Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 53

On the fifth day after the notice was posted, Second Master Ding and Wu Ling and his party were ready to go. Before leaving, the old lady held Wu Ling and Zhang Mu's hands for a long time, reluctant to let go, and finally sighed: "Where are you two?" Just live a good life, and don't worry about me, when the weather gets warmer, I will go to live with you for a while."

"Grandmother, I will build a new house when I go back this time, and I will reserve one for you. I will pick you up next spring!" Wu Ling looked at the forced smile on the old lady's wrinkled face, His heart was a little choked up, this old lady was the only blood relative he cared about him in this world!
The beauty swayed to the old lady's feet and rubbed her face, "Meow! Meow!"

The old lady resisted not bowing her head, and waved her hand to signal them to go out!

Luyun quickly picked up the beauty, and walked to the carriage parked at the door. The beauty has become familiar with Luyun these days, and in her arms, she raised her little paws, and Luyun looked at her. She looked naughty, and she felt a little bit reluctant, but she understood the old lady's intentions. The old doctor said, "A woman's hair falls out after eating, she is as thin as a stick, her throat is itchy, and she dies in ten days."

The old lady learned that she hadn't fallen asleep for several nights. She stayed outside for the past few days and often heard the rustling of the bedding inside. She knew that the old lady might turn over again that night until dawn.

Wu Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, pulled Zhang Mu to kneel down and kowtowed to the old lady squarely, Zheng Hengyuan looked at his nephew who looked exactly like his sister, it turned out that they hadn't seen each other for 13 years, and family affection can be annihilated, so he looked slightly sideways The second child who was in a daze took a deep breath.

Wu Ling took Zhang Mu's hand and walked out of the gate of Zheng's house. He knew that he couldn't turn his head back. He knew that the old lady with white hair and hobbled steps was looking at him eagerly. Those eyes that were full of tears and had been drooped by time.

Watching the carriage disappearing into the alley, the old lady held back tears for a long time, but finally fell on her face full of gullies, "My child, why don't I want to keep you here, but here, I'm afraid it's my grandmother I can't protect you anymore!" Luyun and Luying stepped forward to help the old lady go to Ronghua Yuan.

Ding Erye and Ding Erniang were waiting at the gate of the city. Zhang Dalang was thinking about the winter wheat at home, so he stayed at Zheng's house for one night and then left.The carriage that Wu Ling sat in was hired by the Zheng family. Zhang Mu and Wu Ling were unwilling to take the Zheng family's dowry except for a few jewelry items. Taking the things back now would attract people's attention, and the old lady also understood their concerns. .

It's just that the 5000 taels of silver bills given by Master Ming after converting part of the dowry lost by the Zheng family, the old lady did not allow them to refuse any more. Seeing that Wu Ling refused to accept it, she said with tears in her eyes: "You are like my Zheng family. Do you want me to watch my grandson suffer outside? You are trying to poke my heart!"

Zhang Mu pinched the 5000 taels of silver bills sewn on the inside of his belt, and felt a little terrified. With 5000 taels, she and her husband would live comfortably in the town for the rest of their lives!
"Smash her to death! Smash her to death!"

"Black-hearted woman!"

Zhang Mu and Wu Ling who were sitting in the car couldn't help but lifted the curtain and looked out the car window. It was on the East Street that two officials from the state capital were escorting a woman with disheveled hair, who was as thin as a The skeleton is like a frame, the prison clothes look like it is full of wind, and there are egg liquid on the face and rotten vegetable leaves, but Zhang Mu always feels familiar with the willow eyebrows, where has he seen the same?
A proud face flashed in my mind, overlapping with the one in front of me, ho!It turned out to be Yang's!
Zhang Mu looked at the skinny woman in front of him, and couldn't believe it for a while, that such a plump lady was so weak that she would be blown away by the wind.

"Bad maid! Go back and do your job well~ Your job!"

"Hey, the one who came out of the hook bar is naturally charming, not to mention the husband who hooks up with others, and even raises a young lady!"

"This kind of woman is only worthy of the Wu family's master!"

"Smash her to death! Smash her to death!"

I don't know if it's rotten eggs or bad water. Yang felt that something sticky was splashed in her eyes again, and she burst into tears. She wanted to find the pair of children from the crowd, but maybe there were too many people. , she has not seen.

Yang didn't know where her ancestral home was, but she only remembered that there seemed to be several older sisters and younger brothers in her family. When she was six years old, her parents took her to the town. Later, she was tossed around by traffickers for two years, suffering from the cold. Not to mention being hungry, she was often beaten by human traffickers. She was young and didn't rub her dirty hands on her body. Those sisters who lived in the same room were often bruised and purple. At first, they didn't understand. After staying in the hands of traffickers for a long time Naturally I will understand.

When she was eight years old, a tea merchant in Yunzhou bought her and locked her in a suburban yard with several girls of similar age. , she is already a beautiful girl with a slender waist, and she is good at soft dance and pipa. Every time the tea merchant entertains guests, she will ask her to dance or play a few songs. She revealed that she wanted to take her away, but the tea merchant had never been willing to do so. She once thought that the tea merchant had taken a fancy to her until Wu Yuansheng came.

The man surnamed Jiang in Lianzi Hutong is the son of the second shopkeeper of the tea merchant. When he was a child, he used to deliver things to them in the yard in the suburbs. The handsome young gentleman from more than 20 years ago remained in her heart day after day like that. No matter how strict the management of the village is, it has nothing to do with the boys of the second shopkeeper's family. When they were 15 years old, they tasted the forbidden fruit, but they all knew that if the master found out, they might not be able to survive. After seeing her master flattering Wu Yuansheng in every possible way, an idea popped into her mind.

She succeeded, and Wu Yuansheng entered her hibiscus tent, the place where she and Brother Jiang loved each other for a hundred times.

She followed Wu Yuansheng from Yunzhou to Taizhou. The dignified and elegant beautiful woman looked at her in surprise with a pair of bright colored contact lenses, with disbelief, anger and sadness flashing in her eyes.At that moment, she felt a little joy in her heart!She felt that she had crushed an unattainable young lady, a wealthy wife!She heard herself say: "Husband, my waist is a little sore!"

Why are they both women? Zheng is a well-known lady in Taizhou, and she is a skinny horse in Yunzhou who plays and sings for men. Fate unexpectedly made them meet the same man and live under the same roof. Once, she, Yang Xing, must not crush this noble lady who has been courted by hundreds of families in Taizhou City!
Every time she looked at Zheng's desperate, terrified, stagnant eyes, she would feel a sense of joy for no reason!I felt comfortable all over my body, as if my limbs and bones had been touched!
"Mother! Mother!"

"Yuan'er, Yuan'er!" Yang raised her head abruptly, her eyes eagerly searching for that familiar figure, her beautiful and intelligent daughter!

"Mother, mother, where are you going? Where are you taking my mother?" Wu Zhiyuan shouted frantically.

Yang felt that she had been stabbed in the eye by a needle. Who is this unkempt beggar in front of her?Open your mouth in a daze!
"Mom, what's wrong with you, don't scare me!"

"Yu'er, it's really you, why are you like this, why don't you go home? Where's your brother?"

"Mom, my house was raided, and my brother was also in jail. What can I do by myself?" She told her brother not to act rashly, but his brother poisoned Mrs. Zhang anyway, and she wandered outside for a few days alone. When the owner of the inn and tavern saw her, he chased her away like a beggar. She didn't dare to go alone, so she had to go to Lianzi Hutong to look for Uncle Jiang, but there was no one there!He actually left!

"Don't delay, go, go!" It takes a day's journey from here to Yunzhou. If you continue to delay like this, it will be difficult to enter the post house after dark. The yamen servants urged impatiently: "Don't pretend to be pitiful, you When you forced Miss Zheng to die, why didn't you be soft-hearted, you two have such a deep love between mother and child, why don't you think that Master Wu will lose his mother at a young age, when you sell him, you should think about today!"

As he spoke, he pushed Yang vigorously, and Yang staggered forward while shouting to his daughter, "Go find you, Uncle Jiang!"

Mother, Uncle Jiang has left!
Wu Zhiyuan looked at her mother's back and felt a little dizzy. What should she do in the future?
"Lady, it has nothing to do with us, let's go!" Wu Ling said calmly while putting down the car curtain.

"Sir, isn't Wu Zhiyuan the blood of the Wu family?" The surnamed Jiang said, the Yang family came into the Wu mansion pregnant, so Wu Tan must not belong to the Wu family, so what about Wu Zhiyuan?

"Maybe even Mrs. Yang doesn't know about it!" Wu Ling said indifferently.The one surnamed Jiang was found when Wu Tan was three years old, and Wu Zhiyuan happened to be born that year.

Zhang Mu also found it quite ironic that Wu Yuansheng ruined a good home for this shameless skinny horse!Looking at Xianggong's indifferent face, he felt strange and flustered, so he couldn't help but take his arm and said, "Sanggong, after we go back, let's build a bigger house, I'm afraid it won't be enough!"

"Okay, I'll follow my wife's orders, but, is there anyone coming to the house? Otherwise, how could the three houses not be enough?" Wu Ling asked with a frown.Even if grandma comes over, is it enough?The mother-in-law doesn't come here often, and besides, the town is only a short distance away from Shuiyang Village. If he doesn't go out, the mother-in-law won't come to live!
Wu Ling couldn't figure it out for a while, and looked at his daughter-in-law in confusion.

Zhang Mu smiled and said nothing, took Wu Ling's hand over his stomach, and blinked at him.

"Meow! Meow!!" The beauty looked at Wu Ling's long and thin hands, and cried out unconsciously!

There is a little master!
(End of this chapter)