Qing Xing was even more disdainful, “In front of the Young Lady, what kind of masters are they?”
Qing Lian shook her head helplessly, “You can’t say this outside.”
“I know, I know.” Qing Xing said.
Su Yi finished her tea, ate two snacks, and leaned back comfortably on the chair. Thinking of the opera she had heard today, she felt itchy in her heart, “Qing Lian, let’s find a troupe to perform opera.”
Qing Lian wanted to sigh.
Since the Young Lady had come to her senses, she had become more energetic and lively day by day. She had always been able to come up with new ideas.
For example, a few days ago, she heard someone selling fried fish in the back alley, so she asked her maid to buy some for her to eat.
Qing Lian was not in the yard at that time. When she came back, she was shocked. The food outside was not clean, and the fish was pitch black. What should she do if the young lady has a stomach ache?
But the Young Lady didn’t dislike it at all. She bought a big bag and asked all the maids and old women in the yard to come and eat some.
Later, Qing Lian ate a few fish under their half-enticement and half-enforcement. The taste… was quite good.
But that kind of food was not presentable. It was only brought to the table by children from poor families who had nothing to eat. How could their young lady eat it with her precious body?
But Qing Lian could not stop anything by herself. Once this happened, it would happen again.
Now the maids would prick up their ears every day to listen to the noises in the back alley. As soon as they found something to eat, they would immediately run to report to the Young Lady and then run to buy it with the change of silver and copper coins.
This made the cook worried. She wondered if her cooking skills had declined and the Young Lady no longer liked the food, so she started eating miscellaneous food from outside?
Fortunately, the Young Lady ate so much, but her appetite for the main meal did not decrease.
When Su Yi said that she wanted to listen to an opera, Qing Lian said, “There are too many people in the opera troupe, and our yard is not big. It may not be appropriate to invite them in. Even if we buy a few young actors, there will be no room for them.”
“Okay, okay.” Su Yi said.
“If you can’t invite them in, let’s go out and watch. There must be a place to watch, right?”
She went to the street today and found that women were not very restricted in this era. There were many young girls on the street.
At most, some girls who obviously looked like they were from wealthy families would cover their faces with a veil. Ordinary girls or married women walked around freely and didn’t look abnormal.
Qing Lian could see that she really felt bored and wanted to have some fun. Worried that stopping her would ruin her good mood, she had to say, “Yes, yes, we can listen to stories in the teahouse and watch plays in the theater. But the Young Lady has to promise me that you can only sit in the private room and not squeeze in the lobby with others.”
“I’ll do whatever you say.” Su Yi said straightforwardly. The private room sounded much more advanced than the lobby, so she had no objection to it.
While she was happy, Qing Lian took out a stack of account books, put them on the coffee table, and said: “Since the Young Lady has decided to go out, some personal connections will be inevitable in the future. Here are the accounts of our dealings with other families in the early years, as well as the Young Lady’s private library. Please take a look first and familiarize yourself with them, so as to avoid being in a hurry in the future.”
Su Yi looked at the pile of account books in front of her, and the smile she had just revealed faded.
She knew that there was no free lunch in the world.
Even if there was, it was called advance consumption, and not only did she have to pay back the money afterward, but she also had to pay interest.
***
Last time, Su Yi was enjoying the flowers in the garden. Afterward, several concubines of the second branch worked together to conceal the matter and did not let the master of the second branch know.
But today, Su Yi went back to her parents’ home in a swagger manner. No matter how powerful those people were, they could not hide it anymore.
At night, Su Yi was still looking at the account book under the lamp.
Qing Xing came in from outside, with a face full of entanglement. She seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.
“What’s wrong? Did you have a stomachache?” Su Yi asked casually.
Qing Xing stammered, “I just saw the Second Master outside the yard.”
Su Yi tilted her head and remembered that the so-called Second Master was the husband of this body.
In fact, if viewed from the perspective of this era, this Second Master Shen was not a scumbag at all. After all, which man didn’t have a confidante on the left and a beautiful woman on the right?
As for the promises that had been made in the past, it could be explained away by saying that they were caused by youthful impulses.
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