"Yeah," Tang Shiyue said seriously, "quite familiar."
Then the young man frowned and thought very seriously... Tang Shiyue waited for a long time, but he didn't say anything.
She thought it was really funny that the little brother was so worried, and wondered what a child under fourteen could really think of. So she asked him, "Brother?"
Tang Shirong said seriously: "Although Brother Qi is a good person, he has no permanent property and no relatives. He is also a little cold and taciturn, and very boring... Brother thinks that Yueyue should think more about it and not make such a rash decision."
Tang Shirong was very handsome, especially his round deer eyes, which looked particularly kind. He looked so adorable when he looked at her with such a sad face. Tang Shiyue burst out laughing and touched his face: "I know! Don't worry, brother!"
Tang Shirong was helpless: "Yueyue!"
"I really know!" Tang Shiyue explained seriously, "We are just doing business together. I always meet Jing with my fourth uncle and aunt, or with you guys, not alone, so you don't have to think too much."
Tang Shirong nodded: "Yeah."
The two hurried back home. Fourth Uncle Tang and Madam Zhou were still at home. They briefly explained the matter to Madam Zhou, who slapped her thigh and said, "If you ask me, we'd better find a matchmaker to arrange the relationship between Ajing and Yue'er."
"No," Tang Shirong said sternly, "Yueyue is still young and has no private relationship with Brother Qi. If Auntie says this, it will cause misunderstanding."
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Madam Zhou was stunned for a moment, knowing that he was unhappy, so she could only say, "Forget it then."
After the two said goodbye and left, Tang Shiyue washed the hands and faces of Xiao Yaoer and Xiao Qi Yang. She originally wanted to arrange for them to sleep together, but Qi Yang refused. So in the end, Qi Yang slept with Tang Shirong, and Tang Shiyue went back to the room by herself.
I was half asleep when I heard someone knocking on the window.
The wing room was next to the courtyard wall and had no back window, but she slept in the north room, which had a small window. Tang Shiyue was drowsy when she heard a familiar voice calling her in a low voice: "Ayue? Ayue?"
His voice was like a deep bell, and when he lowered his throat, it was particularly charming. Tang Shiyue thought she was dreaming, and she turned over lazily, muttering, "It's so nice, call me again."
He called out twice more obediently, then asked quietly, "Are you awake or dreaming?"
Tang Shiyue woke up immediately. She calmed herself down and sat up: "A Jing?"
He hummed, and she asked him with a bit of irritation: "Why are you here in the middle of the night to call for the dead?"
He seemed to have taken a long breath, his voice was steady, but inexplicably revealed a bit of grievance: "You just praised my voice for being nice."
"No," she rubbed her face, "I mean, what's the matter with you?"
Qi Jing said: "I just came to tell you that the things have been put away."
"Got it!" She said, "There's no need to mention this kind of thing in the future. I know you can do it beautifully anyway."
Qi Jing raised his eyebrows, and suddenly there was a creaking sound. She pushed open the small window and lay down in front of it like a little squirrel. She smiled at him with misty eyes: "Leave the rest to me!"
She stretched out a small hand and patted his shoulder: "Good night."
Under the moonlight, the little hand was white and small, as lovely as flower petals. He nodded: "Yes." He grabbed her hand and handed it back to her, then closed the window: "It's cold, go to bed quickly."
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Village gossip can always spread throughout the village overnight, and the main place for village women to spread gossip is by the river.
So the next day, Tang Shiyue took two handkerchiefs out to wash.
She was small and avoided people on purpose, so she soon found the two daughters-in-law of the Chen family. They were describing the incident in vivid detail, such as how the Buddha statue was burnt black, and how Qi Xiaolang wiped it clean with the hem of his clothes and gave it to her, and how she refused and how she accepted it with a blushing face... Her description was so vivid that if she were describing it at this level, she could write a novel online in modern times.
Tang Shiyue listened with great interest, then when she saw the right moment, she rushed out with a wet towel in her hand: "What are you talking about! I have never taken Qi Xiaolang's Buddha statue!"
She didn't arrest anyone randomly, she arrested a daughter-in-law who liked to be "unreasonably stubborn", so after a few quarrels, she brought the argument to the clan leader for justice.
The head of the Tang family had Qi Jing called over. Qi Jing had a sluggish face and said that he had given up the pursuit of material possessions only because it involved human lives. He did not expect that his benefactor would be wrongly accused and he would never tolerate it...
Then the head of the Tang family invited the head of the village to come over and discuss with them about sending some people to search Chen Laizi's house.
When Chen Lizheng came over, his face was really dark.
The head of the Tang family saw this and felt extremely happy.
Then Tang Shiyue told the story again. She was really good at acting out this kind of little plot, and her expression and movements were flawless. If the head of the Tang family had not known about it in advance, he would have believed that she had heard it by accident.
Chen Lizheng couldn't stop this kind of thing. If he did, wouldn't it make him look guilty?
So the Tang and Chen families each called a few young men to search Chen Laizi's house carefully.
Tang Shiyue was looking outside curiously.
She didn't know where Qi Jing had put the Buddha statue. She saw these young men even lifted up the kang to look, but they couldn't find it. They all came out empty-handed. Chen Lizheng's frown gradually eased and he said calmly, "What did Patriarch Tang say?"
Before the head of the Tang family could say anything, Qi Jing said coldly, "Whoever finds it, I will give him ten taels of silver."
After these words were spoken, the people who had been lazy suddenly became eager to move, and many of them squeezed in without even taking their hoes.
Chen Lizheng suppressed his rising pride and looked at Qi Jing coldly. The head of the Tang family stroked his beard and said, "Young people are just hot-tempered. Alas!"
Chen Lizheng: “…”
The home of Chen Laizi was such a small place that it was almost impossible to squeeze in. Strength lies in numbers, and soon someone exclaimed in surprise, "Found it! Found it!"
Then someone came trotting out with a handful of mud and gold in his hand. He put them on the ground and dug them apart. Sure enough, a pure gold Buddha statue was revealed. I don't know how Qi Jing did it, but there was actually some long grass growing on the mud.
The key point is that this person’s surname is Chen!
The man was still shouting excitedly: "It's buried so deep! It's a full two feet deep! I saw there were no stones on top, so I thought Baldy couldn't be that agile, so I tried to dig it out!"
Qi Jing took the golden Buddha statue, thanked the man, and gave him ten taels of silver as agreed. Then he turned around and said, "Thank you, Patriarch Tang and Li Zheng Chen, for helping me get the Buddha statue back."
Everyone was talking about it.
No matter how simple the country folk are, they can't resist the temptation of money, so many people have gone to look for the burned Qi's house and Chen Laizi's house. They must have been wondering why they couldn't find it... I didn't expect it to be there! Why didn't they find it!
Finally, Qi Jing explained that he only gave Tang Shiyue twenty taels of silver as a thank you gift, as Tang Shiyue refused to accept any more. In addition, the Buddha statue would not be sold but would be passed down as a family heirloom.
In short, everything that needed to be explained was explained clearly at once.
Mrs. Sun and a few people including Mrs. He also went to watch the fun and came back cursing, saying that Tang Shiyue was a fool and didn't even want to accept money!
Tang Shijin listened quietly and said calmly: "Even if there is no Buddha statue, Qi Jing must have enough money in his hands."
Grandma Sun said angrily, "What a pity that this little bitch got close to the clan leader and protected her everywhere! She has no chance of getting into our hands!"
"So what?" Tang Shijin's eyes flickered, and he sneered disdainfully: "It's not that difficult to make the clan leader dislike her? It only takes a little trick!"
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