Chapter 641: Self-defeating
The cook didn't care about the serious feelings of the two children, and felt that the young man's family was too poor, so instead of preventing the two from coming and going, she took advantage of her husband's small rights and forbade the young man to enter the national mansion to visit his mother and the little girl.
Because of this, she felt that the servant woman who burned the fire deliberately let her son seduce her flowery daughter, so there were things that targeted the servant woman everywhere.
Meng Guanshuang, who understood the grievances and hatred, had already made a judgment in his heart, no matter how poor the family was, but it was so poor that it had backbone, and the children were educated very well, the mother was virtuous and filial piety, and it could be seen that the servant woman herself was a person, and she was definitely not the kind of person who coveted small profits.
Besides, can just one sip of white fungus bird's nest be used for skin care?
In other words, since she wants to drink secretly, she will naturally drink all the bowls, and half of them will be left there if she has nothing to do, and those who have eyes on the left and right can see that there is less bird's nest.
However, of course, relying on his own judgment alone, he could not wash away the grievances of the servant woman so easily, and Meng Guanshuang could only find evidence from it.
"You said she drank her grandmother's bird's nest, did you see it with your own eyes?" She asked.
"Although it wasn't the slave who saw it with her own eyes, but it was afternoon at this time, everyone in the kitchen went to rest, only she was still watching the fire, not who she was secretly drinking!" The cook decided that it was the servant woman's doing.
The servant's eyes were swollen from crying, and she felt that she was unreasonable, so she could only shake her head vigorously to indicate that she had not eaten secretly.
"Then when was this bird's nest stewed?" Meng Guanshuang asked again.
At this time, looking at the heat on the bird's nest, it was almost invisible, and I thought of running to the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard before and after. It must have been a long time delay.
"It was stewed half an hour ago!" The cook replied, "Today is the slave maid left on duty, after the bird's nest stewed, the slave maid saw that the girl Chunjuan is still coming, and the slave maid's stomach hurts badly, so she went to the thatched house first, and when she came back, she met the girl Chunjuan, and the two of us walked in together, and found that the bird's nest in the bowl was missing half!" ”
Chunjuan, who was named by the cook, glanced at the aggrieved servant woman with some helplessness, and nodded under Meng Guanshuang's inquiring gaze. means that she does.
"The county lord. It's her gluttonous appetite to steal food, this woman's hands and feet have always been unclean, and she brought her son to steal things together! The kitchen said viciously.
"I didn't! My family Yong'er didn't steal anything, never! "I heard that my son was also wronged. The servant's emotions suddenly became agitated. yelled.
Meng Guanshuang immediately signaled to the bellflower. Kikyo went to appease the servant woman and said, "Auntie, don't get excited, my girl will find out the truth of the matter!" ”
Kikyo said so. It is also believed that the servant woman will not steal the bird's nest of the old lady.
The cook felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this, and couldn't help muttering: "The girl means that I have wronged her!" ”
The bellflower was sweating darkly, glanced at Meng Guanshuang, and did not answer, only continued to stay by the servant's side, afraid that she would be emotional again.
"Right and wrong, you can't always listen to one-sided words, don't worry, listen to me and ask her what to say first!" Meng Guanshuang smiled faintly, comforting the cook, and then asked the servant, "Did you leave after she left?" ”
"When I went back to the county lord, the slave and maid kept looking at the water in the big stove, and never even left under the stove, and didn't even go to see the bowl of bird's nest, let alone drink it secretly!" The servant stopped crying, replied with red eyes, and lifted her swarthy cuffs, which she thought were clean, and wiped the tears that were about to fall.
It is said that the monthly treatment of the Guogong Mansion is good, and she only came to the Guogong Mansion to work through a ten-year contract signed by the people, just to be able to provide for her only son to go to school well, and to glorify her ancestors in the future, where do you know that she will get into trouble.
Meng Guanshuang's gaze stayed on the servant's hand for a moment, a smile gradually appeared on her face, she looked around, and then looked at the row of bib sleeves hanging in the yard, the water stains on the ground, and the water that had not been wrung out was dripping down, so she raised her voice and asked, "Is there anyone in the courtyard when Aunt Zhang goes out?" ”
When she asked, two of the little girls who were watching knelt down and kowtowed in a panic and replied, "The slaves and maids are washing bibs and sleeves by the well outside, and they haven't gone into the kitchen to steal bird's nest!" Slaves don't! ”
This is to think that Meng Guanshuang suspected them of stealing food!
Although Meng Guanshuang didn't like others to kneel down and kowtow when they saw her at every turn, the sincere fear of these two little girls still made her happy, and she continued to ask: "Then did you see who went to wash their hands by the well where you were?" ”
"Nope! No! The two little girls shook their heads in unison.
Meng Guanshuang nodded with satisfaction, and said to the bellflower: "Go and see if there are any black and gray marks on the edge of the bowl!" ”
The bellflower responded to check, and the cook heard what Meng Guanshuang meant, and immediately rushed to say: "It's because she didn't touch the bowl and drank it with her dirty hands, but just drank it directly with her mouth?" ”
Meng Guanshuang sneered: "It seems that you know how to do it, why don't you try it?" ”
The cook's face turned white suddenly, and she understood that Meng Guanshuang had seen through the little trap she had made, so she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and hurriedly begged for mercy.
The servant woman who was returned to her innocence kowtowed again and again to thank Meng Guanshuang for maintaining her and her son's reputation, and thought that the little girl that her son liked was also an excellent girl, so she looked at the face of her future daughter-in-law, and also helped the cook to intercede, but the cook was so embarrassed that she couldn't wait to find a hole to drill down.
In fact, the cook didn't dare to steal the old lady's bird's nest, but seeing that there were few people on duty today, she felt that the opportunity to make a whole shameless servant woman had come, so when she was preparing to stew bird's nest, she deliberately put some ingredients into it, and the stew was naturally only half a bowl.
I also felt that the servant woman had always been honest and not good at words, and as long as she recognized her, she would definitely be able to drive her out today.
Who knows, it was not Mama Yang beside Mrs. Ping who came to deal with the matter, but the eldest lady of the county lord, and she also discovered the key to it with her meticulous observation and settled the grievances of the servants.
It is a trivial matter to wronged the servant, but in front of the county lord, he cleverly framed others, if the county lord is ruthless, his job as a big kitchen cook will definitely be lost.
Unexpectedly, the servant woman she wanted to frame actually interceded for herself, and she realized the true meaning of what her daughter said that the mother and son were very good, and she would definitely not suffer if she went to their house.
The matter is thus resolved, as for whether the two of them will turn into jade silk, it is not within the scope of Meng Guanshuang's management.
However, it is precisely because of her meticulous observation and discernment that she avoided grievances, and the people in the big kitchen respected her very much, and they all knew about the entire inner courtyard where this joke was spread.
Meng Guanshuang can grow her face when dealing with a small thing, which makes Feng Yuyao angry again.
But what can be done? People can really handle big and small things properly, and there is no mistake at all.
What's even more hateful is that at the family gathering, the old lady also took this matter out and said it happily, and she didn't have to hear everyone praise Meng Guanshuang to be happy.
What's even more annoying is Meng Guanshuang, knowing that she is angry in her heart, and pretending that she has taught her well.
So, she was so angry that she was about to smoke, and she had to deal with those who actually knew that she was laughing at her jokes.
The hosta is still squeezing her eyebrows with the bellflower: Did you see it? See? Mrs. Ping's stiff face has become a zombie!
Kikyo gave her a look back: Don't make a mess, be careful to be seen!
See it, see it! Who let her always deal with those trivial things, which should have been handled by the housekeeper, and we girls have to deal with them! Now I saw that the girl had become the most respected little master in the eyes of the subordinates, and she was not happy again! Well deserved!
Kikyo bared his teeth: he really deserved it! This is called stealing chickens and rice, and you can't live if you do your own evil!
Uh-huh! That's right, let's see if she dares to bully the girl casually in the future! But the girl is amazing! In the past, those people over there in the Bai family were well governed, but no one could bully the girl here!
Don't be careless, you can see that Mrs. Ping's eyes can be smoking, and her eyes are rolling around, who knows what the hell she thinks! (To be continued.) )