CHAPTER XXXV

While talking, Yunqiao brought someone to serve tea to a few young ladies, and Yunqiao has also been familiar with several young ladies since childhood, so he naturally knows the preferences of the young ladies.

"Sister Ling, the tea here is good." Sanfang Yu Zi took a sip and said with a smile. Yu Zi is still young, and two cute little dimples are squeezed out of his round little face, and he is dressed in goose yellow, very lively and cute.

"Sycophant" Yu Xiao muttered, Yu Xiao sat on the couch and leaned on the small table, looking at the others sitting around the table talking to Mu Qingling, and was very unhappy. She didn't want to come, if it wasn't for the old lady's place just now, everyone said they wanted to come, if she didn't come, she was afraid that the old lady would be unhappy, so she wouldn't want to enter Mu Qingling's yard.

She and Mu Qingling are the same age, only a month or two apart, before Mu Qingling came to the house, because of the power of the second room, she has always been one of the best among the sisters, but when Mu Qingling came, she was raised in the old lady's yard and pressed all of them over.

Some time ago, she had just made a gift, and the grand ceremony made her very proud, but it was only a few days, Mu Qingling came back, and gave everyone a generous gift, which made everyone forget her ceremony at once, which made Yu Xiao not annoyed.

"Sister Ling, this is my own connection, give it to my sister." Yu Yu, the second-room maid, was the youngest, and timidly handed out a rope.

All the sisters received Mu Qingling's gift yesterday, and they naturally want to return the gift today. It's not a rare thing, it's just some calligraphy and painting needlework that I made. Yu Yan took out this line, which is not rude.

The Xu family has to be windy and rainy in the whole mansion, not to mention closing the door to live by himself. Yu Yu followed her mother to beg for a living under Xu's hands since she was a child, and she was tempered into a cowardly and timid appearance at a young age.

"What do you want from Sister Ling, you want your broken son to be courteous." Yu Xiao saw that Yu Yu dared to be courteous to Mu Qingling, and couldn't help but sneer.

When Yu Yu heard what Yu Xiao said, he was so frightened that he shrank his shoulders. Biting his lip, he didn't dare to make a sound.

"What Xiao'er said is that people like us, what do you want, what is rare is a little bit of the sisters' heart, and the sister did it herself, and the courtesy is light and affectionate. It's good if Sister Ling'er likes it. Yu Mei has a gentle temperament and the demeanor of an eldest sister, seeing that Yu Mei was frightened by her sister-in-law, she hurriedly spoke.

Mu Qingling didn't want to be entangled with Yu Xiao, so she took Yu Xiao's network and said softly, "Thank you, sister, I like this network very much, it's very beautiful." looks at the novelty of the technique, it's not like what we usually fight, and my sister has a heart. ”

When Yu Xiao saw this, he was even more angry, and looked at Mu Qingling's room from tables, chairs, benches to gold and jade antiques, the color was the best, and there were more people serving in the room than them, thinking of what his mother said, he couldn't help but turn his mind over.

"I'm just joking twice, why don't you take it seriously, look at the layout in this room, you know that Sister Ling doesn't lack anything, let's send some needlework and thread, what else can we send." Yu Xiao covered the corners of his mouth with an embroidered handkerchief and said with a smile, as if the ridicule just now was just everyone's illusion.

"Speaking of which, Sister Ling'er is also pitiful, Uncle Mu is gone, and Sister Ling is the only one in the huge Mu family." Yu Xiao said as he spoke, and wiped the dried corners of his eyes with an embroidered handkerchief.

Mu Qingling was annoyed when she looked at Yu Xiao's pretending hypocrisy, but everyone looked at it, and it was not easy to give Yu Xiao a face. I didn't know it before, but now that I look at it, Yu Xiao has learned Xu's face-changing kung fu ten out of ten.

"Yesterday, I saw that Sister Ling brought a lot of people back, I heard that there are several large cars of luggage, speaking of which Sister Ling is a delicate lady, who has never taken care of these, but you must be careful not to be deceived by the next person, after all, we don't understand these things, especially the Zhuangzi shop outside, it is best to find a person who is in charge of things in the past day to help your sister take care of it. lest some tricky subordinates have different hearts, deceive the superiors and subordinates to fill their pockets! Yu Xiao said loudly, as for the person in charge of affairs in Su Ri, the entire Jingyong Mansion is in charge of her mother Xu, who else is her?

Mu Qingling knew that the Xu family would not give up the Mu family's wealth easily, but she never expected that the Xu family would let Yu Xiao come to tell her this, Mu Qingling didn't even have the interest to refute Yu Xiao, and only said softly, "Thank you, Sister Xiao, for your concern." "I didn't say it was good, I didn't say it was bad.

Yu Xiao touched a soft nail and wanted to say something, but Yu Mei, who saw that the situation was wrong, quickly diverted the topic, and until Mu Qingling sent them out, Yu Xiao didn't have a chance to say anything more.

However, Yu Xiao broke the halberd, which did not mean that the Xu family gave up, and after the afternoon, he heard the rumors from the outside that the Xu family came in person.

When Xu came, Mu Qingling was sitting on the couch, there was a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the small table, Mu Qingling was about to copy the scriptures, heard Xu coming, and hurriedly prepared to get up to greet him, no matter what, Xu is an elder, in this world where the mouthpiece is like a knife, she doesn't want to spread the words that Mu women don't know the etiquette and disrespect the elders.

But before Xu could get up, he pounced, pressed her to the spot, sat down by himself, and hugged her and called her heart and liver.

"Tell my aunt to see, our Ling'er has suffered, I knew it was so, I said that I had to go back with you at that time, you see, when I was in Beijing, I was still like a snow ball to attract pity, but now I have only been back for more than half a year, and I have lost so much weight!" Xu is much more powerful than Yu Xiao, and the big tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, as if he was really sad for this niece.

Mu Qingling felt sick in her heart, and she really wanted to be moved by Xu's appearance if she didn't know.

"Uncle's heart, Ling'er understands, but after all, my aunt is in charge of such a big mess in the house, where can I just leave. Besides, Cousin Wenyuan took good care of Qingling along the way, and this hardship is nothing. ”

Mu Qingling said softly: "Uncle loves Qingling, and Qingling remembers it. Aunt rest assured, one day, Ling'er will definitely repay her aunt's kindness. Mu Qingling smiled at the corner of her mouth, still looking gentle and gentle.

Xu's heart jumped, she listened to Mu Qingling's words, and she always felt that it was swishing, as if she meant something. I don't know if I'm thinking too much, or if Mu Qingling really has other intentions? Xu went through everything, felt that there was no flaw, and looked at Mu Qingling carefully, and saw that she was still respectful and filial, with admiration in her eyes, and secretly said that she was thinking too much.

"It's good that Ling'er understands, but Ling'er can rest assured, since she is back, everything will have her aunt in the future. Ling'er just has to be the same as before, don't worry about anything, just be a carefree lady. Xu patted Mu Qingling's hand, looking full of satisfaction with Mu Qingling's plan.

"Thank you aunt, Ling'er knows that aunt is the person who loves Ling'er the most." Mu Qingling took the opportunity to thank her, why the Xu family came today, she knew it. She wants to see how Xu wants to say those delusions in her heart. So Lede and Xu played Tai Chi acting.

You play me and I act, see who can't hold their breath first!

"Silly child, who do you hurt if your aunt doesn't care?" Xu looked compassionate, "Don't worry, Ling'er, when you return to the house, your aunt will make the decision for you." If anyone in the house is not attentive and makes you angry, just tell your aunt! As for the people you brought back......"

Xu Shi paused and said, "Although it is the old man that your parents served before their deaths, you remember the old feelings, but don't indulge them too much. You are still young, and you don't know that people in this world are sinister. ”

I know all too well what it means to be sinister. Mu Qingling looked at Xu's appearance as a good aunt and couldn't help but think.

"People die for money, birds die for food, you are not in Hangzhou, those subordinate slaves are rarely allowed to bully you when you are young and do not know family affairs, and do some things to guard and steal. In this way, you will hand over your account books here to your aunt, who has been in charge of the house for many years, and she still has this eyesight. There is an aunt to help you watch, see who dares to bully us Ling'er, and move those messy crooked thoughts! ”

Mu Qingling said in her heart, here, going around and around, and finally getting to the point.

"My aunt's kindness is appreciated, but my aunt can rest assured that when things are counted and put into storage, they are watched by special people. After the registration was made, I had people check it. My father lived in Hangzhou before his death, and there was no industry in Beijing. Now in my hands are nothing but dead things. Aunt rest assured, Qingling still understands this. My aunt is tired of taking care of such a big mess in the house, if Qingling is no longer sensible, and she still bothers her aunt with my trivial things, it is Qingling's fault. Mu Qingling just picked up the words for Xu's sake.

"You kid, can you still trust your aunt?" Xu Shi laughed dryly, and said in his heart, why is this Mu Qingling so dead-headed at this time, who wants you to think about me?!

"Don't worry, my aunt is just keeping an eye on the account book for you, so that no villain will get in the way. When you get married in the future, those things will not be missing from our Ling'er. Xu Shi smiled happily, but his heart was cold. She tried her best to hold Mu Qingling in her hands, isn't it just to let her live "peacefully" until she gets married?

Mu Qingling saw that Xu was talking about the identity of her aunt, and couldn't help but think that if it was in her previous life, her little girl's family was thin-skinned, even if it was to show her trust in Xu's uncle, Mu Qingling would do what she wanted.

"My aunt knows how to make fun of Ling'er!" Mu Qingling turned her head away and made a look of shame. "Ling'er is a few months younger than Sister Xiao, if you want to talk about the dowry, your aunt should go and tell Sister Xiao first! Sister Xiao is reachable! ”

The corners of Xu's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart, who wants to tell you about the dowry! Just as he was about to talk about the topic and pull it back, Mu Qingling said again: "Uncle, speaking of which, I only returned home in the past two days, and I was a little busy, now that I think about it, I haven't been to see Cousin Wenda, Cousin Wenda is better?" ”

Yu Wenda is a thorn in Xu's heart during this time, it hurts when he touches it, Mu Qingling naturally knows that with Xu's temperament, Yu Wenda was so angry that he vomited blood in public, and this hurdle would not pass so quickly. So she picked up Xu's sore spot and stepped on it.

Sure enough, when asked about Yu Wenda, Xu's face was cold for a moment, and then he propped up his kind appearance again, wiped his tears and said: "Hey, your cousin Wenda has a high heart, and this time he was not happy, and he was depressed in his heart, so he was sick for a while. But don't worry, I've heard from the doctor that he's getting better these days, and I'll take you to see him when he's better. ”

"Cousin Wenda has been studying in Guozijian for many years, and now that Wen'an has won the show, presumably Cousin Wenda will not take too long. Uncle, you persuade Cousin Wenda more to make him feel at ease. Mu Qingling looked like she was sincerely comforting Xu and Yu Wenda, but what she said was tantamount to sticking a knife in the hearts of these two people.

The second room Su Ri looked down on the third room, and felt that Yu Enping was a concubine, and the Liu family was from a merchant, and it was no different from the people in the house. Now Mu Qingling keeps comparing Yu Wenda with Yu Wen'an, and Xu's hatred is itching, but he can't attack.

Mu Qingling paused, served tea to Xu's, took a sip of the teacup herself, and said before Xu's: "By the way, aunt, why haven't I seen Wen Min in the past two days?" He used to love to hang out with me, why can't I see anyone everywhere these two days? ”

Xu Shi smiled: "Where can their boys be like you girls, there is no fixed number in the day?" Now that Wen An has won the show, Wen Min is still playing blindly all day long, and he doesn't look like a talk. I'm detaining him to study, I don't want him to be rich, but I can't help but learn, right? ”

Xu said it nicely, but in fact, he was afraid that Yu Wenmin would see Mu Qingling as soon as he saw her, and finally her mind turned around and pounced on Mu Qingling again. So in the past few days, under the pretext of studying, Yu Wenmin has been detained in the house.

Now that Yu Enxiang and the Yuan family are getting closer and closer, she doesn't want Yu Wenmin to destroy the Great Wall and cause some trouble. However, when it came to Yu Wenmin, Xu's mind turned around, and he said: "My son, you and Wen Min have no guesses, such a relationship is really commendable." If my daughter-in-law can be as intelligent and understanding as you. I'm blessed. ”

Mu Qingling couldn't help but sigh, no wonder she couldn't see Xu's femme fatale in her previous life, this Xu was really a master of acting, look at her like this, as if when the old lady mentioned her marriage to Wen Min, she pushed back and talked about him not her Xu, but someone else.

What does it mean to say this now? Hinting that she hurried and gave the account books in a kind way? Mu Qingling sneered in her heart, but lowered her head on her face and smiled shyly and timidly.

Xu Shi didn't get her wish in the end, no matter what she said, Mu Qingling would never let go, just pretended to be stupid and stunned, and talked about him left and right. If you have the ability, you can speak directly and say directly, your eyes are hot on my family's wealth, and you want to take care of the account books.

Xu Shi pulled Mu Qingling, and said that his mouth was dry but he had not achieved his goal, and when he returned to his yard, he naturally had another attack.

However, although the Xu family was angry, she was not in a hurry, after all, Mu Qingling even brought things into the Jingyong Mansion, and whether she could go out or not was up to her, the wife in charge, had the final say.

The first thing Xu remembers now is Yu Wen'an, she will never allow Yu Wen'an to enter the country's prison and steal her Wenda's limelight.

On this day, Xu Shi was taking a nap in the house, and Xu's mother hurriedly came in from outside, walked to Xu's approach, and whispered a long series of words in her ear.

"Are you sure?" Xu Shi listened to Xu's mother's reply and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"This old slave has only heard about it, but I don't dare to say that I am very sure, but now it is spread like this." Mother Xu replied with some hesitation.

"Tell me more." Xu Shi thought about it and felt as if he had caught something.

"Yes, our people were ordered by my wife to find Young Master Wen'an's handle, but Young Master Wen'an also ran back and forth in the mansion academy on weekdays, and occasionally went to Liu's house. This house is under the control of my wife, and if there is anything, we already know. So the old slave focused his attention on the academy. My family personally befriended the people in the academy, took them to eat and drink, and picked out some valuable things from the shop and gave them them, just thinking about what to get out of their mouths. "Of course, by the way, I took some things from the shop to do the hard work, so I don't need to let my wife know.

"My family often interacts with those students, and I heard them say that there are people who take the township exam for them. I heard that the student who took the exam said it after drinking, saying that he had received money from the family of a dignitary and took the exam for the kid of that family. Mother Xu told everything she knew.

"Substitute exam, dignitaries, money ......" Xu recited these words back and forth.

"Last time, you said that there was a student in the academy who was dissatisfied with Yu Wenan, saying that it was because Yu Wenan was the son of the Jingyong Mansion, and Mr. gave him a high score on weekdays, but in fact, Yu Wenan's knowledge was not as good as his own, how old is that student, and what does he look like?" Xu asked.

Mother Xu thought about it and said; "It seems to be twenty-seven or eighteen, but the scholar is weak, and he looks quite small."

Xu couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth, God really helped me, "Come here with your ears." Xu gave the plan to Xu's mother in detail.

Mother Xu was really shocked after hearing this, glanced at Xu, and hurriedly bowed her head and responded: "Yes!"

"Whatever you need, pay from the account, don't be stingy, be sure to do things properly." Hearing Xu's words, Xu's mother couldn't help but smile, there is a lot to be done here.

Stay in the guest house

"You say it's true, so rampant?"

"Of course it's true, don't you still believe me?"

"This is really, Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, we people have studied hard for so many years, and it is better to spend some money on the sons and daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles. The world is going down! It's really a bad day! ”

"Who says it's not, substitute exams, poor students like you and me can only take exams for others! Get ahead, don't even think about it! ”

As soon as Liu Junnan entered the lobby, he heard a table of Confucian scholars in the lobby discussing a lot, and after listening carefully to a few words, Liu Junnan's intuition was not good. In front of the public, writing a few Confucian scholars did not deliberately keep a low profile, but had a kind of meaning that the big guys had to know. People come and go, I'm afraid this has already spread, right?

Liu Junnan went around to the back hall and beckoned the shopkeeper over, "Are there many people talking about the words of those Confucian scholars in the lobby today?" ”

Those who can be the shopkeeper are all human spirits, and when they heard it, they knew what their young master meant, and hurriedly replied respectfully: "In recent days, the guests who come and go here have indeed often said this, and I heard that it is a township test. ”

Township test, Wen'an is also this township test, I hope nothing happens. Liu Junnan thought about it, and still ordered someone to send a message to Yu Wenan.