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Chapter 234

Knowing that Mu Yiyi was going to stay in Tianchang County to 'recover from illness', Wei Zhuang frowned, but didn't say anything.

After sending her husband away, Mu Yiyi's expression became a little uncertain: "Sister-in-law, do you think your brother-in-law will think that I am so ignorant?"

"Sister, you were too sensible before, that's why others have higher and higher demands on you. You are a human being, not a god, so why can't you lose your temper?" Mu Jiaojiao said calmly, "And, now you With me as your backer, what if you have a bit of a temper? Even if you are considered heaven and earth, the whole Wei family has to support you?"

Mu Yi was stunned for a moment, and finally a smile bloomed on his face: "You are right! I have such a big backer as you, why do I have to bear it all the time? Now it's time for them to bear my temper! "

"That's it!" Mu Jiaojiao nodded firmly, "Start with the brother-in-law. You have to let the brother-in-law know that you have your bottom line, and you can't indulge those people unconditionally. He can't stand those people after the brother-in-law, naturally. I will stand on the united front with you, and when the time comes for you and your wife to deal with those people together, wouldn't it be easier than you fighting alone?"

Mu Yiyi listened, and her heart couldn't help jumping violently—it turned out that Mu Jiaojiao didn't leave her behind because of a sudden fever. In her heart, she had already planned for her as a sister!
"A-mei, this matter is thanks to you. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have gone back to struggle." She quickly shook Mu Jiaojiao's hand.

Mu Jiaojiao shook his head with a smile: "Sister, you are a vigorous and decisive person. If you were in my position, you would be more beautiful than me. It's just because it is your family, and your brother-in-law is the person closest to you now. , you can't bear this heart."

Mu Yi's eyes turned red again, and she held her hand tightly, sobbing and unable to speak.

After finally comforting Mu Yi, when Mu Jiaojiao returned to the room, she saw Cui Pu looking at her with eyes full of defense.

This look is like a puppy who sees his companion being injured by a stone, lest someone else pick up another stone and throw it at him again.

Mu Jiaojiao couldn't help but laugh: "What are you doing?"

"If you encounter such a thing in the future, you won't do the same to me?" Cui Pu asked in a low voice.

It turned out that he was hurting others because of Wei Zhuang's affairs!

Mu Jiaojiao only asked him: "Will you favor Auntie unconditionally, no matter what she asks, will you do it?"

Cui Pu immediately came over with a smile on his face. "I'm not born to Auntie, how could she make random demands on me? Besides, Auntie is not that kind of person, and I'm not the eldest son like my elder brother-in-law, who needs to take care of everything! I just want to guard you, Let's just live a good life, I don't care what other people say!"

"Then you were so cautious just now!"

"I was frightened when this happened all of a sudden!" Cui Pu whispered, "They are all men, so I will inevitably not let myself think about it in the position of my eldest brother-in-law. In fact, it is not easy for him .”

"Then it's easy for my elder sister?" Mu Jiaojiao's face darkened.

"Of course it's not easy, it's not easy for anyone, and it's not easy for us!" Cui Putun knew that he had poked a hornet's nest, and quickly hugged her tightly. You never paid any attention to me, now you should accompany me well!"

……

In the twinkling of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Cui Pu hosted a banquet for the gentry in the county to drink at the Yueyue Building.At the banquet, Cui Pu naturally mentioned what he was doing now.

"At this time, it's about the people's livelihood, and it's even more about the country's society. This county believes that, as the gentry of Tianchang County, you should also do something to support the development of this county. What do you think?"

The squires had been prepared for this, and they reached out to touch the red envelopes they had prepared.

At this time, Jiang Guangda was the first to stand up: "The county lord has worked hard for the food and clothing of the people in Tianchang County. How can we not show it? Well, our Jiang family donated [-] guan for the county lord's great event. Please accept the honor of the county."

As he spoke, he ordered his servants to deliver a wooden box full of gold leaves.

When the others saw this, their eyes flashed, and the hand reaching for the purse stopped.

"Please forgive me, the county lord. We didn't know this happened when we came here. But since it is a great thing that benefits the country and the people, we must fully support it. Now we will ask people to go back to get the money, and the money will arrive soon!" The squire quickly laughed along, and the others echoed in unison.

Cui Pu nodded: "Everyone is interested."

After saying that, he lowered his eyes, and his eyes gradually darkened.

He had a great day tonight.In addition to Jiang Guangda's one thousand guan, other country gentry also gave generous gifts one after another, ranging from five hundred to one hundred guan.He ordered people to write down the amount donated by these people, and when he went back to do a careful calculation, the money he received that night was almost [-] guan!

This is almost double the amount he originally expected.

Faced with such a high amount, his mood is not very good.

Mu Jiaojiao found out, and asked, "What's the matter? Didn't you plan this matter a long time ago? Now that the results are outstanding, you should be happy!"

"The squires didn't intend to donate so much. It's all because Mr. Jiang gave a thousand guan first. With him in the lead, although the other people dare not go beyond him, they can't be much less than him, so they Then I temporarily took some money from my family to make up for it. I originally expected that Mr. Jiang would donate [-] guan at most, which is great, but now it is [-] guan..." Cui Pu let out a sigh of relief, "I always feel that, He’s not going to come up with such a large sum of money so easily.”

"Then what do you think he needs you to do for him?"

"This..." Cui Pu paused, "I don't know."

Mu Jiaojiao glanced at him: "Since you can't guess, then just wait. He has already taken the initiative, which means that it is not far from his request."

"Yeah, it's not far away." Cui Pu sighed and turned around suddenly, "I remembered something else, I'll go to Mr. Zhuang first!"

"Lady, why does the maid feel that there seems to be something wrong with Mr. Lang just now?" Seeing this, Hong Dou leaned into Mu Jiaojiao's ear and whispered.

The corner of Mu Jiaojiao's lips twitched: "I can see it."

"Could it be, what did Lang Jun and Master Jiang do in the days after you left, my lady?"

"I don't know. However, no matter what they did, the answer should be revealed soon." Mu Jiaojiao said in a troubled manner.

Time passed day by day, and the New Year's Eve was approaching, and the New Year's atmosphere in Tianchang County became more and more serious.

On the day of Xiaonian, the yamen was sealed, and the gentry and wives from the county came to Mu Jiaojiao to congratulate the new year.

Mrs. Jiang brought Miss Jiang again.

It's just that this time Miss Jiang didn't keep approaching and talking to Mu Jiaojiao as usual, but Wen Wen sat quietly beside Mrs. Jiang without saying a word for a long time.

After talking with everyone, Mu Jiaojiao asked them to eat.When a dish of vinegar fish from the West Lake was served, Miss Jiang's face turned pale, and she ran out immediately.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jiang quickly chased after her.

Mu Jiaojiao's eyelashes drooped slightly, and she only told Hong Dou, "Ask someone to look at these, and don't let Mrs. Jiang and Miss Jiang get lost."

Hongdou quickly agreed to go.

After about a cup of tea, Mrs. Jiang helped the pale-faced Miss Jiang back.

"I'm sorry everyone, my Ninth Lady has a bad stomach these days, and she just got sick again. It's our fault for disturbing everyone's pleasure." Mrs. Jiang laughed with her, and ordered Young Lady Jiang to go forward and admit her mistake.

Mu Jiaojiao looked at Miss Jiang who came to the front, and suddenly lifted her lips and smiled: "Miss Jiang, you vomited so badly just now, is it really just stomach discomfort, not pregnancy?"

Miss Jiang froze, and immediately knelt down in front of Mu Jiaojiao: "Ma'am, the little girl didn't do it on purpose! That night, the magistrate was drunk and mistook the little girl for you, that's why..."

boom!
Those words were like throwing a firecracker into a blazing fire, and sparks flew all over the place instantly.

The other country gentry and wives were embarrassed and wanted to leave immediately.But Mu Jiaojiao said: "Everyone, please stay. How can there be no witnesses for such an important matter? Since everyone is here today, why don't you just stay and be a witness for us!"

The squires and ladies suddenly became more embarrassed.It's just that Mu Jiaojiao had already spoken, so they could only sit back with dry smiles.

Only then did Mu Jiaojiao look down at Miss Jiang who was already crying into tears: "Tell me, what's going on?"

"That's, that's..." Miss Jiang blushed, unable to say anything.

Mrs. Jiang said: "Mrs. Madam, please forgive me. My daughter is so thin-skinned that I really can't say it. Let me talk about it!"

"Since she has already done this, what else can't she say?" Mu Jiaojiao smiled, "Actually, if you don't tell me, I can probably guess it. But after I leave, you will invite me at the mansion He drank, and when he drank too much, he rested at your house. But for some reason, he slept with Miss Jiang in a daze, didn't he?"

Miss Jiang covered her face and sobbed non-stop, only Mrs. Jiang nodded with a blushing face.

Mu Jiaojiao laughed lightly: "Then I can't figure out a few things. Even if my husband stays in your residence, he must sleep in the guest room. The guest room should be far away from the lady's boudoir, right? In the evening, how did he get along with Jiang Xiaoniang? Moreover, even if the two of them bumped into each other due to various chances and coincidences, how dare I ask my husband how he regards Jiang Xiaoniang as mine? We Are the two alike?"

"That's because my daughter has always admired you, madam, so I specially asked someone to make some clothes that are the same as yours. That night, my daughter was wearing one of them." Miss Jiang said with a sob.

"That's right!" Mu Jiaojiao laughed again.

They might feel better if she was angry.But now Mu Jiaojiao didn't show any anger from the beginning to the end, instead he smiled and talked to them calmly, as if he was talking about the affairs of a man from another family.With such a calm expression, everyone present was terrified, and everyone was restless.

Miss Jiang was also terrified.

Things didn't go in the direction she expected at all, and she was completely at a loss now.

Gritting her teeth, she quickly raised her head, and looked at Mu Jiaojiao with hazy tearful eyes: "Madam, my daughter has always admired the magistrate. I just know that the magistrate and your husband and wife love each other and can't tolerate others. My daughter never dared to climb up to the magistrate. That day Wan Ye just wanted to see him because she couldn't help it, but who knew... Originally, the little girl wanted to forget about it as a dream, but who knew that last month, the little girl suddenly found that she had the flesh and blood of the county official in her stomach I have no choice but to ask for nothing, Madam, to give my little girl a shelter in the backyard so that my little girl can give birth to this child safely. After the child is born, I promise not to see him again, nor to recognize him. He. He is the child of you and the county magistrate, madam, and has nothing to do with the little girl!"

(End of this chapter)