Chapter 36: Adding fuel to the fire
Even his brows were furrowed.
"Madam." Lian Qiao walked over quickly, "Doctor Ge is back."
"You're back just in time." Li snorted coldly.
Come back when things are resolved.
"Madam, if ordinary people are sick and don't feel better after taking medicine, most of them will think that the prescription is not suitable for them. Few people would suspect that the medicine is not right. But this woman is like that..."
Lian Qiao paused, "There must be someone behind this who instigated that person. Madam should have stopped that woman and asked her carefully to find out who was behind this."
"Who is behind this? Isn't it obvious? Why do we need to find out?"
Li said indignantly, "That woman obviously loves her daughter so much that she is being taken advantage of. She is also needed to clear Zhou Ji's reputation. If we press the issue too hastily, we may end up making things worse."
"Besides, even if I ask them, the Second Branch will never admit it. They will even say that I don't like the Second Branch and want to suppress them. They will cry and make a scene in front of the old lady, and even ask the elders of the clan to judge the case."
"Although the old lady favors our eldest wife, she is also a person who cares about her reputation. She doesn't want this matter to be known to everyone and made fun of by others. Even if she scolds the second wife, I'm afraid she will only blame me for not being careful enough."
"But... just let it go like this?" Lian Qiao was really unwilling to accept this.
"How could it be?" Li gritted her teeth. "Since the Second House has done something like this, and done it so obviously, don't blame me for tearing my face off."
"Madam, what you mean is..."
"I remember that the Second Madam had arranged for her nephew to work at Zhouji Herbal Medicine Store, in the branch in Fengyang County," Li said. "And I heard that the nephew is quite ambitious and is eyeing the position of the chief storekeeper?"
"Yes, that's true. The Second Madam's nephew is called Tong Mao. He's not reliable and has many evil intentions. He's not trustworthy enough to be a clerk, let alone such an important position as the head shopkeeper." Lian Qiao curled her lips, "I heard that the shopkeeper Qian of the Fengyang branch was also very dissatisfied with Tong Mao's work, but I couldn't be too strict for the sake of the Second Madam's face."
"I will inform Shopkeeper Qian right away and ask him to deal with Tong Mao!"
The Second Lady always cared a lot about her natal family, and was especially considerate of her only nephew. She wanted to find a very good future for him, which made Tong Mao feel very depressed. The Second Lady must have felt like being stabbed by a knife.
You have to hit the snake at its most vulnerable part! "No, we won't punish him. We will treat him well and spread the word that Tong Mao is diligent and capable, and that Manager Qian is interested in training him and wants to recommend him to me to be the head manager." Li said.
"Won't this make the Second Madam even more proud?" Lian Qiao was puzzled.
"Proud?" Li sneered, "The second branch is eyeing them covetously, and the third branch is no pushover either. The two families combined have more ulterior motives than all the holes on the lotus roots at the bottom of West Lake, and none of them are easy to deal with."
"On the surface, the second and third branches want to join forces to deal with me, an orphan and a widow, and divide up the Zhou family's business and assets, but the two families are also very shrewd in their calculations. If I use someone from the second branch, the third branch will definitely jump up and down, and even try to find ways to deal with the third branch."
"When this rumor gets out, you'll see. The Third House will definitely be busy. I'm afraid it will be even busier around the old lady. Let's just watch them cause trouble."
When dogs bite each other, both get a mouthful of fur!
Lian Qiao thought about it and felt happy. She nodded repeatedly, "Madam is right. But here in the backyard of the second house, Madam needs to add some fire. It seems that it will be the birthday of Aunt Qiao in the second master's room in a few days. Should I go and send some gifts?"
The second master is lustful and has many concubines in his family, especially this concubine Qiao, who comes from a good family, is beautiful and intelligent. Now she is pregnant. According to the doctor, it is probably a boy. The second master dotes on her so much that he even quarrels with the second wife many times for her.
Even the servants in the second house had spread the rumor that the second master intended to divorce his wife and support Concubine Qiao to take the position, which made the second lady very angry.
Now that their eldest wife is trying to make friends with Aunt Qiao, the Second Lady will definitely feel like she was slapped in the face and will only go after Aunt Qiao and the Second Master to make trouble.
If there is a fire in the backyard, the second room will also be in trouble.
These people are just too idle on weekdays, and they always have some thoughts that they shouldn't have. We have to find something for them to do! Seeing Lian Qiao smiling like a little fox, Li's original serious expression disappeared by half, "You have a lot of tricks."
"It's not a trick, it's just to teach those people a lesson." Lian Qiao smiled, "Madam, you may not like those people, but don't take it too seriously, or you'll hurt yourself."
"I know." Li nodded.
She has lost her husband and has only one son, Zhou Ruoyi. Now Zhou Ruoyi is young and inexperienced in the ways of the world, so she needs to take on the responsibility and handle all matters properly in order to preserve the eldest wife's property and ensure Zhou Ruoyi's future safety and well-being.
Even if not for herself, then for her son, she has to be strong.
"I have almost finished dealing with the matters in the shop. I will stay here for a while. You go back and look for the set of nine silver needles that my father gave me and that my great-grandfather left behind. Pack them up and give them to Miss Su tomorrow to thank her for her help today."
Li paused and instructed, "Once you find it, go to Yunzhizhai and buy some red bean paste rolls to eat."
"Yes." Seeing that Madam was in the mood for sweets, Lian Qiao was immediately relieved and said, "These days, I heard that Yunzhizhai has made some taro cakes stuffed with salted egg yolks. Although they look a little strange, they taste very good. I will buy some and Madam can have a taste too."
"Look, if there's anything new you haven't seen before, buy some, but remember to buy sweet ones."
Life is hard these days, so we have to eat more sweet food.
"Yes." Lian Qiao responded and went about his business.
The next day, Su Yujin received the silver needle sent by Li.
As Li said, these silver needles come in all varieties, are of excellent quality and craftsmanship, and feel great in the hand.
It was so good that Su Yujin wanted to give it a try.
So after seeing off Li and Lian Qiao, Su Yujin called Ai Cao and Mama Liu to come over.
"You have nothing to do anyway, so why don't you let me take your pulse and see if you have any symptoms?" Su Yujin smiled with narrowed eyes.
"Okay." Mother Liu agreed quickly.
After all, she was of a certain age, and after years of hard work, coupled with some health problems she had acquired when she was young, she often felt uncomfortable here and itchy there.
Now that the girl was willing to see her, this was what she had been longing for, and she quickly placed her wrist on the pulse pillow in front of Su Yujin.
(End of this chapter)
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