Chapter 044: Paying Back the Money
Qiao Dashuang was frightened by her eyes.
But she immediately thought that Wen Yan was just a young girl, very delicate and frail, who could only act pretentiously to scare people.
The expression on her face became proud again.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, she felt a pain in her neck.
It turned out that Wen Yan had pressed a wooden hairpin against her neck, which had pierced her skin and caused blood to immediately appear.
Qiao Dashuang's legs went weak, and he trembled as he said, "It's... it's Aunt Zou who said that."
Aunt Zou is an ordinary woman in the village. Wen Yan has no grudge against her, so why would she spread rumors?
Wen Yan took the blood-stained hairpin and went to find Aunt Zou.
Before she got close, Aunt Zou pointed at another person and said, "I...I heard it from her too."
Wen Yan asked one by one, and finally found out the eldest daughter-in-law of Lao Niutou's family.
The eldest daughter-in-law was so frightened that her legs went limp and she sat down on the ground: "I...I...I also heard it from my parents-in-law..."
"When did we ever say such things!" Mrs. Niu pointed at her eldest daughter-in-law, her hands shaking with anger.
"That's what you said. That night, your father-in-law asked you whether you wanted to tell Ying Xiucai about this matter, and you said it's better to have less trouble than more!" The eldest daughter-in-law of the Niu family was frightened by Wen Yan's fierce look.
She just wanted to get herself out now.
Mrs. Niu was so angry that she pointed at her and said, "You...you actually eavesdropped on our conversation!"
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Niu family lowered her head, not daring to look at her mother-in-law.
Now is not the time to lecture your daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Niu was thinking about how to explain.
Then I heard someone outside the crowd shouting, "Uncle Lao Niu is here."
The villagers made way.
Old Bull Head hurried in and saw the tall Meng Chifei at a glance.
"You...you are the young man in red?" The old bull head looked incredulous.
Just by changing her clothes, the young man in red turned into a rich lady.
That makes sense.
The young general in red is a woman, so Wen Yan would behave intimately with her!
Thinking of his previous misunderstanding of the two, the old bull's face turned red.
He quickly explained to everyone: "Everyone has misunderstood. My eldest daughter-in-law only heard half of what was said.
The young man in red who behaved intimately with Wen Yan in the teahouse that day was Miss Meng.
At that time, Miss Meng was dressed as a man, but my eyesight was blurry and I didn’t recognize her.”
Everyone was stunned.
They all looked at Meng Chifei.
She is taller than most men, so if she were to dress like a man, it would be easy to be misunderstood.
But... she is a rich girl, why is she involved with the young man in red?
Facing everyone's puzzled eyes.
Wen Yan introduced Meng Chifei to everyone, "Meng Chifei is the only daughter of the great general who defends the country. She spends half a year at the border every year, often fighting in battles and making many contributions. She was personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor as the Red Infant Captain, and she is also the first female captain in Dayong's history."
The villagers were stunned when they heard this.
It turns out...it turns out that Wen Yan's backer is the daughter of the great general who guards the country.
Mrs. Qiao's face turned pale.
His figure also staggered.
Dayong may not be unaware of Mr. Wen, a third-rank official in the capital, but everyone knows the great general who protects the country.
He is the god of war who protects Dayong.
Would the Wen family really risk offending the great general to deal with Wen Yan?
No way!
Not to mention those officials, even Mrs. Qiao herself would have to swallow her anger.
He would even use Wen Yan as a connection to establish friendly relations with the General's Mansion.
No, no, no.
No matter how powerful the general is, he is still a military man and is stationed at the border all year round.
Even if he wanted to interfere in the affairs of the capital, he was powerless.
Wen's father was a third-rank official, a close minister to the emperor, and he was always around the emperor every day.
In terms of closeness, the Great General Guarding the Nation may not be as favored as Lord Wen.
Besides...if the emperor didn't value the Wen family, how could he even notice the fact that his adopted daughter was returning home?
And he got furious about it and asked Lord Wen to go home and reflect on himself?
The emperor must love her deeply and criticize her harshly!
That's right.
That must be the case!
Mrs. Qiao comforted herself and ran away in shame.
"Miss Meng, is your father really the great general who protects the country?"
"What does the general like to eat?"
"When will the general return to the capital? Will we be able to see him?"
Meng Chifei picked out the answer he could give:
"My dad loves to eat anything that can help him fight hunger."
"My father is stationed at the border and cannot return to the capital without a summons. The next time he returns to the capital, he will have to wait for the imperial decree from Your Majesty."
"Let me bring something to my father when I go to the border next time? If there is a chance, I will help..." The other villagers rushed forward and surrounded Meng Chifei, asking him all kinds of questions.
Suddenly, another carriage stopped in front of Ying's house.
The carriage curtain opened, and a well-dressed man jumped out, holding an exquisite wooden box.
He glanced around and walked straight to Wen Yan: "Excuse me, are you Miss Wen? This is the balance payment sent by my master."
He handed the wooden box to Wen Yan.
Wen Yan opened the wooden box and took a look. Inside was a stack of banknotes. She raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is your master Wu Yunzi?"
"Yes. Miss Wen, please check. If everything is correct, I will return to report."
Wen Yan: "No need to order, I trust the master."
He bowed and said goodbye.
This little episode here had no effect on Meng Chifei at all.
Meng Chifei answered every question from the villagers.
But the villagers have too many problems.
Meng Chifei could hardly bear it anymore.
Clan leader Ying quickly stepped forward to control the situation: "Are you still going to plant the fields at home? Do you still want to wash the clothes? Do you still want to take care of the baby? Go do what you need to do, and stop gathering around here."
"The land can be planted at any time, but Miss Meng can't be seen every day." The villager retorted with a laugh.
Wen Yan squeezed in and separated Meng Chifei: "Everyone, please make way. Miss Meng's brother asked her to go back to the yard. He has something to talk to her about."
Meng Chifei quickly jumped up and climbed over the wall into the yard.
The villagers were stunned at first, but soon realized: "Mrs. Scholar, you said General Meng's son, General Meng, is here too?"
"Let us in, we want to talk to General Meng!"
"General Meng, please come out and meet us!"
"General Meng..."
The villagers were trying to squeeze into the yard so hard that the gate was about to be squeezed down.
Wen Yan quickly shouted, "Don't worry, everyone. My sister said that meeting is fate. I'll take out a pig and share it with everyone."
"Everyone, please stop crowding and line up to share the pork. Each family gets two pounds."
The excited villagers slowly stopped when they heard that there was meat.
They couldn't believe their ears.
I originally just came to join in the fun, but not only did I get to meet my idol, I also got to share some meat.
They couldn't describe how excited they were.
Across the courtyard wall, I expressed my gratitude to the Meng brothers and sisters.
Wen Yan quickly asked everyone to line up to get the pork.
Aunt Li volunteered: "Wen Yan, I'll help you divide the pork. My family is a butcher. Before I got married, I was the second-in-command of the butchery."
Aunt Li rolled up her sleeves, took Wen Yan's kitchen knife, and made a few random cuts on the pig.
The ribs were picked off one by one, without any meat residue on them.
Aunt Li cut it twice more, and it was a two-pound piece of meat, exactly the same.
Wen Yan was conquered by Aunt Li's move and simply gave her the task of dividing the meat.
Considering that villagers like fatty meat with a lot of oil.
Wen Yan asked Aunt Li to divide the meat into two parts: one pound of fat and one pound of lean meat.
"Don't worry, I will definitely divide it fairly." Aunt Li agreed.
Wen Yan then freed up his hands and went to find Patriarch Ying.
She told him her plan.
Patriarch Ying frowned and asked, "Do you really want to pay off all your debts today?"
"My family has received so many gifts today. It would be impolite to delay returning them." Wen Yan said, and stuffed a small purse into the hands of the Ying clan leader. "Clan leader, this is the money you lent us. Now we return it to you."
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