Mrs. Meng listened to Meng Yan's words, the expression on her face was a little strange, and her eyes were also sharper, and she saw that Meng Yan felt a little weak in her heart, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at her mother's eyes again.

"It's just a little silk thread, if you can't find it, just let the maid go to the warehouse to marry again, why be in such a hurry, look at you, your hair is messy, and you have to go out if you don't tidy it up first." Mrs. Meng changed into a kind face in a blink of an eye and cut Meng Yan's sideburns, and glanced at Lilac dissatisfiedly, "You are the maid in front of Miss, and you will marry with Miss in the future, Miss forgot for a while, why don't you remind Miss of the maid, and you don't burn your eyebrows, how can you go out without tidying up your manners?" Isn't it a joke for outsiders to see it, Miss Mengjia has no rules? ”

"The slave knows what is wrong." Lilac didn't dare to argue, and sincerely bowed her head and admitted her mistake.

"Mother, if I didn't pay attention for a while, don't blame Lilac." Meng Yan dragged Mrs. Meng's arm like a coquettish.

"It's going to be coquettish." Mrs. Meng became more and more loving, took the soup held by the maid at the back, and smiled: "This is the mushroom soup stewed by my mother, drink it while it is hot." ”

"Thank you, Mother." Meng Yan likes to drink the mushroom soup boiled by her mother, which is better than any cook's soup.

Mrs. Meng waited for Meng Yan to finish a small bowl of soup, and then said, "Yan'er, my mother has been a little busy lately, and she has neglected you a little, how have you learned the rules?" Are there any difficulties? ”

"No, it's all good, the grandmothers are very dedicated." When Meng Yan said this, her eyes couldn't help but glance at the dresser, the necklace was originally placed in a small box under the dresser, she wanted to wear it on the day of her wedding, so as to get a touch of the blessing of her second sister.

"Really?" Madame Meng said, glancing at Lilac standing next to her, and said. "The maid in your house is too undetrimental, I came in here, why is there just a maid waiting? How inconvenient. ”

"It's the daughter who told them to wait for them without having anything to do." Meng Yan paused for a moment and whispered, "I heard that the second sister is the same in the princess." ”

When Mrs. Meng saw her daughter's shy and timid appearance, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, Xiaofu was doing well. Make everyone around you envious. Her daughter has not lost her mind to the point of wanting to marry into a high family, but she still inevitably compares her second sister from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally learning from her second sister's style.

You know, this is just scratching the surface. It's easy to draw a tiger and not become an anti-dog.

Mrs. Meng did not remind her daughter of these things in person, but just patted her daughter's little hand, asked Lilac to serve the young lady well, and then left with the maid.

Go back to your yard. Mrs. Meng's face couldn't help but sink, it seemed that she was still too negligent in taking care of her daughter.

After Madame Monte was gone. Meng Yan remembered that the pearl necklace had not yet been dropped, so she hurriedly discussed it with Lilac and the two before she was in front of her mother. She subconsciously lied, and now that she calms down and thinks about it, it is a little difficult to do later. If she went to Meng Yurou to ask for a pearl necklace with great fanfare, Meng Yurou happily admitted it. If you don't admit it, you will inevitably alarm your mother when you make a noise.

So losing the pearl necklace and lying are two crimes, and the mistake is on top of the wrong, how disappointed should the mother be in herself?

Meng Yan couldn't help but feel distressed, it was better to say it directly, but now it is really a bit difficult to ride a tiger.

Lilac looked at the young lady's distressed appearance on the side, hesitated for a long time, and then offered a plan: "Miss, otherwise, let the slave go to find the maid who is waiting in front of Miss Yurou, and let them help quietly get the necklace back. ”

Meng Yan thought about it, after all, Meng Yurou is also surnamed Meng, and it is not good for the reputation of the Meng family to spread it, so it can only be so, just be careful in the future, so she told Ding Xiang: "You go quietly, don't make a noise, let the two maids be stricter, take back the necklace, forget it, don't let your mother know." ”

Lilac said: "Miss, please rest assured, Ju'er and Mei'er are very good with slaves and maids on weekdays, they will definitely not say it, not to mention Miss Yurou stealing things, they are not optimistic about being maids, let Mrs. know, they will not be punished." ”

Meng Yan then let Lilac go.

Lilac went, Meng Yan was still a little restless, and her needlework almost pierced her fingers.

The more anxious she was, the slower the time passed, and it was easy to wait for Lilac to come back, and she hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Did you find it? ”

Lilac looked very happy, Meng Yan couldn't help but feel a sinking heart, didn't she find it?

Just as she was about to ask, Lilac held out a necklace.

Meng Yan didn't see it clearly, so she said happily: "It turns out that you found it, this ghost girl, scare me." ”

Lilac seemed to be reminding him unbearably: "Miss, you can see it clearly." ”

Meng Yan lowered his head, took a closer look, and was suddenly not very happy, this chain was broken, I think it was Meng Yurou who broke it with his clumsy hands, but it is not a big deal, it should be no problem to find a master to repair it, this pearl necklace is precious pearls.

However, Lilac spoke again, "Miss, the slave has counted the two pearls missing. ”

"What?" Meng Yan screamed.

"Shhhhh Lilac hurriedly made a silent jewelry.

Meng Yan came to his senses and said in a low voice: "How come there are two missing, have you found it clearly?" ”

Lilac said: "Miss, the slave maid and Ju'er looked very carefully, and found a little pearl powder in the corner...... I think Miss Yurou grinded the pearls into powder...... Dressed on the face. ”

"Such a precious pearl, she used it to cover her face?" Meng Yan was so angry that his little face was flushed, even if the rich and noble people used pearl powder for dressing their faces, it was just those that were not very round, anyway, it was the same when it was ground into powder, who was so bad that the family used flawless big and round pearls to grind powder and apply to the face?

"That's probably ...... I probably heard the girl with the broken mouth say that the ladies in the house use pearl powder to cover their faces. Lilac lowered her head and didn't dare to look at her own miss, except for her own miss, there were no other ladies in the house at all, she didn't dare to say that this Miss Yurou was her own miss.

Meng Yan is angry, she is usually reluctant, but she is about to get married, her mother said that her face will be fairer and ruddy when she applies pearl powder, and it just so happens that the second sister ordered someone to send a box, so she used it.

"Miss......" Lilac hesitated, "the slave maid asked Mei'er to take Miss Yurou and them to the garden to play." I went in with Ju'er to find it, I didn't alarm Miss Yurou, do you think you will report this matter to Mrs. ”

"No...... No need. Meng Yan thought about it, it was all ground into powder, and she couldn't find it back, and there was no need to let her mother know about it. That's fine. It's just that there are two missing, and I also have a few good pearls, looking for two of the same size. It is strung at the end, and no one can see it with the expectation.

It's just that this broken necklace has to go outside to find a craftsman to help string it up, and she can't go out. What should I do if I can't let anyone know about it?

Finally, there is the lilac offering. She went out quietly, and said that the young lady had a broken button on a jewelry chain and wanted to repair it, and the house was very strict with the maid's daughter-in-law when she left the house. But if you say that you will repair the chain for the young lady and find two mothers-in-law to accompany you, you will go to the nearest small gold shop at the corner of the street, and it will not hurt to think that it will be fine. It won't alarm Madame, even if Madame knows. Probably won't say anything.

Meng Yan felt that Lilac's method was extremely appropriate, Lilac's maid was really good, with such a thoughtful maid to marry, it would be much easier for her to marry in the future.

After deciding, Meng Yan felt that there was no need to wait, so he immediately found a relatively rough gold chain, broke the button, and asked Lilac to take it to repair.

Lilac took two chains and a few taels of silver and went out.

In the evening, no one came back, Meng Yan couldn't help but be a little anxious, for fear that something would happen, but it was not easy to look for it with great fanfare, so she could only quietly order another maid, Qingmei, to go to the door to take a look.

After dinner, not only did the cloves not come back, but even the green plums who went to the door to see did not come back, and Meng Yandun felt that something was not good.

At this time, Ping's mother came to invite her, saying that her wife had something to ask Miss to come over to discuss.

Meng Yan had a bad premonition in her heart, but she also had to follow Ping's mother, and after walking for a while, she felt that something was wrong, so she stopped and said vigilantly: "This is not the way to my mother's courtyard, Ping's mother, where are you taking me?" ”

"Miss, Madame is waiting for Miss in front of you." Ping's mother said with a smile.

"Why are you in Anningju?" Meng Yan is more vigilant, that Anningju is the most remote courtyard, there are few people on weekdays, there seems to be only one mother-in-law to guard, the biggest effect is that the maid mother-in-law makes a mistake, will be locked up in Anningju, listen to the old grandmother said, that is the Meng family used to detain the aunt who made mistakes, but now the Meng family has no aunt, then Anningju has become a place to hold some decent mothers and maids.

Ping's mother said, "This ...... Miss will know when she arrives. ”

"If you don't say I'm not leaving." Meng Yan has an attitude that I don't believe you.

Ping's mother smiled: "Miss, the slave maid is alone, and there are Qingmei and two servant women by your side." ”

Meng Yan looked at the three people around her, Qingmei didn't say, the maids were like herself, but the two maids were all big-shouldered and round-waisted, and her mother specially prepared them for her, saying that even if she was at home, she couldn't be too relaxed sometimes, and there must be a few servant women in the yard who could stand up to men, lest there be a maid and a woman who suddenly became hysterical, and a bunch of young ladies and maids who were powerless would be at a loss.

Mother said this on the surface, but in fact, she knew that what her mother really meant was to prevent people from harboring evil intentions, so unless she was in her own courtyard, when she went out of the courtyard, she would inevitably ask these two servant women to follow her.

Ping's mother is also true, Meng Yan feels that she has added four people here, and Ping's mother doesn't look very strong, in her own home, with so many people, and she is afraid of a servant woman, then her young lady is too dignified.

So he continued to walk forward with Ping's mother, it was almost dusk, probably psychologically, to this remote place, even if there were a few people around, Meng Yan still felt panicked, fortunately, Anningju arrived soon, the gate of the courtyard was lit with lanterns, and the two servant women in the mother's yard were standing aside.

Seeing their group coming from a distance, Cuiping, the maid beside her mother, came out and greeted her, and said with a smile: "Miss is here, Mrs. is inside, Miss please." ”

Meng Yan was relieved to go in.

It's just that when they arrived in the courtyard, Ping's mother said, "Miss, Madame instructed that only Miss should be allowed to go in alone." ”

This Meng Yan immediately stopped again, and didn't bring a maid, what's going on? I haven't seen my mother yet, and Ping's mother is acting so sneakily, and she is not at ease again.

At this time, Mrs. Meng's voice came from inside the house: "Has the goose arrived?" ”

Ping's mother said, "Mrs., Miss has arrived." ”

Meng Yan heard that it was her mother's voice, and she was completely relieved, so she went in.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw my mother sitting on the top with a calm face, and her maid Lilac below was sitting on the ground with her hands and feet tied, and her mouth was still stuffed with a handkerchief.

Meng Yan exclaimed, "Mother, this ...... What's wrong? ”

Mrs. Meng didn't speak, but only glanced at Mother Ping, who followed Meng Yan in.

Ping's mother didn't know where to take out a tray and handed it to Meng Yan.

Meng Yan saw that the tray was filled with her pearl necklace, and seemed to understand something at the moment, and explained anxiously: "Mother, it was the daughter who asked Lilac to take the necklace to repair, and it is not Lilac's business." ”

Mrs. Meng said lightly: "You can count how many pearls there are, and then it's not too late to distinguish this girl." ”

Meng Yan counted it, a total of twenty-two, no less and two more, and then the first thought, no, the number is wrong, this string of pearls originally had twenty, but Meng Yurou stole two and ground them into powder, and then she added two more ones with poor quality, and let the cloves be sent to the gold shop to repair, so there should be twenty, how can there be two more?

After taking a closer look, there were twenty of them of exactly the same color, and two of them were obviously worse, the two that she added later, Meng Yan suddenly looked at Lilac in disbelief, "Lilac, you stole two, and came back to tell me that you only found eighteen?" ”

Lilac whined and shook her head, just speechless.

Mrs. Meng said: "If this is okay, this maid is just greedy for a little cheap, but the matter is obviously too strict, let her tell you by herself." ”

Saying that, Mrs. Meng asked Ping's mother to remove the cloth from Lilac's mouth.

As long as she could speak, Lilac cried at Meng Yan: "Miss spare her life, the slave maid is also a last resort, the slave maid ......"

Before she finished speaking, Madam Ping stuffed Lilac's mouth at the suggestion of Mrs. Meng, and said coldly: "Madame and Miss are busy, I am not here to listen to your complaints, hurry up and explain the matter to Miss clearly, don't wronged others again, and if you talk nonsense, the slave maid will have to teach you a lesson for Madame and Miss, and if you say a word of nonsense, I will knock out one of your teeth." ”

After Ping's mother finished speaking, she took off the handkerchief stuffed in Lilac's mouth again. (To be continued)

ps: Happy Dragon Boat Festival, what do you ^_^ have