After saying the matter of the printing workshop, Hui Niang put down the account book and prepared to go to the backyard warehouse to count the medicinal materials, at this time Ning Er dragged Shen Xi's clothes in the back.

Shen Xi thought that since he promised Ning'er, it was okay to mention it: "Auntie, Sister Ning'er's family has a relative, can you let her take a day off tomorrow?" ”

Hui Niang turned her head and looked at Shen Xi in surprise, then looked at Ning Er, frowned, and said, "It's still the same person who came last time?" ”

Shen Xi blinked, it seemed that there seemed to be another hidden meaning in the middle.

"Yes, Grandma."

Ning'er lowered her head, "He's my cousin, and he said he wanted to take me away...... Ask grandma to be fulfilled. After speaking, Ning'er knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed to Hui Niang.

Hui Niang's face was not very good-looking, probably because she had a bad impression of the "cousin" in Ning Er's mouth, she turned around and did not support Ning Er, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing and crying: "You say, is he really your relative?" ”

"Yes......"

There was a slight hesitation in Ning Er's words, and Shen Xi knew at a glance that she was lying, "My cousin and I were childhood sweethearts, and later I was sold to a big family as a maid, so we separated." This time back, he ...... He said he was going to marry me. ”

Hui Niang was a little impatient, obviously she didn't believe Ning Er's words either. When she came back from buying these maids, she inquired about their family backgrounds, Ning Er once said that she had been lonely since she was a child, and she had no relatives at all, and now a cousin suddenly appeared and wanted to take her away, there must be something wrong with it.

"Then tomorrow you let him come to me, and if he treats you sincerely, I will not embarrass you." Hui Niang went to the backyard angrily after speaking, in fact, she was not angry for the lack of maids around her, even if it was a good year, it was not uncommon to sell children and daughters, and it was not difficult to buy a girl to come back to work. It's just that she thinks that she has been with Ning'er for so long, how can she have feelings, right? This girl said she would leave, which was a little unkind.

Hui Niang ignored Ning Er, but Zhou acted as a good person, helped Ning Er up, and said happily: "Get up." When I was your age, I didn't meet my father-in-law. You're a good blessing, hehe...... When you get married. Auntie also gave you a generous gift. ”

Zhou is a warm-hearted person, because Ning'er always chooses good things in front of Zhou's on weekdays, and Zhou's impression of Ning'er has always been very good.

Shen Xi chased to the backyard warehouse and took Hui Niang's hand: "Auntie, do you really want to marry Sister Ning'er?" ”

Hui Niang sat down. sighed: "What else should I do?" Ning'er was also raised by her father's mother, and now that she is old and wants to get married, we should fulfill her, and buy a maid when we go back. ”

"Auntie, if Ning'er really gets married, I'm afraid that Xiu'er will have strange thoughts in their hearts...... Do you think, they are all worried about finding someone to marry in the future, will they still work hard? ”

Hui Niang was speechless.

Now it's the herd effect, and Ning'er is the same as other maids. Everyone wants to make more money and accumulate dowry, and they can find a good family to marry in the future, but once the precedent of Ning'er is set, other maids will feel that no matter how much work they do, it is better to focus on finding a man, anyway, Hui Niang is kind-hearted, as long as they have the person they like, they can marry.

"What then? I said yes, but now I refuse. Is there something impersonal? Hui Niang's face was full of hesitation.

Shen Xi said: "Let that person come over tomorrow, but aunt, you have to propose 'ransom', didn't it cost us money to buy Ning'er back at the beginning, and now since Ning'er's cousin said that he wanted to marry her." How can you do it if you don't give us the money to redeem yourself? Even if we get the money, we can quietly give it to Ning'er for personal use, this person will not treat her well in the future, and she can use this money to find a way out. ”

Hui Niang thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "No matter what, let's talk about it when we see someone tomorrow." ”

Shen Xi gave a special explanation. wanted to wait for him to come back to discuss Ning'er's marriage, and Hui Niang agreed.

The next day, Shen Xi was out of school, and Xiu'er was waiting for him at the door of the school. When I got home, a sedan chair had been parked at the door of the pharmacy, and according to the sedan chair driver, I was here to pick up some "young grandmother". Shen Xi thought to himself, Ning'er, the "cousin", could be regarded as willing to spend the capital, but he didn't know what the purpose of this person was.

Shen Xi arrived at the back hall, and at this time the matter had already been discussed, a young man of about twenty years old who was gorgeously dressed, but the clothes seemed a little ill-fitting, was discussing things with Hui Niang.

Ning Er stood behind the man and looked at the person she liked with affection.

“…… As for the money for ransom, it is not a problem. Later, I will ask someone to send twenty taels of silver, as a reward for Mrs. Lu for taking care of Sister Ning these days. ”

Hui Niang bought Ning'er at the beginning, and it only cost ten taels of silver, but now this son will offer double the price at one time, and the sincerity is very strong, she has no reason to refuse.

At this moment, Shen Xi stepped forward and said with a smile: "This son looks so good. ”

"Huh?"

The young man looked at Shen Xi and looked at it carefully, not remembering where he had seen Shen Xi at all, "Who is this?" ”

Hui Niang was about to answer, but Shen Xi smiled and said, "My cousin doesn't even know me anymore?" I'm Sister Ning'er's younger brother, didn't she tell you about it? ”

The young man couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, looked sideways at Ning Er and asked, "Sister Ning, this ......"

"No...... No......"

Ning Er's face changed immediately, "Little master, don't talk nonsense, how can slaves and maids be blessed to have a younger brother like you?" ”

The young man breathed a sigh of relief, his feelings were to recognize his relatives, and while he was relieved, he also wiped the cold sweat oozing from his forehead.

Shen Xi smiled: "This son forgive me, I'm just joking." You and Sister Ning'er are childhood sweethearts, right? ”

"Of course."

The man tidied up his clothes and sat upright, "Sister Ning and I are cousins, Sister Ning's mother, I call her aunt." ”

"Oh...... What is Ning'er's sister's mother's surname? Shen Xi asked.

The young man said impatiently, "How do I know? When he said this, he himself felt speechless, and just as he was about to change his words, Shen Xi pretended to be surprised: "Isn't Gongzi's father a brother and sister with Sister Ning'er's mother?" Could it be that Gongzi doesn't even know what his surname is? ”

"No...... No......" the young man swallowed and explained desperately, "only...... It's just that the two families don't move around often, Ning Mei ...... Mother, marry away from home......"

Shen Xi nodded, and accepted this extremely unreliable statement: "Then I don't know what the son called Sister Ning'er when he was a child?" ”

The young man's heart was relieved: "I call her Sister Ning, but in fact, Ning'er was very well-behaved when she was a child." ”

At this time, even Ning Er's face was a little unbearable, and she lowered her head when she admitted her mistake.

She obviously didn't tell this young man that she wasn't called Ning'er, but that Shen Xi gave her the name after Hui Niang bought her back. She felt that the name "Ning'er" sounded gentle and virtuous. In addition, everyone around her is called this on weekdays, she said that her name is Ning'er, with her wisdom, she didn't expect Shen Xi to come up with such a tricky and strange question.

Shen Xi smiled: "Childe." I need to remind you that Sister Ning'er was not called Ning'er, but Xu Qing, and she changed her name to Ning'er after she arrived at our house. ”

When Shen Xi said this. Not only was the young man surprised, but even Hui Niang and Ning Er looked at Shen Xi with puzzled eyes.

Ning Er's eyes widened: "Little master, how do you know ......?"

"Sister Ning'er has a piece of private Jinpa, which is not allowed to be touched by Xiu'er on weekdays, and there is a 'green' word on it, which should be Sister Ning'er, your mother embroidered it for you after you were born, it is the satin embroidered by Suzhou, and when a merchant from Suzhou came to plant pox, Sister Ning'er has been inquiring about the situation of a family surnamed Xu, and she wants to come to Sister Ning'er because her surname is Xu. And his ancestral home is Suzhou, so he will ask. I don't know if I'm right? ”

Ning Er lowered her head again and bowed slightly: "What the little young master said is right. ”

When Hui Niang heard Shen Xi's analysis, she smiled dumbly: "Xiaolang, you are really careful enough, even I, who is a grandmother, don't know that Ning'er has such an experience." It seems that she should be called Qing'er in the future. ”

Shen Xi looked at the restless young man again: "This son is not only not Ning'er, but also not a rich son, I see that Your Excellency is simply helping people to work, and he knows a few words...... Well. It should be in a pharmacy as a bookkeeper, I don't know if I'm right? ”

"You...... What nonsense are you talking about? The young man had risen from his chair, looking flustered and at a loss. This situation shows that Shen Xi is not right at all.

Shen Xi shook his head helplessly: "Sister Ning'er, when you are a person who can be entrusted for life, I don't know that you just want to use her to get the prescription of our pharmaceutical factory." ”

"Behind you, there should be someone behind you, and there is more than one person, these people should be the medicinal herb merchants of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations. So your accent is over there. Ning'er is originally from Suzhou, so she will feel very kind when she hears your accent, and you also use this to gain her favor, and discuss with her in this way to let her let her go away with you. ”

The young man's face was blue and red, and Shen Xi broke the "conspiracy", leaving him with no face. And he himself is an errand runner, after picking up Ning'er, Ning'er's deed of sale is in hand, and he can't be driven? Ning'er has been dispensing medicine for the pharmacy for most of the past half a year, and she has long been very clear about all kinds of prescriptions, and getting a Ning'er is equivalent to getting the "ancestral secret recipe" of Lu's pharmacy, is there a more convenient and faster way than this?

"You!"

Ning Er also looked at this person with questioning eyes, she didn't believe it, it turned out that those sweet words before were just to get the prescription she knew.

The young man saluted: "I'm sorry, there is still something to do, so don't bother." Farewell. ”

Having said that, it was already tacit acquiescence, and the matter was revealed, and the young man left the pharmacy in a hurry, leaving with his sedan chair in embarrassment.

Ning Er chased all the way to the door, and when she saw the man walking away, she couldn't help but hold on to the door frame and cry bitterly.

Hui Niang didn't expect things to be like this, originally she wanted to become Ning'er and let her have a good home, as for Shen Xi who said that she would talk about marriage when he came back, she didn't pay too much attention to it.

I don't want to risk causing a catastrophe.

If it weren't for Shen Xi's insightful eyes to detect the clues, she would not only leak the prescriptions of the prescriptions operated by her own pharmacy, but also ruin Ning'er's lifelong happiness. After those people took the prescription from Ning Er, Ning Er had no value, and it was possible to resell her to the Qinglou brothel, and Ning Er wanted to return to the pharmacy again It was pure wishful thinking.

Zhou and Xie Yun'er, who were doing business in the front hall of the pharmacy, didn't know what was going on, and when they asked Hui Niang about the situation, Zhou couldn't help sighing: "How can this be? ”

Hui Niang said fearfully: "Thanks to Xiaolang, otherwise, I would have become a sinner." ”

Xiu'er, Yu'er and Hong'er and a few other maids came over and helped Ning'er up, at this time Ning'er couldn't cry, she thought that she could become a young grandmother and enjoy the glory and wealth, but in the end, it was a passing cloud, and the blow to her was extremely huge.

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