In Qing Shu's opinion, the former lord was as stupid as her.

She married a wealthy son who was eight years older than herself when she was in love, and she always wanted to play the role of a good wife, but she was too simple, too stupid, and thought too simple about people's hearts, so she lost in the marriage. The marriage is divorced, and she still went to save her once cheap son in a bad way, and lost her little life, and she doesn't know what regret is. She smiled bitterly: she was really a fool, stupid and couldn't be saved.

And the former master, who has not had the love and teaching of his father and mother for five years, has become willful and vain in his loneliness, unilaterally likes the noble son of the capital, and can't see the ridicule in the eyes of the son, falls into the trap of others, has a quarrel with people, and falls into the lotus pond in the push and loses his life.

The last trace of consciousness left by the former lord was not to hate the hateful noble son for deceiving her girlish heart, but to resent her for her bad family background and no one to help her become a wealthy lady. It's so stupid that people can't laugh or cry, but it's angry and pathetic.

Just as Qingshu was distracted, a woman came in with a medicine bowl from outside the open courtyard door.

"Oh my miss, why are you standing in the yard? What if it's sunburned? Quick, the old slave will help you in and rest. "A woman of about forty years old, honest-looking, slightly chubby, dressed in the coarse cloth clothes of the inferior, combing the simplest of women's hair, walking briskly with a medicine bowl in her hand, talking in her mouth, the person has already come to the front, and is making a gesture to help Qingshu in.

As soon as he glanced at it, Qing Shu confirmed the identity of the other party according to the memory of the previous master, this is the daughter-in-law of the housekeeper in the house, and it is the mother-in-law Su who she asked Xiao Suo to call. Seeing that Mother Su heard her summons coming quickly, she was satisfied, so she smiled and shook her head, "Mother Su, I'm fine, I can go by myself, you still have medicine!" Don't burn your hands. ”

Su's mother immediately scolded herself, "The old slave is really confused, he actually forgot that he was serving medicine, and he had to be reminded by the young lady that he should be beaten, he should be beaten." Miss, the sun is too strong today, your body is not very good, it is not appropriate to be in the sun for a long time, is it feasible to drink medicine before entering the house? ”

Qing Shu agreed, "Okay." The former lord didn't look down on Su's mother, but she had an excellent impression of Su's mother. As a housekeeper's daughter-in-law, she is not as good as an ordinary maid (small lock); As the daughter-in-law of the housekeeper, even if the former owner never gave a good face, she still knew her duty and did not change her loyalty, and her words and actions revealed her respect and concern for her own young lady. For the extremely difficult ancient mansion, Su's mother's table is really good.

The people of the ancient mansion are thin, the male owner died in battle, the hostess lingers on the sickbed, the young lady can't recognize the reality of love and vanity, the little master is still young, the housekeeper and Su's mother have the heart to support the master, but the master is either a shrinking turtle, or he only cares about wearing gold and silver. Under such circumstances, it is a blessing that the housekeeper and his family did not have a malicious heart and ran away with the limited money in the house, and it was God's mercy on the ancient mansion.

The master and servant entered the house one after the other, Gu Qingshu sat on the chair in the outer room, took the medicine bowl given by Su's mother, poured the medicinal juice into his mouth and swallowed it in one go, and then immediately rinsed his mouth. Even so, the strong smell of Chinese medicine still swirls in the mouth.

Mother Su took the medicine bowl, "Miss, Miss Xiaosuo took Miss's breakfast and didn't know where it went, the old slave will go and take a look." After speaking, she suddenly remembered Miss's usual connivance and maintenance of the small lock, thought that she had said the wrong thing, and chuckled in her heart, thinking that she would have to be scolded by Miss at this time, so she bowed her head respectfully and prepared to listen to the training.

Looking at Su's mother's style, Qing Shu, who inherited the memory of the previous master, of course understood what was going on. couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and said gently: "Mother Su, I was really stupid before, I only looked at the surface of everything, and I blamed the people who were really good to me. Go ahead, let the little lock move quickly, I'm hungry here. ”

Su's mother was surprised, but she didn't show it on her face, and agreed to withdraw immediately.

After almost a quarter of an hour, Xiao Suo didn't wait, but waited for the maid Xiaoyu beside Gu Ye's side.

Gu Ye's family is none other than Gu Qingshu's mother, the mistress of the ancient mansion. This little fish is the maid who is close to the Gu Ye clan.

Xiaoyu is seventeen years old this year, with a round face, not ugly, but ordinary, the only thing that stands out is the big eyes that are inlaid on the face. She is honest and responsible, diligent, never lazy, and has a pair of skillful embroidery hands, not to mention sewing. Besides, she was wearing the uniform of the maid of the ancient mansion, navy blue. The hairpin used on the head is similar to Su's mother's, it is very ordinary, there is no silver hairpin with no color, and there is no silk flower on the head.

Xiao Yu put a bowl of bird's nest porridge, a plate of side dishes and a white bread on the tray, along with a pair of chopsticks and a spoon, on the table, took a few steps back, and whispered timidly: "Miss, please eat." ”

Qing Shu had been observing Xiaoyu just now, and said in her heart, this is like a girl. Of course, such a little fish is a stupid slave with no courage and no eyes in the eyes of the previous master. She really didn't dare to agree with the eyes of the previous master, so every time she saw someone, she had to observe it carefully, and she couldn't believe the impression of the former lord on the people around her. While observing quietly, she asked, "What about the little lock man?" ”

When she first arrived, she had to see and get along with the people around her with her own eyes before she dared to judge who was available and who was not, and who could be handed over and who should be guarded against. She cherishes this strange but rare opportunity to live again, and doesn't want to die again.

Xiaoyu hung her head, "The slave maid doesn't know, Mother Su can't find the little lock, so she ordered the slave maid to bring breakfast for the young lady." ”

Qing Shu's face sank, but he didn't have a seizure, and just asked gently, "Madame, is she in good health today?" She had been lying in bed for all these days, and Gu Ye had not come to visit once. After all, she is born to the Gu Ye clan, even if she doesn't like it, she should at least come to visit one or two. I never thought that the Gu Ye clan would be so ruthless, and his heart would be so cold.

Listening to the young lady ask about the lady with concern, Xiaoyu was both surprised and nervous. She subconsciously clenched her sleeves and replied respectfully, "Madame looks good today, has a good appetite, drank a bowl of bird's nest porridge, and ate a white-flour steamed bun." ”

Gu Qingshu nodded, "Go ahead!" She understands that although she has the memory of the former lord, they are two completely different people, the way they speak and act are very different, and they don't want to cause trouble, and the wisest way is to talk less and observe more. As the saying goes, there are many mistakes in saying too much, and one qiē is the most careful, these words are not unreasonable.

Seeing Xiaoyu leave with a sigh of relief, Gu Qingshu picked up chopsticks to eat. The former lord's appetite was not large, and it was entirely caused by deliberately eating less in order to maintain a slim figure. Moreover, the former owner didn't care about the reality of the lack of money in the house, and often picked and chose food, white rice porridge and white flour steamed buns never got into his eyes, so he loved bird's nest porridge and other foods.

She disagreed, girls of this age were developing and growing their bodies, and for the sake of their health, she forced herself to eat the food that was not much. And bird's nest porridge, to be honest, she really doesn't like to eat it.

The lock is nowhere to be seen. Qing Shu rinsed his mouth, wiped his hands, left the dishes and chopsticks on the table, entered the inner room, flipped out a book from the bookcase, leaned against the head of the bed, and read casually. This is an idle book, nothing more than the story of a talented and beautiful woman spending the moon before the flower, and it is indeed a little attractive to the deep girl.

The former master didn't look at the cage with a lot of books, but she was not a talented woman who recited poetry, let alone a person who liked to read and study, and she couldn't even recognize all the words in idle books. But it was different for her, according to the words she knew in the previous master, plus some traditional Chinese characters that she knew in modern times, the thin book in her hand could not stump her, and it took more than half an hour to finally finish it.

In the end, she was sick, her body was still a little weak, her energy was limited, she felt very tired, called a small lock, and did not move for a long time. She narrowed her eyes slightly and couldn't help but smile. It seems that the days when this maid is not like a maid and the young lady is not like a young lady should come to an end.

With no one around to serve her, she expressed her incompetence with the clothes on her body, so she pulled out the hairpin on her head, untied her hair, closed her clothes and lay down on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

When I woke up, it was almost noon. Qing Shu sat up lazily and called a small lock, except for the chirping of birds outside the window, everything was quiet. She got out of bed, straightened her crumpled coat, sat down at the dresser, and tied her braids. Sure that there was nothing wrong with her, she walked out of the inner room and couldn't help but chuckle when she saw the dishes and chopsticks still on the table outside.

Qing Shu walked out of the house, walked around his courtyard a few times, sweating slightly on his forehead, and then sat down on the stone pier under the shade of the trees in the courtyard.

After a while, Su's mother hurriedly entered the courtyard, and saw the young lady sitting in the courtyard to enjoy the shade, the urgency on her face faded a little, and she hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The old slave has seen the young lady." ”

Qing Shu saw that Su's mother's expression was wrong, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Mother Su stubbornly said, "Miss, the little fish girl next to Mrs. was beaten. ”

Qing Shu was puzzled, why did she come to sue her for this kind of thing, could it have something to do with her person, so she motioned for her to continue.

Mother Su saw that the young lady didn't get angry at herself at the first time, so she calmed down, "Xiaosuo left the house early in the morning and entered the door a moment ago." The old slave relied on the old and sold the old, and when he saw that she did not serve the young lady but ran out to play, he said a few words to her. She was not happy, and she met the little fish girl who brought lunch to the young lady. She didn't dare to do anything to the old slave, so she blocked the way of the little fish girl, knocked over the food in the little fish girl's hand, and beat someone, and the little fish girl saw blood on her head. ”

When Qing Shu heard this, she couldn't help sneering, Xiaosuo girl, okay, she caused trouble for her as the master so quickly, "Where are the people?" ”

Su's mother trembled, she had seen the young lady who was playing tricks, she had seen the young lady who was willful and scolding people, but she had never seen such a young lady in front of her, with a smile on her face, but her eyes were cold and seemed to be able to frostbite people.

Mother Su didn't dare to peek at Miss's face anymore, her head hung low, "The little fish girl hurt her head, fainted, and was carried to a cool place. The little lock girl, the old slave, didn't stop her and went out of the house. "Actually, it's not that I didn't stop it, but I didn't dare to stop it. This little lock relies on the love of the young lady, and the young lady supports her, except for the lady and the little master, she dares to speak loudly to everyone in this house