Chapter 105 Money can make ghosts run the mill
Mrs. Lin, the official wife of Zhang Chengbei, usually looks soft-hearted, but she is not easy to be ruthless. Although the Lin family in Guangxing Prefecture is not as famous as the Zhang family, the Lin family is also a real scholarly family. Mrs. Lin's brother is now the fourth rank and holds an important position in the Tongzhengsi of the Capital City.
Zhang Chengbei was looking for a woman outside, and Mrs. Lin endured it. After all, scholars were unruly, so that would be fine. But Zhang Chengbei was mad at her, and the situation was different. It annoyed Mrs. Lin, and the heart-wrenching shouting was the first move, and the second move was to grab and dig with his fingers.
Although Zhang Chengbei is a man, he has been a child, and he is not diligent since childhood. He is not working hard and has no power to tie up his hands. Besides, he has been greedy for women for a long time, and his body has been hollowed out long ago. He is just a blank air.
Although he was very happy when he slapped Mrs. Lin, he was powerless to resist the next counterattack. His old face seemed to be caught by a cat, and it hurt so much.
His mind became much clearer after the pain. The evil fire in his heart seemed to have faded for the time being, so he immediately begged for mercy and apologized. The mother and the maids came to persuade him again. It was not until the third and fourth hours that the yard of the third bedroom was calm. Zhang Chengbei had been struggling for a night and probably was tired. He slept until almost noon the next day.
According to the plan, he was going to ask Lu Zheng for trouble early this morning, but yesterday, when Mrs. Lin grabbed and dug, he almost fainted when he got up in the morning when he looked in the mirror.
He was scratched with scars on his face. He was a scholar with a dignified face, so how could he have the right to go out to see people like this?
He thought about being sick, but he was afraid that the old lady would come to visit him with a heartache, so he discussed with Mrs. Lin and said that he had gone out to visit friends. In this way, he just hid in the room to recover from his injuries. His dignified third master of the Zhang family was trapped so that he could not even leave the house. It is easy to imagine how embarrassed he was.
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Qingxu Temple is located on the Yushan Mountain north of Yangzhou City. Liu Wan visited Qingxu Temple overnight. Liu Daopa was extremely enthusiastic. Not only did she greet her personally, she also arranged a separate courtyard for her, and two little Taoist nuns were also given to her to serve her food and daily life.
Although in the mountains, Qingxu Temple is full of grandeur. This courtyard alone is not inferior to the Orange Village of the Zhang family. In addition, it occupies the advantage of Yushan Mountain. Looking at Yangzhou from afar, the scenery is beautiful. Being in this mountain really makes you feel like you are outside the world.
The conditions in all aspects were beyond Liu Wan's expectations, but after all, she was a newcomer and it was difficult for her to get used to it at first, especially at night, she couldn't fall asleep.
She was thinking about many things, but most of them were related to Lu Zheng. Qiuyue told her:
"Grandma, this time we came here by Brother Zheng'er's carriage. Brother Zheng is bound to deal with the third master again. Grandma, think, since Qingxuguan is so good, why don't the second grandma send you a car to take you? Why don't sisters let the car to take you?
Is it so difficult for you to find a car for you for your daily friendship? Speaking of which, everyone is afraid of the Third Master. Who dares to offend the master in the Zhang family? And it is a master like the Third Master! Only Brother Zheng has such blood, he dares!"
Liu Wan Bingxue is smart. Qiuyue raised her a little, and she could think that this time Lu Zheng sent them out was already in trouble. Zhang Chengbei is not Hua Hanjun. No matter how powerful Hua Hanjun is, she only cares about the back house.
However, Zhang Chengbei is one of the masters of the Zhang family. Not only can he be a master of the back house, but Zhang Chengbei is also familiar with the three religions and all kinds of things outside.
Take Liu Song's case for example. Zhang Chengbei said he wanted to deal with him and would immediately find someone to beat Liu Song to bed ill and unable to move. It was because he saw Liu Wan's face and didn't take any action. Otherwise, Liu Song would be beaten to death!
Now that Zhang Chengbei wants to deal with Lu Zheng, there is no need to worry at all. Originally, Lu Zheng was a thorn in the Zhang family's side and a thorn in the flesh. This time, Zhang Chengbei came back to deal with him. Now, with Liu Wan's case, can Lu Zheng have good results?
Lu Zheng is very powerful, and he is now famous in Yangzhou, which is nothing wrong. But in Yangzhou, he is single-handed after all, and it is shocking that he can barely protect himself by himself.
This time, for the sake of Liu Wan's affairs, his strong enemy was very unoptimistic. Liu Wan thought about these things in her heart. The more she thought about them, the more she felt uncomfortable, and the more she felt ashamed, and when she thought about the helplessness, she could only shed tears.
In this way, Liu Wan stayed in the mountain for two days. On the third morning, Xiao E's cry came from the yard outside:
"Grandma, big grandma..."
Liu Wan was drinking porridge when she heard Xiao E's voice, and she loosened her chopsticks and fell to the ground. She ran outside the yard like a gust of wind. There was a green woolen carriage parked outside the yard. Xiao E stood at the door with a big bag in her arms and smiled. It was Sun San who was driving the car.
"Grandma, I'm sending you something! This big bag of things is what you need, and I'm sending them to you today!" Xiao E said with a smile.
Liu Wan reached out to grab the bag and said, "Good Xiaoe, I don't care about anything. Let me ask you, Brother Zheng is okay? The third master didn't make things difficult for him, right?"
Xiao E shook her head gently and said, "I don't know! You just left that night, and the third master came to Ju Village again. My few and I were scared. When he heard that you were not here, he was furious and fell several bottles.
After he went back, it was said that there was a big fuss. The yard of the three-bedroom house was disturbed. The sister-in-law of the Liang family was also called over in the west garden. I guess the fact that Brother Zheng sent you a car must be hidden!”
"Ah..." Liu Wan exclaimed in surprise and panicked: "What should I do?" She was anxious, but she could not help but she burst into tears again.
Just at this moment, a voice came from behind the carriage: "Xiao E, what are you rubbing around? Don't you know if there is anything else here?"
"Ah?" Liu Wan's heart suddenly jumped, and a head poked out from behind the carriage, which was Lu Zheng's close-fitting girl.
Ying'er also saw Liu Wan. The two of them were very familiar with each other on weekdays. They were both from the Banana Poetry Club. They were nominally master and servant, but in fact they were in the same relationship as sisters.
Liu Wan looked at Ying'er, and Ying'er also looked at her. The two of them looked at each other. Ying'er laughed out loud: "Grandma, why are you crying again? Are you thinking about my Master Lu San? It's okay, he is lively and studying at Master Zi's house every day, and his life is very free!"
After Ying'er said this, Liu Wan wanted to find a crack in the ground to drill down. She stomped her feet hard and looked at Xiao E and said, "Okay, you girl, you don't say anything when Ying'er comes. You really deserve to be beaten!"
"Ha, it's so lively. If I didn't go to dry clothes, I saw that it became lively here. What's going on? Xiao E, did you make grandma angry when you first came?" Qiu Yue came out of the yard and said with a smile.
The few women were laughing and making noise, which made Liu Wan feel much better. The key was that she received news about Lu Zheng's safety and heard that Liu Song's health was getting better, and she felt even more relieved.
Ying'er and Xiao'e brought a lot of things, Liu Wan's daily dressing box, and the small items that Liu Wan used to make snacks on weekdays.
There was a carriage full of things. Liu Daopa had just finished her morning class. Looking at the scene here, she tactfully called a few capable servants to come and help.
Ying'er and Liu Wan invited Liu Daopo to the yard together. Ying'er took out two silver notes from her purse, which were 500 taels and stuffed them to Liu Daopo:
"Shenxian Liu, this time our grandma came to your fairy mountain to live in a small place. This is a little bit of incense and silver given by grandma. Don't refuse it. Grandma believes in Buddhism, Taoism and immortality. This time you are ready to live here forever!"
Liu Daopo is called a god, but where is there a real god in this world? Ying'er is generous and gives five hundred taels of silver at once. Liu Daopo almost fainted from joy.
She knew that the Zhang family was rich. The old lady of the Zhang family gave Qingxuguan twenty taels of incense every month. The second grandmother also gave incense every month. The other wives and concubines also gave a lot of incense to the point of going to the point of being more or less. Qingxuguan was basically supported by the Zhang family!
But even so, it is extremely rare for Liu Daopo to collect 500 taels of silver at once. She has been thinking about renovating the temple recently. She is worried about the money. Now that she has the 500 taels of silver given by Ying'er, the renovation of the temple is no problem.
After collecting the money, Daopa Liu became more and more polite. She wished Liu Wan had been living in the Taoist temple all the time. She lived in not only the grandmother of the Zhang family, but also a god of wealth for her!
Liu Daopa took the money and left, and immediately sent someone to send vegetarian snacks, mountain fruits in the mountains, and some rice, millet and other grains purchased from outside. The Taoist nun who delivered the things was also a smart person, she said:
"We hosts know that Grandma likes to make snacks by herself, so we send some rice, flour, oil and salt. If Grandma lacks anything, just give orders.
In addition, the host specially arranged two cooks for the big grandma. Grandma is delicate and it is okay to eat one or two coarse food in the mountains. If they eat these every day and eat them badly, it would be a despicable sin!”
Liu Daopo gave something and added manpower to Liu Wan. In addition to the things brought by Ying'er and Xiao'e, the yard was renovated and looked like a bit like a orange countryside.
Liu Daopo’s people left, Ying'er smiled and said, "It's true that our Master Lu San said. Money can make the devil push the mill. Big grandma, just stay here, and be happy like a god. After I go back today, I will ask Baoyi and the others to come together in a few days. We can write poems when we look back!"
Liu Wan was inexplicably grateful and couldn't say anything grateful. Ying'er gave her another burden. The burden was heavy, and it was full of exchanged silver, including silver fruits and broken silver.
"Grandma, please accept the money quickly. It was all given by our master. If you really want to thank him another day, don't thank me!"
Chapter completed!