Chapter 53: Lost Confidence

Xiao Ruixue had a long dream, and in the dream, the past of her previous life made her feel like a marquee. In her previous life, her majestic and unsmiling father made her unforgettable, and the brothers and subordinates who were born and died on the battlefield together were very vivid in front of her, and the peach blossom said that the little lady who was waiting for her to come back to marry made her remember, so she cried and laughed for a while, and behaved like an idiot in her sleep.

I don't know how long it took, the scene of Quan Meng holding a dagger stabbing at herself resurfaced, this time although she was prepared, but when it came, she found that she couldn't move like a wooden man, so she could only let the cold dagger pierce herself again, and this thorn also pierced her entire dream. In the flying fragments of the dream, Xiao Ruixue collapsed to the ground, and everyone carried her farther and farther, leaving her with only an abrupt and cold back.

Dreams are broken, wine wakes up.

Holding back the headache, Xiao Ruixue got up and looked out the window, only to see that the sunset afterglow was shining below her neck through the window lattice, and she was a little dazed at this time, and she didn't know where she was.

Perhaps it was her movement that alarmed the people downstairs, and after a while there was the sound of footsteps at the top of the stairs.

"Young Master Xiao, are you sober?"

Xiao Ruixue propped her head and looked at the visitor, and only remembered the past after a while, and also recognized the person as the shopkeeper Uncle Qiao, so she asked: "Uncle, may I ask what time is the moment-hiss-?" ”

"It's past unitary time."

"It's so late, and I've been asleep for two hours?"

"That's true." Uncle Qiao replied, seeing Xiao Ruixue's uncomfortable appearance of unabated alcohol, he couldn't help but say again: "Wine hurts the body, young people shouldn't drink so much!" ”

Seeing Uncle Qiao's kind care, Xiao Ruixue squeezed out a smile: "Thank you, uncle!" But it's not too early, and I should go back, by the way, what about the people who came with me? ”

"You're referring to Li Worm, right?"

"Yes."

"They saw that you wouldn't wake up for a while, so they went back to the docks to do their work, and the docks are not far from here, and they will come back when they are done there. Before leaving, they have a trust, if you wake up early, let me go to the dock to let me know, they are not very worried about you, and they will send you back when they say it! ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ruixue felt a trace of warmth, she was not close friends with Li Worm and others, but this kind of care was still grateful. But she looked at the sky and said, "I'm fine, they really don't need to pay too much attention, the hour is not early, I must leave!" Please let the old man inform them later, I accept their kindness, and thank them for being the east this time, and the next time I have nothing to do, I will also invite them to drink here! ”

couldn't stop Xiao Ruixue's intentions, so Uncle Qiao had no choice but to watch her go downstairs.

Xiao Ruixue walked outside the restaurant, looked up at the colorful sunset in the sky, and couldn't help but let out a long breath of depression in her chest. This drunkenness in Qiao's restaurant is like having a dream, which makes her feel that the people and things in her previous life are getting farther and farther away from her, maybe like a broken dream, and in the end she can only turn into nothingness.

The past can't be traced, but is it really willing? The old people in the previous life can be ignored, and the kindness of the previous life can not be continued, but what about the blood hatred?

In her short teenage years, how many times did she dream back at midnight, and she was awakened by the horror of the deep prison in the dream? Although she had never seen the death of her father Qin Han with her own eyes, in her dreams, she dreamed of Qin Han's bleeding face due to poisonous hair countless times, and told herself the word "revenge" over and over again. Not to mention Qin Yun's own Ling Chi capital punishment, the cool official Zhang Sheng originally planned to torture him for seven days and seven nights, and cut off his tongue to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide, and hung his life with the best medicinal materials, but in the end, on the third day, Qin Yun, who was still alive, couldn't bear this kind of human purgatory-like torture, so he had to use his only remaining internal force that had accumulated for many days to shatter his heart before he got out of the sea of suffering.

Time can dilute everything, but hatred cannot, and if it can, it's just not deep enough. This blood feud is destined that Xiao Ruixue will not be able to give up Qin Yun's soul in this life, unless her body dies and her soul is destroyed, this will not be unswerving. If Ruixue is an orphan in this life, a beggar, or born in a dispensable family, then everything can be described as simple, as long as she learns a martial art, or becomes an assassin, or enters the enemy camp of the Liang State, or enters the green forest to rebel, anyway, where there is an opportunity, she will go.

However, she didn't know whether God wanted to trick her or pity her, she turned out to be the daughter of the Xiao family in this life, with an imperfect but warm and harmonious home, and a mother who regarded herself as the palm of her hand and her heart, so she didn't want to be shocked, and she has always been willing to play the role of a rich lady.

But how long can you play yourself like this, for a lifetime? In fact, Rui Xue herself doesn't know, she only knows that she can't harm this family in this life in order to avenge her past life, on the contrary, she has to do her best to maintain this family.

Because of the bond, everything is no longer easy!

The next day, the Xiao family jade silk workshop.

After Xiao Ruixue took a silk sample in her hand and looked at it carefully, she nodded to Xu Li, the new foreman in front of her, and said, "Well, Master Xu, the silk color you dyed this time is much brighter than the one you showed me last time!" Not bad, not bad! ”

Xu Li had a pampered and unsurprised expression, and his tone was not hurried: "The fourth young master has won the award!" ”

"Where's the prize?" Xiao Ruixue saw Xu Li's unmoved expression, and smiled faintly: "I see that although the color of this silk is not as good as that of Jin Jinxuan and Yasatin Pavilion, it has won a lot of silk from other silk villages, which is a great improvement for us, and you have a lot of credit for this, Master Xu!" Of course, as the young master of the owner, I am not stingy with verbal benefits, and I will not be stingy with the benefits at hand, from this month onwards, your monthly salary will be increased by two taels! ”

Xu Li's expression was slightly stunned, and a trace of joy finally appeared on his face: "Thank you, Fourth Young Master!" ”

"Don't thank me, I made a promise when you came, and the better you dye the silk, the more you will get in return, and I'm just keeping my promise! Although at present, the silk of our jade silk workshop has not been sold better than before, but our Xiao family's style of doing things has always been like this, heavy commitment, no expense! Hope you can understand. ”

"I can understand it, Fourth Young Master!" Xu Li's tone was a little more sincere than before, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Fourth Young Master, thanks to you looking up to me Xu Li, then I won't hide it anymore!" ”

"Oh, what do you have to say!"

"Fourth Young Master, don't look at the silk I dyed this time is not as good as Jin Jinxuan and Satin Pavilion, but I dare to guarantee that in less than a month, my silk is not as good as Satin Pavilion, but at least it can be on par with Jin Jinxuan!"

Xiao Ruixue's eyes couldn't help but light up: "Is this true?" ”

Xu Li was full of confidence: "Fourth Young Master, I Xu Li don't like to talk big, I dare to assure you, naturally I have the bottom in my heart!" I might as well tell you that I have been experimenting with different water temperatures and dyes lately, just so that one day I can surpass my master, so that he will regret what he did to me. Now that I've figured out a set of my own reputation, I'm only going to get more and more comfortable in the future! ”

Xiao Ruixue clapped her hands after hearing this: "Master Xu is really a capable person, I believe in your ability!" One day, the business of our jade silk workshop is thriving, and I should remember you for a great achievement! ”

Xu Li smiled: "I also believe in the promise of the fourth young master!" ”

Xiao Ruixue has been in a very depressed mood since she returned home from Caofu, and in recent days, Jin Jinxuan's incident has compensated her wife and broken her soldiers, which has made her lose face, and she is not happy at all, but this time in the workshop, Xu Li's words really made her feel a little happy.

It's just that these pleasures haven't had time to reminisce, and as soon as she left the door of the workshop, the shopkeeper Hu, who once again regarded himself as an "old man", poured cold water on her.

"Fourth young master, the old man in the workshop just now was afraid that he would spoil your face, so he endured some words and didn't say anything. At this time, with all due respect to the old man, you are still too young, Fourth Young Master, and some decisions are too hasty! ”

Xiao Ruixue is no stranger to the shopkeeper Hu who has been always in opposition to himself recently, and often finds some topics to come out and wants to make "expert guidance", and at this time he is about to take the car back to the rice shop, and he can also pass a little boredom with this little old man along the way.

"How to say this, please ask Lao Hu Duoduo for advice!"

"Fourth Young Master, it hasn't been long since Xu Li came here, and it has been less than a month since he was full, so you directly added two taels of wages to him today, which is too much to treat silver as silver!"

"Lao Hu, you found this person for me, and the person is really good, you should be honored when I give him processing money, why are you still opposed?"

"It's true that I am looking for people, but it is out of responsibility for the Xiao family that the old man has to point out your faults, Fourth Young Master! I heard a few old people in the workshop say that there are many workers who disagree with him, although he has a handicraft, but after all, he is young, and look at his complacent appearance today, maybe he will turn around and publicize his salary increase, you value him so much, in the end it will cause other workers to be dissatisfied, maybe they will no longer be in the mood to do things in the future, this has to pay for the loss? ”

In fact, Shopkeeper Hu usually likes to rely on the old and sell the old, and he is afraid of doing things lightly, but his loyalty to the Xiao family is really not low, which is why Xiao Hui is the only one who trusts him among outsiders. It's just that Xiao Ruixue didn't agree with his words, she said: "Shopkeeper Hu, what you said is not unreasonable, but I also want you to listen to my reasoning!" ”

Shopkeeper Hu was quite unimpressed: "The old man listens attentively. ”

"I have three truths! First, it is not for nothing that I give Xu Li processing money, as long as the results of his coming to us can be seen by individuals, there are many capable people, which is reasonable. Second, I made a promise to him when Xu Li came, otherwise he would not have stayed at that time, so since he has made achievements now, then I should keep my promise, which is not about my personal face, but about the reputation of my Xiao family, after all, in the eyes of outsiders, they don't care if I am the master or the young master of the Xiao family, they only recognize me as the Xiao family, if I lose my trust, it is the Xiao family's dishonesty. Third, perhaps, as you said, Xu Li is young and easy to get carried away, which will cause dissatisfaction among other workers, but I think this is not a big problem, you can't always ask for everything to be harmonious, in fact, as long as we control it a little, it will not make too many mistakes, but it will be beneficial to my Xiao family. ”

Shopkeeper Hu was surprised: "Where does the profit come from?" ”

Xiao Ruixue glanced at the shopkeeper Hu with a smile: "Old Hu, why can the shopkeeper of my jade silk workshop be dug up by other families, and I asked you to go to another house to dig a silk dyeing master, but you can only dig me a half-lala apprentice in the end?" Have you ever thought about it? ”

The old face of the shopkeeper Hu suddenly turned red, and he hesitated for a long time, and spit out six words: "What a strange old man is incompetent!" ”

"Lao Hu, where do you want to go? How can I blame you for this? Xiao Ruixue held back a smile and said in a sincere tone: "Lao Hu, I really don't blame you, if it weren't for you and let me go in person, I guess I wouldn't even be able to dig an apprentice like Xu Li!" At least in the Jinling business world, you don't know how much bigger your face is than me! ”

Shopkeeper Hu's face immediately changed from red to ruddy, and his expression also stretched a lot, and said, "Where, where!" ”

"Old Hu, this is my heartfelt words! What do you think, why can other families poach our people, but we can't poach people from other families, after all, it's not that outsiders have prejudices against my Xiao family, and think that my Xiao family is a little bit stingy? ”

"Fourth Young Master, I haven't said that!" Shopkeeper Hu hurriedly cleared up the suspicion, but his expression betrayed himself.

"Lao Hu, you must not have said it, I believe this! In fact, these questions are all figured out by myself, who is the reason for this, you and I know how much - cough cough, although the son cannot reveal the father's shortcomings, but what kind of old Hu, I respect you from the bottom of my heart, so I told you such a thing, do you understand? Xiao Ruixue said with a smile, and silently recited with some trepidation: "Dad, I don't really want to slander you, but I think about it, this pot should still be carried by you!" To be reasonable, God shouldn't thunder me, right? ”

"Fourth Young Masterβ€”I understand!"

"So, what I'm thinking about is how to change the impression of my Xiao family in the eyes of outsiders, Xu Li doesn't say that he does have some talents, even if he is just average, if he has a little merit, I will not hesitate to reward. After all, this Jinling City is not small, it is not big, everyone eats this line of food, where is there an impermeable wall, at that time I didn't believe that there were still people who thought that my Xiao family was stingy! Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, then I don't have to go to other houses to poach people, and others don't flock to it themselves? At that time, who still needs to suffer from this kind of unusable scumbag, do you say yes or no? ”

"I understand, the fourth young master is trying to buy horse bones!" Shopkeeper Hu nodded thoughtfully.

"It's worthy of Lao Hu, he is always knowledgeable, I said a bunch of things, and you can summarize it in a few words!"

"Where, where! But Fourth Young Master, why do I think this matter is still too mysterious, I'm afraid that the silver will be spent, and people are willing to come, but our silk still can't be sold, what should we do at that time? ”

"Our silk is getting better and better, more and more eye-catching, and no one is worried about buying it?"

"Fourth young master, I think you only look at the color of the silk, and you have to give up the basics, you must know that our loom is not good, the woven silk is too thick!"

"Oh, isn't this a way for the time being, why don't you help Lao Hu find a way?"

"Fourth Young Master, aren't you embarrassing me, how can I do it? I would have done it a long time ago! ”

"Yes." Xiao Ruixue scratched her head, and then cupped her cheeks and said: "But don't worry too much, I believe that there will always be a way to do it!" ”

"Fourth Young Master, looking at your expression, it shouldn't be that you want to repeat your old tricks, right?"

"Wellβ€”" Xiao Ruixue groaned slightly, this plan was indeed in her consideration, after all, people can't fall in one place twice, this time send someone smart.

Shopkeeper Hu was heartbroken: "Oh, my fourth young master, you just accompanied someone for a thousand taels, it's not enough to compensate?"

As soon as Xiao Ruixue heard the words "one thousand taels", her face immediately changed, and she quickly extinguished the idea that she almost rekindled just now, but after a while, she regained her confidence: "Old Hu, I will definitely not do that stupid thing again, but there will always be a way, believe me!" ”

However, Shopkeeper Hu was completely awake at this time, and he found that he was completely stunned by Xiao Ruixue's high hat just now, and he really almost fell into the way of this kid, so he asked seriously: "Fourth young master, the old man wants to ask you something!" ”

"Uh-huh, please speak!"

"Where did you get such confidence?"

"Confidence comes naturally from the heart!" Xiao Ruixue replied lightly, but immediately she lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked up at a white cloud blown away by the wind in the blue sky, as if the real answer was to be found there.

(Rui Xuechuan I plan to repeat the update,But it shouldn't continue to be updated at the starting point in the future.,But it will be updated in the post bar.,I didn't plan to write this book and Tang Hu before.,But it happened that the editor of Yueke found me.,Said that I was willing to buy the copyright as the end.,I'll sell it casually.,So there's a copyright problem in it.。 οΌ‰