Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 24

Walking slowly ahead, Mei Xiang didn't speak, but the corner of her eyes was always looking at Gu Sixiao who was silent behind her.

She didn't speak on purpose, just to make the girl who was following her afraid, but for some reason, she couldn't feel that girl was afraid.

"Hua'er," finally uttered, Mei Xiang turned her head, looked at Gu Sixiao, and asked in a deep voice, "Aren't you afraid? Sister Lan Xiang sued you in front of the lady, and the lady asked Mother Xu to ask you for questioning." Woolen cloth!"

Gu Sixiao raised her head, her lips were trembling, "Ming, obviously it was Lan Xiang who hit me..."

"It's not a question of who hits whom, but what you said shouldn't be said." Mei Xiang stared at her, "I thought you were a steady person, but after a few days with Caiyi, you can still learn it." So frivolous?"

Seeing that Gu Sixiao didn't speak, Mei Xiang said again: "Some things, even if someone else made them, you can't say them out of your mouth! You don't have to look at me, I kindly remind you that I have done my part. But when I met Xu's mother later, whether it was beating or punishment, it's not up to me..."

Gu Sixiao seemed anxious, "Sister Meixiang, it's really none of my business, Caiyi asked me to do that, I, I really didn't mean to mess with Sister Lanxiang..."

Glancing at her, Mei Xiang didn't comfort her either, "It's no use crying, let's be honest with Mother Xu!"

Naturally, to be honest, in front of Mama Xu, Gu Sixiao was sobbing, without Mama Xu asking, just poured the beans out of the bamboo tube and shook them all out.

What Caiyi lives in the wing room in the back study, and never sleeps in the side room; what officials are not in the mansion, they follow the rules of the leaders; what officials are in the study, they are always served by Caiyi , she didn't know what they were doing, she was just happy to hear the officials laughing, but Sister Caiyi sometimes cried...

She pretended to be ignorant and said it implicitly, but Xu's mother's face became more and more ugly.

"Sister Caiyi said that the official's share was given by the official. They said that sister Caiyi ate well so that the official could be happy—Mother Xu, I haven't eaten a single bite of it! Caiyi ate it herself..."

Gu Sixiao cried until her face was covered with tears and snot, as if she was really frightened by Xu's mother. Xu's mother frowned, and she was already impatient.

At first, I thought this girl was still useful, but looking at it now, she was also useless.

"That's enough, why cry! You're timid now, why were you so bold when you fought with Lan Xiang?!"

Muttering, Gu Sixiao looked very nervous, "I, I really didn't fight with Sister Lanxiang on purpose, she hit me..." Eyeballs rolled around, with a guilty conscience.

With that appearance, Xu's mother knew that she was probably lying. She frowned, and she didn't bother to talk to this girl anymore.

"Okay, don't say any more, and I don't bother to listen. There are no rules, and you will be fined for one month if you commit the first offense. If you commit the crime again, the punishment is a trivial matter, and you may not be able to bear the hardship..."

Gu Sixiao bit her lip, lowered her head, and retreated with a mournful face. Xu's mother rubbed her temples, thinking about how to get back to the lady.

Mei Xiang suddenly took a step forward, knelt down and picked up something from the ground.

"What's that?" Xu's mother frowned, seeing Mei Xiang hand it over, she couldn't help snorting coldly.

It was a handkerchief, a high-quality Hangzhou silk handkerchief, embroidered with plain medicine, and dyed with a faint scent of jasmine. It seemed inconspicuous, but it was not something an ordinary girl could afford.

"It seems that this girl really got the benefit of Caiyi, and officials are always generous..." The male master of the Gu family has never been stingy with women.

Mei Xiang pursed her lips, and finally said, "Mom, I seem to have seen a similar piece of veil before, but I didn't see it on Caiyi."

Mother Xu raised her eyebrows, looked at Mei Xiang, frowned and said, "This Hangzhou Sipa is not just for the girl in the mansion, even the masters rarely use it. You have seen it before, it was at..."

Mei Xiang followed her, it was impossible to see the personal things of the masters, that is what she saw around the girl?
"Chunhua?" Before Mei Xiang could say that person's name, Mother Xu had already guessed it.

"Okay!" Holding the handkerchief, Xu's mother was angry, "That bitch, you have tricked me several times! I really thought my old lady was easy to bully—not to mention that she was not married and became a lady in charge, she was really successful. As for the lady in charge, it won't be her turn to be in charge for a while!"

Although there is no evidence, mother Xu has thought about it in her heart at this moment, and she has already determined that Gu Sixiao will fight with Lan Xiang, it must be because Chunhua has given her benefits.

"It's true, I bought it with a piece of shabby handkerchief—that bitch really thinks that a girl who was bought by her so easily can be of any use, it's really naive."

After calming down, Mother Xu stood up, "Mei Xiang, are you sixteen?"

"Yes, since Mei Xiang entered the mansion, she has been with her mother for six years..." Mei Xiang replied in a low voice, but her head lowered lower and lower.

"Yeah, it's been six years, my lady is kind, thinking that I'm her maidservant, she always treats me kindly. If not, which maidservant can still have a maid by her side? Meixiang, for the past six years, you have been following me." I, watching how I act, learned a lot. If I follow my will, when I get old and can’t help my wife go home for the elderly, I hope that the person who can replace me as the lady in charge is you! "

"Mom overestimates Mei Xiang. Mei Xiang is not talented. She still hasn't learned many things. She can't take on such a heavy responsibility..."

"I said you can do it, you can do it. However, if you want to be the lady in charge, you have to marry a man who is worthy in the mansion—well, I think Steward Fu is a good candidate. When the time comes, your man will take care of the outsiders , you are in charge, isn't it a good story!"

"Mom..." Mei Xiang's voice was a little shrill, but immediately slowed down, "Mom, Steward Fu might not look down on Mei Xiang..."

"You look down on Steward Fu, right? Yes, Steward Fu is older than you, but he is only in his thirties now, and he can at least be a steward for more than ten years. When the time comes, your The child has grown up too, maybe he can pick up his father..."

"Mom," interrupting Xu's mother, Mei Xiang smiled and said, "Mei Xiang is an orphan, and she has been taking care of me since I entered the Gu family. For my own good. But, mother, look at Chunhua and Meixiang. It’s not that Meixiang is self-deprecating. In terms of beauty, Meixiang is really inferior to Chunhua. Not only is she not as good as Chunhua, but she is also dull. How about snatching Steward Fu!? It will only make people laugh..."

"Useless girl, you have to admit defeat before you fight." Xu's mother gave her a white look, got up, and stroked her hair, "Let's not talk about this, I'll call my lady back, you don't have to follow, Well, there is nothing left and right, you go around the garden, maybe you meet a good sister in the courtyard, you can also chat..."

Although she didn't say it clearly, Mei Xiang naturally saved that the small talk was not really small talk.She agreed with a smile, and sent Mama Xu away, before she became sullen.

"I've been with you for six years, not six days!"

In Gu's residence, she has always lived cautiously, but in the end, she was still calculated by others.

What do you say that the man is in charge of the outside, and she is in charge of the inside? The head of the house is stupid, and let the couple take care of the big and small things in the house.By doing that, wouldn't the slave bully the master and clean up the whole house? !
What's more, Mother Xu never thought of giving up the position of the lady in charge at all. Now she is instigating her because she clearly wants to make Chunhua look good, not to help her.

"If you want me to be a gun, don't even think about it..."

Biting her lip, Mei Xiang wandered around the room and finally made up her mind.

If you don't want to be used as a gun, you have to find another gun for Xu's mother. Although I feel sorry for others, it's better for others to suffer than to suffer for her.Besides, there are many people in this mansion who want to get ahead!What she doesn't want may be what other people like!

Not to mention that Mei Xiang was wandering in the garden, thinking about all the girls in the house while walking.

It's just that Xu's mother was so stuffy in her heart that she had nowhere to vent her anger, so she walked into the main courtyard and saw the culprit that made her feel blocked head-on.

"Mother Xu is here," Chunhua greeted her, and saluted with a smile, "I heard that Mother Xu went to interrogate the girl who beat Sister Lanxiang on behalf of my wife. How about it? Did the girl admit her mistake?"

Xu's mother smiled, did not respond to her words, and asked instead: "My lady is still chanting scriptures in the back hall?"

"Yes, the lady is in the back hall—these days, the lady doesn't care about things, but mother Xu has worked hard..."

Listening to Chunhua's words, Mother Xu raised her lips.

Mrs. Zhang is a Buddhist believer, and spends most of her weekdays chanting scriptures and reciting Buddhist scriptures in the back hall, but if she thinks that the lady does not care about anything while eating fast and reciting Buddhist scriptures, then it is a big mistake.

After all, he is a newcomer, jumping up and down happily, but he didn't understand these things about the Gu family at all.

"Chunhua," taking out the square silk handkerchief, Xu's mother said calmly, "You lost this handkerchief, right?"

"Ah, so it was my mother who picked it up!" Chunhua was surprised at first, took the handkerchief, and laughed again, "This handkerchief is worth five renminbi silver! If I lost it, I would really feel sorry for it. Fortunately, my mother picked it up." ..."

lost!Really follow her words.

Mother Xu smiled, but did not expose the lie.

There are some things that don’t need to be said too clearly, but they still need to be beaten. Don’t think that everyone is a fool. I don’t know what the hell you are doing...

Taking a look at the spring flowers, Xu's mother went straight into the upper room, and before she could lift the bamboo curtain, she heard a crisp cry:
"I've said it all, your calculation is wrong! Now, look, your calculation is not as good as mine..."

The delicate voice was none other than Zhang's youngest daughter, Gu Qianniang.

The voice echoed, "For a scholarly family like us, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are elegant, so what's so important about your good abacus?" It was Gu Zhenniang, the eldest daughter of the Zhang family.

Hearing the voices of the two young ladies, Mother Xu laughed first. As soon as she lifted the curtain and entered the door, she called for someone before she could stand still...

(End of this chapter)