On the evening of the 10th day of August

The eldest lady had just finished dinner with Zhuang Xinyan, and was talking to Qin Tian about the interesting things that happened in the tea shop.

"What happened in the teahouse last time, Shopkeeper Xu has already told me......" The eldest lady looked at Qin Tian and smiled: "Qin Tian, I really didn't mistake you, you are indeed a good girl!" As he spoke, he turned his head back to Zhuang Xinyan and said with a smile: "Xinyan, did you say it?" ”

Haifu next to him was still helping to write and communicate, Zhuang Xinyan glanced at him, smiled slightly, neither nodded nor shook his head, but his ears were quietly dyed with a faint blush, Qin Tian was far away, and he didn't see it, but the eldest lady sitting next to him could see it clearly, and the eldest lady pursed her lips and smiled, but she didn't say anything.

She held her son's hand, and her heart was filled with joy. I don't think this decision is the right thing to do.

Overjoyed, she looked at Qin Tian, took her hand, and looked at her carefully for a while, her eyes were very soft, and she could see that Qin Tian's heart was 'hairy' and crispy, "Madam...... "What are you looking at me like this......

"Qin Tian," the eldest lady said with a smile, "You have made meritorious contributions three or four times, and you are so loyal, I like it very much, what reward do you want?" ”

Premium? Qin Tian's eyes lit up, and she wanted to say that she wanted to have a chance to redeem herself!

After being here for so long, she realized that being a domestic slave is a lowly status, not that she can redeem herself if she wants to redeem herself with silver, but also that the master is willing to release people and register with the government in order to be regarded as getting rid of her lowly status. Only when you get rid of your untouchable status can you marry freely, because the law here stipulates that untouchables are not allowed to marry good people, that is, untouchables can only marry untouchables. And don't even think about escaping, there is a "fugitive law" that strictly prohibits slaves from escaping

The law stipulates that "the fugitive shall be whipped one hundred times and returned to his owner." Those who are hidden are Fa-correct, and their family property is confiscated. Those who are adjacent to the Changxiang Township of Jiujia on the right side shall each be whipped 100 and migrate to the remote areas." It is very strict, because the house slaves here rarely have the intention of running away.

Therefore, if you want to redeem yourself, you can only rely on the mercy of the Lord's house.

She really wanted to take this opportunity to ask for redemption, she didn't want to leave the dealer, but just wanted to have more control over her own destiny, and after redemption, she could also be employed by the dealer like some workers in the tea shop, and she would do her best.

But when they think about it, they seem to be highly regarded by them, after all, it is based on the fact that they think she is very loyal, if she proposes to redeem herself, what will they think, will they feel that she has not put all her mind on the dealer?

It's not easy for her to have today's status, but she can't ruin everything because she said the wrong thing.

Thinking of this, she swallowed the words back to her mouth,

"The wife and the eldest young master are so good to Qin Tian, it is already the best reward!" Qin Tian said with a smile.

It's better to wait for a better time, when your position in the tea shop is more secure......

"This little mouth is sweet, it's really painful." The eldest lady took her hand, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, Zhuang Xinyan pretended to be cold, but her eyes just couldn't help but glance at Qin Tian.

The eldest lady naturally wouldn't take it back when she said it, she turned around and asked Yueniang to take the jewelry box of rosewood gilt carved 'flowers' on the dresser, opened it and looked at it for a while, took out a coral turquoise beeswax bead 'flower' and a colored 'color' glazed butterfly hairpin from it, and handed it to Qin Tian

"This is all I have worn before, now that I am older, I can't wear such a 'flowery' thing, I see that you usually don't even wear a veil 'flower' on your head, young 'girl' children, don't take advantage of this time to dress up, and wait until when to go." As she spoke, the eldest lady took the coral turquoise beeswax bead 'flower' to her sideburns and compared it, and when she compared, she became interested, and pulled her to the dresser and sat down. In front of the big mirror, I have to personally 'insert' beads and 'flowers' for her.

Qin Tian hurriedly said, "Madam, I'll just come by myself." ”

The eldest lady looked at her image in the bronze mirror and said with a smile: "Don't move, it's rare that I'm in the mood today......" As she spoke, she carefully 'inserted' the bead 'flower' in her hand into her bun, and the eldest lady bent down slightly, looking at Qin Tian in the bronze mirror and exclaiming: "It's so beautiful!" Let Yueniang see it again, Yueniang naturally praised it repeatedly, and Qin Tian's face turned red.

The eldest lady asked her again, "Do you like it?" ”

Qin Tian looked at herself in the mirror, in fact, she didn't like these hairpins, 'flowers', usually the comb bun is also fixed with the simplest hairpin, these beads are full of 'messy' swaying, shining, really not in line with her aesthetics, but the eldest lady gave her this one with her own hands, but it made her feel that how to look at it is pleasing to the eye.

Looking up at the gentle smiling face of the eldest lady, my heart suddenly warmed,

She smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Mrs., Qin Tian likes it very much." ”

The eldest lady 'touched' her head, smiled more and more gently, raised her eyes and saw the corner of the bronze mirror 'exposed' Zhuang Xinyan's face, and I don't know how long he stood there, the eldest lady didn't let him go, and deliberately asked: "Xinyan, do you think Qin Tian looks good with this bead 'flower'?" ”

Qin Tianxia subconsciously looked at him, the corners of his mouth were still pregnant with an undissipated smile,

As soon as Zhuang Xinyan touched her eyes, he quickly turned around and walked away.

Yueniang and Haifu covered their mouths and laughed beside them.

"He's shy......" The eldest lady whispered in Qin Tian's ear.

"Huh?" Qin Tian turned his head to look at the eldest lady.

saw the eldest lady with a strange smile on her face, "Don't look at him as if he ignores people, in fact, he is very thin-skinned!" ”

"Huh?" Qin Tian laughed dryly, he couldn't keep up with the eldest lady's thinking for a while, did he say this about his son in front of the maid?

The eldest lady smiled meaningfully.

At this moment, Cui Wei suddenly came in and said, "The eldest lady, the second aunt and the second young master are here, and they said that they want to see you, and their faces are very bad!" ”

The eldest lady suddenly restrained her smile and stood up straight.

"It's so late, what are they doing?" Yueniang frowned.

Qin Tian also hurriedly stood up and retreated to Zhuang Xinyan's side.

The eldest lady knew in her heart, "It's just right to come, if he doesn't look for me, I'll look for him too!" As he spoke, he instructed Yueniang, "Take out the silver." ”

Yueniang nodded, turned around and went to the cabinet to take out a pack of silver ingots, put them in a tray, and followed the eldest lady out of the house and into the hall. Zhuang Xinyan and Qin Tian also followed.

hall

The second aunt and Zhuang Xinchuan Zhuang Mingxi had already sat down in the hall, and when they saw the eldest lady coming out, Zhuang Mingxi and Zhuang Xinchuan both got up and saluted the eldest wife, but the second aunt and wife were still sitting in the position and called out lightly, "Eldest sister." ”

The eldest lady didn't care, went to sit down on the right seat, and told Zhuang Xinchuan that they didn't need to be polite. Zhuang Xinyan sat down on a yellow 'flower' pear circle chair opposite them, with Qin Tian and Haifu standing behind him.

When Zhuang Xinchuan sat down, the corner of his eye looked at the tray of white 'flowers' and 'flowers' silver ingots in Yueniang's hand, and he was slightly stunned.

Beth and Bihe served tea

The eldest lady looked at them and said coldly, "I don't know what is the matter with you in a hurry to see me so late?" ”

"Originally, I didn't want to disturb my eldest sister's rest!" The second aunt sneered twice, turned her head and glared at the eldest lady, her tone was mixed with anger: "But there are some things in my heart that make me panic, so I can't eat or sleep, so I have to come to my sister so late to ask for an explanation!" ”

Zhuang Xinchuan also snorted, his face full of anger, Zhuang Mingxi looked ahead, his face calm.

The eldest lady had a cold face and did not make a sound.

The second aunt stood up, her face was full of anger, and she gritted her teeth, "Sister, I am not as good as my sister, I haven't read any books, but today I finally learned about ...... from my sister" Speaking of this, she pinched her handkerchief and pointed straight at the eldest lady, trembling slightly, "Today I only know what is called 'yin' and cunning, duplicity, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge!" The last four words were uttered almost through gritted back molars, with endless hatred.

"I don't know what you mean!" The big lady is faint,

"Xinchuan, you come on, I want to hear what she has to say!" The second aunt's wife patted Zhuang Xinchuan and said hatefully, "She can't explain, let's tell your uncle!" ”

Zhuang Xinchuan stood up with a "hoof", rushed to the middle, waved his hands, and his expression and tone were a little 'agitated'

"Auntie, you obviously said that you trusted me, and said that you would 'hand' me everything you need to deal with in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but why, I want to do something but I am restricted everywhere!"

Speaking of these things, Zhuang Xinchuan was angry.

Originally, he also planned to take this opportunity to scavenge a lot of oil and water, he gave the government, guests, and merchants to make points, and naturally needed silver and tea, he brought silver to the account office, and tea to the lobby, but after opening his mouth, these people just said to let him wait, he waited, waited, waited for a day or two, but his deputy reported to him, and everything was done according to what he said, so that he could rest assured. But he never saw even a copper coin or a single tea leaf from beginning to end!

It was a great shame for him to ignore him like this, because he had 'spent' so much money to invite those stewards to "drink"

When Zhuang Xinchuan spoke, the eldest lady kept drinking tea calmly, without raising her eyelids.

After he finished speaking, the eldest lady put down the teacup in her hand, handed Yueniang a look, and motioned her forward.

The eldest lady pointed to the silver in the tray in Yueniang's hand and said: "Xinchuan, these are all the silver you gave to the stewards, and the stewards didn't refute your face in front of you, and then they all sent it to me, let me bring it to you, and they all said that it was useless, and I couldn't afford such a heavy gift from your second young master!" ”

Yueniang brought the silver to Zhuang Xinchuan, Zhuang Xinchuan looked at the silver, and his face became as white as a silver ingot.

The eldest lady stood up, walked to Zhuang Xinchuandi's side, and said slowly in a very calm tone, "Do you know why the stewards did this? Because they were selected by my 'spirit' heart, because they have a strong sense of responsibility for the prosperous world, because they understand what should be done and what should not be done, what should be taken and what should not be taken......" Speaking of this, the eldest lady raised her eyes and looked at Zhuang Xinchuan.

Zhuang Xinchuan couldn't help but take two steps back, his face was very ugly, "Auntie, these are not for the time being, what I ask you is, you didn't plan to give me power from the beginning, you just coaxed me and my uncle-in-law to discuss the matter of tea!" You've been lying to me from the beginning! ”

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