The note hidden in the round eggplant seemed to sink into the sea, and after five days, there was still no movement at all.

Su Ke was not in a hurry at first, it didn't make sense that as soon as the food was delivered, people had to eat eggplant first. However, as the tidying up of the old warehouse gradually came to an end, the days left in the back garden were numbered. She has found all kinds of excuses, arriving early and leaving late every day, giving enough free time and place, but Aunt Tian has never appeared again.

Not only did she not appear, but the lantern did not return quietly.

Su Ke couldn't help but worry about the eggplant, if she hadn't eaten it for a long time, because she had done something, would the eggplant have been broken and thrown away by them.

As the days passed, Su Ke became more and more convinced of this possibility.

Leaving the old warehouse before the key was dropped, Su Ke saw Shao Yan kicking the stone with his hand in his hand outside the door of the east corner.

After Shao Linghang left that day, no one came again, but sent Shao Yan to guard the back street every day. To see her leave the house and enter the Fu family, Shaoyan can go back to her life. It seems that Aunt Nada is a man-eating monster, she uses herself as bait, and she may become the belly of the monster at any time.

"It's cold, I've wronged you."

Shao Yan stomped his feet and said with a hippie smile: "Don't be wronged, what the master ordered must be done." ”

Su Ke raised his eyebrows, "He didn't come by himself, but let you freeze here." ”

"There have been a lot of things in the past two days, and the master came back late, and the old lady was worried about it, so she called her over for dinner every day." Shao Yan was busy explaining, as if he was afraid that Su Ke would have some misunderstanding, "Ming'er will be in Laba, the house will give porridge, the old lady believes in Buddhism, and she will prepare for the Dharma Treasure Festival." Hou'er is still the Holy Birthday Festival, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Soldiers and Horses Division can't get out of their bodies for the past two days. ”

Su Ke said with a smile: "I know what you said, look at you." I'm just looking at you starving and freezing here, and if you just ask a few words, it will seem that I don't understand people. Okay, I'm going back, you can go back and warm up. ”

Shao Yan rubbed his hands in response, but his body still didn't move.

Su Ke shook his head with a smile, Shi Shiran walked towards the Fu family, and when he entered the door, he looked back and saw that Shao Yan was still looking at it on tiptoe. It's a bit like a clapping eunuch in the palace.

Su Ke pursed the corners of his mouth and entered the door, his footsteps suddenly froze, and he suddenly remembered something.

When they arrived at the main house, the Furui family was picking fabrics, some of them were newly purchased, and some of them were brought back by Su Ke after winning the old lady's reward.

Seeing Su Ke coming back, Furui's family hurriedly pulled her over, "Seeing that the New Year is over, it will be too late if you don't show up again." Come over and compare, set the material, and I'll hurry up to let the embroidery girl make the clothes tomorrow. ”

The material was spread out on the body, and there were a few more lamps in the room, and the light shone on the satin to look brilliant.

Su Ke let the Furui family drape himself with material, but his mind was turning to other things, and asked: "Ming'er Laba, it's the Dharma Treasure Festival again, are there any rules in the house?" ”

The Furui family put down the goose-yellow satin in their hands, shook their heads and felt that it was not good-looking, and only after a while did they remember Su Ke's words, and said casually: "There are no rules, the old lady believes in Buddhism, and will send someone to give porridge in front of Yuanci Temple." Regardless of the identity of the family, everyone has to have a bowl, which is not a rule. ”

Su Ke sighed and asked, "Will the old lady go to Yuanci Temple to offer incense?" ”

The Furui family shook their heads, "The old lady is a little old, she went every year when she was young, and now she is not as good as before, she has to deal with Laba, and she has to deal with the Holy Birthday one day." Entering the palace to congratulate is a big deal, and we are the foreign family of the noble concubine, so we must not be sloppy. ”

That is to say, the old lady will not leave the house when she is in Laba, and she will enter the palace to congratulate on the ninth day of the new year.

When in the palace, the Holy Birthday Festival is the second busiest day after the New Year in the Shang Palace Bureau, especially in the Si Yan Division, the internal and external women gather in the palace to congratulate, which family is not a trivial matter. In my impression, the old lady will take the third wife into the palace, because the third master has an official position, and the fourth master is idle at home, plus the fourth wife's background, so the fourth wife is not in the ranks of the palace.

Therefore, on the day of the Holy Birthday, the inner house of the Hou Mansion will leave two-thirds of the forces.

There is no old lady who covers the sky with half her hands and the third lady who is in charge of the feed, even if the housekeeper mother is left to sit in the array, the people on duty everywhere will inevitably relax.

A bold idea precipitated in Su Ke's heart.

If Aunt Tian doesn't move tomorrow, she can take the opportunity of the Holy Birthday Day to go to the courtyard in the back garden in person. If she doesn't enter the tiger's den, she misses this opportunity, and when she is transferred back to the old lady, it will be difficult to find out what is going on.

On the day of Laba, there was a sense of joy in the house.

The only thing that didn't have a smile on his face was the big kitchen.

Su Ke re-copied the booklet in the old warehouse, and the three mothers-in-law scrubbed and washed, and when it was time for lunch, the result of the exchange of ears was to let Xu Wang's family come to Su Ke and say: "Today is Laba, and the house is full of porridge." The big kitchen is there, let's go, the food doesn't go from there on weekdays, and the porridge comes to get it, and it is inevitable to gossip. But if you don't go, if you prepare us, you will turn around and say that we will take Zhang Naqiao, and after eating Hou Ye for a few days, I don't know how many catties and taels I have. ”

As he spoke, his voice lowered, "This old warehouse is over, and we will still have to go to the big kitchen to eat in the future." ”

Su Ke didn't think about it at all, in her heart, it was just a bowl of porridge, if you had it, drink it, and forget it if you didn't. It's not that Laba won't go well if you don't drink porridge on this day, it's just a matter of man-made. But she forgot what these three mothers-in-law were doing in the house.

"Well, you work here, and I'll go to the big kitchen. If there is ours, I will bring it back, and everyone will be happy. Su Ke had already put down the pen in his hand and stood up as he spoke.

Xu Wang's family shook his head hurriedly, "That's not what we mean, we just came to the girl to get an idea." Since this is what the girl means, then I will go to the horizontal and vertical. ”

Su Ke thought about it, but still shook his head, "It's appropriate for me to go, after I go back to the old lady, I will eat in the old lady's courtyard, and I won't have much contact with the people in the big kitchen." You're not the same. So I'll go, you hurry up and finish the work at hand, and take out the dishes in the Hou Ye's food box and heat them up. ”

After all the orders, Su Ke had already arrived at the gate of the courtyard. As soon as the door was opened, a woman's hand outside the door was raised, and if it weren't for Su Ke's quick dodge, this hand would have slapped her face.

When the shock was undecided, the woman outside took a big breath of cold air, "I was going to bang on the door, and I opened the door without thinking about it." ”

Su Ke looked at it, and it turned out to be Ding's second daughter-in-law who was in charge of cooking for the people in the big kitchen. When I first entered the house, I also bought a table of noodles from her to entertain the people in the treasury of the public school.

"It turned out to be Sister-in-law Ding, why did you come here?" Su Ke's hand was on his chest, and his heartbeat was beating extremely fast. For a moment, she thought that the woman outside the door was Aunt Tian, and ran to the door with her teeth and claws, and when she opened the door, she would continue to "teach" her. For example, her self-pretending cleverness, such as her posturing threats.

It was all Shao Linghang's injury, I didn't think that Aunt Tian would do anything to her, seeing that he was nervous, now she is also nervous.

It's ridiculous to think about it, it's blue and white, how can Aunt Tian come over.

The mother-in-law guarding the door in the back corner will not let her out......

Wait, how did she come out two times before? If someone looks at the corner in the back garden, Aunt Tian will have to avoid the person's surveillance if she wants to come out. The first time was because of the wind, God helped, and that person may not be strictly guarded. What about the second time? Mrs. Hua carried the lantern and walked towards the back corner door, the weather was as usual, how did Aunt Tian avoid the person coming out, or she made a move with Mrs. Hua, or Mrs. Hua really slipped by herself, she picked up the lantern and left. How did she do it?

If someone is found to lure the mother-in-law away, will Aunt Tian be able to come out, or will she go in by herself?

"Girl? Girl. Ding's second daughter-in-law called twice and looked at Su Ke in surprise.

Su Ke came to his senses, and a smile appeared on his face, "I was just thinking about something, what's wrong, Sister-in-law Ding came over ......"

Ding's second daughter-in-law raised the food box in her hand a little higher as if offering a treasure, "Yuechan told me not to forget the girl's laba porridge, seeing that it was noon, and there was no one on the girl's side, I wondered if I was busy with things here, so I sent it." ”

Su Ke felt very embarrassed and was busy saying polite words. When the people left, she smacked it carefully, and suddenly remembered that the money for the banquet had not been paid, and the Furui family said that the Hou Ye helped pay the money, and he also called it to pick her up and wash the dust. At that time, she still wondered how the five hundred yuan could be used to buy that big table of wine and meat.

And at that time, who told Ding's second daughter-in-law in the past?

No wonder when she went to the big kitchen to eat later, Ding's second daughter-in-law always smiled at her, but I was afraid that Ding's second daughter-in-law was the first person in this house to know that Hou Ye had a great relationship with her.

Su Ke was speechless, carrying a food box and eating lunch with three mothers-in-law. Laba porridge is boiled authentically, but Hou Ye's food box is quite large, and after the wind and clouds, the space left for porridge in his stomach is much smaller. It is a sin to throw away the dishes of the Hou Ye, and it is also a sin to throw away the porridge that was rewarded on the Laba Festival.

So the three mothers-in-law still put spoons in their mouths, only Su Ke, who originally ate less vegetables in the food box, and poured a bowl of laba porridge at most to support it.

Xu ate too much, and the four of them didn't want to move after eating.

said that he was here to work, Su Ke fell ill, and his eight days of work were almost laissez-faire. I don't have a lot of work on weekdays, and there are a variety of exquisite dishes at lunch. It's hard to find such a job with a lantern.

The afternoon sun is warm, and the weather is rare in winter. A few people chatted about family life and talked about some New Year's goods prepared for the New Year, and the atmosphere became relaxed.

Inexplicably, Su Ke is a little greedy for such days.

Tomorrow's mountain rain is coming, no matter what the result is, Aunt Tian should always have an explanation. Maybe Shao Linghang should be asked to bring the piece of handkerchief left by the old marquis, wouldn't it be better if there was something to threaten? She is not a person who will be avenged, but if she indirectly harms a human life because of her, she can't sit idly by.

The sun began to set in the west, and several people did not dare to delay any longer, brushing the dishes and putting the dishes, and putting the things in the place.

Su Ke copied a few pages of the account book, and someone came from outside the courtyard.

This time it's the little girl on the old lady's side. Su Ke recognized her, and helped Bai Lu take the rouge to her.

"The old lady took a nap and went to sleep, and I asked me to invite my sister over if I had something."

Su Ke naturally couldn't delay, but his heart suddenly bottomed up, and the taste of laba porridge remained in his mouth, and he unconsciously became timid.

Why? Mood different? Sentimental different?

With some apprehension that he had never felt before, Su Ke entered the Xiangxiang Residence. A few girls were fighting the canaries in the birdcage under the porch, and when they saw Su Ke, they called her with a smile, and then one of them lifted the curtain and went into the house.

The old lady was in the inner room, and Wushuang was helping to make up. Su Ke walked to the floor cover and stopped, waiting quietly.

Wushuang glanced at her, leaned over a little and said to the old lady, "People are here." ”

The old lady raised her eyes, because she had just woken up, her eyebrows were very soft, and she turned around and beckoned to Su Ke, "Come forward, those rules that are not happy." Then he asked, "How is the old storehouse cleaned up?" ”

Su Ke didn't answer truthfully, subconsciously, she wanted to stay in the warehouse for a few more days, so she talked nonsense, saying that the big things were all in order, and the rest of the bits and pieces needed to be organized slowly.

The old lady sighed, and said for a while: "Forget it, you just have to make a book, and let the mother-in-law do the rest." Tomorrow is the Holy Birthday Day, you follow me into the palace. ”