Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 3977 Suspicion
"Auntie, are you up? I went out for a stroll earlier and brought back pastries for Auntie and Sister Wuyou. You guys have to try them."

When Zhang Shuilian returned to the backyard of Tianxiang Building, she happened to see Yang Ruoqing standing in the yard drying clothes.

She hurriedly came over here and handed over the bag of snacks she was holding.

The worry-free sister she was talking about was none other than Luo Baobao.

The word "baby" is her baby name, and it is only called by those who are close to her.

To the outside world, she has her own name, her name is Luo Wuyou, and she hopes to be carefree all her life.

"I heard that these dim sums are all made by a famous pastry shop in Qing'an County. Sister Wuyou will definitely like to eat them." Zhang Shuilian said again, presenting the dim sum to Yang Ruoqing like a treasure.

Yang Ruoqing wiped her wet hands gently on her body, then took the snack box, and thanked Zhang Shuilian.

Zhang Shuilian waved her hands indifferently, and said, "Uncle and aunt have helped us so much, I should buy two boxes of pastries for sister Wuyou to eat."

Yang Ruoqing nodded with a smile.

Zhang Shuilian said: "Auntie, you should be busy first, I'm going back to the house to look for the big ball."

"Okay!" Yang Ruoqing nodded.

Looking at Zhang Shuilian's leaving figure, a trace of doubt flashed in Yang Ruoqing's eyes.

Today's Zhang Shuilian is obviously different from last night's Zhang Shuilian. Last night's Zhang Shuilian looked poor and short-sighted, shy about everything.

Today, Zhang Shuilian seems to be in a good mood, radiant, confident and confident.

These are not the point, the point is that Zhang Shuilian didn't have any jewelry on her body last night, but today's Zhang Shuilian wears a bracelet on her wrist and a silver hairpin in her hair.

These items definitely did not belong to Zhang Shuilian.

She went out early in the morning, presumably to meet someone, and she only got these jewelry after she came back.

They came from Yangzhou, and they were unfamiliar with the place here, and the only relative was her cousin.

However, last night Zhang Shuilian complained to her in tears, saying that her cousin and her cousin's husband had borrowed money from them and hadn't returned it. Got jewelry?
She gave them a few taels of silver for them to go shopping outside, a few taels of silver would definitely not be able to buy so many things.

The only possibility is that these jewelry were given by Zhang Shuilian's cousin.

As for why the cousin's attitude changed so much overnight, the best explanation is that the cousin and her husband knew about Zhang Shuilian's relationship with them and their real identities.

Thinking of this, Yang Ruoqing looked at the guest room where Zhang Shuilian's laughter came from, and her face suddenly turned cold.

……

In the guest room of Zhang Shuilian and Da Qiu.

Zhang Shuilian dangled the jewels collected from her cousin Huang's in front of the big ball like offering treasures, showing off how she is.

"Big ball, you didn't see it with your own eyes. At that time, my cousin's face was red, green, blue, and white, as if she had opened a dyeing workshop. She dared not speak out," Zhang Shuilian said, "I was so angry." It's dripping blood, and you still have to make an apologetic smile on my face, coaxing you like a good cousin."

Hearing this, Da Qiu also found it very enjoyable.

"But Shui Lian, you took so many jewelry from your cousin for nothing, and these things are worth seven or eight taels of silver, right?" he asked.

Zhang Shuilian nodded, "Well, it's about seven or eight taels, why? You want me to take out all these jewelry and exchange them for silver?"

Daqiu nodded: "The family has no money. When we went out to Qing'an County to ask for debts, my mother explained that the family's money is only enough to cover one month's rice and grain expenses."

"I don't know when my brother-in-law will return the 100 taels of silver right now. At least the seven or eight taels of silver, plus the few taels of silver my aunt gave last night, add up to more than ten taels of silver. We have to pay for this money." Collect it and take it home to buy rice for mother."

"Buy your head!" Zhang Shuilian said angrily, and put the jewelry away again.

"In the few years since I married you, I haven't had half a piece of decent jewelry. It was given to me by my cousin. Why do you want me to take out these jewelry to fill the mouths of your family's brothers and sisters?" Zhang Shuilian asked. .

"Big ball, let me tell you, don't even think about this jewelry, it's mine, it's all mine."

"If you want to support your big family, brothers and sisters, you should please your uncle and your aunt, they are rich people, and a little leakage between their fingers is enough to feed us for a year or so! "

After saying this, Zhang Shuilian got up and poured herself a bowl of tea, drank it in big gulps, drank three bowls in one go, and managed to suppress the anger in her chest.

She turned her head to look at the big ball and said: "When you ask your aunt later, tell me that my cousin and cousin-in-law are very grateful when they heard about their raising Dazhi, and want to invite my uncle and aunt to eat together." After a meal, I beg your uncle and aunt to give you a face."

Da Qiu was surprised, "I'm worried that my uncle and aunt won't want to have dinner with your cousin and husband."

"That's why I told you to ask your aunt. Remember, you must mention Dazhi. This is what your aunt cares about." Zhang Shuilian reminded.

Daqiu was a little flustered, "If your cousin and brother-in-law reveal the matter of the 100 taels of silver at the dinner table, I'm worried that my uncle and aunt will be annoyed."

"Do you still remember when my uncle and aunt gave us a large sum of money, but they told us to buy land in our hometown, but we took 100 taels to lend usury..."

Zhang Shuilian raised her eyebrows, "Don't worry, I've already discussed it with my cousin, they won't be so stupid as to talk about it at the dinner table."

"They look for a ladder so that they can climb high branches, and we happen to be that ladder."

"Anyway, what my cousin said, as long as we give them a chance to treat them to dinner, the principal of 100 taels will be returned to us after the meal."

As soon as he heard that the 100 taels of silver could be returned, Da Qiu's eyes lit up immediately, and the previous concern had long since been lost.

He excitedly said: "Shui Lian, you can do whatever you say, I will listen to you!"

Luo Fengtang went to the Ministry of War to handle errands, and came back after noon.

"Have you eaten?" Yang Ruoqing asked, she was making watermelon juice for Luo Baobao to cool off the heat.

Luo Fengtang said: "I ate at the Ministry of War, by the way, Qing'er, Xiaoan just has an errand, so I can't come here during the day, but I can come over to have dinner together tonight."

Yang Ruoqing smiled happily, "Okay, I'll cook some of Xiao An's favorite dishes at night."

Luo Fengtang said: "What about Daqiu and Zhang Shuilian? Do you also eat together at night? To be honest, I don't know why, but I always feel that these two couples appearing in Qing'an County are a bit sneaky."

Yang Ruoqing curled her lips and said, "I feel it too, so I've already sent someone to investigate secretly. What are the two of them up to? The result will come soon."

(End of this chapter)