When Yuan Xinqiao watched her two sons play, Chunfang came in from outside, "The county master is here." ”

"Come on," Yuan Xinqiao said, "It's not the first time that the county lord has come back, how to serve and how to serve, if you stay for dinner, let the kitchen clean up the table." ”

"The county lord seemed to have something to do, so he went into the study with the lord and talked for a while, and left after drinking tea." Chunfang said, "I heard that there is a widow in Maple Village who is forcing her to remarry and take the property, and the complaint mentions our master." ”

"What can be the master in this?" Yuan Xinqiao asked strangely, "This widow I know, which cousin's grandson died, and when the funeral came up, I also asked people to send the funeral, saying that he was pitiful, the people were thin, and the elders were long gone, and this young man also had an accident, leaving only orphans and widows." ”

"Doesn't this family have a daughter? It's good to let your daughter set up a female household, how can you force people to remarry and go to court? Yuan Xinqiao asked.

"It is the daughter who must let her mother remarry." Zhou Xingfeng listened to it and said, "This family is thin, the ancestral property has not been divided, and now it belongs to this little daughter, if a female household is established, the clansmen will not be able to get cheap, if her mother is remarried, there is only a little girl left, and the family property can not be kneaded at will." ”

"It's all from the same ancestor, and it's not that you can't get by, it's really interesting to bully an orphan and widow." Yuan Xinqiao said.

"Madam, what matters now is not the mother and daughter, but how our master is involved." Chunfang said.

"It's easy, too." Zhou Xingfeng said, "Although my father bears the name of the patriarch, he doesn't care much about the affairs of the clan, and the big housekeeper walks around the village for his father. ”

"And this?" Yuan Xinqiao said angrily, "I thought he was only greedy for silver, but I didn't expect to do things lacking virtue under the banner of the lord outside, so I can bear it, I'll talk to the lord now, this time I must not let him go easily." ”

"Madam, it's not good to go so rashly." Chunfang persuaded, "Our evidence is not yet complete, the chief butler is extraordinary in the master's heart, if you can't knock him down at once, it will not be easy to get him again." ”

"There's one thing I forgot to tell my father, so let me tell him." Zhou Xingfeng stood up and said, "My roommate, does my mother remember?" His grandfather was a butcher, hunted a deer on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and happily sold it, but recently he has been uneasy, and asked to know that the deer was sold to Zhou Yuanwai but offended Zhou Yuanwai, and even the village could not stay. ”

"I want to ask Daddy what's going on? Our family can't afford to get along with other people's homes for a deer, and I heard that I am looking for someone to cut off his livelihood, and I am pouring feces at the door of other people's houses, which makes me embarrassed to say that I am the son of Zhou Yuanwai. Zhou Xingfeng asked Yan Song to go to Maple Village to inquire about these things, and Gan Houli didn't necessarily know about the situation in his family.

"I'll let Yan Song tell you everything, don't worry, you still have to check it yourself." Yuan Xinqiao said, "I didn't notice these things, I just let people take inventory." ”

"It's okay, I'll go and say it's appropriate, my father is not a fool, a deer is bought in two hundred and fifty taels, and the bookkeeping is four hundred taels, and he takes the big housekeeper as a brother, this money is another matter." Zhou Xingfeng said, "Father has to check the account by himself, otherwise even if my mother takes the account book to show my father, my father will think that my mother is deliberately targeting the big housekeeper." ”

"I went to see my father, but my mother only looked at the door and didn't let those who were honored come in to plead." Zhou Xingfeng said with a smile.

Yuan Xinqiao watched his son leave, with mixed feelings in his heart, Chunfang boasted, "The eldest young master does things steadily at a young age, just like my uncle said, he is born to do big things." ”

"What if we have shared the same bed for more than ten years, I am still an outsider with the Zhou family, and his own son will say a word, and he will say a million words to me." Yuan Xinqiao sighed, if she wants to do Zhou Qu, she has to plan a strategy, and she has to have everything, and Zhou Xingfeng wants to do Zhou Qu, which is a sentence.

"The eldest young master and the second young master are facing you." Chunfang said.

Yuan Xinqiao looked at Zhou Shiyun, Zhou Shiyun also looked at her, if Zhou Xingfeng was here, he would know to say something to comfort her, but Zhou Shiyun didn't know how to comfort a woman, he hadn't even figured out this matter yet, his brother was studying in the academy, how could he pay off these things.

If you want to say that the county lord came to ask Zhou Lang if he was forced to marry a widow, Zhou Lang was only a little annoyed with Zhou Qu after explaining clearly, and felt that Zhou Qu was not tactful and decent, how could he get the reputation of forcing a widow, and whether the Zhou family would have to be a man when they went out in the future, Zhou Qu explained that it was all done by the old man of the Li Zheng clan, although he walked around the village for the master, but he was not in charge.

Zhou Lang still believes this explanation.

But Zhou Xingfeng came to the door and asked him why he killed a butcher, did all the ugly things, and couldn't raise his head in front of his classmates, Zhou Lang knew that Zhou Qu did more than this in his name outside, although he was rich, but now there is no official body in the family, relying on various relationships to maintain balance, he has always been kind and charitable outside, and he never said anything about building roads and bridges, just to get a good reputation.

I didn't expect him, a good housekeeper and a good milk brother, to run rampant and domineering in the township behind his back, and to practice his good reputation.

Zhou Xingfeng also said, "Isn't it just more than two hundred taels, if the big housekeeper thinks it's expensive, he doesn't buy it, how can he buy it and threaten others?" It's understandable that the selling price of this New Year's holiday is a little bit off, and everyone has a good holiday. ”

Zhou Qu sweated on his forehead, he really didn't know that the grandson of the Gan family that Li Zheng was talking about was actually the roommate of the eldest young master, if he had known, no matter how arrogant he was, he would not have done this, so he said, "The young master wronged me, I have no contact with that family after I bought the deer, I didn't threaten him, Li Zheng, it must be Li Zheng, he can't get used to the Gan family, and uses the name of our family to bully him." ”

"Really?" Zhou Xingfeng said, "But how did I hear, you went to the clan elders to say that my mother was very dissatisfied with the price of the Gan family's deer, this Gan family's grandmother originally wanted to accept two apprentices in the village to teach cooking, but the Zhou family insisted on not allowing the girl surnamed Zhou to learn, and finally the Gan family accepted a little lady of the Zheng family as an apprentice." ”

"Li Zheng's surname is Zheng, can he still take care of the affairs of the Zhou family?"

Zhou Xingfeng looked at Zhou Lang and said, "Actually, this is not a big deal, it is not surprising that the people at the bottom boast of patting the horse and being sympathetic to the intention of doing anything, but to put it mildly, just because of these two hundred taels, it is too much of a fall." ”

"You said that forcing a widow to marry a widow is out of the house, although she lacks virtue, but the money is there. My Zhou family is also considered a rich party, and it is difficult for a butcher to go out for two hundred taels, tsk. Zhou Xingfeng's face was very delicate, he couldn't say it. Originally, the Mid-Autumn Festival held a banquet, happy, the guests and hosts were happy, and when they knew in the future, it turned out that a deer at the banquet caused many things, how to look at us. ”

Zhou Lang has always wanted to save face, but when he heard this already ugly tightness, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhou Qu, "Don't be busy arguing first, I'll find someone to ask about this matter first, I won't wronged you." ”

"But I trust you so much for so many years, let you be the big butler, no housekeeper outside can compare to the money you have ever handled, don't let me down."

Zhou Lang's tone was calm, Zhou Qu was trembling, he knew that this time he was afraid that he would really be planted. What he does can't be checked, if he checks it, it's a death, and no master can stand this thing of eating inside and out, filling his own pockets, even if he is the master of his brother. I just hope that whoever finds out that something is wrong will go back and call his mother to intercede as soon as possible, and finally save the family's face.

Zhou Xingfeng retired and returned to his yard, Zhou Shiyu came over and looked at him with an inquiring face.