In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

Although Sanlang is young, he is not unaware of the meaning of this word.

A few days ago, my younger aunt encountered bandits killing people in the mountains. My grandmother said that my second and third sisters instigated my older aunt to go into the mountains, and punished them by making them kneel in the yard.

His face flushed as he explained, "Aunt, we didn't instigate our aunt to go into the mountains. It was our aunt who took us into the mountains to hunt. Look, these are the pheasants we caught, and the mushrooms we picked."

He Qiudi said calmly and without any emotion: "I wanted to go into the mountains on my own. It has nothing to do with them."

Wei was stunned.

Unexpectedly, He Qiudi was not angry.

The sister-in-law has always been proud and arrogant. She is not convinced that Daya is a government official's daughter. She wants to take Qingshu's status and position for herself. She is most annoyed when others say that she is a wild girl from the country.

With her being so flattering, the sister-in-law won’t make things difficult for Sanlang and Sanya?

Soon, Wei regained her composure and waved to He Qingshu and Erlang: "Qingshu, Erlang, come and meet your aunt."

He Qingshu walked gracefully to He Qiudi with the steps of a lady, bowed, and said, "Qingshu greets my aunt."

He Qiudi waved her hand and said, "You are one year older than me, so don't bother to greet me. It's getting late, go home and pay your respects to your father and mother. You just got home at noon, you must be tired from the journey. Sanlang, Sanya, why don't you get something for your elder sister and Erlang?"

"No need." He Qingshu quickly turned sideways to avoid He Qinglu's dirty hands.

There was a look of disdain in her eyes.

He Jilang did the same: "I'll carry it myself."

He Qiudi waved his hand and said, "Then let's go home."

From the village entrance to the He family, Sanlang had been telling Erlang about what had happened in the past few days, especially today's hunting situation. Erlang had no interest in knowing and responded to Sanlang perfunctorily.

He Qiudi looked at Sanlang's attitude of trying to please the cold butt and wanted to stop him several times.

Forget it.

It’s better not to hurt the young boy’s self-esteem.

Wei interrupted without leaving any trace, and got basically everything out of Sanlang's mouth, including how He Qiudi went into the mountains and encountered bandits who killed people, how she saved the nobleman, and how the nobleman gave her things.

After confirming that He Qiudi really saved Yan Shi's life, Wei's heart finally settled down.

The master said so.

The person my sister-in-law saved was no ordinary noble person.

He looked like a descendant of an aristocratic family, who was sent to a small border town to gain experience. At the age of only fourteen or fifteen, he had to take up the two posts of magistrate and lieutenant of Ningyuan County.

The magistrate of Ningyuan County will retire and return home in a year.

He might have come to take over the post of county magistrate during the banquet.

It's just that he is still young, so he is allowed to take over the positions of county magistrate and county lieutenant first to gain some experience.

The purpose of Wei's return to the village this time was to use He Qiudi's relationship to curry favor with Yan Shi, and then promote his master to be the county magistrate when Yan Shi became the county magistrate after the county magistrate retired and returned to his hometown.

The instructor is an official of no rank, but the county magistrate is of the eighth rank.

Once there is a grade, it’s a different matter.

As a descendant of aristocratic family, Yan Shi will definitely be transferred to a wealthy prefecture after his training. When the county magistrate's position becomes vacant, the county secretary will naturally take over the position.

Only after becoming a county magistrate can I be considered a true official.

If you can successfully get on Yan Shi's good side, your future days will be truly glorious and promising.

However, Wei and He Huaizhang did not intend to tell Old Lady He and the others about their plan for the time being.

They were worried that He Qiudi would not help.

Or maybe Old Lady He wanted He Qiudi to use this favor to help the younger He Huaijin and He Huaibi in the future, so she came back specially to find out what her mother-in-law and sister-in-law had to say.

Before arriving at the He family, I saw Grandma He and Grandpa He leading everyone to wait at the door for those who had not returned home yet. Apparently some villagers had come to help report the news, and they knew that Wei had returned to the village.

The two elders of the He family really regard their eldest son as important.

Wei was a person who was good at expressing herself. After a simple greeting and calling the guests, she began to explain: "My mother was not feeling well before, so I took Qingshu and Erlang to Wei County to take care of her. Now, my mother's condition has improved a little, and I was thinking about the spring plowing and harvest at home, so I rushed back from Wei County early in the morning and didn't even stay in the city for long."

She didn't say a word. It was Old Lady He who asked He Huaizhang to send someone to invite her back to Shiliu Village to help with the farm work.

These words were spoken elegantly and beautifully.

Wei smiled and took the two large cloth bags from Mrs. Lin, saying, "I came here in a hurry and didn't prepare anything good. It's the master who is careful and prepared things for his daughter-in-law. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would make mistakes in my haste."

She never forgot to show her filial piety to He Huaizhang and to please the two elders of the He family.

As he spoke, he opened the cloth bag and took out the things inside one by one.

"This is tobacco, teacups and tea cakes for Dad. They are top-quality goods that the master personally selected..."

What Old Lady He had was a piece of green gauze, which was perfect for making summer clothes.

He Huaiping and He Huaian got tea bricks and two sets of 90% new ready-made clothes.

Xu and Jin's was a piece of plain gauze, which was beautiful and practical.

He Qingya and He Qinglu's are a pair of silver hairpins with simple patterns.

Dalang and Sanlang received a set of writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, which were said to be for their enlightenment in reading.

Looking at these sets of gifts, He Qiudi had an idea in his mind.

I’m afraid that my eldest brother and sister-in-law have already found out what happened at the banquet, and they came back to show their goodwill to Old Lady He and try to bribe her.

Finally it was her turn for the gift.

When Wei took out the thing wrapped in plain linen, He Qingshu's eyes trembled, and it was obvious that she was reluctant to give this gift to He Qiudi.

"Sister-in-law, this is for you. It is the finest brocade. It was brought back from the capital by Qingshu's uncle, who is the county magistrate in Wei County, as a dowry for her. But Qingshu is filial and thinks that this fine brocade should be matched with her sister-in-law."

Wei lifted the plain hemp cloth to reveal a light golden brocade with a particularly beautiful pattern. At first glance, it seemed as if light and shadow were flowing on the brocade, which was colorful and beautiful.

If it were made into clothes, it would be extremely gorgeous.

Brother and sister-in-law, it really cost a lot of money to come back this time!

He Qiudi forced himself to show a delighted expression and reached out to touch Yunjin lovingly.

After touching it again and again, she exclaimed: "It's so beautiful..."

Old Mrs. He coughed twice and hinted with her eyes that He Qiudi should not accept such precious brocade.

He Qiudi quickly retracted her hand: "Sister-in-law, this was bought by Daya's uncle as a dowry. How can I accept it?"

Wei laughed dryly, looked at He Qingshu, and said, "Qingshu."

He Qingshu suppressed her emotions, held the brocade in both hands and handed it to He Qiudi: "Aunt, although brocade is rare, it is not something that cannot be obtained. I will give it to you first this time. When my uncle goes to Kuncheng in the prefectural capital to do business, I will ask him to find another piece of brocade for me. If you don't accept it, I will be very upset."

Wei said, "Sister-in-law, please accept it and fulfill Qingshu's filial piety. She is thinking about you and missing you so much that she even puts me, her mother, behind her."

He Qiudi looked at Old Lady He in embarrassment: "Mother, this..."

She tried hard to recall the expression and look that the original owner should have had.

Correct.

It means I really want this brocade, but I can't say it directly.

Old Lady He knew that she couldn't accept the brocade, because she had a vague idea of ​​the purpose of Wei's spending so much money. But since her daughter wanted it, she had no choice but to say, "Nannan, it's rare that Qingshu is so filial, so you should accept it."

"Thank you, mother." He Qiudi couldn't wait to ask for Yunjin. "Thank you, Qingshu and sister-in-law. You are so kind to me."

Wei spent thirty taels of silver to buy this piece of brocade from Kuncheng through her brother.

As a result, it fell into He Qiudi's hands.

Her heart was bleeding with pain.

However, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. The sister-in-law saved Yan Shi's life. If he wants Yan Shi, who comes from a noble family, to promote the master and let the master join his family, he must make the sister-in-law happy first.