poison king

Chapter 25 (25)
"But if it's a meeting gift, how can I return it if Sister Xiang gets married in the future? I will definitely have another copy when I get married with Mu Mu, which is extra. Besides, I just promised to return the gift to my aunt's family. If I don't return three From my aunt’s house, I’m afraid others will say that we treat each other more favorably than others.” Qingqing was in a dilemma.

"Then quietly return it to the eldest aunt? That's not okay, if someone sees it and says our family is stingy." Mrs. Mu is also in a dilemma. She has always hated the boss's family, she is stingy and stingy, and often causes trouble for everyone.

"Then let's all go back!" Qingqing thought, at worst she would use some of her dowry.

"Okay, give the third aunt and the third cousin back the expensive ones. The boss's family should return some cheap things! They didn't send gifts for meeting, we don't have to give them too much face, otherwise we will think our family is easy to bully! The gift for the third uncle's family you Now follow me to the warehouse to pick, and let the maids in your room pick the rest." Madam Mu said.

###115 Gift giving
"You go with me to the warehouse to pick out the presents for Sanbo's family, and let the maids in your room pick out the rest." Mrs. Mu said.

"Yes." Qingqing followed. Only Mrs. Mu has the key to the warehouse, not even Master Mu.

Qingqing didn't dare to look around when she entered the warehouse, she was afraid of losing something, so she turned around and told her to take the blame. I heard that the warehouse never let maids in, only Manager Mu came in twice, and Mu Yanzhu came in a few times. Following Mrs. Mu to the second floor, Mrs. Mu pointed to a row of boxes on the shelf and said to her, "Open them all and have a look, which one is suitable?"

Qingqing opened them one by one, and found that they were all expensive things. She couldn't make a choice at the moment, so she asked Mrs. Mu: "What does the third aunt like? What does the cousin like?"

"The third aunt is a person who prays to Buddha and eats vegetarian food. This string of agarwood wood beads bracelet is very suitable for her. As for your cousin, you can choose the things for young people!" Mrs. Mu took off the wooden clip holding the beads and handed them to Qingqing .

Qingqing chose a hairpin, a very young style, with a beautiful pink tourmaline inlaid on the silver hairpin: "Just this one!"

"Change another box! The satin box is too rusty." Mrs. Mu found a small pear wood box in the cabinet in the corner.

After changing the box, Mrs. Mu handed over all the things to Qingqing, locked the door herself, and then the two went to the dining hall, where they met Luanxiu at the door, Luanxiu looked at the door, saw that Qingqing was not inside, and left Dare to take the box and go in.

Qingqing put the gift box in her hand into the tray in her hand, seeing that the presents she was holding were all packed in brocade boxes, Qingqing didn't say anything, she had already brought them, what else could she do?
Mrs. Mu went in first, and after a while, Qingqing went in. When the auntie saw many gift boxes on the tray held by the maid behind her, she greeted her and stretched out her hand: "Niece and daughter-in-law, you are too polite."

Qingqing picked up a slightly larger brocade box and handed it over, and took two smaller brocade boxes and handed them to the aunt's two daughters.Then he took the other two boxes and handed them to the third aunt and cousin Ruxiang: "These are the two gadgets that the junior bought on the way back from Luopan Mountain. Please don't dislike the third aunt and cousin."

The third aunt is very well-bred, she took it and didn't open it, she knew the box must be very expensive: "It cost you money."

"No way." Qingqing said modestly.

Ru Xiang also took it, imitating her mother, she didn't open it, and nodded her thanks.

At this time, the eldest aunt opened the box and saw that it was just a sparse and ordinary pearl necklace, she was very dissatisfied immediately, and she fell down in the face: "I thought it was something good, but it was just a string of necklaces, and it didn't cost a tael of silver." Bar!"

Mrs. Mu's complexion suddenly turned ugly, but since so many relatives were present, she couldn't get angry, so she didn't say anything.

The eldest aunt thought they were guilty, and when she saw the box in the hand of the third aunt, she thought that the daughter-in-law of the second family always treated the daughter-in-law of the third family very differently.Maybe it’s a good thing for the third family. I thought that I’m the daughter-in-law of everyone. I’m the oldest here. I should choose everything first. I walked over and said with a smile: “Sisters and sisters, do you think this string of pearls is beautiful? Let’s change it. Change it!"

The third aunt let her go very gently, and handed it over: "OK."

The eldest aunt opened it to see, it turned out to be a string of tattered Buddhist beads, she thought it was something rare, and laughed at the third aunt in her heart, and gave a jade ruyi in exchange for a string of broken wooden beads, what a fool!

###116 so stupid

I gave away a jade ruyi in exchange for a string of broken wooden beads, what a fool!She was still smarter, she didn't take anything, but exchanged for a pearl chain, she felt much more comfortable thinking about it, and returned the box to the third aunt: "Give it back to you! I still won't exchange it with you, next time! Hehe !"

The third aunt saw the fineness of the agarwood beads and knew that they were top-quality agarwood beads. She liked them very much, put them on her wrists, and said to Qingqing: "My nephew and daughter-in-law are interested. This is the first time I have seen such a good agarwood beads."

Qingqing smiled at her: "Third Aunt, you are welcome."

When the eldest aunt heard that it was agarwood that was more expensive than gold, she quit immediately, and reached out to the third aunt to ask: "Sister-in-law, you see that you burn incense and worship Buddha on weekdays, and you must have a lot of beads. Give me this string." ! Let me be influenced too!"

The third aunt is not a master who allows others to bully: "Just now you said no, I respect you as my sister-in-law, let you choose first, you don't want it, and you come to fight with me, what's the reason? I'm afraid it doesn't make sense .”

Instead of being ashamed, the eldest aunt became even more unhappy when she said this: "I am the eldest daughter-in-law, and if you have good things, you should give them to me first! How do you behave as a sister-in-law?"

The third aunt ignored her and let him talk.

Seeing that the third aunt didn't accept the offer, the eldest aunt got angry at Qingqing again: "Nephew and daughter-in-law, are you treating one more than another? You look down on me, don't you?"

"Junior dare not."

"Don't dare? Why is my gift worse than hers!" The aunt thought to herself that you just got married and your foundation is not stable. If I don't bully you, who should I bully?
"It's what my aunt said. Courtesy is less important than affection, and my daughter-in-law is dull, so I did as my aunt said. I was afraid that giving an expensive gift would underestimate my affection. If the younger generation has done something wrong, please ask my aunt Haihan." !" Qingqing is not a vegetarian, Madam Mu is sometimes afraid of Qingqing, her mouth is poisonous!

In this way, it becomes the fault of the eldest aunt. She asks for light gifts, but others dare not give expensive ones. This is to respect her.Secondly, she said that she wanted something light, but she wanted an expensive gift. After saying this, everyone knew that she was at fault first, and looked at Qingqing with admiration. Although this little girl is young, she is very capable!

The eldest aunt was suffering from what she said was a dumb man eating coptis, and her face was ugly.

Qingqing thought she would walk away in anger, but she sat down at the table with a pearl necklace and started eating sunflower seeds.

It's not a good attitude, she just thinks that if she doesn't eat for nothing, if she is so angry that she runs away, it won't be worth it!
Mrs. Mu thought that the matter had calmed down, and secretly praised this daughter-in-law for being so good. When she was young, she often suffered verbal disadvantages from her aunt, but this daughter-in-law refused to take any disadvantages. To the outside world, this It's good, but it's not so good for my own people, too!In fact, she still wants a gentler daughter-in-law, what a pity!
Seeing that everyone was almost here, they wanted to ask someone to pass the dishes, so the two daughters of the aunt walked up to Qingqing and pushed the rouge box into Qingqing's hand. She said coquettishly, "Sister-in-law, we are used to Niangzifang's rouge, can you give us another box? This rouge doesn't even have a label."

"Do you think this is a street stall?" Qingqing laughed.

"Isn't it?" The two of them recognized the sign.

Even Luanxiu couldn't see it, the idiot of this family stood up and said, "You two ladies, have you heard of Feng Yunxiang's rouge shop?"

###117 The best relative
He stood up and said, "Miss, have you heard of Feng Yunxiang Rouge Shop?"

"Is this rouge from Feng Yunxiang? It doesn't even have a label, so it's not a fake, but also a low-grade defective product!" The two of them really didn't realize that it was really made by Feng Yunxiang, the best rouge shop in the world?Seeing that this box is not made of copper cloisonné enamel, nor is it made of precious wood, it is just a piece of porcelain inlaid with a wire edge, how much does it cost?
Luanxiu has never seen such an ignorant and particular person. If it was not impolite, she really wanted to roll her eyes: "This is Feng Yunxiang's best master, and it is the most advanced rouge specially made for our lady. It was mixed with a lot of expensive beauty-beautifying Chinese medicines, pearl powder, ginseng powder, etc., because it was custom-made, so there was no label on it. The boxes are all Song Ying blue-glazed and silver-bodied rouge boxes."

Although this is not comparable to the hairpin given to Ruxiang, at least it costs two taels of silver a box, and it is not the most distinguished guest, so it is not qualified to order it at all.

The meeting gift from Qingqing is not too bad.

The two of them were ashamed after hearing what the servant girl said. They didn't expect that the person who claims to know rouge the most within a few hundred miles around him could not even tell the good from the bad, and suddenly they had nothing to say.

Seeing his daughter-in-law and daughter being so disgraced, the uncle regretted that he brought them here for the sake of a cheap meal. Now he was so ashamed, he dragged his two daughters back to his seat, thinking that after returning, he would have a good time. Clean them up!

In order to ease the atmosphere, Mrs. Mu ordered dinner to be served immediately, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively...

After the banquet was over, Mrs. Mu said to Qingqing: "From now on, you don't have to be too polite to the family members of the uncle's family. When the family was divided, the property was divided into three. Now we and your third uncle are decent. Become a faction and then do business, use Wu to protect the firm under your own name. Your third uncle’s family is all scholars, your eldest uncle is an official in the local area, your eldest brother is an official in the capital, and your sister Ruxiang is also determined It's a marriage, and he's an official. Only your uncle is lazy and ambitious. He always wants to do speculative business. He started a salt smuggling business with someone more than ten years ago. After he was released from prison, he has been idle at home, playing eight or nine times It's been a year, and I'm living off my ancestral property, and I like to gamble! The ancestral family property has been sold in sevens and eighties, that is, the master and your third uncle saw him pitifully, and secretly bought many things from him. His wife is very He likes to be greedy for petty gain, and sometimes he even sneaks around. His two daughters are also idiots, and they will have less contact with their family in the future."

"Understood." Qingqing nodded.

"Just remember it." Madam Mu looked down on that family from the bottom of her heart.

Qingqing didn't expect to see one of her aunt's daughters the next morning. Qingqing hadn't woken up yet, so she heard the maid call: "Young Mistress, Miss Tang is asking to see you."

"Which cousin?"

"Miss Tang from the young master's aunt's house please see me, Miss Qiuwen."

"Did she say there's something wrong?" Qingqing rubbed her eyes and opened them.

"I didn't say anything, I just asked for an urgent matter, and the person has already arrived outside the yard."

"Since she's here, let's take her to the Flower Hall and meet her. Go and call her. I'll come after I wash up. When I go downstairs, I'll call the maid who waits for the wash to come up, as well as Cuiyue and Luanxiu." Qing Qing Get up and start getting dressed.

The maid nodded and went down, Qingqing put down the curtain, Mu Yanfeng was still sleeping, Qingqing saw that he slept late practicing sword last night, so she didn't want to disturb him, anyway, Master Mu and Madam Mu didn't need him to pay his respects, the two of them had nothing but dinner , and the rest are delivered from the kitchen.

###118 Meeting a Love Rival Again
Anyway, Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Mu didn't need him to pay her respects. Except for dinner, the two of them prepared everything from the kitchen.

The maids quickly came up and knocked on the door: "Young mistress is up?"

"Keep your voice down, he's still sleeping." Qingqing opened the door, and she wore all the clothes by herself, mainly because the hair was too troublesome, and she couldn't get it out by herself, she had tried many times before, but it didn't work.I also tried to do it myself once, but was taught by Mrs. Mu that it was not dignified. From then on, I could only let the maids do it for me.

"Yes." The maids waited on her to wash her face, comb her hair and put on makeup.

Qingqing dressed up, and told the maids: "Cuiyue, you accompany me to the flower hall to meet guests, Luanxiu, you stay here, sit aside and play, if the young master wakes up and wants to comfort you, then call me. Others Think about it!"

"Yes."

Qingqing took Cuiyue to the flower hall. From a distance, Mu Qiuwen watched Qingqing walking this way, feeling very envious and jealous in her heart. The young lady of this rich family is different. She made so much money yesterday, but later she heard that It was because her mother was ignorant, the bracelet of agarwood Buddha beads was worth several hundred taels of silver, and the pearl necklace was only half a tael of silver, which they could afford by themselves.

Seeing that she was well dressed and her gold and silver jewelry were exquisite, she thought to herself that she was not bad, why didn't a rich person come to propose marriage?
Seeing her approaching, Mu Qiuwen asked, "Siblings. Do you have brothers?"

Qingqing shook her head, and sat down beside her: "No, my father gave birth to two daughters, what's the matter with you?"

"I can't find the box of rouge you gave me yesterday. Maybe it was stolen by the maid. Can you give me another box?" Can get another box.

Qingqing doesn't really believe it, even if the maid stole it, it's not Qingqing's responsibility. Besides, when she brought out the rouge from Aoshi Villa, there were only five boxes in total. She didn't use much, only half a box, and gave two He Mu's sisters had two boxes that were rewarded to Cuiyue and Luanxiu yesterday, and they are really gone now: "I only have to use the remaining half box, and I'm afraid I won't have the chance to order again in the future."

Of course Mu Qiuwen would not ask her to use the remaining half of the box: "Then give me another one! This bracelet in your hand is very beautiful."

"It was given by my mother-in-law." Qingqing refused.

"Then give me that necklace!" She saw that the necklace was very beautiful, so it shouldn't be cheap!

"This necklace is a family heirloom, and it was given to me by my husband." Qingqing didn't like to wear jewelry at first, so what she could wear on her body usually had a special meaning. The earrings were given by Master Mu, and the hairpin was a complete set. They were all dowry from Situ Ao.

"Then what can you give me?"

"I can buy you a cup of tea." Qingqing didn't think why he had to give her things. At the beginning, giving her things was a courtesy, but this time it was unnecessary, and she was not a cash cow.

Mu Qiuwen took a sip and put it down: "I've already drank it, so I'm leaving now! How stingy!"

Qingqing was not annoyed either: "Walk slowly and don't see you off."

Mrs. Mu found her in the room that day, and said straight to the point: "The relatives are all asking when the banquet will be held. I discussed it with the master. It's almost the Chinese New Year and there are many things to do. Let's do it after the Chinese New Year! Hurry up! When worshiping ancestors years ago, write your name into the genealogy first."

###119 it's snowing

"When you worshiped your ancestors years ago, write your name into the genealogy first."

"My daughter-in-law knows." Qingqing nodded.

"My niece Lan'er is coming to stay for a while, you don't have to worry about being busy, and you don't need to give her a good face, let alone let her have a chance to get close to Feng'er." Cui Lan'er is here to apologize, I'm afraid she heard that her son has recovered Many, regret it again!But in this world, there is no medicine for regret.

"Yes."

"What else would you say other than yes?"

"I'll still say, I know. Mother, I should look for you if you don't see me for a while. If there's nothing else, I'll go first." Qingqing stood up after speaking.

"Go!" Madam Mu still doesn't like her very much.

Qingqing heard that the maids mentioned Cui Lan'er, and heard that Cui Lan'er was going to marry Mu Yanfeng before her, but Cui Lan'er refused, and detested Mu Yanfeng's current appearance. This time, she probably won't want to marry Mu Yan again Peak it!
This was what she was worried about, but seeing Mrs. Mu's attitude, it should be impossible now, so don't worry.

When he returned to the room, he saw Mu Yanfeng sitting quietly reading a book. Now that he was recovering very well, he gradually became less dependent on her, and sometimes he sneaked into his pharmacy to make troubles.

Qingqing asked the maid: "How long has he been watching?"

"A little while."

"Then I'll go to bed. Call me when it's time to eat." Qingqing has been feeling quite sleepy for the past few days, probably because the weather is cold, and she always wants to get under the quilt because she is afraid of the cold.

"Sleeping again? Young Mistress, how long have you been up?"

(End of this chapter)