If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

Wang Cuicui's mother passed away when she was very young.

My father was a butcher. He was almost 40 years old when he had this daughter. He raised her as a boy and made her very fierce.

She has a hot temper, but is reasonable and clear about gratitude and resentment.

Qin Shu walked over, squatted down beside her, and asked while folding paper money: "Sister-in-law, how is my brother's injury?"

Wang Cuicui stepped aside, her hands busy and her mouth swiftly, "When I got home yesterday, my father found a village doctor who specializes in treating falls and applied a plaster. It's not a serious problem, it just delayed my treatment."

The eldest aunt asked again, "What are you going to do in the future? An Zheng can't work for a while, and Zhu'er is too young."

Wang Cuicui answered readily, "When I was a girl, I followed my father to slaughter pigs and sell meat. Now that my father can no longer do it, he wants me to take over his craft."

Someone else asked, "So you're going to live with your father from now on and never come back?"

Wang Cuicui raised her eyebrows, "How can I not come back? Don't we still have the old house? If I don't come back, it might be taken over by some evil-minded person, and it would be a waste! Even if I come back just to take a look, I will come back. If anyone dares to touch my things, I will scold him to death!"

Qin Shu couldn't help but smile, "Sister-in-law, if you encounter difficulties and need help in the future, just go to the mansion and tell me."

Wang Cuicui was not polite either, "Okay, since my elder sister said this, my elder sister-in-law will definitely not be polite."

However, until Qin Shu and her family left Jinzhou, Wang Cuicui never went to the Qin Mansion for help once.

On the contrary, during every festival, some braised dishes and smoked meats would be sent to the Qin Mansion.

Qin Shu would not want her for nothing. Every year when the farm harvested, she would have someone send a portion to Wang Cuicui's family.

The two families interacted with each other and their relationship became much closer.

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After the anniversary of her parents' death, Qin Shu put the preparations for promoting the planting of new grain on the agenda.

To grow new crops, we need to recruit people.

Qin Shu sent several guards from the mansion back to their hometown to ask, and almost all the soldiers who had retired from the North Gate signed up.

The family of General Shen in the capital soon received the news.

The news was then passed to Beiguan.

It was New Year, the time of the year with the least fighting and the most peace.

Soldiers at the border and officials from prefectures, towns and counties were attending the banquet.

Also discuss the preparation of military rations.

When General Shen received the news, he knew that the lives of his former subordinates, whom he missed the most, had been settled. He was very happy and drank a few more glasses.

He looked at Cheng Mao, the magistrate of Qingyan County, and said with a rosy smile: "I remember that Lord Cheng used to work in Jinzhou?"

Cheng Mao felt a little sad, and forced a smile, saying, "General, I did work in Jinzhou before."

General Shen knew that he was exiled here and thought that he had offended the powerful in the court, so he comforted him casually: "It is normal for people to have ups and downs in their lives. Lord Cheng is an honest official who is diligent and capable. He will be evaluated as excellent this year, and he will be reinstated next year."

Cheng Mao bowed and said, "Thank you, old general."

General Shen waved his hand vigorously, raised his glass and gestured to Cheng Mao, "Sir Cheng, I need to drink a glass with you, come!"

Cheng Mao was quite flattered. He quickly picked up the wine glass, stood up, bowed to General Shen from a distance, and then drank the wine in one gulp.

However, he was feeling uneasy, wondering why General Shen suddenly looked at him differently.

This year, he also attended several banquets, but each time he sat at the last seat like an unknown person and could not even say a few words to the generals.

After General Shen drank the wine, he asked with a smile: "Since Lord Cheng is from Jinzhou, have you heard of Qin Jingyuan, the chief treasurer of Jinzhou?"

Cheng Mao was shocked and immediately bowed his hands and said, "General, my wife and the wife of the shopkeeper Qin were childhood friends."

General Shen looked very happy. "So your two families have such a connection? This is really a rare fate."

He sighed with deep emotion and said, "This shopkeeper Qin has raised a good daughter!"

Cheng Mao forced a smile, "Yes."

Ever since he came to Qingyan, he has always been in this frustrated state.

General Shen didn't take it seriously when he saw this. He just kept talking to himself, "The Qin family has a daughter who is righteous and filial. Her father brought back new grain seeds from a foreign country. She, a weak woman, actually led people to successfully plant the new grain."

"The emperor posthumously conferred the title of Marquis on the chief treasurer Qin, and appointed Qin's daughter as the military governor and imperial censor, and ordered her to go to Jin to promote grain planting."

General Shen was filled with emotion. "I heard that the original guards of the Qin Mansion died protecting their master, and this woman also treated the guards' parents, wives and children with kindness. Oh, by the way, most of the guards working in the Qin Mansion now are soldiers who retired from the North Gate in recent years. Such a loyal, filial and righteous woman is really admirable!"

Immediately, people nearby exclaimed in admiration, praising Qin Shu as a remarkable woman and a heroine, saying that although she was a woman, she was as ambitious as men.

Cheng Mao looked embarrassed, but he regretted it deeply in his heart: the worst decision he had made in his life was to underestimate Qin and agree to Qin Jingchang's proposal of marrying her in exchange.

Otherwise, he might have already gone to Beijing and filled the vacancy.

How could it have fallen to this point!

General Shen may not know why Cheng Mao was exiled, but Ji Yang Governor Chang Zhuo knows it well.

Chang Zhuo looked at Cheng Mao and said with a half-smile, "I heard that County Magistrate Cheng and Shopkeeper Qin were once in-laws?"

Cheng Mao's face changed, and before he could say anything, General Shen said "Oh?", "Children and relatives?"

He paused, his tone becoming heavy, "Was?"

Cheng Mao was so ashamed that he could not face himself. Under the gazes of the crowd, some mocking and some watching the show, he pulled his lips together with difficulty and said, "Yes."

General Shen was an upright man but not stupid. He understood the whole story after a little thought.

The originally enthusiastic expression turned cold in an instant.

At the following banquet, no one drank with Cheng Mao again, and no one talked to him.

No one paid any attention to him until the banquet was over.

Cheng Mao returned to the county government office feeling lost and depressed. As soon as he arrived at the backyard, his concubine Liu came up to him and handed him an envelope, "Master, this is a letter from Lady Jinzhou."

Cheng Mao just felt weak and exhausted. He sat on the chair with his back facing up, leaning against the back of the chair and closing his eyes to rest.

After a long time, he finally managed to stand up and opened the letter.

The letter was from Mrs. Cheng, telling him that Qin Shu had asked the Cheng family to return the 150,000 taels of silver that she had borrowed.

Cheng Mao looked at the letter and his hands shook like leaves in the wind.

As she was reading it, she suddenly covered her face with the letter and started crying.

He regrets it!

Why did you believe the instigation of a treacherous and vicious villain like Qin Jingchang?

If he hadn't been possessed by the devil, it wouldn't have come to this!

Why is this so!

Although no one mentioned the assessment at the banquet, Cheng Mao knew that his assessment was likely to fail!

If he still wants to leave Qingyan County, he can only place his hopes on his mentor, Grand Master Wei.