Chapter 197
Boss Shen was not unaware of this, but he felt it was unreliable after hearing what she said.
"That's true. Let's wait for Master Zhou Er."
Seeing that she was really persistent, Tian Bajiao said, "Wait a minute, I'll go inside and take a look. Reminding her won't work, but what if I find something?"
"Then be careful. The Zhou family has guards."
"Don't worry."
What kind of experts could there be in such a place? Tian Bajiao went there with confidence.
The Zhou family has divided up. The people from the first and second branches live in the east and west courtyards respectively, while the old lady lives in the main courtyard.
The servants lived in the ear room.
The house is not very big, so you can find your way around it quickly.
Although there were security guards on duty at night, they were all drowsy in the corridor and too lazy to move around.
When Tian Bajiao sneaked in, the old lady had already fallen asleep. The room was filled with the smell of soothing incense, which made it almost impossible to see people. The smell was so strong that it made people dizzy.
In the east yard, the woman, who should be Uncle Zhou’s wife, was comforting her crying child at night.
To the west is where Liu Suniang lives.
The servants on her side were unusually alert. One could see that they were all peeking around, as if they were here to eavesdrop, just like her.
Tian Bajiao didn't compete with them for the place below. He just lay flat on the roof, pulled aside the tiles and looked inside.
Liu Suniang hasn't gone to bed yet and is...dressing up.
It looked like the time she sleepwalked in Nanmao, which was creepy, but she was obviously conscious.
Still in the spirit of choosing clothes.
Xing'er helped her search while advising her, "Second Madam, let's not wait any longer. We don't know when the Second Master will be back. There's no point in waiting like this."
"Stop talking nonsense. Just look for him when I tell you to. I'm the one who wants to wait for him, not you. Go to sleep after you've found him."
Liu Suniang was not in a good mood when she spoke to her maid.
Xing'er wasn't angry either: "How can you feel at ease if I'm not with you? If I go to sleep, who will take care of you when the Second Master comes back?"
"Who said I was going to hit him?" Liu Suniang said, "Even if I wanted to hit him, I would have to have the strength."
She sounded strangely sad when she said this.
Xing'er pursed her lips, paused, looked at her hesitantly, and whispered, "Second Madam, how about I invite another doctor for you tomorrow?"
"I have money but nowhere to spend it! It's rare that the old woman is willing to spend it. If I don't take advantage of this opportunity, I will hire someone else. You think hiring a doctor is free, right?"
She rolled her eyes at Xing'er.
Xing'er leaned over and continued mumbling, "I feel that Doctor Zhang's treatment isn't very effective. You've been taking medicine for several days, but it's not getting better. Could it be... could it be that what Boss Shen said is true?"
There was a crisp sound in the room.
Liu Suniang slapped Xing'er hard and said angrily, "Why are you spouting so much foam at the mouth? That Chen Niao just can't stand seeing me doing well and is deliberately cursing me. You believe such words, you are really stupid."
Xing Er said aggrievedly, "But the doctor said the same thing that day."
"You're so stupid! You can't see that they're in cahoots. I'm afraid they're planning to cheat me out of my money. Instead of being careful, you even spoke up for them. How could I have bought a fool like you? I'm afraid I'll be counting money for others when I'm sold to someone else in the future."
Liu Suniang slapped him again.
She spoke weakly, but was very enthusiastic in beating people. Tian Bajiao saw that she was fine, and she just deserved to die.
Xing Er was really stupid and still tried to persuade her: "But Madam, it's not good at all. You'll feel more at ease after seeing it."
"Rest assured? What are you rest assured about? I just hired a doctor, and the old woman is looking for trouble with me the moment I get in. She boasts about being from a scholarly family, but I don't see how high their status is. They just have a chief clerk, but I think he's even more arrogant than a county magistrate. There are so many rules and regulations that they can torture people to death..."
She kept on rambling and cursing, saying bad things about Old Madam Zhou for about a quarter of an hour, and then she asked Xing'er to get some tea with a dry mouth.
Xing'er quickly poured it and brought it to her: "Madam, don't be angry. The doctor said you can't be too angry."
"That doctor is just talking nonsense. I'll tell you how powerful he is after just two days of being here. I'm also blind. Why did he have to marry into such a family when there are so many other people to marry? I originally had my eyes on him, but now he has changed. What do you think he did with my father and the others?"
"I really don't know."
"You're also a loser. You don't even know how to guess..."
She sneered and said,
"Nothing good will happen after all."
"Second Madam... Second Master is still loyal to you."
"He's not you. Why would I need his loyalty? I just hope he has a conscience."
Tian Bajiao complained in his heart: ...This is even more weird. He is not your son. What do you need his conscience for? You shouldn't need friendship.
This couple is really strange.
I cried all night long and cursed all night long.
She glanced down: The servants in this courtyard are really strange, they all love to eavesdrop...
Tian Bajiao ran away quietly without disturbing anyone, and returned to Boss Shen and patted her shoulder gently.
Boss Shen thought it was a ghost and almost screamed.
"You scared me to death. Why are you walking so quietly?"
"Of course I will. If I make a sound, I won't be able to get out. They have a lot of servants. I wish our store had that many people. I would save a lot of energy in the day."
"How could it not be so beautiful?" Boss Shen herself didn't even dare to dream about it, but she was still thinking about it. "What's it like inside?"
"It's quite good. Those who sleep sleep, those who soothe the baby soothe the baby, those who curse can curse, and those who get beaten can get beaten. The servants don't have to worry about being bored anymore. Everyone has a corner to listen. It's so good."
What Tian Bajiao said didn't sound like human language at all.
Boss Shen didn't understand a word he said: "Please tell me clearly. I want to ask you what Liu Suniang is like."
"She's doing fine. She's waiting for Mr. Zhou Er to come back. She's even painting her eyebrows and choosing clothes. I don't think we should stop her. She doesn't seem to be looking for trouble. She seems to be trying to rekindle the love they once had as husband and wife."
"What if we can't find it back?" Boss Shen said with a frown.
Tian Bajiao: "Then we'll probably die together."
Liu Suniang acted like she wanted to send Zhou Jiaquan to hell, and Tian Bajiao believed her.
From high to low, from old to young, there was no one she could look up to, especially her mother-in-law, whom she almost cursed to death.
No wonder the old lady couldn’t sleep. No one would be able to sleep if someone was nagging at them like that.
But what Liu Suniang said was not entirely unreasonable.
Which old lady is always finding fault with her, looking down on her because she is the daughter of a merchant family and is full of the smell of money? Then why did she go to their house in the first place?
Why let her youngest son spend her money?
Do you think it’s unruly to marry someone into your family?
It wasn't the first time that Liu Suniang had been unruly. She almost set her own family on fire for the dowry. Tian Bajiao didn't believe that she hadn't heard of it.
No one is perfect, why dislike each other?
Killing for this is not worth it.
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