Bachelor

Chapter 138 You Have a Hard Life
Sun Jia was really watching from behind the screen, and when she saw Ping Qiuli drifting away after losing, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

What a smart person Sun Jia is, he understands that people like Ping Qiuli are the most arrogant and conceited that they are peerless nationals, even if they lose, they have to lose, and they will never get entangled with the Sun family in marriage. .

Seeing Sun Dan showing off a lot, he was praised by everyone.For some reason, Sun Jia suddenly became a little proud, and secretly said: "My brother Dan is indeed a dragon and phoenix among people, his poetry, writing and calligraphy are all outstanding in the world, and even doing business is something that no one has ever thought of before. , brought a lot of money to the bank. Although I, Sun Jia, was a concubine, I had no status in the mansion. But when it comes to this discerning eye, it threw everyone two miles away. Back then, Brother Dan was in When I was a little florist in the mansion, I, Sun Jia, could see that he was extraordinary. Now, he really has great benefits... Is it really because of my outstanding eyesight..."

Sun Jia was suddenly a little confused, her heart was beating wildly, and her face was scalding hot.

She was afraid that people would find that she was eavesdropping behind the screen, so she didn't dare to peek any further, so she quietly slipped out with Fengxian.

Along the way, Sun Jia kept her mouth tightly shut and did not speak.Finally, she didn't have to marry that annoying Ping Qiuli. Although she only met him once and peeked at him, Sun Jia felt an indescribable annoyance towards that man in her heart.Thinking of the arrogant him being defeated by Sun Dan, Sun Jia breathed a sigh of relief and was also very happy.

After walking for a long time, she finally couldn't help laughing, and kept shaking her head: "Really, really...It's really funny to use calligraphy to determine a person's marriage."

Feng Xian who was next to him also remained silent. Hearing Sun Jia's laughter, he finally couldn't help shouting angrily: "Sun Dan is hateful."

Sun Jia gave her a strange look: "Why is Sun Dan so hateful?"

"A bad marriage is an unforgivable crime."

"Hehe, let me tell you why you little guy has such an indignant face, so it's because of this!" Sun Jia deliberately teased the little maid: "Why, you think I should marry Ping Qiuli."

"Miss, are you still able to laugh?" Fengxian exclaimed dissatisfiedly: "I saw just now that Mr. Ping is a man of talent, he is a man of great fame, his future is limitless, he is really a good match. If Miss marries him, Naturally, it is a good thing. I think the second master also had the same intention, so he deliberately let Young Master Yue lose the game. It's a pity that Sun Dan wanted to show the limelight, and he actually won Mr. Ping, ruining this marriage, it's really disgusting !"

The smile on Sun Jia's face faded away, and he said lightly: "Sun Dan won Ping Qiuli because of his real skills. Ping Qiuli's skills are not as good as others, so I can't blame others. The person I, Sun Jia, will marry in the future is naturally first-class wit."

"Miss, Sun Dan has a wife, but he wants to marry a bad guy. I don't think he is a good person. Miss, you run out of the house every day, and you often meet with Sun Dan. If the second master finds out carefully, you will be punished by his family. I think, miss, you don't want to see that Sun Dan in the future."

Sun Jia's expression became serious when she heard this, and she shouted: "You little girl, what do you know about movies? If you talk about this matter to outsiders, be careful and I will drive you out of the house and find a trafficker to marry you indiscriminately."

Fengxian was scared now, and said repeatedly: "Miss, I am also worried about you, how could I say such things to outsiders. Fengxian knows that I am wrong, please forgive me this time."

Sun Jia's expression softened a little, Fengxian was her personal servant girl, she was the closest, so naturally she would not betray herself.She comforted Fengxian a few words, and then remembered that Zhiniang was still in her room. When Sun Dan handed her over to him just now, Zhiniang was also a restless person, so she picked up a pair of unembroidered clothes from Sun Jia's room. The pillow to help her make up the last peony.

As she was busy, Sun Jia had heard that her mother, Aunt Jing, owed others gambling debts, so she was busy mending the hole, and came to the lobby to peek, but she forgot about Zhiniang.

"Miss Sun Dan is really someone who is easily overlooked!" Sun Jia was a little anxious.She was afraid that Niang Zhi would be bored after staying in her room for a long time, so she hurriedly took Fengxian back to the yard.

As soon as she returned to the yard, Sun Jia realized that something was wrong.

However, she saw that Zhi Niang was rolling her sleeves, revealing a pair of white arms, vigorously rubbing a piece of clothing in the tub.And Sun Jia's mother, Aunt Jing, bossed her around, knocking pine nuts and chatting with Zhi Niang.

"Ms. Zhi, don't use too much force. This dress is very expensive. It's a pity if it's really worn out. Although my yard does not lack this inconspicuous dress, I promised that the one from the housekeeper Gao Rui's house will be sent to me." If you want to give this gown to her, then you have to be embarrassed... No, no, you have made your strength a little weaker, so it won't be able to be washed clean."

Aunt Jing raised her eyebrows with her hips crossed: "This gown was dyed when Jiajia ate persimmons a few days ago. Do you know that persimmons are very sweet, a kind of fruit, and cost two cents each."

Zhi Niang raised her head a little embarrassedly, wiped her sweaty forehead with her wet hands, and said, "Ma'am, I know about persimmons, they are on the trees in my hometown in Shandong."

The arm that Zhi Niang exposed was fair and slender. Her skin was already fair, but when she was washing clothes just now, she was shocked by the cold water and turned red like an apple.Seeing her full breasts, the soft lines on her face and the gentleness of her lowered eyebrows, Sun Dan couldn't help being stunned.For a long time, she didn't think that this Zhi Niang was anything special, her appearance was very ordinary, and she was timid when she spoke, as if speaking loudly would frighten herself.It's just that she was born with a good life, and she was destined to marry such a noble person as Sun Dan.

Think of me, Sun Jia, whether it is in character, talent, learning or appearance, although I am not as good as Jiang Ruoying, but I am also first-class in the mansion, but I don't have such a life like her.

But looking at it today, Sun Jia suddenly found that this Zhi Niang was really good-looking.Especially rare is that gentle temperament, which does not have a dignified charm.Perhaps, men like such women?

Sun Jia suddenly became jealous.

Seeing that Zhiniang suffered a loss, Sun Jia stood still in a strange way, hiding aside to watch the excitement.In his heart, he may not have the desire to see Zhi Niang make a fool of himself.

An indescribably strong sense of jealousy raised the flag spontaneously, and Sun Jia trembled in her heart: "I shouldn't be jealous of Zhiniang, I shouldn't be like this. But, I am a woman, and women are naturally jealous, it's a matter of course. , can be forgiven."

"I, I forgot, you also came to Beijing from your hometown in Shandong." Aunt Jing said "Oh!" and said, "I made a mistake just now. It's not a persimmon, but a persimmon. Do you know what a persimmon is? Candied fruit. I ate a lot a few days ago, there are persimmons and grapes and oranges in it, all of which are carefully brewed with honey, and the price is very expensive.”

"I know, candied fruit!" Zhi Niang smiled gently: "I like it too, but my Sun Lang said that if I eat too much of it, I will get fat and my teeth will be damaged. If I don't want If you become a big fat man full of bad teeth, don’t eat it. Since Sun Lang said so, I will give up sweets. Madam, I really want to eat it.”

When Zhiniang thought of this, she wanted to laugh.Sun Dan didn't know what to think, but he didn't allow himself to eat too greasy and sweet food, and after he got up every day, he asked himself to take a small brush and dip it in the ointment made of mint, and brush it in his mouth, so that Mouth full of foam.

Hearing that Niang Zhi said that eating candied fruit often would turn into a fat man full of rotten teeth, Aunt Jing was shocked, looked at her slender waist, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said to herself: "Sun Dan, though Damn, but at least he is someone who has read books and knowledge, maybe that candied fruit is really inedible."

Seeing that the candied fruit matter couldn't go on, Aunt Jing also got bored, so she had to say: "Anyway, my clothes are quite expensive, so I can't wash them too hard, but if I wash them lightly, it won't be clean, you can see for yourself." Do it."

"Okay, ma'am, I know." Zhi Niang still had that soft and gentle look, and there was no dissatisfaction on her face.

Sun Jia really couldn't stand it anymore, who was Sun Dan, and the people who came were either the steward of the palace or the important figures of Jinyiwei.A wife is more expensive than a husband, and my mother used Sun Dan's wife to make others see her, so she must be laughed at. At that time, it will be Aunt Jing who will be ashamed.

She ran over in a hurry, grabbed the wooden basin in front of Zhiniang, and yelled at Aunt Jing angrily: "Auntie, Zhiniang finally came to the mansion, she is my guest. You treat my guest like this. What's the matter?"

"I, I, I..." Aunt Jing was always afraid of this daughter, and she was speechless for a long time.

Still Zhiniang was kind, smiled slightly, and said: "Miss Jia, I am also a person who can't sit still. You let me sit here, and I feel uncomfortable all over. Seeing that the clothes in your wooden basin haven't been washed, I'm so tired. I couldn't help but moved my hand, don't blame your mother."

"Yes, yes, she did it voluntarily, and it has nothing to do with me." With this advantage, Aunt Jing kept complaining.

With Sun Dan's wife on one side and his own mother on the other, Sun Jia felt extremely ashamed and angry at the same time.He hurriedly grabbed Zhiniang's hand, covered it, and called out, "Fengxian, are you blind, quickly take my stove to warm Zhiniang's hands. Hot tea, pour a cup of hot tea here."

Sun Jia seemed to be the real owner of the yard, and Aunt Jing and Feng Xian started to move hastily when she called out.

However, Aunt Jing still croaked in a low voice, and her expression was extremely dissatisfied.

Zhi Niang thanked her, warmed her hands, drank a few more sips of tea, and was about to ask Sun Jia why her husband didn't come over, but Aunt Jing sat on the opposite side of Zhi Niang and said emphatically : "Thank you for asking you to do laundry just now, and you are a guest again in such a cold day."

Zhi Niang replied gently: "No matter how cold it is, I still have to do housework. I don't have to wash Sun Lang's clothes at home. It's impossible to let him go out in dirty clothes because he is afraid of the cold?"

"That's right, why don't you hire a servant?" Aunt Jing asked intentionally, and then gave Fengxian a smug look: "Buy a servant girl or something, so you don't have to work so hard."

Zhi Niang: "I don't want it anymore, there is not much work at home, I can do it by myself, why bother to add a mouth to eat, and spend that money." Than already one is in the sky and the other is underground.She is also a person who is used to hard work. If she really buys a maid to help her, she doesn't know what to do, but she doesn't know how bored she will be.

Therefore, when Sun Dan proposed to buy some maids for her, Zhiniang strongly objected.Sun Dan didn't care about family affairs at all, and when he had money in hand, he just threw it at Zhiniang and didn't ask about anything.Seeing that Zhiniang was unwilling, he stopped mentioning it.He was originally a modern person, and he was used to the small family of three of the modern people, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with having fewer people.

"That's the truth." Aunt Jing suddenly realized: "If you want to buy a little girl with rough hands and feet, even in Shandong, you will have to pay several taels of silver. This is the capital city, and you can't get it for less than ten taels. Your life is hard, A penny that can be saved is a penny. Your family Sun Dan only has a few taels of meager rice to receive every month, and the price of goods in the capital is also expensive, so life is indeed difficult."

Sun Jia heard her mother's words becoming more and more outrageous, felt a little embarrassed, and couldn't help calling out: "Auntie, what are you talking about?"

Unexpectedly, that Zhi Niang seemed to have found a bosom friend, and kept nodding: "Madam is right, you can run a family with diligence and thrift. The old man often said that saving money is like picking dirt with needles, and using money is like washing sand with water. It's also hard outside, as a wife, I can't spend his money carelessly."

Aunt Jing didn't notice the strangeness on her daughter's face, and continued: "I heard people said that you bought a house outside, isn't it big? You owe a lot of foreign debts, right?"

"It's not too big, so it can accommodate a few people." Zhi Niang replied truthfully, "I don't owe any foreign debts, and my father paid for the yard. If he didn't pay for it, we couldn't afford that yard at that time. I originally planned to return the money to my father, but Sun Lang said that the money is my dowry and I deserve it, so I don’t need to pay it back, and I don’t know what to do?”

Aunt Jing felt contemptuous in her heart, and said to herself: Sure enough, I guessed right, this Sun Dan is really down and out, even the house money was obtained from his father-in-law, and he plans to renege on the debt.

She was proud of herself, and wanted to show off, saying: "It was my fault for letting you do the laundry just now. After all, you are a guest of my Jiajia's family and the daughter-in-law of my Sun's family. Logically, as a wife, I should reward you for something." Yes. You are living a poor life, poor Jie!"

"No, no." Zhi Niang waved her hands again and again.

Sun Jia raised her eyebrows: "Auntie!"

Aunt Jing didn't see the direction of the wind, so she stretched out her hand to feel in her bosom, took out the bank note that Sun Jia gave her earlier, and deliberately waved it in front of Niang Zhi: "Hey, look, this is a bank note. 100 taels. Cough, it’s all Jiajia’s fault for giving me such a big one. If I had known, I would have exchanged for some loose cash and sealed a red envelope for you. By the way, this is circulating in the capital these days money note, have you seen it?"

Sun Jia heard a "buzz!" in his head, and his face was so ashamed that water dripped out.Mother Aunt Jing took out the money ticket issued by Sun Dan and showed it off in front of his wife. Isn't that embarrassing herself?Sun Dan is now the God of Wealth of the Lu Family Bank, and with a wink, he can mobilize tens of thousands of taels of cash.With a cough, all major businesses in the capital will catch a cold.If mother does this, isn't that a beggar who competes with the Dragon King?

Before Sun Jia could speak to stop her, Zhi Niang said "Ah!", "I know the money ticket. Sun Dan gave me a lot of money a while ago, saying that it is convenient to keep it in your hand, and you can use it directly. If you really want to use cash, you can go to the Lu Family Bank to exchange it."

Zhi Niang has always been talkative and sincere.

But Aunt Jing sneered in her ears when she heard it, but she didn't believe it: "You also have money notes, but those small notes of one tael or a few dollars?"

"No, it's also 100 taels." As she spoke, Niang Zhi took out a large stack of bills from her pocket and put them on the table: "This thing is light and flimsy, so I don't feel at ease at home. I usually carry it with me. Bring it."

Aunt Jing was taken aback when she saw it. The stack of banknotes contained at least a hundred of them, and they were very thick on the table, which made her eyes dazzle.

"Don't be fake!" Aunt Jing quickly pulled out one from the inside, and looked at it. It was a 100 tael bill. No matter the imprint pattern or the silver foil inside, it was a genuine Lu family note. money ticket.

She still refused to believe it, and looked at a few more, and it was still a real 100 taels.

Aunt Jing's head twitched and she almost fainted from the shock.

With a trembling voice, she murmured: "More than 100 sheets, that's more than 1 taels. How could this be, how could this be..." Before she knew it, a drop of sweat fell on the table.

"What are you doing?" Sun Jia was so ashamed that she could hardly lift her head, she just wished there was a crack in the ground to get in.She snatched the banknotes from her mother, gathered up the scattered banknotes on the table, and handed them to Niang Zhi: "Mother Zhi, it's not easy to show this thing to others. , there will be a lot of trouble, and Sun Dan doesn't want anything to happen to you."

"It's true, thank you, Ms. Sun, for reminding me." Zhi Niang took the big stack of money notes, and put them in the box, as if it was an unimportant thing.

Zhi Niang is also very frugal on weekdays, but since she followed Sun Dan, her vision has been opened, and she has gradually become numb after she has passed tens of thousands of dollars.

Seeing her casually putting huge sums of money on her body, Aunt Jing also sweated for her.After finally regaining her senses, Aunt Jing screamed: "Fengxian, you stupid hoof, what kind of eyesight do you have, haven't you seen Mrs. Sun's hand stove is cold? It's such a cold day, if your hands are cold, you're cold. , but what to do. She is delicate and expensive, and Sun Dan will become a master in the future, and she will be a wife. It is also your luck to serve such a lady." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and twisted it hard. A note on Fengxian's mouth.

Fengxian was so wronged that she almost shed tears.

At this time, Sun Dan had already entered the yard: "Sun Jia, is Zhi Niang still with you?"

Aunt Jing jumped up as if her tail had been stepped on, and scolded again: "Fengxian, you little hoof, didn't you see Brother Dan coming, why don't you go and bring him into the house, it's so cold today!"

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ps: Readers, if you think it’s good, those who have a monthly ticket will buy a ticket hall, and those who don’t have a monthly ticket will buy a personal ticket.Hands down, thank you!

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