Shopkeeper Zhao was stunned for a moment, and didn't ask more.

The Bai family, who was sitting on the side in a regular manner, also secretly raised his head and glanced at Xie Yuanniang at this time, Xie Yuanniang smiled back kindly, and then looked at Zhao Gui on the side, "Don't worry about the downturn in front of the shop, I have some ideas, and when I go back, I will think about it in detail, and I will let Ling Mei come and tell you what to do then." ”

It can be regarded as letting Ling Mei and Zhao Gui prepare for the joint in the future.

Zhao Gui responded to the opportunity, "The slave remembers, the girl just rest assured." ”

After the matter was done, Xie Yuanniang didn't stay long, so she got up and went home.

The house is quiet, and there is nothing to do.

Xie Yuanniang ran outside for a day, and after returning to Qingshan Courtyard, she leaned on the couch and thought about how the pen and ink shop could attract people's attention.

In Jing'an, after listening to Liu's mother's reply, Kong waved his hand disapprovingly, "Come with her, she won't come to eat, let's be quiet." ”

Xie Wenhui didn't have the heart to eat, after coming back from Su Mansion, all she was thinking about was how to remove the eyes of the people behind her, and she couldn't think of a good way to do it.

In this way, there will be less to eat.

Kong Shi noticed, "But what's on your mind?" ”

Father Xie was too busy for a while, and he still didn't go back to the house to eat, and there were only mother and daughter at the dinner table.

Xie Wenhui couldn't say anything about his thoughts, so he only shook his head.

Kong Shi thought for a moment, "The pen and ink in your courtyard are almost the same, right?" I'll let people send some more tomorrow, the good ones are usually used, if Yuan Niang goes to your yard, take those bad ones out. ”

"Mother, what if Yuan Niang knows about this." Xie Wenhui doesn't like Xie Yuanniang, but this thing is too petty.

is the same as a daughter, what if she is the same good rice paper as Xie Yuanniang? Why do you have to be sneaky?

In her previous life, she didn't understand, but she listened to her mother.

In this life, she doesn't want to live like this.

Kong Shi smiled, "You also know that she has a top-notch temperament, you must know that you use the same things, and you have to make a fuss to buy her better rice paper, you also know what our family is like, it is all supported by my dowry." ”

Xie Wenhui stopped talking, and couldn't say what he wanted to say, 'I won't use rice paper well in the future', so he could only nod his head reluctantly.

These things don't need to be done by Kong himself, so they are naturally explained to Liu's mother.

The next day, Liu's mother ran to Dagongfang in person, but after hearing what Zhao's shopkeeper said, Liu's mother shook her head and asked with a smile, "This is what my uncle ordered?" ”

"The master explained it a few days ago, as for why he said this, he didn't explain it to our subordinates, and I hope that Mother Liu can understand more." Shopkeeper Zhao looks honest, but he is also a businessman, otherwise he would not be in charge of this shop.

Mother Liu thanked her knowingly, and said, "I am busy when I go out, and I don't have any silver on me, so it's better to let your noble son go to the house with me to get the silver now, is it convenient?" ”

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper Zhao naturally would not be embarrassed, so he called his son to follow Liu's mother to Xie's mansion, and when she arrived at Xie's mansion, Liu's mother first asked Zhao Gui to drink tea and wait in the gatehouse, and she hurriedly went to the inner courtyard.

Kong Shi listened to Liu's mother's words, and was also stunned, "Is it a mistake?" Over the years, the pen and ink used in our house have all been taken from that shop, and they have not asked us for silver. ”

Liu's mother felt that this was strange, "The slave maid didn't ask too much, so she brought the son of the shopkeeper Zhao back with her, and the person arranged to wait at the gatehouse." ”

What are you waiting for?

Money, of course.

Kong Shi understood, she frowned, "Let the account office pay the money first, and I'll write to my sister-in-law now to ask what's going on." ”

Liu's mother hesitated and reminded, "How does Madame want to tell her uncle in the letter?" ”

Kong Shi was stunned for a moment, "Isn't it good to ask directly?" ”

Mother Liu sighed in her heart, Mrs. was spoiled in the end, and now she has been a woman for many years, and she still does things in the style of Confucian concubines, but she forgot that she is a foreign-married woman and a wife of the Xie family.

"The shop belongs to Mrs. Uncle, Mrs. Uncle has taken care of our house all these years, that is, Mrs. Uncle doesn't treat us as outsiders, but I really ask carefully, Mrs. Uncle is the daughter-in-law of the Kong family, the shop is not the private property of the Kong family, and Mrs. is the daughter of the Kong family, but she can't use the things in the shop plainly." Liu's mother almost said directly, 'It's friendship for you, and it's your duty not to use it for nothing', she felt that Mrs. should understand what she said so clearly, but seeing Mrs. looking at her in a daze, with an unknown look, Mother Liu felt a headache, "Madam, you can't write directly to ask Mrs. Uncle why you can't use the things in the shop for nothing now, right?" ”

Why should people give you nothing?

Kong Shi let out a long 'oh', "When you say this, it's really not good to write directly and ask." But I have used things in the shop for so many years, but suddenly I don't let them use it now, it can't be like this for no reason, could it be that when Sister Yan came, Yuan Niang offended people? ”

Liu's mother opened her mouth, but she didn't say much.

Really speaking, the Kong family is more partial to the second girl, how can they be angry because the second girl offended Sister Yan, and let her say that the uncle and wife can make the house use so many things in the shop for nothing over the years, or for the sake of the second girl's face.

Thinking about it, Mother Liu didn't dare to say these words, knowing that as soon as she said it, Madame would explode immediately.

Sensing that Mrs. was looking at her, Mother Liu thought for a while, "It's not easy to ask Mrs. Uncle about this, even if I really offend, Mrs. Uncle won't say it." ”

Kong immediately had an idea and asked Man Yun to prepare pen and ink, "Then I'll write a letter to my mother, my mother will never lie to me." ”

Mother Liu did not stop or persuade this time.

After Kong finished writing the letter, he sent it to Jiangning County on the same day.

Mother Liu went to the concierge in person, took Zhao Gui to the account room, and sent the person away after receiving the silver, which did not alarm anyone.

However, when he turned around, Zhao Gui told Ling Mei about the things in the shop at the back door on the grounds of looking for Ling Mei, Ling Mei was called by Zhao Gui as a sister, looking at Zhao Gui more and more pleasing to the eye, and when he returned to Qingshan Academy to learn about this, he praised Zhao Gui several times.

Xie Yuanniang and Zuidong saw it, they only couldn't help laughing and didn't pierce it, and when Ling Mei finished learning the matter excitedly, Xie Yuanniang knew it, and asked with a smile, "It's rare to be called sister, I think you can't sleep well for a few days if you are excited." ”

Ling Mei's face flushed, and Luo Luo generously admitted, "Zhao Gui is called Sister Slave, and Slave will treat her as a younger brother in the future." ”