Originally, everyone was still chatting lively among themselves. The girls rarely went out and could not see outsiders. When these brothers who were familiar with each other came, they naturally had a lot to say.
The room was busy when suddenly I heard Xie Li's confused voice, "The two pearl flowers on Aunt Lin's head look very familiar. They look like the ones my father gave to our sisters during the Flower Festival last year."
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She chose the right time to speak. Several wives and maids were coming in to refill the ice bowl, and everyone's chat happened to stop. Therefore, everyone heard this sentence, which immediately attracted the attention of others.
Xie Songhua glanced at Xie Li indifferently, and found it funny when she saw her successful look. It was rare to see such an idiot counting the money after being sold.
There are many girls' homes here, and this matter brought up something familiar to me, and everyone started talking about it for a while.
At this glance, not only did the rings on the Lin family's hands, but also the rings on the hands of the Cao Zhong family next to them seemed familiar.
The eldest girl, Xie Qionghua, saw this and sneered: "I remember the sixth sister said she lost her jewelry some time ago?"
Xie Tu was whispering something to the old lady. Hearing this, he was startled and couldn't help but look at the two daughters-in-law.
Over there, Xie Yuncang's eyes swept over Xie Li coldly, and the corners of his mouth tightened. However, Xie Qionghua and Xie Tu were the eldest girls. Even if he was the head of the house, he couldn't say anything over the head of the house.
Just facing Mr. Zhou Ge next to him, his face became a little embarrassed.
Zhou Wenyou was smiling, as if he was happy to watch the excitement.
However, the second Lin family was immediately frightened and fell to their knees, "Old Madam clearly knows that these two pearl flowers were accidentally bought by this servant from the Xingsheng Pawn Shop on the street at the back door. I only thought they were cheap and beautiful, and did not do them for him."
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Then I saw some really good jewelry there, so I invited several other sisters in the house to pick it out, not just the two of us, but also Lady Sun on the east gate, Lady Hua in Aunt Qin’s room, and we
They have all gone, and they can all testify for me!"
Xie Tu also nodded and explained quickly: "My jewelry was also found later. It turned out that it was collected in the wrong place by the maids in front of me. I don't know why it was spread out, but it was lost."
Xie Qionghua had a hint of dissatisfaction on his face, and his eyes fell on the two kneeling daughters-in-law again, "It's strange to say that these things of yours were all bought in the house. Could it be that someone stole them from the master?"
Are you taking out your things to sell?"
Xie Changqing was originally reading a book in his hand, as if he was not listening to what was going on outside the window. At this time, he raised his eyes to look at his eldest daughter, and said with a smile: "Today I am posting books, don't miss the main business.
If someone is stealing and selling things in the house, we can just investigate carefully later, it's not a big deal."
Xie Qionghua became more and more angry because of this, "How can this be a trivial matter?! The servants in the house dare to steal the master's things and sell them. If the news spreads, how can others laugh at our family?! If the emperor is not strict in running the family,
No way!"
As she spoke, her eyes swept over Xie Shuhua, Xie Li and other girls from the second room.
Xie Songhua thought for a while and then understood the key.
And I have to admire Xie Shuhua's ability to take advantage of people's hearts. Xie Li is naturally a headless fly. Xie Yuncang didn't even know that he had offended Xie Yuncang, so he brought this matter out loudly.
But it gave Xie Qionghua the opportunity to have an attack. I think the eldest lady of the Xie family had long been dissatisfied with the cowardice of her second wife, the head of the family, so she took advantage of it today.
Moreover, Mr. Qi happened to make another big mistake. At this moment, he claimed that he was ill and could not go out.
At this time, the old lady was here, and there was an outsider like Mr. Zhou Ge. Qi's face was completely humiliated.
Therefore, Xie Changqing's words not only failed to persuade Xie Qionghua, but made her even more angry.
Xie Yuncang's face felt a little embarrassed for a moment. His eyes swept over Lin Erjia's heads and then fell on Xie Songhua. His eyes could not be less harsh.
If others don't know the details here, how can he know?
Xie Shuhua hurriedly smoothed things over at this time, "Having said that, I remembered that I had packed up some jewelry that I didn't usually carry and donated it. Looking at it, it seemed that it was somewhat similar to the things I packed away.
, maybe my things ended up in a pawn shop."
Such a make-up lie is just a cover-up, who can it be concealed from?
But the key point is that when she said this now, she was trying to save face for Xie Yuncang and the Qi family, and she gave off a general image.
Xie Songhua, who secretly sold jewelry, not only made a mistake, but also hid in the dark, and had no excuse to deal with it, so the two people made a judgment.
The third and fourth girls of the Xie family, these two real and fake daughters, Xie Songhua's advantage lies in her bloodline, she is really from the Xie family.
But what she suffers from is that she has been living outside for fifteen years, and now that she has returned, she cannot keep up with her education and talents.
Xie Shuhua is just the opposite. She is picking on Xie Songhua's painful foot.
It would be fine if only Xie's family was here, but there are still outsiders here at this time, and among these outsiders is Mr. Zhou Ge. For Xie Yuncang, this is another level of accident.
Xie Songhua thought about it, and spoke before the old lady spoke, with a look of shame on her face: "Third sister, please don't take it from me, I pawned it off."
One sentence caused an uproar, and even Zhou Wenyou couldn't help but sit up straight and look at her, with an even more playful smile on his face.
Xie Songhua originally came from the countryside, and was used to living in poverty. Now she suddenly became rich, and she was willing to take advantage of it. People couldn't help but think that she was greedy for money.
It was Xie Yuncang who had a bit of disappointment on his face.
In his opinion, since Xie Songhua already lives in the outer courtyard, if he is short of money, why can't he tell him? He even wants to pawn the things he uses in his boudoir.
If something is not good and someone makes a fuss about it, the reputation will be ruined.
When Xie Songhua saw that everyone's eyes were on him, he was not timid, but felt a little ashamed.
He walked directly to Xie Yuncang and saluted him, "Father, you gave me these jewelry. I pawned them without asking you. It's my daughter's fault."
Xie Yuncang couldn't help but feel angry. Due to the presence of outsiders, he couldn't get too angry. He could only suppress his anger and said reluctantly: "You kid, you have been home for more than a month, but you are still so restrained. You are short of money. Just do it."
Just open your mouth and you won’t treat it like something.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Xie Sihua say: "It's all the same expenses in the house, the same monthly money, but she doesn't have enough money! Is it possible that someone else is cheating on her monthly money?"
Xie Songhua's face turned red and he said quickly: "No, no! I...it's not that I don't have enough money to spend, it's just..."
She paused, "It's just that my little brother will be one month old in three days. According to the custom in my former place, the child should be given a longevity lock. I can't raise that much money at this time, so I thought of giving it to him first.
The jewelry was pawned, so I locked it up for my little brother. If I save some money for a private house in the future, I can still redeem the jewelry." This chapter has been completed!