Wealth and glory seek stability

Chapter 183 Li's Crazy Talk

Su Lian fiddled with an abacus, raised her little face, and combed up all the bangs on her forehead. It was Jian Xi who said that bangs would affect wealth, which caused all the maids in Huashui Pavilion who had bangs to comb them up secretly during that time.

The thirteen-year-old girl, who still had one or two pimples on her forehead, was no longer as timid as before. Su Lian said boldly, "Then I am the most capable female assistant to the owner of the world's number one grain merchant."

Jian Xi shook her head and said, "This kid is teachable."

She is familiar with all kinds of sweet talk, and she can come up with a whole bunch of different sweet words for free.

She still has to thank her leader who used to promise her everything every day.

But she is not Zhou Paopi, she really gives money when she has it.

The agricultural officials of the Xuanyuan Dynasty did not make any money all year round, but since they took the job of preaching on the farm, they could earn some money from time to time and did not have to stay in the government office all day.

The Minister of Agriculture also has political achievements every year. The most important criterion for judging the official's performance in a year is the harvest of the people under his jurisdiction.

"Miss, a village head named He Hao has come to the village and said he has something important to report."

"Let him go to the main hall of the mansion. I'll go see him." Jian Xi looked at the group of maids in the yard. He Hao was a foreign man, so it would be inconvenient for him to come in.

"Yes."

Gao Yunhuai had a simple wheelchair sent over, saying that it was difficult for him to move around at home and sitting on it would save him a lot of trouble.

Seeing this, Qiangwei hurriedly called out, "Xiaoshuang, Zicui, the two of you take the girl to the main hall."

"Yes."

main hall.

He Hao and others were waiting inside. When they saw Jian Xi being pushed in, they were shocked, "Master, what about your legs?" He had known for a long time that Jian Xi was a girl.

Jian Xi raised her hand, "It's not a big deal, what brings you here today?"

Zi Cui pushed Jian Xi into the hall. Jian Xi stretched out her hand and made a gesture of invitation. He Hao bowed and turned around to sit on the chair.

He Hao thought of something serious, took out the box at hand and presented it with both hands. Xiaoshuang took it and handed it to Jian Xi.

Jian Xi opened the box, and inside was a gold-inlaid jade bracelet with exquisite craftsmanship. The jade pieces inlaid on it were obviously extraordinary.

"This is?"

He Hao said respectfully, "This was from the woman that the master sent to the farm, that is, Li. That woman is married now, but the mother-in-law of that family is not easy to get along with. This gold and jade bracelet was found by that family from Li. They didn't know the value of it, so they took it to the pawnshop in town to sell it. Someone found it and told me about it. I personally asked for the pawn ticket and spent fifty taels of silver to redeem it. The shopkeeper said that the bracelet had an extraordinary origin and asked me to take a closer look."

As He Hao spoke, Jian Xi picked up the bracelet on her hand and looked at it carefully. She actually found a clue. There was a phoenix pattern engraved on the inner wall of the bracelet, which was a symbol of being a member of the royal family.

Li was able to endure the famine and did not sell the bracelet, which shows that it was an important item.

Jian Xi tried to recall Li's life experience, but couldn't figure it out.

Li was the matchmaker for Jian Yubao, and the two families had never met before.

"What about the Li family?"

He Hao replied: "She is outside. My master sent someone to escort her here. I was afraid that this thing was stolen by my master, so I escorted her here. But she is pregnant now."

Jian Xi raised her eyebrows. Can she still have a child when she is almost forty years old?

"Let her in."

"Yes."

"Send it in."

Li's face was completely different from the last time she came. The two deep nasolabial lines made her look like a woman in her fifties. Her face was sallow, her hair was messy, her clothes were patched up, and her exposed skin was blue and purple. Her eyes were dull and she kept muttering to herself.

"The old woman is dead, my daughter is enjoying life now, they are all bastards..."

Jian Xi was curious, so she leaned forward and asked, "Who is the bastard?"

Li heard the voice and looked at Jian Xi, twisting her body continuously. "You! You bastard, why don't you just die? If it weren't for the old woman meddling in other people's business, I would have strangled you to death."

old woman?

The original owner’s mother didn’t seem to be old either. Is this Mrs. Li crazy?

Jian Xi always felt that Li knew something, so she changed her tone and asked, "Mom?"

Li suddenly came to her senses for a moment and struggled to get up. She was held by the servants on both sides, but she was no match for the two servants.

In a frantic tone, she said, "Don't worry, my daughter. I have sold both of them. That damn old woman exchanged you for her. You will be a rich lady in the future. That damn old woman was so hypocritical. She didn't want that bastard to be tortured by me, so she exchanged that bastard for the scholar's child."

"In the end, I sold them all."

“Hahahaha, they’re all sold.”

"No one can stop my daughter from achieving prosperity and wealth."

"Daughter, when will you take me to enjoy happiness?"

"Oh, right, the bracelet! That bracelet was given by the lady of that family to that dead old woman. The dead old woman worked as a midwife all her life and didn't leave me any savings. She deserved to die."

"The one who has the bracelet is my mother!"

Jian Xi was shocked, this Li is so vicious!

After years of immersion in palace fighting dramas, she boldly guessed that Li's mother was a midwife who delivered a baby for a wealthy family. She had evil intentions and wanted to swap the daughter born by her daughter with that family's child, but she did not dare to kill anyone for fear that her daughter would mistreat the other family's child, so she swapped the child with the child of a scholar.

Thinking of this, Jian Xi asked tentatively, "Where did the daughter of the scholar go?"

Li narrowed her eyes, frowned, and gritted her teeth to squeeze out a sentence, "That damn old woman wouldn't let me sell it, I waited for her to die, and then sold Erniu and that bastard together."

Second girl?

I always feel like I've heard this name somewhere before.

Jian Xi looked carefully at the bracelet in her hand, trying to find some traces on it, but she couldn't make out anything.

When Li saw the bracelet, her eyes lit up, and then she saw the jewelry Jian Xi was wearing.

"My daughter is so pretty. You are a young lady now. Can you take me to live happily? After I got pregnant with you, your father ran away. The man said that your father was in the northwest, and I couldn't find him. Now you are a young lady from a wealthy family. Can you help me find your father?"

Jian Xi: “….”

I thought this person was heartless, but it seems that he still has some feelings for his own flesh and blood.

"Do you know where I come from?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li rolled on the ground as if he was stimulated.

"Ahhh, don't hit me, I'm going to work now."

"Grandma, I really didn't steal anything."

"No, I'm already pregnant, husband, I can't..."

He Hao felt embarrassed.

Jian Xi waved her hand, "Shock her mouth and stop her from going crazy."

"Yes."

Hey!

This script shouldn't be something she, a supporting actress, can get!