"Girl, girl!" Loquat rushed into the house with an excited face and said, "Girl, it's really an eye-opener!" ”

Although she was happy, she didn't overdo it, forgot the rules to be followed, and after shouting this sentence, she immediately remembered what the girl from home had instructed, and hurriedly walked to Cai Wei and lowered her voice: "Girl, Basho and I just heard a few little girls chatting outside the courtyard, and when we heard her mention the fifth girl, we leaned over and listened. And guess what they say? "A girl came to ask me about the look.

Cai Wei looked funny, and threw out a sentence lightly, "But you also heard the letter that the fifth sister was sick, and Baba came to tell me that I already knew!" ”

"Ahh ”

Cai Wei deliberately teased her, "Who made your girl I can pinch and calculate, I just moved my fingers, and this is calculated?" In fact, she just found out in the morning, but she didn't expect that the person who told her the news would be the second girl, Zhao Yifang.

It's strange to say that the relationship between her and Yifang has always been faint, and there is not much sisterhood. Unexpectedly, this time she was not happy, but this second cousin, who had never been very close, came to see her every day, and she had been coming for three days in a row.

Except for the first day with the other three girls, the remaining two days were alone to visit Cai Wei, and stayed for a very long time, obviously she and Cai Wei had nothing to talk about, always couldn't say a few words, she was a little absent-minded, but still sat still, and would not leave until lunch.

She came a little late today, Cai Wei thought she wouldn't come, and was about to copy a few pages of Buddhist scriptures, but she didn't want her to come anyway, and explained to Cai Wei why she was late. It's because the fifth girl, Yifei, is also sick, and her face is full of red rashes for some reason, itchy and painful, and she can't be sad. She went to see Yifei in the main courtyard first, and then came to visit her.

When Cai Wei first heard the news, she was not like these two little girls who only cared about smiling, but she was taken aback. She was just suspicious and scared Yifei, how could it be just this fright, she was scared like this, not only did she have a rash on her face, but also on her body? It's really hard to figure out, I can't figure it out!

Where did the two loquat and basho bother with this, just gloating there, "Haha, this is called harming people!" ”

"That's it, people are doing it, the sky is watching, this is something that even God can't stand it, let her taste this sin too, it's really unpleasant!"

"It's still a girl who is amazing, so she used such a small means to scare her like this, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, see if she dares to hurt people like this in the future!"

"Are you really frightened by your own suspicions?" Cai Wei always felt that it was a little unlikely, "Even if I hinted that she sent the good peach blossom pollen by mistake that day, it was impossible for Yifei to use the peach blossom pollen mixed with things, so how did she get covered in rashes and itching overnight?"

No matter how smart Cai Wei is, she would never have imagined that the box of spiced peach blossom powder that she asked Mama Guo to throw out of the house that day was unknowingly changed to Yifei's dressing table by someone, and she also moved some other hands and feet.

When Yifei hurriedly returned to her room that day and picked up the blue and white porcelain box to look at, as soon as she saw the ink dot at the bottom of the box that she had marked that day, she immediately screamed and fainted, and then she was covered with rashes overnight.

Mama Guo didn't necessarily have much joy on her face, but was a little worried, "The box of powder mixed with things was obviously thrown away by me, why is Sister Nafei still sick, this, if there is something bad about this, it shouldn't be counted on our heads over there, come to our Xingshi to ask for guilt, right?" ”

"Mom is too worried, not to mention that this fat powder is all handled by people over there, whether it is purchased and sold or distributed, we stay in this Qiutang Courtyard all day, and we have never been to the main courtyard for a single step, even if Na Yifei wants to sue, she can't tell her, even if she is resentful in her heart, most of them are embarrassed by us elsewhere."

Cai Wei expected it to be good, although Aunt Liu knew the good things her baby daughter had done, in fact, the idea of mixing peach blossom pollen with something was still her mother's idea, one was to vent her daughter's anger, and the other was also looking forward to ruining Cai Wei's face, to see how she could get married, and then she would be able to pinch her dowry in this mansion all the time.

The dowry of this cousin girl, the few acres of land that she used to enter every year was very small, and she could not look down on it, and the thirty thousand taels of silver were kept in the old lady's hand, and she could not get any money, and the only thing she could think of was the silk shop and the two rented out shops. She has said that she has moved the fourth master these days, and has installed several of her own people in it, although it has only been two months, she has already made two hundred taels of silver from it, which is worth her monthly money for a hundred years. Now that she has tasted the sweetness, she naturally doesn't want to watch Cai Wei marry out and bring this cash cow to someone else's house without a few more years.

Unexpectedly, stealing the chicken didn't destroy the girl's face that week, but got the wrong powder, and somehow, it was his daughter who used the peach blossom powder with the ingredients, which caused her face to be full of red rashes. was so angry that Aunt Liu beat up a few girls who knew about it at the time, and hurriedly ordered someone to invite the imperial doctor. Fortunately, it doesn't take long to use it, and after careful care for a while, the rash can be eliminated.

Aunt Liu was busy serving her daughter, and at the same time scolded Zhou Caiwei seventeen or eighteen times in her heart, she also knew that it was not good to find someone to theorize in this matter, so she had to make a note in her heart first, and then go back to clean up the girl. But taking advantage of this reason, he went to the fourth master and wiped his tears in front of the fourth lady to sue the fourth wife, saying that he didn't know how the wife took care of the house, how the peach blossom powder sent to other girls was good powder, and the poisonous powder that was sent to his daughter was to harm people, that is, the wife hated her as a concubine, but don't spread her anger on the young lady, the girl's face was as golden as her life, and so on, which provoked the fourth master to rush to the main room and roar at the fourth wife.

So on the second day, it was reported in the house that the fourth wife was sick, and she was not lightly ill.

Cai Wei waited for her letter to pass, so she went to visit the fourth aunt with Yi Hui and Yi Fen, and when she didn't want to say goodbye, the fourth lady asked the sisters to take the first step, but pulled Cai Wei to sit down and chatted a few words.

"Wei girl, I know that you are a good person, not only with our sister Zhi'er, but also with my aunt. Since Sister Zhi'er got married, my aunt and uncle can only talk to you in this house. My sister-in-law came to see me, and when she saw my situation in this house, she persuaded me to go to a hot spring village in my mother's house to recuperate, and said that my brother had returned to Beijing, and with his support, my uncle would not dare to mention any more words about divorce. As long as I want, my eldest brother will come and pick me up the day after tomorrow. ”

Since the second wife is no longer in charge of the house, many of the rules in this uncle's mansion have become more and more useless, not as strict as before, as soon as there is any movement in the house, within a while, rumors will spread all over the place.

Therefore, even though Cai Wei lives a little far away, she also knows the cause of the fourth wife's illness this time, and why the fourth master scolded her, this matter is somewhat related to herself, and she feels a little sorry for this aunt, but it is not easy to say it clearly. Now when she saw her aunt say such a thing to her, she smiled and said, "I shouldn't have said anything more about reasoning, but I just watched my aunt suffer from illness, and I hope that my aunt can recover as soon as possible." I often hear people say that if a sick and weak person often soaks in hot springs, it is very good for the body, and if my aunt can really go there to meditate and recuperate, it will be of great benefit to the body. ”

Cai Wei really thinks that if the fourth wife can leave this mansion temporarily, it would really be the best policy, but fortunately, this aunt has a good brother, and her sister-in-law is an understanding person, and she is willing to take her out to live for a while, so as not to be angry in this mansion again. Since Mrs. Da no longer asked about family affairs, although she was still in charge of the fourth wife on the surface, in fact, she had already given people a vacancy, and the housekeeper lady in the important place was not her person, and she disobeyed her various orders. I only know how to use the convenience of managing things in my hands, deduct and exploit them, and get money for myself, which makes the maids and maids complain, but most of them are blamed on the fourth wife. Instead of carrying the black pot for others like this, it is better to retreat and withdraw early.

When Mrs. Huang, the sister-in-law of the fourth wife, came to see her the day before yesterday, she also said this to her, and recently, the fourth master saw that his only son Zhao Yijun was seventeen years old, and he hadn't said anything about the next family affair, especially when he saw that the eldest young master Zhao Yijun married a rich daughter-in-law, relying on the help of the Yue family, and was admitted to the martial arts people, he was even more hot. I can't wait to marry a capable daughter-in-law for my son, not only begging the eldest man to be a matchmaker, but even the fourth wife's side, often forcing her to go out and walk around, so that Zhao Yiam can also say a good kiss.

The fourth wife was anxious about all the things in the house, and the people under her hands did not listen to her, because of the drought and flood this year, the harvest in the field was not as good as in previous years, only half of last year. The business in the shop was not managed by the second wife, and it was replaced by the people of the fourth master, and the private pockets were filled layer by layer, and the silver finally handed over to the public middle school was more than half of that in previous years.

Although there are still 17,000 taels of silver in the account now, it is only February, how can it support until the end of the year, and there is still the second young master Zhao Yifang and the second girl Zhao Yifang on the other side of the big house are also about to get married, and it costs money everywhere. is embarrassed to cook without rice, and was scolded by the fourth master □□every day, this day is really miserable, so there is this disease. It was her sister-in-law who came to point out the benefits and disadvantages to her, and after persuading her to talk for a long time, she only hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

"Good boy, it's hard for you to really think about me, I also think I have to go out to live for a while, if I live in this house again, I'm afraid of ....... My brother and sister-in-law will come to pick me up the day after tomorrow, although my aunt and uncle live here, they can't help you, and now that I go out to live, you have to take care of yourself. If there is anything difficult, bear with it for the time being, and when you are filial piety in a few months, I will ask my sister-in-law to take you to my mother's house for two days to relax. ”

The last few words of the fourth wife can be regarded as a promising thing in these days for Cai Wei, and she said goodbye for a while, and after thinking about it, she walked to Yifei's residence in the west wing, and ordered the maid to report.

She didn't come to see Yifei's joke on purpose, but since she came to visit the fourth wife in this main hospital, it was not good to visit another patient in this main hospital, the fifth girl who was covered with red rashes.

As she expected, before the little maid came out to reply, she first heard a scream from the house, "What is she here for?" Come and see me for a joke? No, no, let her go! ”

Cai Wei was in a good mood when she heard this sentence, but she still had a trace of melancholy about being turned away, and it was also good when she went, Aunt Liu was not in the main courtyard, otherwise, I was afraid that she would not be able to go back to Qiutang Courtyard so easily.

It turned out that Aunt Liu was discussing with her cousin that the fourth lady would quit and live outside the house to recuperate, and who would hand over the power of the housekeeper. Aunt Liu wants to take care of it, but it's a pity that she doesn't have that identity, and secondly, how much silver is still in the account, she knows best, that is, she wants to make more silver, I'm afraid she won't be able to get much. But if you let the eldest lady take care of it, the lady can't pass that level, is it possible to return it to the fifth room?

These two people are making trouble here, and they don't want the young grandmother Sun Xiluan to come in and ask a few words, and then said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, since no one is in charge of this family, just leave it to me, I am the eldest granddaughter-in-law in this house, who else can be more justifiable than me!" ”

When Aunt Liu heard this, she was overjoyed and said: "Grandma is very right, and grandma is the most capable, she will be able to cook everything in this house refreshingly, and there is nothing wrong with it." "Why didn't she think that this young grandmother has a large dowry, and she is the niece of Mrs. Cui Xiang, Mrs. Tai will definitely not refute her face and let her take care of the house, she is her cousin's daughter-in-law, it is really the best of all three!

The eldest lady frowned, she naturally knew who took over to take over the housekeeper at this time, most of them wanted to fill it with their own silver, and she didn't want her daughter-in-law to have a lot of trouble. But I also know that her daughter-in-law is the most pinched and strong, and likes to show off herself, if she is not allowed to be in the limelight, although she is a mother-in-law, she can't control this daughter-in-law, who makes the family Mrs. Cui Xiang's niece? The future of my family depends on others! She can only hope that Mrs. Tai will not agree.

Who would have thought that Mrs. Tai finally ordered the young grandmother Sun Xiluan to temporarily take the right to be the housekeeper.