boudoir

Chapter 93

"Miss Nine, this soup will take a while to cook, why don't you go back first, and when you're done, can the slave woman bring it to the old lady?"

The mother-in-law stood by for a long time, and felt that the god had to be driven away, so she smiled and narrowed her eyes.Speaking of which, this little girl is quite capable. Just half a year after entering the mansion, the illegitimate daughter who was almost signed and turned into a servant climbed to the old lady's side to serve as her personal servant, and even attracted the old lady to personally beat her up. Fifth girl, if the matter on the small stove can be favored by the old lady with the help of the ninth girl, it would be good if she got a word from the old man. , it is better to leave now.

Liuli didn't know what was going on in her heart, she sneered in her heart, but her face remained motionless, and said: "Now I am responsible for what the old lady eats, and you also know how Chen Man's family retired. Dare you say it? If it weren’t for the fact that the things that come out of your small stove in the past few days are either too much sugar or too much salt, there is no time to worry, so that the old lady didn’t have a few Ansheng meals, and I How could you come here to ask for this crime?"

The mother-in-law didn't want her to turn her face, she was so frightened that she couldn't know what to do, and after a long time she apologized and said, "Young lady taught me a lesson! It's the slave woman who is stupid and ignorant! The slave woman just watch carefully!" while hurriedly lowering her head to check the fire , while turning around to prepare the porcelain cup, he didn't dare to talk to her.

The busy people on the big stove nearby also looked over, among them was Cheng Yingniang who was in charge of the case on the chopping board.Liuli glanced around, met Cheng Yingniang's eyes, stood up suddenly, and moved closer to the stove to remove the lid.The steam condensed on the lid of the pot dripped down, and accidentally poured it on the back of the woman's instep. The woman jumped up in shock when she was scalded, and a pile of bowls in her hand fell to the ground with a clatter, which happened to hit Liuli's toe again. !

"You! What are you doing?!"

The porcelain cups in the house are all made of porcelain bodies, it is inevitable that one of them will fall off, let alone several in succession?Liuli screamed and jumped away, squatting down in pain, clutching her toes.

"Oh! Ninth Miss, you are——"

The mother-in-law suddenly panicked, and hurried over and said: "Miss, sit down quickly! Let the servants see!"

Liuli kept screaming for pain and refused to let her.The people around the old lady were hurt, they were still the girls in the mansion, no one in the big kitchen dared to stand by, they immediately put down their work and surrounded them, some helped Liuli sit down, some hurried to get the ointment, only Cheng Yingniang Come to the small stove and cover the pot, and seal the fire under the boiling pots, so as to avoid the risk of the soup pot overflowing.

At this time, those who came to get food from each house had arrived one after another, and those who had something good to do hurriedly went back to inform their master.After a while, Madam Wu, the steward of the third room, came to help Liuli go back to the main courtyard.Liuli's eyes were red, she stood up and her toes hurt so much that she squatted down.

Mother Wu couldn't help it, she was so angry that she repeatedly reprimanded the mother-in-law who caused trouble.

The woman was anxious and flustered, and when the ointment was brought, she quickly squatted down and persuaded Liuli: "Miss, take off your shoes and socks quickly, and let the maid give you some medicine!"

"That's wrong!" Cheng Yingniang interjected: "Who are we? How could the girl's feet be easily exposed in front of others? Didn't you deliberately embarrass the girl?"

Nanny Wu is Qi's companion, and she thinks of everything for Qi's sake, and she doesn't want to make any troubles about Xiaoluzao. Suddenly, Cheng Yingniang felt that what Cheng Yingniang said was very true, so she said to her: "How about this?" , you go borrow a soft sedan chair and take Jiu girl back first. About the medicine, we will talk about it when we go back to the room."

Cheng Yingniang hesitated for a moment, but dragged her aside, and said, "Madam, did you forget? Miss Nine is very pleased with the old lady. She went back crying like this, and the old lady didn't want to ask about it." She is getting angry now, if she adds a few words in front of the old lady, don't say that we can't afford it, the third lady may have to suffer a few words."

Nanny Wu slapped her forehead: "I actually forgot this layer! You're right, so what should we do now?"

Cheng Yingniang thought for a while, and said: "I don't think there will be any serious injuries if you hit it. Let's let her go to the next room to have a bowl of tea and wait on her. After her pain subsides, we invite her back. At that time, she must have been coaxed away, and the old lady would not have to investigate further."

Nanny Wu nodded, and immediately went back to the house, and called two women nearby to help Liuli to the resting place of the women on duty next door.

When Liuli went to the room and sat down, the woman who caused the trouble had already brought a bowl of pear soup, and she was guarding the side tremblingly.

Mother Wu reprimanded: "You don't go to the stove to watch, what are you doing here?" The old lady hurriedly said: "Yingniang on the stove is watching. She also took care of the small stove in other houses before, but she didn't know what to do." You are more sloppy than me." Cheng Yingniang helped her out, but she was grateful.

Madam Wu thought about Cheng Yingniang's actions just now, and thought that this person is a careful and steady person, who does things in a calm and unhurried manner, and what is rare is that he is still thinking of Qi's, so she has her thoughts.Looking at the mother-in-law in front of her for a moment, she couldn't help frowning, and said: "Go down and get some snacks!"

The mother-in-law went down in a hurry.Grandma Wu put Liuli's smashed leg on the high stool, and said a few good words to accompany her. She was thinking that Mrs. Qi was still waiting for an answer, so she asked the little maid to wait on her, and she said goodbye and went back to the third bedroom.

Liuli sat down and drank the pear soup, but Cheng Yingniang came in with a snack. Looking at no one outside the door, Liuli took a snack and said, "You are so clever." It's a bitter trick, if the slave woman doesn't have a little bit of eyesight, wouldn't she fail the girl's hard work. "

Liuli swallowed the snack, nodded and said: "Go down, so that others won't be suspicious."

The big kitchen was the gathering and distributing place for news from all the rooms, and the news that Liuli's foot had been smashed spread immediately.Yuegui Haitang heard about the girl's accident on the way, and immediately rushed to visit her. Seeing that her toes were so painful that she couldn't even get off the ground, she immediately ignored the presence of others and scolded the woman who caused the accident until she couldn't lift her head. stand up.

Liuli had had enough to drink, and beckoned the two of them to come over: "I don't feel so hurt now, you two can take me back to the main courtyard."

The two stewards of the big kitchen came over to support her, and said incessantly, "Please ask Miss Nine to speak nicely in front of the old lady!"

When Liuli returned to the main courtyard, the old lady asked about this, Liuli said it again, and the old lady reprimanded: "Why don't you be more careful?!" But she also asked Qingshang to give her medicine.

In fact, the injury wasn't that serious, it just happened to hit the tip of the toe, it was ten fingers connected to the heart, after a while, I didn't feel it much.But the pretending had to be more serious, as Qingshang applied the medicine to her, she began to cry out in pain.The old lady said: "The big kitchen is really in disgrace now, is there no one who needs it?!"

Liu Li hurriedly said: "The kitchen is not any other place, so people can be transferred in easily. The third lady is also in a hurry. But today, the old woman is really clumsy, she may have hurt me, and she even boiled so much soup on the small stove. I don't even care about it, if it wasn't for a nanny surnamed Cheng who stepped forward and sealed the fire, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be soup on the dinner table today, and the old lady would be angry again."

The old lady frowned and snorted, with a troubled look on her face.

This day, Liuli didn't let Liuli wait for dinner. Mrs. Nie had heard about what happened during the day, and deliberately asked: "Hey, why didn't Miss Nine come to the table today?" Table." Nie said: "Hey, why did you hurt your foot?" Qingshang glanced at Qi, and silently retreated behind the old lady.

Seeing the old lady's expression was unkind, Mrs. Qi couldn't avoid it, so she said: "I have already punished the woman who caused the trouble, and I hope the old lady will not be angry."

The old lady snorted, and said: "I'm not angry, but your big kitchen should be taken care of! Everyone is working on the small stove, and there are few things that are edible, and now there is a People who don't know what to do, hurt people in a hurry! Why don't you burn the kitchen because the stove was unwatched for a moment? In short, within three days, you can propose a manager to take care of the little ones On the stove!"

Seeing that she played the dish, Mrs. Qi had no choice but to respond with her jaw.

Back in the room, Mrs. Qi was not upset when thinking of this, she always felt as if a ball of numbness was clogging her chest, unable to eat all the food on the table.Nanny Wu knew what she was thinking, so she couldn't help persuading her: "Although the old lady's words are serious, she is reasonable. If you don't mention people on the small stove, I'm afraid the eldest lady will be unable to restrain herself and want to stuff people into it, anyway. If you have to do it, Madam might as well make a decision as soon as possible."

Qi's eyebrows were locked, but he didn't respond.She also knew that she had to find someone to replace her as soon as possible, but where could she find someone for a while?Those in charge in the big kitchen all stared at this man, but after all they were too good at trouble, and they were very utilitarian, and they didn't know how to smooth things over when something happened.Like Chen Man's family, she is usually quite clever, but she is so frightened that she only crawls towards Mrs. Yu?Even if the old lady doesn't refute her, because of this, she will refute her sooner or later.

It's just that she never talks about these things, because even if she does, it's just a few more people who know about it.

Seeing that she was silent, Grandma Wu couldn't help but sighed, "Ma'am, it's just this bad thing. She always keeps things in her heart, and she's too strong. According to me, if it wasn't for you being too thoughtful and treating the master This kind of intention of yours might just be—" At this point, she looked at Mrs. Qi, gritted her teeth and continued, "I'm not sure if I can conceive a brother."

Qi's original focus was on the small stove, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but startled, his eyes gradually dimmed.

After more than ten years of marriage, He Pusong has not changed his mind towards her.But the more he treats her as before, the more guilty she feels. She never even gave birth to an heir for him.On the contrary, the Ning family and the Liu family all bore children for him.Especially Ning Shi, who has had two sons all her life, if she hadn't been suppressed by her natal family status, she might be riding on her head!

(End of this chapter)