Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 335 Sister Xiaodie [Thank you all for your support! Goodbye! ]

"Why does this servant look a little strange?"

"Ok?"

Wang Ruofu, who was drawing with a brush, was stunned when she heard what Mother Liu said.

With a sidelong glance, Wang Ruofu saw clearly the words written on the paper!
"These are just interest?"

As she spoke, Wang Ruofu quickly put down her brush, picked up the letter paper wrapped with silver notes with both hands in disbelief, and shook it:
"Could it be that when we handed Hua'er the banknote that day, we gave him one extra banknote?"

Mother Liu, who was handling the case, also had some doubts about herself. She said with a look of nostalgia in her eyes:
"Madam, I'm sure I didn't give you too much! Because this was the only large banknote left in the house!"

Wang Ruofu nodded, looked at the banknotes in his hand, and asked in confusion:
"What kind of business is this? How can you make so much money?"

"Could it be that Hua'er is just trying to be brave?"

Mother Liu held the handkerchief and said affirmatively:
"Madam, Sister Hua is not that kind of child!"

"If there really is any loss, Sister Hua can just tell you. There's no need to do this!"

Wang Ruofu nodded and picked up the brush, ready to continue writing other things on the account book.

When the pen tip touched the account book, Wang Ruofu quickly raised her head and said to Mother Liu:

"What did those ladies say yesterday?"

"Then the things from the south, have they made enough money to invest in just a few months?"

Mother Liu said:

"Yes, I listened vaguely. They probably invested four or five hundred strings of silver coins each for the sake of Princess Pingning!"

"I heard that there will be some money to share in the future!"

"Madam, are you saying that Hua Jie'er also invested in this?"

Wang Ruofu said bitterly:

"This little bastard is so tight-lipped!"

"If we had known this, we would have given her more money!"

Mother Liu slapped her thigh with some regret.

"Madam, I remember that day, our old lady gave the most!"

Wang Ruofu stood up suddenly, his eyes turned and he said:

"Go, send someone to wait at the entrance of the school! Invite Changbai and the son-in-law after school!"

Mother Liu bowed and responded, then turned and walked out of the house.

At this time, Caihuan at the door came over, bowed and said:

"Madam, Sister Xiaodie from Jin'an Zhai is waiting outside the courtyard. Come and get the matching cards for the door."

"It is said that Miss Wei asked for your permission this morning."

Wang Ruofu sat back in the chair and looked at the account book and said, "Give it to her. The lady of the Viscount's Mansion is really free!"

Caihuan bowed, walked to the table and took out a pair of cards.

outside the house,

Xiaodie had a bag on her arm and smiled when she saw Caihuan coming out:

"Sister Caihuan, thank you for your help!"

"Please take it, sister."

Holding the exit card, Xiaodie got on the carriage outside the side door of the Sheng family.

After telling where they were going, Xiaodie sat in the carriage, lowered her head and touched the bag in her arms.

Amid the rumbling of cars,
The carriage drove out of Jiying Lane and was fine within the lane, but once it turned onto the main street, the noise around it became louder.

Listening to the singing and hawking of the flower vendors on the road, Xiaodie lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and looked at the bustling scene on the road and smiled slightly.

When they were almost at the Wei family's house in Bianjing,
Xiaodie, who was sitting in the carriage, lifted the curtain again. At this time, a flower vendor was walking side by side with the carriage, carrying a shoulder pole full of flowers on both ends.

Looking so closely at the flowers in the flower vendor's bamboo basket beside the carriage, Xiaodie patted the carriage and shouted:

"Qian Bo, stop!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Flower seller, don't go!"

Half a quarter of an hour later, Xiaodie, holding a basket of flowers, got off the carriage in front of Wei's house.

Another quarter of an hour later,
Mother Wei, who had eye problems, was supported by a maid who looked envious as she escorted Liu Xiaodie to the door.

at this time,

Liu Xiaodie was already wearing a brand new silk spring shirt and had some jewelry on her head.

From a distance, one can make out a large Deutzia flower embroidered faintly on the back of Xiaodie's spring shirt.

The burden on my arms is also much lighter.

Xiaodie said to Wei's mother:
"Aunt, when Madam Wei comes back, remember to tell her that this money was earned by the eldest sister of the Sheng family who married into the Marquis' Mansion and brought her with her youngest sister!"

"Just use it with confidence!"

Mother Wei nodded and said, "Okay, I understand! Second girl, why don't you have dinner at home?"

Liu Xiaodie glanced at the little maid beside Mother Wei and said, "Aunt, I still have some things to do."

"oh oh!"

"Then I won't stay!"

Xiaodie got on the carriage.
After waving his hand in the car to let Wei's mother in,
Xiaodie lowered the car curtain, looked at the other flower basket in the car, and took a deep breath nervously.

Xiaodie has been in Bianjing for two years. She mostly buys small items from peddlers outside the side door of Sheng's house.

Sometimes she would go out to help Wei Shuyi buy some silk threads, satins and so on, but she rarely went out at other times.

Because Xiaodie had not been to many places, and had never been to the west side of Bianjing, she looked out of the car many more times than when she went to Wei's house.

Amid the hawking sounds, the Sheng family's carriage drove onto a bridge.

Xiaodie looked along the canal under the bridge. On both sides of the canal, there were people walking among the green willow trees. In the distance were the towering walls of the inner city of Bianjing.

The carriage went down the bridge, and Xiaodie lowered the curtain with some reluctance.

After walking for a while, Qian Bo, who was driving the car in front, said, "Miss Xiaodie, we are almost at Xishuimen!"

Xu Zaijing's maternal grandparents' home is near Xishuimen, but it is in the outer city west of the inner city wall. Going west further is Wanshengmen Inner Street, and the nearby Xiaoya Lane is the home of Zhu's cousin's wife.

The place where Xiaodie got off the carriage was in the inner city near the West Water Gate.

When getting off the carriage, Xiaodie looked around from a distance. In the distance there was a very imposing mansion, which belonged to someone unknown.

Next to the carriage, Xiaodie lifted the bag and flower basket on her arms, and looked up at the plaque with the words "Zhu's House" hanging on the door.

In the house of Viscount Zhu,
Reception lobby,

Several strong women who looked like they were trained were standing at the door.
There were six or seven women dressed as ladies sitting inside, some were drinking tea, and some were cracking pumpkin seeds.

While talking, laughter could be heard from time to time.

There is no elegance or pomp of the mistresses of wealthy families here, but more of the bustle of the market.

There were two girls nearby, talking about something.

When she heard the women's laughter, one of the girls' face turned a little red.

In the gap between talking,

A woman looked at the hairpin on Ni Qiqiu's head and sighed, "Sister Ni, I have never seen the style of your hairpin before!"

Hearing this, Ni Qiqiu took off the hairpin and handed it to her, saying:

"This was given to me by my aunt when I went to the Marquis' Mansion during the Chinese New Year!"

"It is said that it was sent by the maternal ancestors of Young Master Lu, the sworn brother of Xu's Jing'er."

Hearing the conversation between the two, someone nearby said, "Isn't that the Li family? I heard they are in charge of the Wensi Academy of the Ministry of Industry!"

"Yes, yes! Nowadays, one or two prizes in Jinming Lake every day come from Wensiyuan!"

Then everyone started talking about how many wealthy families in Bian Jing had spent so much money to buy a flag for the dragon boat in the past few days to compete for a chance to win the prize.

Ni Qiqiu took the hairpin that the woman handed back and said:

"By the way, Sister Jin, you told me before that your uncle asked you to do something for his apprentice. I have found a relative of the Cheng family in the Inspection Office, and I am sure that this matter will be handled."

"Oh, that's good! Sister, you don't know, my uncle's apprentice's surname is Li, he works as a constable in the government office, and he has changed several jobs, all so that his apprentice can stay away from trouble!"

Ni Qiqiu nodded:
"Sister Jin, this master really has good intentions!"

"To be honest, my master used to give my mother-in-law massage and she always took me with her. At that time, I didn't understand what she meant!" The 'Sister Jin' nodded with emotion.

The women talking in the hall,
They are the ladies of Zhu Qinghu's comrades.

He had made contributions while following Zhu Qinghu before, and now he is a minor official in the imperial guards.

They had been seriously injured in Pan Tower before. If it weren't for Yu Huguang, they would have been left with some disabilities.

After these men entered Bianliang, most of the women they married were daughters of military officers of the Bianliang imperial guards.

Ni Qi Qiu is the person with the most prestigious status here, after all, she is the wife of a viscount.

Although she was born in a family of scholars, she had been going from house to house to earn money for her younger brothers and sisters since she was a child.

I also had a lot to talk about with the ladies around me who were born as military officers.

When everyone was discussing how much money it would cost to hire a sailor to compete, a maid at the door said:

"Madam, Miss Liu is at the door."

Hearing this, the women's eyes lit up.

Xiaodie is the younger sister of their official comrade-in-arms, and now she has come to Bian Jing again, so naturally they have to pay attention to some things.

When they heard that the girl was finally persuaded and came out to show herself to the Zhu family, these ladies naturally came to take a look at her.

"Please!"

Having said that, Ni Qi Qiu stood up and walked out with everyone.

Hearing the arrival of today's main character, the two girls following behind muttered:

"I heard that this girl is still working as a maid in someone else's house?"

"Yes! It seems the waitress is a young girl."

"I don't even know what she looks like!"

As they were talking, everyone left the hall, and the two girls following behind heard the elder sister and sister-in-law in front of them exclaim.

"Ouch! This."

"Is it Sister Xiaodie?"

"He's a handsome guy!"

Mrs. Jin asked, "How come I have never seen this style of clothing before?"

The two girls who heard this also leaned over to look, then looked at each other in surprise, and one of them said:

"Are all the maids in this house dressed so beautifully?"

"She's a beautiful person!"

At this time, Ni Qi Qiu had already brought everyone to Xiaodie.

Xiaodie bowed to everyone and said:

"Greetings to Madam Ni, and all the ladies, happy spring."

"Sister Xiaodie, come on, let's go in."

After entering the hall, everyone took a seat and Xiaodie handed the flower basket to the maid.

Ni Qi Qiu just held Xiao Die's hand and looked at her with love.

After the maid served Xiaodie tea,
Xiaodie stood up again under everyone's gaze, handed the bag in her hand to Ni Qiqiu, and said:
"Madam, this is a small gift from me. My wife said that you ladies are worried about me, so I should thank you a little."

"Please don't despise me, ma'am."

Ni Qiqiu and the other people sitting in the hall looked at each other with a smile and said, "Xiaodie, what's in here?"

"Some handkerchiefs I embroidered myself."

After hearing Xiaodie's words, the two girls looked at each other and curled their lips in disbelief.

Ni Qiqiu put the bundle on his legs. The bundle was not tied tightly. After opening it, Ni Qiqiu's eyes lit up and he looked up and smiled:

"Sisters, you are at my house today, so I will choose first!"

As he said this, he took out a handkerchief from his bag.
"How can it be so unreasonable? Shouldn't we, the guests, choose first?"

As people chatted and laughed, a few handkerchiefs were passed around among the crowd.

The two girls, who had been silent just now, took a handkerchief together and stroked the lifelike branches embroidered on it, with surprise on their faces.

Of course they had seen the material of the handkerchief before, but they had never seen such good embroidery!
If you want to sell it in a brocade shop in Bian Jing, the starting price would be at least five strings of cash.

The handkerchief in Ni Qiqiu's hand was embroidered with one of the cute pictures that Xu Zaijing had drawn for Minglan. When she said she would pick one first, it was just a joke.

Everyone passed around looking at Xiaodie's embroidery. Seeing the few lines of poetry embroidered on it, Ni Qiqiu asked curiously:

"Sister Xiaodie, can you still read?"

Xiaodie nodded and said, "Yes, I followed my mother when I was a child, and she taught me how to write."

The lady surnamed Jin asked curiously:

"Sister, how much do you know?"

Xiaodie replied: "Thousand Character Classic, all the surnames can be read and written."

Hearing Xiaodie's words, the ladies in the hall looked at each other in surprise. Are all the maids in civil servants' families like this?

After Xiaodie's few words, the ladies looked at her with more kind eyes.

Behind Zhu Qinghu is the Yongyi Marquis Mansion.

Although they also had their eyes on Ni Qi Qiu's younger sister, judging from the way the Ni brothers were studying, that little girl was likely going to marry into a wealthy family.

Forget about military officers like them.

And what about Xiaodie?

She is a commoner, but her appearance can be called beautiful!

Not only is she literate and good at embroidery, she is also capable of managing the household.

More importantly, looking at the Zhu family's eldest lady, Ni Qi Qiu, she treated this girl as her younger sister.

When they were at home, they often heard their husbands talk about how good the relationship between Liu Xiaomao and Zhu Qinghu was.

When I go home, I must carefully pick out the outstanding children in my family!

Ni Qi Qiu looked at the people in the hall and could guess what they were thinking. She turned her head to look at Xiaodie beside her and smiled slightly.

at noon,

Xiaodie had lunch with the ladies again.

Seeing Xiaodie eating in a carefree and unpretentious manner, the ladies became more and more satisfied.

End of the day (3:00 p.m.)

Xiaodie walked out of the Zhu family’s yard.

After saying goodbye to Ni Qi Qiu and others, he got on the carriage.

Watching the carriage go away, Ni Qi Qiu and the others returned to the yard.

Xiaodie sat in the carriage and breathed a sigh of relief, then lifted the curtain with some melancholy and looked out.

At this time, the carriage arrived at the bridge that we passed in the morning.

Looking at the flower vendor selling flowers nearby, Xiaodie patted the carriage again. After the carriage stopped, Xiaodie got off.

In order not to block the road, the carriage moved forward a little.

Xiaodie stood by the bridge, carefully picking out a dozen flowers for her young lady, and paid the flower vendor. Xiaodie happily carried the flowers and turned to walk towards the carriage.
"Ouch!"

Xiaodie was knocked to the ground and the flowers were scattered all over the floor.

Qian Bo, who was watching the carriage from the side, shouted, "Hey! Don't you look at the road, you bookish boy?"

The flower vendor also said, "This flower is damaged, you have to pay for it!"

Ni Tengyue, who was holding a book in his hand, bowed in panic, wanting to help the person but then retracted his hand.

He looked at the girl who got up and hurriedly checked her new clothes, as well as the stains and tears on her new clothes.

The flower vendor lady said, "You have to pay for such a beautiful dress!"

Xiaodie also looked at the blind passerby with hatred!
Ni Tengyue hurriedly said:

"Miss, I'm so sorry. My brother-in-law's house is just ahead!"

"I'll pay for it!"

(End of this chapter)