussed a few words, and quickly arranged it while it was dark. The timber bricks and tiles have been pulled and placed a long time ago, and there are special people to guard them, but now with this danger, it is necessary to increase the wage rate, arrange a few more proper and careful people to watch, and organize a night patrol team to patrol back and forth on the construction site at night to prevent someone from sneaking in to make trouble.
It was getting late, Yuhe and Aunt Feng cleaned up Peony's room, brought hot water from the kitchen, and asked Peony to take a bath. Peony is really tired, today after a day of travel, sweat out and dry, dry and out, feel that a touch is about to form salt particles, to be able to take a comfortable bath is naturally not wanted.
She didn't want to come out when she lay down in the bathtub, thinking that she would take this opportunity to build a shower bath room, but she leaned against the wall of the bathtub and was confused, until Yuhe knocked on the door outside to wake her up.
Yuhe hurriedly came in with a change of clothes from the peony, and when she saw her sleepy eyes, she couldn't help but say angrily: "I'm asleep again, if you catch a cold, wouldn't it be your own loss?" As she spoke, she put a large piece of cotton cloth on Peony's head and wiped her hair. While getting dressed, Peony said in a daze: "Have my third sister-in-law and sixth sister-in-law arrived?" ”
Yuhe's hand paused, and said in a low voice: "Someone came to report that the two young ladies were almost hit by a mad cow on the way back to the capital, but fortunately, Master Fuyuan was witty and lured the mad cow away, so there was no major incident." But the donkey he rented was wounded. ”
Peony's drowsiness was suddenly shocked, and she could hardly believe that it was a coincidence. She took the cotton cloth from Yuhe's hand with a gloomy face, wrapped her hair and walked out: "Where is my fifth brother?" ”
Yuhe chased out: "Explain our family's family and the dealers outside." Why don't you get your hair done and go out again? It's not home, it's full of men."
Peony paused, patiently let her straighten it, and finally her hair was half dry, and she put on a simple bun, and immediately went to find Goro. Gorou really led a few foremen to drink tea and talk under the willow tree, and when he saw Peony coming, he came over and said, "Have you heard of it?" Don't be afraid, they are all fine, the family will send someone to help tonight, and they will also go to discuss with the Li family overnight, it should be solved soon, and I also have the matter here, you can rest assured. ”
Peony frowned and said, "Fifth brother, it's just such a big deal, why are they so unforgiving?" Even if they really want to occupy this land, they should say it directly, so inexplicably, they just make small moves behind their backs, and they are vicious, how can they come to this appearance? ”
Gorou smiled gently: "Silly girl, there are many things in this world that you can't figure out." The human heart is good, and the human heart is also evil, which is normal. People are different, don't use your ideas to guess other people's thoughts, we feel wronged, maybe they also feel wronged, why didn't you let them trample on it, but provoked them again and again, and went against them? It's just too unusual. ”
Peony smiled: "That's the reason." You're not going to sleep tonight, are you? Then I'll be with you? ”
Gorou thought for a moment and said, "Okay." Still the same as when I was a child, I tell you stories? ”
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