Chen Tingbi shook his head, staring straight at the gold thread plum in Luo Sanniang's hand, and said: "After the second sister counted the money, she turned her back to the door. I didn't see where she hid the money. "Mother-in-law, my second sister really has a lot of money. I'm not lying to you, it's all true."

Luo Sanniang stroked Chen Tingbi's little head and said with a smile: "Tingbi is good, my mother-in-law knows that Tingbi will not lie to her. My mother-in-law was just joking with you. Here, I'll give you this gold-threaded plum." , I’ll give you another piece of candy. If there is any movement in the west room in the future, Tingbi should come and inform her mother-in-law in time.”

Chen Tingbi snatched the golden plum and caramel and stuffed it into his mouth. His tongue kept licking the molasses on his fingers. He puffed his mouth and said, "Mother-in-law, I'll go back to the east room first. My mother I was beaten by my father again yesterday, so I went to persuade my mother." After saying that, he turned around and left the main room.

Luo Sanniang looked at Chen Tingbi with narrowed eyes. As his figure went away, the smile on Luo Sanniang's face gradually faded, until finally it turned into a sinister look on her face, and she said: "Tingjun, did you hear me clearly? "

Chen Tingjun walked out from behind the door curtain with his hands behind his back, and said with a sneer: "I heard clearly, mother-in-law, what do you want me to do?"

Chen Tingjun is different from Chen Tingbi. His face is thin and angular, and he has striking triangular eyes. He is very similar to his father. His temperament is also quite similar. Although he is not old, he is even younger than his second sister Chen Bing. He was two years old, but he was more vicious and cruel than his father.

Luo Sanniang took out another piece of gold-threaded plum blossom and threw it to Chen Tingjun, saying: "Tingbi is still young, so many things may not be clear. I don't believe him at all when he says Erniang has so much money." . But just because Tingbi is young, he can't tell that kind of lie, so I feel that there is something fishy about this matter. Tingjun, my mother-in-law knows that you are usually cautious and you listen to her words very much. My mother-in-law makes you keep a close eye on me. Er Niang, see if she really has a lot of money. Well, you should go back to the east room. Tingbi said that your mother was beaten again yesterday, so you should go back and try to persuade your mother."

Chen Tingjun still had a stern face and cold eyes, and said: "My mother has been beaten by my father all the time. She is a useless person and should be beaten." After that, he stopped talking, left the main room, and went back to the east room. .

Luo Sanniang got up and returned to the inner hall, sat on the edge of the bed, and said, "David, you heard everything. I still don't believe that Er Niang has that much money. How do you think about this?"

Chen Dawei struggled to stand up and said: "I don't have any opinion. Whether Erniang is really rich or fake, I don't care. If you want to understand this matter, you have to go to Xingzu on the body."

Luo Sanniang asked: "Why? Didn't Tingbi say that Er Niang was counting the money?"

Chen Dawei shook his head and sneered, and said: "Er Niang is just a fisherman's girl from the countryside, and her craftsmanship is poor. She doesn't sell fish, and she doesn't sell needlework to support her family. She has no income, so this money cannot be Er Niang's. Yes, the most we can say is that Er Niang helped count the money."

Luo Sanniang suddenly understood and said: "I understand, you mean that Xingzu did not hand over all the money from selling fish to me, but secretly hid part of it himself?"

Chen David smiled and said: "Sanniang, the fish seller is Xingzu. Naturally, only Xingzu in the family has access to the money. Then no one else can do this except him."

Luo Sanniang asked again: "Then what should I ask Ting Jun to do?"

Chen David said: "It's useless for you to let Tingjun keep an eye on Er Niang. But this matter should not be rushed. You can talk to Tingjun another day and ask him to pay more attention to Xingzu's daily behavior and words."

Luo Sanniang nodded and said: "If Ting Jun really finds out that Chen Xingzu is hiding the money, what should he do?"

Chen David sneered and whispered a few words to Luo Sanniang. Luo Sanniang looked happy and said with a smile: "Okay, I will do as you say."

Early the next morning, Chen Bing put a jar of isinglass, firewood and a candle into his backpack, and couldn't wait to run to the old house. Since Chen Tingyao had finished the work in his field in the past few days, so

Today, he and Chen Xingzu went out to Taihu Lake to fish together, so Chen Bing had some free time. Along the way, Chen Bing felt very proud and kept humming various ditties, and was in a good mood.

"Oh, isn't this the second mother of the Chen family who sold it to Yuan Li? How come she is free this morning? Ah, Yang Yuniang, do you think she ran out secretly on her own?" The speaker was Yang Yuniang's neighbor.

, Zhang Ersao, a famous talkative woman in Huahu Village. She speaks in a rough voice. She is also tall, fat and strong. She does not look like a woman, but more like a butcher.

Yang Yuniang snorted and said, "I guess it's probably because that member Li had enough fun and threw him out. He had nowhere to go, so he came back to Huahu Village."

Chen Bing ignored the two of them and continued on his way. Unexpectedly, the second sister-in-law Zhang was unwilling to let go, and kept shouting from behind: "Yu Niang, there have never been prostitutes in Huahu Village before.

Something like this happened, and this little girl was so naughty that she became the first person in this village to be sold. I wonder if she still has the shame to come back."

Yang Yuniang echoed: "What Sister-in-law Zhang said is absolutely correct. If it were me, I wouldn't have the nerve to come back to Huahu Village. I would have committed suicide long ago."

Sister-in-law Zhang put one hand on her hips and pointed at Chen Bing with the other, somewhat like "pointing the country". She said: "Tsk, tsk, I don't understand. Leave the good Yu Niang alone. This Mei Decai is also a brainless person."

, but I just fell in love with the second mother-in-law of the Chen family who is both capable of being a husband."

Yang Yuniang said: "Brother Decai was just temporarily blinded by this little girl. When he saw clearly what kind of person she was, he naturally disliked her."

Second Sister-in-law Zhang laughed loudly and said: "Mother Yang Yu, you probably don't know that this little girl once had an affair with that Fang Mengshan. She is such a watery woman!"

Yang Yuniang said harmoniously: "Yes, one day I saw this little girl coming out of Fang Mengshan's house. Humph, it goes without saying what the universe did in broad daylight."

These two people said something to each other, sang and harmonious, and they all poured out the most vicious words against women in the world on Chen Bing. It seemed that they were talking about something "interesting". As they talked, these two people

They all laughed again.

Chen Bing, who didn't want to argue with these two people, couldn't bear it anymore. He turned around and looked at Yang Yuniang and Zhang Ersao coldly, and sneered: "Yang Yuniang, I don't want to talk to you anymore about this matter. I will only say it for the last time."

, this deed of sale is fake. I remember my brother once said this to you. I'm afraid you have forgotten it. If you need me to help you recall your memories, why don't you and I go to the elder's home now?

, ask him to come and explain it clearly to you, would you like it? If the elder can't make you remember the past, then you can go to Li Zheng's place."

Yang Yuniang felt quite guilty, and her voice was no longer as loud as before. She lowered her voice and said, "Just go, I'm afraid you won't make it."

Chen Bingbing laughed and ignored her, but looked directly at Zhang Er's sister-in-law without saying a word. Her eyes were cold, as if she could see into people's hearts. Zhang Er's sister-in-law was so frightened by her look that she said timidly. : "You, you keep watching what I do."

Chen Bing suddenly felt funny, thinking that the second sister-in-law in this picture looked very fierce, but she was actually a big loser who was strong on the outside but was a good talker on weekdays. She even spread rumors about an affair between me and Fang Mengshan, who was the bastard in this village. Daorou, if these words reach his ears, will this second sister-in-law still have a good life? Chen Bing already had some concerns in his heart, so he snorted coldly and said: "My father very clearly rejected Mei Decai's proposal of marriage. I have nothing to do with him. It doesn't matter whether your sister-in-law Zhang likes Mei Decai or whether Yang Yuniang is determined to take Mei Decai. It has nothing to do with me. Don't involve me anymore, otherwise you will have to do it. I'll go with you, Mrs. Zhang, to the elders for review." After Chen Bing finished speaking, he ignored the two of them.

Since the weather has been cloudy and rainy these past few days, the already narrow village road has become even more winding due to the water in the mud pits on both sides.

Yang Yuniang winked at Zhang Er's sister-in-law. Zhang Er's sister-in-law understood and walked quickly to Chen Bing, trying to squeeze her into the mud pit beside the road and make her look embarrassed. Chen Bing had already noticed this with her peripheral vision. She pretended not to notice and continued. As he hurried forward, his right hand had already secretly used the orchid hand technique. When Zhang Ersao came closer, in just a moment, Chen Bing had already used the orchid technique to gently caress her Tianshu, Wailing and Return points. The second sister-in-law Zhang thought she was going to succeed. When she was about to use her fat buttocks to squeeze out Chen Bing, she suddenly felt numbness in her lower body. She completely lost control and fell headlong into the mud pond on the roadside. Yang Yuniang was so frightened that she hurriedly ran to pull up the second sister-in-law Zhang in the mud. But how could she, with her thin hands and feet, pull up the tall and thick second sister-in-law Zhang? Instead, she was caught by the second sister-in-law Zhang and fell into the mud. middle.

Chen Bing felt relieved. She didn't expect that the orchid acupuncture hand would be successful for the first time today, and she felt very proud. When she heard the two people behind her yelling and scolding, she didn't feel dissatisfied and ignored them. He quickly left the dirt road between villages.

Yang Yuniang and Zhang Er's wife's fussing didn't seem to affect Chen Bing's mood. Because the earthen courtyard wall was in disrepair for a long time, Chen Bing opened the courtyard door softly, fearing that it would be damaged by using too much force, and then closed it carefully. Got on it.

Due to the rain in the past few days, the courtyard is also in a mess. The originally empty courtyard has grown clumps of green grass because of the warmer weather. The roof of the main hall has collapsed after these rains. It looked even more dilapidated and dilapidated.

Chen Bing opened the door of the east kitchen anxiously. Fortunately, the already complete east kitchen did not disappoint Chen Bing. It was still very dry inside, and the sulfur, saltpeter, and flint piled in it were all intact.

Chen Bing opened the window of the east kitchen to increase the ventilation. He thought to himself: "I learned chemistry pretty well in my previous life, but time has passed, and now I can only rely on my own memory to do it step by step. Well, let's do it first. Prepare the small wooden strips." With this in mind, Chen Bing chipped the wood chips piled in the kitchen into small wooden strips the size of toothpicks. Chen Bing had never done such manual work, and he was not very good at it at the beginning. She used her hands to cut the pieces of different sizes and thicknesses. It is said that practice makes perfect, and she found the key as she continued to do it. The more she cut, the faster she became, the more skillful she became, and the faster she became faster.

It took about half an hour to finally finish cutting one hundred and twenty small wooden strips. Chen Bing breathed a sigh of relief, used the orchid technique to knead the Tianzong point and Jugu point on his shoulders, and felt relieved.

Incomparable.


Chapter completed!