The curtain of sandalwood beads on the door sounded softly, and I saw Mother He holding a small box coming out of it, Jinghe motioned for her to be silent, and pointed outside, Mother He understood, and tiptoed out of the door with Jinghe.
"Girl, don't complain about the old lady, the people in the house have been spreading the news that you are collecting medicine outside, the old lady has already sent several, but she can't bear the crowd, and the reputation of the girl's family is the top priority," Mother He said softly, and handed the box to Jinghe: "The old lady guessed that the girl was short of silver in her hand, so she ordered the slave to prepare these pieces of silver for the girl to use in private." ” Jinghe naturally had to excuse herself, and Mother He handed the small box to Jinxin, who came with her, and said, "This is the old lady's love for her granddaughter, so the girl should not refuse." ” Jing He was disrespectful, glanced at no one around, and asked Mother He: "Grandmother Fang Cai talked about Daddy's shop, but she wanted to talk and stopped, I don't know what the reason is?"
I was afraid of upsetting my grandmother, so I didn't dare to ask. ” Mother He couldn't help but sigh: "Reasoning is a matter between masters and sons, and slaves should not be left ...... beaks."
Jinghe saw that she was also embarrassed, so she had to ask tactfully in a different way: "What are my father's shops?"
Does Mom know?
” Mother He said: "When the old marquis and the old lady discussed which shop to give to the second master, the slave happened to be there, so I knew a few things, including a fragrant medicine shop, a grain and grass shop in Chang'an Mansion, and two restaurants, all of which were very good. ” Where the hell are these shops?
Whether the profit and turnover are considerable, Jinghe couldn't help but move his mind.
The old lady knew that she was short of money, so she would rather reward her with silver than directly hand over a few shops to her to take care of, presumably there were some unspeakable joints in them.
Jinghe had the heart to ask, but he was found by Mother He to divert the topic, Jinghe saw that she was reluctant to say more, and it was not easy to force it anymore, so she only thanked her, and secretly handed a round agate ring under her sleeve, but was quietly blocked back by Mother He.
"Girl, don't be so polite, now it's not easy for the old lady to pity you, how dare the slave accept it, the old lady also advised, in the future, whenever the girl encounters difficulties, just come to Jinghetang to find the old lady."
Mother He said so, and personally sent people to the courtyard gate, she stood next to the two plantains in the corner of the courtyard gate, and saw from a distance that the master and the servant were getting farther and farther away, and their backs shrank into sesame seeds, and then they returned to the main house with a smile on the corner of their lips.
Mrs.
Xu had already woken up, leaning in the pile of ink-rich brocade and discussing with Pearl the embroidery patterns on the warm hat.
Mother He took the old ginseng soup sent in by the little maid and handed it to the old lady: "The slave doesn't understand, since the old lady wants to punish the third girl, why did she reward her with a hundred taels of silver?"
” "If you want to take it, you must give it first," Mrs.
Xu took the official kiln soup Gu and gently drank a sip of warm ginseng soup, and felt that all the limbs and bones had a warm atmosphere, very ironing and comfortable, as if a dragonfly was a little water, and gently brought a sentence: "The second room and the fourth room have been too close recently......
"The slave didn't believe that it was the fourth wife who did it," Jinxin looked angry: "A while ago, the sister-in-law Qin in our yard ate a few more glasses of wine and shouted, or the fourth lady helped the circle to pass, and the disobedient seller in the back kitchen was also beaten by the fourth wife, and the slave only thought that the old lady and the old aunt Jin were biological sisters, and the fourth master was also closer to us, who knew that she was so vicious, and the gossip in the house came out from Sister Qing Xing'er next to the fourth wife!"
” Jinghe never believed that Yao's conscience was willing to improve the relationship with her, and when she asked the ins and outs, the expression on her face was relieved.
It's like if you eat a stuffy stick, you don't know what the reason is, you naturally don't know the bottom of your heart, but once you understand that it was because you robbed Wang Wu's business and was calculated by Wang Wu, you have a clear goal.
As a human being in two lives, she just wants to live her life well, and she doesn't want to take the initiative to kill anyone, but it doesn't mean that she will stand in place and let others slaughter her!
"Girl, the ...... of the magenta" Zi Ying is more knowledgeable in the end, as soon as she heard Jinxin's words, she immediately grasped the point, since the rumors were about Jinghe's purchase of crude drugs outside, should it be stopped?
Jinghe shook his head and drank the warm tea in his hand: "The old lady has said it so clearly, I can't tell Magenta how much she has received so much." ” Zi Ying responded yes, after all, this is her girl's first business, and it was terminated like this, she must be unhappy, she was about to say something to explain, when she saw Jing He's moist eyes narrowed slightly, and turned her head to look at herself.
"You and Cuiqin from Xichun Yuan have been in the house for a year, and they have a good relationship with Su Rili?"
Jinghe asked.
Zi Ying's head couldn't turn so fast for a while, and she couldn't figure out what she was referring to, so she only replied truthfully: "The slave does enter the mansion with Cuiqin and Shuxiang for a year, and the relationship is slightly stronger than that of others, but because each is its master, he doesn't see each other when he is free." ” Jinghe nodded, beckoned her to come closer, and whispered a few words to her.
Hearing this, Zi Ying's lips couldn't help opening slightly, as if she had heard something very rare, and asked again after a while, "Will the fourth wife find out?"
” "It's okay," Jinghe said with a determined smile on the corner of her lips: "You just have to take the opportunity to reveal this to her, as long as she is moved, it is not difficult to avoid the fourth wife by her means." ” Zi Ying responded yes and lifted the cotton curtain and went out.
Jinghe turned his head to look at the gray sky in the distance through the half-open window, but it was not yet a moment before the sky had darkened.
She inevitably remembered those shops again, originally she was afraid that she would not have a deep foundation in the house, and she didn't know how many personnel situations were currently involved in these shops, so she offended the old lady and ruined the good situation, so she never mentioned it, but now she heard the old lady mention it herself.
With Jinghe's understanding of Mrs.
Xu, she dared to mention it to show that the shop had nothing to do with her, if the shop had nothing to do with the old lady, but just involved some bullying minions, she was not soft tofu without any way.
Of course, she can directly ask her father to call Zhang Sanbai and clearly put it forward, but it is the next step to go straight ahead, she must anticipate things first, take some precautions, and strive for the most benefits at the lowest cost.
She repeatedly combed through the bits and pieces related to the shop in her mind, including the old lady's words that she wanted to say and stopped, and the cautious and wary look of Mother He, a trace of thought suddenly flashed in Jinghe's mind, she remembered that when she was studying in Chunxi Garden, Yao's companion went to Yao's room to send Yao's two vermilion lacquer boxes, and Teter'er carried herself, and she vaguely heard the daughter-in-law talk about the grain shop......