Chapter 167: Separation between Jiao Family Mother and Daughter

Mrs. Jiao slapped her thigh, sat on the ground, kicked and slapped her legs, and started crying.

Aunt Jiao blushed with embarrassment.

He tried to comfort her in a soft voice, but she showed no sign of letting go.

If she had to take the blame for them, Mrs. Jiao would endure it.

Now she can redeem herself by paying money, and the Huang family can afford it, but she refuses.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't heartbroken.

Mrs. Jiao felt a chill in her heart.

For the sake of them, mother and daughter, I would rather bear the blame.

But my daughter doesn't care about me!

Since her daughter celebrated the first day, she would celebrate the fifteenth.

Mrs. Jiao's eyes became fierce.

He stared at Aunt Jiao and whispered, "If you're not willing to spend the money, don't blame me for not being able to control my mouth and saying something I shouldn't.

When you go to serve your sentence, who would dare to marry Huang Ying'er? "

Aunt Jiao was incredulous: "Mom, you are threatening me! You are threatening your own daughter. Are you still my mother?"

"I took the blame for you, but you refused to pay even sixty taels of redemption silver. Who is threatening whom?"

Wen Yan looked at the mother and daughter who were almost turning against each other.

She smiled knowingly and quietly withdrew from the task.

After she left the ancestral hall, she went straight home.

Just now, she saw Brother Chen Wu in the crowd outside the ancestral hall.

Before this, she asked Brother Chen Wu to follow the people who collected the grain from Wen Ruyue.

It seems that the grain harvest over there has been completed.

Soon, she returned home.

Pei'er stayed at home with her fifth grandmother.

Seeing her come back, he immediately asked curiously about the outcome of the case.

Wen Yan told them what had happened.

Pei'er then breathed a sigh of relief: "If the son-in-law is charged with such a crime, you will also be implicated, young lady."

Wen Yan chatted with them for a few words and then returned to her own East Courtyard.

She passed through the moon gate and looked around the yard, but did not see Brother Chen Wu.

So they thought he was hiding in the reception room.

She walked to the door of the living room and was about to push it open.

Her eyes blurred and she felt a figure falling from above her head.

Then she felt someone patting her shoulder.

Wen Yan took a deep breath and turned around suddenly.

Then she saw Brother Chen Wu making faces at her.

Wen Yan stroked his forehead.

You are already in your twenties, why are you pretending to be like a child?

"You're scaring people to death, okay?" Wen Yan kicked him.

Brother Chen Wu jumped on the spot, Wen Yan kicked in vain, and pushed the door open and entered the house.

Brother Chen Wu followed him in.

After the two of them sat down, Brother Chen Wu drank tea and ate snacks by himself.

The way he ate so voraciously looked as if he had been hungry for eight meals.

Wen Yan didn't have the heart to interrupt him, so she poured him some tea and took out a plate of dried meat.

He must have suffered a lot during this period of time outside, and he has become darker and thinner.

Brother Chen Wu only stopped after finishing a plate of snacks and drinking a pot of tea.

He touched his stomach and sighed, "It's delicious."

"Fifth brother, if you're not in a hurry, I'll roast a chicken for you tonight."

Brother Chen Wu's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Wen Yan nodded.

His eyes quickly dimmed again, and he sighed: "Xiao Qi is back, I have to go back and take a look."

"Seventh brother is back?" He was not with his stepmother when she came back the day before yesterday.

Wen Yan thought he would have to delay for a few more days.

Brother Chen Wu nodded, and then told Wen Yan about Wen Ruyue collecting grain.

"Wen Ruyue's grain harvest is almost complete and has begun to be shipped to Jinyang Prefecture."

"How much food do they have in total?" Wen Yan asked.

Brother Chen Wu said, “Ever since the news of the drought in Jinyang Prefecture spread, food prices around the capital have been rising.

The price of rice has risen to 1,700 coins per dan, and the price of wheat has risen to 1,400 coins per dan.

He should have bought about 10,000 dan of grain."

Wen Yan calculated carefully.

The Wen family only had so much money in total, and Wen Ruyue's dowry would not exceed 20,000 taels of silver at most.

She spent a lot of money to open Miaobizhai.

She bought so much food this time, I'm afraid she has bet all her assets on it.

That’s great news.

Wen Yan was not afraid that she would buy too much.

I'm afraid she'll keep it secret.

"Yanyan, what are your plans next?"

Wen Yan giggled and waved to Fifth Brother Chen.

Brother Chen Wu didn't suspect anything and walked over.

Wen Yan whispered.

The more Chen Wuge listened, the more his face wrinkled.

Wen Yan said with self-satisfaction: "My method kills two birds with one stone, doesn't it?"

This time.

She will definitely make Wen Ruyue lose all her money.

Brother Chen Wu gave her a thumbs up.

Fortunately, the Meng family is in the same boat with her, otherwise they would have been killed by her.

The two chatted for a while, and then Brother Chen Wu prepared to leave.

He had just walked out the door when he stopped again.

He turned to Wen Yan and said, "There's something I don't know if you're interested in. When I was monitoring Wen Ruyue, I discovered that another group was also purchasing large quantities of food and fodder."

Wen Yan's spirits brightened: "Have you found out who it is?"

"They acted very cautiously. I followed them for a while and found where they stored their food.

They stockpiled more food than Wen Ruyue.

As for the person behind the scenes, I have never found out." Speaking of this, Brother Chen Wu was still a little frustrated.

Although he was not the best at tracking, he was also considered a leader. However, he could not even figure out the background of a grain merchant.

"However... they seem to be deliberately avoiding Wen Ruyue's team."

"What did you say!" Wen Yan stood up suddenly, "Are you sure you saw it right?"

"Don't you believe in my abilities? One day, the purchasing managers of two teams met and almost came to blows over a warehouse of grain.

Wen Ruyue's team was so angry that they had gathered people to go and fight, but they didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to send gifts and apologize and ask for peace.

Since then, he has been avoiding Wen Ruyue's team.

But the other party is obviously richer.

Don’t you think this is unusual?”

"It's really unusual."

They chatted for a while, and Wen Yan packed a bunch of delicious food for Brother Chen Wu, and Brother Chen Wu hurried back to Beijing.

He was anxious to go back and see Xiaoqi.

Wen Yan looked at the white clouds in the sky, lost in thought.

Collect grain and go around the smell of the moon.

Could that team be Huo Yaoxing's?

Did he do what Jianwen Ruyue did and wanted to get involved in the grain business?

Or was he also reborn?

If Huo Yaoxing was also reborn...

Wen Ruyue couldn't help but get goosebumps all over her body.

She was staring out the window in a daze.

Suddenly, an angry voice came from the main courtyard: "Did you notice? At first, Aunt Jiao didn't want to pay money to redeem her mother's sentence.

It was her mother who whispered something to her that made her agree.”

"Yes, yes, I noticed that too. Aunt Jiao looked at her mother with hatred in her eyes."

"In front of Magistrate Song, the only thing that could threaten her was rumors. Tell me, is Mrs. Jiao taking the blame for Aunt Jiao?"

"I have a bold idea. What do you think? Could it be that my aunt specifically asked Mrs. Jiao to spread rumors in order to force Ying Zhilin to marry?"

"I think so too. Otherwise, how could Mrs. Jiao, who never interacted with the Ying family, suddenly hate Ying Zhilin? And she even used her own nephew to harm him!

Wouldn't it be better to find a widow or a prostitute?"

Everyone was talking at once. Wen Yan curled her lips into a smile, then stood up and walked towards the main courtyard.