Chapter 23
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Nianfu only knew a little bit about Miss Cui Qi, but the third wife knew her thoroughly.
This Miss Cui is already sixteen years old this year, and they are planning to get married. Her father, Uncle Cui, was an official in the former dynasty and once guarded one side. Because he insisted on integrity during the change of dynasties and scolded the traitors, he was immediately fired.
Cui Qi's mother jumped into a well because she was afraid of being humiliated. Before she died, she entrusted little Cui Qi to her close family members, sent her back to her hometown, and handed her over to Uncle Cui, the only remaining member of the Cui family.
It should be said that Uncle Cui is very kind to his niece. The whole family is so poor that they are like pants, and he still insists on giving her the best equipment. But without lining, how much face can he maintain?
So Miss Cui Qi also wore a gold hairpin on her head, but it was made of silver inside. The bracelet on her hand looked good, but if the silver-covered flowers on it were removed, it would be impossible to see it.
As for Miss Cui Qi... let's use someone else's words to explain her.
"On the surface, she looks like a lady, but she is actually more scheming than a little girl in the market. It seems that she is following her mother." These were the exact words said by the third wife behind her back, and it was a rare occasion when they reached the old lady's ears.
There was no rebuttal at all.
To add to this, Miss Cui Qi was not the daughter of Uncle Cui’s first wife, but the daughter of the girl from the same relationship. When Mrs. Cui jumped into the well, she was afraid that no one would supervise her and the girl would tarnish Uncle Cui’s reputation, so she was pushed down first.
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However, Miss Cui Qi is the only flesh and blood left by Uncle Cui, so she is still very favored at home. Basically no one will take care of her seriously. She has also learned some music, chess, calligraphy and painting from Uncle Cui since she was a child, and she knows how to be arty. It's a pity.
Except for occasionally showing off at her cousin's house, Miss Cui Qi's elegance is basically useless everywhere.
However, it doesn't matter if a woman fails to reborn in the first time, she still has a second chance to get married.
Miss Cui Qi knew that it would be difficult to find a man who was both talented and wealthy to marry, given her condition of being a high-achieving and low-achieving person. Therefore, Cousin Ouyang was undoubtedly the best way out if she chose the nearest one.
Needless to say, the person is handsome, mainly because the hardware at home is decent. Although she has to be angry with her uncle and aunt, Miss Cui Qi is very confident. She feels that with her ability, even if she has to be low-key in the first three years of marriage, she can still
With her intelligence, she will quickly defeat the third wife and take over the power alone. Then she will be able to stand out and be the master of the family.
Therefore, she has been working hard to establish a good relationship with the two mistresses of the house and pave the way for her marriage. At present, in her opinion, everything is going well, and she is just waiting to finally break the window paper.
But if Nian Fu knew about it, he would spit on her face!
You can only rely on one of the two leaders who are obviously difficult to deal with. If you want to ride on two different boats, can you tell the difference? Or are you the golden-fingered sister Zhiling who is loved by everyone?
Car seeing a flat tire?
But now, Nianfu didn't know that he was being set up by the third wife as the imaginary enemy of Miss Cui Qi, and he was about to be tempered.
"Oh, this girl is so handsome, I fell in love with her as soon as I saw her!"
Looking at the cousin in front of me, who was somewhat pretty, but obviously had a worldly aura, Nianfu silently complained in her heart, sister, this line is out, and it is obvious that she is jealous when she hears it.
The third wife smiled and said, "It's a pity that this girl is not from our family. Otherwise, if you like it, why not give it to you?"
So she gave it away. Cui Qi couldn't afford it, but it was okay to borrow it for a few days. She secretly made up her mind and said, "Since she is a good cook, can you please come back to our house to prepare the Lantern Festival banquet? Guests."
Now that we are here, can we add more glory?"
Do you still have guests at home? The third wife was sarcastic in her heart, but she smiled on her face, "What's the problem? Sister Mu, then you can stay with us for a few days."
Why did you even ask me for it after you agreed? You secretly gave me two little looks, and Nianfu agreed to step down. He secretly wondered what the third wife’s intention was. But sometimes the leader’s thoughts are really difficult to guess. Nianfu thought about it for a long time, but he couldn’t figure it out.
She came up with a reason and simply gave it up. Anyway, it was a lot more than her daily wages, so how could the work be different?
Here Cui Qi thanked the third wife again, got up and went back home. Along the way, she was thinking about how to give Nianfu various beatings. In her opinion, all pretty girls want to climb into her cousin's bed. They must be pinched.
Die, strangle to death!
I have to say that Miss Cui Qi was thinking too much and was too excited.
Turning around, Pearl didn't quite understand why the third wife wanted to send Nianfu to the Cui family. "Isn't the madam still thinking about subduing her? Why did she get close to the Cui family instead?"
"Getting close?" The third wife chuckled and didn't point it out, "Just wait and see."
After being instigated by her, Cui Qi will definitely embarrass Nian Fu. Waiting for her to suffer all kinds of torture in the Cui family, she will definitely hate the big house. As long as she shows a little care, she will definitely give up.
Throw yourself into your arms.
After all, Nianfu was engaged to be married. As long as she didn't lose her mind, she would never do anything that would harm her reputation. But the problem was, she didn't tell Cui Qi about such an important thing!
Hahahaha, the more the third wife thought about it, the more proud she became, so she casually threw a small salt-and-pepper walnut into her mouth as a preserved fruit and took a bite!
Before Pearl had time to remind her, the tragedy had already happened. The third wife covered her cheek and spat out a mouthful of blood, which made her shed tears in pain.
Pearl hurriedly stepped forward to take a look, but Mrs. Leng Bulingsan raised her hand and slapped her across the face, "You black-hearted deadbeat, do you want to see something happen to me?"
Pearl covered her burning cheeks and knelt down in tears, "I just had to remind you, it's already too late."
But at this time, the third wife couldn't listen to anything she said. After all, she took her anger out on her and beat her hard before ordering someone to call a doctor to see her teeth. She was shocked. But Pearl, who was beaten all over with bruises, could only swallow her anger.
I went back to my room and cried silently, not even eating lunch.
But Nian Fu didn't know about these things. She served the two young masters with fresh orange steamed eggs according to the old lady's instructions. She also prepared one for each of the third master and the third wife according to Aunt Yu's instructions.
It's time to get off work.
But when she got off work, the little girl Man'er of Pearl stopped her and said with an apologetic smile, "Good sister, I can't go out, could you please buy my girl a bottle of wine? I have money here."
Nianfu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his voice, "Miss Pearl is injured? Why don't you ask Aunt Wu from the pharmacy to get it?"
Pearl is not a bad person. I reminded her last time, so I asked her more in order to pray for my blessing.
When Man'er saw the requester, she had no choice but to whisper the whole story into her ear. Nianfu nodded and took the money, "Okay, you go and look around for a while, I'll buy it and deliver it to you."
Man'er smiled gratefully and said, "Thank you for your consideration, sister."
Nian Fu went out, looked around, and saw Hui Niang waving to her at the intersection. Because of the incident involving Mr. Hu, Hui Niang had to come to pick her up and drop her off every day in order to feel at ease. Ahem, Nian Fu always feels sad
I feel a bit like a primary school student after school, but my heart is still very warm.
First, I talked to Huiniang about the matter. Huiniang was more familiar with the city than she was, so she quickly took her to buy some wine. Nianfu saw that she still had plenty of money, so she asked the doctor to prescribe some pills to soothe the liver and regulate qi.
, and sent them back together.
How could Man'er dare to go too far? She had been wandering nearby, and she saw Nianfu as soon as he entered. He hurriedly stepped forward to get the medicine and thanked her, but Nianfu told her, "Although the decoction is better than the pill, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for you to cook it."
, so I gave her more of this to eat. When I go back, I will advise you girls not to be too upset. There is lotus root and pork ribs soup in the kitchen tonight. You can serve her a bowl, it will also strengthen the spleen and smooth the qi."
Man'er was very grateful and wanted to give her money to thank her, but she refused to take it in memory of her blessing. "You girls are also miserable people. It's not easy to save some money. Let's go quickly."
Man'er thanked her again and again and left. She turned around to say blessings and went home with her mother. Madam Hui quite approved of her move, "If you help others when they are in trouble, you can always build some good relationships."
Although he was praying for blessings, he didn't agree with it at all, "That's also offensive. There are many people in this world who repay kindness with hatred."
"You're the only girl with such a big heart!" The two of them laughed and went home.
The next day when I was praying for blessings, I reported to Ouyang's house first, and then went to Cui's house. It wasn't that she was diligent, but that she didn't know the way. Although she met Uncle Cui once, it was in a panic, and she only knew a general direction.
How does one go now?
The third wife deliberately wanted to provoke a conflict and sent someone to invite the eldest young master. She said that he was invited by his uncle's family, so she had to trouble him to lead the way.
When Ouyang Kang first heard about this, he felt something was wrong. His uncle's family was so poor, and others didn't know it, but he didn't understand it? Even if he hired an imperial cook, he couldn't make flowers! But the third wife had already agreed, if he
If I stop him any more, it will be a shame to my uncle's family.
So Young Master Ouyang decided to make this trip in person, not to give her some blessings and serve her there. Instead, he wanted to secretly give her some money and help her.
Nianfu didn't know what this man was planning, but she did know who was going to harm her. Because she helped Pearl yesterday, Pearl ordered Man'er to look for her quietly early in the morning. She only told her one sentence, "Be careful of the Cui family."
Big girl."
Okay, Nianfu will be careful. But he is a helper, what has happened to Miss Cui? Nianfu touched his face, is it a mistake to be beautiful? But her face is chapped, and she is not that bad.
Is it good to recruit people?
However, in the eyes of some interested people, her little gesture had a different meaning.
"Here, wait a moment." Young Master Ouyang suddenly stopped in front of a shop, threw the reins to the book boy Bai Xuan, and went in himself.
When Nianfu saw that it was a makeup store, he secretly cursed, he already looked so evil, and he still had to dress up? Would he let the woman live? It would be even more inappropriate if he was using it to seduce a little girl!
After a while, Young Master Ouyang came out with a cold face. He continued to mount his horse, and Nianfu continued to follow below.
The evil old society, if you don’t eat brain fragments, don’t think about human rights and gentlemen.
Suddenly, Bai Xuan asked, "What did the young master just go in to buy?"
Young Master Ouyang replied seriously, "Nothing, I just want to buy some small items for my aunt and the others."
When they arrived at the door of Cui's house, while Bai Xuan led the horse to the backyard and there was no one around, Ouyang took out something from his arms at lightning speed and threw it to Nianfu, "Take it! What's going on here?"
, please take care of me."
Before I could take a closer look at the blessing, someone had already come out to greet me. The reputation of men and women giving and receiving would be ruined in the eyes of everyone, so I didn’t even think about it when I prayed for blessing, and cooperated very well to hide the things in my pocket. [e=《
There is a wife at home》]
Chapter completed!