After the sister went, the little girl walked in in a hurry, whispered a few words to Rui'er and nodded, took the account book from her sleeve, and came up to Lianxiang and said: "Auntie, because my lord is going to Yangzhou, the accounts in all parts of the county will be settled, and I have received 1,250 taels of silver, and I also ask my aunt to count." ”

Lianxiang said with a smile: "The matter on the money, Sister Rui'er can just order it, don't show it to me." ”

Rui'er hurriedly smiled and said: "Master has instructed, after my aunt and grandmother enter the door, she is the housekeeper, in addition to the stove in the kitchen and the food in each room, the money in and out, and the exchange of people are all in charge of the aunt and grandmother, and it will always be the norm in the future." It is inevitable to ask your aunt and grandmother to work hard for a day or two. ”

Lian Xiang looked at Qi Su Niang with a smile in her eyes, secretly reached out and held her hand, and said with a smile: "The affairs of the family have always been taken care of by Sister Rui'er, and the master has always been at ease, since the master is at ease, I am naturally more at ease." After a pause, "Yangzhou is a capital city, it was originally a prosperous place, and the house over there is bigger than here, and the half leaves and seeds can't be taken care of." The big river and the big boat follow the master outside every day, and I'm afraid that I can't turn around. The three sisters are not only the people around the master, but also have to find a few more little girls to wait. I always have to buy a few more houses before the slaves come in, which is also the dignity of the master. There is also the second master, who also has to find a few people to wait for him. At that time, Sister Rui'er couldn't be busy, so Lianxiang discussed it with Sister Rui'er again. ”

When Rui'er heard this, she had to take the account book and go outside to count the money. Qi Su Niang whispered in Lianxiang's ear: "I can't say, it turns out that I underestimated you, and it's only been a few days, and I coaxed your grandfather to the point that he doesn't want to marry a wife again." Tsk, it's always the norm in the future, that's a good saying. ”

Lianxiang smiled lightly, and said in a low voice: "Madame doesn't know, Lianxiang has seen a lot at home, if you talk like this, most of them are people who like it in their hearts, but it is inconvenient to marry in for a while

Qi Su Niang was speechless, Lianxiang gently squeezed her hand, "Madame doesn't have to worry about Lianxiang, no matter how much the old lady hurts me, I am also a girl." It is my duty to be a little prostrate, and it is my duty to be diligent, where did I be wronged by waiting for the hostess? Besides, "I smiled slightly," I have also understood in the past few days, he is a smooth donkey temperament, just follow it, and he will be annoyed when he fights, and he is not a soft-eared person, even if he has a housewife in the future, she will not dare to be too arrogant when she wants to come. As long as I settle down to be my partial room, I will inevitably see people's faces in small places, but I can be safe in big things. ”

Qi Su Niang was relieved and embarrassed when she heard it, "Sister Xiang said that you know more about the things in the mansion than we do, I wasn't at ease, but now it seems" I couldn't help but chuckle, "Shun donkey...... That's ...... saying."

While speaking, Banye hurriedly walked in: "Auntie, the second master, and the third master Qi are coming back, and Sister Gui and Miss Yuekou'er are also coming behind." ”

Qi Su Niang and Lian Xiang stood up together, led the way out, and greeted Lian Zhenyun, Li Siqin and Qi Qiang at the back door.

It was almost mid-July. The weather brings autumn mood. There was a drizzle in the sky. The three of them didn't care. Walk on the rain and stone path. Laughing and talking. Even Zhenyundi's face seemed to be a little soothed than a few days ago.

Qi Su Niang smiled and said to Qi Qiang: "Brother." What about your beloved? ”

Qi Qiang didn't blush. Haha. "It's in the back of that. Sister. You sit down in the hall. Let her come and kowtow to you for tea. You also taught her two sentences. ”

Li Siqin panted with laughter. "You let your sister teach? Never mind. Is it to teach her to eat and drink or to play with money? Grandma's land. It's just that I guessed that I lost to Li Yin'er. I actually lost to your sister. ”

Qi Qiang and Qi Su Niang, two siblings, were calm. Regardless of Lianxiang and the others, they looked at them in amazement. Qi Qiang laughed and said, "So what." The actor is not there. The eldest brother is the father. I'm playing with my sister. It's a matter of course. Can't I let my sister teach him to be a woman? Speaking of this woman. No one in Qinghe County can compare to my sister-in-law. You go to the capital and my hometown to inquire. What is my sister's reputation? Moon hook must be able to do my sister's job. I also take care of her in the wine jar every day. ”

Li Siqin was stunned by his crooked reasoning. Speechless. Lian Zhenyun glanced at Qi Su Niang. "Go in." Then came the followers. ”

Everyone entered the main room and sat down, Qi Su Niang made amends, and sat on the couch in the middle, Lian Zhenyun, Li Siqin, and Qi Qiang sat on the left, and Lianxiang sat on the right. Stamens and stems stand sideways. Banye is holding brocade felt in his hand, and Ziding is holding Furen tea in his hand.

Qi Su Niang was talking to Lianxiang, waiting for Sister Gui'er to report to the door, when she suddenly heard a crisp laugh outside, "Sister, where is my aunt and grandmother, I just want to see what she looks like." Qi Su Niang vaguely looked at a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman, dressed very differently, wearing a red sleeve colorful makeup and a gold robe, covered with red and red gold skirts, wearing a big red Luan Feng wearing a wide gold skirt, and the skirt was full of red and gold cloud head shoes, full of bright colors, and all the women in the audience were not as rich as her dress.

Outside the door, Sister Gui'er seemed to reprimand her, interrupted her words, pulled her back, and stood back in the hall.

I saw Sister Gui walking to the door and reporting to the door, "Grandma, Yuegou'er came in to meet Grandma." ”

Qi Su Niang smiled and nodded, "Please come in with Miss Yuegou'er." ”

I heard the sound of the long skirt mopping the floor, Sister Gui led the moon hook and walked in, Qi Su Niang sat on it and took a closer look, only to see her on the head, wearing a gold and silver filigree Di bun, the cloud sideburns were inserted with a stone pan green filling the ground Jinshou hairpin, and there were many golden flowers and cuidian, purple gold earrings on the ears, more and more white and tender face, red and rich lips, more than Sister Gui beside her, although she bowed her head, a pair of phoenix eyes were raised at the corners, and she looked straight at her.

Yuegou'er had heard about Mrs. Xiantai's power, but she didn't take it to heart. She only thought that Qi Su Niang was a girl who married out and an adopted daughter of the Qi family, although Qi Qiang let it, but it was also for the sake of her marrying an official family and in the face of the county lord. She thought to herself that she had already taken Qi Qiang by virtue of her appearance and body, and she was obedient to her on weekdays. In a few days, he will return to the capital with Qi Qiang. This aunt is neither a housewife nor a grown-up grandmother, so she took Sister Gui's lesson as a deaf ear, and didn't take this aunt seriously.

Qi Su Niang saw the moon hook like this

, chuckled in his heart, and began to worry about the tranquility of Qi Qiang's house in the future, and today he is an eldest woman, so he naturally has fewer scruples. But she dares to be so publicized as a concubine, one must be Qi Qiang's favorite, and the other is that her temperament is afraid that she will take the lead. She has an outstanding appearance, there is no big woman around her, and there is no one to compete with her, so she will inevitably be favored by Qi Qiang in the past two or two years. Although Qi Qiang didn't want her to be his wife, it was hard to say whether she could be helped into a partial house, so she was used to it, and when her wife entered the door in the future, she was afraid that she would not know how to be soft.

"Slave maid to my aunt and grandmother." Obviously, because Sister Gui taught a lot, Yuegou'er changed her name, while looking at Qi Su Niang, she bowed three times first, saw that Banye put down the brocade felt, knelt down and kowtowed three times, took the seed and handed it over, and handed it over, "Grandma drink tea." ”

Qi Su Niang came back to her senses and went to pick it up with a smile, but she didn't know if the moon hook didn't hold it steady, or Qi Su Niang lost her hand, but she only heard a loud bang, the hot tea turned over, splashed Qi Su Niang's skirt, and she snorted softly, and stood up immediately.

The room was startled, Yue Hook was stunned for a while, Qi Qiang suddenly jumped up, rushed in a few steps, and grabbed Qi Su Niang's hand, "Sister, is it hot?" Seeing that his hands were burning red, Qi Qiang's face immediately changed, and he turned his head and shouted: "Go down, you don't need to serve tea Sister Gui'er, call your mother over and carry her back."

Yue Hook was so frightened that she cried, Lian Xiang caught up in three steps and two steps, looked at the appearance of her hand, it was already up, and then she saw that the makeup and red satin skirt had penetrated, and she didn't know if it was hot or not, so she turned her head and said urgently: "Rui'er, hurry up and get the scald medicine." ”

Rui'er, Terrier, etc. were all shocked, Rui'er turned around and ran out, Qi Su Niang saw that Qi Qiang was still scolding, so she grabbed him and said with a smile: "It's me who lost my hand, it's none of her business, you be quiet." Turning her head, Sister Gui said, "Sister Gui is going to make a basin of cold water for me, just flush it." Sister Gui heard that she was going to carry her sister back, and she was sweating in a hurry, and at this time Qi Su Niang transferred her to go away, knowing that she was not going to do it, she suddenly fell from the sky, and turned around and hurriedly went.

Qi Su Niang held down Qi Qiang to prevent him from talking, and said to Yue Hook'er, who was kneeling and crying: "Don't cry, your father is just talking angry, just change a cup of tea, be careful." He pushed Qi Qiang again and asked him to sit back, "I like her, you don't want it, I want it." ”

After Sister Gui'er brought cold water, Rui'er took the wound medicine, and Lianxiang helped her to the back to untie her skirt and see, and it was also a little red hot.

"Fortunately, I stood up quickly, and I didn't fall on my body, if it was a thin summer day, my skin and flesh would be offended." Qi Qiang heard Rui'er say this, his face turned pale, and he glared at Yuegou'er fiercely, and didn't care that she knelt there crying, he only turned his head to ask Rui'er.

After a while, Qi Su Niang took the medicine and came out with a different skirt, Qi Qiang took a few steps forward to take a look, and wrapped a few circles of white cloth on both hands, and suddenly became annoyed again, "What kind of tea do you take like this, I originally wanted to lift her, so I asked her to come and worship you, and in the future, I can't see the place, you can also take care of her, I didn't expect that she was a standing place, why bother with her again"

Qi Su Niang smiled and said: "Lianxiang is too careful, I am afraid that I will get wet, so I wrapped it like this." Where can't I even afford tea? Brother, don't scare the girl of the moon hook. After that, he pushed Qi Qiang back to his seat again and again, and gave Lianxiang a look, and Lianxiang had to say: "The seed is set, and then the tea is served." ”

Qi Su Niang sat down on the couch, Sister Gui stepped forward to urge Yuegou'er to wipe her tears, admonished her two sentences, and said with a smile: "Grandma forgive her sins, and Yuegouer will kowtow to grandma for tea again." ”

Qi Su Niang smiled and nodded, Sister Gui stepped forward to help Yuegou'er stand up, bowed deeply three times again, knelt down on the brocade felt, kowtowed three heads firmly, and sent the new tea carefully, Yuegou'er had white lips, trembling and holding the tea, raising her hands above her head, "Grandma drink tea." ”

Qi Su Niang took it with a smile, drank two sips, and put it on a few, Sister Gui'er saw that she had put the tea aside, she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the moon hook.

Qi Su Niang took a small box from the table and put it in Yuegou'er's hand, "Don't dislike it, girl." Yue Gou'er glanced at Sister Gui'er, and when she saw her nodding, she opened the box, and couldn't help but sigh softly when she saw it.

Sister Gui'er looked at it, and it turned out to be a pair of crow and blue gemstone earrings, one was the size of a little finger, and a pair was worth three or four hundred taels.

Sister Gui'er was happy in her heart, and said with a smile: "Aunt and grandma are generous, where can Yuegouer afford it." ”

Qi Su Niang said with a smile: "My brother is the eldest son of the Qi family, and Miss Yuegouer is the first person he has to follow, so it is naturally different." Moreover, my brother worked hard as an official in the capital, and there was no one around him to take care of him, so he mostly had to work for the girl who was a girl with a moon hook. This is a meagre thing. ”

This time, Yuegou'er didn't need Sister Gui'er to teach, so she quickly knelt down again and kowtowed twice. Qi Su Niang pulled her up, got off the seat together, led her to kowtow to Qi Qiang, and met Lian Zhenyun and Li Siqin, and saw Lian Xiang, Rui'er, and Terrier.

Lian Zhenyun and the others naturally prepared a meeting gift, followed by a crown of gold silk crepe, a pair of small gold bracelets, two sets of brocade robes, a big red robe, and a box of clothes, all of which were sent together. Lianxiang invited everyone to the table for dinner.

Lian Zhenyun, Li Siqin, Qi Qiang, Qi Suniang, and Lianxiang sat down, and Rui'er, Jiaozhi, and Sister Gui stood and waited.

Yue Hook looked at it, and then also stood behind Qi Su Niang, Qi Su Niang looked back at her, "The girl should also sit together." Yuegou'er's face was slightly happy, and when she was about to speak, Qi Qiang frowned and said, "Leave her alone, let her learn the rules." Yue Gou'er bit her lip slightly, didn't dare to make a sound, just lowered her head, and the corners of her natural upward phoenix eyes looked much smoother.

After eating, Qi Qiang threw the moon hook in Sister Gui's room, Qi Su Niang got into the sedan chair, he rode a horse, took An Sheng, and went home without mentioning it.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, Qi Qiang took Yuegou'er and An Sheng to prepare to return to the capital, and Qi Su Niang, Lian Zhenyun, and Li Siqin were all on the dock to see them off. Qi Qiang smiled and drank three bowls of wine with Lian and Li, turned around and touched Qi Su Niang's head and said: "If the actor treats you badly, you will write to your brother, and your brother will personally pick you up and take you back to the capital, and your brother will raise you." ”

Qi Su Niang smiled, "Don't worry, I know the ground." After a pause, "He treated me very well." ”

Qi Qiang sighed, said no more, turned around and got on the boat.