20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 82 Suspicion
Daxiguan Street, the former residence of Lao Cui.

Jiang Xiaodao tied up the donkey cart, turned around and carried Hu Xiaoyan into the house, put her on the wooden wheelchair and settled her down. Then she went to the backyard, gathered the stacks of firewood, picked up another bundle, and threw it into the stove pit of the outhouse. Inside, heat a kang and boil water for my daughter-in-law.

Diligence – This is probably one of the few good things about the trail.

After the fire in the stove started to flame, he returned to the back room, sat down on the edge of the kang, and had a moment of leisure.

"You really don't mind the trouble!" Jiang Xiaodao couldn't help complaining, "I have to send you back here in the middle of the night. Fourth uncle and seventh uncle go to work in the evening, so you can stay there for the night. What can we do?”

Hu Xiaoyan moved the wooden wheelchair forward and backward, poured a glass of water for Jiang Xiaodao, and said, "I feel that dad is not in a good mood tonight and may want to be alone for a while."

"Hey! What are you afraid of!" Jiang Xiaodao took the cup and took a sip, "Even if he is in a bad mood, he can only say a few words to me. When did he say anything to you?"

"I never said that."

"That's it!" Jiang Xiaodao held his head and fell on the kang with emotion, "Look at my fate! Now you are my biological daughter, and I am almost a son-in-law! Let's arrange a happy event in the spring Now, I have to call him father-in-law."

"I don't want to have a happy event..."

"What?"

Hu Xiaoyan lowered her head unconsciously, looked at her empty legs, and murmured: "It's too ostentatious, I don't like it."

Jiang Xiaodao saw her inferiority complex: "What are you afraid of? You have to stand up! You are Brother Dao's daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law of 'Owl', who the hell dares to laugh at you?"

"Everyone's joke is also a joke in their heart." Hu Xiaoyan muttered.

"Then you go talk to our father and aunt. Anyway, I don't care."

"Xiaodao." Hu Xiaoyan suddenly asked again, "How will we live after we get married?"

Jiang Xiaodao sat up straight, thought for a while, and said, "Just move here with me! Anyway, my father and fourth uncle don't care about me much now. When the time comes, drive the seventh uncle away and let him come to your place." .”

Hu Xiaoyan shook her head: "I mean, how do we live?"

"Ok?"

Jiang Xiaodao didn't think this was a problem. After living the life of a young master for several years, he had gradually forgotten what it was like to live a life of worrying about food and clothing.

"What's wrong? Are you short of money? Didn't I put all of Lao Cui's money in your hands?"

"I haven't touched that money." Hu Xiaoyan glanced at the edge of the kang involuntarily, "What if Old Cui comes back?"

Although this possibility is slim, she still insists that Lao Cui's money will not be touched until it is absolutely necessary.

Jiang Xiaodao said nonchalantly: "Hey! It's okay. He told me at the beginning that he would give me his money and house. Even if he does come back, the big deal is that I will pay him back later."

"What should I pay in return? You can't live without income!" Hu Xiaoyan said to him, "Old Cui's money is not too much if it is too much, and it is not too little if it is too little. We can live in the house first, but don't forget, The name on the property deed is not written in our names. You say it is yours. What evidence do you have? If you don’t do it right, you may be sued at any time!"

When Jiang Xiaodao heard this, he couldn't help but be slightly startled.

Although he is arrogant, he is not stupid. Now that he has been awakened by Xiaoyan, he also feels that this is a problem.

"What you said is indeed correct, but don't worry too much. My father also has a teahouse and restaurant business. Although the soup is light and watery, it is enough for us two to chew."

"It's the business of our father and a few uncles." Hu Xiaoyan corrected.

"Well, that's true, but our dad owns a large share after all! It's just that my third uncle has always taken care of it. Besides, my dad still pays dividends from Zhou Yunfu every year. He has saved so much money, so don't worry. We won’t starve to death!”

"Xiaodao, do you really think of me as your wife?" Hu Xiaoyan suddenly asked.

"No, I consider you my grandma."

Hu Xiaoyan couldn't help but rolled her eyes: "I'm telling you something serious!"

"Otherwise, what do I think of you? I said I wanted to marry you back then, so I will definitely marry you. That's the temper!"

"Then you really care about me?"

"If you have something to say, just say it, don't be bored here all the time!" Jiang Xiaodao couldn't help but frown, "I've been asking every now and then for so many years, are you annoyed? Do you regret it? If you don't regret it, you can have a good life with me. Anyway, I’m a pretty good person, so take your time and taste it, if you don’t taste it well, look for faults in yourself.”

Hu Xiaoyan was speechless with such a master at the stall.

"Just say what you want to say!" Jiang Xiaodao urged.

Hu Xiaoyan thought about it for a moment and then said: "Xiaodao, when we get married, we will live together. Sooner or later, my father will leave. When the time comes, it's best to leave the livelihood matters in your own hands."

"You mean, my third uncle might monopolize my father's business?"

"That's not true. I'm just worried that once dad leaves, we may have nothing." Hu Xiaoyan said carefully, "Zhou Yunfu may not give you dividends when he gives dividends to our dad; how many uncles can our dad control..." Xiaodao, don’t get me wrong, I’m not provoking..."

Even though she has been with everyone for many years, Hu Xiaoyan still always feels like an "outsider", for fear that if she says something wrong, she will touch the wrong scale - no, the wrong hair.Without thinking, Jiang Xiaodao nodded repeatedly: "You're right! Those uncles of mine are not economical. They now call each other a nephew, and they call him very dear. They are all directed at my father. In fact, they used me as a hook and didn't care about my life or death at all. I won't talk about it, but I will remember it!"

Hearing what he said, Hu Xiaoyan finally relaxed a little - it seemed that she was not marrying a fool.

"Xiaodao, do you still remember what my aunt told our dad about Shopkeeper Feng at noon? That's when dad started to be absent-minded."

"I didn't pay attention to this." Jiang Xiaodao thought for a while and then also wondered, "Yeah... who shot it?"

"You still haven't figured it out."

Hu Xiaoyan struggled to climb onto the kang, moved closer to Xiaodao, and said, "It doesn't matter who fired the shot. What matters is that, just like you, that person also shot Shopkeeper Feng in the ear!"

Jiang Xiaodao understood what Xiaoyan meant. She wanted to say that their actions had been leaked.

"But I think it was Han Ce who did this."

"Is he Zhou Yunfu's nephew?"

"Yes!" Jiang Xiaodao said, "I heard from my fourth uncle that the old boy was so spoiled by Zhou Yunfu that he only thought about it in the past few years. It's a pity that it was too late. However, there is one thing about him that is quite good. , just be obedient and do whatever Zhou Yunfu asks you to do."

"so?"

"Zhou Yunfu is most jealous of my father and my aunt being too close, so I guess he should be the one picking the blame." At this point, Jiang Xiaodao couldn't help but snorted, "However, my father and my aunt have a close relationship. It's still there, he can't pick it up."

"No, if we want to provoke, we have already done so." Hu Xiaoyan shook her head, "When we all had dinner together before, I heard them say, hasn't Zhou Yunfu been suppressed in recent years?"

hiss!
"That's right! There is no reason for the old man to punish himself when he is most aggrieved."

Jiang Xiaodao scratched his head, and suddenly remembered the cigar that fell from his father's fingers, and then his face turned pale - in this case, the action was really leaked!
Only outsiders would be happy to see the internal strife in Zhou Yunfu's "Four Liangs".

"Then it should be the Su family or the Bai family!"

Halfway through, Jiang Xiaodao suddenly stopped speaking, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said: "Daughter-in-law, the Liu Yansheng who met at noon today is about my age. My father also said that he wanted to come over to make things up. No. Could it be that they are messing around here?"

Hu Xiaoyan sighed and brought his thoughts back on track again.

"Xiaodao, it doesn't matter who did it!"

"Oh, yes yes yes!"

Perhaps it was because of the saying "water overcomes fire" that Jiang Xiaodao did not fight to the end. Instead, he quickly reacted and fell into the delusion of giving up the good.

When we went to "Woyun Tower" that day, although Xiaodao, fourth uncle, fifth uncle, sixth uncle, and seventh uncle were the only ones to take the job, when everyone came out, they all told their father, second uncle, and third uncle about the situation, plus Even a wise Han Ce may leak the news.

Hu Xiaoyan was also a little confused, but it wasn't because she couldn't figure it out, but because she didn't understand the current situation.

She wanted to ask in detail, but Jiang Xiaodao said, "The story is so long that I can't tell it in just a few words."

"Then you can tell me tomorrow."

"What are you doing tomorrow?" Jiang Xiaodao was puzzled.

"Anyway, things have already happened. There's no point in worrying. Besides, it's not too early now. You should go back to save our father from worrying."

Indeed, even if we finish talking tonight, so what?

That’s the truth!

But Jiang Xiaodao looked at the night outside the window, and suddenly his heart trembled, and he turned around and said, "Uh... I'm not leaving."

"What?"

"I'm afraid of the dark." Jiang Xiaodao said coquettishly, "It's nothing to do anyway, let's talk slowly while walking backwards."

Just as he said this, the boy stretched out a pair of evil hands towards Hu Xiaoyan.

"Don't make trouble!" Hu Xiaoyan immediately blushed, folded her hands, and kept grabbing the thief's hand on the trail, "Hey! Don't make trouble!"

No fuss, this guy is obviously serious.

But just as he was getting excited, he suddenly heard a loud "clang" outside the door, which scared Hu Xiaoyan and hurriedly crawled into the arms of the alley.

Fortunately, Jiang Xiaodao's training over the past few years was not in vain. When he heard the movement, he almost instinctively twisted his waist and turned sideways in an instant. Then he suddenly raised his right hand, but he didn't know what he was doing. At that moment, he took out a box gun from somewhere, pointed it at the door, and was about to pull the trigger, but he was stunned.

"Fourth uncle?"

Jin Xiaoyi rushed into the house in a panic and asked directly, "Xiaodao, where is your father?"

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