Seeing that she had room to play, Mrs. Liu came to her senses, and said with her eyebrows fluttering: "People outside are spreading that Miss Li first bought someone and stole the secret recipe of the Chi family's workshop before opening her own Li workshop. Later, he dug the corners of other people's walls silently, dug up most of the capable people one after another, and learned to sell them to major prosperous places, so that the business became so prosperous. Nowadays, whenever someone wants to apply for a job in the Chi family's workshop, Miss Li will send someone to squat in front of her door, intercept the person, and pull the person to her side with clever words. Therefore, the Chijia workshop is now only a few thirty or forty workers, barely breathing, and there is no possibility of reviving at all. Everyone said that Miss Li was so unscrupulous in attacking her opponent ......"

When Mrs. Liu said this, she stopped talking and refused to continue.

"What is it?" Mrs. Li asked angrily.

Mrs. Liu's previous words already made her incredulous, and she was even more angry.

Li Qingqing has always been a good girl who obeys her words in front of her, if she believes that her daughter has done such a dirty act that is not afraid of people's words, isn't she afraid that her motherhood will know, and she will be sad and resentful?

Mrs. Liu was stunned for a long time, and said quite embarrassedly: "Hey, anyway, there are some unpleasant words, I really can't learn those market words, so don't say it to make everyone laugh, and don't block your heart." ”

But the more she was so secretive, the more it made people think about it, and associate it with the dirtiest words.

Mrs. Li was the most angry one.

At this time, with the enthusiastic heart of seeking justice for her daughter, she said to Li Qingqing quite seriously: "Qingqing, you explain to the big guys, have you done such things as using small acts to harm other people's business and seek your own personal interests?" I will make it clear to everyone, and I will be innocent. The reputation of our Li family is not arbitrarily arranged. ”

She said it righteously and strictly, as if the axioms were all on the Li family's side, and no one could be suspicious.

Li Qingqing inquired about Mrs. Liu Shao's methods in public, and the resentment in her heart was that she couldn't wait to take Mrs. Liu clean, and then whip her to the street, so that she could also taste the taste of embarrassment in public to relieve her anger.

However, her face was unfazed, and she hooked her lips and sneered, "Mother, do you believe that your daughter will make such a despicable method?" Don't you know what kind of person your daughter is? I think someone must be jealous of her daughter's talent, and deliberately made it up to ruin her daughter's reputation, so that her daughter will not be able to hold her head up in front of others from now on, and she will not be able to achieve much of a career. ”

Hearing her daughter say this, Mrs. Li hated the person who spread the rumors even more, "Who is it that ruins your reputation out of nothing?" I'm going to ask your father to find out, so that he can find out that wolf-hearted thing, and make him make amends to you in person!" ”

Li Qingqing glanced at Chi Yue and said funny: "Daughter thinks, could that person be the opponent of the daughter in this story?" If not, how could she do everything possible to get Young Lady Liu to speak for her in person and lose her daughter's face? And just watch the jokes with a smug face. ”

When she didn't arrive in the front yard, her personal maid had already come over to investigate, but Chi Yue actually came to the Li Mansion with Young Lady Liu.

Although Li Qingqing has never seen Chi Yue once, under the description of others, she has already integrated her age, appearance, personality, and described it in her heart.

At this time, the only person around Mrs. Liu who matched her age and had an extraordinary bearing was Chi Yue. Who is the so-called "business wizard" if not her?

It was also because she knew that she was coming, so Li Qingqing made an exception to listen to her mother's words and came to participate in the banquet that she didn't like the most.

When the opponent saw each other, he was very red.

Following Li Qingqing's gaze, Mrs. Li saw Chi Yue.

"Could it be that you are Chi Yue?" Mrs. Lee's face was full of disbelief.

How did Li Qingqing's opponent appear at their Li family banquet?

Mrs. Liu Shao just spoke for her, why did she even bring it herself? Isn't she afraid that her lies will be exposed and she will be embarrassed in public?

Looking at Chi Yue's face again, there was no fear at all, but her head was held high, neither humble nor arrogant, and her eyes were so calm that they were not as good as those who had been in the world for a long time!

What is the idea of this little girl?

"She's Miss Chi, and I've seen her superb horsemanship on the racecourse." A woman watching from the sidelines looked at Chi Yue's eyes full of admiration.

"I've seen her too, but on Mrs. Liu's birthday, she gave a cake to another girl named Xiaocui, and it was called a delicacy! I was lucky enough to taste a little bit of it, and I still remember it vividly. The other girl pursed her lips, as if she was sipping back her irrepressible saliva, and continued, "Later, I took the maid to her cake shop in her town and bought one for the family to taste. I thought that the owner of the cake shop was that Xiaocui, but I didn't expect Xiaocui to only say that the boss was Miss Chi, and Xiaocui was just her helper. ”

"I've also been to her cake shop, I heard that it's recruiting apprentices now, and I'm going to ask the maid Min'er to apply for the job, and learn two tricks to come back and make it for us to eat, where do you think, people categorically refuse to accept the maids and servants hired by anyone, and after two days, two ordinary women were recruited and no longer recruited." When the girl said it, she couldn't help but feel a little regretful, sighed and shook her head.

"Our family has also eaten a lot of Boss Chi's brown sugar, which is called a delicacy! During the New Year's holidays, it is best to use this as a gift. Another woman glanced at Li Qingqing and Mrs. Li, and added, "But now that Miss Li has also made brown sugar, our house now only orders the brown sugar in Miss Li's workshop, and I think her brown sugar is more beautiful and delicious, and it is more reassuring." ”

Although these words flattered Li Qingqing, they also derogated Chi Yue. Could it be that the brown sugar made in the Chiyue workshop is not beautiful, not delicious, and not reassuring?

As soon as she mentioned Li Qingqing, everyone praised Chi Yue and shut up one after another.

If they continue to talk about it, I'm afraid they will all become enemies of the Li family and stand on Chi Yue's side to help Chi Yue speak.

Although they thought that Chi Yue had many benefits in their hearts, there was no need to offend the high-ranking Li family for her, right?

"Hello ladies and ladies, the little girl is Chi Yue." Chi Yue saluted respectfully, with a smile on the corner of her lips, and looked at Mrs. Li neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Mrs. Li, if you don't believe it, just ask Master Li to send someone to investigate." The one who stole the secret recipe for boiling sugar in my workshop was none other than my uncle's cousin Chi Yuan. He did everything possible to get me to agree to him to enter the sugar boiling room, and after a month of study, he submitted his resignation to me, and abruptly repaid the three hundred taels of silver I had lent him. In order to find out where he got the three hundred taels of silver, I went to his house to inquire, but he was forced by me to tell me in person that it was given to him by Boss Li as a reward for him stealing the secret recipe and peddling it to them. ”

"You talk nonsense! Who is it that allows you to talk in my house? Li Qingqing's face turned pale, and he pointed at Chi Yue and said fiercely, "Then Chi Yuan obviously thought that you were too harsh on him, and asked him to help, but he didn't give him two silver taels, so he did everything possible to defect to me." At that time, I already had a recipe for boiling sugar, so where did he need to tell me? I just asked him to help me speed things up. ”

After explaining this, she said to Mrs. Li in a blink of an eye, "Mother, how can you watch an outsider go wild in our mansion?" Do you believe what she says that your daughter is the kind of villain who will resort to despicable means for her own benefit? Mother! ”

Mrs. Li was reprimanding Chi Yue, and Chi Yue preemptively said, "Miss Li, if you haven't done this, then you should tell me, where did you get your sugar boiling method?" If someone can come up with it, please tell me his name, so that I can see it. ”

Li Qingqing was stunned. Where did she know any capable people? But now, if you can't tell the reason, won't you tell people to see a joke?

She gritted her teeth and simply made it up: "It's the housekeeper Ge Yu, he only got the recipe for boiling sugar and gave it to me, so that I could realize my idea of starting a workshop." ”

As for Ge Yu's recommendation of a master, his brain is so flexible, and he knows so many people, it is most appropriate to ask him to fabricate it out of thin air.

"Ge Yu?" Mrs. Li muttered. No wonder, she has been seeing Ge Yu running out for many days, helping Li Qingqing to work in the workshop, but it turns out that there is a relationship of interest between the two.

"Then you should call your butler and question him face to face." Chi Yue made a request.

Li Qingqing didn't want Chi Yue to be so stubborn, so she wanted to question this matter in front of everyone at this lively banquet, and was about to refute, but was stopped by Mrs. Li, "It's okay, let this misunderstanding be explained clearly at the moment, and give my daughter a clean slate, it's better." Go and call Steward Ge to come over. ”

At that moment, someone obeyed the order and went to call Ge Yu.

Steward Ge is a person in their house, and naturally maintains their Li family everywhere, is she still afraid that Ge Yu will come and wash her daughter's reputation unclear, and she will not be able to recover the lost reputation?

Therefore, Mrs. Li decided to call Ge Yu to come, and simply used the banquet as the public court of the county government, so that the two parties could confront each other fairly.

Ge Yu ran over in a panic, saluted Mrs. Li and the others, glanced at Li Qingqing and Chi Yue quite meaningfully, and lowered his head again.

"Ge Yu, I'll ask you." Mrs. Li asked solemnly, "The sugar workshop that can be called Qingqing is opened, and the most critical part of it is boiling sugar, so this secret recipe for boiling sugar, but you handed it over to her?" ”

Ge Yu's eyes turned a few times, and his belief suddenly turned several times.

Could it be that Li Qingqing confided something to everyone?

Shouldn't she have made public the dirty thing of stealing Chi Yue's secret recipe for boiling sugar?

Thinking that Li Qingqing is not so stupid, so did she just put the responsibility on him and ask him to deal with it?

Chi Yue naturally knew what he had in mind, and he couldn't help but add another fire to the fire in his heart, "Steward Ge, Chi Yuan personally told me that it was he who sold you the secret recipe for boiling sugar, and got a few hundred taels of silver from you, so that he was able to get out of my shackles and take refuge in you from now on." Miss Li has admitted that this is indeed the case, but it was you who instigated her to do this, you villain who has no good intentions, don't you kneel down and admit your mistake to Mrs. Li? ”

In the last sentence, Chi Yue made a quick and decisive decision, could not be ignored, and was so fierce and intimidating, not only the person concerned, Ge Yu, but even others listened to it, and they felt a chill invade the bone marrow, and they couldn't help but be scared.