The carriage drove directly into the house. After Qin Xi got off the car, she went to change clothes first and asked Qing Can to take Huang and Tao Niang to sit in a house. After all, they had children, so they still had charcoal lit.
The room was very warm. Huang and Tao Niang felt comfortable, but their hearts were agitated.
But since Qingcan was nearby, it was not easy to exchange opinions.
Tao Niang put the child to sleep, and then looked at Qing Can with a smile: "Sister, we are a little thirsty, can you give us something to drink, it would be better if we had some food."
"Wait!" Qingcan's attitude was not very good, but it was not too much. He coldly called the maid at the door to make a pot of tea.
The little maid understood and went to the tea room in the next room. The old woman who was boiling water asked with a pout, "They still want to drink tea? They are really thick-skinned. According to me, they should be beaten with a big stick. I have never seen it." Such a shameless relative."
The little maid was twelve or thirteen years old. With her petite body, she picked up the last jar of tea and casually threw some old tea stems into it. She replied in a crisp voice: "How can we say we are lucky? We follow the kindhearted people." As for the master, it’s just that even us servants can’t stand it if the second master’s wife is bullied like this.”
Another middle-aged woman grinding tea said with a smile: "You guys, you still can't see clearly. Our second master and his wife are not soft persimmons who can be manipulated by others at will. They must have some purpose in doing this. Just take a look. Then There will definitely be no benefit for the two of us."
The little maid made tea and brought it over, placing it in front of Huang and Tao Niang.
Tao Niang licked her face and asked with a smile: "Little girl, can you get us some food? We are really hungry. The baby needs milk, and I have no milk to feed her."
"Our family has rules. No one can go to the kitchen to get food before dinner time. I can't help it!" The little maid gave Tao Niang a nail without mercy, then turned around and left with the tray. .
Tao Niang was so angry that she glanced at the absent-minded Huang, endured it, took a sip of tea, and immediately discovered that it was cheap old tea stems, and she was even more angry.
Unable to stand the dullness in the room, Tao Niang turned around and asked Qing Can, who was standing upright: "Girl, how much monthly income do you have? Are you tired from working here? Are you usually angry?"
Qingcan rolled his eyes and ignored this woman. This woman not only talked a lot, but also had a lot of thoughts.
Seeing that Qingcan was ignoring anyone, Tao Niang snorted and rolled her eyes, moved her buttocks and leaned closer to Huang. Huang was a little upset, glared at her, and cursed: "Can you be quiet? So annoying!"
Tao Niang took a deep breath, with a flattering smile on her face, and whispered in Huang's ear: "Sister, will Qin Xiang give us something? All the things in the house have been stolen. If we don't bring them, If we take our things back, we won’t be able to live well this year. Now that our family has no business, what should we do in the future?”
Huang was also worried. She glared at Tao Niang, but not so fiercely, and asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Tao Niang choked and closed her mouth, but her eyes were wandering around. After looking at this wealthy house, these unnamed furnishings, and the servants walking back and forth in the yard, Tao Niang's heart was filled with confusion. There is unwillingness.
Once a person becomes unwilling, he becomes more courageous and becomes unstoppable.
Qinggu walked in from outside the door, nodded to Qingcan, and said that his wife asked Huang to come over and talk.
Tao Niang blinked and asked, "What about me? Don't you want me to come with you?"
Qinggu also imitated her blinking, shaking his head affirmatively, and said: "My wife said she wanted to see my uncle and old lady, but she didn't say what aunt she wanted to see!"
Mrs. Huang has never been addressed as "ma'am" in her life, and now she feels a little presumptuous when people call her "old lady".
So when he saw Tao Niang being defeated, he was a little happy. He stood up and told Tao Niang: "Just stay here and don't cause trouble for me. Otherwise, go back and see how I deal with you?"
After saying that, he left first, followed by Qinggu. Qingcan walked to the door and told the maid: "I'll go to my wife's side. You should keep an eye on this place, especially on the things in the room. If there's anything missing, come here." The time will come when you will be blamed, do you hear me?"
The little maid puffed out her thin breasts and promised not to lose anything.
Qingcan took two steps, thought for a while, and called a cleaning girl in the yard: "Go to the kitchen to get some buns or steamed buns for the woman inside."
The sweeping girl blinked, put down the broom and left.
Qingcan sighed, she was soft-hearted for the sake of her children.
After walking out with Qing Gu, Huang finally saw how big and wealthy this family was, and it was hard to see through it.
The maids and servants on the road were very polite to Qinggu, and they all stood aside and called Miss Qinggu with a smile.
If Mrs. Huang hadn't known that Qing Gu was just Qin Xi's girl, she would have almost thought that she was the master of the family.
It turns out that this is the rule of a wealthy family. Even among the servants, there is a strict hierarchy.
After seeing more, Huang became a little afraid of the current Qin family.
Suddenly he was a little scared about meeting Qin Xiang. After thinking about it, he quickly asked: "Where is your old lady? She is Qin Xiang's mother. She is my sister-in-law. Why don't you see her come to see me?"
"My wife has ordered me not to disturb the old lady about what happened today."
After saying that, Qinggu turned around and asked curiously: "Mrs. uncle, you just went to the county government to sue our second master and his wife. How can you still have the dignity to consider yourself a relative and still think that my old lady can't warmly entertain you?" "
"Well, this doesn't punish your second son-in-law. I actually thought about it. If the county magistrate wants to punish my nephew and son-in-law, we will help him to intercede and won't let anyone punish him."
Qinggu smiled, and his smile was a bit hard to express: "Since it's for money, how about just coming to the door? Why do you have to go through all this?"
Huang's face turned blue and white, and he hesitated to speak.
She didn't know how long she had been walking, but Huang felt that her cold feet were sweating slightly, and she finally arrived at the entrance of a courtyard.
The woman guarding the door saw the two coming and hurriedly opened the door.
After walking through the courtyard, another maid lifted up the thick curtain at the door of the hall and said, "My wife is waiting inside. Please come in, Mrs. Uncle!"
As soon as I stepped into the house, the wintersweet in the plum vase gave off a delicate fragrance, and the house was very warm and comfortable.
Following Qing Gu towards the room on the right, he saw Qin Xiang sitting on the edge of the kang near the window, with her feet on the kang, her legs covered with a dark red embroidered Wufu brocade quilt, and behind her were two huge pillows. Let Qin Xi lean on it.
Logically speaking, Qin Xiang is a junior, and it is very rude to meet her elders like this. But now that Huang is under the roof, she has no courage to be picky. Moreover, she has long been intimidated by the wealth of the Qin family.
"Second Aunt, please come and sit down!" Qin Xiang still didn't get up, but pointed to the kang on the other side of the kang table, and said: "I'm inconvenient, so I won't get up to perform those empty rituals to Second Aunt, please." Forgive my second aunt."
