NABC Chapter 264 Thank you
Chapter 264 Thank you
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the originally quiet Shangguan Mansion gradually became lively again.
It turned out that Shangguan Qingyue asked her mother to hire a group of craftsmen to renovate Panguiyuan.
The front yard was paved with a circular road of about 300 meters in total, using large blocks of blue bricks and stones. But what was puzzling was that she ordered the craftsmen to carve regular indentations on the originally flat ground.
The old craftsman sighed with heartache while working hard. He had no choice, the boss gave him a lot of money, so he had to do whatever the boss arranged.
Baili Nanqing took some time to come over and take a look, and directly asked everyone's confusion:
"Yuer, why did you ask the craftsmen to deliberately scratch the floor? If you think the bluestone bricks are too monotonous, you can ask someone to carve some patterns on them?"
She didn't feel any pity or blame at all, she just thought that her little daughter must have her reasons for doing this.
Everyone present pricked up their ears, afraid of missing the explanation of this little ancestor.
Shangguan Qingyue felt a little embarrassed when she heard what her mother said. Could she say that she had never thought that patterns could be carved on bluestone bricks? She had no experience in such a luxurious thing!
Uh, cough...
"Hehe, well, these indentations are mainly for anti-slip purposes. My daughter plans to use this corridor for running, and the ground cannot be too slippery. If it is carved with patterns, it will look a bit gaudy."
Shangguan Qingyue made the decision to build a runway after careful consideration.
She really didn't have much interest in learning martial arts. After all, she still had memories of her past life and couldn't do bloody things like fighting and killing.
But she also couldn't allow herself to become a rich girl who couldn't lift anything with her hands, would fall over if the wind blew, and could only scream or faint when faced with danger.
Then the matter of keeping fit must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
In her previous life, she had the habit of jogging in the morning. Now that she has come to another world, there are natural oxygen bars everywhere, so it would be unreasonable not to make good use of them.
However, no one understood what she meant by running.
"When Yue'er said running, does it mean running?" Baili Nanqing did not forget to demonstrate two movements on the spot, looking funny yet cute.
Shangguan Qingyue laughed loudly.
"Haha, it means exactly what it says. Will the mother be willing to accompany her daughter after the building is completed? Moderate running is very beneficial to physical and mental health!"
Although she didn't understand, Baili Nanqing nodded subconsciously. She always welcomed the opportunity to be close to her daughter.
"What are you going to do with the empty space in the backyard? Knowing that you like to grow flowers, plants, vegetables and the like, mother demolished the original backyard and left only a pavilion for resting."
The little girl was not a fickle person, and her hobbies in the village would not change even after she came to the capital. That was why she was puzzled as to why beams and pillars were suddenly erected in the vegetable garden.
Shangguan Qingyue showed an unfathomable look and said:
"Mother will know soon. When the place is built, our whole family will benefit."
It was so intriguing that even Shangguan Yunxin, who had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two, couldn't help but become curious.
The mother, her two daughters and their two children had just sat down in the hall with glazed walls and had not even had time to take a sip of their hot tea when Xiangxue came in to report: Mrs. Lu was here with her two children.
Baili Nanqing snorted coldly and said unhappily:
"You are so restless that you just keep causing trouble for others! Do you know why?"
Xiangxue replied respectfully: "The Second Madam said that she came to thank the young lady."
Five days have passed since the Mid-Autumn Festival family dinner. Mrs. Lu and her two children have been staying in the courtyard without going out. Now they finally remember her savior?
Shangguan Qingyue couldn't help but shake her head. She didn't have the slightest favorable impression towards her second aunt and her second uncle who always had a gloomy face.
But because they were a family, she couldn't refuse directly, so she could only say to Xiangxue:
"Take them to my study, and remember to lock the door here later."
This glass house was like her "secret garden", and only close people were allowed to enter. Usually, all the cleaning and tidying work was done by Xiangxue alone, and the rest of the servants were strictly prohibited from entering or leaving.
The mother and her two children went to the study together in a tacit understanding. They each found a comfortable chair to sit down and picked up a book next to them to read. The scene was warm and leisurely.
This was the scene that Mrs. Lu saw when she came in with her two children.
When Shangguan Qingwan saw the book in Shangguan Qingyue's hand, a trace of contempt and disdain flashed in her eyes. At this moment, Baili Nanqing's eyes met hers, and she was so frightened that she quickly shrank back behind Lu.
"My brother and sister-in-law are here. We are all family. I won't greet you three. Just find a seat and sit down.
Xiangxue, bring me a pot of tea."
Mrs. Lu was very unhappy. The most comfortable seats at the scene were all occupied by the mother and her two daughters. There were only two hard benches left without even a backrest. What else was there to choose from?
Like mother, like daughter. All the rules and manners have been thrown to the wind!
She forced a smile and said stiffly:
“Feng’er had been feeling a little unwell for the past few days, and he finally recovered from the shock today, so I thought about bringing the kids over to thank Yue’er.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, thanks to you, otherwise..."
Before she finished her words, tears gushed out, dripping onto her pomegranate red dress, leaving two dark marks.
Shangguan Qingwan hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped away Lu's tears with heartache.
She didn't agree with her mother's way of coming to thank her from the bottom of her heart. The reason why her brother choked on the braised pork that day was obviously because Shangguan Qingyue brought a weird child to the family dinner.
Saving my brother is what she should do, why should I thank her?
She said that it was the uncle's family who should apologize to their family! My younger brother was frightened on the Mid-Autumn Festival and cried all night, and everyone in the Second Hospital stayed up all night.
The more she thought about it, the more indignant she felt. Shangguan Qingwan couldn't help but ask:
"My mother was crying so sadly, but why did my aunt and my two cousins remain indifferent? It was obviously you who did something wrong, and yet you still want us to thank you? This is really too much!"
Lu paused while wiping the corners of his eyes and scolded:
"Wan'er, don't talk nonsense! Your second cousin saved your brother, so of course we should thank her."
There was a crisp sound of a teacup hitting the table, and Shangguan Qingwan subconsciously hid behind Mrs. Lu. Even Shangguan Feng, who had been sitting in his mother's arms, was frightened and hiccuped.
"It seems that my sister-in-law didn't collude with the child before she came. She was exposed after just a few words. Or maybe this is your real intention, to come here on purpose to cause trouble for us?"
Mrs. Lu was choked and her face turned pale. Her sister-in-law was illiterate and her words were vulgar and unpleasant! But, who made her husband reincarnate late? She was inferior to others in everything and could only live in such a depressed way.
"Sister-in-law, please don't say the word 'collusion' in front of the children. Wan'er said something reckless, I will punish her severely when I get back, but I came here to thank you sincerely."
"Oh? Really?"
Mrs. Lu had no choice but to nod heavily.
“Although I haven’t received much education and I don’t like those red tapes, I still understand the basic etiquette of bringing a thank-you gift when thanking someone.
"Sister-in-law, are you... could it be that your second branch is already struggling to make ends meet? We haven't even separated yet, and the money given to both families from the public treasury every month has never been less."
After hearing this, Lu felt difficulty breathing and her eyes went dark. The little money given by the government was just enough to get by, and she was not as good at scheming as her elder sister-in-law, who made a fortune every day and could spend it at will!
But now that things have come to this, if she doesn't show any expression, wouldn't that be like tearing off the last piece of fig leaf?
The Lu family can't afford to lose this person.
So she hardened her heart, took off her favorite white jade lotus bracelet from her wrist, and handed it to Shangguan Qingyue with trembling hands.