boudoir

Chapter 37 Two Tigers Fight
Because Cuiying won a big battle with Nanny Li, her head has risen again in the past two days. In addition, although the contradictions in the yard were digested in the end, "asking for money" was finally determined as "borrowing money", but Liuli definitely She refused to "borrow" because of the rules, which naturally made her even more inflated, and she could scold Tian'er Rui'er in front of Nanny Li, not to mention how majestic she is.

And Li Mama watched her scolding the little maid like this, thinking of what Tian'er said in private that day, no one knew how to judge her in her heart.

It was the [-]nd day of the winter moon, and Cuiying came over early in the morning: "Today is the fourth girl's birthday, and as a rule, girls should come with each other."

Liuli recalled Shuhua, as if she had never met her seriously since the dispute with Yanhua at the banquet in the Buddhist hall.Naturally, I have seen her at the old lady's place these two times, but there are so many people and the distance is far away that there is really no intersection.Of course, the gift still has to be followed, but until now Liuli is still not sure what the attitude of the fourth girl is towards her. For a while, she can't think of what kind of gift to give and how much it is more appropriate. ——Shuhua is not Yanhua. More assertive.

So she asked: "What did the girls give in the past?"

Cuiying said: "Sisters at home are no different than outsiders. They are nothing more than needlework, snacks, paper pens, rouge and pollen. Yueyin, if you are a particularly good sister, naturally you have to add a little more to this."

Speaking of the girls, Liuli suddenly remembered Huanhua, wondering how her illness was?In the past few days, there has been so much fuss in the house that I forgot about it.After thinking about it, he called Rui'er, and gave a secret wink: "I am about the same age as the eighth girl, you can go to the third room to inquire and see what the eighth girl gave you."

Rui'er understood and went immediately.

When he came back after a while, Liuli was the only one left in the room embroidering.She said: "The eighth girl gave four lake pens and a pair of round fans."

Liuli nodded, "Did the eighth girl tell you by herself?"

Rui'er said: "No, the eighth girl was drinking medicine, and the servant asked Caiping about it." After finishing speaking, she paused, and then said: "When the servant girl came out, the eighth girl vomited again, and Aunt Liu was crying beside her."

Liu Li said: "Where is the third lady?"

"The third madam is anxious at the side. It is said that this appearance has been around for a while. Aunt Ning said that the eighth girl is afraid that something will happen, and she advised the madam to start preparing for her funeral."

Liuli immediately frowned, Huanhua looked seriously ill, the Qi family didn't pick Aunt Ning's son for adoption, but picked Huanhua who was born to Aunt Liu, it would be a shame to say that Aunt Ning didn't hate Aunt Liu's mother and daughter is impossible.If Huanhua's illness was man-made, with Aunt Ning's words just now, she can be listed as the number one suspect.

But even if Liuli finds out that this matter is strange, how can she go through this muddy water?Besides, there is no evidence, and speculation alone is untenable.

She was lost in thought here, but Rui'er was still standing in front of her, "Girl, Miss Si's birthday gift, it's time to deliver it now."

She glanced at the sky outside the window, came back to her senses, and said, "I remember the last time I made the leftover brocade and satin. I used it to embroider two purses and took them out. Then I took a can of Emei green tea leaves and a knife of rice paper. "The purse made by myself is worthless, but just to show my heart, the rice paper is the authentic five-foot powder paper produced in Xuanzhou, which was left by my grandfather before. Together with the tea leaves given by my uncle, it should be worth one or two taels.

Cuiying originally thought that Liuli was going to send her away, but when she saw Rui'er was called, she walked away bored.Rui'er turned out from the back room, but she only had rice paper and purse in her hands, not tea.

"There is only half a jar of eaten tea left in the cupboard, and the sealed one is gone. Maybe the girl remembered it wrong?"

Liu Li said: "Impossible. There are obviously five cans, one is given to the elder, and one is eaten by myself. There should be three left."

Rui'er put the things down, and said: "That's weird, maybe someone stole it? This cabinet is not locked, so it's easy to take it away, but who will steal the tea leaves?" She subconsciously went outside to bask in the sun. Nanny Li glanced at her.

Liuli asked: "Have you lost anything else?"

Rui'er went through several cabinets again and came back and said: "Only a few bolts of clothing materials were delivered from the warehouse two days ago, but two of them were missing and the remaining half bolts were missing. The girl made a small waistcoat!"

Liuli frowned and thought for a while, then stood up and said, "You go out first."

There is something strange about this matter, after Rui'er closed the door, Liuli went to the edge of the bed and sat down, reached out and probed under the bed board, and took out a small cloth bag, after opening, there was a bright golden light burning her eyes.The few pieces of luxurious and exquisite jewelry inside are just the gifts given by the wives including the old lady, and they are all there.So relieved, carefully put it back in place.

Sitting alone and pondering for a while, he opened the door and asked Ruier to come in, "Go ask Cuiying for some money, and let the people in the warehouse help you to go to 'Mingyuezhai' to buy two boxes of better rouge for the fourth girl to celebrate her birthday. I don't have those here."

Rui'er nodded: "I'll go now, servant girl. Then, about the missing things in the house, do you want Sister Cuiying to investigate by the way?"

Liuli waved her hand: "No need, just pay more attention in the future."

After a while, Rui'er came back with her lips tightly pursed, "Girl, Sister Cuiying said she has no money."

Liuli was wondering, didn't the old lady and aunts give her all the gold and silver locks?Cuiying has already come in: "Girl, I don't have any money here, just a few big golden beans, girl, you take four by yourself, and the rest, I will clean up the house and pack them. I went out with a reward, and the rest bought charcoal and wax, and girls bought pens and inks on weekdays. These warehouse regulations are not enough. Our monthly money is not paid until the first day of the junior high school. Money to buy tea, today you asked me for money to buy rouge, but did you ever treat me as a banker?!"

This robbing of her confession made her seem like Dou E on the execution ground, with unspeakable grievances all over her body.Nanny Li heard it outside, and immediately rushed in: "What are you talking about, little hooves? See if I don't tear your mouth apart!"

She came prepared this time because she was determined to treat Cuiying, she was still halfway, and the slap came to greet her.Cuiying couldn't dodge it, she was slapped, she fell sideways on the ground, and by the way she also threw down the flower stand under the curtain.

Before she got up in time, Nanny Li still grabbed the feather duster on the wall and hit her head and face.Cuiying screamed and cursed, gritted her teeth, turned around and grabbed her neck, pinned her to the ground, spit on her face, grabbed the feather duster and smacked her face.

Nanny Li screamed like killing a pig, her fat body kept struggling and kicked down the embroidery frame under the window.

Liu Li jumped up and said, "Oh my God! Come on quickly! Nanny Li is going to die!"

Tian'er rushed over after hearing the news, and hurriedly talked to Cuiying: "Stop beating! It's going to kill you!" Ruier finally stepped forward to persuade the fight: "Okay, okay, it's really fatal!" He snatched the feather duster away.

Panting heavily, Cuiying stood up, her hair was disheveled, and two buttons of her clothes were torn off, but she pointed to the ground like a victorious general: "Damn old woman, don't think you are so great! The eldest lady also treats you as a child!" How can a chess player be more noble than me?! If I am a little bitch, you are an old bitch!"

Nanny Li looked even worse, with a lot of hair falling out, and several blood marks on her face. She sat up with her hands on the ground, opened her mouth to spit, and immediately brought out a front tooth.

Liuli hurriedly stepped forward with Rui'er to help her up, and Tian'er poured a glass of water.Liuli said: "Rui'er quickly help Cuiying go back to the room and change clothes. Madam Li sit down and rest for a while. Tian'er go get a basin of hot water!"

Rui'er and Liuli helped Madam Li sit on the soft couch before going out.

Nanny Li groaned and sat on the couch, both sides of her face were swollen, she wanted to curse Cuiying, but she swallowed it back in pain.Liuli wiped the blood on her face with a silk cloth, and sighed, "It's true, mother, who is she, what is your identity, do you deserve to be as knowledgeable as her!"

Mother Li covered one side of her face and cried: "Ninth Miss, you have seen how that cheap hoof bullied my old woman over and over again! I really don't know what's going on in this house now? They don't even care about seniority or inferiority." No more! I might as well stay in Jingguo Mansion for the elderly!"

The first great aunt, He Duanyun, was the eldest daughter of Mrs. He, ranked below He Yu, and above He Jianghong. She was married to Jing Guogong's second son, Hu Shen'an, and had passed away for more than ten years.The He Mansion and the Duke Jing's Mansion seemed to be moving around very frequently. The Duke Jing was the founding father of Gao Zu. According to the court law, the title of title can only be hereditary for three generations, until Hu Shen'an's elder brother just stopped.

Liuli persuaded: "Don't worry about it, mother. Cuiying is also from the old lady's house, and you are also from the old lady's house. Didn't you flood the Dragon King Temple!"

"What? She's also in the old lady's house?" Nanny Li sat up straight with her eyes wide open: "Then she still runs on me like this?! No, I can't spare her! I have to tell the old lady, just Let her old man give me justice!"

She slipped to the ground and was about to go out with her shoes on.Liuli rushed up and said, "Nurse, at least clean up your face before going!"

"Don't clean up! Let the old lady see what kind of life I'm living!"

After throwing such a sentence to Liuli, she left in a hurry.

Liuli watched her off from the corridor, Tian'er came back with water and said, "Where is Mammy?"

Liuli turned her head to look at her, and said, "Oh, I'm going to the old lady's."

Tian'er was surprised: "Why didn't the girl stop her?!"

Liu Li's face darkened: "Why should I stop her?"

Sweetie choked.Liuli returned to the room.Tian'er stood there for a while, then turned around and put down the basin, and went out as well.

(End of this chapter)