Spoiling my mistress and swallowing my dowry? After my rebirth, I changed my marriage to a powerful

On the morning of the 17th, the people who were waiting in Yin Jinan's yard finally heard the noise.

Ma Chenyang came back from his hometown.

He used the key to open the outer door and entered the west room. Seeing that the door was closed and the horses were not in the stable, he knew that Yin Jinan and Jiutian must have gone out for something.

He swept the yard clean and threw all the snow into the big pond outside.

After tidying up the yard, I started kneading the dough and making steamed buns.

When the weather is cold, steamed buns can be kept for two days.

In case Jinyi Gongzi and Jiutian come back, we can just heat it up and eat it anytime.

After steaming the steamed buns, I took out the winter spinach I brought from my hometown, picked it clean, and went to buy some meat, chop it into stuffing and marinate it.

It was a busy morning.

The two hidden people: ...

They suspected that Zhang Xiangliang was lying and perhaps Xiao Jinan did not live here.

In the inn, the nobleman's men said to the shopkeeper Sheng, "Tell the groom to come over and talk to my master."

Shopkeeper Sheng happily agreed.

Zhang Xiangliang took a rag and went to the guest room on the second floor diligently.

The guest was still talking to him through the screen, and his voice sounded very gentle, but he felt that the man was not very old.

"Zhang Xiangliang, Jinyi used to be your neighbor?"

"Yes, he lives in the old house of the Cui family, not far from my home."

"You have a good relationship with him?"

"It's hard to say. We are all neighbors and we help each other when there is something wrong."

"Oh, what did he do for you?"

"He didn't help the younger one. It was the younger one's mother who helped him and occasionally gave him some food."

"You mean he was starving?"

Zhang Xiangliang didn't know what the other party meant, and he couldn't see his expression through the screen.

He is an honest man, but not a fool.

Is this person Jinyi’s relative or enemy?

"The Trefford family treated him very badly. They chained him up in the old house and didn't bring him any food. He seemed to be eaten by rats and weasels...

Sometimes, he would shout loudly at night and scratch the door and bed, which kept us awake..."

"Well, does he howl every day, or only occasionally?"

"It's not every day, but maybe once a month."

Zhang Xiangliang had never counted how many times he howled, but Jinyi howled two or three times during the four months he was locked up in the Cui family's old house.

Thinking about Jinyi howling in the old house those days was really too tragic and creepy.

Like, a wolf!

In fact, when it comes down to it, his mother only brought him half a bowl of porridge on August 16th, and Jinyi crawled out by himself. He usually didn't dare to go in.

Because Trefford said that Jinyi was a monster and they would not be responsible if anyone was bitten to death and eaten by him.

The man behind the screen seemed to be thinking. After a while, he asked again: "When was the last time you saw him?"

"His leg was broken, and the doctor in town said that the bone in his leg was too badly broken and could never be healed. He moved to his current yard and has never left. No one in town has seen him."

"What else do you know about him?"

"Reporting to the distinguished guest, I have not had much contact with Jin Yi, and I don't know anything else."

The man inside didn't ask any more questions, but just said, "Reward~"

Then someone came out and gave him another ten taels of silver.

The man who gave him the silver said, "Zhang Xiangliang, you are not allowed to tell anyone that my master wanted to talk to you, otherwise you will bear the consequences yourself."

Zhang Xiangliang nodded solemnly.

He wouldn't tell anyone else, but he wanted to tell Jiu Tian.

In case these people are bad guys, he should remind Jiu Tian and that fool.

At 5 p.m., he got off work at the inn. Shopkeeper Sheng called him to the small lounge behind the counter and asked with a smile, "Xiang Liang, are you going to help the noble again?"

"The guest asked me to come over and ask some questions."

"Zhang Xiangliang, you are quite honest and don't know the dangers of the world. I just want to remind you that when you are out, you should talk as little as possible and keep your mouth shut if you can. Look, there are so many servants in the store, why do they keep asking you questions? Don't the others know that there is a reward?"

Shopkeeper Sheng reminded him that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and that outsiders' food and money are not given for free.

Zhang Xiangliang's heart trembled, and he bowed respectfully to Shopkeeper Sheng and said, "Thank you for your advice, Shopkeeper Sheng. I understand now."

After leaving the inn, Zhang Xiangliang went to the bun shop, bought a freshly baked lotus leaf bun, and went to Aunt Zhang's place.

Aunt Zhang and Zhang Xiangxiu were spinning yarn and making shoes at home.

"Mom, are you busy?" Zhang Xiangliang handed the buns to Aunt Zhang, "These are hot buns fresh from the oven, Mom, please have some."

Aunt Zhang doesn't like Ye Ting, but she has no grudge against Zhang Xiangliang. Besides, she feels sorry for her son because he is honest.

Zhang Xiangliang told her that he was working at Shenglong Inn and had nothing to do anyway.

My second brother and father were not at home. They went to the county town to find work.

Zhang Xiangliang stuffed the ten taels of silver he had just received from the nobleman into Aunt Zhang's pocket and said, "Mother, take this."

Aunt Zhang didn't answer.

"Where did you get the money?"

"I was feeding the nobleman's horse at the inn. The nobleman gave it to me as a reward."

"Then take it back. You can do some small business in the future. When we split up the family business, I don't want your things either."

"Mother, the nobleman has rewarded me three times, a total of twenty-one taels of silver. I have kept eleven taels at home, which is enough for me to spend."

Aunt Zhang suddenly became alert. What kind of noble person would give her twenty-one taels of silver in three days?

She immediately asked Zhang Xiangliang what he had done. She didn't believe that he could get so much reward just for helping to feed the horses.

Zhang Xiangliang had some questions in his mind, so he told Aunt Zhang everything that had happened in the past few days and also told her what Shopkeeper Sheng had said.

Aunt Zhang was immediately anxious: "You are confused. Which of the waiters in the inn is not a local? That noble man didn't ask anyone else, but only asked you for money?"

"Then, mother, why did he ask me? I'm not a talkative person, and I didn't know them at all before."

Why else? Those cunning people won't answer questions, so they won't ask any more. But you, my son, are honest and answer whatever is asked.

"Son, they have been asking about Jin Yi and Jiu Tian in a roundabout way. These people must be the enemies of Jiu Tian and Jin Yi!"

Aunt Zhang said with certainty, "If it's a relative, there's no need to spend money to ask around. Can't you just find the head of the village or go to the house to look for him? Shopkeeper Sheng couldn't stand it and gave you a warning. You, silly son!"

"Don't worry, mom. I won't answer anything they ask me next time."

"If there is a reward, it must be a big deal. It may even cost someone's life."

Zhang Xiangliang gave the silver to Aunt Zhang. Aunt Zhang didn't want it at first and refused for a while. Seeing that he insisted on giving it to her, she said, "I'll keep it for you first. By the way, did Ye Ting give the silver you took back to his brother again?"

Zhang Xiangliang shook his head: "No, she hasn't returned to Yejia Village in the past few days."

"How do you know she didn't go back? Aren't you working at the inn during the day?"

Zhang Xiangliang was speechless.

Aunt Zhang felt bad and said, "Liang'er, you are so soft-hearted. If you give her all your assets, she will have to treat this place as her home to live well. Otherwise, if a rat appears in the house and keeps taking things out, your life will become worse and worse."

Zhang Xiangliang sat here for a while, then hurried back home. When he got home, he saw that the yard was very clean, and he felt warm in his heart.

When I entered the room, I found that Ye Xuyang and his wife and Ye Wei were all there.

"Xiang Liang is back?" Ye Xuyang greeted him indifferently.

Sister-in-law Wu was also unhappy and said, "You two are splitting up right after you got married. Are you bullying the Ye family because they have no one left?"

Zhang Xiangliang was unable to tell the real reason, and seeing Ye Ting pinching the corner of her clothes with a pitiful look on her face, his heart softened and he took all the responsibility on himself.

"The family will have to be divided sooner or later. I have the strength and now I am working in the inn. This way, any profit in the future will belong to both of us."

Ye Ting also shed tears and said, "Brother and sister-in-law, it's all my fault. I am not liked by my parents-in-law, and even my brother-in-law and sister-in-law don't like me..."

Wu was furious and said angrily, "You are the eldest sister-in-law. It is not the turn of the younger brother-in-law and sister-in-law to step on you whether they like you or not. I want to go and see these two great people. At worst, I will tear my face off and yell at them in Longmen Town."

Zhang Xiangliang suddenly became anxious. Wu was yelling at his brother and sister in Longmen Town, which was publicly ruining their reputation. They could forget about getting married in the future.

"Brother, sister-in-law, the division of the family was decided by my father and me. We were thinking about dividing the family as soon as possible before we got married. If we don't divide the family, we will only have one room to live in, which is too crowded."

He said that the old house had a large plot of land, and he was rich now, so he could just build a house on the original spot. Ye Ting would be in charge of all matters at home, and it would be much more comfortable than living in the original yard.

Ye Xuyang asked: "Do you have money to build a house?"

"When the family was divided, my mother gave us 550 kilograms of grain and 10 taels of silver. I received another 11 taels of silver in the past few days. Next year, I can build three new houses with waist-high brick walls and eight bricks on the roof."

He kept silent about the reward he received today.

When Mrs. Wu heard this, she blinked and said enviously, "The inn gives so much silver?"

"The wages were only three hundred coins, and I was rewarded because a distinguished guest was here."

"That's great. You've received eleven taels of reward in three days. Wouldn't you receive hundreds of taels of reward in a month? That's more than a thousand taels a year!" Mrs. Wu patted Ye Ting's hand and said, "Sister, you're a rich man now!"

Ye Ting also pursed her lips and smiled.

Ye Wei said, "Aunt is a rich person. I want to eat sugar balls. Please buy me some freshly baked sugar balls. I want to take them back and make Xiaopang and the others envious."

Wu slapped him and scolded him, "What do you want with the candy balls? It would be better if your aunt bought you some paper to practice calligraphy."

Zhang Xiangliang didn't say anything. Everything else was fine, but the paper, pens and books were extremely expensive.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Ye Xuyang's family wanted to go back, but Ye Wei refused to leave and shouted at the top of his voice: "Auntie, I want to eat candy balls."

Ye Ting said awkwardly: "Next time, next time I will buy it for you."

Zhang Xiangliang felt that when relatives came to visit, the children always asked for candy balls, and he would feel bad if he didn't buy some, so he said, "Tingting, buy him a few and take them back."

Ye Ting said shyly: "No, it's getting dark..."

Zhang Xiangliang looked at her and felt his heart skip a beat. He said sternly, "Go, get the money and buy it for him."

Wu saw that something was wrong and hurriedly pulled Ye Wei out, cursing as she walked: "What are you eating? It's getting dark, go home quickly."

Ye Wei kept cursing all the way, saying that he would never come to his aunt's house again, saying that she was so stingy that she didn't even want to buy her a string of candies.

They walked away, and Zhang Xiangliang and Ye Ting entered the house.

Zhang Xiangliang locked the outer door, looked at Ye Ting coldly, and said without giving any time for explanation: "Show me the silver from the division of the family and the reward silver I gave you!"