The Stepmother is Unkind

Jiang Siniang followed her sister Jiang He out a few steps, then grabbed her hand with her backhand, and disapproved: "Qiniang, don't be rude outside."

There are people around, and someone has noticed them.

Jiang He immediately adjusted his demeanor, and walked slowly to a relatively empty place with Jiang Si Niang before asking, "Sister, did you not ask the cousin?"

"What are you asking?" Jiang Siniang asked, and she reacted, "I just had a small chat with Mrs. Xie Shao, and you interrupted before it was too late."

When Jiang Heyi heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and instructed earnestly, "Sister, don't ask again."

Jiang Siniang was puzzled, "Why is this?"

The wedding auspicious time was approaching, Jiang He glanced at the surging crowd in the main hall of the front yard. It was not suitable to talk about these things, so he said perfunctorily: "Sister, let's talk about it later."

Jiang Siniang nodded and went to watch the ceremony with her.

The two sisters took a few steps forward, and they happened to meet Mrs. He, the eldest daughter-in-law of Mr. Xu, the minister of Guanglu Temple. Mrs. He was quite enthusiastic and took the initiative to talk to the fourth lady Jiang.

Jiang Siniang's attitude is normal, but she is not rude.

Jiang He, aside from greeting politely at first, lowered his head slightly, showing no interest in the greetings between the two, and did not watch the ceremony seriously until he arrived at the front hall.

The whole Yin family was full of joy, and the happy hall was in the middle. The handsome man and the beautiful lady who covered her face with a fan came and went to worship each other. The guests all laughed and said Yan Yan.

The girl is Huaichun, the young girl has never imagined what kind of wishful husband she will marry in the future, what kind of grand wedding she will have, and how she will melody after marriage.

In the past, the family and the Ji family were discussing marriage, and Jiang He saw Ji Saburo's gentleness and handsomeness, and he fantasized about perfection. Later, because of such ugly reasons, the marriage between the two families collapsed, and Jiang He's girlish heart was greatly stimulated.

Now, Jiang He was distracted while watching the ceremony, looked at Han Jing in the opposite crowd, and lowered his head for a moment.

Beside the Jiang sisters, Mrs He glanced at Jiang He, and chatted with the fourth lady Jiang with a smile: "Yin Erlang and the bride are really talented and beautiful."

The fourth lady Jiang nodded with a smile.

They're not the only ones here praising the newly married couple.

Yin Sanniang, Yin Mingrui and Yin Siniang, Yin Mingruo, were together, and they watched the wedding with joy, and were really happy for their brother's marriage.

But the end of this wedding means that Yin Mingrui's happy event is getting closer and closer, and only close relatives are reluctant to part.

Yin Mingyu has been actively and passively communicating since she came to the Yin family. After the church service, as the out-married daughter of the Yin family, she and her elder sister-in-law Lu Shi and two younger sisters talked with the bride for a while in the wedding room, before meeting her. The sisters went back to the West Corner Courtyard to sit.

In Yin Mingrui's house, Dahong's wedding dress was only half embroidered.

She married well, and the material of her wedding dress was also the best.

When Yin Mingyu walked to the side, he glanced at it and asked with a smile, "Did you embroider it yourself, Sanniang?"

Yin Mingrui shook her head, "Xiao Niang embroiders some, I just add a few stitches from time to time."

Yin Mingruo, the fourth mother, smiled with a hint of ridicule: "Erlang from the Princess Chang's house brings something to the third sister, and when the third sister is happy, she wants to embroider a few stitches by herself."

"Siniang!" Yin Mingrui was so angry that she was going to pinch her and teach her to escape.

When Yin Mingyu heard it, he smiled and said, "It seems that Zhao Erlang is very interested in Sanniang, which is also a good thing."

Yin Mingrui became more and more embarrassed at her sister's smiling face. Don't open your eyes and say nonsense: "Suddenly sent here, teach people to laugh at me for nothing."

"Fiancée couples, why be ashamed? They are generous and righteous, you see if they still laugh at you."

Yin Mingrui raised her chin to the fourth lady, and hummed, "You can hear him, so I'm not ashamed to panic."

"Yes, yes." Yin Mingruo followed her with a few words and coaxed patiently, but she didn't look like her younger sister, but her older sister.

Yin Mingyu kept his mind, and when he left, he looked at Siniang more.

Yin Mingrui and Yin Mingruo sent her away together, and then Yin Mingruo took the excuse of forgetting to take the cloak given to the second sister, and quickly took something to catch up with Yin Mingyu.

Yin Mingyu was waiting beside the Moon Gate in front of him, and when he heard the movement, he turned around.

"Second sister." Yin Mingruo sent the cloak out, "This is made by me and the third sister."

Both of them are better at embroidery than Yin Mingyu, and this cloak has been carefully thought out. The stitches are fine and the embroidery patterns are complex, so it looks very good.

Yin Mingyu immediately took off the cloak on his body, handed it to Jin'er, and then put it on from his sisters, and praised: "Excellent, I will wear it every day."

Yin Mingruo smiled contentedly, but then she remembered her thoughts again, and her smile lightened.

Yin Mingyu tidyed up the cloak with her own hands, noticed her expression, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yin Mingruo just said sadly: "Second sister, the third sister said earlier that if Erlang from the eldest princess's residence treats her badly, he will do business as usual.

"What's wrong with that?"

Yin Mingruo bit his lip, "The problem is, that Zhao Erlang-Jun is not in good health. In case... if the third sister has a crush on her, but Zhao Erlang-Jun can't accompany her to grow old, isn't the third sister going to be sad?"

Siniang always has a heavy heart.

Yin Mingyu sighed softly and asked back: "But have you ever thought that some people, if they can really get deep love, actually don't regret it."

Yin Mingruo's brows were still tightly locked.

Yin Mingyu pointed her index finger between her brows, gently smoothed her brows, and said, "Don't think for her, she knows what she wants, but you, in life, always have something to ask for, what do you want , is the most important.”

"What does the second sister want? Peace and joy?"

A gust of wind came over, Yin Mingyu raised his hand and smoothed the hair on her forehead, smiling without saying a word.

When returning to the mansion, Yin Mingyu and Xie Qin shared a carriage.

Xie Qin noticed that her cloak had changed, and took a second look.

Yin Mingyu told him that the sisters did it for her by hand, and ordered some delicate embroidery on the hem, "It's all hand-embroidered."

Xie Qin looked at it, and then thought of Yin Mingyu's unruly braided rope on his wrist. He was about to speak when a hand suddenly covered his mouth.

Xie Qin looked at her in surprise, forgot to make a sound and forgot to move.

Yin Mingyu didn't know why, but at that moment, he felt something in his heart. He always felt that what he said would not be pleasing to his ears, so he directly blocked the source.

Then, she sincerely suggested: "Langjun, if it's not necessary, you don't need to be frank with those unpleasant truths."

Yin Mingyu's understanding of being honest with each other is to get along more naturally, casually, and sincerely, but Xie Qin's honest treatment... always taught her to be speechless.

Xie Qin put away his surprise, raised his hand to hold hers, removed it from his lips, and replied, "Okay."

Yin Mingyu drew back his hand contentedly.

Xie Qin lowered his eyes and glanced at the empty palm, and said solemnly: "If it is unpleasant to you, it is a bitter word..."

"That's something other than being a person or doing things, such as my hand rope." Yin Mingyu lifted his sleeve and poked the red rope on his wrist, "No one wants to hear bad comments when giving something away."

Xie Qin moved his fingers, grabbed her hand with his backhand, and held it in the palm of his hand.

Yin Mingyu raised his eyebrows.

Xie Qin spit out a word: "Itching."

Yin Mingyu: "…"

A smile flashed in Xie Qin's eyes, diverting her attention, "I invite your second brother and Han Jing to Xie's house and take the time to teach them their homework."

Yin Mingyu temporarily forgot to draw his hands and wondered, "Isn't Langjun busy?"

Xie Qin wrote lightly: "Some matters outside the Xie family can be handled in the house, and it doesn't take much to give them a few pointers."

He said it very easily, but Yin Mingyu thought that he was so young and capable as a high school champion, so outstanding, it was really easy to give pointers to Han Jing and his second brother.

So she nodded and didn't ask any more.

Xie Qin also told her that there were many edicts from His Majesty at the beginning of the year and he had to be in the palace often.

Yin Mingyu suddenly remembered that she would have to go to Mrs. Xie's place to order mao tomorrow, and only delicious food could relieve her worries.

Xie Qin saw her eyes move to the plate on the square table, and let go of her hand.

On the other side, on the Jiang family's carriage—

The fourth lady Jiang did not get into her own carriage, but her parents' carriage.

Jiang He stepped on the carriage and said directly: "Mother, sister, don't mention Han Saburo in the future."

Mrs. Jiang had a few words with Mrs. Han at Yin Jiagang, and was planning to invite Mrs. Han to the banquet for hints when she listened to her daughter's willful words and couldn't help but said: "Although Han Saburo's family background is a bit poor, he has good character. , people are also promising, how come the family is satisfied, but you don't want it anymore?"

Jiang Siniang persuaded her mother a few words and asked Jiang He: "You must have a reason, otherwise our family would spend Zhouzhang inquiring about that Han Saburo."

"He has a heart and a person to whom he belongs." Jiang He said this with a sullen face and turned to one side.

Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Siniang looked at each other, and then Jiang Siniang asked, "Have you misunderstood, they all said that the Han family has no candidate for marriage."

Jiang He didn't say a word, that's because the person he liked married someone else.

And even if she didn't speak, she could see one or two in her expression, Jiang Siniang touched her sister's head and said, "Qiniang, if you don't want to, the family will not force it, but you don't want to be too demanding, this is not Good thing."

Jiang He was a little unconvinced, "Could it be that I was born in Jiang's family, and even looking for someone with the same mind, is it demanding?"

The fourth lady Jiang choked for a while.

Madam Jiang said: "Since there is someone in your heart, forget it. Our Qiniang is the daughter of the Jiang family, can't we find a good family?"

The Fourth Lady Jiang could only nod her head.

On the second day, Yin Mingyu appeared in front of Mrs. Xie in the West Court in high spirits, looking very eager to learn.

She was like this before, but now Mrs. Xie doesn't believe it very much. She has a calm attitude and directly teaches people to add a book case to Yin Mingyu in the study.

Yin Mingyu was very well-behaved, and when she saw the maid holding two stacks of ledgers, she just opened her pupils and kept her expression very good.

Mrs. Xie said with a smile: "This is the account book of our farmhouse in the suburbs of Beijing. You can do the math first, and when you're done, I'll teach someone to give you the shop's account book."

Yin Mingyu looked at the account book on the bookcase and asked tentatively, "Mother, how many account books are there in the shop?"

Mrs. Xie pointed to the two stacks of ledgers on her desk, and said, "It's almost the same."

Yin Mingyu thought that if it took more than a month before the calculation, there would be only one or two copies a day, which is not too much.

It would be easier if she could calculate it in advance and hand it over to Mrs. Xie slowly.

And when she thought about it just right, Mrs. Xie said again: "After half a month, the old house in Yangzhou will send the account book."

Yin Mingyu: "…"

Mrs. Xie didn't wait for her to ask, and said with a smile: "Yangzhou is the foundation of our family, and the family property is only a lot."

Yin Mingyu kept smiling, "Mother, the Xie family...you're really rich~"

Mrs. Xie didn't see any pride, and said calmly: "The expenses everywhere are naturally not small. Years ago, I had to give rewards to various places, and there are ways to reward the money. I will tell you slowly at that time."

Not only money, but also the relationship with each family. During the New Year, gifts are given and returned, and the size of the gifts is different from those who are close or distant.

They also have to entertain relatives and friends, and the Xie family regularly cooks porridge to do good deeds, for seven consecutive days at the end of the year.

In addition to these seven days, the Xie family specially offered ancestral tablets in the temple. At the end of the year, there will be seven days of rituals, and there will be sacrificial activities until the first month of the year.

In addition, Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Xie will go to the palace this year to meet...

Speaking of it, it's not over for a while, in short, there are a lot of things at the end of the year.

Sure enough, people can't be too arrogant, the current world newspaper will come.

Yin Mingyu listened with a blank face, his heart was tired, but his mind had begun to work out, how to teach himself to get more free time in such busy affairs.

Most importantly, then, accountability is clear.

So Yin Mingyu asked, "Mother, do I just need to settle the account?"

Settling accounts is already extremely troublesome. In previous years, Mrs. Xie was busy with everything, and Yin Mingyu shared a part, even if she had to check it later, it was a little easier.

So Mrs. Xie replied, "You just need to carefully reckon with the ledger."

Yin Mingyu heard the words and asked again, "Mother, can I take it back to the East Courtyard? My daughter-in-law is worried about disturbing you here."

Mrs. Xie smiled, "Of course you don't have to count with me."

Then, without waiting for Yin Mingyu's reaction, he said again: "Since I promised to leave homework for you, of course I will go to the main courtyard."

Yin Mingyu: "…"

Okay, one plan doesn't work, you have to think another way.

At this time, Yin Mingyu felt a little regretful that she had rejected the post of Princess Xunyang earlier, otherwise she would just go out to take a break, but she still had new friends.

"Mother, I promised to invite Mrs. Wen to our house yesterday. I need to spare a day. In addition, my house has already started construction, so I will take a day out to see it for myself."

It happened that the maid came in to report, saying that there was a manager talking back and forth, and Mrs. Xie agreed, and then waved at Yin Mingyu and asked her to take the ledger away.

Yin Mingyu bowed and resigned, letting Jin'er Yin'er pick up the account book, and the three master and servant left the west courtyard with slightly heavy footsteps.

And Yin Mingyu is heavy because he has to stay in the main courtyard to "do his homework".

Jin'er and Yin'er's footsteps are heavy, they are really heavy, because of these accounts, it is absolutely impossible for Yin Mingyu to calculate by herself, even if she calculates the accounts very quickly.

When Yin'er thought of the accounts of the eldest lady's dowry, Zhuangzi's shop, and the Xie family's account books, she felt despair like a mountain topping down, "Miss, didn't you say that we don't have to do anything?"

Yin Mingyu cleared her throat and patted her head calmly, "Good Yin'er, isn't there a ready-made man in the East Courtyard?"

Jin'er and Yin'er looked at each other, her eyes gradually lit up.

In the east courtyard, Qingyu and Hongshu suddenly felt cold behind their backs.

After a while, Yin Mingyu came back with Jin'er and Yin'er, summoned sapphire and red silk to the main hall, and said kindly: "You are Lang Jun's personal maid, you must be very disciplined and know the importance."

"I trust you a lot, you know it."

Qingyu and Hongsi naturally showed their loyalty, "If the young lady has an order, we will do our best."

On the side, Yin'er's eyes were bright, and when Yin Mingyu gave a look, she hurried forward with the ledger and divided them in half.

Qing Yu and Hong Silk suddenly hugged the account book in their arms and were at a loss.

However, Yin'er didn't give them time to react at all, pushed the two to sit down, and stuffed two more abacuses into their arms, with obvious intentions.

In the past, when Xie Qin was not married, Qingyu was in charge of the accounts in the East Courtyard, so she could easily calculate the accounts.

Hong Su didn't care about these things. It was extremely laborious to calculate. She fiddled with the abacus with a sad face, and occasionally raised her head to look at the young lady pitifully.

Yin Mingyu sat not far away, very pity for Xiangxiyu, and turned to Jin'er and said, "Look at you, but you teach Red Silk a lot, don't just take care of yourself."

Hong Su couldn't believe that the young lady was so ruthless and opened her eyes slightly.

Yin Mingyu gave her a gentle smile, but it was absolutely impossible not to work.

Aside, Qingyu laughed softly: "I never imagined that one day, your face will be useless."

Red Silk: "…"