Chapter 130: Harvesting the Pink Ticket 129o

The husband and wife have been together for more than ten years and are already familiar with everything about each other.

As soon as Xu Lingning's momentum subsided, the third lady immediately felt it.

The little guilt and fear I felt just now disappeared immediately.

She rushed over: You hit me, you hit me. I gave birth to children for you, I worked hard for you, and you hit me. Despite this, her hands did not dare to fall on Xu Lingning's face, for fear of being seen.

Come and grab him on the shoulder.

A burning pain made Xu Lingning realize.

He grabbed the third lady's hand and lowered his voice: That's enough. Do you want everyone to know?

Don’t you all know that? The third lady’s eyes became wet and she burst into tears. Who else are you afraid of?

You also know that what you have done is a scandal. Xu Lingning looked at his wife with disheveled hair, and pulled her to go out. Please clean up for me, and let's go to mother to accompany you.

Qiu Ling, who was standing under the window lattice watching the wind, was frightened when she heard this, and hurriedly made gestures to the maids and women who were standing far away on the corridor.

When the maids and women saw this, they immediately retreated quietly.

Qiu Ling thought for a moment, closed the hanging flower door, turned around and said to the maid and mother-in-law who was standing in the yard: "Everyone, go back to the house and close the door tightly. If anyone peeps in, I will immediately report it to the madam with a rare harshness in her voice."

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The maids and women looked at each other in shock, responded in unison, and went back to their houses and closed the doors.

Qiu Ling shook her head slightly and looked at the wind at the door of the main room.

When the third lady in the room heard what Xu Lingning said, her heart suddenly went cold.

What kind of scandal did I do? No one in this family has a small calculation. Did I steal or rob? If I did something scandalous, what does it mean to open a shop on West Street and East Street openly? That’s what I did.

It's just scandalous things. Your Xu family just dislikes my low background and just steps on me when something goes wrong. The more she talks, the more excited she gets. I'll confront you in front of my mother to see what ugly things I did. Those refugees, as long as they have something to eat,

What's the difference between Liuyue Xue and moldy rice? It's not that our family makes moldy rice. Do you think Weibeihou's family is so clean? I'm just doing this to save some money for the Xu family. What's so ugly about it?

You are still making excuses. Xu Lingning's face is livid with anger. Can our family compare with those other families? If someone discovers that our family is a relative, there will be no way to deal with the consequences, and they may even lose their official positions and seize titles.

You know my relatives. The resentment that has been hidden in the heart of the third wife can no longer be suppressed. Good things have nothing to do with us, but we have to bear the bad things together. Why should I separate the family? You are a bastard. According to the rules, we

They should be separated. Why are they doing this to put money on their faces? She wiped the corners of her eyes and cried softly, has it been easy for me these years? My father is a concubine, and my uncle refuses to divide the family to save face, but only gives him twenty

Two silver coins per day, my family has a lot of money and many favors, so every month is not enough. When I got married, my mother emptied the house in order to save my face. On the day I passed away, all the jewelry my mother wore were

I borrowed the money from the fifth aunt and married into your family. I don’t have the ability to fight with the second sister-in-law. I can’t fight with Yuanniang. I’m not qualified to fight with Danyang. I can’t even say whatever I want to her, a little eleventh mother.

In other words, I am not as good as anyone. I am not as good at what Ersao can do and Yuanniang can do.

The third lady's words hit Xu Lingning's pain point.

He was a concubine, and although the wife treated him well, when the weather was hot, the mothers would always give Xu Lingyi and brother Xu Lingkuan a bowl of iced plum water to drink first. He always wanted to separate and live alone, but he never let his concubine have children.

He just didn't want his children to suffer this embarrassment again. When the Xu family was in trouble, he deliberately didn't take out his share of the money because he wanted the Mrs. Tai to kick him out. But seeing the Mrs. Tai, who had always been shrewd and capable, weakly

Lying on the bed, listening to Xu Lingyi calling him third brother, he changed his mind again. Although his wife was fierce and daring, she was always gentle and considerate to him, and she was always caring to her children. She was only because of her father-in-law.

She is a concubine, and she is incapable of starting her own business. She has spent her whole life looking at the looks of others in the Gan family. She wants to open a house by herself and stand up straight for a few days without having to look at others. Speaking of which, she feels sorry for her.

Xu Lingning thought, becoming more and more decadent: I'm sorry for you, but you can't do such a thing to disgrace the Xu family. Her voice was helpless and frustrated.

When the third lady saw her husband's cowardly appearance, her already high anger became even more intense.

I am here today, is it for myself? When my brother got married, apart from the gifts from the Xu family, I only added twenty taels of silver in private. My mother-in-law and my mother-in-law didn’t want to see me, so what else was it for?

For you, Mr. Xu. For Brother Qin and Brother Jian, her voice got louder and louder. Do you know how much a house in Baodafang costs? Do you know how much does a house in Huanghuafang cost? Do you know?

Knowing how much a house in Xianyifang costs, don't forget it. You have two sons, why don't you let them live at the foot of Luoye Mountain? The more she spoke, the angrier she became. You keep saying every day that your descendants will have their own descendants, so let them

Study hard and take the imperial examination in the future. Not only will you not ask for help from your family, but you will also help the family. Let everyone know that you have a good son. But is it so easy to take the imperial examination? Look at my dad, he passed the examination

After more than 20 years, I am still just a civil servant. Look at you, why haven't you taken the exam? Dad said that people like us don't need it. They don't need it. We can't even ask for it. Thinking of this, I feel aggrieved.

The words flowed out of her mouth, and she began to sarcastically and sarcastically, but she also blamed me. Who made my father a poor man who had failed many times, who made me not have a dowry like Danyang, who made me have no money to stick to.

You are an actor

As her words faded, Xu Lingning jumped up: If you speak for yourself, speak for yourself, why bother involving three families and four families? Her voice was very cold.

For a moment, the third lady thought the person speaking was Xu Lingyi

She couldn't help but feel a pause in her heart, and gave a cold hum, and finally did not mention it again.

What to do now? Xu Lingning fell slumped on the Taishi chair. My fourth brother asked me to figure everything out before noon tomorrow and give him an explanation.

The third lady thought that her husband had not returned last night and said that he wanted to settle accounts with Mr. Bai. She thought that she was dragged to drink wine by the stewards who came to pay their salaries. Unexpectedly, she went to settle accounts instead. She felt that something was wrong

It was serious. I couldn’t help but said anxiously: Doesn’t he care about face the most? How could this happen?

That’s why my wife is so unscrupulous?

A look of exhaustion appeared on Xu Lingning's eyebrows.

The third lady stood there, her face turning blue and white.

After a long while, he gritted his teeth: "Let's go see Mrs. Tai. What I did is my own responsibility. I won't drag anyone down." He said, "Isn't it for myself? The money I saved is still in the account." He said, "Isn't that right?"

In order to save some money, there was one more thing she didn't say.

After all, she is the mother of Brother Qin and Brother Jian. The wife does not look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face, but she must give them some dignity.

If it’s great, then it’s not your home anymore.

Then again, if a month ago, there were people welcoming people in and out wherever she went like this, and everyone would watch their words, she would really be reluctant to part with this position. But now it is different. I didn’t expect that the rice business would still be a big deal.

There are so many know-hows and such huge profits. No wonder the aunts and others are thinking of ways to do business. After all, they are relying on the name of Marquis Yongping, which is very inconvenient. If

Her mind was spinning rapidly.

Xu Lingning sighed quietly: Now, this can only be done

Someone patted the window lattice: Third Master, Third Madam, the Marquis is here

It was Qiu Lingcang's panicked voice.

Something happened suddenly, and the couple couldn't help but look at each other in panic.

After all, Xu Lingning was a man. He had been in charge of the affairs of the Xu family in the past few years. He was well-informed. He quickly calmed down and said in a deep voice, please come in quickly. Then he turned around and told the third lady to go and clean up.

The third lady said in a panic and trotted into the inner room. Seeing that the inner room was empty, she remembered that the maids and women had retreated just now when they saw that the couple looked wrong, and then ran out to call Qiu Ling.

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Qiu Ling opened the hall door of the main room early and ordered the maid to greet Xu Lingyi to make tea. When she heard the third lady calling her, she knew that the third lady wanted to dress up again, so she responded and personally brought the maid who usually served to fetch water and brought it inside.

room.

Xu Lingyi saw the door of the third room closed from a distance. Thinking that he wanted Xu Lingning to explain the matter clearly before noon tomorrow, he guessed that the couple must have had a quarrel. He knocked on the door and deliberately slowed down, just to give time for the third lady to avoid it.

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Now that things have happened, what else is there to say?

When Xu Lingning saw Xu Lingyi, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Fourth brother, sit down

But Xu Lingyi smiled and said: Forget it, I won't sit down either. Fan Weigang is back, please listen to the show. It's freezing cold, and I see that the third brother has nothing to do. Why don't we go together?

Xu Lingning was stunned.

We brothers haven't talked alone together for a long time. Xu Lingyi simply made things clear, and it happened that Wei Gang was treating us and went to have a drink.

Xu Lingning understood that Xu Lingyi wanted to talk to him alone.

But he was so anxious and found an excuse without any flaws. I don’t know what his intention was.

The thought flashed through his mind, and he felt very sad again.

Even if you make up your mind, what can you do? After all, it is your own fault.

He stood up and told the maids beside him: Mr. Marquis and I went out to have a drink. Please tell Madam

The maid responded and went to the inner room. Xu Lingning grabbed the cloak on the side and said, "Let's go."

Xu Lingyi looked at his brother who was a little messy in front of him, thinking of how he led her to catch grasshoppers in the back garden when he was a child, and how it was such a bitterly cold snowy day after his father's death.

Yamen

He couldn't help but call out to Third Brother softly: Your hair is messed up, let the maids help you comb it.

Xu Lingning touched his temples and remained silent for a long time, but there was a glimmer of water in the corner of his eyes.

He thought of the year when his father died, the two of them stood together at the entrance of Luo's alley, waiting for Mr. Luo to go to the office. The younger brother, who had not yet been awarded the title of Marquis of Yongping, stood there silently, and said to himself who was stamping his feet in the cold:

Third brother, don’t worry, I will definitely make you proud. Let others only know how to smile when they see you, only dare to smile.

At that time, what did I think and what did I say?

Don't believe it.

But she didn't want to deal with him, suppressed his determination, and nodded with a serious expression: OK, I'm just counting on the day when my fourth brother will give me a face. By then, our brothers will be walking sideways in Yanjing.

When did that kind of time disappear?
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