Jade saw me holding a copy of "Selected Works of Shakespeare" and leaning on the foot to read, so she hugged a big red lamb blanket and covered it for me, "It's such a cold day, don't look at the second miss, since you don't want to go to the front to keep the New Year, then rest early, Ming'er has to get up early to go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

As she spoke, she took the brazier and gathered the fire and put the dried orange peel in it, and in a short time there was a faint fruity smell in the room. When she was done, she filled the thermos with water, and I finished reading a page of the book.

"Jade, don't be busy, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, you sleep with me, anyway, I'm quite stuffy alone, you are outside, we talk troublesomely." I flipped through the book and called to her.

Jade listened and said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll go and bring all the delicious food and put it on the small table, so that we don't have to move when we lie on the bed, anyway, it's still early, and there will definitely be fireworks to watch in a while."

Looking at her happy appearance, I really felt like the previous New Year, I thought for a moment, and said to the jade who was busy outside: "Don't forget to close the window, the wind will pick up at night, and it may snow in the second half of the night."

"Miss, don't worry, it's all closed."

As she spoke, she brought in the food with a smile and asked, "Miss, I heard that now the big families in the city are willing to live in bungalows, and those who don't have bungalows have also installed heating at home, which is said to be much cleaner than the carbon basin we use, why is there no heating in our house?"

I laughed and said, "How did you remember to ask this?"

"It's nothing, but when I go to the kitchen, I always hear Grandma Liu say that her daughter is on an errand in a family, and that family lives in a villa in the British Concession, not to mention the heating in winter, and there is a special bathroom to take a hot shower every day, not to mention how convenient it is. Every time she spoke so vigorously as if her daughter were the mistress of the house, we new arrivals listened to it and wanted to see if what she said was true. ”

I wondered, "What did she tell you about?" I always hear you mention Grandma Liu in the kitchen, do you always hear from her? ”

Jade moved the table to the side of the bed and refilled the tea for me, "Yes, everything I know is heard from her every day, is there anything wrong?" ”

I couldn't help but put down my book and beckoned to Jade, "Are you okay?" Okay, come up, it's cold on the ground, you come up and we'll talk. ”

Jade agreed, put down the teapot and came to the bed: "Miss sleep inside, I need to get out of bed at any time outside."

I agreed, and as I moved in, I asked her thoughtfully, "Jade, I think anyone in this family can understand my thoughts now, and that person must be you." I remember that on New Year's Day, you told me that the police department already had a clue to kill your sister's prisoner, and I want to ask you, did you listen to Grandma Liu with this news? ”

Since the contact with Jade on New Year's Day, this question has been lingering in my mind, and after all these days, I have not seen the right opportunity to ask her, and now, taking advantage of the opportunity for the two of us, I can finally sort out the clues and information in my hands to determine the next path I should take.

I looked at the red-headed rope on the tip of the jade's hair, and I wanted to get an affirmative answer from her, but I was afraid that she would nod her head and say that the news had indeed come from the kitchen, which was extremely contradictory for a while.

Jade remade the bed, turned back to me, and said, "Miss, did you think of something?" All the news I know is indeed heard from Grandma Liu, you forget, Grandma Liu is the old mother of the kitchen, and there are many people who come into contact with every day, like vegetable sellers, fishmongers, as well as the owner of the rice shop, the guy from the oil mill, which one has no connection with her. So in the past, when we were fine, we all loved to run to her, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop raised the second wife outside, and the guy in the restaurant was a lame, and she knew the most of these gossips, and her mouth was broken, so we called her 'big mouth' in private. ”

I see, why didn't I think of it in the first place? The kitchen at home is connected to the side door, where there are fruits and vegetables delivered all year round, and it is easier to mix people with many eyes, why didn't I think of it?

Vegetables began to be delivered in the kitchen every day, and there was no one else in the house at that time except for a few servants who sprinkled and swept up, which was of course the best time to deliver news. In this way, the conversation between a man and a woman I heard with Gu Shaoqing in the West Hall that day was correct, but I clearly remember that the female voice said that her news was heard from the kitchen? Does that mean that the spy is not Grandma Liu? Or did those two know that my brother and I were eavesdropping and deliberately misleading us?

My mind was suddenly very messy, after so long, Han's mother's identity is still a mystery, but the people who were with me that day are gone.

I had no evidence that Grandma Liu was a spy, and I was puzzled by the information I heard that day, so I was stunned for a while and fell into deep thought.

Jade gently shook her palm in front of my eyes and asked, "Miss, did you hear what I said?"

"What?"

I came to my senses.

"Jade, what did you just say?"

Jade sighed, pointed to the letterhead on the desk and asked, "Let me ask you, you didn't answer Young Master Tong's phone call many times, and you didn't reply to this invitation, are you still angry with him?" So you're going to ignore him? ”

I was stunned for a moment, it turned out that she was talking about this, and I couldn't help laughing: "But today I received the benefits of Young Master Tong, and I have already asked this for the second time." Actually, I'm not angry, I'm just angry that I'm useless. You're counting on me to help you catch your sister's killer, and I'm anxious to find out the truth of the matter, but I find that when it comes time to do what you really want me to do, I'll be a drag on everyone. The second aunt often said that women should stay at home with peace of mind and wait for marriage and children to live safely, and should not think about the outside world, because it is the world of men after all. I never felt that there was any truth in her words before, but after experiencing the current situation, I always wondered, am I wrong, should I stay at home and not go anywhere, so as not to cause trouble and burden everyone? ”

Jade listened attentively, pursed her lips after a while, and said, "But Miss, which of us can predict the direction of things?" If my sister had foreseen that she would be killed for delivering news to the bad guys, then I don't think she would have done that. Who would gamble with their fate? Everyone is the same, people live in the world, shouldn't they do things according to their own hearts? It's like I think, if you go to the foreign school and read books, you must be useful, otherwise, if you don't read and read, isn't it the same for everyone, and everyone is not interesting? ”

At this moment, the charcoal fire crackled and made a slight pop, making the room quieter and quieter. In the distance, the crackling sound of firecrackers was heard one after another, one after another, and gradually became dense.

Jade looked at the fireworks flying outside the window, and couldn't help but happily take my hand and said: "Miss, look, it's the New Year, it's the New Year, it's the New Year, it's already twelve o'clock, and it'......s been ten years in the Republic of China." )