Chapter 16
"Enough!" Dong Li's face turned blue when he saw it, and this was still in front of Zuo Zhan, and the two of them pinched up, which simply lost the face of the Mo family: "You two give me a little stop!" ”
I have to say that although Dong Li is not very old, he still has a bit of momentum when he starts the fire, at least compared to Mo Youran, who is angry and red but adds a bit of grace to the majesty of Mo Youran.
The two women are still taboo about their masters, although the fight is inextricable, but after a scolding, they obediently disperse, but they look at each other unconvinced, as if they are going to eat each other.
Zheng Niangzi had three more blood marks on her face, covering it with her hands, looking at the woman's eyes was even more annoyed, if it weren't for her man's lack of anger to provoke so many women, how could she be so unlucky?
Dong Liang took a breath, and the subordinates who had already had a spirit ran to move three chairs to them, and after the three of them sat down, tea and snacks were actually brought up.
Yes, it has become a place to drink tea and eat snacks and enjoy the farce.
"Let's talk about it!" Dong Li stroked the fine porcelain teacup with one hand, glanced at the two women, and pointed at the woman: "You say it first!" Don't interject in the Zheng family, wait until she finishes talking, and she is also not allowed to interject. ”
Zheng Niangzi's mouth opened, and finally closed, covering her face with her hands and looking at the woman who had ruined her appearance without saying a word.
When the woman heard the lady of the owner call herself to speak first, she wiped her tears and kowtowed: "The slave family is a tenant of the Mo family, and my man's surname is Zhou." The man in my family became ill from hard work in the early years, and he went early, leaving me and Ran Ju's mother and daughter to rely on each other. ”
Zuo Zhan and Mo Youran both listened very carefully, but Dong Li was watching the change in Zheng Niangzi's expression, and her intuition told her that this woman should not be underestimated, the Zhou family was talking about her misfortune, and this Zheng Niangzi actually had a calm face, just covering her face with her hands.
“...... Zheng Wang'er is a lustful person, and Zheng Niangzi has not given birth to children for many years, so she carried a small sedan chair and carried my Ran Ju into the door. The Zhou family began to wipe their tears as they spoke, "Since then, the poisonous woman of the Zheng family has been thinking about it, and every once in a while I have asked someone to find fault with my Ran Ju, and she has been asked to wash her clothes in the cold winter, and her hands are frozen like that." Poor my daughter didn't dare to tell Zheng Wang'er, for fear that this woman would change her ways to torment her after she found out, and she didn't dare to speak out when she was pregnant, for fear that she would not be able to keep the child. ”
Zheng Wang'er, who had already been called over, was listening to it at this time, and was stunned for a moment, Ran Ju was pregnant? When did this happen?
"Who knows, this woman's hands and eyes are all over the world, she actually knows, taking advantage of the fact that the young lady came to Zhuangzi, she encouraged Zheng Wang'er to say that she was afraid that she would shock the noble lady, and forced me to send my daughter out of Zhuangzi, and I didn't send it back to my parents' house, just placed in a house, and there was no one to serve around, I got the news and rushed over, but I didn't even see the last side of my daughter!" Zhou said and lay on the ground and slammed the ground with his fist, crying heartbreakingly, and some of the daughters-in-law next to him couldn't help but have red eyes.
Zheng Wang'er looked at her daughter-in-law with tears in her eyes, was this really her doing? He is middle-aged and has no heirs, and finally the concubine is pregnant but killed so quickly, how can he stand it?
Dong Liang groaned slightly and nodded: "I know, Zheng family, do you have anything to say about this?" ”
"Miss, the slave family is wronged!" Zheng Niangzi kowtowed with tears in her eyes: "The slave family admits that I feel uncomfortable when my man takes a concubine, so I deliberately rectified Zhou Ranju, but the slave family is a woman, how can a man not be jealous of a new love?" However, the conscience of heaven and earth, I don't have the audacity to harm others! Miss, you must uphold justice for the slave family! ”
Well, I honestly admitted my jealousy, and rejected the charge of harming others, and Dong Li touched his chin, which was a little interesting.
"You evil spirit!" When the Zhou family heard this, they suddenly pounced on it regardless of it, but they were stopped by several daughters-in-law, and they screamed and scolded in their mouths, but it was Zheng Niangzi who covered her face and cried speechlessly, which made people feel more sympathetic.
Zuo Zhan coughed: "You keep saying that she killed your daughter, you must know that everything must pay attention to evidence, do you have evidence to prove that she is the murderer of your daughter?" ”
The Zhou family was stunned for a while, and suddenly came over on his knees: "Who else can there be if it's not her?" My family Ran Ju has no grudges with others, only this slut hates her to the core, who else will there be? ”
"So everything is your guess?" Dong Liang frowned, and patted the arm of the chair unpleasantly: "Ridiculous! Just this little guess you dare to come here to make trouble? Like you, how many unjust, false and wrongful cases have been won in the yamen? ”
The Zhou family's seer shrank for a moment, and the corner of his eye saw the corner of Zheng Niangzi's slightly curved mouth, and he was suddenly angry, and he went up and tore her hair: "You wicked woman!" I knew you were in collusion with the owner! Although our Zhou family is poor, it is not easy to mess with! I'm going to the yamen to sue you! ”
Zheng Niangzi fought back without hesitation: "Don't slander people casually with your mouth!" They want to splash dirty water on my head without any evidence! Your daughter has no grievances with others? Joke! I don't know who secretly persecuted the other concubines in that courtyard! Don't think that everyone else is blind and deaf, and if she ends up like this, it will be retribution! ”
Zheng Wang'er has more than one concubine? Dong Li's eyes swept around the clothes on the Zhou family's body, which could no longer be seen in their original appearance, and lowered his gaze quietly, although he was covered in soil and torn in several places, he could still see the texture, which should be a good tattoo.
How could a peasant woman afford to wear such material? Although there are not many hairpin rings scattered on the hair, they are also made of red gold. It's like a landlord's wife's posture.
She is just the mother of Zheng Wang'er's concubine, she can dress like this, what is the living standard of those so-called concubines? If every concubine's family is like this, Zheng Wang'er can afford such expenses, how much family business should he have?
"You can be quiet for a while and listen to me." His eyes lightly glanced at Zheng Wang'er, who didn't know how to sleep in the crowd, and the corner of Dongli's mouth pouted coldly: "What different things did your daughter use before she died?" ”
The Zhou family thought for a while: "This little woman doesn't know, where do the countrymen know so much?" However, when my family Ran Ju lived in Zhuangzi before, she was nourished by bird's nest ginseng soup every day, and something happened when she left Zhuangzi, maybe it was the Zheng family who privately deducted her share! ”
Ginseng soup, bird's nest? Or daily?
The faces of the two brothers and sisters of the Mo family sank suddenly, the Zheng family heard that something was wrong, and when they wanted to stop it, the Zhou family had already poured beans from the bamboo tube and said it cleanly, and at the end they did not forget to suspect her, implying that the Zheng family's deduction of silver was so good that it hurt her daughter.
"Steward Zheng, this thing is unusual." Mo Youran took over the handling at this time, lifted his eyelids and looked coldly at Zheng Wang'er, who had begun to break out in a cold sweat in the crowd: "A concubine is waiting for ginseng bird's nest every day, it seems that the Zheng family's life is much more luxurious and wealthy than my Mo family." ”
Zheng Wang'er knelt on the ground, wiping her cold sweat while quickly turning her brain to think of ideas, at this time, all the concubines and children were left behind, and she was even more resentful of the Zhou family, if she hadn't suddenly come to make trouble, how could she be suddenly discovered?
"Don't worry about Steward Zheng, slowly think about what to say, I think it's better to ask others first, Steward Zheng's family food and clothing, there will be no one who knows, right?" Mo Youran was already furious at the dirty things that these minions were doing behind their backs, and asked someone to pull Steward Zheng to the side and kneel, not to let people run away, and then looked at the silent subordinates with a smile: "I don't know, in the days when we are not there, you people live a good life, one by one is very moisturized, no wonder there are always people in the surrounding Zhuangzi who want to come here on an errand, it turns out that the oil and water are rich enough!" ”
The Zheng family has been powerful and blessed for so long, and it is true that the accumulation of power is on the one hand, on the other hand, the reason why these people dare not come forward to testify against them is naturally because they have taken benefits, and everyone has both prosperity and loss.
"Don't even speak?" Mo Youran laughed angrily, "Okay, it's really good, our Mo family can't afford to raise such people, so we quickly sent them all early, and replaced them with a group of honest and loyal ones." ”
There were timid people in the crowd who began to waver, although the Zheng family and the two of them have given benefits over the years, but the big head has not been swallowed by them, and they have not fallen much, this kung fu is buried for them, but they can't do it, and suddenly some people's minds are floating, and they plan to keep themselves.
Zheng Niangzi's face was like ashes, I didn't expect it, but she just dealt with a little goblin, this matter actually made a big fuss, and it was all to blame on the Zhou family! Thinking about glaring at the woman of the Zhou family with hatred, if she hadn't made a fuss, how could such a thing happen?
"Owner, don't listen to the nonsense of the Zhou family!" Zheng Niangzi kowtowed, her face was bloody: "This week's family wants to blackmail us when her daughter is gone, and wants to pull us into the water when we are not fooled!" The owner, the two of us are both our own people, otherwise Madame would not have asked us to come here to take on this important responsibility, you have to be aware of it! "Secretly glared at the Zhou family, if the stinky lady dares to spoil our affairs again, don't say that there will be no property to take in the future, be careful of your life!
What a good mouth! Dong Liang laughed angrily: "Are you planning to use Mrs. to suppress us?" People's hearts are separated from the belly, the most unpredictable, when you were in front of your wife, you may have been loyal and honest, but after a long time, the life of the dominant family outside is too smooth, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no dissent. Not to mention anything else, let me ask you, what is the rent set on our Mo family's Zhuangzi? ”
Zheng Niangzi's arm holding the ground couldn't help but tremble, and secretly wondered if this young lady who didn't touch the spring water with her ten fingers actually knew the cat on the rent: "The rent of our Mo family is set by Mrs., and it is fifty percent." ”
"Fifty percent?" Dong Liang picked up the tea on the table and splashed it, and Zheng Niangzi, who was still steaming with hot tea, snorted, Zuo Zhan just frowned, but heard Dong Liang patting the arm of the chair angrily: "You really think I am a three-year-old child?" Can you be left to have fun? Fifty percent is the level of the rich area in the south of the Yangtze River, and the poor land in the north has always been forty percent rent. ”
Most of the people around are locals, and their eyes suddenly widened in shock, fifty percent of the rent is already considered less, and it turns out that the owner actually set forty percent? Then why do the two Zheng stewards always collect rent according to fifty percent? Which of them didn't farm the land, and when they thought about how much they had been stripped of by these two over the years, they all gritted their teeth and stared at them viciously, eager to bite them to death one bite at a time to relieve the hatred in their hearts.