Chapter 45: Rumors
But seeing Xinghua carelessly put all the jewelry removed by Gu Qiluo on the dresser into the makeup box, she said with a smile: "You listen to the girl teasing you, just find a better place." ”
"A better place, how can we have so much money?"
Gu Qiluo originally wanted to say that her sister was rich and had a net worth of tens of millions, but thinking that the tens of millions of net worth had not yet been cashed, and now she only had the pitiful one hundred or dozens of taels of silver in her hand, which was sponsored by Xiao Jiangbei, she couldn't help but feel a little sad, and she didn't have the confidence to speak so much.
"Anyway, let's pick it first, at least you have to find a clean and bright one, even if you can't buy it for a while, you can rent it for a few months. I expect that once our dishes are launched, they will definitely be popular in the capital, and then I am afraid that we will not be able to make money every day? ”
"Ignore it, the girl is daydreaming again." Xinghua finished cleaning up the dresser, blew out the candle, and pulled the spring rain out with a smile.
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"The second master spares his life...... The old slave didn't dare anymore...... The old slave didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore...... The second master spared his life...... The old slave also listened to what the people in the Gu Mansion said...... Ah......h
Crying and screaming sounded alternately, and the people under the Xiao Mansion who were hiding in the dark snooping shrunk their necks one by one, looking at a mother-in-law who was tied to a stool and facing a board not far away, and whispered about what had happened.
"The second master said, Mrs. Wu is spreading rumors, lazy and slippery, there is no such person in the house, and he will be kicked out immediately after playing the board."
The small bridge was expressionless and passed Xiao Jiangbei's order. After the board was finished, the lower half of his body was already bloodstained, so he glanced around. Seeing that there were shadowy figures hidden among the flowers and trees, he cleared his throat and sneered: "Mrs. Wu, you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and the rumors have actually reached the head of the eldest girl of the Gu family, that is the future second young grandmother in our house, you dare to slander and smear like this." Is there a master in your eyes? Today, because you are the first case, the second master is tolerant and generous, and only beats you out for twenty boards. The next time someone is blinded by lard, it will not be the case. ”
After Xiaoqiao finished speaking, he watched the two executioners drag the Wu mother-in-law away, and then turned around and left. Until he was gone. The people who were hidden in the shadows slowly moved out. gathered together wordlessly, looking at the bench on the ground that had just tied Mrs. Wu, as well as the little blood stains on the ground, they all felt a chill in their hearts.
"It turned out to be a rumor to smear the eldest girl of the Gu family, no wonder the second master is so angry." A servant shook his head and sighed, and suddenly saw Li Changgui beside him blink his eyes twice, and stammered: "What did Xiaoqiao say just now?" Because it was the first case, the second master ...... Tolerant and generous? Originally...... Hit twenty boards and throw them out, this ...... Is this called generosity? If only it were forgiving. That...... That is intolerant, should ...... What should it look like? ”
"Don't you want to know where our young master came back from? If it's intolerant. That must be ......" The other servant leaned over and whispered, but he was only halfway there, and then he reached out and wiped it on his neck, and immediately shivered with fright from all the servants around him.
"Anyway, everyone will remember it in the future, it's nothing to spread some rumors, don't spread the big girl of the Gu family." The last steward made a summary, and everyone nodded in agreement with him, and left with a discussion.
Xiao Jiangbei's method of killing chickens and monkeys this time was very useful, and he immediately suppressed the rumors that had just arisen in the house, and even his nursing mother-in-law, Mama Yue, did not dare to show her face in front of him for several days: Just kidding, who knows if the young master forgot that he mentioned this in front of him? If you come forward and let the young master think of this stubble, then won't you be miserable? After all, the quota for the light hair has been taken up by Mrs. Wu, if she is on the stall, will she even lose her old life?
But what is strange is that after this matter disappeared in the Xiao Mansion, it gradually spread in the streets and alleys, and it was not only the rumors that the eldest girl of the Gu family was watery Yang Hua, but also some people said that she was relying on herself to be the second young grandmother of the Xiao Mansion, and she was becoming more and more domineering in the house, and some people said that she even dared to rebel against her stepmother, and she refused to abide by her daughter's duty in the boudoir, but she liked to take a carriage to the street every day, and the needlework girl was even worse.
All kinds of rumors were rampant, but Xiao Fu didn't react at all. Xiao Jiangbei probably didn't expect that the effect of his single-handedly killing chickens and monkeys would be so good, so that he had never gone to the street to teach his two nephews some basic kung fu in the past few days because he was busy going to the prince's mansion to teach some basic kung fu, so he didn't hear any rumors.
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"Girl, these are all ignorant people chewing their tongues, they can't be true, I think the second son was not rumored to be like Shura that day?"
In a box on the second floor of the famous teahouse "Leisurely Residence" in the capital, Gu Qiluo gently sipped a cup of tea with a stern face, and several men in the box next to him were talking, but what they were talking about was the most prevalent rumor in the capital in recent times about the Gu family's eldest girl not being a nun and a water-based poplar flower, and the words were very ugly.
Xinghua and Chunyu couldn't listen to it anymore, and secretly hated that they were women, if they were men, they were afraid that they would find those gentlemen and go desperately at this time. Chunyu wanted to go, but was stopped by Xinghua, and heard her whisper: "We are going now, not only to no avail, but to make them arrogant and proud, do you want to let the big girl lose face in front of them?" ”
appeased the spring rain, Xinghua was afraid that Gu Qiluo would not be able to hold her breath, and hurriedly came to comfort her girl, but heard Gu Qiluo say in a deep voice: "I'm fine, there are two skins on the human mouth, and black and white can be reversed by turning it up and down, you understand this truth, can I not understand?" I'm just a little sighing, sure enough, the power of this rumor is great, no wonder people say that tongues don't use knives to kill, today it's fortunate that it's me, if other innocent daughters are passed on by them like this, wouldn't their lives be ruined? ”
"yes." Xinghua smiled miserably, but her eyes burned with monstrous hatred, and she gritted her teeth and said: "These are still the sons and daughters of the family, they read the way of Confucius and Mencius, and they are so unscrupulous, not to mention those scoundrels in the market, they are arrogant and vulgar, if any woman makes them target, it is unspeakable, their tongue is not fleshy at all, it is clearly a knife made of steel, one knife at a time, it is enough to kill a woman Ling Chi." ”
In the end, Xinghua couldn't help but shed tears, and when she saw Gu Qiluo and Chunyu looking at her with some surprise, she wiped her tears and said in a dumb voice: "I'm sorry girl, the slave is out of shape." ”
"You have loved ones...... Have you ever been killed like this? Gu Qiluo quickly guessed the reason for this, and when she saw Xinghua nodding slightly, she sighed, gently wiped away Xinghua's tears with a handkerchief, and said softly: "The reason why these rumors can kill people is because someone cares about it too much, and if you only take it as a deaf ear, you won't end up in this tragic end." Good girl, you must take this as a lesson, firmly remember that as long as you are worthy of your heart, you don't care what others say, live your own good life, and it is best to be angry with those nonsense villains. ”
"Girl......"
Xinghua's heart trembled slightly, since her mother committed suicide, her heart has been sealed, and she has not been loosened for so many years, although Gu Qiluo is the master who makes her admire the most and the best for her, she has never had the idea of following the other party for a lifetime, and subconsciously still looks forward to one day being able to control her own destiny. However, at this moment, she could feel that her heart, which was as cold as a stone, seemed to loosen slightly.
"Since the girl said so, you should understand this truth yourself, but don't let these villains be angry." Xinghua was only stunned for a moment, then nodded, but saw Gu Qiluo sneering: "I will be angry with myself because of their ugly words?" Wouldn't that give them too much face? A bunch of dogs who talk worse than fart, is it worth my attention?
After speaking, she pulled Xinghua and Chunyu to sit down beside her, and personally poured tea for the two girls, and the bluffing Xinghua hurriedly said: "I can't help the girl, this is not good......
"What's not to do? It's hard for you to serve me every day, why do you talk about so many rules when you're out there today? Let's be casual. Gu Qiluo motioned to the two girls to pick up the teacup, and put a piece of dim sum into his mouth, and said slowly: "I like this dim sum the most, it melts sweet and soft in the mouth, and in the future, when our private restaurant makes money, I will get a few more fresh dim sum, and it will be more delicious than this." ”
"The girl still wants to make money? Since the restaurant opened, not a single business has been done, and you still said that you only make three tables of banquets a day, and now the problem is that you can't even sell one table of banquets. Xinghua also forgot the dignity of the master and servant at this time, and glanced at Gu Qiluo.
Chunyu hurriedly said: "This is not to blame the girl, who asked her to choose the address in such a remote place, what to say quiet and elegant, quiet is quiet, and elegance is not wrong, but the problem is that no one patronizes it, no matter how quiet and elegant it is, who can show it?" ”
Xinghua shook her head and said, "Alas! This is also no way to do it, don't choose there, the silver in the girl's hand is not enough to buy a restaurant in a prosperous area, those restaurants are not rented, although this corner is not good, but I see, the house is really good, but it is a little similar to those famous gardens in Suzhou, the pavilions and pavilions are scattered, if it is not a bad corner, how can it not be as long as we rent ten taels of silver per month, but if it goes on like this, what if the money is spent after ten months? You can't ask the second son again, right? ”
Chunyu suddenly patted his head and said with a smile: "I remember, in ten months, won't our girl get married?" At that time, the money in the second son's hand was hers......" Before she finished speaking, seeing Gu Qiluo and Xinghua both looking at her, the little girl couldn't help but be startled, and said aggrievedly: "Just ...... Even if people say something wrong, there's no need to stare at people like this, it's scary. (To be continued......)
PS: Continue the three more today, and then ...... Ah just continue to ask for pink ticket recommendation votes, woo! Friendly reminder: The next chapter is a little cool (the author thinks it himself), roar roar!