poison king

Chapter 32 (32)
All the girls were also excited, eating and drinking with everyone, and making noise until very late.

Seeing that they were very drunk, Qingqing was helped to put them into the carriage one by one, and sent them to the Caidie boat. When she turned her head and saw that everyone was drunk, but Du Juan was sober, she asked her with a smile: "Why are you drinking?" Don't drink?"

"The servant must serve the young lady and protect the young lady's safety, and she must not relax at all times." These are the original words of the master, and she has always kept them in mind.

"It's okay to be happy today. The girl is tired. We won't do business tomorrow. Close the door and let everyone rest for a day." Qingqing yawned, and she was also a little tired.

"Yes, tonight the food and drink costs add up to more than 300 taels, and there is still a lot left, but we will be more able to stand in this city in the future." The money was not wasted. People can eat raw, and it has only gotten better in the past few years.

"That's the reason. I want to do some good things with the rest of the money. I want to buy another piece of land outside the city, convert some houses and enclose some land to grow crops for the poor to live in. Rent-free for the first three years, and appropriate harvest according to the harvest after three years. A little rent, lazy people will be driven away." In this way, many people can live on.For example, those beggars who go begging because of poverty have a house and land, so long as they are not lazy, they will not starve or freeze.

"Miss is kind."

"I'm just accumulating some virtue for my unborn child, hoping that it will be reborn into a good family in the next life." Qingqing sighed, after all these years, she still can't forget...

Qingqing was afraid that someone would drink too much and be extremely happy, so she asked someone to take care of her all the time so that nothing would happen to her.She was a little worried, and when it was almost noon, after making sure that those people had woken up and left safely, Qing Qingcai went back to Caidiefang without worry, at this time the pretense she released was probably already out of the city.

Du Juan helped her back to Caidiefang, and then waited for her to wash and go to bed.

Qingqing didn't sleep all night and was a little dizzy, so she fell asleep quickly.But he didn't want to dream about Mu Yanfeng. In the dream, that guy was still the same as three years ago, and he smiled harmlessly at her.Qingqing stretched out her hand to hug him, but only reached the air, her tears fell silently in her dream...

When she woke up, it was dusk and Du Juan was still sleeping.Qingqing didn't have the heart to wake her up. After getting dressed, she casually dished up her hair and went downstairs to find something to eat.

The girls downstairs already got up, sitting at the table in twos and threes, playing cards and eating melon seeds. When they saw her, they would smile and say hello to her: "Sister Qing."

"Everyone sit down! Have you eaten yet? I'll go eat and find something to eat."

"Xiaohong hasn't eaten yet. You sit down. I'll go to the kitchen to get you and Xiaohong something to eat. The kitchen understands that we drank wine last night, so today I cooked delicious porridge with mushrooms and ham." A girl stood Got up, said enthusiastically, and then went to the kitchen.

Qingqing sat down at the table, Caier, who became the oiran yesterday, saw her, and asked someone to go upstairs to bring the big box from yesterday, which was full of silver: "Sister Qing, this is the lottery I got yesterday, But this amount of money is too much for me, and I am not the only one who got the lottery yesterday, Sister Qing, help me think about how to deal with it better?"

"Really don't want it?" Qingqing was afraid that he was talking politely, so she took it seriously.

Cai'er shook her head: "As long as the money is enough."

"I'm about to do a good deed, if you don't count."

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"I'm going to do good deeds. If you don't count, I plan to buy a piece of land for the poor to build houses and set aside land. After three years, I will charge a small rent. If you want, you can come together, or you Let’s build a few cheap medicine halls in the name of the doctor! Let the common people really afford medical care, don’t suffer losses or be fooled, don’t seek to make money, just keep your capital, if it’s too difficult, just don’t charge a penny!” Qing Qing gave suggested.

Cai'er has been down and out before, and knows what it's like to have no money to see a doctor, and at least the property deeds of those pharmacies will always be hers, so she won't have to worry about being starved in this life: "OK, then please ask Sister Qing to find someone to help me." Find a place."

"You're welcome, my sisters." Qingqing likes to get along with them. Although they are all prostitutes, their hearts are still kind.

Mrs. Mu was lying on the bed sickly. Her health had not been very good these years, and she always dreamed that Situ Qing came to ask for her life, and this night was no exception.In the dream, Situ Qing was covered in blood, crawling towards her with broken arms and legs, his eyes were full of murderous intent, his hands were constantly waving, his hair was draped over his face and shoulders, and he looked very ferocious: "Give me back my life!" Come! It's you, it's you who killed me!"

"Don't! Don't! I regret it too!" For so many years, she has been living in regret and self-blame. , the master will shut himself in the room alone to confess and write condolences.Although the second son didn't say anything, he felt a little regretful. He kept all the words Situ Qing left behind.As for Feng'er, although he didn't know anything, for some reason he didn't plan to get married all these years, which made Mrs. Mu feel that she had done a very stupid thing. Now that she thought about it, Situ Qing was just stubborn.

"Regret? Do you regret that you can pay for my life?" Qingqing in the dream suddenly stood up and stretched out her hands to pinch her neck.

"I already knew I was wrong!" She didn't want to die, she was so frightened that she cried, and then she seemed to feel a pair of cold hands pinching her neck, her breathing gradually became weaker and weaker, and finally, her eyes darkened and she passed out.

When I woke up again, I found myself lying on the bed, covered with a quilt, looked up and looked around, it should be afternoon, the room was well lit, and the maids seemed to be playing around in the yard, a bit noisy.

She leaned against the bed and called out: "Lu Liu, come in!"

"Madam." The servant girls stopped playing and came in from the door, and one of them asked, "Madam, what are your orders?"

"I want to get out of bed and take a walk, please help me." She didn't sleep well last night, and wanted to take a nap at noon, but was woken up by fright. She heard that sunlight can drive away evil spirits, so she wanted to bask in the sun.

"Yes, madam, the second young master just came back and said he has something important to see madam. I said madam just fell asleep, and he said he would come back to greet madam."

"Let him come quickly." She hasn't seen her youngest son for several months, and she misses her very much. Now that she has contracted the cold, her body is weaker and she wants to see her relatives more. Feng'er and the master are still going to the compass On the way to the mountain, she could cope with such minor illnesses and pains by herself, so she didn't inform them to come back.

"Yes." A maid went to call the second young master, and the rest of the maids came up and helped Mrs. Mu to sit on the bench outside the door, and just sat under the eaves to bask in the heat of her ass.

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Help Mrs. Mu to sit on the bench outside the door, and just sit under the eaves to bask in the heat.

Madam Mu looked at the warm sun shining on her whole body, and felt much more stable.

Mu Yanchi was in a hurry to tell her about Qingqing, and he came quickly, ran over a few steps, and said to her: "Mother, I have some good news for you."

"What good news? You have a sweetheart?" She was looking forward to her youngest son getting married as soon as possible. If she hadn't been overbearing and authoritarian, maybe the Mu family would have had a child long ago, and she didn't know the unborn child that Situ Qing was pregnant with. The child is male or female.

"No, you all step back first! No eavesdropping is allowed." Mu Yan turned his screen back from the surrounding maids.

"What's so mysterious?" Mrs. Mu smiled lightly.

"I saw my sister-in-law in Jinzhou, she is still alive."

"Is this true?" Mrs. Mu's ecstasy after being stunned was self-evident. If it was true, then she would no longer have to be condemned by her conscience.Such things, the younger son should not be joking!
"It's true, look at this invitation, it was written by my sister-in-law herself. I saw her in person, and she admitted it. Mother, your heart knot has been untied, and you don't have to have nightmares anymore." Mu Yanchi Spreading out the invitation for her to see, this is definitely great news for Mrs. Mu.

"Well, that's great! But this girl is really hateful, why didn't she tell us that she is not dead, she is taking revenge on me, do you want to see me feel guilty?" Mrs. Mu threw the invitation card on the ground after finishing speaking. .

Mu Yanchi was upset: "Mother, what are you talking about? She is not from our family now and has nothing to do with our family. Why did she tell you? How did she know that you would feel guilty? Besides, she was divorced alone. If people know that she is still alive, life will be a kind of torture, what will others think of her? It's better to live incognito and live freely."

"That's true. But since I haven't seen her, I still can't rest assured. Why didn't you bring her here?" After confirming that she was still alive with her own eyes, Mrs. Mu felt at ease. Yes, she has never seen Situ Qing's words, so how does she know if it is true or not?

"I told you, she said that her father is in danger recently, and she can't leave Jinzhou City."

"That's okay, let's go there! You accompany me to Jinzhou and leave tomorrow. You don't need to say anything, just meet up." Mrs. Mu is not demanding.

"It might be difficult to see her. She is now the bustard of Caidie Boat, but the flower boat doesn't accept female guests."

"Buddhist?" Madam Mu really didn't expect a rich lady to go to the flower boat. This is too bold!

"That's right! I heard that Cai Die Fang is the best brothel in Jinzhou City. She is doing a very prosperous business. According to my information, besides the flower boat, there are also several restaurants and studies in the city. Yes. The girls on the boat are all desperate girls. Those girls who go voluntarily are all performers but not their bodies. The people in Jinzhou City like her very much. Her money is taken from the people and used for the people. There are many free schools for children from poor families. It is admirable, and no one would look down on such a woman.” It is really not easy for a woman to reach this point.

Mrs. Mu thought contemptuously before that she was really casual and dissolute, but after hearing what Mu Yanchi said, she put away her disdain and contempt: "She must be living a fulfilling life."

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Mrs. Mu thought contemptuously before that she was really casual and dissolute, but after hearing what Mu Yanchi said, she put away her disdain and contempt: "She must be living a fulfilling life."

"It should be!" Mu Yanchi still remembered the way she smiled like a flower on the flower boat that day.

This night was the best night Mrs. Mu had slept in the past few years. The fear in her heart was finally dispelled. The two of them got into the carriage early the next morning and drove to Jinzhou, which is not far from Jinzhou. will be there.

As a result, Mrs. Mu's wind and cold became a little worse because she didn't take her medicine on time on the way, and the weather suddenly turned cold, and she became a little sicker, as if she couldn't walk, and her steps were weak. , Mu Yanzhi fed Mrs. Mu medicine: "Mother, this is not good, don't go, I will find a way to invite my sister-in-law to my house! Fortunately, we have only walked for two days, and we will go back soon. The maid and the butler will send you home to take good care of you, and I will go to Jinzhou to invite my sister-in-law. Otherwise, there is still half a month’s journey away, how can you bear it?"

Mrs. Mu was indeed a bit overwhelmed, she leaned against the bed and nodded weakly holding a silk handkerchief: "Okay! Then you are so talkative, invite her to your home politely, your father and elder brother will not come back within half a year , you can stay longer in the future.”

"Mother, you still don't want big brother to know?"

"I don't know, I don't know how to tell your elder brother. I'm afraid he hates me for hiding from him for so long, I'm afraid he hates me for killing his and Situ Qing's child, what if he doesn't talk to me anymore? "

"Mother, you are too selfish. If you keep hiding it, then my brother will never know that he still has a wife in this world. He and sister-in-law will never be together." Mother is too selfish, elder brother and sister-in-law The sister-in-law is actually very pitiful. The sister-in-law remembers the elder brother, but she can't be with him, and the elder brother has no idea that there used to be a woman in this world who was his wife.

"I don't care, you can't provoke me! I'm sick, do you want to see me die? This matter is not discussed." Guilt is one thing, fulfillment is another, she is afraid that she cannot bear the price .

Mu Yanchi sighed: "I'm afraid that one day my sister-in-law will remarry, and if my elder brother thinks about it, I'm afraid it will really kill someone."

"Situ Qing remarried?" Such an abandoned woman, it is impossible to remarry!
"Xia Houxuan is pursuing her fiercely. Maybe one day she will marry Xia Houxuan, and she is a good match. Master Situ will agree. There is already a marriage contract between them." Mu Yanchi could only watch and worry, after all this matter He is at best a bystander.

"Then let her marry! If she marries Xia Houxuan, I don't need to feel guilty."

"Mother..." Mu Yanchi didn't know what to say. Mother was very kind to her own people, but she was surprisingly selfish to outsiders.

Qingqing didn't expect to see Mu Yanchi again, and invited him to the box on the second floor: "Why are you here again?"

"not welcome?"

"Welcome, you are a guest, please take a seat! Du Juan, serve tea." For such big customers, Qingqing welcomes them extremely, welcoming them is equivalent to welcoming money.

"Sister-in-law, this is a special product I brought from my hometown. It's a little bit of my heart. I remember you used to like this kind of dried bamboo shoots."

Seeing that it was not an expensive gift, Qingqing accepted it: "I like it very much, thank you."

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Seeing that it was not an expensive gift, Qingqing accepted it: "I like it very much, thank you."

"I told my mother about you when I went back this time. She is very happy that you are still alive. She used to have nightmares all the time, but these days there are very few of them."

"That's very good, try this tea. Boss He said it's worth three taels of silver and a small pot. I can't taste good or bad. You can help me taste it and see if he lied to me?" Since the last oiran meeting, Cai Die Fang's business has improved to a new level. She ordered a new boat from Boss He, and Boss He gave her a few jars of high-end tea. I don't know if it was just a gimmick.

"The taste is very good, it should be worth it." The smell is fragrant, the tea soup is clear, and the tea leaves are tender and tender when brewed.

"That's a good deal for me. I'll show it to the distinguished guests later. If it's good, I'll buy some of this high-grade tea, and the tea will be even more valuable." Qingqing seemed to have seen a large sum of money. .

"Sister-in-law, besides money or money, why do you love money? No other hobbies?"

Qingqing laughed: "No one can love, it's fine if I have money."

"Sister-in-law, are you still blaming my mother and elder brother? My mother is indeed too much, but elder brother is innocent. Can you forgive them? It's because of my mother's age."

"I don't hate your mother, she is an elder, and I don't hate your elder brother either. It's because I'm unlucky and not worthy of him. If time could last, I would still choose to stay by his side, because he needed me, The only regret is that I didn't protect my child well. But it doesn't matter now, your elder brother doesn't need me, and your mother doesn't need me. I still welcome you to come and sit occasionally. "

"My mother hopes to get your forgiveness. Can you go and see her? She was going to see you a few days ago, but she caught a cold on the way and her condition worsened, so she had to be sent back to the village .She is waiting to meet you, and wants to hear from you to forgive her.”

"I don't want to go to your house, it will make me feel sad, can I write a letter and give it to her?"

"Mother has always suspected that I was lying to her when I said you were still alive. She will believe me only if you go there in person. She is in poor health now. If you don't go, she will think I am lying to her. She has received retribution these years, and her health has not recovered completely, can you just treat it as a good deed?" Mu Yanchi begged her earnestly.

"I still have a lot of things to deal with here, and I can't leave at all. I bought two pieces of land outside the city. If I don't keep an eye on them every day, I'm afraid they will cut corners. In a few days, I have a pharmacy to open. I'm going to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony." Qingqing was a little timid and wanted to escape, she didn't want to see Mu Yanfeng.

"I can ask someone to go for you. I can ask the most famous doctor in the medical field to cut the ribbon for you. I can also ask someone to help you keep an eye on the movement of those two fields. My brother has gone to Luopan Mountain. It hasn't been half a year. If you don’t come back, you won’t meet him.”

"Okay then! Hurry up and come back, there will be absolutely no next time." Qingqing still relented.

(End of this chapter)