Power to the government and the public: Qian engaged in business in ancient times

Chapter 85 Lost Watermelon, Picked Sesame Seeds
The maids and servants in the mansion despise her good life and seduce the young master's heart, and the servants and servants don't respect her as a concubine at all.

The eldest sister, Tao Ying, disliked her for usurping her status as a legitimate daughter. Her cheap father and mother hated her for being incompetent and not blocking Tao Ying's fate of entering the palace as a concubine.

Even Tao Zhe, the eldest brother who has always been kind to her, also had evil thoughts towards her, and in a short while, she fell from heaven to hell.

Except for the two hidden guards Tao Qi, Tao Di, and the eldest maid, Cai Ling, no one is willing to treat her sincerely and hold back the pain and bitterness in her heart.

Tao Yi made a salute: "Brother."

"Second Miss." Jinjuan snuggled into Tao Zhe's arms and called her softly.

"Go down." Tao Zhe patted Jinjuan's forehead with a smile: "Go and take the second lady's carriage, and let the color bell serve you well!"

"Eldest young master, servant girl..." Jinjuan opened her mouth to act like a spoiled child.

"No need, Yingping has already reached the age of leaving the court, why not share a carriage with elder brother again, it will damage the Tao family tradition!" Tao Yi smiled and refused, turned and boarded the carriage behind.

Tao Zhe looked at the cheap little sister who had lost Xiaoyi's flattery towards him, the smile on his face faded, and thinking of Tao Yi's obedient behavior in the past, his eyes sank: "It's because of what happened that night. Am I getting angry?"

Seeing this, Jinjuan's eyes were filled with joy, and she complained delicately: "Eldest young master, look at the second miss, she is too domineering, and she doesn't take you seriously..."

Pop, pop!
Tao Zhe was already angry at Jinjuan's hesitation just now. After hearing this, he slapped her twice loudly: "You poor maidservant, the second lady is also something you can mock! Get out!"

This young master is not asking her to put me in the eye, but in her heart, she has no vision at all.

"Yes." Jin Juan looked at the angry young master, but she didn't dare to be presumptuous, so she got off him and knelt down at his feet.

"Remember your identity as a girl, there will be another time!"

Tao Zhe pinched Jinjuan's chin severely, squinted his eyes and glanced coldly at Tao An who was covering his ears outside the car curtain, and smiled wickedly: "Next time, I will reward you to Tao An! "

"Your servant realizes your mistake." Jin Juan trembled.

Tao Zhe let go of his hand, and said to Tao An outside the carriage: "Let's go!"

"Yes, young master."

Tao An outside the carriage heard this and immediately ordered the groom to drive the carriage.

There was a rumbling sound of the wheels, and a Tao family carriage with an ordinary appearance but a luxurious interior left Anle Town and headed towards Xuancheng...

Wenjia Village.

Wen Qian came back from the stone house, and met Jiang who was in a hurry on the way. She opened her mouth and asked, "Mother, where are you going?"

Jiang raised her head and saw that it was her stepson: "Agan, you are back from the stone house. I am going to the village chief's house."

Wen Qian showed doubts on his face: "What happened to the village head's house?"

A look of surprise flashed across Jiang's face. She didn't expect her stepson, who has always done his own thing, to ask more questions and smiled: "If you want to know, I'll tell you as I walk."

Wen Qian: "OK."

It turned out that Mrs. Mu, the eldest daughter-in-law of Village Wen's family, was trying to persuade his son Wen Cheng to talk about marriage again.

Many neighbors who got the news ran over to inquire about the situation, but were pushed back by Village Chief Wen.

But the eldest daughter-in-law's in-laws, Mrs. Zhou, and Wen Cheng's grandma came to her door to say goodbye to him, and even Village Chief Wen couldn't stop him.

Mrs. Zhou is a powerful widow. Her husband signed up to serve in the army at a young age, and he never came back.

At that time, Mrs. Zhou was just pregnant, and Wen Cheng's mother, Mu Shi, was in her belly.

Mrs. Zhou, who passed out when the bad news came, woke up and found out that she was three months pregnant. She successfully and fortunately avoided the tragic fate of being sent back to her natal family by her husband's family.

Later, she was diagnosed with twins and gave birth to a son and a daughter. The good omen of the dragon and the phoenix made Mrs. Zhou a favorite of her parents-in-law and family.

Mrs. Zhou is also a very patriarchal woman, she treats her two children very differently. Later, because she is good-looking and capable, the Mu family married from Changliang Village to the head of Wen Village and became the eldest son-in-law.

She also gave birth to Wen Cheng, the eldest grandson who can read, to the village chief's family. Mrs. Zhou paid special attention to Wen Cheng.

I don't want to, he has been unsuccessful in studying for more than ten years, and his previous expectations have turned into complaints. He even feels that it is the fault of the Wen family. He lost her good grandson to the children of the aunt's family to be a book boy, so her talent will be suppressed. .

So Mrs. Zhou wanted Wen Cheng to get married early, give birth to a smart next generation, and continue the spirit of studying.

Wen Cheng didn't want to talk about marrying a wife so early. In order to avoid the marriage, he almost stayed in the academy and seldom went home.

Even when they returned home, they came and went in a hurry.

Now, Mrs. Zhou, who got wind of it, came to the village head's house again to make trouble, and forced Wen Cheng to marry a wife, who was the second daughter of Uncle Wen Cheng's family. I heard that the little girl was pretty, she was outstanding, and she could read Braille.

Such a lively gossip, especially the protagonist is Wen Cheng who Wen Qian can't see through, so she naturally can't miss the opportunity to eat melons.

Following Jiang Shi, they came to the village head's house together.

"Father-in-law, when did Wen Cheng return to the village? No one came to the door to inform you. You forgot that he still has my grandmother!"

Don't look at Mrs. Zhou, who is fifty-eight years old this year, and she is full of energy, but Wen Dawang has a knife in her eyes.

Mu's face was stern and she didn't speak. She was very tired of her mother, but she was her daughter, and it was instinctive to be filial and obey her mother's words. She simply listened to her father-in-law and let her son Wen Cheng deal with his grandmother.

Seeing that her son-in-law Wen Dawang and daughter Mu Shi were silent, Mrs. Zhou's expression was very ugly.

At this time, Wen Cheng came out of the house with a book, and was shocked to see Mrs. Zhou: "Grandma, I told my eldest cousin, and I also gave him two taels of silver to honor you. Why don't you know I'm going back to the village!"

"Know, know what!"

Mrs. Zhou patted Wen Cheng's arm, a mean expression appeared on her old face.

"What did you just say? You gave Mu Qingzhu two taels of silver? And asked that kid to bring me a message! But I only received one tael of silver, and said you were busy at the academy and didn't have time to visit me!"

"No, this brat dared to lie to me. I'll go back right away, and I won't spare him!"

Mrs. Zhou covered her face and started to run out sobbing, not forgetting to scold that kid Mu Zhuqing for being unfilial, saying that she hurt her grandson for nothing!
Seeing his mother walking out of the courtyard gate, Mrs. Mu looked panicked and worried, and raised his leg to chase after him: "Mother, you can leave after eating..."

Wen Cheng winked at his father, Wen Dawang, and Wen Dawang immediately dragged his daughter-in-law out knowingly, fearing that something would happen to Mrs. Zhou, he was filial to his good son-in-law.

Wen Cheng looked at the neighbors who didn't have much fun to watch, and left one by one without interest, a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes, his grandma, who always oppressed his own mother, always stepped on the high and flattered the low.

He just made a small plan to make Mrs. Zhou leave Wen's house and go back to trouble her grandson Mu Qingzhu.

In fact, when he learned in the academy that this year's poetry meeting was won by Wen Gan, who had not been seen for four years, he had the idea of ​​returning to the village.

So he took the initiative to find Mu Qingzhu, who was studying in a private school in the town, and gave him one tael of silver as a hush money, and another two taels of silver for him to pass on to Mrs. Zhou as filial money.

Rather than letting Mrs. Zhou worry about her own marriage, it is better to let the Mu family run wild. Anyway, the Mu family is also a weasel-tempered, always greedy.

Wen Qian, who was watching from the sidelines, was stunned. She didn't expect Wen Cheng to let Mrs. Zhou go back to Mu's house to find trouble with a simple word. This Wen Cheng is incredible!

The rest were people who really cared about the village head's family. Seeing that village head Wen looked very bad, the big guys left after a few words of comfort.

Among them, Mrs. Jiang also said a few words of relief to Village Chief Wen, and Wen Qian nodded politely, and followed Mrs. Jiang's steps to step out of the courtyard of the village chief's house.

Suddenly, Village Chief Wen's angry words sounded behind him.

"Fellow folks, look at my family's Ah Cheng is one month younger than Jiang Meizi's family's Ah Gan, and her family's Ah Gan has never married a wife, so I was in a hurry to propose marriage to Ah Cheng. I think you should pay more attention to our village. Master Xiucai’s life is a major event, so don’t lose the watermelon and miss the sesame seeds!”

As soon as the words came out, not to mention the few relatives and clansmen who didn't leave, even the neighbors who walked out of the yard listened to the words, and everyone turned their eyes on Jiang and Wen Qian .

(End of this chapter)