After being reborn as a widow, the mistress of the Hou family remarried a powerful official

Chapter 32 Taoyuan Village’s debt

"The old lady said that I was seriously ill a few days ago and I couldn't see you fulfill your filial piety. Now, the young lady cannot shirk the matter of offering incense and praying for blessings."

Why was she specially asked to go to the temple to offer incense for no reason?

Ke Yiqing was a little confused, but she felt relieved to be far away from this big family, so she agreed.

The grandma cleared her throat and said, "Since the young madam has such filial piety, then the incense money should also be paid for the old madam."

"Then, according to Grandma, how much will it cost to pay for the incense?"

"Not much, just 100 taels of silver."

"100 taels?" Ke Yiqing sneered, she just said, what good job can be arranged for her?It turned out that he wanted to use her money to build a good reputation for himself, which was a good plan.

"How can I, a widow, have so much money?"

Mammy raised her eyes and said, "Hey, young madam, you are really good at joking. The dowry you left with old madam before is still in your hand now."

She sneered, it turned out that she was still thinking about her dowry and wanted to blackmail her?There are no doors!

Ke Yiqing sighed, "The old lady has done me a lot of harm. The shopkeeper told me privately that he had the handle of the old lady selling dowries. If he didn't cause trouble in the Yamen, he would save some face for the old lady. My dowry , I only got back a small half."

"This...if he had evidence, why didn't he show it earlier? Why should I believe you if you are just talking nonsense?"

Yu Jin cursed angrily: "You old woman, how dare you contradict what the master says? If you don't believe it, just ask it yourself. The shopkeeper said that if there really is a trouble, Jing Zhaoyi will know after checking it. There can't be anything that comes out of nowhere. Did you get the money and the deed?"

Grandma was shocked and confused. Indeed, the money and the mortgage deed were now well placed in the old lady's warehouse. If there was a real trouble, maybe...

"You girl, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!" She cursed Yu Jin and looked at Ke Yiqing pointedly.

Ke Yiqing stopped making tea, and the full pot of freshly heated tea poured down on her.

"Ahhhh!"

Grandma was rolled all over the floor and blisters appeared on her face. She was about to have an attack when Ke Yiqing pushed her back.

"You old thief, how dare you say something against the old lady! Come on, drag me down and slap her!"

Mammy was angry and aggrieved, "When did I say that the old lady was wrong?"

Ke Yiqing raised his eyebrows, pointed at her and scolded: "How dare you argue? Aren't you the one who just said that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked? Now she is the head of the entire Hou Mansion. What else can you do if you are not slandering the old lady's reputation? ?”

When grandma wanted to say more, she was subdued by the maid in her courtyard and dragged outside to slap her.

Yujin specifically asked loudly: "Madam, how much slap should I give?"

She smiled and replied loudly: "The old lady recovered from a serious illness a few days ago. This is a great happy event, so I also found an auspicious number and slapped my lips 66 times."

The shouting outside stopped and became even more shrill.

In addition to being responsible for the old lady's daily life, this nun is also responsible for the teaching of the new maids. Relying on the old lady's power, she often exerts power and domineering things. It can be said that the young maids in Pingyang Hou Mansion are often bullied by her.

Now that they had the opportunity, the two maids were even more aggressive.

After 66 palms came down, Grandma’s old face was so swollen that she couldn’t speak.

"you you!"

Ke Yiqing smiled, took some broken silver and gave it as a reward to the maids. Everyone was interested in money. The reward she gave was the most in the Marquis House. In addition, she didn't have a weird temper or excessive demands, so the people below were naturally Even Ah Qing secretly regretted his loyalty.

But these had nothing to do with her. She calmly took a nap before leading the nanny to the old lady's residence.

The old lady looked at her for a long time before reluctantly recognizing that this was the nanny who had served her for many years.

"What's going on? Why is your face swollen like this?" The nanny covered her face, thinking she had found a supporter, so she told her story with tears in her eyes.

"Old madam, you have to make the decision for me!"

However, her face was swollen and her speech was slurred. The old lady lost interest halfway through listening and only asked: "Are you willing to pay for the incense?"

"Old madam, is this spanking going to be in vain?"

"Why are you interrupting what the master is saying? I think Yiqing is right, you really deserve a beating."

Mammy couldn't believe it, but the old lady had no patience with her. Now who is willing to pay is the most important thing to her.

"Yiqing, can you afford this money?"

Ke Yiqing felt happy when she saw grandma being deflated, but she pretended to be embarrassed, "As grandma said, my dowry was withheld a lot by the shopkeeper. Now these 100 taels are already the limit of the wife, but for you, the wife is willing .”

"Why did he withhold the dowry? That is the property of our Hou family!"

She sneered in her heart, but on the outside she was hesitant to speak, "The shopkeeper said that your family seal is on the deed. If we pursue it..."

"Family seal!" The old lady sat back and actually forgot about this.

It was indeed good. There was indeed a family seal on the mortgage deed, otherwise the shopkeeper would not have dared to accept it. At that time, Ke Yiqing had carefully checked with the shopkeeper. If the shopkeeper was not afraid of causing trouble, he might have been the one who finally took out the money. who.

The old lady was so anxious that she didn't care about this nanny at all. If a quarrel really broke out, she would probably end up in a mess. She waved her hand and said, "That's it, that's it. This matter is settled. Don't mention it to anyone again."

As long as she didn't pay for the 100 taels, the old lady would be willing to be slapped again.

Now it was Mammy's turn to be dumbfounded. Ke Yiqing smiled proudly at her. It was worth spending 100 taels of silver to beat this old slave. This man had bullied Yu Jin and the others a lot in his previous life.

"May I ask what blessings you want to pray for?"

The old lady came over mysteriously and gave her a red bellyband.

"what is this?"

"Why do you care so much? Just ask the eminent monk for me."

Even though it was Ke Yiqing, he was also very confused at this time, "Then what do you want me to ask the old lady?"

The old lady hesitated and hesitated, and finally said vaguely: "Just ask... how to pay off this sinful debt."

Ke Yiqing went back confused and met Zi Xing coming back for dinner after practicing martial arts.

"Madam, what are you doing with the child's full-moon bellyband?"

"What is the full moon bellyband?"

Zi Xing curled his lips and said, "Here, this is what you have in your hand."

It turns out that this is an old custom in Shengjing. If there is a boy in the family, the elders will put a red bellyband on the child when he is one month old to express auspiciousness and happiness.

Her eyes deepened, great, she was actually asked to pray for Gu Zhennan's son!
Yu Jin also reacted and was about to grab the bellyband and twist it.

"Wait a minute, we have to go on this trip."

"Madam, this is bullying you, how can you bear it?"

She smiled and comforted Yu Jin, but she had concerns in her heart.

She had previously asked the goddess to say some things that conflicted between Gu Zhennan's children and the old lady. In addition, the old lady was seriously ill later, so she believed her words now and was thinking about how to resolve this debt.

If the opportunity fell into her hands, how could she let it go?
(End of this chapter)