"Bear with it, Mother. We're new here, how would we know there were bandits? I have a sheepskin coat here for you to wear."
"You wear it." Xu Yuehuai, this good daughter-in-law, insisted on giving her warm clothes. Xu Yuehuai was touched but also a little uneasy.
"You should wear it, Mother."
"Just wear it if I tell you to, stop dawdling."
In the end, Zhou Wan wore the sheepskin coat.
After daybreak, Xu Yuehuai, Aqi, Jiang Shichen, and others went to earn money, while Zhou Wan and the others stayed in an abandoned courtyard to rest. Zhou Wan boiled water for everyone to drink.
"You should have given me the money sooner, but you gave it to me later, and in the end, the thugs still managed to take it away."
"A criminal?"
Zhou Wan is used to being submissive and humble, and usually acts like a nice guy, but only if no one crosses her bottom line.
Nowadays, Liu Cuiming often acts like an old man, which naturally makes Zhou Wan angry. "That's ten taels of silver! Ten taels of silver behind the left ear is enough for us to use for a long time. Now that you've lost it, it's good that Mother hasn't punished you. What nonsense are you talking about?"
“Take a look,” Liu Cuiming said sarcastically. “Your mother-in-law calls me auntie, who do you think you are, strutting around in front of me like that?”
"you!"
Zhou Wan was furious.
Liu Cuiming was incredibly arrogant, and Zhou Wan was prepared to give her a hard time. In fact, this was what Xu Yuehuai had told her before he left.
She has the right to execute anyone who disobeys.
But at that moment, Jiang Qianqian arrived and grabbed Zhou Wan's hand.
"Madam, let's go for a walk somewhere else."
Zhou Wan was furious and grabbed Jiang Qianqian's hand, leading her away to a distance.
"Don't be angry, and there's no need to argue with her. It's so pointless. Grandma knows exactly what kind of person she is. Whether you argue or fight with her, you'll always be the one who suffers." Jiang Qianqian, an outsider, saw things very clearly.
Zhou Wan could only nod.
The two of them were too lazy to go back.
As for Jiang Mingfu and Zhou Qionghua, they found it strange to hear the conversation about "silver" and "money" so frequently, and hurriedly moved closer to ask, "What's going on?"
"What? What happened?"
Liu Cuiming turned and left.
The three people were left staring at each other in bewilderment.
After a short while, Jiang Mingfu couldn't sit still any longer and pointed ahead.
"I'll go scout ahead and see if there's anything to eat."
After saying that, he left at the speed of light.
Jiang Mingfu hadn't walked far when he saw someone recruiting workers. Curious, he went closer to ask, "Is the pay daily?"
In this era, this is indeed the best employee benefit.
"Daily payment, one tael of silver a day, which will be given to you in the afternoon."
"Do I get half a day's work just because I work half a day?"
"You won't be shortchanged on your wages even for half an hour."
Just as Jiang Mingfu was happily preparing to make some money, he was suddenly hit.
When the blow landed, Jiang Mingfu immediately felt dizzy and fainted.
The next memories are vague; it seems someone was laughing at him, followed by several people abandoning him somewhere, and then all was silent.
Unfortunately, Liu Cuiming, who had stormed out of the group in a huff, witnessed this scene.
At first, she was happy to see Jiang Mingfu knocked unconscious.
But soon I felt uneasy, this...
She turned and went back.
"I know you still have money. Your husband is in danger now. If you give me two taels of silver, I will tell you everything I saw." She used this secret to blackmail Zhou Qionghua.
Zhou Qionghua does have some money, but not much.
"Get out of here! Get as far away as you can!" Zhou Qionghua shouted angrily.
Liu Cuiming smiled and returned to her seat. "Those who don't listen to good advice will suffer the consequences. You'll soon find out."
"What do you know? Do you know you're a bastard?" Zhou Qionghua glared angrily at Liu Cuiming.
But half an hour passed and her husband still hadn't returned, which made Zhou Qionghua anxious. She then leaned closer to Liu Cuiming and asked, "What exactly did you see?"
"Silver, huh? You think you can get something for nothing without any money?"
"Silver, silver, all you know is silver. You're obsessed with money!" Zhou Qionghua took out two copper coins and threw them in front of Liu Cuiming.
Liu Cuiming picked it up and blew on it before grinning, "Your husband was tricked, by two people..."
After saying this, Zhou Qionghua burst into tears, insisting on going to find Jiang Mingfu.
At that very moment, Xu Yuehuai returned.
Seeing his mother crying her eyes out, Jiang Shixu quickly told Xu Yuehuai what had happened.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuehuai immediately realized, "Oh no, my brother has walked right into a trap."
"What?"
From Xu Yuehuai's expression, it was clear that something was amiss, and Zhou Qionghua hurriedly pressed for details.
But Xu Yuehuai couldn't really give a straight answer.
"What should I do? What should I do? Zhou Wan, A Yue, you have to help me. I would be so grateful. My two children can't be without a father."
In reality, for Jiang Qianqian, "father" is just a title.
In her mind, there is no difference between having a father and not having a father.
Jiang Shixu, on the other hand, was very concerned about his father's safety, since his doting father would give him the best of everything.
"I'll go investigate." Xu Yuehuai went to a distance away.
After Xu Yuehuai left, Liu Cuiming approached Zhou Qionghua again. "Sister-in-law, we are of the same generation, so I will get straight to the point." Liu Cuiming had finally found a good opportunity to sow discord. "Do you still expect her to save your brother? If you go to the yamen, the yamen will naturally investigate. If you hand it over to her, the matter will fall apart and will definitely be forgotten."
At this moment, Zhou Qionghua was at a loss. Hearing Liu Cuiming say this, she became anxious and said, "I'll go find the yamen right now."
Zhou Qionghua arrived at the yamen soon. She explained the whole story clearly and then kowtowed, "Your Honor, Your Honor, you must help us common people! Please!"
"You can go to the back and say it, but my hearing isn't very good."
The old man lowered his head and leered at Zhou Qionghua.
Zhou Qionghua was only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old this year. A plump woman is naturally more charming than a thin one. When the man learned that Zhou Qionghua had come to look for her husband, he knew that she was all alone and helpless.
Zhou Qionghua had no idea what the master wanted her to do in the back.
But she still obediently followed the master into the secret door.
Behind that was a huge flower hall. Zhou Qionghua cried and sobbed, "Master, what else do you want to ask? Please ask! You must rescue my husband! I will be eternally grateful to you."
"Thank you very much?"
The old man grinned maliciously, "Tell me, how can you be so grateful to me? There has to be a way, right?"
Zhou Qionghua had no idea that the old master truly wanted the people to "thank" him for his actions.
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