Aunt Lu felt that the child's eyes were indescribably strange, and she couldn't find a sense of familiarity, but if she was asked to recall Qi Ying's impression, Aunt Lu couldn't remember what the child looked like, but she always felt that something was wrong in her heart when she looked at it.

Seeing that a few people had already gone to the wing room to clean up, Aunt Lu hurriedly followed Gu Shi over: "Madam, the two children are not young, it is not appropriate to live in the same yard, and besides, it is not impossible to vacate space in the house." ”

Gu Shi glanced at the main house and the side room, motioned for the maid to go back and take a look, lifted her skirt and walked up the steps: "The house is a place to vacate, but it also takes time, Minying has just returned to the house, and many things are still unclear, so it is fast for her and Minlan to live together and get acquainted with it, and there is a response." ”

How could Aunt Lu let her daughter live in the same yard with this girl, and mentioned the courtyard next door to Yirongxuan with a smile: "Madam, isn't Xiao Ze Courtyard still empty, where does this kind of thing need Mrs. to be busy, just go and clean it up." ”

Gu looked at her with a smile: "It's finally time to come back, Aunt Lu should help you get familiar with Qi Mansion together, I heard the master say that when you were in Huizhou, you also supported each other and had a very good relationship." ”

"yes." Aunt Lu answered quickly, and looked at Qi Xiangsi very gently, "That's why I want to ask Mrs. to set up another yard, so that she can be the same as the girls in our Qi Mansion." ”

Gu Shi was too lazy to continue to entangle with her on this issue, walked into the wing room and looked around, looked back at Qi Xiangsi who walked in, and said with a pleasant face: "It's enough to buy some more, I'll leave the jade here, and pick a few more people for you tomorrow." ”

Qi Xiangsi looked a little restrained, and nodded obediently: "Yes." ”

Gu then remembered something, and saw that there was a little more pity in her expression: "In the future, this is home, if you don't understand anything, just come to me, there are many brothers and sisters in the house, and slowly you will become acquainted." ”

"Minlan will definitely help me." Qi Xiangsi looked at Aunt Lu with some expectation, her expression was very innocent, but it was strange in Aunt Lu's eyes.

Aunt Lu laughed dryly: "Yes." ”

Gu immediately instructed the jade and them to continue to clean up, let Qi Xiangsi have a good rest first, and then left with the rest of the people, and when she walked out of the house, she stopped, looked at Aunt Lu and said coldly: "The master has already sent someone to get someone, who has the courage to do something to deceive the master, it should be sent to the official to be punished, and it will not be forgiven." ”

The last sentence was shocking, and after Gu left, Aunt Lu couldn't help it, and glanced at Qi Xiangsi in the room. Thinking of this, Aunt Lu hurriedly led people to follow in the direction where Gu left

In the house, Jade Shi and a little maid were cleaning up the bed, Qi Xiangsi sat down on the stool next to him and looked at Jade who whispered to the maid to bring water: "Sister Jade, can you tell me about the affairs of the house." ”

Seventeen or eighteen-year-old Jade looked much more mature and sophisticated, she motioned to the maid to carry the box inside, and talked to Qi Xiangsi about this Qi Mansion with a smile.

The Qi family has three rooms, the Qi family has ancestors who are the imperial doctors in the palace, and the old lady of the Qi family has also started to do business, after the death of the old lady of the Qi family, the eldest son helped to take care of the business, and the youngest son passed the palace test and became an official, but the second son inherited the mantle of the ancestors and became a doctor, and was deeply favored by the emperor.

The eldest man's body is not very good, and now the master of this family is the second room, and even the second lady who is in charge of the Qi family is the second lady, and in Kyoto, the Qi family's family background is not high-class, but because of the appreciation of the saint, it is now very prosperous.

The Qi family is prosperous, there are many brothers and sisters in the family, and the three-room people live together naturally lively.

"You are half a year older than Miss Minlan, and now that you are back, then you are the fifth girl of our Qi Mansion." Jade asked the maid to put the basin on the side, twisted the scarf from it and handed it to Qi Xiangsi, "Don't worry, girl, it will be arranged soon." ”

Qi Xiangsi lowered her head and smiled, if she didn't come back to Qi Mansion and still be seven girls, no one cared if there was another one who was left behind, and there was no name of A Ying on this genealogy.

The house was being cleaned up, and there was a sudden sound of scolding in the courtyard outside the house, Qi Xiangsi looked up, Qi Minlan walked in, and saw that her wing room had been cleaned up into a different look, and she was very annoyed: "What are you doing, don't stop it quickly, who asked you to come over and move the things in my yard casually!" ”

The two maids in the room couldn't help but stop their movements and looked at Jade, who put down the cloth in his hand to wipe the cabinet and turned to look at Qi Minlan, smiling respectfully: "Sixth girl, we were ordered to clean up the house for the fifth girl, and from today onwards, the fifth girl will live with you." ”

Qi Minlan's face darkened, and she looked at Qi Xiangsi's eyes with great disdain: "Who do you call the sixth girl, who is the fifth girl, I don't live in the same courtyard with others, you all let me out!" ”

"Sixth girl, the slave maid is just acting on orders, if you don't agree, you can go to Madame." Jade Shi always looked at her with a smile, and was not annoyed by her temper, and let the two maids inside continue to clean up, "Madame said, the fifth girl has just returned to the house, and you need to get along with her more and help her get familiar with it." ”

"I'm the fifth girl of Qi Mansion, what kind of thing is she." Qi Minlan was angry when she saw the maid inside carrying out the box that was resting in the corner, so she went directly into the house and pushed the two maids away, and the box fell to the ground in response, and the contents were all dumped out.

The screams followed, and Qi Minlan watched the broken porcelain plate go out of control: "My silk wrapped white agate plate!" ”

With her exclamation, the two maids were startled, one of them took a side step and accidentally stepped on the edge of the porcelain plate, only to hear the sound of cracking, followed by slaps, Qi Minlan blushed and raised her hand to scold: "Do you know how valuable these things are, you dare to move my things casually, and you can't afford to lose your life if they are broken!" ”

The room was silent, the maid covered her face and knelt on the ground and didn't dare to make a sound with her aggrieved tears, Yushi's face was a little unbearable, the sixth girl said that she was scolding the maid, in fact, these words were said to her, and she cleaned up in Yirong Xuan without saying hello, who is the master.

"If Min Lan minds, it doesn't matter if I don't live here." Qi Xiangsi got up to break the silence, she walked to the kneeling maid, squatted down to look at the porcelain plates poured out of the box, and raised her hand to gently take the broken ones aside, "Fortunately, it's not all broken." ”

"You know what." Qi Minlan glanced at her with disgust, quite disdainful, "It's useless if this thing is missing, what's the difference between it and being all broken." ”

Qi Xiangsi raised her eyes, and suddenly pointed to Qi Minlan's feet and exclaimed: "Oh, there are cockroaches!" ”

Qi Minlan didn't look carefully, seeing that she pointed to her feet and immediately instinctively dodged to the side, this kick just hit the dumped box, "boom", and the things that were originally only dumped out of a small half box were knocked out by her kick hard, and when Qi Minlan dodged to the table, the outside of the box was a porcelain plate that she stepped on.

"It's a pity." Qi Xiangsi got up slowly, looked at the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, and looked very regretful, "It's really impossible to repair it if it's broken like this." ”

"You!" Qi Minlan glared at her angrily, "You deliberately tricked me!" ”

Qi Xiangsi looked at her calmly: "What are you talking about?" ”

Qi Minlan took a deep breath and looked at the room: "None of you are allowed to touch my things!" ”

With that, Qi Minlan turned around and left the wing room and ran towards the gate of the courtyard.

The jade in the wing room immediately asked the maid to clean up the broken porcelain plates on the ground, and the two maids didn't dare to move the boxes of things inside, and looked at the jade with some hesitation: "Sister Jade, what should I do about these?" ”

"Carry it out and put it next door." Jade was not frightened by the six girls, she came here in the name of her wife, what can Aunt Lu and the six girls do if they are favored, it is her duty to listen to her wife in this matter.

When the box was carried out, the broken porcelain plate inside still made a knocking sound, Qi Xiangsi walked out of the wing, and a jade voice came from behind: "Fifth girl, the house is being cleaned up, or you can go next door to rest for a while." ”

Qi Xiangsi looked up at the direction that Qi Minlan had left just now, turned around and nodded with a smile: "Okay." ”

At this time, Qi Minlan heard that her father and aunt were in the front yard, so she hurried over.

It's just that before she entered the side hall, she was stopped by the housekeeper's mother who was guarding outside, Qi Minlan's eyebrows were about to attack, and the housekeeper's mother motioned to her to whisper: "Girl, there is something going on inside." ”

Qi Minlan seemed to hear the sound of begging for mercy, her eyes turned and her expression softened, and she took off a silver bracelet from her hand and stuffed it into the hand of the housekeeper's mother: "Mother Li, what is the big matter discussed inside?" ”

The housekeeper's mother took the bracelet and included it in the cuffs in a blink of an eye, her face was full of smiles, and she said in a low voice: "It's for the sake of Huizhou, it turns out that this Aunt Wei and the fifth girl have long been kicked out of the house arranged for them by the third master, but the few who have sent food money over the years have not said a word, and they don't know where the silver has gone, the third master is asking!" ”

Qi Minlan was a little surprised: "Is it that Aunt Lu is also inside?" ”

Mother Li glanced at her: "Yes." ”

"Thank you Mama Li for telling me." Qi Minlan looked up at the door, as soon as the words fell, there was a sudden sound of smashing things inside, followed by Aunt Lu's shouting of grievances, Qi Minlan was shocked when she heard it, and she couldn't help it, she walked directly past Mother Li to the door, and saw her aunt kneeling on the ground crying, with miscellaneous cups and tea spilled on the ground.

It was also a subconscious action, Qi Minlan rushed in to protect Aunt Lu who was kneeling there, and looked up at her angry father: "Dad, what are you doing, what mistake did your aunt make you angry." ”

Gu Shi looked at it coldly and didn't call anyone to come in and take Qi Minlan down, Qi Herui frowned, for the first time he felt that Aunt Lu's crying was annoying, and he was also a little displeased with his daughter's collision like this.

"Master, my heart is clear to the sun and the moon, others don't know who I am, don't you know, master, how could I do that kind of thing." Aunt Lu looked at her face and immediately collected half of her tears, only Yingying hung in the corner of her eyes, Chu Chu was pitiful, "I send someone to inquire about the affairs of Huizhou every year, and the people who serve in the house over there all say yes, and the people sent here also say yes, I believe them, who knows that those evil servants will drive Sister Wei and them out of the house, if I know these things, I will never just forget it." ”

"Then Wu Jishun said that he had returned to you when he went for the first time as early as six years ago, Aunt Wei and Minying were no longer in the house, and it was you who entrusted your eldest brother to tell him that the grain money he sent could be swallowed privately, but I want to reply that they are fine in Huizhou." Gu Shi said coldly on the side, "Without your orders, where did he dare to embezzle the money of the Qi Mansion and hide it for so many years." ”

"Master, that's all because he slandered nonsense and wanted to excuse himself." Aunt Lu covered her heart, it was an irrefutable and aggrieved look after being falsely accused, "The silver pen and pen I give out every year are bookkeed, and sometimes I bring some extra things to them, how could Aunt Wei and I be sisters and sisters order Wu Jishun to do such a thing." ”

Qi Herui frowned, the grain and silver were indeed given every year, and they were handed over to Wu Jishun and sent to Huizhou, coming and going for months, and in the end, the money must not have been delivered to his pocket, and the reason was that the evil servants outside were lying or Aunt Lu was instigating, Qi Herui was still pondering.

"Since what the two people said is inconsistent, it's better to send Wu Jishun to the official." Gu Shi saw that her husband was shaken and quickly spoke, Aunt Lu's sobbing stopped, and she lowered her head to hide the panic in her eyes, and Qi Minlan began to resentfully Qi Minying who suddenly appeared.

"Nope." Qi Herui shook his head, Aunt Lu raised her head and looked at him with hope, her eyes eagerly hoped that her husband would believe in herself, Gu Shi tilted his head slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a sneer, not sending the official mansion to where it was because he was distressed, but he didn't want to be embarrassed.

Someone from outside reported that it was found under the kang bed of Wu Jishun's house, which was filled with more than 200 taels, and in addition to the silver, he also found dry goods and fabrics that should be sent to Huizhou in Wu Jishun's house, and there were not many left, and they should have been eaten up by him.

When Aunt Lu heard this, she immediately shouted for herself: "Master, at the end of each year, I give him two hundred taels of silver, some winter cotton clothes and New Year's goods, including an extra fifty taels of silver that I prepared for them. ”

Halfway through speaking, Aunt Lu covered her face and suddenly hit the pillar on the side.