Xu Lanyin was still furious. After hearing what Xu Qingyan said, she angrily said, "Dad, my grandfather is pushing my mother into a dead end. If I don't stop him, that would be unfilial. I'm telling you, from now on I will never go to that family again, and they can't take a penny from me. If my grandfather keeps saying anything nonsense, I'll..."
She looked at Xu Qingyan and didn't dare to say the rest.
Xu Qingyan was also pissed off by the old man. He had already thought of a way to stop the old man from gossiping about it, but when he saw his daughter hesitate to speak, he thought that this girl looked like him, and that they probably had the same idea.
He said, "Let's go find Zhao Wu."
Zhao Wu was practicing martial arts at home.
Xu Qingyan pulled him into the house and, blushing, told him what he wanted. He wanted Zhao Wu to send a few detectives to find some evidence against those talkative old men and women and teach them and their families a lesson. Since they were so talkative, they would talk about more than just family matters, they would also talk about state affairs, making it easy to find evidence against them.
Zhao Wu guessed the reason and agreed very happily.
Later, Xu Lanyin secretly told Zhao Wu that those people had spare money at home, so it would be better to take them to the government office and give them some trouble, and then extort some more money from them.
Zhao Wu smiled and nodded.
In the evening, the Xu family invited the Qin family father and son, the Min family, and the Zhao family brothers to drink.
The men drank in the upper living room, and the women ate in the side room.
While they were eating, Ding Gu came in and whispered to Xu Lanyin, "The master from the main house is here."
Xu Lanyin stood up and took Xu Dashi to the west wing. Seeing a wound on his forehead, he asked, "How did it happen?"
Xu Dashi said angrily, "I beat him."
He had come to the second wife's house to apologize. He had been busy in the shop during the day and only heard about their quarrel when he got home. Old Mrs. Xu was also so angry that she fell ill and lay in bed groaning.
Xu Dashi was also furious. He scolded Old Man Xu with a thick neck and said that if the old man continued to make such a fuss, he would take his wife and children back to Xiaozao Village to farm. He was too embarrassed to stay here because everything here was built with the help of Xu Lanyin.
The old man was so angry that he had no place to vent it, so he first beat Xu Yuan until he cried for his parents, and then he slapped Xu Dashi a few times. Not satisfied yet, he broke his forehead with a tea bowl.
Xu Lanyin said, "Brother Dashi, don't feel bad. This has nothing to do with you. I'm just very angry. Please apologize for Xu Yuan on my behalf. I'm sorry for getting him into trouble." She then took out a gold necklace and gave it to Xu Yuan.
After Xu Qingyan left, the Xu family lived a peaceful life again.
Old man Xu no longer came to bother her, and several people from the Qin family often came to comfort her. Qin was in a good mood and her health was much better.
On the morning of September 1st, Xu Dashi came again.
He said that today, Old Man Xu and a few other old men who often chatted together were talking loudly, and were overheard by a patrolling constable. The constable accused them of discussing important matters of state without permission, and took them to the government office.
The old men were so scared that they cried and knelt on the ground begging for mercy, unable to walk at all.
Old Man Xu's knees were stiff, so he refused to kneel. Instead, he reported his second son's official title. The detectives were incredulous, saying how could the father of a fourth-rank official be so vulgar and talkative, spouting whatever they could. They scolded the old man and shoved him several times.
The constables dragged and pulled the old men, and even kicked them a few times when they were unhappy, and took them to the police station to teach them a lesson.
Later, the younger generations of these families came over and pleaded for mercy, promising to take good care of the elderly. Each family paid a fine of eighty taels of silver before they were allowed to take their elderly home.
Old man Xu was really scared this time. Not only did he wet his pants, but he also fell ill when he got home.
After Xu Dashi finished speaking, he hurried to the clinic.
Qin Shi didn't know it was Zhao Wu's doing, so she said, "Your grandfather loved to talk nonsense when he was in the countryside. Now he's saying he's been sent to the government office."
Xu Lanyin covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed. Evildoers must be punished. After suffering this loss, let's see if the old man dares to gossip about it. Even if he dares to speak, others may not dare to listen.
With every autumn rain, the weather gets colder and the days become shorter.
On the evening of September 19th, Li Luo came to Xu's house as usual, waiting for his brother to come back for dinner.
It was already getting dark at twilight hour.
Xu Lanting pulled Li Luo into the house to ask about his homework, and Li Luo explained patiently.
The lights were just coming on, but He Dong came before Zhao Wu.
He said to Li Luo, "Master, the Second Master has returned home. He invited you back for dinner." He then said to Xu Lanyin, "Miss Xu, Lord Min has visited our home. The Second Master said they would be drinking at home, so he asked me to bring some snacks over."
Xu Lanyin thought that they might have some business to discuss, so she asked the maid to send most of the dishes at home, and asked Aunt Ding to make a few more snacks to go with the wine.
When Min Jia heard that her father was at the Zhao family, she took Xu Lanyue by the hand and called Xu Lanting to go see her father. Now that the little girl had grown up, she was too embarrassed to hold hands with Xu Lanting.
After a while, the children came back.
Xu Lanting said, "Sister, Brother Min is in a bad mood and seems to be worried about something."
Min Jia's eyes were red, and he also said, "Well, my father must have encountered some difficulties. In the past, he would smile when he saw me, but today he didn't smile."
Xu Lanyin explained, "Lord Min is a high-ranking official, in charge of solving cases. It must be a bad guy who committed the crime, and he cares about the people, so he is in a bad mood."
After hearing this, Min Jia felt relieved.
The next morning, Xu Lanting was on vacation and did not get up. Qin and Xu Lanyin were waiting for the Zhao Wu brothers to come for breakfast.
The brothers didn't come, but Huang An came. He said that Lord Min had been drinking at Zhao's house until midnight and stayed there that night, so they wouldn't be coming for breakfast, so he asked him to bring some breakfast over.
Xu Lanyin asked someone to deliver breakfast, and also asked someone to go to the street corner to buy some fried cakes and fried dough sticks.
She felt that Minhu had really encountered some difficulties.
At noon, Zhao Wucai came to Xu's house.
Xu Lanyin asked, "Master Min is gone?"
Zhao Wudao said, "Well, he just left." He sighed again, "Lord Min is engaged, and the wedding is scheduled for March next year. He's not in a good mood..."
Zhao Wu was relieved to have one less man obsessed with Xu Lanyin, but he also felt a deep sympathy for Min Hu. Min Hu had gotten drunk the previous day and had made many drunken remarks, including about Xu Lanyin and Zhao Wu. He urged Zhao Wu to seize the opportunity and not let anyone else get there first. He also said that Xu Lanyin was the finest girl in the world, as beautiful and free as a poppy. Such a good girl couldn't be confined to a large mansion, nor could she be wronged by marrying a man who didn't understand her. Only by marrying Zhao Wu could she avoid being wronged, and Zhao Wu must always treat her well, or else he wouldn't agree...
Xu Lanyin felt bad after hearing Minhu's words. Although she had admired Minhu very much before, she had never thought of marrying him and thought he was too chauvinistic. She had never expected him to think so highly of her and to care so much about her.
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