The Possession of My Beloved

    Cui Xingzhou is both a close friend of Zhao Quan and a relative of his appearance, how can Zhao Quan be absurd?

    In order to get rid of the thoughts of Marquis Zhennan, Cui Xingzhou said: "He has a lot of wives and concubines, if you go to invite his relatives, I'm afraid that one will be favored over the other. , it's better to save trouble, don't even invite him."

    Liu Miantang hesitated after hearing this and said, "The genius doctor and her husband seem to have a deep friendship, so the etiquette is not comprehensive... how about it?"

    Cui Xingzhou lowered his eyes and decided to avoid future troubles, saying: "Brother Zhao is very skilled in medicine, but he especially feels that the sweetness in other people's bowls, and those who are familiar with him avoid him and his own. Wives and concubines are close friends... If it wasn't for your serious illness, I would never have invited him here."

    Miantang blinked, and then she understood the deep meaning of her husband's words. It turns out that the genius doctor, who is so talented, actually loves to steal people's wives! Isn't this... a hungry wolf in color!

    Recalling the last time when the genius doctor came to help me diligently, my husband looked unhappy, maybe he was jealous

    But when she was seriously ill, he ignored the green clouds and insisted on inviting Zhao Quan, who could save her life, to come. How deep was his friendship with her?

    Thinking of this, she felt a little apologetic in her heart, and filled with unspeakable sweetness, and quickly assured her husband: "Since he is like this, I won't even look at him in the future... husband , I talked to him earlier, are you mad at me?"

      Miantang is like this right now, his face is like peach blossoms, his eyes are like autumn water... Cui Xingzhou looked at her for a while before slowly saying: "I don't know if you don't know, it's good that you don't talk to him in the future..."

    Send her husband out for a while, and seeing him get into the carriage and exit the alley, Liu Miantang reluctantly prepares to turn around.

    At this time, Mrs. Zhang, who came back from the next door, Piao Yexiang, just caught up, but only saw a carriage hurriedly swaying with the door curtain, she hurriedly probed to call Liu Miantang, and said loudly: "Cui Madam, stay, it was your husband who just walked in the carriage?"

    Liu Miantang smiled and said yes. Madam Zhang said with a bit of pity: "Just now I only saw him get on the carriage, and I am also dazzled. In addition, the collar of the cloak you wear is too big, covering half of your face, and you can only see the top of your head. In the future, your official will come to me. In front of the old lady, I don't even know it's Cui Xianggong..."

    After listening to Mrs. Zhang's words, Liu Miantang didn't take it seriously, she just smiled and said, "They are all close neighbors. I will grow up in Japan in the future, and there will always be time to see each other."

    With this promise, Miantang turned around and wanted to go back to the yard.

    Just now I heard from Mama Li that there was more than half of the hot water left in the pot, and she happened to be soaking in the pot. It has been raining these days, the weather is humid and cold, and her hands and feet are hurting faintly . If you can warm it up, it can ease the discomfort.

    However, Mrs. Zhang is a good person who loves to inquire. She just wants to take this opportunity to spy on the truth of her neighbors, and she will have the capital to talk with the neighbors in the future.

    "Cui Niangzi, don't blame my wife for being busy, but your husband always comes at night, leaves in the morning, and can't be seen. You have to tell him that it's not good to act like this, life After a long time, it will make the neighbors gossip."

    Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhang lowered her voice and continued: "You must know that the officials and gentlemen of several nursing rooms in the street are also like this, and they look like they are afraid of being seen, which makes us The streets are smoky and smoky, every three or five, there is always a noise from the main room, which disturbs people and can't be clean..."

    After saying this, Mrs. Zhang stared at Lady Liu's face to see if she would show a guilty expression.

    However, Liu Miantang smiled slightly, and said generously: "My husband is not a fool, and he has serious things to do. What kind of man doesn't want to go out early and come back late? Why did he come here? A few words of right and wrong for others, delaying my own affairs? Some people have nothing to do and arrange other people's homes, but I can't control other people's homes. But there is the same thing, but if someone slanders my husband and ruins the innocence of my family, then Don't blame me for beating and scolding him, smashing his belongings, and scolding his long tongue to go to the Lichang!"

    When Mrs. Cui said this, she had a sweet smile on her face, but Mrs. Zhang always felt that the little lady's beautiful eyes were full of fierce light. So easy!

    For some reason, Mrs. Zhang shuddered, and she didn't want to try again, she just smirked and returned the door with the night bucket.

    Mother Li has been standing in front of the door, listening to Liu Miantang's words completely, and her heart is mixed for a while.

    Although the little lady tried her best to maintain her husband's reputation, she didn't know that her status was actually worse than that of the official gentleman's outer chamber. Seeing her calm and upright face was really unbearable.

    At noon that day, Mama Li made an exception and made an exception for Liu Miantang to stew red dates and ginseng chicken.

    Miantang looked at the overcooked three yellow chickens stewed in the casserole, and the aroma penetrated her nose.

    Mother Li opened the lid and said: "Madam, you have been experiencing cold air these days, and you are not feeling well. The soup has red dates, wolfberry and ginseng, just to warm up the body and drive it away. chill…"

    But Liu Miantang didn't wait for him to finish, and said distressedly: "Such good ingredients must wait for the officials to come back to stew! I don't see him coming back!"

    Mother Li said with a sullen face: "Men don't need to make up for it like this.

    As the saying goes, the collapse of the ant colony on the embankment of a thousand miles is by no means a day's work. Liu Miantang could see it now—the decline of the Cui family had a lot to do with not only the master's poor management, but also the thriftiness of the servants.

    However, Mama Li was also kind, so Liu Miantang looked at the thick ginseng and felt distressed, but she couldn't blame her, so she only told Mama Li to use this kind of food in the future. When supplementing ingredients with precious medicines, you must tell her, and it must be when officials are at home.

    Only said that Mama Li's face became even darker, she poured soup for her in silence with a sullen face, and then put it heavily in front of her and said, "Madam is right, this old slave has a lot of trouble today!"

    Liu Miantang looked at her and scooped up a spoonful, then took a sip, the warm soup poured into her stomach, and immediately ironed her limbs and limbs to feel comfortable.

    She gratefully raised her eyes and glanced at Li's mother who seemed to be still angry, and said, "Mom don't think I'm being long-winded, but there really isn't much money at home now. We can eat meat every day up and down in our family... Then don't talk about me, it's mom, you should also drink ginseng chicken soup every day to supplement it. Mom has always been a part of the Cui family, and I thank you for my husband first. ."

     After hearing this, Zhang's mother couldn't hold back any longer, she only sighed slightly, picked up the long chopsticks, separated the chicken, and put a chicken leg into Liu Miantang's in a bowl.

    She doesn't know what the lord will do with this woman in the future, but maybe there won't be too many days of eating meat like this. She is very soft-spoken and can't influence the prince's mind. She is just out of sympathy and cooks more meat for this poor woman to eat...

    The opening day of the shop was carefully selected by Liu Miantang, and it was set in the middle of the auspicious month of the zodiac. Two strings of fiery red whips hang high at the door, and the newly-made "Jade Burning Porcelain Workshop" plaque hangs high, which is covered with a red cloth first.

    Although the Cui family has no relatives or friends here, in order to make it lively, Liu Miantang invited the neighbors to join in.

    At this time, the people in the town knew that it turned out that the Cui family who bought these two shops turned out to be the newly moved Cui family on North Street.

    Something good, I inquired about the prices of the two stores under Cui Niangzi's list, and they were all envious and secretly sighed at Cui Niangzi's shrewdness.

    Looking at the new decoration in the new store, the shiny appearance of the porcelain, and the neatness of the little lady of the Cui family, those long-tongued women really don't think this shrewd business woman It is the outer chamber of a gentleman.

    Although the little lady of the Cui family is too beautiful, she is indeed a serious businessman.

      Where can one endure the pain of managing a business?

    For a time, the neighbors sincerely congratulated and wished Miss Cui a prosperous business.

    However, the opening is so successful, but everyone has never seen the male owner of the store. Listening to the little lady Cui, my husband learned chess from a famous teacher.

    Come on! Everyone understood at once. It turned out to be a flower stuck in the mud that couldn't stick to the wall!

    It turns out that the husband of the Cui family is a dandy boy, a really good shopkeeper! Letting such a flowery lady come out to make a living, but he plays chess, calligraphy and painting, plays chickens and dogs, and makes a living without making any money...

    What a pity, a pity! Such a capable and beautiful woman, but she entrusted an inhumane person to marry such an unremarkable son and brother...

    In addition to sighing, there are those who look at the beauty of the Cui family's young lady, and are moved. Since the lady's husband is not at home all day long, I don't know if the boudoir can be empty. When night falls, be sure to go to the lady's back door to see, but you can open the door and let people drill...

    For a time, people inside and outside the store had different thoughts. When the five hanging firecrackers sounded, it represented the arrival of five blessings, and the red cloth was lifted off with a sound of gongs. It was officially opened in Longquan Town.

    However, opening the door to do business is not as simple as opening the red cloth.

    There are many porcelains in the town, and the competition is fierce. Those old stores that can gain a firm foothold are all familiar customers, with a stable source of customers, and naturally they will not worry about sales. There are even many shops that are self-operated by porcelain kilns, producing and selling themselves, which also saves a lot of access.

    But the Jade Burning Porcelain Workshop is a newly opened shop, and since it is not a local, it has no foundation, so rushing to open a shop here is tantamount to burning money.

    After a lively day of the new store opening, it was busy for several days and no customers came.