At the end of August, Ningxia Qing made a name for himself with a glass of wine in the Ning family's mansion, and Ningxia Qing's notoriety of disrespecting filial piety and ignoring clan rules spread throughout the Ning family.

Many elders in the clan were extremely resentful and scolded her for being unfilial and unethical, while the younger generation was even more curious about this openly recruited woman, wondering what such a rumored pungent beauty looked like.

However, since that day, Ningxia Qing suddenly disappeared.

Resentful or curious people were waiting for her, but she suddenly stopped walking.

The younger generation was in a hurry, and a few of them simply came to the door directly, some people pretended to sigh a few words for Ning Yongda's untimely death, some people proposed to talk about business with Ningxia Qing, and some people proposed to introduce a reliable shopkeeper to Ningxia Qing, all of these people were blocked back by Gu Feng, and they didn't even see Ning Ningxia's face.

Gu Feng passed a message for Ningxia Qing, saying that during the period when Ningxia Qing was filial to his father, the family's shop was not opened, and business was not discussed, and everything was waiting for the old shopkeeper to talk about it after Qiqi.

This rod supported everyone until a month later, and although everyone was itching in their hearts, they could only wait for the time being.

The fifth day of the ninth month is an auspicious day, and Tan Wenshi's wedding date is set on this day.

The invitation had already been sent to the Ning family, and Tan Wenshi invited Ning Xiaqing, the head of the Ning family, to go to the banquet.

Early in the morning of the fifth day of the first month of September, Ning Ningqing went to Gu Feng with a congratulatory gift and instructed: "Uncle Gu Feng, today is Tan Ye's big day. I am still in the period of filial piety, and I cannot go to such an occasion, so you can go over and congratulate him on my behalf. This is a congratulatory gift I have prepared, you help me hand it over to him, by the way, a few more nice words, after all, we will always have him in business in the future. ”

Gu Feng took the congratulatory gift, took the gift box in his hand, patted his chest and said, "Cheng, I will definitely do this for the girl." ”

Ning Xia Qing asked again: "Uncle Gu Feng, how is Miao Laosan?"

Gu Feng immediately sighed and said worriedly: "Miao Laosan said, if we don't want him to take our goods, he won't force it." He said that he would have people deliver the goods to us in the next few days. Merely...... Girl, I think, let's not rush to agree, let me go and discuss with Miao Laosan. ”

Seeing Gu Feng's attitude of wanting to speak and stopping, Ning Ningqing was like a mirror in his heart, and asked: "If we promise Miao Laosan to return the goods to us, Miao Laosan will return a batch of low-grade goods, right?" ”

Gu Feng immediately said with a sad face: "Yes." The shopkeeper hired a familiar long-term worker to follow the ship instead of him, but the long-term worker actually disappeared, and we didn't know what materials were used at what price at that time, and it wasn't what Miao Laosan said it was. Even if he throws a batch of low-grade goods to fool us, we have nowhere to reason. ”

Ning Xia Qing frowned and said, "So, even if I have the contract that Miao Laosan signed with my father at that time, I can't do anything to him, right?" ”

"yes, so I think we'd better give him this batch of material. I'll talk to him again and see if I can talk about fifteen hundred taels. Alas, Miao Laosan bites the price tightly, in fact, I have been talking to him several times, and he just refuses to let go......"

Ning Xia Qing comforted: "It's okay, Uncle Gu Feng, don't blame yourself, don't be in a hurry about this matter first." ”

Gu Feng was stunned: "Not in a hurry? ”

"Hmm." Ning Xia Qing didn't say much, but asked: "Uncle Gu Feng, I heard that you went to Miao Laosan's shop to find him, but he was not there, and you went to Miao's house to block people, so you blocked Miao Laosan?" ”

Gu Feng nodded: "Yes." ”

Ning Ningqing asked thoughtlessly: "Why didn't Uncle Gu Feng go to Hesi Lane to block him?" ”

Gu Feng opened his mouth, his face instantly turned red, with an expression of disbelief, and he stumbled and asked, "Girl...... How, how do you know about Hesi Lane? ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled and didn't answer, but said: "It seems that Uncle Gu Feng also knows that Miao Laosan has a secret courtyard in Hesi Lane. ”

Gu Feng was a little embarrassed and didn't speak.

Ning Xia Qingwen said: "Okay, Uncle Gu Feng, you go to Tan Ye's side first, don't worry about Miao Laosan's affairs, I have my own way." ”

Gu Feng nodded, and then ran away.

Looking at Gu Feng's back, Ning Xia Qing lowered his eyes and said in his heart, Uncle Gu Feng must have gone to Hesi Lane to block it.

Miao Laosan's wife is a well-known jealous woman, not only jealous but also fierce, on weekdays, Miao Laosan is very tightly controlled, not free at home, so secretly set up a small courtyard in Hesi Lane, used to have a private meeting with women.

Gu Feng has been in this industry for many years, and it is estimated that he heard from someone that Miao Laosan had another courtyard in Hesi Lane, so he went to Hesi Lane to block people. But looking at Gu Feng's embarrassed expression just now, it seems that Gu Feng must have encountered something in Hesi Lane, which made him reluctant to tell Ning Ningqing about it.

Ningxia Qing knew the ugly thing that Gu Feng wanted to hide.

Ning Xia Qing went back to his house, Cui Yu was stacking ingots for Ning Yongda, and when she saw that Ning Xia Qing was back, she immediately got up and poured tea for Ning Xia Qing.

Ning Ningqing took a sip of tea and asked, "By the way, how is Aunt Du doing?" ”

"Since the master left, Aunt Du has always said that her body is not happy, and she almost doesn't even go out of the door."

"Isn't your body happy?" Ning Xia Qing sneered: "Since your body is not happy, can you invite a doctor to come?" ”

"Mrs. is planning to ask Aunt Du for a doctor, and she has said it several times, but Aunt Du has blocked it, saying that this is a sad heart disease, which cannot be cured, and she refuses to let Mrs. ask her to ask for a doctor for anything. Aunt Du also said that she would rather be sick at once, so that she could go down to serve the master, so as not to be lonely under the old man's spring. ”

Ning Xia Qing asked sarcastically, "Do you believe it?" ”

"Of course I don't believe it! But...... She mentioned the lord in front of her wife several times, one would say that the disease was because the lord had it, and the other would say that she didn't want to be cured and wanted to go down to accompany the lord, which made the wife cry all the time. Mrs. is already weak, since the old man left, the wife wants to cry every day, Aunt Du always mentions the old man like this, and she doesn't care about his wife's mood at all, it's really annoying! ”

Ningxia Qing smiled and said nothing, stacked the ingots with Cuiyu, and said in his heart, the hypocrisy of the Du family is really in the same vein.

Cuiyu still said indignantly: "Girl, you don't know, there are even more annoying things!" ”

"What?"

Aunt Du did everything she could in front of her wife to prevent her from asking her to ask for a doctor, and she turned her head and muttered that she was uncomfortable and felt that she was about to die or something, and Mrs. Guan asked for money to go to the hospital outside to see a doctor. If you want me to say, she just wants to use her illness to make money, and how much money she has to take from her wife in the name of seeing a doctor these days, who knows if she has taken it to see a doctor. ”

Ning Xia Qing put down the folded ingots in his hand, picked up a piece of gold paper again, and said, "I've been too busy for a while, and I haven't taken care of her business." Go and tell her that my wife is not in good health, and now that I am in charge of the house, she will come to me if she wants money. ”

"Hmm."

Cuiyu went to Aunt Du's room to spread the word, and then came back to continue stacking ingots, but before she had stacked five in her hand, the maid next to Aunt Du came over, and the maid saw Ningxia Qing and immediately saluted.

Jade said with some displeasure: "What? Aunt Du is feeling unwell again? Going to the hospital again? ”

"No, no, Aunt Du wants to go back to Du's house this time. Aunt Du heard that the cousin was left alone in the Du family, and she was afraid that the cousin would not be able to take care of herself, so she wanted to accompany her. ”

Cuiyu said again: "Isn't Aunt Du unwell, aren't you tired when you go out?" Wouldn't it be okay to just take my cousin to live, anyway, my cousin has lived in our house for so many years. ”

"Jade." Ning Xia Qing suddenly spoke: "Cousin Qiu Tong has already decided on a family, so she should stay at her mother's house." I don't worry about Cousin Qiutong, so it's better to let Aunt Du accompany me. It's just that I may go out at any time these days, and our carriage has to be kept for me. Cuiyu, you go to find Ah Zheng, and let Ah Zheng go outside to hire a carriage and coachman for Aunt Du, and I will pay for the car. ”

Cuiyu responded a little unconvinced, and walked out of the house with Aunt Du's maid. After Ningxia Qing finished stacking half a basket of ingots, Cuiyu came back, and said a little unwillingly: "Why does the girl indulge Aunt Du so much?" I knew that my cousin had to stay at the Du family and couldn't come, so I said that......"

Ning Ningqing continued: "I know, you want to use this to dispel Aunt Du's idea of going out." ”

"Why is that girl still ......?"

"Ugh." Ning Xia Qing sighed, and suddenly changed his words: "Uncle Gu Feng's heart is too similar to my father. ”

"Huh?" Cuiyu blinked in confusion and asked, "Aren't you talking about Aunt Du, why did the girl suddenly talk about Uncle Gu Feng?" ”

Ning Xia Qing didn't answer, but continued to sigh: "It's naturally a good thing to be loyal and upright, but too much compassion will invite disaster, if you are not willing to use a little trickery, it will inevitably give the villain more opportunities to exploit loopholes." ”

Cuiyu tilted her head and asked confusedly, "Girl...... What the hell are you talking about? ”

Ning Xia Qing just smiled and ordered: "After Aunt Du goes out, you call Ah Zheng to come over, and I have something to explain to him." ”

In the row of houses that turned around from Hexagonal Alley, Tan Wenshi was drunk by the guests who came to congratulate him.

The business field is a big wine table, as the right-hand man under the third master of Ning, he has been in charge of the wine field for the third master over the years, although it is not a thousand cups, but also has a reputation for drinking heroically, and now it is a big joy, and the people who came to congratulate him are very fierce, a few hours have passed, and Tan Wenshi's eyes have been straightened, and the shadow in front of him is enough.

Tan Wenshi waved his hand, said with a big tongue that he couldn't drink anymore, and stumbled out of the front hall, and the male guests in the hall suddenly let out a comprehensible coaxing, and some were clamoring to go to the cave room, but these people were all drunk, where did they still have the strength to make trouble in the cave room? Those who had already drunk were all resisted by the little guys under their hands, and those who didn't drink were still staggering and fighting with others.

Tan Wenshi leaned against the wall and walked to the inner courtyard with vague steps, but he was not in a hurry to see the bride, but went to the treasury to count the gift lists sent by the guests.

He walked to the door of the storeroom, and the light was on, and he looked in through the window, and saw a slender figure with his back to him, holding a piece of paper in his hand, comparing the list on the paper with the congratulatory gifts in the storeroom.

The lights are like beans, and the figure seems to be shrouded in a thin layer of soft mist, like a fairy in the world, chic and elegant, Tan Wenshi's footsteps went around the door uncontrollably, and saw the silhouette of the woman, and saw that the bridge of her nose was extremely high, only to feel that her face was radiant and beautiful.

Tan Wenshi immediately rushed forward, hugged the woman tightly, and kissed the fragrant lips without thinking about it, his palms wandered over the warm delicate body, and his lips gradually moved down.

The voice cried with endless horror: "Don't ...... Father...... Please...... Please spare me...... My wife is still waiting for you in the room......"

He seemed to be woken up by a stick, raised his head and looked at the person in front of him, the person in front of him had a submissive and pitiful look, where was the arrogant and unyielding Ningxia Qing? And whether it is appearance or charm, it is far inferior to a single hair of Ningxia Qing.

He couldn't help frowning deeply, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?" ”

The voice sounded helpless and pitiful: "I, I am the maid next to the third master, my name is Bi Ying, because I knew a few words, so the old lady asked me to check the gift list for her......"

He let go of the other party at once, suddenly felt a pain in his forehead, and couldn't help but hold on to the table next to him and take a few steps backwards, leaning his whole body on the table, and sighing heavily from the depths of his heart.

Tan Wenshi left a sentence to Bi Ying, "From tomorrow onwards, you don't have to serve my third brother, come and serve me", and then he didn't look back to leave, but before he could take a step, he suddenly stopped and turned around suddenly, startling the frightened Bi Ying, but Tan Wenshi didn't come to toss her.

Tan Wenshi's eyes swept over the mountains of congratulatory gifts, and at a glance he saw one of the boxes wrapped in dark red paper, he had seen Gu Feng carrying the box before.

Tan Wenshi took the box in his hand and weighed it, it seemed to be a scroll. He stroked it lightly for a while, carefully opening the gift box, and the love in his eyes was infinite, as if he was not looking at a box, but at a woman who haunted him.

However, the moment he unfolded the scroll, the disappointment in his eyes also reached its peak at once.

It was a painting of ink-dyed Xuan, with a double-pedicled peony under the moon, and a dazzling inscription with four words.

In the new room, Tan Wenshi lifted Xue Qianqian's hijab, and he gently promised Xue Qianqian a lifetime, but when the delicate body was in his arms and the warm nephrite was wrapped around him, he looked at the full moon scroll that he threw on the table casually as if he was holding it.