"Xiaoxue, you deserve this money, you should accept it quickly." Xiaoman also followed suit.

Xiaoxue bit her lip, looked at the palm that Mrs. Zhang stretched out in front of her, looking at the ten taels of silver in the white flowers, she suddenly felt that her cheeks were hot, and the hand hanging down her side was clenched and loosened, and at some point, a lot of sticky sweat gathered in her palm.

"Take it." Mrs. Zhang looked at her with a smile and shook her hand.

She licked her lower lip, stared at the ingot of silver for a long time before making up her mind, raised her arm, opened her palm, and took the ten taels of silver from Mrs. Zhang's palm.

Then, Xiaoxue raised her face and smiled faintly at Mrs. Zhang, very restrained, she said, "Thank you." ”

"Nothing." Mrs. Zhang returned to the couch and sat down, her gaze on Xiao Xue was very appreciative, and she said, "Xiao Xue, I am really looking forward to your future works." ”

"Thank you, Mrs. Zhang, for the compliment." Xiaoxue bit her lip, her cheeks flushed, and she was a little embarrassed.

"Madam, then I'll help you wrap up this dress." Xiaoxue always had a faint smile, but judging from some of her small movements and tone, she should be very excited and excited in her heart.

After all, it is a very happy thing to be recognized one after another.

Looking at the appearance of the two, Xiao Man couldn't help but think of the scene when he and Xia Wanrou first met.

Thinking about it, she sighed secretly, thinking to herself: Since coming to Donglan, the two can only rely on letters to contact, and since the bandits, she has not written to each other for a long time because she is busy with everything.

"Sister Xiaoman."

Wang Youhe's voice pulled Xiao Man out of his thoughts, and Xiao Man, who was immersed in memories, hurriedly looked up at the other party, "What's wrong?" ”

"That's... You haven't seen my work yet. Wang Youhe was embarrassed, she took a step forward, put her clothes on the low table, and then twisted her hands together, and whispered: "Sister Xiaoman, look at it, how about my clothes?" ”

Seeing this, Xiao Man smiled slightly, unfolded Wang Youhe's clothes, and looked at them carefully.

It's not as delicate as Xiaoxue's clothes, and there are many places that are too rough, obviously a little impatient in the process, so many details are not handled well.

However, after all, she is also a girl who was almost equal to Xiaoman, and she is also from a large family, and she has seen a lot of the world, so this dress is designed with a lot of ingenuity, plus some unique local characteristics, so it seems to be on par with Xiaoxue.

Xiao Man nodded with satisfaction, and while looking at the clothes, he said, "It's already good to be able to make it like this, and there is no big problem with this clothes." ”

"Thank you Sister Xiaoman for the compliment!" Wang Youhe breathed a sigh of relief, and her face immediately became relaxed.

"But!" Xiao Man's words turned sharply, and then he raised his eyes to look at the other party, and suddenly became serious, she said: "There are no big problems, small problems continue!" ”

Wang Youhe lowered his head when he ascended, not daring to look directly into Xiaoman's eyes.

Seeing the other party like this, Xiaoman didn't relent, she knew that Wang Youhe didn't love face so much, and she was very arrogant, so she didn't have any scruples, so she said directly, "These formations are dense for a while and sparse for a while, and the threads are not well hidden, and the embroidery on the back of your dress is not as beautiful as what you drew before." ”

After speaking, she put down her clothes and said earnestly: "Youhe, in fact, your basic skills are not bad, but you are impatient, you can obviously not have problems, but you are just impatient, so that there are so many small problems." ”

"I know it's wrong, Sister Xiaoman." Wang Youhe drooped his head and whispered.

"Then take this dress back, change it seriously, and make sure it's okay before handing it in." Xiaoman said.

As soon as she heard this, Wang Youhe raised her head rubbingly, her face full of surprise and grievance, "This... How long does it take, the embroidery has to be dismantled, I... I'll probably have to change it to the Year of the Monkey to fix all these problems......"

After speaking, she lowered her head again, biting her lip and secretly aggrieved.

"Since you know that the revision is troublesome, why didn't you take it seriously and carefully at that time?" Xiao Man still had a calm face, and his tone was not as relaxed as before, especially the gaze that was always fixed on Wang Youhe, so that the other party didn't even have the courage to raise his head.

The atmosphere in the room was gloomy, Mrs. Zhang was looking at the clothes made by Xiaoxue on the side, knowing that she shouldn't speak at this time, and Xiaoxue looked at Wang Youhe's pitiful appearance, and felt a little unhappy, so she couldn't help but take the initiative to help her say something: "Madam, Youhe, she didn't mean it, you just bypassed her this time, right?" ”

As she spoke, she carefully looked at Xiao Man's face and said tentatively, "Otherwise, let her make another one?" ”

You know, if you have time to change all the minor flaws on your clothes, you can make two more sets of these clothes.

Seeing that Xiaoman was silent, Wang Youhe felt that he had an opportunity, so he hurriedly said: "Sister Xiaoman, I know it's wrong, otherwise I'll do it again, and I will definitely correct these little problems!" Please. ”

After saying that, she blinked her eyes, bit her lip and looked at Xiao Man pitifully, begging for the other party to agree to her request.

When things developed to this point, Mrs. Zhang, who had originally planned to be silent, also opened her mouth, and she said softly: "County Lord, this child is also the first time, otherwise, you would have forgiven her for being sloppy this time, right?" ”

Seeing that so many people were interceding for Wang Youhe, Xiao Man, who had originally made up his mind, couldn't help but hesitate.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Man sighed, "Since Mrs. Zhang and Xiao Xue have pleaded for you, then I will forgive you this time, just do it again, but if I catch it again, then-"

"Then I will definitely let Sister Xiaoman deal with it!" Wang Youhe was overjoyed and swept away the gloom on her face.

"Okay, let's take the clothes, you must pay attention to these problems, you know?" Xiao Man returned the clothes to the other party, and his face finally looked better.

Wang Youhe hurriedly took the clothes, and then pulled Xiaoxue out.

The room was quiet again, and Mrs. Zhang wrapped the clothes and asked her servants to put them away, and then said, "County Lord, in fact, I came today to say something. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Man raised his eyes, "What's the matter?" ”

"I heard about the bandits, and I was very upset." Mrs. Zhang sighed softly and said, "I didn't know before, so I couldn't help, but I just heard that those bandits will come to you to make trouble in a few days, is it true?" ”

She has also lived in Bei'an City for decades, and she has heard of the bandits on Liquan Mountain, but she has never found that those bandits are so bold that they threaten the county lord's mansion again and again, it is too much!

"It's true, but... But Mrs. Zhang, you still don't want to get involved in this matter. Xiao Man carefully considered the words and said.

"What's this? Why don't you let me mix? Mrs. Zhang leaned in the direction of Xiaoman and said anxiously: "Even if I can't fight the bandits, at least I can help some other people, right?" Xiaoman, I heard that you gave the bandits a lot of ransom before, didn't you? ”

Unexpectedly, this matter reached Mrs. Zhang's ears.

Xiao Man nodded helplessly and explained: "It's true that I gave a lot of money to the bandits, but I-"

Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Zhang interrupted with a sigh, and she said: "I thought to myself, you and Zhenguo Gong have just come to Canglan not long ago, except for the monthly income given by the royal family, you have no other income at all, and now you have given so much money to the thieves, the mansion must not be able to make ends meet, right?" ”

Xiaoman wanted to explain again, but this time, Mrs. Zhang didn't let her open her mouth at all, so she continued to say: "You don't tell me if you have such a big problem, if I hadn't heard about it from my husband, I wouldn't have known that such a big thing happened in your house." ”

After speaking, she turned around and instructed the maid beside her, "Go, bring in the things I brought from the house." ”

Originally, I wanted to bring it in early in the morning, but Mrs. Zhang wanted to explain to her face in person in order to prevent Xiaoman from suspecting her purpose, but she didn't want her to say a word after she came, and several things happened later, so that she only let people bring things in now.

A wooden box the size of a dressing box looked ordinary, without even a delicate carving, but when it was opened, there were several hundred taels of silver tickets inside.

This time, Xiaoman refused without waiting for the other party to speak: "I can't ask for it!" ”

"Why can't you ask for it when you're in a difficult situation? If you feel embarrassed, or afraid of gossip, then you should have lent it to you, isn't that okay? Mrs. Zhang was a little anxious.

"No, no, the house now has a capital turnover, Mrs. Zhang, you don't have to send money anymore." Xiaoman explained: "Holley has already sent a lot of money before, and it is enough to maintain the expenses of the house. ”

She still wants to pay back Holley's money as soon as possible, let alone Mrs. Zhang.

Huali can also say that because Xiaoman saved herself, he wanted to help her. As for Mrs. Zhang, she obviously has nothing to do with this matter, and she and Xiaoman can only be regarded as having a good relationship, Xiaoman will not ask for her money anyway, even if it is borrowed.

Therefore, Xiaoman repeatedly refused, "Mrs. Zhang, I will never ask for this money, you better take it back." ”

Mrs. Zhang's talent is not good, and looking at Xiaoman's resolute appearance, she has no idea, so she can only helplessly say: "County Lord, you... You're too ...... Ay! I always wanted to help you, but you didn't accept it, I really didn't want to go to ......"

"Actually, Madame can do me another favor." Xiao Man suddenly thought of something, and smiled mysteriously: "Are you willing?" ”

"As long as it can help you, anything goes!" Mrs. Zhang didn't think about it, so she agreed.

Seeing this, the smile on the corner of Xiao Man's mouth couldn't help but become more and more mysterious.