Chapter 84 Encountering the Zeng Family
Neither of them had any interest in being watched.
Waiting here for a whole day is really unbearable, mainly because the county magistrate is trustworthy and the child examination he presides over will definitely be fine, which makes people feel at ease.
Xu Zhichun said, "Why don't we go back and pick up Mingxuan in the afternoon."
Zeng Xiaoyan nodded: "That's fine, I can go back and dig konjac."
"That's right."
Xu Zhichun also laughed.
A batch of sweet potato vines have been planted, and the konjac vines are being planted.
It is not easy to cultivate fifty or sixty acres.
Now he has hired Yang Ming and Yang Xiaoan, father and son, to help grow konjac. Chunfen is responsible for going into the mountains every day to the scattered places where konjac grows that she had found before, digging up the konjac and handing it over to Yang Ming and Yang Xiaoan, father and son.
If Xu Zhichun had time, he would go up the mountain to dig with Chunfen.
Konjac is easy to grow. After a rain, the survival rate is close to 100% and no special care is required.
After all the crops are planted, there will be 65 acres, which is enough for temporary reserve.
She is now busy growing konjac, and Zeng Xiaoyan and her friends take care of all the daily tasks of digging, washing, cutting and grinding the konjac.
Xu Zhichun did not refuse.
The land where konjac was grown belonged to them, and she did not plan to charge any cost for the raw materials in the future. Xiaoyan and the others obviously understood what she meant, and although they felt bad about having to do more work, it was okay.
The two were talking as they were about to go look for Liang Mingliang to go home, when they came face to face with Zeng Mingzhu, Master Zeng, and Madam Zeng, surrounded by several servants, coming out of the luxurious silk shop in front of them.
Zeng Xiaoyan: "Why am I so unlucky!"
She hurriedly tried to pull Xu Zhichun away, but it was too late. Cuiqiao smiled and called out loudly, "Third Miss!"
Zeng Mingzhu also smiled at her, but that smile didn't look well-intentioned.
Xu Zhichun said, "Since we've met, let's go over and say hello."
"Um"
Just go, Zeng Mingzhu thought she was scared? What a joke, she didn't eat her rice, why should she be afraid of her.
Sooner or later, she will have to pay the price for plotting against her husband.
"Brother, sister-in-law, sister."
"Master Zeng, Madam Zeng, and Miss Zeng."
Young Master Zeng and his wife didn't take Zeng Xiaoyan and Xu Zhichun seriously at all. They just gave them a cold look, as if ignoring them.
Young Master Zeng glanced at his sister and frowned slightly. He really didn't understand why he had called Zeng Xiaoyan over from so far away. With her reckless and uneducated temper, he found it annoying to even look at her.
Why ask her to come over and make yourself unhappy?
Zeng Mingzhu looked at the two of them and smiled at Zeng Xiaoyan. "You seem to have a very good relationship with your sister-in-law from your family. You don't even see your own sister-in-law, but you're always with this Xu. What are you doing in the city?"
Zeng Xiaoyan hugged Xu Zhichun's arm with an affectionate expression, and smiled at Zeng Mingzhu: "Sister-in-law Zhichun is so nice, I just have a good relationship with her. Having a sister-in-law like her is better than having a real sister! God has finally blessed me this time. Can't we just go into the city and take a stroll?"
Zeng Mingzhu was so angry that she laughed, "Birds of a feather flock together."
Young Master Zeng looked at Zeng Xiaoyan unhappily, feeling disgusted and full of disgust: You still speak in such an annoying way.
Zeng Xiaoyan: "Of course, birds of a feather flock together. For example, I've lived in the same house with some people for so many years. Oh, I just had to hold my nose and endure it every day. Now I'm finally free."
Young Master Zeng flew into a rage and shouted in a deep voice, "Zeng Xiaoyan, that's enough!"
Zeng Xiaoyan smiled sarcastically. Was he blind and didn't see who started the trouble first?
Always blame her.
"Brother," Zeng Mingzhu's eyes flashed coldly, but a smile appeared on her face. She said coquettishly, "We are all sisters. Forget it. Third sister has always been like this. Who in our family doesn't know her? Why bother with her?"
She said, smiling and inviting, "It's a rare opportunity to meet. We were planning to go to Yushanglou to buy some jewelry. You should come with us. If you find something suitable, you can choose some. You liked these things before, but don't you like them now?"
Zeng Xiaoyan's face turned ugly.
Which girl doesn’t like rouge, powder, gold and silver jewelry?
But she wasn't that obsessed with him. It was just that Zeng Mingzhu always liked to show off in front of her, but she refused to flatter or please him and instead insisted on arguing with her.
Zeng Mingzhu had no good intentions in inviting her to Shangyulou. Could she be so kind as to buy her jewelry? She was just trying to humiliate her.
It would be fine if she just wanted to humiliate herself, after all, they had a grudge against each other, but Mrs. Chun was innocent, so why should she implicate an innocent person?
"No need, we have things to do."
"What could be the problem?" Zeng Mingzhu chuckled and simply looked at Xu Zhichun: "Madam Xu, let's go take a look together. The jewelry at Shangyulou is really good. Maybe there will be something that Madam Xu likes."
Cuiqiao also joined in the fun and said with a smile, "Yes, Madam Xu, Shangyulou is the best jewelry store in Qingshan County. Don't you think it's not good enough?"
Zeng Xiaoyan was furious, "Cui Qiao!"
Xu Zhichun pulled Zeng Xiaoyan aside and looked at Zeng Mingzhu and smiled, "No need for that. The jewelry at Shangyulou must be very expensive. We don't have that much money to buy it."
Everyone was stunned.
Even Young Master Zeng and his wife couldn't help but take another look at her.
Zeng Mingzhu didn't expect Xu Zhichun to speak so bluntly. Although she deliberately wanted to force the other party to look poor in front of her so that she could humiliate him and make a fool of herself, but Xu Zhichun said so clearly, but she felt embarrassed as if she had punched cotton.
Zeng Xiaoyan, who had been feeling embarrassed and angry, calmed down instantly. "Sister Zhichun is right. We can't afford the jewelry at Shangyulou, so we won't go. Sister Zhichun, let's go."
Zeng Mingzhu sneered: "You are quite self-aware."
Xu Zhichun: "People have self-awareness. I wonder what Miss Zeng finds so funny? I really don't understand. How have we offended Miss Zeng? Why does Miss Zeng have to mock us all the time? There are many people who can't afford Shangyulou jewelry. Is Miss Zeng going to mock them all? Besides, just because someone can't afford it today doesn't mean they won't be able to afford it tomorrow. And those who can afford it today may not be able to afford it tomorrow. How can we be so sure about things in this world? Maybe Miss Zeng should take a longer-term view."
Zeng Mingzhu was furious: "What a sharp tongue! Are you saying I'm making things up?"
"Is it Miss Zeng herself who doesn't know?"
Xu Zhichun had long been fed up with her. At best, she was just a rich girl from a small town. He wondered where she got her daily high self-esteem from. "Have you ever seen a movie? Ever been on a plane? Ever had a birthday cake? Look at you!"
Zeng Mingzhu was furious. "She is indeed a shrew. How can she be a good person if she can get along with Zeng Xiaoyan?"
Zeng Xiaoyan pointed at her angrily and said, "Try saying that again?"
Young Master Zeng raised his hand without thinking and slapped Zeng Xiaoyan's hand away, scolding her softly: "You have no manners."
(End of this chapter)
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