The small private room faced the street. Yang Donghu was getting impatient waiting. He opened the window a little and stared outside carefully.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Luochuan didn't see anyone, but instead saw a familiar person.
A group of people surrounded a man holding a folding fan and with a pretentious posture, and walked towards the gambling house. Yang Donghu took a closer look and found that this was the idiot with the syndrome of a rich young man that he met last time when he was selling things.
What surprised Yang Donghu was not him, but the fact that among the crowd, there was a face that was very similar to Wang Dujuan. It was her good son Yang Yaoguang.
Yang Donghu sneered, wondering if Wang Dujuan knew that her precious son, whom she held in the palm of her hand, was working as a lackey in the town.
Wang Dujuan placed all her hopes on Yang Yaoguang. If she knew that her son was not studying well in the town but was hanging out in filthy places like gambling houses, she would probably feel like the sky was falling.
I really want to see how interesting her face will be when she finds out.
Seeing that he was looking intently and didn't react when he entered the room, Zhao Luochuan also stretched his neck to take a look.
"What are you looking at?"
Yang Donghu was startled. He turned around and saw Zhao Luochuan standing beside him, then he breathed a sigh of relief: "Why didn't you say anything? You scared me."
Zhao Luochuan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You didn't even hear me come in so loudly, and now you blame me."
Yang Donghu's face flushed, and he said stubbornly, "Then why didn't you call me? Instead of hiding behind me and scaring people?"
"Blam me, blame me. I was so abrupt. Next time I will definitely call you first. What are you looking at?"
Yang Donghu felt even more embarrassed: "I didn't see anything. How about you? How are you?"
Zhao Luochuan smiled complacently: "Are you still not at ease with me? Let's go back and ask Auntie to reject the matter."
Along the way, Zhao Luochuan told Yang Donghu what had just happened and added, "Time is of the essence when it comes to debt collection. Those thugs should be here by tonight at the latest. By then, Zheng Lan will be embroiled in lawsuits and won't have time to bother us."
Yang Donghu stared at him with sparkling eyes and praised him, "You are so smart."
"Well, let's go quickly. Let's go before the thugs get here. Otherwise, their retreat will be cut off and they will not let us go." Zhao Luochuan concealed the upturned corners of his mouth and walked faster.
When I got home, I didn't waste any time and explained the whole story to Zhu Cuilan.
Zhu Cuilan was so angry that she burst into tears and cursed the evil-hearted person: "Oh my God, how could this family be so cruel? I have no grudge against her, but she wants to harm my family for no reason. She has no conscience and will be punished by God."
After saying that, she wiped away her tears in hatred and said, "Let's go find her. I have to see how dark her family's hearts are."
She was so angry that she didn't care whether the scene was ugly or not, she just wanted to vent her anger.
Seeing this, Yang Donghu quickly tried to appease her: "Auntie, listen to me, we will definitely get justice, but we can't push her too far. If Zheng Lan gets desperate and gets herself into trouble, that would be bad. Evildoers will be punished by heaven, so we won't take such a radical approach."
Zhu Cuilan felt a lump of anger in her chest. She understood the reason, but she just couldn't swallow it. It was almost like their family would never have a peaceful life again.
"Let's go together. We haven't promised Zheng Lan anything anyway. Just tell her it's not appropriate. She can't force her daughter over here, right?" Yang Donghu patted her on the back to calm her down.
Zhu Cuilan endured it again and again before she said, "That's right, let's go and take a look first."
Yang Donghu told her that it would be best to go before dark. Zhu Cuilan also felt that the sooner it was resolved, the better, fearing any complications. So she took Yang Donghu and his wife and rushed to Xiaoli Village without stopping.
When they arrived at Xiaoli Village, Zhao Luochuan stopped at the entrance of the village and said he wanted to wait for someone, so he asked Zhu Cuilan and Yang Donghu to go first.
Yang Donghu understood who Zhao Luochuan was waiting for, and the three of them split into two groups.
After asking several people in the village, I finally found Zheng Lan's home with the help of others.
When the villagers saw that there was an outsider looking for Zheng Lan, they all asked a few questions. Zhu Cuilan laughed it off and didn't reveal a word.
When they arrived at Zheng Lan's house, they saw that the house she had built was not as bad as the matchmaker said. Yang Donghu did not let Zhu Cuilan go in and knocked on the door first.
"Is anyone home?"
There was a sound of hurried footsteps from inside, and someone was saying something hurriedly like "Go in quickly, hide".
After a long time, someone came to open the door.
"Come on, come on, who is it?"
Zheng Lan opened the door and saw Zhu Cuilan. Her eyes lit up for a moment, and she smiled and said, "Hey, Zhao sister, why are you here at this time? Why didn't you tell the matchmaker so I could pack up in advance? Come on in. Why didn't you come in the morning? We can have dinner together."
Zhu Cuilan's face no longer had the previous enthusiasm, and her attitude could be described as cold: "No need, I came here specifically to talk to you about something, there's no need to be so polite, let's just talk it out."
Seeing her like this, Zheng Lan felt a wave of anxiety. Da Taohong had come yesterday and promised her that the matter would be successful, reassuring her. But the Zhao family members didn't look like they were up to no good today. She maintained a smile and said, "Then come in and talk. It's cold standing at the door. Come in and talk."
"I won't be polite with you anymore. Let's just be frank. Let's not mention the matter of the two children anymore. When your daughter gets married and my son gets married, we won't be near each other. Let's end it here." Zhu Cuilan also felt it was inconvenient to talk at the door, so the two of them followed Zheng Lan into the yard and didn't let her close the door.
Zheng Lan's expression changed, and she asked anxiously, "What's going on? Who told you what? Why did you suddenly stop talking about it?"
Zhu Cuilan thought about what Yang Donghu had found out, and now she felt disgusted to say a word to Zheng Lan. She said coldly, "There's no other reason. I just think it's not suitable. You should find someone else."
It's not that Zheng Lan hasn't looked for it before, but it's really hard to find a family that can give out 20 taels of silver at once and doesn't ask for a dowry. After finally finding out about the Zhao family, how could she let them go so easily?
"Sister Zhao, let's talk it out loud, but what did we do that made you angry? If that's the case, I'll apologize to you. Please be magnanimous and don't be angry. But why would you go back on your word so easily after we've already agreed on something?"
Zhu Cuilan couldn't stand it any longer and angrily said, "What nonsense are you talking about? What's settled? Who told you it was settled? It was just a meeting of two children. How can it be settled without even a single word?"
Many people came to watch the fun and crowded at the door. Zheng Lan always showed weakness, and the more people there were, the more pitiful she acted.
She was just over forty, but her face showed no signs of aging. She acted weak and looked pitiful. "Sister, I really don't know where I went wrong. Tell me and I'll change. Do you think I asked for too much betrothal gift? But this is my son's life-saving money. Otherwise, why would I ask for so much? I only have this one son. Please understand me, sister."
As Zheng Lan spoke, tears fell, as if Zhu Cuilan had done something to her.
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