In ancient times, life was scarce due to material resources, so any new gadget that came out would arouse people's great interest. That night, the courtyard that Jian Ning bought was as lively as New Year's Day.
Most of the servants in the main courtyard came over to watch the fun. Seeing that this thing was indeed not difficult to learn, Huo Jincheng was already thinking about how to make a fortune.
When it was late at night and everyone had left, he discussed cooperation matters with Jian Ning and Ding Youtian. Due to his identity, he could not do this deal publicly and could only be the boss behind the scenes. Therefore, he suggested that Jian Ning or Ding Youtian ride a bicycle through the city to attract buyers.
"He can't do it, so I'll do it. Tomorrow I'll ride to the palace to see my mother." Jian Ning said to Ding Youtian, "Riding in the yard is different from riding on the street. There are a lot of people on the street. Don't panic and fall down. It's okay if you fall, but don't ruin our business."
"Business is more important than your husband?" Ding Youtian was dissatisfied with her words.
"Nature is more important than you!"
Huo Jincheng and Jian Ning spoke in unison, making Jian Ning very embarrassed. She glared at Huo Jincheng, "Why are you causing trouble? I'm teasing my husband about this, and it's called boudoir joy. You're just messing around. If my husband starts arguing with me about this, I'll beat you up!"
"Don't blame me for not reminding you."
"You woman... okay, can't I just leave?" He took a few steps outside, then paused and looked at Ding Youtian. "How did you end up living with a woman like this?"
Ding Youtian raised his eyebrows, "According to you, I should divorce my wife? You are so beautiful!"
Huo Jin flicked his long sleeves and walked away.
"Hehe, boss, you're not angry, are you? I was just kidding. Of course, you're more important than business, a hundred times more important."
"Only a hundred times?"
"Ten thousand times!"
Ding Youtian glared at the grinning Jian Ning, "That's more than enough. Come here and give me a shoulder massage. If you do it well, I'll consider forgiving you."
"Sorry, I have to go to the toilet, you can do it yourself!"
After using the toilet, Jian Ning went to the main courtyard to see A'man and the others. Erniu and Sanniu now stayed in A'man's room every night. Cai Bo specially sent two more maids and servants to serve and take care of the three of them.
Erniu and Sanniu were playing with Qiu Ge at the rockery with Yuanbao and Jinbao. Jian Ning asked, "Where's your sister Man'er?"
Sanniu said, "Sister Man'er was just called away by Uncle Huo."
Huo Jincheng brought Ah Man to the study and handed her the wood carving that Jian Ning had given him. "This is your mother. Daddy thought about it and decided to give it to you."
"Wow, my mother looks like this?" Ah Man rubbed her hands vigorously on her body and took the statue of her mother with both hands as if it were a treasure. "Daddy, my mother looks like a fairy?"
Huo Jincheng touched the bun on her head and asked with a smile, "What does your mother look like?"
"My mother? Daddy, are you talking about my current mother?"
"Yeah." Huo Jincheng nodded, a little curious about how she would evaluate Jian Ning.
"My mother is just like my mother." Ah Man's attention was focused on the wood carving of her mother. "Hey, there's also a slug pendant." She took the pendant off and said, "Daddy, hold my mother for me first. Hold it tight and don't drop it."
Ah Man put the pendant around his neck, "Wow, Daddy, it's like my mother and my mother are holding me."
Huo Jincheng smiled and said, "Wear it if you like."
"Daddy doesn't like it?"
"Daddy likes everything Man'er likes."
"Then I still like my mother. Does Dad like her too?"
Huo Jincheng: "...Go play with your sisters. Don't bully them, and don't let them fight."
"They don't fight anymore. They all listen to me. I'm the eldest sister." Ah Man took the wood carving in both hands and ran happily to find Erniu and Sanniu.
In the middle of the night, Yunniang, who had been dozing off in the dark, woke up and thought to herself, "Something's wrong!" Her nose felt a slight itch. She quickly covered her mouth and nose with the hem of her skirt and sneezed a few times. She waited for a moment, but when nothing happened, she listened again, holding her breath, and finally tiptoed towards the Moon Cave Gate.
Yunniang, wearing embroidered shoes, walked quietly to A'man's room and climbed in through the back window. A'man, Erniu and Sanniu were sleeping side by side on the bed. In the dim moonlight outside the window, Yunniang's eyes were fixed on the slug pendant in A'man's hand.
Strange, where did this thing come from?
Yunniang took a half step back in shock. She knew that the pendant was a little strange. She had wanted to stuff poison into Hua's mouth while she was sleeping, but she felt stung as soon as she reached out her hand. She tried several times and it kept happening. Later, she had no choice but to lie to Hua, saying that Huo Jincheng was afraid of slugs. She also told Hua not to ask Huo Jincheng, because it was not a shameful thing for a man to be afraid of slugs.
As expected, Hua Shi didn't ask. Later, she found out that Hua Shi no longer wore that thing, otherwise she really couldn't deal with Hua Shi.
In the first six months after Hua's death, Yunniang often woke up in fright at night and secretly regretted that she had hurt someone. In addition, she had no children of her own, so she always loved A'man sincerely.
But now her hatred for Huo Jincheng far outweighed her fondness for Ah Man. She couldn't help but move forward again. Just as she was about to grab the quilt and suffocate Ah Man to death, a black shadow flashed before her eyes, scaring her so much that she almost screamed.
The next second, she looked out the window and found it was Brother Qiu.
Qiu Ge discovered Yunniang when she came upstairs. He recognized Yunniang. At this moment, most of his body was coiled downstairs, with his two heads and part of his upper body sticking out of the upstairs window. His two heads moved back and forth looking for the best window opening. When the eyes of one of his heads met Yunniang's gaze through the window lattice, Yunniang cursed inwardly and had to pretend to tuck the corner of the quilt for A'man gently at the end of the bed.
You are lucky to have escaped today.
Yunniang didn't dare to stay any longer. She waved to Qiu Ge, signaling him to leave.
Brother Qiu didn't know that Yunniang was driven away. Ah Man hadn't told him yet. He only said that his mother was murdered. Brother Qiu was stupid and his IQ was not as high as Guoguo and Baimei. He even gave Yunniang a silly and cute smile.
Yunniang was too lazy to pay attention to it and climbed out of the back window in front of it.
She didn't dare go out the main door for fear of waking up the maids and servants on duty. When she climbed out of the back window, she thought of Manager Wang of Huichun Hall, and another idea came to her mind.
Yunniang still went through the moon-shaped door to Jian Ning's side, went around to the door and quietly went out. She tried to push the door of the opposite room. Meixiang came back after watching the excitement and didn't see her because she felt that she was very weird recently. She was silent all day long, and her eyes were staring straight ahead, which was very scary. She didn't know what bad ideas she was up to.
Meixiang felt inexplicably guilty about her, and fearing that she would come back and cause a fuss without being able to open the door, she secretly left the door open for her.
Yunniang gently locked the door and went back to Meixiang's room. She and Meixiang were squeezed on the same bed, covered with a quilt. After she went in, she did not get on the bed. She stood by the bed and stared at Meixiang, with no thoughts in her mind.
Maybe it was because she had been staring at Meixiang for too long, but Meixiang sensed her gaze and suddenly opened her eyes.
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