Yes, there is a mistake.
It's a big mistake to get in her eyes!
Under Liu Ji's confused and innocent gaze, Qin Yao threw away the tattered clothes in his hand that could not be sewn well, and said coldly:
"If you want to buy new clothes, just say it. Why do you look so poor and make people think that I, Qin Yao, can't even buy you any clothes!"
His eyes glanced at Liu Fei.
Liu Fei hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law three is a generous person, we all know it."
Qin Yao nodded with satisfaction.
His eyes turned to Liu Ji, whose face was full of astonishment, and he asked angrily: "How much money do you want?"
Liu Ji tentatively asked: "What about fifty taels?"
Qin Yao didn't blink, threw him a fifty-tael note, and warned:
"If you want money, just say so. There's no need to pretend like this to show me. Next time, I'll tear you to pieces like this dress!"
Liu Ji held a fifty-tael ticket in his hand, and his eyes wandered back and forth between Qin Yao's unhappy face and the tattered clothes on the ground.
Hmm. How can this not be considered an unexpected gain?
Liu Ji pursed her lips as hard as she could, fearing that she would laugh out loud with joy.
He said "hmm" seriously, and while confirming Qin Yao's reaction with his eyes, he put the money note into his arms.
As for the 'rag' that was thrown on the ground, no one cared.
Anyway, by the time dinner was served, the tattered, sensible self had disappeared.
That night.
Liu Ji hummed a song and brought out the foot-washing water from his wife's room.
The way was blocked by a tall figure.
Awang spread his hands: "Bring it here."
Liu Ji pretended to be stupid: "What?"
Awang took out the rag that no one cared about - his torn clothes from behind.
"Ahem!" Liu Ji coughed twice guiltily. He poured out the foot-washing water first, and then reluctantly took out a broken silver corner from his arms and handed it to him.
Awang took the silver corner and said, "Fifty-five cents, fifty taels. The master still owes me twenty-four and a half taels."
Finally, seeing Liu Ji's disbelieving expression, he threatened:
"If you don't give it to me, tell Madam that the Master deliberately tore my clothes this morning and took them away. Madam spent five taels of silver to make this set of clothes. It is made of silk and has a dark jacquard pattern of bamboo leaves."
"Shhhhhh!" Liu Ji quickly signaled Awang to be silent, fearing that people in the room would hear him if he continued.
Reluctantly, he gave the remaining silver to Awang.
"Thank you sir."
Awang was satisfied, with an awkward yet polite smile on his lips, and left.
Liu Ji touched his chin and squinted at the tall figure retreating away, feeling full of disappointment.
Awang is no longer the sunny, cheerful and innocent boy he knew!
Qin Yao knew nothing about the private deal between the two.
Meimei had a good sleep.
After the whole family had breakfast together, they began to actively prepare for the arrival of New Year's Eve tomorrow.
In Qin Yao's view, this year's New Year's Eve is very different.
Because her relatives are also around.
The family gets together, cutting red paper, writing couplets, hanging red lanterns, and preparing ingredients in advance.
At first, Qin Yao built the island in the kitchen just to make it easier to eat simple meals there.
Unexpectedly, it has become the best place for the whole family to make dumplings together.
According to Wangcheng's rules, dumplings must be included in the New Year's Eve dinner.
And there are eight kinds of fillings to gather, so the preparation work is very tedious.
Fortunately, there were many people, and amid the noise of the children, everything was ready in one morning.
The neighborhood mood in the square was very high, and the sound of firecrackers could be heard from time to time.
It was the children from each family who stole the firecrackers at home and quietly hid in the alley to set off.
Sure enough, after a while, there were scoldings from adults in the alley, and the sound of children screaming and running wildly.
At times like this, the four brothers and sisters of Qin Yao's family, Dalang, are always extremely proud. The four brothers and sisters walked out of the house with half-suspended firecrackers in one hand and incense in the other.
Wang Chengyang and the boys and girls who were still running wildly looked over with envy and exclaimed "Wow".
From then on, everyone in Kuanzhengfang knew about it.
Qin Yao and his wife are the most liberal parents in the family.
Qin Yao and other adults were sitting beside the charcoal stove in the main hall, eating melon seeds leisurely.
The whole family sat around neatly, not talking about the political situation, nor about the imperial examination, but just some light gossip, which was very relaxing.
Suddenly, there was a "bang" outside the door, and a loud cannon exploded.
Immediately afterwards there was the sound of a frightened horse neighing.
Just as the adults in the room were concerned, it became quiet again outside the door.
I heard Erlang and Sanlang running into the house and reported: "Siniang's classmate came to our house to give New Year's gifts!"
Qin Yao and his wife looked at each other, which was strange.
No one expected that there would be such a deep friendship between little girls and dolls.
Erlang was older and observed more carefully than Sanlang. He added: "The elders of Si Niang's classmates are also here."
Qin Feng said to Qin Yao and his wife, "Then you have to go out and pick them up."
The two got up and hurriedly followed Erlang and Sanlang to the gate.
A man dressed as a coachman was already unloading the carriage outside the door.
Qin Yao felt that the coachman's breath was a bit familiar. When she looked up, the coachman just looked up.
It's an ordinary face.
He gave her a weird smile.
Because the fake skin is pulled!
Qin Yao's eyes dimmed, it was Lin Wei.
The people in the carriage
"Mother-in-law, you are here too!" Siniang called in surprise.
Qin Yao and Liu Ji stepped forward. Xu Jiajia, who was dressed in red fur, jumped out of the carriage first, and then reached out to pull her aunt who got off the carriage.
Xu Wenqing was wearing a plain purple coat, a dark brown fur hat on her head, and a little makeup. She looked very good, just like an ordinary lady.
But as soon as the lady raised her head, Liu Ji's kneecaps softened and he had to kneel down.
Qin Yao grabbed his elbow in time and lifted him up, so he didn't kneel down.
"Madam. Madam, is this the elder of Si Niang's classmate?"
Liu Ji's teeth were chattering, and he tried to smile at Xu Wenqing, who was leading Siniang and Xu Jiajia over.
But the face was twitching uncontrollably, and the smile looked strange.
After Si Niang introduced each other to her father, mother and mother-in-law, she found that her father and mother did not respond, so she called out in reminder: "niang?"
Qin Yao immediately pinched Liu Ji to clear his mind and whispered quickly:
"Calm down and treat her like your daughter's classmate and elder."
Liu Ji An nodded, he knew that noble people always like to play this kind of drama of private visits incognito, so he just pretended not to know her true identity.
"Aunt Xu, please come in and sit down quickly!" Liu Ji greeted.
He's the best at acting.
Little did I know that the old lady in front of me was the powerful Holy Queen!
Qin Yao called Awang to come out and take the Xu family's coachman to park the carriage and entertain them.
Awang recognized the driver's identity at a glance by relying on the familiar aroma of meat buns on his body.
But if the old man can act, so can he.
Calmly took the person to the back door, put the carriage away, and took the driver who was looking around into the kitchen.
There were no meat buns today, so I bribed them with pork dumplings made by my uncle.
Linwei finished two large plates in a row and said with satisfaction: "Ah~, it tastes so good! Hehe."
Awang smiled: "As long as you are happy." (End of chapter)
Chapter end
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