The next day, Mengying took the housekeeper and others early in the morning to check out a few shops, and then took them back to Qi County.
Qingluo redeemed her jewelry and set aside five hundred taels for daily expenses. The remaining money was planned to be used to purchase medicinal herbs.
Yao Chengyao planned to return to the academy before March 3rd. Mrs. Yao was so busy packing her son's bags that she didn't even notice that her daughter hadn't returned home all night.
Mengying reported what she saw in Qingzhou to Master Yao.
Master Yao shook his head and said: "According to what you said, there is no shop suitable for opening. So what should we do as a big family? We can't just sit back and have nothing."
Mr. Yao put down the tea bowl and leaned back: "You are still young, so you should leave it alone in the future. It is serious to be a female celebrity. I am much better. I will go to Qingzhou to have a look again in a while.
Find a suitable shop."
"What my father said is that my daughter will have your seal sent over later." Mengying's eyes were clear and she said without any displeasure on her face.
On the contrary, she was still a little lucky in her heart. If Mr. Yao took back the housekeeping rights, she would be happy to see it happen. After all, she only has a name now, and Mrs. Yao holds all the money.
My aunt is staring at Mrs. Yao's pocket like a fly, so she might as well ask Master Yao to take care of her.
Master Yao waved his hand, "You still have to take care of the family affairs. Just don't worry about the business. Besides, you bought so much food, what are you going to do?"
"As for the food, my daughter thinks we should wait for now. When we bought food, it was thirty cents per dou. Although it has increased to forty cents now, in my daughter's opinion, it is not yet time to take action."
"Well, when you were ill, you did this business privately. Do you know that although the price of the grain has increased, it will also suffer a lot of losses, rats, mold, and drying, which are all money." Although Mr. Yao is much better, but his words
More, but still a little breathless.
While Mengying patted him on the back to calm him down, she comforted him and said, "Don't worry, father, the granary is very safe. Even if it is stored for a year, there won't be any big problems."
Mr. Yao drank the eloquence tea again before he felt a little better and said, "Let Liu Rui keep an eye on this matter. He has a lot of experience. Although you are smart, you are still young after all."
"Yes, my daughter must ask Butler Liu for advice more often."
Coming out of his father's room, he saw Yao Chengyao wandering outside.
Mengying thought Yao Chengyao had something to say to Mr. Yao, so she smiled and said, "I've finished talking, you go in." After saying that, she turned around and wanted to leave.
Yao Chengyao grabbed her and said, "Sister, I'm here to find you."
Mengying was stunned: "Looking for me?"
Yao Chengyao was a little embarrassed. He didn't know what to tell Mengying, so he simply asked her to go out: "Otherwise, come with me."
She walked to a quiet place and asked Qingluo to go further away, then whispered: "You asked me to pay attention to my aunt and not let her deceive my mother. But my mother did not listen to the advice and actually took the money and asked her to go free.
It’s usury.”
Mengying's anger suddenly rose: "When did this happen? How much did she take."
Yao Chengyao said hesitantly: "I took the money away the day before yesterday, well... it seems to be, it seems to be two thousand taels."
Mengyingyan's feet were unsteady and she almost fell.
Two thousand taels, just handed over to that wolf-hearted aunt, this is obviously a meat bun beating a dog.
"Sister, don't worry, I just heard that even if you can't earn interest, the principal will be repaid to us, right?"
Mengying said coldly: "That kind of person just eats people without spitting out their bones."
Mengying ordered Qingluo to find the coachman to hitch the carriage, and Hongying to find Lin Xiao. Now even if Jia's teeth were pulled out, she still had to spit out the money.
He pulled Yao Chengyao into the car and drove straight to Xingshu Village.
Lin Xiaoze responded to Hongying's instructions and found three helpers, all of whom looked fierce, and followed closely.
Uncle Yang's name is Yang Liang. He was very happy to see his nephew and niece coming. He brought his two sons and one daughter over to meet Mengying.
Yang Liang's two sons, the eldest son Yang Zhuang is seventeen years old, the second son Yang Jian is also fifteen years old, and there is a daughter named Xingya who is eight years old this year.
Mengying saluted her uncle and glanced at her two cousins.
In their previous life, they were poor, and they often bullied their younger brother, and even tried to dominate themselves.
Now that the dream has returned, she originally wanted to let them go for Mrs. Yao's sake. But since they are greedy, don't blame her for being cruel.
While Yao Chengyao was still chatting with his cousins, Mengying and Yang Liang got down to business.
"Uncle, don't be surprised. My niece came here to ask for money from my aunt. She defrauded my mother of two thousand taels of silver."
Yang Liang was also stunned. He was still kept in the dark, "What happened? She went to the fifth aunt's house in the same village to play horse-drawn games. I will ask your cousin to call her back."
"Uncle, point me to a place. Mengying will go and invite her in person. My father has said that if he cannot get back the money, he will divorce his wife." After Mengying finished speaking, she stared at Yang Liang and said.
Yang Liang was originally cowardly and timid. When he heard that his brother-in-law wanted to divorce his sister, he was so frightened that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
Yao Chengyao, who was next to him, was also stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that his sister could say these words.
Coincidentally, Mrs. Jia came into the yard from the outside cursing, "Xingya, have you fed this chicken? You are such a loser. You don't do any work all day."
Xingya ran out in one stride: "Mom, cousin Mengying and cousin Chengyao are here."
Jia's face changed, and she stammered: "Yes...is it? Then I...I'll cut the meat." After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.
"Auntie, don't be busy. Come over and talk for a while." Mengying followed closely behind and left the house and said.
"Look what Ying girl said, I came all the way to try my aunt's cooking. I'll be right back." After saying that, I wanted to run away.
Qingluo hurriedly ran in front of Mr. Jia and blocked the way with her arms raised: "I said, Madam uncle, if you have to leave just after our girl arrives, it's not the way to treat guests."
Seeing this, Mrs. Jia knew that she could not escape just by being reasonable. She became so angry that she stretched out her hand and hit Qingluo. Qingluo was on guard, but she missed her and narrowly missed a dog chewing the mud on the ground.
Mrs. Jia stood up and cursed: "You bastard, what role do you have in the master's words? You dare to bare your teeth with me. My mother-in-law is older, so even if her mother and I come here, you still have to call me sister-in-law."
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He glared at his two sons again and said, "Why are you still standing there? They don't even take your father seriously, so why don't you kick them out?"
Yao Chengyao had never seen this posture before. Just now, the two brothers were shyly clasping their fists and saluting him. In the next moment, they were blowing their beards and glaring, and were heading towards him and his sister.
While several people were pulling, Lin Xiao arrived. The three helpers were panting, each holding a pole in their hands.
Lin Xiaogang took a breath, stood at the door, and shouted: "Girl, get out of the way and let us come."
The three helpers looked at Lin Xiao's gesture and rushed towards Yang Dayang Er with poles. Uncle Yang saw that it was not good and quickly started a fight.
"It can't be helped. We are all relatives. If you have something to say, it's easy to say!"
When Mengying saw Lin Xiao coming, she felt relieved. Without even looking at Yang Liang, she said to the three helpers: "You're welcome, beat them until they give in."
The three of them beat the two of them with a bang.
Jia was sitting in the yard, pulling her neck and shouting: "It's terrible, murder!"
Neighbors came over to watch the fun, but no one dared to enter the hospital.
"Auntie, just shout, the lives of the two cousins now depend on your thoughts. If I were you, I would hand over the money, otherwise the feeling of a black-haired person giving a white-haired person would not be so good."
"How dare you! If you dare to beat someone to death, I will go to the government and sue you!"
Mengying snorted and said contemptuously: "Two cousins, you stole two thousand taels of silver from another person, and both the person and the person got the stolen goods. Even when you get to the county government, I will tell you."
Then he said to the three people: "Beat them hard, beat them to death and cripple them, and the Yao family will carry them."
"Mom, help me, I'm going to be beaten to death..." Yang Zhuang called out to Jia for help in a stern voice.
Mrs. Jia said to the people watching from the outside of the yard: "There is nothing I can do. Neighbors, please save our family! Our family is unfortunate, and my aunt's little beast is going to beat her own uncle to death."
But people outside the hospital were pointing fingers, and no one came into the hospital. Some even made sarcastic remarks, "Don't you usually say that your aunt and grandma listen to you the most? Why can't you even control your nephew and niece today?"
It turns out that Mrs. Jia is favored and underestimated in the village, and is not very popular. These people came here specifically to see her laugh.
When Jia saw it, her screams were not answered, and her husband and his daughter hid in the corner, while their two sons wailed like slaughtered pigs.
He stamped his feet and said, "Stop fighting, why don't you give it to me?"
Mengying looked confused, and the three of them stopped. Jia pushed the three of them away and hurriedly came over to see her two sons. Their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, and they looked completely human.
Jia spat and said, "Yao Mengying, don't regret it. No one would dare to marry someone as vicious as you."
"Then I won't bother my aunt. It's getting late. How about we let the two cousins loosen their muscles?"
After Mengying finished speaking, the three people understood and gathered together again.
Jia Shi tremblingly took out a handkerchief from her arms, took out the banknote, and handed it over reluctantly.
Qingluo took it, clicked it, and said to Mengying: "Girl, there are only one thousand and eight hundred taels."
"Then...I lost the two hundred taels playing horse-drawing, and now I only have so much."
Seeing that Mrs. Jia didn't look fake, Mengying raised her eyebrows and said, "The two hundred taels will count as our filial piety to our uncle." After saying that, without even looking at Uncle Yang, she took the others and left.<
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Yao Chengyao sighed, bowed to his uncle, and followed him out of Yang's house.
Lin Xiao got the ten taels of silver handed over by Qing Luo. The three of them each divided two taels and kept four taels for himself. He also told them: "Don't go out and talk nonsense if you are rotten in your stomach, or you will have such a good job again in the future."
I won’t call you anymore.”
The three of them nodded and said they would not reveal even a single word.
Yao Chengyao sat in the carriage and was bored all the way without speaking. Mengying ignored her and closed her eyes to rest.
Quarreling also requires energy. Although Mengying won, she was still very tired. Although the money was coming back, Mrs. Yao's test was not that easy.
As they neared the Yao Mansion, Yao Chengyao finally couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Sister, have we gone too far? After all, this is my mother's natal family, how do you want my mother to go back in the future?"
Mengying's almond-shaped eyes widened, and she said sternly: "What are you going to do, waiting to be skinned and dismembered? Haven't you understood what kind of family that is? If I hadn't been tough today, I wouldn't have gotten a penny back. p>
What year is this? The war is chaotic. The Tatar soldiers may come and kill them that day. If there is no money, how will the whole family survive? Have you ever thought about it?"
Yao Mengying's words caught Yao Chengyao off guard. He had never thought about it and thought it was not his business.
But what my sister did today was indeed a bit excessive. If a gentleman talks but doesn’t do anything, why would he have to get to the point where we will never have contact with each other until we die?
After entering the gate, Yao Chengyao suddenly ran in front of Mengying: "Sister, can you not tell your father about this?"
Mengying smiled helplessly and said, "Do you think you can hide it?"
After that, he bypassed Yao Chengyao and went straight to Master Yao's study.