boudoir

Chapter 29 Talking about a deal
When she turned around and was about to pour water, Liuli suddenly remembered: "The old master said that he would send me a nanny to guide me. I guess it was not a joke. If you come, you will act more cautiously. Don't let her grab the braid."

Unexpectedly, Rui'er became happy: "Really? Every young man in every family is born to be able to teach and guide the nanny, and now there are girls too, so it seems that the master still loves you very much!"

The corners of Liuli's mouth twitched: "Madam proposed to match, do you still think it's a good thing?"

Ruier's smile immediately froze on her face.

It was cloudy again the next day.

In the afternoon, Liuli stood on the porch watching Ju Guoer roast sweet potatoes with a charcoal stove, Ruier walked over and said softly, "Lai Wu was beaten." Liuli turned her head, Ruier pointed to the empty place next door.Liuli walked over, and Rui'er said: "The one who was beaten last night, I don't know who it is, so I left a message and told him to leave Feng Chun'er. This fool is also stubborn, he just refused, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen."

Liuli hissed, thinking to herself what the hell is going on with Hu Jin? It's not that he can't get a wife, but because of Feng Chun'er, he actually plots a murderous hand to force his husband to divorce.Then he asked, "Then can he still come?"

"Yes!" Rui'er nodded heavily, "It's fine to talk about other things, once he heard that there was a way to keep his wife for him, his whole body followed like a demon, and he agreed without the need for a servant to finish. "

"That's good!" Liuli said with great satisfaction, "Go get ready."

After finishing speaking, he went back to the corridor.

The sweet potatoes are almost roasted, and the warm aroma is very attractive.Ju Guoer took a pair of copper chopsticks and poked a small purple hole in Shu's body.Liuli asked: "Okay?" He hummed, picked it up with copper chopsticks, rolled it on the ground a few times.Then wrap it in a rag, wipe off the dust, and break it in half.

He took a piece to Liuli, who couldn't peel the skin, and one fell to the ground accidentally.He picked it up and said, "Why can't you do this?" He peeled off his skin and handed it to her, then took the dirty piece to the well, washed it, and started to eat it.

During dinner, Liuli asked Cuiying, "Where is Wang Mama's son and daughter-in-law working?"

Cuiying said: "The eldest son died of illness the year before last, the second son followed the third master, the younger son didn't learn well, was lazy, and now he has nothing serious to do." She looked at Liuli again and said, "Young lady, why do you ask this?"

Liuli groaned, and wrote lightly: "I heard from Ju Guoer today that he and his mother went back to the countryside a few days ago, so I asked."

"That silly boy?" Cuiying snorted, "His father is the boss of the Wang family, and his mother is a sullen and soft-hearted son of a bitch. After the boss died, Mrs. Wang forced her daughter-in-law to dance a few times. Well. I reckon if it wasn't for this silly boy, I would have died a long time ago!"

Liuli didn't know that there was such a layer, but forcing his daughter-in-law to jump into a well is really something Wang Momo could do.Few of the wives who have been struggling in this kind of big mansion all year round are fuel-efficient lamps.

After taking two sips of soup, Rui'er came in. "Girl, the Buddhist hall has been cleaned, you can go there now."

Cuiying asked suspiciously, "What are you doing in the Buddhist hall now?"

Liuli stood up and put on her cloak, Rui'er replied: "Young lady hasn't slept soundly these days and nights, so she went to the Buddhist hall to chant sutras to rectify her heart."

Cuiying said, "Why don't you go during the day?"

Rui'er said: "I only went to ask the steward for the lock key during the day, but it was almost dark when I got it."

Cuiying kept looking at Liuli.Liuli turned around and looked at her with a smile: "Why don't you go with me and let Rui'er stay."

Cuiying hurriedly laughed: "There are still many things in the house, it's good for Rui'er to go."

Rui'er packed up the hand stove warmer, and accompanied Liuli out of the courtyard, she said in a low voice, "Cuiying is arrogant in front of the servants, but she has to be honest in front of the girl."

Liuli snorted, "How is she honest? The arrogance is also intentional."

Ruier was taken aback: "On purpose?"

Liuli said: "You will know in the future."

Rui'er sees her playing tricks, so she knows how to keep silent.

Not long after arriving at the Buddhist hall, the one-eyed woman who was guarding the door opened the door, served a cup of tea and went out.

Liuli put a stick of incense on it, knelt on the futon under the Buddha table, and carefully opened the scriptures.Rui'er also very cooperatively lit the stove, and stood at the gate with her hands down.The woman on duty in the Buddhist hall usually rolled out of the bed at this time, but today the nine girls came to chant scriptures on a whim, so they had to keep up their spirits and wait, one by one looked at this side with their sleeves folded, their faces full of resentment.

There was a loud yawn outside the door, where did Liuli not know?At the end of the Xu Dynasty, I stopped to drink tea and said to Rui'er: "It's cold in the sky and the night is cold. Let them rest and don't need to wait." It has gone clean in a hurry.

Liuli said: "Go and have a look." Rui'er walked around the corridor, and when she came back, she said, "They're all gone, only the one-eyed woman dozed off in the locker room."

The dressing room is next to the west side hall, and Lai Wu will not disturb it when he comes in, so Liuli nodded and continued to chant scriptures, while Rui'er also stood back under the door.

I don't know how long it took, Rui'er's face became serious, and she listened carefully to the movement outside the door with her ears open. After listening for a while, her expression brightened, and she said to Liuli with her lips, "Here we are."

Liuli also heard the slight sound of footsteps—the ground was covered with frost, even cats and dogs would make noise when they stepped on it, let alone people?But the footsteps were soft and delicate, how could it be a man?
She shook her head at Rui'er, still bowed her head to read the scriptures, very earnestly and piously.

The sound of footsteps stopped when they reached the door. Covered by Liuli's voice, if you don't listen carefully, you won't be able to hear it clearly.Ruier looked out from the crack of the door out of the corner of her eye, and caught a glimpse of an emerald green silk skirt.Quite listened outside the door for a while, then leaned in through the crack of the door and looked in, seeing Liuli kneeling in front of the Buddha's table with all her attention, she thought she was relieved, turned around and retreated back the same way.

For the next half hour, everything was quieter than before, and even the blind-eyed woman who was dozing off in the side hall snored unscrupulously.

Rui'er walked up to Liuli, helped her pick out charcoal from the furnace, and said, "Miss, do you know who that person is?"

Liu Li glanced at Leu Ke, calmly said, "Who else could it be except Cui Ying?"

Rui'er pursed her lips and smiled, shook her head for a long time, "You can't even think of a girl this time!" She leaned into her ear and whispered her name softly.Liuli couldn't help being startled, "Her?"

Rui'er was about to elaborate, when there was another sound outside the door, compared to before, this series of footsteps seemed much calmer.When he reached the door, the man stammered, "Yes, is there anyone?"

Rui'er glanced out from the crack of the door, then turned her head and nodded to Liuli, then opened the door, "Come in."

Liuli raised her eyes, and saw a hunchbacked man coming in from the door, with a short stature, a shaggy beard, two hands in his sleeves, and a pair of short eyebrows.There are still many swollen places on the face, and the signs of being beaten are very obvious.Entering the door and seeing Rui'er, the hunchback became more and more bent down, trying to force a smile, but it was uglier than crying.

Rui'er closed the door, took him to the Buddhist table, pointed to Liuli and said, "This is a girl."

Just when Liuli turned his head, Lai Wu took a look, his eyes widened suddenly, he became more and more at a loss, and hurriedly turned to Rui'er: "Didn't you say that you can help me keep my wife, why did you bring me here again?" Seeing a pretty girl? No, no, the manager will beat me to death if he finds out, I have to leave!"

Rui'er hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "What a pretty girl! This is the one who can help you, where are you going?"

Lai Wu stopped, looked at her suspiciously, and then at Liuli even more suspiciously.

Liuli only knew that Feng Chun'er disliked her husband because of her disobedience to women, but she didn't know that Lai Wu had developed such a virtue. She immediately put down the scriptures, sighed at the table, and turned to look at him half a day later: "You are very afraid of being caught by the manager. you?"

Lai Wu looked at her, but didn't dare to look at her, he opened his sleeves a little, and said in a low voice, "If the manager catches me secretly coming to see the girl, then I will lose my salary for this month, yes, can you not be afraid? "

Liuli thought for a while and said, "Do you want to be with Feng Chun'er all the time?"

"I want to! Of course I want to!" As soon as he mentioned his wife, Lai Wu immediately cheered up, and even straightened his hunched back a lot: "She is my wife, of course I want to be with her forever!"

Liu Li rested her cheeks on one hand, and looked at the fool in front of her. Although Feng Chun'er was not beautiful, she was still a decent person. I don't know why she followed this Lai Wu?So he asked, "How did you marry her?"

Lai Wu frowned, seeming displeased, but he didn't dare not answer: "Her mother brought her to our village to escape famine, and my parents took them in. Later, her mother fell ill and had no money to buy medicine. Chun'er begged me to lend her money and said she was willing to marry me... After her mother recovered from her illness, she let us get married."

Liuli said: "It turns out that you are taking advantage of others' danger. If she didn't say she will marry you, you definitely wouldn't have lent money to her mother to treat her illness."

"Nonsense!" Lai Wu's eyes widened: "Chun'er liked me before! We liked each other! She sang songs for me and sewed clothes for me. She said she liked me for being an honest person! Besides , even if she doesn't say marry me, I will treat her mother's illness!"

Liuli said: "You said she liked you before, so why doesn't she like you now?"

He choked and was speechless again.Liuli sighed, picked her fingernails and said to herself, "I don't think she likes you at all, no wonder she wants to break up with you."

"Who said she doesn't like me! She, she didn't want to be with me because she bumped into my mother and I hit her!" He stared at Liuli up and down, and snorted, "I don't think you have any love at all!" Find a way to help me, I don't know where I heard that Chun'er quarreled with me and teased me in the middle of the night! I won't mess around with you anymore, I'm going back to watch the door!"

Rui'er hurriedly grabbed him, Liuli said: "How about I make a deal with you?"

(End of this chapter)