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Chapter 214 Snake Tunxiang (Add more votes!)
Zheng Long and his wife and son usually live in Kushui Lane on the east street of Cheng Enbo's Mansion.

Come out from the east gate of Bofu, just turn a corner.

Zheng Long came out from Xu Chunjun's side and came back here directly.

His wife Feng made dumplings and boiled wine, waiting for him to come back.

At the end of autumn, the weather was cloudy and cloudy, and at this time it was raining again.

The yard of Zheng Long's house is not big, and there are only three rooms. Apart from the main room in the middle, there are two main rooms in the east and west.

There is only some crude furniture in the room, and there is nothing of value in sight.

He and his wife lived in the East House, and his son and daughter-in-law lived in the West House.

"I came back so late." His wife said while handing him clean clothes, "but things are not going well?"

"It's all done well, what's wrong?" Zheng Long said while changing clothes.

"Go and serve the dumplings! Don't overcook them." Feng ordered the little girl beside her.

When there was no one else in the room, Zheng Long asked, "Is your wife at home?"

"She's gone there," Aunt Feng pouted her mouth towards the north, "Da Hu is not at home these days, so I asked her to see the child. I told the house that her natal mother was sick, so she went to see her."

Zheng Dahu's daughter-in-law Bai Shi is also working in Cheng Enbo's residence, Zheng Dahu accompanied Zheng Wuji when he went east, and he is not at home these days.

Mrs. Bai missed her son and daughter, so Feng, as a mother-in-law, made the decision to let her go.

"I haven't seen my grandchildren for some days," Zheng Long said, "I miss these two little things."

"Aren't you busy these days? When you are free, let's both go and have a look." Feng smiled, "I went there the day you went to the country. Sister Mei has read a lot , Brother Bao can also read the "Three Character Classic"."

"Why did you go again? Didn't you say that you don't go there, it's not good if you are seen by others." Zheng Long frowned slightly, a little unhappy.

"You are too careful! Who would know in this big capital city! Even if we met, we only said it was a relative's house, so who can hold on to it?" Feng curled her lips.

Their grandchildren were taken elsewhere to be raised not long after they were born.

It was a house in the north of the city, and it was much more decent than the one they live in now.

There are nurses and maids inside, and those two children are living the lives of young ladies and young masters.

Zheng Long is the son of the Zheng family. His father fled from the famine and signed a death contract.

Since Zheng Long is already a son of the family, his son Zheng Dahu was born as a slave.

For so many years, what their father and son wanted to get rid of the most was slave status.

But this is so difficult, almost impossible.

So they tried to find a way to let the next generation live a life of calling slaves and servants, wearing gold and silver.

So these two children were sent to the house bought in advance before they were three years old. They only said that the family could not take care of them, so they were sent to the Bai family's natal family in the countryside.

"Be careful to make the ten-thousand-year ship," this sentence is Zheng Long's motto, "don't cause trouble just because you are not careful."

"Don't worry, we are all careful." Feng said.

Ask him again: "Run away while talking, you haven't said why you came back so late. I heard from them that you have already entered the mansion."

"It's not that grandma left me to talk, can I not listen?" Zheng Long sat by the brazier, his legs were very comfortable roasted by the hot charcoal fire.

"She didn't think there was a problem with that account, did she?" Feng asked quickly.

"She is a woman who can't even read the account books, and she is new here, what can she tell?" Zheng Long changed his respectful attitude in front of Xu Chunjun, and his tone could not hide his contempt, "She just told me something Come to lay off half of the people in the mansion, let me figure out who will stay. The second is to tell me that the money for the uncle's repayment has been collected, and the rest will be put into the account .”

"Is there going to be layoffs in the mansion? Why didn't I hear anything before?" Mrs. Feng was very surprised when she heard that.

It stands to reason that she is the lady in charge of the mansion, so she should more or less hear about it.

"Hmph, if I'm not wrong, this must be the trick the Xu family gave her when she went back to her mother's house to borrow money." Zheng Long sneered and said, "Then the Xu family is still relying on the relationship between the aunt and wife to make money." Come back, what tricks can you have?"

"You're not at home these days, my eyelids keep twitching," Feng said, "I feel panicked, and I'm extremely uneasy. How about we find a way to get out? Anyway, it's almost the same now, and I've saved it for so many years. The wealth of the family is enough for us to live incognito without worrying about food and clothing."

"You women are the most annoying! It's either the heartbeat or the twitching of the eyelids." Zheng Long was somewhat impatient.

He has long been tired of seeing Feng's old face.

But firstly, there is an old saying that a wife of dross should not go to court, and secondly, the Feng family and him, one mastering the inside and the other outside, can better exploit the Zheng family.

The two of them are not just husband and wife, but accomplices.

"We are both very old, and we are half buried in the earth." Feng couldn't help feeling sad, and said while wiping away tears, "I have been slaves all my life, and when we are old, shouldn't we enjoy the happiness? Your legs are sore and uncomfortable every time the weather changes. I have worked hard for most of my life, and I am also sick. Besides, we have saved enough for so many years, so the Zheng family doesn't have much money. Why are you so reluctant? "

"Listen to me, now that our grandchildren are still young, we don't need to leave in a hurry. What's more, the grandma is here, and there is still no income in the house? Not to mention, the Xu family and the Lu family are impossible. Seeing that the Zheng family can't get rid of the pot." Zheng Long's attitude softened, and he turned around to persuade Feng Shi, "Although the Xu family has fallen, her third aunt is really well married. Although her uncle Chen Erye is not an official, but It is said that every year just the repair and retouching fees cost tens of thousands of taels of silver. Let’s wait for another three or four years, and we will have to pay a few thousand taels a year.

Think about it, what kind of business can earn so much money in a year without cost and effort?Besides, if we really want to leave, most of the houses and fields in the capital will have to be sold.Going to other places, although you can buy it, but the harvest is incomparable. "

In fact, the Zheng family and his son had already made up their plan. When they had earned enough money, they lied that something happened while they were out on errands, and they couldn't even find the dead body.

So of course the Zheng family will not pursue it, and will even give a large amount of compensation money.

They have been in Zheng's family for so many years, and they know that this will definitely work.

As for Feng and his daughter-in-law Bai, they either pretended to be sick or pitiful, as long as they could get away with it.

Then a few members of the family kept their identities incognito, rolled up their money, and left far away, choosing a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to settle down, and they transformed themselves into upper-class people.

(End of this chapter)