Chapter 34: One Pot End
The two newly appointed foreign affairs stewards, Mama Liu and Sister-in-law Niu, were naturally busy when they took office three times.
On the day the new bonsai moved in, the third old man Ren Shimin was very satisfied when he saw it, and praised Mama Liu a few words.
But on the second day, just overnight, the dozen pots of Junzi Orchid were found to have begun to rot from the roots.
"Mama Liu, what's going on?" Mama Zhou pointed to the cluster of Junzi orchids that the maid moved in, and asked with a calm face.
Mama Liu broke out in a cold sweat in the winter, and when she saw that she was the only one coming, she smiled and said, "Mama Zhou, this is ...... The slave and maid are not very clear. However, don't you have to ask the sister-in-law as well? โ
Mama Zhou pulled down her face and said, "What do you ask others to do?" Sister-in-law Niu said that she is only in charge of Narcissus, and she is the Junzi Lan you are responsible for. โ
Mama Liu was originally just a little nervous when she was accused of being alone here, and subconsciously wanted to pull people together to share the responsibilities evenly, but at this time, listening to Mama Zhou's words, she was a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help but raise her head and explain: "Mama Zhou, there is nothing wrong with these Junzilan being picked by slaves, but when they were selected, the slaves and maids went with Sister-in-law Niu." And the Hua farmer who sold flowers was introduced by Sister-in-law Niu's family. โ
Mama Zhou was displeased: "Then why did Sister-in-law Niu say that Junzilan was carefully selected by you and your youngest son?" โ
Mama Liu was stunned when she heard this, and then sneered angrily: "You listen to her fart!" I also said why there are so many flower farmers outside the town, and the couple just chose a piece of land that is so partial! Later, I listened to the flower farmer next door and realized that it was the couple who received five taels of silver from the flower farmer. Now that I think about it, there must be something wrong with those flowers, and they teamed up to fix me! โ
Sister-in-law Niu has a very good personal relationship with the original foreign affairs candidate Mama Wei, and I heard that the two sides also have the intention of forming a family of children and daughters.
didn't want to kill Mama Liu, a dark horse, which made Mama Wei have a lot of prejudices against her, so she even took her sister-in-law to ignore Mama Liu. In addition, there is also a competitive relationship between the two foreign affairs grandmothers, so the relationship between the two is really not good.
In fact, it is very common to buy a steward to take back the deduction, and even Mama Liu herself has oil and water to catch every pot of flowers. Even after she learned about the five taels of silver, Sister-in-law Niu gave her two taels of silver. Although she was dissatisfied that Sister-in-law Niu had caught more than her, she didn't say anything when she thought of the coming day.
Now she feels that she has fallen into someone else's trap, maybe it was Sister-in-law Niu who stumbled her in order to stand up for Mama Wei. Although she has not been in Ziwei Courtyard for a long time, she knows the temper of the third master of the Ren family. He won't care if he doesn't do anything else well, but if something goes wrong with the things he cares about, the person in charge will not be able to eat and walk around.
So she can't afford it.
Mama Zhou was surprised when she heard this: "There is such a thing!" As she spoke, she angrily pointed to Xi'er on the side and ordered, "Go and call Sister-in-law Niu to me!" โ
When Mama Liu saw Mama Zhou's appearance, she suddenly regretted that she had poked this thing out. Although it is common for the housekeeper to eat the merchant's return, this kind of thing cannot be put on the surface under any circumstances. She opened her mouth to say something, and Xi'er had already been ordered to leave.
After a while, Sister-in-law Niu was called in.
Mama Zhou split her head and covered her face and said: "I thought that you were only responsible for those daffodils, and Junzilan was Mama Liu's responsibility, so I only called her over for questioning." I don't want to, but I heard that the flower farmer you are looking for? also received five taels of silver from other people's filial piety? Sister-in-law Niu, what else do you have to say! โ
Sister-in-law Niu glared at Mama Liu angrily when she heard this, and when she saw that her eyes were flashing, she didn't dare to look at herself, and immediately understood that it was Mama Liu who sold herself.
She snorted towards Mama Liu, turned her head to Mama Zhou and said, "Don't believe those two-faced old goods!" I now understand what it means to 'pick up the bowl and eat meat, and put down the bowl and scold my mother'! Why don't you prick your hands when you take the silver? Now that there is a problem, she is in a hurry to clean herself up, as if she has her own clean hands! You don't have to go to the flower building to sell it, what kind of yellow flower girl daughter you pretend! โ
Sister-in-law Niu was notoriously spicy when she was young, and she also had a nickname called 'Spicy', but now that her children are older, her temper has been restrained a lot, but she is also a temper that refuses to suffer, and she has a temper that can be said at all.
Mama Liu was also very angry when she heard this, and she raised her head and pushed back: "I took the silver, but didn't I take the silver you sealed for me?" That flower farmer is your successor to your family! Now that something has happened, it is natural to ask for an explanation from your husband and wife! โ
Sister-in-law Niu originally received five taels of silver, but after the last time, Mama Liu insisted on asking for two taels, and promised that she would have to let her take the big head next time. The flesh in her mouth flew, and her heart was not smooth. I don't want Mama Liu to be this kind of good thing, she wants to take advantage of it, and if something happens, let others be embarrassed. When even angry and furious.
"You shameless one! It's kind of you spit out the silver! It's going to play yin behind people's backs! Who doesn't know how you became a steward? Didn't you just give Mama Zhu twenty taels of silver! Sister-in-law Niu pointed at Mama Liu's nose and scolded.
Mama Liu was annoyed and angry: "Heh, are you innocent in charge?" Didn't your sister-in-law beg Mama Gui in the old lady's room at the beginning? How much silver did you stuff into the people around Aunt Fang, and you were blind when others were in the end? โ
Mama Zhou, who had been sitting on the sidelines and watching, glanced out the window. Sister-in-law Niu has a loud voice, which has attracted a lot of people to probe her brain outside.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Mama Zhou patted the case and got up: "You are so bold!" It even dragged it to the old lady! And what happened to the twenty taels of silver that Mama Zhu just said! โ
Mama Liu's face was not good-looking, because the matter of Sister-in-law Niu involved the people in the old lady's room, naturally no one dared to say anything, but her bribe of twenty taels was not easy to say.
Sister-in-law Niu laughed: "Everyone in the courtyard knows that the night before you announced the candidate for foreign affairs, Mama Liu gave Mama Zhu twenty taels of silver to let her go The path of the fifth lady has made this errand for Mama in foreign affairs." โ
Mama Zhou's face changed: "Presumptuous! Dare to climb the fifth miss! The candidate for the foreign affairs manager was discussed with his wife the afternoon before that day, what does it have to do with Miss Five! โ
Mama Liu was stunned when she heard this, and said in shock: "It's been discussed in the afternoon?" โ
Seeing Mama Liu's expression, Sister-in-law Niu already understood something with a roll of her eyes, and couldn't help but gloat and covered her mouth and smiled: "I understand what it means to smell like that!" โ
Mama Liu's face was pale.
Mama Zhou was also very angry, and while instructing the maid to call Mama Zhu over, she lifted the curtain and went out of the ear room to the main room to report today's incident to the Li family.
After Mama Zhou came back from Li's main house, Mama Zhu had already come, and after some confrontation, Mama Zhu used the news she heard from Miss Wu to deliberately deceive Mama Liu of twenty taels of silver.
It's just that Sister-in-law Niu and Mama Liu didn't get anything good because of the bribes.
didn't want to deal with the three people yet, the third old man Ren Shimin was angry, because he found that the dozen or so pots of dying Junzi Orchid were not sick to death, but because they were scalded to death by someone pouring hot water from the roots.
The third master is an elegant person, and this kind of "killing flowers" thing is extremely unbearable in his opinion. He immediately ordered Li to conduct a thorough investigation.
This check found Mama Wei's head.
It turned out that Mama Wei had always been worried about Mama Liu replacing herself as a foreign affairs mama, and she learned from Sister-in-law Niu that Mama Liu had made a few taels of silver on this errand, and she was very angry. took advantage of the evening to drench the Junzi orchid bought by Mama Liu with boiling water one by one.
After the third master knew what he said, he immediately ordered that Mama Wei should be punished with fifty boards and driven to the house. After the fifth lady knew what to say, she hurriedly ran over to plead with the third master, and finally saved Mama Wei's life.
It's just that the matter of several other grandmothers also happened at the same time, and the third master was impatient, so he asked the Li family to clear all the people in the yard, and drive out everyone who couldn't get on the stage, so as not to be an eyesore in front of him.
Although the Li family also said a few words, they were still happy in their hearts, because these people were all brought in by Aunt Fang.
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