It was probably already Xu o'clock when Hong Luan returned to Shenjiacun, and it was already dark halfway up.
The coachman and the two accompanying ladies made preparations early in the morning, brought lanterns, and sent Hong Luan to the door of Yingxue Residence. They watched Hong Luan enter the house before leaving.
In the yard, Ding Xiaolian was cursing when she saw Hong Luan hadn't come back so late. As soon as Hong Luan appeared at the corner door, she picked up a stick and went to meet him.
"You bitch, are you tired of serving me and want to escape?" Ding Xiaolian scolded and raised the stick to slap. Hongluan rushed over with tears streaming down her face, "Miss~~Miss~~ I see you.
It’s really great, wuwuwu, this slave almost never comes back!”
Seeing Hong Luan's hair disheveled and trembling all over, looking frightened, Ding Xiaolian couldn't bear to beat her. After all, she was beating the maid who had grown up with her since she was a child, and the relationship between master and servant was quite deep.
"What's going on?" Ding Xiaolian had a hint of worry in his eyes and threw the stick away.
"Slave~~ I met a bad guy, and he almost strangled me to death." He tilted his neck to show Ding Xiaolian the marks of strangulation.
Ding Xiaolian became furious after seeing it, "How dare these damn country bumpkins touch my people? If I find out who it is, he will have to risk his life to accompany him."
After all, no one was killed, not to mention that Hongluan was just a servant, so life was not that valuable after all.
Ding Xiaolian got angry and comforted Hongluan for a few words, and then the matter was over.
"How is it? Have you found the right person to deliver the message to Mrs. Wang?" Ding Xiaolian is most concerned about this.
Hong Luan's previous 'advertisement' was too loud, and now when the chatty women in the village meet her, they ask Ji Xun when will they divorce? When will they marry her? She is tired of dealing with this, and just wants to get Shen Yu's wife as soon as possible.
The family's house was burned down, so they were allowed to live in a cave again, and His Royal Highness the Night King came back to beg her in poverty and desperation.
"Found it." Hong Luan's eyes were red and she wiped away her tears. "It's a salesman from out of town. He said he would come to the village tomorrow to deliver a message to Mrs. Wang. He also told him the location of Mrs. Wang's house."
Ding Xiaolian's gloomy face finally cleared up, "That's good, by the way, he hasn't seen your appearance, has he? He doesn't know where you came from, right?'
"Don't worry, Miss, when you are working as a slave, no flaws will be exposed."
"Yes." Ding Xiaolian raised her lips and smiled, "When this matter is completed, I will definitely reward you heavily."
At noon the next day, a peddler carrying a load came to Shenjia Village rocking a wave drum. When the women heard the sound, they gathered around and bought some small items such as needles, threads, and brains. Not to mention, they were sold quite cheaply.
The salesman sold and carried them all the way to Mrs. Wang's house.
Mrs. Wang's house was in the northwest of the village, quite far from the main road. The peddler carried his load directly to the path outside Mrs. Wang's house.
Mrs. Wang was hunched over sweeping the floor in the main room when she heard the sound of waves and drums and straightened up.
"Auntie, do you want to buy needlework? It's cheap, five boxes for one penny."
"Five boxes for one penny? I'll buy it." Mrs. Wang's triangular eyes showed shrewdness and she answered immediately.
There is no shortage of this at home, but when I heard the price of five boxes for one penny, I was immediately moved. I usually pay three boxes for one penny. What a bargain!
Mrs. Wang hurriedly put down her broom and walked out of the yard. She came to the salesman and handed him a penny.
The salesman didn't answer it, but looked around for a few times. When he saw no one was around, he took out a money bag and opened it, revealing one ingot and five taels of silver inside, and at the same time whispered to Mrs. Wang.
"Are you Shen Yuyu's stepmother, Mrs. Wang?'
"Yes." Mrs. Wang looked at him strangely and nodded.
"Aunt Wang is like this. A noble man in town asked me to do something for you. If you agree, these five taels of silver will be yours.'
"Really?" Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up when she saw the ingot of silver, "What's the matter? Who asked me to do it?"
"Don't worry about these things, just say whether to do it or not.
"Tell me what you are doing first? Let's see if five taels of silver is worth it." Mrs. Wang's triangular eyes are full of shrewdness. Who knows what she is doing? Murder and arson are also for work. Although five taels of silver is a lot, she will be punished by being jailed. It's definitely not worth the money.
The salesman lowered his voice: "Shen Yuyu is your step-granddaughter, right? You go to her house and light a fire. These five taels of silver are yours."
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was surprised. Who did Shen Yuyu have enmity with? Who wanted to burn down Shen Yuyu's house more than she did?
But it happened to be a coincidence. She had been thinking about this for the past two days. She had prepared kerosene and wanted to go to Shen Yuyu's house on a windy day and light her house on fire.
This unscrupulous white-eyed wolf wouldn't even allow her to take two pieces of bacon, but he would give this to Aunt Zhou or buy that. That day she was so angry that she went to the white-eyed wolf's family to ask for an explanation. Not only was she kicked out by the white-eyed wolf, but she was also humiliated. She almost made her angry to death.
"How about it?" The salesman looked around and urged anxiously, "Let me know if you want to accept the money or not. If you don't want to, there are people who want to make this money."
"Yes, yes." Mrs. Wang hurriedly agreed. She had long made up her mind to burn down Shen Yuyu's house and drive her out of Shenjia Village. So these five taels of silver were equivalent to being given to her for free. She could don't want?
"Aunt Wang has received the money, and she must finish this matter within three days." The salesman said as he handed her the money, "Do it quickly, and you will be responsible for it if someone catches you."
"Don't worry, I know." Mrs. Wang happily accepted the money and said curiously to the salesman, "But that one."
"Don't ask, even I have never seen that noble man's face." After saying this, the salesman left with his load.
Mrs. Wang put the ingot of silver in her mouth, bit it, and happily took it back to the house.
That night, Mrs. Wang called Shen Zuorong and Shen Yunlai into the house and said to them: "eldest son and second son, which one of you should go to the foot of the North Mountain? Set Shen Yu's house on fire." "
Originally, Mrs. Wang planned to do this by herself, but she thought that she would not be able to run fast when she was old, and Ji Laizi had a leg problem and could not catch her. But Shen Yuyu, that bitch, is now flexible, so if she is caught, Woolen cloth?
It would be safer to ask young people to go and light the fire and run away. As long as they are not caught at the scene, no one can blame them.
"Burn her house? Drive her out of Shenjia Village?" The flesh on Shen Zuorong's face trembled, and the light from his triangular eyes was cold and fierce.
"Winter is coming soon. Without a house to live in, they will definitely leave here." Shen Yunlai also had a bad look on his face. The house was originally his, but Shen Yuyu took it back and took care of it in a decent way. Every time he comes back Ever since then, I have been very angry. Since I can't get it, I might as well burn it all.
"That's right, the cave is deserted, and people have been hanged in it. I guess I have to leave here." Without his house and money, Fool Shen might sell those few acres of fertile land at a low price. Fertile land that doesn't require paying taxes. Shen Zuorong dreams of getting it back.
