84. Miscalculation
Sheng Xue saw that she had to ask again, and then she heard the nurse come in and say, "Madam, the third lady is here." Bai Shi raised his head, and there was obviously a puzzled look between his eyebrows, but he just pressed down and ordered: "What are you still doing in a daze, let's make tea." Sheng Xue saw that she picked up the brush again, and Mint replaced her with new rice paper.
Bai touched Sheng Xuejian's soft hair, and went out to greet the third lady. These three ladies have always been reluctant to come to Beiyuan, but today they suddenly came to visit, as the saying goes, there is a saying that nothing is not to go to the Three Treasures Palace, Sheng Xue saw that he secretly sneered in his heart. This old man called his father over to be hard. These three ladies are here to find their mother to be soft.
But the third lady's abacus was still wrong in the end, if it was the mother in the previous life, then there is no doubt that the third lady would have succeeded. But in this life, their mother and daughter are not so easy to bully. Sheng Xue didn't want to go out to see the third lady's face, so she only listened carefully in the back room.
As soon as the Bai family came out, he smiled lightly at the three ladies and said, "The third brother and sister are here." The third lady sat in her position but didn't intend to stand up, she had always been pampered in the Sheng family, and now even if she had something to ask for, she put that shelf and panache to the fullest. The nurse followed behind, frowning secretly. I only felt that the third lady's gold and silver were shaking, which really made her eyes hurt when she looked at it.
"This is the dragon well before the rain, give the third brother and sister a taste." Seeing that the third lady didn't say a word, Bai Shi was not in a hurry, sat on the side, and ordered the nurse to pour tea. Both of them sat down, the person who should be in a hurry was the third lady, she couldn't sit still, glanced at Bai Shi slightly, and barely squeezed out a smile and said: "Second sister-in-law, you see that there are too many things in the three rooms these days, I don't have time to see you, this is not just vacant, I will come to Beiyuan." ”
"Don't get in the way, I know that the old lady can't do without the third brother and sister." Bai picked up the tea cup on the table and tasted the tea leisurely. The third lady knocked on the side and asked: "Second sister-in-law, I heard that the second sister-in-law is a popular figure in Shengjing, she is a member of the heavenly family, how many do you know the second sister-in-law?" ”
"That's what they said. If the third brother and sister are recognized by everyone in the family on the same day, then I should be the best among the first-class members. Bai Shi smiled faintly. The third lady was uncomfortable, and she had just made a big appearance, and she slapped the horse's ass on the horse's leg. After thinking about it, I decided to tell the truth, and I didn't care about face: "Second sister-in-law, I won't tell you, I have an annoying thing today, and I still need the second sister-in-law's guidance." ”
Bai's face did not move, but he knew in his heart that the third brother and sister finally couldn't hold back. The third lady didn't wait for the Bai family to speak, and continued: "It's still our family, it's been two years, and this official rank has never been promoted. You see that the conscientious and conscientious person in our family who has outstanding political achievements but is not promoted, must be the villain jealous! The more the third lady spoke, the more indignant she became.
Sheng Xue saw that it was more and more ridiculous when she heard it in the room. Although the Sheng family is a scholarly family, the third son of the old lady Wu who loves the most is the most useless. This was reluctantly admitted to Xiucai, and then the official road relied on money, and the official position that was mixed with the sixth grade was already good, but he was not satisfied, and two years ago he let his mother's family have a little relationship, and he was promoted to a fifth grade, and now he is insatiable.
If her three uncles are all outstanding in politics, then I really don't know who else can be a foolish official. Sheng Xuejian continued to listen to the third lady's nonsense while practicing calligraphy. The Bai family in the outside world is too, only being the wind in the ear, and sipping tea lightly. It wasn't until the third lady's mouth was dry that she said a soft "um", which made the third lady suddenly not know where to start.
However, as the saying goes, it is not a family that does not enter the door, and the third lady is the same as the third master, a person who is used to being shameless. In a blink of an eye, he asked with a smile on his face: "Second sister-in-law, do you say that you can ask your mother's family to help you inquire, which villain has been hindering our master's promotion?" ”
"This villain is indeed hateful, we really want to help the third brother seek justice, but the matter in Shengjing is that even if you ask a word, you can't get a little money. Third brother and sister, do you have a number in your heart? Bai Shi bent his eyebrows and threw the matter of money back to the third lady.
The third lady was stunned for a moment. In the past, I heard that as long as the old lady threw a step to the Bai family, the Bai family would ask her family to do it, but now the Bai family has come to ask her for money. Where does she have any money? However, it is best to stabilize the Bai family for now, so he said with a smile: "The matter of silver is easy to say, and I hope that the second sister-in-law will help inquire, and there will be a lot of thanks in the future." ”
But where is the Bai family so easy to fool, put down the teacup, and his face became indifferent: "Now that the prime ministers of Shengjing are doing business, my Bai family is not as good as before." Now to make it clear, the silver is like flowing water, and it is not that the second sister-in-law is stingy, but the life of the second room is also tight. If you use the silver to inquire for the third brother again, I'm afraid the second room won't be able to open the pot. ”
The third lady was a little depressed, she could see that the Bai family didn't plan to help with this today. But she has come and gone, where can she return in vain? I had to bite the bullet and say: "Then the second sister-in-law gave me some advice, how to get justice for our master?" ”
Bai Shi turned to the third lady and said: "This silver must be spent, the third brother is his own brother, where is there a reason to watch him being calculated by the villain for no reason." It's just that I can't take out too much of this silver, so let's do it, why don't you give me as much silver as the third brother and sister for the time being, and the rest of the second room will help cushion, and the third brother and sister only need to write an IOU for me, what do you think? ”
The third lady's face turned pale, she was originally going to do the thing of the empty glove white wolf, where would she take the silver out of her pocket? Do you have to write an IOU to Bai for the rest of the money? It's even more impossible! The Bai family was not in a hurry, and looked at the third lady with a sincere face.
"Let me go back and think about this matter carefully, second sister-in-law, I still have things in the third room, so I won't bother." The third lady said embarrassedly, but Bai didn't see it, and ordered the nurse to give it away: "Give the bag of Longjing before the rain to the third brother and sister." This tea is the best tea in the second room, and the third brother and sister can taste it. ”
"Okay, then I'll take my leave." The third lady's face was a little stiff, and she hurriedly said a few words to the Bai family, and then left Beiyuan with the girl. Sheng Xuejian had just finished writing the third piece of rice paper. My mother's side won a big victory, but I don't know how my father coped with it.
Bai instructed his subordinates to clean up the cold tea on the table, and ordered Mama Qian to take the account book and see. Life seems to be getting better and better, but there are some things that don't make people live in peace.