Chapter 328: Go to the master and tell him I know where the eldest lady is
Every household was preparing for the New Year. Due to the enemy situation in the past few days, they were unable to make proper preparations. Fortunately, the house was newly built this year and they had not had time to buy new furniture. Everyone cleaned their own room and it was easy to clean it.
I can’t go to the city to buy New Year’s goods, but I’ve stockpiled a lot of things before, and I can buy sesame candy, tofu, dried tofu, etc. in the village, which are more valuable than previous New Year’s goods;
As the New Year approaches, meat and fine grains are available on the same day. Every household has nothing to do, so they decided to splurge and make fried meatballs!
Mash the fresh tofu and add chopped meat, then pour in appropriate amount of flour and salt and mix well. Squeeze out small round balls from the tiger's mouth and put them into the oil pan. The golden and crispy tofu balls will come out of the pan.
Cut the white radish and carrot into shreds, add flour and beat in a few eggs, fill a round mold and put it into the oil pan. After a while, small round cakes will float up, and the golden and fragrant two-color shredded radish cakes are ready.
The aroma of fried food is so overbearing that it makes people drool.
Both children and adults in the village are looking forward to the arrival of tomorrow.
The Cao family was filled with gloom and sorrow. Mrs. Cao sighed and pointed at Cao Youcai, cursing, "You are so useless!"
She originally thought this was useful and could be used to get information out of him, but it turned out that he had no status at all in the eyes of his mother!
She was really wrong. She originally thought Pinggu was an honest and loyal woman who worked hard and put her children first. But it turned out that she was so big-hearted and selfish, and only cared about herself!
No, she still has to rely on Cao Da. After the New Year, when Cao Da's feet can almost walk, she will ask him to find Jiang Yu, the abandoned woman, and stimulate Ping Gu at the same time, so that she knows that if she wants to come back and live a good life with Cao Da, she must be valuable.
Otherwise, you will be an abandoned woman for the rest of your life.
The dissatisfaction in Cao Wenzhu and Cao Qingzhu's eyes was about to overflow.
"New Year's Day is coming tomorrow, and we have nothing. How are we going to celebrate this New Year?"
"It's bad enough that we don't have new clothes, but we can't even eat meat, cakes, refined rice, or white flour to our heart's content. We're worse off than the farmers down there."
"More than that, didn't you hear just now? Youcai said that Pinggu and the other servants all have a whole sheep."
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The two men became angrier as they talked, and glared at Cao Youcai more and more.
Cao Youcai tried to shrink his body as much as possible and stood aside with increasing uneasiness.
In the past, he only blamed his mother and sisters, and he never felt so bad.
Cao Da stepped forward on crutches and promised, "Old Madam, rest assured, Second Young Master and Third Young Master, I'll be back in a while and I'll make sure your lives are even better!"
Cao Wenzhu curled his lips, not quite believing it.
Cao Qingzhu said sweetly: "Okay, it's up to you!"
Anyway, it's just a matter of saying it and you won't suffer any loss.
Cao Da puffed out his chest, thinking about how to create an encounter with Jiang Yu, and at the same time let that woman know how popular he is!
A divorced woman can only rot and become despised by others, while a man will soon have another woman come in and give birth to his baby!
Gudong
His stomach growled with hunger, and Cao Da smiled awkwardly.
My son just said that Pinggu has mutton to eat there? Although there are many people, the sheep are whole, and each person can get at least a pound and a half of mutton;
There was also sugar, gold, silver, copper and iron, and each of the four girls got half a pound!
He and his son were starving over here, while the mother and daughter were enjoying a delicious meal over there...
He raised his eyes to look at the old lady with gloomy eyes sitting in the main seat, and for the first time he felt doubtful.
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There was a joyful atmosphere in the village, the Cao family was depressed and gloomy, while Liu Sheng's family was extremely lively!
To be more precise, it was a chaotic scene with fighting and noise.
"Liu! This is my life-saving money. If you dare not give it to me today, I will make sure you never see the sun tomorrow. Do you believe it?"
"And I still have my food. I'm still waiting for the rice to be cooked! If you don't give it to me, I'll cook you!"
Liu Sheng squatted on the ground holding his head, his previous smugness long gone, and he kept nodding in agreement: "Xinxin!
How dare I not give it to you? But you see, Lai Ma's family has been emptied out, so I can't give it to you.
As for food, you can see the entire granary is empty. What can I do?"
"Humph, who knows if this is just a double act between you two? While we're in the mountains, have them clear this place out!"
"Right, right, maybe you didn't intend to give it to me from the beginning!"
"Brothers, we are still too polite. If it were me, I would cut off one arm each and see if they have any truth in their mouths."
Nanny Lai had been huddled in a corner listlessly, but upon hearing this, her pupils widened, her old face filled with panic as she shouted, "It really was stolen!
It was Huo Bing and the others who took away all that money! They didn't keep a single cent!"
Is she born in the Year of the Rat? She hid it so well, but it was all found out. She had saved some money for emergencies, but it's all gone.
"Heh~ You're treating us brothers like fools. If we had come out earlier, we would have met him on the way, right? We didn't meet him along the way, and when we got to the back gate, it would have been tightly guarded by us. If we had come over the mountain, carrying food and looking for silver, how would we have made it in time?"
"You won't cry until you see the coffin!"
The two little maids cried with tears and snot streaming down their faces, but they didn't dare to cry too loudly.
One of them suddenly had an idea and suggested, "If you all want silver, just release us sisters and we will go to the master's house in the capital to ask for it!
Don't worry, Madam is an elder who has served Madam for a long time. She is very kind to her. Besides, a few hundred taels of silver is a small amount of money. Madam will definitely be willing to redeem Madam."
When Nanny Lai heard this, her eyes lit up and she said, "Yes, let me go back so I can get more money and redeem these two little girls later.
If I dare not come, you can sell them to a brothel to make money, that's not a loss, right?"
She would never come back. They were just two little maids. How could they be worth hundreds of taels of silver?
The two maids turned pale and hurriedly defended themselves, "Even if you sell us sisters to a brothel, the maximum you can get is twenty taels of silver, but Madam can get hundreds of taels in return. Gentlemen, please carefully consider which one is more cost-effective?"
"Shut up!" Nanny Lai gritted her teeth.
Liu Sheng no longer followed Nanny Lai's lead and echoed, "That's right, let them go back to the capital and get the silver to redeem Nanny Lai. Nanny Lai is the one with the most money!"
He was not stupid. If he didn't give them the money, these people would have skinned him alive.
Nanny Lai's eyes were spitting fire with hatred.
She brought several thousand taels of silver this time, but failed to accomplish her mission and lost all the silver. Now she has to go back and ask for extra silver to redeem herself. Even if she goes back, what status will she still have?
The most important thing is, will Aunt Qiu come up with money to save her? Will she want her to die here?!
She swallowed in fear and warned the two maids, "Don't go looking for Aunt Qiu, or you two will die too!
Go find the master and tell him I know where the young lady is and ask him to come to Jincheng."
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