Chapter 19: Girlfriends
Bai Qiyu looked at the flowers that kept moving in the yard, and said suspiciously, "Qiushui...... We don't seem to have these flowers in the conservatory, right?"
A few maids were also confused, "Miss, this ......"
Before he finished speaking, a voice sounded from behind, "Hey, be careful, don't touch the flowers!"
Bai Qiyu and Qiu Shui looked at each other, obviously hearing the voice of Xu Suxin, the young grandmother of the Li Mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
When Bai Qiyu walked to the porch, he found Xu Suxin standing at the gate of the courtyard, Tianshui Bi jacket accompanied by a goose yellow brown skirt lined with a white fox fur cloak outside, and he actually looked like he had a spring breath, and he was very focused on taking care of the maid and the woman carrying the flower pots, for fear that those treasures would be damaged.
"Sister Su, why are you here, it's a surprise!" Bai Qiyu smiled and stepped forward to take her hand.
Xu Suxin took her hand and said with a smile, "Let's go, accompany me in and talk." ”
He looked back at the maids who were still carrying, "Be careful, don't get hurt." ”
He also instructed the maid to look at it, and then he went into the house with Bai Qiyu with confidence.
Qiushui quickly came in with refreshments, and Xu Suxin waved his hand and said, "Let's go down." ”
Bai Qiyu nodded, and Qiushui and Qiuling retreated.
Xu Suxin took a sip of tea and said, "It's still delicious tea here, this is lotus tea, right?"
"Well, from the Lotus Cellar, why does Sister Su have to come to me today?"
"If I don't come to see you again, I guess it will be difficult to have a chance in the future...... Xu Suxin sighed, "After the New Year, I have to go to Beijing." ”
Bai Qiyu smiled when he heard this, "It seems that my sister and I really have a fate." ”
Xu Suxin was surprised.
Bai Qiyu said, "More than a month after the year is the birthday of the old lady of the General's Mansion, and my mother wants to take me and the fourth sister and the sixth sister together." ”
"So, we'll see you in the capital?
Xu Suxin was very pleased, but Bai Qiyu's face was indifferent, "But I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse." ”
Hearing this, Xu Suxin also sighed, "Your mother is really ...... I thought I could see her, how to say that the two families are also familiar with each other, and it is also appropriate to go and greet her, but she is good, and she directly asked her mother-in-law to send me to you......"
"I shouldn't have said this, but many people have multiple ideas, and I call you sister, which is not an outsider's ......"
Xu Suxin crossed the kang table, stroked her hand and said, "Do you want me to call Seventh Sister or fake?"
Bai Qiyu said, "Mother took us to the capital, saying that it was to celebrate Mrs. Tai's birthday, but in fact, she wanted to marry the Shunping Palace...... Since my sister grew up in the capital, my sister must also know what the son of King Shunping is like, and my mother has her own purpose in doing this, but she puts us in such a situation all our lives......"
Xu Suxin frowned and said, "Who is it decided?"
"I don't know, mother's thoughts...... As you know, our status is only arranged for her...... The fourth sister is a thoughtful person, and the sixth sister is not a simple one, I have no intention of doing this, but I can't help ......it," Bai Qiyu said helplessly.
"The birthday of the old lady of the General's Mansion, I guess I'm also going, and I can see you again when the time comes...... If you don't want it to happen, there is a way, as for your fourth sister and sixth sister, since it is what they want, you don't have to mix it up, so as not to be regarded as deliberately destroying their good deeds...... Also, if you want, I can find a way to pick you up and go to the house to play. ”
Bai Qiyu smiled, "There is naturally a way, but it is not better to have one less trouble." ”
After a pause, he said, "I won't tell you anything, I opened a shop on North Street and did some fat powder business...... The capital must be very bustling and lively, I think if there is a chance......"
Xu Suxin interrupted her in surprise, "You... Do business?"
Bai Qiyu nodded, "You know this, I sent someone to do it secretly, if the people in the house know, then I will be miserable." ”
Xu Suxin smiled, "You believe me so much?"
"My sister is naturally a trustworthy person!"
"You are also bolder, not to mention anything else, you have to find reliable people who come in and out, otherwise you will not know if you are sold. ”
Bai Qiyu smiled, "Sister, do you think I'm such a stupid person?" By the way, I only do ordinary fat powder business in the shop here, and as for the fine products I made myself, naturally I can't put them here...... What good ideas does my sister have?"
Xu Suxin's eyes lit up, "You really asked the right person this question, doing business is naturally the best in the capital, I am going to Beijing, I am afraid that I will stay for a long time, if you want, your things can be sold at a high price, as for the shop, this is naturally not a problem for me." ”
"Really, I've had this idea, but it's really not an ordinary difficulty for me......" Bai Qiyu immediately became excited.
Xu Suxin suddenly said seriously, "Xiao Qi, do you know what your biggest strengths and weaknesses are?"
Bai Qiyu wondered, "This, why did you suddenly talk about this?"
Xu Suxin glared at her and nodded her head, "You, a child's family, it's too easy to trust people, you tell me about me, you've only known me for a few days, it's only the second time we've met, you're going to pour out your heart and lungs to me, if I sell you, I won't tell you where you cry!"
Bai Qiyu smiled, "Isn't that a glance to see that sister, you are a good person!"
Xu Suxin also smiled, "Fortunately, sister, I am a good person." ”
And he said, "Since you mentioned this, then tell me what you think." ”
Bai Qiyu nodded and said seriously, "I also think that those goods of mine are not available on the market, and they must have a good development, and my secret recipe is not only fragrant dew and the like, but also many other ...... If there is a suitable shop, I will ask my sister to contribute to help......"
"These are not problems, it's just that you can't stay in the capital for a long time after all, what should you do about the goods?"
Bai Qiyu smiled, "I've thought about this too, now the shop here is a warehouse, my finished products will be stored here, and my shopkeeper will regularly deliver them to Beijing, anyway, it's not far away, how does my sister think of this?"
"Yo, there will be a shopkeeper so soon?" Xu Suxin couldn't help laughing, "You are in the boudoir, but the outside world is in the palm of your hand." ”
"Sister, don't laugh at me, I can't help it, I have to find something for myself...... Besides, it's too harsh on women here, and there are too many constraints, and it's a pity that I'm not a man, otherwise I would have been able to make a big difference!"
Xu Suxin nodded, "The situation in your mansion is indeed a little complicated......
Obviously, he misunderstood Bai Qiyu's statement, but Bai Qiyu didn't need to explain it, these truths were patriarchal to put it bluntly, and they didn't make sense with people in this era......
"When did my sister leave for the capital?"
Xu Suxin pondered for a moment and said, "The specific date has not yet been decided, but most of it will be a few days after the Lantern Festival." ”
Bai Qiyu nodded, "More than half a month earlier than us......"
"That's fine, I grew up in the capital since I was a child, and I'm familiar with it, so I'll go and do some work first, find a shop first, and try to prepare before you go. ”
"It's okay, since my sister is at ease with me, I will not let my sister down. He laughed again as he spoke, "When the time comes, I will be a little rich woman with my sister." ”
Xu Suxin smiled, "What kind of little rich woman, it's so ugly, as if my sister is very old!"
Bai Qiyu shook her hand, "Xiao Qi is really happy to know my sister." ”
Xu Suxin also sighed, "It's really strange to say, when Xin'er talked about you, I couldn't wait to see you, as if I had known you before, but I didn't see you for a long time before I wanted to see you...... When I really saw you, I felt that you were very familiar, and I couldn't help but want to be close to you...... You say, will we be sisters in the last life?"
Bai Qiyu smiled, "It's probably a girlfriend!"
Although I don't know what the new word "girlfriend" means, Xu Suxin probably guessed that it meant being a friend in his girlfriend, so he was also very happy, "I was a girlfriend in my last life, and I am still a girlfriend in this life." ”
The two were in a very good mood, and discussed some details, and they forgot the time for a while, until Qiushui asked when to put lunch outside the curtain, and the two people who were talking happily realized that it was already noon, and couldn't help but look at each other and smile, it was an indescribable tacit understanding.
"Presumably my sister is hungry too, look at me, I just care about talking, I have forgotten the time, or I will set the meal, right? I don't know if Gu's mother's food is to your liking......
Xu Suxin smiled, "I'm not a picky person, you have such a character, and it's good to want people to come to your side." ”
Bai Qiyu instructed Qiushui, "Let's set the meal, just in the middle." ”
Qiushui went out in response, and Qiuling went into the house to clean up the kang table, and brought hot water to serve the two to clean their hands.
Immediately, Qiu Ju and Qiu Shui began to serve the food, but Xu Suxin was surprised, "These are all things I love to eat on weekdays!"
Qiushui smiled, "I asked Sister Dongyu to ask Gu's mother to do it, but I don't know if it suits your taste." ”
Dongyu is the big maid next to Xu Suxin, and she brought it with her when she came, but she has been out with the maids and sisters-in-law.
Xu Suxin praised and said, "Xiao Qi, you maids are really clever, much better than those clumsy heads around me." ”
Even so, the tone revealed satisfaction and closeness to the people around him.
Bai Qiyu was naturally very happy about the approach of Qiushui and the others, and said with a smile at the moment, "Sister said that it was funny, no matter how clever they are, they can't compare to the people around you, after all, they are inexperienced, and they will coax me to be happy." ”
Qiushui and a few people pursed their lips and smiled, set up cups and plates, and quickly clothed the vegetables with their hands and feet, and then retreated to the side to wait.
Xu Suxin smiled again, "You guys go by yourself, don't eavesdrop on us here." ”
Qiushui and the others looked at Bai Qiyu with a smile, and Bai Qiyu said, "Go and entertain Dongyu them, I am here." ”