The past two days have been unprecedentedly smooth, Xi Yunzhi arranged things in the store every day, and then returned home early to study the recipes he got from Zhang Yanna.

Her husband doesn't like to eat much, but he doesn't like to eat a lot, and he always stares at those things to eat every time he eats, but what she can do is only a little homely, so her husband must feel that eating is very boring.

Therefore, she learned from Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan was generous, and directly threw a recipe to her, saying that she should figure it out by herself.

She was sitting in the small embroidery room in the master bedroom reading a book, but Ruyi and Ruyue rushed in, their faces as uncomfortable as eating a few green-headed flies.

"Husband, ma'am, it's terrible." Ruyi is a fat girl, and when she is in a hurry to speak, she always stutters a little.

Ruyue saw that she couldn't say clearly, so she hurriedly took over and said, "Master Zhizhou came to the door." ”

"Also, also, with a lot of gifts. Oh my god, this is going to change the sky. ”

Ruyi was there like a mother-in-law, but their words successfully aroused Xi Yunzhi's interest, put down the book, sat up from the soft couch, frowned and said:

"You mean Master Zhizhou - Lu Xiu?"

***

Lu Xiu, the governor of Luoyang, is over sixty years old, Xu is worried about filtering on weekdays, full of white hair, not tall, and a little awkward on his back, but the overall temperament is okay, and his round belly makes him look a bit of an official man.

Because Lu Xiu came to the door to place Bu Tan, but Bu Qin was not at home, Lu Xiu asked the maid to pass on the housewife, and Xi Yunzhi had to come out to receive him as the main mother.

When Lu Xiu saw Xi Yunzhi, he first looked her up and down, and then he raised a kind and joyful smile at Xi Yunzhi, he was a parent official, and he never saluted Xi Yunzhi, so he only hugged his fists and made a humble gesture as a guest, Xi Yunzhi blessed him with kindness and generosity:

"See Lord Zhizhou."

Lu Xiu smiled and replied, "Mrs. Bu is very polite." ”

Xi Yunzhi walked to the position of the main family on his own, compared the deputy position to Lu Xiu, invited him to take a seat, and asked Ruyi Ruyue to make tea before sitting down.

"My husband is in the camp on weekdays, and if the lord tells him to do anything, let me know, and I will pass it on to the lord."

Although Xi Yunzhi's words sounded polite, they actually had a two-tier meaning, the guest was visiting the door, and the host was not at home, but the guest obviously knew where the host was, so he would not ask to meet the hostess again, and asked the hostess to come forward to receive him, that is not a special matter, that is, he does not understand etiquette.

Lu Xiu couldn't listen to the meaning of Yunzhi's words, and immediately high-fived, and the two officials guarding outside moved in two boxes one after another, placed them on the tea table between Xi Yunzhi and Lu Xiu, and opened them in front of Xi Yunzhi.

I only heard Lu Xiu point to the box and say:

"I don't dare to bother Mrs. to pass it on, this is some of my intentions, and I hope Mrs. will accept it."

Xi Yunzhi glanced at it, one box was golden gold ingots, and the other box was ginseng, deer antler velvet and other extremely precious medicinal materials.

"I heard that General Bu's leg disease healed, I was very relieved, I always wanted to find an opportunity to visit, but how could I be entangled in affairs, I couldn't find the opportunity, it happened that the dog collided with General Bu a few days ago, and after the general taught me a lesson, I went back to the house to restrain a lot, and I wanted to take this opportunity to come to thank you, thank you General Bu for training my son, the child is usually spoiled by me, and he is lacking personal discipline."

As he was talking, Ruyi Ruyue brought hot tea, Xi Yunzhi personally brought it to Lu Xiu, invited him to use tea, and after lowering his eyes, he said politely:

"Oh, the matter of Lu Gongzi, the husband also mentioned it to me, it turned out that the husband had a hard temper, and he really complained about Lu Gongzi's collision, the adult said seriously, these things are not acceptable, and please take them back."

Lu Xiu's smile became more and more prosperous, and his eyes looking at Xi Yunzhi became more and more kind, but Xi Yunzhi could see from his clasped hands that he was a little angry, and said in his heart, what an old fox with a honey-bellied sword, but he also understood that he must have some skills to sit firmly in Luoyang Zhizhou, and hypocrisy is also one of his skills.

Drinking tea to cover up the imperceptible understanding in his eyes, seeing that Lu Xiu was also drinking tea, Xi Yunzhi turned his eyes and said again:

"By the way, a few days ago, Sister Yunxiu passed me into the house, and I was emotionally unstable, so now I should be fine, right?"

Xi Yunzhi deliberately turned the topic to Xi Yunxiu, but saw that Lu Xiu's face changed slightly as she expected, but it immediately recovered, and the change was so fast that people couldn't see it at all, so she only heard him answer calmly and smiled:

"Yunxiu is pregnant, and she collided with her wife, and the old man is here to make amends for her."

Xi Yunzhi put down the teacup with a smile: "Yunxiu and I are sisters, although we don't have much intersection, but we are always sisters, she has something, how can I, who is a sister, be better than her." But Lord Lu, how do you plan to place her in the future? ”

Xi Yunzhi's words were light and light, but they were enough to set off a thousand waves in front of Lu Xiu, only to see him turn his gaze, hide his panic with the hand holding the teacup, and forcibly calm down:

"What do you mean by Madame?"

Xi Yunzhi waved his hand and asked Ruyi to wipe the tea that Lu Xiu's hand spilled out, and then continued casually:

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that I went back to my mother's house to visit the fifth aunt, she told me something about what happened to Yunxiu's sister in Lu's mansion, to be honest, when I first heard it, I was as anxious as the second aunt, but then I decided and thought, since this happened, it is also Yunxiu's sister's fate, no wonder others, even if it is all about this matter, it is meaningless, but it is tired of the reputation of the Xi family and the Lu family, so I persuaded the second aunt to be relieved, but unexpectedly, a few days ago, I heard some rumors on the street, That's why I want to ask the adults for Sister Yunxiu. ”

“……”

Lu Xiu didn't speak, but his face turned red for a while, and the hand holding the cup trembled more and more, Xi Yunzhi was amused when he saw this, but he still had a worried look on his face.

"Mrs. Bu is reasonable, which makes the lower officials feel very pleased, and please rest assured Mrs. Bu, I ...... about Yunxiu has its own opinions, and I will tell my wife the truth, Yunxiu is pregnant with the flesh and blood of the Lu family, I feel sorry for her It's too late, and I will never treat her badly. It's just that Xia Guan still wants to ask more, did you know about this from the fifth grandmother of the Xi family? ”

Xi Yunzhi made a relieved look, nodded and said, "Well, I learned about it from the fifth grandmother at first, but later, there was crazy talk on the street, so I don't know what's going on." Master Lu, don't blame me for being a woman, but Sister Yunxiu and I put aside the sisterhood, we are both women, and women have to accept their fate, but they must not ruin their reputations and affect the two families, so the future will be sad. ”

“……”

Lu Xiu nodded to Xi Yunzhi, and hurriedly said goodbye, Xi Yunzhi saw that his temples were soaked with cold sweat, and he wanted to laugh in his heart, but on the surface, he maintained a peaceful posture, did enough to be the housewife, and personally sent him out of the house.

Looking at the carriage where Lu Xiu almost fled, the corners of Xi Yunzhi's mouth hooked up a smile, and he turned around and entered the house, only to see Ruyi and Ruyue swallowing saliva with the two boxes of treasures, Ruyue wiped her mouth and asked Xi Yunzhi:

"Madame, what about these things?"

After Xi Yunzhi glanced at it, he said: "Just leave it like this, wait for the husband to come back and tell him, we have refused, he doesn't take it back, and I can't force it." ”

"Yes."

***

Bu Qin came back at night and saw two boxes of things in the hall, after Xi Yunzhi told him about the matter, he asked him whether to keep the things or not, anyway, it was her who accepted the woman's family, if the husband didn't accept it, just reply that the woman's family didn't understand the severity was enough to retreat.

But Bu Qin said: "It doesn't matter, I'll give it to you." In the future, there will be no shortage of these things, I am too lazy to deal with them, you can just call the shots. ”

Xi Yunzhi stood behind him and squeezed his shoulder, and asked, "But if I accept his things, what if he wants you to do things for him in the future?" ”

"Errands?" Bu Qin was amused by this statement, and asserted domineeringly: "Does he dare? ”

“……”

Xi Yunzhi thought back to Lu Xiu's expression today, and it was estimated that he would not think about giving gifts for a while, so he didn't ask any more.

After waking up early the next day, she studied the recipe for most of the day, and it was not until the afternoon that she went to the store, who knows, but there was an unexpected customer waiting for her at the counter.

Xi Yunchun was dressed in luxury, with high temples, and the official's wife stood in front of the counter with a full style, looking at the jewelry that the guy handed her, and seeing her enter, she changed her previous indifferent appearance, and greeted Xi Yunzhi with a smile, which was beautiful and moving.

"Sister, you're here. Your shopkeeper isn't authentic enough. ”

Xi Yunchun is already beautiful, and these soft words make people crisp half of their bones.

Xi Yunzhi greeted him: "Why is my sister here?" ”

Since she wants to greet her politely, Xi Yunzhi has no reason to have a cold face, in a word, if she wants to pretend, she will accompany her to pretend.

"My sister also asked me, my sister is so capable but she doesn't let her sisters know, isn't it because I'm afraid that my sisters will come to your shop to ask for it, it's really chilling."

"My sister is serious, but it's just a small business, and it can't get into the eyes of my sisters."

The smile on Xi Yunzhi's face froze a little, she hadn't tried to speak with such a false expression and tone for a long time. In the past, they treated her coldly, and she was happy to be relaxed, but now she has to take out her hot face and paste it again, which is really torturous.

"Look at it, my sister is arrogant, she just doesn't treat us as sisters."

Xi Yunchun has long been accustomed to this kind of posture, but this time she changed the object, there was no difficulty for her, and seeing that Xi Yunzhi's face was about to show impatience, she hurriedly changed the topic:

"By the way, Sister Yunxiu's matter, does my sister know?"

Xi Yunzhi's heart tightened, and he said as usual: "I know, Sister Yunxiu is pregnant, it's really a great thing." ”

Xi Yunchun heard Xi Yunzhi say this, covered his lips with a handkerchief and smiled, then he made a mysterious appearance, took Xi Yunzhi's hand to the side, and secretly said in her ear:

"Sister doesn't know, Sister Yunxiu's baby is not a good thing, do you know whose baby it is?"

Xi Yunzhi pretended not to know, shook his head and said, "Isn't it Lu Xianggong's?" ”

Xi Yunchun shook her head coquettishly: "Of course not, it's her father-in-law, Master Lu." I heard that Yunxiu's sister was on the night of marriage...... was insulted by her drunken father-in-law, Lu Xianggong didn't touch her, how could she be pregnant? ”

"......" Xi Yunzhi looked at Xi Yunchun and didn't speak, she only felt that this woman was terrible, her expression when she said this, it seemed like gloating, where was there a little bit of unwillingness and anger for her sister to be bullied, her relationship with Xi Yunxiu could not be compared with her Xi Yunzhi, after all, they were sisters who had lived together in harmony for more than ten years, and she had long been abandoned by them outside the circle for many years, and she had no affection for them.

Although he thought so in his heart, Xi Yunzhi was surprised on his face: "What? Is there such a thing? ”

Xi Yunchun nodded: "Yes." Sister, I just heard my father-in-law talk about it last night, so I rushed to tell my sister the news. ”

Xi Yunzhi couldn't guess what Xi Yunchun wanted to do, so he followed her words and said, "Oh, thank you so much sister, it's just that Sister Yunxiu is too pitiful, and such a thing happened." ”

Seeing that Xi Yunzhi really showed regret on his face, Xi Yunchun couldn't help but say again:

"It's not pitiful, just yesterday, Lord Lu sent someone to send a letter, asking my father-in-law to go to Lu Mansion on the eighth day of the sixth month to drink his wedding wine, and he wants to directly include Sister Yunxiu in the room."

“……”

Xi Yunzhi didn't know about this matter, but he didn't expect that Lord Lu's efficiency was so fast, and he really showed his face and made such a shocking decision.

"Although she is a concubine, after all, she is the concubine of Lord Zhizhou, which is much better than the ordinary wife, so my sister said that Sister Yunxiu is not pitiful at all."

A woman was originally married to her son, but it didn't take long for her to pass it on to her father-in-law, and this reputation spread, and Sister Yunxiu's life was ruined.

Xi Yunzhi looked at the disapproving woman in front of her, and felt that people's hearts were really cold, she used to be as good as Yunxiu, but once it happened, let alone reaching out to help, she didn't say a word of sympathy, suddenly, Xi Yunzhi was a little glad that they had been estranged from her for so many years, and she would rather not have such a sisterhood.

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