Listen to that, those words are so sweet! Bai Nuo felt she loved Hu Mingmei even more!
She strode up to Hu Mingmei and said, "No, it's like this. Zhang Jingwen just blocked my way on the road and said she would give me a thousand taels of silver to let her have you!"
Seeing Hu Mingmei's increasingly dark expression, Bai Nuo slammed the money down, "So this money is yours, I'm leaving!"
Hu Mingmei grabbed Bai Nuo's collar and whispered in Bai Nuo's ear, "Wait, what did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly. Say it again?"
Bai Nuo's hair stood on end. Why was she so afraid when Hu Mingmei got angry?
With a dry laugh, Bai Nuo didn't dare turn around, shrinking her neck as she said, "I said I'm leaving, I'm going back to Third Sister's Cloth Shop!"
"Not that sentence!" Hu Mingmei's voice turned cold. "Turn around!"
How could Bai Nuo dare to move? With Hu Mingmei pulling on his neck, he simply didn't dare to budge!
Oh no, she knew he'd be angry!
"Turn around!" Hu Mingmei shouted coldly, then grabbed Bai Nuo's shoulder forcefully, turned Bai Nuo around, and pushed him, trapping Bai Nuo between him and the counter. He glared at Bai Nuo through gritted teeth, "Bai Nuo, are you that desperate for money?"
"No... um!" Bai Nuo was about to explain to Hu Mingmei when Hu Mingmei kissed her, leaving her speechless. All her words melted away in the kiss filled with anger.
Okay, she would get angry too, and she wouldn't listen to explanations either. It's because I love her that I get angry with her. Thinking this way, Bai Nuo stopped worrying and focused on comforting Hu Mingmei.
Time seemed to have passed for millions of years. The grasslands turned into the sea, the sea into plains, the mountains into rivers, the spring flowers into autumn fruits, and the autumn fruits fell from the branches and turned into green buds again.
Bai Nuo saw the seeds sprout and grow strong before her eyes, saw countless clouds fly by, saw the morning clouds turn into the evening glow, saw the spring breeze, summer sun, autumn frost and winter snow, and finally softened into a puddle of water. She leaned against Hu Mingmei's arms, against his firm and broad chest, and listened to his steady heartbeat.
"Are you still angry?" Bai Nuo asked breathlessly. "That's not how it is. I didn't want to leave you. Let me explain!"
Hu Mingmei let her lean on him, acting as her support, a smile still playing on his lips. But after accidentally tasting blood, he had calmed down completely. He still said, "Explain yourself properly, or I'll deal with you anyway!"
Bai Nuo weakly recounted what had happened, then pitifully looked up at him, "I was just angry that she looked down on me, so I thought I'd play a trick on her and let her know what it felt like. I didn't mean to leave you. Look, I was planning to give you the money, wasn't I?"
The pitiful thousand taels of silver reappeared in front of Hu Mingmei. "Take the money, it's yours!"
"You should take it!" Hu Mingmei's lips twitched. "After all, this is something you worked hard for, so you should take it!" Hu Mingmei emphasized the word "hard-earned"!
Bai Nuo asked him pitifully, "You don't want to leave me now, but what if Zhang Jingwen makes things difficult for me?"
Hu Mingmei's lips twitched. Did he say that?
However, Hu Mingmei still had to cooperate with her performance, and he put on a righteous and awe-inspiring look, saying, "If she makes things difficult for you, then I'll just have to make you quit running this multi-treasure shop, come back to the capital with me, cook for me, and have my babies!"
"oh!"
Hu Mingmei pulled Bai Nuo out of his arms, "Are you still going to watch the shop or not!"
Oh no, I forgot about Qiao'er!
Bai Nuo immediately took off running.
The whole day passed peacefully. When Bai Nuo took Jiang Qiao'er off work, they stopped by Duobaoge on the way. After telling Hu Mingmei that they were going back, they took Jiang Qiao'er home.
When Bai Nuo didn't see Zhang Jingwen at Duobao Pavilion, she went to Fulai Inn again, but still couldn't find Zhang Jingwen. Bai Nuo couldn't help but wonder if Zhang Jingwen felt that after giving her the money, she could completely trust Hu Mingmei and no longer needed to guard her.
Are you planning to stage a chance encounter with Hu Mingmei?
That's good too; not having to stay with Hu Mingmei saves Bai Nuo from getting annoyed.
When she got home, it was still early. As soon as she arrived, her grandmother and the others brought out the earrings, pendants, and bracelets they had made for her to check. Bai Nuo looked at them and found no major problems. At their pace, the new products would be available for sale in another day.
After dinner, Bai Nuo took the abacus and went to do the accounts for Jiang San Niang. When she came out, the moon was already high in the sky.
"Auntie, where are the things I hung out to dry today?" Bai Nuo couldn't find the cloths she had hung out to dry in the main room, so she had to knock on the old woman's door.
The old woman and Aunt Liu were both doing their handicrafts when they saw her come and ask. They stood up and said, "I put it in your room!"
"Is it done yet?"
Aunt Liu nodded.
When Bai Nuo returned to her room, she indeed saw the baskets that Aunt Liu had put aside, one containing cotton scraps and the other containing cotton cloth. Bai Nuo went over and touched them; both the cotton cloth and the cotton were dry and smelled of sunshine.
Bai Nuo brought needles and thread, a brush, paper, scissors, and other things, and used the brush to draw the shape of a sanitary napkin on the white paper on the table.
That's right, she wanted to make sanitary napkins, to make a more convenient, disposable sanitary napkin that was more breathable than cloth strips—although it couldn't compare to modern ones, Bai Nuo was still satisfied.
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