Gu Yu was gouged out and thrown out, and the big girl next to Jiao Niang left a vacancy, Hua Jintang asked the eldest lady to arrange another good one for her, Jiao Niang was afraid that the eldest lady would make another obstruction, so in front of Hua Jintang, she asked for the water fragrance that had been degraded in the past and continued to be her big girl.

Shui Xiang was wronged by this matter, and that time Jiao Niang made a snack, and in order to fulfill her filial piety, let Shui Xiang send it to the eldest lady. But he didn't come back this time, saying that he had collided with the eldest lady and was demoted to a miscellaneous servant.

Jiao Niang thought that Shui Xiang had always been cautious and steady, how could she collide with the eldest lady, I was afraid that it was an excuse to send Gu Yu to her, and Shui Xiang was finally affected by her.

But Shui Xiang came back this time, everything is good, but her personality is not as cheerful as before, she always does things sullenly, and she doesn't say much.

Jiao Niang thought that maybe she had suffered a lot of grievances and sins during this time, and the depression in her heart was difficult to solve for a while, and it would be good to wait for a while.

After a snowfall, the weather is colder, the earth dragon is burned in the warm pavilion, the interior is like spring, and the plum blossoms in the vase inserted in the high-legged hanging flower table are more colorful.

Jiao Niang embroidered her belly pocket by the window, and from time to time she glanced at the child sleeping next to her with tears on her face, and her eyes were infinitely pityful.

Brother An is the youngest child of his aunt, only three years old this year, although the little man does not understand death, but from the words of others, he understands that he can no longer see his aunt.

Jiao Niang thought that after his aunt went, he would cry and make a fuss, but he was sensible beyond his age, never cried, and only secretly wiped his tears behind his back.

Such a sensible made Jiao Niang even more distressed, and begged her father to let Brother An live with her to facilitate her care.

Jiao Niang gently wiped his face with a handkerchief and kissed him again.

In the last life, she did ugly things and couldn't take care of herself, and Brother An was also robbed by the eldest lady to raise her. If you want to turn around, the eldest lady used Brother An as a threat, asking her to be a concubine for Prince Rui to help Hua Meiniang win favor.

At that time, one of their mother and daughter sang with a white face and the other with a red face, on the one hand, the eldest lady coerced, and on the other hand, Hua Meiniang lured her from the side, telling her the benefits of being a concubine for Rui Wangye, and said that if she could gain a firm foothold in Rui Wangfu, Brother An's future would not have to worry about it in the future.

Her reputation has been ruined, and there is no man from a good family who is willing to marry her. Thinking that Brother An could grow up safely in the Hua family, and thinking that he could have a good future, Jiao Niang chose to obey.

"Brother An, my sister is sorry for you, my sister will never let anyone snatch you away again, and my sister will protect you well. There were tears in his eyes, and a hot drop fell on Brother An's body.

"Girl, my aunt and grandmother are here. A woman quietly entered the house and whispered a few words to Qing Huan, Qing Huan looked outside, saw the people who walked into the courtyard, the boss on his face was unhappy, muttered "Come to fight the autumn wind again", and turned to report.

Jiao Niang quickly wiped away her tears, paused, and asked Shui Xiang to carry Brother An into the big bed in the inner room, and then invited people in.

In the past, when Yu came to the Hua family, she went directly to the third aunt's house, and this was the first time she set foot in Jiaoniang's room. When I entered the door, a pair of eyes were spinning around, and every time I passed by, my eyes were dumbfounded.

This Earl's Mansion is different, even a young lady's boudoir is so dazzling, if a serious lady doesn't know how to be rich.

Yu's shrewd eyes were full of calculation.

Jiao Niang glanced at her, and even her little thoughts swept together, asked Yu to sit down, and asked Qinghuan to pour tea.

Yu Shi didn't come empty-handed, he took a vermilion lacquer food box, opened it and put it on the kang table, "Your uncle has been thinking about you these days, let me make some supplements and send them to you to replenish your body, taste this old duck soup, stewed for three or four hours, and this bird's nest porridge, I have a lot of ingredients." ”

Jiao Niang looked at the stew pot and chuckled secretly, not to mention Yu's, what kind of person her uncle is, how could she not know, typical unprofitable.

Over the years, he always asked his aunt for money on the grounds of doing business, and his aunt only had a younger brother like him, who inevitably connived at him, and always took out his own money to supplement him.

But this money is like a stone sinking into the sea, and he can't do business without him, and he can't even afford to support his family.

"Uncle Lao remembers. Jiao Niang made a slight appearance, tasted it, and said, "I haven't seen my uncle for some days, how is he doing?"

"Hey, since your aunt went, he was sad all day long, and he was not even in the mood to take care of the shop at home. Yu wiped his tears, "It's about to be the New Year's Day, and I don't even have a single entry at home, and I don't know how to spend this year." ”

Jiao Niang suddenly felt that she had taken a sip of soup and plugged her teeth, "As long as my uncle manages it carefully, it can always be maintained, and my aunt doesn't have to worry." ”

"It's easy to say, how can you, a girl raised in the boudoir, know the difficulties we are outside. Yu put away his tears and poured a bowl of bird's nest porridge for Jiao Niang, "How about you taste this bird's nest?" A friend of your uncle is in the bird's nest business, and he has made a fortune in the past few years. We discussed selling the original shop and buying a bigger shop with some money, specifically for this. ”

Her eyes shone brightly, as if the yellow and white money was in front of her, "He promised us that the price we gave us was cheaper than that for others, and I thought that I could earn two more percent of the money from here and outside." If we sell well and the business grows, we will be able to hold down the price, and it will not be his family that will get rich at that time. ”

Speaking of which, Jiao Niang had already heard the meaning, so she said, there is nothing to be done, and it is either a traitor or a thief.

Jiao Niang flicked the broken ones floating on it, and said: "Is that person reliable? The bird's nest business is not so easy to do, good, secondary, true, fake, half-true and half-fake are all sold together, these are all imported things, and only rich people can afford to eat, in case something happens, you can't afford it." ”

Jiao Niang's words are sincere, it takes a lot of effort to distinguish the grade of bird's nest alone, in case you look away, sell a fake, smash the business, it doesn't matter, you will suffer if you die.

"It's no different for me to eat this bird's nest, if I can't eat it well, can I still eat it badly?" Yu Shi disagreed.

I persuaded her, but if I didn't listen to her, I couldn't do anything.

For this uncle, Jiao Niang has long been disheartened, and when she asks for money, she can't wait to come three times a day, but since her aunt died, he is like a wild horse that has lost his stiffness, and he has never even seen a shadow.

She wondered if he was sad about his aunt's death, because he missed her, or because he had no one who could pay him.

Jiao Niang said indifferently: "Uncle Gang also said that there is no work, don't you think about it well." ”

Yu Shi smiled, "I thought so, but if I sell my current shop and buy a bigger one, it's another expense." There is also the money for the goods, the money for recruiting guys, which is not settled. ”

Seeing that Jiao Niang's face was flat, she covered her face, looked at Jiao Niang while looking at her, and sobbed: "When my aunt and grandmother were here before, I felt sorry for your uncle, and I knew that our fate was not good, so she always took care of us. Now that she's gone, it's like we're missing a pillar, and if my aunt and grandmother are here, we'll definitely help us, how can she bear that her only brother can't even afford to support her family. ”