Traveling to ancient times to sweep the catering industry

Chapter 186 Family Affairs

The Cheng family suffered a loss this time and was extremely unhappy, so they thought of bringing people to look for Cheng Wenwen, but Cheng Wenwen didn't show up at all.

For this reason, the Cheng family sent people to wait at Cheng Wenwen's door, but after waiting for a few days, neither Cheng Wenwen nor Old Madam Cheng came out.

"What a bunch of useless people, useless people, they can't do anything right!" Master Cheng Er cursed angrily.

The servants could only lower their heads and endure the scolding.

"Master and Madam, perhaps the Fourth Miss is really not at home? Otherwise, it is impossible for her to stay at home for so long?" the servant advised.

"Where else could she be if she's not at home?" Master Cheng said angrily.

"Maybe she went out? She was hiding from us on purpose?" Mrs. Cheng also felt that something was fishy. It was impossible that she could not be seen for several days in a row? Cheng Wenwen also did not go out?

"Yes, madam. Not only have we not seen the fourth young lady go out, but no one else in the house has gone out either. Only that burly servant went out once." The servant told her everything he had witnessed in the past few days.

Master Cheng Er said angrily: "It seems that this damn girl has even moved her residence in order to avoid us!"

Cheng Jinxiu was already very anxious. When she heard this, she couldn't help but said, "What should I do? Father, I'm getting married next month. Are you really asking me to marry into the Zhao family?"

Cheng Jinxiu had long been unwilling to get married. Now that Cheng Wenwen had such a huge fortune, she was even more unwilling to marry a mediocre second son. It would be really depressing to deal with all the family affairs at that time.

"What can we do? If you don't marry, who will? Unless Cheng Wenwen can come back to the Cheng family by herself, do you think this is possible?"

Master Cheng Er was so angry that he scolded Cheng Jinxiu and said, "I told you this method won't work. Do you think Cheng Wenwen helped you get married once and will help you get married again? You are so arrogant and unrealistic! Go back to your room and wait for your marriage!"

"Father! I don't want it!" Cheng Jinxiu said unconvinced.

"Go back!" Master Cheng said angrily in a low voice.

After being yelled at by her father, Cheng Jinxiu dared not disobey again.

Mrs. Cheng Er saw her husband was so angry, she could only persuade her daughter: "You go back to your room first, we can discuss this matter later!"

"Oh! I see!" Cheng Jinxiu had no choice but to go back to her room.

After Cheng Jinxiu left, Master Cheng Er drank a mouthful of cold tea, still feeling irritated. He looked at Madam Cheng Er and said, "Look at your well-educated daughter. She doesn't even consider her parents' situation. If she had married Qi Shuo before, she would have been a good general's wife. With the support of the Duke of Yingguo, why would I have such a hard time in the officialdom?"

"She's not your daughter!" Madam Cheng was accused by her husband for no reason, and she was not happy. She asked, "When these things were brought up before, didn't you object? Now you're turning the tables? And when Qi Shuo was imprisoned, weren't you afraid of being implicated? Why are you so unhappy now?"

"This...didn't anything happen this night? It seems that Qi Shuo is not even disliked by the Duke of England." Master Cheng said angrily.

"But he was still demoted." Madam Cheng II was no longer willing to tolerate him and directly expressed her dissatisfaction.

Master Cheng Er saw that he couldn't win the argument and could only glare at her.

Madam Cheng calmed down and said, "The most important thing now is not to complain about this or that! The most important thing is how to solve Jinxiu's marriage. Are we really going to let her marry into the Zhao family?"

"Didn't you decide on this marriage? Are you not satisfied now? What were you doing before?" said Master Cheng Er.

"We were forced to do that before! How can it be the same now? Our family is thriving now, so of course we can't let Jinxiu just marry casually!"

"What else can we do? Can't we cancel the engagement? The wedding ceremony is almost over, how can we cancel the engagement now? In my opinion, the Zhao family is also OK. They are your mother's family, so they can take care of you in the future!"

Master Cheng was too lazy to bother with it. It was just a daughter getting married. A daughter who was married off was like water spilled out. It wouldn't amount to anything big. Even if it did, it wouldn't have much to do with their family.

Therefore, Master Cheng didn't want to argue about this anymore. "Tell Jinxiu to just wait until she gets married! Don't think about those unnecessary things. Don't lose the big picture while picking up sesame seeds!"

"Master! But Jinxiu..."

"There is nothing that cannot be done. Jinxiu has to marry whether she likes it or not. There is gain in loss and loss in gain. You should understand this principle."

Considering his own reputation, Mr. Cheng Er would not easily cancel the engagement and let the other party blame him. What if that threatened his official career?

Master Cheng Er didn't want to say more, so he just stood up and left.

Mr. Cheng Er didn't want to listen to his wife's nagging, so he stood up and left, leaving Mrs. Cheng Er there with a bitter face.

"What should I do?"

Mrs. Cheng was worried about her daughter's marriage. She knew very well what kind of person her younger brother's youngest son was. He had accomplished nothing and could not inherit the family property. There was no hope at all for her daughter to marry him!

Oh! This is what happened.

"It's all Cheng Wenwen's fault!"

Not only did Mrs. Cheng scold her, but Cheng Jinxiu also scolded her and even made a villain to prick Cheng Wenwen.

Mrs. Cheng Er knew that her daughter's marriage could not be changed, so she could only try her best to compensate her.

"Don't be angry for now. Your grandmother is not here now. She will definitely give you some money when you get married. Let's go and see the things in her yard. You can pick some to take as your dowry. It will be more impressive!"

The second wife of Cheng set her sights on the dowry of Mrs. Cheng, Mrs. Yao. Mrs. Yao's family was a wealthy family and the dowry was quite large.

Cheng Jinxiu listened to her mother's advice, nodded, and then asked: "But the storeroom in grandma's yard is locked, and we don't have the key?"

"We can pick the lock even if we don't have the key! After all, the old lady is not here now!" said Mrs. Cheng Er.

"Yes!" Cheng Jinxiu immediately perked up when she heard it, "Grandma has a lot of good things! We can't just give them to Cheng Wenwen!"

"Yes! After all, they are all granddaughters. The old lady can't favor one over the other. Maybe Cheng Wenwen also paid for her business this time! It's not too much for us to take some of her dowry!"

Mrs. Cheng Er just said that and told her maid to go out and find a good locksmith.

"Yes, ma'am!" The mother and daughter had already made up their minds and were imagining what was in the storehouse of Old Madam Cheng Yao.

However, their plan was doomed to fail.

……

"Ah-ah--" Cheng Wenwen sneezed several times for no apparent reason.

"What's wrong? Did you catch a cold?" Old Madam Cheng asked her.

Cheng Wenwen shook her head and said, "I'm fine, grandma, don't worry about me. Maybe someone is thinking about me!"

Cheng Wenwen read about the Cheng family's fuss in the letter from Sister Gao and couldn't help but smile. Fortunately, she had already made plans for these things and didn't let the Cheng family succeed.

"What's the matter? Why are you so happy?"

Cheng Wenwen did not hide anything and gave the letter to her grandmother, saying, "Cheng family matters!"