reborn widow

Chapter 16

Gui Qingqing opened the door, and she recognized the beauty standing in front of the door. It was Song Zihe's concubine Wang Zhenzhen who was redeemed from a brothel. People at the bottom thought that she was a lady of every family. Behind her was a little girl in her teens, holding a food box in her hand.

As soon as Wang Zhenzhen saw Gui Qingqing, he bowed his head and said: "I am the neighbor next door, and my husband's family name is Song. Hearing that a new neighbor has moved into this yard, I came here to express my congratulations. I just made some pagoda tree cakes. Please try it. .”

Gui Qingqing smiled and said: "Thank you so much, my husband's family name is Li, please come in and sit down."

Seeing several big men in the yard, Wang Zhenzhen hurriedly said: "You just moved here, you must be busy, I won't bother you, and we will talk later when you have time."

Gui Qingqing watched her go, and couldn't help being dumbfounded with the food box. She still remembered that Wang Zhenzhen was taken home by Song Zihe's wife, Wu Shi, and became a concubine. A few years later, she hanged herself to death. Her mind was lingering, and Gui Qingqing became confused for a moment.

Chen Lan patted her on the shoulder and asked, "Sister Gui, what's wrong with you? Why are you in a daze, do you know her?"

"No, no, how do I know her?" Gui Qingqing shook her head quickly, thinking of the Sophora japonica cake in the food box, Gui Qingqing hurriedly asked: "Lan'er, have you ever eaten Sophora japonica cake?"

"Cake made of Sophora japonica? I really haven't eaten it, I'll try it later." The wealthy family thought the food was vulgar, and they couldn't blame Chen Lan for not eating it.

Gui Qingqing returned to the house with the food box, only to find that Uncle Zhong had helped to move all the things in the house, especially the furniture and even the pots and pans, all of which were new. Gui Qingqing was really moved So, is Qin Yanshan's move to repay Li Song for saving his life, or is it a disguised relief to her "poor relative"?This matter was really unclear for a while, she hurriedly thanked Uncle Zhong, and took out the Sophora japonica cake for everyone to taste, seeing that it was not early, she began to prepare lunch.

The family bought back was named Ding, the man was named Ding Dashan, the son was Ding Shitou, and the girl was called Ximei. Aunt Ding and Ximei helped Gui Qingqing, but they were busy and not chaotic.

At noon, Qin Yanshan and Li Song came back, they were very happy, Chen Lan hurriedly asked how the result was.

Qin Yanshan smiled and said, "What else can I do? A few nuns confessed to three accomplices, all of whom are from neighboring counties. Now that we have a clue, we don't need Brother Li to go to the neighboring counties to arrest them."

Li Song said with a smile: "If you have credit, you can't take it all by yourself. You have to give others a chance, right?"

Qin Yanshan smiled and said, "It's good if you can think that way. I'm really afraid that an upright person like you won't be able to get along in a place like the county government."

Li Fuman didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly inquired about it. It didn't matter. He sighed endlessly. At one moment, he felt that his son was great, and at another moment, he was worried that he was in danger, so he couldn't help worrying about gains and losses.

Qin Yanshan didn't know what the old man was thinking, he laughed and said: "Brother Li won the flag today, and everything will go smoothly in the future, don't worry, old man, Master Ma wanted to invite us to lunch just now, I don't mean to try my brother and sister's craftsmanship , came back on purpose..."

Gui Qingqing can only cook a few dishes that Song Ziqiao likes to eat, and the rest are really not good at cooking, but they are much better than ordinary peasant women, and they can barely be counted in Qin Yanshan's eyes.

The food and drink were quickly put on the table, and Qin Yanshan and Li Song exchanged cups, because Li Fuman was there, they did not dare to drink to their will, and after drinking for three rounds, Qin Yanshan said: "Brother Li, I am in Qingpu County It has also been delayed for several days, the family still doesn't know where Lanmei and I are going, if we don't go back, I'm afraid we will be in a hurry, I plan to set off for home tomorrow morning, and then I won't come to say goodbye to my uncle."

Seeing that Qin Yanshan was leaving, Gui Qingqing couldn't help thinking about it. Qin Yanshan had already inquired about her mother's life experience. Although their cousins ​​were very kind to him and gave him things and houses, they didn't know each other. Gui Qingqing can't figure out what is the reason for this. Since he doesn't want to recognize each other, even if she wants to rely on the big tree, Li Song has offended the Song family, and he has not yet gained a firm foothold in the county government. Although the distance between Qingzhou Prefecture and Qingpu County is not very far, if something really happens, you will not be able to get through the news for ten days or eight days, and you will not be able to quench your thirst if you are far away. It is right for Yanshan to be tied to his own chariot. If he wants to lose and win, he must have common interests...

After lunch, Qin Yanshan and Chen Lan were sent away, and when they returned to the room, Gui Qingqing wanted to talk to Li Song about her thoughts, but seeing Li Song frowning, she hurriedly asked: "Da Lang, what's the matter? ?”

Li Song said: "Qingqing, Qin Dalang and the others are leaving, you open my box, I remember there are two white fox furs in it, I originally planned to keep them for you, but we really don't have anything to get out, why don't we just buy them?" Give them this as a return gift."

Gui Qingqing smiled and said, "That's why I want to tell you something."

"Oh? What's the matter? By the way, come here and let me have a look at your head. Does it still hurt right now?"

Gui Qingqing shook her head, "It doesn't hurt, you don't have to worry."

"Then I'll take a look too." Li Song grabbed Gui Qingqing and pushed her onto the bed. The big bump on her head touched the pillow slightly, and Gui Qingqing yelled "Ouch" in pain.

Li Song said angrily: "It doesn't hurt like this? Wait, I'll get you some medicine to rub." After rummaging through the box for a long time, he finally found a bag with a lot of bottles and cans inside. He took out a bottle , dug out a piece of ointment, spread it on the back of Gui Qingqing's head, and rubbed it gently for Gui Qingqing. At first, Gui Qingqing grinned in pain, but after a while the pain subsided, she fell into a drowsy sleep.

She didn't know how long she slept, but when she opened her eyes, she saw Li Song smiling at her, "How is Qingqing? Doesn't it hurt this time?"

Gui Qingqing touched her head, and it really didn't hurt at all, "Your medicine is really good."

"Of course," Li Song asked while packing up those medicine bottles, "What did you want to tell me just now?"

Gui Qingqing said with a smile: "I want to say that our foundation is too weak. It is best to do business with Mr. Qin. Making money is second. The most important thing is to maintain a relationship with him... I am worried about the Song family. It may not be easy to let it go.”

"You are really whimsical, what kind of person is he, how can ordinary business get into his eyes?"

"If it's an ordinary business, I naturally won't talk about it."

Li Song couldn't help being curious, "What kind of business is it? Tell me."

"Have you ever heard of Lianhua Bai?"

Li Song was shocked, "Lotus white? That's tribute wine..."

Gui Qingqing nodded. Lianhuabai is neither white wine nor rice wine, but dew wine. This kind of wine is fragrant and delicious. It can also nourish yin and kidney, relax muscles and blood, dispel wind and avoid miasma. The Song family spent a lot of money to get it In addition to the weaving and dyeing workshop, another large-scale industry of the Song family is the wine industry. Later, it even entered into a royal business with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Song family's business has also improved to a higher level. They all gave their names.

Li Song's eyes sparkled, "Do you know the secret recipe of this wine?"

"Yes, they are all prescriptions left by my mother. There are a lot of medicinal materials used in this lotus white, and they are all very expensive, and the preparation is not easy, so I have never done it..."

Li Song still had some doubts in his heart, so he couldn't help asking: "Your mother...how did she know these secret recipes?" If she was really Qin Yanshan's aunt, how would she know these things?
Gui Qingqing shook her head, "I don't know either." She really couldn't find a good excuse, so she could only blame it on her mother. "Do you think Qin Yanshan will agree to do this business? For a family like him, if he does this business, he only needs to send out a steward..."

(End of this chapter)