Chapter 241 Commendation
As the saying goes, good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels far and wide.
The news that fake pesticides prepared by the eldest lady of the Zheng family had damaged villagers' corn fields spread throughout the streets and alleys of Pingchuan County.
Everyone followed the constables to the Zheng family's gate and stood outside to eat the melons.
When Mr. Zheng followed the official out, he saw the crowd of onlookers surrounding him and felt so ashamed and angry that he wanted to die.
Everyone in Pingchuan County knows Mr. Zheng. He is always respectable wherever he goes, but now he is implicated by his daughter-in-law and has to go to court.
Mr. Zheng hated the governor Yao for not giving him face, hated the county magistrate Liu for not putting all the blame on Xu Yong, and hated Tong Huaqiong for mixing pesticides...
Mrs. Zheng watched her husband go to court and hated her daughter-in-law Xu Zaohua to death.
She felt that Xu Zaohua was the unlucky star of the Zheng family. She had brought death to her son, dragged her husband into court, and ruined the reputation of the Zheng family.
If such a daughter-in-law had not been pregnant with a son, she would have had her head shaved and sent to a temple to become a nun.
Xu Zaohua was still immersed in the excitement that Tong Huaqiong was going to get into trouble when a servant came to tell her that the constables were coming to her house to take someone away and that Mr. Zheng was going to be brought to court.
She didn't take it seriously and thought it was just a formality.
Anyway, the new magistrate Yao is Mr. Zheng's junior fellow student. Just based on this relationship, County Magistrate Liu would not be so tactless as to interrogate Mr. Zheng.
It's just to shut other people up.
She believed that after this experience, not only would she be able to get over the fake medicine issue, but her uncle would too.
Perhaps if Widow Tong loses power, her uncle may be able to become the village chief of Qinghewan again with the help of the relationship between her father-in-law and the prefect.
"trouble marker!"
"I shouldn't have let you in in the first place."
Mrs. Zheng, supported by Nanny Cai, broke into Xu Zaohua's yard. She didn't care that Xu Zaohua was still pregnant and slapped her in the face.
Xu Zaohua was beaten dazed.
Madam Zheng pointed at her and cursed, "You made the fake medicine yourself. My master will guarantee that you will get an ungrateful person. Why did you go and tell your uncle about your master's relationship with the prefect? Your uncle has made the whole court know that your master wrote a letter to the prefect to push the fake medicine onto Widow Tong. You have brought shame to the Zheng family."
"You caused my master to go to court and was forced to plead guilty by the prefect. You are truly a good daughter-in-law of my Zheng family. I should not have let you into the family in the first place. If you didn't have the Zheng family's blood in your belly, you would have been thrown into prison long ago."
Xu Zaohua was beaten and scolded by her mother-in-law. Only then did she realize that the prefect's influence was useless and she could no longer hide the fact that she had prepared the fake medicine.
It’s not just a formality for a father-in-law to go to court.
Xu Zaohua was so scared that she fell to her knees beside Mrs. Zheng and begged for mercy.
"Mother-in-law, since it has already happened, the only thing we can do now is to let my uncle take the blame."
Xu Zaohua endured the severe pain on her face and her mind raced. The only way for Mr. Zheng to escape now was to abandon her uncle Xu Yong.
"idiot!"
Madam Zheng scolded Xu Zaohua again and ordered Madam Cai to take people to seal off Xu Zaohua's yard. Xu Zaohua was not allowed to step out of the yard until she gave birth.
When Mr. Zheng was tried in court, he did not dare to hide anything and told him about Xu Zaohua asking a folk alchemist to prepare medicine for him.
He really wanted to abandon Xu Zaohua, but then he thought that Xu Zaohua was pregnant with a grandson, so he had to hold his anger and defend Xu Zaohua, saying that she prepared the medicine for the purpose of eliminating ear rot, but she didn't expect that the medicine would destroy the crops, and she was also deceived by the alchemist.
The constable went to the Zheng family again to interrogate Xu Zaohua about the information about the alchemist.
The constable got the information and went to capture the alchemist, but when he arrived he found the place was empty.
That alchemist probably even has a fake name.
The fake drug case that shocked Pingchuan County was quickly closed.
Xu Yong, as the person primarily responsible for promoting fake drugs, was taken into custody.
As the mastermind behind the preparation of the fake medicine, Xu Zaohua escaped the disaster thanks to the efforts of Mr. Zheng, his promise of compensation, and the fact that she was pregnant.
However, after the fake medicine incident, the Zheng family became the laughing stock of Pingchuan County, and Mr. Zheng no longer had the arrogance he once had.
Tong Huaqiong was happy that the Zheng family's arrogance was suppressed, and her shopkeeper He Chao could work for her with peace of mind.
There will never be any more scheming and slander by the likes of Aunt Cai and Xu Zaohua.
Tong Huaqiong's reputation spread throughout Pingchuan County because of his contribution to eliminating ear rot.
As a result, the reputation of Taohua Desserts skyrocketed. The small town of Yanguan could no longer accommodate the development of Taohua Desserts. Tong Huaqiong and He Chao discussed and planned to open branches in Pingchuan County and the provincial capital Ningcheng.
In addition, under the dual protection of Prefect Yao and Magistrate Liu, Tong Huaqiong obtained the right to operate pesticides.
It is called pesticides, but in fact it is pesticides that have torn a hole in agricultural operations.
Tong Huaqiong wants to run a seeds and grain business as well.
The most important thing is food.
Since he was targeting the entire Ningcheng agriculture business, Tong Huaqiong naturally chose the city as the location for his shop.
The shop was provided by the Lu family.
Of course, Tong Huaqiong insisted on paying rent.
When Tong Huaqiong did not refuse but accepted the Lu family's help to do business in the capital, the happiest person was Lu Zhaoyang, because he finally found an opportunity to repay Tong Huaqiong's kindness.
Mr. Qian, the owner of Fengle Building, felt quite sorry that Tong Huaqiong used the Lu family's shop instead of his own shop in the capital city.
In just over half a year, Tong Huaqiong's business empire finally broke through Yanguan Town and expanded to Pingchuan County and the provincial capital.
How can this not be considered a new journey for her to lead the Gu family towards a better life after becoming Tong Da Jiao?
The benefits of eliminating ear rot did not stop there. To Tong Huaqiong's surprise, official praise from the government soon came.
On a sunny morning, Tong Huaqiong had just finished breakfast when she heard the sound of gongs and drums outside.
Gu Dashu was confused when he saw the constable carrying a plaque covered with a red silk cloth with flowers on it.
Looking again, County Magistrate Liu got off the sedan chair with a smile on his face.
"Gu Dashu, where is your mother? Ask her to come out and accept the commendation." Upon hearing the news, the village chief Liu Tielian had already left home and joined County Magistrate Liu's team.
Not only Liu Tielian followed, but there were also many acquaintances from the village and people from other villages in the team.
The villagers from other villages received the pesticides donated by Tong Huaqiong, which not only saved the corn destroyed by Xu Yong's fake medicine, but also eliminated the ear rot.
They were full of gratitude towards Tong Huaqiong.
When the commendation team passed through the village, word spread quickly and a large group of people followed to Qinghe Bay.
Gu Dashu excitedly shouted into the house: "Mom, mom, please come out quickly, Master Liu is here to give you a commendation."
Tong Huaqiong's heart started beating like a drum when she heard the news.
Didn’t they say that they would give the commendation after the corn harvest season?
Why did you come early?
But it's better to do it in advance, it's always a good thing.
So Tong Huaqiong quickly ran out of the house to greet Lord Liu.
When Gu Taohua and others learned that the government had sent a commendation to their mother, they all ran out to see what was going on.
It’s such a great honor, how can we not share in it?
Just thinking about it makes me excited!
"Greetings, Lord Liu." Tong Huaqiong saluted to Lord Liu.
Lord Liu smiled and gave Tong Huaqiong a light support.
Tong Huaqiong's eyes fell on the official's plaque, and she felt a little excited.
She was curious about what was written on the plaque.
God has opened her eyes. She has never been as cool as she is today in her two lifetimes combined.
No, in her previous life, she was admitted to a university in Beijing and was the first student from the Tong family to attend a prestigious university. When the admission letter came, her father also asked people to beat drums and gongs like this.