After her husband died, her parents came to force her to remarry

Chapter 283: Simple and Bland

Meng Hetang started talking about the story about the soldiers and prisoners that Jiang Xiaohe had told him earlier.

"After listening to the girl's story last time, I was deeply moved."

"Brother Meng didn't do anything?" Jiang Xiaohe asked cunningly.

Meng Hetang glanced at Jiang Xiaohe and said, "You know me best, my sister! I am now gathering shop owners to join the Chamber of Commerce. There is strength in numbers. When the time is right, I will wipe out all the people in the Chamber of Commerce in one fell swoop!"

Jiang Xiaohe gave him a thumbs up.

Back at the hot pot shop, it was noon and there were many customers in the shop. Shopkeeper Chen was busy greeting the customers. When he saw Jiang Xiaohe coming, he still took the time to come over and say hello, respectfully calling, "Madam."

Jiang Xiaohe smiled and said, "I don't have anything to do either. I'll just let Manager Chen take care of it."

Shopkeeper Chen nodded, turned around and went back to greeting the guests.

Meng Hetang pointed at Shopkeeper Chen with the folding fan in his hand: "Shopkeeper, you bought a good one!"

Jiang Xiaohe was a little surprised: "Anyone who can get the approval of Brother Meng must be good."

Meng Hetang smiled and shook his head: "You, you, you always speak so nicely, but I am telling the truth. You, the shopkeeper, are capable and have a good eye."

Jiang Xiaohe smiled.

Meng Hetang poured her a cup of tea at the counter: "It's rare for you to come to the county town this time, so you should come to my house for a meal. Your sister-in-law misses you so much."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded.

Thinking about Zhang Danniu's marriage, Jiang Xiaohe took Qin Mei to the jewelry shop in the afternoon.

Watching Jiang Xiaohe choosing jewelry, she asked Qin Mei, "Do you think this one is suitable for a big girl? Do you think that one is suitable for a big girl?"

Qin Mei frowned slightly: "I see that Madam doesn't have many good jewelry herself, but she wants to buy so many for Miss Tang?"

Jiang Xiaohe smiled and said, "I'm a widow. What's the point of wearing so much jewelry? Also, I like to be simple and plain. Wearing these things will be cumbersome no matter what I do."

“But jewelry and clothing are symbols of status.”

Jiang Xiaohe looked at Qin Mei in surprise. Actually, she also understood the saying of "show your clothes first and then enter". Just like the first time she came to the county town to do business, she also dressed up well. But now she didn't have to show up for anything, so she was naturally a little lazy when it came to dressing up.

Qin Mei educated her: "When you go out to work, meet other people, and talk business, you can dress plainly, but you can't be really 'plain'!" As she said that, she picked up a plain white hairpin and inserted it into Jiang Xiaohe's bun.

"This hairpin suits you very well."

"is it?"

Jiang Xiaohe looked at herself in the bronze mirror. Indeed! She was dressed simply. When she went out in the morning, she just casually wore a pink and white hairpin next to her bun. Now that the hairpin was hung there, her whole temperament looked a little different.

Jiang Xiaohe smiled, took off the hairpin, and looked at Qin Mei: "You are so talkative today, so I will keep this hairpin."

When checking out, Jiang Xiaohe discovered that all the headwear she bought for Zhang Danniu was not as expensive as this hairpin.

With a wry smile, Qin Mei actually knows how to connoisseurs of good things.

After returning to the inn, just as she entered the room and put down her things, someone knocked on the door again, so Qin Mei went to open it.

Seeing that it was Chang Wei, he said in a cold voice: "What are you doing here?"

"Is your wife here?" Chang Wei stretched his eyes and wanted to look inside, but was blocked by her.

"My wife doesn't want to see you."

Chang Wei: ...

"Don't forget who asked your wife to buy you."

"It's not your money."

Chang Wei: ...

Manager Chang was standing behind Chang Wei and was about to applaud her.

Qin Mei closed the door without giving any face.

Chang Wei's nose almost touched the door.

"Who?"

"No one, the waiter downstairs."

Jiang Xiaohe let out a sound and lay on the bed with her arms and legs spread out. She was really tired after walking all day.

She lay there, and Qin Mei stayed obediently by the bed.

"You should take a rest too. Aren't you tired after walking all day?"

Qin Mei shook her head: "Not tired."

Jiang Xiaohe: ...

She sat up and said, "Tell me, if I also knew martial arts, wouldn't I be less tired after walking all day?"

"Madam, do you want to learn martial arts?"

Jiang Xiaohe nodded with bright eyes.

Qin Mei looked her up and down and shook her head: "Madam, you are not suitable for martial arts training."

"Why? I have hands and feet."

"Your bones are not good!"

Jiang Xiaohe: ...

You are too direct. Okay, as a human being, you can't be good at everything. Then he lay back down.

"You should go and rest too."

"Yes!"

Qin Mei walked out of the house and prepared to return to her own room.

As soon as I went out, I ran into Manager Chang.

Manager Chang looked at her and immediately smiled: "Hey, is your master resting?"

"It's none of your business!" Qin Mei said coldly.

Manager Chang: .....What this person said was really rude.

"Hey, we are all slaves, we are the same kind!"

Qin Mei looked at him and said, "This is the first time I've seen someone say he is a slave so confidently."

Manager Chang patted his chest and said, "What's the big deal?"

After that, he walked over to Qin Mei and asked, "Would you like to have a drink together?"

"You won't serve your master?"

"Oh, he's angry. You just left him outside the door. He's angry."

Qin Mei snorted.

"Would you like to go for a drink?"

Qin Mei looked at him: "You give me money?"

Manager Chang patted his chest and said, "I'll give it to you!"

Qin Mei thought about it and decided, okay, since she hadn't drunk for a long time and was craving for some, she followed her.

Manager Chang turned his head slightly and said: Master, I have paid for this person for you. Whether you can see the young widow depends on you.

Jiang Xiaohe was awakened by a knock on the door. She felt very annoyed and kept muttering, "Qin Mei, go see who it is."

But then he remembered that he had just asked Qin Mei to go to rest.

There was no choice but to stand up and open the door. When he saw it was Chang Wei, he immediately closed the door.

Chang Wei stuck one foot on the door, preventing her from closing it.

"Jiang Xiaohe, why are you so disloyal? Have you forgotten the time we went through life and death together?"

Jiang Xiaohe rolled her eyes.

"What are you doing here?" she asked unhappily.

After saying that, she stepped aside and let him in.

Chang Wei pointed outside: "It's getting dark, do you want to go to the street to see the lanterns?"

Jiang Xiaohe was a little interested, but not very interested.

"I don't want to go."

Chang Wei pointed outside and said, "The Lantern Festival is coming soon. Once it's over, if you want to see lanterns later, you'll have to wait until next year."

She still didn't want to go, so she poured herself a cup of tea to moisten her throat.

"Don't go."

Chang Wei: ...

He sat down too, and seeing that Jiang Xiaohe didn't pour him tea, he poured himself a cup.

Jiang Xiaohe looked at him: "Go by yourself."

"If you don't go, I won't go either. I'm tired of seeing it either way."

"In that case, please go back to your room."

Chang Wei shook his head: "It's New Year's Day, it's quite lonely to stay in the house, I will stay here with you."

Who wants you to accompany me, really?

Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, Jiang Xiaohe stood up and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go with you!"

After saying that, he turned around and picked up the cloak in front of the bed.

"Let's go."