The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 207 On Spy Leading Out Eryou [Part [-]]

It was mentioned in the previous article [Chapter 119] that Zhang Cheng and Mrs. You's ex-husband were close friends, so Zhang Hua and Mrs. You were married by fingertips since childhood.

Later, Zhang's family suffered from hardships and became a dilapidated settlement with hungry and full meals.

And after Mrs. You died of her husband, she took her two daughters and remarried to You's family, and they cut off contact with each other.

As Zhang Hua grew older, Zhang Cheng also inquired about the news of Mrs. You's mother and daughter, and found out that the You family was actually married to the Ningguo Mansion.

If you change to someone who is following the trend, you have to fight the autumn wind.

But Zhang Cheng still has face after all, and considering his family's situation, he is really unable to marry the in-laws of the Duke's family, so he simply stopped thinking about bringing up the old matter again, and didn't even tell Zhang Hua about it.

It wasn't until the early winter of last year, after Jiao Shun was hired with a lot of money, that Zhang Cheng thought about this marriage again.

However, he was not in a hurry to find the door. Instead, he had saved more than half a year's salary and collected more than 200 taels of silver as a base. Then he quietly found out where the You family's mother and daughter lived, and planned to bring his son to visit.

But they said that the father and son bought all the four-color gifts along the way, rushed to Renshoufang West Street, and searched along the street until they found the gate of a small courtyard.

Zhang Hua saw that the layout of this courtyard was better than the one he rented before, but far inferior to the newly rented mansion in summer, so he couldn't help but frowned and said, "Father, you must have been cheated by someone, right? This broken courtyard It doesn't look like the place where the relatives of the Duke's Mansion live."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Zhang Cheng glanced at his son, and said solemnly: "I haven't seen each other for more than ten years. He must look at each other. After you go in, you must be decent. Don't stand or sit for me. !"

That's what he said, but standing in front of this low door, Zhang Cheng felt happy and worried at the same time.

The happy thing is that the You family is far less wealthy than imagined, and the cost of getting this marriage will naturally be reduced accordingly; the worrying thing is that Miss You doesn't seem to value her stepmother and two unrelated children. Sister, in this way, the help this in-law can provide may not be as great as I imagined.

But no matter what, since we are here, we must go in and see each other.

Zhang Cheng took a deep breath, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"I'm coming."

Not long after, I heard a response from inside, and then someone peeped out from the crack of the door, and asked suspiciously, "Who are you?"

"sister in law."

Zhang Cheng stepped back a little, and cupped his hands inside the door and said, "I haven't seen you for more than ten years, could it be that you don't recognize Zhang Cheng?"

"Zhang... Zhang Cheng?!"

The door panel creaked and parted left and right, revealing Mrs. You's surprised face.

She stared at Zhang Cheng for a long time, and the disbelief in her eyes was replaced by nostalgia for the past. She let go of the door and rubbed her hands and sighed: "It really is Brother Zhang. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. You and I are both old."

As he said, he raised his hand and let it in: "Come in, come in and talk!"

Zhang Cheng said 'excuse me', and then brought his son closer to the courtyard gate of You's house.

But when Mrs. You saw Zhang Hua, who was five or six points similar in appearance to Zhang Cheng, her heart suddenly twitched.

"mother."

Just at this time, Third Sister You's voice came from the room: "Who is here?"

Only then did Mrs. You come to her senses, and hurriedly replied through the window: "It's your father's friend who was visiting during his lifetime. It's nothing to do with you, and it's just in the house."

And as soon as these words came out, Zhang Cheng's heart sank in front of him.

Although it is common sense for women who have not left the cabinet to avoid men, but Mrs. You deliberately told her daughter not to come out, but it was obviously showing a sense of caution.

It seems that if you want to continue this marriage, you must use some means.

"Sit in the house, sit in the house."

At this time, Mrs. You gave in again, and Zhang Cheng led his son into the living room as if nothing had happened.

It is said to be the living room, but the mess is not a place to receive guests—in the past, all the people who came and went with You's family were women, so they all sat cross-legged on the kang in the inner room and chatted.

But it was said that Mrs. You arranged a few seats out of embarrassment, and after inviting Zhang's father and son to sit down, she was thinking about asking about the recent situation of Zhang's father and son.

Zhang Cheng didn't want to be the first to introduce, "This is Zhang Hua, the dog. His sister-in-law also saw him when he was a child."

After his son got up to greet him, Zhang Cheng continued: "He is seventeen now, I remember your eldest sister..."

"Now I have to say it's the second sister."

Mrs. You interjected a little nervously.

"Yes, yes, second sister."

Zhang Cheng changed from being kind to the title, and continued: "I remember that your second sister is one year younger than him, and she is sixteen now, right?"

"This... Brother Zhang really has a good memory."

The smile on Mrs. You's face became more and more far-fetched. If the Zhang family hadn't declined, or if she didn't have such a rich relative in the Ningguo Mansion, she might not have any opinion on this marriage.

But now...

But I heard Zhang Cheng say again, "When my elder brother was still alive, our two families were like one family. Now that my elder brother is gone, the friendship between grandparents and fathers cannot be broken! Sister-in-law, what do you say?" Is this the reason?"

"This……"

Mrs. You is just an ordinary woman, so who can resist him?

Although he knew it was wrong, but he was too tight to say 'no', so he could only bite the bullet and interrupt: "I haven't seen you for more than ten years, I don't know what kind of business Brother Zhang is doing now?"

"Ashamed."

Zhang Cheng shook his head and sighed: "Since I lost my job in Huangzhuang, my family has been in ruins, and I can only rely on doing odd jobs to survive—fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, relying on some accumulation in the officialdom in the early years, recently Fortunately, I got a job as a friend."

"Muyou?"

Mrs. You wondered, "What is Muyou?"

"It's Master!"

Zhang Hua took the opportunity to brag on the sidelines: "Most of the officials don't know the grain, and they have to rely on the teachers around them for serious things. Although my father is not an official, his words are more effective than the officials!"

After hearing this, Mrs. You felt a little relieved.

Although the master is not as serious as an official, but if he is done well, he will make a lot of money every day.

Zhang Cheng saw that Mrs. You's complexion was a little slow, and he immediately hit the rails while it was hot: "I can be regarded as a poor family now. Although I can't be called rich, I will never wrong the children. It's just that there are fewer women in my family. It may not be possible. The cooking is meticulous - if my sister-in-law is free, I might as well take my second sister for a walk tomorrow to see what is missing and how to add it."

Although he had never directly mentioned the marriage until this time, he handled the matter so tightly that Mrs. You didn't know how to say it if she wanted to refuse.

At this time, Zhang Hua couldn't help being stunned, no wonder his frugal father suddenly gritted his teeth and rented the big house, so it was for this marriage!
And Mrs. You didn't have an idea. At this time, hearing that Zhang Cheng didn't break the marriage, but just invited his mother and daughter to "see each other" about the family situation, she subconsciously wanted to nod in response.

shuh~
At this moment, the door curtain in the room was suddenly raised, and a girl in a long green dress came out, staring at Zhang Cheng without hesitation and asking: "Uncle Zhang, but I don't know which Minister's Minister you are serving as a master?"

Zhang Cheng was caught off guard by her question and froze on the spot.

The expression on Zhang Hua's face was much richer. He stared blankly at the girl's picturesque brows, pulled his body up little by little, and when he finally straightened his spine, his mouth was already full. Drooling.

He suddenly swallowed his saliva, and gave the girl a deep salute excitedly: "Xiaosheng Zhang Hua has seen my sister."

He raised his head halfway while speaking, and said with color and soul: "We have been married since the pulp of our little fingers, and we are born as a couple..."

"Bah~"

But seeing the girl with her hips crossed, she spat coldly, "That one is married to your fingertips, so why don't you take a picture first!"

"Third sister!"

Mrs. You hurriedly called her to stop, and explained embarrassingly: "Brother Hua made a mistake, this is actually my third sister."

"Humph~"

Third Sister You poked her fair neck, snorted disdainfully at Zhang Hua, and then looked at Zhang Cheng: "Could it be that he is the Minister of the Book? That's the general! But I don't know what rank it is, it is better than my brother-in-law's third-rate general." High or low?"

Zhang Cheng was a little embarrassed by her questioning, he hesitated and said: "The girl is joking, joking."

Mrs. You also felt that something was wrong, so she hurriedly pulled her daughter, and scolded without confidence: "What are you talking about, girl, why don't you go back to the house..."

"mom!"

Third Sister You interrupted her mother's words unceremoniously, and said to Zhang's father and son sideways: "It is said that there are more officials in the capital than anything in the Yongding River. There are too many monks and too little porridge. Some of them are not as good as our family. What's more, the master next to me!"

As she said that, she looked directly at Zhang Cheng and smiled, "However, with Uncle Zhang's talent and learning, he won't be born for more than ten years. This time he will come out of the mountain to assist those rich and powerful to do something earth-shattering—Uncle Zhang, Don't you think so?"

In her words, she emphasized the words 'not born for more than ten years', obviously she did not believe that Zhang Cheng could suddenly find any vacancies after wasting more than ten years.

What a bitter, mean and merciless girl!
Rao Zhang Cheng has experienced Yanliang City Mansion for a long time, so he couldn't help gritting his teeth secretly, but he glanced at the side who was in a daze, and couldn't accept the prodigal son whose wife turned into a younger sister-in-law, so he could only hold back his anger and said: "Miss, you are joking, my Dong Weng you may I have also heard that it is Master Jiao Shunjiao from Rongguo Mansion - although he is only seventh rank in the Ministry of Industry, he has tens of thousands of craftsmen under his jurisdiction, which can be called a lowly authority."

After a pause, he added a sentence: "And Mr. Jiao will be promoted to the sixth-rank chief in the near future—the sixth-rank Beijing official is still a real position with great power, and even princes and children are not as good as him. It is not certain that he will be appointed as a marquis and general in the future." .”

In fact, Zhang Cheng didn't want to reveal Jiao Shun's name at first. After all, Jiao Shun's family slave's background was fine compared to other people, but compared to the head of the Ningguo Mansion, he always felt that he was half short out of thin air.

But now that he had to speak out, he naturally tried his best to put powder on Jiao Shun's face.

But when she heard the word 'Jiao Shun', Third Sister You first showed some strangeness on her face, then she snorted and said, "Who am I, but it turned out to be him! Why did Uncle Zhang do it for him?" Master? This is not a slave of a slave..."

In the middle of speaking, he covered his mouth pretendingly.

Although he didn't say the whole thing, Zhang Cheng's complexion on the other side was as if he was a pig's liver.

(End of this chapter)