Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 137

When Meng Xiaowan saw her husband, she was also taken aback.

When Zhang Zhe went out, he was still empty-handed, but when he turned around, he saw someone coming back, and there was a group of people behind him.

Those people seemed to be very kind-hearted, as soon as Pu met, they bowed to Meng Xiaowan and called "girl" and "big lady" indiscriminately.

Meng Xiaowan took a closer look and recognized some of them. She was at a loss for words and choked up herself.

These people are servants and maidservants of the Meng family who have not entered the official ranks, but now they follow behind Zhang Zhe one by one in disgrace, looking at the "own" lady with eyes full of expectation or tears.

After not being an official for a few months, I ate and drank every day as leftovers from others, but what I did was the hardest and most tiring.

It was already autumn at this time, but these people, both men and women, were still wearing the summer clothes they had confiscated, and they were all in tatters, like beggars.There are also a few who are already thin and out of shape.

Meng Dong, who is fifty-six this year, is the son of a family who was given the surname Meng. He was originally in charge of the small caravan of the Meng family.But since he was confiscated into an official, he hasn't slept well for a day, and he hasn't eaten once.

It's not bad to be bullied, but there were a few old guys who went in together, but they just couldn't make it to the day when my uncle came to redeem them.

Meng Dong changed into half-worn clothes that stretched five or six, and carefully sat on the edge of the stool, facing the little master in front of him, he was a little more careful than when he was answering the old master in previous years.

Standing beside Meng Xiaowan was Mother Chen, both master and servant were wiping away tears.

Speaking of which, Nanny Liu, who was in charge of shopping in Meng Xiaowan's yard, had a fever last month, and after half a month of illness, she finally left.

"She was in a hurry when she left. We resold a few unseen clothes, and only got half a mat. I sent it to the stove and melted it. Before she died, she was so hot that she thought she was at home, holding Chunyan and her. Mother's hand, and she is still talking about the girl's favorite rice wine, which must not be bought from other stores, only the Qi's shop in the south city of the county is softer, and the girl likes to eat it."

Meng Xiaowan asked him again with red eyes.

"How many people left in total? If the ashes can be redeemed, I will ask someone to redeem them. At any rate, I still have two or three acres of dowry forest on the west mountain! Once it happens, there should always be a proof."

Meng Dong and the respectable servants of the Meng family standing behind him knelt down and kowtowed to his daughter sincerely.

Meng Xiaowan asked Meng Dong to call together a group of servants of the Meng family who had had a mess in the kitchen.

She is used to speaking slowly.

"You are all old people from my natal family. My Meng family was unfortunately murdered, and you all went into trouble. But now, I am the eldest lady of the Zhang family, but I am not your girl. You also You should know that it is even more difficult for anyone who has entered the official status to be redeemed. It is not about money, but the law of the country. Slaves are absolutely irredeemable. I just hold With money, I can only watch you suffer in the fire."

Meng Xiaowan touched the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, her voice raised slightly.

"The husband of my family earned a lot of face for the imperial court in front of the Xilu country a few days ago, so he redeemed you out by relying on the two notes from the province and the county, and looking at my face. Say sorry As far as my natal family is concerned, all of you are now slaves of the Zhang family, and you are no longer members of the Meng family. According to the law, you cannot change your country of residence within three years, so you need to remember the good of the Zhang family. However, I discussed with my husband. Xing, I don't need so many people for a while, but I'm afraid there is still a lack of experienced people on the Xijiang side. I only have five or six people left now, and the rest will go to my natal family in Xijiang. If you don't want to go, just talk to Meng Dong , I will come back and forth again. If someone in the family wants to redeem, you can do it yourself. After three years, you can give me the body money, even the interest.

After Meng Xiaowan finished speaking, she went back to her room, leaving everyone to Meng Dong and Chen's mother.

As soon as she took a sip of tea, two maids who used to serve in the room, named Chunyan and Xuejuan, were led in by Bailu to kowtow to her.

The two maids wept bitterly, and only said that they regretted that day when the ghost was obsessed and forgot about the kindness of the girl, so they did such ungrateful things, and they were punished immediately.

Meng Xiaowan looked at these two people who had served her for several years with deep expressions on her face.

"Don't be in a hurry to regret it," Meng Xiaowan returned to her usual indifferent appearance, "I remember treating you well, and I promised to see where you want to go. It's just that she agreed to go to Zhang's house with me." , but I don’t know why they all changed overnight?”

Hearing the girl's question, Chunyan knelt and walked a few steps forward, grabbed Meng Xiaowan's skirt, and burst into tears as she spoke: "It's Qiu Que who told us in private, saying that this is what the girl ordered secretly. It’s only for viewing with Mother Chen, so that Madam will be dissatisfied with Uncle first and start a fight, so that the girl can fulfill her wish and end the marriage.”

Xuejuan kept kowtowing: "Girl, this is all retribution for us. If we didn't want to come here, how could we have listened to her tricks?"

When Meng Xiaowan thought of Qiuque, she felt faintly depressed.

When she got married, that girl dared to threaten her with Li Yulou's private message, so it was obvious that she hadn't seen through this person.

She glanced at the egret, and the egret understood, and immediately whispered something in her ear.

Suddenly, Meng Xiaowan's blood surged, she grabbed the teacup at hand, and almost couldn't help throwing it out.

Bai Lu found out that Qiu Que was taken away by a man named Mr. Lu a few days ago, and now she has become a concubine for Li Yulou!
As soon as Chunyan saw her girl's expression, she guessed what Bai Lu was talking about.

She resentfully said: "Young girl treats Qiu Que with all her heart and soul, but she doesn't treat her like a human being! After we were brought into the government office, one day someone discovered that she was still wearing the girl's undergarment. The hateful thing is , She also embroidered Li Shusheng's name on it imitating the girl's embroidery work! My mother, Liu's mother took the two of us to fight with her for half an hour before snatching the dress and burning it with her own hands. That is to say, since then, Mother Liu's health has deteriorated day by day, and she disappeared within a month."

Fear and anger kept rolling in Meng Xiaowan's heart.

Only now did she understand that what Li Yulou did that day was not out of desperation, it was clearly intentional!
If it wasn't for the fact that the Meng family was copied, Li Yulou was worried about being involved, and all these designs might be exposed. She, Meng Xiaowan, would either be an unjust ghost, or she could only marry into the Li family as a concubine. ".

Thinking of this consequence, Meng Xiaowan only felt chest tightness and shortness of breath for a while, and her silver teeth almost gnawed.

On the other side, Zhang Zhe was lost in thought while looking at a large cart of things.

He rewritten the two poems in line for the prefect, and wrote "A Fang Gong Fu" in willow style.

Yan Yun put away the calligraphy, smiled and threw out a cart of "fake" calligraphy, paintings, manuscripts and miscellaneous items that had been confiscated from the Song family.

With the wealth of the Song family, can there be fake calligraphy, painting and calligraphy?
Zhang Zhe shook his head and smiled. The clerk who took him to work at that time charged him 20 taels, and then sold a random cart of "fakes" to him for 50 taels.

The scribe is about to follow Yan Yun to Xijiang to take up his post, but at this moment, he dares to sell any favors.Anyway, he won't get any benefits from the follow-up cleaning up, so it's better to have a big favor with Zhang Xinzhi, who is valued by Yan Yun.

(End of this chapter)