Man'er went back to the house, saw that Jiao'er was cleaning the room in the house, and hurriedly snatched the rag in her hand and said, "Sister Zhu'er, let's come with me!" You are a guest, how can you help me clean my room, if my mother sees it, she can't reprimand me. ”

mentioned the Li family, and thought of what Mrs. said, Zhu'er's heart was sour, her eyes were a little red, and she said lightly: "I was originally a maid, and I do these jobs in the house on weekdays,"

Jiao'er was stunned: "Sister Zhu'er, what's wrong with you?" "Before I came back, I talked and laughed with her, how could I be so good at kung fu, so I talked about the master and servant.

Zhu'er lowered her head and said unconsciously: "A maid is a maid, and there is no day when she flies on the branches." ”

"Sister Zhu'er, what are you talking about?" Jiao'er didn't hear what she said and asked.

Zhu'er shook her head and said, "It's nothing?" So he began to clean the house.

Jiao'er could only follow behind her, chattering and saying something, after Zhu'er cleaned up the house, she went to the door of Mrs.'s room to guard, Tang Qing'er woke up, and found that it was already dark, and she was alone in the house, fortunately, the oil lamp was on, so she didn't bother lighting the lamp, got up and pulled her shoes out, opened the door and saw Zhu'er guarding outside the door, and said in surprise: "You have been there?" ”

Zhu'er said respectfully, "Yes, madam." ”

Tang Qing'er always felt that Zhu'er was a little different, and she couldn't tell what had changed, so she said, "Where did the young master go?" ”

"The young master is talking to the master in the main hall."

"Well, let's go over too!" Tang Qing'er walked towards the main hall.

"Yes." Zhu'er followed behind her lady dizzily.

When Qing'er appeared in the main hall, Xue Qianxun walked over, took her hand and said, "Awake?" ”

"Yes, wake up hungry." Tang Qing'er touched her stomach and said shamelessly.

Xue Qianxun said with a smile: "This is the sons protesting, who made you only know how to sleep and forget to feed them." He took Qing'er's hand and walked out, and took her to wash her hands and prepare for dinner.

Lu'er was helping in the kitchen, at this time, Jiao'er and Man'er came out with the dishes, the meals were served by them one after another, the family sat on the seats, and the last dish was served by the Li family, after sitting down, Tang Tiezhu said to everyone: "Let's eat!" ”

Everyone began to eat with chopsticks, Li noticed that Brother Xiang looked at Zhu'er from time to time, but Zhu'er kept eating with her head down, and didn't look up at him at all, she secretly thought: It's not that she thinks too much, it's just Brother Xiang's wishful thinking.

Tang Qing'er finally found out what was different about Zhu'er at this time, since she woke up, Zhu'er has become more and more respectful to herself, and she doesn't care much about Brother Xiang.

This meal, except for Li, Tang Qing'er, Brother Xiang, and Zhu'er, who couldn't swallow it, the rest of the people had excellent appetites.

After the meal, Li instructed Jiao'er Man'er to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Lu'er also wanted to help, but Tang Qing'er spoke: "Zhu'er and Lu'er will go back to the house with me." ”

"Yes." The two nodded.

The people in the house left one after another, and Li called Brother Xiang and said, "You come out for a while." ”

"Auntie, what's wrong?" Seeing that my aunt's face was a little bad, Brother Xiang didn't know why.

Li didn't answer, just raised his feet and moved forward, Brother Xiang had no choice but to follow behind his aunt, and when Li stopped, he said, "Brother Xiang, are you in the middle of a bamboo?" ”

Where did he think that his aunt asked about this topic, he blushed and stumbled: "Auntie...... You start from ...... From where...... Place...... Listen to people's nonsense. ”

Li Shi turned around, stared at his eyes like a torch and said, "I didn't hear what people said, I saw it with my eyes." ”

Since this is the case, Brother Xiang swallowed and smeared: "Yes, I have a crush on Zhu'er,"

Li Shi hated iron and said: "Are you confused? ”

Brother Xiang asked, "Why does my aunt say that, don't you also like bamboo?" Didn't you praise Zhu'er for her ability in front of her family? ”

Li said: "I am an outsider to praise Zhu'er, but if she is the daughter-in-law of our Li family, it is not good!" ”

"Why?"

"She is the maid of the Xue Mansion, or is she serving your cousin closely, can your grandmother and father be with you? Brother Bin will go to the capital for a scientific examination this autumn, if you take the exam, you can marry a young lady from any big family in the town,"

"Others are good, and they are not as good as the bamboo in my eyes."

Li slapped his body fiercely and said angrily: "Are you evil, you have only seen her once, how do you know that she is so good." ”

Brother Xiang said solemnly: "If Zhu'er is not good, can Qing'er keep her by her side for so long?" ”

Li couldn't say a word when she choked on this, so she had to say, "You can go back to your father and mother for a few days!" ”

"Auntie, how can you do this?" Brother Xiang asked incredulously.

Li said: "Aunt is for your good,"

After Tang Qing'er and Xue Qianxun took the maid back to the house, she said to Lu'er, "You go to the kitchen and boil some water for me." ”

"Yes." Lu'er nodded, and turned to walk out.

Knowing that Qing'er had something to say to Zhu'er, Xue Qianxun sat on the edge of the kang and picked up the book and looked at it, Tang Qing'er thought for a moment and said, "Zhu'er, there are some things I want to talk to you." ”

"Madame, please." Zhu'er lowered her head and said respectfully.

"Since I married into the Xue family, you and Lu'er have always served by my side, you are steady, intelligent and sensible, so I have always regarded you as a caring person," said slowly: "Actually, you can guess what I have to say!" ”

Zhu'er lowered her head and didn't squeak.

Tang Qing'er said again: "My brother Xiang has taken a fancy to you,"

Zhu'er said in a low voice: "The slave maid is a maid in the house, and she doesn't dare to climb the young master, please tell the young master and let him choose a virtuous young lady!" ”

Seeing Zhu'er sarcastically mocking herself like this, Tang Qing'er suddenly didn't know what to say, looked up at Xue Qianxun, and asked him to help make a round, who expected him to ignore herself at every critical moment, she had to say: "If you are not the maid in the house, I am very optimistic about the matter between you and Brother Xiang." ”

Zhu'er raised her head and said with her eyes slightly red: "How can everything be as people think." ”

Tang Qing'er stepped forward, picked up the silk handkerchief in his hand and said, "Don't say it, you shed tears, and I feel distressed when I look at it." ”

Zhu'er said: "What Madame does is for the sake of the slave maid, and the slave and maid know." ”

"Alas! Rest early tonight! Tang Qing'er couldn't bear to see Zhu'er's sad appearance, and suddenly felt like an old lady in the mansion, with a strong sense of the door, she was a new human in the twenty-first century, how could she still pay attention to this.

"Yes." Zhu'er felt that the tears in her eyes kept flowing out, and it was not good to serve in front of her wife, so she went down.

After Zhu'er came out, Tang Qing'er sat on the side of the kang and muttered, "Did I do something wrong!" ”

Xue Qianxun put down the book and said: "You are pregnant with a baby, don't think too much, if you keep doing this, let's go home early!" ”

Tang Qing'er sighed: "I feel like I've become the executioner who broke up the mandarin ducks. ”

"Their marriage is not in your hands, how can you think so." Xue Qianxun persuaded.

"But I didn't add fuel to the fire, but supported them back, no matter how I said it, there was something wrong with it." The more Tang Qing'er thought about it, the more she blamed herself, how many hard-working mandarin ducks have been broken because of her family from ancient times to the present, how could she be so snobbish now.

No way! This thing can't be done like this, if Brother Xiang and Zhu'er are sincere, she will definitely fulfill them, thinking about standing up and going to her mother to talk about it.

Xue Qianxun hurriedly grabbed her and said, "If you want to say tomorrow, it's getting late today, so let's go to bed early!" ”

At this time, Lu'er knocked on the door, came over with a wooden basin, and said, "Madam, I have already boiled hot water and brought it to you." ”

Tang Qing'er said: "Well, put it here, you go back and rest!" ”

Lu'er hesitated: "Let the slave maid wait for you to wash!" ”

"Go down! Madame, here I am. Xue Qianxun said.

"Yes." The young master also spoke, how dare Lu'er not listen.

Xue Qianxun said: "Wait for the water to cool down, and I'll wash your feet." ”

"En," Tang Qing'er was worried about Brother Xiang and Zhu'er's affairs, and replied a little absent-mindedly.

Xue Qianxun soothed: "There are priorities, and it's not too late to talk about some things tomorrow, anyway, you've already figured it out, so what's there to worry about." ”

Tang Qing'er was surprised: "How do you know that I have figured it out." ”

"You can't be a bad person in your life." Where did someone persuade Zhu'er first, and then felt that it was wrong to beat the mandarin duck, and decided to help them after thinking about it.

"Alas!" Tang Qing'er sighed and agreed with what he said.

The Li family was also tossing and turning, which made Tang Tiezhu unable to sleep steadily, and he said in a loud voice: "What's wrong with you?" I tossed and turned at night and didn't sleep. ”

Li Shi said angrily: "I want to sleep, can I fall asleep?" ”

Thinking of Brother Xiang's ugliness, he was angry with her and said: "Auntie, you don't have to worry about my affairs, I choose who I want to marry, and others don't need to make decisions for me." ”

Such disobedient words came out of the mouth of Brother Xiang, who has always been obedient, if you let your mother, eldest brother and sister-in-law know the truth, you will not have to make a fuss, her angry face turned pale and said: "You are now more and more breathing, and you know that you have talked back with your elders." ”

Brother Xiang said: "Auntie, don't force me, I finally met someone I like, can't I marry her?" ”

"You marry the daughter of a poor family, a young lady from a rich family, and your aunt doesn't care, but you have to take someone who has been a maid, so that your father and mother and Brother Bin can deal with themselves."

"Can't I marry someone I like for their sake?"

"You've met Zhu'er, how do you know that you like her, maybe it's just your delusion?"

Brother Xiang said: "Am I not even clear about the person I like? "In the shop, I met a lot of young ladies and farmers' daughters, he didn't have a heart after seeing it, yesterday I happened to look at Zhu'er, my heart was beating non-stop, can I still lie to myself?

Tang Tiezhu said: "It's the girl who came back to live, so you can't sleep happily." "Yesterday wasn't like today.

In the dark, Li glared at him and said, "What nonsense? "The troublesome thing now is not caused by your precious daughter, alas! It's really worrying, I don't know how to explain to my eldest brother and sister-in-law, and my mother.

"What's that?" She doesn't sleep all night, but she doesn't have anything? But he had to get up early tomorrow to go to the shop to work, so he asked.

Li said: "Don't worry about it, go to sleep!" As he spoke, he turned over and slept on his back.

Tang Tiezhu was so bored by his mother-in-law's anger that he had to close his eyes and sleep.