Chapter 151 People’s Hearts Are Fickle
You Mei touched the gold hairpin on her bun. This was the second piece of precious jewelry she had received since she entered this house. Because it was so valuable, she wore it every day, as if the days when she could not afford to eat had never existed.
Facing Jiang Bailing's questioning, You Mei didn't show any apology on her face. She just said in a tone of stating the facts:
“When I met you years ago, you and your kids could barely afford to eat.
Bailing, I actually don't quite understand you. The good days are right in front of you, why do you refuse them?
It's fine if you're just being aloof, but you're also bringing a few junior brothers and sisters with you. Sometimes I think you're not aloof, you're just hypocritical, just like the old boss.
Do you think he adopted us out of kindness? No, not really. He forced us all to learn opera from a young age, working without a break in the bitter cold or heat, yet all the money we earned ended up in his pocket.
I used to think you were a good person, but I didn't expect that after the old boss died, you wanted to use these people to make money for you just like him.
You are all the same, your hypocrisy is disgusting."
You Mei's tone was calm, even when she was talking about something like this, her tone did not fluctuate at all from beginning to end.
But the calmer she was, the more painful Jiang Bailing's heart became.
It was obvious that everyone in the Jiang family troupe was as grateful to the troupe leader as she was for giving them a place to stay and teaching them skills. But how come everything changed in less than half a year after the leader died? Even Senior Sister You, who was the most gentle and kind before, became this unfamiliar person.
After saying this, You Mei pulled out a gold hairpin from her sleeve, the same style as the one in her bun, and handed it to her. "You are still young, and you don't understand that the days in this family are the best future we can have now."
Jiang Bailing only glanced at the gold hairpin handed to her by You Mei. At this moment, her mood was very complicated. It was not because of what You Mei said before, but she just felt heartbroken:
"Look for yourself. That guy doesn't even bother to give you something to please you. Are you sure he really likes you?"
Hearing her words, You Mei's face finally showed the first emotional fluctuation of the day. She covered her mouth and laughed for a long time before continuing: "My silly sister, look at you, you have been with the opera troupe for so many years and you still haven't made any progress. If a man is willing to give you real money, it means he is sincere. Other things are also worth your effort.
I only want a prosperous and wealthy second half of my life, and I haven’t thought about anything else.
We are sisters after all. I was willing to take you in years ago because of our past friendship. If you really don't want to, then take your people and leave as soon as possible. As for the talk of reviving the Jiang Clan, don't mention it anymore. It's just wishful thinking."
After saying these words, You Mei stood up and left leisurely, without looking back at Jiang Bailing.
Yun Que, who had been standing behind Jiang Bailing, was already in tears. "Master, how could Senior Sister You become like this? She was clearly fine when I met her years ago."
Yunque's words seemed to have touched a nerve in Jiang Bailing. She suddenly felt as if her whole body had fallen into an ice cellar. Yes, they were still fine when they met years ago.
Senior Sister You had said with such certainty that she had met a noble person willing to help them rebuild the Jiang Clan, so why had she suddenly changed? Jiang Bailing didn't want to dwell on the inner thoughts. She forced herself to calm down and told Yunque: "Go back and pack our things and tell the others that we're leaving immediately."
Yun Que wiped her tears and went obediently. Fortunately, although this place was good, none of the people who followed Jiang Bailing chose to stay. The group hurried out of the rich and noble vermilion gate, and when they looked back, they felt that the vermilion gate was deep and deep, like a prison that could eat people.
Only after they walked away did Yun Que hesitantly ask Jiang Bailing, "Boss, what should we do next?"
Jiang Bailing didn't know that if she hadn't met You Mei before the New Year, she would have actually planned to go to the Cui family's teahouse.
But she met You Mei who said that someone was willing to support them in rebuilding the Jiang Family Troupe. Thinking of Sister You's character, she had a change of heart and followed Sister You to Linhe County. Now she didn't know if the Cui Family Teahouse still needed anyone.
In this situation, most people would not choose to return to Dongping County, but after going through so many things, Jiang Bailing always felt that something was pulling her back.
In the end, Jiang Bailing and his men boarded the passenger ship to Dongping County. The group squeezed into a large bunk bed that could accommodate more than a dozen people and lamented the impermanence of life.
Outside Dongping County, the Cui family’s teahouse is half built.
Uncle Fan was busy with his two sons and a group of workers. He was very responsible. Although the drawings given by Cui Qingyi as an outsider had many unreasonable aspects, he still tried his best to realize most of Cui Qingyi's ideas.
During the period of building the teahouse, Cui Qingyi only came to the site once or twice, but Fan Hui would go over from time to time and tell Cui Qingyi what his father had said.
In fact, Fan Hui was a little worried about Cui Qingyi. "Your teahouse has cost too much to build. How big of a business are you planning to do? How many years will it take to recoup the cost of building the building?"
Cui Qingyi remained silent. In fact, she felt a little guilty seeing how much money was invested in building the teahouse. After all, the future of the teahouse was still uncertain, but the money invested was real.
But things had come to this point. The teahouse was half built, the costumes were made, and even Mao Lin was staying in Dr. Lu's clinic for treatment. It was too late to regret now.
So she could only swallow all her worries and silently cheer herself up, "It doesn't matter, her teahouse will be successful, and all the money she spent will be earned back soon. If she really loses money, she still has the chili peppers and the storybooks to back her up."
At the beginning of this spring, all the land in the backyard of the Cui family's house was used to grow pepper seedlings. Fortunately, the pepper seeds performed well. When the straw curtain was lifted, a lush and green area was seen. It was more than enough to transplant them and plant two acres.
Konjac had already asked Qiao Yishi to cultivate the land on the farm early in the morning.
After renting these dozens of acres of land, the Qiao family took great care of it. Since the beginning of spring, Qiao's mother and elder brother Qiao have been taking care of Qiao Yishi's marriage and have been rooted in the land.
He was especially attentive to the two acres of land that Cui Qingyi asked for, and there was hardly any larger piece of soil to be found in the land.
On a warm spring morning, Brother Qiao drove a donkey cart and picked out baskets of pepper seedlings from the Cui family's backyard. Because it was still early, almost no one in the alley saw this scene.
Almost all members of the Cui and Qiao families were mobilized for this farm work.
Mother Qiao really wanted Cui Qingyi and Konjac to go back and rest. It was not that she was flattering, but ever since she met the two sisters, she had the impression that they were not people who would work in the fields.
What's more, she and the two boys could finish this job in less than a day, so why let them suffer with her?
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