Chapter 31 I'll help you get it back
Huo Zheng said, "It's not the right time to mention that I'll be leaving sooner or later."
Chunzhi smiled and said, "You beat them all today. I believe they won't dare to come again."
"Don't take things too well."
Huo Zheng remembered that Wu Xin was not afraid of Chunzhi reporting to the police at all. This was an unusual matter.
The three members of the Su family who pretended to be Chunzhi's family to recognize their relatives last time were so scared that their faces changed when they heard that Chunzhi was going to report to the police.
This time, Wu Xin was not afraid at all of causing trouble in the county government office.
There must be something fishy going on here.
Chunzhi said, "We can't assume the worst, right?"
She always thinks positively about things.
Chunzhi said, "People are born to experience all kinds of flavors in the world, to taste the sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. Bitterness may last for many years, while sweetness only lasts for a moment. People like me just want to live one day at a time and not think about so many trivial things."
Huo Zheng heard what she said and felt that it made some sense, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not right.
He asked Chunzhi, "Don't you know how to write a petition?"
"Huh?" Chunzhi was stunned for a moment and whispered, "I really don't know how to do this."
"Go spread out the paper and grind the ink." Huo Zheng said, "I'll write for you."
Chunzhi was still a little hesitant after hearing this.
Seeing this, Huo Zheng immediately said: "You report it yourself, no one in the county government dares to take your money, I--" I immediately took off his official hat.
But these words cannot be said in front of Chunzhi.
Chunzhi asked, "What do you want?"
Huo Zheng swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and changed his words: "I'll help you get it back."
Chunzhi was surprised and asked, "You still have the courage?"
"Stop talking nonsense." Huo Zheng said, "Hurry up and spread the paper and grind the ink."
Chunzhi was still grinding beans and hesitated, "But..."
Huo Zheng frowned slightly and asked, "But what?"
Why is it so difficult to let this girl report to the authorities and let them solve this matter?
Chunzhi said, "But... when I bought this tofu workshop, the title deed and the land deeds were not in my name."
Huo Zheng's handsome face darkened slightly as he asked, "If your name isn't written on it, whose name is it?"
Chunzhi whispered: "Lu Jingyun..."
Huo Zheng was so angry when Chunzhi heard this that he laughed, "The money you earned and the house you bought are all registered in Lu Jingyun's name?"
Although Huo Qi was smiling, there was no warmth in his eyes, and there were even signs of burning anger.
Chunzhi didn't dare to respond for a moment.
Huo Zheng said nothing and just walked away.
The house deeds and land deeds are written in Lu Jingyun's name, so there is really no need for you to report to the police.
Even if a lawsuit is filed, this tofu workshop will never belong to Chunzhi in the end.
"Huo Qi..." Chunzhi called him and asked softly, "What do you want to eat for lunch?"
Huo Zheng didn't answer, and there was no movement after he entered the house.
After Chunzhi finished grinding the beans, she started making tofu and sold the second basket under the sign of "Linshui Tofu". When it was time to make lunch, Huo Qi still didn't come out to help.
She walked over and knocked on the door, "Huo Qi, come out and light the fire."
Huo Zheng didn't respond.
Chunzhi pushed open the door and said, "Huo Qi, what are you doing in the room? Come out."
Huo Zheng was pondering the current situation in Nanzhou and how long it would take to break out of it.
There wasn't even a chessboard in the shabby house, so he just grabbed a handful of beans and arranged them against each other.
Chunzhi saw the man playing with beans in the room, and it was obvious that he was really angry. She whispered to him, "It's almost noon, let's get something to eat first."
Huo Zheng ignored her.
Chunzhi lit a fire herself, cut the pork into pieces and braised it, then cooked two bowls of noodles and covered the braised pork on the noodles. The color was bright and looked very tempting.
She brought the cooked noodles to the eight-immortals table and fanned the room where Huo Zheng was.
The aroma of braised pork and noodles wafted through the doors and windows.
Not long after, Huo Zheng came out with a cane.
Chunzhi quickly put down her fan and handed a pair of chopsticks to Huo Qi. "You're finally out. Come eat quickly. If you don't eat now, the noodles will become clumpy."
Sometimes Huo Zheng didn't know whether to say that this girl was smart or stupid.
Maybe she is smart in front of others, but stupid in front of Lu Jingyun.
It’s a bit irritating, but the braised pork is so delicious.
The noodles were also very chewy, and Huo Zheng ate them silently.
Chunzhi sat across from him and ate slowly. "I was too hasty when I bought this tofu workshop... When I transferred the ownership, I was young and an outsider, so the government wouldn't process the transfer."
Huo Zheng didn't respond.
Chunzhi said slowly: "Besides, I was living in the Lu family at that time, and I felt that since I ate and drank at the Lu family's house, I should give more back to them..."
Huo Zheng said indifferently: "If you think so, why did you leave the Lu family?"
He even suspected that if he hadn't been here, Chunzhi might have gone back to be Lu Jingyun's concubine long ago.
"The past is the past, and the present is the present." Chunzhi said, "Besides, I have already paid off what I owed the Lu family. Now it is the Lu family who owes me."
Huo Zheng asked, "Do you really think so?"
Chunzhi said, "Of course."
Huo Zheng picked up the last piece of braised pork in the bowl and ate it slowly. He asked her, "Anything else?"
"There's more in the pot. I'll serve it to you."
Chunzhi took the man's bowl to the stove and filled it for him.
As Huo Zheng ate, his expression gradually relaxed.
Chunzhi was relatively free in the afternoon, so she continued to use the cloth to make clothes for Huo Qi.
In the evening, the yamen runner came to Chunzhi's house and said, "Wu Xin has gone to the county to report to the authorities, saying that Chunzhi has illegally occupied his tofu workshop. The case has been submitted and the trial will begin in three days. You must appear on time."
"What?" Chunzhi was a little surprised. "I haven't even sued Wu Xin yet, but Wu Xin went to the county government office to sue me first?"
The yamen runner who came to deliver the message said, "That's what I'm talking about. Three days from now, remember to come to the county office early in the morning and wait for the county magistrate to summon you."
Chunzhi replied "yes" and sent the messenger away, still feeling a little bit unbelievable.
Wu Xin was the first to file a complaint and took her to court.
Seeing that Chunzhi still seemed to be in shock, Huo Zheng asked her, "Your trial will begin in three days. What are your plans?"
Chunzhi thought for a moment and said, "I have to go to the Lu family and ask Lu Jingyun for the title deed and land deeds to the tofu workshop."
Huo Zheng asked, "Why?"
Chunzhi said, "What else can I ask for? Just ask for it directly."
She said, "The top scholar is now in his prime, how could he be interested in a small tofu shop like mine?"
Huo Zheng asked, "What if Lu Jingyun doesn't give it to me?"
Chunzhi couldn't help but ask, "Could you... stop being such a badass?"
Huo Zheng pursed his lips and looked at Chunzhi with dark eyes.
Chunzhi said, "If he refuses to give it to me, I will cry, make a scene, and even hang myself at the door of Lu's house until he gives it to me."
Huo Zheng said, "I'll go with you."
"No need." Chunzhi said, "It's such a small matter, why do you need to intervene?"
Huo Zheng said, "Don't worry, I won't do anything. I just want to see you cry, make a scene, and then threaten to hang yourself in front of Lu Jingyun."
Upon hearing this, Chunzhi said: "..."
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