The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 116 Big sister, dig some more dirt for me

The news of Shi Mingzhu's fainting was not reported to Ganlu Hall until the next day. It was the old Duke who ordered that the news not be allowed to be reported last night, fearing that his wife could not bear it.

Everyone came to pay their respects, but stopped the lady from visiting the patient, fearing that she would pass on the disease.

The lady had no choice but to send Shi Yao and her daughter-in-law Rong to visit.

So, a group of people came to visit Shi Mingzhu.

The doctor's diagnosis was still: the patient was depressed and had liver fire, and needed to relax and rest.

And this time it's even more severe than before.

The Duke of Zhenguo glanced at Shi Yao vaguely, while the others looked at the three Shi Mingwu brothers in condemnation.

The three Shi Mingwu brothers were so ashamed that they bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes.

Soon, Shi Mi came out and went straight to Shi Yao, saying politely, "Second Miss, our young lady invites you in to talk."

Everyone was surprised.

Shi Yao was worried, not knowing why Shi Mingzhu called her name or what she was going to say. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, she hurriedly got up and went in.

Shi Mi glanced at the people in the main hall and called a little maid over: "Send a few people to Handan Courtyard and Tangxi Courtyard to invite the eldest and second wives. The young lady wants to see them and has something to say."

The Duke of Zhenguo asked, "What do you girls do when you see them?"

These daughters-in-law and nieces are not the kind of people who are content with what they have to do, and they make the house a mess.

Shi Mi shook her head: "I don't know either. It's the young lady who wants it. It's useless to persuade her. The young lady just wants to see them and says she has something to ask."

The Duke of Zhenguo pondered for a moment. The eldest daughter-in-law was too lazy to even meet her mother-in-law, and the second daughter-in-law did not go to Ganlu Hall to pay her respects this morning. The two of them were having a quarrel with their family, so even if Zhuzhu's people went to invite them, they might not be able to come.

So he sent a little maid to the outer courtyard to call for Wan Zheng, the manager of his study, and asked Wan Zheng's wife to go to the inner courtyard to invite him together.

Shi Mi was overjoyed and quickly squatted down to thank him: "With Madam Xu's help, this matter will be much easier to handle."

Shi Mingwu and Shi Mingwei were so ashamed that they couldn't even raise their heads.

It's because they are useless that their daughter-in-law becomes disobedient, and the father-in-law has to step in to ask for help.

When Shi Yao entered, Shi Mingzhu was taking medicine and her face was sallow, which destroyed much of the beauty's "secluded orchid in the valley, chrysanthemum in the southern mountains" charm.

Shi Mingzhu had never been very hospitable to her. Shi Yao knew that she couldn't be polite to Shi Mingzhu, because if she was, she would be the one who felt uncomfortable.

So she picked a stool and sat down, making tea for herself, and asked with a smile: "Big sister asked me to come here, is there anything important you want to ask me, or anything important you want to tell me?"

Lian Qiao glared at her angrily.

The way they said this sounded as if the girl was dying and wanted to leave some last words.

Shi Mingzhu did not argue with her and said calmly, "Second sister, please wait a moment. The eldest and second sisters-in-law will be here soon. I have something to say."

Shi Yao raised her eyebrows and asked Fu Nanjun and Le Anning to come.

It seems that Shi Mingzhu has discovered something and is now ready to speak frankly.

"Then I'll come when they arrive. I'm not used to being left out. I live next door, and the elder sister has brought the two of them together. If I don't have anything important to do, just call me and I'll come."

Shi Yao said this and stood up.

Shi Mingzhu suppressed the nausea in her chest and could only say, "Wait a minute, second sister! Lianqiao, go get some good tea and fruit to entertain the second young lady."

Shi Yao smiled and said, "No need, no need. Why make such a big fuss? This is the first time that Big Sister is so polite. I am really flattered."

It was a clear mockery of her previous lack of hospitality. Shi Mingzhu stared at Shi Yao coldly.

Shi Yaocai didn't want to indulge her and turned around to leave.

Shi Mingzhu was very upset. She had always been the one who had the final say in this family. No one had ever offended her. Only Shi Yao never played by the rules. She rubbed her forehead and said helplessly:

"What does Second Sister want?"

She didn't believe that Shi Yao would come whenever she was called. If she let her go and invited her again, she would definitely make excuses and refuse to come.

Lian Qiao stepped forward to stop them, Shi Yao turned around and smiled, "Forget it, forget it, it's ok for me to sit on the bench. As the saying goes, time is money, big sister, at least give me a red envelope!"

Isn't it just silver? Shi Mingzhu felt sick when she thought about those dirty things like gold and silver. It was as if she had been stained by them.

She winked at Lian Qiao.

Lian Qiao stamped her feet and turned to wrap the red envelope: "Second Miss, wait a moment."

After a while, he brought a red envelope as expected, and Shi Yao opened it in front of her.

Shi Mingzhu thought to herself, how vulgar!

For a moment, Shi Yao's noble lady temperament, which she had cultivated with great difficulty, was filled with the stink of money, which was disgusting!

After she leaves, she will definitely throw out and smash everything that Shi Yao has touched to make sure her room isn't dirty.

Lian Qiao was waiting to see Shi Yao's expression of shock at the fact that her own girl regarded money as dirt.

Shi Yao took out the banknote and said in shock, "One hundred taels!"

Lian Qiao was very proud.

Shi Mingzhu pursed her lips: Vulgar! A country girl who has never seen the world is so surprised by just a hundred taels of silver.

Well, since she values ​​money, it would be easier to ask her for help in the future.

The next moment, Shi Yao threw the hundred-liang silver note to the ground, stepped on it with her embroidered shoes, and stepped on it three times. In the surprised and angry eyes of Shi Mingzhu and the maids, she said even more angrily than them:

"Are you sending away beggars, big sister? How dare you use such a small amount of money to fool me? And you act like I have never seen the world and you think money is as good as dirt!"

She took off her purse, pulled out a handful of banknotes, and swung them with her hands, "Big sister doesn't take me seriously at all, I'd better go back and take a nap!"

After saying this, Shi Yao carefully put the banknotes back, without even looking at the hundred-liang banknote on the ground, and turned away.

Everyone was stunned.

Shi Mingzhu was so confused that she said hurriedly, "Wait, wait! Stop her!"

Lian Qiao reacted quickly and stopped Shi Yao again.

Shi Mi, who had just finished replying to the Duke of Zhenguo, heard this and also stopped Shi Yao.

Shi Mi was confused when she heard Lian Qiao begging, "Second Miss, please wait a moment. I underestimated you. I will give you a big red envelope right now!"

She saw that Shi Mingzhu had something very important to say to Shi Yao, so there was no way she could let Shi Yao go.

How could Shi Yao obediently follow orders? She was afraid that if she let this one go, the other two would get impatient and run away, delaying the girl's urgent business.

Shi Mi: “…”

Shi Yao crossed her arms, hummed twice, and did not look back.

Lian Qiao saw that she would not leave immediately, so she walked around behind her and winked at Shi Mingzhu.

Shi Mingzhu really regarded money as dirt and made a “one” gesture.

Lian Qiao took a deep breath, picked up the hundred-tael silver note on the ground, and gave another thousand taels to Shi Yao.

Shi Yao reluctantly accepted the red envelope, and reluctantly sat down, muttering, "How stingy! You only gave me this little bit for a pile of dirt! I really thought that my elder sister regarded money as dirt, and I really asked you to dig some dirt for me, but you started to pick and choose, and even treated the dirt as treasure!"