Ningguo Mansion.
In the small courtyard where You was undergoing confinement.
Because the doors and windows were sealed tightly, and they didn't dare to use ice cubes to cool down the room, it was really sweltering and unbearable. Youshi only wore a piece of obscene clothing every day, which was barely enough to wrap up her plump body after childbirth.
Although two 'guests' came today, she only wore a small double-breasted coat and sat lazily in front of the dressing table, looking in the mirror and checking the jewelry in the box.
In the middle of the room, Mrs. You was lying next to the cradle, exclaiming, "Look at this boy, he's so strong. He's going to grow a full circle in three to five days. When he grows up, he will definitely be a man of both literary and military skills!"
Second Sister You also followed the flattery.
But Youshi just said "Uh-huh" and moved the jewelry on her head one by one. It took a long time to ask why Third Sister You didn't come.
You Lao Niang looked bitter, patted her thigh and said: "Three girls are getting more and more crazy. Now I just treat her as my daughter. She can do whatever she likes!"
After saying that, he stole a glance at Youshi. Apparently, the singing, chanting, and beating were performed for Youshi.
Youshi didn't answer the question, and sighed in the mirror: "My face is now round, and these hairpins don't match it. I don't know if I can lose weight in the future. If I can lose weight, that's fine. If
No, I'm afraid I have to melt these things and buy a few new ones."
"Of course you can lose weight."
Mrs. You held the cradle and said with a smile: "You are just rich for a while. If you want to lose weight, you can lose weight. If you don't want to lose weight, you should melt it and make new jewelry. I think it's because of the birth of the little father-in-law."
city!"
Second Sister You looked at the pile of jewels on the table. She was dazzled and cherished for a moment. She couldn't help but said: "Such fine jewelery looks like new. Wouldn't it be a pity if it melted?"
As he spoke, he almost reached out his hands from his eyes and took the jewelry for himself.
Youshi gathered the jewelry into a pile casually and said nonchalantly: "These are all paid for. If they are not melted, they cannot be sold. Otherwise, if people see them, they will think that the house has been robbed."
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She actually also saw that Second Sister You hoped that she could give her one or two items, but because of Third Sister You's hatred, she had no intention of going along with the situation.
Just at this moment, Yin Die opened the door and came in happily. He glanced at Old Madam You and Second Sister You first, then winked at Mrs. You and said, "Madam, I have something to report."
When Mrs. You heard this, she was about to lead her daughter out.
Youshi couldn't wait any longer, so she stood up and walked out, saying, "Mom, take care of the child for me. I'll be outside. If you need anything, just call me!"
When the master and servant arrived outside the door, Second Sister You couldn't help but go to the dressing table. First, she put her two big watery eyes on the pile of gold and jade jewelry. After a while, she couldn't help but twist the gold of Zhidielianhua.
Bu Yao, holding it in his hand, turned it over and looked at it, and finally gritted his teeth and stuck it on his head, looking left and right in front of the mercury mirror.
The butterfly wings decorated with red and green rubbles could not help opening and closing as she moved, as if they were about to fly high.
If there was a man here, I'm afraid he wouldn't even look at that step.
The black hair like a waterfall, the affectionate eyes, the eyebrows that are not dotted but green, and the snow-white nose, cherry lips and cheeks, are reflected in the mirror like a painting, with the peony hairpin in contrast.
It's a bit redundant, just in line with the saying that people are more beautiful than flowers.
Second Sister You admired herself for a long time, and couldn't help but reach out to a pair of green jade bracelets. As a result, before they could touch them, Mrs. You slapped them away.
I just heard her yelling angrily: "It's okay to make gestures, but you haven't done it yet? If you accidentally break one piece, we won't even be able to afford the compensation if we sell it!"
Second Sister You retracted her hand angrily, and at her mother's signal, she pulled off the golden walking stick on her head, reluctantly put it back in its place, then stared at the pile of gold and jade jewelry with envy, and said with envy: "
These things add up to a few thousand taels of silver, and my brother-in-law cannot spare the money to buy them for my sister."
Thinking about how Jia Zhen was gushing in front of her face a while ago, but was scolded by Third Sister You, she felt a little regretful in her heart - my brother-in-law was so generous, if he could buy one for himself...
"This is not something your brother-in-law arranged for me."
Just at this moment, Youshi came in from the outside with a smile, sat back in front of the dressing table, and while putting on all the jewelry that she had just tried on that was satisfactory, she said disdainfully: "Except for those few old ones, the rest
I have worked hard to do business with others over the past two years and have accumulated little by little. What does it have to do with him?"
As she said that, she looked forward to simply repairing a few flaws, and then turned her attention to the powder aside. However, she hesitated again and again, considering that this thing might affect the baby, and finally did not dare to apply it.
He stood up from the dressing table and said, "Mom, second sister, I'm really tired. Why don't you go outside to eat some food first, and we can talk again in the afternoon."
On the one hand, she was dressed up carefully, but on the other hand, she felt tired. Not to mention Mrs. You, even the second sister You, who was always careless, could faintly sense that something was wrong.
But mother and daughter did not dare to ask any more questions and hurriedly said goodbye and left the small courtyard where You was confined.
When I followed the maid through the back house, I heard the melodious sound of silk and bamboo in the flower hall, accompanied by the sound of women singing loudly and men cheering loudly.
Mrs. You asked subconsciously: "Is this a guest in the house?"
The maid who led the way replied casually: "Uncle Jiao from Xifu is here - our master sent him a message yesterday. I heard he is going to discuss some big deal."
Thinking of You's words just now, Second Sister You was more discerning this time, and she asked casually: "My sister just said that she was doing business with someone in partnership. Could it be that she was also referring to this Uncle Jiao?"
"this……"
The maid laughed awkwardly and hesitated about how to answer. Mrs. You who was standing beside her glared at her daughter and said with a smile: "Girl, don't worry about her. Aren't we going to have a meal? I'm really hungry in my stomach."
Woolen cloth."
"Yes, yes, eating is more important!"
The maid breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly took the two of them to a small hall. She said that she was helping to ask for food, and then ran out as if her buttocks were on fire.
Seeing that there was no one around, Second Sister You asked hesitantly: "Mom, why do I feel that something is wrong with this matter? There is a brother-in-law outside, and no matter how bad it is, there are Brother Rong and Brother Qiang. How can it be my sister's turn to come forward to do business with others?
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"Shh!"
Madam You made a silent gesture, and looked outside like a thief. After confirming that it was safe, she lowered her voice and said: "Why do you think your sister is angry with her? Just keep these things under lock and key."
Don’t dare to say it out loud in your belly!”
Only then did Second Sister You belatedly think of all the strange things that had happened between You and her sister recently.
After a while, she couldn't help but worry again: "I think that maid seems to be... what should I do if the news reaches my brother-in-law's ears?!"
"Don't you think you are your brother-in-law?"
Mrs. You snorted: "He was the pimp himself in the beginning, but now a lot of the expenses in this house are directed at Uncle Jiao. I'm afraid your brother-in-law still thinks he has made a good deal!"
Suddenly hearing such a devastating thing, Second Sister You's eyes widened in shock. It wasn't until the maid brought the food that she gradually recovered from the huge shock.
She didn't want to eat anymore, so she grabbed Mrs. You who was devouring her food and asked in confusion: "Brother-in-law is the head of the Ningguo Mansion, and Uncle Jiao is just a sixth-grade official, so why..."
"What do you know?!"
In fact, You Lao Niang had only heard about it recently, but now when her daughter asked about it, she immediately put on the posture of knowing everything, and lectured condescendingly: "Although the Duke's house is famous, who do you think has any seriousness about him?"
Official position? Although official Jiao Shun is not a big one, he is one of the top vacancies in the Ministry of Industry. He has hundreds of thousands of workers under his command, and he is also in charge of building houses for the emperor, prime minister, and high officials. The money is not worth it.
flowed into his hands?"
Having said this, she spread her hands in front of her daughter, slowly spread her five fingers apart, and said exaggeratedly: "There is enough money leaking out from the gaps between the fingers to fill this room!"
This one dares to say it, and the other one actually believes it.
Sister You was so dazzled by what she heard that she couldn't even taste her food.
If we talk about the two sisters of the You family, one loves gold and silver jewelry, brocade clothes and jade robes the most, and the other hates the man who is more elegant and handsome than Pan An. It can be said that he is greedy for money and lustful and takes advantage of them all.
Second Sister You was a little uncontrollable when faced with the flirting between Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and his son. Now that she heard that there is a bigger true Buddha and is her sister's sponsor, she naturally felt even more excited.
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at the same time.
Jiao Shun suggested forming a fleet, and while Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and his son were calculating the pros and cons, they also arrived at You's house with ease.
At this time, Youshi had already thrown away the pair of small jackets, and her body was both covered and exposed. Coupled with her increasingly plump body and the fragrance of milk all over her body, it was quite strange.
Youshi was a little unsure. Seeing Jiao Shun come in and look at her, she nervously covered her belly and asked, "What, are you fat?"
Without saying a word, Jiao Shun stepped forward and hugged her up, weighed her hard and said: "Where is the fat? I looked at her and she turned a lot pale, like a dough..."
He was about to lower his head, but suddenly stopped, glanced at the cradle aside, and said hesitantly: "Have you hired a wet nurse?"
"Of course I've hired them a long time ago, but I usually do it myself."
Jiao Shun immediately lost his worries...
After helping Youshi lose several hundred milliliters of weight, he couldn't take the next step because he was still not yet pregnant, so he gently placed the rosy-faced Youshi in front of the dressing table.
Inadvertently he glanced at the pile of jewelry, and then saw that You's body was much simpler than before. Jiao Shun immediately understood it, fiddled with the jewelry casually, and said: "You are white and tender now, but these things look thin."
If you have some, I will get you a more stylish one later and replace these."
When Youshi heard what he said, she was naturally happy, but she said: "Don't worry, you should lose weight in a month or two, why bother spending this wasted money?"
"Then we need to do it more urgently."
Jiao Shun said with a smile: "Although flying swallows in the palm of my hand is good, it would be a pity if I missed Concubine Yang."
"Bah, you are the one who knows how to coax people!"
Youshi spat, but her body went straight into Jiao Shun's arms.
When she talked about jewelry, she remembered the scene just now and told it to Jiao Shun as a joke: "My second sister just looked at these things and could hardly pull them out. She wanted me to give her one or two.
I refused to give it to her, and even said that I wanted to melt it in front of her. Didn't you see her look, her eyelids were so shallow, it really ruined her good looks."
Jiao Shun also laughed.
The two talked about love for a while, until Yindie came to send a message, saying that someone from the flower hall had sent someone to hurry up, and then they had to say goodbye.
I walked out of the courtyard alone and as soon as I walked outside the back house, I happened to bump into the mother and daughter of the You family.
With his current status, Jiao Shun would not give way to two unknown women. He just slowed down his pace slightly and waited for them to step aside.
Madam You obediently moved out of the way, and greeted "Uncle Jiao" with a smile on her face.
But when Second Sister You saw Jiao Shun coming towards her, she lost her consciousness for some reason and still took a few steps forward. When she realized something was wrong, she stopped again with a blush on her face.
Seeing her shyly lowering her head and playing with the handkerchief in her hand, Jiao Shun thought of Youshi's words just now, and unconsciously became romantic again. He quickly took out a pair of sapphire earrings from his sleeves, handed them over with a smile and said, "I just said
I picked up a pair of earrings, and after asking for a long time, I couldn't find the owner. I guess they don't belong to this house. Girl, please make sure you lost them."
Second Sister You was stunned for a moment, and was about to say that she had not lost anything, but when she saw the golden and blue lovely person, she was fascinated for a moment, and she stood there without refusing or extending her hand.
Jiao Shun glanced at Mrs. You aside and saw that she was also staring at the earrings eagerly. He also vaguely remembered that in the original work, this woman was a pimp for his daughter, so he simply stepped forward and grabbed Sister You's earrings.
With his little hand, he pushed the earring in, and said with a smile: "This way it can be considered as returning to its original owner."
Chapter completed!