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"Zesheng...shenger..."

Wang Xiuhe staggered, walked into the yard step by step, raised the corners of his mouth, and asked caringly as usual: "Why are you still sitting in the house so late?"

Fang Zesheng remained silent.

Then she took a few steps forward, and her eyes were full of tea mountains where she had been working hard for two months, "I forgot to tell you earlier that the delivery time was two days earlier. Heaven's business."

Fang Zesheng remained silent, and Wang Xiuhe's mouth trembled, "Didn't the son say that he was relieved of his aunt? Why did you bring all the tea back now? If you really want luck, why didn't you tell me? This is our own." Things, why bother the Fu family's boatmen to go back and forth?"

Fang Zesheng's deathly silence made Wang Xiuhe panic.

She didn't know why Fang Zesheng wanted to transport this batch of goods back to Fang's house, but she knew that if Fang Zesheng seized this opportunity, her years of hard work in building and building would fall short, and it would be difficult to turn around in the future.

Wang Xiuhe helped her hair, and forcibly calmed down, "Why doesn't your son speak? If you really want to count the batch of tea yourself, just tell me, what else can I do to stop you? Why bother with so much effort?" Going around in such a big circle?"

Fang Zesheng calmly said: "My aunt also said why there is such a big circle. Then why did you leave the goods in advance without telling me, and put a batch of fake goods at the ferry to pretend?"

Wang Xiuhe was speechless for a moment, opened the corner of his mouth, but couldn't utter a word for a long while.She avoided Fang Zesheng's gaze, rolled her eyes, and planned the next step.In the final analysis, no matter whether Fang Zesheng is in power at this time or not, Fang Zesheng is the real head of the Fang family. If the two of them really tear up their face, she may not be able to take advantage of it.It's also her fault that she always wanted to get Fang's house in a legitimate way, and waited for Fang Zesheng to take the initiative to give up her seat, but she didn't want to wait and wait, and still waited for this trap she had been guarding for a long time.

Wang Xiuhe was silent, and Fang Zesheng was not in a hurry, his dark eyes sparkled with fire. After a while, he motioned for the dumb uncle to take out a piece of paper with yellowed corners, walked to Wang Xiuhe, and handed it to her.

This piece of paper is quite old, and judging by the format of the handwriting, it should be an invoice for ordering. Wang Xiuhe squinted his eyes under the swaying firelight to read everything word by word, and his thumb landed on a small seal at the bottom of the invoice. .

The imprint and seal carving are exquisite, with only four characters "Zhengchuan Tea House".

Fang Zesheng asked, "Auntie, do you still remember this invoice?"

Wang Xiuhe saw the mark clearly, as if struck by lightning, his bloodshot eyes were full of disbelief, "Impossible."

"impossible--!"

20 years ago.

Snow falls in Chuzhou.

It has been snowing heavily for three days, and it will be half a foot high.

On the sunny day, the servants of the Fang family came to the door to sweep the snow, and dug out a girl in tattered clothes and covered with scars from the snowdrift.

The girl looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, with her curly hair curled up, she was already dying of cold.

The servant hurried to the study to report to Fang Changru.

Fang Changru was shocked when he heard that, and went out with his wife to check. Fortunately, he found a letter in the girl's package. The letter stated her name, where she came from, and what relationship she had with the Fang family. Accept her as a slave and let her survive.

Seeing that she was pitiful, Xie Junlan asked her servant to help her in, boiled water and decocted medicine for her, and sat by the bed to take care of her all day and night.

The girl was very grateful when she woke up, knelt on the bed and kowtowed again and again, crying tears all over her face because of the family affairs.

Xie Junlan learned that her family was poor, her mother remarried, her stepfather beat her or scolded her, and wanted to marry her to a rich fool for money, so she felt sorry for her experience and asked her to stay in Fang's house in the future and let her go to the tea shop Do a little favor.

Gradually, the girl's ability was revealed, she could settle accounts, and she could make good calculations that no one else could match.

Fang Changru didn't want to bury her talent, so he took her out of the business and taught her how to be a shopkeeper.

The girl was grateful to Dade, and devoted her whole heart to the Fang family's career, she worked tirelessly and never said she was tired.

Year after year, she manages more and more shops. The relatives of the Fang family are jealous and come to say that she is dominating the magpie's nest, pushing her out and ridiculing her. She never says a word.

At that time, a young man who admired her wanted to propose marriage to her, but she only considered for a while before refusing, "I would like to stay in Fang's family to repay my kindness all my life, no matter what others think of me, as long as my husband and wife treat me well, I will There will be no regrets.”

She didn't ask much, only that Fang Changru and his wife would treat her well for a long time, never leave her and never abandon her, don't drive her out of the Fang family gate, don't let her be exposed to the cold snow again.

It just didn't last long.

That year, she took an order and worked for several days and nights to finally prepare all the tea products on the invoice, but the day before the delivery, she was escorted by the Fang family's uncles and relatives and sent to Fang's house. In the hall of the outer house.

Fang Changru was at the top, and Xie Junlan sat beside her, looking at her with furrowed brows.

She was panicked in her heart, and kept asking what was the matter, only to learn that she had prepared the wrong goods for that order, which caused huge losses to the Fang family, and almost damaged the Fang family's reputation.

The hall was full of uncles and relatives sneering at her, saying that she was a village girl with a foreign surname, and she would not be a big deal after all.It didn't matter what other people said, she knelt on the ground and kept explaining, just begging Fang Changru to trust her once, but she didn't expect Fang Changru just shook his head helplessly, left the manifest and turned away.

Good and evil may be at that moment.

She was full of heart for the Fang family, but what she got in return was the constant exclusion from her clan and the distrust of Fang Changru.She was imprisoned in the woodshed by her clan relatives, who forced her to admit that the goods were all her fault, and not only asked her to hand over the keys to the shop's account room, but also asked her to step down as the shopkeeper.

But how can she admit it?

Since she took over the business, the quantity of tea products on the inventory has never changed, so how could she prepare the wrong goods?She was already sensitive and suspicious, and even started to think wildly, guessing that all of this was a plot by the Fang family's clan, in order to drive her away, they forged the manifest and framed her.

She kept complaining to Fang Changru and his wife, but Fang Changru never believed her word except frowning at her.

She didn't want to go back to the countryside, she didn't want to leave Fang's house, and she didn't want to give up the dozens of tea shops that she had worked so hard to manage over the years.Those tea shops are all her painstaking efforts. She has paid so much for the Fang family, but all her achievements will be wiped out just because of a single business?

She escaped from the woodshed, and wanted to go to Fang Changru to explain again, but she didn't expect that Fang Changru's surname was Fang, and he was discussing with Fang's uncle in the study, if the shop she managed was distributed to other people.

Wang Xiuhe's memory was broken, she blinked slowly, and asked: "Why is this happening? Why is my manifest at that time different from this one?"

Fang Zesheng said: "At that time, the servant who was in the business with you lost the manifest and drafted a new one for you based on his scattered memory, but you didn't check it."

Wang Xiuhe shook her head: "Then it's not my fault at all...why doesn't your father believe me..."

Fang Zesheng said: "Father didn't find out the truth at that time, how could he protect you in front of all the clan members?"

Wang Xiuhe said sharply: "Then why didn't he explain to me that even your mother is disappointed in me!"

Fang Zesheng had no expression on his face: "They just blamed you for indiscriminately insisting that your clansmen framed you, instead of checking the authenticity of the manifest and looking for problems from yourself."

Wang Xiuhe tremblingly held the invoice in his hand, "Then where did this invoice come from?"

Fang Zesheng said: "Of course it was my father who worked hard for you. He personally went to Zhengchuan Tea House to get the receipt for you. He wanted to excuse you and prove that your fault is not entirely your fault."

Wang Xiuhe seemed to have been kept in the dark by himself for many years. At this time, he woke up like a dream and said in a daze: "Then why didn't you tell me when you found out the truth? Why did you..."

The hoarse shouts stopped abruptly, and the yard of the back house fell into a dead silence.

Fang Zesheng looked at her silently, raised his hand, and motioned for several tea workers to hold up torches and light the [-] dan tea mountain.

Immediately, a red light suddenly rose, and the flames soared into the sky.

Fang Zesheng stared at the clusters of high flames for a moment, and asked without any ups and downs: "Auntie, do you still remember that fire?"

Wang Xiuhe's eyes were empty, like a walking corpse whose soul had been drained, and collapsed on the ground.

At that time, she knelt down in front of the Fang family's relatives and confessed her sins full of humiliation, holding the entire Fang family in her heart, including the Fang family couple who treated her with such kindness as a mountain and saved her life.

She started a fire in a ecstasy, vowing to completely control the Fang family, and make those who persecute her pay the price!

How ridiculous is she? !

She occupied the Fang family with peace of mind all these years, and said that the Fang family betrayed her, but she never forgot that her life was brought back by the Fang family's help, so why would anyone else betray her?

Fang Changru treated her very well. He didn't dislike her daughter's background. He personally took her to the tea market, taught her to be a shopkeeper, taught her to write accounts, let her gain a foothold in Fang's family, and told her all about tea.

Xie Junlan treats her well, but treats her like her own sister, and makes her a new dress every time she makes it. She has never worn such fine fabrics, and has never slept peacefully in such a warm embrace.She was so afraid of pain, how did she struggle to death in the fire?

When Fu Jingxuan came, Wang Xiuhe was walking out of the door in a daze, laughing and muttering something while walking, as if she was crazy.

He didn't have time to think about it too much, he hurried to Fang Zesheng's side, knelt down slowly, and took his hand.

Fang Zesheng was still looking at the raging fire behind him, which dyed the night sky red, and the cruel burning sensation seemed to bring him back to the day of the accident.

That day, Fang Changru had just returned from the Zhengchuan Teahouse, a hundred miles away, and with the correct delivery slip, he brought Fang Zesheng to the warehouse to check the goods.

After a while, Xie Junlan also came, wearing a plain orchid dress, sighing.

Fang Changru asked her what happened?

She said: "Today another son came to propose marriage. I intended to show Xiu'er, but I didn't expect her to kneel down to me, crying and begging me not to let her leave Fang's house."

"Where am I going to drive her away? If she doesn't marry in this life, we will raise her. I just want her to take some time to rest and go out for a walk with others."

Fang Changru looked at his wife's grievances, stroked her hair, and said with a smile: "My husband knows, I will go and talk to her later, and give her a few days off."

Xie Junlan said kindly: "If you give her a holiday, she will worry that we will drive her away."

Fang Changru said: "But this time there is a big problem with stocking up, but I have to talk to her about it."

"Then you have to tell her in a nice voice that she is always sensitive, suspicious and stubborn. She must be uncomfortable being forced to admit her mistake by her uncles this time. Don't make any more misunderstandings because of the goods this time. Let her mistakenly think that we are standing with uncle, and really want to drive her away."

"Don't worry, ma'am, I'll be more tactful, but Xiuhe has really been eager for quick success these years, and wants to take back the power in her hands so that she can stabilize her body and mind."

Xie Junlan smiled and said: "Then why don't you tell her about the vacation, how about our family going out with her? This way, she can also feel at ease, and maybe she will meet a good husband on the way and have a good relationship!"

"Do you want to go to Jiangling Mansion for a walk?" Before Xie Junlan finished speaking, Fang Zesheng came out from a corner of the warehouse and said, "There are many talents in Jiangling Mansion, let Auntie take a closer look."

Mrs. Xie laughed at him: "Where are the talents in Jiangling Mansion? Do you still have to go to the backyard of the Fu family to ask the second young master of the Fu family?"

Fang Zesheng blushed, and explained with a childish face: "He is a native of Jiangling, with him taking him with him, it is natural to have fun."

Fang Changru pouted at his wife, then glanced at his son, and said intentionally, "Then I won't go to Jiangling, and I won't go to the Fu family either."

"Why!"

Fang Changru said: "My father is actually a frequent visitor to Jiangling. Why do you need to ask the second young master to help guide the way? I can take your mother to travel all over Jiangling. Why do you need help from others?"

"But, but father is not a local..."

Seeing that he was impatient, the couple smiled at each other and asked, "Then tell me, why do you always want to go to the Fu family? Do you have any unreasonable thoughts about the second young master?"

Fang Zesheng was startled immediately, blushed and hid aside, and stopped talking.

The three of them planned well at first, but Fang Zesheng coaxed his mother to go to Jiangling Mansion to take a look, but he didn't expect that there was a sudden loud noise, and the iron door of the warehouse was locked from the outside, and it was tightly closed. .

The fire that day was as fierce as it is today.

Flames flew wildly, devouring the broken tea and tea cakes that could be seen everywhere in the warehouse.The freshly picked green shoots still carry water, and after being baked by the fire, they curl up and wither, and finally burn into wisps of ashes.In order to protect his wife, Fang Changru rushed towards the collapsed tea mountain. In order to save his parents, Fang Zesheng was blocked by a broken beam and broke his leg.When the dumb uncle came, he saw Fang Zesheng alone. With his bare hands, he removed the wood from Fang Zesheng's leg, dragged him out of the warehouse, and broke into the depths of the fire under the heavy smoke, looking for Fang Changru and Xie Junlan. However, it was still a step too late...

A hand slowly landed on Fang Zesheng's side face, and the fingertips brushed across the corner of his eyes, wiping away a tear for him.

Fang Zesheng was slightly taken aback, and turned his head hastily, the sadness on his face was helpless and he couldn't hide it, so he could only squeeze the corners of his trembling mouth tightly, with a straight face, pretending nothing happened.

Fu Jingxuan looked at him for a while, seeing that he didn't dare to blink, so he closed his eyes with a smile, grabbed his head, and hid him on his shoulder.

"I didn't see it, I didn't see anything."