The eldest lady just wants to be a crazy beauty

Chapter 25
The courtyard door opened, and half of her body leaned out from inside. It was a middle-aged woman with gray hair on her temples. She was Qiu Gu, who had been with Gao Zhiying for more than 30 years.

Everyone in the Gaofu family called her Aunt Qiu.

"Aunt Qiu, uncle and his family went to Kyoto. From now on, there will only be four of us left in the yard. I came here to ask if you need anything here?"

Qin Ruizhi's eyes drifted past Aunt Qiu and explored the yard, trying to find the mother in her memory who didn't like her very much, but there was only an empty yard behind Aunt Qiu.

"It's the eldest lady! I'd like to ask Miss to go there in person. From now on, the house will ask Miss."

When Qiu Gu saw Qin Ruizhi's expression as usual, with a kind smile on her face, she didn't seem surprised that Qin Ruizhi would be in charge from now on.

"Yes. Is there anything you need to buy here? Do you have any special requirements for daily purchases? If you need anything, just ask. This is my first time running a business. My uncle and aunt returned to Beijing very suddenly, and they never taught me the methods of running a business. , please ask Aunt Qiu for more guidance in the future."

Qin Ruizhi brought the topic to Gao Jinying and his wife at the right time.

Aunt Qiu's face was still kind and her voice was gentle, "My lady has always been smart and will keep the house in order."

That's it……

Qin Ruizhi was still waiting for Qiu Gu to give her a long speech, complaining about Gao Jinying and his wife's betrayal of trust and betrayal of their niece for glory, which was ruthless and unjust, but the conversation ended here.

It seemed that Qiu Gu, no, it should be Gao Zhiying who was behind Qiu Gu. She had no dissatisfaction with Gao Jinying and his wife for leaving them and returning to Beijing. She was not even allowed to be dissatisfied, so she ended the conversation with Qin Ruizhi just right.

Qin Ruizhi sighed, her words filled with sadness.

At this time, the always kind Qiu Gu's expression finally changed. She lowered her face and murmured, "Yes, we are the only ones who depend on each other."

Then, he slammed the courtyard door, leaving Qin Ruizhi with a confused look on his face.

At that moment, she had deep doubts about Gao Zhiying's identity. Is this really her mother?

As a biological mother, she could never care about 'Qin Ruizhi' being raised by her brother?

She is her biological mother, who could not even look at or ask a question after "Qin Ruizhi" died and was reborn?
She is her own mother, how could she be left alone in Puzhou without even a single complaint when "Qin Ruizhi" was left behind?

Maybe, "Qin Ruizhi" is really a bastard who can't stand on the stage, which is why Gao Zhiying despises this child so much?

This ridiculous idea was ruthlessly abandoned by Qin Ruizhi as soon as it came into mind.

How can anyone scold himself? What's more, Qin Ruizhi is a child born from Gao Zhiying's belly. Her parents are both named and have a surname. She is not the kind of unbearable person.

only……

"From now on, we are the only ones left to depend on each other."

Of course, Qin Ruizhi will definitely return to Kyoto in the future, but she still has some things to do here.

Pei Xingheng dared to defraud her of 5000 taels of silver, and he was willing to be Su Yiling's lackey, but he had to see if she would give him a chance.

The next step is to make Pei Xingheng pay for his stupid behavior.

There were only four people left in the huge mansion, or four people at that. The two people in Xikuoyuan had always been in their own way and never interfered with their lives, so only Qin Ruizhi and Xiaonian were left.Xiaonian sat on the steps of the verandah, holding his chin in his hands, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Little year..."

Qin Ruizhi walked over, sat down next to her, took out two ingots of silver, five taels each, totaling ten taels of silver, and stuffed them into Xiaonian's hand.

Xiaonian is also an honest person, with the idea of ​​​​not getting rewarded for nothing, so she stood up and was at a loss with the money, "Miss, what are you..."

"I have asked you to do something!" Qin Ruizhi took Xiaonian and sat down next to her again, pushing aside a piece of silver. "I reward you with these five taels of silver. I have told you to do something. Well done." , I will pay you one more year's salary and let you go home early to get married."

There is such a good thing.

Xiaonian held the fifty taels of silver in his palm and nodded solemnly, "Miss, if you have anything to do, just give me your orders. Xiaonian will definitely get it done."

"Take these five taels of silver and give them to your parents, and ask them to ask the neighbors to find out whether many of the servants of the Yan family, especially those who look after the house and the home, followed Yan Youli to Jeju?"

Yan Youli embezzled Sizhou's disaster relief funds and gave Yan Yingzhu a dowry of 50 taels. He hired a lot of good nursing staff to take care of this large amount of money. Not everyone is willing to leave their hometown and go to Jeju, so they will definitely There are people who stay in Puzhou.

"If there are people who have not left Puzhou, find them, and then you don't have to do anything, just tell me. Remember, you have to find as many people as there are people who have not left Puzhou, and no one is missing."

Qin Ruizhi was afraid that they would not do their job diligently, so he threw out another bait, "The five taels of silver are just for running errands. When I find someone, I will pay them another 50 taels. Whoever finds more people will get more money." many."

Xiaonian's eyes widened when he heard this, and his hand holding the silver tightened, "Miss, don't worry, those who have not left Puzhou, even if they dig three feet into the ground, we will find them for you. One of them Can’t even run away.”

As for finding out what those people were doing, it was not something that a maid should care about. As long as she had money, it didn't matter what she was looking for.

"Okay, let's go back quickly. There are only two of us in the house, and I can take care of myself."

Qin Ruizhi stood up, ignored Xiaonian, and walked straight to the utility room.

There are many weapons in the utility room of the Gao family. They have been gathering dust for a long time. Find them, wipe them, wash them, and sharpen them again. They can be put to use.

Those weapons were all Gao Jinying's weapons, including swords, guns and swords. They have not been put to use for many years. At most, they were Gao Jinying's moves when he was practicing martial arts, and then they were left in the utility room, gathering dust and rust, never to be seen again. day.

Qin Ruizhi found them and tried them one by one. Only a one-foot-long straight knife was the most convenient, so he took it out of the utility room and tried the edge. It was seriously rusty and worn, so he took out a whetstone. , sprinkle with water, and slowly sharpen the edge of the knife.

Grind it every day, grind it every day, grind it every day.

On the third day, the surface of the knife was polished, but the edge still needed to be forged and sharpened.

"You should find a blacksmith shop and forge it again."

Under the sun, Qin Ruizhi rolled up her sleeves and looked at the blade of the knife carefully. There was a folded gap in the middle of the blade, which could not be smoothed by a whetstone alone.

"Miss..."

At this moment, Xiaonian Fengfenghuohuo ran over, walked to Qin Ruizhi, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said impatiently: "Miss, everyone has been found."

(End of this chapter)