Chapter 123: Wait and see
In the Four Seasons Pavilion, Qingzhou gently flipped the "Nanhua Sutra" in his hand, but Su Mengtang suddenly clenched his fists and stood up. Qingzhou was taken aback, and when he saw Su Mengtang's face was very serious, he couldn't help asking, "Mengtang, what's wrong?" Su Mengtang said with a low expression: "It's not good, Brother Qingzhou, just now everyone only cared about the matter of the child being lost, and ignored one point, if the coral is next door, then isn't Hou Zhen in my villa also in Wanzhou Pavilion?" In this way, Bihu is afraid that there will be life and death worries. ”
Qingzhou also immediately knew the stakes of the matter when he heard this, just now everyone's attention was on whether the child had suffered an accident, even if he heard that Coral was next door, he didn't remember that Coral was with Hou Zhen when he left; I never thought that Bihu would be burdened with such a big risk. Zhao Qingzhou closed the book and pondered for a moment and said: "Don't panic, you listen to the next door, the sound of the piano has not stopped, which means that Bihu is still safe at the moment, let's wait and see what happens." ”
Su Mengtang had to sit down again and silently pray that Bihu would not be recognized by Hou Zhen. Qingxue saw Su Mengtang's worried look, and slowly stepped forward from the side of the bed and said, "Miss Su, is there any danger to the Bihu girl who just went for Qingxue, if there is danger, it will be the same if I go to replace her." It's a big deal that Qingxue is embarrassed for a while, and it's better than Bihu girl risking death to play the piano. ”
Hearing Qingxue's sincere words, Su Mengtang didn't know whether to agree for a while: although she really hoped that Bihu could come back, she didn't want Qingxue to go next door to be humiliated, after all, it was not only selfish to do so, but Qingxue had just saved Ximen and Qiuqiu, and the great favor had not been repaid, how could she owe another favor. "No need, Qingxue girl, this change will make it easier for others to notice, you can rest here." Su Mengtang pulled Qingxue to sit beside him and poured her a bowl of tea.
Qingxue heard that Su Mengtang was not in a hurry to exchange himself for Bihu, and a warm feeling of emotion rose in her heart, and she said: "Actually, I have encountered many difficult things by guests, although I will still be afraid in my heart, but it doesn't hurt, every time the matter passes, I comfort myself that I was bitten by a dog, and it will pass." ”
Su Mengtang couldn't help but take a closer look at Qingxue when she heard this, and saw that under her heavy makeup, there was an extremely young face, and her facial features were very good, at this time, a pair of eyes were shining with tears, which made people inevitably feel "I see pity", and couldn't help but stretch out his hand to wrap his hand around Qingxue's shoulder and said: "Thinking about your young age, you must have suffered a lot." ”
The first time she was cared for by a woman like Su Mengtang, the tears in Qingxue's eyes almost fell, she always thought that only people with the same disease would resonate, but she didn't expect that a woman like Su Mengtang, who looked well-dressed and well-fed, would also understand her situation and grievances. Qingxue quickly wiped away the tears that flowed to the corners of her eyes, sighed and said, "It's nothing, it's just my bad life." ”
Su Mengtang sighed a few times, and suddenly remembered something, and said: "Since the girl saved our two children, we should repay it, so let's discuss it when we go back, after the recent things are over, let the girl go to the house of a few of us to be a female envoy?" After saying this, she raised her head and glanced at Zhao Qingzhou.
Su Mengtang just thought in his heart: Now everyone in Liuting has a house to live in, in addition to the two girls Jinshu and Ning'er, there is no shortage of manpower in the house, Zhang Yunhua's Qingpingzhai, Xiang Kang's Dinglu, Li Zhuoran's Guoyun Building, and his own Jiangnan Villa, can accept a little maid like Qingxue, do some miscellaneous things such as sprinkling and cleaning, female embroidery, etc., and wait until she is older, and then find a family for her to marry her beautifully, it is better than being wronged at Shengge.
Especially Zhao Qingzhou, who had just been promoted to the head of the household department, was going to take office in Lin'an City, and he didn't have any entourage with him, and Changfan couldn't take care of him anymore, so he arranged Qingxue by Zhao Qingzhou's side to help him with some chores, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? Su Mengtang looked at Zhao Qingzhou, wanting to see what he thought. Unexpectedly, Zhao Qingzhou understood what she meant from Su Mengtang's words and eyes, and hurriedly withdrew his gaze, continued to put it on the page, and silently made it clear that he was unwilling to agree to this matter.
Su Mengtang knew that Zhao Qingzhou attached great importance to his virtue and reputation, and for many years, the servants in the house were old women like Aunt Zhu except for the small servants, and they were unwilling to be contaminated with young maids. In other words, Zhao Qingzhou is a person who plans to show his ambitions in the court, and his ambitions are not in these things, as long as he can be taken care of by food and clothing, there is one more maid, but there are more rights and wrongs, it is better not to.
Qingxue didn't pay attention to Su Mengtang and Zhao Qingzhou's eyes, and was overjoyed when she heard this, but this joy had not stayed on her face for a moment, but it was fleeting. Su Mengtang noticed Qingxue's expression and said, "I just proposed, if the girl is unwilling, we will repay the girl in other ways, and it will be the same." ”
"I'm willing, Miss Su, although the shopkeeper treats us generously, if we can get out of here, I am 10,000 willing in my heart. It's just that, let's not talk about whether the shopkeeper Mao will agree to me going out, even if the shopkeeper Mao agrees, there is still someone here who I can't rest assured. Qingxue muttered and said what was on her mind.
Su Mengtang heard this, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Mao, after we discuss, we can let Master Xiang Kang be a lobbyist, I think he is also willing to help with such a favor; As for the side, if the girl's sweetheart wants to come out together, we may also be able to help, and if he doesn't want to, the girl can come back to see him occasionally. ”
"Really?" This time, Qingxue's face was completely overjoyed, and she leaned over to bow to Su Mengtang, but Su Mengtang hurriedly pulled her up. Qing Xue Wu was happy for a moment, and suddenly had some self-doubt: "How can Qing Xue be able to let your adults plan like this for my business?" ”
Su Mengtang smiled lightly: "If it weren't for the girl to save her, I'm afraid our two children would have fallen into the hands of thieves at this moment, so we will repay the girl's kindness." Miss Qingxue should not be too careful. Qing Xue Xi came from it, and planned to talk about it to Ah Hong when she went back. She looked at Su Mengtang, and saw that she was still childish, and asked with some doubts in her heart: "Miss Su, are those two brothers and sisters born to you?" ”
Su Mengtang was stunned when he heard this, and immediately smiled: "Sort of, these two children have a rough life, and we all treat them as our own children." Qingxue was a little surprised when she heard this, but she didn't ask any more, but she understood a little in her heart that these two children, perhaps like herself, were saved from the dire situation by these chivalrous people.