Yutai Bi

Chapter 232 Attacks
Now that she had made up her mind, Cen Sanniang called Ah Qiu over: "Clean up the courtyard next door. Let the in-laws live with her maid." Then she explained to Mrs. Zou, "You have to leave Cen before I come to the door. home. Otherwise, Sanfang will detain you, and we don’t want to rob you.”

Zou's bachelor said: "I've prepared it a long time ago. Not only did I bring four maids, but Bao'er's nanny was also brought along. The house deeds and land deeds were all sewn into the belt, and the bank notes were packed in a box and mixed in It came out of the gift box."

Cen Sanniang was taken aback, pointed at her and laughed loudly: "Why do you go out with so many jewelry on your back today? I dare you to take all the valuables away!"

Mrs. Zou said proudly: "When I came to Longzhou, my father advised me to bring less things and exchange all the cash into bank notes. I only kept some emergency silver and rewarding copper coins with me. My dowry was not only for shops and Tiancheng, All the furniture was sold and exchanged for bank notes. What the Cen family left behind is not worth much now. I will go and count it when we leave. I took all the big heads with me."

Cen Sanniang stood up and said, "Then you stay here first. Tomorrow I will go to Cen's house and talk to the old lady."

Mrs. Zou got up and bowed her knees to salute her: "Sanniang, thank you for your kindness. Sister-in-law has caused trouble for you and the Duke."

Cen Sanniang helped her up, took her hand and said affectionately, "Let's go, we've been away for a long time, I'm afraid Bao'er will find you."

Cen Sanniang sent someone to report to Sanfang that night.

The person who reported the letter was the old woman sent by the third bedroom of Cen's family to wait on her. When she arrived at the third bedroom, the old lady was delivering dinner just in time.

The eldest lady, the second lady and the fourth lady sat down with the old lady.The eldest daughter-in-law, the third daughter-in-law, and the fifth daughter-in-law of the fourth wife all stood by and waited on them.Sitting at the next table were the Eldest Master, the Fourth Master, and several sons and nephews.All together.

Mrs. Cen, like all old people, was extremely happy to see the house full of children and grandchildren.

She held the chopsticks and was about to speak and eat.The girl reported to Tian's mother, and Tian's mother reported to the old lady.Old Madam Cen put down her chopsticks and said, "Tell her to come in and pass on a message."

The woman was brought in, bowed and said: "Mrs. Du kept the Second Young Madam and Miss Bao, and said she wanted to keep them in the four-bedroom old house for a night."

Mrs. Cen hummed, and glanced at Mama Tian.Mother Tian sent the woman out in person.

When I came back, I went to the room and had already started eating.Mother Tian didn't say a word, and stood quietly by the side to serve.

Mrs. Cen glanced at her, and slowly put down her chopsticks.The people on the table also put down their chopsticks.After rinsing your mouth and face.Mrs. Cen kept Cen Zhibai and a few wives, and let the others go away.

The eldest lady ordered tea herself, and served the old lady with a cup.Only then did the old lady say slowly: "Fourth daughter-in-law, you can repeat what she said about Mrs. Zou when you went to see Sanniang yesterday."

The old lady sipped her tea with no expression of joy or anger.The fourth lady was puzzled: "Mother, didn't I report to you when I came back yesterday? But what is wrong with what the daughter-in-law said?"

Madam Cen put the teacup on the table and scolded: "If you tell me, you can say it, what are you talking about!"

The fourth lady shrank back into the chair in fright, thinking that Cen Sanniang told her to keep an eye on the property of the fourth room and asked Mrs. Zou to look over the accounts for her, how could she say these things in front of the eldest lady.Seeing that the old lady's eyes were as sharp as a knife, she bit the bullet and said to Ai Ai: "San Niang mentioned the property of the fourth house when she heard that Brother Jiu was coming to Longzhou soon. She said that I am Brother Jiu's biological mother, Brother Jiu My son can understand accounts when he grows up. If you don’t understand, Brother Bai’s daughter-in-law was born in a merchant, so you can ask her for advice. Just these two sentences.”

The eldest lady got angry when she heard this, she took off her handkerchief and began to cry: "Mother, I worked hard to take care of the property of the fourth room for brother Jiu. You look at the account book every year, and the year-end settlement is a deficit? Three Mother is clearly saying that my eldest aunt is profiting from it and has lost Brother Jiu. You have to say something fair for your daughter-in-law!"

"Shut up!" Mrs. Cen was only thinking about Cen Sanniang's staying overnight with Zou's mother and daughter, how could she control the property of the fourth house.

The eldest lady was also taken aback, she didn't dare to cry anymore, and the tears from the corners of her eyes were covered with a handkerchief.In a blink of an eye, I saw the second lady and Erlang sitting silently at the side.My heart suddenly came to my senses.If we really want to talk about the property of the fourth house, the second house has nothing to do with it.The old lady kept the second wife and Erlang, presumably the unknown fire was caused by the Zou mother and daughter staying overnight in the four-bedroom old house, and she felt at ease.

"Second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zou went out today, who did she bring with her?"

Mrs. Cen knows what she does.Four maids were stuffed into the Boge Nursery, one was pregnant and carried a concubine, and the three became housemates.The girl who wanted to be transferred to Bai Ge'er's yard didn't stop her as long as she was good-looking.It is impossible for Zou to have no resentment.

Earlier, she asked the Fourth Madam to invite Cen Sanniang, but she didn't call Mrs. Zou, but she was a little worried that Mrs. Zou would find Cen Sanniang to complain.When the fourth lady came back and said, she felt that even if she complained, it didn't matter, and maybe she could win the relationship between Cen Sanniang and Sanfang.

Zou had only one daughter in four years of marriage.The second master lost his official position and was assigned, and he only had one son, Bai Ge'er, under his knees.The second wife was so frightened by the second master's loss of office and imprisonment that her spirits collapsed, so she had no intention of thinking about her son's heirs.No one can find fault with her grandmother who gave maidservants and concubines to her grandson.

But Cen Sanniang kept Mrs. Zou and Bao'er overnight, so Mrs. Cen had to think deeply.

Longzhou city is not big.The third room and the fourth room belong to the same clan, and they are not far apart.The two speculate, and they can walk frequently on both sides.The mother-in-law is at home, and the grandmother is at home. There is no reason to stay overnight at someone else's house without first obtaining the consent of the elders.

It took a while for the second wife to realize: "Ms. Zou went to the four-bedroom old house, didn't mother tell her to go?"

Answering irrelevant questions, Mrs. Cen gave her a look of resentment, and called Mama Tian: "Go and have a look in Bo Ge'er's yard."

Mother Tian didn't move, she bowed and replied: "The slaves have been there. The second young lady took the four maids who were dowry, Miss Bao's nanny."

Mrs. Cen remembered it clearly.When they arrived in Longzhou, Mrs. Zou took only four maids, Bao'er's nanny, with her.After arriving in Longzhou, I bought ten more maids.It means that Mrs. Zou took all her people away?

Tian's mother glanced at the second wife and Cen Zhibai, and whispered in the old lady's ear, "There are only some scattered silver in the room of the second young lady, and the clothes are there... I didn't find a silver ticket... some jewelry... Today, the second young lady is dressed very richly."

Although the voice was soft, the people below all pricked up their ears and still heard it.

Cen Zhibai was furious, stood up and said, "Mother Tian, ​​what are you doing searching my yard!"

"Sit down!" Mrs. Cen became more and more frightened as she listened.He asked Cen Zhibai with a cold face, "Do you know where your wife's money is?"

Cen Zhibai was stunned, and muttered: "A woman's hiding money is better against her husband than against a thief. I want to know, I have already taken the money to bring Miss Jiaofang from Chunmanyuan back to the house..."

The old lady Cen fell back angrily, and said with a chuckle, "Then you go and search your wife's room, and all the money you can find will be yours."

Cen Zhibai's eyes lit up first, then he hesitated and said, "Isn't that bad? She's going to make a big fuss when she returns home tomorrow. After all, it's her dowry money."

Only then did Mrs. Cen get angry, and her crutches slammed on the ground: "You still think she knows how to go home? I think she doesn't want to come back!"

"If she doesn't come back, where can she go?" Cen Zhibai asked subconsciously.My heart is happy again.Mrs. Zou is not at home, so he can play whatever he wants in the yard tonight?In the past, when Mrs. Zou was at home, the neighbors would laugh louder, and she would stand in the yard with her waist propped up and scold.Isn't it quiet today?
"Go to the fourth room and bring your daughter-in-law and Bao'er back. Just say that your mother is sick. Go now." The old lady Cen didn't bother to tell him any more, and ordered directly.

Cen Zhibai was thinking about how to have fun at night, and his reaction was a bit delayed: "It doesn't matter if you let her stay in the fourth room for one night. The two families are so close..."

Mrs. Cen picked up the teacup on the table and splashed a cup of residual tea all over his face: "Go and pick up your wife and Bao'er home. If you don't pick them up, you are not allowed to come back!"

A cup of tea brought Cen Zhibo back to his senses.Seeing that the old lady had a fit, she dared not say any more, and hurried back to her yard to change clothes.

Only then did the second lady startle and said: "Mother means that Mrs. Zou is going to leave the Cen's house?"

Does Mrs. Zou want to reconcile?The second lady felt sad, and tears streamed down her face: "Wu Niang has gone, and the master has also been assigned to Youzhou. The daughter-in-law is also reconciled. During the Chinese New Year, the Minister's Mansion is still lively. It has not been half a year. How can it change?" It became like this!"

The old lady Cen got impatient and scolded: "The second child is not dead yet! My great-grandson is still in the womb of Brother Bai's concubine. Look at you, don't you look like an official wife?"

Yes, there are great-grandsons, and Bo Geer. Zou is just a merchant woman, and she only gave birth to a daughter four years after she married into the family.what is sheThe second lady stopped crying.

The old lady Cen ordered the eldest lady again: "Count out all the properties of the fourth house. When Brother Jiu comes back, I will hand over the account to him for investigation."

"Ninth brother is only 12 years old, where does he understand these general affairs..." The eldest lady was a little bit reluctant.

The old lady Cen stared: "He can't understand, he still has his sister and brother-in-law. He has already gone to the fourth room, sister, brother-in-law or you, the uncle in the next room? Follow my orders!"

It was as if a piece of meat had been gouged out of Da Furen's heart, and she reluctantly agreed.

The fourth lady gradually became happy from panic.She is Brother Jiu's own mother.The fourth house has a rich property, and the fifth child is married to a daughter-in-law and is still studying, only earning from the public.It's time for Lao Qi to say kiss next year.No matter what, Brother Jiu couldn't let his mother and brother live in poverty, so he laughed happily beside him.

(End of this chapter)