About seven days later, the Xiong family finally returned to Xinghua Village.

Yu Cheng opened the door, saw Tang Shou and Xiong Zhuangshan coming back, and shouted happily: "Yu Langjun, Li Si, Li's wife, Lang Jun and Fu Lang are back."

Tang Shou only went out for a few months, but Tang Shou missed him very much. Looking at this house where he only lived for more than a year, he felt warm, "Erlang, we are home."

"Well, we're home." Xiong Zhuangshan held Tang Shou's hand back, with rare warmth flowing in his eyes.

Yu Cheng and Li Siwanqing all ran out when they heard the sound, followed by the eldest lady and third sister of the Li family who had been taciturn since they came to the Xiong's house.Everyone was grinning, sincerely happy for their return, and the eldest lady actually laughed too. The third sister was still young and ignorant, but she was sensitive enough to know that the adults were happy, so she clapped and jumped along with her.

"Master Lang is back."

"You are finally back."

Tang Shou and Xiong Zhuangshan were surrounded by greetings, and the smiles on their faces never stopped.

Yu Cheng's eyes fell on the pony behind Tang Shou, and he became even happier.

"Fu Lang, have you bought a horse?"

Tang Shou smiled and said, "No, it was sent by Jin Jincheng."

Yu Cheng felt curiously, the pony's fur was smooth and smooth, and he was not afraid of strangers when he followed everyone into the yard. Instead, he wagged his tail and looked around leisurely, as if he was curious about everything.

Lazy was also at home, and it frantically wagged its tail and threw itself into Tang Shou's arms. It didn't dare to pounce on Xiong Zhuangshan, so it pounced on Tang Shou vigorously. Tang Shou held it for a rare meeting, so he put it down to play with the new pony.

Tang Shou and Xiong Zhuangshan were escorted into the door, and Yu Cheng and others saw the woman who followed behind them.Although the woman's clothes looked very new and looked good in the village, but in front of Tang Shou and Xiong Zhuangshan who were dressed in silk and satin, they looked old and not old, a bit shabby.

For some reason, Yu Cheng didn't have a good impression of this woman, he frowned slightly, "Mr. Lang Jun, this is..."

Erniang hurriedly introduced herself and said, "You can call me Erniang. I was originally a hard-working person. My father was addicted to gambling, and the family business was in decline. First, my aunt left, and later sold me to... Hualou, Fortunately, it was Xiong Langjun who saved me, I am so grateful, and I am willing to be like a cow and a horse to repay Xiong Langjun for saving my life." Er Niang began to cry, she cried very carefully, big and big Tears fell down, and the handkerchief wiped the corners of her eyes little by little, but the whole makeup was not damaged.

Several men from Xiong's family looked at Erniang and couldn't tell what was going on, but they were always upset, and there seemed to be something wrong.

Because Wanqing experienced that period of wandering life, Li Si even sold their only son so that their mother and daughter would not live in prostitution, so they couldn't hear the words of selling women.So he sympathized with the second lady, took the second lady's hand and spoke softly to comfort her.

"Er Niang, don't cry. It's all over. You are lucky. You met Xiong Langjun and Xiong Fulang. They are good people. At that time, we also came from thousands of miles to join Xiong Langjun. I can’t go on, and later... Later, I sold my son to come to this Xinghua Village.” Wanqing said that the second son who was sold felt so sad that she almost cried, but then she thought that it was Xiong Langjun and Xiong Fulang who came back. On a happy day, how could you cry, so I suppressed it.

"Let's not talk about these sad things. Anyway, when you come to Xiong's house, your good days are all behind you."

Erniang stopped crying, looked at Wanqing with hazy teary eyes, and asked, "Aren't you Xiong Langjun's brothers or something, but you defected here?"

Wanqing couldn't tell what was weird about it, but Erniang's question was very common, so Wanqing regarded her as a poor woman who had just arrived in an unfamiliar environment, and she was timid and asked this question because she was afraid of being bullied.In order to reassure her, she even took the initiative to confess: "Not only us, but Yu Cheng and Yu Feng also work for the Xiong family. We are all the same. No one will bully anyone. We will take care of each other in the future. Don't be afraid."

Er Niang was not afraid, but her heart went back to her stomach.

It seems that the Xiong family is richer than she imagined. She always thought that the Xiong family was no more than a small family, but now that she finally arrived at the Xiong's family, Erniang realized that the Xiong's family was comparable to some wealthy families in Tokyo. It's not worse than those others, and even more elegant.

There are still many businessmen who come to buy goods in the Xiong's yard, which shows that the Xiong's business is doing well.

The second lady thought to herself, this is good, after all, she is here to be the master, not really to be a slave, she is different from Wanqing and the others.

But since she had just arrived at Xiong's house and her foundation was still unstable, Erniang didn't show anything else, and she knew how to hide her true thoughts.

"Thank you." Erniang thanked her so sincerely.

Wanqing took Erniang's hand, and said happily: "There is no woman of the same age in this family, and I don't have a companion. It just so happens that you are here, and there will be someone who can talk to you in the future. Come in and rest, When Mr. Xiong Lang comes back, we will prepare delicious food in the evening, and you will also have a good time."

Tang Shou twitched the corners of his mouth coldly, "Miss Li's family doesn't need to worry about her. Yu Cheng will go shopping in the town later and just send her to the food factory. She will work there in the future and won't be at home."

"Ah?" Wan Qing was stunned for a moment, looking at the woman who was also stunned, thinking that she was alone in a foreign country, lonely and helpless, she couldn't bear it after all, but this is Xiong's family after all, and Mrs. Xiong is the master of the house, she Unable to intercede, he persuaded out of sympathy: "Er Niang is also exhausted from the journey, why not rest at home for a few days before going to work in the food factory, anyway, there is no urgent shortage of people there now..."

Wanqing was interrupted in the middle of her speech, she looked down, and Mrs. Li tugged on her sleeve to prevent her from continuing.Wanqing looked at the eldest lady in puzzlement, and there seemed to be a vague reproach in her eyes.It seems to be asking when the eldest lady became like this, and why she has no sympathy after suffering so much.

Mrs. Li was so angry that she almost stomped her feet when she saw that her mother was really not enlightened.

"Mother, my stomach hurts, come out with me quickly and have a look."

Why did she suddenly have a stomachache when she was fine just now? Wanqing knew that this was Mrs. Li who wanted to talk to her.She guessed that it must be to persuade her not to meddle in her own business, but Wanqing also wanted to teach Mrs. Li to be sympathetic.Both mother and daughter had something to say to each other, and they went out together.

When she arrived at the door, without waiting for Madam Li to speak, Wanqing scolded: "Madam, what's wrong with you, you are a person who has suffered so much, why don't you understand anything, your father put you two for you. My younger brother is sold, in exchange for you to be so ruthless."

Mrs. Li's eyes turned red, "Aniang, that's how you look at me. I used to be ignorant, but since my second brother was sold, I have changed a lot. When did I get lazy when I came to Xiong's house, and when did I not?" Follow you and my father to work from dawn to dusk, but there is half a complaint."

Wanqing thinks that Mrs. Li's performance in the past six months has indeed been hardworking, and it seems that she has changed for the better.For a moment, his face turned embarrassing, "Big lady, I didn't mean that... But why don't you sympathize with what happened to Er Niang at all?"

"Aniang, she is definitely not worthy of sympathy." Seeing Wanqing's expression of disapproval, the eldest lady explained: "Look at the clothes on her body, there is no pudding, and at least [-]% of them are new. Don't forget what we were wearing when we came to Xiong's house. It was already showing its flesh. A family who can make new clothes for their daughter will not have poor conditions in Xinghua Village. If it is true as she said, her father is as addicted You are a gambler, how could you give her new clothes, you know her family is poor but even her mother ran away, and she still has [-]% new clothes, isn't that contradictory?"

Wanqing was speechless for a moment, but she still didn't seem to believe it.Mrs. Li was afraid that her mother would be stupid, so she would confront Mrs. Xiong. Her family had only had a good few days, so she couldn't rush to her death.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Besides, the woman said that she was rescued by Xiong Langjun. A Niang even thought on her knees, but she knew it was impossible. Who is Xiong Langjun? It's been so long, you still haven't understood, Not a faithful man like you. I dare say that even if Erniang really died under his nose, he would not be touched."

"Taking ten thousand steps back, Er Niang was rescued by Mr. Xiong Lang uncharacteristically. With such a poor background, how could Xiong Fulang not pity him. Xiong Fulang is a kind-hearted person, and he sacrificed his life to save others. Son, take pity on us and leave us to work at home. Poor Goudan is a little beggar, so he helps Goudan and teaches him a craft. But why don't you feel sorry for this woman when she is alone? It can only explain that this woman is her It's not worthy of pity in itself."

"But... but Mr. Xiong brought her back. If he didn't pity her, how could he bring her back?"

"Bringing her back but not keeping her by my side means that Mr. Xiong was on guard against her. It means that there must be some reason why he brought her back even though he saw her true colors. If this is the case, then this woman is very serious. It may be that Xiong Fulang wants to use tricks to deal with someone." Mrs. Li said with a serious face: "So, you can't get so close to her, otherwise, we will all be abandoned by the Xiong family."

Wanqing broke out in a cold sweat, she was woken up by her daughter hitting her with a stick, and she came to her senses immediately.

"Big lady, it's fortunate that you reminded Aunt, otherwise Aunt would have become a big sinner."

When the mother and daughter hurried back to the house, everyone was already sitting in the main room talking.Everyone was sitting, only Erniang was standing.If the eldest lady hadn't said these words to her, she would have sympathized with the dead woman, but now she didn't even dare to look at her, and hurriedly found the farthest place to hide.

Erniang watched Wanqing hide from her like a plague god, and knew that the little girl must have said bad things about her, so she gritted her teeth angrily.

Yu Feng asked: "Xiong Fulang, how is the business in Tokyo?"

Tang Shou smiled and said: "Okay, very good, thermos bottles are very popular, and the more than 1000 that I brought over at the beginning were sold out within a few days, and there were even a few days in the middle when they were out of stock. Reservations accepted."

"I knew that the thermos bottle must be a good seller, and I can't go wrong." While admiring the thermos bottle, Yu Cheng also shared the novelty he saw: "Recently, there is a new thing called a flush toilet, and our house is still in the hands of my regular customers. I finally bought one, that thing is really amazing, even more amazing than a vacuum flask, you and Xiong Langjun will know after using it in a while."

Tang Shou was stunned, and then he realized that the toilet was made by him and Xiong Zhuangshan when they were in Tokyo. The Xiong family didn't know about it at all, and they forgot to ask Jiang's father and son to send some over. It is estimated that Jiang's father and son were also busy. I forgot, and I also forgot, which led to Yu Cheng and others not knowing that the toilet belonged to them at home.

Just as Tang Shou was about to explain, Erniang interrupted, "The toilet is from Xiong's family. It's sold like crazy in Tokyo, and you don't even know it."

Tang Shou pretended not to hear Erniang's words, and explained: "I thought about it with Erlang when we were in Tokyo, and the drawings were sent directly to Jiang's family. At that time, time was urgent, so I forgot to tell my family."

Yu Cheng and the others were not angry, but were infinitely delighted, and happily said many good things about the flush toilet.

Later, when the Xiong family found out that Xiong Zhuangshan and Tang Shou had returned, Yu Cheng and the others dispersed without further ado.

"Fu Lang, we have a lot of people at night, so we just got together to welcome you and Mr. Xiong Lang. Let me go to the town to buy some food?"

"Go, buy more, you don't need to save money, our family is rich now." Tang Shou pointed to Erniang and said, "By the way, send her to the food factory, and ask Manager Zhang over there to arrange a job for her, and she will start working tomorrow. .”

Erniang was in a hurry, she didn't come here to work but to enjoy life, she cried and looked at Xiong Zhuangshan, "Xiong Langjun, it's so late and I've traveled so long, let me rest at home for a few days Go to work, you see, even Wanqing thinks so."

Wanqing hated herself to death.If she still can't see Erniang's mind clearly, she is blind, she said angrily: "I don't think so, whoever is not tired, wants to live these days is tired, but if you are tired, you can't go to work , that's shameless."

Er Niang's face suddenly became ugly.

Erniang is not Tang Shou, Xiong Zhuangshan doesn't have the patience to talk to her, so he said directly: "If you don't do it, get out!"

Now everyone knows that Xiong Langjun Xiong Fulang doesn't want to see Erniang anymore.Yu Cheng and others looked forward to Tang Shou Xiong Zhuangshan's horse, and immediately became bored with her second mother, and Yu Cheng said angrily: "Hurry up, my husband and wife are still waiting for dinner."

Er Niang couldn't leave Xiong's house if she didn't achieve her goal, so she could only follow Yu Cheng and leave first, and plan for the future.

On the way, Erniang tried all kinds of tricks to inquire about Xiong Zhuangshan, but Yu Cheng didn't answer her a word.

Er Niang didn't give up, and asked: "Your Mr. Xiong Lang is so rich, why did he marry a Shuang'er? Did that Shuang'er use some kind of trick? In fact, he still likes women in his heart, so what kind of woman does he like?" ?”

Yu Cheng couldn't bear it anymore, and said coldly: "My Mr. Xiong Lang only likes Mr. Xiong Fulang, let alone you."

Afterwards, no matter what Erniang said, Yu Cheng's ears seemed blocked and he couldn't hear anything.

After sending the person to the food factory, I don't know what Yu Cheng said to Manager Zhang who was in charge of the food factory. Manager Zhang's eyes on Er Niang changed.No matter how pitiful Erniang pretended to be, Manager Zhang didn't feel sorry for her, so he arranged for her to live in the staff's temporary dormitory, Datong shop, there was no single room, and there was no place to hide the valuables Erniang brought.She wants a place to live alone, but no one cares about her.

At night, all the employees in the food factory were off work, leaving only Erniang and the old man who beat him far away. Erniang was scared out of her wits by the empty factory.

At this time, Xiong's father, Xiong's mother, the two brothers of the Xiong family, Wu Niangzi and others all gathered at the Xiong's house for dinner. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, and the barrier seemed to disappear. Everyone chatted happily, and they didn't leave until late at night.

Tang Shou traveled all the way and rested for ten days before he regained his energy, while Xiong Zhuangshan only recovered after two nights of good sleep.

When Tang Shou regained his energy, he thought of the time bomb in the food factory, and wished he could get rid of her immediately.This is different from others. If this woman has other goals, Tang Shou may still be in the mood to play Tai Chi with her.But Tang Shou couldn't stand the person who came to grab a man from him, how could he tolerate her.

Tang Shou opened the secret compartment and took out a prescription from inside, which was the detailed method of toilet paper.

"What are you doing with it?" Xiong Zhuangshan asked.

Tang Shou smiled, "It's up to you."

After eating lunch and taking a nap, Xiong Zhuangshan hitched a carriage and took Tang Shou to the food factory.

Manager Zhang came out to greet him, and said with a smile, "Mr. Xiong Lang is here. Please come inside and see the appearance of our food factory. Everyone is very motivated to work."

"I'm relieved to have you here." Tang Shou asked, "How is that Erniang?"

Guanshi Zhang frowned, "Not good, workmanship is not serious, cheating and playing tricks, the mind is not on this at all."

"I see."

Tang Shou said a lot of words of encouragement to the workers, and then called Erniang out alone, seemingly unintentionally, "Erniang, are you still used to working here?"

Er Niang cried: "Xiong Fulang, please help me, the work here is too tiring, I can't stand it."

Tang Shou said angrily: "Why can others do it, but you can't!"

Erniang choked, thinking, you didn't come to be my au pair, why did you ask me.

Tang Shou reprimanded: "There is no such thing as tiredness in work. You don't want to make progress. You should reflect on it here." Then he flung his sleeves and Xiong Zhuangshan left.

Erniang noticed that something fell from Tang Shou's sleeve, she didn't call Tang Shou, but picked up the piece of paper when the person disappeared.Erniang was illiterate and didn't know what was written on it, but she could only see that it was densely packed with words, and it was written neatly without smearing.

Her heart jumped a few times suddenly, almost to Erniang's dizziness, could it be some kind of prescription.

Her eyes are vicious and vicious, Xiong Zhuangshan doesn't blame me for that, if you want to blame, you can blame yourself for not being able to recognize gold and jade.I have to plan for my own future. When the time comes, what the Jin family does with this prescription, you can regret it.

Erniang hurriedly hid the prescription full of words in her chest, then straightened her neckline, and ran out like a thief.

Tang Shou, who was squatting in the dark and seeing everything in his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth coldly.

After a while, Tang Shou hurried back, almost crying out of anxiety.

Manager Zhang asked in a panic, "Xiong Fulang, what happened?"

Tang Shou said anxiously: "Quickly ask everyone to look for it for me, the prescription for the toilet paper I brought is lost."

"What, the prescription for toilet paper is lost?" Manager Zhang turned pale, and hurriedly called everyone to stop work to find it, and offered a reward of 50 taels of silver to whoever arrived first.

Whether it was really in a hurry or for 50 taels of silver, I started to look for it.The second lady mingled in the crowd, holding back her smile until her face was distorted.

She thought it was just a prescription for food at most, but she didn't expect it to be toilet paper.

Oh my god, God is so kind to her, it's because she is helping her because she is suffering so much.

50 taels of silver wanted to exchange this prescription back, dreaming, if this was given to Jin Jincheng, 1000 taels would be less.

Erniang was dreaming of being rich and honored, and she couldn't wait to quit her job, but she didn't expect that she didn't quit her job, but was caught by a few officials who came in a hurry.

Er Niang struggled: "What do you want, why arrest me?"

"Xiong Fulang reported that you stole the toilet paper prescription and fled in fear of crime. We are here to arrest you and bring you to justice."

The second lady's heart was cold, but she still argued: "I don't have any."

The official didn't care about that, and found the prescription directly on her chest.

"It's written in black and white, you can never deny it."

Erniang sat paralyzed on the ground, suddenly pointed at Tang Shou and said, "It's him, he framed me."

Tang Shou said coldly: "Could it be that I held your hand and asked you to steal my prescription, and then forced you to run away with a knife!"

"I stole it, but it was all your trap."

The officer pushed and shoved Erniang unceremoniously, "You woman, don't mess around. If you want to steal something yourself, no matter how others frame you, your hands are on your body. It is up to you to direct what you do."

Tang Shou secretly stuffed a bag of silver into the hands of the official.

Tang Shou said cautiously: "There must be someone behind this woman, otherwise she wouldn't have the guts to steal things from officials."

The paper shop was owned by the housekeeper, and the official understood it as soon as he heard it, and said, clutching the money tightly, "Don't worry, the person behind this woman will be interrogated!"

That night, a silver note of 500 taels appeared at the county magistrate's house, and Erniang confessed to Wang Sanlang in just one night.

The county magistrate wrote the papers overnight and sent them directly to Tokyo. Tang Shou sent letters to Supervisor Song, Jin Jincheng, Meng You, and King Zhenbei. The inspectors couldn't come back in time, and the excerpts were rushed back one by one like snowflakes. The official family was furious, and the Wang family was implicated by Wang Sanlang and sent to the frontier, and fell overnight.

Wang Han wore shackles, and every step was as heavy as gold, but he didn't dare to slow down at all. If he slowed down by half a step, the escort's whip would come down.

Wang Han couldn't figure out how he ended up where he is today. He said painfully, "I didn't say that I shouldn't provoke the Xiong family anymore. Why did you still go? If it wasn't for you, how would we end up in this situation."

The Wang family already knew that they were implicated by Wang Sanlang, if he hadn't asked someone to steal the prescription for toilet paper, the officials would not have been angry.

"The toilet paper is now the lifeblood of the government. Anyone who touches it will be killed. How dare you make an idea of ​​it. It's not good to steal it."

Wang Sanlang said wrongly: "I didn't. I just asked that woman to steal other things. I didn't let her steal the prescription of toilet paper. How dare I steal it from the government. Who knew that woman was so ignorant that she just didn't like it." Moved my mind."

"I don't think it's you who has a brain. You can also like that kind of idiot." Wang Han was so angry that his chest hurt, and he heard the cry of Xinna's concubine. She had just given birth to another son for him. His son became a prisoner before enjoying a full day of blessings, and he might not be able to turn himself over in this life.It's all fate now, and it's too late to regret everything.At the beginning, he shouldn't have been obsessed with the Xiong family's Yaxiang prescription, so that this grudge would not end, and their Wang family is still living a life of intoxication.To be honest at that time, the Yaxiang prescription was at most just icing on the cake for the thriving Wang family, and it didn't affect anything, so why did it have to be greedy for a while.

The Wang family could still regret it, but Erniang didn't even have the chance to regret it.In order to make an example to the monkeys, and to show off to those ministers who have been scrambling to oppose his paper shop business, the officials directly sentenced a second wife to show the public.

On the day Erniang was executed, no one from the Xiong family went to see her, and they were still busy with the family business.

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