Chapter 48 The Wealthy Zhou Family
Liang Jinyu's heart softened instantly, and she unconsciously thought of her child who did not survive in her previous life, who seemed to be a girl.
"I'll come to see you when I have time." Liang Jinyu stroked Wang Juaner's back and put her on the straw.
Wang Juaner's nose was red and her eyes were swollen from crying. She curled up in a corner and looked very pitiful.
"Hook." Wang Juaner wiped her nose with the back of her hand and extended her little finger towards Liang Jinyu.
Liang Jinyu looked at the black spots on the back of her hands and thought they were probably snot.
"...Hook." Liang Jinyu stretched out his hand reluctantly.
The conversation inside the house could be heard word for word, and Wang Erniu stood in the yard with his head lowered.
The slender body bends downward like a taut longbow.
“Boom—”
Suddenly there was a sound outside, Wang Erniu was startled and asked cautiously: "Who is there?"
No one responded for a long time, and Wang Erniu's scalp began to tingle.
Since they moved in, they always heard some strange noises. At first he thought they were mice or wild cats, but as time went on, the noises became stranger and stranger.
Sometimes it sounds like someone is whistling, sometimes it sounds like someone is pacing back and forth, or even sighing and talking.
Wang Erniu dared not close his eyes at night. He only dared to take a nap when Juan'er was awake during the day. Perhaps because of this, his emotions were always on the verge of collapse.
“Dongdong——”
There were two more knocks, as if someone was knocking on the wall.
Wang Erniu glanced inside the room, gritted his teeth and walked out.
Liang Jinyu talked to Wang Juaner for a while. The child was indeed well-behaved. Even though her arms were red, she said she was fine.
"Where is your brother?" Liang Jinyu saw that Wang Erniu was not in the yard.
Wang Juaner shook her head: "I don't know, maybe he was shy and hid himself."
Liang Jinyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It would be strange if Wang Erniu was shy after the way he had just confronted her.
"Go back to your room, I'm leaving." Liang Jinyu patted Wang Juaner's head.
Wang Juaner nodded obediently.
...
The sun was setting, and Liang Jinyu hurriedly bought some tranquilizers.
He hurried to the cloth shop and bought two old quilts and two old jackets, and asked them to deliver them to the grain store later.
When the grain store owner saw Liang Jinyu coming, he rubbed his hands happily and said, "Yu Niang, you are finally here. I tell you, you are really lucky. You know that the price of grain is rising now. The price of refined rice has increased by three cents."
Liang Jinyu said with a smile: "I don't run a grocery store, so I should be the one congratulating you, the boss."
The grocery store owner chuckled and asked knowingly, "Why are you here today?"
Liang Jinyu took out a few large silver ingots from her pocket and said, "Here are twenty taels. Count them."
The silver ingots are all in sufficient quantity and you can tell how heavy they are at a glance, so there is no need to count them.
"No need. Don't I still trust you, Yu Niang? But why are you coming here before the end of the month?" The boss said no, but his hands were not idle. He put all the silver into his arms.
Liang Jinyu made up an excuse and said that he would leave some things in his shop and someone would come to pick them up in the evening.
The boss naturally agreed to this small matter readily.
"By the way, a man will come here in a few days with food on his shoulders to sell--"
"Don't worry, I will definitely give you a good price." The boss interrupted.
Liang Jinyu shook her head: "No, I mean to push it as low as possible."
The boss was at a loss for words and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that this person has a grudge against Yu Niang?"
Liang Jinyu smiled and said, "It's getting late. I have to go back."
Watching Liang Jinyu walk away quickly, the boss stroked his chin and said, "That's strange."
...
Liang Jinyu ran enough that day, and her legs were shaking when she got home.
Fortunately, Old Man Chen and Chen Lai Fu had not returned yet, so Liang Jinyu found a pot and boiled the medicine.
After the sun set, Chen Lai-fu and Ding Fang both returned carrying fir trees.
Hearing that Wang was suffering from angina, Chen Lai Fu was about to go into the house, but was stopped by Chen Dani using the excuse that Wang was asleep.
In the evening, the food was served, but Old Man Chen never came back.
Chen Laifu had worked hard all day and was starving. It was getting dark and no one was around. He finally couldn't help but say, "Let's not wait any longer. Let's eat first."
Wang in the room smelled the fragrance of the food and her mouth began to drool, but her body was unable to move and she could only scream "Ahhh" in a hurry.
"Don't just focus on eating by yourself, go and bring a bowl of rice to your grandma." Chen Lai Fu scolded Dani.
Chen Dani pouted and got down from the table reluctantly.
At the same time, Zhou family.
The Zhou family is a merchant family. In the early years, Mr. Zhou made some money from his business, but unfortunately the family fell into poverty and is now not as wealthy as it was in the past.
But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if they are poor, they are still a wealthy family compared to the Chen family.
"Just wait and see. With Third Auntie here, the Zhou family will definitely be able to survive for another few decades."
"I always hear you guys talking about how awesome Third Aunt is. Who is he?"
"Does the Langcang Yuan family know about this?"
In the backyard where the servants lived, three men were drinking happily, one of them was old man Chen who had not returned home.
The person who just spoke was a middle-aged man. He was wearing a half-worn jacket and a hair crown on his head, and he was spitting all over the place.
Next to him was a thin young man who was smiling all the time and would refill anyone's cup if he saw one was empty.
Old man Chen was drunk, and all he could see were the halved pig's trotters, roast duck with sauce, four-happiness meatballs, etc. on the table. He wished he had two mouths and three stomachs.
"Brother, come on, have another drink." The middle-aged man said, and began to persuade him to drink again.
Old man Chen quickly picked up the cup with both hands and drank it all in one gulp.
A cunning look flashed across the young man's eyes: "Brother Chen, I heard that you are going to pick someone up tomorrow? Do you know who you are picking up?"
Old man Chen smacked his lips and said, "The housekeeper only said to pick up a distinguished guest. How could a driver like me dare to ask so many questions? Anyway, it's fine as long as it doesn't cause any delay."
"That's true." The young man said with a fake smile, then turned to the middle-aged man and said, "Why didn't I see my sister-in-law today?"
The middle-aged man muttered with his tongue sticking out: "That bitch said she's going back to her parents' home, forget about her, let's just keep drinking brothers."
Just as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man fell on the table with a bang.
When Old Man Chen saw the wine bottle being passed to him, he quickly raised his hand to take it and drank it all in one gulp.
*
The next day.
Old man Chen did not come home all night, and no one took it seriously.
After Liang Jinyu, Chen Lai Fu and Liang Dingfang went up the mountain, they immediately packed up and prepared to go to Liuhe Manor.
"I'll be back as soon as possible." Liang Jinyu reminded Dani.
Chen Dani yawned, nodded, and didn't care.
Liang Jinyu ran back and forth all day yesterday and now her whole body aches. But when she thinks that she will get her household registration certificate soon, she instantly becomes energetic again.
How can she get Chen Lai Fu to divorce her now that she has the household registration certificate?
Just as Liang Jinyu was thinking about countermeasures, he seemed to hear a faint shout from behind.
Liang Jinyu stopped and looked in the direction of the sound. She found a person running on the path in the distance and waving at her.
Liang Jinyu looked carefully and found that it was Dani.
Why did she come after me?
Suddenly, Liang Jinyu had a bad feeling.