Cheng Qingwan was slightly stunned before taking the safety lock.

"I asked Song Da just now, and he said that Mrs. Cheng didn't want the dowry so she didn't return it, dare to ask Mrs. if it is true?"

"Phew, obviously he snatched my dowry box, and if he couldn't get the deed, he wanted to sell my Wanwan to Qinglou to pay off his gambling debts." Cheng Hua'er scolded viciously in the direction of Song Da: "Lord Yuan can't let him go, this kind of black-hearted person is not an exaggeration to cut off his head!" ”

"Don't believe her, my lord, this stinky woman is just dissatisfied with me for divorce her. But she thinks about it, she has been married to me for so long, and she is neither allowed to have sex with me, nor willing to use the money to supplement the family, and the box of money is to compensate me! ”

Song Da glared at her viciously, wishing that he would kill her that night.

"If I hadn't come out with the money, you would have starved to death, and you could still stand in front of me?" Cheng Hua'er sneered: "You are tired of letting you grow some food, and you are tired of letting you go out to work, and you are afraid of low wages." If I hadn't taken my dowry and hired a few people, I would have starved to death for so many years! ”

"You ......"

"That's enough." Yuan Qi hadn't slept all night, and his head grew when he heard the two people arguing: "Song Da participated in bribery, and if he can save his life, he won't be able to keep it." If you want to get justice, wait for the new pavilion chief to take office, and then go to court with him. ”

Song Da heard this, his legs were weak, if it weren't for the attendants around him pressing him, I'm afraid he would have slumped on the ground a long time ago.

He thought that he would just hit a few boards, where would he think that it would endanger his life.

Cheng Hua'er was also stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then immediately asked, "Where did you sell the rest of the jewelry?" ”

Song Da has already lost his three souls and six spirits at this moment, where can he answer her words.

Mrs. Cheng rest assured, I will let Wei Xianling ask about this matter. Yuan Qi also saw it, so he directly asked people to put him in the carriage: "The village chief and the pavilion chief have been taken into custody, and all cases will be tried after the new pavilion chief arrives, and the Wang family and the Chen family will need to stay in prison for a few days, and they will definitely inform you at that time." ”

Cheng Hua'er nodded, agreed, and then moved the dowry box back to the back room.

Cheng Qingwan had been standing behind and watching, and when she saw that everyone was almost gone, she slowly stepped forward.

"My lord's words are a little rushed today, did you not sleep all night last night?"

Yuan Qi nodded.

"Then why don't you go back to the house and sleep first, and talk about this in the afternoon."

"I said it yesterday, and I'll give you an explanation this morning."

Cheng Qingwan smiled and took a step back: "I still want to ask the adults why they came to my house yesterday, since the adults are so tired, then let's go back and rest quickly." ”

When Yuanqi heard this, he first looked at her deeply, and then replied, "Yesterday, I specially invited you to take a look at the wheat I planted in the backyard. These days will be a bit busy, and I think I can only come for a few days, and then I will visit in person. ”

After saying that, he got into the carriage and drove away.

Cheng Qingwan was stunned for a while, then turned around and saw the cow on the side, annoyed why she didn't return it to others, and she had to run again.

She walked into the house and saw that Cheng Hua'er was ordering the dowry.

Looking at the whole box of golden jewelry and treasures, Cheng Qingwan began to wonder about the origin of the woman's maiden family, and bought such a large box of dowry for her daughter.

"Auntie, this hairpin is so beautiful."

She picked up a five-tailed phoenix hairpin, beautifully made, the golden phoenix held a pearl in its mouth, hung down the tassel, and shook it in her hand.

Look closely, there are two ancient characters engraved on the crested head.

Cheng Qingwan was frowning and studying it, and was taken away by the woman.

"Wanwan, these will be your dowry in the future." Cheng Hua'er put away the things as usual, and then locked them: "There are still a lot of things, I think it was taken by Song Da to sell it." ”

"Xu is still hiding in his home, and he lied to us that day."

"I'm not worried about anything else, but there is a jade pendant, if it is really sold, I have to redeem it quickly."

"Why?"

"Because it's a relic left by your grandmother." Cheng Hua'er rubbed her forehead and said.

Cheng Qingwan nodded, that really has to be redeemed.

It's just that it's easy to sell cheaply, but it's hard to redeem it, so I'm afraid that I can't redeem these few taels of silver at home.

"A-Niang, when are we going to the town, take these grains and sell them, and go buy a few more fields by the way."

Cheng Hua'er looked at the piles of grain in the yard and nodded: "Yes, I have to find a time to go to town." It's just that if you buy a field, it's up to the village chief to decide, and you'll have to wait until that happens. ”

When Cheng Qingwan heard this, she immediately refuted it in her heart, I don't know when this matter will be. Next month is November, so it's not a long wait.

She had been thinking about it all day, and while planting soybeans and wheat, she almost hit her foot with a hoe.

"What are you thinking, absent-minded?"

Cheng Hua'er watched her go to bed and asked softly.

"I'm thinking, if the village chief is not here, who will do the affairs of the village."

"I've heard that it's all been handled by Yuan Daren recently."

"Yuanqi?" Cheng Qingwan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she glanced at the cow at the door: "Auntie, we have been borrowing other people's cattle for a while, I will return the cattle tomorrow, and by the way, I will buy a few more pieces of land." ”

Cheng Hua'er glanced at the person in front of her differently when she heard this: "Tomorrow, why don't I go." ”

"Huh? Ah Niang never cared about these things before. Cheng Qingwan looked at her and immediately understood: "You heard them gossip about me and Lord Yuan yesterday."

Cheng Hua'er nodded: "You are an unmarried girl, you should see him rarely, so as not to spread the word and find a husband." Didn't you tell Lord Yuan that day that you would be farther away in the future? ”

"Did Aunt Liu hear Qiaoqiao say it?" Cheng Qingwan looked at her and nodded, and said with a smile: "I just said it casually that day, but what A-Niang said was to stay away." Then, tomorrow will bother A-Niang. ”

Cheng Hua'er smiled with relief and responded.

The mother and daughter lay down, intending to fall asleep.

The night was silent and the candles were extinguished.

The woman's voice suddenly sounded: "If Yuanqi is from Huaxian, it is also a good home." However, he is from the capital, and I will never want you to enter the capital again in my life. ”

Cheng Qingwan heard the meaning of her words, and quipped: "A-Niang, you were thinking about marrying me to someone else's attendant a few days ago, and today you hit the idea on Yuanqi, so tomorrow, who should it be?" ”

Cheng Hua'er was dumbfounded, and only said in a half-loud voice: "I just hope that you can find a good husband with some family background, and don't wander around with me anymore." ”

"I can give myself a home, too." Cheng Qingwan said softly: "A-Niang, go to sleep quickly, I have to go to Lord Yuan tomorrow." ”

Cheng Hua'er hummed softly and stopped talking.

After a while, the person next to her gradually fell asleep, and she had not closed her eyes until dawn.

After Cheng Qingwan woke up, there was no one in the house.

After breakfast, she took the kettle to the backyard to water the tomatoes with small green fruits, and took a few eggs from the hen's coop.

Then, he walked to the stone mill, took out the soybeans he soaked yesterday, added water and put them into the stone mill to grind.

It took nearly an hour for Cheng Qingwan to grind the soybeans.

Then strain both sides with gauze to remove the okara, and then bring the soy milk into the kitchen and bring it to a boil over high heat.

Until the fragrance of soy milk came out, she couldn't help but taste a bowl. Then he turned out a basin from the cupboard, filled it with a full bowl, and waited for Cheng Hua'er to come back and drink.

Cheng Qingwan put the soy milk to about 80 degrees, and then put the salt water in it three times until it solidified into tofu flowers.

She took out the mold she had made a few days ago, put in gauze, put the tofu flower in it, wrapped the gauze, and pressed the weight.

After waiting for half an hour, the tofu will be ready.

Near noon, Cheng Hua'er stood in front of Yuanqi, always feeling a little out of breath, but seeing that he was looking for a good land deed, it was difficult to turn around and leave.

It took him a moment to dig out a stack of title deeds from the village chief's disorganized box.

"Mrs. Cheng knows more about the fields in the village than I do, so you can choose for yourself."

Cheng Hua'er took the title deed, looked at it for a long time and took out five sheets: "Just these five." ”

Yuanqi nodded, took out the notebook and registered, and then put the five taels of silver given by the woman into a small wooden box.

"Mrs. Cheng has signed here, and this field is yours."

Cheng Hua'er nodded and signed the title deed.

"Thank you Lord Yuan, the women will retire first."

"Madame, walk slowly." Yuan Qi watched her walk out with a smile, and then cleaned up the things on the table.

Ah Zhu immediately greeted him and replied: "My lord, we went to see the pawnshop that Song Da said, and the shopkeeper said that he did come to sell a lot of jewelry." ”

Yuan Qi nodded, seeing that he was worried, and motioned for him to continue.

"There is a jade pendant, and my subordinates brought it back." Ah Zhu took out the jade pendant and said, "There is no name engraved on this jade pendant, yes, yes..."

Yuan Qi saw that he was hesitant, so he took the jade pendant.

The fine white jade is carved with a phoenix, and the word Yuan Lan is also engraved on the side.

"The subordinates have repeatedly asked the shopkeeper and Song Da that this jade pendant was indeed taken from Mrs. Cheng's dowry box."

"Cheng..."Yuanqi's brows furrowed, and he clenched the jade pendant: "Go and check, her maiden family, the previous husband's family, anything." ”

"Do you want to tell the prince?" Ah Zhu said: "If it is true, His Highness will be able to transfer you back to the capital." ”

"Don't make a noise, go check first."

"Yes." Ah Zhu responded and immediately walked out.

When Cheng Huaer got the title deed and returned home, Cheng Qingwan had already cooked lunch.

"Wanwan, where did you get the tofu?"

"I did it myself." Cheng Qingwan brought out the soy milk with a smile: "A-Niang, taste it, it's just a little cold." ”

Cheng Hua'er took a sip in surprise, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "This is the same as what I drank before, if Wanwan's craftsmanship opens a store, it will definitely sell well." ”

Cheng Qingwan smiled and did not speak. But what the woman said reminded her that when she had saved some money, she should do some business.

After lunch, the mother and daughter sat for a while, and Cheng Qingwan took a hoe to Xintian.

Xintian is near Aunt Liu's house, and the five fields that are connected together are overgrown with weeds because no one has planted them for a long time.

It took her an afternoon to pull out all the weeds.

At dusk, it didn't take long for the seeds to be planted.

Cheng Qingwan straightened her waist, glanced at Song Qiaoqiao, who had been with her for an afternoon, and said with a smile: "Let's go, go to my house for dinner." ”

"No, my aunt should cook a good meal." Song Qiaoqiao took her hand and said with a smile.

Because the two adults are close and move around a lot, these two people are also very harmonious, like sisters.

"By the way, Lord Yuan asked Wei County to send many people to guard the entrances of various villages today, saying that there are many refugees who have contracted the epidemic and have come here."