The evening of the tenth day of August

The eldest wife had just finished dinner with Zhuang Xinyan, and was talking to Qin Tian about the interesting things that happened in the tea shop.

"Manager Xu has already told me what happened in the tea room last time..." The eldest wife looked at Qin Tian and smiled: "Qin Tian, ​​I really saw you right, you are indeed a good girl!" Looking over at Zhuang Xinyan, he said with a smile, "Xinyan, do you think so?"

Haifu next to him was still helping with writing and communication. Zhuang Xinyan glanced at him and smiled. He didn't nod or shake his head, but a faint blush crept into his ears. Qin Tian was far away, no He saw it, but the eldest lady sitting beside him could see it clearly. The eldest lady pursed her lips and smiled, but said nothing.

She held her son's hand with infinite joy in her heart. I don't think my decision was right anymore.

Overjoyed, she looked at Qin Tian, ​​took her hand, and looked at her carefully for a while, her eyes were very soft, and Qin Tian felt 'hairy' in his heart, "Madam..." You look like this what have I done……

"Qin Tian," the eldest wife said with a smile, "I like your meritorious deeds over and over again, and you are so loyal. What reward do you want?"

Reward? Qin Tian's eyes lit up, and she wanted to say that she wanted a chance to redeem herself!

After being here for so long, she realized that being a slave is a low-ranking status. It does not mean that if you have money, you can redeem yourself if you want to redeem yourself. Only if the master is willing to release people and register with the government can you be considered to be free from low-ranking status. You can get married freely only after you get rid of the lowly status, because the law here stipulates that the lowly member cannot marry the good people, that is to say, the untouchables can only marry the untouchables. And don't even think about escaping, here is the "Fugitive Law" that strictly prohibits slaves from escaping

The law stipulates that "Fugitives will be whipped 100 times and returned to their masters. Those who are hiding are upright, and their family property will be lost. Those who are adjacent to the right Jiujia Changxiang will be whipped 100 each, and they will be exiled to remote areas." It is very strict, so the domestic slaves here rarely have the thought of running away.

So if you want to redeem yourself, you can only rely on the mercy of the Lord.

She really wanted to take this opportunity to ask for redemption. Her redemption did not mean that she wanted to leave the house, but she just wanted to have more control over her own destiny. After the redemption, she could be employed by the house like some workers in the tea shop. Do your best.

But on another thought, she seemed to be highly valued by them. After all, it was based on their belief that she was very loyal. If she offered to redeem herself, what would they think, would they feel that she did not put all her attention on Banker?

It's not easy for her to have the status she is today, but she can't ruin everything just because she said a wrong word.

Thinking of this, she swallowed the words that came into her mouth again,

"The wife and the eldest young master are so kind to Qin Tian, ​​it's already the best reward!" Qin Tian said with a smile.

Let's wait for a better time, when my position in the tea shop is more stable...

"This little mouth is sweet, it really hurts." The eldest wife took her hand, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it. Zhuang Xinyan pretended to be cold, but his eyes just couldn't help glancing at Qin Tian.

The eldest wife would not take it back when she said it. She turned around and asked Yueniang to bring the jewelry box with gilt-carved 'flowers' on red sandalwood on the dressing table, opened it for a while, and took out a coral turquoise stone. Beeswax beads 'flowers' and a colorful 'color' glazed butterfly hairpin, handed to Qin Tian

"I've worn this before. Now that I'm old, I can't wear something so pretty. I don't think you usually wear a gauze or flower on your head. You're a young girl. If you don’t take advantage of this time to dress up, you will have to wait until when.” Said, the eldest lady took the coral turquoise beeswax bead 'flower' to her temples for comparison, and she was interested. Take her to the dresser and sit down. In front of the big mirror, you will personally 'plug' beads and 'flowers' for her.

Qin Tian hurriedly said, "Madam, I'll just do it myself."

The eldest lady looked at her image in the bronze mirror and said with a smile, "Don't move, it's rare that I'm in the mood today..." As she spoke, she carefully inserted the bead 'flower' in her hand on her bun, The wife bent down slightly, looked at Qin Tian in the bronze mirror and praised with a smile: "It's so beautiful!" When Yueniang looked at it again, Yueniang naturally praised repeatedly, making Qin Tian's face red.

The eldest wife asked her again, "Do you like it?"

Qin Tian looked at herself in the mirror. In fact, she didn't like these hairpins. They were 'flowers'. Usually, the buns were fixed with the simplest hairpins. It really doesn't fit her aesthetics, but the eldest wife 'plugged' it in her own hands makes her feel that it's pleasing to the eye.

Looking up at the gentle smiling face of the eldest wife, my heart suddenly warmed,

She smiled sweetly, "Thank you madam, Qin Tian likes it very much."

The eldest lady 'touched' her head, and her smile became more and more gentle. She looked up and saw Zhuang Xinyan's face 'revealed' from the corner of the bronze mirror. She didn't know how long he stood there, but the eldest lady didn't let him go. , deliberately asked: "Xinyan, do you think Qin Tian looks good wearing this pearl 'flower'?"

Qin Tianxia looked at him consciously, with an undissipated smile on the corner of his mouth,

As soon as Zhuang Xinyan met her eyes, he quickly turned and walked away.

Yueniang and Haifu covered their mouths and smiled.

"He's shy..." The eldest lady whispered in Qin Tian's ear.

"Ah?" Qin Tian looked back at the eldest wife.

But I saw the eldest wife's strange smile, "Don't look at him as if he is ignoring others, in fact, he is very thin-skinned!"

"Ah?" Qin Tian laughed dryly, unable to keep up with the eldest wife's thinking for a while. Did he say that to his son in front of the maid?

The eldest lady smiled meaningfully.

At this moment, Cuiwei suddenly came in and reported, "Eldest Madam, Second Concubine and Second Young Master, they are here, saying that they want to see you, and their faces are very bad!"

The eldest lady suddenly restrained her smile and stood up straight.

"It's so late, what are they doing here?" Yueniang frowned.

Qin Tian also quickly stood up and retreated to Zhuang Xinyan's side.

The eldest lady knew, "It's just right, he doesn't look for me, I'll look for him too!" Then she instructed Yueniang, "Take out the money."

Yueniang nodded, turned around and went to the cabinet to take out a bag of silver ingots, put it on a tray, and followed the eldest wife out of the house and into the hall. Zhuang Xinyan and Qin Tian also followed behind.

hall

The second concubine and Zhuang Xinchuan and Zhuang Mingxi had already sat down in the hall. When they saw the eldest wife coming out, both Zhuang Mingxi and Zhuang Xinchuan stood up and saluted the eldest wife. Only the second concubine was still sitting in her seat and called out, "Eldest sister. "

The eldest wife didn't care either, she went to sit down in the right seat, and told Zhuang Xinchuan and the others not to be too polite. Zhuang Xinyan sat down on a yellow 'flower' pear chair opposite them, with Qin Tian and Haifu standing behind him.

When Zhuang Xinchuan sat down, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a tray of silver ingots with white 'flowers' and 'flowers' in Yueniang's hand, and was slightly stunned.

Bi Si and Bi He had tea

The eldest lady looked at them and said coldly, "I don't know what's the matter with you being anxious to see me so late?"

"I didn't want to disturb the eldest sister's rest!" The second concubine sneered twice, then turned to stare at the eldest wife with anger in her tone: "But there are some things in my heart that are so blocked that I can't eat, sleep, or not. Don't come to see my sister so late to discuss!"

Zhuang Xinchuan also snorted, his face full of anger, Zhuang Mingxi looked ahead with a calm expression.

The eldest lady had a cold face and did not make a sound.

The second concubine stood up, her face full of anger, and she gritted her teeth, "Sister, I'm no better than my sister, I haven't read any books, but today I finally learned from my sister's place..." Having said that, she held the handkerchief straightly. Pointing at the eldest wife, trembling slightly, "I just learned today, what is 'yin', dangerous and cunning, duplicity, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge!" The last four words were almost uttered by gritted back molars, with endless hatred.

"I don't understand what you mean!" The eldest lady said lightly,

"Xinchuan, tell me, I'd like to hear how she explains it!" The second wife patted Zhuang Xinchuan and said bitterly, "She can't explain it, we'll tell your uncle!"

Zhuang Xinchuan stood up with a "ho", rushed to the middle, waved his hands, and his expression was a little 'excited'

"Auntie, you clearly said that you trusted me and that you would 'hand over' all Mid-Autumn Festival affairs to me, but why, what I want to do is always restricted!"

Speaking of these things, Zhuang Xinchuan was furious.

Originally, he planned to take this opportunity to scavenge a lot of oil and water. He paid for the government, guests, and merchants. Naturally, he needed money and tea. He asked the cashier for money and tea to the lobby. He just told him to wait, he waited, waited, waited for a day or two, but his deputy reported to him that everything was done according to what he said, so he could rest assured. But he never even saw a single copper coin or a single tea leaf!

Ignoring him like this is a great shame for him, because he spent so much money to invite those stewards to "drink"

When Zhuang Xinchuan was talking, the eldest wife was drinking tea calmly without raising her eyelids.

After he finished speaking, the eldest wife put down the tea cup in her hand, gave Yueniang a look, and motioned her to move forward.

The eldest wife pointed to the silver in the tray in Yueniang's hand and said, "Xinchuan, these are the money you gave to the stewards, the stewards can't refute your face in front of you, and then they all sent to me. Come, let me bring it to you, and they all say that you won't get paid without merit, and you can't bear such a heavy gift from your second young master!"

Yueniang brought the silver to Zhuang Xinchuan. Zhuang Xinchuan looked at the silver, and his face became as white as a silver spindle.

The eldest lady stood up, walked to Zhuang Xinchuan's side, and said slowly in a very calm tone: "Do you know why the stewards did this? Because they were selected by me 'carefully', because they are very fond of Shengshidu. They have a strong sense of responsibility, because they understand what should be done, what should not be done, what should be taken and what should not be taken..." Having said this, the eldest lady raised her eyes and looked at Zhuang Xinchuan.

Zhuang Xinchuan couldn't help but take two steps back, his face was very ugly, "Auntie, these are not for the time being, what I'm asking you is that you didn't plan to take power for me from the beginning, you just coaxed me and my uncle. Talking about tea! You've been lying to me from the beginning!"

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