After listening to Dachun's daughter-in-law and Guishengzi's daughter-in-law talk for a long time, Zhang Eryong got a general idea of Lan'er's current situation.
She is living a good life now, that man dotes on her very much, not only made her his own princess, but also there is no concubine in the mansion...
Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen are both living in Prince Zhan's Mansion now, one has become a high-ranking official, the other has become a royal wife, and the whole family lives happily...
Zhu'er invited a famous Confucian professor in the capital, Ju'er is like a real daughter, there are more than twenty maids and women who serve her...
When leaving Fenghuang Village, Zhang Eryong's heart was empty and he felt extremely uncomfortable, as if he had lost the most precious thing and could never find it again, so that he lost his mind when he was walking and almost bumped into someone's head body.
"Oh, be careful!"
Standing in front of Zhang Eryong, Shen Ruomei reminded him with a smile.
Zhang Eryong was taken aback for a moment, subconsciously stopped his steps, but saw a veiled young woman standing in front of him. The woman was wearing a semi-new satin dress, neatly dressed, and half of her face was exposed. She was painted with rouge and looked very familiar, but for a while she couldn't remember who she was.
Zhang Eryong only took one look at Shen Ruomei, then grabbed the side of the horse, trying to get around her.
He is not used to dealing with women, especially strange women, when he sees them, he usually bows his head and walks around.
However, Shen Ruomei stood outside the village and waited for him on purpose, in order to wait for him to stand in the cold wind for more than an hour, almost freezing off a layer of skin, now it is so easy to see him, how can he just say a word he go
"Brother Eryong, are you back? When did you come back?" Shen Ruomei asked enthusiastically.
Today's Shen Ruomei has long since lost the pride of the little princess of the Shen family. Today, she has been tempered by life and is full of calculations.
Hearing her calling him that, Zhang Eryong seemed to know him very well, so he couldn't help but look at her more.
It's just that after one more look, I couldn't help but take a third and fourth look.
This woman's exposed forehead and eyebrows are four or five points similar to Lan'er, so he couldn't help but look at it several times before moving his eyes away.
When Shen Ruomei saw Zhang Eryong looking at her one by one, she couldn't help secretly happy in her heart, but when she thought of the burn scar under the veil, the joy in her heart disappeared.
If her beauty is still there, she will have a way to make him fall in love with her again, reconnect with him, and make herself his wife again.
It's a pity that her beauty is gone. If she wants to be with him, she may have to work hard. Even if she works hard, she still doesn't know if she can get what she wants!
After Zhang Eryong glanced at her several times, he finally recovered from his initial surprise and guessed who the person in front of him was. He immediately turned his face away and strode forward without looking sideways.
"Hey, brother Eryong, don't go, I still have something to tell you!"
Seeing Zhang Eryong striding forward, Shen Ruomei hurriedly limped after him, but how could her lame leg catch up with Zhang Eryong's two long legs? In desperation, she had no choice but to grab his leg Ponytail yelled: "Don't go, I really have something to tell you..."
War horses are extremely sensitive and violent animals. If their tail was suddenly pulled by someone, of course they would not let it go, so before the owner could respond, it kicked Shen Ruomei's heart with a kick. , kicked her in the bazaar at that time, the pain caused her facial features to gather together, and she didn't speak for a long time.
It's also thanks to her wearing thick clothes in winter, otherwise this big horse's hoof would have kicked her to death.
"Er Yong, you, you..."
Shen Ruomei clutched her chest, calling out delicately, trying to arouse the other party's pity and pity.
However, when Zhang Eryong saw Shen Ruomei being kicked down, he didn't seem to be watching. He didn't even ask Shen Ruomei a word. go back.
Seeing Zhang Eryong's ruthlessness, Shen Ruomei was furious, and shouted at his back, "Zhang Eryong, stop for me, your horse kicked me, you have to be responsible..."
It's a pity that Zhang Eryong had already hit the horse and ran away without a trace. She waited for a long time before getting up, clutching her chest, and looking at his back with hatred, feeling a burst of anger and unwillingness in her heart.
Damn, don't you say that what you can't get is the best? At the beginning, she took the initiative to withdraw from him, which would definitely cause great regret in his life. Now that she took the initiative to make up for his regret, why would he have such an attitude
According to common sense, shouldn't he strike up a few words with her smoothly, and then the two will get acquainted, and then slowly develop into a couple relationship
Now she doesn't dislike him for being poor, and she doesn't dislike his old lady and sister for having too many things. He has brought a broken pot, bah!
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Zhang Eryong rode his horse, and soon returned to Taohua Village. When he got home, the family had already started making dinner.
Today is a young year, and it is reasonable for ordinary people to prepare more generously to cope with the joy of the young year, but Cui Shi is reluctant to cook delicious food because there are two more people in the family who eat rice, and is afraid of being given by others. I ate it for nothing, so I only stewed a pot of sticky rice, stewed a sauerkraut, and fried some dried radish and dried cabbage. The only meat dish was the two eggs that were prepared to be beaten with egg sauce.
For those who are Chinese New Year, eating this kind of food is considered acceptable in the past when they couldn't afford to eat it, but with the current conditions of the family, eating this kind of food during the Chinese New Year seems very shabby.
Zhang Eryong couldn't help frowning as he watched his old lady lead Zhang Jinfeng to make these things in the kitchen.
"Mom, didn't I buy a piece of meat back? Cut a piece and stew it!"
Mrs. Cui was beating eggs to prepare the egg sauce. When she heard Zhang Eryong's suggestion, she didn't raise her head and said, "If you take back that piece of meat, it's only ten catties if you beat it full. If you have five catties left after boiling the oil, it's good. Let’s make a dumpling meal on New Year’s Eve, and make another dumpling meal on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, even five catties of meat are not enough, so how can we have the rest to eat now.”
Zhang Jinfeng was squatting by the stove and lighting a fire. Hearing what the old lady said, he interrupted and said, "Save the meat for Chinese New Year and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Then you can stew one of the fish brought back by my second brother. It will be whole." Tianjing eats things that are not oily, and the ones that celebrate the Chinese New Year don’t make people eat well, and the birds are about to fade out of their stomachs.”
When Cui heard this, she immediately opened her eyes and said angrily: "You know what to eat every day. Our old Zhang's family only has this food. If you don't like it, go back to your old Sun's house to eat. I just don't want to serve you. What a monkey!"
The food in Lao Sun's family is even worse, similar to pig food, not as good as that in Lao Zhang's family.
Zhang Jinfeng was yelled at by his old lady, afraid that his old lady would get angry and push her back, so she stopped, pouted and lowered her head to continue lighting the fire.
Zhang Eryong pursed his lips, turned and walked out.
Cui rushed to the door and shouted: "You just came back, what are you going to do? By the way, where is that old ghost now? Does he support wild old women..."
This is the last sentence Cui said to Zhang Eryong this year and the next two years.
Because Zhang Eryong really didn't want to stay at home anymore, he really couldn't stand his old lady's behavior, but he couldn't argue with her, anyway, everything at home was fine, he felt relieved after reading it, and simply left.
He first waited for the two long follower brothers at the entrance of the village, and when he got there, he asked them about the Sun family. The two long followers had already found out, and learned that the pig butcher is now in a county outside Qingzhou city. Here, he has already started the business of spiced peanuts. It is said that the business is quite good. He still lives with that little opera singer. The woman is already pregnant. It seems that he wants to write off Zhang Jinfeng.
With a dark face, Zhang Eryong said to the two captains, "Go find him first. If you find him, you don't need to disturb him, just keep an eye on him. I'm going to Jizhou to do some things first, and when I'm done, I'll go find you."
A long follower said: "General Zhang, can you go to Jizhou alone? Why don't you let Shou Zhong go to Qingzhou to guard first, and my subordinates will accompany you to Jizhou!"
Zhang Eryong said: "No need, I have been to Jizhou many times before, this time I am going to meet an old friend, I will leave as soon as I see you, and I will go back to meet you soon, no one is needed."
He also took ten taels of silver for the travel expenses of the two brothers. After explaining something, he parted ways with the two long-term followers. The two long-term followers went to Qingzhou, while he went to Jizhou.