Liu Tai's face changed, and his face sank: "I have been going out with the uncle and the second master in the past few days, and it is not uncommon to see the second master." However, he is not the enemy's own flesh and blood, but he has always been at odds with that person, so I don't bother to say it. ”

He looked at his sister: "Xianghuan, you are in the inner house, you can't compare to me outside, as long as you don't tell your name and origin, and avoid the people in the Zhao family's small long house, they won't know that I am in the Wang family." There is such a big place in the inner house, and you are dangling in front of the wives and girls in the Zhao family's small long room all day long, especially when there are Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Xiao Qian, who recognize our father and mother, maybe which ** will be recognized by them. You have to be careful not to let them find out who they are. Although the old lady, the lord and the lady have always treated us kindly, we are just subordinates, and there is no comparison with the status of the lord's benefactor. ”

Xianghuan agreed, and said a little unconvinced: "What kind of benefactor are they?" The real benefactor is the old county prince, he has been dead for so many years, and the county duchess and Jiannan Hou are the serious old county princesses. I heard that these people have all left the clan, and they are no longer the descendants of the old county prince. ”

Liu Tai said lightly: "What the master decides, we just need to follow the orders, and we don't have to worry about the rest." If there is really anything wrong, the old lady and his wife will also persuade him, and I think the old man will figure it out sooner or later. ”

Xianghuan pursed her lips and was silent for a while before saying, "Brother, don't worry, they won't recognize me." When my family was kicked out of the house, I was only three years old, and my appearance had already changed. Besides, those masters didn't take a little girl like me seriously, they only stared at the old lady and the wife, and the sisters and mothers who had a good face in front of the ladies. The same is a reward, and they should be extraordinarily rich; All we were given was a few copper coins. is the same as talking, when talking to them, they are polite, gentle and kind, and my sister and mother call sweetly; Talking to us, he didn't even look at it, but he still had to let the girls around him tell people everywhere how kind and generous their girls were to the people below. It's really a dead man! Do you really think everyone else is stupid? ”

Liu Tai sneered: "They don't have any silver in their hands, if they have silver, you think they won't buy you little girls?" This was the way in which the gate of the mansion was rotten, and the money was used to open the way, and the people benefited from it, and they spoke good things about the guests in front of the master all day long, and the master heard a lot, and he felt that the guest was good, and many misfortunes came from it. In the past, I heard my father and mother say that I only listened to stories at that time, but now I can see it with my own eyes. Don't show your disgust, lest they become suspicious, and keep an eye out for what medicine they sell in their gourds. ”

Xianghuan gritted her teeth and said, "I don't know what kind of medicine they sell in their gourd, but I know that there must be something wrong with the medicine prescribed by Dr. Liu." Yesterday, I was ordered by my wife to go to the west courtyard to deliver fruits, because it was noon, there was no one in the courtyard, and when I went to the main house along the verandah, I happened to see Mrs. Zhao's girl standing in front of the window with a bowl of medicine, and poured the medicine into the flower pot under the window. I went in to deliver the fruit, but Mrs. Zhao asked me to come back and thank our wife, saying that she had just taken the medicine and felt better. I thought to myself that Mrs. Zhao's medicine was caught by our wife for a lot of money, and a post of medicine costs two dollars of silver, which is actually a waste of people, Mrs. Zhao still pretends to have drunk it, what are you thinking? Could it be that she is faking her illness? It can't be that the medicine is too bitter, so you don't want to eat it, right? ”

Niu is not a child, how could he not take it because of the bitterness of the medicine? If you really think that the medicine is too bitter, you can ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine that is not so bitter. Why bother to let Mrs. Wang invite a doctor to come, spend money to grab medicine, and bother to boil it up, but it fell down?

Liu Tai felt that there was a problem: "Could it be that she is really pretending to be sick?" ”

Xianghuan said, "Whose silver is blown by the wind?" Mrs. is worried about the family's money these days, she doesn't make new clothes or jewelry, and she has to buy new clothes and grandchildren of Mrs. Zhao first, but they waste the silver so much, they deserve to be thundered and split! ”

Liu Tai is older than her sister, so she naturally thinks farther than her: "She must be pretending to be sick, and she must have a plan." Otherwise, it's okay, what kind of illness is pretending, what doctor to ask? The doctor was originally invited back by themselves, and it wasn't our old lady who sent someone to invite him, maybe they were in a group with them, and they were all working together to deceive the old lady. It was precisely because Mrs. Zhao was sick that she didn't mention the matter of looking for a house again. I followed the uncle and the second master out, and the second master also followed him all day long, listening to his words, I had no intention of moving away at all. ”

Xianghuan sneered: "What if they can stay in the Wang family for a little longer? It's just a few more days of happiness. But this family's surname is Wang, not Zhao, nor Niu. After a long time, the wife found out that they were pretending and withheld their silver, can they still sue the official? Don't look at who you are! She suddenly thought of an idea: "I should tell Mrs. Zhao about pouring medicine!" Two pairs of medicine a day is four taels of silver, ten days is four taels, a month is twelve taels, and our wife's monthly money for a month is only this amount. Those people waste money like this, who can afford to provide for them? ”

Liu Tai reminded her: "Don't go out of your way to complain, but ask your wife to suspect you, it's best to let your wife or the mothers and sisters around your wife find out that Mrs. Zhao's girl is pouring medicine." Although when our family switched to the Wang family, my mother was afraid of extraneous branches, and specially concealed who our father was, the old lady thought that you and I were Uncle Liu's biological children, only Uncle Liu was because he offended Mrs. Zhao's henchmen and lost the messenger, but it was a small grudge, and I didn't know that there was a big enmity of life and death here, so I still rest assured that we were waiting in the house, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, in case one day, the old lady knows our origins, even if you know that the Zhao family's small long house is not a good person, It's just that we're slandering, and that's not good. Our own enmity is a matter for you and my brothers and sisters, and we must not affect Uncle Liu. ”

Xianghuan said confidently: "Brother, don't worry, I know in my heart, I won't let someone grab the handle, let alone hurt Uncle Liu." ”

She found a few self-embroidered purses and a few embroidered handkerchiefs from home, prepared to give gifts, and took a few coins of broken silver, half hung copper coins, wrapped them into a small burden and went back to the inner house. Before leaving, he said to Liu Tai: "I inquired and found that my wife will give new winter clothes to the family in the middle of the month, and each person will be given a piece of cloth and five catties of cotton. I told Sister Xianglan that I wanted a big red muslin cloth for my brother to marry his sister-in-law when the time came. My brother just made me a new padded jacket with half of the cotton cloth he had gotten. ”

Liu Tai smiled and touched his sister's head: "The cloth I got is either green or gray, and the girl doesn't look good in it." You don't have to worry about it. The red cloth for the wedding will be prepared by the mother's association. My father and mother took my little brother to live in Zhuangzi outside the city, and the cloth over there was cheaper than in the city. ”

Xianghuan pouted: "The mother prepares the mother, and what I give is my heart." Brother, what are you polite to me? The cloth is not for you, but for my sister-in-law, and you are not allowed to refuse. ”

Watching his sister leave, a gentle smile appeared on Liu Tai's face, and he couldn't help but think of the scene of his parents' brother and sister when he was a child, although the little brother born to his mother for his stepfather was also very cute, but when it came to closeness, he was still closer to his sister with the same father and mother. Then he naturally remembered what happened after his father's death. His father did something bad, he knew it in his heart, but his father did it on the orders of his master, and in the end he ended up like that, and even the corpse was incomplete. If it weren't for his stepfather's risk-taking rescue, maybe he would have lost his mother. This hatred can never be forgotten in his life!

He also has his mother, sister, brother and stepfather, as well as his wife who has not passed through the door, even if he hates in his heart, he can't be impulsive, and besides, the enemy and the main son are all dead, and those who are left behind are either accomplices or the children of the enemy, is it possible that he will bury his own family for them? So he wouldn't act rashly, but if the people in the Zhao family's small long house thought that they could enjoy the glory and wealth of the Wang family, they would be wrong. Add a little blockage to the enemy, he can still do it.

Liu Tai is a clever person, he is now on an errand beside the two young masters of the Wang family, although he is only a long-term follower, but he follows him out every day, and he also sees some clues. Zhao Yan was in the same place with the Wang brothers all day long, and his words and deeds were flattering, and he also used the excuse that their brothers returned to the capital for the first time and were not familiar with the customs in Beijing, so they took them around to visit and play, and introduced lively and interesting places. If it weren't for the fact that he still had the sanity and knew that he couldn't annoy the elders of the Wang family, maybe he would even take them to those fireworks and gambling places. After a few days of hard work, there is still some effect, the eldest young master of the Wang family, Wang Weisheng, is much kinder to him, and the second young master Wang Tongsheng directly regards him as a close friend. Zhao Yan can finally open his mouth to tell them about his "troubles", and naturally he will inevitably step on Zhao Ze and Zhao Xiang a few times intentionally or unintentionally, feeling sad about his identity and situation, and sad for the situation of his biological mother, Aunt Xiaoqian and his sister.

Liu Tai found an opportunity to say to Wang Weisheng, the eldest young master: "It's strange to play the second master, I heard my sister mention it, and my wife likes the eldest girl of the Zhao family very much, saying that she is a gentle and obedient person, and she is also very kind to others." How can the second master say that his sister is always bullied by his sister-in-law? ”

Wang Weisheng was stunned and frowned: "Why does your sister talk about the guests casually?" ”

Liu Tai hurriedly said: "Uncle forgiveness, it turned out that the little sister was rewarded by Miss Zhao, and she was happy, so she would mention it to her family." The little ones know the rules and will never say anything about it. It's just that after listening to the words of the second master, I wondered in my heart, so I couldn't help but mention it to the uncle. I don't know which one is telling the truth, but what is the little sister doing with the little one lying to the little one for no reason? If the second master lied, what did he do when he said bad things about his sister-in-law? Although it is always difficult for this concubine to get along with each other, he should not tell the uncle and the second master for no reason. The little ones are just worried about the uncle and the second master. ”

Wang Weisheng's brows furrowed even tighter, he didn't say anything, and when he got home, he went to say goodbye to his mother. The little girl Xianghuan saluted him with a smile and lifted the curtain to invite him into the house.

As soon as he entered the door, he felt that the atmosphere in his mother's room was not quite right today. Mrs. Wang sat on the kang with an angry face, Xianglan stood on the edge of the kang, there was a pot of chrysanthemums on the ground, and a rough mother-in-law knelt by the flower pot and was replying to Mrs. Wang: "The little one can see clearly, it is indeed the thrush next to Mrs. Zhao, she finished pouring the medicine, and turned back to talk to Mrs. Zhao in the recovery, saying that the medicine had been poured." ”

Wang Weisheng was puzzled: "What medicine poured?" Did Mrs. Zhao pour the medicine? ”

Mrs. Wang looked up at her son, only to feel a tightness in her chest, and a wave of grievances welled up in her heart, but she didn't know how to say it. RS