Cannon Fodder Strategy

The few purses and handkerchiefs she sold earned dozens of dollars. After hiring a doctor, there was a little left over. Baihe used the money to buy materials. Then while waiting for Mrs. Liu, she went back to buy a few more purses and handkerchiefs. The veil comes out. She has inherited the original owner's embroidery memories over the years since she became Duan Baihe. In addition, she is patient and has a wide range of knowledge, so she can draw many patterns. People are willing to pay more than others for the handkerchiefs and purses she embroiders. Sometimes the tricks would be bought, so Lily made hundreds of pennies in two days. In addition to the cost of Liu's medicine, she still had some money left over.

Mrs. Liu was already awake, but her hands and feet were still a little unwieldy, and it was very difficult to speak. When she opened her mouth, the saliva was dripping. In the morning, when Lily made porridge and brought it in, Mrs. Liu poked her head out and looked out. When she saw her eldest daughter coming in, she stretched out her hand towards the door, shouting "Ahhhh", her fingers were already curled up a bit. After only a few days, Ms. Liu, who originally seemed energetic, became like an old man. He was a lot older, and even his face looked sallow.

"Ah... Lan..." Mrs. Liu said, while the saliva dripped down the corner of her mouth. Lily took out her handkerchief to wipe it off for her, ignored her, and fed the food into her mouth. Some of the food couldn't be swallowed, so it dripped out again. Liu's eyes were a little cautious, and after a while, she said with difficulty: "You, sister, it's time to go back home."

She was so angry that she had a stroke at Shen's house that day. She was still thinking about Duan Guilan. Lily already knew Liu's character, so she wasn't upset when she heard this. She just laughed and said, "So what if I come back home? Could it be that Niang thought that Duan Guilan Will I come to serve you in the future and take care of you until the end of my life?"

Now Mr. Liu is paralyzed on the bed and unable to move. Everything needs someone to serve. When she could still serve Duan Guilan, she couldn't do it well. Now she is like this. Still thinking about Duan Guilan coming back. Lily was amused in her heart, but Mrs. Liu was stunned. The porridge in her mouth was not swallowed, and it dripped all over her body. She is still ill. At this moment, she heard her eldest daughter's words but was still losing her temper. Lily reached for a handkerchief and wiped away the porridge she had dropped, with a calm expression:

"I advise mother to eat more. I can serve you when I am at my mother's house. If I can't bear it and get married, mother may not be able to find anyone even if she wants to lose her temper." Her words shocked Mrs. Liu. The circles under his eyes suddenly turned red, and his hands were shaking. Lily cleaned up Liu's body. Then he fed her with a spoon: "Do you think Duan Guilan will come to serve you? My mother was scolded like that at the Shen family that day. Shen Tengwen's mother has said that if our Duan family wants to bring bad luck to the Shen family, she will kill Duan Guilan My daughter-in-law would not recognize her, but Duan Guilan immediately said that she would not cause trouble for the Shen family."

Ms. Liu was unconscious at that time and did not hear what happened when Duan Guilan said this. Now Lily said. Mrs. Liu's heart felt cold and her breathing became a little difficult. She couldn't believe that the daughter she had raised and held in her hands would say such words. However, she remembered that when Duan Guilan got married, she and Shen Shen had gone to the wedding for her. When her mother started fighting, but she helped Shen's mother, Ms. Liu was a little doubtful.

If the person who did this was Lily, Mrs. Liu would definitely think that she had lost a daughter, but when it was her beloved daughter's turn to treat her like this. But her tears were like broken beads. Keep dripping down:

"Did you, seriously?"

"Whether it is true or not, my mother knows in her heart. You yourself understand why you are like this now. You lost everything because of Duan Guilan. Now I, the daughter you have always looked down upon, am still waiting for you. "Liu's words made Ms. Liu's tears flow even more quickly. She was sad that her little daughter's life was always more important than hers, and she was also angry that Lily was speaking so rudely to her. When Lily finished speaking, , Mrs. Liu felt uncomfortable. When she handed over the rice with a spoon, she moved her body and lay back with difficulty, closing her eyes.

At this moment, Mrs. Liu has not yet understood the situation. She is not the real Duan Baihe. He will not be gentle to her just because she loses her temper when she is sick. He can earn money to see a doctor for her when she is sick. It is purely Just to fulfill her responsibility for the original owner, Lily didn't have much feelings for Ms. Liu. Seeing her losing her temper at this moment, Lily reached out without thinking and put Ms. Liu down on the bed to rest, who had not eaten two mouthfuls of rice. Bowl out.

Today was supposed to be the day Duan Guilan returned home, but for some reason, she didn't come back all day. Although Mrs. Liu was angry with Duan Guilan, she actually still missed her little daughter.

In fact, Liu still has some desires in her heart. She hopes that her youngest daughter is not who Lily said. She also hopes that Duan Guilan will marry Shen Tengwen. If Shen Tengwen really likes her, he will definitely treat her well in the future. Shen Tengwen is a promising scholar. If he becomes prosperous one day, Duan Guilan will always know how much he doted on her at the beginning, and he has become what she is now because of her. Although his little daughter has a willful personality, her nature is still kind. One day He will take him and take good care of him.

At noon, when Lily brought the food in to feed her, Mrs. Liu remembered the tone in which she talked to him in the morning, and felt a little resentful in her heart, so she did not eat. She originally thought Lily would coax her a little bit when she looked like this, but she didn't expect Lily to go out with the bowl as soon as she said she didn't want to eat. Mrs. Liu also thought that if Duan Guilan and his wife came back in the afternoon and saw her current situation, they would definitely stand up for her. Unfortunately, she had been hungry for most of the day, but Duan Guilan did not come back, and Lily did not serve her another meal in the evening. Come, Mrs. Liu didn't eat a few grains of rice all day long, her stomach growled with hunger, but her body refused to obey her orders, so she could only lie helplessly on the bed.

In the middle of the night, she was so hungry that she slapped the bed board. But when she rented this small courtyard, Ms. Liu remembered that Lily asked her to sign a promise not to buy or sell her daughter by force in the future, so she felt bad for her. Dissatisfied, when allocating rooms, Lily's room was arranged in the wing room at the back. This courtyard is a three-room partition. Except for the hall and kitchen in the middle, the two serious houses are in the hall. On both sides, Duan Guilan lived in the same house as Mrs. Liu before she got married. At this time, Mrs. Liu started slapping her, but the force could not be transmitted to the next room at all.

It wasn't until this moment that Ms. Liu felt a little regretful. She was lying alone in the room. She was so hungry that she couldn't sleep at all. The surroundings were very quiet. She could only hear her own breathing and the rumble from her stomach. It was as if she was the only one left in the whole world. She felt regret and hatred in her heart. I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it anymore, so I struggled to get up, but because my body had not fully recovered, I rolled down the bed with a 'pop'. Painful words came out of her mouth.

Lily next door had actually heard what Liu was doing. She was a martial arts practitioner, and her five senses were far more sensitive than ordinary people. She also knew that Liu would be hungry if she didn't eat for a day, but at this point, she had to earn money to support Liu. , paid for her to get medicine and see a doctor. At this moment, Ms. Liu was still thinking about Duan Guilan. He also lost his temper with her. She didn't want to tolerate him any longer, so she wanted to make Mrs. Liu see the current situation clearly.

She doesn't mind taking care of her mother for the original owner, but she can never manipulate Mrs. Liu without a bottom line. If she doesn't suffer a loss once, Mrs. Liu will never be able to see clearly. Lily listened to Mrs. Liu's voice getting hoarse, and then she went to Mrs. Liu's room. Picked her up. Ms. Liu froze for a while, her whole body was cold, she couldn't even speak clearly, her face turned pale, she hid under the quilt shivering, her teeth were shaking up and down.

When Lily brought her food again, she stopped losing her temper and fed her one bite at a time. This time, she had seen her eldest daughter's temper, and Mrs. Liu knew in her heart that if she really pushed Lily into a hurry. It's possible that she doesn't care about herself.

Duan Guilan was married. He didn't come back until the seventh day. She combed her hair in a woman's style and came back holding Shen Tengwen's hand. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Lily, and she hugged Shen Tengwen tighter. She asked: "Is the meal ready?" When Shen Tengwen saw each other this time, it was not like the last time he came back to Duan's Buzhuang. He had a cold face, as if someone owed him a lot of money.

Although they were still newlyweds, neither of them had much smiles on their faces. Even though Duan Guilan had powder on her face, she could still see the green shadows under her eyes, but she seemed to be deeply afraid that Lily wouldn't be able to tell that she was living a happy life. He seemed to be leaning next to Shen Tengwen, staring at Lily with some vigilance and some pride.

"Who are you? It's such a great honor to come back and I'll cook for you." Lily did cook, but she didn't prepare a meal for Shen Tengwen and his wife. As soon as Duan Guilan saw that he was back, he was confused by Lily, and his face was a little confused: "When I come back, there is no one at home. Shouldn't you have cooked the meal?"

After hearing what she said, Lily couldn't help but laugh: "You also know that you are returning home, and I still treat you as your first seven returning soul. Whose girl comes back after seven days? Her hands are empty, not even a thing No, you really treat you as one of their own, and the Shen family looks down on you so much that they didn’t even prepare a few eggs for you?"

"Hmph, I'm going to find mother! Mother!" When Duan Guilan heard what Lily said, her expression became very ugly, and she dragged Shen Tengwen into the house to look for her mother. Lily looked at her embarrassed back and sneered twice. The girl had to bring some gifts when she came home to show her husband's recognition of her. Duan Guilan came back with empty hands, wondering what kind of life it was like in the Shen family, and Mrs. Liu would die now, otherwise if I know, I got angry again.

But this time Lily guessed wrong. She was boiling the soup for Mrs. Liu outside. When the concoction was cooked in the pot, she poured it out and let it cool down a little before she was ready to take it in for Mr. Liu. When he entered the room, he heard Duan Guilan whispering to Mr. Liu:

"Mom, you have to take good care of yourself. Tengwen is reading now and is preparing to take the imperial examination in two years. Life in the Shen family is not easy now, so I want to ask my mother to help me. Don't worry, mother, I will wait for Tengwen to come." If you have a future, we will definitely repay you a thousand times." Next, Lily only heard the sound of the collision of copper coins. Not long after, Duan Guilan's voice rang again: "All we have is this money? Our family has been running a cloth business for so many years. Zhuang, there should be some left, right? Is your mother partial to you and wants to save it for your sister? Now that you are saying that she is hungry for you, what’s the use of caring about her anymore? What’s the use of her treating you like this now? It’s just for your money, don’t be cheated.”

After she finished speaking, she paused: "Mom, if you are rich, you have to keep a tight lid on yourself. Now if my sister can deny you food, she will not care about you in the future. If you are rich, you have to keep a tight lid on yourself." Well, if Tengwen has a future, I won’t leave you alone.”

Mrs. Liu responded with "Ahhh" twice, and Duan Guilan hurriedly urged Shen Tengwen to swear. Lily stood outside the door, listening to the movements in the house, and sighed.

Duan Guilan and his wife came back today. Although Baihe didn't prepare any food, it was obviously because he had taken money from Mrs. Liu. There were still smiles on their faces when they left. Before leaving, Duan Guilan didn't speak to Lily. She only told Mrs. Liu to come see her next time. Mrs. Liu held her hand reluctantly. Duan Guilan reluctantly told her to look after her more, and Duan Guilan answered impatiently. Until the two of them disappeared, Mrs. Liu still turned her head to look. The smile on his face was not clean.

This time after Duan Guilan came back, Mrs. Liu's treatment of Lily was different from before. She seemed to have found a backbone, and she had to eat more every day. I was so angry that I had signs of a stroke, but due to timely treatment, I was much better within a month. I can walk on the ground again. Although I am no longer as agile as before, I don't always collapse on the bed.

She worked hard to exercise all day long, and also dreamed of relying on her daughter and son-in-law in the future. After no longer having to serve Liu, Lily spent part of her time embroidering purses and some handkerchiefs, and saved a lot of copper coins. . She bought some silk and came back to tie flowers.

Lily has good color matching and good taste. Even because she has martial arts, she can buy back some embroidery needles, bend them and make silk flowers to sell. In this way, she has another way to make money, half a year In a short time, she had saved nearly ten taels of silver. However, Ms. Liu had no money in her hands. All the coffins she had saved that day were given to Huachunfang, leaving behind some private property. And when Duan Guilan returned home after her marriage, she was deceived by Duan Guilan's sweet words. Since then, Duan Guilan has never stepped through the Duan family's door again.

Time passed day by day, and Mrs. Liu was still thinking about her little daughter coming to visit her, but every day seemed to be disappointing. She now had no money in her hands. All food and drink depended on the eldest daughter. She knew that Lily was making purse sewing and selling it. He also knew that Lily had saved some money, but he didn't dare to ask Lily for it and keep it for himself. Because the money was not the money Lily earned from Liu's own shop, even if she wanted to open her mouth again, she was sure that under such circumstances, Lily would not agree to her at all. It was really sad to have no money in hand. Mrs. Liu couldn't buy what she wanted to eat, and it was inconvenient to use whatever she wanted. Ever since that day when Angel Lily really didn't care about her, Mrs. Liu also saw clearly that she didn't dare to complain to Lily anymore. Temper, she is still waiting for Shen Tengwen to win the election. Every time, she always thinks that once Shen Tengwen wins the election, she will be rewarded after all her hardships. She spends every day like a year, and more than a year has passed, but there is still no news from Duan Guilan, and she has not even returned to her parents' home once.

During this period of time, Lily's silk flowers had good colors and beautiful styles, and her sales were very good. Many people in Huai City had begun to imitate her silk flowers. However, Lily had many styles in mind, so every time she , is still the best seller. She has saved nearly fifty taels of silver in more than a year. After she has money, she will also add some pearls and jade to the silk flowers, making the style more unique and the price higher.

Now that Lily had money, she also fell in love with a shop that was going to sell some small items such as purses, silk flowers, etc. She spent forty taels of silver to buy a shop with a small courtyard behind it, although it was not as good as the Duan family's house. It's so big, but it finally has its own place to stay.

When talking about moving, Mrs. Liu was still a little reluctant: "If you move away, if your sister comes back, where will she find us?"

"If mother doesn't want to leave, just stay." Duan Guilan has not been back for more than a year. After coaxing Mrs. Liu's private house away that day, she never appeared again. She was married in Huaicheng, not in another place. She was so close and never came back. Ms. Liu still thought that she would come back to see her. If she had the intention, she would have come here long ago, why would she wait until now?

When Mrs. Liu heard Lily tell her not to leave, she was a little worried. She didn't have any money in her hands now. She had been focusing on taking care of her health for more than a year. She was deeply worried that Shen Tengwen would be elected and she would not be able to enjoy the blessing for a few years. She went there, so she wasn’t too tired, and she didn’t earn money by embroidering handkerchiefs, tying silk flowers, etc. like Lily. Although she rented this house originally, the person who paid the rent more than a year ago became Lily. , she was afraid that if she didn't move out with Lily, Lily would stop paying rent for her.

"You are young and ignorant. You have some money that you can't save, so you have to mess around with it." Mrs. Liu still doesn't know that Baihe has bought the shop. She only thinks that she rents it and wants to do some business. The two of you are in this situation now. If you don't have any money in your hands, how will you live if something happens in the future? Mrs. Liu complained repeatedly: "If you are worried, you should keep it for me. You are so old. I don't know how much to plan for the future."

"Give the money to Mom, and Mom will give it to Duan Guilan? I suffered this kind of loss once, and Mom thinks I'm a fool, will I suffer a second time?" Lily couldn't help but laugh. One sentence made Mrs. Liu's face turn green and red: "Don't think about my money, mother. I won't give you a penny except food and drink. That's what I earned hard. I have nothing to do with mother." relationship, if mother feels unhappy, you can always go to Duan Guilan. After all, when mother said that a bowl of water would be equal, she divided the Duan family's property in two and gave it to me and Duan Guilan. In the end, I didn't have a penny. You can see it." Mrs. Liu was a bit flustered and surprised as she might as well say such words: "When did I ever give Guilan money?"

"I saw it when Duan Guilan came back. Mother, don't think that everyone in the world is a fool. That's all I'm talking about today. You also know the extent of our relationship. I see For the sake of giving birth to me, I still call you mother. If you still think about other things, you can't blame me." After hearing this, Mrs. Liu remained silent for a long time.

At this point, she couldn't move even if she didn't want to. She didn't have a penny of her own, so renting this courtyard alone would definitely be impossible. She thought about going to Shen Tengwen's home to talk to Duan Guilan, but when Duan Guilan got married, she After having a big quarrel with Mr. Shen, Mrs. Liu really didn't have the face to go through with it when it got like that.

The imperial court's scientific examination was held every three years, and Liu looked forward to it every day. I always hope that Shen Tengwen will be successful. She estimated that Shen Tengwen would go to the provincial capital to take the exam. If she goes back to Huaicheng later, Ms. Liu thinks that she and the Shen family are relatives after all, and there is no need to be angry with Shen's mother like this all the time. One day, she will rely on Shen Tengwen. Use this step to go to Shen's house and apologize for your mistake before the results are released. This matter is finally over.

Lily's business has been very good recently. When she found out that she had opened a shop, many girls who wanted to order silk flowers had to wait until more than a month later. In addition to selling silk flowers, she also started to try to embroider beauty fans. After two months of opening the shop, she earned more than 20 taels of silver. She hired several embroiderers. In addition to making silk flowers, she only painted patterns and left embroidery of purses and handkerchiefs to them.

Mrs. Liu came to the shop to ask for money from Lily and wanted to buy some things as gifts. When she went to visit the Shen family, Lily was still talking to the two women about the style of headdress they wanted.

Hearing Mrs. Liu talk about the Shen family, one of the women in an emerald green dress, with a silver waistcoat on her upper body, and a bun with her hair in a bun, held the handkerchief, covered her mouth and laughed:

"The Shen family? Speaking of this, I remembered an interesting incident yesterday. It happened to be that the gentleman was also named Shen."

At this moment, Mrs. Liu was anxious to ask Lily for money, and she didn't have the patience to listen to these so-called interesting things. She pursed her lips and said, "You also have some handkerchiefs, purses and other items in your shop. I'll pack a few for the Shen family." We should treat it as our intention to send it, so that others won’t say that we don’t understand etiquette and come to the door like this.”

Duan Guilan came back empty-handed that day, and took Mrs. Liu's money before leaving. At that time, the Shen family didn't even think about etiquette, but Mrs. Liu used this to deceive herself. What's more, even if there is no etiquette, so what if Lily is not going to deal with the Shen family in the future. Whether she has a good relationship with the Shen family or not, what does it have to do with her? Lily doesn't care at all whether Duan Guilan behaves well in the Shen family from now on.

Even though there were still guests in front of her, Lily still had no intention of giving Liu a face, and her face darkened: "Don't worry about my things, I won't give them money. If the Shen family thinks I don't know etiquette, follow me." It doesn't matter, if it's nothing, don't come to my shop." Ms. Liu's eyes were red, and the woman who had just spoken saw that the atmosphere was not right, so she quickly smoothed things over and told the interesting story she wanted to say before.

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Today, the two updates are combined into one. Everyone updated in the afternoon. (To be continued ~^~)

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