Chapter Forty-Eight: Thick Vinegar
"Baochuan has always been very sensible, but although he worked hard in the past, his temperament was still too weak, and he always liked to escape when he encountered things, but now he is much more independent. Qin Yunuan said as she took the freshly brewed Biluochun in Liao's mother's hand, stroked the lid of the tea, looked at the ups and downs of the tea inside, and suddenly thought that this tea was also specially ordered by Su Chenghai to be sent, and was slightly stunned.
"That's fine," Liao's mother stroked her chest, her tone was heartfelt, "Father and son are connected, one day if the old man knows that the second young master is so smart and sensible, he will definitely be impressed, knowing that those rumors outside are all false, and when the time comes, the bone and family affection, the blood is thicker than water, and the second young master can be regarded as coming out." ”
Speaking of this, Qin Yunuan's brows couldn't help but condense again, she only thought that her father was overly sad back then, so she believed the words of the Zhao family's mother-in-law, and felt that Baochuan had killed Aunt He, judging from his expression and reaction today, he seemed to have expected Dou Qing'e to be tired, but he was restrained by some invisible force and couldn't start, even if he was about to come out today, he still chose to calm down.
I'm afraid, in fact, his infatuation with He Lian is just a false appearance, if he is really infatuated, why would he marry Dou Qing'e and enter the door, he just resents Dou Qing'e at home, which makes him lose his pride as a man, and then counts this resentment that has nowhere to vent on Baochuan's head.
This man, what he values most is his career, such a father makes Qin Yunuan feel a little chilled inexplicably, she painstakingly wants to push Baochuan in front of Qin Qian, but now, she has found that her father regards those fame and fortune as more important than his own children.
"Sort of." Qin Yunuan responded to Liao's mother's enthusiasm with and without a match.
"The third girl looks a little worried?"
Qin Yunuan took a deep breath and replied slowly: "I just suddenly realized that if you want to gain a foothold in the Qin family, it is not enough to just rely on your father, after all, you still have to rely on yourself, and when you get along with Baochuan in the future, you must always instill the idea that he wants to please his father, but tell him that he lives for himself and works hard, not for anyone, not for me, not for his father's short smile." ”
The inner house is full of clouds, and the only way to do it is to do it step by step.
"Three girls?" Liao's mother was obviously a little puzzled by Qin Yunuan's words.
Qin Yunuan smiled and didn't explain much.
At that time, Man'er pushed the door in, carrying hot warm water, and sprinkled some dried lily flowers in it, the dried petals were originally wrinkled into a ball, and they were melted by warm water, as beautiful as blooming, which finally made Qin Yunuan's mood heavy for several days have some color.
Qin Yunuan soaked her hands in petal water while listening to Man'er's return: "According to Miss's wishes, I gave the Zhao family's mother-in-law an extra twenty taels of silver, so that she could bury her son quickly and leave the capital tonight." ”
Twenty taels of silver may have been an astronomical amount for Qin Yunuan in the past, but now, the embroidery shop she cooperated with the boss Shen in Jiangnan has opened its first shop in Baling City, because of the fresh patterns and fine workmanship, it is quite popular among the girls and women in the city, and this month's achievement alone is enough for one hundred and twenty taels of silver, which is worth the expenses of dozens of ordinary people for a month.
"Fortunately, we found the Zhao family's mother-in-law one step ahead of Dou Qing'e at that time, but unfortunately, we still couldn't save her lame son." Qin Yunuan felt a little sorry, after all, it was an innocent human life.
At that time, when Huang Dashi, the son of Liao's mother, found the Zhao family's mother-in-law who had changed her residence several times, the people sent by Dou Qing'e arrived on the back foot, Huang Dashi thought about moving the Zhao family's mother-in-law to a safe place first, but who expected that when he went back, the Zhao family's hall and the pigsty on the side were burned to the sky, the Zhao family's mother-in-law was widowed a few years ago, and lived with her lame son, just one step away, the son of the Zhao family's mother-in-law died in the fire, but what Dou Qing'e didn't expect was that when her people put incense and lit a fire, The mother-in-law of the Zhao family is no longer in the house.
"After all, killing can't reach the people's hearts," Qin Yunuan sighed, "She Dou Qing'e thought that killing could stop all talking, but she didn't expect that under the pain of losing her son, the mother-in-law of the Zhao family, who was greedy for money, would dare to appear and tell the truth." ”
There is a gap between Qin Yunuan's original plan and reality, she knows that the Zhao family's mother-in-law collects money, generally as long as she has money, she will say anything, she still wants Huang Dashi and the Zhao family's mother-in-law to negotiate more and reach an agreement, who expected that the conditions of the silver two have not yet been spoken, and the Zhao family's mother-in-law took the initiative to agree to this matter, a sixty-year-old woman, who lost her son in the middle of the night, she came with the mentality of dying, although she could not avenge her son, but she could not make Dou Qing'e feel better, but she was stopped by Qin Yunuan's eyes at the last moment.
Even if the mother-in-law of the Zhao family told the truth of what happened back then, with Dou Qing'e's ability and the power of the Dou family, it was absolutely impossible to bring her down at this time, since Qin Yunuan's original goal had been achieved, why sacrifice an old man who lost his son in his sixties.
As for the musk buried in the agarwood box by the lotus pond, this is all Qin Yunuan's speculation, plus Aunt Chang carefully studied the account book and found that since Aunt He entered the door, Dou Qing'e, who originally didn't like to use musk, would receive a fixed amount of musk every month, until Aunt He died violently, but she didn't expect that it really made Cui'e, who already had a ghost in her heart, even more uneasy, coupled with the rumors she deliberately spread in Cui'e's ears, and finally forced Cui'e, who had always believed in gods, into a desperate situation.
As long as you can grasp the weaknesses of the other party, you are not afraid of no chance.
Qin Yunuan just slapped her hands with water, and heard the little maid outside hear Xue coming to report that Aunt Li was here.
Tingxue is one of the two new maids who were sent when they moved to Fuxi Courtyard that day, the other is called Tinghe, both of them are sent as second-class maids, except for Man'er Tonger on weekdays, they are the closest, Tingxue is an honest person, as his name suggests, born white and tender, as for Tinghe......
Whenever she thought of this name, Qin Yunuan would always smile contemptuously, thinking of her previous life, she had already been wary, Qin Yun makeup, Qin Yun makeup, don't you have some new tricks?
In her previous life, it was this maid named Tinghe who made a move in Qin Yunuan's birthday gift to Qin Qian, causing her to be fined for half a year's ban, and now, she is no longer the stupid girl who was coaxed by her sister to believe her.
When Li Mingming entered the room, Qin Yunuan just wiped her hands with Juanpa, and applied alabaster that moisturized her skin, Li Mingming's eyes were sharp, and she saw the snow-white and slippery alabaster in the ceramic box painted with red plums in the snow at a glance, and pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled: "There are so many good things for the third girl, and the alabaster from the south of the Yangtze River is transported to the capital, and the price is not low." ”
Li Mengming walked straight up, her legs and feet were nimble, not at all like the delicate appearance of lying on the bed every day and not being able to move.
"Auntie smiled," Qin Yunuan said while asking Man'er to leave a chair for Li Mengmeng, this alabaster is indeed from Jiangnan, and it was given to her by the Boss Shen after she signed a contract with Boss Shen from Jiangnan, and it can be regarded as a favor, but when it comes to use, the effect is really good, "Yunuan takes the needle all the year round, and her hands have long been rough, and it is not as white and tender as Aunt Li's wonderful hands, so she naturally has to take care of it carefully," Qin Yunuan finished speaking, turned the teacup, smiled softly, and said straight to the point:" Actually, Aunt Li wanted to ask me if my cousin gave me this alabaster cream. ”
Li Mingming was slightly stunned, in her heart, Su Chenghai was a regret that could not be mentioned, she had not entered the Qinglou that year, just a yellow-haired girl who sang with her master in the restaurant, it happened that Su Chenghai's mother Qin was seriously ill, Su Chenghai's father Su Ri'an invited Li Mengming, who can sing northern dramas, to accompany him in order to relieve Qin's worries.
It was at that time that a young girl in the prime of her life met a handsome young man with high spirits, and the girl's love had already been planted, and before it was strong, Su Chenghai decided to go thousands of miles away to find Sun Miaoyang, the holy hand of the divine doctor, to learn medical skills.
And Li Mengming's only regret is that he failed to express his mind at that time, if he had been brave at that time, perhaps, everything today would be different.
"Young Master Su is very attentive to you." Li Mengming's expression was gloomy, as if the delicate flowers had lost their color, and the sun and moon had lost their brilliance, this sentence was a fact that Li Mengming had to admit.
Qin Yunuan smiled slightly: "My cousin's days in the capital are not long, and the Qin family is his first foothold, so he will naturally take care of some." This sentence was said without leaking, and it did not deny Su Chenghai's care, but it expanded to the Qin family, making it impossible for people to grasp the handle.
"Nope! That's not true! Li Mengming suddenly became excited, and there seemed to be tears rolling in her eyes, "Not only in the capital, as early as Jianzhou, Young Master Su was very concerned about you, and he missed you every day." ”
Just when Qin Yunuan was slightly stunned, Li Mengming said in a solemn tone: "I saw it when I was in the Su family, do you know what his favorite dim sum is?" It's tea rice fruit, in fact, where can men love to eat such sweet and greasy things? Later, I learned that it was something he had eaten with you at Qin's house a few years ago, as long as he saw the tea rice fruit, he would think of you, and his study, full of your portraits, smiling, standing, he had not seen you for a long time, but he still painted so similar, so detailed, he said, he had seen you in his dreams, he painted you in his dreams. ”
Qin Yunuan put down the teacup in her hand, looked at Li Mingming's gradually flushed cheeks, and frowned: "Aunt Li, you came here from wine?" You're drunk. ”
"Drunk?" Li Mengming stretched out her white wrist like beautiful jade to support her forehead, "I have indeed lived a life of drunkenness and dreaming of death, in my dreams, I have dreamed countless times of the days when I was with Chenghai in the Su family, he is the person in my dreams, but there are only you in his dreams, the third girl, how can you be virtuous?" ”