Splendid Abandoned Wife

Chapter 82 Imbalance (fourth update yesterday)
Uncle Qi said with a smile: "I didn't expect such a coincidence, but Zhong County is not far from Wuling Mountain, and the wine of Manxianglou in the county is also famous. It's not surprising that the old man from Banshan would go there. But, haha, it's such a coincidence. , Da Maomao Zaozao broke the jar of wine, I was still very angry, but later I wanted to reward him, but he broke it in time, hahaha."

Zhiruo laughed and said, "Uncle Qi, what did you reward Da Mao for?" Da Mao was a simple and honest boy. He did something "wrong" and was rewarded. I wonder what his expression would be like. Would he be scared?

Uncle Qi snorted: "That silly boy, seeing that the old man in Banshan was so greedy for our wine, he asked me to reward him with a bowl of wine. I simply rewarded him with half the jar of wine, but he didn't dare to ask for it. , said it was too expensive, a jar of wine cost 30 taels. But in the end, the old man from the mountain snatched him away and drank most of it. He also said that he owed him [-] taels of wine money first and would give it to him next time."

"Hahaha," Qiang Bo also laughed and said, "Where is the stupidity? If you ask me, Da Mao, stupid people have stupid blessings. Otherwise, how could you meet the old man in the middle of the mountain by chance? Da Mao still made ten dollars in a daze. Two taels of silver." Ten taels of silver was a lot of money for Da Mao.As for whether and when Old Man Banshan will pay it back, well, there’s really no need to worry.According to Tie Muyuan's description of the Banshan old man's thirst for wine, the quality of his wine, and his character, they believed that the Banshan old man would be here even before the Chinese New Year.

"Yes, yes," the smile on Uncle Qi's face couldn't stop today, "Girl, if a hermit with a weird personality like the old man in Banshan directly mentioned to him about accepting the second young master as his disciple, he would definitely be very disgusted. , I directly suspected that we were plotting against him, so I didn't say anything and just sold him the wine at a high price." Jiang Taigong fished, and those who were willing took the bait.The general had said before that the second young master was good at practicing martial arts, and the iron escort also said that the second young master was a prodigy in martial arts.He believed that as long as the old man in Banshan saw the second young master, he would definitely be willing to accept the second young master.

Zhiruo nodded, Qi Bo had indeed done a very good job. According to her plan, she set up a clever plan to use fine wine to arouse the drunkard in the old man in the middle of the mountain, and she was also prepared to let him come to her door on his own.Never try to negotiate terms with such arrogant and eccentric professionals, or threaten them. Only if they are willing can they do it, and only he is qualified to negotiate terms.Su Kang is like this, and so is Banshan Old Man.

The bait has been thrown, and all they can do now is wait. Fortunately, Minghui has a good attitude. Although he is looking forward to the master his father chose for him before he was alive, he does not insist on it, but does what he should do every day. , very regular: practice early in the morning, study literature with Su Kang in the morning, practice martial arts under the guidance of Mo Wang in the afternoon, if Mo Wang happens to have something to do, practice hard by himself.

Uncle Qi obviously thought so too. He had done everything he could and should do, but now he couldn't do anything he wanted to do: "Girl, because there are four jars of wine missing, and I learned that the man is the old man from Banshan, I will I thought I would come back first and bring the Sophora japonica back with me. If nothing else happens, I will go to Zhuangzi in Quling County in the afternoon and expect to come back the next evening." This time he only went to the Zhuangzi in Zhong County. I got back to my business. Firstly, the wine for the New Year gift was gone. Secondly, I was mainly worried that the old man from Banshan would come to Meizhuang so soon.After all, no one can fully understand or predict the behavior of those strangers.

Zhiruo nodded: "Uncle Qi, go ahead. Uncle Qiang is here if you need anything. The weather is cold, so you two should keep warm and take care of your health even if you are rushing back and forth. You are the backbone of the village."

Uncle Qi and Uncle Qi smiled and agreed. Uncle Qiang also smiled and said to Uncle Qi: "Isn't that true? Just go about your business. Dalang now handles the daily affairs of Zhuangzi in an orderly manner. The three brothers are all very capable. , like you." Qi Dalang is honest and steady, and handles things most like Uncle Qi; Erlang is shrewd, good at arithmetic, and is now in charge of the large warehouse and purchasing-related affairs.Zhiruo plans to hand over all the agricultural and sideline products trading to Erlang in the future; Sanlang is young, has the hottest temper, but also has the best brains. Now he is learning security and defense work from Mo Wang, and every morning and evening he leads a group of young men to practice martial arts and protect him. Take turns coaching, and don’t forget to coach them when you have time.

Mentioning his three sons, Qi Bo smiled happily. None of his children really worried him, except that Lu'er always stared at Saburo before, which made their family very annoyed, but he couldn't do anything to a girl. .
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There seems to be more snow this year than in previous years. Ruqiu frowned and looked at the light snow falling all over the sky. Fortunately, the snow particles were very small and flying all over the sky. Most of them turned into snow as soon as they hit the ground, so there was no snow on the ground. Not much snow.

Ruqiu carefully picked up the corner of her skirt and got on the carriage. Today she was wearing a new dark green coat skirt that she had made. The hem of the skirt was embroidered with a large cluster of bright pink plum blossoms that were in perfect bloom.When she was making this coat and skirt, she was thinking about how beautiful she would be if she wore a large white or pink fur coat on top.Best of all, this cloak was given by Prince Qiu.

The moment she closed the carriage door, Ruqiu caught a glimpse of a sturdy figure about to pass by. She was wearing the uniform cyan coat and skirt worn by the maids on Zhuangzi, but it was very unfamiliar. Half of her face was covered by her hair.She did know the little maid Xidan, who was twelve or thirteen years old next to the sturdy maid. She was one of the maids the girl bought when she came back from the capital, and was now running errands with Aunt Qiang.

Who is this?Ruqiu was confused and habitually shouted softly: "Who are you? Are you new here?" Huaihua, now called Xihuaai, is following Xidan to get familiar with Zhuangzi, mainly the places she will often visit in the future. , people who can find it.Although she has only been here for a day, Xihuai feels much more at ease. From the eldest girl to the mother in charge, the maids and the servants below, they all treat her very kindly.There were also many people who were momentarily shocked when they suddenly discovered the scar on her face through her hair, but some people quickly covered it up. Some people carefully asked her when she was injured, but no one screamed or cursed. such as.

Xihuaai was stunned for a moment when he was suddenly asked, was he himself?Seeing that the young woman who asked him was wearing a beautiful brocade jacket and skirt instead of the cotton jacket and skirt of the maids, and she was also very beautiful, Xihuai subconsciously stepped forward to salute. Is this also that girl?Xidan just said that there are three girls and two young masters in the village.

Xidan grabbed her and said, "Sister Ruqiu, she is the new Xihuai. Xihuai, this is Sister Ruqiu from the sewing room. She is very good at female reds."

Oh, it turned out to be Xiu Niang, also a servant. Xihuai breathed a sigh of relief and politely called "Sister Ruqiu". She was secretly glad that she hadn't had time to salute before, otherwise wouldn't it have been a joke?
Xidan pulled Xihuai and said, "Sister Ruqiu, Aunt Qiang has something to do with us. Let's leave first." After saying that, he turned and left without looking at Ruqiu again.She really couldn't figure it out. The masters were still in their filial piety period and were all wearing simple clothes. How could a maid like Ruqiu dress so ostentatiously?You don’t have to do this even if you want to go out, right?There are no rules!

Ruqiu was shaking with anger inexplicably. Xihuai's look of relief when he heard that she was also a maid, and the contempt in Xidan's eyes seriously irritated her now complicated mood.In the past, when she was Yin Zhiruo's first-class maid, how could any little maid dare to treat her like this?Even the chief stewards and the mothers in charge were polite.

For some reason recently, she has been particularly easily agitated, sad, worried about gains and losses, and very irritable. She even has no appetite for the food she usually likes.

After a night of twists and turns last night, Ruqiu decided to tell Prince Qiu today that she had just lost Yin Zhiruo's favor and was transferred to the sewing room because there was no one in the sewing room.Qiu Shizi likes her so much, and he will definitely not abandon her just because of this. She is still at Zhuangzi and can still serve as an internal agent.What's more, Qiu Shizi is smart and can help her make suggestions to regain Yin Zhiruo's trust as soon as possible.When she and Yin Zhiruo enter the Qingyuan Hou Mansion and become aunts, who else dares to despise her?

With a "Humph", Ruqiu shook her head and got into the cold carriage, even more angry: "It's snowing today, but there is no charcoal basin in the carriage?" Yesterday, she saw that before Uncle Qi got on the carriage, there was a mother-in-law. The charcoal basin was brought up and he told Da Mao where the spare charcoal was.

Xiao Liuzi was stunned for a moment, but did not answer. He flicked his horsewhip and said, "Sister Ruqiu, sit down, let's go!" But he secretly snorted in his heart: An embroiderer, does she really think she is her master?
Ahead, the snow suddenly became heavier and heavier...

　Thanks to Maryane book friend for the peace charm!Thank you!

　　
　
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