Chapter 57: Mrs. Qiao takes care of the internal affairs
The mother and daughter walked towards the main house and saw the eldest daughter Chen Yanhao walking out with her maid.
"Mother, sister..."
"Where are you going now? Why are you running around everywhere instead of learning some proper manners from Madam?"
After being scolded by her mother for nothing, Chen Yanhao lowered her eyes. Her small face, the size of a palm, was quiet and she did not say goodbye.
After her mother finished speaking, she said, "I learned needlework from the governess, but I always felt something was wrong, so I went out for a walk to think about what was wrong."
Knowing that her eldest daughter was learning needlework, Yu stopped talking.
He turned around and left with his little daughter.
Chen Yanhao let out a long sigh.
The maidservant in front of her whispered, "Why didn't the young lady tell the truth to the lady? Aren't we going to ask Miss Qiao for advice on this embroidery thing?"
"Look at Mother's bad face. If she knew that I was with Aunt Qiao, she would definitely be unhappy. I'd better not cause trouble for Aunt Qiao."
If she did something wrong, she was her mother's biological daughter after all, so at most she would just curse at her.
But if she causes trouble for Aunt Qiao, who knows how she will be punished.
When Chen Yanhao arrived at Lanyuan, Yun Qiao was in the house touching two shop deeds.
This was sent by the Chen family.
Less than half a month after her uncle Chen Ruhai sent the letter, the deed to the shop arrived. No matter what, the deed was hers.
Whether it was a dowry or something else sent by her uncle's family, it was all considered her private property.
"Young lady, you've been looking for half an hour. However, I've made inquiries and found out that these two shops, one selling straw sandals and the other selling umbrellas, are both losing money. I'm afraid that even if you take them, you'll have to put money into them..."
"I'm not afraid of that. I have a solution."
At this moment, she heard a voice calling her from outside the door.
"Is Aunt Qiao in the house?"
When Yun Qiao heard this, she knew who this person was, and she also talked about how her encounter with Chen Yanhao was quite bizarre.
Last autumn, the women in the marquis's mansion went out for an autumn outing to enjoy the maple leaves.
Seeing that everyone had gone out and there were not many people in the Marquis' Mansion, Yun Qiao secretly went out for a walk. She happened to encounter two girls from the Chen family arguing, and Chen Jinghao directly pushed her sister Chen Yanhao down the hillside.
Chen Yan was so scared that she burst into tears, but she sprained her ankle and couldn't move.
Yun Qiao asked her maid to go and take a look. The master and servant pulled Chen Yanhao up from the hillside. Later, Chen Yanhao's maid came over and helped her away while crying.
Later, after Chen Yanhao recovered from her injuries, she gave Yun Qiao some things to express her gratitude.
Yun Qiao gave her a purse in return.
Chen Yanhao naturally liked the purse, and later when she had free time, she came to see Yun Qiao several times.
"If a young lady comes, she should come in. Why are you still waiting outside?"
Chen Yanhao looked at Yun Qiao and walked over with a smile.
"I came here this time to thank Aunt Qiao. Following your advice, I moved the rice shop to a new location, and business has indeed improved a lot. I didn't tell my mother about this directly. I kept a separate account book according to your instructions."
Chen Yanhao asked the maid to wait at the door, and she went into the room and whispered to Yun Qiao.
She did not forget to put the embroidered handkerchief on the table and pretended to ask Yunqiao how to embroider this pattern.
Yun Qiao looked at her like this and thought she was on guard against something.
She lowered her voice and asked her, "What's wrong with your maid?"
Chen Yanhao said, "I fell down the hillside earlier, and my maid happened to be away. I secretly asked someone to investigate, and someone saw her meeting my second sister's maid that day. Later I found out that my maid and the maid in my second sister's room were actually cousins."
this?
Yun Qiao immediately understood.
In other words, the last time Chen Yanhao was injured, it was probably because her second sister Chen Jinghao spent money to bribe the maid around Chen Yanhao.
When Chen Yanhao was alone, she was pushed down the hillside.
It's not clear whether he was deliberately teasing her or trying to murder her.
So Chen Yanhao is now a little wary of her mother and sister, and only dares to whisper these things to Yun Qiao in private.
Yun Qiao gave her some advice on how to turn the loss-making shop that came as a dowry into a profitable one. She also taught her how to do accounting and manage the people under her, something her mother had never taught her.
Chen Yanhao was naturally grateful in her heart.
She also wanted to make friends with Aunt Qiao.
But Aunt Qiao said that they should keep their friendship private and not let others find out, which would be good for both of them.
Yun Qiao doesn't have any biological sisters in modern times, so she naturally doesn't understand the jealousy between sisters.
But she was fortunate enough to experience the jealousy between cousins.
"I think your wedding date is coming soon. Maybe things will be better once you get married..."
Unexpectedly, Chen Yanhao sighed.
"I hope it's a good one. I just found out that my fiancé has a childhood sweetheart cousin. Because my fiancé's mother died early, he brought his aunt, who was widowed early, to take care of her."
Her grandmother told her that if she married into a powerful family, she wouldn't have to be afraid.
Besides, how could a mere aunt really be the head of the household for a lady like her?
That being said, Chen Yanhao was still worried.
After all, they were her aunt and cousin who had taken care of her future husband Zhang Lang and raised him, and they had been friends for more than ten years.
It was said that Zhang Lang had passed the imperial examination at a young age and was now worshipped by his father. He was handsome and capable, so marrying him would be the best match. However, Chen Yanhao was always worried about the pros and cons of this matter.
She was thinking that her cousin was a marquis, and no matter how powerful the Zhang family was, they had to give her cousin some face.
Chen Yanhao told Yun Qiao what was in her heart and felt much more relaxed.
"Last night I overheard mother and sister talking. They said that the internal affairs of the Marquis' main courtyard are now being managed by Concubine Qiao. You should be more cautious. Some people in the Marquis's mansion are afraid that you will interfere with their interests."
Just give her a hint. She can't say, "My mother and sister can't stand you doing well and want to teach you a lesson."
Yun Qiao's eyes were filled with smiles.
"Thank you for your concern. I understand what you said."
"I want to eat the hot pot tonight, and today we have the tomato hot pot. Do you want to try it?"
Yunqiao ate quite a bit of the tomato-flavored hot pot.
She has made spicy beef oil soup, Sichuan pepper soup, mushroom soup, and chicken soup, but she likes this tomato pot the most.
She even wanted to get a rotating hot pot.
But now she wanted to do it outside the Marquis' Mansion, which was probably not feasible. There were many people watching her in the Marquis' Mansion, especially since she was the Marquis's favorite concubine. She was afraid that many people were secretly watching her.
But someone she could trust...
Yun Qiao doesn’t have any friends in Kyoto.
Fang Jia, who used to play well with her, disappeared...
Although Chen Yanhao is also good friends with her, she is a girl from the eldest wife's house in the Marquis' Mansion and values the rules of the boudoir. I'm afraid she doesn't want to show up in public and go out to do things.
Chen Yanhao stayed and had a small hot pot with Yun Qiao. They each had a stove and prepared double portions of vegetables and meat. Yun Qiao's homemade peach wine was used for drinking. It was refreshing and fragrant. When you drink it, you can smell the rich peach aroma.
"This peach wine tastes so good! I didn't know peaches could be made into wine..."
"Just tinkering around."
In fact, there were too many peaches that Chen Jingyan sent her that year. She couldn't eat them all, and was afraid that they would go bad and be wasted, so she made peach wine.
This is the first time the tea is opened after it is brewed.
It tastes really good.
When the Marquis comes back, she will let him taste the peach wine, and then she will take the opportunity to ask for some more peaches.
After eating and drinking her fill, Chen Yanhao left happily.
The maid was guarding outside and didn't dare to say much when she saw the girl eating dinner here. Chen Yanhao scolded her on the way back and said that it was Aunt Qiao who invited her and she couldn't refuse her kindness, so she asked the maid to say less to outsiders.
Yun Qiao drank some wine, her face flushed slightly, and she lay on the couch, not wanting to get up for a long time.
At this time, Xiaotao came in from outside.
"Miss, a few girls from Xiaoxiang Garden want to see you over..."
"Why are you looking for me at this hour?"
Xiao Tao said, "It's Miss Lianxiang who's dying..."
"What?" Yun Qiao was shocked. She stood up immediately. Most of her drunkenness disappeared. She didn't even have time to put on her clothes and quickly went to Xiaoxiang Garden.
She went straight to Lianxiang's room.
When she originally lived in Xiaoxiang Garden, she didn't feel that the environment here was poor. After living a good life in Lan Garden for a long time, she turned back to look at Xiaoxiang Garden again and found that the living environment in Xiaoxiang Garden was extremely bad.
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