Value peace

Chapter 101 Strategizing ([-])

Duan Yingluo and Gu Xiyan looked at each other for no reason.

The Liu family is a century-old family in Yandi. Liu Meier received orthodox women's moral training since she was a child. Although Qiu Gui was a personal maid, her parents were both the stewards of the Liu family. They grew up in the inner courtyard of Liu's mansion. They are still very naive in the world.

When Liu Meier knew the reason why she was sent to Hongtai, she was very unwilling, but she couldn't stand her mother's crying.The mother has given birth to six daughters, and the father is getting older, and the family affairs have gradually been transferred to the hands of the half-brother. If the relationship with the aunt also weakens, the life of the mother at home can be imagined .

Siping woke them up secretly this morning, and told them in a low voice: "In the future, don't mention the fact that the girl has been to our master's inner room again. Even if the concubine enters the door, there is still a small sedan chair. Look at your girl... I This is because you have a good relationship with your young master, so you can say such treasonous things behind your back. If you can trust me, just listen to me. In the future, get close to the two girls, Duan and Gu, and have a certificate for each other. If someone asks From the beginning, I just said that I was sent by my aunt to deliver medicine to my grandfather. Even if there are those people who think in that direction, the two girls Duan and Gu can also speak for you, so that it will not lose the dignity of the girl. ... If any unbearable words are spread, the girl's life will be ruined."

After Liu Meier came to Hongtai, she also felt that something was wrong. Now hearing what Siping said, and thinking of the scene when her brother married his sister-in-law and took concubines, she was really ashamed, ashamed, angry and annoyed. She couldn't help crying in her arms .I didn't expect my parents who treat me like a treasure on weekdays would do such a thing.Fortunately, it didn't work out. If in case... I am not even as good as a roommate, then it will be like Siping said, and my life will be ruined.Either the three-foot white silk will kill herself, or she will go to the Aunt Temple to guard the green lantern for a lifetime.

Qiu Gui also complained about her master and wife.No wonder the girl was asked to come here instead of the fourth girl who is the same father and the same mother as the young master. I'm afraid it was just a precaution.She couldn't help but also shed tears for a long time.

Both eyes were swollen from crying, they applied cold towels to each other's faces for a long time, and then cleaned up carefully, discussing that they would come to Duan and Gu at noon and walk around here, everyone is familiar with each other, Having a meal together is also a good way to get close.

But now seeing Duan and Gu flirting, Qiugui couldn't help but secretly worried.

Could it be that these two girls have something to hide!
Liu Meier didn't think that much about it.

She heard that Gu Xiyan was not called by Mrs. Wei, and she felt much better.

After all, my aunt didn't do things so out of line. She didn't call all the girls of the right age from the relatives of the Wei family to Hongtai for her son to choose as she imagined. It's like being picked around like a lady from a restaurant...

Duan Yingluo had sharp eyes, and when she entered the room, she saw Gu Xiyan's collarbone that had turned into a light purple mark.Now in front of Liu Meier and Qiu Gui, her heart hangs high, for fear that Gu Xiyan will reveal some flaws.

"This room is in a mess, the two girls should sit in the outer room!" Duan Yingluo led Liu Meier and Qiu Gui to the outer room.

Liu Meier knew that this was the time for Gu Xiyan to freshen up, so she smiled and said, "Qiugui and I will sit outside for a while, and you can wait for your girls to wash up!" After speaking, she took Qiugui to the outer room.

Duan Yingluo hurriedly put down the curtain beside the floor covering, and asked Gu Xiyan in a low voice: "Do you want the women to bring hot water to wash?"

Gu Xiyan blushed: "No, no need!" As she said, she hurriedly put on the swollen coarse clothes.

Duan Yingluo looked at Gu Xiyan's dull-colored and rough-made clothes to protect against the cold wind, and wanted to ask her to change, but seeing that the clothes could cover her tightly, she put it to her mouth again. The words were swallowed.

Compared with beauty, reputation is more important to Gu Xiyan at this time.

Helping Gu Xiyan to wash up hastily, Duan Yingluo said softly: "Clean up the bedding yourself, and I'll serve tea to Miss Liu."

Gu Xiyan blushed and responded in a low voice.

Duan Yingluo just opened the curtain and folded it back, whispering: "If you feel tired, just put it aside..."

Gu Xiyan blushed so much that she was about to bleed, she gave Duan Yingluo a white look: "Go and do your work!"

Even so, Duan Yingluo hesitated for a while before going out.

Nothing really happened yesterday, of course nothing will be left behind, but Gu Xiyan doesn't know where to put the obscene clothes specially made by Moju.

After thinking about it for a long time, she crumpled it up and stuffed it into the inner pocket of the big cotton coat.

Anyway, this padded coat is very swollen, and if you add something to it, others will not be able to see it.

When it was almost cleaned up, Duan Yingluo was worried, so she found an excuse to come in and take a look.Seeing that although Gu Xiyan's hands and feet were slow, she didn't seem to be exerting too much effort, so she secretly felt relieved.

Gu Xiyan was very grateful for Duan Yingluo's concern.

In any case, in this case, they must work together to overcome difficulties.

Liu Meier arrived at Hongtai three days earlier than Gu Xiyan and the others, and she was placed in this yard as soon as she came in. Firstly, she was embarrassed to walk around when she first arrived, and secondly, it seemed that the security here was very strict, and no one took care of them. The corner door of the second door is always locked.But they are more familiar with the situation here than Gu Xiyan.When Gu Xiyan finished her grooming and came out to meet them, Liu Meier suggested that everyone have lunch together. Gu Xiyan also wanted to make friends with Liu Meier, so naturally she happily agreed.

There is a small courtyard behind the small corner door between the two houses, as Gu Xiyan guessed, there are four or five women who are rough envoys living in it, responsible for tea and meals in this courtyard, they were all in this mansion He was working in the yamen, and when Hongtai was occupied, he had no time to escape. After being discovered by Yan Jun, he was arrested.He was brought to this courtyard as an errand only three days ago.These few people have been trembling these few days, for fear that one of them might accidentally lose their life, they used their best remedial skills to act as errands. When they heard that the women in the front yard wanted to eat, they hurriedly prepared Good dishes came out.

The dining table is set in the living room. The women first served four cold dishes, mung bean sprouts mixed with shredded egg skin, boiled chicken, sour duck feet, and five-spice stewed turtledove, and then eight hot dishes, eight-treasure belly, and sliced ​​mutton with lotus , diced red rabbit, steamed pork ribs with plums, braised chicken waist, crystal shrimp, crucian carp steamed egg custard, and finally a dog meat hot pot and four small willow baskets. Emerald Siu Mai four staple food.A table was full.

Liu Meier and Gu Xiyan sat on the east and west sides of the square table respectively, and Duan Yingluo naturally sat next to Gu Xiyan, seeing Qiugui so much that her eyes almost rolled down, it's a pity that she has always been regarded as The girl is used to serving Duan Yingluo, but she still doesn't know herself.

Gu Xiyan couldn't help laughing "puchi", remembering that when she was in Hongshang, she was so indifferent when she asked her to reward the servant, and finally people misunderstood that she was the master!

The atmosphere immediately became weird, both Liu Meier and Qiugui had unnatural expressions on their faces.

"Miss Liu, don't get me wrong." Gu Xiyan knew that her pair of "master and servant" was too funny, so she hurriedly explained, "You don't understand the situation in our family. It's a maid, but it's sister Duan Be humble with me, without her, I would have lost my life a long time ago, and speaking of it, sister Duan is still my savior?" Then she made up a random story, shaping Duan Yingluo into a martial artist with strong martial arts and sincerity. A trustworthy and strange woman, because Wei Huan accidentally saved her life once, she volunteered to take care of Wei Huan's family, that is, herself, as a maidservant.Not only did she do everything possible to support herself due to the family background of the Wei family, but she also persisted after her uncle passed away and risked her life to send her to Hongtai to recognize her relatives...

Liu Meier and Qiu Gui were moved to tears by this story.

"So the relationship between me and Sister Duan is not ordinary, and I never talk to her about those polite things."

"It should be so, it should be so." Liu Meier nodded again and again, "Sister Duan, you are really amazing! Don't tell me the Duke always speaks with a pleasant face when he talks to you."

Duan Yingluo's face turned red at what she said.

Gu Xiyan sniggered in her heart, but said with a straight face: "Miss Liu, meeting is a fate. There are no outsiders here, so let's not be so particular, let Qiugui sit at our table for dinner!"

"How can I compare with Miss Duan!" Qiugui hastily declined, "I'll stand aside and serve the girls!"

"Qiu Gui," Liu Mei'er also opened his mouth, "you can just sit down and eat with us. There is no one else here, so let's not stick to those customary etiquette."

Long-term life behaviors affect thinking, Qiugui disagrees no matter what, and finally Gu Xiyan pushed her on the chair: "You and sister Duan should be a companion, otherwise, sister Duan will also feel very embarrassed of."

Duan Yingluo, who caused the storm, was also busy helping out, and the four of them sat down safely.

Because of this story, Liu Meier's master and servant's attitude towards Duan Yingluo has obviously improved.

Liu Meier picked up a fingernail-sized rabbit with chopsticks inlaid with ebony and put it in Duan Yingluo's bowl: "Sister Duan, try it!"

Duan Yingluo's breezy face could not help but flash a few traces of uneasiness.

Liu Meier's food intake is very small, and she only took a symbolic bite or two of each dish. Qiugui is still a little cautious, and rarely picks up vegetables. After eating two steamed buns in a hurry, she said she was full, and left the table early to cook for them. Tea went.Gu Xiyan was concerned about her own stomach and dared not let go of her stomach to eat. She only used a few pieces of yam cake and put her chopsticks on it. Duan Yingluo had a good meal.Seeing it, Liu Mei'er was envious: "Sister Duan is not inferior to the strange woman in the book, she even eats faster than us."

Gu Xiyan tried her best not to laugh.

After dinner, Gu Xiyan invited Liu Meier and the others to drink tea on the kang in the inner room.

It's cold, and it's good to have a female companion to talk with.

Liu Mei'er didn't refuse, since she was idle anyway, someone had something to talk about, so as not to let her thoughts wander.She got on the kang under the service of Qiugui.

It was Duan Yingluo who secretly pulled Gu Xiyan to the back while they were entering the house, and pointed to the place where the poor women lived in the backyard: "I'm going to pay homage to the teacher."

"Worship teacher?" Gu Xiyan was a little puzzled.

Duan Yingluo smiled wryly: "I am like this now, even Miss Liu, who is not familiar with the world, can see that something is wrong. If I go to the Duke of Yan's mansion, it will not be a bad thing. At that time, I am afraid that the Duke will kill me go!"

"That's not enough." Gu Xiyan also felt that Duan Yingluo didn't have any talent for "acting", and said with a smile: "But it's always good to be careful."

(End of this chapter)