roccoschili Chapter 137 Zhao Qingli
Chapter 137 Zhao Qingli
Zhou was a little scared, but she was still calm. After all, she had experience. Su He had only told her when they were at Landlord Jin's place.
After a while, grandpa and his family came over. Zhou helped to make the bed and secretly told Wang Fugui what happened next door. Wang Fugui didn't dare to hide it from his own father.
"We'll go out to relieve ourselves later. There will be at least six men and women, no less. Boss, you guys go to sleep first. I'm still energetic. I'll rest after you guys wake up."
Grandpa was so obsessed with thinking about his beautiful granddaughters and great-grandchildren that he couldn't even sleep.
It was quiet in Suho. The newly vacated house next door had already been occupied. People and luggage filled the 50-person space.
"What bad luck! I got up so early in the morning to cover more distance, but now it's raining, not only can I not cover my distance, I think I'll be delayed."
The person who spoke was a fat and strong man. He looked angry and slammed the luggage on the kang with his hand.
"If I had known this would happen, I would have gotten up later. This little room is so crowded, and we have to squeeze in with all these people."
The companions next to him also complained.
"Keep your voices down, and wait until the rain stops tomorrow morning before setting off. We've already been on a fast track all day, so it won't be a problem."
The person who spoke was a thin man. He looked like an inconspicuous middle-aged man, but in fact he was the boss of this team.
Seeing that the boss had spoken, A Biao and his companions no longer dared to complain and just started eating their dry food.
"I see this family has chickens. Ah Biao, go buy two to satisfy everyone's hunger. After we sell this batch of chickens, we'll divide the money."
The middle-aged man is called Xu De, and is known as Uncle De.
Ah Biao and the others were happier. "Take these 20 taels of silver. Ask for some hot water. Ask Aunt Luo for some ginger and brown sugar water to keep everyone warm. Everyone is soaked. Take turns to go to the kitchen and warm up by the fire."
Uncle De took out the silver and looked kind and generous.
"Uncle De, I'll go find Ah Cai and clean up the chicken first. You drink and go to bed early."
A Biao took A Cai and took the silver and went out.
Uncle De watched the people go away, with a cold light flashing in his eyes. This A Biao was the best at fanning the flames. He had done this even in difficult times. But now, just this little rain made him impatient. It seemed that he was too careless.
On this side, A Biao paid the silver to Aunt Luo, and he didn't have to do anything with the two chickens. The two of them sat by the warm stove and warmed themselves by the fire.
"Brother Biao, I heard that Jinyang City is also in chaos. Why don't we take this opportunity to get some goods? We don't even need to buy them. For two kilograms of rice, there will be people rushing to give a girl as a gift. When the time comes, send them to the building and I'll give you money right away."
Acai looked at Aunt Luo who was busy in the distance, and whispered to Abia, greed flashed in his eyes, and he obviously wanted to go.
"Uncle De doesn't want to. We are not on the same line. We can't break the rules."
A Biao was also very tempted, but when he thought of Uncle De, those thoughts retreated back to his mind.
Ah Cai glanced at Ah Biao and said, "Brother Biao, to be honest, Uncle De's tricks are outdated. We brothers all want to follow you. With just one word from you, we can sell these two trucks of goods and return immediately."
Ah Biao frowned, and considering Aunt Luo beside him, he shouted in a low voice, "Just say this in front of me. If Uncle De knew about this, I will definitely skin you alive. Uncle De has been kind to me, how could I possibly betray him? Don't mention it again in the future."
When Acai saw that the other party was angry, he could only nod in agreement.
"Brother Biao, I'll listen to you. I'm just talking nonsense. You must keep it a secret for me."
After getting a definite reply from A Biao, A Cai breathed a sigh of relief and then mentioned that he would go and deliver brown sugar water to the brothers in the room.
"Brother Biao, take a break. I'll tell Uncle De that your clothes are not dry yet. I can go by myself."
A Biao nodded, and A Cai left with the brown sugar water. When he turned around, his smiling eyes immediately turned cold.
"Uncle De, drink some brown sugar water first. The chicken soup needs to be boiled for another half an hour. I'll get it for you later."
Ah Cai smiled and handed Uncle De a bowl of brown sugar water, then shared it with the other brothers.
"Yeah, where's A Biao?"
"Brother Biao said to roast the fire for a while longer because the clothes are not dry yet."
Uncle De didn't say anything else, just closed his eyes and rested.
Guangyuan County in Yunhe Prefecture
Two months ago
This is the richest county in the south, and the Zhao Mansion is not very prominent here. Chen has been here for half a year, and is now chatting with Zhang Mama while having afternoon tea.
"He Jie'er from the Third Master's family weighs 15 kilograms now. I heard that her eyebrows and eyes look very much like the Third Master. She will definitely be a beauty when she grows up."
Mother Zhang tried to please Chen, and Chen was happy too, because the old lady liked good-looking people the most.
"He Jie'er is fine. Qingshu wrote to me saying that she will be able to lie down in August. I think she can walk now."
Chen smiled happily, feeling a little regretful that she couldn't see her lovely granddaughter.
"It's a pity I can't see it."
Chen supported her head with her hands, looking very exhausted.
"How about asking Miss Rou and Miss Hui to come over and play? Old Madam, you will definitely feel better when you see your granddaughter who is like a flower bud."
Seeing that Chen seemed a little lonely, Mother Zhang immediately thought of the two girls born to her eldest daughter.
"That's fine. Go to Chen's house later and tell Li Niang that someone will be sent to pick up the two granddaughters tomorrow."
Since I can’t see my granddaughter, it would be nice to see my great-granddaughter.
"Madam, the eldest lady is here."
Chen was so happy that she stood up to greet him.
"Li Niang, why are you here?"
The person who came was Chen's eldest daughter, Zhao Qingli.
She is now a woman in her forties. She is married to Chen Chong, the second son of the eldest branch of the Chen family, and has two daughters and one son.
The man in the family is the second son, and his own son is the youngest, so he is spoiled by the elders in the family. He was still naive when he was 13 years old. He ran away secretly half a month ago, leaving a message saying that he was going to the border to serve as a soldier.
Zhao Qingli and her husband were extremely worried. They kept it a secret at first and asked their trusted servants to look for him, but there was no news for half a month. The north was in turmoil, and they only had this one son. Zhao Qingli was so worried that she cried every day.
"Mom, Awen has gone to the border."
Chen was puzzled as she saw how haggard her daughter looked. Just as she was about to ask, she heard this unbelievable bad news.
"What? Why did Awen go to the border?"
Chen's heart sank. There was a shortage of food and water at the border. She heard that some victims were already heading south. Her grandson would definitely be in great danger if he went there.
"It was my uncle and his family who said that Jing'er would inherit the position of clan leader in the future. He had already taken the path of a scholar, so they wanted Awen to take the path of a military officer. I refused several times, so my mother-in-law didn't treat me well. I don't know how Awen found out about this. You know that I married into the Chen family and gave birth to two daughters. I couldn't hold my head up in the Chen family. Life became easier with Awen. Awen knew how difficult it was for me. He was instigated by those villains to save my face, and he actually left a letter and ran away."
Chen slammed the table angrily. "That bitch, I thought she was a good person. Every year during festivals and holidays, I stuffed her with good gifts so that they would treat you and your grandchildren better. Who would have thought that this bitch would be so ungrateful and dare to harm my son?"
"How long has Ah Wen been gone? I'll send someone to look for him. I have a distant nephew who is also there. I'll send a pigeon to ask him to look for him."
Zhao Qingli wiped her tears and said, "It's been half a month."
Chen looked at her daughter in surprise. "It's been half a month and you just came to see me, you idiot. Where is your cleverness as a child?"