Chapter 98 Daily Life
In the government office's study room, Chu Wei put the interrogation confession in the file folder and said, "It's almost time for you, you can go home to the government office."

When he looked up, he realized that the girl who came back with him had already gone out with a bunch of things.

In fact, having her is not too much at all, but Chu Wei always felt like everything was bustling. He stood up and followed her all the way leisurely.

The girl was humming a song and even broke a flower on the way. She was in such a good mood that she didn't even notice him following him.

Just like this, I walked all the way to a pool on the east side of Qianya. The pool is one acre in size, full of pink lotus flowers, and there is a wooden pavilion on the bank.

Chu Wei had only been here in Jingzhao Mansion for a few days, but he knew very well that the water pavilion here looked different from what it looks like now.

At this time, there is already a shelf that is only one person high in the water pavilion, and a book is scattered on it.

The pavilion was originally in a good location. It was built against the big trees on the shore, and the entire pavilion was surrounded by the cool shade of the trees.Now that the girl has tidied it up, it feels even more comfortable.

She now placed a fleece blanket she brought near the water's edge, and took out a flowerpot from the basket she brought and placed it in a corner of the blanket.

Chu Wei asked: "What are you doing?"

The sudden voice startled Xinnuo, who was immersed in longing for the barbecue in the future. When she saw the person coming, she stood up and said, "Sir, why are you here?"

Chu Wei walked in and looked around, "Seeing that you are so busy, I came to take a look."

"Do you think I've organized this place well?"

The Su family of the former Fu Yin has been moved out, and the back office has been sorted out by two other women hired. Xinnuo has also been allocated a separate room.

According to what Zhang Ku said, if her family allows it, she can stay here in the future.

In summer, Xinnuo's favorite thing is barbecue. When I was a child, I had barbecue with my grandfather once, and I felt that I liked it very much, so it developed into the current summer evening barbecue.

That's why Xinnuo decided to organize the pavilion. She also planned to get some window gauze from home to cover the surrounding area of ​​the pavilion.

Otherwise, instead of having a barbecue, we would form a group to feed mosquitoes.

"Barbecue?" Chu Wei smiled, half-seriously said: "I think you are still too free on weekdays."

After getting along with each other for a few days, Xinnuo got to know his senior brother better, and he immediately realized that although he sounded serious, he actually meant he was doting.

So Xin Nuo was not afraid at all, and said with a smile, "I'll bring the stove tomorrow, and we'll try it in the evening."

Chu Wei didn't comment, looked at the sunset in the western sky, and said, "It's midnight, let's go home."

Why are you still being urged to get off work?

"I haven't brought the birdcage or mosquito-repellent incense stove over yet," Xin Nuo said, "and you have sent people to arrest Feng Da. There will definitely be a trial tonight. Am I not allowed to be there?"

Chu Wei said: "No, just ask the subordinates to take notes. If you work in the yamen, I think your family will not agree with it."

So I go back early every day.

He continued: "Here you are, I will ask Xiao Shan to bring over everything you mentioned later."

Xinnuo had no choice but to leave - now that she had learned to ride a horse, she didn't need anyone to send her away.

"Then you have to tell me the whole story of the Luohuaxiang case tomorrow."

Her words were too casual and willful. This was not the attitude towards adults at all. Chu Wei felt that he should scold her, but in the end he just shook his head.

Xinnuo took her little red horse and walked all the way back to Cheng's house. As soon as she entered the door, she noticed that the Cheng's house was a little different today. When she got to the backyard, it became even more obvious.

The servants came and went, with a lightness in their steps.

Thinking of the Lu family mother and son she saw when she went out in the morning, Xinnuo knew without asking that Cheng Xuelian's marriage was settled.

"Second miss."

"Second miss."

As she walked along, the servants stopped to say hello when they saw her, and when she left, they gathered together and murmured.

"The eldest lady is settled. She is not bad. I heard that the ancestors of the Lu family had prime ministers, but they have only declined in the past two years. But Mr. Lu is very knowledgeable. Our master chatted with him for a while and was very satisfied. Praise.”

"As for Miss Yao, if it weren't for other reasons, she is now determined to be a Yuan Juren. Although Yuan Juren can no longer take the imperial examination when doing business, everyone knows how profitable the shops under Yuan Juren's name are. But Miss Yao has to do it because of that little It’s a small matter, I don’t want to implicate Yuan Juren, it’s a pity.”

"Our family is really unlucky. The daughter-in-law who has been raised well is no longer her biological child. The biological child is a wild girl who grew up outside. She is good-looking, but who would be willing to marry such a person? Daughter-in-law? Don’t even look at it, she’s been back for so many days, and not a single person has come to propose marriage.”

"That's right, I heard from the sisters in the old lady's courtyard that at the beginning, the old lady had high expectations for her and urged her to learn etiquette every day, but she asked for something every time she learned it, as if the old lady bothered to teach her. But she still owes her. Now, she doesn't go all day, and the old lady doesn't ask anyone. I just want her to feel that it's better now than before."

"We were all watching, and she didn't notice it at all."

"Madam doesn't know what it's like to worry about. This direct relative is too disappointing. I look at it coldly. In the future, I still have to count on Miss Yao who has been raised by the family for more than ten years."

"Really?" A voice full of doubts sounded, "Or do I have to ask you first before making any decision?"

The few people gathered around and gossiping dispersed in an instant, and two mature women stepped forward with a smile and saluted: "Second Miss, you are back. There is a lot of excitement in the house today. The master is looking for you this morning."

This is to remind Xin Nuo not to find trouble with them, as she still has to explain to Master Cheng.

Obviously, these people are not afraid of Xin Nuo at all.

Xin Nuo smiled and said: "It's good, you wait."

People who start a family are really disgusting from top to bottom. Whenever they show a tendency to fail, they will suffer the pain of adding insult to injury.

Xin Nuo was not going to let these people go easily. He remembered their faces one by one and turned to talk to Mr. Cheng.

"Bah, if it weren't for that bit of blood, she would be just a farm girl now. How dare she show off her authority with us?" A fat woman was particularly dissatisfied.

Others pulled her: "Keep your voice down, we haven't gone far yet."

The fat woman got even more excited, raised her neck and said, "Why, why don't you let me tell you the truth? What can I do, let alone madam, now I don't like you either."

Listening to these words, Xin Nuo felt the familiar feeling come back to her heart, but now she doesn't feel that this kind of stuffy, panic, shame, and shameless feeling is so uncomfortable.

On the contrary, Xinnuo liked the feeling of déjà vu. She wanted to know what kind of entanglements she had with the Cheng family.

When the servants and maids saw that she was ignoring her, they thought she was afraid. They became even more proud. After talking for a while, they dispersed and went about their own business.

Half an hour later, several maids with serious faces broke into the kitchen, accurately identified the fat woman who was helping to carry water, and the other two people who had just participated in the gossip, and announced: "You all go and pack your things. Go to Guanshi Lu's place to pay this month's monthly payment, and then leave."

The fat woman and the other two people were in disbelief at first, but then they stepped forward and grabbed the woman who was delivering the message, "Auntie Liu, what's going on? We're all doing a good job."

"That kind of gossip, I think it would be more suitable to join the theater troupe." Auntie Liu sneered.

The fat woman immediately slapped her legs and shouted that she was wronged, and knelt down again to give gifts.

Aunt Liu was impatient and directly asked the people behind her to take the three of them away.

There was a commotion, but it quickly quieted down.

In the quiet mistress' courtyard, Cheng Xueyao was followed by two maids, who walked in hurriedly with their brows furrowed.

Mrs. Cheng rested in the afternoon and was having tea, and she was going to serve the old lady in a while, when she saw Cheng Xueyao coming over, she immediately showed a smile on her face, "Come and taste the scented tea that is very popular in the capital now. "

Cheng Xueyao saluted, "Thank you, mother."

Then he sat down on the chair next to him.

The maid went to make tea. Mrs. Cheng put the tea cup aside and held Cheng Xueyao's hand, "Where did you come from, with such an ugly face?"

Cheng Xueyao said: "My daughter woke up from her nap, read for a while, and then went to see her eldest sister. She has been playing with her until now. On the way back, she encountered something and she was worried."

When talking about something, she hesitated again.

Mrs. Cheng smiled and said, "Is it related to that debt collector?"

Cheng Xueyao said: "Mom, don't say that. My sister doesn't know how to feel sad after hearing this."

Mrs. Cheng sneered, it was strange that she would be sad, "That's just a bad temper. My son doesn't need to ask more about her."

On a day like today, she should be at home even if she wanted to save face. Fortunately for her, she was nowhere to be seen early in the morning.

"If it were my sister's matter alone, Yao'er would definitely not say much," Cheng Xueyao said hesitantly, "But it concerns the servants in the house."

Mrs. Cheng said: "I'm just driving a few servants out. Qiu Shui has already come to me to report."

"But they didn't do anything wrong," Cheng Xueyao said, "Just because they gossip about my sister, they will be kicked out, not to mention how it will be spread outside, even in our own mansion, the servants will be sent out." People are in danger.”

"You should be kicked out to talk about the master," Cheng Yu'an came in, and then greeted Mrs. Cheng, and said to Cheng Xueyao: "Yaoer, if someone in the house talks about you wantonly, how do you think it should be dealt with? Let it go lightly, or kill the chicken to make an example to the monkey?"

Cheng Yu'an had never felt anything wrong with Yao'er before. Even when he learned that her mother and aunt had deliberately changed her relationship with Nuo'er, he did not blame Yao'er.

However, when he just heard all of her pointed words outside, Cheng Yuan felt uncontrollable anger well up in his heart.

She clearly knew that she was able to live the life she had today thanks to the upbringing of the Cheng family, but she still had trouble with Nuo'er after the truth came out.

Is it really because the human heart is not enough and the snake swallows the elephant?

The disappointment in the eldest brother's eyes was so obvious that Cheng Xueyao couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to.She was speechless, looked at Mrs. Cheng with tears in her eyes, and said with a sob: "Mother, I don't mean to blame my sister. I just think that being so strict is not good for the family's reputation."

Cheng Yu'an turned around and said to Mrs. Cheng who was about to speak: "Mother, Nuo'er was also born in your ten-month pregnancy. My son does not ask you to be kind to her. I just hope that you will not be too obvious about favoring one over another."

Mrs. Cheng frowned, "Yu'er, do you make mother feel ashamed by saying that? Am I the one who doesn't know how to love my own daughter?"

"Mother naturally feels sorry for Nuo'er, but you are too harsh on her."

Cheng Yuan made it clear that Mrs. Cheng felt as if she had been stabbed and was speechless for a while.

Cheng Xueyao just sat there, and the voice that only she could hear reminded: "Speak to your mother quickly, she will value you more in the future."

To outsiders, Cheng Xueyao seemed to have suddenly woken up from a dream. She stood up and stood beside Mrs. Cheng and said, "Brother, you can't talk to your mother like this. It's not that my mother doesn't want to love her sister, but after her sister comes home, I have never come to my mother, how can I let my mother take the initiative to get close to her?"

Her husband blamed her, the old lady blamed her, and now even her son blamed her. Mrs. Cheng felt extremely wronged.

She is the mother, she gave the debt collector all his bones, why is everyone asking her to be nice to the debt collector now?
When Mrs. Cheng cried, Cheng Yuan couldn't speak any more and had to bow his head and apologize.

Cheng Xueyao burst into tears after helping her again, poured tea again, and Mrs. Cheng recovered.

Cheng Yuan stood aside dryly, even feeling that he was redundant. When his mother's mood calmed down, he was about to leave.

"How are you getting along with Miss Zhang?" Mrs. Cheng asked.

Cheng Yu'an frowned. His family wanted to get married to the Zhang family, and he didn't like anything, so he had nothing to do with it. But Miss Zhang didn't mean it.

"We didn't get along much. We only met once outside and had a cup of tea together."

Mrs. Cheng said: "Mrs. Zhang is so active. She must have obtained Miss Zhang's consent first. Otherwise, I will ask someone to check out the Zhang family. If possible, I will choose a good and auspicious day to propose marriage in the near future."

The marriage affairs of the concubine daughters in the family have been settled, and if the eldest son's preparations haven't started yet, it's not very decent.

Cheng Yu'an didn't care, because he didn't like Miss Zhang very much, but he didn't hate her either, so he said, "Everything is decided by mother."

Before Xinnuo went to bed tonight, he hoped to finish dreaming about all the things in his past life, but it turned out to be a good night's sleep. When he opened his eyes again, it was bright outside.

Not a single dream all night.

When I woke up, I smelled the aroma of breakfast coming in from outside. The aroma made my empty stomach rumble. Xin Nuo quickly got dressed and got up.

It was only when I came out that I heard Master's voice, and I opened the door, and sure enough, Master Yinfeiqiao was sitting outside under the pear tree.

"Why are you here so early in the morning?" Xin Nuo was curious.

(End of this chapter)

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