Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Gu Li stayed on the first floor for the entire afternoon, but Cai Qing still didn't find an opportunity to go out alone to discuss things with Fan Xiliang, and she was extremely anxious.

Fortunately, before dinner in the evening, Gu Li lazily got up from the small couch, "Cai Qing, go to the front and see if the kitchen has prepared wine lees sugar water today. I want to drink that!"

"Okay, Caiqing will go right away!"

Cai Qing didn't say anything and went out.

Gu Li pushed the small window as wide as possible, trying to let as much wind as possible in. The sun had set, but the residual heat was still there, and it was still very hot.

"It's summer already!" Gu Li picked up a small round fan and fanned it lightly.

After leaving the Girls' Building, Cai Qing turned around and went to the West Garden.

It was called the West Garden, but it was actually the stable of the Meng Mansion. There was only one old horse that could pull a carriage, so Fan Xiliang was temporarily living in the stable.

The weather was very hot, and the smell of the horses carried with it the heat in the air, bringing out the stench to its fullest. Even with the door closed, the unpleasant stench could not be stopped.

"Why did you arrange me here? It's so smelly here!" Fan Xiliang complained with some dissatisfaction as he looked at Cai Qing who quickly flashed into his room.

Cai Qing had to avoid people all the way here, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

"This is the closest place to the young lady's boudoir. Do you want to live in the back house in the front yard? Then you will really become a servant of the Meng Mansion."

Meng Yuanwai and his wife had only one child, Meng Jiangnu, so there were only three masters in the Meng Mansion and not many servants. All the male servants lived in the back house in the front yard, and only Yuanbao, Meng Yuanwai's personal servant, lived in the West Garden.

Cai Qing quickly told Fan Xiliang all of this, "Arranging you to live here will make it easier for you to build a good relationship with Yuanbao. Only if you please the master will you have a chance to stay in the Meng Mansion. Then find opportunities to meet the young lady more often and gain the trust of the Meng family as soon as possible."

Fan Xiliang certainly knew that what Cai Qing said was right, and he was only complaining to people close to him.

After he got the Meng family's property, he took Cai Qing to other states and counties to become an official and no longer had to worry about being caught and forced to work as a laborer.

As for Miss Meng, thinking about how this young lady who had been brought up in luxury since childhood had been deceived by him, Fan Xiliang felt an inexplicable sense of superiority from the bottom of his heart.

"Well, I'll listen to you." Fan Xiliang stood up and sat upright on the simple bed. "Once I get the money from the Meng family, I will take you away from here and live a good life in a place where no one knows me. Caiqing, you don't have to be a slave to others anymore."

Cai Qing tucked her hair behind her ears with great pleasure and smiled sincerely, "Fan Lang, you must remember what you promised me!"

"Don't worry. My feelings for you won't change!"

They grew up together and should have been a pair of lovers. However, Cai Qing's family sold her in order to buy someone to fill the labor service quota for her brother. Otherwise, they would have been married and become a family long ago.

There's no need to say a few words secretly every time we meet while Cai Qing is out shopping.

"By the way, I heard that Miss Meng was a girl born from a melon vine. Is this rumor true?"

In order to find the right opportunity, Fan Xiliang wandered around the alley of Meng Mansion for many days, and accidentally heard a legend about Meng Jiangnu.

The next-door neighbor of the Meng Mansion was a family named Jiang. As early as sixteen years ago, Old Man Jiang planted a gourd vine in his yard. The vine grew more and more luxuriant, climbing over the walls of the two houses and spreading, and most of the vine climbed to the Meng family next door.

There were many gourds hanging on the vines, and the largest one happened to grow on the Meng Mansion's side.

When the gourds were ripe, Mr. Meng accidentally touched the big gourd, and the gourd cracked, revealing a dough-like little baby girl inside.

Mr. Meng was very happy because he and his wife had been married for many years but had no children. This child was like a gift from God to him.

Meng discussed with the Jiang family about giving the baby girl to him as a daughter, because although the Jiang family did not have many descendants, they still had both sons and daughters. So the Jiang family agreed.

In order to thank the Jiang family for their generosity, Mr. Meng named his daughter Meng Jiangnu.

The daughter of the Meng and Jiang families.

This story has been widely circulated in several nearby streets. When people talk about Mr. Meng, they will mention Meng Jiangnu, and when talking about Meng Jiangnu, they have to talk about the origin of her name.

When Cai Qing was bought back by the Meng family, Meng Jiangnu was already ten years old. She didn't know whether Meng Jiangnu really grew out of a gourd, but she was sure that there was no such plant as gourd vine in the Meng family.

"It must be a rumor spread by others." Although the Meng family had a very good relationship with the Jiang family next door and interacted with each other like relatives, it seemed that they did not raise Meng Jiangnu as their daughter.

Fan Xiliang clicked his tongue twice. "If Meng Jiangnu really grew from a vine, then she must have been transformed from a demon. It sounds scary. Will she suck people's essence? Even if she looks very beautiful, I still don't dare to do it!"

Cai Qing smiled and said, "I have served the young lady for so many years and have never seen her sucking anyone's essence. She is just an ordinary little girl." She is very easy to deceive.

Fan Xiliang was still alert, "I am a man, I have strong yang energy, and fairies like virgins like us the most."

Cai Qing also frowned, and after thinking for a long time, she said, "Then you should try your best to curry favor with Mr. Meng. We will try to get enough money as soon as possible and try not to let you spend the wedding night with her!"

Cai Qing was also afraid, worried that her ideal husband would meet with a tragic accident.

If Mr. Meng had not wanted to find a son-in-law and had not made it clear that all his money would be left to his only daughter, Meng Jiangnu, she would not have conspired with Fan Xiliang to stage such a beauty trap.

If Gu Li knew the worries of the two people in the stable at this moment, she would definitely not be able to lie down and would have to sharpen her knife to attack the ungrateful person.

At dinner time, Gu Li tasted the distiller's grains syrup as she wished. It was sweet with the fragrance of crops, and the taste was taken to a higher level after being tempered with well water.

However, Mr. Meng, the head of the family, had a social engagement outside and did not return home to have dinner with his wife and daughter. Cai Qing was unable to find an opportunity to promote Fan Xiliang and could only stand silently behind the young lady and serve her.

Meng Yuanwai's wife, Youshi, was a very gentle woman. Seeing her daughter still not satisfied after drinking a large bowl of iced wine lees sweet water, she couldn't help but remind her daughter, "Girls, even if the weather is hot, you can't eat so many cold things at once. It's not good for your body."

"I got it, mother!" After drinking a bowl of ice drink, Gu Li felt much cooler. Smiling, she accompanied her mother to eat some porridge and half a pancake. She ate until her stomach was full before she slowly returned to her own room.

After eating and drinking her fill, Gu Li ignored Cai Qing who was a little absent-minded, and came back and asked her to prepare water for her as she wanted to take a bath.