Chapter Ninety-Five: The Honor
When the eastern sky was white and misty, MΓΌller simply sat up from the bed, and since he couldn't sleep, he was no longer reluctant, and it was not a comfortable thing to turn over and over with his eyes open. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Pushing open the door, only to find that someone had gotten up earlier than him, Qiu Xiang stepped out of the courtyard gate with an unfast step, and Mueller hesitated for a moment and quietly followed.
Turn left when you go out, and then cross a street, it turns out that Qiu Xiang is going to the vegetable market.
Muller wondered, Qingyuan's ingredients have always been purchased by hand, why did Qiu Xiang get up early and work so hard?
Walking to an old man's stall, Qiu Xiang carefully selected, picked up something with her hand from time to time, put it under her nose and smelled it, picked and picked, and then bought a pack.
Walking to a stall selling vegetables again, Qiu Xiang, who was originally picking green vegetables, suddenly looked angry, and Mueller turned his attention from Qiu Xiang to the vegetable seller, only to know why Qiu Xiang was angry.
The two vegetable sellers were talking about the matter between Qingyang Xiaocen and Bai Xiaoman, the owner of Qingyuan, in a snarky tone, mocking Bai Xiaoman for wanting to be the hostess of Qingyuan, living in cheekily, and refusing to leave in Qingyuan without a name, maybe he would have slept on Qingyang Xiaocen's bed a long time ago, as a woman so shameless, it was simply debauched.
MΓΌller strode forward, and the kind of words made people listen to them so angrily that they could not bear it.
There were still a few steps to get closer, and I heard Qiu Xiang scold back loudly: "You have nothing to do, you don't know anything and talk behind your back, I think you are shameless, right?" β
The two women selling vegetables were about to retort, but Qiu Xiang didn't give them a chance to breathe, and continued: "Why do you know so much about Qingyuan's affairs? I'm afraid that the two of them also have daughters at home, and they tried to send them to Qingyuan, but they didn't succeed, right? Also, what kind of place is Qingyuan, and you tricky villains can go if you want? Our girl lives in Qingyuan, and Mr. Qingyang begged to live there, becoming the hostess of Qingyuan, only the girl nodded, Mr. Qingyang can't wait to marry our girl, but unfortunately our girl has to think about it again, you don't have to worry about it! Let's think about it more, I replied these words to the girl, this street is all Qingyuan, see if you can continue to do business! β
The two of them who were originally scolded by Qiu Xiang wanted to say something cruel, but when they saw her as a girl, they started to despise her, but in the next few words, she was stunned, first held the words back into her stomach, and asked tentatively: "Your girl?" Who are you? β
Qiu Xiang raised her face: "I am the personal maid of Bai Xiaoman in your mouth!" β
One of the women said coldly: "Qingyuan's family has a big business, the master's status is noble, you are her personal maid and you have to buy vegetables in person, it can be seen that you are not very favored, I can't say that your girl is just a favored maid!" β
Qiu Xiang was furious: "I came out to buy vegetables because I was willing to be loyal to my master, where can you villains talk nonsense!" β
Qiu Xiang and the two women shouted, which had already attracted everyone's attention, and there was a circle of people around, and when they heard the conversation between the three of them, they all bowed their heads and discussed, but no one stepped forward to persuade them.
Although Qiu Xiang is sharp-toothed, she is a young girl in the end, and she is not as good as these two middle-aged women who make a living at the bottom, after a few rounds of talking, they saw that they couldn't talk about Qiu Xiang, so they began to swear, sentence after sentence, and soon blocked Qiu Xiang's face and turned white for a while.
Mueller pushed away the crowd, stepped forward, and with a split of his hand, the vegetable stalls of the two women instantly scattered, and all the vegetables and fruits were scattered on the ground.
The two women suddenly shouted loudly: "Someone! Robbery! This is bullying us two useless old ladies! Hurry up and report to the official! Hurry up and arrest these two robbers! β
Mueller threw out two silver ingots and said coldly, "Shut up! β
After speaking, he pulled Qiu Xiang and squeezed out of the crowd.
The two women originally opened their mouths wide and cried, but they were directly smashed shut by the two ingots of silver, and one by one they put them in their pockets, for fear of being seen by more people, and quickly squatted down to pick up the vegetables and fruits that had been dropped, and when they looked up again, Qiu Xiang and Muller had long since disappeared.
Qiu Xiang carried the basket and wiped a handful of tears as she walked, and Muller didn't bother her, just silently took the vegetable basket on her wrist.
Qiu Xiang sobbed and said, "No, I can move it." β
Mueller didn't speak, but he didn't let go, and insisted on carrying it.
After walking for a while, Qiu Xiang thanked him: "Thank you, otherwise I wouldn't have known how to get out just now." β
Mueller remained silent.
Seeing that she was no longer crying, he spoke: "Don't tell her about this." β
Qiu Xiang nodded: "I know, lest the girl listen to it." Then he asked, "By the way, why is it so coincidental that you are here?" β
Mueller did not hide it, and said directly: "I saw that you went out in the morning, and I was a little strange where you would go, so I followed to take a look." β
"Oh, that's right."
"Why did you come out to buy groceries yourself? Aren't these things all in charge of Qingyuan's kitchen? Mueller asked her.
Qiu Xiang pointed to a paper bag in the vegetable basket and replied, "The girl was a little uncomfortable with her stomach before, and she didn't sleep very well, so I came out to buy some male cloves for the girl, and went back to make soup so that the girl could replenish her body." I happened to see an old man selling, it was home-grown, and I looked very good, so I didn't go to the pharmacy again. β
Mueller nodded, indicating that he understood.
Neither of them spoke again, and walked back in silence.
As soon as he entered the gate of Qingyuan, he saw Fang Jingzhuo in front of him, Qiu Xiang immediately stopped, and Muller also stopped, subconsciously paying attention to Qiu Xiang's reaction.
As Bai Xiaoman's personal guard, when he was a secret guard before, he had heard the conversation between Bai Xiaoman and Qingyang Xiaocen, including the conversation between her and Qiu Xiang's master and servant, so he knew that Qiu Xiang liked Fang Jingzhuo, and looking at Fang Jingzhuo's reaction, he also guessed that it should be Luohua's deliberate flow of water and ruthlessness.
Qiu Xiang didn't know that Mueller knew about her thoughts, so Mueller didn't know how to react, so she had to stand next to her and take two steps to leave room for the two to get along.
Qiu Xiang had a slightly uncomfortable expression on her face, and then returned to normal, bowing her head and saluting: "I've seen Steward Fang." β
As soon as Fang Jingzhuo responded, he continued to walk out.
When he was about to pass by, Qiu Xiang suddenly shouted to him: "Steward Fang, please stay." β
Mueller turned his eyes to her.
"Today I went out to buy something, I heard some ugly rumors, it was about my girl, the foul language is really hard to hear, think about it, you can't blame them completely, the things in the Qing Garden, not the people in the Qing Garden, how can they know one or two of them as outsiders? What's more, what is the matter between my girl and my husband, Steward Fang also knows the same, right? I also hope that the housekeeper Fang is busy, and he will restrain the people of Qingyuan a little, although my girl is free and easy by nature and does not care about these false names, but after all, it is the daughter's family, and the name still needs to be taken into account. β
After speaking, Qiu Xiang saluted again, walked to Muller's side, and left with him. (To be continued.) )