Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"Fifty taels?" Aunt Li immediately raised her voice with disdain. It was not that she looked down on the fifty taels, but the value of this news was far more than that silver.

What's more, Liuzhou is a wealthy county, and the county magistrate's wife is not short of money. She really doesn't think much of the fifty taels.

"How can an old woman like you accept such a large return gift?" Aunt Li waved her hands repeatedly, refusing to take the banknote from Shuangrui's hand.

When Mother Wu saw that Xie Cheng'an had no intention of adding more money, and saw the door curtain move, she turned back to the house and took another silver note of one hundred taels from Gu Qiongsi.

After coming out, Mother Wu handed it to Shuangrui with a bad look on her face and said to Aunt Li, "This is one hundred and fifty taels. Please have some tea, Aunt Li."

Aunt Li looked very embarrassed, but she still took it hesitantly, "I understand, don't worry, don't worry, I understand everything."

As she spoke, she opened the gate, looked back at a few people, and then ran away briskly.

"Shuangrui, follow me." Xie Cheng'an said with a sinister look.

Shuangrui bowed and immediately followed him out.

He was just following. He had not figured out what to do next. What he had to do now was to keep track of Mother Wu's movements at all times. If the opportunity was right, he didn't mind creating an accident.

At this time, Mother Wu's mind finally became clearer from the confusion just now, and her eyes unconsciously looked at the man standing in the corner of the yard with an embarrassed look on his face.

He still held the handle of the rocking chair in his hand, not knowing whether to leave or come up to greet.

Xie Cheng'an also looked in the direction Mother Wu was looking. He had seen the man just now, but he thought that the man was with Aunt Li.

Now it seems that it is not the case.

It's probably too late to let this man leave now. He already knows everything he should know. Just now, Aunt Li kept calling him "Xie Zhuangyuan". Even a fool should know it.

The man saw that both of them were looking at him, and he knew that he seemed to know some extraordinary information, so he blushed and said honestly, "Master, don't worry, I am not a talkative person."

Even so, Mother Wu's eyelids still twitched. Seeing that Xie Cheng'an did not take out the silver, she had to go back to the house and ask Gu Qiongsi to take out fifty taels of silver notes again.

Fortunately, the lady knew that the young lady was about to give birth, so she gave her more banknotes.

However, when she handed the fifty-liang silver note to the man, he did not stretch out his hand. "Well, for these two items, I only paid the deposit, and I haven't paid the balance yet."

As he spoke, he took out a receipt from his pocket and handed it to Xie Chengan with both hands.

It was clearly written on it that the deposit was twenty taels and the balance was sixty taels. The person who placed the order was called Wu Shan, whom they did not know.

"We don't know this person, and these items were not custom-made by us. Are you sure this is the address?" Xie Cheng'an asked with a frown.

"Yes, I asked around all the way here. He was talking about the third one in Luoguxiang, west of the city. He can't be wrong." The expression on the man's face became unnatural. Could it be that they wanted to default on their debt?

"Oh, young man, this is not Luoguxiang, this is Tongluoxiang. Take the banknotes and leave quickly." Mother Wu was already very annoyed. How could she encounter such a thing today?

The man scratched his head in embarrassment and said apologetically, "I'm so sorry. I just arrived in Beijing not long ago and I don't know the road conditions very well. Please forgive me."

As he spoke, he nodded and took the order form back into his hands, then grabbed the crib and rocking chair in each hand and walked out the door.

Mother Wu followed him with the banknote and stuffed it into his arms, then opened the door and let him go out.

However, things are far from over.

The man had just left and when Mother Wu was about to close the door, two more people came to the outside. They were the two classmates who had just had tea with Xie Chengan - Wu Yi and Zhang Yuanming.

Zhang Yuanming looked in disbelief as he saw Xie Chengan standing in the yard and trying to get into the house. "Brother Xie, Brother Xie, we finally found you. We really didn't expect you to live here..."

As he spoke, he pushed Mother Wu aside and rushed into the room, followed by Wu Yi.

When Xie Chengan saw that it was them, he was immediately surprised and asked, "Why are you two here? Didn't I tell you to accompany the teacher while I came here to deal with something and then leave?"

"Hmm? Just now a little kid came over and told us that you are in some trouble here, so the teacher asked us two to come over to help." Zhang Yuanming said as he looked at the narrow courtyard with interest.

How could Xie Cheng'an not understand that he must have been tricked today, but the person behind this was so despicable that he actually did such a thing.

"You two should go back first. I don't have any trouble here. I just came here to visit a relative." Xie Cheng'an suppressed his anger and spoke in a normal tone.

Zhang Yuanming and Wu Yi did not make it to the imperial examination this time. Although they maintained good relations with Xie Cheng'an on the surface, they had actually long been resentful. They had been dissatisfied for many days that Xie Cheng'an had passed the examination and become the top scorer. How could they let it go easily after encountering such a thing today?

"Thank you, brother. I just saw that brother bringing a crib and a rocking chair over. I guess my sister-in-law is about to give birth. How about we send her a gift today?" After Zhang Yuanming finished speaking, Wu Yi also nodded.

Then they both took out a banknote from their sleeves. Wu Yi smiled and handed it over, "We came here in a hurry and didn't bring much. Hey, that's not right. Brother Xie seems to have just been married for a few days?"

Xie Chengan frowned. Today's events were known to so many people at once, and there was no way these two people could silence them. This matter might not be able to be covered up in the future.

In the end, Xie Cheng'an did not accept the two silver bills. He sent the two away with a dark face, then locked the door and walked into the house with Mother Wu.

Seeing Gu Qiongsi standing at the door with her back to him, Xie Chengan gently hugged her waist and said, "Si'er, I'm afraid it's hard to hide what happened today. There must be someone behind this, and this is targeting us. How about I... take you into the mansion?"

Enter the mansion? Take him into the mansion?

Gu Qiongsi widened her eyes slightly. Xie Cheng'an had promised before to let her enter the mansion as his wife, but if he brought her in now, she would definitely not be his wife.

But now she had no reason to refuse. After thinking it over, she really had no other choice but to nod gently, and tears flowed from her eyes.

"Let Sanlang make the decision. As long as you remember what you said to Si'er, it will be fine." Gu Qiongsi murmured with infinite sadness.

It was she who gave advice to Xie Cheng'an, allowing him to marry Gu Xunwei smoothly. It was she who personally pushed her beloved man to Gu Xunwei's side. Now she has to humble herself and be a concubine in front of Gu Xunwei. It's really ridiculous.