Chapter 42: Shot
Although Gu Jing is the same age as Mo Liujin, because he is the person who has been with Old Lady Mo, and Gu Jing has always been working in the Mo family, it has been more than 30 years. Therefore, Gu Jing is more like a relative in Mo Liujin's eyes, and to a certain extent, Mo Liujin even treats Gu Jing as his elder, and he mostly discusses business matters with Gu Jing on weekdays.
Affection is a magical thing that allows parents to give unreservedly to their children, but at the same time, it allows parents to have a distrustful attitude towards their children. In other words, children will always be children in the eyes of their parents, and what children say, especially when it comes to some so-called adult things, will not be taken seriously by parents in many cases. This inertia is the same in both ancient and modern times.
Although Mo Li did not have her own children in her previous life, she had disciplined the children of several concubines, so she knew this very well. Therefore, she first looked for Gu Jing at the beginning, although Gu Jing is also her elder, but she is also a descendant of the Mo family. This kind of identity gap makes Gu Jing have to seriously consider Mo Li's words, and Mo Li's statement of this matter is not whimsical, and Gu Jing is not a very dull person, and judging from the current situation faced by the Mo family, this is indeed an extremely rare opportunity.
After half a pillar of incense, Gu Jing was a little moved, the booklet in his hand had already been put down at some point, and he walked back and forth with his hands together, and then stood in front of Mo Li and said: "It's just that the eldest girl went to tell the shopkeeper these words in person, wouldn't it be better for me to say these things in person, I am a subordinate in the end, and then talk about it......"
"Uncle Gu, don't be so humble as me, you also know that your father has always regarded you as a brother, and he will listen to your words." Mo Li smiled lightly, and then sighed, "And I am a woman, and I will be out of the cabinet again, in order not to look down on my mother-in-law's side in the future, my father will not approve of me being involved in foreign business, so I can only ask Uncle Gu to come forward on my behalf to help me persuade my father, how to do this at that time, I will only secretly meet you." ”
"Lili, you are really a little similar to the old lady back then, it's a pity that it's your daughter's ......" Gu Jing looked at Mo Li for a long time, and suddenly remembered that he taught him hand-in-hand, the first shopkeeper of Yunshang Pavilion. He was a teenager at that time, he didn't understand anything, he didn't even know a word. If it weren't for the old lady back then, he really didn't know how he would live in this life, thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, so he nodded and said: "I will try my best to persuade the shopkeeper, although it is a rare opportunity, but you don't have too much hope, even if the shopkeeper has a heart, according to me, this thing will probably not be successful." After all, this is really not a luxury to buy and sell on a small basis, even if there is reliable information and some personal connections in it, but sufficient money and supplies are also essential. Also, we have to prevent things that offend people, otherwise Yunshang Pavilion will not be able to do it in the future, and the most taboo thing is to block people's money. ”
"I understand, so I still need Uncle Gu to help me think about a lot of things, and I'll leave it to you on my father's side." Mo Li breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Uncle Gu nodded, then there would probably be no problem on her father's side, after all, the current situation in the store is indeed not optimistic.
Looking at the back of Mo Li turning around and going out, Gu Jing sighed again, and said that it would be good if the eldest girl was a brother, and the shopkeeper would not need to be as anxious as now, and the business in the store would be better than now.
Four days later, when Mo Liujin was quietly running for the approval of the purple flower cloth through the relationship of ink dyeing, all parties inquired about the news.
On the Xie family's side, Mrs. Xie happened to receive the news from the Yan family from the Slender Lake Courtyard, the matter on Xie Yueniang's body was cleaned up in the middle of the night ago, and she was relieved early this morning, opened her eyes, and could still eat something. As for the process of that matter, the people who came back didn't elaborate, and Mrs. Xie didn't want to hear it, so she just asked a few words, and after knowing that it would have no impact on the future, she wrinkled her brows and breathed a sigh of relief. The matter on the Xie family's side has been dealt with, and it seems that there is no rumor at present, but the Yang family's side has not sent the news for a long time, and after Mrs. Xie sulked for a long time, she pushed all her anger to the Yang family's side.
So in the afternoon of the same day, Mrs. Xie called her second son to the room for training for a long time, and in the evening, the second master of the Xie family repaired a book and sent it to the inspection institute. Early the next morning, Yang Tongzhi had just entered the yafu, and before he could sit down and drink a cup of hot tea, he was called by the prefect to scold him and cover his face. At first, Lord Yang couldn't figure out his head, but then when he thought about it, he had a score in his heart, and after thinking about it again, he realized that he was afraid that he would be promoted next year! The Xie family's big hand pressed, not to mention that he would be promoted in the future, it was difficult to say whether his official path could continue to walk, and it looked like the horse's fart was about to be slapped on the horse's leg.
In the evening, Lord Yang returned home with a white face, and went straight to Mrs. Yang in one breath.
That night, the lamp and candle in the upper room of the Yang family were burned until the second half of the night, and no one blew it, until the lamp oil burned out, and then slowly extinguished.
Early the next morning, when the genius was gray and bright, Mrs. Yang got up from the bed with slightly blue circles. After spending a cup of tea carefully picking out the clothes, let two or three maids help to change them, and then smeared a thick layer of powder on the face, and wore a full head of pearls, and then with a worried heart, prepared valuable gifts, carried them personally, and got into the car and went to Xiefu.
It's just that she went, but she ate behind closed doors.
Mrs. Xie was not happy and didn't want to see guests, so the concierge didn't even confiscate the gifts, so she invited Mrs. Yang out.
Mrs. Yang was in a hurry, and her heart was on fire, so she cheekily laughed and said, Mrs. Xie can see the second grandmother Yan if she doesn't see it. As a result, the porter threw her a sentence: The second grandmother is not in the house at the moment, as for where she went and when she will come back, there is no comment.
The third and fourth grandmothers of the Xie Mansion are here, but at this moment, how dare Mrs. Yang see them casually, in case Mrs. Xie thinks that she wants to preach something, then the future of her master will be over.
Power is a double-edged sword, and if you want to use power to trample others under your feet, you must have the consciousness of being torn apart by power and being trampled on at will.
Mrs. Yang rubbed for a while, and finally couldn't enter, just when it rained suddenly, she just got down the steps of Xie's house, and was dazzled by the sand and dust rolled up by a gust of wind, and before she was in a hurry, the rain in the sky poured down. I didn't bring an umbrella when I came out this time, so in a panic, I almost fell while holding the maid's hand, and after getting into the car, half of her body was already wet with rain, and her body trembled, and then her eyes were closed, her mouth was open, and she sneezed twice in a row.
Mrs. Yang was depressed again, and she wiped the drops of water on her face nervously, thinking to herself in her heart, if she didn't give an explanation about the Mo family, the Xie family was afraid that she would really be annoyed and angry, and if she really put pressure on her, then she would really be smart and shoot herself in the foot.
From this point of view, she and the Mo family really can't solve it with good words, even if she has a reputation for disliking the poor and loving the rich and the cheap, she has to retire this family. In any case, compared to offending the Xie family, compared to the benefits in the future, that bit of fame is not worth mentioning at all. Mrs. Yang sat in her carriage and thought to herself, planning to do it after discussing it with her master in the next two days, and when the matter was really done, she would come to the Xie family with a gift, and then it would be easy to say whether it was to make amends or propose marriage.
It's just that what Mrs. Yang didn't expect was that Mo Li would not let her get her wish at all, and it was impossible for the Xie family to really pick themselves clean without realizing it.
In the past few days, Mo Li made an excuse and begged Mrs. Mo to let Ah Sheng go to live in Foguang Temple near Slender Lake for two days. A large area of wild raspberries is planted in the mountain behind Foguang Temple, and every ripe season, the monks of the temple will pick the raspberries, make delicious jam with a century-old secret recipe and store it, and then take it out to entertain pilgrims on weekdays.
However, there are no absolutes in the world, but if you really want to bring some from the temple back and eat it slowly, it is not impossible.
One is to donate a lot of sesame oil money, and the silver is a lot of money, even the Buddha has to give you a few thin noodles, not to mention a few bottles of jam; The second nature is the so-called destined person, Buddhism often hangs on the lips, the monks will be more or less dedicated, show a posture.
So, on the second day when Mrs. Yang had a closed door at Xie's house, since yesterday, it has rained for a day and a night, and the gate of Xie's house has ushered in new visitors.
Mo Li held an umbrella, helped Mrs. Mo to get out of the car, and then glanced at the jars of jam that the red beans were carrying in her hand, and said with a smile: "The jam of this Foguang Temple should taste much better than the ones that grandma and Mrs. Xie ate back then, and Mrs. Xie will taste it for a while, and she will definitely like it." ”
"That's right, this smell really reminds me of the past, but it's a pity that the sky is not beautiful today." Old Mrs. Mo smiled and looked at the rain line outside the umbrella, "I thought that the rain would stop today, but today's clouds seem to be thicker than yesterday." ”
After Mo Li helped Mrs. Mo up the steps of the Xie family, when Hongdou went to call the door, she glanced back and saw that Ah Sheng was driving the carriage under the eaves. Mo Li put away the umbrella, raised his eyes again, looked at the stormy sky, and suddenly said: "I'm afraid this rain will rain for several days in a row, and the harvest, roads, cars and horses in many places will be blocked." ”
As soon as the words fell, the side door of the Xie family opened, and a person who looked like a steward greeted him with a smile and politely took Mrs. Mo in.
When Mo Li stepped over the threshold, he looked back again, only to see Ah Sheng jump down from the carriage and walk in the rain carelessly, the rain wet his hair, but he seemed to be unaware of it, until he went up the steps here and entered the eaves, he shook his head violently, and suddenly threw the rain on his hair around, that action, obviously with the wildness of an animal.