Time is slow

   Chapter 571

   The girl's voice was very light, like the thin snow on the top of the mountain, which was cold and clear, making it impossible to ignore.

  Li Guangshu heard the sound and looked over.

  The girl was wearing a plain skirt and a simple double bun, and only a cinnabar mole between her eyebrows made her face instantly bright and moving.

  Li Guangshu stared at the girl for a while before he realized: This is the second daughter of his eldest brother, his niece.

   After recognizing the girl, Li Guangshu thought to himself: Strange, this niece used to be clearly just an ordinary little girl in his mind. Although she was born well, there are many children of rich and noble families who are carved with pink and jade, so there is nothing that stands out. But he was accustomed to seeing people like Bingniang, and now that he looked at it, it was a little strange.

  Li Guangshu glanced at the girl again with a scrutinizing gaze.

  Compared with a few years ago, the little girl's eyebrows seem to have not changed much, but they have grown a little longer, but they have become attractive for no reason.

   "Is Bingniang the daughter of an official?" Qiao Zhao asked again.

   This second uncle had a gloomy look in his eyes, and at first glance, he was a man with a deep sense of shrewdness.

  Qiao Zhao was a little puzzled.

  In the style of an old lady, it is normal for her father to be like that. How did this second uncle look crooked?

   "Are you the third girl?" Li Guangshu asked.

"I'm-"

  Li Guangshu frowned and interrupted Qiao Zhao: "How did the elder brother and sister-in-law raise the third girl? I haven't seen me for several years, and I don't know how to call me second uncle."

  Li Guangwen immediately became unhappy when he heard Li Guangshu's criticism of his daughter, and snorted coldly, "What's the matter with you? You haven't seen me for several years, and you actually fought me at the door!"

  Li Guangshu's color turned black: "Big brother's first hand—"

  Li Guangwen sneered: "Eldest brother is like a father, what's wrong with me beating you? How dare you fight back? Who taught you the rules?"

  Li Guangshu was blown away by Li Guangwen's repeated questions, but he couldn't refute it.

   Although the prefect is not a high-ranking official, but the prefect is far away, the emperor is far away, and he is regarded as the number one person in the local area. Who would have thought that a few years have passed in a comfortable life, but when he came back, he was such a foolish person.

   Seeing that Li Guangshu didn't return his mouth, Li Guangwen snorted coldly and turned to his daughter with a smile: "Zhaozhao, just ask if you have any questions."

  Li Guangshu was so angry that his eyes darkened.

   There is such a big brother, he smiles like a fool to his daughter, but he puts on a pedigree to his younger brother!

  Qiao Zhao bowed slightly to Li Guangshu, who had a serious face, and said with a full smile: "Second uncle asked me just now if I am the third girl. I was about to say 'I am, second uncle', but you interrupted me unexpectedly."

   "So, it's the second uncle's fault?" Li Guangshu asked coldly.

   "It's not your fault and whose fault is it?" Madam Deng snorted coldly, making Li Guangshu's scalp numb.

   To this old mother, he was in awe from the bottom of his heart, after all, he and his brother were brought up by the widowed mother.

   "You kneel down and talk to me, who made you stand up again?"

  Li Guangshu held his breath and knelt down again.

   "What the third girl asked is what I want to ask. The daughter of a good county magistrate will be your concubine?"

Li Guangshu lowered his eyes and calmed down: "Mother doesn't know anything, the environment in Lingnan is harsh, the property is scarce, and most people's lives are difficult. Although Bingniang is the daughter of the county magistrate, she is only a concubine, and her father Guangshu has ten daughters. Come on, it's not surprising to give a concubine to Shangguan as a concubine, Bingniang herself is also happy."

   "Is Bingniang really the daughter of the county magistrate?" After Li Guangshu finished explaining, Qiao Zhao asked again.

   The moment he heard this question, Li Guangshu's eyes tightened, and his eyes staring at Qiao Zhao suddenly became sharp: "Second uncle doesn't understand what the third girl said."

   Qiao Zhao smiled secretly.

She looked at Bingniang with cold eyes before, and felt that there was an indescribable taste in her gestures. That temperament and posture could not be cultivated by a small county magistrate, let alone a county with a dozen or so prostitutes. Cheng.

   In this case, either there is something wrong with Bingniang's origin, the second uncle is blinded by beauty, or...

  Qiao Zhao sneered in his heart: Either the second uncle knew, but he hid something in order to make grandmother accept Bingniang!

Sure enough, she asked Bingniang twice if she was the daughter of an official. The second uncle's reaction was sullen when he was offended by the younger generation, but she only added the word "true" to the original question, and the second uncle's mood changed. .

   This is enough to verify her guess: the second uncle is lying about the identity of Bing Niang!

   "What is the second uncle doing so nervously? I'm just curious, seeing that Bingniang is different from ordinary girls in the official family." Qiao Zhao said with a smile.

   The girl's voice was soft and her expression was innocent, as if it was just the unintentional words of the little girl's family.

  Li Guangshu looked at Qiao Zhao with some doubts.

   "What's the difference?" Li Guangshu didn't say anything, but Mrs. Deng spoke up.

   "I can't say what's different, but I just think it's different. The granddaughter looked at Bingniang and felt that her soul would be hooked away by her." Qiao Zhao blinked.

  Bingniang's identity, she can ask Shao Mingyuan to check, but before finding out, it will not prevent her from planting a thorn in her grandmother's heart.

   "Little girl is talking nonsense." Madam Deng glared at Qiao Zhao, but her heart sank.

   The third girl is right, that ice girl is indeed so weird, it's not as simple as being born well.

   "Mother Rong, bring a few servants to clean up the west courtyard of Jinrong Garden, and pick two strong and capable wives to serve Bingniang later."

  Li Guangshu felt that something was wrong when he heard this, and said with a sullen face: "Mother, my son brought back a few servants and maids from his office, there are enough people."

"Bring it back from the office?" Mrs. Deng frowned and said lightly, "Mother Rong, then you should not be busy with the west-crossing hospital for now, go to contact the grandma to come over and bring the second master back from the office. sold."

   "Mother, how does this work?"

   Mrs. Deng looked at her second son with deep eyes.

   The tender words of the younger son, who used to be like a dumpling, are still in my ears: Mother, when I grow up, I will be a high-ranking official. I will earn your life and you will be able to enjoy it.

   Now, looking at the little son in front of her, she is so unfamiliar.

   "Why not? It's not like you don't know that your family is poor, and you can't afford so many servants! If you don't sell what you brought back from your office, do you want to sell what you have to serve me?" Madam Deng asked back.

   "The son is rich—"

"How many?"

  Li Guangshu hurriedly said, "Twenty thousand taels of silver in cash."

   The real amount can't be said, but with such a large sum of money, there are enough reasons to dispel the old mother's idea of ​​selling people.

  Li Guangshu thought so, and he glanced around the room from the corner of his eyes, and he saw Li Guangwen's surprised expression.

   He couldn't help but smile in his heart.

  This stupid big brother, I am afraid he has never heard of so much money?

  Speaking of this, the entire West Mansion still depends on him to support it, the eldest brother has no self-knowledge, doesn't the mother understand this?

Li Guangshu was thinking about it when he heard Mrs. Deng indifferently say: "How can you save money from your private house before you split up? Mommy Rong and Granny Ya don't panic and ask the accountant to come over and bring back the 20,000 silver that the second master brought back. Check out the inventory."

   (end of this chapter)