get married first, fall in love later

Ouyang Xi put on her clothes angrily, and was about to turn over and get out of bed, when suddenly there was a soft knock on the door.

Could it be that Xiaobao is back?Ouyang Xi's mood brightened immediately, but then she thought about whether she still needs to knock on the door when she comes back?Immediately, he lowered his face again, and asked angrily, "Who is it?"

"Young Mistress, I am the servant girl who is in charge of serving you."

Ouyang Xi's first reaction was to refuse, but he inadvertently caught a glimpse of his feet wrapped like rice dumplings, and replied reluctantly: "Oh, then come in."

The door opened in response to the sound, and a girl in pink pushed the door in. Holding a basin of clear water, she turned around and put it on the table beside her, then walked briskly to the bed and bowed to Ouyang Xi: " Taohua has met Young Mistress."

Ouyang Xi first lowered his head and responded casually, then suddenly raised his head as if remembering something, looked at the person in front of him carefully, and said in surprise, "Peach Blossom? Are you that little girl on Jiangzhou Street?"

"It's the servant girl."

Ouyang Xi excitedly half stood up and took Taohua's hand, and looked at her carefully for a while.Wipe off all the dust and scars, and put on a clean new dress. Although her complexion is not quite ruddy due to long-term malnutrition, there is joy on the young face, and the crescent-shaped bright eyes are full of joy, which makes her feel happy. There is a brilliance and vitality that makes people unable to take their eyes off.

"How could you..."

Tao Hua nodded knowingly, and then replied, "I came with Third Brother Qian."

"Ah San? Is he here?"

"Well, we arrived late last night, so we were half a day later than you, Young Mistress."

"But," Ouyang Xi was still puzzled, "Why are you with Qian San?"

Taohua first smiled brightly at her when she heard the words, then turned around and walked to the table, soaked the towel in warm water, wrung it dry, first helped Ouyang Xi wipe his face carefully, and then said: "My father was buried that day. In the end, although there are still some silver taels left, firstly, we fled to Jiangzhou, and we are not familiar with it. Secondly, I am a little girl who has no relatives in the local area. It is very difficult for me to live or earn money alone. .”

Ouyang Xi gave her an embarrassed look when she heard the words, and said, "I'm still to blame for this matter. I didn't think about it so much at the time."

Tao Hua hastily waved her hand and said: "Young Mistress, please don't say that. Later, I asked people around and found out that you lived in Jiangzhou Inn, so I thought about going to seek refuge with you, but I met you on the way. The noble young man who wanted to lend a helping hand to me before."

Ouyang Xi frowned upon hearing this: "Wang Xuanzhi?"

"It seems to be so. I don't know very well. At that time, the son asked me to work in his house, but I still wanted to find you first to repay the kindness of sponsorship, so I rejected him. But who knows, with him After brushing past each other and walking for only a few steps, my eyes suddenly went dark and I lost consciousness, and when I woke up, I was in Jiangzhou Inn."

"It was Xiaobao who saved you?" Oh no, Xiaobao should have been hanging out with him at that time, how could he get away to save someone.

Taohua also shook her head and said, "I don't know very well, but after waking up, I was told by the shopkeeper that I can work there. Later that day, when I met the drunk young master, she agreed to serve you personally, and specifically told me to wait for you." Let’s set off together with Third Brother Qian, and I’ll give you a surprise when we arrive in the capital. Young Mistress, Young Master is so kind to you!”

Ouyang Xi had already raised the corners of his mouth and smiled happily, forgetting all the unhappiness when he just got up.

Tao Hua soaked the towel again and used it to scrub Ouyang Xi, and then said: "Young Mistress, the kitchen is still warming your breakfast, shall I bring it for you now?"

Ouyang Xi looked up at the sun outside the window, waved his hands and said, "It's already noon, why do you still have breakfast, you can help me out to the dining room to have lunch with everyone."

"Okay, servant girl will help you there."

Ouyang Xi got up and stood on one foot by the bed, with his right hand lightly resting on Taohua's shoulder to borrow some strength, he limped and walked out, at the same time softly confessing: "Don't come and go, I sound awkward, in the future you call yourself 'I' will do..."

When I arrived at the dining room, I saw Jiang Qingxiao was already sitting at the table, staring intently at Qian Er who was standing with his back to her.Qian San, who hadn't seen him for a few days, stood facing Qian Er, talking in a low voice. When he heard the movement, he turned around and saw Ouyang Xi. It is inconvenient to move, why not stay in the room to eat, just ask the servants to send it in."

Ouyang Xi curled his lips lightly: "It's boring to eat alone, but if everyone eats together, the food will taste more delicious." After saying hello, Qian Erqian said: "You two also come and sit down and eat together. "

Just as Qian San was about to refuse, Ouyang Xi's uncompromising voice came again: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up, everyone sit down, and you too, Taohua, sit next to me. Quickly ask them to serve dinner, I will starve to death gone."

Everyone sat down around the table according to their orders. Jiang Qingxiao watched Qian Er skipped and sat next to Qian San, and lowered her head in disappointment. The meals were put on the table one by one.

Although there are too many people at the table, Qian Er is indifferent and reticent by nature, Jiang Qingxiao just stares at the person across from him and stares at the person across from him without eating a few mouthfuls of food, let alone other things, Tao Hua is cautious, and his own food hasn't been touched yet A few mouthfuls spread a lot of dishes on the plate in front of Ouyang Xi.Although Qian San was not restrained, he only cared about eating and didn't talk much.As a result, on the huge dining table, there was nothing but the slight sound of everyone chewing, and the atmosphere was dull and depressing.

Fortunately, this silent meal was finally over. The servants came in one by one and removed the dishes, and brought a few cups of tea and put them on the table. After asking Ouyang Xi if he had no other instructions, they retreated.

Seeing this, Qian Er and Qian San also got up and wanted to leave, but Ouyang Xi was about to stop him, but a familiar voice came from his ear: "You two wait a moment."

"Xiaobao?" Ouyang Xi turned to look at the person who had just walked in, with undisguised surprise on his face.But when he remembered that he hadn't seen her all morning since he got up, he quickly put on a dissatisfied expression: "I haven't seen you for a long time, why did you go?"

Qian Xiaobao sat down beside her, took a drink from the teacup in her hand, and said: "The emperor's order must not be violated, my husband was summoned to the palace early in the morning, and I haven't had time to take a sip of water yet. Never blame your husband again."

"Entering the palace?" Ouyang Xi immediately sat upright when he heard the words, and looked at her seriously: "Is that emperor looking for trouble for you again? Why did you recruit you into the palace? He didn't take advantage of it, did he?"

After finishing speaking, he lifted Qian Xiaobao's cuff with one hand and looked up and down, as if he was afraid that the person in front of him would be hurt in any way.

Qian Xiaobao took her hand with a chuckle: "Don't worry, Xi'er, I didn't see him this trip, I just chatted with the queen for a while, and then I'm back."

"I told you to go, but I didn't see anyone, what is he doing?"

"I heard that there was an urgent state matter to be dealt with temporarily, and was summoned by the ministers. Isn't it just right to see you? Is it possible that the lady is still disappointed?"

"How could it be?" Ouyang Xi muttered after finishing speaking: "It's a good time not to see him. He has something wrong with you. If we really want to meet, I don't know what will happen."

"I'm not back intact now, what are you worried about?" After speaking, he turned around and called Qian Si in front of him and said, "Si, take it out."

Qian Si nodded in response, then reached into his pocket and took out something and put it on the table.Everyone was puzzled and leaned forward, looked down, and there were five bank notes of different denominations in front of them.

"What do you mean? But what kind of money is this for the New Year's Day?" Ouyang Xi's eyes lit up, and he reached out and took a 1000 tael face value: "Then I want this one, and everyone else is free. Think Take whichever you want."

Qian Xiaobao shook his head and chuckled lightly, the folding fan lightly blocked her hand holding the bank note, and said lovingly: "Don't worry, let's see clearly what's wrong with this bank note."

inappropriate?Ouyang Xi stopped, took the bank note in his hand and looked at it carefully, afraid of missing something, he secretly reached into his bosom and took out a copy of his hatchback for comparison, then said doubtfully: "There is no problem."

Qian Xiaobao turned his head to Jiang Qingxiao again: "What does Miss Qingxiao think?"

The nymphomaniac was suddenly awakened by this sentence, she was a little embarrassed, she went to get one and held it in front of her eyes for a moment, then said in a puzzled way: "There seems to be nothing wrong with it."

Qian Xiaobao smiled and said nothing, only nodded to Qian Si.

Qian Si walked to the table, reached into his pocket again, took out five bank notes and placed them on the table.

"Why don't you take a look at these photos again?" Qian Xiaobao finished speaking, took the hot tea handed over by the servant, took a sip from his lips, and waited quietly for everyone's answer.

"It's exactly the same, so there's no problem." Ouyang Xi held a 1000 tael banknote in each hand, compared them carefully, and then looked at Jiang Qingxiao for proof: "Qingxiao, what do you think?"

Jiang Qingxiao nodded: "I think so too."

Qian Xiaobao put down his teacup and was about to speak, but Ouyang Xi suddenly interrupted: "That's not right!"

Everyone cast their eyes on her in unison, but seeing her look at the bank note again, they pointed to a place in the lower right corner and said: "Even the codes are exactly the same, so there seems to be a problem?"

Jiang Qingxiao hurriedly took the two cards of the same denomination and compared them again. Sure enough, these five cards were the same as the previous five, but all the cards of the same denomination had the same codes.

"You're still a smart lady." Qian Xiaobao looked at Ouyang Xi with unconcealable admiration in his eyes: "It's really rare that you can easily see the strangeness of this bank note."

Hehe, this is really the light of the flood of my heaven, dynasty, fakes, and coins!Ouyang Xi did not feel complacent after being praised as usual, but frowned slightly and said to Qian Xiaobao: "The same bank note, except for the same code, is not different. If someone holds these Two silver bills are exchanged, even if the shopkeeper knows that one of them must be fake, but because he can’t clearly point out which one is fake, he still has to exchange the silver bills according to the quota.”

Qian Xiaobao nodded: "That's right. And on this bank note, even the gold seal of the household department is exactly the same. If you take them out separately, it can be said that both are genuine."

"I only deposited the money of one banknote, but now I use 'two banknotes' to exchange the money, or two 'real'. Isn't this too strange? It's clearly a blatant way to steal money , without taking any risks. This deal is much more cost-effective than robbing a bank."

Qian Xiaobao automatically ignored the incomprehensible words, squinted his eyes and said thoughtfully: "Xi'er's words are not bad, who can do it so blatantly to steal money?"

Ouyang Xi didn't focus on this right now, she tugged on Qian Xiaobao's sleeve anxiously, and asked, "Xiaobao, this bank note appeared in your family's bank, right?"

"Although our family is not the only one, but as the largest bank in the capital with the most colonies, we are indeed the ones who suffer the most."

"Who is so wicked?" Ouyang Xi gritted her teeth and waved her fist. After all, she will also have a large part of the money in the future. She is really unwilling to be robbed by someone inexplicably.

Qian Xiaobao pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned to Qian Si and asked, "Ah Si, where is the mold we found at Wang Chang's house before? Go get it and give it to me!"