The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

"Dad, can't you control her?" Zheng Yexi frowned and looked at Old Master Zheng.

Look what this says!

"I!..." I want to divorce my wife, but you don't allow me to do so! Old Master Zheng opened his mouth to say something, but before he could finish his words, his wife (Zheng Yexi's mother) grabbed his hand and stopped him from speaking.

"Sister, if you think Shen You from the Shen family is a good guy, then let your granddaughter marry him!" Old Lady Zheng said to Hu.

(In order to distinguish them, the legitimate wife here is called Mrs. Hu, and Cheng Yu’s great-grandmother is called Mrs. Zheng)

"You...you are just a concubine, how dare you!" Hu raised her finger angrily and pointed at Old Madam Zheng.

“No, sister, I am now a co-wife, although not as noble as you!

But I have an imperial decree, which was earned by my son. Do you have one?" Old Lady Zheng looked at Hu with a mocking expression, a hint of pride flashing in her eyes.

"Oh! Sister, I forgot that you don't even have a son! But the one you adopted was stupid and bad... Oh, my..." Old Lady Zheng seemed to have just remembered this, but her face was full of irony.

Old Lady Zheng was filled with hatred for Mrs. Hu. She remembered that she had been forced to be separated from her youngest daughter for more than 40 years, and the culprit behind all this was Mrs. Hu.

Now, she can finally hold her head high in front of Hu, and let her taste the feeling of being oppressed by power!

Her father was a poor scholar. He sold her and her sister to the Zheng family for the purpose of passing the imperial examination. She was quite pretty, and the first wife had poisoned the old lady, so the old lady took her up as a concubine.

If the wife was filial and treated the master sincerely, she wouldn't have had any problems over the years!

"Master, look at her!" Hu raised her head and complained to Old Master Zheng.

"Ah? You're old, I didn't hear you clearly, can you say it again?" Old Master Zheng pretended to be deaf and dumb and asked Mrs. Hu.

This old hag dared to sell his youngest daughter. If his eldest son hadn't stopped him, he would have really divorced her.

Back then, Hu married into the Zheng family as the savior of the two ancestors, so even if she poisoned the ancestors at that time, the Zheng family only took away her housekeeper rights.

Zheng Yexi would definitely not let his father divorce his wife, because this old woman would definitely go out and say that their Zheng family was unfaithful and unrighteous! But it would be okay to make this old woman live a life worse than death.

"Great-grandfather, my great-sister-in-law is right. It was that woman who overstepped her authority!" Zheng Yao pointed at Old Lady Zheng and said.

Her grandfather was adopted by her great-grandmother from the Hu family. Because they had assaulted Zheng Yexi's two daughters-in-law, her grandparents, father and mother were all sent to the government by Zheng Yexi. Now only she and her brother are left living in fear in the Zheng Mansion.

"What? You want to marry into the Shen family? Okay, boss, remember, Zheng Yao, the daughter of the second branch of the Zheng family, is the one who married into the Shen family!" said Old Master Zheng.

"No, great-grandfather, I don't want to get married!" Zheng Yao said. How could Shen You, who had a mistress before he even had a main wife, be a good person!

"Did you hear that? She said she was very happy with it! The Shen family wanted to marry the Zheng family's daughter.

Since she is a legitimate daughter, she must be chosen from the Hu family first! Don’t overstep your authority! "Old Master Zheng did it on purpose.

Zheng Yao is not his biological granddaughter. He can't afford it if she just wants to take things from the Zheng family to subsidize the granddaughter of the Hu family!

"Great-grandfather, I...I'm not!" Zheng Yao was still quibbling.

"Zheng Zhihan, how dare you, how dare you send the descendants of my Hu family to the Shen family! I am the savior of your parents!" Mrs. Hu began to yell!

"We have already repaid you for saving our lives! And we have also used up all of your debts when you repeatedly harmed my Cheng family!

From now on, you should spend your old age in the ancestral hall! Yexi, Yexuan, and Zheng Yao's marriage to the Shen family will be left to you!" Old Master Zheng supported the old lady and slowly returned to their yard.

If it weren't for that old woman, the Cheng family might have been extinct long ago. Just the fact that she wanted to adopt the heir of the Hu family as her legitimate son showed how sinister her mind was!

"No! I don't want it! Don't touch me!"

"Sir, the matter has been investigated clearly. They are from the Wu family, a wealthy family in the city!" the guard said to Cheng Shang.

The refugees who came to Jianshuizhou have recovered. Cheng Yiyu assigned them to uninhabited fields and houses, so the top priority is to help Jianshui rebuild their homes.

Every household in Lijia Village, which is closest to the provincial capital, has started to grow winter wheat, and people in the surrounding areas have also started to grow vegetables. Merchants from the city have also returned one after another. The three Cheng Yiyu brothers are now busy applying for re-registration!

"Take them away, the Wu family? The Wu Liang family?" Cheng Shang felt distressed when he saw the wilted water chestnuts and water chestnut seedlings in front of him.

He had finally found these here and brought people to plant them, but...

"Report their actions! They don't want the people to have enough food to eat!" Cheng Shang became angrier and angrier as he watched!

"Yes, let's give him a good report!" Cheng Liyao took the newly arrived county magistrate and county magistrate to check the post-disaster reconstruction and happened to visit here.

Cheng Shang looked at the crops that were trampled on the ground, his heart filled with anger. These茭白 and 茭菇 seedlings could have been people's food and economic income, but now they were destroyed by the Wu family.

"Sir Cheng, we will thoroughly investigate this matter and give you an explanation," said Chief He.

He was also very angry. The Cheng family had clearly found income for the people, but they were all killed by the small Wu family for their own selfish interests!

"They must be punished as they deserve!" Cheng Shang said angrily.

Cheng Liyao walked up to Cheng Shang and comforted him, "Uncle, don't be too angry. When we go back, we will raid their house and use their food to subsidize the people!"

"We must speed up, otherwise when the weather gets cold, even if the people have help from the court, their lives will not be easy!" Cheng Shang said firmly, their task is so heavy!

"That's right. After this incident, we must strengthen the protection of crops. I will make the arrangements!" Cheng Liyao added.

Afterwards, they discussed together how to strengthen public security management, protect the fruits of farmers' labor, and formulated a series of measures to promote the development of Jianshui Prefecture.

Although they are facing some resistance now, Cheng Shang and Cheng Liyao are determined not to let such things affect the recovery and development of Jianshui Prefecture.

"Who is this?" County Magistrate Luo couldn't help but feel curious as he listened to the three Cheng Jin brothers and Cheng Liyao talking about agricultural matters.

Magistrate Luo looked at the three Cheng Shang brothers, who were dressed in cloth and leading everyone to work, and wondered in his heart: What are the identities of these people?

And judging from the attitude of these common people towards them, they seemed to obey the orders of the three of them.

Cheng Liyao saw the confusion of County Magistrate Luo and took the initiative to introduce: "This is my second uncle, a ninth-rank agricultural official; this is my father; this is my third uncle. And this is our new county magistrate, Lord Luo."

After hearing Cheng Liyao's introduction, the three Cheng Shang brothers hurriedly saluted County Magistrate Luo and said, "Hello, Lord Luo!"

Magistrate Luo also hurriedly returned the greeting: "Hello, Lord Cheng, Hello, Master Cheng and Master Cheng!"

"Thank you for your hard work!" County Magistrate Luo looked at the three brothers working in the fields.

"It's not hard. The most important thing is that everyone has food to eat!" Cheng Shang said with a smile.

This touched County Magistrate Luo deeply. He was glad that he was not wearing official uniform. He immediately took off his shoes, rolled up his sleeves and trouser legs, and went down to the fields.

"Hey, Lord Luo, you..." The county magistrate wanted to object after seeing this, but was interrupted by County Magistrate Luo!

"Food is the most important thing for the people! Lord Cheng is righteous!" County Magistrate Luo glared at the county chancellor fiercely.

Cheng Shang and he both hold the ninth-rank official position. Even the county magistrate has to pay respect to Cheng Shang. How dare the county magistrate look down on Cheng Shang because he is a farmer!

Cheng Liyao naturally also saw the county magistrate's little movements and the contempt in his eyes.

"Sir Luo, you came to the provincial capital to take up your post, and you brought the former county magistrate with you? I wonder what official position you asked for him?" Cheng Liyao naturally couldn't bear to see his father and uncles being bullied.

"You kid..." The county magistrate saw that Cheng Liyao looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old, and was about to say something when he was slapped in the face by a guard beside him!

"How dare you! This is the Inspector! He is the Jinshi who ranked fifth in this year's palace examination!" The guard knew the mission given to him by the emperor and protected the three adults.

"Sir Luo, I have something to do so I have to leave first. Please take care of your business first and then come to me and my brothers! But you have to do it as soon as possible because we have to go back to Beijing!" Cheng Liyao didn't know Sir Luo's character yet, so he would not hand over the business in his hands easily.

If this county magistrate was still the same as County Magistrate Shen, he would rather buy a house and hire a few people to stay here to deal with the matters of water chestnuts and wild rice stems.

"Go away! My temple is too small to accommodate you!" said Magistrate Luo!

"No, sir, I was wrong, I was wrong!" The county magistrate felt a little regretful. Why did he provoke those people for no reason!

"Go away, I can't keep you here!" Power can really make people bad. He was such a good person before, but now he looks down on farmers and common people!

"What! We are going to the capital with you?" Cheng Yu looked at Cheng Yiyu in surprise.

"Yes, the emperor gave an oral order himself, asking you and Princess Xue'er to go to the capital together. By the way, your uncle asked dad to go to the capital as well!" Cheng Yiyu talked to Cheng Yu while reading the official document in his hand!

"what?"

"What? I want to go to Beijing too?" Mr. Zhao was so scared that he fell off the bench!

"Yes, my parents said they want to meet you!" Old Mrs. Zhao looked at Old Man Zhao with a smile. She was not worried at all that her parents would look down on him, because he was really a very good person.

"I, can I not go?" Mr. Zhao was a little panicked and felt uneasy. He had to go to meet his father-in-law and mother-in-law, what should he do?

"No! Oh, by the way, Sister Cheng is going there too. They bought a house there, and Yunniang said she would take them there to have some fun!

If you feel uncomfortable living in the Zheng Mansion, you can go live with Yunniang and the others!" said Old Lady Zhao. She knew that Old Master Zhao would definitely feel uncomfortable, so she proposed this idea.

"Oh, don't be afraid, Qi'er, wherever you are, I am there!" said Mr. Zhao, stroking Mrs. Zhao's hand.

"Nice to have you!"

"Yun Niang, are you really going to take me and your father to the capital?" Old Lady Cheng asked unconfidently.

"Of course, I will take you and my father with me. We also want to go to our big house to warm up, right? Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, are you going?" Zhao Yunniang asked the two sisters-in-law.

Li Huaxiang was a little unhappy because they were the only ones at home for the New Year, but when her brother and sister-in-law asked, she immediately said, "Let's go, let's all go!"

"Then our family will go too, and we'll be together as a family!" Lin Pan'er said immediately, looking at Xiaoliu who looked expectant.

"Go, then let's all go!"

"Let's go directly to the capital. Xiao'er, what about you? Do you want to send Xiaoxiao back?" Cheng Shang asked.

"I'm going to take Xiaoxiao back to Caobang to find your uncle and others! Xiao'er, you and your father should go to the capital!" Sun Wu said.

A week ago, Jianshui Prefecture finally returned to peace and the situation gradually stabilized.

At that time, the Sun family's bodyguards took the people bought by Cheng Yu and Doctor Shen and others back to Western Province.

At the same time, Cheng Zhiwen made an important decision: to give part of the silver seized from the He family and the Wu family to the Sun family escort agency and the escorts.

Over the past two months, the escorts of the Sun Family Escort Agency have been busy helping to take care of the disaster victims and refugees, risking their lives and rushing to the front with General Zhang Meng's officers and soldiers.

"Okay, Master, then we'll see each other after the New Year!" Although Cheng Lixiao was a little reluctant, they would return to Western Province after the New Year!

"Okay, see you after the New Year!" Sun Xiaoxiao leaned her head out of the carriage and said goodbye to the Cheng family. They could finally leave Jianshui Prefecture with peace of mind.

"Let's go! We're setting off too!" Cheng Lixiao rode on a big horse and swayed out of the county government office with the carriage.

"My lord, my lord, please stay!"

"My lord! My lord!"

(The author has something to say: I don’t know how many people are still reading this! Keep writing, and let Cheng Yu go further!)