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

Chapter 81
It was freezing outside, and she shivered as soon as she walked out the door.

"what happened?"

"Shh" Zi Xing whispered: "Madam, come here and take a look."

Ke Yiqing's hearing was naturally not as good as hers. He followed the people towards the iron gate, and the sounds outside the door became more distinct.

It turned out that the eldest lady's family separation brought trouble to them.

"She wanted to separate the family, why did she come to us?"

The two looked at each other and continued to talk about the corner.

Outside the door, the eldest lady looked determined: "Now my daughter-in-law is really unable to protect herself, so she still hopes that her mother will fulfill her wish."

The old lady was so angry that she beat her chest and raised her cane many times to hit her, but the nun beside her stared at her and had no choice but to put it down.

You must know that in the Hou Mansion today, the only remaining servant of the old lady is the half-disabled Manager Li, and the other servants and maids have long since ran away.

Ke Yiqing sneered: If you don't even have enough to eat, who would be willing to sacrifice your life for her?
Outside the door, the old lady sighed, "Our Marquis Mansion has a century-old foundation, but I didn't expect that it would end up like this."

As she said that, she looked at the cowardly second master and said with tears in her eyes: "Second brother, I will go with you!"

Gu Zhenyue's expression changed. Although he was full of benevolence, justice and morality, who would be willing to take such an old guy with him during the famine?

Do you think there are too few ancestors in your family?
Although he was deeply reluctant, he also knew that being unfilial was a serious sin, so he secretly winked at the second lady.

Unexpectedly, she had been beaten severely by him recently. After receiving such a glare, the second lady thought it was to tell her to calm down, so she trembled her lips and said: "My husband and I are both educated and sensible people. We support our mother and we are children." It should be done.”

The bitch!
Gu Zhen became more and more angry and couldn't help but kick him again.

The old lady was so horrified that she stepped back. When did this guy become so violent?

What she didn't know was that during the days when Gu Zhenyue was in prison, it was common for the cell bosses to beat people. Occasionally, if anyone dared to contradict him, he would be punished with a whip.

Even if they were beaten to death, they would still blame it on the fact that criminals beat each other to death. After all, no one cares how a criminal died.

During the long period of fear and surrender, he had become deeply obsessed with the taste of violence. It turned out that as long as he waved his fist, his wife, who originally despised him, would be afraid to surrender.

Gu Zhenyue's vanity expanded even more under such circumstances.

Along with this, the way he looked at the old lady also changed.

"Mom, don't worry. With your son's talents, after inheriting his father's title, he will definitely be able to bring our palace back to its former glory!"

The old lady was so moved that she burst into tears and said hello repeatedly.

"Boss, I have agreed to split up the family, so it's time to liquidate the family property."

The eldest lady's face was full of doubts, "Now the warehouse of the Marquis Mansion is cleaner than the face. What kind of wealth does it have?"

"Don't you still have a lot in your warehouse?"

Ke Yiqing smacked his tongue inside, this is too greedy, even people's private treasury will not be spared.

Outside the iron door, the two groups of people really got into a quarrel. Finally, the eldest lady agreed to give her a small half, and the old lady gave up.

"In this case, I will also live in Xiyuan."

Now she was also dumbfounded. What did the madam mean?Why do you still want to live here with her?
"This……"

The old lady was a little hesitant. Although they had separated their families, there was no place to live in such a big Marquis mansion, so why did they choose to live in Xiyuan?

Zi Xing pulled her and whispered: "Madam, she saw us."

She looked through the crack in the door, and sure enough, the eldest lady smiled at her.

Ke Yiqing suddenly felt bad. He didn't know anything else, but this person had always been unwilling to do anything early.

She suddenly wants to live in Xiyuan, but she doesn’t believe there are no ghosts!

"It's none of our business, let's go back early." Zi Xing nodded and followed her back.

The old lady outside the door agreed, but said that the wall of Xiyuan was too high and it would be difficult to come in for a while.

The eldest lady walked around Xiyuan for a long time and could only leave with regret.

She thought the matter was over, but when she came back at night, the person guarding the door had a sad face.

"What's going on? Is it too cold recently to survive?"

The man looked ashamed, "No, ma'am, it's because we were not careful when doing our jobs."

Ke Yiqing's eyelids twitched and he just told people not to panic and to explain the matter slowly and clearly.

"Last night when I was changing shifts, I had a few words with the previous one, and the people in your house noticed that something was wrong."

Originally, Li Wei and his men dug a door outside Xiyuan. In order to hide it from others, they put some straw and debris outside the door. The gatekeepers were often dressed as small traders.

In addition, the servants in the Hou Mansion have been dismissed a long time ago, and no one has ever noticed anything wrong. Although the people in the inner courtyard guessed that she had a way to get out, it was not peaceful outside, and no one dared to go out to investigate.

As time passed, the people who came to guard became more relaxed.

"It's all my fault. His mother-in-law recently gave birth to a baby, so I couldn't help but ask a few questions."

"I know this, you don't have to blame yourself too much."

Seeing the man's apologetic face, she couldn't help but sigh. No matter what, she was still living in the Hou Mansion. Yesterday, the eldest lady's incident had awakened her.

So what if you hide it deeply?Still can't help but someone discovers it.

Ke Yiqing made up her mind: when the charcoal shop opened and it was calmer outside, she would move out.

"Madam, you've come back just in time. The charcoal sent by Brother Li has arrived. Come in and get out of the cold!"

Yu Jin's face was full of joy. Recently, she had been learning to read the account books and gradually got started. Now she can help read less than half of the account books sent to her!
Even Li Wei was shocked and said that even if she didn't become a maid, she could still work as an accountant in the store.

Of course this was an exaggeration, but Yu Jin couldn't help but feel happy after hearing it.

Ke Yiqing was infected by her and couldn't help but laugh: "You were wiping tears from your eyes the day before yesterday. You girl is so fickle!"

"Madam!" Yu Jin was angry and annoyed, so she had to stamp her feet, "Of course I'm happy to be able to help you!"

But this happiness did not last long, and she sighed again before falling asleep.

"Although there is chaos outside, we are well fed and clothed warmly. What else does Madam have to worry about?"

Ke Yiqing raised his eyebrows, what he said was true, but now that bitch Yan Ming had borrowed most of the food, and the entire food store was only for people going out, not coming in. Could she not be anxious?

"I went out today to discuss opening a charcoal fire shop with Li Wei, and I unexpectedly learned something."

Seeing her serious face, Yu Jin also asked seriously: "What is it?"

"Our potato soufflé was copied by another shop."

"But didn't Madam say that she wasn't afraid of being copied by them?"

This is true. Ke Yiqing did have this confidence before, because in Shengjing, only Dejitang sells potatoes. Even if others want to copy the potato soufflé, they have to buy it from Dejitang.

"The potatoes we sell in bulk are all second-rate goods that don't look good, but the ones sold by these people are all round and beautiful, not inferior to ours at all."

"Could it be that they picked him out specially?"

She shook her head, "If only a few are like this, then it's really possible."

But what those shops sell are all like this.

Yu Jin understood her meaning: "Madam, what you mean is, is there someone else in Shengjing who has a source of potatoes?"

(End of this chapter)