() I had dinner with the old lady in the upper room, and when it was time to leave, I hadn't seen Cuiliu or Cuiyu's half a figure, and the Mei Yuan didn't even send a little girl ring, which was a very abnormal situation, although Liu Qin also felt strange in his heart, but he didn't move, and the people in the room thought that Liu Qin had another arrangement, and they didn't care, Caixia was going to send her back in person, but she refused, and the young master Jiang Li took the initiative to take on the errand of sending Liu Qin back to the Mei Courtyard.

When the two arrived at the gate of Meiyuan, Jiang Li didn't go in, mainly because he was too tired today, and Liu Qin asked him to go back to rest earlier.

After seeing Jiang Li leave, Liu Qin entered the door, the plum courtyard was quiet, only a little girl was guarding the door of the main house, seeing Liu Qin smiled and said hello, and shouted to the house: "Sister Cuiyu, the girl is back." ”

Cuiyu heard the voice, lifted the curtain and walked out, and said with a smile: "The girl is back, the slave maid sees that it is dark, the girl has not returned, guessing that she must have gone to the old lady, the slave maid was going to pick you up, Sister Cuiliu said that she went, let the slave maid wait in the house, such errands on weekdays are all slaves, hehe, I am lazy today." After talking for a long time, I found that Liu Qin was the only one, and I was surprised: "Hey, what about my sister, why didn't you come back with the girl?" ”

Liu Qin felt even more strange in his heart, his face was still not obvious, and he said vaguely: "In the back." I'm tired today, Cuiyu, I want to take a shower. ”

"Yes, girl." Cui Yu agreed, and then turned back and instructed the little girl, "Xiaohong, you ask the mother-in-law in the kitchen to bring two buckets of hot water." ”

The little girl who was guarding the door agreed to go.

Liu Qin entered the house and lay down directly on the couch, to be honest, she was still a little tired today, but she was not squatting on a horse, but jumping and jumping in that schadenfreude.

Cui Yu, who came in later, rummaged through the closet and prepared a bath and change of clothes for Liu Qin. Liu Qin thought for a while, looked at Cuiyu's direction, and pretended to ask casually, "Cuiyu, has Sister Cuiliu had anything on her mind lately?" ”

"What's on your mind?" Cui Yu's hand that was holding something paused, turned to face Liu Qin, and looked thoughtful, "No, there shouldn't be, the slave didn't find anything." ”

Liu Qin resisted the urge to roll her eyes, she hasn't found it yet, what can you find, this Cuiyu is really big, asking her is really the wrong person, but who else can she ask, only she is closest to Cuiliu, so she has to patiently continue to mention, "Don't you think Sister Cuiliu has been different from before recently?" ”

Cui Yu thought about it carefully, and then said with a little sudden realization: "It seems that it really is, my sister is a little different, she doesn't like to laugh before, and she doesn't talk much, although she didn't talk much before, but she can always hear a few words, and now except in front of the girl, I don't hear her sound at other times." That's right, girl, the slave maid remembered, my sister often sat by the window in a daze recently, the slave and maid have met several times, and a few calls were not answered, I don't know what I was thinking, the slave and the maid are still strange, I heard that her fellow villagers came to look for her a few days ago, and thought that there was something going on in her family, and asked her once she said no, and the slave and maid didn't take it seriously, did she really have an accident in her family? ”

Liu Qin doesn't know, it seems that this matter has to be asked to Cuiliu face to face, if there is really any difficulty, those who can help must help, not to mention that Cuiliu has been taking care of her growing up, and she has the friendship of a mother and sister, just an ordinary acquaintance, if you ask for Liu Qin, Liu Qin can't make up her mind.

Cuiliu has been sold into the house for several years, and she has a brother at home, and from time to time she will let people bring a letter, so she has always been in contact with the family, but Cuiyu knows very well that those letters are complaining about the poor and crying, and the purpose is just to ask for silver. Although there is no money, the house can still be fed and clothed, and he is much better off than him. Cui Yu has nothing to say, in fact, they are in a similar situation, and her own money is also subsidized at home, but her family still cares about her to some extent, and she will bring some things during the New Year's holidays.

As the two were talking, they heard a voice in the yard, Cui Yu went out to take a look, it turned out that the two mothers-in-law sent water, Xiao Hong was directing to go to the ear room, Cui Yu saw that it was all right, so he went into the house and hugged Liu Qin to the ear room.

The inner room of the ear room and the main room are connected, there are two doors, one door is connected to the main room, and one door is outside, so that it is convenient for the maids to send water and pour water, and it is also convenient for Liu Qin to wash, in fact, the function of this ear room is equivalent to the bathroom in the previous life, which is also separated by a screen, and there is a large wooden barrel for bathing on one side, and a toilet and wash basin on the other.

Liu Qin didn't have to wait for the maid ring when she took a bath, Cui Yu hugged her in, and when she was about to quit, she remembered Xiaohong's words just now and said: "Girl, just now Xiaohong said that she met her sister at the door, but she was called away by a little girl, saying that the mother-in-law at the second gate asked her to bring a letter, someone was looking for her sister, waiting at the second gate, and my sister went with her, and asked Xiaohong to give the girl a reply." ”

Someone in Ermen is looking for Cuiliu, who will it be? Could it have something to do with her recent relationship? Liu Qin thought for a while and instructed Cuiyu, "You go and take a look, see who is looking for Sister Cuiliu." ”

Cui Yu also understood what the girl meant, agreed, and went out of the house, still a little uneasy, and instructed Xiaohong: "The girl sent me to do something, you stay here, you can't leave for a moment, if the girl has any orders, you should respond, and, the girl didn't call, don't go in, be careful to make the girl unhappy, do you hear clearly?" ”

"Clear." Xiaohong nodded, "Sister, don't worry, I've not been here for a day or two, and I understand the girl's rules." ”

Liu Qin in the convenience and bath when the least like people to go in, this is the Mei Yuan everyone knows and will absolutely abide by the rules, because other things girls are very easy-going, only in these two things, the girl is very competitive, there used to be a little girl ring in front of Liu Qin to show loyalty, without permission into the ear room, is meeting Liu Qin convenient, that girl ring saw that Cuiliu Cuiyu was not around, thinking that his opportunity had come, regardless of the smell insisted on standing next to wait, provoked Liu Qin to be furious, not long after this girl ring changed to another place.

Cui Yu nodded, she just saw that Xiaohong was diligent and obedient, and she was afraid that she would provoke the girl, so she made a few more important points. instructed Xiaohong, and Cui Yu went to the second gate with confidence.

At the second gate, Cuiliu has been here for a while, she heard someone looking for it, and knew that it was fellow villager Chen Zhi, who didn't want to meet, and was worried that there was a letter from home for him to bring, so she reluctantly came to the second gate, just wanted to ask what was going on, so she decided quickly and went back early.

Who knew that on this day, Chen Zhi drank wine, standing under a tree in the second gate, Cuiliu walked over, and smelled a strong smell of wine from afar, she frowned, eager to turn around and leave, but thinking that since she came, she had to ask patiently: "What did you call me to come, did my brother bring a letter?" ”