The next morning, when Xu Xiuyi got up, Su Jinyuan had already gone to the security hall. Guiling jelly was on the market today, and Su Jinyuan paid great attention to it. Last night, he was busy with the shop assistants and came back very late. When he came back, Xu Xiuyi was already fast asleep.
I didn't want to wake her up, so I folded my clothes and stayed on the small couch next to her for the night.
In fact, from the initial dislike to Su Jinyuan to the current feeling of being moved, Xu Xiuyi has struggled with whether to live a good life with him as a couple.
But in the end, her reason prevailed over her emotions. She knew that being touched was not love. She could feel grateful to Su Jinyuan for risking his life to help him, but it was absolutely impossible for her to develop feelings for her.
Loving someone is sometimes easy, but sometimes it is difficult. Su Jinyuan slept on the couch yesterday, so what about tonight?
While eating breakfast, Xu Xiuyi kept worrying about this problem until the waiter hurriedly came to report that it was something bad. Baoan Tang had launched the exact same Guiling Cream before Baoning Tang, and it was branded with the emperor's name. More importantly,
I invited the Fifth Prince himself to try it on the spot, and the effect was amazing. Now this sweet and smooth Guiling paste has been sold out as soon as it was launched. Baoningtang was passive and worked hard to cook the Guiling paste last night. I don’t know if it is
How to deal with it.
Xu Xiuyi paused while drinking the porridge. She felt a little uneasy yesterday, but she didn't expect that An Chengshao was really so despicable.
The recipe for Turtle Ointment was what she used to test him that day. If she had known that the two of them would break up, she would not have given the house to An Chengshao intact if she was killed.
It was only because she loved him so much at the time that she didn't believe that he would betray her anyway. Because of the disbelief deep in her heart, she dared to give him the recipe for Guiling Gao with confidence.
Now she really shot herself in the foot. She never thought that An Chengshao not only plagiarized her patents, but also plagiarized her ideas.
That day, in order to test An Chengshao, she even told the Queen Mother that she had tasted the food and the Queen Mother was full of praise for it, and that she planned to use the Queen Mother as her brand.
She invited the Queen Mother, and Young Master An Cheng was even better at inviting the Emperor. He also personally invited the Fifth Prince to sit in charge.
Xu Xiuyi closed his eyes tightly and felt depressed. He finally had no scruples anymore and was going to completely kill the Su family?
Seeing this, Jin Yu hurriedly came up and said, "Grandma, please don't get angry. I have told you that your health is not in good condition. This anger will hurt your body."
Yinyu was filled with indignation: "Second Master is really despicable. There must be an insider among us. Grandma invented the secret recipe of Guiling Ointment. How could Second Master know about it?"
Jin Yu scolded her: "Stop talking, I've never seen grandma so annoyed."
Xu Xiuyi opened her eyes, and her eyes were clear: "Let's go to Baoning Hall."
"But it's grandma's body."
Just when Jin Yu was about to speak, Xu Xiuyi looked at her and gave her a shock. After all, she didn't dare to speak and quickly asked someone to prepare the sedan.
The sedan hurriedly arrived at Baoning Hall. Xu Xiuyi got off the sedan. There were still many people surrounding the entrance of the security hall, shouting to buy Guiling paste. Master An Cheng stood on the steps above the crowd, looking at each other. Xu Xiuyi's eyes were filled with coldness.
, he was not to be outdone, with a sneer on his lips.
Hate gradually formed in Xu Xiuyi's eyes. An Chengshao was startled for a moment. Xu Xiuyi turned her head and pretended that she had never known this person before. If she wanted to fight, she would fight to the end. She only gave Guiling Gao that day.
The formula and the other four flavors of herbal tea were not given. But did Mr. An Cheng really think that he could suppress Baoningtang in one fell swoop with Guiling Gao?
If he really thinks so, he is too naive.
Entering Baoning Hall, there was a smell of turtle paste, which showed how late Su Jinyuan was busy and how much he did last night.
"Xiu Yi, why are you here? You're a quick talker. Didn't you say you're not allowed to upload it to the government?"
Su Jinyuan scolded, but Xu Xiuyi said: "Don't blame others, these turtle jelly can't be released now. I didn't expect that the Security Hall would come to preemptively strike. With this kind of thing, if we strike first, we will win. If we strike later, we will only cause trouble."
It’s a joke. People say that we, the Guizhou donkeys, copied them and ruined the reputation of our Baoning Hall.”
Su Jinyuan agreed: "Well, that's why I didn't release the Guiling Gao. It's just that I was very surprised. How could the second brother know the recipe for Guiling Gao? There must be no insider among us."
After speaking, he glanced at everyone, his eyes were quite cold. Everyone was as quiet as ice but their eyes were firm. Everyone had a clear conscience for what they had not done.
Xu Xiuyi took a deep breath. She was the mole. She gave everyone hope, but now she has destroyed everyone's hope, so she said: "Stop checking, there won't be a mole. I guess I accidentally revealed it when I entered the palace that day."
The Empress Dowager informed the Emperor about Guiling Gao's house. The Emperor has a very good relationship with the Fifth Prince brothers. If the Fifth Prince knows about it, then the new master of Baoning Hall will naturally know about it."
She went around in such a big circle just to put the blame on herself, but she didn't want to have anything to do with An Chengshao.
Hearing this, Guan Dahu said a few words: "We only found out in the morning that Baoning Hall changed hands. But Third Grandma, don't you think it's okay for the Fifth Prince to have a personal relationship with you? How could..."
"Being with you is like being with a tiger. We have already broken up, and the new master of Baoantan is his guest. He will naturally help him. Not to mention this, it is urgent. We are controlled by others, but we must not give up just now. We still have something left.
Four prescriptions, boil the medicine quickly, don’t choose the day, it will be on the market today.”
Su Jinyuan told everyone this before, and now that Xu Xiuyi said so, everyone came clean again and went out to work one after another. Xu Xiuyi was already very angry. In addition, he had been ill for the past few days and felt dizzy for a moment. Fortunately, Su Jinyuan came up quickly.
He hugged her and said worriedly: "I am in the store. Even if the Su family collapses, I will be there to support you. Your pure heart makes me feel distressed. Let me check your pulse."
Xu Xiuyi shook her head: "It doesn't matter."
"Let me take a look, otherwise I won't worry."
Xu Xiuyi knew that although ancient medical skills could tell the pulse, they could not tell the date, so she put her hand in front of Su Jinyuan. Su Jinyuan pinched the pulse with a distressed look on his face.
"Your pulse is unstable and your energy and blood are weak. If you continue to toss, I'm afraid our child won't be able to hold on. Dad has an elegant house in the south of the city. It's surrounded by herbs and the climate is nurturing. You can go there to rest for a few days.
I asked my elder brother and sister-in-law to accompany you and take care of you at all times, so that those ignorant people will not bother you all the time."
Xu Xiuyi knew that he was doing it for her own good, but she didn't dare to leave him to recuperate. Young Master An Cheng was really too abominable.
"I don't want to leave."
But Su Jinyuan almost begged and spoke: "Xiu Yi, just give me a chance to make it up to you. You are so tiring and tiring, which makes me feel quite painful. Don't worry, with me, this Baoning Hall will not collapse."
, this is our family business together.”
When he said this, if he disagreed, it would show that she doubted his ability. Looking at the security hall, An Chengshao was probably most eager to see her in embarrassment when he was proud, that's all.
Going away from the world for a few days might actually put An Chengshao completely behind him.
She nodded: "Okay."
Su Jinyuan hugged her and kissed her forehead gently. She was quite unnatural, but she didn't hide away. She was tired over time and couldn't fall in love with Su Jinyuan, but how could she resist the intimacy that a husband and wife should have?
We can only delay it as long as possible until Su Jinyuan loses interest in her.
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Su Jinyuan arranged for Xu Xiuyi to set off that day to the Su family's manor in the southern suburbs of the city. The house was surrounded by honeysuckle, which was fragrant, and there were various medicinal herbs in the yard. Xu Xiuyi had heard of this manor before.
, this is actually the first time.
And so is Su Jinye.
This is Mr. Su's most precious place. In the past, only Su Jinyuan, the eldest son, could come and stay for a few days. After Mr. Su passed away, the whole family was busy dealing with Su Jinyi, so there was no time to come and relax. Today, he was able to thank Xu Xiuyi.
Xu Xiuyi was in poor health, and her face looked a bit sickly pale because of her anger and difficulty in relieving herself. Su Li came with her this time, and in order to relieve Xu Xiuyi's boredom, she also brought Su Qingying with her.
Xu Xiuyi originally wanted to bring the dumplings, but Su Jinyuan said he was afraid that the dumplings would burden Xu Xiuyi, so he left the dumplings at home.
Su Jinyuan doesn't like Tuanzi very much, probably because Tuanzi was born by a maid and adopted, so he despises her very much. It's just because of Xu Xiuyi's doting on Tuanzi, and she also seems to have some affection for Tuanzi.
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Xu Xiuyi always thought that over time, Su Jinyuan would fall in love with that cute little doll.
It's a pity that I can't bring dumplings here this time. Although such a large courtyard is smaller than the Su family's mansion, it has less worldly disputes, is quiet and elegant, and can cultivate one's sentiments. However, the dumplings are still small, so I guess.
There is no sentiment at all.
Su Li's maid Ruyi came over early and cleaned up the two rooms. This manor was already taken care of by someone. Su Li was afraid that Xu Xiuyi would not be used to it, so she arranged for Hao Po from Su's house to serve Xu Xiuyi's food and drinks. They just walked together.
Some pomp and circumstance was created, everything was settled, and the sky became dark.
Hao Po cooked six dishes and one soup. Xu Xiuyi had a small appetite and couldn't eat much, so Su Li and Su Jinyi persuaded her to eat more.
After eating more than half a bowl of rice, crickets and frogs were chirping happily in the suburbs. Qing girl was going to catch fireflies. Xu Xiuyi saved her life and set up three deck chairs in the park to enjoy the cool air outside.
Outside the city, there were stars, the sky was pure black, and the stars were dazzlingly bright. Miss Qing was happily catching fireflies in the flowers, and the maid and mother-in-law followed behind and called her little ancestor. The scene was quite pleasant. As expected, Su Jinyuan's
The plan was good, and Xu Xiuyi felt much better.
"Third brothers and sisters, it's the Chinese Valentine's Day. Look at those two stars. They are said to be the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. They will meet each other on the Chinese Valentine's Day."
It’s already the end of June, and it will indeed be Chinese Valentine’s Day in a few days.
Chinese Valentine's Day has gradually developed into a medium-sized festival in modern times, with the tendency to replace the Western Valentine's Day. However, Xu Xiuyi, who was single in her previous life, has never had an Eastern Valentine's Day or a Western Valentine's Day. Fortunately, here
There are only a few people there for Chinese Valentine's Day, otherwise I wouldn't know who I would spend it with this year.
Su Jinyuan, it is true that this is not love.
An Chengshao, that has long been a thing of the past.
"Xiu Yi, I think you look better tonight. Just relax. Baoning Hall has Jinyuan. You have to believe in Jinyuan. He used to take care of Baoning Hall's business. Su Jinyi just took advantage of it.
Since Jin Yuan is no longer the monkey king, since Jin Yuan he knew that he could not defeat him, he quickly sold the security hall." The person who spoke was Su Jinye, and it was clear that he had some admiration for Su Jinyuan.
Su Li also said: "No, the two bosses who are partners with the second brother were good friends of Jinyuan in the business. This time, Jinyuan found them in private as soon as he came back. They betrayed his face.
Not to mention that he wanted to quit Baoan Tang directly, but he was desperate, so he had the wisdom to sell Baoan Tang."
In fact, Xu Xiuyi also knew that Su Jinyuan was a good hand in business. Although others were messing around in the past, the master of the Su family valued him very much and asked him to do all kinds of business. The two aunts of the Su family used to work in the palace.
When the business was booming, the Su family also had business dealings with the imperial pharmacy in the palace. For such a big deal, the Su family master also asked Su Jinyuan to do it.
Later, Su Jinyi was able to help at the counter of Baoningtang because Su Jinyuan was in charge of too many big businesses and could not take care of the trivial small businesses, so Su Jinyi was chosen to help.
Su Jinye's saying about monkeys calling themselves kings is quite appropriate. After Su Jinyuan died, the master of the Su family knew that the youngest son, Su Jinyu, was an old man who couldn't be supported. Su Jinyi had also been practicing in Baoning Hall for a long time, so he began to delegate power to Su Jinyi.
The only people who actually took charge of Baoning Hall were the few months between Su Jinyuan's death and Xu Xiuyi taking over.
He thought he was powerful and wanted to confront Baoningtang. Xu Xiuyi had ten thousand ways to kill him. Even if Mr. An Cheng took over now, Xu Xiuyi had never been afraid.
"Sister-in-law, I know, Jin Yuan told me to believe him, I believe it."
Su Li laughed: "You two were so incompatible before, but now you are so loving and sweet. I am jealous of you calling me sister-in-law. Your eldest brother is a blockhead and can't even say a word of love. When you turn around, call him Dao Jinyuan. That's okay."
study."
Xu Xiuyi chuckled.
Su Jinye stammered: "Am I born with this temper? It's not like you don't know."
"Haha, sister-in-law, please don't embarrass me. You and I are like standing in a cold pool. Jinyuan is like a pot of boiling water. The boiling water can warm the cold pool, but if it lasts for a long time, it will be unbearable. Brother, it's just a cold pool.
The pot of warm water flows slowly and continuously for a hundred years."
This is probably love, it comes with great vigor, but in the end it may burn all over your body.
Only by doing it slowly and gently can you make a difference and live forever.
Many times, Xu Xiuyi envied the love between Su Jiang and Su Jinye. In fact, what she wanted was just this kind of love, and Su Jinyuan was obviously not the suitable candidate.
After what she said, Su Li became shy, but Su Jinye was quite proud: "Look at Xiu Yi, she can talk."
Mrs. Su Li said angrily: "Praise you a few times and you will fly into the sky."
Hearing this, the girl Qing giggled endlessly in the flowers. Apparently she heard the adults' conversation clearly: "Mom, you can hold daddy's hand. You are so heavy, daddy can't fly."
"You little girl, you said your mother and I are fat. Look, I won't take care of you."
As Su Jiang said, she got up and ran after the girl Qing. Under the bright starry sky, in the small garden courtyard, laughter and joy could be heard endlessly. This night was the most comfortable night that Xu Xiu had ever remembered in a long time.
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After staying in the southern suburbs manor for three days, Xu Xiuyi really couldn't bear to leave. At night she watched the moon and stars, chatted and played, and during the day she listened to Qing Ya's reciting poems, playing the piano, and Su Li talking about embroidery. She had a good foundation in needlework, even if she didn't understand it in her previous life.
Embroidery, in this life, can also embroider a purse to life, and the tiger descending from the mountain on top seems to be jumping out of the purse.
Finally, when he was about to seal it, Su Jiang suddenly picked up the scissors.
"etc."
After saying this, he took a small piece of Xu Xiuyi's hair, cut it off, tied it into a beautiful knot with a red rope, put it in the middle of her purse, and said, "Okay, this is for Jin Yuan, as long as the woman is ordinary,
Give it to the man you love in your wallet, with a piece of your own hair in it, which means that if I can't be with you, a certain part of my body will always be with you."
Xu Xiuyi looked at the bunch of hair in confusion, and suddenly remembered that someone said, embroider a purse for me and put a strand of your hair in it.
"What's wrong? Are you dumbfounded?"
Mrs. Su Li waved her hand in front of Xu Xiuyi, and Xu Xiuyi calmed down, looked at the strand of hair, and said: "I didn't know there was such a saying, haha."
Su Li said: "It has become popular in the past few years. I accidentally heard it from the woman in the kitchen. I even made one for your eldest brother in private. Your eldest brother likes it so much that he always carries it with him.
, I also put the hair of our girl Qing in it. The two closest and dearest people will accompany him. You sew it up first, wait for your child to land, then open the purse and stuff a strand of fetal hair in, you mother and son
Everyone should stay with the third child, and the third child should die happy."
As she urged Xu Xiuyi to sew, Xu Xiuyi smiled slightly. How could she explain that there was no possibility of giving away this purse.
After sealing the seal, Ms. Su Li praised her craftsmanship several times. Seeing that she seemed a little tired, she said: "I have been embroidering for a day, your eyes are tired, please take a nap. I happened to be taking Miss Qing with me."
When I went home, this kid clamored to get the jade flute, composed a new song on the piano, and insisted on playing it again with the jade flute."
Xu Xiuyi smiled slightly: "Well, sister-in-law, just go ahead and be careful on the way."
Mrs. Su Li exclaimed, walked to the door and turned back: "By the way, your second sister-in-law has gone back. I probably don't know that your second sister-in-law has been in Baoning Hall these days."
"gone back?"
"Well, I haven't given my divorce letter yet. After all, your second sister-in-law is my real wife. I can't live with my son's face all the time. Your second sister-in-law is even more unsightly, so I went back."
Xu Xiu recalled that it might not be that simple. Regarding the Su Jiang family, she mentioned something to Su Jinyuan. Su Jinyuan was already at odds with Su Jinyi, and the Su Jiang family hated Su Jinyi so much that he was willing to go back. There must be some articles in it.
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Perhaps Su Jinyuan had the same idea as her and used Su Jiang's family to deal with Su Jinyi first.
This is also a guess, but it is close to ten.
Mrs. Su Li then went out. It was a cloudy day and it rained in the morning. The weather was cool and she felt bored staying in the house. Xu Xiuyi simply asked Jin Yu to accompany her for a walk in the back mountain.
There are also large areas of honeysuckle planted in the back hill. It seems that Mr. Su's family likes honeysuckle very much. Although it is cheap, it has a wide range of medicinal value, strong reproductive capacity, and beautiful decorative effect. Many people's low fences are decorated with it.
It is decorated with honeysuckle.
Walking on the mountain path lined with honeysuckle, breathing in the rare cool air in summer after the light rain, Xu Xiuyi felt relaxed and happy, but it was just a matter of course. The stone steps in front of her were loose, and she stepped on them. She slipped down and rolled down.
Long steps.
"Grandma!" Jin Yu screamed, hysterical, with panic in her eyes. Seeing Xu Xiuyi sliding down the stairs to a small canyon on the side, she chased down like crazy. It was dangerous, but Xu Xiuyi asked a small tree to stop her, so she didn't stop.
Continue to roll down and slide deeper into the valley bottom.
Even so, it was enough to make Jin Yu panic.
"Grandma, grandma, let me save you."
"Don't!" Enduring the severe pain, Xu Xiuyi said with her last strength, "Go call someone, don't come down, go call someone quickly."
"Grandma!" Jin Yu obviously didn't dare to leave, and knew that there was no way she could drag Xu Xiuyi up. There was a moment of confusion.
"Go quickly." Xu Xiuyi shouted with all her strength, her voice hoarse.
"Okay, grandma, wait, wait."
Jin Yu quickly picked up her skirt and ran towards the manor like crazy, shouting for help as she ran.
Xu Xiuyi endured the pain, biting her lips, and big beads of sweat rolled down her forehead. Her face, which was originally pink and tender, was now pale, and her abdomen felt like tearing pain. Although the little tree was saved,
She was killed, but it happened to be blocked from the waist and on her abdomen. The severe pain was beyond human endurance.
She didn't understand that the stone steps were still in good condition a few days ago, and even if they were loosened after the rain, they would not be so loose.
But how could she think about finding out what was going on with the stone steps? The severe pain almost killed her. The pain made her eyes blurry, but she tried hard to tell herself not to faint. With the last bit of strength, she kept dying.
She was pushed into the mud, and her limbs were now connected to her lower abdomen, which was so painful that she fainted.
A pair of warm hands hugged her hard. Her consciousness was a little blurred. In the haze, she saw a blurry face, which was both real and illusory. It seemed to belong to An Chengshao. She reached out to touch it.
, but the hand dropped weakly.
How could it be him? Now he probably wants her to die.
Her consciousness became even more blurred, and she could no longer distinguish the scenery in front of her. She was really lucky that her awakening was gone so quickly.
Fortunately, someone came, otherwise she might not be able to hold on for one more minute.
"Xu Xiuyi, Xu Xiuyi, wake up, Xu Xiuyi, I don't want anything to happen to you, Xu Xiuyi, do you hear me?"
There was a cry that was so urgent and crazy that it sounded in my ears, so familiar, yet so strange.
The sound became more and more distant, until the final sound penetrated deeply into my heart, as if An Chengshao was whispering in my ear - "Xiu'er".