The sunset in late autumn was particularly beautiful, but Sun Shuiqin had no intention of looking at the scenery. She leaned slightly on Zhao Shagen's body and walked towards the big house in the village with empty steps.
As soon as she entered and walked to the flower hall where she first entered the courtyard, she saw Cheng Wanwan and Kong Xiu Niang Cao Yingying sitting there. The faces of these three people were not very good-looking.
The ominous premonition in her heart became stronger and stronger.
"Auntie, what's the matter with calling me here in such a hurry?"
Sun Shuiqin forced herself to calm down and asked with a smile.
Cheng Wanwan said quietly: "It's not convenient for you with a big belly, so sit down."
Zhao Shagen quickly helped his wife sit down.
"You went to Hekou County today, right?" Cheng Wanwan didn't mince words and went straight to the point, "Can I ask what you are doing in Hekou County?"
Sun Shuiqin's hand hidden in her sleeve suddenly froze.
She went to Hekou County on a temporary basis and changed her route halfway. How could her aunt know? Could it be that someone was following her?
Why are you following her? He must have discovered that she has a private relationship with Shopkeeper Hu.
Aunt Zhao is a smart person. Instead of hesitating, she might as well admit it directly.
Thinking of this, Sun Shuiqin raised her head and said: "I went to Hu Ji's clothing store, and my aunt also knew it. Because I was pregnant, Kong Xiu Niang and Er Gou's wife didn't let me work in the embroidery workshop. I also wanted to earn some money to supplement the family income. So I cooperated with Shopkeeper Hu to make a cotton lining, which sold well in the market. I went over today to collect the dividends."
Cheng Wanwan smiled, which was quite a happy person.
If Sun Shuiqin wasn't too thoughtful, she would really want such a smart and cheerful person to help her.
She smiled and said: "Take the underwear style I designed and go to Shopkeeper Hu to ask for cooperation. Do you know how much impact it has on me?"
"Auntie, I didn't take your design draft, I changed it!" Sun Shuiqin defended righteously, "If Auntie doesn't believe it, you can go to Hekou County and take a look in person. There is no difference between them!"
Cheng Wanwan also felt that it was reasonable for her to be so quibbling.
In ancient times, there was no concept of exclusive design, and there was no such thing as plagiarism. Once a style came out, there would immediately be a lot of followers, not to mention that Sun Shuiqin did modify a few details.
If Sun Shuiqin did this after her product was launched, she could still boast of her business acumen.
But now, Sun Shuiqin steals trade secrets first and plagiarizes clothing designs later. She can no longer tolerate this person in her eyes.
"Sister-in-law Shagen, I really didn't expect you to be such a person!" Cao Yingying said in disbelief, "You and I are about the same age, and we are both pregnant. I trust you so much, and I often take you in and out of the embroidery workshop. You seem to be very different from me. I made friends with you, but in fact, I secretly stole the design draft. It’s really thoughtful!”
Fortunately, Ergou reminded her before and she avoided it a little bit, otherwise she wouldn't know how much would have been stolen...
"What Ergou's daughter-in-law said is wrong." Sun Shuiqin did not give in at all. "The design draft I gave to Shopkeeper Hu was drawn by myself. It has nothing to do with the Cao family, let alone stealing. Is this business of cotton lining , only the Cao family and Sui’an people can do it, can’t others do it?”
Cheng Wanwan almost wanted to applaud her, she was so eloquent.
She curled her lips and said: "Of course you can do it, but, silly daughter-in-law, let me remind you that doing business is for profit, but you can't forget your loyalty when you see the profit. If you throw away this word of loyalty, the future will not be easy." .”
"Thank you Sui'an for the reminder." Sun Shuiqin stood up, "Since I have chosen this path, there is no way I will regret it."
"You really disappoint me!" Kong Xiu Niang looked at her and kept shaking her head, "You are my most proud student. I once thought about teaching you everything I have learned in my life, but now... I will only say one thing , The relationship between master and disciple between you and me ends here. From now on, when you go outside, never say that you are a disciple of the Confucian family, I am really afraid that you will stain the reputation of my Confucian family!"
Sun Shuiqin bit her lower lip and turned around to leave.
"Are you going to let her go just like that?" Mrs. Qi, who had been standing at the back, said, "Why don't you send someone to teach her a lesson and let her know the consequences of offending the people of Sui'an."
"Mrs. Qi, you should take back the tricks in the capital. There is no need." Cheng Wanwan said with a calm expression, "I am a sixth-grade Anren, and I am competing with a little daughter-in-law. If word spreads, it will affect my reputation. She is too profit-oriented, and sooner or later You don't need to take action at all to do somersaults, that's it, get ready to serve the food."
Mrs. Qi nodded and brought out the dinner that had been prepared.
Sun Shuiqin hurried all the way to the outside of the house, turned back and stared at the huge house, with a look of ruthlessness in her eyes.
She couldn't rely on a man, so she had to rely on herself. She wanted to make a lot of money, educate her son to study, and in the future, she also wanted to be the wife of Emperor Gaoming!
"Daughter-in-law, wait for me!" Zhao Shagen caught up all the way, "Did you and Aunt Zhao just have a fight? What on earth are you talking about? Why can't I understand?"
Sun Shuiqin shook off his touch: "The three of them bullied me together. As my husband, you didn't say a word. Is this what you said you would protect me?"
"But..." Zhao Shagen scratched his head, "I thought I heard them saying that you stole things. Wife, what did you steal from Aunt Zhao? How about we return it? It's wrong to steal things..."
"I didn't steal anything!" Sun Shuiqin was furious. "Those costume design drafts were all drawn by me. I figured them out by myself. I stayed up late every day drawing, and now I finally made money. Why should they frame me?" Me! The impact on their business is their own fault, why should they blame me!"
She was so excited that the banknotes in her sleeves fell out.
Zhao Shagen quickly knelt down and picked it up. Before in Hekou County, he thought his wife only had one hundred taels, but now he saw almost one thousand taels. Although he was stupid, he now vaguely understood something.
Sun Shuiqin grabbed the silver note and said, "This is the silver I will use to buy a shop in the future!"
After she finished speaking, she turned and left.
Zhao Shagen hurriedly caught up: "Daughter-in-law, if you want money, I can work hard to make money, but we can't do anything wrong. Give the money back to Aunt Zhao..."
"I didn't do anything wrong anyway." Sun Shuiqin emphasized, "I earned this thousand taels innocently. It is my hard-earned money. Why should I give it back? If you force me again, we will divorce. !”
The two of them were noisy all the way home.
Sitting in the yard, Shagen Niang frowned as she watched the two of them pull each other in. "What the hell is this?"
"Mom, Water Qin, she..."
Just as Zhao Shagen was about to ask what to do, Sun Shuiqin took out the money from his sleeve.
She was fighting alone and had to bring someone over. Her mother-in-law loved money the most, and she didn't believe that her mother-in-law could refuse the temptation of a thousand taels of silver.
Sha Genniang's eyes instantly went straight: "My darling, it's a bank note, a bank note of one hundred taels of silver each, no, where did this money come from?"
