Chapter 12: The Hard-to-Swallow Amber Cake
Zhao'er over there in Jiafu was taught a lesson by Wang Xifeng's envy, and she was so frightened that she was scared every day, afraid that if she accidentally leaked the news and Wang Xifeng knew about it, she would really not be able to save her legs. But Jia Lian here in Yangzhou Lin Mansion was intoxicated in the gentle township of Xie Furong, living a happy life of drunken dreams and death.
Xie Bilian watched Xie Furong drill into Jia Lian's room every day, which was really immoral, and she couldn't talk about it. I thought about letting Jia Lian buy a house for Xie Furong, firstly, they could avoid people's eyes and ears by fooling around in that house, and they could get by on their faces, and secondly, if Jia Lian had enough fun one day and abandoned Xie Furong, Xie Furong Xie Furong had a house by her side, and it was not in vain, so she had a foothold.
So Xie Bilian asked her family to inquire about whether there was a house for sale nearby.
A few days later, sure enough, news came that there was a house for sale in Liuye Lane behind the Lin Mansion. The owner of the house is a landlord, named Hu Shiren, who bought this house behind his wife's back, but was unexpectedly known by the powerful eldest wife in the family, and took his family to beat the little wife away, and forced Master Hu to sell the house.
The house is very new, fully furnished, and the asking price is cheap, it could have been worth a thousand taels of silver, but it was in a hurry to sell, so it only cost eight hundred taels of silver.
Xie Bilian thought it was good, so she asked Xie Furong to discuss the matter.
Xie Furong, when she heard that her sister was looking for her, she dressed up carefully and came to see her sister Xie Bilian.
Xie Bilian looked at this Xie Furong coldly, and felt that she was indeed different from the previous country girl, wearing a brand-new rose-red satin jacket, red silk embroidered shoes, and a gem-inlaid golden phoenix hairpin inserted in her black sideburns, which was worth a lot of money at a glance, and the pendant in her ear was also a round and bright white pearl, flashing and flashing, full of spring, like a newlywed daughter-in-law.
The little girl Jiu'er took a plate of amber cakes, poured two cups of Longjing tea and put them on the table, and the two sisters sat down to drink tea and eat snacks and chat.
Xie Bilian gave Jiu'er a look, and Jiu'er took the girls out, and there were only two sisters left in the room.
"My sister has been getting more and more handsome lately. It seems that Second Master Lian treats his sister well, what are her sister's plans? Xie Bilian went straight to the point and asked.
Xie Furong's face turned red, and she lowered her head and said nothing.
"You don't have to be shy, it's just the two of us in the house now, if you have anything to say, my sister will help you get an idea. Although Second Master Lian is good to you now, he will always go back to Jiafu, what will you do when the time comes? Xie Bilian asked again.
Xie Furong took a piece of amber cake, took a bite, and saw that her sister lowered her head again, to be honest, he didn't have such a long-term plan, after all, he was still a 19-year-old girl, and the current life was already very happy for her, as for what the future would be, who knows?
Occasionally, she would think about it, but she couldn't think of any way to do it, so she had to get by.
Xie Bilian is a very calm woman, she saw that Xie Furong didn't speak, she also became silent, waiting for him to speak.
After a while, Xie Furong said: "He also told me that he would take me to Beijing and let me be his aunt." The men in their family are all three wives and four concubines, and they don't care about one more me. ”
Xie Bilian listened to Xie Furong's words and sneered: "The words are good, but I heard that he has a very powerful grandmother at home, who is a well-known sloppy family, can she tolerate you?" ”
Xie Furong listened to her sister's words, and the cake in her hand couldn't be eaten anymore, she put the cake down, played with the belt on her skirt with her hand, and stopped talking.
After a while, Xie Furong said: "He said that there is an old lady in their family, who is the most in charge of the house, and loves them the most, just go and beg the old lady when you go home." ”
When Xie Bilian looked at this Xie Furong, she simply drank Jia Lian's ecstasy soup, whatever he said was what he said, and he didn't have any brains at all. It seems that I have to make it clear to her.
"Sister, sister, tell you the truth, I'm very worried about your future days, this second master Lian is a foreigner after all, he just came to our Yangzhou to visit relatives, and he will go back sooner or later. As for whether he can bring you back, I can't jump to conclusions. It's just that I think it's better for you to plan for yourself earlier, for example, do you have money in your hands now? Xie Bilian looked at Xie Furong and said.
"Second Master Lian gave me 20 taels of silver, I spent some, and now I have almost ten taels of silver." Xie Furong raised her face and looked at Xie Bilian.
Xie Bilian smiled disdainfully, thinking that this girl's eyelids were too shallow, so she bought her for 20 taels of silver, alas.
"What is the use of this little money? And you can't live with me all the time, it's hard to say. I inquired for you, there is a house to sell in the back, you tell Second Master Lian, let him buy you a house, you take your parents and brothers, and let him provide you with food and clothing. Usually you ask him for some pocket money and save it for yourself in case you need it in the future. Xie Bilian taught bitterly.
"Thank you, sister." Xie Furong knew that Xie Bilian was really planning for herself.
Since she was a child, she has admired her cousin, who is smart and assertive. Especially since she has now changed from a girl who has broken down to the actual ruler of the Lin Mansion, although she is nominally an aunt, she is also similar to her grandmother.
Xie Bilian took another piece of amber cake and handed it to Xie Furong, saying, "You can eat another piece of cake." ”
Xie Furong said: "No, thank you, sister, I'm out, don't bother my sister." ”
With that, he got up and walked out the door. Recently, she feels a little weird, her appetite is not very good, she just wants to eat something cool, sour, sweet and greasy pastries like amber cake, she doesn't want to eat at all, and she always wants to vomit when she eats it.