Chapter 168: Pretending to Be Kind
When you want to see someone, you can't see it by all means, but if you don't want to see someone, you can meet it wherever you go, and Aunt Lin can be regarded as this situation for Shen Qingqing.
Shen Qingqing went to the glutinous rice factory, then Aunt Lin didn't come to work and stood in the factory fiddling with flowers and plants, Shen Qingqing went to see the fields and could meet Aunt Lin on the road, Shen Qingqing returned home and could meet Aunt Lin at the door of her house.
And this Aunt Lin changed her previous vicious attitude, and treated Shen Qingqing with a smile.
Of course, Shen Qingqing knew that this was Aunt Lin's heart, and finally simply spoke: "Aunt Lin, you can just say what you want to do, you don't have to be like this, as if I met a ghost." ”
If Shen Qingqing had said this kind of thing in the past, Aunt Lin would have been anxious, but this time it was abnormal, with a smile on her face: "Qingqing, look at what you say, since you are married to Lin Zhong now, then I can be regarded as your mother-in-law, I have been thinking about whether you will be cold in winter, so I want to give you some cotton." ”
Aunt Lin said and took out some cotton from the back basket and sent it to Shen Qingqing's arms, Shen Qingqing looked down and saw that this was indeed cotton, but it was inferior cotton.
Shen Qingqing didn't answer, but smiled: "Aunt Lin thank you for your kindness." ”
"What are you talking about, from now on we will be a family, Qingqing, you must pay attention to some of your body in the future, well, and if there is anything wrong with what he does in the forest, you can say it quickly, don't lose face."
Shen Qingqing didn't speak anymore, she kept looking at Aunt Lin with a smile on her face, what tricks did she want to play, Shen Qingqing was still clear in her heart, she was so vicious before, but now she looked like a good mother-in-law, just to get some benefits from her.
Aunt Lin didn't react when she saw that Shen Qingqing said so much, and finally couldn't hold back her temper anymore, and when she wanted to scold, she thought of something and swallowed her words into her stomach, still with a smile on her face: "What's wrong Qingqing, what did I do to make you feel uncomfortable?" ”
"Aunt Lin." Shen Qingqing suddenly shouted, and she looked down at her jade bracelet. "I know exactly what you looked like before and what you look like now, people can't change overnight, so you don't have to put it out in front of me, if you have something to ask me to help and say it, I can help, but your appearance will only make me feel sick in my heart. Of course you are......"
Before Aunt Lin could speak, Shen Qingqing continued to speak: "The place where I help you is only limited to the face of the forest, if the forest does not agree, I will not help you." ”
Sure enough, hearing Shen Qingqing say this, Aunt Lin changed her face, the appearance of the good mother-in-law just now, if it weren't for Shen Qin's market to know her too well, she would really be fooled by her.
"Now that Lin Zhong and I have become married, I don't have any other thoughts, I just hope that our family can live in peace, so Aunt Lin hopes that you will stop harassing me from now on."
After saying a word, before giving Aunt Lin a chance to react, Shen Qingqing opened the door and walked into the courtyard.
Aunt Lin did have her own ideas, otherwise she wouldn't have said those good things to Shen Qingqing, but she didn't expect that she was so smart that she could see through her face at once.
Aunt Lin couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva: "Okay, you Shen Qingqing, see how I treat you in the future." ”
Shen Qingqing didn't care what Aunt Lin thought, since she became married to Lin Zhong, Shen Qingqing originally thought that the two of them would have a lot of trouble, but she found that her life after marriage was getting more and more satisfying, Lin Zhong not only loved herself, but also treated Xiaodouding like her own child.
Shen Qingqing knocked slightly, touched, Lin Zhong was very worried, the so-called happy marriage is also like this.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and it is about to enter the winter, and the snowflakes drift down and directly put on a layer of white clothes on all the mountains in Jiudaoguan, and the homeless people who usually sway around the town also come home and build a bonfire at this time. If it's not for the sake of livelihood, who doesn't want his wife and children to hot kang heads.
The efficiency of the glutinous rice processing factory slows down in winter, and Shen Qingqing understands that it is not easy for women to work in winter, so she did not say anything.
One morning, glutinous rice dumplings and glutinous rice cakes were filled with several large buckets early, and Shen Qingqing and Lin Zhong put these things on the carriage and went to the town.
Since the two of them got married, this work of delivering things was done by two people together, and with Lin Zhong by his side, Shen Qingqing felt very warm in his heart.
The coachman in front was standing in the carriage, and in the forest behind him, Shen Qingqing was holding her cloak to help her block the wind and rain, and he was afraid that she would be cold and rubbed her hands from time to time: "Do you feel a little cold?" ”
He shook his head slightly, but felt a little funny: "Lin Zhong, I have been held in your arms now, where do I feel cold, and I feel very warm." ”
"That's good, that's good." Lin Zhong lit Shen Qingqing's nose and slowly kissed her on the forehead.
When Shen Qingqing was about to say something, he looked up and saw that the road ahead was slightly different.
Before, the road was full of people and sometimes there was a traffic jam, but now there was no sign of it except for one of their carriages.
Shen Qingqing was just curious in his heart, but he didn't say it, and after the carriage arrived at Shilixiang Restaurant, Zhen Qian was waiting there early, and when he saw the two of them looking affectionate, he teased: "The married life of the two of you is as sweet as honey, sweeter than the nectar of the acacia flower, and I can't compare with the old immortal." ”
"Boss Zhen, what did you say, look at the way you look, when you were young, your wife and I were also Qingqing, I am mine." Shen Qingqing naturally refused to admit defeat, and also teased her, and the three of them laughed.
Shen Qingqing took Lin Zhong's hand and just wanted him to help his subordinates unload the glutinous rice cake, but Lin Zhong suddenly let go of Shen Qingqing's hand and shouted: "Where is the thief running?" ”
Shen Qingqing and Zhen Qian didn't react, they saw Lin Zhong running into the restaurant and standing, and caught a person with lightning speed: "Thief, where to run." ”
Shen Qingqing and the two of them glanced at each other, and hurriedly ran to the restaurant and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Lin Zhong had already asked the subordinate to tie up the thief, and he clapped his hands: "Just now we were unloading, and I saw this person sneakily running behind the counter to hold the silver, and sure enough, I caught him." ”
"Really?" Zhen Qian looked at his subordinates with a cold face.
The subordinate was also flustered for a while, and hurriedly shouted: "Boss, it's all ...... It's all my fault, I've been concentrating on unloading glutinous rice dumplings just now, and I didn't see this person taking money behind the counter, it's really good to do something, I have to be a thief! ”
The subordinate was also afraid that Zhen Qian would be angry, and he hurriedly kicked the thief.
"Come on, just catch this thief." Zhen Qian was embarrassed to see his subordinates like this, and apologized to Lin Zhong, so he asked his subordinates to send the thief to the official mansion.
With this out, these people tightened their heartstrings, and after the glutinous rice dumplings were unloaded, Shen Qingqing did not hurry away, and sat down to drink tea.
Shen Qingqing took a sip of water before he spoke: "That thief just now looks like he is only about twenty, why do you have to be a thief?" ”
"Alas!" Zhen Qian touched his mouth. "Qingqing girl, I'm afraid you don't know, business is not good now."
"Sad?" Shen Qingqing has worked together for so long before, and she has never seen Zhen Qian look embarrassed, and she has always been confident in doing business, but expressions like today are still rare.
Zhen Qian shook his head, watching the snow fall one after another outside, and there were fewer pedestrians on the road: "Now that it has entered winter, it was originally the peak season but after the snow melted, there was a flood in the south, and there were many victims, which became a chain effect, and the business on our side was not good." ”
"So that's the case, does the imperial court have any measures?" Shen Qingqing thought for a while and then spoke.
Last year's snowstorm and this year's flood, if the imperial court only forced unmarried men and women to marry, this is a palliative rather than a cure, and some measures need to be taken.
"Naturally, measures have been taken. It's just that we deserve the bad luck of our Nanjiang Kingdom this year, and the imperial court took out a lot of silver from the treasury to help the victims, but the silver was lost halfway through. ”
"Lost?" Shen Qingqing and Lin Zhong said in unison. "This is the court's money, why did it lose it?"
"We don't know this, this silver is lost in the treasury for a while, and there is no way to allocate new silver, and the sufferers are naturally the victims, haven't you noticed? When we walked to the town, there were also many victims, and the rich boy who was originally looking for fun stayed at home to avoid any accidents. ”
The bad fortune of a country is not only related to the imperial court, but also to every ordinary person in the country.
Shen Qingqing's glutinous rice factory is prosperous and Lin Zhong's life after marriage is good, Xiaodouding is cute, Yulian is gentle and generous, she thinks she is doing well, but she didn't expect other people to live like they are in dire straits, and even the family's strong Zhen Qian is also bitter.
This year's world is even more difficult than last year's.