Qi and Cao Ping were tied up by their servants and thrown into the carriage.
Cao Hong, who was in the yard, immediately started making trouble: "Mom, what's wrong with you? Let go of my mother. Don't bully my mother..."
He broke away from Wei Hongying and rushed into the house, "Dad, someone is bullying mom, please help mom!"
Cao Defu's eyes fell on this son, and the anger in his heart kept rising like a tide.
Just the thought that he had raised a son for others for eight years, and that he had no son at all, made his heart feel as if it would burst.
"Take the young master down!" He closed his eyes and said, "If he makes any noise, just knock him out!"
His mind is in a mess right now and he can't face this child.
Cao Hong's face was full of disbelief. His father had always indulged him and would turn a blind eye no matter how much trouble he made. Now he was actually knocked unconscious.
He rushed over and grabbed Cao Defu's sleeve, but Cao Defu threw him away.
The indifference and alienation on his face made Cao Hong feel terrified.
"Young Master, if you make trouble again, don't blame me for being rude." The servant pulled him and threatened him.
How dare Cao Hong make trouble again?
Mom is tied up, and dad has this attitude. It's obvious that the eldest sister won't help him. If he cries, he will definitely be beaten.
He sniffed and followed the servant out obediently.
The room fell silent again.
Cheng Wanwan stood up and bent down to pick up the broken plate that fell to the ground: "You two, father and daughter, let's talk. I'll go outside and take a look."
"My mother-in-law, don't leave yet." Cao Defu looked complicated, "I want to know, when did my mother-in-law know that Hong'er is not my son?"
"An hour earlier than you." Cheng Wanwan said truthfully, "I just suspected that the Qi family and Cao Ping were colluding with the Cao family's property, but I didn't expect to hear this secret by accident. I know it is difficult for any man to accept such a fact, but things It has already happened, so you should think about how to deal with the aftermath. This is your Cao family's business, and I, an outsider, should not interfere too much."
"Mom is not an outsider." Cao Yingying said eagerly, "My father has always been very confused. I'm afraid he doesn't know how to deal with the aftermath. I don't know how to deal with it either. Could you please trouble my mother to think of something?"
Cao Defu nodded: "I am indeed stupid. I am afraid that things will become more and more chaotic. Yingying is a little girl who doesn't understand anything. What do my parents think we should do next?"
Cheng Wanwan sat down and said quietly: "Then you have to ask Boss Cao yourself, after knowing that Hong'er is not your biological child, do you still want to stay with you?"
After all, after eight years of raising him, he still had no biological son. Moreover, Cao Hong was also a branch of the Cao family. According to the ancient concepts, it was not impossible for him to become his own son through adoption.
Cao Defu was silent for a long time.
Cao Yingying didn't know what to say. If her father didn't have a son, the clan leader would definitely come to her door to cause trouble. The clan members would probably crowd out her family. Her father didn't have any scheming ideas. The city wouldn't know if he was sold. .
"If Hong'er is allowed to continue to be my son, after I die, he can legitimately inherit the Wan Guan family property passed down by my Cao family ancestors, wouldn't that be all that vicious woman wants." Cao Defu seemed to have made a huge determination, "A vicious woman who has been cuckolding me for nine years. I can't possibly do what she wants. Hong'er must be sent out of the Cao Mansion. I can't tolerate this child in my eyes!"
Cao Yingying pursed her lips: "Then there are no men in the Cao Mansion, wouldn't it be..."
"Isn't Aunt Meng pregnant?" Cao Defu forced a smile, "I checked with the doctor, and she has a son in her belly."
Cheng Wanwan couldn't help but pour cold water on him: "What if I'm not my son, will you regret it?"
"That means I am destined to have no children, and I deserve to have no heirs." Cao Defu smiled with sadness, "In addition to Yingying, I also have four daughters. If it is not possible, a bride will come to my door... Or, Yingying and Jingcheng will have more children. I have a few sons, it’s okay to adopt one of them and come to the Cao family..."
Cao Yingying: "..."
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
Okay, since Cao Defu has already thought out his way out, there is nothing to hesitate about.
She said: "The Cao family is the richest family in Hekou County after all. If something like this happens, it is easy for others to laugh at it. There is no need to show some jokes to outsiders. The Qi family and Cao Ping are charged with conspiracy to seize family property." Reporter, as for Hong'er, he is said to be rebellious and difficult to discipline externally and internally, so he was sent to Zhuangzi, which is far away from Cao's family, for training."
Cao Yingying pursed her lips and asked, "Do I need to tell Hong'er who his biological father is?"
"It depends on what you want."
Cheng Wanwan stopped and said no more.
Everyone's personality is different, and she cannot judge others by her own standards.
"Thank you, my mother-in-law!" Cao Defu stood up, bent down and cupped his hands to express his thanks, "I caused trouble to my mother-in-law today. After the matter is settled, I will personally come to apologize and thank you!"
He took a deep breath, walked out, and ordered, "Let's go back to the city."
When he came, he looked cheerful, but when he left, he looked heavy and complicated.
At this moment, Cheng Wanwan actually felt that Cao Defu had grown up. Some people were forced to grow up at the age of seven or eight, while some people only grew up in their thirties. In fact, they were already very happy, right?
After the Cao family left, everyone returned to the house and continued eating, but no one mentioned anything about the Cao family.
Although it is already evening, the family still has their own things to be busy with.
Cheng Wanwan got up and went to the glycerin workshop to check the progress.
The glycerin workshop was built next to the soap workshop. It was built very large from the beginning, standing side by side with the soap workshop, occupying a large area of land.
The workers have gone back, but shopkeeper Yan is still there, sitting at a table and writing accounts.
Seeing Cheng Wanwan coming over, he quickly stood up and said: "Here are all the expenditure accounts of the workshop. When the floor at the door is laid tomorrow, the labor can be paid."
Cheng Wanwan glanced at it, because the glycerin workshop is also an adobe house. The raw materials are not expensive, but the labor is more expensive. It costs almost a hundred taels of silver. After it is completely completed, some tools will need to be added. By then, the previous ones can be used Recruited employees come to work and help install the tools together.
She had a plan in mind, but shopkeeper Yan was confused: "Da Shan Niang, what is your workshop used for?"
Cheng Wanwan pointed to the soap workshop: "Is there a warehouse over there that can only be entered and exited?"
Shopkeeper Yan nodded. There was a lot of waste water and waste produced in the production of soap, and they were all transported to this warehouse for storage. In the past six months, the warehouse has been expanded again and again, and there is no room for that stuff.
"The new workshop is used to process these waste materials." Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "The shopkeeper will know after the construction starts."
She currently produces two products, first glycerin moisturizing skin care products, and then aloe vera moisturizing skin care products. After the peach and jasmine flowers bloom, she will develop and study other categories.
After several days, the workshop was finally completely completed, and the previously recruited workers also came to report.
Two-thirds of these workers are from Chengjia Village. The Cheng family had agreed to hold a celebration banquet for Cheng Zhao last time. There were hundreds of people who came for interviews. Old Mrs. Zhao selected more than 30 people to accept them. With a sharp eye, one can tell whether a person is diligent or lazy at a glance. So far, these employees are quite satisfied.
