Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

The variety of pastries in the store was much greater than the ones that the guard uncle brought her a few days ago.

Liu Piaopiao stared at the pastries intently, looking hesitant for a moment, not knowing what to buy. But when she thought of so many people watching her from behind, she pulled the sleeve of the girl next to her and spoke in a clear voice like a yellow oriole singing out of a valley.

"Sister Qin, I want all these cakes."

Seeing that the little girl was a little hesitant about the cakes, Xia Yingying was worried that she wouldn't like them after buying them, so she said to her.

"Little girl, the cakes cut into small pieces are all available for tasting. You can try them first and then decide whether to buy them."

Xia Yingying walked up and pointed at the tasting samples in the pastry cabinet and said to Liu Piaopiao.

Liu Piaopiao's fair face turned red in an instant.

This was her first time going out, and she immediately became a huge joke.

Liu Piaopiao is Liu Zhongfa's youngest daughter. She can be said to be the apple of the family's eye. The whole family pampers the little girl as if she were their own precious eye.

But they were too protective of her. Liu Piaopiao had never left the house since she was a child and had always lived in the deep courtyard of the mansion.

Liu Piaopiao felt a little shy because of her ignorance of the pastry shop. She clenched her fist and thanked Xia Yingying.

She still maintained the etiquette her mother taught her. Her every move showed the demeanor of a lady from a noble family. She took the pastry stick calmly and put the samples one by one into her mouth to taste slowly.

Chewing pastries of different flavors in her mouth, Liu Piaopiao was conquered by the deliciousness of the pastries.

The guard uncle did not lie to her, the pastries were delicious.

An idea suddenly occurred to her that she could invite the pastry chef to her home and have her make pastries for her every day. The pastries were so delicious that her tongue almost fell off.

"Aunt, do you want to come to my house and make cakes just for me?"

Xia Yingying smiled and politely declined.

"Thank you for your kindness, Miss. I would rather keep my pastry shop. If you like it, you may buy more."

When Liu Piaopiao heard Xia Yingying's refusal, a trace of disappointment appeared on her face, but she quickly recovered and pointed with her little hand at the pastries that she liked.

"This one……"

"And this one, this one needs more."

“Yes, I want all of this.”

The maids and servants around Liu Piaopiao picked up the cakes that Liu Piaopiao pointed to one by one. After a while, two-thirds of the cakes in the store were sold out.

Xia Yingying looked at the cakes and wanted to ask Liu Piaopiao if she could finish them, but it was obvious that this child was not from an ordinary family, so she didn't say anything. She and Lu Haojie packed the cakes. Liu Piaopiao gave Xia Yingying a silver bill of 100 taels and said to her in a baby voice, "Is this money enough?"

How could one hundred taels not be enough? It was much more. Xia Yingying estimated that the pastries Liu Piaopiao bought were worth about eighty taels of silver, but the little girl told her not to give any change, so she didn't give any.

"That's enough. May I ask if this lady needs to apply for a points card?"

Xia Yingying asked the little girl Liu Piaopiao.

Xia Yingying was interrupted by Liu Piaopiao before she could finish her words.

"no need."

Seeing Liu Piaopiao refused, Xia Yingying consciously did not mention it and directly handed the wrapped pastries to the maid beside Liu Piaopiao.

Xia Yingying's pastries are wrapped with oil paper, which looks very simple. Liu Piaopiao was a little dissatisfied and asked Xia Yingying.

"Excuse me, do you have any gift boxes at home? Can I buy ten?"

Xia Yingying was slightly stunned, then nodded.

When Xia Yingying opened the pastry shop, she had already taken into consideration that some wealthy families would buy pastries as gifts. In particular, wealthy families cared a lot about the appearance of the gifts, so they had to look good.

Therefore, in addition to custom-making ordinary oil paper, Xia Yingying also specially ordered fifty beautifully carved wooden gift boxes.

Xia Yingying usually sells gift boxes at ten taels of silver per box.

"Two hundred taels of silver should be enough. You don't need to give me the change." Liu Piaopiao readily took out a silver note with a face value of one hundred taels from her purse and handed it to Xia Yingying.

"One hundred taels of these things are enough."

Xia Yingying could accept the first hundred taels without any hesitation, but she could not accept the remaining hundred taels without changing her expression and against her conscience.

This young and wealthy girl had no intuitive feeling about money because of her young age and inexperience.

Born in a family like Liu Piaopiao, where money is not taken seriously, even if Xia Yingying accepted the money against her conscience, her parents would not come to her to ask for it back.

But Xia Yingying is just an ordinary person.

She knows that making money is not easy, and she also believes in karma and reincarnation. She can't get over this in her heart. No matter if you call her stupid or a saint, she will stick to her principles and not do things that will condemn her conscience.

Liu Piaopiao obviously didn't expect Xia Yingying to say that.

Although Liu Piaopiao is young and not worldly-wise, she has a good impression of Xia Yingying at this moment.

No matter who the maids and servants in the family are, they are all willing to be given a lot of silver by their parents. No one will complain about too little money. She remembered that there was a maid sister before. Something happened in her family, and her parents gave her fifty taels of silver. She expressed gratitude in front of her parents, but behind their backs she said that her parents were stingy for only giving her fifty taels of silver.

Liu Piaopiao thought that one hundred taels of silver was not enough to buy so many things, but she didn't expect that Xia Yingying was not greedy for her money.

Liu Piaopiao blinked her beautiful almond eyes and asked Xia Yingying curiously.

"Don't you like money? I give you so much money, shouldn't you be happy?"

Xia Yingying smiled and handed the silver note worth one hundred taels to Liu Piaopiao.

"I like money. If I didn't like money, why would I sell cakes?"

"Since you like money, shouldn't you accept the money I give you? Why are you refusing?" Liu Piaopiao looked at Xia Yingying in confusion with her beautiful almond eyes.

"A gentleman loves money, but he gets it in a proper way. I sell cakes and pastries. I will sell you cakes and pastries for the same amount of money as you give me. This is fair. One hundred taels of silver per pound is enough for the things you buy. If I take the rest of the money, wouldn't it be taking advantage of you? I don't like to owe people anything. You are still young, and you don't know what one hundred taels of silver can do for an ordinary family. But one day when you think about what you can buy with this money, you may feel distressed and secretly curse me as a profiteer in your heart. I can't bear such a stigma."

Liu Piaopiao was stunned after hearing what Xia Yingying said. No one at home had ever told her these things.

She has parents, brothers and sisters who love her at home. She has known since she was a child that her family is wealthy and she doesn't have to worry about money.

She was shocked to hear what Xia Yingying said. It turned out that the world was not what she took for granted.

But she spent money, why would she curse? Why was Xia Yingying sure that she would curse?

"I, I won't curse at anyone." Liu Piaopiao defended in a low voice. "Please vote"