We have known each other for a long time.
When she was buying a shop, she asked Yaren to help her look for good houses in Beijing, but there weren't many houses that met her requirements. The best one is the old house of an official who was ransacked a few years ago. It is still very new, has a good location, a large area, and a very high price. It turned out that Wen Yiqing was still hesitant. After making up his mind the day before, he immediately paid the money to the dentist and got the house deed that same day.
The servants were also newly bought from the dental clinic, and they all had unfamiliar faces.
Shanshan happily ran around his new home with the stone. In one day, I only had time to take a quick break and move the gifts over, but most of the houses were still empty. She visited every house like an adventure, and then happily ran back to find her mother.
The main courtyard has been tidied up, and Wen Yiqing is taking stock of the accounts. The lights reflect the soft outline of her face.
"Mom." Shanshan hugged her like a puppy, his round face full of joy, "Are we going to live here from now on?"
"right."
"Aren't you going back to your grandfather's house?"
"I'm not going back." Wen Yiqing hugged her soft and clingy little daughter, "Even if you don't go back, you can still play with Brother Yun and the others in the future."
Shanshan thought for a moment: "It doesn't matter, we see each other every day in the school. Besides, I have Brother Shitou to play with me, so I won't be bored."
Wen Yiqing smiled.
Shanshan said again: "Mom, our new home is so big."
"Isn't it similar to my home in Yuncheng?"
"It's not Yuncheng's home, it's my grandfather's home."
In Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion, the only place that belonged to her and her mother was the small courtyard. When she left the courtyard, there were rules everywhere. She had to ask her servants to inform her wherever she went. Every place had its own owner. It's not something you can get in just by being kind and willing. But her new home is different, no one can stop her wherever she goes!
Wen Yiqing paused.
She caressed her little daughter's tender face lovingly. The little girl was innocent and kind, and she had been pampered by her since she was born. She doesn't have much experience as a parent. She was doted on by her parents in every possible way when she was a child, and she was well-educated. She also felt guilty that Shanshan had lost her father since she was a child, and she couldn't bear to let her little daughter suffer a little injustice, but now she follows her. Learned to be patient.
"Shanshan, please go back to the house and take a look." She said softly, "See what's there?"
Shanshan didn't know why, so he led the stone to find it.
Not long after, I heard her cry of surprise in the distance, and soon she ran back with a flushed face and burrowed into her mother's arms with bright eyes, "Mom, I saw a lot of things, including the toys from Zhenbaozhai. You Why did you buy so much for me? If the third aunt sees it, she will accuse you again."
"She can't see and can't care about us."
"Is it all mine?"
Wen Yiqing smiled and nodded: "It's all yours."
Kindness and happiness blossomed, like a puppy surrounded by flesh and bones falling from the sky, it wanted to plunge its head into these toys. But she still remembered her homework, and the palm she had been slapped by Master today was still a little sore. Shanshan didn’t want to be scolded by Master again tomorrow, so she could only put the toys aside reluctantly, pick up her book bag and go with the stone. Do your homework.
Not long after she went out, she ran back, hugged her mother and kissed her twice. Before Wen Yiqing could react, she ran away happily again.
Wen Yiqing couldn't help laughing.
The wet nurse was also laughing beside her, her eyes crinkling.
She kept a good record of today's accounts, and heard that someone came to report that the eldest lady of Qi Mansion was here.
She moved out of Uncle Zhongyong's house and had a lot of trouble with everyone. During the day, when she was packing up for the ceremony, only the eldest lady sent someone to help. Yesterday Shanshan was lost, so only the father and son of the eldest family went out to help look for her. Wen Yiqing remembered her kindness and quickly got up to greet her.
The eldest lady also came back to her new house for the first time. The surprise on her face had not faded until she saw the person: "Qing Niang, this, is this really your house?!"
Wen Yiqing said: "After my parents passed away, they left me some silver coins."
The eldest lady asked no more questions. She said: "Your elder brother asked me to come and see you. It's not easy for you to carry out your kindness alone. It's not easy for orphans and widowers. I'm here to see if there is anything I can do to help."
"Let me worry about it, brother. Everything is fine for now."
The wet nurse brought a wooden box and placed it in front of the eldest lady. At her signal, the eldest lady opened it and found a row of shining silver coins inside. "Qing Niang, this..."
"My sister-in-law gave it to me earlier, saying it was the monthly routine of my uncle's house."
Only then did the eldest lady think of old things and said dumbly: "I gave it to you, what does that mean?"
Wen Yiqing said softly: "I left in a hurry and forgot to return this. Since I have decided not to be involved with the uncle's house anymore, I shouldn't take any of it. The extra money should only be used as food expenses for boarding these days. Mrs. Lao Pass it back for me."
"And this." The nanny brought up another jade bracelet, the one given by Mrs. Zeng Qi. Wen Yiqing looked at it coldly and said, "This should be returned."
As for other things, they were left behind when we moved.
"Qing Niang, why are you like this?" The eldest lady couldn't bear to say: "The capital is not as good as Yuncheng. It's not easy for you orphans and widowed mothers to live here. Don't mention anything else. If you have the uncle's house to rely on, you can also Less trouble, more trouble.”
Wen Yiqing shook his head gently: "I'm just afraid that if we do it again, we won't be so lucky."
Thinking of what happened last night, the eldest lady sighed and said no more words of advice.
She asked a few more questions, and after seeing that everything was fine with Wen Yiqing, she returned home with the jade bracelet.
In Uncle Zhongyong's house, the lights were brightly lit, and no one in the host's family took a break. Everyone was waiting for the eldest lady's reply when she returned. Mrs. Qi had a straight face and had been angry all day. After the eldest lady returned, she first went to the main courtyard to inform Mrs. Qi.
"She really won't come back?" Mrs. Qi said angrily: "We are already married, and the children are so old, they don't know the slightest sense of propriety! I have already asked Qing'er to apologize, but she is still angry with me? Why not? Do you take my mother seriously?!"
The eldest lady said: "We have gone to see her. Her new house is comfortable and her servants are very handy. The old lady can feel at ease."
Mrs. Qi said angrily: "She dropped her words before going out, saying that she didn't recognize me as her mother and would have nothing to do with our Qi family in the future. I don't care if she dares to do such an unfilial thing. very?!"
"Old madam, that's not what you said." The third madam curled her lips: "If she has that ability, why not go back to Yuncheng? What are you doing in the capital?!"
The eldest lady explained: "The good sister's son is studying in the school, and the young lady is doing it for the sake of the child."
Besides, when I asked people to come to Beijing that day, they had already moved their entire family property to the capital. After a lot of trouble, how many days had passed before they asked people to go home again. What kind of words did it sound like.
But she only kept these words in her heart and did not say them out.
Third Madam: "She has a mouth, so she can say whatever she wants. The old lady and I have planned for her, but when it comes to her mouth, we end up harming her. Old madam, please watch out, the uncle's residence is right here." , when she encounters difficulties in the future, she will definitely come back to look for help."
"By the way." The third lady thought of something again, "She had taken a jade bracelet from the old lady before, and said she wanted to break it cleanly, but she didn't let go of anything she took away. Just to see the old lady's soft heart, she was so tormented Life is not easy either.”
The eldest lady suddenly took a deep breath.
"Third siblings."
She took out the emerald green jade bracelet from her arms and gently placed it in front of everyone. The jade bracelet made a soft knocking sound on the table, attracting everyone's attention. "Qing Niang asked me to send back the bracelet you mentioned."
The third lady's words suddenly stopped, as if someone had strangled her throat, and she stared at the jade bracelet on the table with wide eyes.
The eldest lady has always been dignified and gentle. She and her sister-in-law have never spoken a harsh word to each other for several years. Even though she is tossing around at home every day, she keeps all her dissatisfaction in her heart. At this time, she said lightly: "Don't think that everyone thinks the same as you."
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By the time Qi Wenyue learned the news, everything was settled.
When she heard that Wen Yiqing had moved out of Uncle Zhongyong's house, she couldn't wait to rush back: "Mom, Qing Niang really moved out?!"
Mrs. Qi was still angry. She had been angry for several days and had a big blister on her mouth. She didn't look good when she saw her and said angrily: "Yes, the naughty slave next to her pointed at me before she left." He scolded me for a long time, and only said that our uncle's house was useless, without leaving any face, a woman from the countryside, without any education, I have never been so angry! Now your father comes to blame me, and your elder brother also blames me, The trouble she caused was all my fault!"
Qi Wenyue beamed with joy: "Is she really gone?"
"Let's go, buy a house by myself, and move there!"
"She didn't return to Yuncheng?!"
"Have a good stay in the capital!"
Most of the joy on Qi Wenyue's face suddenly disappeared.
But Wen Yiqing's ability to leave the uncle's house was beyond her expectation. She was asked to tell her that Wen Yiqing was just a widow from a small place. She had never seen the wealth of the uncle's house before, and she would not be willing to leave it behind when she saw it. She hadn't even thought about how to drive the person out, but the person left on his own.
Better to leave!
Just looking at how angry Mrs. Qi is now, it means that she wants to come back in the future, even if she has biological blood, it will not be so easy.
Qi Wenyue felt happy and thought of another thing, "Mom, what about Wen Shan going to school?"
"What's up?"
"Didn't I agree with you last time that Wen Shan would drop out of school?"
Mrs. Qi said: "I haven't had time to mention it to her yet."
"Didn't you promise me everything?"
Mrs. Qi was also angry, but after taking a look at her little daughter, she realized that she was the one who felt the most pain in her heart. She could only say reluctantly: "It will take some time."
Qi Wenyue felt relieved.
She stayed at home and talked to Mrs. Qi for a long time, making Mrs. Qi smile. Then she got on the carriage back home. Halfway through, she remembered something and asked the coachman to turn around and go to the most lively Dongshi.
Ruyifang, which sells jewelry, is in the East Market. Yesterday, Aunt Mei, who was favored by the palace, showed off in front of her wearing the new jewelry gifted by Marquis Xuanping. She was so angry that she was thinking about it when she went out.
When she got off the carriage, she saw a newly opened shop not far away, filled with customers. Qi Wenyue didn't pay attention at first, but when he was about to step into Ruyifang, he saw Wen Yiqing's figure in the new shop.
She paused in her steps and turned over.
She didn't enter the door, she just stood outside and watched. Wen Yiqing was not here to patronize, but stood behind the counter, and all the shop assistants obeyed her orders.
The Wen family in Yuncheng was a merchant, and she was not idle when she arrived in the capital. She bought a shop and started doing business.
Qi Wenyue saw this in her eyes, held up the golden hairpin on her head, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Wen Yiqing, a businesswoman, lost the protection of her uncle and still had to make a living in public. Even if she had the wrong identity, it didn't matter. She was already the illustrious Madam of Xuanping Hou, and the two were completely different.
Thinking of this, she stopped watching the excitement and went into Ruyi Square to pick out new jewelry before getting on the carriage and heading home. Before leaving, I took another look and found that Ruyifang was already the best jewelry shop in Beijing, and Wen Yiqing's shop had no fewer customers than it.
As soon as the front foot entered the house, the rear foot Xuanpinghou's mother, Mrs. Jiang, sent her maid to call her. Qi Wenyue didn't dare to delay, so she hurriedly arranged her appearance and went to pay her respects to her mother-in-law.
Mrs. Jiang looked coldly: "You went home again today?"
"No, mother." Qi Wenyue said flatteringly: "It's the Queen Mother's birthday soon. I thought that all the women from aristocratic families in the capital would attend the banquet at that time. I wouldn't want to be compared with them and lose the face of the Hou Mansion, so I went to Ruyifang I picked out two pieces of jewelry.”
"What kind of jewelry do you want? Just ask the shop over there to deliver it to you. What is your identity? You have to go there in person?"
Qi Wenyue calmed down her expression, lowered her eyebrows and responded with a submissive look: "That's what my mother taught me."
Mrs. Jiang typed a few more words before waving her hand impatiently and letting her go.
In the evening, her children came home from school.
Jiang Huirou didn't even take off her book bag, and went straight to her: "Mom, I want a puppy too!"
"What puppy?"
"The puppy from Zhenbaozhai can walk on the ground by itself as long as it twists its tail."
"You don't know where Zhenbaozhai is?" Qi Wenyue said angrily: "Go to your father and ask your father to buy it for you."
Although her husband is already the head of the family, Mrs. Jiang firmly holds the housekeeping power. Apart from the monthly routine, she can't get even a little bit of oil and water. Even if I want to buy some jewelry on a whim, I have to take money from my own private treasury.
"Both are gentle and kind!" Jiang Huirou said dissatisfied: "She even took her to school today."
She is the same age as Wen Shan and goes to school in the same class. Jiang Huirou knew about the grudges against her mother. On the day the Wen family and their daughter came to Beijing, she also went to the uncle's house with them. Her mother had given her countless warnings not to mention a word to anyone else, and she kept it in mind.
Even if she wasn't close to him in school, she couldn't help but pay attention to Wen Shan's every move.
"Wen Shan?"
Qi Wenyue was surprised: "Did you admit your mistake?"
"That's not all. The pens and ink she uses are from Yumoxuan, the jewelry is from Ruyifang, and she eats snacks from Baozhizhai every three days. I heard from cousin Qing that she had an uncle Shen who gave her a lot of gifts. Good stuff." Jiang Huirou said, "And that puppy, I heard her tell others personally that her mother bought it for her. Mom, I want it too!"
Qi Wenyue felt uncomfortable all over again, and his heart felt like it had been bitten by thousands of ants.
"How is that possible? How can she afford the things from Zhenbaozhai?!"
