Chapter 17 Plastic Flower Sisterhood
People always have to learn to grow up and learn to adapt to the rules of the times, Mu Qingwan felt that her state of mind was a little different.
After the dowry matter was dealt with, it was already a matter of a few days later.
The biggest change in the house is that Aunt Li left the Buddhist hall and returned to the place where she lived. However, every day, I will go to Anpinghou's side courtyard to take care of it carefully, and the soup and soup will be sent continuously.
It didn't take long for An Pinghou to return to the main house, but he still lived alone, and when he was older, he no longer had physical needs. When Anpinghou was young, there were many women, and then he slowly got old, and he always liked to think back to the past, maybe what he couldn't get was the best, so in Anpinghou's heart, his dead wife was the woman he loved the most. The women in the backyard are no longer enthusiastic, and except for Aunt Li, none of the other women gave birth to children, and gradually they either died of illness, or old age, or were tortured to death by An's family, leaving only Aunt Li alone.
Knowing that Aunt Li persuaded An Pinghou to return to the house, An gritted his teeth with hatred.
Second Master Mu's family took back a large amount of dowry, which didn't make the people in the mansion jealous, after all, it was white money.
As for the 300,000 taels of silver that Mrs. Mu gave to Mu Qingwan, Mu Qingwan did not intend to let the silver "rust".
There is also Hu Zhao, Hu Zhao asked Mu Chen for instructions to return to Mu Qingwan's side, and Mu Chen also agreed, after all, Hu Zhao was rescued by Mu Qingwan at the beginning, and it is inevitable that he will have feelings. Mu Qingwan's business contacts in various parts of the capital were handed over to Hu Zhao to do. In addition, Mu Qingwan also instructed Hu Zhao to pay attention to the cultivation of newcomers, but he was not in a hurry, just let it be.
Mu Qingwan had quietly opened a Linlang Pavilion in the capital before, and all kinds of overseas imported goods, jewelry, rouge gouache, etc., were very popular in the capital. Linlang Pavilion also brought huge benefits to Mu Qingwan.
Although Mo Yu Zhai, Zhen Pin Lou and Ya Ming Zhuang are time-honored brands, they are not as good as a year in business, and they used to rely on eating old books, there are too many silverfish in the store, and the benefits have been relatively poor, so they have completely cleaned up most of the people.
Mu Qingwan sold the shop in the name of poor management, and secretly asked Hu Zhao to buy it, planning to renovate it and reopen it, and the people who used it were all old people brought by Mrs. Mu from Pingcheng, and these people were also assigned to Mu Qingwan's name. Mu Qingwan plans to put the reopened store under the name of Linlang Pavilion, focusing on the areas she is good at, and also considering moving the pharmacy to the capital, which is also some inspiration from loquat ointment to Mu Qingwan.
It's not a matter of a day or two to finish this, it takes a lot of time, and that's all for later.
Mu Qingwan doesn't need to go to An's to ask for An's, after all, Second Master Mu is the original concubine, and An's is just a white body of the concubine's family.
In the days of the Hou Mansion, it is simply impossible to calm down, as the saying goes, where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, and where there are women, there will be right and wrong.
This morning, Mu Qingwan got up to practice martial arts, wash up and have breakfast according to the usual rules. I originally planned to continue studying the new formation in the morning, but a group of uninvited guests came to the courtyard.
"Miss, the other two ladies in the house are here."
Jixiang entered the door and told Mu Qingwan that there are only two maids in Mu Qingwan's yard, Jixiang and Ruyi, Jixiang is responsible for the contact with foreign shops and the transmission of news, and Ruyi is responsible for Mu Qingwan's daily food, clothing, housing and transportation and the use of the yard, and Mu Qingwan does not need others to serve other things.
"Oh? Please come to the living room. ”
Mu Qingwan's place of residence is on the second floor, and the living room is on the first floor.
"Sister Qingwan, we didn't bother you."
It was the second lady Mu Qingxin who spoke, with a lovely smile and a good look.
The people who came included Mu Qingjia with an awkward face, Mu Qingrou who covered her mouth and smiled shyly, and Mu Qingfu and Mu Qingping came to the second room, and the two of them seemed much more restrained, following behind the others, bowing their heads slightly and not speaking, they were actually somewhat similar to Zhang's, except for Mu Qingyin and Mu Qingqing, who were not in the house, and Mu Qingqing, who was too young, the other ladies arrived.
"Where did the second sister say, it's too late for me to be happy if you guys come, and I'm going to be unhappy if I say that again."
Mu Qingwan is the delicate state of the youngest daughter, looking like a ten-year-old little Lori who is ignorant of the world.
"The second sister just thinks too much, so I said, the seventh sister looks very kind, how can she be unhappy?"
Mu Qingrou smiled and joked, and secretly winked at Mu Qingwan, but this was a bit of a slap in the face Mu Qingxin, which made people feel a little embarrassed.
"Don't stand still, come in and sit, Qingwan still has some gadgets for my sister."
Mu Qingwan asked a few people to sit down quickly, and then motioned for Jixiang to bring the things over.
Mu Qingwan gave several people a scarf made of fox skin, because of the relationship between several previous predecessors, scarves and gloves are very common in Dajing.
The fox fur used for the neck is soft and shiny, without a trace of stray hair, and you can feel the quality when you touch it. It's just that Mu Qingjia is given a solid red fox skin, and the others are pure white fox skin, red foxes are hard to find, so the fur is more precious, which also distinguishes the concubines.
Dajing is distinct, more often the future of the concubines and concubines is in the hands of the housewife, and things like spoiling wives and destroying concubines will definitely be criticized, but there are exceptions. For example, the Marquis of Anping's mansion is the concubine room, and such a thing has become a joke in the eyes of others.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the scarf that Qingwan specially brought from Biansai and gave it to several sisters as a meeting gift. It's August now, and you'll be able to use it in a few days. Because she didn't know the preferences of her sisters, Qingwan had no choice but to choose some practical gifts, and she hoped that her sisters wouldn't dislike them. ”
Clear-eyed people know what Mu Qingwan means, although the gift to Mu Qingjia is different from himself, but it is also reasonable. Besides, this scarf is really good, there is no stray hair, it is very soft, very comfortable, and very warm, and several people can't put it down.
"Where does my sister say, my sister likes it, this fur is also very comfortable to touch, thank you sister so much."
Mu Qingxin smiled and thanked Mu Qingwan.
Mu Qingjia has an arrogant temperament, if it weren't for Xiao An's force, it would be absolutely impossible for him to come to Hanxiangyuan. However, the gift given by Mu Qingwan was not bad, especially the red fox skin she sent, which was a rare thing, and it had only been seen on nobles or ladies in the palace before. Mu Qingjia didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of like.
"Sister Qingwan is so good at being a person, it's different for the third sister, the third sister is happy."
Mu Qingrou interjected inappropriately, saying casually as if she was joking, but in the ears of others, she passed the meaning in her heart several times.
Mu Qingjia's happy face instantly fell, and when he remembered what Mu Qingrou said before, his joy was washed away.
Mu Qingxin stroked her neck with a smile, and quietly separated herself from Mu Qingrou for a distance.
"What did the fifth sister say, could it be that she disliked Qingwan's gift? That's what Qingwan has been preparing for a long time. Since the fifth sister doesn't like it, what's the point of keeping it. ”
Being young has the advantage of being young, just like now Mu Qingwan is pretending to be sad, who can say that she doesn't want to?
Mu Qingwan quickly took the scarf from Mu Qingrou's hand and handed it to Jixiang.
"Since the fifth sister doesn't like it, auspiciousness, you take it and burn it."
"Yes, miss."