Qiao Yuyan didn't recognize the visitor. She was a woman who came with two young girls. "I just heard that the cousin of the Xu family is back. I didn't pay attention yet. I just passed by on the other side, but she looked very familiar. Now
I came here specially to have a look, and it turned out to be Miss Qiao."
This woman wore a delicate bun and a neat hair and face. When she spoke, the smile on her face seemed to have been carefully arranged. She was holding a wine glass in her hand. She didn't even notice Qiao Yuyan's blank expression.
Without the slightest hint of embarrassment, he said, "Miss Qiao...oh, now I have to call my aunt, but my aunt has forgotten me? You even came to our house to have a drink before."
Xu Lu pulled Qiao Yuyan's sleeve aside and said, "This is the eldest wife of the Zhang family. She is the niece of her natal family and the granddaughter of her grandmother's cousin."
Qiao Yuyan tried her best to clear the relationship in her head and tried to recall the people involved in the relationship Xu Lu mentioned, but she couldn't remember any of them.
So I could only smile awkwardly and say, "I'm sorry you still think about it. Thank you for remembering me."
"Look, why are you so polite? I hugged you when you were a child! You told me that you loved the snacks made by my cook the most. Now that you are back, you are not allowed to leave quietly. You have to come to my house.
Sit down, otherwise I won’t obey you.”
Qiao Yuyan has one head and two big ones. They are all the same.
But as the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person. Even if you know in your heart that you will never go, you still have to put on a smiling face and greet people politely.
As soon as Mrs. Zhang left, Mrs. Li, Grandma Zhou, and Miss Tang all came over. This person also said that they had played together in the same place before, and the other one also said how they got along well at that time.
He also praised her for her beautiful dress, and said that her manners and manners were much better than those of Jiangzhou people. She also directly asked about official affairs and asked if there were any young men and women of the right age in the Qiao family or the Wen family.
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Xu Lu finally realized that she had gotten into trouble. Seeing Qiao Yuyan unable to resist, she could only shrink her head and act like a tortoise, pretending not to see the dagger flying towards her.
After all, Shi Ye had finally developed some sense of worldliness after following her for so long. Without receiving her signal, he jumped out of the back window, ran in from the front door, and said hurriedly: "Madam, the old lady is here."
I asked you to come back because of an urgent matter. I told you not to delay and to come right away."
Xu Lu was startled. She heard that it was her grandmother who was calling her. She was afraid that her grandmother was in bad health again. She quickly stood up and drove the others away. She grabbed Qiao Yuyan and ran downstairs, "Don't stop me."
Now, whoever stops me is in a hurry!"
In this way, the two cousins finally got on the carriage back.
Qiao Yuyan breathed a long sigh of relief, but Xu Lu was so nervous that she directly said to Shi Ye outside: "Hey, can you hurry up?! Why did I send you here without even a powerful handlebar move?"
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After saying that, he realized something was wrong. He stared at Shi Ye's face for a long time and said suspiciously: "Aren't you the maid who came with us just now? When did you go back? Why did grandma send you here?"
She said doubtfully, and when she turned around, she saw Qiao Yuyan's eyes almost rolling to the sky, and then she realized, "It's fake!"
Qiao Yuyan rolled her eyes down and stared at her fiercely: "You still have the nerve to say, if my maid is not more alert, do you plan to let me listen to flattery all day long?"
Hearing what she said, Xu Lu shrank her neck, "I didn't expect these ladies and grandmothers in Jiangzhou to be so enthusiastic! Actually... just ignore it. Do they really dare to go?"
Can’t our family win over you?”
Qiao Yuyan said angrily: "What's the situation here right now? You..."
As she spoke, she caught a glimpse of Xu Lu's curious expression, and cut off her words mid-sentence.
Forget it, why bother telling her such an annoying thing.
At least until now, Xu Lu is still the carefree Miss Xu. Even telling her can't solve anything, it just makes her more troubled.
She had to change her words, "My father has just joined the cabinet. If you think about the other people selected by the Holy Spirit to be in the cabinet today, you will know how little my father's qualifications are.
Easily criticized by others.
Our family is a merchant. In the past, my father was often ridiculed for marrying my mother. Now if I make any unpleasant remarks in Jiangzhou, those censors will immediately swarm to interfere with my father's affairs.
Already."
Xu Lu didn't know much about things in the capital, but she knew about things in Jiangzhou, and she also knew that merchants were considered inferior in the eyes of those who were officials.
Even though it is no longer obvious that it has reached the level of the Xu family, every time there is an event and if a lady from the official family participates, my grandmother and father will always remind me again and again to promise not to offend others.
This has been ingrained in her heart for many years. Although she is not angry, there is nothing she can do about it.
Now that the official's identity was changed to her own cousin, she quickly changed her position and understood the power of it.
"Then...what should we do now? Uncle, he..."
Seeing her being so anxious, Qiao Yuyan's original unhappiness immediately disappeared. She laughed out loud and couldn't help but flick her forehead, "Now you know you can't be so quick-talking? Don't worry! Now I'm just letting people know."
, I just turned around and ignored their invitations. At most, they just asked people to say a few words. Now I have no one in my eyes."
"This...doesn't this mean that I've ruined your reputation?!"
"Okay!" Qiao Yuyan turned around to comfort her, "Anyway, I won't live here in the future. I'm just a guest here now. When I leave, I don't know how people here will talk about me, and they won't treat me as well.
There will be no impact."
When Xu Lu heard what she said, she finally felt a little better and sighed helplessly, "These people really just want to have fun and not get involved in those interests."
Qiao Yuyan couldn't help but laugh, "You don't get involved because you don't have to worry about those things. Your family has already taken care of everything for you. You don't know how to be blessed even though you are blessed!"
After she finished speaking, she suddenly found Xu Lu looking at her with a strange look, which made her feel strange, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know what's wrong. I always feel like you've changed a lot in the past two years. It's not like you're one year older than me, but like you're ten years older. You talk and act the same as before.
The difference is too big. Could it be that this is the capital?"
Qiao Yuyan felt a little sad when she heard that, but before she could answer, the carriage suddenly rushed forward, causing them both to stumble and almost fly out.