Chapter 729
: Plundered Again
Chapter 729: Plundered Again
When Qin Liupo heard this, she turned back and said to Madam Guan, "Then you can come visit us more often, or call us to the Guan family to entertain you."
Ah this?
Hahaha, Madam Guan’s laughter became more cheerful, and she agreed: "Okay, come to Guan’s house tomorrow, and I will treat you well."
"I take it seriously. I will go to Guan's house tomorrow to keep you company and entertain you!" Grandma Qin Liu left happily.
He had already estimated in his mind that with Mrs. Guan's generosity, he would definitely get a return gift of five taels of silver from the last visit.
She visits three times a month, and thirty times a year. She can earn at least a hundred taels of silver in gifts. How rich!
Seeing that Aunt Qin Liu was laughing foolishly, Grandma Qin did not ask her to do any work. Instead, she took Aunt Qin, Mrs. Su, Madam Yao, Aunt Xu, Mrs. Tao and others to prepare a sumptuous meal and entertain the Guan family's grandparents and grandchildren.
The Guan family's grandparents and grandchildren stayed at the Qin family until the evening, ate two meals, and then left for home.
"Goodbye, Grandma Guan. Come back soon. We will miss you!" The little ones were reluctant to leave Grandma Guan.
As for Guan Shuli, the little guys avoided him and didn't want to talk to him.
The clerk smiled and teased them deliberately: "Even during the New Year, you can't slack off. You have to read books every day. You must review the old and learn the new."
Ahhh, Guan Shuli is so scary. During the New Year, he is keen on gathering all the children, big and small, and giving everyone a lecture!
We've been here for most of the day and talked for at least an hour. It's terrible!
Fortunately, Qin Xiaogu and Qin Xiaomai still like to study. They nodded seriously and promised: "Yes, we will review our lessons every day."
Jiang Xiaozhu, Qin Mao and Qin Sheng all looked at them, their eyes expressing: Unbelievable, you two traitors, why are you different from normal kids? !
Little Jiang Erlang had a calm look on his face, but he was already shouting in his heart: If you two are too free, go sweep the snow and benefit the folks!
Haha, Shuli Guan was amused by the different reactions of the little ones. After a while, he went to Madam Guan's house.
Since the second day of the Lunar New Year, there has been an endless stream of people coming to the Qin family to pay New Year's greetings.
The Kong family, the Miao family, the village chief Cao, the Wu family, and even Shen Du, who brought Lu Liu back to her mother's home, all came from Taifeng Town.
From other towns, the Lei Lichang family, the Shi Lichang family...
The Gong Zongqi family, Chen Xiaoqi family, Han clan leader family, Tang Boyang, Liu Fangyu and his mother...
Tang Boyang made more and more progress. After paying New Year's greetings to the Qin family and presenting two pieces of cloth as gifts, he sat there like an invisible man. Unless others called him, he would not say much or run around.
Seeing how dull he was, Liu Fangyu laughed in his heart: We common people in this county are useless. We have entered the Qin family, but we still don't know how to curry favor. No wonder we were kicked out of the new dye business.
Fortunately, Tang Boyang is obedient, so it is not a bad idea to call him to be a partner to get closer to the Qin family.
After Liu Fangyu suffered several setbacks, and after hearing the words of the head of the family, the teachings of Mr. Wen, and the reprimand of County Magistrate Kang, he was very sensible this year. Although he sat for half an hour, he did not eat at the Qin family and said goodbye sensibly.
Grandpa Qin and Uncle Qin stood up to see them off, giving each of the Tang and Liu families a set of writing brushes, inkstones, and paper as a return gift: "Thank you, Young Master Tang and Shopkeeper Liu, for coming to my house to pay New Year's greetings. This is a small return gift, please don't despise it."
Liu Fangyu took it personally and said with a smile: "A complete set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone is worth at least one or two taels of silver. It is already a valuable gift. How could I despise it? Thank you, Uncle Qin."
His mother Liu Zheng lowered her head slightly to hide the deep disdain in her eyes... Pah, the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone worth one tael of silver can be used? And she actually gave them away as a gift?
It is known that the bookstore of the Zhang family, a thousand-year-old family, costs a thousand taels of silver just for a line of scented ink!
Tang Boyang also accepted the gift in return and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you, Mr. Qin."
After Liu Fangyu had spoken a few words to Grandpa Qin, he left with the Liu mother and son.
"Sister Liu, walk slowly!" Qin Liupo waved her hand and shouted at Liu Zhengshi, her old face almost turning into a chrysanthemum. When Liu Zhengshi heard this, she almost lost control of herself... Ah, Qin Liupo, this lowly commoner, took advantage of her lies and shamelessly plundered her silver bracelets, gold earrings, and topaz headband!
Shameless, uneducated, female bandit!
But for the sake of her son's future, Liu Zheng had to turn around and said with a smile, "It's cold outside, Sister Qin, please go home quickly. Don't send me off."
"Hey hey hey, then sister will go back to the room first!" After Qin Liupo shouted, she really turned around and left.
Liu Zheng: "..."
Bitch, just wait and see how I will torture your family when your daughter becomes my son’s concubine!
A slave wants to take a concubine?
Do you still want to take a good girl as your concubine?
All I can say is that Liu Zheng is extremely crazy.
The order given by Liu Fangyu's employer was to let Liu Fangyu marry Qin Mei. As long as Liu Fangyu could satisfy the Qin family, the employer would release him from the family.
But Liu Fangyu and his mother were both more careless than each other, and they both felt that Qin Mei, a peasant girl who had fled famine, was not worthy of Liu Fangyu.
Liu Zhengshi and Liu Fangyu have always wanted to marry young ladies from wealthy families or daughters of minor officials... Liu Fangyu was not just daydreaming, but the wealthy and powerful shopkeepers who were sent out to other places did it for him to see.
These shopkeepers who were sent out often used the power of their master's family to forcibly marry the daughters of local wealthy businessmen.
There were even many local wealthy businessmen who offered their daughters to the shopkeepers in order to curry favor with the wealthy and powerful families.
It was precisely because of these things that happened so often that Liu Fangyu and his mother became more and more arrogant and forgot the difference between slavery and good status.
Liu Fangyu and his mother took Tang Boyang back to Lu's Inn.
Liu Fangyu said to Tang Boyang, "Go back to the guest room and wait for news. As for whether Mr. Wen will see you, I can't guarantee it."
"Well, I'll go back to the guest room first." Tang Boyang bowed and took his leave, then returned to the guest room with the servant.
Liu Fangyu and his mother also returned to the house.
Liu Zheng complained to Liu Fangyu in a low voice, and then choked up and said, "My son is as talented as the young master of the official family. He should be married to a proper lady. How can he be married to a girl from the Qin family? That Qin Liupo talks like a pig, drools everywhere, and has no manners. Even if we occasionally meet and act, I can't stand it. If I become her in-law, mother, wuwu..."
"Stop crying!" Liu Fangyu scolded in a low voice. Did he think he was willing to marry an old girl who had escaped from the wilderness and whose innocence was questionable? But now the situation was forced, and the master felt that marrying Qin Mei was the best and fastest way to break the situation.
Moreover, the master also ordered him to do it as soon as possible. If he delays any longer, Qin Mei will be snatched away by others. Now there are many people eyeing Qin Mei as a breakthrough point!
After being scolded by her son, Liu Zheng knew what to do and shut up.
"Pack up and go pay your respects to Mr. Wen." Liu Fangyu said.
"Hey." Liu Zheng got up to wash her face. After tidying up, the mother and son went to Wen Tao's residence to pay their respects to him.
When Wen Tao saw them, he could tell from Liu Zheng's tone that she looked down on the Qin family. He got angry and scolded them, "Wen Yin, a member of the Wen family, an ambassador of the eighth rank treasury, with a rich family, asked to marry Qin Shu, but the Qin family refused. Who do you think you are? Know your own status. If you ruin your master's business, you and your relatives will go to the isolated island to work as coolies."
Go to an isolated island and work as a laborer!
The Liu family mother and son were so frightened that they knelt down hurriedly: "We dare not, please calm down, Master Wen."
Wen Tao sneered: "Oh, you dare not? You exiled dog slaves are more arrogant than each other. If you really forget your status, then think about the fate of the shopkeeper Han...cooked to death and fed to the vicious dogs."