After rebirth, I teamed up with the scumbag's mistress

I have the impression that the cold winter is coming.

After the beginning of winter, the weather turned colder, so Liu Yuefu changed into a Yunyan Shuibi satin jacket. In case of strong winds outside, Chuntao also brought a sky blue Ruyi pattern brocade cape. Qiutong also went with her today.

The master and his servants got on the carriage and sat down. Seeing Qiu Tong lowering her head and looking a little nervous, Liu Yuefu said, "Qiu Tong, you don't have to feel stressed. You have learned a lot from Nanny Wang these days, and she even praised you."

"I believe you can handle the grocery store matter."

"But...I have never run a shop before, and I am afraid that I will let my lady down." Qiu Tong said hesitantly.

Liu Yuefu moved closer to Qiu Tong, held her hand and said, "I believe you can do well. In the future, you will be my housekeeper. Don't you want to leave me? If you become a housekeeper, you can follow me even if you get married."

"Madam, you always make fun of me. I will never marry. I will follow you all my life." Qiu Tong said with a red face.

"Qiutong, I know you are loyal, but I also have to make plans for you." Liu Yuefu said, glancing at Chuntao.

The carriage stopped and the grocery store arrived.

Shopkeeper Sun was fiddling with an abacus at the counter. He looked up and saw that it was Liu Yuefu and her group. He quickly walked out from the counter.

Shopkeeper Sun bowed to Liu Yuefu and then said, "Madam is here. Is Madam doing well?"

"Shang Ke, thank you for your concern." Liu Yuefu smiled slightly and said, "How is the matter of storing charcoal that I asked you to do last time?"

Shopkeeper Sun bowed his head and replied, "We bought the charcoal on the market early, and we have already stockpiled about 200 kilograms, which is quite a lot. I was just about to go to Li's house to report to Madam today."

Liu Yuefu smiled and said, "That's a coincidence. I just happened to be here today."

"Manager Sun, you've been working hard buying charcoal lately," Liu Yuefu said, taking a bulging purse from Chuntao's hand and handing it over, "Take this purse. You don't have to come from tomorrow."

"Madam!" Shopkeeper Sun was shocked and knelt down, wailing, "I have two young children and an 80-year-old mother at home. You are going to cut off the livelihood of our family."

Qiu Tong said sternly, "Shut up. Why are you howling? Do you have to call everyone nearby to come here to feel relieved?!"

This is a commercial street. If Manager Sun starts crying and making a fuss, people won't know what's going on and it might ruin the lady's reputation, which is something Qiu Tong will never allow to happen.

Liu Yuefu continued, "Shopkeeper Sun, I think I haven't treated you unfairly, but you are so lazy and perfunctory. I can't keep you here anymore. Take your wages and compensation and leave."

When Shopkeeper Sun saw that crying and shouting to gain sympathy didn't work, he immediately changed his face and stood up and said, "Bah, you want to get rid of me with just this little money?! Madam, you can let me go if you want."

Shopkeeper Sun made a five gesture with his hand.

Chun Tao saw this and couldn't help but say, "Are you trying to rob me? Fifty taels of silver?!"

Shopkeeper Sun glanced at Chuntao and said, "How can you say that? How can I be considered as robbing you? I have been the shopkeeper of the Liu family for five or six years. What's wrong with giving me a little more money as compensation?"

Liu Yuefu weighed the purse in her hand and said calmly, "Inside this purse is five taels of silver, your monthly salary. I will also give you ten taels of silver as compensation, a total of fifteen taels of silver. You can either take this purse and leave, or we will go to see the official."

Shopkeeper Sun snorted coldly, snatched the purse, and walked out, saying as he walked, "We'll see what happens next!"

Qiu Tong was a little worried and said, "Madam, this... If Manager Sun leaves like this, it might cause trouble in the future. You have to be careful. Especially, I can't be by your side all the time to remind you from now on."

Liu Yuefu stepped forward, held Qiu Tong's hand and said, "Okay Qiu Tong, I understand, don't worry. Besides, when you're not here, we still have the three of them."

Qiu Tong sighed softly. How could she count on Chun Tao and Hua Ling? Qing Yue was a dull person who didn't care about worldly affairs.

Liu Yuefu called the waiter over and said to Qiu Tong, "This lady will be the owner of this store from now on. Just follow her instructions."

The waiter answered yes, and Liu Yuefu asked him to get busy.

"Qiuting, this grocery store will be handed over to you from now on." Liu Yuefu said to Qiutong with a smile.

Qiu Tong nodded and continued, "Madam, this grocery store has already stockpiled more than 200 kilograms of charcoal. Should we purchase more charcoal next time?"

Liu Yuefu took out a silver note with a face value of one hundred taels from her bosom and said, "Use this money to buy charcoal first. Buy as much as you can. If you can't get it here, go to the nearby towns and villages to collect it. If the money is not enough, come to Li's house to find me."

"Okay, ma'am, I understand." Qiu Tong replied.

"Then you stay here to manage the shop. Chuntao and I will leave first." Liu Yuefu said.

After the three of them said goodbye, Liu Yuefu and Chuntao walked out of the grocery store and were about to deliver a note to Wei's house.

But unexpectedly, Wei Suxin was walking out of the shop next door.

Wei Suxin came over when she saw Liu Yuefu, "Madam Liu, where is my gold hairpin? Can I take it with me?"

"Chun Tao, give the golden hairpin to Madam Wei." Liu Yuefu said.

Chuntao got up and went to the carriage. There was a rectangular box made of wood in the carriage. Chuntao took the box and got off the carriage.

Then, Chuntao handed the box to Madam Wei. Qiandai, the maid beside Madam Wei, stepped forward and took the wooden box in her hands, opened the box and handed it to Madam Wei for inspection. After confirming that it was correct, she put the box away and quietly stood behind Madam Wei.

The master and servant were about to say goodbye to Liu Yuefu, but were interrupted by Liu Yuefu.

"Do you have an answer to the question I mentioned to you last time?" Liu Yuefu looked at Wei Suxin and asked.

Wei Suxin said calmly: "I refuse. I think we have neither the basis nor the necessity for cooperation. If there is nothing else, I will leave first." After that, Wei Suxin was about to leave.

"Leave Li Jianzhang." Liu Yuefu said lightly behind Wei Suxin. If Wei Suxin was unwilling to cooperate with him, then letting her leave was also a good option.

These words exploded in Wei Suxin's mind like thunder, and she subconsciously turned around and asked, "Why?"

"Just because I'm the mistress of the Li family, I have the right to ask Li Jianzhang's mistress to leave. Do you know your own identity? Wouldn't it be good for a good girl to find a young man to marry? Why do you have to be someone's mistress?" Liu Yuefu replied coldly.

"You don't understand what love is at all, how pathetic. Why should I leave? The one who is not loved should leave!" Wei Suxin retorted angrily.

Liu Yuefu sneered in her heart, I don't know what love is? Maybe. But at least I know what kind of scumbag Li Jianzhang is, that's enough.

"Love? Does he really love you?" Liu Yuefu sneered and asked back.

"Of course! Of course Li Lang loves me. Look, he even gave me a gold hairpin. Do you have one?" Wei Suxin picked up the wooden box containing the gold hairpins and said unwillingly.

Liu Yuefu ignored her question and asked, "If he really loved you, would he give you an ordinary gold hairpin like the ones you can find everywhere on the street?"

"Jealousy makes people ugly. Humph, you must have never received the gold hairpin he gave you!" Wei Suxin said dissatisfiedly. She didn't like Liu Yuefu saying bad things about Li Jianzhang. Her Li Lang was the best.

Liu Yuefu said slowly: "You can think about the reason carefully. I think it is still necessary for us to cooperate."

If Wei Suxin can reach a cooperation with Liu Yuefu, Li Jianzhang will lose Wei Suxin's financial support, and his official relationship management will be hindered. In addition, Li Jianzhang will not have so much money to easily settle the troubles of the Li family. This is tantamount to cutting off a major arm of Li Jianzhang's rise. At the same time, he will also gain Wei Suxin's financial support and the Wei family's business relationships and channels, which is obviously a great help.

Wei Suxin couldn't help but ask, "Do you know what our relationship is? Aren't you afraid that I will tell Li Lang about this?"

"Isn't it just the relationship between the mistress and the concubine? But so what? I don't love Li Jianzhang anymore." Liu Yuefu replied indifferently.

Then, Liu Yuefu said, "Even if you tell Li Jianzhang, I may not divorce and return home. Besides, even if I divorce, you may not be able to become the mistress of the Li family. What good will it do you to tell this to others? You can think about it carefully, and there is no need to rush to reject me."

After the recent contact, Liu Yuefu has become more determined to cooperate with Wei Suxin. She believes that Wei Suxin is not a bad person, but she is young and naive, not stupid. How can a woman who is so good at business be stupid? She must be a little confused now.

Liu Yuefu smiled, turned around and got on the carriage without waiting for Wei Suxin to answer.

She only needed to plant a seed in Wei Suxin's heart, and Li Jianzhang would be able to make the seed germinate and grow wildly. And she only needed to wait and see.

Liu Yuefu got on the carriage and said, "Sir, let's go to the Liu family. I want to go back and see my father and mother."

"Okay, sit tight, go!" With the driver's shout, the horse raised its hooves, raising clouds of dust on the ground, and the carriage began to gallop towards the Liu family.

They arrived at Liu's house soon. Liu Yuefu got off the carriage and walked inside with Chuntao.

The doorman was about to pass the message but was stopped by Liu Yuefu.

"Father and mother will definitely be happy to see me." Liu Yuefu hasn't seen her parents for a while and wanted to give them a surprise to make them happy.

Liu Yuefu and Chuntao walked all the way to Yizhiyuan, the courtyard of Liu Yuefu's mother.

Liu Yuefu quickly lifted her skirt and stepped over the threshold of the courtyard, shouting, "Mother, mother, I'm back."

The maid from Liu Mu's courtyard then came out from the door and said with a choked voice, "Second Miss, you are back."

"What's wrong with you?" Liu Yuefu's heart skipped a beat. It can't be... No, it can't be, Liu Yuefu comforted herself, but she heard a few coughs coming from the room.

Liu Yuefu quickened her pace and entered the house.

Inside the room, Mother Liu was leaning on the pillow, panting, and it was obvious that she had just been helped up. Father Liu was also there today, sitting on the round stool next to Mother Liu's bed.

"Dad, how many days has Mom been sick? Has the doctor come to see her? What did the doctor say?" Liu Yuefu was very worried and asked several questions in a row.

Father Liu said in a deep voice, "It's been half a month. I've seen three doctors, but it doesn't get better. It keeps coming back..."

"Why didn't you tell me?!" Liu Yuefu asked.

"At least I can help you think of a solution." Liu Yuefu laughed at herself in her heart. It turned out that her mother's illness started so early.

In her previous life, Liu Yuefu only found out that her mother was ill in the sixth year of Jianning. In her previous life, she had been running around for Li Jianzhang's official career, taking care of the Li family, and neglected her mother.

Liu Yuefu's heart suddenly seemed to be pierced by a sharp needle, and her eyes instantly filled with tears, but she tried hard to hold them back. She didn't want her mother to worry, she wanted to be someone who could support her mother, not the little girl who would always hide under her mother's arms and be protected.

She knew that her mother's illness was a chronic disease. In the early stages it was just a simple cold, which came back repeatedly, and she would become short of breath after walking for a long time.

Gradually, my mother could no longer run or walk fast, and later she couldn't even take a step.

I couldn't breathe after taking a step and could only rest in bed.

My mother's throat seemed to be strangled by the devil. It gradually became hoarse, and finally every time she opened her mouth it was accompanied by severe pain. Her throat would bleed in the later stages, so that my mother could not speak normally at all.

This disease has tortured my mother, who used to be lively, cheerful and strong, into a state of emaciatedness and inability to speak.

During those years, Liu Yuefu took her mother to see many doctors, even the imperial physician. In fact, her mother was not ill, but poisoned.

Ironically, she had finally found out through all means that in Cang Tao Mountain, not far from the capital, there was a wandering doctor who was good at treating diseases and detoxifying, and might have a chance to cure her mother. Just as she was about to take her mother to see a doctor, she received an imperial decree that the entire Liu family would be executed.

Afterwards, he fell ill and could not get up.

"It was me who stopped your father from telling you. Your mother-in-law is not an easy person to deal with, and there are a lot of things going on at home. I just caught a cold and I will be fine after a few days." Mother Liu said.

As Liu's mother spoke, Liu Yuefu came out of her memories.

Mother Liu sat up, held Liu Yuefu's hand, and said, "Good child, you don't have to worry about mother. Mother is fine."

Hearing what her mother said, Liu Yuefu almost burst into tears. She tried her best to hold back tears, but tears still welled up in her eyes. She smiled and said, "Well, mother will be fine."

This time, she didn't have to go around to see a doctor. Liu Yuefu made up her mind to go directly to find the whereabouts of the divine doctor You when she returned, and take her mother to see a doctor as soon as possible, and make sure her mother is healthy.