Lady of Fortune, Jiao Niang

The Cai family lost suddenly.

They made their fortune twenty years ago. They monopolized most of the town’s wine business by relying on sweet, honey-like wines, almost steep but rich.

No one knows where their fine wines are derived from, but ordinary people don't pay much attention to whose wine is sold in the wine shop in the town. The Cai family soon took root.

And in these years, there are scattered small wine shops in the town who want to get a share of the pie, all of them fail.

Either my leg was broken today, or I was pushed against the wall tomorrow, I couldn't drive it anyway.

Until Qi Yun's wine shop came in, the Cai family cut off business in the town.

And this time the incident occurred because someone said that the Cai’s rice wine recipe was snatched from someone else.

This is different from stealing money and things. Ordinary formulas and the like are a means of making a living by others. It is very taboo to use them as their own home. After that, people frequently go to the yamen to file complaints, such as those who were previously accused by the Cai family. All the merchants that had been rectified ran to complain.

Nowadays, this complaint can't be handed over casually. If the complaint is found, it will be accepted.

If only one person told the Cai family for bullying and dominating the market, the yamen would not pay much attention to it. However, this time it involved more than a dozen households, and the yamen had to open a case.

Coincidentally, at this stall, a young concubine in the back house of Cai's house was unbearable and ran away overnight. When he was captured as a fugitive slave, the young concubine cried and said that his son had died unjustly, and directly exploded the Cai's queen. The scandal of the house.

On this evening, the Sun family bank urged Mr. Cai’s accountant to expose the Cai family’s hidden taxes and missed a large amount of tax and silver, and took out the bills as proof, which became the straw that killed the camels.

For a time, the Cai family master was thrown into prison, and the back house woman was also arrested for being involved in murder. The servants were scattered, but after one night, the Cai family, who was still proud yesterday, suddenly disappeared.

It's just these, no one contacted Qi's family.

It was the merchants who had been bullied before, and it was the grandson family who had a grudge against the Cai family. As for the back house, they killed their innocent children and wanted to pretend that nothing happened?Whoever kills doesn't have to pay for his life.

And here, the only person who has something to do with the Qi family is that Cai Twelve Lang is jealous of Qi Saburo and pushes him down the hillside.

That person, Qi Saburo, was a victim. He was very pitiful. He would be fatal if he didn't die. Everyone would sigh when he heard that the Qi family had escaped, and they had nothing to do with them.

And Ye Jiao heard it with relish on the way, and the things that were often circulated in the streets and alleys were indispensable, but they were particularly interesting to say.

Especially last night, the scene where the Yamen seized the Cai's wine shop overnight was described as particularly thrilling. Ye Jiao even stopped the carriage and waited until the people in the tea shop finished talking.

When she got to the drugstore, there was still a smile on her face.

Dong saw it, first stretched out his hand to help her down, and then asked a little curiously: "My daughter, what pleasure did you encounter?"

Ye Jiao remembered Qi Yun's instructions before, and did not say anything, but smiled and said: "Listening to people chatting outside in the car is like listening to a story. It is very interesting."

Dong thought she had heard some joke, and smiled: "If you like to listen to stories, when it gets warmer in some days, I'll take you to the teahouse to listen to books? A few days ago, a new storyteller came here. Sir, that’s great."

"What book? You give me..."

Dong's face blushed and he hurriedly cut off the conversation: "How could that book come out and say it."

Ye Jiao also nodded: "That's right, there are not a few words, there is nothing to say."

Dong's: ...that makes a lot of sense.

But when they entered the door arm by arm, not far away, someone was sitting in the tea stand looking at her from a distance.

It was Ye Erlang who wandered around the town for several days.

Ye Erlang hasn't seen his little sister for a long time, and since Ye Jiao returned to the door last time, Ye Erlang has not seen her.

It was not that Ye Jiao deliberately walked around him, but Ye Erlang deliberately avoided Ye Jiao.

In fact, he knew all about the Qi family opening a liquor store and a drug store in the town, and he also knew that he would go to the store on the opening day.

But every time Ye Erlang avoided it.

Because the Qi family would throw some copper plates out when it opened, many people in the village would go to see the excitement and come back to describe how grand the scene was, how handsome Qi Jia Erlang was, and Ye Erlang also listened to them. .

But no matter how much others said, he just listened and thought about it in his head. He didn't dare to recognize his relatives in the past, but he was still willing to listen.

Others said that Qi Jia Erlang's life was getting better. Ye Erlang was happy to hear that he seemed to be able to convince himself that he would be happy to marry Ye Jiao, but he did not dare to really go to see Ye Jiao for fear of his little sister. His indifference pierced the fantasy in his head.

But this time Ye Jiro really had no choice.

A few days ago, Ye Pingrong went to his house. Others may not recognize Ye Pingrong, who has changed a lot, but Ye Erlang, who grew up with him, can recognize it at a glance.

But before he was happy, Ye Pingrong threw a document for him to sign, and left without saying anything.

Ye Erlang and his wife didn't recognize many characters, except for their own names, they didn't recognize a few characters beside them.

Ye Bao recognized a lot. Although he didn't work hard when he was in school, Ye Bao was afraid of pain. In order not to let her husband beat him, he could barely memorize the "Three Character Classic".

But Ye Bao stumbling over this document, at any rate Ye Erlang got anxious when he heard the general meaning, so he was too busy to think of it and explain it to his elder brother.

However, when Ye Pingrong came back, he only said that he had signed the paperwork and sent it to the Yamen, without mentioning a word beside him.

Ye Erlang doesn't know what Ye Pingrong does or where Ye Pingrong lives now. He can only wander around, hoping to find his eldest brother.

Today he did not find Ye Pingrong, but instead saw Ye Jiao.

This made Ye Erlang's eyes light up, thinking that the younger sister had the softest heart. Even though her own lady was a bit more domineering before, Ye Jiao could bear it on her own face, and she was still a family.

Now if he asks the younger sister to persuade the elder brother, he will always change his mind.

As for the fact that he had pitted Ye Jiao himself, Ye Erlang couldn't remember it at all.

He always tells himself nonsense for many years, his intention is to persuade his conscience to be better. Who knows that this lies too much, a little bit, so that he himself believes.

Seeing that Ye Jiao had entered the drugstore, Ye Erlang got up from the tea stand hurriedly, but sat down quickly.

He has a dumb mouth, and he has to be prepared for what he wants to say.

But Ye Erlang didn't notice that someone was staring at him not far away.

Liu Rong came to follow Ye Erlang, not Ye Pingrong's arrangement, but Meng's instructions.

Princess Duan also got a general idea of ​​the grievances between the Ye family brothers. After knowing that Ye Pingrong was going to separate from Ye Erlang, she guessed that Ye Erlang would not agree, so she asked Liu Rong to follow Ye Erlang to prevent him from making trouble.

If Ye Pingrong and Duan Wang behind Ye Pingrong were pulled out, things would be difficult to clean up.

At this moment, Liu Rong saw Ye Erlang staring at his baby sister Tixue, he was more concerned, and he greeted his subordinates to come over, and said in a low voice, "Go, tell Tixue what happened here."

"Do you want to tell the princess?"

"Tell Tisha first. If Tisha can't come, then tell the princess, go."

"Yes."

After Liu Rong finished the order, he looked up again, only to find that Ye Erlang, whom he had been staring at, was missing.

Looking forward in a hurry, he saw that Ye Erlang had already entered the drug store.

In the back hall of the drugstore, Ye Jiao was looking at a box of Huatian that Dong had recently received.

"This flower tin is also called eyebrows, and there are a lot of them attached to the center of the eyebrows. These are made of camellia oil flower cakes and made of gold foil, but the gold foil should be specially used for fish maw glue, which is slightly more troublesome." Dong said. He took out a few Huatian and showed them to Ye Jiao.

Ye Jiao took it over and looked at it. She only thought Yanhong was beautiful, and the pattern was much more complicated than what she had kept at home.

Dong looked at Ye Jiao’s post of Huatian today and then took out his Huatian box to see her. She closed her cuffs and gently touched Ye Jiao’s eyebrows, and said with a smile: I will give you one to try?"

Little Ginseng nodded, and sat there obediently waiting for Dong to post it to himself.

But before Dong did it, he heard someone come in and said, "Madam, there is a man named Ye outside who said he wants to see the second young lady. He didn't say anything to him, only that there was something to find the second young lady."

When Dong heard this surname, he subconsciously looked at Ye Jiao.

Ye Jiao thought it was Ye Pingrong, so he said to Dong Clan, "It may be my elder brother, I will go and see, Chunlan, wait for me here."

Dong's followed suit and stood up: "I'll go with you."

She knew how nervous Ye Jiao was. No matter who that person was, Dong would follow Ye Jiao. If something happened to Jiao Niang in her store, let alone expand the drug store in the future, I'm afraid the second young master could Flatten them here.

Ye Jiao didn't refuse, and went to the front hall with Dong Shi.

As soon as he entered the door, Ye Jiao stopped, and looked at the man in surprise: "Why are you?"

Seeing Ye Jiao, Ye Erlang laughed immediately. He wanted to talk to Ye Jiao, but he didn't dare to get too close, so he whispered: "Well, Jiao Niang, I... haven't seen you for a long time, let me see See how well you are."

Ye Jiao's eyes are particularly bright, but there is not much closeness in them, but there is no boredom, and the voice is as soft as always: "Second brother, I am fine."

As soon as he said this, Dong frowned.

The affairs of Ye Jiao's family are no secrets, especially after Qi Yun's business has grown, this Chongxi marriage has become a conversation among many back-house women.

But unlike the previous mockery, now others talk about Ye Jiao with envy.

She is blessed to be able to turn bad things into good things, and a marriage that seems to be at the bottom of the bad world can also become a good partner. Qi Yun, who is always in serious illness and small calamity in the Qi family, has now become the envy of everyone. It is the blessing to know who these two people are.

But for Ye Jiaerlang, they rarely dislike it.

As a woman, marriage is a major event in life, like a new life.It is a blessing for Ye Jiao to have a good life, but her maiden family can actually use her to exchange silver cakes, so how can women who are also women not get bored.

I'm afraid Ye Erlang didn't even know it. These ladies put his vinegar on his affairs and listened to their mates. Ye Erlang's reputation has long been ruined. Where can he do business?

Nowadays, Dong's family heard Ye Jiao's name and knew that this villager was Ye Erlang.

She couldn't speak out at the moment, after all, this was Ye Jiao's maiden family, and the Dong family was only working for the Qi family shop and could not be the owner of the owner.

But Dong's thoughts were so clear that he got an idea as soon as his eyes turned.

She stepped back, pretending to get the teapot, tilted her head slightly, covered her mouth with a kerchief, and whispered to her mate: "I heard that the second young master of the owner went to the wine shop to check the accounts today. You will go over and tell the second young master now. Said that the second wife's family is here, let him come, hurry up."

The young man immediately ran out to report the letter. Dong Shi put on his veil and walked to Ye Jiao again, calm as if nothing happened, and said with a smile: "Jiao Niang, don't stand up, sit down," and then she Looking at Ye Erlang, he was also very polite with a smile, "Sit down, too."

Little Ginseng also feels tired standing up. Recently, she always gets tired easily, so she found a chair to sit on, but Ye Erlang was a little unable to sit still. He was anxious, feeling that the dryness of these days was stuck in his heart. Is it settled down there?

Seeing that Ye Jiao didn't blast him outside, Ye Erlang felt that there was something to be done. He took two steps forward and said, "Sister, I have something to ask you for today."

Ye Jiao was holding a tea cup to warm her hands, and looked at him after hearing this, "What's the matter?"

Seeing her asking, Ye Erlang didn't care if there were any outsiders present, and said directly: "Well, my eldest brother came back a while ago. He came to me and said that he would go to the Yamen to sign a paperwork with me, saying that he would be separated from me. "

As soon as these words came out, the Dong clan shouted hello to the Ye family eldest brother in his heart.

However, Ye Jiao's reaction was somewhat different.

She neither expressed surprise nor sympathy for Ye Erlang, but looked at him calmly: "I have read the regulations. After your parents passed away, you have actually separated by default. It's just that the eldest brother did the military service to help you. There is no household division."

Dong clan expressed surprise in due course: "Jiao Niang, have you still read the law?"

Little Ginseng nodded: "Well, there is it on Xianggong's bookshelf. I used it to practice calligraphy."

Dong's smiled: "Jiao Niang is really smart." This is not a fake. There are so many people who use a book to practice calligraphy, but if you can really write down the contents, this is so smart.

Ye Erlang saw that they were chatting, and hurriedly said: "Little sister, eldest brother is not just a separation of families, he...he gave me a paperwork to sever the relationship!"

As soon as this word came out, the room became quiet.

Dong's looked at Ye Erlang with a little surprise, but more of it was the astonishment of Ye Jiao's decision.

Nowadays, severing the relationship is not just simply talking with your mouth, but only after going to the yamen to go through the official documents and get printed.

This kind of severance is a complete severance. Not only is it not a relative, but most of it will become an enemy.

Even if Dong thought Ye Erlang was not a thing, he didn't expect Ye Dalang to come this far.

But Ye Jiao knew Ye Pingrong would be like this for a long time, and there was no surprise at this moment.

She put the tea cup in her hand and looked at Ye Erlang.

This look gave Ye Erlang a bad feeling, but now he has no other choice.

Before Ye Jiao could speak, Ye Erlang said anxiously: "Jiao Niang, depending on our sibling relationship, you can help me talk to the eldest brother, okay?"

After hearing this, Dong knew that the housework was behind.

She whispered in her heart that Ye Lao Er is not a thing. At this time, she knew she came to beg Ye Jiao. Then why didn't she beg when she sold Ye Jiao before?

... She didn't dislike her boss, the boss is of course good, but now Ye Erlang uses family affection to suppress Ye Jiao, which makes Dong especially not look down upon.

It stands to reason that this is a housework, and it’s not about Dong’s business, but she didn’t dare to avoid it. She was afraid that Ye Jiao could not find anyone when she needed help. When she hesitated, she listened to Ye Jiao’s direct and gentle reply. : "I won't help with you. Brother is right."

Ye Erlang was stunned by these words. He didn't seem to understand. It was Ye Ersao who was sorry to Ye Jiao before. The relationship between himself and the younger sister was not bad. When I returned to the door last time, I could say a few words. Why is Ye now? Jiao is not relentless?

He wanted to say something, but he listened to a voice coming from outside the door: "Ye Er, who gave you the courage to come over and disturb my little girl?"

Ye Jiao looked at it and saw Ye Pingrong strode through the door.

What followed was Qi Yun, whose face was as deep as water.