"Steward Zhao, what's going on?" Jiang Qiming asked in a deep voice.

Steward Zhao on the side bowed forward, "Lord Jiang, the money in this money bag is all packed by the minions with their own eyes, and it is impossible that there is any of them empty." ”

After speaking, this Steward Zhao turned sideways and glanced at Qin Chun, looked at the ordinary linen clothes on her body, and guessed in a low voice: "There are two coins of silver in this money bag, I don't know if it's this girl——"

"What are you talking nonsense!" Xiao Man ran back and wrung his eyebrows: "The matter hasn't been clarified yet, how can you just wronged people?" Qin Chun is not such a greedy person for small profits, and in this situation, he should still give Qin Chun silver immediately, so that she can buy it. ”

Steward Zhao was expressionless, "Rules are rules, you have this time to hug her upset, it is better to hurry up and buy embroidery thread." ”

"You!" Xiao Manchu was extremely angry, but she knew that it was useless to argue with this housekeeper, so she had to look at Jiang Qiming, "Lord Jiang, after these few competitions, you should also see Qin Chun's strength, she is definitely not this kind of person who is greedy for small gains, this competition is once a year, how could Qin Chun take such a big risk to get rid of the silver!"

Jiang Qiming on the stage was still drinking tea unhurriedly, as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, Su Xiaoman became more and more anxious, seeing that so much time had passed, but they didn't seem to want to solve this matter at all.

"Forget it." Qin Chun finally spoke, and there were tears on her face, "Xiaoman, thank you, this time I was accidentally calculated, I ...... You'd better go buy embroidery thread first, and I'll think of another way. ”

After speaking, Qin Chun put down the money bag and turned around and went out.

Xiao Manchu's anxious one-horn, "Steward Zhao, you are really-"

"If you have this time to complain, let's hurry up and buy embroidery thread, otherwise if someone has a way to get the embroidery thread back, you will be delayed for so long."

Steward Zhao was right, no matter how angry Xiao Man was, she had to turn around and go out to buy embroidery thread, but she was still worried about Qin Chun, and she was always afraid that the other party would not think about it and give up this competition directly.

The two of them have said no more than five sentences in total from the preliminary round to the present, but Xiaoman just thinks that Qin Chun is a good person, otherwise how could she persuade herself not to be too high-profile at the beginning?

It seems that this competition is far from being as simple as he imagined, otherwise the silver in Qin Chun's money bag would not have disappeared for no reason. Xiao Man sighed as he walked back, this Qin Chun only knew how to warn himself, but he was in someone else's way.

I don't know how she's doing now, but don't give up the game stupidly.

Facts have proved that Xiaoman's worries are indeed reasonable.

Until the three of them came back and began to bow their heads to prepare embroidery, and then the last bit of the pillar of incense was burned out, Qin Chun did not come back.

Because the embroidery thread she bought was too rough, Yu Yan was reprimanded by Jiang Qiming on the spot, and ordered someone to snatch out the money she had embezzled, Yu Yan drove out, and as for Qin Chun, because he did not hand in the embroidery at the time of a stick of incense, he was naturally sifted down.

Xiao Man and Wu Ping passed smoothly, but Xiao Man was always very awkward in her heart, and Qin Chun's tear-stained face always flashed in her mind, and she regretted it very much in her heart.

Qin Chun's craftsmanship was so good, she could have successfully participated in the final competition.

After Jiang Qiming left, Steward Zhao came to the stage and announced: "Su Xiaoman, Wu Ping, you two successfully passed the competition, you can go home now to pack your luggage, and go to live in the garden on the outskirts of the city with the rest of the people early tomorrow morning, until the final game is over, you can go home." ”

Because she had heard Xia Wanrou talk about it in the morning, Su Xiaoman was not very surprised, she went to the stage to put away her embroidery, and glanced at Wu Ping's embroidery this time.

Wu Ping embroidered a large peony flower, red and bright blooming on the emerald green branches and leaves, that's all, the key is that the red embroidery thread is not mixed with something, flashing in the sun, it looks particularly luxurious and interesting.

Xiaoman couldn't help but praise casually: "Sister Wu's embroidery is extravagant and beautiful, and she has put her mind into it at first glance." ”

But who knows, it was such a casual compliment, but it made Wu Ping's face change abruptly, she grabbed her embroidery, and said angrily: "What do you have to do with being extravagant or not, it's annoying!" ”

"Hey-" Xiao Man looked at Wu Ping's angry back, a little speechless.

Don't let you boast, what kind of person is this?

Pearl was waiting at the corner gate, seeing that Xiao Man came out and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, the two got into the car, put the embroidery away, and then ordered the coachman to drive back to the Manrou Ready-to-wear Workshop.

As soon as she returned to the ready-to-wear workshop, Xia Wanrou couldn't wait to take Xiao Man to the attic, took out a handkerchief from her arms, and carefully put it on Xiao Man's hand.

Xiaoman didn't know why, "What is this?" ”

"You open it up and take a look." Xia Wanrou pursed her lips and smiled.

This handkerchief cloth is ordinary, but when Xiao Man opened it to look at it, he couldn't help but be stunned, only to see that the handkerchief was embroidered with large lilies, and the tender yellow stamens were wrapped in snow-white petals, which looked particularly vivid, as if he could smell the fragrance when he got close.

If you look closely, there seems to be something different on the petals of this lily, and the sunlight shines from the attic window on the handkerchief, and the lily is faintly shining.

Xiao Man suddenly felt a little familiar, this was a bit like the embroidery that Wu Ping handed in today, which could also shine in the sun.

"Lilies, means a hundred years of good harmony, Xiaoman, you and; I couldn't go when Lu Li got married, so this should be a late gift. Xia Wanrou didn't know what Xiao Man was thinking, and explained with a smile on the side.

This is what she undoubtedly saw when she went shopping today, and she felt that it was very suitable for Xiaoman at the moment, so she bought it immediately.

"Sister Wanrou, how can this lily shine in the sun, is it the reason for the embroidery thread?"

Xia Wanrou couldn't help but smile when she heard this, "You, don't forget to think about these things at this time." ”

complained on her lips, but Xia Wanrou still explained very patiently: "This is a new method that has only become popular in recent days, and the shops that buy embroidery threads have a new method, they will disassemble the ordinary embroidery thread, and then add gold and silver threads to it, and everything embroidered with such embroidery thread can shine in the sun." However, because it takes time to mix gold and silver thread into the already thin embroidery thread, this kind of embroidery thread is also very expensive. ”

Su Xiaoman folded the handkerchief and put it away, lowered his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally decided to ask, "Sister Wanrou, how many shops sell this kind of embroidery thread in Beijing?" Where else did you buy this handkerchief, can you tell me? ”

"The most exquisite craftsmanship of this kind is the embroidery lady of Heng Taixiang's family, not far from our shop, if you want to go, I can take you there now."

Heng Taixiang is an old shop in Shangjing, the scale is not small, and three branches have been opened in Shangjing.

When the two arrived at Heng Taixiang, it happened that the guy was closing, and Xiao Man hurriedly stepped forward, "Little brother, why did you close so early?" ”

"Our embroidery girl is going to the garden on the outskirts of the city tomorrow, and we have to listen to the instructions of our showcase, so there is no way to entertain guests." The guy answered truthfully.

Xiao Man rolled his eyes, "Your embroidery girl is called Wu Ping?" ”

"How do you know?"

She smiled and immediately made up a reason, "I often come to your house to buy things, of course I know the name of your embroiderer, her skills are so good, of course she can pass the competition, I am here to congratulate her first." Since you're closing, I'd better come back tomorrow to buy something. ”

After speaking, she hurriedly turned around and pulled Xia Wanrou away, her steps hurriedly, for fear that Wu Ping would suddenly come out and see her.

She really guessed correctly, the few coins and silver that Qin Chun lost were definitely stolen by Wu Ping!

Otherwise, the two coins of silver given by the Jiang family can't buy such an expensive embroidery thread at all, only Wu Ping has the most exquisite craftsmanship in using this embroidery thread in Shangjing, and she is the first to arrive today, if it wasn't for stealing the money in Qin Chun's money bag, how could Wu Ping buy such an expensive embroidery thread?

After thinking about it, Su Xiaoman became more and more angry, and he couldn't wait to turn back and go to Wu Ping to settle the score.

"Xiaoman, what's wrong with you?"

Su Xiaoman bit his lip, full of anger and told Xia Wanrou what happened today word for word.

After listening, Xia Wanrou sighed, "I'm going to stay in the yard with her tomorrow, you can only contact each other during this time, what do you want to do?" ”

Xiao Man didn't think about it, and said at the moment: "Of course it's to expose her!" If she hadn't stolen Qin Chun's money, Qin Chun would definitely be able to overpower her, she was really too insidious to do this, I had to tell Master Jiang what she did. ”

"Do you have any evidence?"

Su Xiaoman was immediately dumbfounded, she looked at Xia Wanrou with some wretchedness, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Looking at her appearance, Xia Wanrou sighed and rubbed her head a little helplessly, "Xiaoman, there is no room for recovery in the matter, even if you can prove that Wu Ping framed Qin Chun, then Qin Chun will not be able to come back to the game." ”

There is no room for no return......

Xiao Man still didn't speak, Xia Wanrou was even more helpless, "Xiao Man, now you need to concentrate on preparing for the final game, only if you defeat Wu Ping, then all the things she did will be in vain, only in this way can you avenge Qin Chun." ”

"I see."

Xiaoman was always unhappy, and this mood lasted until the next day and Wu Ping took a car to the courtyard on the outskirts of the city.

The garden has the rules of the garden, Xiaoman can't take a maidservant, but fortunately she was used to taking care of herself before, so she didn't feel anything.

On the contrary, it was Wu Ping, seeing that she came alone, she actually sarcastically said two sentences: "There is no one to serve here, and I don't know if some people will be able to dress and wash their faces." ”

Su Xiaoman's face did not change, put away his burden, sat on the soft collapse and closed his eyes to recuperate.

"Wasn't it very powerful before, and you dared to contradict Steward Zhao, why are you wilting now? Is it because there is no one to serve, so you can't even speak? Wu Ping's two sentences were even more obvious, and she almost directly named Su Xiaoman's name.