"That shop has a second floor. It can be renovated to have four rooms. After we open the shop, we can live in the town to avoid running back and forth." Cheng Qingwen said while watching them making clothes.
"Okay, then let's keep the house here for now. After all, we still have fields to take care of."
Cheng Qinghan nodded, and seeing that what he said was almost the same, he went back to his room to sleep.
The next day, she took Qiaoqiao and Lianzhi to collect all the tomatoes in the backyard and put them in baskets in the house.
At night, Cheng Qingwen lay on the bed tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. Thinking about going to town early tomorrow morning, she kept counting sheep with her eyes closed.
As a result, I didn't sleep all night.
When she walked out of the room with two dark circles under her eyes, everyone was shocked.
"Did you not sleep well last night?" Song Qiaoqiao looked at the man driving the carriage and hesitated: "What are you thinking about?"
"I counted sheep all night last night, but I still couldn't fall asleep." Cheng Qingwen blinked her sore eyes, feeling sleepy to death.
"Huanhan, you haven't slept well, otherwise I should drive the carriage." Cheng Hua'er said standing beside the carriage.
"No, Auntie, you and Aunt Liu still have to watch Lian Zhi Liansong."
"Yes, don't worry, Aunt Cheng, I will keep an eye on Huan Huan."
Cheng Hua'er nodded and explained a few words.
When Song Qiaoqiao heard this, she deliberately sat next to her when she got on the carriage: "I'm going to talk to you to prevent you from falling asleep halfway."
Cheng Qingwen didn't say anything, and just chatted with her all the way.
When we arrived at the door of the store, the shopkeeper had already been waiting at the door. As soon as he saw them coming, he hurriedly greeted them.
"A few girls are here, and the owner of this shop is waiting inside."
"Long wait." Cheng Qingwen jumped out of the carriage, helped Cheng Hua'er down, and introduced to the shopkeeper: "This is my grandma."
"Oh, it turns out it's madam. Come on, please come inside." The shopkeeper said as he ushered the people in, "Our boss is from the capital, and he just happened to be here this time."
"Did he agree to sublet the store to me?"
"Agreed, I'm here today to sign the contract." The shopkeeper pointed to the man sitting at the table drinking tea and said, "This is the boss."
The man stood up and nodded to several people: "Which one of you wants to rent my shop?"
"It's me." Cheng Qingwen stepped forward, looked at him and said, "I plan to rent it for a year first. What do you think, boss?"
"Of course you can. I'm here today to be a witness. You can just pay the rent to Shopkeeper Zhou." The man put the contract in front of her: "This is the contract. After you read it, you can sign it if there is no problem."
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Cheng Qinghan nodded, read it carefully, made sure there was nothing wrong, and then signed.
Then shopkeeper Zhou and the man signed and pressed their fingerprints.
As soon as Song Qiaoqiao saw that it was finished, he handed the eighty taels of silver to Shopkeeper Zhou.
"I have moved all my things and I will go back to my hometown tomorrow. Here is the key to this place. Keep it safe, girl."
Cheng Qinghan took the key and thanked him with a smile.
As soon as the man saw that everything was done, he stood up and was about to leave. When he raised his eyes, Cheng Hua'er's appearance caught his eye, and he frowned and looked at it for a long time.
Lian Zhi looked at it and quickly pulled Cheng Hua'er back.
As soon as the woman moved, the man came back to his senses, took a deep look, then turned and walked away.
After Cheng Qingwen sent shopkeeper Zhou away, he whispered softly: "The way that man looked at my mother was so strange."
"Did you see it too?" Lian Zhi said softly, "I thought you didn't pay attention here."
"I didn't pay attention at first. The man's behavior was too strange, so I paid attention here."
"Then, sister, what should we do?"
Cheng Qingwen looked at the woman's face and shrugged: "Lang Zao, why did my mother-in-law look so beautiful?"
Lian Zhi reacted for a while before realizing she was joking.
Cheng Qinghan looked at the empty store and thought about cleaning it first and then buying furniture.
So, it took the family three days to clean the inside and outside of the store.
When we got home, everyone was exhausted.
"Auntie, should we move the bed there tomorrow?" Cheng Qingwen raised her arms in exhaustion and asked.
"The carriage is so small, it will definitely not fit. Besides, there is still food grown here, and we have to come back to live. Let's buy a few more beds." Cheng Hua'er replied, lying on the bed.
"Okay, let's clean it up tomorrow." Cheng Qingwen dragged heavy steps into the house, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
The next day, when the family was loading things onto the carriage, many villagers stood outside the yard.
"Ms. Cheng, where are you going?"
"Go to town." Cheng Hua'er responded while working.
"Moved to the town?" Wang from next door asked in surprise.
Cheng Qingwen blinked and said, "That's not true. We just go to the town to open a store and we will come back to stay at night."
The surrounding villagers were surprised and immediately discussed the matter in whispers.
A woman looked at the Qin family next to her and said sarcastically: "At first, you were determined to marry off Zhaodi, but now you have probably joined their family and will definitely take you to the town. It's true that we are the same person but have different fates.
Ah, look at Qiaoqiao and Widow Liu following them and enjoying spicy food every day. As for you, all your daughters have run away."
Mrs. Qin clenched her fists and stared at them fiercely: "If Cheng Qinghan, a damn girl, hadn't disturbed the marriage, my family would still be a popular drinker."
"Exactly, Zhao Di's little money is enough to stuff your son's teeth?" The woman glanced at her disdainfully, and then said: "I heard from Song Qian that the money Master Yuan brought last time
He is a noble man, but he was specially sent by the palace and was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver."
"What, a thousand taels?" Mrs. Qin immediately shouted out, angrily walked into the yard, pointed at the noses of several people and scolded: "Your family got a thousand taels, even the twenty taels in our family
Are you not willing to pay it back?"
Everyone looked at her lightly and then continued working.
When Mrs. Qin saw that no one was paying attention to her, she resorted to a trick, sitting on the ground and howling: "It's unreasonable. I won't pay back my debts. These heartless people are so popular and drink hot food that they don't even have twenty taels of silver."
He refuses to pay it back."
Cheng Qingwen was about to step over her legs and walk to the kitchen, but she didn't expect that she would hug her thigh.
"If you don't give me money today, don't even think about leaving!" Mrs. Qin said angrily: "You think I don't know that those dead girls from Zhaodi were abducted by you. If you don't give me money today, I will
I’m going to sue you!”
"Okay." Cheng Qingwen took her by the collar and dragged her to the door: "I will take you to see Mr. Yuan right now. He has the final say whether you should compensate or not."
"Who doesn't know that Master Yuan is having an affair with you? What if he prefers you?"
"Then go to the pavilion chief. If you are still not satisfied with the pavilion chief, ask County Magistrate Wei to come." Cheng Qingwen threw her in front of the carriage and said with a smile: "I will let you choose where you want to go.
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Mrs. Qin just wanted to extort money and didn't want to follow her to see the officials. When she saw this battle, she immediately lay down on the ground and said, "How can a debtor sue his creditor? It's unjust."
Cheng Qingwen glanced at the sky and pulled her up: "Either get out of here, or get in the carriage now, and I'll take you to find the pavilion chief."
Mrs. Qin ignored her at all and kept scolding her.
The villagers outside the door had already gathered around one level, and everyone craned their necks to watch the fun.
Cheng Qingwen was too lazy to talk nonsense, so he grabbed the man and stuffed him into the carriage together with Lian Zhi Liansong.
When Mrs. Qin saw that she was serious, she immediately panicked: "Let me down, let me down quickly! Help, the Cheng family has kidnapped and killed people!"
At this moment, Yuan Qi came in from outside with someone in tow.
Both the Qin family and Cheng Qingwan's family seemed to have seen a savior.
"Master Yuan, Master Yuan, please help me. Cheng Qingwen kidnapped me. She wants to sell me to a brothel."
As soon as this was said, everyone burst out laughing.
This Qin family has a long face, small eyes, a tall nose and a big mouth, and is over forty years old. Should he be sold to a brothel and become a madam?
Cheng Qingwen stood on the carriage and pulled Qin out: "Master Yuan, you have to put an end to this, otherwise our family will not be able to survive."
"Is it because of the 20 taels of betrothal gift?"
"Yes." Cheng Qingwen grabbed Qin's wrist to prevent her from moving.
Yuan Qi nodded, looked at Qin, and said word by word: "Qin, you and the pavilion chief's wife both broke off their engagement voluntarily. What does this have to do with the Cheng family?"
"You...who doesn't know that you are having an affair with Cheng Qingwen? Of course you are partial to her."
"If you say that, then we will go to the pavilion chief's wife and confront her face to face. I will put my words here today. Even if you make trouble in the palace, Your Majesty will not let the Cheng family pay you money.
Yuan Qi looked at her and said nothing, then continued: "I had already seen the pavilion chief's wife that day, and also read the annulment document. The two of you signed it and pressed your fingerprints. It was all voluntary, so what's the reason?
Do you want the Cheng family to compensate you for your betrothal gift?"
As soon as Cheng Qingwen saw that the person was restrained, he quickly took him out of the car and said, "Master Yuan, I leave it to you. I made an appointment with the carpenter. It's almost too late, so I have to take a step forward."
After saying that, everyone quickly got on the carriage and headed all the way to the town.
When we arrived at the store, it was still too late.
Cheng Qingwen quickly opened the door and made a pot of tea to compensate the carpenter.
When the carpenter saw how polite she was, he didn't say anything. After drinking a cup of tea, he went to the second floor to take measurements.
Cheng Qinghan and others quickly tied the carriage to the backyard and unloaded the things.
After a while, the carpenters came down and said with a smile: "Miss Cheng, we have improved the room upstairs."
Cheng Qingwen raised the curtain in the backyard, took a couple of silver coins and handed them to them: "This is your wages, thank you for your hard work."
"Okay, let's go first."
"Slow down." Cheng Qingwen watched them walk out the door, then returned to the backyard and moved things into the kitchen.