Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 209 The plan failed
On Yan Cen's end, he planned well and sent Mrs. Song to wait for Du Fangfei to come out every day at the teahouse at the intersection of Zhuangzi.But where can I wait?
When Du Fangfei was in Taohua Village, she never went out except to work in the fields with her mother every day.After arriving at Zhuangzishang, except for the first few days when she and Mrs. Chen went to dig the fields to grow vegetables, and then made dried beans at home to supply teahouses, she never went out of the door at all, and worked at home all day.

So, not to mention Mrs. Song guarding at the entrance of Zhuangzi, even if she guards at the gate of Du's house, it is difficult to see Du Fangfei.

Du's dried tofu, tea eggs and other things did not need to be sent by Mrs. Chen, they were all brought by the teahouse's servants and mule carts to Du's house.So not only Du Fangfei, but now even the Chen family, Du Fangling, and Du Fanghui seldom go out. They are busy making dried tofu and tea eggs all day long. Now they are also learning embroidery and literacy, and they are too busy to go out.

Du Jinning came up with the method of making dried tofu and supplied it to teahouses. In addition to making money, he also wanted to prevent the three sisters of the Du family from going out all day, in order to prevent Du Yunnian from playing tricks on them.But she didn't expect her move to prevent Yan Cen.If she knew, she would definitely be grateful to Du Yunnian for two seconds.

Mrs. Song also knew that she was an unfamiliar face, and she would easily arouse suspicion by always going to the Zhuangzi to inquire about the Du family, but she had no choice.Yan Cen ran to her house twice a day, urging her to get things done.

She had no choice but to go to the Zhuangzi again, and found the woman she had inquired about that day, stuffed two buns for her children, and asked, "Then why doesn't the eldest sister of the Du family come out?"

Seeing that the woman was vigilant, she smiled again: "Didn't I want to tell someone about my marriage? It's just that I haven't met the eldest sister of the Du family, and I'm always worried that the rumors are wrong. I have to see her with my own eyes to be at ease."

The woman in Zhuangzi, her husband's family name is Yang, is a young daughter-in-law who likes to go from home to home, because she has a sharp tongue and is quite a pleasant person, and no one refuses to associate with her.As time went by, her news became the best.

When the Du family moved here, she was very curious about the family, and she had inquired about it when she visited Dong Dacheng's house.Aunt Dong deliberately used her mouth to publicize Guan Lehe's respect for Du Jinning, and she often spoke good things about the Du family to her.

After that, Du Jinning went to the academy every day with her book bag to study. When she came back and forth, she would greet everyone in Zhuangzi sweetly;In addition, Mrs. Chen, Du Fangfei and the others are hardworking, and they know how to work every day when they are busy. Usually, they will greet people with smiles when they go to the door, and they are also generous in hospitality.So in the past two months since the Du family moved here, the old residents of Zhuangzi have a very good impression of their family.

The first time Mrs. Song came to inquire, Mrs. Yang thought she was asking about the Du family.After all, when it comes to family, it's normal to always inquire about the family's character from the neighbors in the neighborhood, so she praised the Du family.

But seeing this old woman coming again, and asking about Du Fangfei's whereabouts, and listening to her tone, it seemed that during this time she was still squatting at the entrance of the village to see if Du Fangfei came out, and Sister-in-law Yang became vigilant—don't Seeing that the eldest sister of the Du family looks good, she is going to be kidnapped and sold.

She said calmly: "Whoever said marriage, it wasn't the matchmaker who came to see it by himself. Could it be that the eldest girl has to come to the door to let you see it? If you are interested, you can go to the door by yourself. Why bother to ask around?" ?”

Mrs. Song knew that she might not be able to ask anything.She said a few more words, seeing that Sister-in-law Yang didn't come in, and she refused to reveal anything about the Du family's situation, so she had to leave in resentment.

As soon as Mrs. Song went out, Mrs. Yang ran to Dong Dacheng's house with the child in her arms, told Aunt Dong what Mrs. Song had done, and asked her, "Do you want to remind the Du family?"

Aunt Dong had been told by her husband to pay more attention to the affairs of the Du family and help as much as she could; in addition, the Du family was very kind, so she was sincerely willing to make friends with the Chen family and others.

Hearing this, she immediately said: "I must remind you. How about you go to Du's house with me?"

Sister-in-law Yang suddenly became excited.She had long wanted to get close to the Du family.Helplessly, except for the little gentleman who is studying, the Du family doesn't go out very often.

The two went to Du's house together.

It was at the beginning of the morning at this time, and usually this time was when the Du family was making marinated dried tofu, Xie's would not come at this time to avoid suspicion, and would come only in the afternoon.

Mrs. Chen was quite surprised to hear Aunt Dong's voice calling the door outside the courtyard.Aunt Dong knew that Du's family made dried tofu and tea eggs and sold them to teahouses. If there was nothing important, she would not come here at this time.

"Close the kitchen door, and I'll go and have a look." She ordered and opened the door.

Aunt Dong was worried that Mrs. Chen might misunderstand, so she said as soon as they met, "Sister-in-law Yang has something to tell you."

"Please come in quickly." Mrs. Chen welcomed them into the main room, poured tea, and brought snacks for the children.

"Don't be too busy, sit down and talk." Seeing Mrs. Chen sitting down, Aunt Dong said to Sister-in-law Yang, "Tell Aunt Du about the matter."

Sister-in-law Yang told about Mrs. Song's two visits to inquire about Du Fangfei's situation, and said with a smile, "I don't know if your relatives or other people came to the Zhuangzi to inquire about their relationship. I'm afraid it's a human trafficker." , so let me tell you."

"Thank you, Mrs. Yang." Chen said gratefully, "If you hadn't told me, we wouldn't have known about such a thing. It's always right to take precautions."

Seeing Chen's acknowledgment, Sister-in-law Yang became more and more happy. She described Mrs. Song's appearance and clothes, and said the time and content of her inquiries twice.

Aunt Dong knew that Mrs. Chen was busy, so it was not easy for others to see that she was making dried tofu at home.Seeing that Mrs. Yang had spoken clearly, she got up and said goodbye.

Mrs. Chen hurriedly packed some dried beans and tea eggs for Sister-in-law Yang, and gave the child a red envelope of [-] Wen.

After seeing off the two of them, she sat alone in the main room for a long time, making up her mind to discuss with Du Jinning after she came back, and then went to the kitchen.

"Mother, what did Sister Yang do here just now?" Du Fangling asked curiously.

"I didn't do anything. Her children were crying at night. I heard from Aunt Dong that I have a prescription for night crying. Come here and ask."

"Oh." Du Fangling lost interest as soon as he heard it.

"She also said one more thing." Chen Shi said, "A few days ago, there was a big girl in Qiantou village who went shopping and was kidnapped by human traffickers."

"Ah?" Everyone was startled, "Have you found it?"

"Where can I find it?" Mrs. Chen sighed, "So, during this period of time, you all stay at home and are not allowed to go anywhere, do you understand?"

(End of this chapter)