Fortunate to know Qing peach noodles

Chapter 37
On the second day, Wei Qing looked normal again, and went to pay his respects to the old lady as usual.

The three sisters met in front of the courtyard gate, and they went into the old lady's courtyard together.

Wei Qiongju walked in front. Today she was dressed in a simple and elegant dress, very dignified and unique, as beautiful as a lotus emerging from water.

Her hair was like black satin, and her water-colored dress fluttered across the threshold.

However, just as he stepped into the courtyard gate with one foot, Wei Qiongju stumbled over something, the hem of his skirt slammed, and his body leaned forward uncontrollably.

Wei Qing helped her at the right time, but the threshold was so narrow that it squeezed into Wei Qiongju's bun.

Wei Qiongju only felt that the bun was being torn, and she raised her hand to touch it, but luckily it was not messed up.

Wei Qing reminded meaningfully: "Big sister, you'd better keep an eye on it, otherwise it's easy to fall."

Wei Qiongju pulled his arm out of her hand, and said in a bad tone: "Then thank you for your reminder."

Wei Qing smiled slightly and said, "It should."

Wei Qiongju raised the corner of his skirt, turned around and walked into the courtyard first.

After the three sisters greeted the old lady, Wei Qiongju sat down on the seat next to her, looking out the door from time to time, as if she was waiting for someone.

Wei Qing followed her gaze and glanced at her, smiled noncommittally, and said suddenly: "I have something to give to grandma."

The old lady asked: "What?"

Wei Qing unhurriedly took out a well-washed purse from his bosom, opened it, and saw that there were two round and full silver ingots.

It's not surprising that big families have never seen such silver.

But when Wei Qiongju glanced sideways, his face changed, and before she could speak, Wei Qing preemptively said: "When I was in the countryside, I rescued an injured rich man. .I thought there was no place to spend it in the mansion, so I used it to honor my grandmother."

This amount of money is nothing to the old lady, but to Wei Qing, it is probably not a small sum.

Now that Wei Qing is willing to take it out to honor the old lady, the old lady can't help but feel a little softer.

There is no one in the world who does not love money, but no matter how much the old lady loves, she cannot accept Wei Qing's hard-earned few taels of silver in front of so many people, and the Wei family is not short of these taels of silver.

Wei Qing also knew this truth.

Then the old lady said: "Since you earned it so hard, grandma has no reason to take it. You can keep it for yourself."

Wei Qiongju said: "Second sister used to be in the country, no matter how rich the country people are, they can't spend so much, right?"

As a result, as soon as the words fell, a voice suddenly sounded from outside: "It was given by a rich man, I can see that you stole it!"

Everyone followed the sound and looked outside the door, and saw Mrs. Xu walking with her maid.

Wei Qiongju looked relieved, and finally came.

If it was one step later, Wei Qing would probably preemptively attack him.

When Mrs. Xu entered the house, she greeted the old lady first, and then she glanced at the pouch in Wei Qing's hand, and said, "Wei Qing, I brought you back from the backcountry with good intentions, but you But he has unclean hands and feet! How can there be any rich people in the countryside, and I happened to miss two ingots of silver in the past two days, and I didn’t expect you to steal them!”

At any rate, she restrained herself a bit, and didn't yell "scumbag" and "slut" in front of the old lady.

Wei Qing said calmly, "Mother, you have to give evidence when you speak."

Xu said: "A few days ago I said why you came to our courtyard so frequently. You said you were going to visit Zigui, but you were actually doing something sneaky behind your back! Not only did I lose two silver coins, but There is Qiongju, who was also saying two days ago that she lost a hairpin!"

When the old lady heard this, her face became serious.

Sneaking into the house by stealing chickens and dogs is absolutely unforgivable.

The old lady asked, "Qiong Ju, is that what your mother said?"

Wei Qiongju blessed Fuli, and said: "Back to grandma, I did miss a hairpin a few days ago, but I didn't expect that someone stole it, maybe it was put somewhere and forgotten, so I didn't say it." She glanced at Wei Qing, and said, "Although the second sister came back from the countryside, she probably isn't that kind of person."

The servant girl who was waiting in the room cast a look of disdain at Wei Qing.

The old lady also looked at Wei Qing with a cold expression, and said solemnly: "Young girl, tell me honestly, where did you get these two ingots of silver? Did you take them from your mother's room? Qiong Ju Did you steal my hairpin? If you really did it, I can give you a lighter punishment."

Wei Qing stood up straight and said: "The two ingots of silver used to honor my grandmother were indeed obtained from saving people in the countryside. As for the disappearance of eldest sister's hairpin, I don't know anything about it."

With a sneer in Xu's eyes, he said, "You don't cry if you don't enter the coffin, you're still stubborn. Someone will search your room in a while, let's see how you still argue!"

As she said that, Mrs. Xu was about to ask her maid to go to Fengxiao Courtyard to search.

Wei Qing said quickly: "My mother has nothing to say if she wants to search for me, but it will inevitably cause a misunderstanding. Please tell me what the hairpin you lost looks like. Otherwise, just find a hairpin and say that I stole it. Even if I jumped into the Yellow River, I wouldn't be able to clean it up."

The old lady thought it was reasonable, so that no one would be wronged, so she said: "Qiong Ju, tell me, what kind of hairpin is missing."

Wei Qiongju said: "It's a gold hairpin, engraved with a butterfly, with rubies inlaid on the butterfly feathers, and two tearstone pendants hanging from the end."

Wei Qing said with a half-smile, "Are you sure? From what my elder sister described, I remember that my mother seems to have the same one."

After Miao Lan's death, all her jewelry naturally fell into Xu's hands.After Wei Qiongju grew up, Xu gave some of them to her to wear.

Xu became angry from embarrassment, and said: "There are too many identical jewelry in the world, and now what is being investigated is your stealing, not the memory of your dead mother!"

After all, she sent her servant girl to Fengxiao Yuan to search.

After half an hour, the servant girl hurried back.

The corner of Xu's mouth couldn't help but raised a little bit, but the maid reported that Wei Qiongju's hairpin was not found.

How can it be!

Because Wei Qiongju had described the style of the hairpin beforehand, so even if he couldn't find it, he could find another one to impersonate it.

The arc of Xu's mouth froze immediately, and he slapped the servant girl on the face in anger, saying, "Have you searched carefully for all the useless things?!"

The servant girl covered her face and replied: "I have searched every corner, there is really nothing..."

The old lady looked displeased when she saw Xu yelling at the maid.

After a long time, it turned out to be a farce.There is no evidence that Wei Qing stole hairpins, and it is even more nonsense to say that she stole money.

The old lady was about to tell everyone to leave, but Wei Qing suddenly said: "Big sister really don't remember where her hairpin is?"

(End of this chapter)