Chapter 116

How can a man know about a woman's suffering?

Men think women are stupid, and they all want women to be stupid all the time.

Zhao Xiang'e is right, only women can help women.

It's just that Ningxia Qing is not a good type.

She clearly knew that in the near future, Vice Lieutenant Xue would fall, and the Xue Mansion would also be defeated. But just said that the situation was so critical in front of Zhao Xiang'e, but it was just to affect Zhao Xiang'e's emotions and make Zhao Xiang'e's heart closer to his side.

Moreover, sending Zhao Xiaobao into a high-ranking family will make Zhao Xiang'e unable to easily pick up Zhao Xiaobao even if she wants to, and Ningxia Qing, as a person who can contact the Zhao family in the middle, will be able to hold Zhao Xiaobao in her hand and further hold Zhao Xiang'e hostage.

Ning Xia Qing also knew that she was not a good person for a long time, but she also felt that she had a clear conscience. The good people in this world have long since died, and being able to push the boat down the river to help others when they don't harm their own interests, instead of falling into the well, can already be regarded as keeping the moral bottom line.

She sat in front of the mirror and looked at her face in the mirror indifferently, and the eyes of her twenties appeared on the face of her teenagers, making her look a little too old. But she can't pretend to be a child, even if she wants to pretend to be a child, I'm afraid she can't do it.

At this moment, Ai Lu came in and came to serve dinner to Ningxia Qing, and just after the decoration was completed, the Cao family came over again.

Ningxia Qing had heard from Cuiyu before that when he was asleep, Cao's didn't know how many times he had run here this afternoon, but now he came over again, cared about Ningxia Qing's dinner, personally stared at Ningxia Qing and ate a lot, and nagged for a long time before leaving.

It's just that Ningxia Qing always felt that there was something wrong with Cao's eyes looking at him just now. Ning Xia Qing asked before, knowing that the Cao family had already had dinner at the old lady's place before, but he didn't know what the Cao family and the old lady said, so that the Cao family's eyes became so speechless when he looked at him.

Ning Xia Qing thought that it was his own illness, which frightened the Cao family and the old lady, and the two elders probably felt that Ning Xia Qing should not continue to work like this, lest Ning Xia Qing would be tired and sick again in the future, and it would be inconvenient to say it in front of Ning Xia Qing at this time.

Ning Xia Qing didn't take it seriously, anyway, she had already made up her mind, if the Cao family and the old lady persuaded her to stop doing business and stop working hard, she would have already prepared 11 million reasons to persuade them.

Cao left Ningxiaqing's courtyard and went to the old lady's courtyard again.

Before he entered the house, he happened to meet Ningxia Zi and Double Happiness who came out of it.

Ningxia Zi has been getting more and more skinny recently, and she has been trained by the Cao family, so as soon as she saw the Cao family, she couldn't help but stand up with some fear, and quickly explained: "I don't want to run around, I'll go and see my sister." ”

Cao Shi touched the head of the little naughty bag, and said flatly: "Go and go, but don't stay with your sister for too long, don't disturb your sister's rest, you know?" After saying that, Cao Shi entered the old lady's house.

Ningxia Zi and Shuangxi stood in place, a little stunned.

Shuangxi whispered stupidly: "Mrs. is not angry when she sees the second girl going out so late." ”

"Yes......" Ning Xia Qing scratched his head stupidly, and went to Ning Ningqing's house with the same dazed double happiness on his face.

The Cao family entered the old lady's house and sent Chen Po and Lan Ying away.

Speaking of which, the two little ones had to go out just right, otherwise the Cao family would have to send two more.

When the old lady saw Cao Shi coming in, she asked, "Have you just been to see Qing'er?" How's Qing'er? ”

"Hmm." Cao Shi nodded and said, "Qing'er's complexion is still like that, but her spirit is better, just after dinner, I saw her lie down and rest, the old lady can rest assured." ”

"Hmm." The old lady nodded and said, "I said a long time ago that Qing'er is just suffering from the cold, let's worry about it, but we can't be too anxious." ”

"The old lady is right, I always like to be anxious when I encounter problems...... Cao Shi bowed his head and said.

The old lady comforted: "I'm afraid that you will get angry as soon as you are in a hurry, and then you will get sick in a hurry." When the time comes, Qing'er will not be fine, and you will fall again. ”

"Yes." Cao Shi lowered his face and said: "I also know that I always can't settle my mind when I encounter problems, but I can't change it...... Fortunately, there is always an old lady in charge of everything. ”

Cao Shi then sighed: "When I think of the summer, Qing'er had a high fever for several days, and I was afraid of something...... At that time, I thought that Qing'er, this kid, would be like this...... Fortunately, Qing'er got better. That's why I'm very afraid that Qing'er will have a fever again......"

The old lady also sighed: "I understand your feelings, why don't I worry about Qing'er?" However, this time it was not as serious as the summer one, and Qing'er woke up soon, and I estimated that it would be good for her to rest for a few days. ”

"Alas......" Cao Shi said worriedly, "I want her to rest for a few days, but with Qing'er's temper, she may not be honest...... Since Yongda left, Qing'er has been supporting this family alone, and her body is exhausted, so she will be infected when the sky changes, if she refuses to rest, I'm afraid this disease will not be so easy to get better......"

"Alas......" The old lady was also worried: "I also know Qing'er's temperament, but Qing'er's temper, we can't persuade it." So, you might as well relax and pay more attention to her diet and clothing, we can't persuade her, that's all we can do for her. ”

"That's what the old lady said." Cao Shi nodded: "We can't persuade her, so we can only be by her side to help her pay attention to food and clothing." ”

Cao Shi said again: "Speaking of Qing'er's food and clothing...... Qing'er only has jade around her, although jade is powerful, but jade always has a time when she lacks skills, when I just passed, jade was sent out by Qing'er to run errands, there is only one Ai Lu around, how long has Ai Lu come to our house, what if the service is not considerate? ”

The old lady said again: "That's right, Qing'er has a few more people around her." Especially Qing'er is not as good as before, she needs to run outside often, and a few more people should help run errands. Otherwise, let's find the tooth woman from last time again, and pick a few more capable maids for Qing'er. ”

Cao Shi nodded and said, "Qing'er's current situation, it is appropriate to add a maid." Cao Shi looked at the old lady's face and said, "However, in addition to the maid, Qing'er should also add some other people around her......

The old lady was stunned and asked, "What do you mean by the trouble?" ”

"yes." Cao Shi nodded again and again, and said, "Sooner or later, we have to consider the matter of recruitment, so I pondered, we might as well select people as soon as possible." Although we can't get married before the filial piety period, we can take people back to the shop first, let people help with business, and save Qing'er from continuing to work hard day and night for the shop. ”

"It's not safe to take someone over to do some business before you get married......" The old lady frowned, and suddenly had an epiphany and asked: "Do you have any reliable candidates, even if you are not married, you can trust the kind?" ”

Cao sighed and said, "There have been a few families who have come to express their meaning before......

"yes, I know that, too." The old lady said, "But don't we all think that those people are unreliable? Since we are recruiting, we naturally don't look at our family background and character, but some of those boys are lazy and lazy, and some of them are not clear to us, no matter which one we can trust, they are not candidates we can trust. ”

Cao said: "I didn't mean those boys ......"

"And who are you talking about?" The old lady asked, puzzled.

Cao Shi said in a low voice: "A few days ago, when Aunt Du came to me, she told me that the Du family had the intention of becoming rich. ”

"Du Jia......" The old lady was stunned for a moment and said, "Could it be that you are referring to your nephew?" Called Du Zhengshuo? ”

"Yes, Zhengshuo is Qiu Tong's own brother." Cao said: "That kid is my nephew, we know the details, and we have known Qing'er before." ”

The old lady groaned and asked, "Do you know what kind of heart that child is?" ”

Cao said: "That kid used to run boats with people and earn some silver, so he is not a lazy child, if we hand over the business to him, it is estimated that he can hold it up." ”

Cao added: "There is absolutely nothing wrong with the child's health, but because he has been running boats all the year round, he has delayed his marriage, and he has not been married to this day." It is also for this reason that he has quit his job of running the boat, and now he wants to settle down. ”

The old lady asked, "Then what is he doing now?" ”

Cao replied: "I heard that he came to our house some time ago, and said that he didn't mind being a buddy in our family, but Qing'er didn't agree." So that kid took advantage of Qiu Tong's relationship to work under Tan Ye. ”

The old lady frowned and nodded, her expression was not satisfied, she just said: "Compared with the previous boys who came to talk about this, Du Zhengshuo is indeed more reliable." ”

The old lady said, "It's just that when I met this child, this child was still young, and now we haven't seen him for so many years, and we really don't know much about this child." The old lady asked Cao, "That's your nephew, you should know something about him." ”

Cao Shi shook his head slightly, sighed and said, "Speaking of which, since this kid started running boats, he has often been away from home, and even I haven't seen him for several years, and I don't know much about what he is like now. I only remember that this child has a lot of eyes when he looks at it since he was a child. ”

Cao Shi looked at the old lady and whispered, "So I thought, if the old lady thinks it is feasible, let's call him over to meet him." ”

The old lady's face did not show any harmony, and she said a little coldly: "It's okay, we don't know this kid after all, let's see each other first." ”

That night, the Tan family.

Xue Qianqian waited left and right, but Tan Wenshi still didn't come back.

In Xue's Mansion during the day today, there was a quarrel between Tan Wenshi and Xue Qianqian, and several maids also heard the wind to some extent, so they were cautious all day today, for fear that one accidentally would become Xue Qianqian's punching bag.

Xue Qianqian sat upright in the room, waiting from sunset to the west until the moon was empty, but Tan Wenshi still didn't come back.

Xue Qianqian's face became worse and worse, several maids were more anxious than Xue Qianqian, and they stood trembling one by one, for fear that Tan Wenshi would never come back, Xue Qianqian was furious, and the maids became the most unlucky people.

Xue Qianqian sneered, called someone over, and ordered: "You go to the Qian Ancient ......" At this moment, someone suddenly came.

It was the mother-in-law next to Tan's mother, who couldn't even salute when she came in, so she asked coldly: "The dinner in the kitchen today was ordered by Mrs. Order?" ”

Xue Qianqian saw that this mother-in-law couldn't even be polite, so she suddenly became angry, and said with squinted eyes: "I'm the wife in charge, not me, are you a mother-in-law?" ”

Mrs. Zhu is the old man next to Mother Tan, she has been with Mother Tan for many years, and she grew up watching Tan Wenshi, although she is a mother-in-law, but it is definitely not comparable to ordinary people, even Tan Wenshi has to respect her for three points in front of Mrs. Zhu, and she can't be beaten or scolded like ordinary people, and she has never spoken disrespectfully to Mrs. Zhu like Xue Qianqian.

Seeing Xue Qianqian's bad attitude, Mrs. Zhu couldn't help but say, "You also know that you are the wife of the house?" The old slave has been serving by the old lady's side for so long, and he can be regarded as half of the Tan family, and now the old slave has to say a few words, the wife of the house is not just to put on a stand in front of the subordinates. ”

With a "snap", Xue Qianqian threw the teacup at the feet of Mrs. Zhu and shouted, "What kind of fart are you stinky woman?" But a minion, who has been serving for a long time, dares to pick and choose in front of me? Let me tell you, no matter how long you serve, a slave is still a slave, and you think that you are the person next to the old lady, and you can command me in front of me! ”

Zhu Pozi has never been accustomed to Xue Qianqian, and secretly accused Xue Qianqian of being arrogant, Xue Qianqian also knew about this, so she has always been dissatisfied, and today things are in trouble, Xue Qianqian pointed to Zhu Pozi's nose and scolded: "Even if you wait for a long time, you are just a cheap slave, in front of me, I let you kneel and you can't stand!" ”

Mrs. Zhu is the person next to the old lady, she is not afraid of Xue Qianqian smashing the dishes and bowls, and she doesn't care about Xue Qianqian's disrespect to herself, she looked at the tea cup fragments under her feet, and sneered unconvinced: "Mrs. This sounds like the Tan family today, the old lady and the master don't count, it's all up to you, the grandmother in charge, and they all go sideways?" ”

Mrs. Zhu's words were vicious, and Xue Qianqian didn't have to climb down the pole, so it seemed that she didn't take Tan Mu and Tan Wenshi in her eyes, but Xue Qianqian was a person who would never bow her head, and because Tan Wenshi had not returned for a long time, Xue Qianqian was angry and rushed out: "What about the old lady and the master?" If it weren't for me, would they be so nourishing? ”

No one expected Xue Qianqian to really climb the pole and speak so boldly, Mrs. Zhu was really stunned at this time, and stayed for a long time before she turned to whispering: "Mrs. said this...... I can't help but lose my words......"

Xue Qianqian scolded: "Lost a fart!" I'll leave the words here today, if the Tan family doesn't have me, it's not even a fart! Not to mention how much strength my lord borrowed from my mother's family when he was working hard outside, just talking about the food, clothing, housing and transportation in the inner house, if there was no me, that old immortal would have drunk the northwest wind a long time ago! ”

Xue Qianqian counted with her fingers: "The day before yesterday, the old lady said that she was sick and didn't want to get up from the bed, I didn't say a word about the pear marble case and a pair of pop-up chairs for her, yesterday, the old lady couldn't talk about lying down all day to see that the house was too dark, and I added the flowing clouds and bats and feather flowers, which is not counting what the old lady eats and wears on weekdays." ”

Xue Qianqian was extremely polite: "These food, clothing, housing, transportation, food and clothing, do you think they are using the Tan family's silver?" Bah! As far as the Tan family's family background is concerned, I don't feel cold when I say it! Have you not spent all my money? It's good for you guys, you usually eat me and wear me, and you don't even let out a fart! Do you dare to pick up a shelf in front of me now? ”

Xue Qianqian pointed to Zhu Pozi's nose and said, "I'm interested enough with you old immortal, but what about you, I'm really a bully, right?" A mother-in-law dares to fart in front of me now?! ”

Everyone can hear that Xue Qianqian's last sentence refers to Sang scolding Huai, which is just venting her resentment against Tan's mother in Su Ri, Zhu Pozi was stunned by Xue Qianqian's continuous scolding, but she didn't expect Xue Qianqian to dare to say this about the old lady, Zhu Pozi could only bow her head and say: "Why is Mrs. so angry, I'm just here to ask about dinner." ”

Xue Qianqian was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that when Mrs. Zhu came in, she was indeed asking about dinner, Xue Qianqian glanced sideways, and said indifferently: "If you want to ask, you can ask, as soon as you come up, you will ask about the guilt, but it is such a big shelf!" ”

Mrs. Zhu asked in a sour tone: "The crab and shrimp for dinner tonight were made by Mrs. in the kitchen, right?" ”

Xue Qianqian snorted coldly, her eyes glaring: "So what?" That crab and shrimp were sent to me by my mother's family, and I didn't spend any money on the Tan family, look at your stinginess! ”

Mrs. Zhu sneered: "The old lady has a bad spleen and stomach recently, and the doctor said that she should eat less hair, and the wife also knows it." But my wife asked the kitchen to make crab and shrimp for you tonight, and I twisted my face and didn't want to eat it, so I brought it to the old lady to eat, so that the old lady's face was swollen at the moment, and she couldn't stop panting. ”

"What should I be, it turns out that the old lady can't eat crabs and shrimp." Xue Qianqian only sneered a few times.

Mrs. Zhu said quite arrogantly: "It hurt the old lady who almost didn't catch her breath just now, but Mrs. is not the same thing, and it seems that she doesn't care about the old lady's life or death." ”

Xue Qianqian was straightforward: "I'm not in the mood to have dinner today, so I asked the kitchen to send my dinner to the old lady, there are not only crabs and shrimps, but also other things, and not just crabs and shrimp for her." ”

Xue Qianqian didn't mean to bow her head at all: "Since the old lady can't eat crabs and shrimps, just don't eat them, can I still force her to eat them?!" She herself is hungry for crabs and shrimps, and now she has to blame me for something happening?! How? Don't you still expect me to kowtow to her and make amends? I'm a bully, don't I?! ”

Mrs. Zhu smiled and said: "Mrs. doesn't have to be stubborn and majestic in front of me, I came here to invite you over for the old lady, and you have the ability to say the same in front of the old lady!" The old slave wants to see if you dare to talk like this in front of the old lady! ”

"You don't oppress old ladies. No matter how long you wait, you're a minion, and I think that the people around the old lady will be able to know what to do in front of me! Xue Qianqian spat at Mrs. Zhu, and went to Tan's mother's room without thinking about it.

Since Xue Qianqian married into the Tan family, although she has never clashed head-on with Tan's mother, she has never seen Tan's mother's good face, her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are only harmonious on the surface, but in fact, they are secretly angry with each other. Speaking of which, it's not entirely to blame Xue Qianqian, Tan's mother also has some problems.

Tan's mother had a very difficult time when she was young, in a large family of relatives, except for her family, everyone else had a prosperous life, only her house was the only earthen thatched house in the red bricks and green tiles, as if it couldn't stop the car and kept going downhill, which made people only sigh.