Chapter 60: Thinking of her as a shabby household who came here to ask for rewards!
In fact, there is no need to worry too much about guessing. When the Xu family was housekeeper, Aunt Pei had always been assisting her and was very trustworthy.
Looking at the food and clothing expenses of their mother and daughter, it is impossible that there is nothing fishy about them.
This did make her catch a mistake, but thinking about Mrs. Xu's attitude towards Mr. Pei, she was still a little unsure.
I first asked people to pay attention to the activities in the three shops and to test Xu's tone before talking about it.
However, Mrs. Xu's symptoms of joy, which had almost passed, were revived after eating two rice dumplings. She couldn't get out of bed because of vomiting for the past two days. It was Chanyi who tried her best to cook various flavors of japonica rice porridge.
Slowed down.
On this day, I saw that she was much better, and everyone was having fun in her room, talking about going to Daxiangguo Temple.
This was originally an agreement between the old lady and the old lady of the Wen family to go together. Unexpectedly, the two girls from the Wen family on the other side also wanted to go with their grandmother. The old lady Wen suggested that the girls from the Qiao family should also go together, and the young children
I have a companion.
Therefore, the family has been preparing for the trip to Daxiangguo Temple these days.
"The other day I saw a multi-treasure golden phoenix hairpin in the Zhenbao Pavilion. It was very beautiful. Unfortunately, the gems inlaid on it were too mixed. I thought it was too gorgeous. I wanted to replace it with a full set of yellow tourmalines. Who knew the shopkeeper would
The quality of the ones I took out was not very good, so I don’t even know what to wear when I go to Daxiangguo Temple.”
Qiao Yuning was nestling next to Mrs. Xu, pouting with an expression of infinite regret.
Qiao Yuyan has seen her and Mrs. Xu's intimate appearance countless times, and her heart has long been calm. She just pretends that she has not seen it, and still has the usual smile on her face. When she heard her say this, her smile was...
There was a moment of stagnation.
Sure enough, when Mrs. Xu heard this, she looked towards Qiao Yuyan and said, "I remember that your grandmother gave you a box of tourmalines some time ago. There are all kinds of tourmalines. You must not have used them yet! Pick some yellow ones for your sister and call her "
She took it to tie the hairpin."
Aunt Pei heard from the side and stood up quickly and said awkwardly, "How can this be done? How can I give it to Sister Ning because it belongs to the eldest girl?"
Then he turned to Qiao Yuning and said, "That's my sister, can't you ask for it? If you really like it, I'll look through it later and I'm afraid I can find two more."
Hearing this, Qiao Yuning pursed her lips, forced a smile and nodded: "I'm not sensible anymore. Don't take it to heart, mother. No matter how many and good things my sister has, there's no reason to give them to me, let alone the grandmother of the Xu family."
It’s given to me, how can I match it? Mother, don’t worry about me, I still have a few pieces of yellow tourmaline jewelry, you can use them even if you take them off.”
When Qiao Yuyan saw her like that, she felt uncomfortable. This move of retreating in order to advance was simply clumsy, but it happened to be in Xu's direction. Xu had always loved her, how could he see her so aggrieved?
Sure enough, Mrs. Xu hugged her as soon as she heard this, stroked her back and said with a smile: "What's the point! You are sisters, and there are many of them there! Why don't I give you a few? It's just you two.
You're the only one who sees outsiders like this, right, Sister Yan?"
Qiao Yuyan gritted her teeth quietly, and when she saw the girl hiding next to Mrs. Xu with a proud smile, she suddenly smiled and said, "Mom, it's true, if you want to do favors, you have to take out the things yourself, and you have to deflect it to your daughter.
, you have thrown out these words, can I, as your daughter, still support you?"
After saying that, he called Qixi, "Go to the warehouse and find out where the box of tourmalines is stored. Carefully select some and send them to the second girl."
She had a smile on her face, and she spoke crisply and generously, but it was a bit unpleasant to the ears of Qiao Yuning and her daughter.
On the one hand, she said that Mrs. Xu gave her things as a favor, on the other hand, she said that Mrs. Xu had to keep her in her pocket whenever she said anything. This clearly meant that she, Qiao Yuning, was an outsider, while she, Qiao Yuyan, was Xu's biological daughter.
In one sentence, this relationship of intimacy and distance is defined.
The words that followed sending Qixi to look for things made people feel even more harsh. They were also young ladies in the mansion. One had to dismantle old jewelry to get the few gems, but the other took a whole box and threw it in the warehouse.
Eat ashes.
He was clearly mocking her for settling down and asking for reward.
When Qiao Yuyan saw Qiao Yuning's bad expression, her mood immediately improved. Since she was reaching out to ask for something, she had to be prepared to look at people's faces. She had a good idea and wanted to step on her. How could she think so beautifully?
Mrs. Xu, however, did not think about this for a moment, and was very satisfied when she saw how friendly the sisters were to each other.
After everyone had dispersed, Aunt Liu smiled and said, "Our eldest girl is so generous. I can't blame the old lady and the master for letting her take care of the house without any worries!"
"It's just a few tourmalines. She has a lot of them there!"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu looked serious, "That's not what you said."
She is the wet nurse of the Xu family, and her words in Furong Garden are always important because the Xu family respects her very much. Seeing her look, she was a little confused, "What do you mean?"
After listening to Qiao Yuyan's words, Aunt Liu became somewhat wary of Aunt Pei and her daughter, and she was no longer as pleased with some of Qiao Yuning's behaviors as before.
"It's not that I am partial to your own wife, but think about the situation today. Logically speaking, the eldest daughter came out of your belly, so she should be closer to you, but she is acting coquettishly in your arms.
It’s the second girl.”
Mrs. Xu replied with a smile, "That's because Sister Ning grew up in front of me, and people say it's better to cultivate kindness than to show kindness!"
"Of course this is true," Nanny Liu handed over a stack of charcoal-roasted cashew nuts on the table, "but now that the eldest daughter is in front of you, which child doesn't want to be closer to his mother? Now that he is older, his behavior
I'm sorry, that's what I'm thinking in my heart, but now that the second girl is leaning in front of you, can she not feel envious? Can she not feel sour?"
"This..." When Mrs. Xu heard this, the smile on her face froze. She thought of the several times Qiao Yuyan came over and sat on a chair nearby, looking at her quietly.
"Even Madam, you didn't expect that the second girl, who is usually so exquisite and clear, didn't expect that person? If you really didn't expect it, you wouldn't be smart. If you could have thought of it..."
Aunt Liu did not continue what she said. Mrs. Xu waved her hands quickly, "No, Sister Ning is just smarter than other children, but she is actually still a child!"
Aunt Liu nodded when she heard this, and then talked about the tourmaline, "That was given to the eldest daughter by our old lady. She loves the eldest daughter so much, so she must have carefully selected it and sent it to her. But the second girl took it for granted."
I’m begging in front of you. I just want you to feel comfortable, so I can’t refuse. Besides, it’s an important day to go to Daxiangguo Temple. What kind of headgear can’t you wear?”
Seeing the look of regret on Mrs. Xu's face, Grandma Liu sighed and said, "Madam, the relationship between mother and daughter is already weak between you and the eldest girl, but please don't push her further away!" This chapter has been completed!