C223 Rat and Gu Xin

Mian Niang carried the tray into the kitchen and listened to the conversation between the Steward Zhou and Gu Wu through the cotton curtain. His heart sank.

After handing the tray to Bao Sheng, he thanked the Master Zhang seriously once more and absentmindedly walked out of the Peach Blossom House.

He couldn't hold it in any longer and squatted down while leaning against the wall. Tears started streaming down his face.

His heart was like a wall that had been bricked, clogged up with mud, and had no cracks at all.

Gu Xin came back?

That scoundrel!

What was he doing back here?

What was he going to do now?

What would he do?

Up until now, there was still no way to explain Ah Gou's situation. Both she and he could not escape responsibility regarding Ah Gou.

The words that Li Chang had previously said once again surfaced in his mind.

If it were not for the fact that he had heard about their incident, his father would not have been in such a hurry to get into trouble.

It was her sin, and it was his.

Both he and she had to take responsibility for Abba's death, and there was also the matter of Ah Gou.

There would be a day when she would demand an explanation from the Prince Rong and the people of Mei Family.

The passersby heard the sound of the alleyway and stopped to look over.

Mian Niang squatted there, and silently cried for a long time. Finally, she wiped away her tears and stood up.

The hat on his head was pushed down over his eyebrows.

The tears formed tiny ice beads on her eyelashes.

At the moment, the most important thing was that she had to take good care of her mother and brother.

The interest of passersby towards a petite man crying on his own had long since dispersed. Mian Niang walked out of the alley and took out the paper slip in his arms.

Go buy something you haven't bought yet.

The matter regarding Gu Xin was buried deep in her heart.

In his heart, however, there was another worry.

Mei Family had already moved away, and it had already been half a month since she returned to the capital.

Since she didn't know what Mr. Jiang had done, she was sure that he wouldn't look for her again.

He had saved her, and then made a trip to the northwest. He didn't know if the Prince Rong knew about these things, or if he did, he might find trouble with him again.

Someone like the Mr. Jiang did not seem like someone who could argue with words.

Prince Rong was so arrogant and despotic, if he wanted to make things difficult for them, Mr. Jiang would probably suffer.

Along the way, he didn't know if he had encountered any danger.

Mian Niang had been worried ever since the day she had left the Mr. Jiang. Now that she had seen Gu Wu, she thought of Gu Xin, thought of Xiao Zongxian, and these princes and grandsons, all of them had high statuses and distinct levels. They treated their subordinates and the rest of the people with little consideration, and could not help but become more and more worried.

Then, he thought about how the Mr. Jiang's martial arts were powerful. Although he was quiet, he did handle matters cleanly, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Mian Niang's heart turned into a twisted string, her worries became a mess. When buying the cloth, she gave her two more copper coins, and it was the boss who had reminded her of this. Only then did she come back to her senses, and immediately put the copper coins back in her backpack, thanking the boss once again.

The boss only smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. But be careful. Don't be so careless when you go to someone else's house to buy some stuff."

Mian Niang nodded her head in agreement. Then, she calmed her mind and left the cloth shop, rushing towards the grocery store. The grain store next to the grocery store would save him a lot of effort.

After returning home, he happened to be in time for the Lady Boss's lunch, so he warmly invited her to eat with him.

Mian Niang smiled as she rejected her offer. She went next door and bought some rice noodles, and not long after, A Yunniang and filigree came back and told her that there was no need to wait, Chen Daniu pulled his wife away.

In the grocery store, Mian Niang had no time to ask too many questions, she drove the carriage out of the city, and then asked what was going on.

It was obvious that the family would be driving the carriage, yet their own wife would rather take a carriage from someone else than sit in her own house, it would make others laugh, if the news spread out, it would cause Chen Daniu's family to lose face, and if they met on the streets, Chen Daniu would force his wife to leave.

Chen Daniu's wife had a bad temper, his words were ruthless and black, Chen Daniu could not resist his.

A Yunniang laughed as he spoke.

filigree also laughed really hard. The two of them then talked about the matter of Chen Daniu being chased around by his parents, and what it was about. Until now, they still had not found out the reason, but that matter was the happiest thing in Tian Jia Wan for the whole half month.

This seemed to be the case with the women. They would not be able to stop themselves from talking about their families.

"It's not easy for Da Niu. A wife like that, a mother like that, they don't even have any bad intentions. The two of them just don't like each other, so he can only stay in the middle and take revenge. What else can he do?"

The eldest son of the Li family was an old man who was a few years younger than Song Zhien. He was still a few years away from getting married, so the mother-in-law was sensible and old, and never once interfered with matters of life. She just sat on the kang peacefully to retire, and didn't seem to have any worries in this regard, but when she saw that A Yunniang couldn't help but think of Mistress Yun, she couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh, so you're saying that our Madam Yun is unreasonable as well?"

"You yourself are the one who gave birth to your own daughter, and you know best what she is like. A Yun is not as upright as Da Niu's wife, but her mother-in-law is not an easy person to deal with."

A Yunniang smirked and looked at her indifferently, "Then there's nothing we can do about it. After all, the person in question is Mistress Yun, and since you've married her into a family, what's wrong with it, he has to forgive it. Such a good daughter of mine has married him, what else is there for him to be unsatisfied about? "

"You, ah, purely because of the temper that your father A Yun had gotten used to. Look left and right, not to mention the left and right of you, in the entire Tian Jia Wan, who could be like your family's father A Yun, who is accustomed to having a wife and daughter to this extent? "Just like our family, although it seems like it belongs to one person from the outside, the truth is that we didn't even need to help pour the oil bottles at home."

A Yunniang laughed proudly. A Yun's father was indeed good to her, not to mention the entire Tian Jia Wan, even if it was all the villages in ten miles eight, they would not find such a person.

She couldn't even give birth to a son, and she was always making things difficult for her. It was all because of A Yun's father that he was protecting her.

If she didn't love him in the morning, he would burn the brick bed, cook, sweep the yard, and throw down the rake as a broom. However, he had never disliked his wife, who was lazy or lazy, as the two of them had discussed big things at home with each other over the years. It was her decision on small matters, and even his two sister-in-law were sighing.

When filigree saw her smile, she immediately understood what she was thinking. It was true that she was envious, but she also felt that the way men of her family should be like most of the other men.

A Yun's father doted on his woman, and was often teased by the men. Even his mother-in-law had sat on the brick bed and mumbled to herself, a man like this wouldn't have much of a future ahead of him.

That's right, he only knew how to guard a hot bed for his wife and children. What future could he have? But, weren't those men who weren't afraid of their wives also living in this valley all their lives? It was just a show of power at home that allowed him to walk with his head held high before leaving the house.

People, close the door and live their own lives. Other people's lives, be it good or bad, just look at it.

A Yunniang was pleased for a moment, and thought of his own mother, and could not help but exclaim: "She, her mouth is so loose, like the waist of cotton pants."

filigree continued: Speaking of cotton pants, you don't know, in our parturient mother-in-law's room, there's actually a mouse. That night, the old lady was sleeping, and when she heard the crunching sound in the middle of the night, she didn't mind at all, but who would have thought that the next morning, she would wake up and see that my father-in-law's cotton pants were actually broken by the rat, revealing all of the cotton. The next day, I had no choice but to buy some medicine for her.

A Yunniang gave her an idea: "Put this medicine on top of the pumpkin s and don't put the potato chips on. The pumpkin s taste good, that's the mouse's favorite."

"Don't mention it, there was this medicine at home two days ago, and our boss wanted me to use the pumpkin s. In the end, the pumpkin s were half taken, and the medicine didn't even make a single move. Our old lady accidentally stepped on it when she was on the ground, and the medicine all stuck onto the old lady's shoes …"

They chatted for a while. The topic of conversation wandered from Chen Daniu's wife to the old lady's shoes.

Mian Niang sat at the front of the carriage as she patiently listened to the bustling and peaceful days. They were very far away from him, and also very close to him.

In such a trivial matter like this, the young master of the Marquis and the heir to the prince's household were obviously not on good terms with each other. But why did their family have to suffer from the same misfortune?

How long had it been since my mother had laughed and joked with others like this?

On Mother's face, even the smile had disappeared.

In his heart, he really hoped that his mom could be like them, sitting together and talking about random topics.

These days seemed a little far away, not something one could look forward to in a day.

She was patient and always felt that such a day would come later.

After Gu Wu ate dinner at Peach Blossom House, he rode his horse over.

When he arrived at the main gate of the Gu household and dismounted, the gatekeeper came to greet him as he saw him. He politely led the horse and called out, "Martial Lord, why have you come back?"

Gu Wu threw the horse whip to the guard and said while puffing: "You're not coming back? It's cold today, even colder than the border, you're really going to freeze me to death. "If I don't get home soon, my jaw might really freeze."

"Isn't it? The winter here is so cold. You'd better hurry in and let them make you a cup of hot ginger tea.

"No rush, where's the butler? I have something to tell him."

As Gu Wu spoke, he entered the courtyard, only to see a familiar figure flash past the shadow wall.