Only Lancao and the dumb aunt were left sitting opposite each other in the room.

Silent.

The dumb aunt has always been silent, which Lancao has long been accustomed to, but Lancao suddenly became silent, and the dumb aunt was not used to it, and took the initiative to break the silence: "Say, if you don't say anything in your heart, you will feel more aggrieved in your heart." ”

Lancao had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and the words almost rushed out of her mouth:

"I don't understand, why do you exalt them like that? You know, this is something that has never been done in the house, and if it gets out, I'm afraid I'll get into trouble for us. ”

Lancao's brows furrowed, she was worried.

What kind of behavior is it that the master allows the lowest subordinates to eat at the same table with him, and he changes the coarse food of the subordinates to eat, and distributes the fine dishes to the subordinates to eat? It sounds good to be sympathetic to the subordinates, but when it is spread out in the mouths of those coarse people, it will not be so good-sounding, and it must be said that the little grandmother of Liufu is from a poor tenant after all, and she cannot enjoy happiness, and she is only worthy of eating those coarse grains and cheap vegetables.

Lancao lowered her voice very sincerely: "Little grandma, it's not Lancao who abuses them, Lancao herself is also a subordinate, it's just that our happiness is too difficult, we have to cherish it, the slave is worried that if something goes wrong, we will go back to the original hard days, and in those days, the slave doesn't want to watch the little grandmother go again." ”

The dumb aunt was silent for a long time, slowly washed her hands in the basin, sat at the window and looked at the faint twilight that was falling misty outside the house, her voice was low and astringent, "Lancao, the eldest lady's people will definitely come soon, you can help me make a few requests, first, ask to send a few big baskets, the bigger the better; Fourth, from tomorrow onwards, the eldest lady will abstain from eating a single qiē meat, not touching meat and fish, and will only eat millet porridge and green vegetables at every meal. Five or seven days later, someone was sent to fetch the Ice Plum Sydney Pills for the eldest wife. ”

Lancao hurriedly pressed her fingers and kept it in mind, the dumb aunt spoke slowly, word by word, but the amount of information contained in her words was not small, Lancao knew that the little grandmother did not want outsiders to know that she could speak, so these words could only be conveyed by Lancao's mouth as usual, and if she forgot it, she couldn't ask the little grandmother again in front of outsiders.

"One, two, three, four, remember, it's just this fifth, Bingmei what, what is that, why have I never heard of it?"

The dumb aunt bowed slightly, and said in her heart Don't say that you haven't heard of it, it's the first time for me myself, don't blame you, who called me the original creator of the research and development of this pill.

"It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it, you'll know later. Ice plum snow pear pills. A faint voice, low repetition.

Lancao hurriedly forced herself to memorize, knowing that the little grandmother was rarely willing to repeat what she said.

"Ice-plum-snow-pear-pills-remember, that's a nice name!"

Lancao was afraid that she still couldn't remember it well, so she repeated it repeatedly. After remembering for a while, he frowned, "I still don't understand, since you can already speak, then why do you have to pretend to be dumb, so that the government knows that you are already a healthy person, isn't it better?"

This question has been turned over and over many times in the belly of the bluegrass.

As a mute, she has suffered a lot since she entered the mansion, and those people have no scruples in front of her shouting loudly about the little mute, the little cripple and the like, and now it is finally God's mercy and let the dumb speak, then it should be let all the people in the Lingzhou Mansion know about this strange thing, and when the time comes, let those who bully and trample on their corner courtyard polish their dog's eyes a little.

But why should she continue to hide it, and go to such great lengths to borrow the mouth of a maid to say what she should say? Isn't it better for her to say it herself?

The corner courtyard in the twilight, looking out of the window, is small, narrow, and the line of sight cannot be opened at all, and it will be blocked back by the high wall.

The dumb girl looked at the rammed wall of loess, and the sloping spire on the top of the wall, which had been in Liufu for some years, and the wall was full of dark green moss and weeds, and now it was dead, and when the wind blew, the grass shook in a mess.

"Lancao, you remember, in case I leave one day, every word I say to you now may be useful to you, so you have to change your temper, and don't speak so quickly. ”

His eyes were vague and he looked outside, and his tone was light and astringent, as if he was just talking to himself.

Lan Cao suddenly heard these words, slowly thought about it in her heart, her face turned pale, and suddenly her knees fell soft, and her eyes were instantly full of tears, and she said with a little stuttering: "Little grandma, are you blaming the slave and maid for talking too much? The slave and the maid are wrong, and the slave and the maid promise not to point fingers at your behavior in the future, and the slave and the maid will change, please rest assured." ”

The body on the embroidered stool did not move, and his eyes were still looking at the courtyard.

Lancao didn't dare to get up, and knelt respectfully.

When she entered Liufu, it was because her father and mother died in the famine * famine in Lingzhou Mansion a few years ago, she dragged a breath and became thin into skin and bones, and a lady in this village worked as a long-term worker in Liufu, and when she came home, she saw that she was pitiful, so she took her into Liufu. Although the strings of copper coins sold fell into the pockets of the eldest lady in the same village, Lancao did not dare to complain to her a little, after all, it was someone who brought her to find a place to survive.

In the first few years when I arrived in Liufu, the aunt in the same village was afraid that Lancao would not be sensible, so she took it with her side to train day and night, and Lancao saw a lot of useful experience and skills for surviving in big families from those aunts.

They said that a person is a subordinate, the most important thing is to be loyal to his master, no matter whether the master is proud or down, everyone is still stepping on the soles of their feet, that is the master's business, as a slave, you must endure loneliness, endure hardship, and follow a master wholeheartedly, maybe one day the master will turn over, and the slave and maid who have suffered with the master will become loyal servants, and in the eyes of the master, the daughter will not change. If you are in trouble, you may get temporary benefits, but you may also end up badly.

At that time, where could Lancao understand these big truths.

She just kept those words in mind, she must be good to her master, good wholeheartedly, and she can't have the slightest second-heartedness, there will always be a day when she will come out.

So she guarded this deaf and dumb little grandmother with all her heart, and after only two months, the feng shui began to reverse, no, didn't the little grandmother's life start to improve.

She hopes that this good life can last for a long time, and only if the little grandmother lives well, can she be a person at the moment to keep up with the happiness.

But why did the little grandmother suddenly say that?

Do you blame me for getting carried away and forgetting my duty as a slave?

Lancao trembled and thought wildly, and her heart was confused for a while.

"Lancao, my heart is in turmoil. ”

The dumb aunt said.

The sentence was very low, like a gossamer shuttling through the air.

"Look at that plum tree, which was originally in the middle school and was well behaved, was moved here by me, will it be very uncomfortable and uncomfortable now? It must be yes, it has taken root in one place and has long been accustomed to the water and soil there, and now it is forcibly moved here, how can it be happy? Who can it tell about this grievance?"

The bluegrass got up to see the plum trees. The plum tree stood there well, and she couldn't see any grievances or any unhappiness?

Lancao suddenly found that since the little grandmother was able to speak, she seemed to be more and more unable to touch the little grandmother's mind, and felt that the little grandmother's heart was sinking in a very deep place, like soaking in cold water, and like being immersed in a fire, hot and cold, hot and cold.

At this time, the door of the corner courtyard opened, and a warm light lit up at the door, and two figures stepped into the door of the corner courtyard and walked briskly towards the door.

It turned out that it was already time to light the lamp, and Lancao hurriedly got up to light the candles.