Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 28

But this love rival has disappeared without a trace, living in his heart, as the closest person to him, there is nothing he can do, it is unreasonable to make trouble if he speaks out, he is a dead person, if he does not speak out, it is also painful to hold it there.

Qi Haosheng in his previous life remembered Liu Xu'er so deeply.

Yingxiu saw that Shen Heye's memory was a bit sad, so she didn't ask any more questions, but just took it lightly, with a gentle smile on her face, "I don't know if Daddy still has a portrait of mother, can you take it back for Xiuer. "

Shen Heye walked to the bookshelf in the back row, took out a bound scroll from that secluded place, unwrapped the sealed cloth, and opened it to a framed figure painting. Qiao Qingran, who was sitting still on the rockery, looked at Turning to the side, I don't know what I'm looking at, with calm eyes.

"Thank you, dad." Yingxiu carefully rolled up the painting and put it in the cloth cover. Shen Heye hesitated to speak, and finally reached out to stroke her hair, "Go."

The eighth day of August is Yingxiu's birthday. Before that, August has just passed, and there are a few more gift-giving people in the Shen family than in previous years. The second uncle of the Qiao family has also returned, and the elder cousin of the Qiao family also When she came back, together with Chen Baolin from Pingyang Prince's Mansion whom she just met, even Shao Shuyao didn't lag behind and gave her a gift. Yinghui was going crazy with jealousy.

"Even they have brought them here, so how can it be good?" Although Yingxiu was happy that everyone still remembered the gift, but this time the gift was a headache, and it was Qiao Shiya and Qiao Jinze who specially brought the gifts here, and Shiya patted her She cursed with a smile on her forehead, "Seeing that your mouth is crooked when you smile, you said it was a gift for their birthday. If you want a gift in return, it will be over when you send it back on their birthday."

"This is from grandpa, this is from grandma, this is from my uncle, this is from my aunt, this is from my second uncle, and these piles were given by my brothers and sisters, so I won't go into details one by one. It's all here, and my father is afraid that I won't be able to swallow it!" The second son of the Qiao family, Qiao Shao, and his wife came back for Shiya's wedding, and it happened to be Yingxiu's birthday, and they were very generous after not seeing each other for many years.

"If the second uncle doesn't let you make this list, how will I pay it back in the future?" Yingxiu looked at the gift that was about to be packed into a big box, and couldn't laugh or cry. There were so many people in the Qiao family, from the largest to the youngest. Especially Mrs. Qiao's and Mr. Qiao's things are all counted in one set, which is very valuable.

"What are you afraid of? Pull it over as a dowry and count it slowly." Yingxiu took the list and read it carefully, "Why even gave it to my second cousin's husband!"

Shiya gnawed on the fruit and said it as a matter of course, "Well, I asked him to prepare it."

"Cousin, if I can't pay it back, I have to use you to pay off the debt!" Yingxiu pinched her arm and continued to look down. At the end of the list, she saw the word Qi Haoming and raised her head. Looking at Qiao Jinze suspiciously, Qiao Jinze nodded, "This list was written by Shi Ya, and I asked her to add it in the end."

"Did he send the things to Qiao's residence?" Yingxiu saw that Jinze picked out a piece of things from a pile of things. It was not a small brocade box. When she opened it, it turned out to be a set of exquisitely crafted tea sets. The jade-carved teacups are exquisitely inlaid in the brocade box, with a teapot and a can of sealed tea leaves in the middle.

"Yo, this second young master Qi is very kind, but second brother, we Xiu'er are not very familiar with him, so it seems easy to be criticized for giving gifts like this." Shiya picked up a teacup and looked at it, and tapped it lightly. There is a distant voice of Qingyin.

"He said that sending it privately would cause trouble for Xiu'er, so it's better to send it to our house together." Yingxiu's material determined what Jin Ze knew, and according to his style, why did he mention Qi Haoming to send it over for no reason, He had only had tea that day, and in the blink of an eye he chose a set and took this opportunity to send it over, so that she had no reason to refuse.

Yingxiu couldn't help laughing, did he remember what she said about giving and receiving privately, so he changed the way to make it a grandiose thing?

"That's the same, second brother, you must have agreed something with the second young master Qi in private." Shiya squinted at Jinze with a look of disbelief, Qiao Jinze smiled innocently, "I I can make an agreement with him, I'm just familiar with him."

"Who knows you." Shiya turned her head and talked to Yingxiu about the things prepared by the others. During this period, Mrs. Shen came over, and guests came to the mansion. They still wanted to meet in a symbolic way. Mrs. Li also wanted to come, But when he thought that his daughter was already engaged, no matter how pleasing to the eye this kid from the Qiao family could not be his son-in-law, he wished he could have another thirteen or fourteen-year-old daughter at this moment.

After lunch, Qiao Jinze took Qiao Shiya back. She was going to get married in October. Mrs. Qiao had been training her intensively in the past few months.

After sending them away, Yingxiu looked at the contents of the box and suddenly lost her mind. She was happy when she received the gift, but she was having trouble returning it. She couldn't send it back exactly the same, and she had to find a way to be different. Appears interested.

"Miss, this was delivered by the young master in the morning. Seeing that you have guests, put the things down and leave." Qingbi handed her a long box, which opened to a set of exquisitely crafted embroidery needles. Not expensive but full of heart.

Yingxiu smiled and took out one, "This is Qizhi asking me for embroidery, that's all, since the guys have sent them over, let's make one for him."

"Then these?" Qingbi has served Yingxiu for seven or eight years, and it's the first time she has seen her miss receive so many gifts, "Take them to the small warehouse and sort them and lock them up. Let's go with those, and put them here." It doesn't look good if there are too many." Yingxiu pointed to the rest of the boxes on the shelf, and asked Qingbi to take them to the small warehouse and put them away.

In the Shen residence, Mrs. Shen did not lose Yingxiu's basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, and Qiao Qingran saved some of the jewelry items Yingxiu received, except for the gifts from Qiao's family every year, perhaps because she expected that she might not be able to do so. Accompanying her daughter to grow up, Qiao Qingran even prepared to store the gold ornaments for wedding in Yingxiu's special warehouse.

On the eighth day of the lunar new year, Shen Heye returned to Shen's residence early. The family ate a birthday meal and took things from Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Li. Yingxiu thanked them one by one. Shen Heye seemed very happy and drank a lot. Even before going to sleep at night, Mrs. Shen was still a little dizzy, and Mrs. Shen sent someone to bring cold water to wipe his face. Seeing that he was lying motionless on the couch, she pushed him, "The Qiao family also gave this gift this time. It’s too generous, but it’s just a birthday, every year, it’s like celebrating a birthday.”

Shen Heye propped himself up and looked at Mrs. Shen with a blushing face, "The Qiao family means the Qiao family, since they want to send it away, they just want to give her more care because they saw that Xiu'er lost her mother when she was young. "

"So I didn't do a good enough job as a stepmother. Isn't this turning a corner and hitting us in the face, saying that we didn't take good care of her." Mrs. Shen saw that Qiao's family gave more and more gifts every year, and entered Yunshu Yard was in Yingxiu's pocket. Every time Yinghui came to make trouble, she would have a headache, asking why her grandpa's family didn't give it to her on her birthday. Can the Tang family and the Qiao family be the same? Would you marry this person as your stepmother?
"You just think too much. This child is lonely after all. The Qiao family is willing to care more, so let them go." Shen Heye burped heavily, and the smell of alcohol filled the air. Madam Shen wrung out another towel, took his hand and rolled up the sleeves to wipe it off, "You tell the truth yourself, after all these years, do you still not forget that person in your heart?"

Shen Heye paused, struggled to shake off her hand, and said in a rough voice, "What nonsense are you talking about, why are you competing with a dead person?"

Mrs. Shen felt very wronged in her heart at this moment. She was also a very good girl who married in. First, she had an ex-wife and a daughter, and her aunt had two more. As soon as she came in, she was a step-wife. His ex-wife's daughter was well-raised for him, and he still can't forget that person in his heart, but it's not enough, and Shen Heye has no choice but to be jealous. very.

"Okay, okay, you've been thinking wildly all day long, I've been married to you for many years, almost ten years, you don't know what I think." Shen Heye was a little unhappy when he saw that she was aggrieved and pursed her mouth, and pulled her to coax her Said, "The children are all grown up now. Yingxiu has been married for two years. There are three little ones in this house. Counting the one in Aunt Kong's arms, there are four. You can worry about some of them." , you still think about these things all day long."

"Then what do you think of Yingxiu's marriage!" Seeing what he said, Mrs. Shen simply left the matter to him to deal with, "Your daughter said that she is not in a hurry, this is not in a hurry, let's wait a little longer After a long time, it's time for you to blame me alone."

"All right, all right, I'll ask myself tomorrow, I'll ask myself, ah, go to sleep." Shen Heye said to hug Mrs. Shen, a cool summer breeze blew in from the window, the candlesticks swayed lightly, and the figure in the curtain Shaking, the night is long...

After the dog days, the weather gradually became milder. Yingxiu asked Baoqin to take out the pottery basin with ice cubes. Too cold would be bad for the body. The needle she held with her head down was Shen Qizhi's birthday present. In the embroiderer's hand is the embroidered surface of a pouch, on which she is embroidering characters, and there is a circle of beautiful extended patterns around it.

"Miss, let's have a rest, you have been embroidering all morning." Ziyan came in with a bowl of dumpling soup, "Ping'er specially added your favorite carambola meat in it, you should try it."

Yingxiu put the purse noodles on the table, and after washing her hands, she picked up a spoon and scooped some into her mouth, "Well, Ping'er's craftsmanship is really getting better and better, this carambola is still candied, Ping'er is Where did you buy it?"

"I didn't buy this. Ping'er said that the mother-in-law brought it to her in the kitchen early in the morning, and said that the young lady sent someone to order it at the fruit shop." Why didn't she remember that she had ordered this thing at the fruit shop in the capital? .

Yingxiu scooped up the thick sweet soup, feeling a bit more confident, "Then ask Ping'er to make more, and send some to each yard to taste, the carambola pickles in this fruit shop are not easy to get. "Yingxiu drank the whole bowl of soup, cleaned her hands and lowered her head to continue embroidering the unfinished pouch noodles.

It was only when the sun was setting that Yingxiu finished those few words. After rubbing her sore neck, Yingxiu got off the couch and went for a walk in the corridor outside the house. One side is stitched on both sides, and some special small sachets are stuffed into it. There is a woven net hanging from the bottom, and a few drilled pearls are put on the end tied on the top of the head. The purse is considered complete.

Called Ziyan to come in, told her to take the purse to the bamboo courtyard, Yingxiu was going to go out, choose a wedding gift for cousin Shiya, sent Xiangling to report to Mrs. Shen, Yingxiu took her hug Qin left the Shen residence.

(End of this chapter)