Chapter 124： uneasy mood

Chapter 124 Uneasy emotions

After seeing off the members of the Lin family, Liu Yun immediately began to vent her dissatisfaction: "Hey, what are they, a group of people who rely on the old to sell the old, I think the entire Lin family, only the head of the Lin family is still a sensible person."

"Who said it wasn't."

Mrs. Zhou had just looked at everything carefully, and now she couldn't help complaining: "When my sister-in-law and brother were in distress, these people never came to see me. Now that my sister-in-law has become a celebrity in front of the county magistrate, they all come to ask for help. Well, the fourth uncle of the Lin family just now is probably hiding something in his heart."

Hearing this, Chu Nanzhi carefully put the salt jar on the table, thinking of the complicated expression on the face of fourth uncle Lin Fen when he left, she couldn't help laughing and teasing: "My younger sister knows how to read words and expressions."

"Sister-in-law, stop making fun of my family."

Zhou Wen laughed with flushed cheeks, and continued:

"Sister-in-law has been in prison for the past few days, I'm afraid she doesn't know what's going on outside. Yesterday Sanlang went home and told my family that he went to the west of the city the night before to gang up on thieves and smashed a newly opened restaurant to pieces. The shopkeeper of that restaurant is Lin's four Uncle's eldest son, Saburo checked with several of his colleagues for a whole day yesterday, but there is no clue. It is well known that his sister-in-law solves cases like a god. The slave family guessed that he must want his sister-in-law to investigate this matter for him. "

"I see."

Chu Nanzhi suddenly realized, and when she heard that the newly opened restaurant was smashed, she also faintly felt uneasy.

Looking at the indignant Liu Yun and his wife, Chu Nanzhi pretended to be calm and sighed softly: "It's a strange thing, how can the members of the Lin family think about doing business now?"

"What's so strange about this."

Chu Wenbi curled his lips: "Didn't the head of the Lin family just say that at this time and at that time, these years have imposed heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes. The imperial court was afraid that they would not be able to collect taxes, so they relaxed their policies and even opened up the sea trade routes. Right now, many noble families who have no hope of being investigated are starting to move around, and the wife and sister-in-law of the county magistrate have now opened rouge shops in Dongshi."

"There is still this matter."

Chu Nanzhi couldn't help smiling.

Seeing that it was almost noon, she still wanted to go back to Chu's house earlier to talk about the fish pond, so she quickly got up and told everyone: "Mother, Shu Yang, please clean up the house for me, and I will go collect Hit the lock back in the city."

"That would be a waste of time."

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly pulled her back: "Sister-in-law, don't worry about it. I locked a lock in my house a few days ago. You can take it here and use it. I'll go and lock it in the afternoon."

"That's really great, my sister-in-law will not be polite to you in this matter, and my sister-in-law will give you the lock money."

Chu Nanzhi readily accepted her proposal. She was already in a hurry, and it was a problem for the whole family to eat lunch at home.

But when she heard her mentioning locking the money, Mrs. Zhou was not happy: "It's just such a small matter, sister-in-law, don't bother with the slave family, sister-in-law, Aunt Liu, you will go to the house to pick it up later."

"I'll go and get it, so I won't bother sister Zhou again."

Liu Shuyang had heard from his mother-in-law that there was a kind-hearted neighbor next door to his elder sister and brother-in-law, but he never expected that Lan Xinhui would be so kind. Compared with him, he felt ashamed, so he volunteered to lead Mrs. Zhou out to get the lock.

Waiting for the room to clear up, Chu Nanzhi suddenly remembered that there were still three ginseng locked in the cabinet in the back room, and immediately went in to open the cabinet, and found that the ginseng was still lying in the cabinet safe and sound, she secretly sighed, took the ginseng When they arrived in the hall, they put the salt jar and jewelry together, looked at Liu Yun and his wife and said slowly:

"Let's put this porcelain to my mother first, take a few pieces of jewelry to Ah Xiang, and take the wild ginseng to my father and Dalang to make up."

The wild ginseng and Liu Yun that I took last time have stewed two sticks for Lin Jinxiao and his son-in-law. Right now, I really don’t dare to put expensive things in the house. Since I don’t like to keep these jewelry, I just want to exchange them for some silver in the future. Nan Xiang and Li Shi decided to give her jewelry to Han Shaochuan, which just made up for that poor girl.

After hearing her words, Chu Wenbi became a little worried: "It's okay to take the jewelry and ginseng, but don't put this porcelain at home, in case the prodigal son steals it for gambling again."

"Father, stop being on guard against Shu Yang."

Chu Nanzhi interrupted him with some dissatisfaction, and looked outside the courtyard: "He himself feels that he is humbled by joining our family, and you always look down on him. Feeling so isolated."

"that is."

Liu Yun pouted and rolled her eyes at Chu Wenbi angrily.

Lin Jinxiao also took a rare chance to defend his son-in-law at this time: "Father-in-law might as well listen to his wife. My son-in-law has seen that my brother-in-law has calmed down a lot recently. I think he really regrets this time."

Chu Wenbi didn't expect that even Lin Jinxiao, who looked down on his son-in-law the most, would come out to speak for him, and for a while, he murmured in his heart: Could it be that he was really wrong?

Among the several son-in-laws, he believed in what the elder son-in-law said the most. Since he had spoken, he had to let go of his prejudices and said with a relieved smile: "Okay, this time I will listen to what your couple said, and I won't be wary of Shu Yang's words in the future." Little bastard."

Several people looked at each other and smiled.

Although the words were still a bit harsh, her attitude had changed a lot, which made Chu Nanzhi feel relieved.

She secretly glanced at Lin Jinxiao again, that gentle expression looked even more charming today.

For some reason, she always felt that this guy had been terribly well-behaved in recent days, and it was fine to let Zhu Youan take care of her in prison, but today she did not hesitate to offend the elders of the clan to defend herself, it was like a different person.

This really made her feel flattered.

"Could it be that he has thoughts about me?"

Chu Nanzhi murmured to himself silently, unconsciously recalling the incident of sleeping with his arms around him a few days ago, thinking more and more in a trance, until finally she felt ashamed.

While still hesitating, Lin Jinxiao's voice rang in his ears: "Let's go."

Hearing the voice, she raised her eyes and looked around, only to see that Liu Shuyang had already brought the door lock and was staring at her blankly.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Shuyang looked at her restless look, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Did Mrs. Chen steal something else?"

"Ah, no no no."

Chu Nanzhi quickly regained consciousness, and answered in a flustered voice.

Liu Yun also noticed that something was wrong with her, and complained dissatisfiedly while tidying up the porcelain and jewelry on the table: "Da Zhi, what are you thinking, you are absent-minded, Shu Yang has called you several times."

"Yes, yes?"

Chu Nanzhi hesitated and asked back, looking at the family with wandering eyes, but finally collided with Lin Jinxiao.

The two looked at each other quietly, and Lin Jinxiao's mouth suddenly curled into a faint but comfortable smile: "When you're tired, go back to your mother-in-law's house and have a good rest for a few days."

When he saw her in the morning, he sensed that this woman was hiding something in her heart. No matter how much Hu Maoxi valued her, he couldn't give her fifty taels of silver for no reason.

I'm afraid that her past few days in prison have not been peaceful.

(end of this chapter)