Chapter 31 Preparations

There was a heavy snowfall recently and a thick layer of snow accumulated in the yard. Qi Sui woke up every day to clean up, but she felt sleepy in winter. She yawned and small snowflakes floated down and stopped in her eyes. The water on her eyelashes quickly turned into a drop of water, sliding down as she blinked.

Changsheng woke up and mooed softly, Qi Sui had just finished feeding the chickens and now came to feed him hay. She stroked Changsheng's head and said, "There are several layers of straw, so you shouldn't be cold."

Changsheng was chewing grass with his head down and ignored her.

She continued to say, "Eat more and we'll go to town later. The school will be completed today and classes will start after the New Year."

Changsheng called out and finished his last bite of fodder.

Mother Song was arranging for people to buy things for the New Year, so the mansion was busy.

When Qi Sui arrived, the servants came in and out, and asked Mother Song: "What is mother song doing?"

When Mother Song saw her coming, she hurriedly pulled her over, and asked the maid to hand her a hand warmer, explaining: "This year is different from the past. Although the master and the mistress are gone, I want to make the celebration more lively. Add some blessings to protect the miss and have a smooth year ahead."

Qi Sui held the hand warmer and said with a smile, "Everything depends on human efforts. God is also very busy and probably can't take care of me."

But Mother Song told her not to say such things, as God would hear them.

Qi Sui nodded, followed her words, and spat three times before she felt okay. Then she asked, "How is the garden in the yard?"

Mother Song guessed that she had asked people to plant flowers to make people happy a few days ago. She raised her eyebrows and said happily: "It's been done a long time ago, but it's extremely cold in winter, and it can't bloom yet."

"How long will it take? "

"Spring flowers bloom naturally after the beginning of spring."

Qi Sui was silent for a moment, and then said: "Then let's plant some phoenix tail bamboos first, and then hire a few craftsmen to make some stone mountains, so that the yard will not look deserted."

After Mother Song wrote it down, she immediately sent someone to look for it.

Qi Sui went to see the newly renovated school. It's empty, but the air was ventilated on all sides and the lighting is excellent. In spring, it's just right for enjoying the flowers and reciting poems. She couldn't help but imagine Living under the same roof with Shen Yu.

But the system said: "Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

Qi Sui felt speechless: "What's wrong with you? System brother."

System brother said: "The eight characters are not the same, but you want to live together."

Qi Sui smiled awkwardly, a little embarrassed, and said: "I'm preparing in advance, so there will be no panic, no confusion, no fatigue."

Although the school was built, it still lacked writing materials, so Qi Sui went to Wanbao Pavilion, which was now headed by Fang Chunhan. Although she's dressed in plain black silk, her face is beautiful, which made her look even more pitiful. "What do you want to buy in our store, young lady?" Fang Chunhan came over to greet Qi Sui.

Qi Sui first greeted her, then looked around and asked, "Are there any pens, ink, paper and inkstone here? Suitable for children." She gestured a few times.

Fang Chunhan covered her mouth and smiled, "Of course there are. All the schools in town will come to Wanbao Pavilion to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone. I just don't know what kind of brush the young lady wants?" She asked someone to bring several kinds of brushes.

When Qi Sui saw the person coming, she froze in her tracks. She confirmed it before she dared to speak: "Miss Yun?"

Yun Chan smiled, as if amused by her reaction, and replied: "Young lady, it's been a long time since I saw you."

"Why are you here?" Qi Sui quickly glanced at Fang Chunhan, not daring to ask too much.

Yunchan understood what she meant and explained, "Of course Madam Fang wants to keep me."

After Fang Chunwu knew that the two were familiar with each other, she found an excuse to leave temporarily and asked Yunchan to treat her well.

Qi Sui said, "I thought you would become a musician."

Yun Chan ground the ink and arranged the brushes for her to write, then she continued, "Actually, Madam Fang came to see me before you redeemed me, she said Xu Kun had brought this upon himself and didn't blame me. Instead, she wanted me to come to Wanbao Pavilion and work for her."

"But she had made things difficult for you before." Qi Sui said.

Yun Chan was calm and composed, saying lightly: "It's nothing more than saying a few unpleasant words. Now that there is no Xu Kun, Lady Fang doesn't treat me like she used to." These words are indeed good but She has hidden five points of truth. From the front, Fang Chunhan always said harsh words on her face, and in private, she sent gold, silver and jewelry to coax her every day, but she didn't dare to be true.

Qi Sui felt relieved when she saw that there's no change in her expression. She just said, "If that's what you want to do, then fine." Then she selected several wolf-hair brushes and picked the remaining three good ones. It turned out to be a lot of money. Fang Chunhan was naturally happy to see it, but Yunchan didn't know about Qi Sui's situation and thought that she would be short of money after paying her deeds to the madam, so she asked several times, "Young lady, do you really want to buy them all?"

Qi Sui nodded firmly at first. After being asked several times, she really thought about it for a while and asked, "Do you have any nice jewelry?"

Yun Chan felt stunned. Since the first time she met Qi Sui, her long hair was always only tied with a hairband. There was nothing else. This time she was probably buying it for someone else. She said sadly, "Young lady...who are you buying it for?"

Qi Sui spoke vaguely, but there's a smile in the corners of her eyes.

Yunchan remained silent. Fang Chunhan noticed that she's feeling depressed, so she gently pulled her over and took Qi Sui upstairs.

She said, "My dear, the jewelry here is made of the finest materials that I have selected and then made. It's carefully carved by the best silversmith in the shop. If you are not satisfied, Wanbao Pavilion can make it according to your wishes." She listened for a while before saying the rest, "It just costs more money.

Qi Sui was picking out a ruby-adorned hairpin and examining it carefully. When she heard that it could be customized, her eyes lit up and she said, "Then I'll buy these first, and I'll buy some later."

Fang Chunhan smiled gently and said calmly: "It seems that the other party is someone that the young lady cherishes very much. I wonder which family in the town she is from. Maybe I can do a few cheap deals with her. It's to repay the young lady for taking care of my family's business."

"Thank you, Madam Fang. You'll meet someday."

Fang Chunhan covered her mouth and laughed, teasing her, "The young lady really hides someone tightly, for fear that others will see one or two, but everyone else will secretly wipe away tears."

Qi Sui Not understanding, with a puzzled look on her face, he asked: "Is there something in Lady Fang's words?"

"Madam, you are an open-minded and cheerful person, how could you not understand?" Fang Chunhan nodded slightly, turned around and said: "I wonder if Yunchan is okay?"

In the end, it's Yunchan who put the jewelry into the box for her. The corners of her eyes were slightly red, as if she had cried quietly, but she still smiled, without making a single mistake, and handed it to her: "Young lady, come again next time."

After Qi Sui took it, she looked deeply into her eyes, but finally sighed with a smile on her face: "Yes, Miss Yun, take care of yourself."

After she left, Fang Chunhan came out from the inner room and saw Yunchan's face full of disappointment. Her voice was so calm that no emotion could be heard as she asked, "Is that young lady so attractive to you?"

"Don't talk nonsense, Madam Fang. Besides, this is none of your business." Yun Chan turned her back.

Fang Chunhan frowned slightly, and her words were filled with jealousy unconsciously: "She didn't buy you any jewelry, but I gave you a lot of rare treasures, but I didn't see you worry about me like this."

Yunchan was already depressed but Fang Chunhan insisted on pestering her to talk about Qi Sui. She turned around and couldn't help but raise her voice: "I will return it to you. Anyway, you forced it on me."

Fang Chunhan frowned, not understanding why she was suddenly angry. She was the one who should be angry. Just when she wanted to say something, Yunchan was about to leave. She quickly grabbed her and asked anxiously, "Do you remember the day we first met?"

Yunchan was so angry when she heard this. She answered without thinking, "Of course I remember. That day, Madam Fang scolded me in front of everyone as a low-class prostitute."

Fang Chunhan lost all her strength in an instant. Yunchan's cold eyes pierced her as if she were falling into ice. She slowly loosened her hand and said, "Just think that I was talking nonsense. You don't have to give it back to me." After letting Yunchan leave, she murmured, "But it's not that day."

Yunchan's steps were very slow. When she returned to Fang's house, she's even angrier. On the day she regained her freedom, the madam held a banquet for her, and many of her former guests came to see her off. Unexpectedly, Fang Chunhan also came, but only arrived when the banquet was over.

She told Yunchan that she could take her in as the second in command of Wanbao Pavilion.

Yunchan asked her, "Madam Fang, don't you hate me?"

Fang Chunhan sat down and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"Master Xu is so angry because of me. If I were to die, Madam Fang would probably call me a foxy woman again."

"I like his death, why should I blame you? Besides, this was personally judged by the county magistrate, it has nothing to do with you."

Yun Chan trembled when she heard it, so what was her jealousy and jealousy in the past? Is it possible that they are all pretend?

"Then why did you ask me to go to Wanbao Pavilion?"

Fang Chunhan took a sip of wine, narrowed her eyes, stared at her and said: "Of course you are born with a charming appearance, there must be many people who come here because of your reputation."

Yunchan frowned, thinking Displeased, she said coldly: "Madam Fang, you are really good at saying humiliating things."

"It is purely from the bottom of my heart. Besides, you can have a place to stay if you follow me. I will arrange a place for you to live in my house. Otherwise, where can you go?"

"I can come to teach Guzheng. The world is so big, how can there be no place for me?"

Fang Chunhan suddenly laughed, then calmed down and asked, "Who in the county doesn't know your name? Do you really think that someone will have no grudges against your past just because you regained your freedom?"

Yun Chan said nothing, the answer was obvious.

She continued, "But if you stay here with me and become the second in command of Wanbao Pavilion, I will not treat you unfairly, and others will not dare to destroy my reputation." Having said this, she repeated the words she had just said. "You are beautiful, someone will definitely come for you."

Yun Chan's expression was a little moved, but she was reluctant to make up her mind.

Seeing her like this, Fang Chunhan had to explain to her, "After Xu Kun died, many customers felt that the goods sold by him were unlucky and asked me to pay them back. Wanbao Pavilion was the dowry left to me by my father and brother, and it was also the only thing I wanted. I don't want others to avoid Wanbao Pavilion when they see it."

Fang Chunhan's words were not false. One year after she got married, her father and brother were accidentally caught in a strong wind while sailing, and their bodies were not found.

"If you can come, gossip is nothing, but someone will definitely change their mind over time."

Yun Chan tapped the cup and said, "I don't like the house to be in the shade."