NCCnovel Chapter 172 Sow good causes and reap good results
Chapter 172 Sow good causes and reap good results
The next day, early in the morning.
Shen Shuyi first went to Qin Xuerong's yard to greet her.
Qin Xuerong's face turned pale, and she looked unwell. Seeing Shen Shuyi coming, she said in a gentle voice: "This is the list of guests you plan to invite to your grandmother's birthday party."
After Shen Shuyi took it, he heard Qin Xuerong say again: "The budget for the kitchen to buy food and wine is 6,000 taels of silver. It's not much, but the expenses in the mansion have been quite high recently. If you want to manage it well, you have to put in some effort."
"Yes." Shen Shuyi responded obediently.
Qin Xuerong reminded again: "Remember, no matter what, you must not lose face for the Shen family. I have not been feeling well these days, so you don't have to come over to ask how I am. If you have any questions, come and find me."
Shen Shuyi raised his eyes and looked at Qin Xuerong. Her face was indeed a little pale, and she seemed a little thinner. He didn't know whether it was because of the series of incidents in the past few days or it was just a coincidence.
"Has mother hired a doctor?" Shen Shuyi asked with concern.
Qin Xuerong raised her eyes and met a pair of clear and bright eyes. Those eyes were unusually clean and full of concern.
Qin Xuerong almost sneered out loud.
Oh, what a great acting!
I guess the master and the old lady were fooled by her appearance.
Qin Xuerong patted her hands and said gently, "Good girl, it's not about anything else, it's just your third sister's matter that makes me upset."
Qin Xuerong was telling the truth.
No matter what, the matter between Shen Jingan and Shen Jinglin was at least resolved, but the matter of Zhen Jie'er almost became a source of worry for her.
Shen Shuyi said in a gentle voice: "There is really no good way to deal with this matter right now. We can only wait until this storm is over."
Qin Xuerong looked straight at her and said faintly, "I just feel that the mansion has been in great chaos recently, and I don't know where Xiao Xiao came from to cause trouble."
Hearing what she meant, Shen Shuyi said softly and comforted her: "Good deeds will bring good results. Mother has accumulated virtue and done good deeds in this life, and everything will be smooth and safe."
The smile on Qin Xuerong's face deepened, but her gaze at Shen Shuyi became colder.
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After leaving Ruixueyuan, Shen Shuyi deliberately took a detour and went to Shen Jinglin's yard.
As soon as he reached the gate, he heard a commotion inside: "You two slaves are so bold! Do you want to lock me up to death? Why don't you let me go to class today?"
Shen Jinglin is a person who cannot stay still. Now that he has been locked up for several days, it can be said that his patience has been completely worn out.
"Young Master, please don't make things difficult for us! You were reprimanded in class yesterday, so Madam has banned you from going to school for the next three days!"
Shen Jinglin was very angry: "Chen Kang, this old bastard! He only knows how to complain. I just said a few extra words in class!"
Shen Jinglin was really furious. He thought he had been well-behaved and restrained himself a lot these days, but Chen Kang just kept getting more and more aggressive!
"Master, please keep your voice down. Otherwise, if the news gets to the mistress and the master, your confinement..."
"I don't care, I'm going to get out no matter what I say today!"
"Young Master, please forgive me! Without the order from the Master and Madam, I really can't let you go!"
The servant begged desperately, Shen Jinglin's face turned red with anger, and he kicked away the one who was blocking the front.
Shen Shuyi's eyes were indifferent, and he turned and left, saying to Jin Zhu in a gentle voice: "Brother Lin is idle and bored, so send someone to deliver the things you collected before to him."
Jinzhu blinked and said, "Miss, do you want to give me the 'Unbeatable God King'?"
Shen Shuyi smiled and said, "Yes."
"Tell someone to tell him that if he can recite a poem, I will reward him with three storybooks. If he can recite two, I will reward him with a sword. If he can recite three, I will reward him with a good bow." Shen Shuyi instructed in a gentle voice.
"Yes."
After Shen Jinglin got very angry, he couldn't even leave the room.
Until Jinzhu and Feicui came over together: "Young Master, the Second Miss was afraid that you would be bored, so she asked me to bring you some small toys, you can use them as entertainment..."
Although Shen Jinglin was put in solitary confinement, this was, after all, the mansion. In addition, Old Madam Shen doted on him, and Qin Xuerong felt sorry for him, so she did not stop others from visiting him.
"What is that?" Shen Jinglin asked impatiently, looking listless.
Jinzhu was holding a lot of small things in her hands. The top ones were two poetry collections, and the two below were the storybooks that Shen Jinglin always liked to read.
On the other side of the tray, there were two Luban locks and a small crossbow model, and the other two boxes contained the crickets.
The one placed separately was the 'Invincible God King' that Jin Peng spent a lot of money to buy, and the other crickets in the box were ordinary crickets of different colors.
Shen Jinglin had no interest at first, but when he saw these things, he immediately became interested.
"Second sister is still thinking about me!" Shen Jinglin was really happy.
God knows he has been so idle these days!
Every day he was either reciting or copying books. He had never felt that life was so boring!
Seeing Shen Jinglin throwing the top two poetry books aside, Jinzhu couldn't help but smile and relayed Shen Shuyi's words to him.
"Okay, okay, got it!" Shen Jinglin frowned and waved his hands, not taking it to heart at all.
Jinzhu didn't say much. The storybook was carefully selected by the young lady. It told the story of a young boy who grew up to become a famous general after going through hardships.
Shen Jinglin likes these the most. If he sees something interesting and wants to read on, he can only memorize it.
With this reputation, he is not afraid that Qin Xuerong will blame him when the time comes.
As soon as Jinzhu left, Shen Jinglin couldn't help but fiddle with the crossbow model and couldn't let it go.
It was not until later that Shen Jinglin became interested when he heard jumping and chirping sounds coming from the two boxes from time to time, and he opened them out of curiosity.
"Cricket?" Shen Jinglin was a little surprised. Although he had never played it, he knew that many people in Beijing liked to fight crickets.
"How do we play this?" Shen Jinglin immediately called the servant over.
The servant immediately stepped forward and said, "Master, this one is obviously not an ordinary one. Put it together with the other one, and they will fight. Let's see who will win..."
There were two servants, the one who had just been kicked was relatively honest, while the other was quite good at these things.
When Shen Jinglin heard this, he immediately became interested and immediately asked everyone to play with him.
The first few times, Shen Jinglin was not very good at it, but later on, he became more and more addicted, and gradually he began to enjoy the fun of it.
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On the other side, after Jin Zhu returned to report, Shen Shuyi's almond eyes were cold: "Send someone to the Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion and ask my uncle to help me find some people who like and are good at gambling. They should be powerful and preferably have a background."
Isn’t Qin Xuerong rich?
She wouldn't mind letting her bleed a little more.
She had to spit out her mother's dowry the same way she had eaten it!