Chapter 779: The Secret Visit

Yes, it is wrong.

It is a huge mistake to get in her way!

Under Liu Ji's confused and innocent gaze, Qin Yao threw away the tattered clothes in his hand that were not sewn properly at all, and said coldly:

"If you want to buy new clothes, just say so. Why do you have to act so poor? People will think that I, Qin Yao, can't even buy you a piece of clothes!"

She glanced at Liu Fei.

Liu Fei said hurriedly: "Third sister-in-law is generous, we all know that."

Qin Yao nodded with satisfaction.

Her eyes turned to Liu Ji, who was stunned, and asked unhappily: "How much silver do you want?"

Liu Ji asked tentatively: "Then fifty taels?"

Qin Yao threw him a fifty-tael bill without blinking, and warned:

"If you want money, just say it directly. There is no need to pretend to be like this for me. If you do it again, I will tear you to pieces like this clothes!"

Liu Ji held the fifty-tael bill in his hand, and his eyes moved back and forth between Qin Yao's unhappy face and the tattered clothes on the ground.

Hmm. How can this not be considered an unexpected gain?

Liu Ji tried his best to purse his lips, afraid that he would laugh out loud with joy.

He uttered "hmm" twice seriously, and while confirming Qin Yao's reaction with his eyes, he put the money in his arms.

As for the "rag" thrown on the ground, no one cared.

Anyway, when the dinner was served, the rag had already disappeared by itself.

That night.

Liu Ji hummed a song and brought the foot washing water out of his wife's room.

He was blocked by a tall figure.

Awang spread his hands: "Bring it."

Liu Ji pretended to be stupid: "What?"

Awang took out the rag that no one cared about from behind - his torn clothes.

"Ahem!" Liu Ji coughed twice with guilt, poured out the foot washing water first, and then reluctantly took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and handed it to him.

Awang took the silver coins and said, "50-50, 50 taels, the master still owes me 24 and a half taels."

At the end, seeing Liu Ji's incredulous expression, he threatened:

"If you don't give it to me, tell Madam that the master deliberately tore my clothes and took them away this morning. Madam spent five taels of silver to make this dress, silk, and bamboo leaf jacquard."

"Shhhhh!" Liu Ji quickly signaled him to be quiet for fear that Awang would be heard by the people in the room if he continued to talk.

Reluctantly, he gave the remaining silver to Awang.

"Thank you, master."

Awang was satisfied, with an awkward but polite smile on his lips, and left.

Liu Ji touched his chin, squinted at the tall back, and was full of disappointment.

Awang was no longer the sunny, cheerful and simple boy he knew!

Qin Yao knew nothing about the private transaction between the two.

She slept well.

After the whole family had breakfast together, they began to actively prepare for the arrival of New Year's Eve tomorrow.

In Qin Yao's opinion, this year's New Year's Eve is very different.

Because her relatives are also around.

The family is together, cutting red paper, writing couplets, hanging red lanterns, and preparing ingredients in advance.

Qin Yao made an island in the kitchen just to make it convenient to eat simple meals there every day.

Unexpectedly, it has now become the best place for the whole family to make dumplings together.

According to the rules of Wangcheng, dumplings must be served at the New Year's Eve dinner.

And eight kinds of fillings must be gathered, and the preparation work is very cumbersome.

Fortunately, there are many people, and amid the noise of children, everything that needs to be prepared was prepared in one morning.

The mood of the neighbors in the square is very high, and the sound of firecrackers can be heard from time to time.

It was the children of each family who stole the firecrackers at home and quietly set them off in the alley.

Sure enough, after a while, the alley was filled with the scolding of adults from each family, and the sound of children screaming and running wildly.

At such times, the four brothers and sisters of Qin Yao's family are always particularly proud.

The four brothers and sisters walked out of the house with a half-hang of firecrackers in one hand and incense in the other.

Wang Chengyang, who was still running wildly, and all the boys and girls looked over with envy, and exclaimed "Wow".

Since then, everyone in Kuanzhengfang knew it.

Qin Yao and his wife are the most open-minded parents in this place.

Qin Yao and other adults sat by the charcoal stove in the main hall and ate melon seeds leisurely.

The family sat neatly around, not talking about the political situation, nor the imperial examinations, but just chatting about some light gossip, very relaxed.

Suddenly, there was a "bang" outside the door, and a loud cannon exploded.

Then there was the sound of a frightened horse neighing.

Just when the adults in the house were worried, the door became quiet again.

Only Erlang and Sanlang ran into the house and reported: "Si Niang's classmates came to our house to give New Year gifts!"

Qin Yao and his wife looked at each other, this is strange.

No one thought that there would be such a deep friendship between little girls.

Erlang was older and observed more carefully than Sanlang, and added: "The elders of Si Niang's classmates are here too."

Qin Feng said to Qin Yao and his wife: "Then you have to go out to meet them."

The two got up and hurriedly followed Erlang and Sanlang to the gate.

A man dressed as a coachman was already unloading the things on the carriage outside the door.

Qin Yao felt that the coachman's breath was familiar, and when she looked up, the coachman just looked up.

It was an ordinary face.

He gave her a weird smile.

Because the fake skin was torn!

Qin Yao's eyes darkened, it was Lin Wei.

The man on the carriage

"Mother-in-law, you are here too!" Si Niang called out in surprise.

Qin Yao and Liu Ji stepped forward. Xu Jiajia, who was dressed in red fur, jumped out of the carriage first, and then reached out to pull her aunt who got off the carriage next.

Xu Wenqing was wearing a plain purple coat, a dark brown fur hat on her head, and a little makeup. She looked very good, just like an ordinary lady.

But as soon as the lady raised her head, Liu Ji's kneecaps softened and he had to kneel down.

Qin Yao grabbed his elbow in time and lifted him up, so he didn't kneel down.

"Madam. Madam, is this the elder of Si Niang's classmate?"

Liu Ji's teeth were chattering, and he tried his best to smile at Xu Wenqing, who was leading Siniang and Xu Jiajia over.

But the face was twitching uncontrollably, and the smile looked strange.

After Si Niang introduced each other to her father, mother and mother-in-law, she found that her father and mother did not respond, so she called out in reminder: "A-niang?"

Qin Yao immediately pinched Liu Ji to clear his mind and whispered quickly:

"Calm down and treat her like your daughter's classmate and elder."

Liu Ji An nodded, he knew that noble people always like to play this kind of drama of private visits in disguise, so he just pretended not to know her true identity.

"Aunt Xu, please come in and sit down quickly!" Liu Ji greeted.

He's the best at acting.

Little did I know that the old lady in front of me was the powerful Holy Queen!

Qin Yao called Awang to come out and take the Xu family's coachman to park the carriage and entertain them.

Awang recognized the driver's identity at a glance by relying on the familiar aroma of meat buns on his body.

But if the old man can act, so can he.

Calmly took the person to the back door, put the carriage away, and took the driver who was looking around into the kitchen.

There were no meat buns today, so I bribed them with pork dumplings made by my uncle.

Linwei finished two large plates in a row and said with satisfaction: "Ah~, it tastes so good! Hehe."

Awang smiled: "As long as you are happy." (End of chapter)