Mei Yuanqing and her mother couldn't talk together, so they could only make a few perfunctory remarks.
"Mother, now the patriarch and the others are asking for one thousand taels, but the Zhao family wants another hundred taels. The son really can't get it, and the family only has five hundred taels of silver left. I'm thinking, why not... ..”
As he spoke, he came forward and whispered to Mei's mother.
Yingge waited, got closer, vaguely heard two words, and suddenly felt horrified.
Looking at the two of them, he lowered his head and pretended not to know anything, but he thought in his heart that he would tell his wife the news later.
After finishing the meal, Mei Yuanqing's complexion improved a lot when he left Ci'antang.
After discussing a solution, he immediately put down his annoyance and turned around and walked towards Aunt Ruan's place.
I'm too busy these days to spare any time. Aunt Ruan is feeling heavy now, so it's time to go take a look.
............
At night, in the study room of Jiang Mansion, Jiang Yinbai was wearing a moon-white uniform, sitting at the table with a book and reading carefully.
Daji stood beside him, heard the movement at the door, stood up and went out, but within a moment he opened the door and came in.
"But something happened."
Jiang Yinbai raised his eyes and looked over with a pair of emotionless eyes.
Daji stood still and replied: "The concierge said that the maid from the Mei family came to our house to deliver a letter, saying it was for the young master."
"bring here."
Jiang Yinbai had a vague suspicion in his heart, could it be that person who sent the letter? That's surprising.
He eagerly took the piece of paper away from Daji's hand, lowered his head and read it carefully.
The handwriting was indeed that person's, but the things he was asked to do were hard to understand, but they were just trivial matters.
He held the letter in his left hand and carefully rubbed the writing on it with the thumb of his right hand, reading it very carefully.
Daji was a little confused, it was just an ordinary letter, why did the young master keep reading it in his hand?
After a while, the candlelight danced, and the wind scratched the windows outside and made a "bang bang" sound.
Waves of cold wind slipped in through the gaps in the windows.
"Go down and order the Jin Yiwei people to bring someone back in a few days." After a pause, he added: "Have someone be careful and don't hurt him."
Daji's eyes flickered, and the corners of his mouth twitched upward, "I know, young master, don't worry."
Seeing Daji's weird smile, Jiang Yinbai was a little confused and said coldly: "Why are you laughing?"
Daji was stunned for a moment, "Can't you laugh, little one?"
Daji has an ordinary appearance, the kind of appearance that would not be noticed at all if he is thrown into a crowd. However, he is usually very stern, and it seems very strange when he suddenly laughs at this moment.
Jiang Yinbai waved his hand and frowned, "You'd better stop laughing, it's so scary."
Daji had some self-doubt and reached out to touch his face.
Do you think you are so ugly? Why is the young master not allowed to laugh even if he laughs?
Just as he was about to walk out, he was suddenly stopped by Jiang Yinbai from behind and turned to look.
The light was very dark at night, and Jiang Yinbai's handsome face was half in the light and half in the dark. It was obviously the same face, but it looked strangely beautiful when it was bright and dark.
Daji Pingbai was a little afraid to look directly.
"What happened to the Mei family recently?"
Daji lowered his head and answered, telling the important things that happened in recent days. At the end, Jiang Yinbai suddenly heard laughing.
Although he felt strange, he still didn't look at it. He kept his head down and waited for the master's instructions.
"Okay, you go down."
"yes."
After closing the door, the study fell into silence, except for the occasional "cracking" sound of the charcoal fire in the brazier.
A very faint voice escaped from the corner of his mouth, and he seemed to be in a very happy mood.
"You're getting more and more interesting."
Early in the morning, several maids from Ci'an Hall sent Yingge away in tears.
As they walked, several people held each other's hands and cried.
"Sister Yingge, now that you leave, what will we do in the future..."
"Yes, our remaining maids are not serving you well enough. If you leave, the old lady will probably have to punish people from time to time."
"It was all thanks to sister Yingge that we were not punished before."
The little maids were talking all over the place, but they still couldn't hide the loneliness in their tone.
Yingge listened to Wei Jingwei's words, but she still didn't show it on her face. She made a very sad expression and said: "In the future, when I'm gone, you have to take good care of the old lady. Although the old lady has a bad temper... But as long as you Take good care of her, she is not a hard-hearted person."
As he spoke, he wiped the tears from his eyes.
Suddenly a little maid next to her muttered: "You are not so hard-hearted. Sister, you have served me so well. You sent me away as soon as you said you were going to send her away, let alone us little maids."
"that is........"
"We might not be as good as you, sister!..."
Yingge did not continue to struggle with them on this matter, and only gave everyone some small things that she had embroidered on weekdays as a souvenir.
Zhao Cai, who was next to her, had some impatience on his face. He stretched out his hand and pulled her hard, cursing: "Let's go, what's the ink mark? If you look back, it will delay your return."
"Hey, I understand." Yingge replied with a low eyebrow.
On the other hand, the little maids next to her felt sorry for her.
After leaving the house, the Zhao family had already received one hundred taels from the Mei family. Now that they had money, they called a carriage to go home early.
Zhao Cai and Zhao Hu, father and son, are used to enjoying things. If they are rich, they are not willing to go through the hardship of riding on the trolley.
No matter how hard Zhao Gu tried to dissuade him, he didn't agree. Still going his own way and asking for a carriage.
After getting on the carriage, the sound of horse hooves could be heard as they walked towards the outside of the capital.
If it weren't for the presence of others, Zhao Cai would have already attacked Yingge. But those smooth eyes never left her for a moment.
Zhao Hu chuckled and patted his son on the shoulder, "Why are you in a hurry? When you get home at night, she can play with you."
Zhao Cai licked his mouth and couldn't wait anymore.
Mrs. Zhao Gu looked at Yingge up and down, paying more attention to her belly and buttocks, wondering if she could have more children with her body.
So that she could hold her grandson early.
After leaving the city, the scenery on both sides of the carriage became much more deserted.
Zhao Hu was still half-awake and dozing at first. Suddenly he saw the scenery outside through the floating curtains. He frowned and cursed at the driver outside: "Don't you know how to hurry? Are you going here or there?" The road to our village. Let me tell you, if you can’t make it back before dark, we won’t give you even a cent of the money we promised you.”
The driver hurriedly explained that he had taken a shortcut.
