Flowers are expensive

Chapter 201 The Lively Courtyard 2
"That's right!"

The two watched with relish as Pear Blossom tried it over and over again, and the joy on the tree was about to die.Suddenly, there was a cough in their ears, and the two of them turned their heads, sweating profusely in fright!Mother!How could it be Master Sparrow Spirit?
Que Ling didn't know when it landed on the tree. He was leaning on the tree trunk with an evil smile on his face, clasped his hands and asked, "You two, you really follow the rules of spying! Why don't you go down and take a look if you don't whistle? It's boring to stay in Zique Village for a long time, so please make your wife happy? If the master finds out, you two..."

"Master Que Ling!" The talkative spy knelt down on one leg and begged for mercy, regardless of whether he was on the tree or on the ground, "Don't tell the master! We... we don't want to go down and take a look, do we?" Do you know if Madam is looking for us! What if... what if Madam is playing with herself?"

"Oh," Que Ling smiled and nodded, "Madam is playing with me? Isn't it fun for you to look at it?"

"No... it's not fun! It's not fun at all!"

Que Ling raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Then let me play with you for fun?"

As soon as the words were finished, Que Ling kicked, and the spy flew out from the branch.After a while, there was a crackling sound of branches breaking not far away.The remaining spy held back the funny, and immediately said very faithfully: "Master Que Ling, I'm going to see my wife right now!"

"No need," Que Ling straightened up and said, "I'll just go! Remember, Madam is an ordinary person, she doesn't understand the secret codes of Jingyou City, but the master does, do you understand?"

"Yes yes yes! This subordinate will never dare to play with that monkey again next time!"

At this time, the voice of pear blossoms came from below.It turned out that when the spy fell from the tree just now, he made a loud noise.Lihua was startled, and hurried to the window to see if there was an earthquake.

Sparrow Ling quickly jumped down from the tree, and suddenly poked its head out from the window sill like a ghost. Lihua screamed in fright, and stepped back two steps and asked, "Sangque Ling?"

"Madam, did you scare you?" Que Ling rolled over from the window sill and smiled.

"How did you come?"

After saluting Li Hua, Que Ling said: "Master sent me back. I originally promised to go back and forth within a month, but now it seems that it won't work. Master was afraid that you would be too worried at home, so he specially sent me to tell you Let me protect you casually."

"Is the situation in Bianjing very bad?" Lihua asked worriedly.

"The situation is a little complicated, and the master can't get away for the time being. But don't worry, Uncle Bingcan and Brother Zhaoxun are following him, and nothing will happen."

Lihua breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "That's good. Actually, you don't have to protect me, isn't there a spy? Just let them protect me. You can go back to the capital."

"Ma'am, auntie, please have pity on me!" Que Ling said coquettishly lying on the table, "I rushed here so fast that my bones were exhausted, and if I rushed back, I would definitely die! Let the master Uncle and the others are having a lot of fun in the capital, how nice it is for me to hide from you and relax here! Is it okay? Is it okay?"

"All right, all right!" Que Ling acted coquettishly, and Lihua's goosebumps were about to rise.

"By the way, madam and aunt..."

"Wait, Que Ling," Li Hua interrupted Que Ling, "Why don't you just call me Auntie and leave out the word Madam, it sounds weird."

"Okay!" Que Ling nodded happily and smiled, "By the way, Auntie, did you want to recruit spies just now?"

Lihua was a little embarrassed, the clumsy way of biting her little finger and whistling just now wouldn't be seen by Que Ling?How embarrassing!She hurriedly asked, "How do you know? Have you been outside just now?"

Que Ling smiled and said, "I'll know when I see your posture. It's okay, I'll teach you later! You wait first!" She turned her head and whistled out the window, and the two spies arrived immediately. In front of Pear Blossom.But one of them was bruised and swollen, a little limp, and his clothes were dirty, as if he had just rolled in the mud.

Lihua sized him up curiously and asked, "What's going on? Is this... did you fall from a tree?"

Que Ling covered her mouth and kept laughing.The spy said aggrievedly: "Yes, ma'am, this subordinate accidentally fell from the tree by himself." Did he still dare to say that Que Ling kicked him down the tree?If you dare to say it, you are guaranteed to be kicked out again!
Lihua looked at him very sympathetically and said: "I said, you are not transformed from monkeys. Aren't you tired from staying on the tree all day? If you accidentally fall down, you will look like you. Did you get hurt? Do you want me to ask Mo Xiang to show you?"

"No need, madam! This little injury is nothing!"

"Who made this rule? Does it have to be on a tree?"

"It's convenient to hide in the tree, stand high and see far away," Na Tan discussed with a smile and said, "Thank you Madam for worrying about my subordinates, Madam, please tell me if you have anything to do!"

It was only then that Lihua remembered the purpose of looking for a spy, and hurriedly said: "It's not a big deal, I just want you to monitor Cao Meizhi on the farm and see what she's doing recently."

"This one is very easy. Is there anything else, ma'am?"

"Gone."

"The subordinates are leaving!" The two spies turned back from the window.The one that fell almost fell off the ledge again.Lihua looked at him with sympathetic eyes, and said to Que Ling: "I can't bear it anymore, there's no need to protect me like this all the time, right?"

Que Ling smiled and said: "This is the master's order. Without the master's order, I dare not withdraw them. You should tell the master next time."

"By the way, Que Ling," Li Hua pointed to the door and said with a smile, "Do you think you should go out through the window first and then come in through the door? Otherwise, a big and beautiful girl like you suddenly appeared in my room, would you Scary."

"Oh, that's easy to say!" Que Ling moved out of the window sill nimbly, and swaggered in again through the main entrance.

When someone asked about Bird Ling, Lihua said that it was the niece of a friend of Yuan Yin who lived outside the mountain and came to play in the mountain.From the third day, Lihua's yard became lively.Because she had to rush out all the goods sent to the city, she hired some day laborers in the village to help.

When the women in the village heard that Lihua was going to hire part-time labor again, and it was still sixty cents a day, they rushed over to help.Twenty or thirty women crowded into a small courtyard, some sewed sachets and pillows, some packed dried chrysanthemum petals, and some painted cosmetics boxes.

Lihua discovered that, in fact, the women in the country are not all familiar with calligraphy and painting, they are somewhat ingenious, as long as they are taught, the things they draw are better than those of the young masters in the city.When Tian Yisheng was not around, Lihua picked out a few dexterous girls and women, and asked Moxiang to teach them how to draw boxes, and it turned out that the drawings looked quite similar.

Que Ling was not interested in painting boxes, but was more interested in sewing sachets.As an assassin, she had never learned how to work as a female worker, and threatened to embroider her brother Hu Po's first sachet in her life.So, she picked out a piece of blue cloth, next to Yutao and Gong Shi, and started to learn in style.

When there are many women in the yard, it is always noisy.The long and short of the east and the west can all come out and talk about it.People outside can smell the fragrance of chrysanthemums wafting from the yard from time to time, as well as the cheerful laughter of the women.

While Lihua was busy arranging work, she took time to look behind Que Ling.After looking at it a few more times, Lihua finally couldn't help laughing and said, "Que Ling, it's better to take it apart and sew it up again! I'm afraid that Yan Amber won't dare to wear the stitches you made!"

Que Ling picked up the sachet, looked left and right, and asked solemnly: "Is it ugly? Is it ugly? I think it looks good!"

"Compare yourself with Yutao's!"

Que Ling leaned over to Yutao for a look, frowned, and pouted, "It's just a little bit worse..."

"Hahaha..." Lihua and Gong Shi both laughed.Li Huale said: "It's still a little bit close? Yours is like a chicken caught. Yutao's is neat and beautiful, it's far away! Forget it, you'd better stop learning, let Yutao help you make one !"

"It's so difficult to make a sachet!" Que Ling stretched her waist, crying bitterly, "I haven't killed anyone yet!"

The courtyard suddenly fell silent, and everyone stared at Que Ling in surprise.Lihua hurriedly bumped Que Ling lightly, and Que Ling immediately pretended to be cute, and said with a smile: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I said I haven't killed a chicken yet!"

The noisy scene returned to the yard.Lihua pinched her a little, and said with a smile: "Damn girl, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will drive you back to the capital to serve your master and uncle!"

Que Ling stuck out her tongue, took Lihua's arm and coquettishly said: "Master, auntie, don't drive me away, I'll just stay here with you, it's fun! I just remember not to talk nonsense!"

Lihua's goosebumps were about to pop up again, she nodded hurriedly, and pulled back her hand to watch Moxiang and the others draw the box.It's not that she thinks Que Ling's acting like a baby is disgusting, but it's weird to think of Que Ling's identity as an assassin.I'm afraid only Yan Amber can stand her acting like a baby.

At this time, someone mentioned a word of thanking Mrs., and someone immediately interjected like a treasure offering: "Mr. Xie's family is going to have a wedding soon? I watched someone come to the family the other day. Who else can I call my daughter-in-law? Isn't it just Is that the fifth child who is not engaged yet?"

As soon as Yutao heard this, the needle in her hand pricked her finger, and she couldn't help but groan softly.Mrs. Gong didn't know about her and Man Xiang, so she turned her face to make fun of her and said, "I feel uncomfortable listening to you? Are you jealous?"

Yutao lowered her head, bit her lower lip firmly, and continued to sew without saying a word.Another woman took the words and said with a smile: "I think it's almost time! When I came today, I saw Mrs. Xie carrying a basket to Haizi Temple. I must have got the girl's Geng Tie and used it to combine the horoscope! I see , everyone go back and look through the bottom of the box, prepare the red envelopes and wait for gifts!"

Laughter resounded all over the yard, but Yutao was the only one with a dead face, sewing something in her hands dully.Lihua looked up at her, just in time to see her prick the needle into her finger again.She frowned in pain, put her fingers to her mouth and sucked.Lihua thought for a while, got up and said, "Let's all rest, the work can't be done in a day, drink some tea and do it later."

"Thank you, my hostess!" Everyone said in unison.

Lihua got up and walked to Yutao, patted her on the shoulder, and called her to the kitchen.With a resentful expression on her face, she stared at her pricked finger and asked, "Sister Lihua, what's the matter?"

"Does it sound uncomfortable?"

"It's nothing uncomfortable! From now on, he will be him and I will be me, and it doesn't matter to me whoever he marries!" Yutao said stubbornly.

"Then why are you sad? Just prick your finger with a needle, doesn't it hurt?" Lihua asked while scooping boiling water from the iron pot to make chrysanthemum tea.

Yutao turned her face away and didn't answer.Lihua put down the wooden spoon, took a handful of rock sugar from the sugar jar, put it in the water jar, stirred it with long wooden chopsticks and asked, "Have you not seen Manxiang these two days? Are you still locked up by his mother?"

Yutao hummed lightly, rubbing her pricked fingers repeatedly.Lihua glanced outside, pulled her to her side, and whispered, "I have an idea, take the risk, but I can test whether Manxiang treats you sincerely. Would you like it?"

(End of this chapter)