Chapter 51: Selection
Hearing that Shi Manman's old matter was brought up again, Xiao Lei's relaxed face tightened a little, and he said in a low voice: "You said that the wound on the back of my sister's hand, under normal circumstances, snakes can't bite that position." The old doctor of Baiyi Pharmacy has been practicing medicine for decades, and there is no reason not to see the problem of wounds. I went to the pharmacy just to get something out of the doctor's mouth, and he must know something. I just don't want to, someone is one step ahead of me. ”
Xiao Lei poured a cup of tea, drank it all and continued: "If the wound on the back of my sister's hand is really man-made, someone must want to kill my sister...... I'm going to find time to ask about that day......" After saying that, Xiao Lei fell into his own thoughts and muttered to himself.
"And then?" Shi Manman looked at Xiao Lei and asked.
"I want to know what happened to the Xiao family during my absence for half a year." Shi Manman looked at Xiao Lei, he seemed to have changed into a different person, and the perseverance in his eyes was something she had never seen before.
The two chatted casually, and Yun Bi followed by the maid serving the plate entered the door one after another. Xiao Lei is recuperating from his injuries, and most of them are light dishes. Yunbi deliberately placed a few meat dishes in front of Shi Manman, and the little hooked snake didn't care what table etiquette it was, eating meat was the snake way.
After a meal, the maid put away the dishes on the table, and Xiao Lei said, "Yunbi, I have something to ask you." ”
Yun Bi was overjoyed, Xiao Lei finally spoke to her.
"If the son has something to say, just ask the slave maid." Yunbi Road.
"What strange things happened to Xiao Mansion in the little half year that I disappeared?" Xiao Lei asked.
Yun Bi was stunned, she didn't think that Xiao Lei would ask this. In the days of Xiao Lei's disappearance, she lived like a walking corpse, and she didn't care about the news in the house. If you talk about something special...... Yun Bi suddenly thought of something and said: "Soon after Childe disappeared, many people said that Childe must have died for life. That day, the mansion suddenly became lively, and it was the patriarch and several elders of the clan who came to the mansion, saying that they wanted to give the Xiao family a stepson. ”
"Succession?" Xiao Lei was puzzled.
"Yes, it was said that Xiao He Gongzi would be passed on to Xiao's family. The patriarch said that the son of the Xiao family was missing, and his life and death were unknown, and the male in the step-family was to continue the bloodline of the master. Hmph, I really don't know what they think, they say that they are continuing the old man's bloodline, and they are more focused on the property of the Xiao family. Every time Yun Bi thinks of that incident, she feels disgusted in her heart, coveting his son's things, they are also worthy?
"What happened." Xiao Lei frowned. He had no impression of the elders in the family, and although the elders were all his father's own uncles, his father's relationship was not close to them.
"Thanks to the eldest lady, the eldest lady fought for her own marriage in order to get rid of those people. At that time, the eldest lady said that she would rather not marry for the rest of her life than guard the Xiao family's property and not let outsiders encroach on the slightest. If they have to use the excuse of continuing the Xiao family's bloodline, she can recruit a son-in-law. Speaking of this, Yun Bi's eyes exuded the light of worship, and Xiao Jin's words and deeds seemed to be vivid.
Xiao Lei listened carefully to what Yun Bi said and fell into silence.
"Anything else?" Xiao Lei continued to ask.
"On the day Gongzi was imprisoned, the patriarch of the Xiao family came to the mansion and said that he wanted to 'borrow' the mansion to hold a banquet." Yun Bi had an angry face, although she was the maid of the Xiao family, she couldn't stand those people in the clan who relied on the old and sold the old.
"Whose seat?" Xiao Lei asked.
"Xiao He Gongzi, the grandson of the second elder, the eldest son is one year old." Yun Bi knew that Xiao Lei didn't know much about the people in the clan, so she explained carefully.
"Hmm." Xiao Lei answered in a deep voice and stopped talking.
"Childe, Ya Po is here." The vigil woman spread the word outside the house. Xiao Lei saw the mother-in-law standing cautiously outside the door, but there was no second-class maid in the courtyard. The rough mother-in-law is not qualified to enter the Xiaolei room, and there are really a few more people in the courtyard.
"Let them in." Xiao Lei said.
Xiao Lei's body couldn't stand for a long time, so Yun Bi moved the soft chair to the courtyard, and Xiao Lei could sit on the chair and pick people.
Ya Po brought in five young girls from outside the courtyard gate, and looking at the handsome figures outside the door, Ya Po was afraid that she had brought a lot of people.
The Xiao family is a big family for Ya Po, and this time she heard that more than a dozen people were going to be selected, so she went to the same company and picked a lot of girls and boys to come over. If this deal is done, it will allow her to make a small profit.
"Be smart!" Ya Po scolded in a low voice.
"Xiao Gongzi, these are all maids in their early fourteens, all of them are well-behaved." Ya Po flattered Xiao Lei and nodded her waist.
"We picked a maid, not a girl from Lou Yafang." The girls in the courtyard may have been specially selected by Ya Po, and each one is beautiful. Yunbi didn't like it very much.
Ya Pozi smiled and said yes, her eyes were still on Xiao Lei, and she didn't mean to change people away. The master hasn't opened her mouth yet, how can she listen to a maid's words.
"Vine, you pick." Xiao Lei said to Shi Manman.
Shi Manman did not refuse, walked up to a girl and stopped. The little girl's heart was beating violently, and she thought that Shi Manman would ask her questions. In the past, almost everyone asked some questions to choose a maid.
To everyone's surprise, Shi Manman didn't speak, paused every time he passed by a girl, then stared into the other's eyes for a moment before moving on to the next girl.
"Did you pick it?" Xiao Lei asked the stone vine walking towards him.
Shi Manman shook his head.
"Substitution." Xiao Lei said.
"These girls are all good seedlings, and the son won't look at them anymore?" When Ya Pozi saw a plainly dressed maid turning around the person she was leading, she said no, she still wanted to fight again. Because of their appearance, the price of these girls is twice as high as that of other ordinary girls.
Xiao Lei shook his head, and when Ya Po saw that the buyer insisted on no longer persuading, she took these girls down. A few of them are a little bit of posture and arrogant. thought that Xiao Lei would definitely be favored by Xiao Lei when he entered the Xiao Mansion this time, but he didn't expect that the decision was on a maid, so he inevitably snorted angrily in his heart when he left.
"Stop." Xiao Lei suddenly shouted.
Ya Po thought that Xiao Lei had changed her mind, and immediately beckoned the girls to stop.
"Come here." Xiao Lei pointed to the last woman.
The girl who was named thought that Xiao Lei had taken a fancy to her, and immediately raised her head, with a pair of apricot eyes full of innocent and doubtful.
"Childe has taken a fancy to this girl?" Seeing the girl pretending to be reserved, Ya Pozi hurriedly pulled her over.
"Vine, you watch." Xiao Lei whispered to Shi Manman. Shi Manman looked at Xiao Lei with a side face, his eyes were full of confusion, what did he want to see for himself?
Xiao Lei pointed to the girl who was stopped by himself and said to Ya Po: "Do you hear? ”
Ya Po's face changed, could it be that Xiao Lei heard the girl's cold snort? She wanted to fool the past, but seeing Xiao Lei's serious face, she was afraid that she would lose a big list if she didn't handle this matter well.