Chapter 31: Pretending to be Crazy and Selling Stupidity (6)
"Good. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info then leave the eldest lady to us during this time, and keep it and serve the eldest lady. Cui'er and Jing'er glanced at each other and excitedly agreed to the job. Even if they may be injured by the eldest lady, this salary is enough for them to ignore it.
"Then you don't have to go to the kitchen to help for half a day this afternoon, you go home and clean up, and move into the eldest lady's house tonight, and start taking care of it." Erniang said, and added: "Although half of this month has passed, I will also give you one tael of silver." β
"Okay! Let's go. Cui'er and Jing'er were even more diligent when they heard this, greeted the three of them, and hurried away.
Liang Sheng glanced at Erniang silently, and after thinking about it, Erniang was still very shrewd. Give them twice as much as they are paid. If they don't want to, they have to buy another maid outside the house. According to the calculation of buying two more maids who sell their bodies to come in, it will cost them five or six taels of silver to buy them, and then they will have to be paid every month. Now according to one or two pieces of silver a month for Cui'er and Jing'er, the cost of buying two more maids is about the same, and in the long run, it is even more cost-effective. If there is nothing to do in the house, there is no need for two more maids. In addition, Liang Sheng frowned slightly, he always felt that there seemed to be a kind of confidence in Erniang's words just now, and she believed that the eldest lady would be fine in a short time.
Liang Sheng was shocked and glanced at Erniang more. Could it be that she still sees some flaws?
After solving this matter, there are still a lot of miscellaneous things in the house, so Erniang and Steward Wang asked to deal with those matters.
Liang Sheng kept an eye on it, pretended to return to the eldest lady's room, but actually followed Erniang invisibly. Sure enough, Erniang only pretended to go to the account room to sort out the accounts in the house, but in fact, she returned to her yard after passing the account office on a long detour. On the way, Erniang also cautiously turned around and looked around, but did not find Liang Sheng following her. After she returned to her yard, she went straight to Chen Jiaoer's boudoir. Liang Sheng turned over to the house as usual.
"Mother, why are you here?" Chen Jiaoer was practicing calligraphy on the case, so she looked gentle and peaceful with self-cultivation.
Erniang squinted at her daughter for a moment, and said directly: "Chen Zhen'er is crazy." β
Chen Jiao'er was stunned for a moment, then immediately dropped the pen and paper in her hand, couldn't hide the surprise on her face, and asked again and again: "Is Chen Jiao'er crazy?
"But what did you do after that?" Although Chen Jiao'er's expression seemed to have nothing to do with her, Jiao Niang still asked.
"Mother, I didn't do anything. This is Chen Zhen'er's own life, haha. I listened to you and didn't hurt her, but she herself went mad. Hahaha, it's her own life. In front of her mother, Chen Jiaoer didn't have to disguise herself, she laughed recklessly, with a vicious look in her eyes, which was like two people from her previous gentle appearance.
Jiao Niang believed it, Chen Zhen'er's accident really had nothing to do with her daughter this time, but looking at Chen Jiao'er like this, Jiao Niang's brows were still wrinkling deeper and deeper. In the end, Jiao Niang didn't say anything, just let Chen Jiaoer continue to practice calligraphy, and then left here and really went to the account room to sort out the accounts. Liang Sheng also looked at half a pillar of incense outside the account room, and made sure that Jiao Niang would not change his hexagram halfway, so he came back.
Aunt Wanjun and Dr. Zhang and others are still there. Xiao Fangzi also came, and there was a bowl of medicine on the table. Aunt Wanjun had already taken care of everything with those maids, but she had no intention of leaving. She hadn't woken up yet, and the bowl of medicine was probably wasted.
Without waiting for Liang Sheng to say anything, Aunt Wanjun took the initiative to sigh: "When I entered the mansion, the eldest lady had already gone, and the eldest lady was less than three years old. Although I was arranged to come in, nominally for the sake of the master, I knew that the master couldn't get out yet, and he was so cold to me, and I only regarded it as my own life. I saw that the eldest lady did not have a mother's photo, and she was almost three years old and could not speak, but I was pitiful, and I often teased her every day when I was idle. Later, when the old man saw me, not only did he not reprimand me, but he also treated me differently from then on. I feel sorry for the eldest lady. Although I soon had a child of my own, my lord was willing, and I often came to see the eldest lady. To be honest, I did have my own selfish intentions at the beginning. Since I gave birth, my husband has not visited me and my children much. I heard that the eldest lady is becoming more and more like a deceased eldest lady, and the lord is often here with the eldest lady. When I come to see the eldest lady, I can see the master. Time flies quickly, and I also see the eldest lady as my half child. Who would have thought, but the eldest lady became stupid when she was five or six years old. My heart aches too. A while ago, the eldest lady suddenly got better, although I heard that I don't remember the past, but this time the lord ordered me to run the house with Erniang before he went out, and I knew that the eldest lady also helped me, I always felt that the eldest lady still remembered how good I was to her when she was a child. β
"Auntie, you have always been kind, not only to the eldest lady, I still remember that when I first entered the mansion, you also took good care of me. Whether the eldest lady remembers your kindness to her in the past, the general also sees it. Although Erniang managed the family affairs properly in the past, she had thoughts in her heart that she shouldn't have, and everyone in the house also had their own thoughts, and only you should take on this important responsibility. You don't have to worry about it, either. Liang Sheng said with relief.
"Alasβit's useless to say anything now. I can't get close to the eldest lady anymore, but she actually ...... again" Aunt Wanjun choked up a little.
Liang Sheng comforted Aunt Wanjun a few more words. happened to be approached by a maid, saying that the fourth lady was looking for Aunt Wanjun for something. Aunt Wanjun led the maids away.
"Everyone is gone, how long do you have to pretend to be asleep?" After confirming that the person had gone away, Pear and Plum had already gone to close the door, Liang Sheng looked at her on the bed and chuckled.
"You slow down!" she was about to get up as soon as she turned over, but Dr. Zhang hurriedly dissuaded, "Although the effect of that anesthetic is not strong, you have also eaten some of it, and you have just woken up at this time, so you should not make a big move." β
Although Dr. Zhang told Jiao Niang and others that she would not wake up until the evening, this was naturally a lie to them. Those of them who are in the know always have to find an opportunity to say something that is not humane.
"I'm fine. I was drugged so hard by Jiao Niang before, and now that you drugged me again, I feel that I really have some resistance. In fact, I woke up earlier, but Aunt Wanjun didn't leave for a long time, so I couldn't bear to lie still. Oh my feet!" she clutched her feet in pain with tears in her eyes as she rolled over.
"Now you know it hurts?" Liang Sheng said angrily, but his face was very distressed, and his tone was still soft, "Come, I'll take a look." β