Qi Nian only smiled and shook her hand, but did not speak. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The sun outside the house was dazzling and scorching, and the two perennial green cypress trees in the courtyard seemed to be a little wilted, blown by the blazing wind and waves, and the rising heat wave almost scorched the dry and cracked earth.

Most of the girls are lazy in the patio in the backyard, or chatting or taking needlework, and almost no one wanders around the front yard except for early and night.

Yes, at this time, the tea was cold, and no one came to replace it with a pot.

Qi Nian stretched out his fingers and touched the slightly cool teapot, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly.

My aunt is really good-natured, and she only does not do things because the people in the courtyard are lazy and slippery, and she is not half stunned every day.

And in the Qi Mansion is not as good as the Zhuang Courtyard outside the city, there are many old servants who have followed the Mu family for many years, and when they returned to the Qi Mansion from the Zhuang Yuan last year, they thought that they could go back after the New Year, so they only brought Rong Gu, a steward and two big girls who served closely, and the rest of the people stayed in the Zhuang Yuan to guard and operate, and only brought a lot of commonly used things.

Now there are many subordinates in this courtyard who are transferred from other places, seeing that Mu's body is weak and rarely moving, and his temperament is extraordinarily gentle and gentle, he is slacking off day by day, and no matter how thoughtful Aunt Rong is, she can't control all the people.

Mu Shi saw that Qi Nian was unhappy, so he personally held the pot and was about to pour a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Now that the weather is so hot, it doesn't hurt for me to drink herbal tea." ”

Qi Nian blocked her movements, turned his head slightly and whispered behind him, "A-Yao." ”

Ah Yao was waiting by her side as always, "Yes." ”

Qi Nian frowned and said: "You go and ask someone to change the hot tea for your aunt, if anyone dares to have half a pretext or quibble, then slap your mouth fiercely, and you don't have to show mercy." ”

Although she said that she didn't have to show mercy, if Ah Yao's kung fu really used all her strength, I was afraid that she would be able to kill someone in an instant. Yes, and A-Yao also knew that she just wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, and set up a prestige for the girls in the second aunt's courtyard, so that they could be more restrained from now on, and would no longer dare to kick their noses and faces, and treat their own errands as nothing.

Ah Yao bowed her body and retreated, "Yes." ”

Mu Shi watched her open the door and go out, opening her mouth, but she never said anything.

The room was silent for a long time, and Qi Nianfang said apologetically: "Auntie, don't blame me for trespassing, it's just that I really can't stand it......"

"I know that you're doing this for my good. Mu Shi patted her hand gently, "I think I couldn't tolerate the people around me being so perfunctory back then, and the closer I was, the more cautious and proper I had to be, so that I could sit back and relax." But now that I am half cut into the ground, I am not even afraid of death, so I no longer pay attention to these details. ”

"Auntie......"

Mu Shi sighed in his heart, looking at the girl in front of him whose eyebrows were getting longer and longer as she grew older, her face was full of care with a face that was somewhat similar to herself, and the light in her eyes, she couldn't help but want to tell her the secret hidden in her heart.

After all, blood is thicker than water, although she has never taken the initiative to ask about her mother and grandfather's family, but Mu Shi feels that with Nian'er's smart and calm mind and the trust that people can unconsciously generate in her, she has the right to know all this.

Qi Nian watched Mu Shi's eyebrows move, his eyes flashed slightly, and a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart.

She suddenly only felt that the patience she had kept silent these days would finally have a result of the truth coming out today.

Mu Shi opened his mouth and was about to say something, but he saw a figure suddenly flash outside the door, and immediately there was a panicked and confused knock on the door.

Accompanied by this chaotic voice, a girl outside seemed to be shouting in panic: "Second aunt!

Mu Shi was shocked, put down the embroidery in his hand and suddenly stood up.

Qi Nian also stood up and took two steps forward, steadily supporting Mu Shi's somewhat shaky figure because he got up too violently, and gave her a reassuring look with calm eyes.

Seeing that her somewhat uncertain expression returned to indifference, Qi Nian turned his gaze to the door, and raised his voice: "What is going on, so shocked? ”

The girl outside the door obviously didn't know that Qi Nian was there, and she seemed to be stunned for a moment before she said, "Fourth Miss is actually there?"

At this time, I heard Aunt Rong's voice outside the door again: "Xiu'er, what are you arguing about outside the second aunt's room? Why are you so ignorant ......of the rules?"

Although all the servants in the village called Mu Shi his wife, as soon as he entered this Qi mansion, everyone tacitly called him the second aunt, just afraid that he would be heard by someone who wanted to cause disputes.

The girl named Xiu'er immediately hurriedly pulled Aunt Rong's sleeve, and said in a crisp voice: "Auntie, I just heard two girls in the front yard of the lady say that the shopkeeper of our Qi Mansion in the Jiangnan Commercial Bank sent a letter, saying that the carriage of the lord and the lord drove down the mountain and forest pipelines, and was hijacked by thieves for money, and life and death are unknown!"

This word was like a thunderclap in the flat ground, and even a person with a deep mind who was not shocked like Qi Nian suddenly quickly climbed up a layer of frost on his face, and there seemed to be a hard ice edge piercing out of his eyes, and his eyes were terrifying and cold.

Mu Shi exclaimed briefly when he heard this, covered his mouth with his hands and sat back on the seat.

Qi Nian couldn't take care of her at this time, only three steps and two steps rushed forward to open the door, staring at Xiu'er with burning eyes, and asked a series of questions: "What you just said was heard from those two girls? Is this true or false? Presumably you also know that the second aunt has always been good-natured, but I am the most difficult to get along with, so I will ask you again, this matter is that we still don't know, how did your little girl listen so true, is it true or false?"

That Xiu'er looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, although her eyebrows were still a little immature, the essence of her apricot eyes could be seen at a glance.

It's just that although she is also the best among girls of this age, she can't even answer the first one after being asked so many questions at this time.

She subconsciously dodged Qi Nian's scorching gaze, only lowered her head and said in her mouth: "Those two sisters are the eldest girls in the lady's courtyard...... And I—I'm just a rough guy in the kitchen, and I don't know them......"

Qi Nian sneered: "I don't recognize them, so how can you be so sure that they are from the courtyard of the lady? And if the master has such a letter sent back to the mansion, how come we haven't even gotten the news yet, so we coincidentally called you this girl to hear it? I think the rules in the second aunt's courtyard are too lax, and a rough girl like you dares to wantonly collide and talk in front of the master!"