113 Thoughts
"Take the money and leave quickly." Mu Qing frowned impatiently and raised her voice.
"Sister-in-law, take care." Tian Jizu relaxed when he took the money, and he was a little unhappy about Mu Qing's bad words for a while. But he didn't show it on the surface, and bowed to Mu Qing with a smile before turning around and leaving.
As soon as he turned around, his face darkened, his hands clasped at his sides, and his eyes seemed to be on fire.
Mu Qing watched his figure gradually blend into the night, but he didn't rush into the house, but pretended to look at the alley casually, and didn't find anything before turning around and entering the courtyard and plugging in the courtyard door.
After that, there was no word for the rest of the night.
Early the next morning, Mu Qing took the things prepared for Noble and boarded the carriage to Baifu with Dr. Xie.
"When you get there, just follow me, don't worry about the others. I'll find an opportunity to have someone take you to Noble Treasure. On the carriage, Dr. Xie carefully advised. In the end, I was worried that Mu Qing was just a half-old child, and she was reckless and couldn't hold her breath, so she had this advice.
"I remember." Mu Qing nodded, looking at the scenery on the street through the window, but her mind had already flown to Baifu and Tian Laibao's side.
Walk through the downtown area and turn onto South Street. When I entered South Street, it was suddenly quiet, and the hustle and bustle of East Street was far away behind me.
The Bai family has a big business, which is deeply rooted in Tianshui Town, and belongs to an old family, so the house is also large, occupying a whole alley on South Street. No one remembers the original name of the alley, and now the people of Tianshui Town call this alley Baijia Hutong.
In the past, few other people came to this alley except for the Bai family's own family. Before entering the alley today, Mu Qing and Dr. Xie heard a loud and shouting sound.
"Doctor Xie, there seems to be someone making trouble in the alley ahead, our carriage can't pass, why don't you and Miss Mu get off here?" The driver who drove the car was accustomed to cooperating with the Xie family's pharmacy, and he was also a little embarrassed to let Dr. Xie and Mu Qing get down and walk into the Bai family. But looking at the posture at the mouth of the alley that would not end for a while and a half, he still opened his mouth and said the suggestion.
Mu Qing lifted the curtain and stretched out her head to look at the mouth of the alley, and only vaguely saw Tian Xiaozhi's figure from a distance, with a small child by her side, and her back was somewhat similar to Noble Treasure.
Mu Qing narrowed her eyes and said to the coachman: "Uncle, please go over there and inquire about it, see who is making trouble, can you solve it quickly and let our carriage pass." ”
"Hey." The coachman readily agreed, jumped out of the wheel, and walked briskly over there to inquire. Mu Qing squinted his eyes and tried to see the face of the person over there, but the person just didn't turn his head, leaving only a back, which made Mu Qing guess worriedly.
Mu Qing couldn't tell if the little doll was Noble for a long time, so she could only give up and retract into the carriage, quietly waiting for the news of the coachman.
Dr. Xie took a sip of the tea on the low table before asking, "But what happened?" I see you're a little absent-minded. ”
"It's okay, it's just that the person making trouble over there looks a little like Tian Xiaozhi, and I don't know if it's not, I'm thinking about it." Mu Qing gathered his mind and returned.
Dr. Xie lifted the curtain of the car beside him and glanced at the mouth of the alley, then withdrew his gaze, rubbed the teacup in his hand and stopped talking.
For a moment, both of them were silent, each thinking about their own thoughts.
After a while, the driver returned, and the sound rang out outside the curtain.
"The business of this big family is fresh, Miss Mu, guess what. It turned out that the old man of the Bai family had a good relationship outside and a child. I heard that the kid is not doing well now and needs money, so I found it today. It's also strange that the people in the first town are still talking about whether this Bai family master can't give birth. Now it's okay, it's not that Master Bai can't give birth to love at all, but that Mrs. Bai can't give birth. ”
"No, today's good child came to the door, and he was blocked by the white lady. The two quarreled over money. ”
After a pause, the coachman replied: "Madame Bai is also a poor person, and I don't know what will happen in the future." The tone was full of regret.
Mu Qing was stunned when she heard this, she didn't expect it to be this kind of thing. In fact, another reason why she is reluctant to marry is the one-sided relationship in ancient times. In ancient times, this marriage system was too lenient for men and too harsh for women. For a woman who has lived in modern times for nearly thirty years, she has been taught to be monogamous since childhood, and she really can't accept such a thing as serving a husband.
"Turn around, let's go back to the shop, Baifu shouldn't have the heart to entertain us today." Dr. Xie thought about it and directly asked the coachman to turn around.
Mu Qing lifted the curtain again and looked at the mouth of the alley a few times, frowning, she always felt that the child's back looked a little familiar.
"Okay." The coachman agreed, and as soon as he raised his whip, the carriage moved.
Mu Qing stretched out his hand to lift the curtain on the car window, his eyes were fixed on the side of the alley, at this moment, the child seemed to notice something, turned his head, and Mu Qing finally saw his face clearly.
It's him! Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, and then frowned. Is he the child of Bai Fugui?
"What, you know that kid?" Doctor Xie followed Mu Qing's gaze and only saw the back of a child, but looking at Mu Qing's expression, he obviously knew the child, so he asked out loud.
Mu Qing nodded stunnedly, she knew the child and met it once when she was in Tianjia Village. That time, Tian Xiaozhi took her to Tian Xiaocui's house to seek justice, and it was there that she met the child. Whether the child seemed to be a dog or a dog, she couldn't remember. But she remembered that the child's surname was Tian, and his father was Cui Laosi.
She remembered clearly, and later Tian Xiuer also gossiped with her.
But at this time, the dog egg actually appeared here, and there was no need to think about it to know that Tian Xiaocui must have also come. But she remembered clearly that when she was in Tianjia Village, she obviously heard that Bai Fugui initially took a fancy to Tian Xiaocui, and later because Tian Xiaocui's family needed a son-in-law, he and Tian Xiaozhi became relatives, and Tian Xiaocui married Cui Laosi. Bai Fugui has rarely gone to Tianjia Village in recent years, and there should be little interaction between him and Tian Xiaocui, so isn't it clear whether this child's father is him Bai Fugui or Cui Laosi?
So what is Tian Xiaocui coming to the door for now? Is it really a rekindling of the old relationship with Bai Fugui? Will a family like the Bai family be willing to accept her status as a second marriage?
Mu Qing frowned, feeling that her mind was getting more and more chaotic, it was just a mess, and she couldn't figure out a clue.
"I know that kid, he is from Tianjia Village, and his father's name is Cui Laosi." Mu Qing closed her eyes, leaned her head against the wall of the car, and whispered.
Doctor Xie raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect to hear such news from Mu Qing's mouth.
"Do you see clearly?" Doctor Xie asked with a frown.
Mu Qing nodded, but didn't speak again. Dr. Xie saw that she didn't want to talk more, so he stopped talking, and the two returned to the pharmacy speechlessly.
As soon as he got out of the carriage, Mu Qing saw Chen standing crampedly at the door of the pharmacy alone, looking left and right, obviously waiting for someone. When she turned her eyes to see Mu Qing, she took three steps and made two steps and ran over in stride, with an anxious look on her face.
"Mu Qing, my aunt came here today to ask you for something. Can you come with me to the Bai family now? Chen was not verbose, and directly stated his purpose. Thinking of the scene he had just seen at the entrance of Baijia Alley, Mu Qing understood that the purpose of Chen's calling him over now was nothing more than to let himself help testify against Tian Xiaocui and Goudan.
"What are you doing at the Bai family? I remember that I don't have a relationship with you right now. Mu Qing said with a sigh of relief.
Chen was ready to be rejected by Mu Qing before he came, and he was not surprised to hear Mu Qing's rejection as expected, but took Mu Qing's hand and said sincerely: "Auntie knows that you hate me in your heart, but you must help your aunt in today's matter, just treat it as if your aunt owes you, and your aunt will definitely pay it back in the future." In the future, if you want to see Noble, you can go to see it, and my aunt will never stop you. Chen knew in his heart that in the entire Tian family, Mu Qing's favorite was Noble Treasure. She also heard the news that Mu Qing went to Baifu a few days ago to see Noble, so she deliberately added the conditions for seeing Noble today.
Mu Qing was not stupid in her heart, she knew that Chen's words at this time were deliberate, as long as she went to the Bai family, helped Tian Xiaozhi drive Tian Xiaocui's mother and son away, and helped Tian Xiaozhi to sit firmly in the position of the main mother, she would make a steady profit in this business. Chen and Tian Xiaozhi both have a good abacus, but Mu Qing just eats this set.
Thinking that he could go to see the treasure anytime and anywhere in the future, Mu Qing readily agreed to Chen's request. It's just to identify it, but it can't delay her in anything.
So when Dr. Xie cleaned up the back hall and wanted to call Mu Qing to ask about the situation, Dr. Xie knew that Mu Qing had followed Chen back to Baifu.
The carriage kicked and tapped Mu Qing and Chen through the downtown area again, and arrived at Baijia Alley in the southern district.
"That Tian Xiaocui, you also know, is Cui Laosi's daughter-in-law, and she went to the house before." As soon as Chen said this, Mu Qing remembered the scene at that time. At that time, she was full of pity for Tian Xiaozhi and felt that this person was really pitiful. But today, Mu Qing's thoughts have quietly changed. The matter between men and women, you and I are willing, a slap can't make a sound, no matter what Tian Xiaocui was like before, Tian Xiaocui, who can recruit the Bai family today, must not be the same she used to be.
Mu Qing was quietly touching Tian Xiaocui in her heart, and her brain was also spinning rapidly.
If you want Tian Xiaocui to give up the entanglement with Bai Fugui, you have to find a way to figure out what happened between Bai Fugui and Tian Xiaocui these days. Mu Qing touched her chin and thought quietly all the way, but she didn't have a clue, and when she got out of the car and saw Tian Xiaocui's coarse cloth clothes, she suddenly had an idea.
Tian Xiaocui, who was standing opposite Tian Xiaozhi and showed no weakness, was shocked when she saw Mu Qing, and quickly hid the dog behind her, and at the same time looked at Mu Qing vigilantly.
Seeing Tian Xiaocui's series of actions, Mu Qing was a little stunned at first, but it wasn't until she saw Tian Xiaocui's behavior of hiding the child that Mu Qing figured out that it should be for the rumor that she went to the back mountain before. In today's Tianshui Town, it won't take long for the old rumors to replace the new ones, so the people in Tianshui Town still don't know much about Mu Qing's affairs. After all, after so long, Mu Qing himself almost forgot why he left Tianjia Village in the first place. Until just now, she remembered the scene of that night again.
"Hey, Mu Qing, you're just in time. This man is invincible, I have seen it today. This person is thick-skinned, and it is estimated that he can cut a layer. Tian Xiaozhi saw Mu Qing coming, and her expression immediately relaxed. Looking in Chen's direction again, Chen nodded at her quietly, and his expression became more and more relaxed.
Tian Xiaocui saw Mu Qing and Chen coming over together, but she became more and more nervous. She hugged the child behind her, looked at Mu Qing vigilantly, and said loudly: "I didn't expect you to really hide in the town." You are well hidden, and so many people in the village have not found you. I'm telling you, with me, don't try to harm my children. Although Tian Xiaocui tried to calm down, the trilling voice when she spoke betrayed her fearful psychology.
Mu Qing wanted to laugh when she heard this, but she couldn't. This is the result of ignorance created by the environment, and she is powerless to change it, and she can't change it.