"When you betray your master for a small profit, you should think of what will happen if the matter is revealed." Lin Qingran looked at the woman and said, "Wipe your tears, and if you act like this again, I'll just pour some pepper on you."
The powder will get into your eyes and make you cry all at once!"
When the old lady heard what Lin Qingran said, she was so frightened that she quickly wiped her tears with her hands, fearing that Lin Qingran would get her used to the chili powder.
Lin Qingran glanced at her lightly, took another sip of tea, and asked slowly: "What message did Bai Mei ask you to convey to Aunt Qiu on her behalf?"
After hearing this, the rough lady's face turned even paler, and she kowtowed in fear: "Second young lady, this slave has been deceived by lard, and she has betrayed her master. Please spare my life, second lady."
Zhiqin frowned and scolded: "I really want Miss to spare your life, so why don't you answer Miss's questions quickly and make up for your mistake? Don't wait until Miss takes your life and then regret it!"
The rough lady didn't have many monthly visits in the Lin Mansion. Seeing that the Chinese New Year was about to come, her family didn't even have any money to prepare new year's goods. She was shocked by Bai Mei's generosity and became greedy. Who knew that there had just been news here?
The letter was caught by Zhiqin. Thinking of the second lady’s methods,
I had long regretted it in my heart. Now when I heard Zhiqin talking like this, I was even more frightened and kowtowed even more vigorously: "Miss, please forgive me, Miss, please forgive me. I took a gold hairpin and a pair of bracelets from Baimei.
Three taels of silver is just to help Bai Mei ask Aunt Qiu to save her life."
After saying that, he took out the gold hairpin, bracelet, and three taels of silver and presented them to Zhiqin.
Lin Qingran had already heard about this from Zhiqin's mouth, and had never taken it to heart. However, when he glanced at the gold hairpin and bracelet, his eyes shrank. Not only were the gold hairpin and bracelet exquisite in workmanship, but they were also of good quality.
It's also rare to see, and it's clearly top quality.
Lin Qingran had seen so many good things in his two lifetimes. Although he could not accurately estimate the value of these two things, he definitely had one hundred and eighty taels of silver. No wonder he could impress the rough lady.
Thinking about how Bai Mei, even though she was the big girl next to Lin Qingyue, could afford such jewelry with only one or two taels a month, there was clearly something fishy about it.
Lin Qingran thought for a moment and asked, "When you passed the message to Aunt Qiu, what did Aunt Qiu say?"
Although Lin Qingran asked this question in an understatement and seemed careless, there was a sharp coldness in his tone. Although the rough lady was not smart enough, she still had this look in her eyes. At this time, she did not dare to hide it at all.
Aunt Qiu said everything exactly
Come: "After hearing my message, Aunt Qiu was silent for a long time, then nodded and said she understood, and asked the slave to retreat. When the slave went out, she stopped the slave again and asked the slave to go back and tell Bai Mei what she said.
One life for another, the grudges and grievances are now wiped out!"
One life for another? Will the grudges and grievances be wiped out in one fell swoop?
Lin Qingran thought about Aunt Qiu's situation again, and seemed to have some vague understanding in her heart. She waved the rough lady to retreat, and told her never to mention this matter to anyone.
The rough lady originally thought that this time she would turn into a skin even if she was not dead, but she didn't know that Lin Qingran let her go so easily. She was so happy that she almost couldn't find her, and kowtowed to Lin Qingran to thank her.
Lin Qingran half-squinted her eyes and looked like she didn't want to say anything. She waved her hand and signaled her to leave quickly: How could she easily spare this rough lady? She doesn't deal with the rough lady now just to prevent her from getting hurt.
To scare the snake away, that's why she was so patient, just waiting for this matter to pass, she would slowly settle the score with this rough lady.