Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 624 Thanks to Me
Zheng Linsheng immediately said, "It's the same if you give it to me, I'll take it back to your father."

"Give it to you?" Zheng Xidong said, "Once the money is in your hands, can anyone else squeeze a single cent out of you? Stop dawdling here. If you want the money, do as I say. Otherwise, we'll fight it out. Look back at those yamen runners. Will they help you or me?"

Zheng Linsheng clicked his tongue impatiently, "Fine, fine, I'll have your dad come find you."

Seeing Zheng Linsheng step back, Meng Changqing really wanted to put his ear next to Zheng Xidong and listen to what they were saying.

As Zheng Xidong and Luo Yun approached, Meng Changqing nodded and smiled at them with a serious expression.

"My lady." Luo Yun and Zheng Xidong bowed to her.

"The kitchen made some wraps this morning, they taste great, go and have some!"

After Zheng Xidong and Luo Yun walked away, Cheng Guang asked in a low voice, "Are we really not going to do anything? Her uncle is not someone who can be easily dealt with. If we don't teach him a lesson, he won't learn to restrain himself."

Meng Changqing thought to himself, how much of a lesson must be taught before someone like that learns to restrain themselves? Only death would be the cleanest solution.

She didn't say those words aloud.

After all, once those words are spoken, there's no guarantee that a loyal subordinate won't suddenly appear and actually help her kill that person.

"Let's ignore it for now and see what happens."

Meanwhile, Zheng Linsheng couldn't wait to rush home.

"Brother! Second Brother!" Zheng Linsheng rushed into Zheng Jiasheng's bedroom. Zhou Erya, who was lying on the kang, was startled by him and quickly got up to put on her coat.

There isn't much work to do in the fields right now, and the county isn't hiring, so she rarely gets a break.

Physical exhaustion and inner turmoil tormented her, making her look sickly these past two days. Zheng Jiasheng, taking pity on her, allowed her to lie on the kang (heated brick bed) for half a day. "Sister-in-law," Zheng Linsheng noticed Zhou Erya and said, "You go out first, I need to talk to my brother."

Despite her dissatisfaction, Zhou Erya didn't dare say a word, got dressed, and went out.

Zheng Linsheng walked her a couple of steps, and after she left, he immediately closed the door.

Zheng Jiasheng, who had been sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), said with dissatisfaction, "Why can't you just say what you mean directly?"

He only expressed his dissatisfaction at this point, which shows that his dissatisfaction was not because Zheng Linsheng disturbed his wife's rest, but simply because he did not want to be disturbed while he was daydreaming.

Zheng Linsheng mysteriously leaned closer to Zheng Jiasheng and said, "There are some things you really can't let your sister-in-law know. She's not capable of anything great; she's only good at causing trouble for her family."

Zheng Jiasheng frowned as he listened, "What exactly is it?"

"I finally managed to get in front of Xidong and said a lot of nice things to her until my mouth was dry. She finally realized that she had let some slips of her heart out to us. But this girl is petty and still holds a grudge against me for telling her about my boyfriend."

You say I was only doing it for her own good, for the good of our family. If she had listened to me and married him properly, why would she need to be out in the open and mingling with men?
They've already been enjoying their retirement for a long time.

Zheng Linsheng added, "That kid is very wild, I don't know who he takes after. We are both honest and kind-hearted, only my sister-in-law is stubborn in the family, you have to keep a close eye on him."

Zheng Jiasheng listened, outwardly neither objecting nor agreeing.

After Zheng Linsheng had stirred things up enough, he turned the conversation back to the main topic, saying, "She wants you to go get the money."

Zheng Jiasheng's eyes darted around. "She wants me to go? Isn't she going to bring it back herself?"

"Hey, why are you making such a fuss about this? She's an official now, she thinks she's above everyone else. If it weren't for me, her uncle, risking my reputation, would she still acknowledge us?"
"Brother, what are you still sitting there for? Hurry up and go!"