Chapter 74 Got a Chance
By the fifth day, Wu Hen's leg injury had almost healed, and he could walk a few steps. When no one was around, he could go out to bask in the sun with the help of Su Qing.
Su Qing used the wooden boards in the yard to make a temporary splint for him and used a cloth strap to hang his left arm on his shoulder, which made it more convenient.
Wu Hen was like a mute. He only spoke a few words to me after waking up that day. He ate when I asked him to eat and drank when I asked him to drink. When I asked him whether he wanted to go out, he nodded. When I asked him whether he needed to go to the bathroom, he shook his head with a red face.
Su Qing was speechless. Even if silence is golden, she couldn't keep silent like this. But none of this mattered to her. She knew that the day when she would return home was not far away. Because Wu Hen was already walking, and the injury on his left arm was gradually healing.
Sure enough, on the morning of the sixth day, Zhou Yu brought a little medicine boy and told her that he would send her back to the city in the afternoon.
Qing Ning left the next day after preparing the medicine for Wu Hen. Su Qing was a little worried when she saw that the medicine could only be used until today.
"What about Brother Wu's medicine? And where is he going? This is not a place to recuperate."
"You care about him a lot?" Zhou Yu did not answer but asked without any clue.
"Of course I care about you. After all, I've taken care of you for so many days and we've been together for so long." Su Qing said.
"Oh~ Compared to Wu Hen, we have been together longer, so why don't you care about me?"
"You? Do you still need my concern? There are so many people who care about your Second Master."
"Oh~ I don't know. Tell me about it."
Su Qing stretched out her slender fingers and said, "People from Prince Shen's Mansion, people from Marquis Huainan's Mansion, and people from the Earl Yong'an's Mansion... By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what is the relationship between the Earl Yong'an's Mansion and Prince Shen's Mansion?"
Zhou Yu looked at Su Qing and thought about this silly girl. He had borrowed her out on the pretext of being her sister, but she only remembered to ask him this now.
"The wife of the prince of Yong'an Marquis's Mansion is my sister." Zhou Yu said, and after thinking for a moment, he added, "She is my biological sister from the same mother."
Su Qing understood, "So am I helping you or her this time?"
"Of course you helped me."
"Your sister promised to give me five taels of silver, what about you?" Su Qing stretched out his hand, tilted his head and smiled evilly.
Zhou Yu looked at Su Qing's charming appearance, and it seemed as if a string in his heart suddenly loosened. He stuttered, "Five, five taels? This, this is too little. How about I give you five hundred taels?"
"Really? Are you telling the truth?" Su Qing pulled Zhou Yu's sleeve, her eyes sparkling with excitement, "Don't lie to me, I'm very kind."
Zhou Yu chuckled, "Are you a money-grubber? Are you so happy to hear that you will be given money? From what I know, you treat the servants in the Huainan Marquis Mansion well, right? Are you so short of money?"
"Tsk, you are the young master, of course you don't know how valuable silver is. Silver doesn't bite, so who is afraid of having too much. Besides, I still need silver to achieve my goal."
"Goal? What goal?"
"Of course I comb my hair myself..." Su Qing shut up in time. This was the fourth young lady's husband, her future half-master, so she couldn't just say anything. Regardless of whether what Wang Xiaoer just said was true or not, giving five hundred taels was a bit exaggerated, but giving fifty taels was also good, which was enough for her to plan.
"Do you really want to comb your hair yourself?" Zhou Yu suddenly asked seriously.
"Yes, that's what I've always planned."
"Aren't you going to follow Meng Qi to the palace?"
"That doesn't affect my self-combing. There's no requirement that I must do it in a marquis's mansion or a royal palace. It's not illegal for a common woman to do it herself, right?"
Zhou Yu looked at Su Qing's serious expression and said nothing more. He turned around and walked out.
"Hey, does what you just said count?"
"what?"
"Five hundred taels?"
"Well, as long as you follow Meng Qi to the Zhou family as a dowry, I will give it to you."
"Ah?" Su Qing looked at Zhou Yu entering the house and muttered, "Can't you give it to me now? You are so stingy."
"Although I cannot give you the money now, I can agree to one condition of yours. Think about it yourself. If you need my help with anything, just ask." Su Qing was following Zhou Yu and was about to enter the house when Zhou Yu suddenly stopped and turned around and said this. Su Qing did not expect that he would stop before talking, and he failed to brake and bumped into him.
Zhou Yu looked at Su Qing throwing herself into his arms and reached out to catch her. Just as he was struggling over whether to push her away or hold her, he heard the dark-haired man standing at the gate say, "Second Master, Uncle Qi is here."
Su Qing turned around quickly and saw a man in his thirties wearing a blue cloth robe walking towards him. Liuzi in the room lifted the door curtain and ran out, shouting "Dad".
So Liuzi’s surname is Qi, Su Qing thought to himself.
Zhou Yu followed everyone into the house, his hands opening and closing, his heart pounding. When Su Qing bumped into him just now, he felt the softness and the pleasant fragrance of his daughter. Uncle Qi couldn't have come later.
After Uncle Qi looked at Wu Hen's injuries, he smiled and said to Su Qing, "It's Miss Su Qing, you've been really hard lately. I'll ask Liuzi to take the girl back later."
Su Qing stood up and said with a smile, "Nothing, nothing. I'll go pack my things."
Su Qing now only wants to go home early, take a good bath, and ask Cai'er to make something delicious for her.
Sitting in the car, Su Qing's mind was full of Zhou Yu's words about the one condition he could agree to. What did she want him to help her with?
After returning to the Huainan Marquis Mansion, Su Qing went to see Mother Liu first and spoke out what she had prepared long ago. Mother Liu looked at Su Qing, who was obviously tired, and told her to go back and rest.
As soon as Su Qing entered the room, he saw Wanxiang's mother wiping Wanxiang's tears. When the two saw Su Qing come in, they stopped what they were doing and dropped the topic.
"Okay, don't think too much. Which servant doesn't get scolded by his master? I'll go back first. Now our family has been allocated a house in the back street. You can go home when it's your turn to have a day off. I'll make you something delicious."
After saying that, she stood up and walked out. Su Qing ignored them and went straight to her bed. Wanxiang's mother stood there and thought for a while, then turned around and said coldly, "Don't be shameless. Let's forget about the past. If you dare to say anything to Wanxiang again in the future, I will let you go."
Su Qing had a headache, and she felt dizzy every time she sat in this broken carriage. When she heard Wanxiang's mother say this, she didn't react at first. By the time she realized that she was being addressed, the mother and daughter had already walked out the door.
Oh my god, if Su Qing wasn’t so tired, he would have gone out and pulled the old woman back to talk to her.
"You're back. How was it? Was it fun at the Yong'an Earl's Mansion?" Chuan'er asked excitedly.
"What's so fun about it? I didn't even enter the gate of Yong'an Marquis's Mansion. I went directly to the manor outside the city."
"Ah? I thought you were going to the Bo's Mansion. You went to the farm instead. Are you exhausted?"
"Well, it would be nice to have a bowl of chicken noodle soup made by Cai'er herself."
"Virtue, you are so useless. All you want is chicken noodle soup."
Su Qing nodded and laughed. She still believed that the bowl of chicken noodle soup that Cai'er brought her after she woke up from the time travel was the most delicious.
"Hey, what's wrong with Wanxiang?" After packing her clothes, Su Qing sat on the bed, ruffled her hair, and tied it loosely with a handkerchief.
"I was scolded by Sister Jiaolian." Chuan'er said in a low voice.
"Didn't Jiaolian go out to prepare for her wedding?"
"Well, Madam Liu asked her to come back this morning. She seemed to be looking for something that belonged to the Fourth Miss, which she had put away at that time."
"Do you know the reason? Is it her brother's marriage?"
"That should be it. Sister Jiaolian came to find her after she finished searching for the fourth young lady. I was in the room at first, but when I saw they had something to say, I went out." Chuan'er said while pointing to the washroom next to the third-class maid's room, with a smile on his face that said you know what I mean.
"At first I couldn't hear them talking, but after a while I heard Sister Jiaolian's voice getting louder, and Wanxiang seemed to be explaining something. Then I heard the sound of a slap, and then Sister Jiaolian came out and said a few more words while standing at the door. I heard it clearly."
Su Qing saw that she was keeping it a secret and said with a smile, "Wait for me to beg you, okay, good sister, tell me."
Chuan'er said smugly, "Don't be complacent. The person you are plotting against in our family hasn't even been born yet. Just wait, I will make you regret it one day. I will give you one last chance. Tomorrow I will send a matchmaker to your house to propose marriage. If you are sensible, you can ask your parents to agree to the marriage, and we will get it done in a grand and lively manner. Don't worry, you will be the head of the family once you enter the house. If you still use what I said today to evade me, humph."
Su Qing stroked his forehead. These are two different sentences. "So Jiaolian came to force Wanxiang to agree, but Wanxiang definitely didn't agree."
Chuan'er nodded and sighed, "Why are you so proud? In fact, Jiaolian's brother is just ugly and has no job. But with their family's respectability in the mansion, they don't have to worry about not being able to find a good job in the future. And Jiaolian's sister also said that she will be the head of the family when she gets married. What does Wanxiang think?"
A little girl at the door called Su Qing, saying that it was Mother Liu who asked her to come over.