Chapter 176 Celebration
Lin's face turned pale. She thought that by rejecting Zhao the matchmaker, the matter would be over.
But she never expected that the old man and his wife Chen were so vicious and colluded with matchmaker Zhao to harm her little girl. If it weren't for her daughter's alertness...
She didn't dare to think any further. "How could these unscrupulous people do such evil things? They are worse than beasts. Go away, little girl."
After leaving the yard, Chen Qingqing recounted the story of how the old man and his wife drugged her.
Lin was shocked and angry when she heard this. She was originally a little worried about Chen Ruolan, but when she learned that she was also involved in the murder of her daughter, she could not help but grit her teeth and was filled with resentment.
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Old Mrs. Chen returned to the house, her mouth almost grinning from ear to ear, and she couldn't hide her pride in her words, "So, was this a great job tonight?"
"Beautiful, this was done perfectly, like scooping dumplings out of a gourd."
Old man Chen smiled and flattered the master.
"Old woman, if it weren't for your planning and advice, and coming up with this brilliant plan, we wouldn't have been able to have such a smooth time tonight. You are truly a great hero to our family!"
"That's right. No matter what, our family's hard times are finally over."
As Old Lady Chen spoke, she reached out from her underwear and took out the silver notes and ingots.
"I thought I had to rely on the third brother to live a good life, but I didn't expect that when people are lucky, there are big ingots that trip them up. With this money, we old couple will not have to worry about the rest of our lives."
Old Man Chen stared at it with his eyes wide open, swallowing his saliva. "I've lived to this age, and I've never seen such a big silver ingot. Old woman, let me take a good look."
He held the heavy silver ingots in his hands, almost crying with excitement, "Great, great! Our Chen family is finally rich again!"
Old Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes at him in annoyance and said, "Just take a look, I haven't had enough of you yet!"
Old man Chen reluctantly placed the silver ingot on the table on the kang, his eyes fixed on the banknotes again, "Old woman, these colorful things must be the legendary banknotes, right?"
"Okay, don't look at this anymore. If you break it, you won't be able to get the silver out."
"Yes, yes, I won't move. I'll just take a look." Old Man Chen looked at it for a long time and felt something was wrong. "Old woman, this banknote looks a little damp."
Old Mrs. Chen touched it and her heart skipped a beat. Oh no, it was really wet.
It was all the fault of that blind and impatient Fan Tong. He didn't even look at anyone in the middle of the night and just came up and started pulling her. She was almost scared to death and peed her pants pocket. If the banknotes were broken, how could she go to the silver shop to exchange them for money?
She hurriedly and carefully unfolded the banknote. Fortunately, it was not damaged. She placed it on the kang table, blowing on it while explaining, "I was a little nervous just now and sweated a lot. Fortunately, I took it out to take a look. If it had been fermented overnight, it would have turned into mud."
"Come, let me help you blow it," Old Man Chen puffed up his cheeks and moved forward.
Old Lady Chen's face darkened, and she raised her hand to push him away. "Go away now. What if it gets damaged again? You're really nosy."
"Okay, okay, just blow it slowly, I won't care about it anymore." Old man Chen looked at the banknotes in front of him, feeling happy. With money, he would no longer have to suffer.
When the time comes, he will build a large house with two courtyards and buy a few servants. He will be the old master and his wife will be the rich lady.
When the third child passes the imperial examination in the future, Ruolan will become a true scholar's daughter. Who wouldn't be jealous and envious of such a life...
Thinking of this, he hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said, "Old lady, tonight is a good day for us, shouldn't we celebrate it properly?"
"What are you doing?" Old Lady Chen misunderstood Old Man Chen's intentions, thinking he was up to something again. She glared at him fiercely and said, "You dishonest old thing, what's the point of celebrating? I don't have the time to do that when I haven't even earned enough money."
Seeing the disgust on her face, Old Man Chen knew that she had misunderstood. He pounded his head anxiously and hurriedly explained,
"Old woman, what are you talking about? Why am I being so frivolous? What I mean is, we've done such a great job, why don't you take out that half bottle of liquor you've saved and have a couple of sips to celebrate? If you don't want to, forget it. Why are you glaring at me?"
Hearing what he said, Mrs. Chen suddenly understood and smiled awkwardly, "So that's what you mean. Okay, okay, there's nothing wrong with that. Hurry up and take out the half bottle of liquor from the cupboard."
"Okay, I'll get it right away."
Old man Chen was so happy that he fiddled with the wooden cabinet for a long time before he finally found the wine.
"Old lady, do you want me to call Ruolan over and let her have some fun too?"
"No, no, no, don't look for trouble."
Old Mrs. Chen hurried to stop her.
"Have you forgotten what Ruolan said before? She didn't allow us to go to her room unless necessary, and she repeatedly told us not to disturb her when she was sleeping. If we woke her up, she would fight us to the death."
"Yes, yes, you are absolutely right. Remember last time, she didn't get up until noon, and you were afraid she was hungry, so you brought porridge and eggs to her room, wanting her to eat them in bed.
But the girl had a really bad temper and didn't appreciate it at all. Not only did she throw the bowl of porridge on the ground, she also picked up the eggs and threw them out of the house without caring about anything.
It hit me right on the forehead. Thinking about it now, I’m terrified. If it had been a bowl of porridge, it would have killed my old bones.”
"Alright, let's not talk about the past. After all, she is our most beloved granddaughter!" Old Mrs. Chen poured two bowls of wine and said, "Come on, old man, let's both make some wine today and get drunk."
"Don't worry, old woman. Just drink it to satisfy your craving. Save it for the New Year."
Old Mrs. Chen curled her lips and said, "Look at you, poor devil, you don't know how to enjoy life at all. Now we are different. We have money. After drinking, we can go buy more tomorrow. From now on, we can have wine for every meal."
"Oh, that's great. Come on, I'll toast you."
"Why are we being polite to each other, we are an old couple. We are together."
After saying this, Old Mrs. Chen drank it all in one gulp.
Old Man Chen tilted his head back and drank it, smacking his lips in satisfaction. "It would be even better if there were some snacks to go with it."
"Yes, I have some snacks."
"What snacks are there?"
"Well, go in there and take it out. I guarantee you haven't eaten it before."
Old Man Chen followed Old Lady Chen's gaze and pointed at the quilt. "Are you talking about here?"
Old Mrs. Chen nodded and smiled, "Yes, you open it."
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