The Sick Beauty in the Republic of China

It is said that Yao Jiguang got ashes from the eldest lady, and hurried out from the side door of the Qi family's mansion with the materials in his arms. The young man who was guarding outside rushed to meet him, and took the cloth in his hand graciously: "Third shopkeeper How is it? Can you get a reward from Da Furen?"

Yao Jiguang was annoyed at first, and when he heard the boy's words, he even spit out, muttering and cursing: "It's really difficult to serve each other, and I'm setting up a score with me, and I don't even look at my son. I can be the head of the family for the rest of my life.”

When the guy heard it, he realized that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly nodded and bowed around him to persuade him: "Third shopkeeper, calm down, calm down—"

"What's the matter! Let's go, go back to the workshop!"

As far as this Tianjinfang is concerned, it can be regarded as a time-honored brand in Yunchuan City. With the delicate patterns woven by female workers, it has enjoyed a good reputation for many years.It's a pity that large-scale machine weaving emerged a few years ago, and the shopkeeper's Yao family brothers hurriedly wanted to learn, but they were reluctant to let go of the intricate patterns. In the end, both ends were not done well. In terms of output, they couldn't compete with others, and in terms of patterns, they were too big. Not as good as before, almost even the workshop lost money, and because of the use of machines, many years of female weavers were fired.

It was at this time that Qi Chensheng picked Tianjinfang and bought it under the name of the Qi family.He first paid a lot of money to bring back all the scattered female workers, and he didn't pay much attention to the output, so he let them concentrate on researching and weaving those delicate patterns that the machine couldn't weave, so as to regain their reputation and drive up the price. It is unique among many machine weaving.

Among the many female weavers in Tianjinfang, the most outstanding ones are the "Sanwei" sisters. All the materials woven by their hands are of the highest quality, and all the wives and ladies in Yunchuan City like it.

After nightfall, Tianjinfang no longer has the busyness of the day. A few small lamps are hung on the beams at different heights, barely able to illuminate the colorful silk looms below.

A girl of seventeen or eighteen years old is using her thin and dexterous hands to lead the shuttle through the colored silk. After seemingly simple repetitions, she is weaving colorful butterflies dancing with peonies. .

"Yunwei, the third treasurer is back and said he has something to see us for." Suddenly, a woman in a blue shirt came rushing over. Her appearance was very similar to the weaving girl, but she was four years older than her. At the age of five, they looked like sisters at first glance.

The girl called "Yunwei" suddenly tightened her hands, almost breaking the silk thread on the shuttle, and her eyes showed a bit of disgust and fear, but she still hid it carefully, and said to her sister Caiwei: "Okay!" ...I'm coming right now."

Caiwei is not a careless person, she immediately saw Yunwei's strangeness, couldn't help but grabbed her sister's sleeve and asked: "Yao Jiguang, did you do something to you?"

Yun Wei suddenly opened her eyes wide after hearing this, but she still shook her head in the face of her sister's question: "No, it's nothing..."

"It's really nothing?" Caiwei obviously didn't believe it, she took her sister's hand and said, "Who doesn't know Yao Jiguang's virtue... If he dares to do something to you, don't be afraid, at worst, let's find a way to tell Er Shao Qi! "

"Second Sister, don't talk about it," Yun Wei became even more disturbed when she heard the words "Second Young Master Qi", and scribbled to cover up: "It's really nothing, let's go over quickly."

Caiwei saw that she really couldn't ask, so she had to keep it in her heart first, and planned to discuss it with her eldest sister afterwards.

In this way, the two sisters came to the main house in the workshop with their own thoughts. Caiwei went up to knock on the door first, and then heard Yao Jiguang's voice: "Come in."

After pushing open the door, Yunwei saw that Nianwei, the oldest among the sisters, was already standing in the hall, and the third treasurer, Yao Jiguang, was sitting on the main seat, looking at them with a smile.

"Caiwei, Yunwei, I'm talking about you, come here quickly."

Yun Wei felt sick when she heard Yao Jiguang's voice, but she still resisted and walked in with her second sister.

"Yesterday, Second Young Master Qi asked for materials, and as expected, most of the ones we chose in the end were ours," Yao Jiguang said, smiling at the three sisters: "After all, it is your credit, our Tianjinfang has grown up again this time. .”

The eldest sister, Nianwei, is older and more understanding of the world. Facing Yao Jiguang's praise, she replied appropriately: "What can we do? Qi Ershao is just looking at the faces of the shopkeepers, so he changed his mind." Be fond of it."

Yao Jiguang waved his hands after hearing this, but then frowned again: "But... the former Mrs. Qi's family was very happy when she saw Yun Weizhi, but the material was picked by the people from Qi Ershao's side again. gone."

"The lady's temper is really not good. She didn't find anything today, and she will definitely ask us for it in a few days, so I just want to let you pay more attention, and don't be able to get out by then. New ingredients."

It's not a big deal, it's just that Yao Jiguang didn't want to run into trouble again, after a few people discussed some matters about the pattern, they decided for the time being.

But just when Nianwei was about to leave with the two younger sisters, Yao Jiguang suddenly put down the teacup in his hand, stared at Yunwei with a smile in his eyes and said, "Yunwei, don't leave, I have something to do with you explain."

As soon as these words came out, the three sisters froze in place, Nian Wei was mostly confused, Cai Wei was angry, and Yun Wei... was more scared.

"Third shopkeeper, Yunwei is young and ignorant, if you have anything to explain, just tell me." Although not as sensitive as Caiwei, Nianwei still responded quickly.

But Yao Jiguang's eyes still only fell on Yunwei's body, and there was a sensual smile on his mouth: "No need, Yunwei can take care of this matter."

"Is that right, Yunwei?"

Yunwei suppressed her nausea, her hands were trembling slightly, her heart was constantly churning and struggling, and finally she said to her sisters in a dark voice: "Elder Sister and Second Sister, you go first... I'm fine."

Caiwei has the most irritable temper. She was about to argue loudly with Yao Jiguang, but was stopped by Yunwei: "Second sister... let's go."

In the end, despite their reluctance, Nianwei and Caiwei obeyed their sister's arrangement and left the small hall.

As the door slammed shut, Yunwei raised her head tremblingly, and looked at Yao Jiguang whose face was getting darker under the shadow of the lamp...

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In the Qi family's small foreign building, Wang Luan fainted not long after Wang Gui left.

Qi Chensheng stayed by the bed the whole time, looking at Wang Luan's pale and peaceful sleeping face. The decoction in his hand had already been warmed countless times, but Wang Luan didn't wake up until it cooled down again.

Suddenly, a wave of fear arose in his heart, as if he was afraid of sinking into the endless night outside the window again, and as the porcelain cup fell to the floor, it made a clear and shattering sound.

Qi Chensheng could no longer bear the suffering.

He picked up the tile on the ground, as if he didn't know the pain, let it cut his palm, and then gently held Wang Luan's hand, letting the blood that flowed out drop by drop into his fingers , in the crimson gemstone ring.

As the blood flowed in, four intertwined starbursts gradually appeared on the mirror-like surface of the gemstone, bright and dark, constantly absorbing the dripping blood.

Finally, the blood on Qi Chensheng's hand froze, and the star in the ring disappeared again. Under the reflection of the crystal bedside lamp, only the gemstone of the ring became more rosy.

At this time, Wang Luan, who had been in a coma for most of the night, seemed to finally be alive. First, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes.

"Shen Sheng..."