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Chapter 24 Rescue

Fang Wuniang loves bank notes the most in her life.Du Xiancheng used to like to coax Du Hengshuang with bank notes, which was also the reason for Fang Wuniang. ——Because I was used to it before.

Fang Wuniang took out a handful of banknotes from her sleeve pocket and handed them to Abo, "Take it, if you can't use it up, it's a good deed to distribute it to the poor." After finishing speaking, she looked at it coldly With that eighth woman who spread rumors and deliberately slandered Xiao Xiangsheng.

The woman's face turned red and turned pale, the fat on her face kept shaking, and the thick powder almost fell off with a rustle.

Everyone present was dumbfounded.These people are from the same well-off family as Fang Liniang's husband's family. They are not considered rich, and they have never really seen real rich families.They always knew that the Du family and the Xiao family were rich, but they never expected that they were so rich!

There was something wrong with the way some people looked at Fang Wuniang.

Fang Wuniang's eldest maid, Cuiqin, was very anxious.

Before going out, Ou Yangniang Qian reminded and Wan asked her to watch over Madam and not let Madam cause trouble for the master.Now the wind is getting tighter. Ever since the emperor opened the palace gates and recruited a bunch of concubines into the palace, it is said that the palace has started to make ends meet, and has begun to increase taxes on various merchants in the market. There are even rumors that, The government wants to tighten the monopoly of salt and iron and reduce the number of salt merchants listed in the government.

The Xiao family and the Du family, because they have official status, don't have to worry about tax issues, but the imperial court's tightening of the salt and iron monopoly has dealt a real blow to the Xiao and Du families.

Fang Wuniang heard Du Xiancheng mention these things twice, but she couldn't understand them at all, and didn't take them to heart.On the contrary, Ou Yangniang came from an extraordinary background, and hearing the importance of it, she told Cuiqin to watch over her, especially not to let her show off her wealth outside and spread it to some people's ears.

But she is just a maid, here are all the wives of officials with status, even the seventh-rank sesame officials are still officials. ——Where can she, a maid, speak? !

While in a hurry, Du Hengshuang was tired from running outside, and ran in with a smile. Seeing Cuiqin's anxious expression, Du Hengshuang was very surprised, tugged at Cuiqin's skirt, and asked in a low voice, "Sister Cuiqin, are you not feeling well?" Is it? Is it a stomachache?"

When I was in Du's house, one time, Cui Xin, Fang Wuniang's other big maid, had her period and had a stomachache, and she had this uncomfortable look on her face.Du Hengshuang asked once at that time, and Cuixin said it was "stomach pain", and Du Hengshuang remembered it. From then on, whenever she saw a maid who was not feeling well, she would always ask if it was a stomachache.

Seeing Du Hengshuang's curious face, Cuiqin had an idea, hugged Du Hengshuang, pointed to a group of dumb adults in the room, and Master Abo who was holding a silver ticket with his mouth wide open, and said to Du Hengshuang: : "Miss, Madam just gave away the bank note for Miss, Miss, go and get it back, okay?"

Du Hengshuang frowned, and said unhappily: "The banknote belongs to father and mother, and mother can give it to whoever she wants. Why does sister Cuiqin want Shuang'er to take it back?"

Cuiqin choked up, she didn't expect Du Hengshuang, who was only a little over two and a half years old, to be so eloquent.

"Okay, Missy is right. However, Madam will take out the banknotes like this and let others know that our family has so much money, and the master will be unhappy." Cuiqin had to rack her brains to say something that Du Hengshuang could understand. , if it works again, quietly tell Du Hengshuang about the 1 taels of silver bill.

Compared with Fang Wuniang, Du Hengshuang actually likes her father Du Xiancheng more.

As soon as he heard that his father would be unhappy, Du Hengshuang immediately turned the corner, his bright pupils twirled around, and then he broke away from Cuiqin and ran to Fang Wuniang.

"Mother, mother, daddy asked Butler Du to send in a bank note of 1 taels of silver. He said it was for next year's household. Why did you give it all to cousin? What about Shuang'er? Will there be no food for our family next year?" Eat?" Du Hengshuang hugged Fang Wuniang's arm, shook it, and burst into tears.

She was young and articulate, and her words were full of emotion, coupled with big tears, everyone present immediately believed her words.

As the saying goes, "Children speak without taboo", so many adults have the illusion that children can't tell lies...

Abo was the first to react, and quickly handed the banknote in Du Hengshuang's hand, hugged her and coaxed her: "Sister Shuang'er, don't cry, cousin will return the banknote to you, and sister Shuang'er will be fine." food."

Du Hengshuang hugged the bank note tightly to his chest, and smiled through tears, "Thank you, Cousin Abo!"

Fang Wuniang stared at Du Hengshuang dumbfounded, trembling with anger, and was about to speak angrily when Cuiqin winked at Fang Liniang several times.

Fang Liniang hurried around, took Fang Wuniang's hand and said, "I have something to say, follow me in."

The fat woman who was smashed by Fang Wuniang with the silver ticket just now also came back to her senses, slapped the table and laughed wildly, "Oh, this coke is killing me! To show off your wealth in front of me, it turns out that you are swollen face to pretend to be fat! Let you Bragging, have you been exposed by your own children? ——If it were me, I would be ashamed to death, and I wouldn’t have the face to sit on the table!”

Everyone roared with laughter, with some indescribable comfort in their hearts.

Although these people may not have a net worth of 1 taels in their lifetime, compared with the household expenses of 1 taels a year for a salt merchant's family, compared with the 1 taels of private money of a salt merchant's wife a month, everyone generally thinks it is still the same. A household of 1 taels of silver per year is more reliable, and it is easier for the working people to accept this reality.

What do you mean by my private house of 1 taels of silver a month, do you think their house is a government silver factory? —Tch, bragging will be punished!

Everyone's laughter spread to the back room.

Fang Wuniang became more and more angry, "Listen to what that bitch said? Sister, don't pull me, let me teach her a lesson! - and Hengshuang! Don't run away, come here! In the public, you still Dare to lie, and save your mother's face, I think you are itchy? Go back and see how Ou Yangniang will deal with you!" Although she was furious, she couldn't bear to touch Du Hengshuang's hair. Dejectedly put it back, turned his head and wiped away his tears.

Fang Liniang quickly comforted her softly.

When Fang Wuniang calmed down, Fang Liniang said in a low voice: "I don't blame these people for gossiping. It's a bad book. Who can explain it clearly? You should also be careful. It's better to offend a gentleman than a villain." After speaking, he moved closer to Fang Wuniang, and whispered in her ear: "Do you know who Long Qiuye is with?"

Did not say "marry", but used the word "follow", which has some background.

Fang Wuniang felt uncomfortable, didn't notice this subtle difference, stopped crying sullenly, pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and asked: "Isn't there a dowry of 1 taels of silver, is there no one willing to marry her?"

The folk customs of Dazhou are relatively open. As long as Long Qiuye marries far away from the capital, no one will know about it.A man who is willing to marry her will definitely not go around and let people know that he has married an unfaithful woman.

Fang Liniang sneered, "If there is really a dowry of ten thousand silver, those who are willing to marry her can line up from the Danfeng Gate in the north to the Chengtian Gate in the south. But the problem is, only if you really have silver!"

"Brother Xiao is a man of his word. He said he would give 1 taels, and he would definitely give it." Fang Wuniang was influenced by Du Xiancheng, and she was particularly convinced by Xiao Xiangsheng.

Fang Liniang shook her head mysteriously, "Of course Uncle Xiao gave the money, but the Long family... ignorantly gave the money and sold Long Qiuye to our 60-year-old teacher in Jingzhaoyin's house who just died. ..."

"Could it be a house filling?!" Fang Wuniang was shocked.It is a crime to fill the house for an old man in his 60s!

"Bah! A woman who has had sex with no matchmaker and has no dowry, how could someone marry her as the wife? ——She was sold to be a concubine!" Fang Liniang laughed, "Can't you guess? Xiucai's family is really ruthless, and completely treats concubines as human beings. Long Qiuye's sister is really lucky, and she can marry such a good marriage from such a family. This is fate, if you don't believe it, you can't."

……

After coming out of the eldest sister's house, Fang Wuniang was in a trance of shock.

They are all women, and Fang Wuniang has always had some sympathy for Long Qiuye.Although she shouldn't think about her brother-in-law, she just thinks about it in her heart.All kinds of evil and adultery are the first, and it is originally about deeds regardless of one's heart.She didn't deserve such a miserable ending.

The worst thing is that bastard Xiao Ruisheng pretended to be his elder brother to deceive the ignorant girl, and in the end his elder brother personally helped him deal with the aftermath. The girl from a good family came back to be the original wife.

In the whole incident, Fang Wuniang sympathized most with Long Xiangye as her elder sister, but she also felt a little more sympathy for Long Qiuye who had such a miserable end.

This incident shocked her so much that she forgot for a moment that Du Hengshuang had lied in public. When she saw Du Xiancheng, she pulled him to talk about Long Qiuye's whereabouts.

Du Xiancheng was also taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Does Brother Xiao know that the Long family is doing this?"

Fang Wuniang shook her head, "How would I know this? I just came back from sitting at my sister's house... Oh, yes, your precious daughter Shuang'er did something wrong today, you have to teach her a lesson, don't spoil her too much gone."

But Du Xiancheng was still thinking about Long Qiuye, feeling something was wrong, and murmured: "I have to go and talk to Brother Xiao about this." After speaking, he complained about the Long family, "Keep Long Qiuye far away. Wouldn’t it be enough to marry a farmer’s man and be his regular wife? You have to sell her again, to an old man as a concubine. It’s fine if you sell her to an ordinary old man, and you have to sell her to Jing Zhaoyin’s master. If Long Qiuye gets it later Chong, the Xiao family and the Long family can't eat it, so they walked away!"

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