Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 28

"Where have you been?" Leng Youyou's voice came from behind, and Gu Sixiao, who was laying the quilt in the dark, trembled, and the quilt in his hand almost fell to the ground.

Turning around, propping up her body and looking up at her colorful clothes, her eyes were shining, her hair disheveled in the dark night, she was as frightening as a female ghost.

Gu Sixiao was naturally not afraid, but there was a timid expression on his face.After lighting the oil lamp, she looked at Caiyi and said, "Didn't Elder Sister Caiyi tell me to go to Muchun Courtyard? I, I..."

With tears in her voice, she said in a trembling voice: "I was guarding outside Muchun Courtyard, wanting to see the officials, but Sister Yucui wouldn't let me in at all. Xiaohua came to answer the door, and I was still thinking about begging her to let me in. Sister Yucui kicked me out before I entered the door. Xiaohua didn't dare to let me in—I just waited at the door all night..."

"You didn't go in the door all night?" Caiyi didn't doubt it, but she was angry that Gu Sixiao was useless. The door, it can still stop in Muchun Courtyard!"

"Smashing the door?" Gu Sixiao shrank her neck, "I was listening to Aunt Liu singing at the door! The officials are still laughing. If I made trouble at that time, the officials would not have beaten me to death!"

"Why are you so timid? Are you afraid of being beaten to death? I'll hit you right now..." Caiyi yelled "Aiyoyo" as soon as she moved, dragging the wound, she really wanted to jump up and hit Gu Sixiao I don't have that strength either.

But Gu Sixiao raised her hands above her head, covering her face, as if she was afraid that Caiyi would really hit her.

Seeing her appearance, Caiyi spat "bah" and scolded: "Look at your useless look - I don't know why I was blind at the beginning, but I thought you were quite capable, just entered the mansion He pretended to be so calm, as if he had a lot of skills, but it turned out to be a silver pewter gun head..."

Gu Sixiao bit her lip, as if she dared not speak out.

With a cold snort, Caiyi looked at her, thought for a while and laughed again, waved her hand, seeing that Gu Sixiao was not approaching, she forced herself to lean sideways, "Come here quickly, do you really want my sister to pull you down?"

Approaching embarrassingly, Gu Sixiao just lowered his head and rubbed the ground with his toes.

Caiyi pursed her lips, smiled and said softly: "Don't be upset, sister, I said such cruel words only because I was in a hurry. You have to think clearly, our sisters are like ants on a rope Grasshopper, if one person is good, then both are good, if one person suffers, the other will not be able to escape—this time, does it hurt when Aunt Gu pushes you?!"

How long has it been before I remember to ask!
Gu Sixiao sneered in her heart, but there was a grateful smile on her face, "Well, it doesn't hurt anymore..."

Smiling, Caiyi didn't care about this at all, she just tried to win over Gu Sixiao in a different way, "Think about it for yourself, just like you, when will you be able to make it in the mansion? Even if you haven't thought about it Others, I just want to be a girl for the rest of my life, but how can this girl be ranked? Look at you, today you were scolded by Mama Xu, pushed by Aunt Gu, beaten by Lan Xiang, and kicked out by Yu Cui, which one put you in the In your eyes?! Are you not angry?"

"I, I..." It seemed that she mustered up her courage, but when she straightened her chest, Gu Sixiao shrank back as if discouraged.

"Don't get angry, my sister also knows that you are honest by nature, and it is not so easy to get hard. So, I have made a plan in my heart. When I become a master, I will never treat you badly! See Xu's mother? In the Gu family, whoever disrespects her? Even the officials and ladies, don't they also value her? The aunt of Muchunyuan also wants to please her... Hua'er, when that time comes, I will definitely let you replace her Mother Xu will be the lady in charge!"

"Ah? Me?!" Gu Sixiao's eyes widened, "I, I can't even think about it..."

Let her be the lady in charge?Then we have to wait for Caiyi to pull down Mrs. Zhang and become a decent housewife, right?

This Caiyi is really bold, not even a girl connected to the house!Dare to make such a big wish.Well, it was her dull girl who made her dare to say such big words.

"Hua'er, don't say you dare not think about it! You must think about it, just think about it from now on..."

Who knows what Gu Sixiao is thinking in his heart, Caiyi just speaks big words, and describes a bright future to Gu Sixiao. Seeing that Gu Sixiao's eyes are blurred, she seems to be as satisfied as a lady in charge. Happy.

"So, Hua'er, you have to help my sister and me just for yourself! You know, helping me is helping yourself. Only when I am good can you live a good life. Well, tomorrow you go to Muchunyuan Wait, if you look at the official, stop him immediately and take her back to the back study to see me - if you don't meet Mu Chun in front of the courtyard, you can go to the second gate and wait..."

"Well, I will definitely handle this errand well." Gu Sixiao nodded fiercely, with excitement on his face flushed.

Smiling, Caiyi nodded in satisfaction, "Ah, by the way, make the bed quickly, and I'll go back to sleep on my bed—your bedding is hard and crumpled, and I'm not used to it."

Looking down at the blood-stained bedding, Gu Sixiao's eyes twitched.

"Sister's bedding is good, it's slippery to the touch, it's for officials!" Gu Sixiao whispered with an envious expression.

The smile on the corner of Caiyi's mouth froze, and it took a while before she said as if her flesh had been cut: "Well, my sister likes it, so I'll give it to my sister, and I'll just sleep here."

"That's great! I'll spread the quilt now and help my sister go to sleep..."

Who cares? !She still thinks the quilt that Gu Yong used is dirty!However, if you don't like it, you still have to say it.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Caiyi immediately said: "Hua'er, I stained your quilt today, wait for me later, I will return you a good quilt..."

"Then I'll thank my sister first..." Gu Sixiao thanked first with a smile.

He spread out the quilt quickly, helped the colored clothes to change the bed, and when he was done, he took out the old quilt from the cabinet and replaced it with the blood-stained quilt.

Although the inside was also covered with blood, it was inconvenient to wash it at night, so I had to make do with it first.

When she came back after washing the quilt outside, Caiyi had already fallen asleep.

Gu Sixiao stood by the bed, quietly listening to Caiyi's unconscious "humming" in her sleep, and turned around and touched the bed after a while.

Early the next morning, before Gu Sixiao went to pick up the food box, Caiyi had already started urging her to go to Muchunyuan.

Gu Sixiao agreed, turned around and went out, but went to the kitchen to get the food box, and went to the bamboo forest to have breakfast with Grandpa Shitou.After breakfast, practice chopping bamboo again.

In the morning, in addition to splitting bamboo, I also learned how to peel bamboo from the master. The first time I peeled it, it was either thin or thick. I accidentally peeled off a piece of skin on my left index finger.

She didn't go back to the back study until noon, and said in a crying voice and Caiyi that she didn't meet anyone at the gate of Muchun Courtyard, and she didn't see any officials at the second gate.The old lady guarding the second gate wouldn't let her go to the front yard at all, even if she stood there, she would still be scolded!
"Sister Caiyi, I, I really can't get hungry anymore, I haven't eaten breakfast yet!"

"It's useless!" Caiyi gritted her teeth, and said bitterly: "I know how to eat in a day! Eat, eat, eat, and you will die if you miss a meal!? Hurry up, bring the food box back, and go to watch after eating." with..."

Being kind, Gu Sixiao immediately ran to the kitchen.

Accustomed to eating the food of the officials, Caiyi lost her appetite when she saw the food in the food box, Gu Sixiao didn't care, and after a few words of persuasion, she obediently picked up the food box and walked away.

Said to eat in the front yard, but still went to the bamboo forest.

After finishing the meal, I still practiced chipping, and when it was almost dusk, I went to pick up the food box and waved it in front of Caiyi.

From morning to night, Caiyi's full of hope turned into nothing in the end.

"The officer is in the Muchun Courtyard again? Still listening to the music? You are a dead girl, you know how to eat! If you didn't run to get the food box, how could you miss the official? You, you are really mad at me... "

He hated and resented, but he couldn't get off the ground, Caiyi was lying on the bed, and Gu Sixiao had to take care of her!Applying medicine, wiping her body, helping her to go to the toilet, without Gu Sixiao, she felt exhausted.

Originally, she thought that she would be able to meet the officials and eat supplements soon, so Caiyi naturally didn't care about the food of those servants, but at night, she really couldn't hold on anymore.

Her stomach was drumming, and she didn't care that it would be too disrespectful to eat the food of a servant. She opened her mouth to ask Gu Sixiao for something to eat, but Gu Sixiao was surprised.

"Sister Caiyi, didn't you say you don't want to eat? I sent all the food boxes back to the kitchen, and there is nothing to eat in the yard now..."

"No food? The snacks for the officials in the tea room?"

"The official hasn't come in the past two days, and the kitchen didn't deliver it either!"

Touching her belly, Caiyi was so angry that she shed tears, but there was nothing she could do. She was hungry and didn't sleep well all night. When it was dawn, she had already urged Gu Sixiao to get up.

This time, it was not to block the officials, but to urge to pick up the food box.

It's not easy for Gu Sixiao to overdo it. Although he secretly set aside a little, the food he brought back to the study is enough.

Gobbling it up, Caiyi is really hungry right now, and doesn't care about her appearance.

After eating, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Hua'er, didn't you say that the old woman guarding the second door hates it? You go over today and give this to her..."

Taking the purse from Caiyi, Gu Sixiao opened it and saw that it was a silver ring. Although the color is not very good, it should be worth a few dollars.

This should not be Gu Yongshang's, but Caiyi brought it into the mansion before, and now it is taken out, it seems that it has really been ruthless.

"Today, you must go to the front yard, you must meet the officials, and you must ask the officials to come back to the back study..."

A few musts made Gu Sixiao frown unconsciously, "Well, that, let me try..."

With his purse in his pocket, Gu Sixiao stayed in the bamboo forest all morning, estimating the time, and only went to the second gate when it was almost noon.

When she reached the second gate, she smiled and leaned over, "Grandma Hua, it's sunny, you'd better sit in the shade!"

It was said that the lady guarding the second sect made things difficult for her, but in fact it was all to bluff Caiyi, she didn't come here at all yesterday.

Smiling and chatting with Granny Hua who was guarding the second door, Gu Sixiao stuffed the purse over and asked with a smile: "Does the official have to go back to the main courtyard for lunch today?"

Although he stayed in Muchun Courtyard night and night, Gu Yong ate at the Main Courtyard for lunch.

These days, Gu Sixiao has a thorough understanding.

(End of this chapter)