Ai Qiaoqiao arrived at the courtyard of Lao Ai's family and carried the smoked sausage into the upper room.

"Master, I've come to see you." She grinned and put things on the table.

There was only Ai Mingshan sitting on the kang, and there was no Ma's figure.

"Where's my milk?"

Ai Mingshan's face stiffened, "Your grandmother went into the city, and your eldest brother accompanied her." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao immediately understood.

It turned out that Ma went to the yamen to get the board.

But she couldn't say this, she wanted to save face for Old Man Ai.

"Where's my second uncle?" She glanced out the door.

The courtyard was quiet, and there was no noise in the rest of the house, except for their house.

"Your second uncle was beaten in prison and is recuperating in the house, so you don't have to go to see him." Ai Mingshan is not angry when he mentions Ai Yonggui now.

Ai Qiaoqiao didn't want to see Ai Yonggui, she just asked casually.

She answered, picked up the smoked sausage on the table and showed it to the old man, "Master, this is what I only made last night, and I haven't dried it yet, so you can let my milk hang it in a ventilated place, and it will be good to put it when it is dry." ”

Ai Mingshan listened to her careful instructions, his face gradually softened, and his smile was a little guilty: "Qiaoqiao is a good child, I used to be sorry for you and your mother in the family......

"Master, don't mention this now, my mother and I are doing well." Ai Qiaoqiao said generously.

Ai Mingshan shook his head again and again, "I'm old, I just want to see the family in harmony, I want your second uncle to succeed as soon as possible, and when I am not there in the future, there will be a backbone in the family......"

Ai Qiaoqiao smiled and did not speak.

Ai Mingshan continued: "But your lord's vision is not as good as yours, he recognizes the wrong person, believes the wrong person, your lord really has no face to see people." ”

"Master, depending on what you said, this family is still what you say, the previous things were all misunderstandings, and it is not the master's fault."

Ai Mingshan smiled bitterly, "Qiaoqiao, you don't have to comfort me, I know that the people in the village are talking about our family behind their backs, and there is no one in your village who doesn't raise a big finger, but when it comes to our family...... If you marry a daughter-in-law in the future, you will have to go to another village, and I am afraid that no one in our village will dare to marry in. ”

Ai Qiaoqiao slandered in her heart: Don't talk about other villages, I am afraid that the ten miles and eight villages in this vicinity know the story of the old Ai family, whose good girl dares to marry and suffer.

Other people's daughters are also born to their mothers, and they are raised by their mothers, so they will not marry into Lao Ai's family and be tossed by the mean mother-in-law.

Ai Qiaoqiao comforted the old man for a long time, and the old man's mood gradually calmed down.

"By the way, Qiaoqiao, you have opened a store in the city?" Ai Mingshan suddenly asked about this.

Ai Qiaoqiao's heart couldn't help but move, but there was no surprise on her face.

That day, she entered the city with the Ma family, and she could tell the old man about it, and there was no one else but the Ma family.

"Yes, I took out all the money I had saved in the past few months and set up a shop to sell some homemade slurry and sausages or something."

Ai Mingshan nodded approvingly, "You are a visionary, but it's a pity that you are not a boy." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao lowered her head and hid the glimmer in her eyes.

Fortunately, she is not a boy, otherwise she would not have been eaten to death by Ma's, how could she be allowed to live alone.

Ai Mingshan was obviously very interested in what was going on in her shop, and asked this and that.

Ai Qiaoqiao didn't hide it, and told Fang Xianchun about it.

Ai Mingshan was silent for a long time in surprise.

"I also feel that the Fang family is strange and pitiful, and she is a diligent person, thinking that I want to recruit people in my shop anyway, it is better to recruit someone who knows the roots."

Ai Mingshan sighed, "You did the right thing. ”

“…… Also, Ai Xiaoling. Ai Qiaoqiao lowered her voice, "After my second uncle's lawsuit was settled, the yamen released her, my second uncle didn't recognize her, and she had nowhere to go, so I had to send her to Fang's side, and give her less salary every month, even if I let the two of them help me together, anyway, if I have a bite to eat, they will have a bite to eat." ”

The corners of Ai Mingshan's eyes were faintly red, "You did a good job in this matter, Qiaoqiao, you are not as good as you." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao lowered her head shyly, "Master, don't praise me anymore, I'm embarrassed." ”

The old man laughed, but his smile was full of bitterness.

"By the way, master, how did my second uncle come back, but my grandmother went to pay the ransom?" Ai Qiaoqiao took advantage of the old man's better mood and knocked on the side.

"What do you do with that money?" Ai Mingshan snorted, "It was Yonggui's master who rescued him." ”

"The second uncle has a master?" Ai Qiaoqiao pretended to be surprised.

"Why not, just for this master, our family doesn't know how much money was subsidized on him." Xu is remembered the previous events again, Ai Mingshan's face was not good, "But this time it is thanks to his master, otherwise he would have waited in prison to die." ”

"Do you need a lot of money to get out on bail?" Ai Qiaoqiao pretended not to understand, "Then isn't our family indebted to each other for a favor." ”

"That's what I'm saying, I'm about to sell the house in the city, and then keep part of the money for your second uncle to treat his injuries, and part of it to buy some things, and thank your second uncle's master."

Ai Qiaoqiao's eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Master, my second uncle's injury is so serious, I'm afraid it won't get better in a short time, if he waits for his injury to heal, will it be too late to give a gift then."

Ai Mingshan nodded, "I think so too, it's best to do this before the New Year." ”

"Sell the house in the city...... Does my second uncle know, what if he doesn't agree? Ai Qiaoqiao asked.

Ai Mingshan snorted coldly, "That house is not his. ”

Hearing this, the stone in Ai Qiaoqiao's heart fell to the ground.

It seems that after the last incident, her father has completely lost his heart to Ai Yonggui.

"If you really can't do it, you can only accompany me into the city." The old man sighed, "Your grandmother still has to go to the yamen to receive the punishment, naturally you can't go, although your eldest brother is suitable, he is the same as your uncle, but he is not good at words, so only you accompany me to the most suitable." ”

"Nacheng, master, one day, if you say something, I will accompany you." Ai Qiaoqiao said happily, "When I get to the city, I'll take my master to see my shop, I'll make something delicious at noon, and we'll come back before dinner." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao said as if he was taking the old man into the city to play, and Ai Mingshan couldn't help laughing.

"You girl, just thinking about playing."

Ai Qiaoqiao stuck out her tongue, "By the way, master, tell me, what kind of person is my second uncle's master?" ”

Ai Mingshan frowned, "Speaking of the master that Yonggui recognized, it can be regarded as a rare fate, he is the owner of Tianxianglou, the best at tasting wine and food, I heard that he came from the imperial capital, and when he was a child, he also went to the palace to accompany the prince to study." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao's eyes widened, my God, such a noble identity...... How could such a person recognize Ai Yonggui as an apprentice.

The more Ai Qiaoqiao thought about it, the more incredible she felt.