"Since the eldest mistress regards me as a sister, I am not afraid to express what I have in mind. Between Aunt Fang and I, who do you think can become the second mistress?" Wang Mengjiao looked at the maids waiting outside the door, and said
Be brave and ask.
Xu Ruoshui's expression was stagnant. He had been deliberately trying to get closer to Wang Mengjiao, and finally gained her trust. "I really can't say about this. I don't get along with Aunt Fang that much."
"It's just a casual chat, the young lady really takes it seriously." Wang Mengjiao sneered.
Xu Ruoshui glanced at it and said angrily, "Look, I just want to save some dignity for you. You don't want to sell me face. Since you asked me to say it, I will say it directly." Xu Ruoshui took a sip of water.
, cleared his throat and said, "In terms of appearance, you two have your own merits, but you are on par with each other. In terms of family,
I feel that you are not as good as Aunt Fang. After all, she is the cousin of the second young master, so she is closer emotionally. However, you are not inferior in this regard. You are the biological family of the former younger brother and sister. Even if the second young master wants to continue his mystery,
If she wants to make arrangements with her parents’ family, aren’t you the best candidate?”
Although Wang Mengjiao does not have family advantages, she does have emotional advantages.
When Wang Mengjiao heard this, she thought, "Oh, why didn't you think of this?"
Xu Ruoshui continued, "And as far as I know, although the Fang family has a clean family background, they don't have much money. If the second young master marries a wife, he must have some help. Aunt Wang, what do you think?"
This question turned Wang Mengjiao's disadvantage into an advantage, which made her feel excited, thinking that this trip was not in vain.
The two had a few drinks during lunch and had a hearty chat in the warm pavilion. Bi'er helped Wang Mengjiao go back, while Xu Ruoshui was a little tipsy and lay aside to take a nap.
When he was getting sleepy, he heard voices in the flower hall, mixed with words about the young lady having a leisurely mind. Xu Ruoshui forced his swollen head and sat up, "Yan'er, who is talking there?"
Yan'er blushed and pushed the door open with a look of grievance on her face, "Young mistress, it's Mother Wang. My slave said that you are still resting. She insisted on waking you up. She also said that you have a tight mind and I don't know who it is."
It’s the master.”
Xu Ruoshui understood that Yan'er had just had a dispute with Wang's mother because of her, "Let her come in and talk, and go and make me a bowl of sobering tea."
Yan'er answered the words and went out to ask Mother Wang to come in.
Today, Mother Wang wore a bright purple short dress with a blessing pattern on her upper body and a pair of black satin wide-leg pants. The dark green earrings on her ears made her very energetic, "Greetings to the eldest young lady."
Xu Ruoshui quickly got off the kang, "Mom, please sit down and talk quickly. I had a few drinks at noon. I'm a little drowsy, but I kept my mother waiting for a long time."
Mother Wang's plump buttocks were sitting on the carved round stool, her hands were in each other's sleeves, her face expressionless, "I have been waiting here and there for the eldest mistress's orders, so I came here to see if there is any need.
My slave, my slave can explain it to the eldest young lady."
"Mom is interested." Xu Ruoshui felt that the hairpin on her bun was a little crooked, so she opened the drawer in the cupboard, took out a bronze mirror, pulled out the hairpin, and then took out the comb, combing her hair one by one, and looked out of the mirror.
I saw Mrs. Wang looking over and asked, "Mom, is there anything else you can do?"
Mother Wang had a square face, and she was still neither salty nor salty, "I'm waiting for the eldest mistress's instructions." This meant that Xu Ruoshui could read the account book in front of her, and she could just ask if she didn't understand something.
If Xu Ruoshui couldn't figure out her intentions, her life would have been in vain. Looking at the account books now would allow her to find various explanations. Then she would feel powerless when she revealed the flaws in front of Mr. Meng.
"Isn't that true?
Come on, Mom, I made your trip in vain. I haven’t even taken a look at the account book, so I didn’t ask you to come over to talk. I drank some wine at noon. You see, my mind is not clear yet. Now look at it.
Don’t you know nothing about ledgers?”
The round bun was untied, and Xu Ruoshui had no intention of looking at the account book. Mother Wang said with disdain in her heart, Madam has really done it many times, letting a woman who can't stand on the stage read the account book, and let me run for nothing.
Why don't you go back and have a drink?
Yan'er knocked on the door, "Madam, your hangover soup."
"Come in," Xu Ruoshui put down the comb, looked at Wang's mother, and said, "Why don't I drink the hangover soup and wake up a little? But my mother will have to wait for a long time."
Mother Wang didn't care about it in the first place, so how could she be willing to stay longer, "Then I will come back tomorrow. I hope the eldest mistress will be ready by then. I also have Madam's instructions to do. I really don't have that much time."
"I'm so sorry," Xu Ruoshui said helplessly.
Mother Wang stood up and left, bumping into Yan'er with a hot sobering soup in her hand, but when she saw Mother Wang, she stepped aside and let her go out first.
Xu Ruoshui tied up her hair casually, drank the slightly sour sobering soup and leaned on the couch to rest. Mom Wang would come over tomorrow, how could she hide from her.
Just a bowl of sobering soup later, Meng Tianbo also came back. As soon as he came in, he asked solemnly, "What are you doing here, Mother Wang?" His voice was very alert.
"Why are you so nervous? She is just following my mother's instructions to help me reconcile the accounts." When Xu Ruo heard that it was Meng Tianbo, she was too lazy to open her eyes.
The woman in front of him had her hair spread out, covering her weakened shoulders. Looking over, he saw the faint tiredness in the corners of her eyes. There was an urge to brush away the sorrow for her, but Meng Tianbo couldn't help it. How could she
Compared to her in the dream, "You're not stupid enough to check everything with her, are you?"
Xu Ruoshui opened her eyes suddenly, her eyes full of annoyance. She wanted to slap Meng Tianbo's handsome face that she hated, "Don't be suspicious of people, don't be suspicious of employees. Since you want to cooperate with me, you should
Trust me, I won't let myself have no way out."
"Tch...your pig brain still knows how to guard against others? Not bad, but..." Meng Tianbo half-leaned on the door frame, with his hands crossed, looking joking, "Mother Wang is not an easy person to get along with.
, you have dealt with it today, what will you do tomorrow? If you delay it again and again, won't it make her think that you, a young lady, are extremely stupid?"
"Do you want me to fight quickly?" Xu Ruoshui said in disloyalty. After her words fell, she realized that she was right. Since she couldn't escape, she went head-on. She hurriedly put on her shoes without shouting, "Yan'er."
, hurry up and prepare pen and ink for me."
"Why are you leaving?" Meng Tianbo grabbed Xu Ruoshui's collar like a chicken, "You woman, I have taught you so much, and you still don't thank me properly."