A big girl with Lan Mei's status, under normal circumstances, would not set foot in a dilapidated and remote courtyard like Jiaoyuan lightly.

But I came today, of course, on the orders of my master, and I had to come.

When she hurriedly rushed into the door of the corner courtyard, the small poplar door was so thin that it couldn't help but be slammed by her, and suddenly it creaked open, and there was a long and unpleasant astringent sound from the door shaft.

This chirp immediately reminded Lan Mei, who was panicked, she jumped under the eaves and raised her hand to dust off the snow flakes hanging on the ends of her hair, and then stomped her feet very loudly, the meaning is very clear, this girl is here, if you know each other, you low-level maids and servants come and take over.

Lan Mei has entered this corner courtyard once in her life, and that was two months ago to marry Young Master Liu Wan, the eldest lady ordered people to decorate the new house, and assigned Lan Mei, who was powerful next to her, to bring two new quilts, new mattresses, and new pillows to spread them on the kang of the new house.

Even if the new daughter-in-law is poor and the new daughter-in-law comes from a slightly poor background, she is only a child daughter-in-law when she marries into the door, and her status is no different from that of a low-level maid who does rough work, but since she wants to marry in to be the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, she can't be too shabby, otherwise how can she be worthy of the young master?

This family business, the master suddenly wanted to marry after listening to the fortune teller's words, saying that he needed to marry a family business to Chong Chongxi, maybe the young master's illness could get better. In this case, Master Liu is naturally very willing to listen, isn't it just to marry a relative, it's very simple, marrying is not difficult for the Liu family.

Of course, such a stupid son, before he is old enough to get married, can only marry a child bride.

What kind of family is willing to marry a good daughter to a fool and also be a child daughter-in-law, those big families who are in charge of the Liu family are naturally absolutely unwilling, and can only find those poor families who are hungry and cold and desperate and ready to sell their sons and daughters.

It's also a coincidence, Master Liu just moved his mind here, and the housekeeper of the grange came to report that something happened to the East Zhuangzi outside the city, and a tenant farmer rented five acres of land for the Liu family. The steward sent people to urge him several times to no avail, and the last time he went, the rent-collecting farmer took action and smashed the tenant farmer's house, carrying the two sacks of grain they had prepared for their stomachs.

Carry it, carry it, this matter is over, it is equivalent to the tenant farmer paying the rent.

But that night, the tenant farmer hanged himself.

Fortunately, the tenant farmer's daughter woke up in the middle of the night and found that there was a pair of skinny bodies hanging on the roof beams, so frightened that the daughter ran to the neighbor's house for help, and the neighbors arrived, and they were busy, and they were happy that the tenant had just hung up, but they were temporarily breathless, and after everyone tossed, they finally woke up.

Desperate and wanted to die, but in the end he didn't die, and the next day the news spread, and for a while the neighbors knew about it, and everyone spread it as a rural story. The original intention of everyone's communication is nothing more than two:

First, Liu Dingmao of Liufu in Lingzhou Mansion is a great good man, a great filial son, and has been nominated and praised by the son of heaven, Liufu has always been generous, especially to the poor people below, and rarely bullied and bullied, how could such a thing happen this time?

Second, the two tenants actually hanged themselves, both of them did not die, did they really seek death or did they deliberately make a show, otherwise it could really be so coincidental, they were found by their daughter when they were about to die, and they were rescued by everyone at the moment of life and death? What's even more strange is that their daughter is a mute, and the mute is said to be deaf and dumb, how can she hear her parents hang themselves in the night?

This matter quickly reached Liu Dingmao's ears.

Liu Dingmao cherished his reputation, and was furious at the moment, and ordered Steward Liu to investigate this matter thoroughly, and after some investigation, it was indeed the tenant who owed the rent and did not pay it back for a long time, and the Zhuang Ding of Liufu who urged the rent did start to rob the tenant and smashed the Han family, which had nothing to rob.

Liu Dingmao couldn't sit still, and personally went to the tenant's house to comfort him, only to know that the tenant surnamed Tian was sick, and he had been sick since the beginning of autumn, and it had been delayed until now.

Liu Dingmao saw the daughter of the tenant household, a child about ten years old, with a yellow face and thin muscles, and dressed in tatters, but he was not afraid of seeing people, and stood in front of him with his head down and did not say a word. A pair of eyes staring at people, and she likes to stare at her mouth when others speak. She's a mute. A qiē external appearance xiàn indicates that this is a real mute.

Tian tenants knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Dingmao, crying and begging him to be kind, first owe this year's rent, and next year when he is in good health, he must farm well, produce more grain, and pay the two years' rent together.

Liu Dingmao helped up the tenants, looked at the poor and dilapidated house in front of him, and suddenly felt a little sad in his heart, he immediately exempted them from this year's rent, and instructed the housekeeper to ask a doctor to give the tenants who came to the field to see the disease, and the medicine money was paid by Liufu.

What can the two tenants and their children do except kneel on the ground and kowtow?

Liu Dingmao didn't care about the kowtow of the poor sticks, what is the practical benefit of verbal thanks?

He stared at the mute girl and looked at it, and then left.

Three days later, someone from Liufu came to tell the tenants that the land in Liufu was no longer for him to be tenants, and there were more people waiting to plant that land.

Shocked, the tenant spit out the quilt of the herbal juice he had just eaten.

Shi Shiran, the housekeeper of Liufu, looked at this honest stick who had vomited all the medicinal liquid, and if he vomited again, he could only vomit blood, and it took a long time to say a sentence slowly, to express your gratitude and sincerity to Master Liu, you can come up with something decent...... As he spoke, his eyes slowly stared at everyone.

The tenant's wife cried so much that her eyes were rotten, and she followed the housekeeper's gaze all the way, and finally fell on her daughter's dumb aunt.

The dumb aunt who couldn't hear a word was burying her head in sewing a torn gown.

The housekeeper of Liufu sighed, as if he had inadvertently chatted about one thing, Master Liu is such a noble person, in fact, there are also things that are sad and distressing, the Liu family has a big business, but it is a pity that the people are thin, seeing that Lord Liu is in his forties, he only leaves a son, and now he is as big as your dumb aunt, Master Liu has the heart to marry his son to raise a daughter-in-law, marry into the door smallly, raise it early, and wait for one day to grow up and then round the house, and the children who grow up together can understand each other's temperament since childhood, and will be good to the young master in the future, and it is better to inherit the lineage of Liufu, but it is a pity that such a good girl is not easy to find Wow, the current girls are all pampered, it's not easy to meet a sensible person.

The two tenants were confused.

Shopkeeper Liu said in his heart that Master Liu was too cautious, what kind of euphemism to play with these poor sticks, he had been around here for a long time, these two people just couldn't understand, they really played the piano to the cow, it was better to say it directly.

Shopkeeper Liu looked at the dumb aunt who was sitting obediently, and said bluntly, instead of waiting for starvation and death, it is better to take a step forward, there is a ready-made good way to put it there, as long as you are willing, this step out, hello, I am good, everyone, there is no loss to anyone. First, your mute daughter married into Liufu, you have climbed the high branches, and since then your daughter has lived a good life without worrying about food and clothing, which is really a day of delicacies and delicacies from the mountains and seas, and enjoys endless glory and wealth; second, next year's land, you will continue to rent seeds, and Liufu will not accept it; third, Liufu will give you a bride price, just so that you can take medicine and food, and live a stable and peaceful year.

After the death of Mr. Liu, his son continued to work in Liufu, and after his decades of career, he had already sharpened his skills in all directions, and he was the same. After listening to his gracious and well-founded explanation, the two tenants got up and kowtowed to him, thanking him for pointing out the clear path and solving the dilemma of a dying family.

The next step was much simpler, a small sedan chair quietly came to carry away the Tian family's daughter, and Liufu did not do it with great fanfare, but simply made a splash within the family. Marrying a child daughter-in-law, there is nothing worth celebrating, marrying such a poor woman, it is similar to buying a string of copper plates and entering the door.

If there is any difference, it's just that this one costs two more strings of copper coins.

Thinking of this, Lan Mei had a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

This process, openly and secretly, how could Lan Mei know so much about it?

This is due to her identity, she is the person in front of the eldest lady, and the whole process of the dumb aunt entering the door is only known in such detail by the convenience of serving the master closely, and most of what the rest of the mother-in-law and maid ring hear is only an incomplete part.

When others were curiously and mysteriously talking about this, Lan Mei secretly laughed in her heart, she looked down on those who were inferior to herself, and she only had the eldest lady in her eyes. In fact, she has a more secret matter, but she has no chance to achieve it.

Lan Mei shook the snow and stomped her feet at the door of the corner courtyard, grinding and grinding, there was only one purpose, she waited for someone to come out to greet her, the big girl ring next to Mrs. Liu, walked all over the Liu Mansion, where was not to be greeted with a smile from afar, even Lord Liu's aunts and wives, and the children of the concubines, all saw her and had to rush up to show her goodwill.

Lan Mei likes to play music and likes to be flattered by everyone.

But no one showed up.

They seem to be arguing?

Okay, little hooves, I think that if the big lady hiding here can't see it, you will be lawless, right, you can rebel, right? The master is going to die, and you are still in the mood to quarrel? That orchid is clever, and the orchid is purely a little girl who can't turn a corner and only knows how to admit death, is the orchid making the orchid angry?

The smile on the corner of Lan Mei's mouth became cold, and she walked softly to the door step by step.

Sure enough, it was two voices arguing.

"The water flows to high places, people go to high places, even those wild sparrows know how to pick up high branches and fly, is it wrong for me to go with Mama Li? Seeing that guarding here is similar to a dead man, maybe guarding and guarding will turn me into a fool. ”

The voice is shrill and sharp, it is the voice of an orchid.

Another mellow and calm voice was obviously swallowed with patience: "Isn't the little grandmother still dead? Why do you curse her to death in front of her with red mouths and white teeth? We are all from the same background, she is not as good as others, do you even have to follow to step on it to feel at ease? If you want to go, go back to the housekeeper lady, you can't talk to me here." ”

This orchid, don't look honest on the surface, in fact, it is not the master of forgiveness.

Orchid sneered and sneered at each other: "Isn't this one still dead? You obviously know that only when she dies can we get out of here and be reassigned to serve others, but she is obviously going to die, how can she come back to life again, and my plan will not be in vain? It's really unlucky!"

Lancao stammered angrily, "You, you, good orchid, I'm going back to the eldest lady, saying that our corner courtyard has a small incense and can't afford you as a big bodhisattva, so you should go up early." ”

"Just go, do you think I'm going to be scared?"

The two of them were torn together, crying and crying and shouting and shouting together.

Lan Mei was thinking about her errand this time, where did she have the time to see the little girl arguing, so she opened the curtain and looked around the room with a majestic and cold gaze.

At a glance, she herself was stunned, on the kang covered with cotton blankets, a body was lying flat in the quilt under the big red mandarin duck playing in the water satin, and on the pillow with a colorful silk thread embroidery pattern on the white silk square top with sauce red piping, a handful of green silk was softly sprinkled out, and a pair of round little eyes on a pale yellow face in the green silk arch were looking at her quietly.

Isn't she unconscious? Isn't she going to wake up again, but going to die?

How did you wake up?

Lan Mei's legs were weak, and she sat on the edge of the kang with her buttocks.