Chapter 8: Sudden Incident
After Li Qingmu said goodbye, he walked out of the back hall and went straight to the front door. There is a stone road from the back hall to the front door, planted with a few shrubs and flowers on both sides, and the mountains and rocks are arbitrarily dotted in between, and it looks quiet and free. Aoki walked quickly across the gravel road, and was about to bypass a cluster of plantain leaves that were taller than a person's head, when he didn't want to turn a corner and turned a little girl with a plate and bowl full of food, and walked around the plantain leaves with her head down. For a while, neither of them expected that there was someone on the other side, and one was unstable and collided. The little girl sat on the ground with a bump, and Aoki was better, only a few steps back, but the soup fell on his robe without a drop. The little girl who was hit and sat on the stone floor, humming and chirping in her mouth, was rubbing her sore buttocks sideways, thinking about how she was so unlucky, and was scolded by the mother in charge for being lazy to eat, and deliberately accentuated her tone when she handed her food, if she couldn't do a meal, she didn't have to do it, and went home to serve Lao Tzu Niang. The little girl was already aggrieved, who was this one who killed a thousand knives! It hurt her to fall, and then she thought that the meal was gone, and I was afraid that this errand would be gone. Thinking of this, he was angry, he was young, and he was not afraid of anything, so he cried vigorously, and he didn't care about the person opposite, but just sat on the ground and cried. Aoki looked at the long shirt that had been poured with soup, his brows furrowed, he wanted to send this girl away, and quickly got in the car and went back, not wanting the little girl to do something wrong, not only did he care about being poured soup, but also cried to himself. He was amused by the girl.
This little girl, named Xiangnuo, was only twelve or thirteen years old, because her parents were in the house, so she asked her wife to let her serve in the house. Since he was a child, his family was well-off, his father loved his mother, and his temperament became willful. Parents want to come, so good at home, if you get married when you are older, I am afraid that you will suffer, so let her enter the house to grind her temperament, and then the character and talent of the young lady in the house is not to say, if the girl goes to serve her, she can become a beautiful lady in the future, and she can marry a mother-in-law. I haven't been in the house for a few days, and I don't do any tired work, and I have to take care of my mother, but I have a degree for everything. Today is Miss's big day, the housekeeper mothers in this house love Miss, and they are busy today, they are all happy in their hearts, and they can't wait for everything to be done properly, and they dare not slack off. How do you know that this Xiangnuo actually slept secretly, hiding behind the kitchen alone, so that people couldn't see it, and even the things she was asked to do in front of her hadn't been done, and the housekeeper's mother, Grandma Liu, remembered that the young lady hadn't eaten at this time, so she let go of the cruel words and asked her to send it quickly. Xiangnuo also knew that it was wrong, so he hurriedly sent it with a food plate.
After a while, the mother who was in charge came over. Some little girls are so lively, I don't know how thick the sky is, and I also came over. A few girls were familiar with Xiangnuo, and they stepped forward to pull her up, but they were opened by Xiangnuo without touching their hands, and glared at her fiercely. The little girl could only retreat, covering the back of her red hand, and didn't dare to speak. On weekdays, Xiangnuo is the overlord in the girl's pile, a famous broken household, no one dares to say anything about her, and a few mothers in charge make her move, and it's hard to say what's wrong, only Grandma Liu is her nemesis.
At this time, the girls don't know what to do. One of the mothers is Grandma Liu's brother-in-law, known as Mother Li. She also wanted to go over and pull the fragrant glutinous, but the girl was too powerful, no one could pull it when she cried, if she was strong, I was afraid that it would not work, and she would have to make a fuss, and after thinking about it, she still went to invite Grandma Liu to come. Grandma Liu was helping her wife deal with affairs at this time, and Mother Li rushed to her, panting, and briefly told her about the matter, and finally said, please go and have a look. Grandma Liu didn't say a word, put down the manual, and rushed over. When Grandma Liu arrived, Xiangnuo was short of breath when she saw Grandma Liu, and then she was afraid of her reprimand, so she got up by herself, stopped crying, and just stood there silently rolling up her sleeves to wipe away her tears. Aoki stood there, there was already a girl who took a dry handkerchief and was wiping her clothes, Aoki wanted to leave when she saw that the steward was coming, but she was tripped by this fragrant glutinous and couldn't leave for a while.
Grandma Liu saw Xiangnuo cowering and hiding behind the girl, and then looked at the guest's clothes, she was immediately very annoyed, her eyes glared at Xiangnuo, and she warned fiercely, and then walked to Aoki and said apologetically: This little girl is not sensible, please don't blame her.
Aoki didn't mean to blame, and the girl's crying was just a child who felt wronged, and it wasn't a big deal. At this time, listening to the housekeeper's mother say this, she waved her hand and said: I'm fine. Seeing her crying like this, I'm afraid that she won't fall lightly, so let's take her to see. After Aoki finished speaking, he stopped the girl from wiping the stains on her body, left the girl and her mother alone, and walked to the front door.
Qingqing and Mrs. Qing have stayed in the room long enough, and it has been a long time since the noon banquet was held, even if the girls and mothers were busy in front for a while, it was time to send someone to deliver food. Qingqing didn't care, a dry of books had already attracted her, and even if the food came, she didn't have time to eat it. Mrs. Qing stayed here for a long time, until after saying something before, the two didn't say anything, it was boring, Mrs. Qing was born as a farmer, and at this time, she was already hungry, and when she saw that no one brought food, she said to go out and have a look, Qingqing listened, nodded, and Mrs. Qing went out.
Walking on the stone road, I heard a sharp voice crying loudly from afar, and walked closer to see that it was Xiangnuo sitting on the ground and splashing. Looking at this situation, it should be that she touched someone, and she didn't admit defeat, and she didn't apologize for spilling someone's food, but fortunately she sat on the ground and made trouble. Looking at it again, the girl's mother came, and Li's mother ran out in a hurry, thinking that she was going to find Grandma Liu. It is inconvenient for Mrs. Qing to approach, after all, in normal times, she doesn't care about the affairs of the house, and it is not easy to take care of it. Mrs. Qing did not linger for a moment, and hurried back. When she returned to the room, Qingqing saw that she came back alone, and there was no girl behind her, so she asked: Mother, what happened?
Mrs. Qing said: Xiangnuo spilled the food, and she was messing with the person who was hit!
Qingqing said: Xiangnuo's temperament, I think it's unusual. Did Grandma Liu go?
Mrs. Qing said: I saw Mother Li rushing to the front, and I thought it was time to invite Grandma Liu. Hearing this, Qingqing didn't ask.
Grandma Liu saw that Aoki was walking like flying, and after a while, she walked out of a long way, and she couldn't catch up if she walked closely, and when she thought about it, the lord might not know about it, so she still sent someone to say it, after all, what to do later is up to the lord's orders. Thinking of this, he stopped, called a little servant, and asked him to tell the master everything. After saying that, he continued to chase after him. When the little guy arrived in the back hall, Ren Guiping and the others had heard something before, but they didn't pay much attention to it. Now, the little guy came to report and told me what had just happened. Master Ren got up immediately and rushed over there. This little guy was clever, and when he saw the old man hurrying away, he knew that he was chasing the guest, so he ran to the front and led everyone over.