As Su Hua stepped out of the door, her gaze was drawn to a figure in a sky-blue robe in the courtyard.
The man leaned lazily against the back of the bamboo chair, his ink-black hair held up with a wooden hairpin. He wore a well-fitting sky-blue cotton robe, with dark green embroidery of bamboo stalks at the hem. He looked less aloof than usual, and more elegant and refined, gentle and jade-like.
He tilted his head slightly, his straight nose casting a shadow on his thin lips.
There was a strange sense of asceticism about him, like that of a refined scoundrel.
"Good morning, Miss Su!" The man stood up, took a long stride, and instantly got much closer to Su Hua.
"Good morning! The new clothes suit you very well!" Su Hua smiled and pointed to the Cymbidium goeringii by the window. "Don't worry, I will take good care of this orchid for you and try to make it grow a bunch of little Cymbidium goeringii."
“It’s all thanks to Aunt Su’s excellent skills.” Xiao Jinhan’s gaze shifted slightly, landing on the girl’s dress, a barely perceptible smile playing on his lips. “As for Lou Shan Hong, I’m very confident leaving it to Miss Su.”
The clothes were actually made by Su Baishi?
Upon hearing this, Su Hua suddenly realized something.
No wonder, Su Bai stayed in the room from afternoon until evening yesterday; she was busy sewing clothes for him.
"Hua'er, come and have your breakfast!"
At this moment, Su Erhu poked his head out of the kitchen.
In recent days, Su Hua has been busy with many things, so she has been getting up later. Most of the time, the Su family has already finished eating breakfast.
Last night's eel and loach feast left over a lot of spicy perilla eel slices, so I used them as a topping for today's noodles. All you need to do is blanch the noodles, pour some perilla eel slices on top, stir with chopsticks, and your simple and delicious perilla eel noodle dish is ready.
"Second brother, is there something you want to tell me?" Su Hua took a sip of hot noodle soup.
She slightly raised her almond-shaped eyes and glanced at Su Erhu, who was frowning beside her.
In the past, none of the three older brothers would not rush off to work as soon as they finished eating, afraid of taking a break.
Today, it seemed as if her second brother had been waiting for her to come out of the kitchen the whole time.
"Yes, Hua'er guessed it all." Su Erhu chuckled and sat down, a hint of embarrassment in his usually shrewd eyes. "I wanted to tell Hua'er yesterday, but I hadn't found the right opportunity. It's about your second sister-in-law..."
Su Hua raised an eyebrow but didn't reply, her chopsticks still moving. She hadn't had eel noodles in a long time and was really craving them.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Su Erhu could only sigh and continue, "Your second sister-in-law usually likes to take advantage of small things. The other day, Meng Yun'er found her and gave her a box of balm, saying that she wanted her to help the Meng family steal the recipe for snails, and that she would be paid after the job was done."
"So," Su Hua paused slightly, her eyes turning cold, "the night before last, she was drugged by Wang Ergou and his gang in front of the kitchen because she was going to steal the recipe, not because she was hungry and looking for food, as she claimed. And she was the one who passed on the news of Qin Yucheng giving her the jade ornament to the Meng family?"
"No, no." Su Erhu shook his head vigorously and quickly explained, "Although Yue Niang has some ulterior motives, she is definitely not a bad person. She did not do the jade ornament. It's just that she wanted to get the recipe for the snail soup, change a few of the ingredients, and then give the Meng family a fake recipe."
Upon hearing this, Su Hua stared at Su Erhu for a long time before finally speaking up, "Second brother, if you wanted to give the Meng family a fake prescription, wouldn't it be easier to just make up a few medicinal herbs? Or you could discuss it with all of us, or even tell one of us, so you and your husband could come up with a plan together. But she didn't do any of that."
She doesn't care whether the prescriptions given to the Meng family are genuine or fake.
However, the fact that he went to the kitchen to steal the recipe is problematic.
Upon hearing this, Su Erhu lowered his head even further, his face turning a deep, dark red with embarrassment.
Su Hua sighed, just in time to see through the window that Qian Shi was leading Chunhua out. The little one was wearing a brand new light red cotton dress, with two little buns tied in her hair with matching ribbons, looking just like a cute little pink dumpling.
The fabric was clearly the thank-you gift that Qin Yucheng had sent that day.
Qian Shi was seen pulling Chunhua to the doorway, whispering instructions, "If you see anything you like or anything pretty in the county today, tell your aunt to buy it for you, okay? Your aunt has plenty of money!"
The voice, clearly lowered yet still perfectly audible, made Su Hua's lips twitch.
Shouldn't you say these things quietly in a room?
Moreover, she had just used these words not long ago to get Dr. Zhou to swindle the Meng family.
When I first heard that, I felt like the wheel of fortune had turned and it had suddenly turned on me!
Having such heightened senses is really getting to me.
“Hua’er, it’s your second brother’s fault for not managing Yue Niang properly.” Su Erhu raised his eyes, his gaze full of guilt. “If Hua’er wants to hit or scold, just come at your second brother. Your second brother will not say a word.”
He understood what Hua'er was saying.
It would be impossible to say that the Qian family had no interest in this snail recipe.
Su Hua looked at the thick dark circles under the man's eyes and sighed inwardly, "Let's leave the matter of the prescription here. Meng Yongfu is the kind of person who will pluck a hair from a dog even if he encounters one. Second sister-in-law, it's best to have less contact with the Meng family in the future."
Qian had her own schemes, but compared to Meng Yongfu, they were nothing.
If she were to use some fake prescription to scam him, who knows what kind of trouble it would cause, and then the Su family would have to clean up her mess.
You can never truly manage people; you can manage things by managing people.
The Su family has three older brothers. Su Dahu is cunning and clever, Su Sanhu is rough but meticulous, and only Su Erhu is most sensitive to numbers and has a natural talent for business. She originally planned to let him take the lead when the family business grew bigger.
Now, we'll have to take another look.
After all, the most powerful wind in the world is the whispered advice from one's pillow.
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