Maid of a wealthy family

Chapter 48
It's true, it was born prematurely by the chrysanthemum.When Ran Longgui slammed his foot on Chrysanthemum's lower abdomen with a force that could knock down a mountain, the point of force was on the position of this unfortunate little thing.He slipped out of his mother's belly after Chrysanthemum fell into a coma.Later, when Ran Longgui went to hug the chrysanthemum, he fell from the chrysanthemum's fat trousers and fell to the ground.Therefore, when Chrysanthemum woke up, she tried hard to remember where the premature fetus was, but she couldn't.

The old lady looked at it for a while, then suddenly threw away the lantern in her hand, and sat down on the ground, as if she had lost her ancestors, slapping her thighs with her hands, and Hao Tao burst into tears: "My God, what crime did the Lan family do? You want our Lan Mansion to have no sons or grandsons! My God..."

Then, Ning also sobbed "Yingying".

On the contrary, Lan Hongen held back the sadness in his heart. Seeing that the old lady was crying like she was dying, she hurried over to persuade her, "Mother, don't cry! It's God's will, you can't live without crying!"

While wiping her tears, Ning also went over and said: "Mother, if you want to be more open, as long as Hong En is here, it will be a blessing in misfortune. Let's find a girl to have a baby in the future. There are many mean women in the world." , what Ning said was completely from the bottom of his heart.

After crying for a while, the old lady stopped.

The next day, Lan Hongen wrapped up the ball of flesh and blood and asked the butler to take it out and bury it quietly.

They knew Chrysanthemum would not come back.

After burying the mass of flesh and blood, Ning and the old lady went to the room where Chrysanthemum lived, and packed up the things that Chrysanthemum had used.Ning shuffled through the clothes that Juhua had worn, looked at the bed where Juhua had slept, and the scene of Lan Hongen and Juhua entangled flashed in front of her eyes.She was inexplicably jealous again, so she turned her head and said to the old lady: "Mother, take out these clothes and burn them!"

The old lady thought for a while and said, "Keep it, someone will need it in the future."

After hearing this, Ning seemed to understand something, so she didn't say anything, folded those clothes and put them back in the closet.Finally, Ning took out the bundle that Chrysanthemum brought from home.Open it, and shake out the rough clothes from the bundle.At this time, Ning seemed to have a sworn hatred with these clothes, and angrily and contemptuously threw these clothes on the ground one by one.As he was throwing it, he suddenly heard a "wow", and a pair of bracelets fell to the ground.Both Ning and the old lady were shocked at the same time.Ning picked up the pair of bracelets and saw that the workmanship was rough and the color was dull, so she knew it was not from their family, so she handed it to the old lady and said, "Mother, look, what kind of fake thing is it?"

The old lady looked at it and said lightly, "Throw it away."

Ning raised her hand and threw the bracelet out of the window.The ancestral treasures that Ran Longgui gave to the chrysanthemums spun a few times in the air, and then fell on the stone ground in the garden, smashed to pieces.

After throwing away a pair, suddenly another pair was shaken out of the clothes.This is a pair of genuine jade bangles.Ning knew that such an exquisite thing was definitely not brought from home by chrysanthemums.She wiped it carefully with her hands, and then showed it to the old lady.The old lady looked at it for a while and said, "Put it away."

Ning Shi treasured the bracelet in her bosom.After shaking the clothes, only the silver collar and longevity lock were left in the baggage.When Ning saw it, she called out: "Mother, look, what is this?" She grabbed the silver Xiangyin and the longevity lock in her hand.

When the old lady saw it, she hurriedly took it.After a while, the old lady's complexion changed, and she trembled as if suffering from a cold and fever.She looked at those two things again and again, and the scene of Lan Horn's loss of the collar and longevity lock 20 years ago suddenly emerged.Then, like a revolving lantern, the old lady remembered her husband having an affair with Wang Ma, and asking Wang Ma to go home to have a baby, and the words that Wang Ma yelled out that night when she was about to die.The old lady suddenly realized something.Her lips trembled, and so did the wrinkles on her face.When Ning saw it, she hurriedly asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you?"

The old lady stared blankly at the things in her hand, her face was pale, as if struck by lightning.Ning asked again, and the old lady came back to her senses, and said in a disguised way: "No, it's nothing! Take, take out these clothes and burn them. Burn them, so as not to leave any foul smell!"

When Ning heard this, she wrapped up the chrysanthemums that had been thrown on the ground, took them to the garden, and set them on fire.

Here the old lady was still trembling, unable to speak for a long time. After a long time, she walked downstairs and murmured to herself: "God has eyes, let her die! Die forever! "

Sleeping on the bed at night, Ning saw that Lan Hongen was in a daze, looking a little distracted, so she leaned against Lan Hongen and asked softly: "Why, are you still thinking about that bitch?"

Lan Horn sighed, but did not answer.Seeing this, Ning smiled slightly, took out the pair of jade bracelets from her bosom, stuffed them into Lan Hongen's hands, and said softly, "Here you are!"

Lan Horn was startled and said, "What?"

Ning said with infinite style: "Keep it, it will be useful in the future." After finishing speaking, he could only smile indescribably when he saw Lan Hongen.

Lan Hongen looked at the bracelet, then at Ning's, and suddenly came to his senses.He hugged Ning Shi impulsively, while wrapping his two bare legs around Ning Shi's two slender thighs, as if he couldn't restrain his deep love for Ning Shi, he called Ning Shi eagerly. Her name said: "Huijuan, Huijuan, my heart..."

Shouting, he got entangled with Ning Shi.

In the following days, Lan Mansion quickly recovered its calm.No one talks about chrysanthemums anymore.The joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys brought by chrysanthemums to Lanfu are like a very small stone thrown into the water surface of a lotus pond. After a burst of thin microwaves, there is no trace left.Lan Hongen, the old lady, and Ning's each started their new tasks.

On this day, there was a fair in Liujiang Field, and Lan Hongen and the butler appeared early in the morning at the busiest place in Liujiang Field—the grocery market.

After meeting a strong man in Lan Mansion, Lan Hongen has never been out of the house, so there are various rumors in the society.Some said that he was sent to the West by strongmen that night, while others said that he was dragged into a "fat pig" by bandits, and he is still locked up in the "pen", waiting for "food expenses".The purpose of Lan Horn's appearance in public today is to dispel rumors and set the record straight.The second is to buy a batch of soft-shelled turtles to go back and keep them in Quchi, so that they can nourish their bodies in winter.Sure enough, as soon as they walked into the place where aquatic products and fish products, whole grains, dried fruits and fresh vegetables, and scholars, farmers, industry, and merchants gathered, people's eyes widened in surprise, and they looked at Lan Hongen as if they were looking at a visitor from outside the sky.Then, like a hundred birds facing a phoenix, they clasped their fists and greeted Lan Hongen: "Master Lan 1 "Master is also coming to the market?" " "What does the master want?" "

Lan Hongen deliberately slowed down his pace, smiling and waving as if reviewing the crowd.After walking around the market in this way, I came to the aquatic products market and stopped in front of a man selling soft-shelled turtles.

When the fish seller looked up, he saw Master Lan staring at his soft-shelled turtle, he quickly stood up and said, "Master, you are looking for a soft-shelled turtle, and you have found the right one! This fish was just caught from the Shahe River yesterday afternoon."

Lan Hongen looked at the fish seller with a flattering smile on his face, then at the few soft-shelled turtles crawling in the basket with their necks outstretched, and said to the butler, "Buy it."

When the man heard this, he immediately smiled brighter as if he had met a living Bodhisattva, and said, "Hey, my master has good eyesight! This soft-shelled turtle meat is a great tonic. A benevolent and righteous man like the master should live a long life."

After hearing this, Lan Hongen was very pleased, and seeing many business people gathered around to look at them, he asked, "What price?"

The fish seller immediately said: "The price is not cheap, easy to talk about! If someone else buys this fish, it will cost you two yuan per catty. A benevolent person like the master buys it, and a villain doesn't want a penny. He is willing to honor all of them."

After hearing this, Lan Hongen smiled again, and immediately said to the butler, "Give him three yuan and a catty! It's not easy for him to work hard." In such public occasions, Lan Hongen paid great attention to his own image.

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, there was a sound of "tsk tsk" admiration from around.The fish seller was so happy that he almost kowtowed to Lan Hongen, and said, "Master, it's really hard to find a good person like you in the world."

After buying the soft-shelled turtle, Lan Hongen wandered out with the butler, and just before arriving at the rice shop, he happened to meet the head of the group who was also closed in front of the "Wang Ji Mi Xing".When Lan Hongen saw it, he immediately smiled and bowed his head and said, "Oh, brother Tuanzong came to the market in person to show compassion for the people."

The fat-headed and fat-eared Tuanzong didn't hear the irony in Lan Hongen's words. Instead, he replied smugly and solemnly: "How dare you be a humble official! But as the head of a township regiment, you can clearly detect profiteers and cheat. due responsibility."

Lan Hongen was amused when he saw the extremely stupid expression of the head of the regiment, and was about to sarcasm a few more words when he suddenly heard a noise from the place where "Wang Ji Mi Xing" bought rice.Lan Hongen immediately swallowed the words he was going to say, and looked back at Mi Xing.I saw an old man looking at the owner of the rice shop in front of the big bucket of rice, and said pitifully, "Master, that's not right! My rice at home is full of one bucket and two liters. How did it become nine liters?"

The owner of Mihang was wearing a long gown, with a sharp mouth and a sharp face. After hearing what the old man said, his eyes widened. He stared at the old man and said, "What? Do you dare to say that I am fighting like a dignified Mixing? Tell you, my fight is called 'Heavenly principles and conscience' fight, young and old do not bully."

After hearing this, the old man begged pitifully, "My lord, take pity on me! There are still sick people at home. We saved this rice from our teeth."

The owner of Mihang said: "I am a businessman, and I only talk about doing business. You said that my fight is wrong, what is wrong, you can tell me?"

Seeing this, the old man stayed there for a while, with an air of not being able to hide, suddenly stretched out his hand to pour out the rice, and said, "I won't sell this rice anymore."

But the boss of Mihang pressed his hand and said, "Don't sell it? You put it lightly! There are eyes first, and then there is business. If the business is negotiated, can you not sell it?"

When Lan Hongen saw him, he was about to go over to persuade him, but suddenly he saw the boss of Mihang blinking at the head of the group.Lan Hongen hurriedly turned his head, and happened to meet the eyes of the head of the regiment beckoning to the boss of Mihang.At this moment, Lan Hongen suddenly realized something.He thought for a moment, then suddenly walked over with a sullen face, and yelled: "Get out of the way."

Everyone immediately gave way.

The owner of Mihang seemed surprised when he saw him, but he immediately greeted him with a smiling face, and said, "Huo, it's Mr. Lan who is here! Mr. Lan, please—" He said, bowing to Lan Hongen Made a gesture of please.

Lan Hongen was unmoved, walked to the rice bucket, asked the old man to hold up the pocket, and poured the rice in the bucket into the old man's pocket with a "wow".

The old man immediately knelt down to Lan Hongen and said, "Master, you have saved my family's life!"

Lan Horn said, "Get up quickly, old man."

The old man immediately got up and left.

Only then did Lan Hongen take a closer look at the bucket, then called the big housekeeper to his side, and said loudly, "Go back immediately and bring one of our buckets and hang it here." The big housekeeper didn't dare to neglect , ran back immediately.Here Lan Hongen brought the bucket in front of the head of the regiment, and said, "Sir, don't you say that you want to clearly detect illegal businessmen? How about taking this bucket back for inspection?"

The head of the regiment paused for a moment, with an embarrassing look on his face, but he still took the fight and said, "Brother Lanxian ordered, how dare you not follow the humble post?" Saying this, he took the fight and walked away resentfully.

After about half an hour, the head housekeeper came, panting, carrying a bucket.Lan Hongen took the bucket, hung it where it was, and then turned around and said to everyone: "Dear fellows, I'm hanging a bucket here. This bucket is called a fair bucket. If you want to buy and sell, you can put it here if you make any mistakes. Fight again. There will be no difference in this fight."

Everyone cheered after hearing this: "Master Lan, you are really good!" "With the master making the decision, we don't have to worry about being played by others anymore!"

After hearing this, Lan Hongen hurriedly said: "Don't thank me, everyone! Anyone who is framed and exploited by unscrupulous businessmen will come to me directly, and Lan will definitely be the master for everyone." After speaking, he left with the big housekeeper.

On the way, Lan Hongen quietly said to the butler, "Have you seen the name? It must be that the head of the regiment and the owner of the rice shop colluded with each other to collect rice in a big fight, exploit the people, and fill their own pockets!"

After hearing this, the butler smiled secretly and said, "If this is the case, master, the time has come for you to take his place."

Lan Hongen's heart was shocked, but he didn't show his expression, and said: "I guess they still have to make a fuss about the fighting. Next market day, you can go and have a look quietly, and report back in time if you find anything."

The big housekeeper understood, and said, "Don't worry, master, I will definitely investigate."

On the second market day, the butler really went to the market early.Not long after, he ran back in a hurry and said to Lan Hongen: "Master, as expected, they made a fuss about fighting!"

Lan Hongen hurriedly asked: "What's going on?"

The housekeeper said: "As soon as I walked to the rice market, I heard people talking about it, saying that our family's bucket is also a deceitful bucket, bigger than Boss Wang's bucket, and a bucket of rice is only eight liters, and there are even worse things. Said that the master is a hypocrite. When I heard it, my lungs almost exploded, and I hurried over to have a look, only to find that the bucket is not ours at all, and has been replaced by someone."

After hearing this, Lan Horn frowned and walked up and down.After a while, he raised his head and said to the butler, "Take another one, engrave the name of Lan Fu on it, and hang it again."

The butler was stunned for a while, then became happy, and said, "Yes, no one would dare to change the name if it is engraved!" After speaking, he went to do it immediately.

However, this bucket with "Lan Ji" engraved on it was stolen within less than a day.

This morning, Lan Hongen was meeting a guest in the middle living room, when he suddenly heard a mournful cry from outside the door.Lan Horn hurried out.I saw more than a dozen countrymen in ragged clothes, shouting around the chaomen.Lan Hongen hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"

When those people saw him, they all knelt on the ground and said, "Master Lan, let us decide."

Lan Hongen quickly said: "If you have something to say, don't kneel on the ground."

Then everyone stood up and said, "Master, the fair fight you hung up yesterday was taken off and replaced with a big fight. We were tricked by people, and we were beaten by the boss of Mihang. A meal. Master, make decisions for us."

After hearing this, Lan Hongen gritted his teeth for a while, and then said to everyone: "Okay, everyone, go back, I know all about it! They picked it up, and I'll hang it up again. I'll see who has the guts to fight me again." .”

After everyone listened, there was another voice of thanking, and then they dispersed.After everyone left, Lan Hongen called the big steward to his side and told him to hang another bucket.Then he whispered a few words in the ear of the butler, and the butler left with a smile.

(End of this chapter)