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Chapter 55 Why not be more ruthless? !
When she went out, Nanny Li came in with a tea bowl and said, "The red-sleeve girl is here, I'll get some tea." After speaking, she went straight to the cabinet next to the wall, opened the door and grabbed a few pinches of Liuli's private tea.

Liuli looked out the window and said, "Where is the red-sleeve girl?"

She pointed to her own room: "Sit in my room. Da Furen calls her to pass on a message to the girl. After drinking tea, she will go back and forth to the girl."

A servant girl who was ordered to deliver a message, instead of answering the master, went to drink tea in the wife's room first, what is the rule?Liuli watched Li mama go out in a dignified manner, then returned to the case without saying a word and sat down.

Hongxiu sat beside the smoker cage, watched Li Mama come in, and said with a smile: "It's hard for Madam, to trouble you to entertain me."

Nanny Li handed her tea, and said: "It's a guest, let alone a lady like a guest! We don't see anyone coming to our yard all year round. It's our honor to have you here."

Hongxiu smiled, took the tea and put it down.

Nanny Li tentatively asked: "I don't know why the girl came here in person today?"

Hongxiu said: "Shouldn't there be a few more people in this yard? After Mrs. Ming'er's birthday is over, Mrs. Qian will bring people here. Today I'm here to let you know. Come again—"

She stopped when she said this, and Mother Li hurriedly raised her ears and leaned over, she chuckled lightly, and then said: "Again, isn't this New Year's Eve coming soon, Nine Girls will also use New Year's Eve to worship ancestors According to the old man’s opinion, this is a good story of the clan. At that time, relatives must be invited to watch the ceremony, to prove that the old man and his wife attach great importance to the nine girls. There are many etiquettes in this ancestral hall, Li Mammy has the duty to teach and guide Nine Girls, shouldn't she be good at teaching from now on?"

Nanny Li was stunned for a long time, then jumped up: "Miss, what you said is very true!"

Hongxiu came out of Nanny Li's room, and Nanny Li entered the Liuli room through the curtain.After talking about mending people in the house and offering sacrifices on New Year's Eve, he returned to the long house.

Liuli was still thinking about going to meet Dr. Wu, so she didn't have time to think about it, when Rui'er brought the food and ate it in a hurry, she planned to go out.Nanny Li blocked the door: "Where are you going, girl?"

Liuli said: "I've been embroidering continuously, maybe my neck is startled, and it hurts very much when I move. I heard that Dr. Wu is here, so I'll ask him for some plasters."

"Stop!" Nanny Li put her on her hips and stopped her, then turned around and took out the cane that Cuiying and the others had drawn from the wall: "Men and women have different seats at seven years old, and they don't eat together. The girl actually ran out to meet a foreign surname." What are the rules, man?"

Liu Li spread out her hands: "I just asked the doctor to see me—"

"That's not allowed!" Nanny Li snorted coldly: "It's only half a month before New Year's Eve, and the girl is still so unruly, whose face will be lost by then? It will be the face of the whole He family! From now on, you You are not allowed to go anywhere, just practice the rules for me in the house!"

Liuli couldn't help lowering her face: "Could it be that I'm dying of illness today, and the mother is going to block my way?"

"If the girl is dying, someone will invite the doctor to your door. Anyway, from now on, you are not allowed to go anywhere!"

Nanny Li waved the cane, and the majestic momentum she had when she first came to Xiaokuayuan returned.

Liuli gritted her teeth: "You try to block my way again!"

Rui'er heard the movement in the room, and rushed out of the room: "Mother Li, don't go too far, Miss Nine is the master after all!"

Nanny Li hummed: "Old slave, this is also for the master's sake!"

Liuli didn't know where she was so bold all of a sudden, and stood there with a livid face for a while.Rui'er knew that Hongxiu had been here, and seeing them in a stalemate, she also guessed that Hongxiu had said something to Nanny Li behind her back, so she helped Liuli: "Girl, let's go into the house."

Liu Li followed her into the room with a sullen face, seeing the teacup on the table, she couldn't help but think of the damn old woman who just took her tea to serve Hongxiu, and immediately got angry, grabbed a cup and threw it on the ground.Rui'er hurriedly knelt down: "The grievances in the girl's heart, the slaves are the most clear, but please think about it, every move in this room is in the eyes of the eldest lady, Li Nanny must have been instigated by someone to do this, girl But don’t follow other people’s ways!”

Liuli was shocked, and instantly seemed to be enlightened. Only then did she remember that she had forgotten that Hongxiu had stayed in this old godmother's house for a long time. Where did she get the courage to fight against her to the end? Wasn't it because of Hongxiu?Sitting down on the kang, he took out a copy of "Women's Precepts" and snorted coldly: "Sooner or later, you will be unable to eat!"

In the matter of revenge, she is the most calm, and after making up her mind like this, she calmed down her anger and really quietly recited the book.

Rui'er secretly admired her so freely, but was afraid that her neck would hurt, so she said: "Why don't I go to the front yard to meet Dr. Wu and ask him to give some plasters for my servant to bring back?"

Liuli thought for a while, then sighed: "The plaster is fine, it's another matter for me to meet him." As she spoke, she got up and took out a small cloth bag from the drawer under the desk, "When no one is around, you Quietly let him take a look, what kind of medicine is mixed in this rice cake? What effect does it have, and where does it usually come from? Ask me clearly."

Rui'er looked at the cloth bag and suddenly shook her body.Liuli supported her: "What's the matter with you? I think you've been suffering from a serious illness for the past few days—it's true that the injuries on your body are indeed worth a serious illness, but it's not enough to make you feel weak?"

Liuli babbled to help her sit down, she turned pale and shook her head: "It's okay, girl, don't worry, but looking at those two empty beds at night, I always feel flustered and haven't had a good rest." Looking at the book case Putting on the cloth bag, he stood up again, held it in his hand half a day later, and said, "Your maidservant is going now." After saying that, he hurried out the door.

Liuli shook her head at her back, sighed and returned to the kang.

Nanny Li said that she should set the rules, but she kept her word. In the next afternoon, she moved in the large carved chair and sat on it like a Buddha. Make tea, let her practice salute to different people over and over again.

Liuli gritted her teeth, and didn't say a word of nonsense to her.On the contrary, Rui'er saw that she could barely bend her knees after performing blessings for more than two hours, and she was so distressed that she couldn't help cursing a few words of old immortality when the old godly woman went to the toilet.

When dinner was served, Rui'er was not so polite, and pushed all of Liuli's food in front of Liuli.

Nanny Li immediately turned dark, "What do you mean? Are you not letting me eat?"

Rui'er pinched her palms: "Since we want to talk about the rules, let's talk about it together. This is the girl's meal. You are a servant, what right do you have to eat?"

Nanny Li slapped her chopsticks on the table, "As a teacher and mother, I can be half a master if not a master. As the saying goes, one day is a teacher and a life is a father. Parents eat a few mouthfuls of food from their children. Not qualified?!"

Rui'er's face was flushed red, and she tried to argue: "You are arguing!"

Liuli looked at the two of them coldly while eating, she didn't intend to participate, Rui'er naturally couldn't compete with Nanny Li, and she was defeated after a few moves, but seeing that Liuli had almost eaten, she just let it go.

After the meal, Rui'er soaked Liuli's feet in hot water, and Liuli asked her: "How about the things I asked you to do?"

Rui'er paused, and said: "I asked, Doctor Wu said nothing."

Liuli sat up: "How could it be nothing? So many birds have been knocked down!"

Rui'er was startled, Liuli also said that she had made a slip of the tongue, so she said: "I mean, there is something wrong with the white rice cake, you didn't let him smell it or something?"

Rui'er lowered her head to give her a soap, "I heard, he said there is no problem at all."

Liuli was speechless, how could it be possible?It is clearly mixed with some kind of drug that can make people sleepy. If it is just for hunting birds, why is it packed in a cloth bag?And for hunting birds, this medicine is too powerful.According to prior speculation, Cuiying died quietly in a coma, unable to struggle. Li Nanny also explained that she also ate white rice cakes before she died, so the bag of rice cakes she picked up is likely to be her leftovers. It is also the key evidence to prove that she died of homicide. Now that Dr. Wu actually said that there is no problem, Liuli really doesn't know whether to suspect that he is a quack doctor or that he participated in the murder.

She asked Ruier: "Where is the cloth bag? Where did you put it?"

Rui'er stood up: "The cloth bag... I lost it. The servant saw that it was quite dirty, so I threw it into the lake."

Liuli sighed: "How can you lose such an important thing!"

Ruier was very at a loss.Liuli hated it for a long time, thinking that the little clues she had finally obtained were so gone, and she wanted to find out this matter, it would be as difficult as heaven!Seeing her pale face, she thought that she hadn't told her the truth about this matter, and she couldn't blame her completely, so she calmed down and said, "If something like this happens next time, I can't make up my own mind." Rui'er hurriedly responded , squatting down to put on her shoes and socks.Liu Li said: "In two days, Mrs. Qian will bring a newcomer. By then, there will be people living in the house, so I won't be so panic-stricken. I originally thought that if no one came, I would ask people to vacate the two beds. Go,—you stay for two more days."

Rui'er helped her to stand still, and said: "Let the girl worry about it."

Liu Li hummed, and sighed: "But right now - I'm going to the long room tomorrow morning, and the congratulatory gift for Da Furen hasn't been prepared yet!"

Rui'er thought for a while, "During the day, the slaves have inquired about the congratulatory gifts of the second and seventh girls, because the two girls have their aunts accompanying the gifts, so they are going to make some snacks to express their hearts, the girls can think about it. If we also send snacks, the servants will have a few snacks, and then I can borrow them from the small kitchen next door."

Dim sum Liuli can also cook. Grandpa is a gentleman who cooks far away, but her mother is a handy woman. She can make about [-] kinds of dim sum, not to mention dishes. In short, the two uncles are very fond of mother's cook. Art is full of praise.There is a mother with strong cooking skills, as a son and daughter, there is no chance of being successful. In terms of cooking, sometimes I can develop it by myself, but making dim sum is purely technical, and Liuli can only learn a few things.

Knowing how to do six or seven things is of course enough, but if she borrows food and worship, doesn't she give some people a ready-made opportunity to do it?Then when Mrs. Yu ate her food and suddenly had a headache and abdominal pain or something, isn't she looking for guilt?

She is thinking wildly here, Rui'er is also worried when she is beside her, this gift is too light to give, and it is too heavy to give, other girls are fine, Yu Shi doesn't care about their little things, but her girls are different Ah, her status is so embarrassing, if she is a little careless, she can make a big fuss and cause trouble for her, so she has to be cautious.

"Yes!" Suddenly, Liuli sat up straight, her eyes were as bright as Han Xing: "I thought of a good ready-made object!"

Rui'er clasped the edge of the table with both hands: "What is it!"

Liuli smiled, walked slowly to the cabinet, opened the door and took out a small cloth bag from the hidden compartment, opened it layer by layer, and a golden silk butterfly Hua Sheng, which was shining brightly inside, immediately appeared in front of her eyes.

Rui'er stared at Liuli in a daze.

Liuli picked it up, and smiled coldly: "The two tigers of the Qi family and the Yu family were fighting each other, causing chaos in my place, and killing two people. Why don't I stir up this muddy water?" Don't be silly? Isn't this gold-threaded butterfly the best gift for Mrs. Yu? I just want to throw this stone down, but I don't care whether it will stir up wind and waves, and how many layers of wind and waves it will stir up! "

Rui'er gasped, and involuntarily tightened her skirt.

(End of this chapter)