Taohua doesn't like the little maids who are below to report to the higher levels and tell the big girl, so when the bellflower speaks, her head hangs lower and lower: "...... My wife said that it was just a trick, but I saw Sister Qingguo come out first, with her hands clasped on her chest, as if she was carrying something in her arms, and went to my uncle's yard. I, I'm afraid I won't say it, if something is missing in the library, the girl will suffer for nothing......"

Mint's face suddenly changed slightly. Li's dowry has long been said to be left to Taohua, and in the treasury, except for Taohua's speech, even Jiang Xi will not go to open the door, and Cao's is a stepmother, so he should avoid suspicion. Now that Cao's is picking up Taohua's absence, he wants to open the warehouse door, if what the bellflower said is true, could it be that he still took something from the warehouse?

"I'll go see the girl now, and you go back first, and you don't have to say anything." Mint commanded the bellflower with a calm face. Regardless of whether the Cao family took the things in the warehouse or not, it is a big mistake to say that Poria opened the warehouse door rashly. Couldn't she have forgotten who she was?

After listening to Mint's words, Taohua also frowned slightly: "You go to the warehouse, just say that I want to find out if there is anything suitable for Wu Lao'an to make a birthday gift, and check the warehouse." Since it is said that it can be carried in the arms, it must not be a big thing. But those fine checks. ”

Mint said yes and went out to find Poria cocos.

It was not yet dark, Poria had already taken off her coat, and even her hair was removed, and when she saw Mint coming to open the door of the warehouse, she was a little lazy: "Sister just came back, not too tired?" Wu Lao'an's birthday is still early, and it will be too late to find it tomorrow. ”

Mint suppressed the anger and said lightly: "I'm not more idle than my sister, there will be tomorrow's things tomorrow, my sister should hurry up, find it early, and come back early to rest." ”

Poria had no choice but to pull her hair casually, put on a piece of clothing and opened the warehouse door, and said lazily: "What is the girl looking for?" Do you want to send a tea set, or a screen? If you want me to say, although these are all good things, Mrs., they are not fashionable in the end, and they are not suitable for Lao An people to do longevity, so it is better to go out and buy some ......"

She said that the mint was only perfunctory, turning over the things on the shelves in rows. When I opened a box and looked at the contents carefully, my face changed......

"What's going on?" Taohua looked at the jade carving narcissus in front of her and asked Poria coldly.

Poria knelt on the ground with her hair draped, her body trembling: "Slave, slave and maid really don't know ......" Why was this jade carving suddenly transferred? At first glance, it looks like the same thing, but when you put it under the lamp, the color and the luster are all wrong.

"You don't know?" Taohua sneered, "Guarding the warehouse, it's over if you don't know?" ”

"The slave really doesn't know ......" Poria knows that this narcissus jade carving is Taohua's most beloved thing, and it is a relic of her deceased mother, and now she has lost it under her nose, how can she be willing to give up? She thought desperately for a while, and finally called out, "Yes, it must have been replaced by Mrs." Needless to say, she also poured beans into a bamboo tube, and told all the things that the Cao family had been here.

"What did I say when I told you to take care of this storeroom?" Momoka stared at her and asked coldly.

Poria stammered: "Girl, the girl said, if you want to open the warehouse, you must get it, and you must get the girl to speak......"

This matter was decided by Jiang Xi at the beginning. He remarried in order not to let his daughter fall into the reputation of not marrying, but he was also afraid that his stepwife would enter the door and his daughter would be wronged, so he packed up all the dowry of his deceased wife and handed it to his daughter, and he didn't even leave a key in his hand.

When the Cao family entered the door, Taohua also continued this rule, not that he thought that the Cao family would have any ideas, but most of human nature could not stand the test, so it was better not to test it. The rules are set first, and everyone follows the rules, which makes it easier to get along.

Cao Shi knew this rule within a few days of entering the door, but she didn't say a word, in fact, in the first few years, she was also soft and didn't seem to have any temper, only after giving birth to Jiang Bohua, she gradually changed a little. Although Taohua saw it in her eyes, she didn't say anything, after all, she couldn't stay in her mother's house for the rest of her life, and the Cao family was the mother of the house, so it was a good thing to be tough. I didn't expect that this hard energy would not be used in the right way, but would be used to turn over her treasury.

"What about you?" Mint said coldly on the side, "You opened the warehouse, but did you ask the girl?" "It's only been a few days since I've been out, and I've lost my girl's things.

Poria lowered her head and cried: "The slave and maid can't say it, but the wife said that she just needs to draw a trick." Mrs. is always Mrs. After all, the slave is just a subordinate, how dare she disobey Mrs......" he wiped his tears as he spoke.

Mint raised her eyebrows angrily: "You lost the girl's things, and you are still reasonable?" ”

Poria peeked at Taohua's face, and said vaguely: "Mrs. is an elder, even a girl is not good at contradicting his wife, and the slave is afraid that it will be spread out, so that people say that the girl is not filial, this reputation is ......."

"It's your turn to take the girl's reputation!" Mint was furious, "The master hasn't said anything about the girl, whose turn is it!" ”

"The old man's family, maybe I can't think of it for a while. But the girl's reputation is very important, and if there is a bad sentence outside, it may hinder the girl's future ......."

Mint was so angry that she wanted to go up and tear her, but Taohua waved her hand: "Needless to say, lock her up in the house, you take the key to the treasury first." "Since Poria can quibble like this, there is nothing to say.

Poria got up with her head down and went out with Mint. Mint locked her in her own room, took the key to the storeroom, and turned around angrily: "Girl, the slave maid go and call the green fruit, and let Poria and the bellflower confront her!" What the wife left for the girl, she couldn't give it to someone for nothing. ”

Taohua shook her head: "No need to go." If you didn't catch her hand, Qingguo would definitely not admit it. ”

"When the thief catches the stolen goods, the girl says that she has lost something, and searches everywhere, as long as she finds something, see how they can deny it."

Taohua smiled bitterly and shook her head: "How can it be so simple." Don't say that it's not a good omen to make a house riot when you search it, let's just say that I'm a girl, I went to my stepmother's room because I lost something, and I still want to be a person when I spread it? What's more, even if you turn your house all over now, I'm afraid you won't be able to find the jade narcissus. ”

Mint's eyes widened: "This, how do you say this?" ”

Taohua sighed: "You just think about it, my wife has never come to me to get something, why did she suddenly remember it this time?" ”

Mint is also a fine person, but he didn't expect it to be angry for a while, but he was mentioned by Taohua at this moment, and immediately understood: "Yes, did it give it to that uncle's wife?" ”

Taohua sneered: "You go and inquire, when did Mrs. Uncle leave." If she had opened the library and left immediately, it would have been certain. ”

Peppermint immediately went forward. Mrs. Cao Wu left this thing to hide, but the tea worker Mint came back, and her face was flushed: "Girl, Mrs. Uncle left early the next morning!" "This second day naturally refers to the second day after the opening of the warehouse, so it seems that Mrs. Cao Wu must have taken it away.

"Mrs. Uncle actually hit the girl with the idea......" Mint was so angry that she couldn't speak, "girl, what are we going to do?" Is it in vain to suffer this loss? ”

"You can't afford to lose in vain." Taohua smiled faintly, "My uncle's wife is gone, my wife can't move, and I can't do it at this time." But the one who started stealing things can't keep it. ”

The little fat man Jiang Bohua has a habit of taking a nap, and he always sleeps for half an hour every afternoon. Cao's family regards this son as a treasure, and even the nurse is not at ease, so she must accompany herself, so at this time of the day, the maid who serves her only needs to have an outside, but she can take turns to have some leisure.

Today, the ginkgo is on duty, and when he says he is on duty, he is just sitting in the outhouse doing needlework. Qingguo had a bye, and seeing that the sun was very good, he pinched a handful of melon seeds and walked into the garden.

The Jiang family's garden is small, but it is exquisitely cleaned. There are rockeries and flowing water, and there are a lot of flowers. There are hollyhock roses on the side of the fence, water lilies in the water, wild chrysanthemums in the low, and hibiscus pomegranates in the tall ones, which can be used for both flower appreciation and medicine. Although there are no flowers in full bloom at the moment, the green leaves are sparse and interesting.

Qingguo walked around, and from time to time raised his wrist to look at the newly acquired silver bracelet. This was given to her by her mother, Mother Song, yesterday, and said that it was rewarded by Mrs. Cao Wu, but she was afraid of arousing suspicion, so it took more than half a month to ask her to wear it.

The weight of this pair of bracelets is not heavy, but the entwined lotus pattern carved on the head is very exquisite, Qingguo is quite satisfied, but it is not in vain that she is afraid to carry the jade on a trip. However, the eldest girl has been back for more than ten days, and she has not seen any movement, so she has not yet found it.

Her mother was too careful, this thing was placed in the winter, and she didn't use it at this time, where would she find it? Wait until it's cold and take it out, it's been a year, who will the big girl go to? It's just that stupid girl like Poria.

Qingguo walked around, walked back with a warm sun, and before he arrived at Cao's yard, he suddenly saw two people standing behind a few hibiscus trees, one of them was the white fruit who should be on duty in the house, and the other was the little girl bellflower in the yard of the big girl Taohua.

When he was on duty, he actually ran out and knocked his teeth. Qingguo rarely caught Bai Guo by mistake, and couldn't help but be a little excited at the moment, so she walked around to hear what they had to say.

She came at the right time, and as soon as she touched it, she heard Kikyo say: "This is something that the master asked someone to bring back, the eldest girl took Sister Mint to the medicine hall, I thought about sending it to Mrs. ——"

Before he could say anything, he heard Bai Guo sigh: "Aren't you a fool this girl?" The things that the old man brought back, why didn't you show them to the eldest girl first, why did you send them over? Why don't you take it back quickly, if you hand it over to your wife first, where will the eldest girl get any good share? ”

Kikyo was still a little hesitant: "The person who carried the thing said that the master called it to his wife......"

Bai Guo poked a finger on her forehead: "You stupid girl, the master is far away, why don't you come back and confront this matter?" Don't take it back yet. When the eldest girl is not there, she will be put in the house first. What about Poria cocos? Tell her to take a good look. ”

"Sister Poria went home to see her mother just now, and she will be back in a while."

"Then you will put it in the girl's study first. After a while, no one dared to enter the girl's study, so she just left it there. As soon as Poria came back, he told her to receive Curry first. ”

Kikyo replied, hugged a wooden box and turned to run. Bai Guo flashed out, looked left and right first, then dusted off his clothes, and returned to Cao's courtyard as if nothing had happened.

Qingguo turned out from behind the tree, only to feel the excitement in her heart. She is a girl married by the Cao family, and she followed the master mother through the Chen family and then to the Jiang family, and she feels that she is old, and she should be a first-class girl in front of the Cao family. However, Bai Guo is the son of the Jiang family, and he used to serve Jiang Xi. Cao's family is soft, and she is remarried, and when she arrives at Jiang's house, she feels that her waist is not straight, even if she is facing Baiguo, she is a little unconfident, so she insists that Baiguo crushes her. Now it's easy to catch Bai Guo's bright handle, so I just have to tell Cao Shi, and no one can protect her. Even if she doesn't get out, she will be dethroned, and from now on, isn't she the one in this main courtyard?

Just as he was about to take a step, Qingguo stopped again. This kind of thing must be based on real evidence before it can be spoken. And the bellflower just said, Poria will come back in a while, if she goes to tell the Cao family now, examines the white fruit, and then goes to the big girl's yard to check, maybe the things have been put into the warehouse, and the bamboo basket is empty. It's better for her to go to the big girl's yard now, pretending that her wife let her go, and when she sees the box, she will make trouble, and then see how Taohua will ignore things!

Qingguo made up her mind, turned around and went to Taohua's yard.

There are not many people in the Jiang family, and each of the two girls is just a big girl and a little girl. Because there are things left by the Li family in Taohua's yard, there is one more Poria in charge of the warehouse. At this time, Mint followed Taohua out, Poria went home, and the whole courtyard was quiet.

Qingguo looked at the courtyard gate, just in time to see the bellflower coming out of the wing, carefully cover the door of the wing, then turned around and lifted the small bucket on the porch specially used to water the flowers, and walked towards the courtyard gate.

Qingguo dodged behind the door, and saw Kikyo carrying a bucket in the direction of the kitchen, thinking that he was going to the well to fetch water. If she had planned to stop Kikyo, she should have found an excuse to go into the chamber to look at the box, but now as Kikyo walked away, a new thought came to her mind - why not take this opportunity to take the box directly to Mrs. When the time comes, the wife will pick the good things first, and the eldest girl will have to suffer this dumb loss.

If it were the past, Qingguo might not dare to think about it. Although Taohua is young, the housekeeper has a set, and he doesn't explain everything, but he doesn't rub sand in his eyes. However, since she successfully exchanged the jade carved narcissus from the Taohua library, her courage has become inexplicably bigger, and she thought to herself that she had already gone to the wing room by herself.

The wing room is Taohua's study and embroidery room. The houses on the south side are small, and the Taohua is bright and bright, and the furnishings in the study are very simple. There are many treasure grids against the wall, and the high and low bases are all books; There was a table under the window for her to read and write; Beyond that is the embroidery frame and the silk basket on the other side.

Because there were few things, Qingguo went in, and saw the wooden box that the bellflower was holding in his arms before, which was placed on the highest floor of Duobaoge.

This Duobaoge is not too tall, but Qingguo is an authentic southerner, petite, and has to tiptoe to get to the box. While secretly scolding Kikyo for why she didn't put the box on the table, she reached out and pulled the lid of the box, trembling and carrying it down slightly. Who knew that the box was still in the air, and his hand suddenly lightened, and with a bang, the bottom of the box fell, and even the contents of it fell to the ground, cracking into four or five pieces.

"Who's in the house!" Qingguo was startled by this movement, and before she could see what fell out of the box, she heard the door behind her be pushed open suddenly, and a familiar voice came in, and it was Mint who accompanied the eldest girl out to the medicine hall.

Qingguo subconsciously turned around, and then remembered that he still had a box in his hand, and hurriedly hid it behind him. However, how can this be hidden, Mint raised his feet and stepped into the door, and his face changed: "Qingguo!" Why are you in the girl's study—ah! You steal the girl's stuff! ”

"No, I'm not—" Qingguo suddenly realized that she couldn't speak clearly.

Mint looked angry and pointed at her feet: "You, you actually smashed this jade carving narcissus!" ”

Jade carved narcissus? Qingguo hurriedly looked down, and sure enough, there were several pieces of broken jade lying on the ground, and the largest one could be seen clearly, and it was the daffodil bulb that was carved. However, it's not right, obviously the jade carving narcissus has been replaced by Mrs. Cao Wu, this piece ......

"Tie her up." Taohua's faint voice came in from outside the door, "I dare to steal even the things in my house, let alone others." I went to search her mother's house first, and then asked my wife to come over. ”

Qingguo opened her mouth and looked at Taohua standing outside the door, looking indifferent; Mint was disdainful, and there was a bellflower who was supposed to fetch water running in happily from outside the door, and Mrs. Liu from the kitchen also stood at the door at some point, and suddenly sat on the ground with a soft knee - she, she seemed to have been fooled.