Only this green, not disappointing the spring

"Oh! Why are you so surprised? This, this is too scary..." Baili Nanqing smoothed his chest several times before his heartbeat slowly calmed down.

Liu's face instantly turned red. She was so surprised that she shouted without thinking. She coughed lightly and said:

"I didn't expect that Madam is from the capital. Is your family doing business?"

Although Baili Nanqing didn't know why the other party was asking so many questions, since the county magistrate knew her identity but had not told his wife, she said vaguely:

"I am indeed good at running some shops."

Liu was very disappointed after hearing this. She originally thought that Baili Nanqing was the mistress of a wealthy family, but she never expected that she was just a lowly merchant.

Even if he is wealthy, she will look down on him because of his low status.

But then she thought that the other party might have some dealings with aristocratic families, and at least he was familiar with the affairs of the capital, so she became interested again.

Seeing that his daughter was close to Shangguan Qingyue from beginning to end, he said with a smile on his face:

"Chun Ya, since you are good friends with Miss Qing Yue, why don't we go to Xiang Xue Village and stay there for a few days. It is good for sisters to visit each other more often to enhance their relationship, right?"

"Mother, isn't it too hasty to go today? Don't we need to arrange things at home? And my younger brother..."

Seeing her daughter's lack of vision, Mrs. Liu interrupted impatiently:

"There are so many servants at home, why do I need to arrange everything? Boyuan is already eleven years old, and he has a teacher teaching him every day, so there is no need to worry.

Yingchun, go back now and prepare the daily necessities for me and the young lady, and then tell the master."

Well, Zou Chunya had no room for rebuttal and could only follow her mother's arrangement. She looked at Shangguan Qingyue with apology and only mouthed: Sorry.

Even if the county magistrate's wife was difficult to get along with, she was staying at the inn, so Shangguan Qingyue wouldn't have much to do with her. At most, he would just have to pay more attention to her and stay away from her.

But when the maid returned, she looked embarrassed.

Liu asked, "Have you packed your things? Why do you look like this?"

The maid knelt on the ground and kowtowed before replying:

"Madam, I failed to complete the task. It was the master... The master said that he was busy at home, and you, you should not go out for the time being..."

If there weren't outsiders present, Liu would have kicked the maid to the ground.

Unexpectedly, they had never had a quarrel in more than ten years, but today they didn't give her any face at all! She stood up angrily, and after a few breaths of silence, she sat back in her chair dejectedly.

"Well, if that's the case, we can go another day. Then I can have a good chat with my wife."

Baili Nanqing opened her mouth slightly, and couldn't help muttering in her heart: We only met once, and we have become old friends? And we are still reminiscing about the past? What is there to reminisce about?

But he still had a smile on his face and dealt with it casually.

Liu felt humiliated and had no mood to stay any longer, so she quickly left with her daughter.

In the carriage, Zou Chunya saw that her mother's face was still livid, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally spoke:

"Mother, don't be angry. Father must have his reasons for doing that. Let's go back and ask him clearly."

"Humph! You and your daughter are of the same mind, so you should speak well of him! As your mother, I carried you for ten months, gave birth to you with great difficulty, and raised you for fourteen years. During this period, I put in so much hard work..."

When he spoke the last part, he choked up and tears kept coming out. It seemed that he was really sad.

But Zou Chunya was helpless. Her mother's thoughts became more and more paranoid, and no matter how her father explained it to her, it could not touch her heart. What could she, as a daughter, do?

After returning to the county government office, Liu went straight to the study. The aura she exuded frightened the servants into silence. After entering, she looked around and didn't find anyone, so she shouted:

"Where's the master?! If he's not in the study, why didn't anyone tell me?"

The servant on duty secretly said "bad luck" and replied with a stiff upper lip:

"Husband, Madam, the master is a little drunk today. He should be resting in the bedroom. You left too fast and I didn't have time to remind you. Please don't blame me, Madam."

"Don't blame me? You useless thing, I'll confiscate one month's salary as a fine!"

The servant's face turned pale instantly. His parents were still waiting for this monthly salary to buy medicine. What would they do if it was gone? !

He wailed, fell to his knees, and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Please have mercy, madam! My old mother is still waiting for this money to save her life. Please forgive me this time! If it doesn't work, you can change it to a beating with a stick!"

Liu was furious when she heard this. How dare a lowly servant disobey her! Just as she was about to kick him, Zou Chunya shouted anxiously:

"Mother! Calm down! The servants are here. Didn't you always teach your daughter to behave properly and do things properly?"

She pulled Liu's arm and walked straight to the backyard, regardless of whether she was willing or not. She also waved vigorously at the servant behind her.

The personal maid knew her mistress best, so she quickly asked the people next to her to pull the servant away in the opposite direction.

Zou Shiye has always been kind to his servants, and Liu's behavior will only chill the servants' hearts. Zou Chunya must not allow her mother to continue to act so recklessly.

In addition, the reason why she dared to make the decision to release the servant was that except for her personal maid, Liu could hardly remember the appearance of the servants, so there was no need to worry that she would hold that person accountable later.

Magistrate Zou was inevitably tormented by Liu, which made him extremely disappointed with his wife. In a rage, he directly took away Liu's power as the head of the family and confined her to her house for three months, completely cutting off her chance to "reminisce" with Baili Nanqing.

The Shangguan family was not someone a small county magistrate like him could afford to offend. He would never allow a brainless woman like Liu to bring trouble to his family.

Baili Nanqing had long forgotten about the arrogant Liu. As soon as they arrived home, Shangguan Qingyue began to prepare dinner.

A chinchilla-shaped oven was eventually built in Zhao's yard.

The new house will not be completed for more than a month. Baili Nanqing feels that there is no need to let her daughter wait so long. Besides, if there are any problems, it will be convenient to improve them in the future.

Shangguan Qingyue is not good at cooking, and only has some novel ideas in her mind. Whether this meal can be successful or not, it still depends on Zhao.

She shook Zhao's arm and said sweetly:

"Grandma, have you followed my instructions to make the dough rise properly? And the chickens and ducks we bought from the city have been prepared, but I'll have to trouble you to marinate them later."

"How could I forget what Ruoxi told me? The dough has already swelled up to fill up the entire pottery basin. If you don't come back, I will have to rub it again.

As for the chicken and duck, if you don’t tell me, I don’t know how to pickle them.”

Zhao lovingly smoothed the loose hair on her granddaughter's temples behind her ears, her eyes full of doting.

Lee said:

"Mom, please just spoil her. This child will only become more and more opinionated in the future. She can do whatever she wants if her family spoils her, but what will she do after she gets married?"

Li's brows were furrowed more and more. She was really worried about her daughter's future. If her daughter's future husband's family was one that valued rules and etiquette, wouldn't she have to suffer a lot? !

Zhao also frowned slightly. Now that her granddaughter had such a noble status, her future husband's family would certainly not be too low, and there was even a greater possibility that she would marry into a wealthy family.

She is a country woman, and she will not be able to support her own children in the future. What should she do?