good meal

Chapter 40
Mother Du naturally knew that Chu Liangrao was joking, but she still didn't agree, she just declined.

"Mom, it's not for you to eat for free." Chu Liangrao put down the teacup and said, "You heard it too, my mother sent someone from the big kitchen to teach me how to cook, but I still think that Ma Sijia's Whether it works or not, I have to rely on my mother to help me."

Speaking of this, Mama Du simply didn't refuse anymore.

On the second day, the person selected by Gu's came to Chu Liangrao's room, and Mama Du took her to gossip, and finally gave her five taels of silver.In the past, the rewards that this person received at most were only a few silver coins. Now that he received such a heavy gift, he naturally understood the matter of being short-mouthed. have fun.

After hearing this, Mrs. Gu was very satisfied, and ordered: "Now the princess is still in the mood, you can entertain more." After saying that, she asked Lin's mother to give a five-cent silver as a reward.

Compared with five taels of silver, it is better not to give this five cents. This person is very speechless towards Gu's stinginess, and even went through the motions when it came to Chu Liangrao.

Originally, Mother Du was still reluctant to part with the five taels of silver, she always thought that it would be enough to give one tael of silver, and she would pay so much for this move, lest she would be taken as a victim and slaughtered.At this moment, seeing this person was very knowledgeable, he agreed with Chu Liangrao's approach again.

After returning to Beijing, Mrs. Gu was busy managing the affairs of the mansion, and was invited to visit other people's homes on weekdays, and her life was very nourishing.It's been a long time, and everything she sees is particularly pleasing to the eye. In addition, Chu Liangrao's daily greetings are timely, which fully satisfies her vanity, which makes her very satisfied.

Autumn is coming in a blink of an eye, and the disaster situation in Laizhou has also been eased. It seems that everything is going in a good direction, but Gu's family is anxious.Why did the people who stayed in Pingyuan County not report to her for so long? Could it be that they were swallowed up by others?After waiting for a few more days, Mrs. Gu didn't even think about going out, and finally she was asked to go out by the wife she had a good relationship with on weekdays.

Mrs. Gu always puts on the air of a princess when she goes out, and there are quite a few people accompanying her as guards, but even so, there are still some people who don't care about her.That day, Mrs. Gu just got into the carriage and returned home after being a guest, when a beggar in ragged clothes rushed out, yelling for his wife to be good, and bumped into Mama Lin who was beside Mrs. Gu.

Under the eyes of everyone, Gu's hands trembled with anger after losing face, and she scolded in a deep voice: "Where did the ignorant and troublesome people come from, hurry up and pull away!" Several guards rushed up and arrested the man He lifted it up like a chicken, pulled his hair back and revealed a dirty face. Seeing this face, Mrs. Gu and Mama Lin were secretly surprised.

"Forget it, miss your first offence, this princess doesn't care about you." Suppressing the turmoil in her heart, Gu said calmly, "Mother Lin, give him some broken silver, let's go."

Seeing such a big difference in Wang Hao's attitude before and after, the guards who originally wanted to hit hard also paid attention to their proportions.

After the carriage drove for a while, Mrs. Gu said that she had left something in the mansion, and asked Mama Lin to bring a guard back to retrieve it.Mother Lin returned the same way, and after searching for a while, she found the beggar who was wolfing down a steamed bun.The beggar was startled when he saw Mama Lin, the steamed bun in his mouth couldn't go up or down, he rolled his eyes and choked to death.

Lin's mother didn't care about the dirty, and helped to pat her back to smooth the air. It was hard for the beggar to cough up the steamed bun stuck in his throat.Feeling relieved, he burst into tears, wanting to speak but worried about the entourage behind Mama Lin.

"My own, it doesn't matter." Lin's mother asked with great concern, "What's going on, why did you become like this? How are you doing what the concubine told you?"

"Mom, you don't know. Not long after the princess left, a group of people robbed us of our food." The beggar's face was washed with tears, and two clean faces appeared, which turned black again with a dirty sleeve. , "Not only the food, but the shopkeeper was also... silenced, and the little one escaped by running fast to report to the princess."

Mother Lin was shaking non-stop. She grabbed the beggar's hand, and her voice sounded weird like a cat whose throat had been choked: "You, what are you talking about? The food was robbed? There are so many of you, how could you be robbed? Yes Didn't you escape privately?"

"Every word of the villain is true. Those guys are all skilled in martial arts. Even the shopkeeper can't beat them. The little ones are no match for them." The beggar argued eagerly, "Mom, if the villain really wants to sneak away , How can I end up in this field today, I hope my mother will say a few good words for me in front of the princess. The villain has worked for the princess for so many years, and there is no credit but hard work."

Seeing that this guy who has more than enough success and more troubles still has the face to work hard, Mama Lin couldn't resist slapping her ear, and said: "I still have some money here, you can find it in a clean place." Stay in an inn, and I will come to find you after I have consulted the princess."

After receiving the money, the beggar thanked her again and again, and after watching Mama Lin leave, he ran away with wind on his feet.Although this man was very foresight and knew that Gu's method would never save him a living, but a greedy word took his heart, and he took the risk in exchange for some travel expenses, but he ruined his own life.

The next day, someone found the body of a beggar who was foaming at the mouth. Pedestrians covered their noses and left, for fear of getting dirty.This matter is not worthy of attention, but what attracts attention is that the concubine of King Mingyang suddenly fell ill, and the people who came to see her sick were declined one after another, and the affairs of the mansion were temporarily left on the shoulders of the old lady. superior.

Taking advantage of the housekeeper's time, the old lady also taught Chu Liangrao a lot of things. Now she doesn't say anything else, just her demeanor reveals the demeanor that a lady should have.And Chu Liangrao also pretended to be a good girl, and went to Gu's bed every day to serve soup and medicine. Gu, who had found it difficult to swallow, felt worse than death, so he cheered up without much advice from Lin's mother.

But it took some time to recover. After all, the end of Pingyuan County was more than half of her private property, and the rest was almost burned to ashes by the fire.While feeling sad, Gu secretly wondered that she had been too unlucky recently.At present, Mrs. Gu invited a Taoist to come to the palace to set up a show in order to transfer luck. After two days, the old lady was not happy, not to mention why Mrs. Gu made such a fuss. small amount.

Looking for nothing, the old lady told Chu Chaoyang about this matter, Chu Chaoyang smiled slightly when he heard it, and only said that he would persuade Gu, but did not make a promise.The old lady felt that Chu Chaoyang was just perfunctory in front of her, and she became more and more dissatisfied knowing that her son had not done anything to spoil his daughter-in-law all these years.

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