boudoir

Chapter 82 Such a penalty?

Biyun went out the door, and called Shuangxi who was waiting on the porch to go back first, saw the little maids, Lv He and Hong Mei, feeding Brother Ying on the porch, and was about to tell them to pass the message to the long room, but suddenly stopped, thinking After thinking about it, I went to the long room by myself.

Mrs. Nie reconciled with Mrs. Yu with the excuse of thanking her since Mrs. Yu spoke up for her that day. Today, it happened that her brother Nie Wude sent the money for the last two batches of grain, and Mrs. Nie took it. Looking at Yu's two shares of dry stock dividends, he happily came up to the long room.

Yu Shi didn't intend to just separate things from Nie Shi. After all, there are many brothers in the mansion, and many things can't be done by himself. Going to the side, he took the paper package from Nie and opened it to have a look.Until she counted the number of food stamps in the stack and saw the denomination of each one clearly, even though she was used to seeing the big world, she couldn't help being slightly shocked.

"How come there are so many?"

Nie said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is still too much? This is only two batches! There are two more batches to come, I'm afraid there will be more than this! If you count the ones that were spent everywhere, it won't be counted! It is much easier to earn money from the royal family than from poor people!"

Mrs. Yu nodded invisibly, and asked, "Does the old lady know?"

Nie's smile gradually faded, she shook her head and said, "I dare not let the old man know all about it, I only told her that she made a little money, but I didn't let her know that I bought shares for you. The old lady saw that she loved her son and daughter-in-law For the sake of it, I didn't say anything, and I didn't ask for the money, I just confessed that I don't want to be too greedy, and I will implicate everyone in the house later."

Yu said: "Then how did you come back?"

Nie said: "Of course I promised not to. It's just money, how can anyone think it hurts to hold it? Once I get it, I can't wait to take more. To tell you the truth, my brother still plans to use it in the future." I have done all the grain collection, and I have gone to the south to collect grain in the past two days. We also deserve the blessing of getting rich. Now that uncle is the grain collection envoy, no matter how hard we poke this hole, we won’t be able to break it.”

Seeing her appearance, Yu wanted to say something, but as soon as his eyes fell on the pile of bank notes, he swallowed again.

Caiqin knocked on the door and said, "Ma'am, Sister Biyun is here."

Nie asked in surprise, "What is Biyun doing all of a sudden?"

Yu Shi was also puzzled: "How would I know?" He put away the banknotes, pressed them under the tea tray, and ordered Caiqin to let in.

Biyun entered the room and saw Mrs. Nie was there, greeted Li first, then smiled and said, "Hi, ladies."

Mrs. Yu asked Caiqin to sit down, called for tea, and said with a smile, "You are free today. Why did you come to my place?"

Biyun said: "I'm afraid I will be very free in the future, and now the old lady has more waiters around her."

The two became curious, and Nie asked, "Could it be that there is a new maid again?"

Biyun smiled and said, "That's not dare, it's the dignified Nine Girls who came here."

Yu's complexion changed slightly, and he said, "What's going on?"

Biyun said: "Today, the old lady called the ninth lady into the room to reprimand the fourth wife and the fifth lady because of the grievances. Teach yourself. No, the old lady asked me to come to the long house to deliver a message."

Yu Shi didn't make a sound for half a day.Nie pointed in the direction of the main courtyard: "You said that little bitch, the old lady didn't beat her, didn't scold her, and left her by her side to serve her?"

Biyun nodded: "What the fourth lady said is right! At this moment, Miss Nine is chant Buddha with the old lady."

Nie stood up angrily, clenching her teeth.Yu Shi also looked gloomy, frowning for a long time without making a sound.

Biyun stood up, Fushen said: "The message from my servant has arrived, if the two wives have nothing important to say, I will leave."

"Wait!"

Mrs. Yu called her to her suddenly, stood up and said with a smile, "I'm sorry to trouble you to run there yourself, Caiqin, and get my cloisonné enamel bracelet inlaid with rubies, and give it to Biyun to play with. "

Caiqin responded, and immediately went back to the room to fetch the bracelet.The bracelet was carved with gold and jade, not to mention anything else, just the seven mung bean-sized rubies on it are worth a lot.Nie was taken aback, although this bracelet may not be very rare, but it is obviously too heavy to reward a maid.Yu put the bracelet in her hand and said with a smile, "Miss Nine will bother you to take care of it."

Biyun took the bracelet but smiled lightly, and said: "Madam is so kind, how can I be so kind?" After saying that, she stuffed it into her sleeve, bent over to bless her, and retreated.

Nie looked at Yu, Yu looked at her coldly, returned to his seat, took a sip of tea, and said, "What do you think about Bang'er's marriage?"

Yuegui Haitang didn't expect that Liuli would stay in the long room to serve the old lady. When Shuangxi came back with the news, the two of them were stunned for a long time in the porch, thinking that there was no master, and they didn't know what to do for a while.Shuangxi was still experienced, and immediately said: "Do what you have to do. You are still in charge of cleaning and serving meals, and I am still in charge of the affairs in the girls' room. You can't just because the master is out, the maids don't even do anything. .”

The two felt that it was reasonable, and they became motivated again at the moment.When she was free, she packed a few pieces of clothing for Liuli, and when she was picking up meals, Haitang abducted her to the long room and gave them to Liuli.

At that time Liuli and Qingshang were serving the old lady for lunch, in the He Mansion it was only customary for the daughter-in-law to serve the mother-in-law for two meals in the morning and evening, and the maids had to serve the lunch.When Haitang came, Liuli asked the old lady for leave. Seeing her, she said, "Why are you here?" Haitang blinked her eyes, "Because Yuegui is taking food in the big kitchen." Liuli paused, then said: " You can come, you can tell Yuegui, just tell me what I said, you should keep an eye on Double Happiness, and tell me quietly if there is anything unusual."

Haitang nodded deeply: "This servant knows!"

After she left, Liuli returned to the living room, and the old lady said: "There is no room for you to live in, maidservants, Qingshang brought two quilts, and you can make a bed at the foot of my bed at night."

It seems that this is to keep her close at every step!Liuli didn't know what kind of medicine the old lady sold in the gourd, but since she ordered it so, she had to follow it.However, in the eyes of Biyun Qingshang, this is not the case at all.The old lady usually only let Biyun and Qingshang sleep with them, but now she doesn't let them accompany her, and instead let the nine girls serve her. If this is punishment, it would be a bit too much face for her!

The news that Liuli was serving in the long room spread among the four wives in less than half a day.When it was dinner time, Liuli was serving tea, and Liang and the others looked at her more inquiringly, always observing whether the old lady treated her differently.But the old lady didn't look at Liuli from the beginning to the end, and she was more flamboyant to Qingshang and others than usual, so she gradually felt relieved.

The old lady didn't go to bed early at night, because the old man often didn't come back until late at night. Although he slept in a separate room, he always didn't lie down until it was almost the same time.

The first day did not arrive, and the old lady Xu Mo was a little out of spirits, so Liuli fell asleep with her.

After a long time, I tasted the taste of sleeping with me on the floor, Liuli tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep.

The next day, the old lady still only let her wait on her, and didn't say a word about what she wanted to do, so Liuli could only feel at ease as a maid and didn't say anything.Just remembering that she told her to be smarter with her eyesight, maybe it was a reminder to be more careful when doing things.

Not long after dinner, Liuli came to wash the old lady's feet with a basin as usual, when the voice of the old man's long-term follower, Ronggui, came from outside the door.The old lady said: "Go and open the curtain." Liuli walked to the door, and then raised the bamboo curtain, and a person in official uniform came in from the outside, it was the old lady.

Old Mrs. He also expressed surprise when he saw that Liuli was here. The old lady said: "This girl has no words and deeds, and she offended her fourth aunt two days ago. I simply let her stay and discipline her." Obeying the rules, he immediately lowered his face and said: "It is time to discipline yourself!"

Liuli bowed her head and said yes, and hurried down to make tea.

The old lady looked at the old man, and said: "Seeing your gloomy face, don't you have something bothering you?"

The old man asked Biyun to take off his official hat, and sighed: "Is there a day when people will be quiet about the affairs of the court?" As he spoke, he went inside and asked Qingshang to wait for him to change clothes.The old lady said: "Now that the children are grown up and can support the family business, in my opinion, you'd better resign earlier, so as not to lose your old life in those account books of the household department someday!"

The old man took the tea, shook his head and sighed, but did not continue.

When he chatted with Yongxin in the Buddhist hall last time, he also avoided talking about the resignation, and for some reason, Liuli wanted to find out, but the old lady said to her: "Go down and ask someone to go to the kitchen to heat up a bowl of porridge! Put more yams and less rice."

Liuli hurried down.If he wanted to call someone to the big kitchen, he thought about Cheng Yingniang's business with Aunt Su, so he might as well take the opportunity to go to the big kitchen to find out, so he took the lantern from the porch and went to the big kitchen by himself.

It seems to have become a habit in the big kitchen to prepare supper for the young and old in the house, and it's all set in order, and the women in the kitchen are bustling with activity.Liuli came in and said, "Have you prepared the old man's yam porridge? Put more yams and less rice." The woman in charge of the stove was born with narrow eyebrows and narrow eyes. When she heard that someone was coming from the main courtyard, she immediately smiled and greeted her. Coming up, he held a porcelain bowl of hot porridge and said, "I've never seen this sister before, so I don't know how to call her?"

Liuli smiled and said, "Liuli."

The old woman didn't take it seriously, she cut up the yam and put it in the porcelain bowl, and took out two small dishes to serve with two side dishes that the old man was used to eating on a daily basis.He looked at Liuli and saw that her dress was different from that of ordinary maids, but a little more elegant than Qingshang Biyun, so she became flattered, picked up a piece of fat and tender water chestnut from the side, washed it and cut it into pieces, took a fine Baici put it on the plate and handed it over: "This is the crispy water chestnut that was sent by Nanbianer. Sister eats it to quench my thirst!"

(End of this chapter)