"Have you asked Miss which family the lady belongs to? Those fifty taels should not be enough. I will go down to Nan County in a few days and ask for the detailed price. I will have to go back and make up for the difference and send it to someone."
Aunt Huo said, before Jiang Suya could answer, she turned around and said: "This jade pendant was broken by peony, so she should be the one to pay for it. Miss, when I get back, I will give you the money to replace it."
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Jiang Suya knew how much money Mammy Huo's family had. Although she worked in the mansion and paid for her food and accommodation, she also knew that Shaoyao had a younger brother.
Because of his mother's kindness, his slave status was eliminated, and now he is studying in Yilu Academy. Not to mention anything else, just supporting a scholar requires a lot of money every month.
These twenty taels of silver were considered a large sum of money if they had them with them. They would definitely be able to get it, but I'm afraid they wouldn't have much left after taking out this money.
"Mommy, Shaoyao came out with me. Although she broke the things, as the master, I was with her at the time, so I am responsible. In this way, I will pay for the fifty taels of silver.
Thirty taels, and the rest will come from peony."
When Mother Huo and her daughter heard this, they showed a sense of gratitude on their faces. Shaoyao knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Suya: "Thank you, Miss!"
The couple knew in their hearts that Jiang Suya was sharing the responsibilities for them.
This matter may seem like nothing, but if word gets out, if Madam finds out about it, she will probably blame Shaoyao for being reckless and replace her later.
Because the lady loves her so much, and she only has a child, the lady will only be given eight taels of monthly silver. These thirty taels are the lady's monthly silver of nearly four months.
As for their family's twenty taels, it took the family of three more than three years to save.
She only has 2 taels of monthly silver because she has been with his wife for a long time. But Shaoyao's dad has one and a half taels, and Shaoyao 6 taels. A family of three earns just over forty taels, but after deducting the son's schooling and the family's odd expenses,
I can't save even one tael a month.
Not to mention, they still have to save a dowry for Shaoyao, and if their son has a future, there will be a lot of money needed.
Yan Shiqing didn't care what they did. After she poured out the jade pendant, she noticed a faint fragrance and frowned.
"Sister Shiqing, what's wrong?"
Jiang Suya looked at Yan Shiqing without saying a word for a long time, just staring at the jade pendant.
"Shaoyao, bring me the water you brought to wash your hands." xdw8
Hearing this, Shaoyao didn't know what Yan Shiqing was going to do, but she still did it.
When the water came, Yan Shiqing poured the broken jade pendant into the water and soaked it.
After a while, she took out the silver needle she carried with her and inserted it into the water. She looked at it for a long time and saw no reaction from the silver needle. She was very puzzled.
Seeing this, Aunt Huo and Jiang Suya said, "Miss Yan (Sister Shi Qing), do you suspect that this jade pendant has been poisoned?"
Yan Shiqing saw that the silver needle was still unchanged, so she put it away, found a chair and sat down, then tapped the table with one hand rhythmically and said, "Don't you smell the faint fragrance of that jade pendant?"
Aunt Huo herself has the habit of applying fragrant powder. She may have smelled it too much, but she didn't care. Now when she heard Yan Shiqing's words, she stretched her head towards the basin of water with the jade pendant soaked in, smelled it, and shook her head: "No.
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Because Jiang Suya and Shaoyao were young, they didn't use those things much, so their sense of smell was much more sensitive than that of Grandma Huo.
The master and the servant didn't even put their heads forward, so they sniffed hard. They looked at each other and said in unison: "It's really there, the smell is very light!"
"Yes, this is what I find strange. May I ask grandma, what kind of jade pendant has its own fragrance?"
Aunt Huo's face became cautious when she heard this. She directly picked up the jade pendant, put it under her nose and smelled it. Then she smelled the smell, and her face immediately changed: "This jade has the smell of spices and the fragrance of virginity.
It was after being soaked in certain spices for many years and being worn close to the heart by an unmarried woman for many years that the smell gradually penetrated."
Yan Shiqing smelled the smell of spices, but she didn't know what the fragrance was like, but she didn't expect that Aunt Huo had such an ability.
But it was better to smell it. She wanted to know what was going on with this jade pendant.
That lady before made her feel very strange. A piece of jade pendant that the maid said was very valuable was broken for no reason, but she didn't show any special behavior, and she didn't even want to come out to see her.
"I'll come as soon as I go, Suya, you guys have your meal first, you don't have to wait for me!"
She wanted to go to the room just now to see if anyone was still there. She always felt that there was something wrong with those people.
This broken jade thing should be a trap. But what is their purpose of doing this?
After Yan Shiqing left, Mother Huo found a porcelain vase, put the broken jade pendant in it and put it away: "You need to tell Madam about this when you get back!"
Jiang Suya knew the seriousness of the matter, so she did not object. At the same time, she was very disgusted with the lady whom she had a slight affection for before.
"Damn it, it seems they have been eyeing me for a long time, otherwise they wouldn't have refused to let me see the lady. I think they checked me, otherwise how would they know my temperament and they would definitely pay and take the things away."
Shaoyao knelt on the ground again and said, "Miss, it's all my fault. If I hadn't met her, I'm afraid nothing like this would have happened."
"Get up, this has nothing to do with you. They have plotted against me a long time ago. Without you, the only person they would have bumped into would have been me. Fortunately, Sister Shiqing is here. Without her, I don't know what would happen next.
What."
Although Jiang Suya was well protected by her parents, she was not completely ignorant despite being born in such a family.
Knowing that Chu Ximo's appearance last time might bring them some trouble, she had classified today's incident as an attempt by those people to deal with her.
"Mommy, do you think someone wanted to deal with my father, so they targeted me?"
Aunt Huo was a little undecided. If she talked about what Jiang Hongxuan told her before, she could still think that someone was targeting Yan Shiqing.
But today's matter was obviously aimed at her young lady, so if she insists on blaming it on Yan Shiqing, it feels a bit unreliable.
"Miss, from today onwards, she will be in the meditation room and will not go anywhere. Just go and pay homage to the Bodhisattva before leaving."
"Well, I listen to grandma! Should we eat first now, or should we wait for Sister Shiqing to come back?"
Aunt Huo was a little scared, and now she didn't even dare to eat, so she said: "It's better to wait for Miss Yan to come back and make sure everything is fine before eating the food outside!"
Two quarters of an hour later, Yan Shiqing came back.
When he saw the cold meal on the table, he asked, "Why don't you eat it first?"
"Sister Shiqing, take a look at these. Are they poisonous? And those two people just now, have they escaped?"
"There are two people in that Zen room, but they are not the master and servant pair before. I have already inquired and found out that the owner of that Zen room is practicing on his behalf, and it is not something that happens once every six months."