The door opened, and Lan Rui came to open it herself.

Lan Rui was stunned when she saw the person coming from the door, and then saw that the dumb aunt was followed by Mama Li, and immediately panicked, and begged again and again: "Little grandma, don't sell the slave maid, please don't sell me, although the slave maid lives in Shuanghe Garden, the work in the kitchen outside has not been delayed, please don't sell us." ”

The dumb aunt looked at Mama Li, Mama Li's face turned red, turned around and spat at Lan Rui, and scolded: "Little hoof, there is no reason for this, who wants to sell you? Isn't the little grandma good enough for you, the master you serve is gone, but she still raises you, now there is a shortage of soldiers outside, the world is difficult, who doesn't know the cost of one more person, if you want to change to another family, you will be sold a long time ago!"

Lan Rui didn't dare to cry anymore, and retreated in a daze.

The dumb aunt patted her on the shoulder, "Don't worry, the master didn't speak, and no one dares to sell you yet." Just live in peace, and when the weather warms up in spring, I have a bunch of work waiting for you to do. Let's go and see how you live, is it cold? Yesterday, Mama Li personally led people to add charcoal fires to each courtyard, you have to get it too, don't save, it will be divided after it is used up, and it seems to be very cold this winter——"

As he spoke, he took the lead and walked into the house.

Lan Rui was a little dumbfounded when she heard this, and looked at Mama Li, who was staring at her with wide eyes.

Lan Rui is not a stupid person, she understands what is going on, she didn't say a word, and followed the dumb aunt into the door.

As soon as you enter the door, you can feel that it is cold inside, colder than outside.

"It's so cold, don't you make a fire?" Liu Xue pouted, clutching the hand stove in her arms.

The dumb aunt reached out to touch the stove, and there was a warmth, but it was far from warm.

Mother Li also reached out to touch it, and after touching it, she suddenly yelled at Lan Rui: "What's the matter? Why don't you burn the fire? Are you saving charcoal? Tell you, now the house is the little grandmother in charge, she said don't save if you don't save, who made you disobedient!"

The three little girls stood tremblingly and obediently, and one of the little ones was about to say something, but was pressed back by Lan Rui.

The dumb aunt walked around the room, did not speak, and took the lead and left.

Mother Li lagged behind, and glared at Lan Rui and the others before leaving.

The front is made of red mud.

Mother Li suddenly became enthusiastic, "Let's go to the red mud building and have a look-"

The dumb aunt shook her head, "Let's come back later, go elsewhere first." ”

After the red mud building, followed by the Liuyun Hall and the Shallow Water Pavilion, they didn't even go in.

After going around, I turned around and walked forward, and entered the small courtyard where my second aunt lived.

Mama Li's face became very ugly.

The dumb aunt didn't seem to notice the change in Mama Li at all, she took Liu Xue's hand, and the two small bodies took the lead in pushing open the door, passing through the yard, and directly entering the house.

This courtyard has no name, neither the luxurious atmosphere of the middle courtyard, nor the elegance and sophistication of other small courtyards, just an ordinary courtyard with yellow mud and green tiles, just like the private houses where ordinary people live outside.

Several people have entered the house, but not a single girl has come out.

"Is the second aunt sick?" Liu Xue was puzzled at first and rushed to the front to see. shouted: "The second aunt is really sick, come and see, she is not lightly ill." ”

The dumb aunt approached the bed, stunned, in front of her was a very simple wooden bed, the bedding on the bed was old and thin, and the second aunt was sleeping on the pillow.

"You're here?" the second aunt looked at the dumb aunt with a smile. I could see that she was holding on, and after only saying three words, she was already so weak that she fell to the air.

The dumb aunt grabbed her wrist to check the pulse, and smiled softly while bowing her head: "I'm sorry, I'm late." that you may be guilty. ”

The second aunt had tears faintly in her eyes, but they were only a flash, and she always had a faint smile on her face, and she nodded and stopped talking.

The dumb aunt condenses the veins.

Liu Xue reached out and touched the second aunt's futon, "Ah, it's so cold! There is no fire in the kang?" As she spoke, she turned around and touched the stove, her tentacles were cold, "Why is the stove cold?"

The little girl has grown so big, and she is all raised by Jin Zun and jade, where have I seen someone suffer like this, and she is the second aunt in Liufu. So I think what I see in front of me is really incredible.

She shouted for a long time, but no maid showed up. Could it be that the second aunt lives alone in this courtyard?

Looking at the whole house again, it is really very simple, and I can't find a decent piece of furniture and furnishings, which is soft and even more crude, and it is cold like this, which is obviously going to freeze to death. The ordinary old mothers and servants in the Liu Mansion are only afraid that the conditions are better than this.

"This, this...... Isn't it that the second aunt is so temperamental, that they don't know where to go one by one? I will definitely tell my father when I turn around, and severely punish these lazy bones who bully the soft and are afraid of the hard!" Liu Xue shouted angrily, tears pouring down her face.

The second aunt still smiled at the corner of her mouth, and explained softly, "Don't blame them, I sent them away, and it's better to go somewhere else, so as not to freeze." ”

"Why don't you make a fire? Why don't you use thick bedding? Why is it so cold in the house? Don't you have a monthly portion of silver? Where are the clothes and supplies that change every year, and the charcoal fire to keep out the cold?" Liu Xue threw herself on the kang and raised her voice and shouted.

"Xue'er, don't worry, the first thing that matters when a girl encounters an accident is to be calm, you see that you are panicked first. The dumb aunt said and patted Liu Xue's hand.

Liu Xue shook off her dumb aunt's hand and cried: "Just hold your breath! Look at what kind of crime this is called! She is my father's second aunt, and now the eldest aunt in the house, why should she suffer such a crime? What does Aunt Jiu eat and use, why is she so shabby when she arrives here? Who is making trouble?!" As he spoke, he went to the fire to check that a basket of charcoal was empty, and there was a piece of charcoal burning there.

"Have they all been deducted by others? Is there someone bullying the second aunt? Could it be that you don't have any charcoal distributed in the house? Yesterday, the little sister-in-law specially called for some more! Where did they go?!"

The second aunt waved her hand strongly, "Snow girl, don't shout, no one detains my things, and no one bullies me, it's all my own fault, I drag my sick body all the year round, and I don't fight." ”

"If it's a patient, you should take care of it more, how can you suffer such a crime!" Liu Xue's little face turned blue with anger.

The dumb aunt sneered: "Bullying the weak and fearing the hard, the weak eat the strong, this principle is applicable everywhere, even in this small mansion." ”

Mother Li had been following behind her and watching coldly, but at this time, she noticed that the dumb aunt's face was displeased, so she immediately slipped out of the door to find someone, and asked to buy charcoal fire here and get two new quilts.

The dumb aunt stood up, "It doesn't matter what you are, it's just that you have been malnourished for a long time, and you fell ill with a cold and flu, so I went back and prescribed medicine and asked someone to send it over." Take care of it, and it will get better soon. ”

The second aunt still smiled faintly, without much gratitude or indignation, but just said that you bothered.

Walking to the door, the dumb aunt suddenly stopped her steps, "The three maid rings left by the third aunt, I look at them are all honest children, go back and wait here, as for the few lazy and slippery goods in this courtyard, you don't need to go back here, go to the kitchen to do rough work." ”

The voice was sharp and frosty.

Mama Li couldn't help but be shocked, didn't dare to defend, and nodded yes.

Out of the courtyard of the second aunt, Liu Xue still had tears on her face, and looked up at the dumb aunt: "Where are you going now?"

"I'm not going anywhere. The dumb aunt breathed a sigh of relief, "Go back." ”

Mother Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and no longer dared to slack off, and personally supervised people to make a fire for the second aunt.