Chapter 42 Endless(1/2)
There was a commotion in the house, and the servants and girls in the yard shrank their heads and kept silent. Some people had the courage to look back and saw that all the screen and flower stands in the hall had fallen to the ground, and it was a mess.
"You still want to kill me because you're a fool?"
Mr. Cheng was panting, his bun was slightly disheveled, and his homely Taoist robe was also messy.
"Do you think I can't kill her? Does she think she can live a righteous life just because she is a fool? Don't forget that she died in a urine jar back then!"
Mr. Cheng waved his broad sleeves.
"She wants to kill me because of her stupidity, don't forget that I can kill her too!"
After hearing the news, Mrs. Cheng, who came from the newly built sutra hall, was startled by the mess in front of her.
"What are you doing?" she shouted, urging the girls and servants to clean up the floor, while pulling Mr. Cheng to come and sit down in the inner room.
Mr. Cheng gasped and sat down with a confused look on his face.
"Do you know what she did?" he said, raising his finger and pointing outside. "She actually took people to Nancheng and picked up a broken house to live in. She also said that she would build a house for the people there. I
After saying a few words to her, she shot my man and shot me with an arrow..."
Mrs. Cheng raised her hand and took his arm, interrupting him.
"Wait, what did you say?" she asked hurriedly, "She wants to build a house for people over there?"
"Yes, what she said was so joyful that she fooled the people in Nan Cheng." Mr. Cheng snorted and said mockingly, "I don't even think about how credible that fool's words are."
Mrs. Cheng nodded.
"Yes, building a house, how is this possible?" she said, "How can she have the money?"
"With that kind of money, no one would build a house for others!" Mr. Cheng said.
Mrs. Cheng reached out to pat him and poured hot tea.
"Master, calm down, why are you angry with a fool?" She smiled.
Mr. Cheng turned to look at her and frowned.
"Why aren't you angry?" he asked.
"I have a real person to protect me, and my mind and heart are at peace. What's there to be angry about?" Mrs. Cheng said with a smile.
"What a real person and a dummy." Mr. Cheng said with a frown.
Mrs. Cheng hurriedly hissed at him, folded her hands and recited a few words of apology, then told the story about Guanzhu Sun, and pointed to the four-legged case next to the couch.
"Where are the scriptures? You and I can feel at ease," she said.
"What a foolish woman!" Mr. Cheng said angrily, throwing his hands away.
Mrs. Cheng was not angry and picked up the tea bowl with a smile.
"Anyway, I feel relieved now that the girl has been kicked out..." she said.
"Where can I be kicked out?" Mr. Cheng said angrily.
"Anyway, as long as you're not in our house, you can go wherever you like," Mrs. Cheng said.
"I can't afford to lose that person!" Mr. Cheng said angrily.
Mrs. Cheng smiled.
"Master, from the day she was born, have our Cheng family been afraid of being embarrassed?" she said.
This is quite...
Mr. Cheng angrily rolled up his sleeves and got up and went to the study to think of another idea.
"Madam, your complexion and mood are really much better." The maid praised from the side.
Mrs. Cheng drank tea with a smile.
"You mean I didn't get angry this time by turning over the table and smashing the tea bowl?" She laughed.
How could a servant girl admit it and deny it with a smile?
"Whatever you think, I am different now than before." Mrs. Cheng smiled, reaching out and licking her temples, "With a real person protecting me, even if the sky falls, I will not change my expression, let alone a fool.
What happened?"
As the sun sets, a new day arrives.
As the morning fog dissipated, the sunlight gradually shone in front of Cheng's house. The two concierges crossed their arms, talking and laughing while watching the boys sweeping the door.
Yesterday's noise had dissipated with the night, and there was peace in the Cheng family. However, this peace was soon broken by the noise.
A group of people in simple and shabby clothes walked across the bridge, carrying goods with their shoulders and pushing carts, shouting, talking and laughing. For a moment, the Cheng family street was like a temple fair.
As for the gift plaque hanging in front of the door, no one has ever dared to make noise on the streets in front of Cheng's house. What are they doing today?
"Go and ask, what's going on? Why are a group of men here?" the men at the concierge frowned and shouted.
Then two young boys threw down their brooms and ran to ask questions. After a while, they came back with strange expressions.
"They said they came to build a house..." they said.
Build a house?
The men in the concierge looked at each other. The incident between Cheng Jiaoniang and Mr. Cheng in Nan Cheng yesterday had already spread throughout the country. It was said that they were going to build a house for the people in Nan Cheng. Isn't it a joke?
"Madam, madam."
Mrs. Cheng was sitting on her knees in front of the four-legged table in the inner room, holding the scroll of Taiping Sutra and murmuring. She didn't even turn her head when she heard the words. The maid outside stopped the maid who ran towards her and scolded her in a low voice.
Mrs. Cheng finished reading a paragraph with a calm mind, put it down on the desks respectfully, and then started to walk out.
"What are you yelling about again?" she asked calmly, sitting down and picking up the tea bowl.
"Madam, madam, they are really building a house over there. It costs ten thousand guan! That silly lady has to give out 10,000 guan!" the servant woman shouted urgently.
Ten thousand guan!
Mrs. Cheng spat out a mouthful of tea.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" she shouted.
"No, no, we all know. Nan Cheng made it clear that it is really ten thousand guan!" the servant woman said, her surprise at the moment she heard and saw it has not faded away.
Ten thousand guan!
"Where did she get the money?" Mrs. Cheng asked, putting her hand on her heart.
"Maybe it was given by the Zhou family?" the servant girl guessed.
No matter who gave it to me, since that idiot is holding it, it belongs to them!
Ten thousand guan!
"It's incredible. This fool was deceived by those poor people from Nancheng! Where is the master? Go and tell the master!"
Mrs. Cheng said, as she stood up and walked out, she got up so hard that she accidentally bumped into several cases in front of her, causing pain in her knees.
Mrs. Cheng was so angry that she kicked several cases over.
"Chop it and burn it!" she shouted angrily, raised her feet and helped the servant girl to limp out.
The servants hurriedly answered the call and went to pick up the cases that had fallen on the floor. One of them looked at the other one and looked inside.
"It seems that it doesn't work when a real person meets a fool..." She laughed softly.
These words made the two maids in the room burst into laughter. They quickly stopped laughing, winked at the other maid, and carried a few cases out.
When Mrs. Cheng went to find Mr. Cheng, Mrs. Cheng had already gone out.
This was her first time coming to Nancheng. She walked in a hurry. Neither the inexplicable smell in the air nor the bumpy road could stop her. But in the courtyard where Cheng Jiaoniang lived,
Was stopped outside.
"Jiao Niang, Jiao Niang, it's me." Mrs. Cheng Er said hastily, raising her hand to wipe her tears, "I know you have been wronged, I, I will definitely find a way for you."
Manager Cao leaned against the door and looked at her with a half-smile.
"Madam, my wife said she won't see you anymore," he said.
My home?
Mrs. Cheng Er's eyes flashed slightly when she looked at him.
"I have different thoughts from them about this matter. His father and I agree with you. You know why it happened this time. It's because his father and I wanted to find a good match for my little girl. As a result, someone
I am so angry." She said, looking at Manager Cao, "We are the same as your family this time."
She emphasized the word "your home".
Manager Cao was a little confused by what he said. Why did it involve marriage, the Zhou family, and so on? But he couldn't figure it out and didn't think about it. Anyway, people who didn't see his wife didn't need to pay attention.
"Madam, please go back. If you don't want to see me, I won't see you." He said with a bit of impatience.
The other people nearby struck the long sticks in their hands.
Mrs. Cheng and her servants were all frightened.
It is said that when Mr. Cheng led his men to force him forward, he was actually shot by an arrow...
To be continued...