Chapter 23:

What kind of person comes from Mrs. Wu? But the little landlord’s family was only used to being rampant on the one-third acre of land in the country. He was very arrogant. He had a dirty mind in his hands, and he was very unruly.
The woman she sent was always at Wu's house to help Mrs. Wu deal with the concubine in the backyard, which was not a good thing.
Master Wu in Wujiatun is greedy for flowers and lust. There are a bunch of Yingyingyanyan in the yard, one today and one tomorrow, and she loves the new and dislikes the old. Mrs. Wu is a powerful person, cruel and venomous. Don’t look at so many women picking up Master Wu. But he looked coldly at none of them that could please, and more than that, except for Mrs. Wu himself, no other woman in the Wu family gave birth to children.
No one believes it if there is a bit of tricks in it.
Master Wu is not stupid, he returns to the languor, and Mrs. Wu is the master of the house.
The women who have been used in the backyard of Wu's family have no name and no distinction, not even a serious concubine. In the countryside, those who were used by their masters but did not give birth to children have the same status as maids and slaves, and the wife can dismiss or sell them with one word.
When Bai clan interacted with such people, he also talked about many things in the family one by one, and complained from time to time.
Mrs. Wu felt that the Bai family was useless and she couldn’t even clean up a new wife, but she didn’t say anything, but slowly gave people an idea about how she was a housekeeper, and she told all of the black-hearted methods. People listen.
"You are too good-natured. Anyone who is the most expensive and the most expensive is for the sake of face. No one cares about you. I have only heard of women marrying chickens and dogs and dogs. They are your family when they enter your house. What? It's not an exaggeration to beat and scold, which bride is not obedient and respectful to serve in-laws?" Mrs. Wu said.
After hearing a lot of words, the Bai family felt more and more reasonable. He couldn't sleep for a few nights, and was thinking about it over and over in bed.
She has always had a prejudice against Gu Celadon, and this prejudice is getting deeper and deeper. Bai always wants to hold people tight, telling her not to say a word to her, and can only ask for life under her own hands and act on her face.
Li Baode and Li Cheng both went to the countryside, and Bai felt that an opportunity had come.
There is no effort to have someone sent by Mrs. Wu as a helper.
The Bai family's mother told them before that the poorer the place, the more barbarous and aggressive people are in the countryside.
They want to discipline their daughter-in-law in their family. It is very simple, and there are some ways. For example, they can lift up whatever they think is disobedient, or tie them up and punish them on their knees, or slap their hands, or slap their mouths, and do heavy work.
There are even more poppi people. The husband who is tired of his wife sells his wife. These are not rare things.
Mother Bai told her daughters that the intention was that they knew what was good or bad in their hearts. In the future, marrying a man must not only be diligent and capable, but also be able to win over men.
But Bai realized something else from those words, knowing that sometimes it's useless to say how many words, it's not worthwhile that someone with money can bring peace to life.
She was greedy for Gu Celadon's dowry for some reason, so she had been thinking about it since she was not married.

No matter how the mother-in-law dealt with Gu Celadon Bai in the penthouse, she only locked the door of the west courtyard tightly before returning to her room to sleep.
Sleep well all night.
The West Yard is crazy!
After Gu Celadon hadn't returned for a long time, Mother Zhang sent Qiu Ju to take a look.
Unexpectedly, Qiu Ju went to the yard and pulled the door, but couldn't open it.
So he immediately went back and told Grandma Zhang, "Grandma, the door cannot be opened for some reason, as if it was locked from the outside."
Mother Zhang didn't believe it, how could the door be locked from the outside, so she went to see what happened, and it really couldn't be opened. Not only the small door, but the door was also locked!
After running a few times, they realized something was wrong.
Several maids circled the yard anxiously and tried to hit the door again, but they were all useless.
The courtyard wall is high, there is not even a ladder in the house, and a house of women cannot climb up.
Although Grandma Zhang was worried, she still gave some training to some of her servants with a cold face, which made them mess up and broke the rules.
She comforted herself in her heart, Dao girl must be fine, the Li family would never do anything to the girl, otherwise the Hou Mansion could pinch them to death with a single finger! Besides, the past few days have been fine, and there is no sign of trouble. This morning the girl still taught the two girls of the Li family to read and read.
If you think about it carefully, the biggest possibility is that the Bai family left the girl to serve or set the rules. Maybe he was afraid that they would find it, so he simply locked the door.
This was the most reasonable guess that Mother Zhang could think of, but she was so angry that she cursed the Bai family thousands of times, and the girl who was raised by her family, who was raised up by the golden honor and jade, gave such a bad practice to an ignorant woman!
It was already late at night, and Mother Zhang just hoped to get through the night soon, the Bai family couldn't always keep them locked.
Before the master returned, all the servants dared not sleep, so they would push the door and hit the door after a while.
Time goes by little by little.
Soon, the sky was white and the dew and mist dissipated.
The women in the west courtyard began to shout at the door in turn, trying to be heard.

Li Chengze had made an appointment with the shopkeeper of the bookstore before to discuss some details of the newspaper.
The matter in Hekou Village is not big, but there is a common fruit mountain in the village to ask the opinions of the small households to vote on some things. Li Cheng definitely had no objection, and only let Li Baode stay there to follow up.
He had a problem with choosing a bed. He didn't get a good rest in a strange place. He woke up at the fourth hour of the evening, and he had to go back to the city with ingots at dawn.
I was planning to come back to freshen up and change clothes, so I could go out to meet guests at noon.
Unexpectedly, when I got off the carriage, I saw a big brass lock hanging on the gate of the west courtyard.
Li Cheng was surprised, frowned, turned around and went to the narrow alley to see the side door, but it was also locked.
At this moment, shouts came from the courtyard.
Li Cheng heard a few times before uttering: "What's the matter?"
Suddenly, Mother Zhang heard the words coming from outside, and recognized Li Chengze’s voice. She immediately cried with him, as if she had found the backbone of her master: "Uncle, save our girl, girl yesterday. I went to the east yard and haven’t returned. We don’t know when this yard was locked, the old slave is worried!"
Li Cheng's face sank after hearing this, and he turned and raised his foot and entered the eastern courtyard.
In the yard, the old lady was washing clothes while the water was boiling. She was taken aback when she saw the uncle who suddenly appeared, and then quickly rubbed her hands and gave a gift.
Li Cheng asked directly: "Where is your grandma?"
The mother-in-law's face was awkward, her mouth opened, and she wanted to say something, but Bai suddenly came out of the wing. Her complexion was unnatural for a moment, and she recovered for a while, walked a few steps, and said gently: "Why did Ze'er come so early? Are you back? Didn't you mean to delay the effort for two days?"
Li Cheng's expression was light and noncommittal.
Since he came here, even if he knew that he had nothing to do with people like the Bai family, he still tried his best to play his role and fulfill his body's responsibilities.
However, this does not mean that Bai's hand can reach his head.
Li Cheng took a deep look at Bai's, and said, "Where is Gu Celadon."
Bai's heart was abrupt, and after a pause, he slowly said: "Why do you ask this as soon as you come back? I'm afraid that my mother won't be able to eat her, but I left her here yesterday to talk for a while, see Let her rest here when it’s late. Why don’t you worry about it? Go back first, and she’ll be over when she wakes up later.
This is a converse one. On weekdays, Li Cheng and Gu Celadon both have breakfast. On the other hand, if Bai's conscience was not guilty, he would not have said that Li Cheng would now return to the West Court.
Li Cheng had no patience anymore. He didn't want to listen to Bai's nonsense anymore. He turned to look at the ruthless lady. The meaning was obvious in his eyes.
The woman felt obediently and stretched her finger to the ear chamber.
Li Cheng walked over in several strides, pushing the door open with one hand.
See, in a small room, Gu Celadon was with hemp rope.
She was only wearing a white shirt, and all her outer skirts were stripped and thrown on the ground.
Li Cheng felt angry for the first time.
He calmed down again and again, put his heart down for the time being, stepped forward, squatted, stroking Gu Celadon's face, untying the rope and whispering her name.
Gu Celadon caught fire, his forehead was hot, but his body was shaking.
The rope was untied and he inspected Gu Celadon for injuries.
He took off his robe, wrapped the person up, and walked out of the penthouse.
Li Cheng swiftly stepped down, without looking at Bai, and said to Yuan Bao as he walked, "Go and ask the doctor."
When the words fell, people had left the house.