self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 91

Aunt Liu's complexion changed, could it be Zhou He?This has completely embarrassed me for several lifetimes. I hurriedly walked over, and saw a woman of about forty standing outside the gate of my house. The powder on her face was half a foot thick, and she was wearing a It is even more colorful, with a demonic look, leaning on the locust tree in front of the door, talking to Zhou Tai and his wife, while keeping his eyes on Zhou Tai.

Holding the account book in his hand, he trembled: "I said, Uncle Zhou, you are planning to refuse to accept the account. This is the handprint of the second master of the Zhou family. This is a debt repayment. Where can we call it? I'm not afraid, maybe I suspect that the account book is not true, and think I'm here to blackmail your family."

Zhou Tai is indeed thinking this way. In just a few days, you owe 700 taels of silver in this account book. Could it be that eating silver every day is not enough.

The old bustard raised his eyebrows and glanced at him: "Uncle Zhou has never been to our Wanxiangyuan, I'm afraid I don't know, our Wanxiangyuan is not one of those low-class kilns with a lot of salty men, Everyone can go in and have fun. The girls in our Wanxiangyuan are all beautiful and beautiful, they can play and sing, and they are all high-ranking officials.

Let's not talk about it, it's your brother-in-law, the grand master of the Anfu, who is married to your sister-in-law now, but she is gone. She was a frequent visitor of our Wanxiangyuan before, and the number one of our Wanxiangyuan, Xiangyu The girl has been kept by the old man for more than a year. If you don't worry about uncle Zhou's anger, it's not that you are a girl who intervened halfway. Maybe we, Miss Xiangyu, have become the aunts of the Anfu now.

Master Tuesday has a high vision, and he took aim at our Xiangyu girl as soon as he entered the Xiangyu Tower, and he got into Xiangyu's room and didn't come out. It's been almost a month, and our leading girl is with us every day, it's delicious It's good to drink and have fun. If there's anything new for seven hundred li of silver, it doesn't count as eating and drinking. It's the body of our leading girl, so I can't let the second master sleep for nothing. "

To be honest, Zhou Tai had never dealt with such a person before, his face would turn red after a few words, and he didn't know what to say.

His daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "Well, that can't be 700 taels, it's only a few taels of silver to buy a girl now, you, you girls can't be made of gold, why do you want so much silver?"

The bustard looked at Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law up and down, and covered his mouth with joy: "What kind of precious is this? Now, in Jizhou Prefecture, who doesn't know the affair between your second master and Mrs. Yuan's wife, for her, let's fight It's 500 taels. Although Yuan Laoer's daughter-in-law is a bit pretty, she is far behind our Xiangyu girl. To be honest, I am not afraid of your annoyance. , the second master wants us Xiangyu to serve him, but there is no door, this is because of the love of the elder master."

Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law has a big red face in these few words. This kind of thing is really hard to say. No matter how confused Zhou He is, why would he touch this Xiangyu girl? How far away to hide, now that the brother-in-law and the brother-in-law are sleeping with the same woman, how can it be spread.

After hearing this, Aunt Liu was so angry that her eyes turned black and she shook her body a few times. Mrs. Chen hurriedly supported her mother-in-law, looked at the old bustard, and understood in her heart that Zhou He must have gone to a brothel to have fun, and he had no money on him. Simply credit the account.

Mrs. Chen's guess was right. Zhou He asked his mother to drive him out of the house. He said he was going to live in Zhuangzi for a while, but he was the manager of Zhuangzi. Then he came out and said that his mother had specifically confessed that the second master had resigned from his job in Zhuangzi.

Zhou He couldn't help regretting what he said before he came out, but he was a man, once he said it, he had no reason to take it back, and he didn't want the people in Zhuangzi to laugh at him.

He also understood in his heart that these people respected him, but they just looked at him as the eldest lady's brother-in-law, and just turned their backs and dismissed him, saying that he relied on the eldest lady to get the job and so on.

Catch up with this opportunity now, so naturally no one will keep him. The more Zhou He thought about it, the more angry he turned around and left, but he could still hear a few servants behind him commenting: "I really think I am a dish, not relying on the lady, If you can let him be in charge, it is not his turn to watch the gate."

Zhou He was so angry that he wished he could go back and fight with them, but thinking about it, he was no longer in charge, and if he really fought, he would suffer a big loss if he was alone and there were so many of them.

Zhou He is not an idiot either, so naturally he would not find this uncomfortable. He returned to Jizhou City from Zhuangzi, and wandered around Jizhou City for a long time. Cold and hungry, his feet were not sure, and he slipped and almost fell, but he hit someone.

The food box in the man's hand fell to the ground, and the soup and vegetables in it fell into a mess. He could bear it without smelling the smell. Now that there was the smell of food, Zhou He was even hungrier. Staring at those eating on the ground, they kept swallowing their saliva.

The food delivery man grabbed him: "Where the hell are you hitting, you didn't see anyone, you hit the food box in my hand, you have to pay, if you don't pay, Uncle Xing can't spare you today."

Uncle Xing?Zhou He was stunned, looked at Xue Guang to look at the boy who delivered the food, and after a long time, he recognized Xing Er, the former steward of Anfu: "Are you steward Xing?"

Xing'er was stunned for a moment, now that there is no one who asked him to be in charge, since he came out of Anfu, who would take himself as a person? After losing his job in Anfu, it would be difficult to find another one. In those mansions, Hearing that he came from An's house, no one was willing to use his own. More than half of the businessmen in Jizhou's house were capital of An's house.

Fortunately, I have come to Wanxiangyuan to deliver money a few times, and I am very close to the old bustard, so I found a job to deliver food. Although I don't earn much, I can make ends meet anyway, and I hate my godfather in my heart Poison, as soon as he came out, he turned his face and refused to recognize anyone, so he didn't care about his own life or death.

Originally, on such a snowy day, I felt uncomfortable delivering food outside, and I met such a daredevil, who was about to extort some money, but Zhou He didn't want to.

Speaking of Zhouhe, Xing'er looked down on him from the bottom of his heart, what kind of thing is it, wasn't he just the waiter of a restaurant before, but he had this luck, sitting at home bawlingly, and then he was sitting on a stall As a girl, she changed from a waiter to a manager in one fell swoop.

Not only him, the entire Zhou family became respectable because of that girl, even Liu Xi'er, the handyman, became the big housekeeper. It's really annoying. This week, Zhou Tai and Zhou reconciled. Before I saw it, I ignored it, but later I had to catch up. He called out to him.

I feel 1 resentful in my heart, especially, if there is no such a godmother as him, I am still working as a manager in Anfu, how can I be reduced to delivering food, the more I suffer, the more I hate it, I feel that I am so useless now It's because of An Ran, just figure out when An Ran will be unlucky.

Seeing Zhou He this time, I was also puzzled in my heart. Today, the trial of the yamen is passed, and I went to watch the excitement. Although Jiao Xinger deserved what she deserved, if it is true, Zhou He, an adulterer, would never want to pick him off. So to be able to stand here properly is not because the judge did not dare to offend the Anfu, and gave the elder face.

However, I got such a big bargain this week, why don't I stay at home, why do I come out to wander around in the cold weather?
Puzzled in my heart, a quick smile appeared on my face: "Who am I?

Although Zhou He was confused, he was also somewhat defensive, not to mention that he was not familiar with Xing'er, so he just said it was nothing.

Xing'er is so smart, how can he not see that he has something on his mind, he pulled him aside and said: "It's rare that our two brothers meet today, so you wait for me here, I will explain the work in hand, we Brothers, find a place to have a few drinks."

Zhou Hezheng was worried that he had nothing to eat, so when Xing'er was delivered, he naturally wouldn't push it away, so he waited for Xing'er beside him.

Xing'er was neat, put away the food box, and ran away with a cigarette. After a while, he came back, dragged Zhou He to find a tavern, ordered two dishes, and the two started drinking.

This week he had no food in his stomach, but now that he has drunk wine, there is no one who is not drunk. Now that he is drunk, there is no door in his mouth. Find out how he got to the street.

Xing'er was not a good thing in the first place, but now he was wandering a few times in his mind, and came up with a bad idea, secretly thinking that he was worried about not getting rich, so Zhou He, the fat sheep, was brought to him. If you don't kill him severely, you will ignore the good luck God gave you.

Moreover, judging from the things Zhou He did, you can tell that this is a foolish person. He obviously owes his success to the eldest lady, but he is quite dissatisfied with his being a girl. If you don't know the details Yes, he still treats his godmother as sorry for his godbrother. He is really a white-eyed wolf, so don't blame his mother for kicking him out.

However, if Mrs. Liu didn't drive him out, where would she find such a ready-made source of income? Zhou He was confused, but Xing'er was not stupid. Let Zhou He come out and suffer for a few days, so as to understand the truth and save trouble in the future.

But Mrs. Liu is also confused, so she doesn't think about it. Isn't her son a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered when he comes out? Yuan Laoer's rascal can take 500 taels of silver from him, so he can't compare to Yuan Second child.

Thinking like this, he became more courteous, persuading him to drink for a while, and picking up vegetables for a while. After a while, Zhou He was so drunk that he lay on the table, unable to lift his head.

Xing'er looked at him and smiled darkly, and gave the tavern clerk some money, and the two of them helped Zhou He out of the tavern, one on the left and one on the right, and rushed to the Lanxiangyuan.

Seeing Xing'er, the old bustard scolded: "I asked you to deliver a dish, and I didn't come back until now. My mother just thought you drowned in the gutter, and didn't want to, so she ran back again, ouch! Where did you pick up a drunk man, if you are an old lady, this Wanxiangyuan is a good hall, so hurry up and drag it out, drag it out."

Xing'er hurriedly said: "Mom, don't chase people away..." He leaned into the old bustard's ear and whispered a few words.

The old bustard took a closer look, and although Zhou He had never been to Wanxiangyuan, she had been to Anji Restaurant, and had seen her once or twice. After seeing it, she really softened her face, but she thought of something and looked at Xing Xing. Son: "Even if he is just a manager, how much money can he have? Can anyone come in to have fun in this old lady's incense house."

Xing'er hurriedly said: "Mom, why is he so confused? He has no money this week, but mother may have forgotten that he still has a godmother."

It’s okay not to mention this, but when I mentioned it, the old bustard became even more angry, and snorted: "It’s not for him as a goddamn girl, I wouldn’t have cut off the source of income from Anfu. Speaking of this, my mother wondered, who is this man? It's not about eating from a bowl and looking at the pot, especially Mr. An, who is a respectable person, rich and powerful, not to mention three wives and four concubines, even ten or eight concubines, what a big deal, but for this She suddenly turned into a love interest, not to mention our Xiangyu girl, even the concubines and concubines in the mansion were all sent out. What do you think the eldest lady has? She is just a cook, could it be that this With good craftsmanship, you can also control men."

Xing'er: "Mom, don't think about these things. Without the old master, isn't there a Zhou He? Mom, don't look down on Zhou He, just serve him well, and leave him in the Wanxiangyuan, as long as he stays longer." One day, don’t be afraid of running out of money, and when the time comes to go to Zhou’s house with the bill, the Zhou’s house won’t have any, and Da Furen can see what happens, Zhou He is a fat sheep this week.”

The old bustard's eyes lit up, but when he thought of Mr. An, he couldn't help but feel a little scared: "You have been in the Anfu for so many years, don't you know the temperament of the elder, he is the king of Hades, I really provoked him, my mother, this incense stick The courtyard is not yet closed."

Xing'er chuckled: "Mother is timid, this matter is not about buying and selling by force, Zhou He is greedy for fun and refuses to leave, and if he can still be kicked out, no matter how domineering the old master is, he has to be reasonable. Seeing that the old bustard was still hesitant, he said again: "If you miss this village, mother, don't regret it."

When the old bustard thinks about the white money, he can't be tempted. Besides, he also feels that Xing'er is right. They run a brothel, and they don't say that they drive people out. Send it to Xiangyu's room.

Xiangyu has been in Fengyue for a long time, although she doesn't look down on Zhou He, but she also understands in her heart that this is what she does and does, and she has to serve if she doesn't like it, so she called her mother-in-law to take off Zhou He's clothes and put them in the incense sticks. Under the warm blanket, she also took off all her clothes and nestled into Zhou He's arms.

Even though Zhou He was drunk and dazed, he was a man after all, and there was a clean and smooth woman in his arms, and none of them was indifferent, and it became a problem while he was drunk, and he only thought that he was having a dream.

Turning around, Tianyi opened his eyes, saw Xiangyu in his arms, was startled, and sat up abruptly: "W-Where is this? Who are you?"

Xiangyu can be caught in the eyes of Mr. An, and she is definitely considered a national beauty. In addition, she has been in Fengyue for a long time, and she has long been proficient in seducing men. Just one look can make a man stunned, let alone, Zhou He, a country bumpkin who has never seen anything romantic, only gave a shy and watery look, and Zhou He's soul flew away.

What's more, he spoke in a soft voice: "You have no conscience. You have tossed my family all night, and you don't feel sorry for it. When you wake up, you will turn your face."

Zhou He hurriedly said: "No, I don't want to turn my face, I just remembered that I had a drink with Manager Xing yesterday, but why did I get here?"

Xiangyu burst out laughing: "What a fool, I don't even know where I am, this is Wanxiang Yuan, and my slave's house is Xiangyu."

This sentence woke Zhou He up completely in shock. Who doesn't know that the Wanxiangyuan is the leading brothel in Jizhou Prefecture, and usually picks up dignitaries and dignitaries, no wonder the high bed and warm pillow are so comfortable.

Moreover, this Xiangyu girl is the number one in the Wanxiangyuan, isn't she? I sent her to serve.

This is the old man's woman, she has caused a big disaster, thinking of this, she hurried to go to the ground, Xiangyu is willing to grab him, "What are you doing?"

Zhou He was a little flustered: "That, that, I went to my house." As he said that, he pushed Xiangyu away, put on his clothes, and went out. Before he could go out, he was blocked by the old bustard: "Master Zhou, what did you do this week?" Let's go early in the morning, it's snowing outside, and it's freezing cold, so let's stay and have dinner."

Zhou He hurriedly said: "Come out for a night, I'm afraid the family will miss you."

The old bustard covered her mouth and laughed: "Why are you afraid of the family worrying about it? You are afraid of us Mr. An."

Zhou He's eyes flashed: "I'm afraid, why are you afraid of him?"

The old bustard nodded: "That is to say, if he is afraid of what he will do, no matter how domineering the old man is, he can't take care of this kind of thing. Although we Xiangyu were considered the old man before, but now we have nothing to do with each other. The old man Those concubines sent out of the mansion are able to marry, our family Xiangyu is supposed to eat this job, if we don’t find a man, we will starve to death.”

How could Zhou He have the heart to tell her these things, so he hurriedly said, "I really want to go home." As he said that, he wanted to go out again.

But the old bustard stopped him: "Since the second master wants to leave, I can't forcefully stop him, but it's impossible for the second master to leave like this."

Zhou He: "Could it be that Mom has something else to do?"

The old bustard laughed: "Second Master is really joking. I will never forget what Second Master did last night, right? We are opening the Fragrance House for business. Since Second Master is going to leave, we have to go first. You have to settle the bill." As he spoke, his face darkened.

Both Zhou and Khan came down, how could I have any money, not to mention, how can I afford the money for whoring in the Wanxiangyuan: "Well, that, I don't have any money with me today, can I change it another day?" Bring it back to mom."

The old bustard naturally refused, but at this time Xiangyu came over: "Second master didn't say to leave, why is mother so anxious, I don't know, she is still acting like mother is anxious to drive people away, second master, the slave family said so."

Zhou He could only nod his head, and the old bustard's face changed, and his smile turned into a flower: "Oh, why didn't the second master say it earlier, as long as the second master doesn't leave, he will be a distinguished guest of our Wanxiangyuan, and Xiangyu will serve you soon I'm going to get someone to set up a banquet for you right now, Second Master is here for the first time, and it's a great event, so it's only reasonable to celebrate." He left with a twist of his waist and hips.

Zhou Tai was even more disturbed: "Well, to tell you the truth, I was driven out by my family, not to mention money, I don't even have a place to stay."

Xiangyu stared at him for a long while, then burst into laughter: "Second master is so stupid, he has nowhere to go, so he can just stay in the Wanxiangyuan. Could it be that the second master despises the slave's house..." As she spoke, her body softened Leaning into Zhou He's arms.

Zhou He couldn't bear such a hook, wanted to push it away but couldn't bear it, and suddenly thought, now that he has no money, let alone a place to go, instead of going out to suffer from cold and hunger, he might as well stay here in the incense garden, as for money?Whatever it is, Noh enjoys it day by day, such a beauty is a blessing that I can't even imagine.

If you don't talk about being confused this week, don't think about it at all. As the saying goes, a bitch is a ruthless actor, and an actor is not righteous. This is the kind of business that this Wanxiangyuan is doing. It's better to fold it inside, now that there is such a foolish and deceitful fat sheep on the stall, how can he let go, and serve him with delicious food and drink every day.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and seeing the New Year, the old bustard came to the Zhou family to ask for the account with Zhou He's handprinted account. I bought Zhou He because I wanted to make a fortune.

I thought that now that the Zhou family has become the relatives of the Anfu, they must have a house. I don’t think so, just the few small courtyards next to them. Even if these three courtyards are sold, it will not be worth the money owed by last week. account.

But after thinking about it, the Zhou family has no money, so there is a godmother, especially, when she saw Aunt Liu, she suddenly became fascinated: "Oh, this is the old lady, let me pay you a good old age first." son."

Aunt Liu said coldly: "I only have one son. As for the second master you are talking about, our Zhou family does not have such a person. If you want to pay, you have gone to the wrong door."

The old bustard was overjoyed: "Old lady, don't tell us jokes. Who doesn't know Mr. Zhou this week? You won't admit it if you say you don't. It's Chinese New Year, so don't make fun of it. The 700 taels Money is not a small amount, our Wanxiangyuan is a small business and cannot afford it."

Aunt Liu glanced at her: "Zhou He doesn't have a tael of silver on him, so you let him in, and you don't think about our Zhou family. Our Zhou family only has these yards. If you sell them all, you can't get 700 taels of silver. You are probably thinking about Anfu."

After saying that, he paused: "Since you are here today, we smart people don't say dark words. Since I kicked out people, there is absolutely no reason to give you money. As for Anfu, you must be better than me." The old woman also knows that Mr. An's temperament, if you really have the ability to go to An's mansion to ask for money, the old woman will not stop you, but don't even think about taking a penny from my Zhou family, Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law, help your siblings into the house, She has a big belly, so she can't stand the cold." The family really went into the courtyard, and the door was closed and locked.

The old bustard was a bit stupid, and he didn't count all the calculations. Zhou and his mother were so ruthless, they could ignore their son's life and death, and looked down at the account book in their hands, secretly thinking that it was bad luck. For so many days, Zhou He ate and lived, Xiangyu was still with him, and a lot of money was put in. If he couldn't get any money back, he would still be dead.

I really didn't expect that Mrs. Liu was a ruthless character, and what she said was on point. Although she wanted to make money from Zhou He because she was looking at Anfu, if she was really asked to go to Anfu to ask for a debt, she would not How can Mr. An be easily provoked by this courage.

She couldn't help secretly scolding Xing'er for not succeeding enough but failing for something, she came up with some bad idea, spit twice, had to go out, just walked out of the alley, she heard someone calling her from behind: "This mother, take a step."

The old bustard looked back and saw that it was the woman with a big belly, presumably Zhou He's wife, she couldn't help but froze for a moment, but suddenly saw the things in her hand, she immediately beamed with joy.

She knows this box, it is jewelry from the Jiangnan Jin family. Although the Jiangnan Jin family started with jade ornaments, they also have gold and silver jewelry. Even if a set of Jin family jewelry is silver, it is worth a lot of silver. Don't look at the soil, there are really good things.

Thinking about it again, how could the Zhou family have such a countertop? It must have been rewarded by the eldest lady. She just invited a woman from the south to teach the girls to play the piano and sing. Da Furen is very famous in the south, not to mention the kitchen business, but there are various handicraft workshops, and there is no one who does not show Chef An's face.

In particular, the old man of the Jin family has a personal relationship with Chef An, not to mention, this woman's jewelry must have come from here.

Mrs. Chen handed the jewelry box to her: "This is a gift from the Da Furen. Now I only have such a set of jewelry in my hand, which is worth some money. Look at this, it can be worth those bills."

The old bustard opened it and couldn't help gasping. It was all pure gold, a complete set of head and face jewelry, moreover, the workmanship was extremely fine, and it was obvious at a glance that it was made by the old master of the Jin family. Take out this set of jewelry, don't say 700 taels of silver, afraid that 1000 taels would not be able to buy it, hurriedly said: "Enough, enough."

Chen: "Then let's settle this account."

The old bustard nodded hurriedly, smiling so much that she couldn't see her teeth: "It's clear, it's clear." He gave the account book to Mrs. Chen to leave, but she didn't want Mrs. Chen to say: "Mom, I have something else to say, this jewelry is my last A little savings, if I didn't think about the past relationship between husband and wife, I wouldn't take it out. That's true, you Wanxiangyuan will be compensated, but then again, I gave you jewelry right now, and it's in my hand. Without savings, all the family money is with my mother-in-law, not to mention that there is not much money, if there is, I will definitely not take it out, mother will weigh it herself." Put down the words and turned back.

The old bustard could not help secretly getting lucky, what Chen said was true, he was blinded by Yinzi and didn't think about it carefully, even if Zhou's family had a little relationship with Anfu this week, it wasn't his daughter after all.

It's a daughter, even if you are married, you can't help your mother's family if you have nothing to do, let alone pay for the whoring money for your brother. If it doesn't work out, I will blame the Wanxiangyuan and offend the King of Hell, how can she continue to open the Wanxiangyuan, why don't I accept it as soon as it is good.

Thinking about it this way, as soon as he returned to Wanxiangyuan, he called the Gui Nu underneath, and drove out Zhou He who was fooling around in Xiangyu's room.

Zhou He didn't understand yet, so he hurriedly said, "What is Mom doing?"

The old bustard sneered: "I said the second master, you are still pretending to be a master at this time, it's not that your daughter-in-law took her jewelry to pay you for it, the old lady didn't know where to cry, or If you plan to cheat on my mother, it won’t work, come back next time when the second master has money, and don’t kick me out."

Gui Nu dragged people out and threw him outside from the warm room. Zhou He was so cold that he woke up immediately. He wandered around the street twice, but he had nowhere to go. Instead, he remembered Xing Er. Then I came to Xing'er's house.

Xing'er drove him away, and asked his wife to cook two dishes for him. Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhou He didn't leave. Xing'er's wife was not happy, and chatted a lot through the window.

Xing'er said in embarrassment: "Second Master, why don't you go home first, it's not appropriate for a Chinese New Year to be outside all the time."

Zhou He said, "Since I've come out, I've made a fool of myself and I won't go back." In one sentence, the daughter-in-law of Xingxing who was outside was amused: "Bah, I'm still a fool, and I'll be able to wear my trousers any more. "Said Zhou He, his face turned green and white and ugly.

Xing'er pretended to scold his daughter-in-law: "Second master, I have to persuade you, you said that you don't have any skills, you want to start a business, and you don't have capital. What are you doing? If you don't talk about others, just talk about me. Well, back then I was in charge in the mansion, so what happens when I come out now, isn’t it the same as being a grandson for someone? There is no way to compare with the second master, I have no hope, you are different, Da Furen's brother, as long as you rely on the big tree of the An family, you will not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of your life."

"But, my mother kicked me out, how can I go back?"

Xing'er snorted and laughed: "Second Master, why are you so stupid? Your mother drove you out just to make you admit your mistake. I don't believe that my own son can still watch him freeze to death. Look at me, you go back now, sit at the door, I guarantee that you will be able to go home in a short time, when the time comes, the wife and children will be hotter than those who are starving and freezing outside."

A few words moved Zhou He, besides, he really had no other way to go, and he also knew that it would not look good for him to go back like this, so he waited until it was dark before returning home in hiding.

Seeing that his small courtyard was locked, he had to knock on his parents' courtyard door, and it was his sister-in-law who opened the door.

When Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law saw Zhou He, she was stunned: "Uncle is back." Just as she was about to call Mrs. Chen, she heard her mother-in-law's voice: "Close the door, our Zhou family is not such a jerk."

When Zhou He saw his mother, he hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "Mother, mother, the son knows that he has made a mistake, so please forgive him this time, and the son will live a good life with Mrs. Chen in the future."

Seeing his pity, Zhou Tai's wife also said, "Mother, let the second brother come in for the New Year's Eve."

Aunt Liu came over a few steps and pointed at Zhou He: "You really have the face to come back, why don't you stay in the incense courtyard for the rest of your life, you are really embarrassing our Zhou family, let the old bustard block the door to ask for money, your daughter-in-law With a big belly, I took out my jewelry and paid you this kind of debt. If I were you, I would kill myself. How could I have the face to come back? Don’t you have a backbone? Don’t count on Anfu, no Do you count on home, what do you do when you come back?"

Zhou He now also knows that the pot is made of iron, just like Xing'er said, he doesn't have that ability, so why pretend to be a capable person, say a few nice words, go home and live a peaceful life.

Thinking of this, he wiped his face and just lowered his head to admit his mistake.

I don't want his mother to be really angry this time, and she insisted on not letting him in, but instead asked her sister-in-law to close the door. Zhou He wanted to go, but there was really nowhere to go, so he could only shrink in the corner outside the gate.

Mrs. Chen was about to give birth, and Mrs. Liu was worried that she would live by herself, so she asked her to move to her eyes. If there was something to do at night, there would be someone to take care of her. Zhou Tai's wife and daughter-in-law made dinner together.

Today, Aunt Liu went to Anfu to pick up Mrs. Chen. Anran asked Liu Xier to prepare a lot of food and brought them over. Royal japonica rice, fresh fish and shrimp, and rare fresh vegetables and mushrooms in winter were all from the south. They were transported all the way, and they were picked up and brought back to Mrs. Chen.

Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law tidied up the same thing, envious once in her heart, just looking at the things sent over, she could imagine how the younger siblings lived in Anfu, but when thinking of the younger uncle outside, she felt that the fate of the younger siblings was too real. No, with such a man at the booth, I really don't know when he will be the boss in this life.

After eating for a while, Zhou Tai and his father tidied up the outer room and did carpentry work. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were doing needlework on the kang head. Although Aunt Liu made children's clothes and shoes, she was not for the children in Mrs. Chen's belly. , for the young master who is about to be born in Anfu.

Aunt Liu insisted that An Ran's womb must be a boy, so all she made were boys' things, such as bellybands, jackets, trousers, and tiger-toed shoes. Ever since she knew An Ran was pregnant, Aunt Liu had made them, and there was a box of them all. Still didn't stop.

The two daughters-in-law didn't dare to persuade them, knowing that although the mother-in-law deliberately didn't go to Anfu, she really cared about her daughter-in-law in her heart.

The ones made by Mrs. Chen are for her own children, but she is a little absent-minded. Listening to the north wind outside, she glances out of the window from time to time, and secretly glances at her mother-in-law. Finally, she couldn't help but say: "Mother , it’s freezing outside, and it’s Chinese New Year, if you spend a night outside in the cold, you’re afraid you’ll die.”

Aunt Liu looked up at her: "You are too soft-tempered, but if you can be stronger, the second child doesn't dare to make a fuss."

Mrs. Chen lowered her head for a while before saying: "Mother, this is my fate. I don't want to do anything else now. I just think that the child in my belly will be born so that his father can hug him, and after all this, Thinking about it, he knew he was wrong, if he really froze to death, my child will have no father in his life, so who can our mother and I rely on in the future."

In fact, Aunt Liu was also soft-hearted. After all, it was her own son. No matter how hard she said, she couldn't just watch her son freeze to death, so she asked Zhou Tai to open the door and let Zhou He in.

Zhou He was so cold that he was unconscious, and he was still shivering after coming in for a while.

Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law was busy making ginger soup, poured it down for him, covered him with a thick quilt, and gradually recovered.

Aunt Liu saw that he was slowing down, and Fang said coldly: "Do you really know that you are wrong?"

"Understood, I really know I was wrong." Zhou Hezhen was terrified, afraid that his mother would drive him out again, so he hurriedly agreed.

Aunt Liu sighed: "I hope you really know your mistake. I really can't rest assured that you are such a foolish person. The errands in the Anfu will be fine. Don't make trouble for your sister, just live well at home with your daughter-in-law Bar."

Zhou He was taken aback: "Mother, I'm an imposing seven-foot-tall man, what do you say without a reason?"

Aunt Liu snorted: "If you want an errand, you can find it yourself. Mother will not stop you, but the errands in the Anfu will be ignored. My mother can't afford to lose this person to you. Now that you are back, you and your wife will go back together." Go to the courtyard by yourself, your daughter-in-law is not easy, and she is about to give birth, so you should treat her better for the child in her womb."

Although Zhou He was dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't dare to go against his mother. Anyway, the future is long, and when he returned home, he was afraid that there would be nothing to do, so he helped his wife back home.

Because of suffering, Zhou He became more honest for a while, and the Zhou family also had a peaceful year.

An Ran came on the second day of the Lunar New Year, which is exactly the style of Jizhou. The second day of the Lunar New Year is Uncle's Day, and the girl goes back to her natal home to visit her parents.

No matter how much An Jiamu didn't like the Zhou family, he had to come for his wife's sake, and he was really worried about An Ran, who was seven months pregnant.

Not only An Jiamu, but also An Jiamu's two brothers, Jiayan and Jiashu, both said that they hadn't seen the old lady yet.

According to the custom of Jizhou, An Ran personally stretched the longevity noodles, put them in a basket, and asked An Jiamu to carry them. The whole family, plus the gifts they brought, and the servants, maids and women who came with them were mighty and mighty. , a large carriage stopped at the entrance of Zhou's alley, and immediately attracted everyone from the neighbors...

(End of this chapter)