Zhou's mother laughed dryly, trying to say something to ease the atmosphere, but Mrs. Xia opened first.

"Mrs. Zhou, this is my wife preparing a thank-you gift for Mr. Zhou. Thank you for your help these days. My wife is inconvenient to come to the door, so I just sent it to me."

"In addition, my wife asked me to tell Mr. Zhou that she is a new widow. Although the two families had some friendship in the past, please understand her identity. My master has passed away. My wife, a wife, is not convenient for her to interact with Mr. Zhou again, which may lead to criticism. Mr. Zhou will not have to come to help in the future. If the wife is served by us, she will have some difficulties in life. She will also have help among the clans, so Mr. Zhou is worried."

Mrs. Xia used to serve the old lady in the official family. Although she was not the most useful person, she really had to show off her posture, which was not something a country woman had ever seen.

Zhou's mother only felt that Mrs. Xia's aura was even more frightening than Li Zheng. Her words were like a big mouth, making her face flushed.

She thought that her son was in vain for work, and was worried that Zhou Shuisheng would be criticized when he got close to a widow, but she did not expect that she would send a thank-you gift in the blink of an eye, and she also made it clear that Zhou Shuisheng would not come to Su Qinniang again in the future, because Su Qinniang was even more afraid of causing gossip.

Mrs. Xia is also a cheerful person. After saying that, she didn't keep much, and turned her face and left.

The Zhou family and his son stood at the door and the other stood in the yard, which was extremely embarrassing.

After a while, Zhou's mother came to her senses and looked at the basket of things, and felt as uncomfortable as if she had swallowed a fly. She turned to Zhou Shuisheng and complained, "See, you rushed to help me, but did they get your affection? They are rich now, and there are three servants alone. Do you need you to help? Stay away from her in the future! A young man ran to a widow's house all day long, what's the point!"

Zhou Shuisheng clenched his fists and returned to the house without saying a word.

Mrs. Xia was resentful. What kind of thing is Zhou's mother? Take the work done in the past few days. Her wife has never asked anyone to help, and her wife is very sensible in this regard. Even if Zhou Shuisheng went to help in the past few days, her wife has not said anything to him.

Why did my wife ask her to come and deliver things? Isn’t it just to avoid suspicion?

Only Zhou’s mother did not dislike her son, and she was afraid that her wife would let Zhou Shuisheng recruit her reputation, so she was really self-indulgent. With her wife’s appearance and temperament, Zhou Shuisheng might not even be a servant for her wife!

Mrs. Xia returned to Zhao Xiuzhi's house with a lot of anger.

Su Qin and Zhao Xiuzhi were cooking in the kitchen. Su Qin was not good at cooking at all, but it was barely OK to burn the fire.

Mrs. Xia took the initiative to say that call to Zhou's mother, and naturally wanted to report it to Su Qin, so she invited her outside and whispered to the Zhou family.

"Madam, I heard what Mrs. Zhou said too much, so I slaughtered a few words. If I do something wrong, please punish me."

Mrs. Xia is talking for herself and protecting her reputation. How could Su Qin punish her? "You did a good job, you go back first."

Zhao Xiuzhi's family is not in good condition, and the food is expensive now, so Su Qin will naturally not let Mrs. Xia stay.

When she returned to the kitchen, Zhao Xiuzhi also asked, "Where is Mama Xia, why did you let her go back?"

Su Qin nodded, "She needs some things at home, so she will go back."

Zhao Xiuzhi knew that Su Qin was saving food for her, so she didn't say much. Some of it was good, so she didn't have to talk about it. She would be fine if she knew it.

After lunch, Su Qin and Zhao Xiuzhi sat in the shade of the yard with their children to talk. They were discussing the matter of going to see the school in two days. Someone shouted on the road outside: "Zhao Yanping owed silver in the county, and the gambling house sent someone to collect the debt!"

This scream was like a thunder sound on the ground, causing Xiaohe Village to boil.

Everyone ran out to watch the fun. After all, it was not common for people from gambling houses to collect debts.

Zhao Xiuzhi was also very curious and said to Su Qin: "Qinniang, why don't we go and have a look?"

There was nothing wrong with the left and right, so Su Qin got up and went out with Zhao Xiuzhi, but she didn't take the child. After all, no one could tell how much trouble would be. If he saw the blood, he would scare the child, so several children stayed at Zhao Xiuzhi's house.

Speaking of which, Su Qin was always curious before. Cheng Yanping asked the gambling house that he borrowed 300 taels of silver. He had agreed that he would come to collect debts in three days. After more than ten days, the talent from the blockade came, so the efficiency was too low.

Thinking of Cheng Yanping, Su Qin couldn't help asking: "I don't seem to have seen Cheng Yanping these days?"

Zhao Xiuzhi thought about it and it seemed to be true, "Can you run out to hide from debts?"

The Cheng family was not far away, and it took only a short while to walk over. When Su Qin and the others arrived, there were already a large group of people outside the Cheng family yard.

Zhao Xiuzhi pulled Su Qin straight into the crowd and took some effort to squeeze in.

The gate of the Cheng family was pushed to the ground, and more than a dozen strong men surrounded the Cheng family's people in the middle.

Old Man Cheng was so scared that he was trembling, and the women were so scared that they looked like chickens, and they didn't dare to raise their heads, for fear of being taken by these vicious gods and taking them away to pay off their debts.

The person who brought the debt to ask for the debt was Cui Hu. The man had a big scar on his face, which was slashed from the end of his left eye to his right mouth. His whole face seemed to be split in half, and his fierce expression was particularly hideous and scary.

Li's son Cheng Dabao was so scared that he didn't dare to cry. He trembled for a long time, but in the end he was so scared that he peed his pants. However, he was not old and didn't laugh at him.

Cui Hu took out the IOU written by Cheng Yanping and showed it, "Did you see it clearly? Cheng Yanping's IOU, with white, black and red handprints, should have paid it back in three days, but our shopkeeper's kindness has given you a few more days of gratitude. If you don't pay back the money today, don't blame us for being polite!"

Old Man Cheng said with a sad face: "Mr. Cui, we don't know that the rebellious son is gambling outside and owes debt. Moreover, he hasn't been back for several days, and we are looking for him everywhere."

These days he has been looking for Cheng Yanping everywhere, but Cheng Yanping seems to have evaporated from the world, and he has not seen anyone.

Su Qin glanced at Li and saw that although she was afraid, she was not surprised by someone coming to collect debts. Judging from that, she probably knew about Cheng Yanping's debts.

Li did know, and she knew Cheng Yanping's whereabouts, but she definitely wouldn't say it. When she first found out, she felt that it was like the sky collapsed. But what could she do? Cheng Yanping was her man, so she couldn't ignore it.

So the two men discussed it and finally decided to let Cheng Yanping hide out and avoid it.


Chapter completed!