Man and wife counterattack

It's inconvenient to say what happened just now.

So Mu Jue didn't say anything.

And the people next to him were also gossiping, but it was not good to gossip at the gate of Nangong Mansion, so they closed the windows of the car unfortunately, and let the coachman drive the carriage back to the mansion.

Nangong Qingqing looked at Mu's carriage in disappointment, and waited for a while, seeing that there were fewer and fewer carriages around, so she also quietly returned to the carriage assigned to her by Xiu Zhuang, and left in the carriage.

She had just returned to the embroidery village, and saw that her biological mother, Ruoxian, had returned to the embroidery village and was commenting on an embroidery product with a contemptuous and critical tone, so Nangong Qingqing immediately frowned. Compared with Mrs. Nangong, she didn't like Ruoxian at all. This biological mother, on the one hand, has never seen her before, and on the other hand, Ruoxian's temperament is the talkative, shrewd and tricky person she detests and dislikes most before.

Ruoxian saw her, but happily put down the embroidery, and walked towards her, "My dear girl, I heard from Tweety and the others that you have already contacted those cloak suppliers outside the town in private, do you plan to do the same in the future?" Doing the business of cloaks? This is what I planned for my mother before, for the business of cloaks, You Xuan has already opened a market in Wutong Town, yes, we can let go of this business of cloaks."

Nangong Qingqing asked tentatively, "Then... I heard that our embroidery shop has placed three big orders for You Xuan? Why don't you keep it for yourself?"

Ruoxian looked at her in surprise, never thought that Nangong Qingqing's appetite was so big that she would steal other people's business from the very beginning. Nangong Qingqing's tactful thinking is more like her daughter.

Ruoxian thought for a while, and said: "You have to get the remaining embroidery patterns in his hand first, I don't know why Zhuangzhuang and the Chen family are willing to help him, but they are willing to lend him the artist and the drawings... ...Good things never come to our embroidery shop."

Nangong Qingqing lowered her eyes, thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "How about discussing with the cloak merchants in the villages outside that their cloaks will only be sold to us before the end of winter. Without the cloak, You Xuan No matter how many pictures are in his hand, there is nothing he can do." She paused, and then said: "There are also those embroiderers, without embroiderers to help him embroider, even if he has a cloak in his hand, so what?"

"Painters," Nangong Qingqing added softly, "The painters in Wutong Town can make a big splash, but aren't the painters in Phoenix Sea City and Lengzhou inferior?"

Ruoxian is thoughtful.

Nangong Qingqing said, "Finding the painter, arranging for the embroiderer, etc., half a month is enough."

Ruoxian looked at her, "As expected of my daughter. I leave this matter to you?"

Nangong Qingqing's heart skipped a beat, "I don't want to touch these..."

Ruoxian asked rhetorically, "You are the eldest lady of the embroidery village now, and you don't want to get involved in these business matters. Don't you want to wash your hands and go back to be a well-educated lady, play chess, calligraphy and painting, be considerate, soft and weak?"

"..." Nangong Qingqing said aggrievedly, "I'll go to the makeup shop first."

She also recognized He Zhuang in front of the Nangong Mansion just now, and planned to go to the makeup shop to ask He Zhuang.

But she never expected that she would meet You Xuan and Mu Jue in Zhuangzhuang, and... Mrs. Nangong was also there, and she was accompanied by two nuns and two maids. The shopkeeper and the steward, and a teacher.

There is also a large box on the ground.

When the two nuns saw Nangong Qingqing, their eyes suddenly changed.

Nangong Qingqing's footsteps stopped at the door of Zhuangzhuang, she was happy but timid, "...Why is mother here?"

"..."

"Tsk," He Zhuang glanced at the door, didn't care, and stuffed a few pieces of drawing paper into You Xuan's hand, "Take it, that's all."

You Xuan came here to get the drawing paper, and he was ready to leave after taking it.

However, You Xuan still asked Mu Jue, "How about I go back first? You stay and see the situation?"

Mu Jue asked back, "Why?"

You Xuan glanced at the door, and asked back, "Don't you know each other? Why don't you stay and help?"

Mu Jue frowned, "What help?"

You Xuan shrugged, "Then let's go first. Before going out this morning, Dahao also said that there are not many charcoal fires in the house, and he forgot to give him money to buy charcoal, and he will have to buy charcoal later."

Mu Jue calmly reminded him, "Have all my luggage been moved to your next door?"

You Xuan shook his head helplessly, "No, the house next door hasn't been cleaned yet, why don't you go back to Zhefengyuan tonight? Or we will have to squeeze together?"

When mentioning Zhefengyuan, Mu Jue's eyes turned cold for a moment, "There are too many chores in Mu's residence, so I won't go back."

You Xuan warned, "If you don't go back, wait until your grandma and father come over to make trouble, don't let me keep you, you are the one who will move out."

Mu Jue twitched the corners of his lips in joy or anger, unable to tell, "I won't come if nothing happens."

You Xuan said indifferently, he has a lot of things to do recently, the cloak business, a new money-making plan, and so many other things, he didn't care about the little sesame matters of the Mu Mansion, and said: "Then let's go."

However, the two just finished talking.

Over there, Nangong Qingqing suddenly shed tears in disbelief, staring at a beautiful complicated and expensive silver headdress that the master just brought out from the box, trembling all over, she tremblingly said incoherently, "This is ...The dowry that my mother bought for me last year was specially ordered from the jewelry store in the imperial city, and my mother put so much effort into it...Why did you bring it to the makeup shop to blend this face?"

A nanny next to Mrs. Nangong couldn't bear it anymore, "This is the dowry that Madam specially prepared for her own daughter, Miss Nangong's daughter. What does it have to do with your illegitimate daughter? Why don't you ask you if you want a dowry?" The mother who opened the embroidery shop wants it?"

Another nun also sarcastically said, "An illegitimate daughter born out of the house, you still want your wife to prepare a dowry for you? Bah! Why don't you let your mother return our real, woo, real Miss Nangong back! "As she spoke, she wanted to cover her face and cry.

Mrs. Nangong's face was also extremely ugly.

Nangong Qingqing was very aggrieved, she stepped forward crying and laughing, "My surname is Nangong too, why can't I be your daughter? It's been almost 20 years, and I have always regarded you as my mother... "

Mrs. Nangong tightly clenched her fists, her breathing was rapid, and she could maintain her sanity in front of the hated Nangong Xia, but when she heard Nangong Qingqing's words, she almost died of anger.

The two nuns couldn't bear it anymore, and they almost cursed Nangong Qingqing and Ruoxian like crazy, including Nangongxia.

He Zhuang was dumbfounded, and then walked to You Xuan, tsk tsk said: "I'm ashamed to say, a counterfeit, tsk tsk, it's a pity that such a good face, it's a rare jewelry brought back from the imperial city, I heard that Mrs. Nangong I also asked my natal sister-in-law for help, and spent a lot of time and trouble to invite the old master who came out of the palace to personally design the face, it's a pity, it's a pity, it's just like this."

Although it was out of date, You Xuan still whispered, "Such a fine jewelry, why don't you call your painter over... After melting it and beating it, draw a piece and keep it?"

He Zhuang didn't react, "Ah, my family has no shortage of paintings, and if I don't appreciate pictures of beauties, what should I do looking at paintings?"

You Xuan looked at him silently.

Mu Jue said casually, "I still have some savings in my hand. If you want to do business in the future, you can take those savings."

You Xuan was vague.

He Zhuang slapped his head, slipped to the side belatedly, told the boy to hurry to find the painter, bring paper, pen and ink, and after explaining, he came back gratefully, "Thank you."

You Xuan patted the drawing paper on his hands, "Debt payment."

He Zhuang said sadly, "Okay, who made me lose my mind."

While speaking, Nangong Qingqing had already been scolded by two nuns and left. This was the first time in 20 years that she was scolded by two nuns. She left crying in despair.

Mrs. Nangong came over slowly, without even looking at the head and face in the box, she just handed it over to Zhuangzhuang, and then left quickly accompanied by the nuns and maids.

You Xuan and Mu Jue also left to buy charcoal. This is not the first time he has bought charcoal. He has started to buy things for the winter many years ago. He has long been familiar with the price and bought charcoal soon. , and bought a few new quilt pillows.

Back to the new house in the city.

For dinner, I ate chicken soup, braised pork with preserved vegetables, braised pork ribs, and stir-fried cabbage. It was cooked by Dahao. And it's all meat dishes.

You Xuan was very hungry, so he drank two bowls of chicken soup in one go and ate another bowl of rice.

Mu Jue ate with him.

Since he recovered from his illness, Mu Jue's body and appetite have recovered. He ate two bowls of rice at night, and he didn't touch a mouthful of chicken soup. He ate all the ribs and almost all the pork.

After eating, they were busy with their own business.

It wasn't until late at night, after You Xuan washed up, that he realized that he hadn't prepared a low couch in the new house.

And this house is not big, the study is connected to his bedroom, there is no second room.

You Xuan can only lie on the same bed with Mu Jue.

After You Xuan lay down, it was too cold to sleep, so he had nothing to say, "Are you writing an article tonight? Why did you ask Cicada to send it to the bookstore as soon as you finished writing it? Did you read it... What did you write? Read it to me."

Mu Jue was about to go to bed, when he heard the words, he said indifferently, "Well, I wrote an article."

He didn't read it, but roughly said what he wrote.

You Xuan nodded, and said a few words of his own opinion. After waiting for a while, he said again: "Give me the "Peony Fairy" on the table, I haven't finished it yet."

Mu Jue worked hard, put on his shoes and went to get the "Peony Fairy" on the table, just picked it up, suddenly remembered something, put it down again, and went out for a while.

When he came back again, he had a stack of manuscripts in his hand.

You Xuan asked curiously, "What is this?"

Mu Jue coughed, "I wrote another story, and it hasn't been titled yet, let me show you?"