Chapter 57 I Love to Punish Street Shrews
A side hall of Songheyuan.

Su Jian patted her chest, constantly comforting herself, and murmured in fear: "Oh my god, I'm so scared, so scared..."

Ah Ying looked at her and said suspiciously, "It's really that serious."

Su Jian immediately put on a serious expression and said earnestly, "My girl, you really don't know that the two ladies in Qingzhou are simply [Guan Ba ​​Pi]! In the past years, whenever they came, they would eat and take everything, as if they were afraid that their trip would be in vain. This time, have you figured out their intentions?"

Ah Ying smiled faintly, "You have seen it all, how could I not know it?"

Su Jian was as if facing a formidable enemy and said, "Miss, you can still laugh, isn't this directed at you???"

Ah Ying continued to embroider and said calmly, "I won't provoke them, so what can they do to me?"

Su Jian had a different opinion, and shook her head, saying, "Miss, you are still too young. These two ladies are not easy to treat. Do you know what a troublemaker is?"

A Ying paused and looked at Su Jian.

Then, continue to embroider, to stir up trouble? Huh! She, Huo Aying, likes to deal with street shrews the most!

However, Aying wanted to do a lot of things, but she didn't have time to argue with them.

Looking at the busy Su Jian, Ah Ying asked, "Su Jian, who else is in your family?"

Su Jian was stunned for a moment, then she sighed in disappointment, "I only have one mother left, and she's still sick."

Ah Ying stared at him, puzzled, "Then how do you take care of your mother?"

Su Jian smiled bitterly, "My aunt is taking care of her. Every month the old lady allows me to rest for two days, and I will go back to see her."

"Then your aunt is pretty nice." Ah Ying said with a bit of envy.

Su Jian felt even more miserable, but what else could she do? She sent all her monthly allowance back home to her aunt, only asking her aunt to treat her mother well, which was her last act of filial piety as a daughter.

"Well, every time I go back, I can feel that my aunt treats my mother very well." Su Jian said with emotion.

Perhaps the words touched her soft spot, and when she looked at Su Jian again, Aying felt that she looked a little lost.

Aying paused and said he wanted to go out for a while.

"Where are we going?" Su Jian asked.

Ah Ying smiled and said, "You will know in a moment."

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, Aying asked Su Jian to inquire about the arrangements of the people from Qingzhou.

"Miss, the madam is busy meeting several masters in Qingzhou right now, so there shouldn't be anything to do for a while." Su Jian replied.

In fact, Ah Ying was just asking. Even if the lady called her, she didn't have to be there. It's okay to want to curry favor, but you can't be too submissive, otherwise, people will take advantage of your bottom line. If you are a little willful, you will be called ungrateful.

"Okay, let's go." Ah Ying had hired a carriage by himself. Without the help of anyone from the mansion, he would have to go somewhere else, which was not safe.

After getting on the carriage, Ah Ying lifted the curtain and said, "Let's go to Shengxiangzhai first."

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of Shengxiangzhai, Su Jian smelled the fragrance, and her mood brightened up as she said, "Among all the pastry shops in the capital, Shengxiangzhai is the most tempting one."

Ah Ying smiled slightly.

After entering the shop, Ah Ying took out some small change from her sleeve, handed it to Su Jian, and said, "I'm going to visit an old friend. I don't know what she likes to eat. You can use this money to buy some food for me."

Su Jian asked cautiously, "What age group eats this?"

"About forty years old." Aying said.

Su Jian carefully calculated the accounts, carefully selected the cakes suitable for gift giving, handed them to A Ying and said, "Master, this Shengxiangzhai is the most expensive and famous cake shop in the capital. Your friend will definitely like it."

Ah Ying smiled slightly. After Su Jian sat down, the driver Liang Shu asked, "Miss, where are we going?"

Ah Ying looked at Su Jian, raised his head and asked, "Su Jian, where is your home?"

"What do you mean?" Su Jian didn't understand for a moment.

"Silly! Go see your mother!" Aying said sincerely.

Su Jian's nose was sore for a moment, "My mother?"

"Since you've followed me, you've never had time to go out. Today, it's a good opportunity for us to go see your mother." Aying said excitedly.

After hearing this, Su Jian became even more panicked. "No, I usually go back when I have time. It's really not necessary."

Ah Ying deliberately frowned, "I've said it many times, you don't need to call me a slave in my place. Besides, I've already bought these things, it would be a shame if I don't go!"

Su Jian's eyes were filled with tears. Her mother had indeed never eaten these delicious things.

"Thank you, young lady..." Ah Ying said with satisfaction, "That's right. I don't have a mother anymore. If you don't mind, you can be my godmother."

"It's a blessing for Su Jian that the young lady cares about her. I would never dare to try to get close to her again." Su Jian felt warm and sad in her heart, and was really grateful to A Ying for what she said.

Ah Ying knew that we should not be radical in everything, so she patted Su Jian's hand and said, "Then it's ok to call me Mammy, right?"

Su Jian then nodded with tears in her eyes.

Afterwards, Su Jian pointed the way to Uncle Liang and led them to a low thatched house.

"Girl, it's not convenient to go any further inside. I'll go back by myself." Su Jian said a little embarrassedly.

Ah Ying took a look at the road and found it was indeed narrow, so he said to Uncle Liang, "Uncle Liang, just wait here."

After saying this, he got out of the car with Su Jian.

"Girl, you shouldn't go. The house is too simple. I'm afraid there's not even a place to sit." Su Jian couldn't hide her embarrassment when she said these words.

At this moment, Su Jian's self-esteem greatly touched Aying, and she was the same.

So, he smiled and said, "Okay, then Uncle Liang and I will wait for you here."

Su Jian said with gratitude in her eyes: "Thank you, young lady. I'll be right out."

Ah Ying quickly said, "Don't worry, you haven't been back for a long time, have a good talk with your mother."

Looking at Su Jian who kept looking back every few steps, A Ying had an inexplicable sense of accomplishment rising up. If the people who followed her could live a better life than before, that would probably be the happiest moment for her.

When Su Jian walked into the door with one foot deep and one foot shallow, she found that the door was not locked.

Suspicious, Su Jian pushed the door open with a creaky sound, stuck her head out, but didn't see her aunt and mother. When she was about to call her aunt, she seemed to hear a noise suddenly.

Just when I was wondering, I saw my mother collapsed in the corridor at the door, with gold and silver ingots paper scattered all around her.

Su Jian was so scared that she rushed forward and asked in a trembling voice: "Mom? What's wrong with you?"

Su Jian's mother looked at Su Jian in surprise and joy, and asked weakly, "Why are you back?"

Before he could finish his words, his brows furrowed and he tried to stand up by supporting his waist in pain.

Su Jian's tears fell for a moment, and she choked up and said, "Didn't I tell you to take a rest? Why are you still doing these chores?"

Su Jianniang smiled indifferently and said, "Well, am I just bored?"

But when Su Jian caught a glimpse of her mother's hand, her heart couldn't help but tremble, "This - your hand -"

Su Jian could see that the calluses and scratches on her mother's hands didn't look like they were caused by doing nothing. She immediately said angrily, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Before Su Jianniang could say anything, a woman came running in from outside. When she saw the Shengxiangzhai box in Su Jian's hand, she smiled and said, "Hey, Su Jian, why didn't you tell me you were back? You were so thoughtful to buy so many delicious foods?"

Having said that, he ran straight towards the pastry box.

He flipped through them, opened them and smelled them, and said with increasing satisfaction, "These are what your mother and I like to eat, dear child."

But when she saw Su Jian's face turn pale, her aunt's voice became weaker and weaker.

As if to cover up the truth, he laughed dryly and said, "Haha, your mother says she's uncomfortable whenever she has some free time. I told her not to do it, but she still insisted on doing it."

Su Jian's mother swallowed her bitterness, but couldn't bear to see Su Jian worry, so she comforted her: "It's okay, mother only does it occasionally."

"See, that's what I told you, just do it occasionally." Aunt echoed.

Su Jian's face turned pale, "Aunt, the money I give you every month is enough for you and my mother to live on. It's obvious that her hand didn't get this in just one or two days!"

After being scolded by Su Jian, the aunt's face turned grim and she said, "You know your mother's health condition. Can she be without someone to take care of her? Can she be without medicine? How much money did you send back? At best, you can buy a box of snacks from Shengxiangzhai! You still have the nerve to blame me? If it weren't for me, your mother would have starved to death long ago!"

Su Jian's face flushed with embarrassment, "You——"

"What do you mean by 'me'? If you have the ability, you can marry a rich young man! Your mother will certainly not live in such a poor place!" The more the aunt spoke, the more she looked at Su Jian with more contempt.

Su Jian glared at her aunt aggrievedly, "You are going too far!"

My aunt smiled arrogantly, "Too much? I'm already very kind-hearted by giving her food, okay? If you say that again, don't accuse me of being ruthless and unwilling to serve you, my noble lady!"

Just when Su Jian was getting anxious, she heard a voice from outside, "Then there's no need to bother you, Su Jian!"

Following the voice, I saw Ah Ying, dressed in a gorgeous brocade dress. Her beauty was so stunning that it was impossible to look at her directly. She walked in with a determined and arrogant look.

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