Qingyun had a big belly and it was inconvenient to go out to purchase, so she made a list and handed it to Ziling, telling her to come back early, and Ziling went out happily with the basket.

Until noon, Qingyun was in a hurry in the house, it stands to reason that it won't take long to buy those few things, Ziling is not a playful child, she didn't come back on time, she was probably in trouble.

After thinking about it, Qingyun put on a cloak, covered a scarf on his face and went out, and searched around where Ziling could go, but he didn't see anyone.

Just when she was very anxious, she suddenly saw someone watching at the door of the ready-to-wear store where they consigned handkerchiefs, Qingyun's heart sank, and she hurriedly stepped forward and squeezed in.

"Ziling?"

The person lying on her stomach in the middle of the ground was the Ziling she was looking for, and there were some fruits, vegetables and candle oil thrown beside her, some of which were trampled on.

"Shopkeeper Wang, what happened? Why was Ziling beaten like this? Qingyun panicked and picked up Ziling, who was bleeding from the corner of her mouth, and looked at it head-on, and there were still five bright red fingerprints on her face.

"I hit you, who are you?"

A clear voice sounded overhead, and Qingyun looked up at the young woman sitting at the table drinking tea.

"Why did you hit her?" Qingyun asked sharply.

"How dare you stare at my wife? Don't kneel down yet. An old woman came up from behind, kicked it according to the crook of Qingyun's legs, and scared the shopkeeper Wang and hurriedly ran over.

"Madam, you dissipate your anger, the little lady of the Song family is pregnant, see if you can be accommodating, Ziling is her girl, now that she is here, what do you have to say to her."

The rich lady squinted at her and sneered, "What the shopkeeper said is ridiculous, I'm a dignified lady from an eight-rank official family, and I can't punish lowly slaves and maids?"

Shopkeeper Wang explained with a smile, "Mrs. Liu, you are magnanimous, villains can't speak, don't be angry with you." ”

"Get out of the way!" The sour-faced woman behind her scolded loudly.

The wife of the official family?

Qingyun secretly looked at her, this Xu is Liu Changchun's newly married daughter-in-law, I saw her goose egg face, willow eyebrows, apricot eyes, high nose bridge, thin lips, skin like clotted fat, like a fairy, but she was born with a good appearance, with Liu Changchun's obscene face, it is a pity.

"The little woman has seen the official's wife." Qingyun blessed the body.

During the special period, she didn't need to offend an empty-eyed and domineering official wife, Ziling could only consider herself unlucky when she was injured, she swallowed this breath first, and when she became stronger, she would definitely return it all.

Seeing Qingyun's low eyebrows, Tang Xiuzhi glanced at her contemptuously and glanced at the old mother standing behind her.

"This girl soiled my wife's skirt, and she can leave after paying fifty taels of silver."

What? Qingyun looked up in astonishment.

Zi Ling on the ground came to her senses, and immediately argued after hearing this, "Madam, I just accidentally splashed the oil stain on the hem of your skirt a little bit, and I said that I would re-wash your ......."

Qingyun grabbed her and shook her head, Ziling had tears in her eyes, and looked at Qingyun pitifully.

"Madam, it's my sister who is ignorant and offended Madame, we don't have so much silver, can you let me see the dirty place, maybe there is a remedy."

"Madame's skirt is made of fine cloud brocade, how can someone like you touch it?"

"How can there be a distinction between high and low? Mrs. is the wife of the official family, she knows more etiquette than us coarse people, I heard that the new county magistrate is an official and upright, known as 'Liu Qingtian', presumably Mrs. is a virtuous helper, how can she embarrass me and other small people? ”

Tang Xiuzhi originally wanted to put on an official show with evil anger, but when she heard Qingyun say this, all the words she prepared were held in her throat, and she couldn't go up or down, and she was so angry that her face was like painting oil paint, which was ever-changing.

"You, you don't have clever words here, my wife is magnanimous, but it's not that you can take the opportunity to coerce, you ......" The sour-faced woman pointed at her nose and scolded, and was suddenly twisted by Tang Xiuzhi from behind.

"Oops!" She looked up, and the onlookers turned their heads and pointed at them, clearly talking about Madame.

"You ......"

"Enough!" Tang Xiuzhi glared angrily at the mother-in-law who couldn't judge the situation, and then turned around and walked in front of Qingyun without smiling, "You're right, how can my dignified Mrs. Bapin care about you?" ”

After saying that, she walked out quickly, with a decent smile on her face, and nodded cordially to the onlookers.

Song Qingyun's face gradually turned cold, and he picked up Ziling, who was not lightly injured, and the shopkeeper came over with a few taels of broken silver at this time, and said to her with an embarrassed face, "Song family lady, don't send a handkerchief here in the future, my shop is small, I'm afraid I can't stand the toss." ”

Song Qingyun took the silver, blessed him, didn't say anything, and helped Ziling out.

People are soft-spoken, she has no ability, a woman with a big belly, in the eyes of others is equivalent to a woman abandoned by her husband's family, and now she has offended Mrs. County Ling, no one dares to make friends with her, the shopkeeper does a small business, and people are also benevolent and righteous, and there is no need to blame.

When the two returned home, Qingyun smeared Ziling with medicine, and wanted to boil some porridge for her to eat, and sat alone in front of the window, looking at the sparrows jumping on the bare branches outside, envious.

Tomorrow is the New Year, and the best restaurant in the city has a few dusty guests, and at this time there is basically no business, and their arrival makes the owner overjoyed, and offers the best room, and asks the kitchen to cook quickly.

After several days of hurrying, Liu Yanping, who was a civil official, felt that his body was about to be hollowed out, and curled up and coughed dryly on the bed for a long time.

"Give me some water to drink." Liu Yanping finally adjusted his breathing and stretched out his hand to the man sitting at the window with difficulty.

Jiang Jue turned his head and looked indifferently at Liu Yanping, whose face was sallow, "Adults shouldn't follow." ”

"Stinky boy, I'm here, can you still drive me back?" After all, without waiting for water, he got up on his own, shook to the table, grabbed the teapot and poured it into his mouth.

Jiang Jue put down his teacup in disgust, his eyes swept over the slightly quiet street, and glanced into the distance.

"Can you find that thing if I don't come?" His throat was moistened, and Liu Yanping scolded him again in anger.

Jiang Jue's eyes became cold, and he said sharply, "Who instigated the master to wear that thing on his body?" ”

Liu Yanping was choked and speechless, so he had to raise his head and drink water.

"Useless is a scholar." Jiang Jue muttered, and his cold gaze turned to the gray sky outside.