Zhe Jinchun

Chapter 472

Dong Liang bowed slightly, and replied respectfully: "If you go back to Mrs. Tai, there is a time for the distribution of pens and inks in the mansion. Every late month, that is, within a few days from the 25th to the [-]th, each house will be notified Go get the pen and ink."

"Well, I remember that too." Mrs. Tai said, her tone was still very leisurely: "Since there is a fixed number, why did it delay for a few days this month until today? What happened? ?”

"Back to Mrs. Tai, something really happened." Dong Liang said unhurriedly: "Master Tao made the decision to accept a dozen or so children from poor families to study, and Mrs. Tai must also know about it. For this reason, The pens and inks in the school were used up faster than usual, so the manager of the ethnology school took some out of the library for emergency. He didn't report this matter to me until the pens and inks were going to be distributed this month. I called someone After counting the number, I found that there is not enough in the library to distribute to each house at one time, so in order not to favor one another, I decided to postpone the day and only distributed it together today.”

Mrs. Tai frowned, but she didn't make a sound. Mrs. Zhong at the side glanced at her and asked, "Since there is a reason for the incident, why didn't you remind us earlier?"

Dong Liang bowed his head and said: "If you go back to Madam in the West Courtyard, this kind of thing has happened in the past, especially in winter, pens and inks are easy to freeze, or sometimes the purchase is not complete, and it will take a few days. At that time, the East Courtyard Madame said that there is no need to report such trivial matters, as long as we make our own decisions."

What he said made Zhong's complexion slightly dark.

She frowned and looked Dong Liang up and down, and after a while, she changed the question again: "Forget it, since this matter has already been preceded, then let me ask you again, who decided to renovate the shed today?" ?”

Although he didn't understand why the two ladies were so concerned about these trivial matters today, Dong Liang still looked peaceful and said respectfully: "As far as Madam Xiyuan is concerned, the matter of renovating the shed was decided last month. "

"Last month?" A suspicious look flashed in Zhong's eyes, he looked Dong Liang up and down again, and asked, "Who made the decision? Who is the manager who reported it?"

Dong An replied: "The date was set by the lady of the East Courtyard, and no one reported it. It was directly arranged by the lady of the East Courtyard."

Zhong pressed her eyebrows, and turned to look at Mrs. Tai beside her.

Mrs. Tai nodded slightly, and Mrs. Zhong asked again: "Since that's the case, then, who reported to you about getting the curtain today?"

Her manner of speaking was not gentle, and even a little condescending, which was quite different from usual.

However, Dong Liang still kept a calm face, and said slowly: "If you go back to Madam in the West Courtyard, the matter of getting the curtain is the same as the matter of renovating the shed. It was also decided a month ago. Here is a good way to teach Madam I know that Xiaoxiang in the mansion has passed away, and all the sheds, curtains, utensils, clothes, shoes and socks, etc. have to be changed again. However, it is the end of the year after Xiaoxiang passes, and there are many things going on everywhere, and then they have to be busy with water transportation Regarding matters such as the school attached to the Xiao family, the wife of the East Courtyard did not get along for a while, so she postponed the handling of these two matters."

Xiaoxiang is an important memorial day in the mourning period. After Xiaoxiang, the linen, white flags, etc. must be removed, and all the utensils in the mansion must be replaced with new ones. This is an ancestral system.But some time ago, there were indeed too many things in the Qin family, so it was delayed, and the other wives also knew about it.

Hearing Dong Liang mention the previous matter, Mrs. Tai nodded slightly, and said: "It is true that there is such a thing. I heard a word from the woman before, and now I remember it when you say it."

Zhong lowered her head, the eagerness in her eyes had dissipated, but her complexion became more gloomy and cold.

This afternoon, Qin Yanzhi came to visit suddenly, and immediately told Zhong what happened in Xixueting and other things that others didn't know.

After hearing his words, Zhong's hands and feet were cold and he almost passed out.

She really didn't expect that such a thing would happen right under her nose, and the second son of her direct relative almost got caught.

Apart from collusion with the inside and outside, Zhong couldn't think of a second way to do this.

She slowly took out the cloth towel from her sleeve, and wiped the corners of her lips lightly, Qin Yanzhi's words seemed to resound in her mind:

...Mother, I remember very clearly that after lunch, I read a book in the second room, and I felt very sleepy for some reason. When I was falling asleep, a strange girl suddenly came and said vaguely Someone came to talk to me, but I didn't say who it was.I was so tired at the time, I wanted to talk, but who would have thought I couldn't.But that little servant girl was also surprised, regardless of whether I wanted to or not, she forced Azhi and me out of the house, and arrived at Qiunuanzhai somehow...

...During Qiunuanzhai, my sleepiness gradually subsided, and then I felt that this matter was strange, so I was anxious to go out. Who would have thought that it would be such a coincidence that I would run into my sixth sister and walk in... …

... The sixth sister said that she was called by the fifth sister's maid, and that the second sister had asked her to speak here. She didn't want to miss the second sister, but met me.The sixth sister asked me if I was joking with her, and asked her to come over under the name of the second sister. At that time, I just wanted to go back quickly, so I agreed perfunctorily. Can't go back...

...Now that I think about it, I am really scared.If it wasn't for that strange little servant girl who forcibly dragged Azhi and me to Qiunuanzhai, and I was lucky enough to meet my sixth sister to testify for me, the one who slept with the maid in the Xishao room, It can't be said that it is me.Or maybe the sixth sister didn't talk to me for a long time, and I went back to Xixueting one step earlier, then I would share the same room with those two little servant girls, and be seen by all the sisters on the spot...

... I remember that when I was reading a book in the study at first, the people in my yard were almost gone.Except for Azhi who accompanied me, Ruo and Caifan went to the warehouse to get curtains and other things, and two other servants went to get pens and inks, and the rest were called to help renovate the shed.In other words, before I fell asleep, Xixue Pavilion was already equivalent to an empty city, anyone can enter...

...I have never had any contact with the third brother, why the third brother's maid appeared in my residence, I can't understand it.Also, from where did the little servant girl from the main courtyard sneak into my room, and she is still wearing a man's hair style...

...Mother, if this matter is not found out, my son will have trouble sleeping and eating.Mother, don't forget that the second brother was tricked in the same way back then...

These words echoed in Zhong's ears repeatedly, and her complexion became more and more gloomy.

Today's matter is not so much a conspiracy as it is full of conspiracy everywhere. On the contrary, it is impossible to start, because everything is only based on a "smart" word.

Coincidentally, the day when pens and inks are distributed is today;
It so happens that the day of the drawing of the veil is also today;

Coincidentally, the days of renovating the huts and borrowing hands from everywhere are still today;
It also happened that the old woman guarding the corner gate of the west courtyard today was the most tired one, so the time that the corner gate was left unattended was extraordinarily long;
The most coincidental thing is that today the girls from the Qin family gathered in Xixue Pavilion to enjoy the flowers, and they spread this matter before everyone's eyes.

(End of this chapter)