C156 Can be Found but Not Sought
C156 Can be Found but Not Sought
Logically speaking, Lee Chunxiang only had grudges with her, stealing her business, making her go bankrupt, should be her ultimate goal. But before she left, she said that her Yang Family was over? Could it be that she had to deal with Yang Family?
Yang Ningxiu felt unease in her heart, and the account book that she was originally going to look through was immediately handed over to Liu Xu to handle, she herself anxiously sat on the palanquin and returned to Yang Family.
Nannan was already four years old, almost five years old, and was in the moment of enlightenment. Because the young lady could not enter the private school, she invited her teacher to teach her how to use the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Just as Yang Ningxiu got off the palanquin, she heard Bao Er's voice, "Miss, why are you hiding? Sir said that you would write five large words today. "
Bao Er was the maidservant that Yang Ningxiu bought before New Year's. This year, she was eight years old, and was specially taking care of Nannan.
Yang Ningxiu walked in and discovered that she had a pair of red eyes that were crying as she carefully searched around the fake mountain. She asked, "Nannan, are you not willing to study properly again?"
Hearing Yang Ningxiu's voice, Bao Er cautiously closed her legs and stood to the side, her head lowered. Her hands anxiously grabbed at the tassels on her clothes and timidly said: "Miss, you don't want to write anything big. You took advantage of me going to the kitchen to get some snacks and hid away, you're really pissing Mister off."
Bao`er was wearing cotton pants embroidered in plain color and a coat of the same color. Her hair was tied up in a double bun and she looked very fragile, with the shyness of a little girl.
She was a country girl, her family had six or seven brothers and sisters, if her parents could not afford her, they would sell her to Human Ya Zi, then to Yang Mansion, because she did not understand the rules of a big family, she had been trembling uncontrollably for the past few months, afraid that she would be kicked out.
Yang Ningxiu originally wanted to say something, but after seeing her frightened look, she stopped herself. The reason why she chose this child was because she was honest, but because she was too timid, she started crying.
Yang Ningxiu did not want to scare her anymore, so she said in a gentle voice: "Nannan might have snuck back to her room. Go to her room, I'll have the other servants look around the courtyard."
Bao Er used her sleeve to wipe her tears, nodded her head, turned and ran towards Yang Ningxiu's courtyard. Her actions were restless and from time to time, she would fall down, causing Yang Ningxiu to be unable to hold back her laughter.
Hearing Yang Ningxiu's laughter, Bao Er couldn't help but blush, but she felt a little happy in her heart. The Second Young Miss was really a good person, her words were gentle, and she didn't mind Yang Ningxiu saying that she was clumsy.
After Yang Ningxiu sent people to find the Nannan, she directly went to Yang Ningxin's courtyard. After Yang Ningxin began doing business, he placed great emphasis on collecting information on the wealthy and powerful families in the capital. She had a certain amount of information online, she thought that the girl would probably know about Lee Chunxiang's situation.
But she missed, because Yang Ningxin left the house early in the morning to go to the County Prince's Mansion.
"Elder Sister Xiu, what are you looking for Ningxin for?" Yang Ningtian coincidentally also came over to play with Yang Ningxin. Seeing Yang Ningxiu's anxious look, he curiously asked.
"There's something I need her to help me investigate." Yang Ningxiu also wanted to find someone to investigate, but she was worried that the person being found was unprofessional, and would alert the enemy if Lee Chunxiang found out.
Seeing Yang Ningxiu's cautious expression, Yang Ningtian knew that the matter was not simple. He guessed that something was wrong with the shop and asked: "Did something go wrong with the shop?"
"Nope." Yang Ningxiu shook his head and denied it.
She smiled at Yang Ningtian and changed the topic: "In a few days, Ningyi will be married soon. The marriage for Ningya has also been set, and after the marriage for Ning Xi has been set, it will be your turn. Do you have anyone that you like?"
Every single family in the capital has a lot of rules. Every single day in the capital, when one is in a coma, the mother-in-law would set a rule for you and teach you a lesson so that you wouldn't overestimate yourself and look down on your mother-in-law. Maybe not only did you enter the house for a short while, you would even use the maidservant beside her as a bridal chamber, magnanimous, and take care of every single concubine in the house and open up a branch for the family as soon as possible … If he had to live like this, he would be driven to madness within a few days.
If he really had to choose, he would rather marry a daughter-in-law, or a son-in-law, but Yang Family was a clan of one hundred years, and there had never been a case of a couple marrying or recruiting a son-in-law. If he did ask, he didn't know if his grandmother would agree.
Yang Ningtian shook his head and said: "I don't want to marry anyone."
Even though he was a twin, he could only marry a bastard son of an official below the fourth rank as his first wife, or a scholar who still had no official status. Even if his sister-in-law was friendly, the family rules were still very strict; if he married into a family, he wouldn't even have human rights, much less freedom.
"You want to get married?" After their previous failed marriage, Yang Ningxiu was no longer as obedient as she was before. She believed that the two of them must marry and teach each other a lesson.
"Nor." He didn't have anyone he liked yet, so it wouldn't even be practical to say he was going to marry her.
"On the other hand, Elder Sister Xiu, are you sure you don't want to marry again?"
Ever since He Li, she had focused on managing the shop and teaching the Nannan. It was as if she had put her heart into it, and she was single for her whole life, never to remarry again.
As his younger brother, Yang Ningtian naturally wished for Yang Ningxiu to have a good home to return to. However, with the shadow of the previous marriage, he didn't dare to urge Yang Ningxiu to pursue another marriage. If it was a good marriage, then everyone would be happy.
Yang Ningxiu sighed and did not say a word. A good marriage was something that one could only look forward to, but a good marriage was something that could never be met by chance.
"..."
After Yang Ningxin returned from the County Prince's Mansion, Yang Ningxiu asked her to find someone to investigate if there were any powers supporting him from behind.
The reason she had such thoughts was mainly because Lee Chunxiang's attitude was too arrogant. She hadn't even started an official battle with her and it seemed like he already expected her to fail, and had even threatened to destroy Yang Family.
She was not worried about the business getting robbed, at most she would lose money, but if Lee Chunxiang wanted to harm Yang Family, she would not allow it, so she was in a hurry to investigate.
However, the person Yang Ningxin was looking for did not manage to investigate the background of Lee Chunxiang, nor did they find out where the shoes of the Heaven Fragrant Shoes came from. They only investigated to the point where Lee Chunxiang was planning to take away all the customers in Yang Family before visiting them.
Since he could not find out what was behind it, it meant that they were hiding it intentionally. However, this kind of intentional hiding made Yang Ningxiu even more worried.
"Elder Sister Xiu, don't worry too much, you might be overthinking things." Yang Ningxin said as she gnawed on a Hard-shelled Duck Palm.
"I hope so." Yang Ningxiu forced a smile.
She still felt uneasy. She didn't understand why she felt that way, but she did feel a pang of panic.
Nannan came over and laid on her thigh. She looked at her with her big round eyes and asked with concern: "Mother, what's wrong?"
She always said that his daughter was just an intimate little cotton-padded jacket, but when she saw his daughter's caring and caring look, Yang Ningxiu felt more at ease. She carried his daughter and let her sit on her lap, then said: "Mother is fine."
"Really." Nannan's face was full of doubt.
"Really."
Hearing her mother's guarantee, Nannan bloomed into a cute smile, and said sweetly: "That's good, I don't like the way my mother frowns."
This child was truly considerate. Yang Ningxiu felt a warm feeling in her heart, and was incomparably grateful to Heaven for bestowing upon her such a caring child.
"If Elder Sister Xiu is really worried, on the fourteenth day, we will go with Grandmother and pay our respects to the National Guardian Temple." After Yang Ningxin finished chewing on the duck's paw, she picked up another salt chicken claw.
Yang Ningtian saw that she had been eating non-stop ever since he had sat down, and then looked at her small and skinny body, and asked in puzzlement: "You eat all day long, eat so much, why don't I see you grow any taller? You haven't even grown any flesh? "
This stabbed right into the sore point of the short Yang Ningxin. She grinded her teeth angrily at the last chicken claw and unhappily snorted, saying: "This is called a accumulated effort, in another one or two years it will definitely grow taller. Why are you in such a hurry?"
How outrageous, to actually say that she was short and that she was a blood brother?
Seeing that she was angry, Yang Ningtian also awkwardly laughed, secretly cursing himself in his heart. He clearly knew that the brat cared about his height the most, yet she still called him that.
"..."
In the next few days, other than visiting a few merchants who were cooperating with Yang Family and Embroidery Workshop, Lee Chunxiang did not make any other big moves. Only then did Yang Ningxiu heave a sigh of relief, and on the fourteenth day, she followed Old Lady Yang and the others to visit the National Guardian Temple.
The Plum Blossom on the two sides of the mountain of the National Protector Temple was blooming brilliantly. Yang Ningxiu and the other girls were sitting on the carriage, lifting up the curtains to take a look, all of them were in a good mood.
Because tomorrow was the fifteenth day of the first month, not many people came to pay their respects. Old Lady Yang led a group of female disciples to recite a prayer and worship Buddha in the Great Hall, and then followed the temple master to the backyard to listen to the High Monk Dharma.
On the other hand, Yang Ningxiu heard that there was a master with a high cultivation at the National Protector Temple who had learned a technique and knew of the past and the future. She had some questions in her heart, so she asked the young master at the temple to bring her to meet him.
Suddenly, he felt that his Master was in his yard fiddling with the flowers and plants he had planted. Seeing her enter, she didn't even raise her head. She only smiled. Her voice sounded carefree, but it was hard to tell what she was feeling.
Yang Ningxiu did not dare to disturb him, and could only wait at the side. Seeing that her master had loosened the soil, cut off a few lush branches and leaves, and then watered the flowers.
"What do you want to ask?" He immediately felt that his Master had stood up. He was dressed in a monk's robe, and his hands and body were covered in dirt. He looked like an honest farmer.
"I want to …"
"You're a person with good fortune. Although your husband's family won't be rich, your husband and wife will still be happy." She suddenly felt that her master did not give her the chance to speak, "It's just that there's a burden, if you should put it down, you have to put it down."
He looked at that cluster of flowers. The cut off branches and leaves had fallen onto the ground, making the flowers look even more beautiful.
Karma, Karma, whatever cause you plant will bear fruit.
Yang Ningxiu thought about what her master had said, and realised that she seemed to have understood it, so she bowed respectfully and said sincerely: "Thank you, master."