Chapter 38: Unintentionally planted in the willows
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When Cheng saw his son, he couldn't help but show a little surprise on his face, "Youqing, why are you here?" But if there is something missing in the study, my mother will send someone to buy it. โ
"There's nothing missing, you don't have to worry, my son is here at this time, I just want to discuss something with you."
There are two maids and a mother-in-law waiting in the house, and these people have stayed in the Wang family for a long time, and they will also look at people's eyes, and they have been blessed and directly exited the master bedroom.
Glancing at Xue Yue who was standing behind Wang Youqing, Cheng couldn't help frowning, if it weren't for the sake of this woman still carrying her grandson in her belly, a shameless fool like this might as well take a break quickly, but staying in the mansion would be an eyesore.
"What's the matter?"
Wang Youqing sat on the Eight Immortals chair, holding a tea cup in his hand, and said softly, "Uncle's family closed the grocery store and reopened a private restaurant, I heard that business is quite good." โ
As soon as he heard his son mention the Beauty Fang, Cheng held back his anger, "Your cousin is really messing around, a good girl's family has to go out and show up, what kind of private restaurant to open, how can this business be as easy to do as she imagined?" Once you lose all your money, you won't be able to find a place to cry when the time comes. โ
Seeing Cheng's face full of anger, Xue Yue muttered in a low voice, "My cousin has a secret recipe in her hand, not only did she not lose money, but I heard that she also made a lot of money." โ
Cheng's face immediately turned cold, his hand slapped the table, and reprimanded, "You don't often go to Jingyang, you understand it quite clearly, the previous incident of ox waist rheumatism has not been taught a long lesson, if you talk nonsense again, I will tear your mouth apart!" โ
Xue Yue snorted with a crying voice, her slightly sharp nails pierced into the flesh, she stood behind Wang Youqing obediently, lowered her head, and showed a hint of resentment in her eyes.
"Don't be angry, Yueniang didn't lie, my cousin does have a secret recipe in her hand, but her secret recipe was stolen from someone else."
Cheng couldn't help frowning and defended his niece, "Sanniang is not that kind of person, how can she steal the recipe?" Aren't you fooled by someone with a heart to become suspicious of your cousin? As he spoke, his sharp gaze was projected directly on Xue Yue's body, just like a knife.
The plump body couldn't help shaking, and at the disgusting eyes of her mother-in-law, Xue Yue bit her lower lip tightly, and hated it even more in her heart, but because of the previous experience, she didn't dare to speak at will at this moment.
"I don't know my heart, I don't know my heart, that recipe was stolen from my cousin from elsewhere under the banner of my son, since my reputation has been ruined, I can't suffer this loss in vain, it's better to discuss it with my uncle, let's buy shares and run the beauty shop together."
Although Wang Youqing took the road of the imperial examination, he was born in a merchant, and his nature of profit-seeking has long penetrated into his blood, although Cheng Sanniang is his cousin, but the benefits obtained by stepping on his head, if you don't distinguish them, it will be a little too much.
Cheng also had a little understanding of his son's temperament, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded.
Early the next morning, Cheng's mother and son entered the city in a carriage and rushed directly to the east of the city. Now that the beauty shop has been opened, the old store has been sold, and the silver on hand has been added to re-establish the shop.
Don't look at Cheng Sanniang's delicate appearance, she is soft and weak on the surface, but in fact she is very tough, once she settles down on something, even if there are ten cows, she can't pull it back.
The Cheng family is not the father of Cheng, but the family of this nineteen-year-old daughter.
When he arrived at the place, Wang Youqing helped Cheng get out of the carriage, the doorkeeper was an old man, he had seen his mother and son a few times, and welcomed people into the main hall with a smile on his face, and after a while, Cheng's father and Cheng Sanniang walked over together.
"My aunt and cousin are coming, why don't you send a message in advance?" Cheng Sanniang was wearing lotus pink clothes, with a thin figure, and stepped forward to hold Cheng's hand, and her attitude was so affectionate.
In the end, it is also his eldest brother and niece, Cheng really can't wipe his face, and it's not good to say that he wants to meddle in the business of the private house, but Wang Youqing doesn't care, "Cousin, do you remember what you told Yueniang before?" โ
The smile on the woman's face stiffened a little, and the fox stared at Wang Youqing, "What does Youqing mean by this, I and Yueniang are also concubines, is your daughter-in-law so expensive, you even have to agree to do a favor personally?" โ
"It's not that I can't help, it's just that my cousin used my name to let Yueniang go to the Chu family to steal the secret recipe, if things are big in the future, who should be counted on them?"
Cheng Sanniang secretly gritted her teeth and pretended to be calm, "What secret recipe?" It's just a few pages of scrap paper gnawed by rats, and it's not worth a penny......"
"In that case, please also ask my cousin to hand over the waste paper."
The heart is pounding and pounding, Cheng Sanniang didn't expect Wang Youqing to be so pressing, her cousin has been calculating since she was a child, and her mental means are not inferior to herself, if she didn't focus on studying, the Wang family's business would definitely be much stronger than now.
Taking a deep breath, she asked with a cold face, "Mingren doesn't say secret words, the secret recipe has already arrived in my hands, it is my Cheng family's thing, cousin, why don't you let me be a weak woman, okay?" โ
Shaking his head slowly, the man's phoenix eyes flashed with fine light, and he said unhurriedly: "The secret recipe is in the hands of my cousin, the Cheng family has already taken a big advantage, why don't I let my family also get a piece of the pie, and invest in the beauty shop, I only need three percent profit every month, what do you think?" โ
Thirty percent?
Xiu's eyebrows are furrowed, Cheng Sanniang is a small-minded person, and the money earned by the beauty shop originally belonged to her, and now she has no reason to share thirty percent of the net profit, just like cutting her flesh with a blunt knife, how uncomfortable it is.
Sitting stiffly on the wooden chair, she slowed down for a while before gritting her teeth and said: "That's it, three achievements are three, but since then, our two families have become grasshoppers in the same boat, if something really happens to the beauty shop, my cousin can't stand by and watch." โ
Cheng Sanniang still remembered a little bit of the dream she had before, and knew that Wang Youqing would have a great transformation in the future, not only becoming the champion hand-picked by the emperor, but also the most favored Princess Jinyue.
His own cousin has become a concubine, even if Xue Su is the wife of the auxiliary general? The difference between monarchs and ministers is like a moat, no matter how brave Chu Qinghe is, he doesn't dare to fight against the royal people.
In this way, she must not offend Wang Youqing, even if she gives away some of the profits of the private hall, but in exchange for such a big backer, it is not a loss. Secretly pondering in her heart, Cheng Sanniang sent someone to get a pen and paper, wrote the deed, and after seeing the man press his handprint, the big stone hanging in his heart was finally put down.
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It was exactly the fifteenth day, and Xue Su took Liansheng to the Jingyue Nunnery outside the city to offer incense.
Since she was killed once, she also believes a little about gods and ghosts, after all, some things would rather be believed than not.
The Jingyue Nunnery is not very big, but the incense is very vigorous, I heard that this nunnery is very begging for a child, and many women who have become relatives will come to the nunnery to worship, hoping to give birth to a son.
Xue Su hasn't had sex with Chu Qinghe yet, so she is naturally not in a hurry to have a child, but she always thinks of the fateful baby in her previous life recently, and she feels very uncomfortable, at this moment she holds three incense sticks in her hand, kneels on the futon, worships very reverently, and then inserts the incense into the incense burner.
Lian Sheng was standing on the side, and suddenly saw a familiar figure, and whispered, "Auntie, Xue Yue is outside." โ
Since she moved out of Anning Village, Xue Su hadn't seen her a few times, after all, the two had almost torn their faces, and there was no need to meet.
As soon as she saw Xue Sulian giving birth to two, Xue Yue's face first showed a trace of astonishment, and then was immediately replaced by disgust, and said with a smile:
"It's a coincidence today, I actually saw Su Niang, what's the matter, you came to worship Guanyin Niangniang, do you want to have a child? However, the matter of giving birth to a child mainly depends on fate, and some people are not angry, even if they ask for all the gods and Buddhas, it is useless......"
Saying that, Xue Yue deliberately straightened her lower abdomen slightly raised, with a smug smile on her face, even if Xue Su's reputation was better than herself? It's not that I'm married to a useless blind man, I've been married for almost a year, but now I haven't even made any movement, maybe it's a hen that doesn't lay eggs.
Facing the woman's malicious eyes, Xue Su guessed most of her thoughts, held back an evil fire in her heart, and smiled coldly, "Since it is useless to pray to God and worship Buddha, what are you doing here?" Do you want the people in the village to forget the ugly story of your loss of virginity before marriage? โ
As she spoke, she glanced at Xue Yue with disdain, strode out, Lian Sheng hurriedly followed, and snorted before leaving the hall door.
Xue Yue is a person who cherishes face, and there are still many pilgrims in the main hall at the moment, after hearing this, they all looked at her, some people had vague eyes, some people were presumptuous, she couldn't attack, she could only grit her teeth and say:
"Xue Su, you can be proud, there are not long before the good days are left."
Coming out of the Jingyue Nunnery, Lian Sheng tugged at Xue Su's cuffs and said with a blank eye, "Auntie, don't take it to heart, there are more couples who have not heard from each other for a year, and Xue Yue is deliberately responding to you." โ
Seeing that the little girl was full of worry, she sneered, and poked Liansheng's head with her delicate fingertips, "What are you thinking about?" How could I be upset about such a thing? With this kung fu, it is better to steam some cotton rain cakes and earn a few more taels of silver. โ
Yan Ruyu didn't sell Mianyu cake at first, after all, the main ingredient of this steamed cake is bird's nest, the price is expensive, and I am afraid that few people will buy it.
It's okay not to say it, as soon as she heard this, the female guests looked at her chest with envious and jealous eyes, and her scalp was numb when she was seen by these people, Xue Su was embarrassed, and she really couldn't stand it, so she could only agree to come down and make a batch of steamed cakes to sell every day.
How do you think that the guests have seen the effect, a spread of ten to hundred, Mianyu cake has become the most well-known food in the small building, more famous than the decoction, this is really the intention to plant flowers and flowers, unintentionally planted willows and willows.