Shen Xiu watched Mrs. Gu being taken away, but what she said was to plead for her, "Sir, I can also understand what Mrs. Gu did. After all, Mr. Gu is her cousin, and she prefers her relatives.
It's normal. I don't want you to hurt the relationship between you and your husband because of this. As long as Mrs. Gu doesn't take action against me in the future, I can pretend that nothing happened."
Of course Shen Xiu is not the Holy Mother. She said this not to forgive Mrs. Gu, but Mrs. Gu is the wife of Qin Zhifu after all.
Even if he is justified, he is still an outsider in argument. If Magistrate Qin turns husband and wife against each other because of him, an outsider, then he will not have the face to see Magistrate Qin in the future.
On the contrary, if he exposes the matter generously, Magistrate Qin will definitely strictly control Mrs. Gu in the future out of guilt. And if he encounters difficulties, he can continue to come to Magistrate Qin for help.
Sure enough, as soon as Shen Xiu said these words, Magistrate Qin felt relieved. He actually didn't know how to deal with Mrs. Gu. After all, this was his step-in-law whom he had doted on for several years, and he had some feelings for her.
Shen Xiu saw his expression clearly and knew that her guess was correct. As expected, Magistrate Qin had a lot of intolerance towards Mrs. Gu.
"Sir, there is a saying that you should forgive others when you have to. There is no deep grudge between me and Mrs. Gu. As long as she no longer hates me, let this matter be over!"
Magistrate Qin sighed: "I didn't expect Wei Yan to have such a good wife like you. Well, I will listen to you and pretend this never happened. Don't worry, Mrs. Gu will never cause trouble for you again. If she dares one day
If she is against you, just come to me. I will never let her off lightly again, and I will directly give her a letter of divorce when the time comes."
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "This is the best thing."
Mrs. Gu had spared Lian Niang and Li San, so Magistrate Qin naturally didn't go into too much detail, leaving Shen Xiu to deal with them on his own.
As for Shi Xiu Niang, Shen Xiu fulfilled her promise. As long as she leaves the city, her words will count.
Shi Xiu Niang saw with her own eyes that even Mrs. Gu fell into Shen Xiu's hands, so naturally she did not dare to go against Shen Xiu again. After returning, she packed up her belongings and prepared to leave the city overnight.
After Li San came out of Fucheng, he asked Shen Xiu for the fifty taels of silver he would receive after the incident was completed.
This Li San was recommended to Shen Xiu by Hu Fu. He couldn't come forward himself, so he persuaded Li San. Li San had long since stopped working at Jinxinxiufang. If he could just get a sum of money and leave, what would he do to him?
It can be said to be a very good deal.
Shen Xiudao: "The money is ready. You can go to the teahouse opposite, shopkeeper Guo is there."
Just after she said this, Fan Guangzu was also released.
He was still confused for a moment and didn't understand what happened.
Shen Xiudao: "Shopkeeper Fan, don't worry about it. This matter was a trap set by Mrs. Gu and Shi Xiuniang. Fortunately, the prefect trusted me, so the matter has been settled."
Fan Guangzu still didn't believe it, so Shen Xiu asked him to go back to the embroidery workshop first and talk to him in detail later.
Lianniang followed Shen Xiu back and said as she walked, "No wonder you, Mrs. Shen, have been hiding the false pregnancy from me. It turned out that you were here waiting for Mrs. Gu!"
Shen Xiudao: "Actually, I didn't expect Mrs. Gu to take action against me at the time. The reason why I hid this matter was to be prepared. But now that your false pregnancy has been exposed, you don't have to stay at home all day anymore.
I'm here. If you have time, you can come out and take a walk."
Lianniang said: "I would like to go out for a walk, but there is still a lot of work at the silkworm house! Guanghuaihua and Rouniang are too busy."
When it came to raising silkworms, Shen Xiu said: "With so many silkworm babies, just the three of you may be a little busy. I would like to hire some more helpers, but I don't have anyone at the moment."
Lianniang said: "This matter is not urgent at the moment. Madam Shen can just find it slowly."
The two soon separated at the intersection. Lianniang returned to the house, while Shen Xiu returned to the embroidery workshop.
Guo Abacus came forward and said, "Ms. Shen, Hu Fu has been thinking about her all morning. Has the matter of Shi Xiu Niang been resolved?"
Shen Xiudao: "It's solved, let's go back to the room and talk!"
When the two came to the room, Shen Xiu told Guo Abacus exactly what happened.
Guo Abacus suddenly smiled when he heard that Shen Xiu finally let Shi Xiu Niang and Mrs. Gu go.
Shen Xiu asked: "Why are you laughing?"
Guo Abacus said sternly: "I'm not laughing at anything, I just think Madam Shen did the right thing. When is the so-called retribution of wrongs done, it's good to take a step back like this."
Shen Xiudao: "If I hadn't listened to your words, to do business in a harmonious way and make money, I would not have let Shi Xiu Niang and Mrs. Gu go so easily."
Guo Abacus said: "Now that I have said this, I have one thing to ask Mrs. Shen, what is Mrs. Shen's plan for Hu Fu?"
Shen Xiudao: "I have no plans for him. Let him return to Jinxinxiufang in a few days! I won't tell anyone about the things he did without telling Shopkeeper Fan."
Guo Abacus said: "I don't understand this. Why is Mrs. Shen willing to spare him?"
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "He is different from Shi Xiu Niang. Shi Xiu Niang is from Nishang Embroidery Workshop. If I tell her to leave, she has to leave. But Hu Fu is from Shopkeeper Fan, so I can't touch him easily."
"And it is useful for me to keep him. I have a handle on him. If anything happens in the future, I can make him do things for me willingly."
Shen Xiu didn't say it clearly, but Guo Abacus already understood Shen Xiu's intention.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Mrs. Shen is indeed far-sighted in her work, and he should learn from it in the future.
After talking about Hu Fu, Guo Abacus brought up the fine cotton jacket again.
"Since the muslin jackets from other embroidery workshops were returned, no one has competed with us for this business. Recently, the embroidered cotton socks from our embroidery workshop have been so popular that no one from other embroidery workshops has followed suit. Obviously he's scared."
"Also, as Mrs. Shen said, I collected a lot of muslin jackets that were returned from other embroidery shops. I just don't know how to deal with these muslin jackets to restore them to their original condition."
Shen Xiudao: "This is simple. Just send someone to knock these jackets."
"Strike?" Guo Abacus was a little confused.
Shen Xiudao: "No matter what kind of stick it is, as long as you hit the jacket hard enough, the jacket will return to its original state."
"By the way, I heard you say last time that the Salesian Bureau is short of food and clothing. Is it because there are too many orphans?"
Guo Abacus said: "There are indeed many orphans in the Salesian Bureau. Why is Madam Shen asking about this?"
Shen Xiudao: "I want to adopt some orphans."
Raising silkworms requires a lot of manpower, but Shen Xiu is always a little worried about hiring people from outside.
If you can adopt a few orphans from the Salesian Bureau, you can have a few more manpower. And the orphans from the Salesian Bureau are considered to be clean-blooded and will not get mixed up with anyone with ulterior motives.
After Shen Xiu made this decision, she took over the matter of sending fine cotton jackets from Guo Abacus.
Since you want to adopt an orphan, you naturally have to go there in person to choose the right person.