Xia Zhiyi tossed for a long time with disgust and disdain, and Dan Cui finally came, "Where did you die?" Don't know how important today is to me? ”

Dancui ran sweating profusely and didn't dare to gasp for breath, "I'm sorry Miss, there are too many people." ”

She did stand at the front of the crowd at first, near the stage.

But as soon as the content of the competition was read out, a small opening was revealed in the security line next to it, allowing the maids of the ladies who were originally in the appearance competition to enter the Heart Pavilion and help the ladies wash.

When the crowd saw this, how could it be quiet, and they all crowded there, hoping to sneak in through the inspection and have a close contact with Gu Shenyuan.

For a while, it was crowded, and Dancui's small figure was not an opponent at all, and she was pulled to the back of the crowd at the beginning.

And because of this special competition system, the bodyguards are very nervous and strictly guarded, except for that small opening, the supervision of other places is even stricter.

No matter how Dan Cui pleaded, they didn't listen, and they had to let Dan Cui go to the only entrance and exit to verify his identity.

There is no way, she usually doesn't do heavy work, she can only squeeze forward with all her strength, but it is useless, no matter how she squeezes, her position has not changed, and she has been in the outermost periphery.

Finally, when the crowd dispersed, she finally passed the checkpoint.

"If there are too many people, won't you use your brain? What are you doing there now? Come over and help me freshen up! "Xia Zhiyi line can still listen to these explanations.

If this was at home, she would have asked people to drag Dan Cui down and serve according to the rules, but now that there is no one around, and when she disposes of Dan Tri, there will be no one to help her with these things in front of her.

also thought of the game, Xia Zhiyi suppressed the anger in his heart.

Dancui didn't even have time to wipe the sweat on her forehead, she trembled and thanked her, and hurriedly came behind Xia Zhiyi to help her freshen up.

But as soon as his hand stretched out, he was slapped by Xia Zhiyi.

"What's the matter with you? Squeezed a stinky sweat and his hands were so dirty, he actually came to touch my miss, don't you know the rules? ”

"Miss, I didn't mean to." Dancui trembled, knowing that she had been in trouble one after another today, and she would definitely be cleaned up when she returned to the house, so she couldn't help but shed helpless tears.

"What's the matter? Do you think you've been wronged by me? You just want to take advantage of the opportunity to participate in the competition to hold me back, don't you? Now that everyone is gone, who are you pretending to be pitiful and wronged here? ”

Xia Zhiyi said and kicked Dancui's calf again.

Unable to withstand the strength, Dan Cui knelt directly on the ground, and the eight people around him saw all this in their eyes and didn't say a word.

"Miss, I really don't have such a mind, I'll go fetch water right now, wash my hands and wash them for you, you wait."

"Then don't go yet!" Xia Zhiyi's tone was like he was going to swallow his life alive.

Dancui, who was kneeling on the ground, seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and regardless of the pain, she quickly got up and ran to the backyard.

Now only Dancui herself knows how much effort she put into squeezing through the crowd just now, and her arms are still sore because of the excessive force.

It's fine when I wash my hands, but when I get to the young lady, I can't shake my hands like this anymore.

Quickly cleaning herself, Dancui rushed back to the store and helped Xia Zhiyi complete all the work, although he encountered countless reprimands on the way, but it was finally completed.

Dan Cui swallowed all the tears in her stomach, "Miss is already well, look at it." ”

Xia Zhiyi was able to go to the bronze mirror, looked at the good effect, and nodded, "Okay, then let's go." ”

Dan Cui breathed a sigh of relief, he had already delayed a lot of time, and Xia Zhiyi's continuous reprimand just now widened the distance between him and Gu Shenyuan's team.

By the time they came out of the backyard again, they had long since lost sight of the team.

Fortunately, Xia Zhiyi heard it before, Gu Shenyuan was going to Lotus Park, otherwise she wouldn't have anything to do with today's competition.

On the other side, Jiang Ruanyan came to Suzhi's house.

Because the two set off together, Jiang Ruanyan knew that Suzhi didn't have a carriage, not even a sedan chair.

She has to get up early every time she competes, and even on a long summer day, she often gets up before dawn because she has to finish all the housework early.

To do all this well, you must hurry up and dress yourself up, and you can't delay for a moment in the whole process, and you must lock the door of your house and rush to the city immediately after packing up.

Jiang Ruanyan didn't feel anything when she sat in the carriage for several miles, but when she thought of Xia Zhiyi having to hurry to the competition after finishing her housework, she felt strange in her heart.

But Suzhi doesn't seem to mind that, she's still happy for today's match.

"I was thinking that I would have to delay another day's work to go to the competition today, but I didn't expect to be back so soon this time, and I had already washed all the clothes I was going to wash tomorrow in the morning."

Jiang Ruanyan looked at her happy expression, and thought that she was going to say that there was nothing to do, but it turned out to be not.

Then we can do the work of the day after tomorrow, so that we can do other work the day after tomorrow. ”

"Then you see that I, a girl who doesn't know anything about farm work, is suitable for you to do something today?"

Jiang Ruanyan straightened out his clothes as he spoke, showing that he was full of energy, as if Pizhi was the interviewer and she was a small employee who came to apply for a job.

"Don't worry, I'll arrange a fun one for you in a while." Su Zhi's big flickering eyes made Jiang Ruanyan even more curious.

While talking and laughing, the carriage took the two to Su Zhi's house, and the moment the curtain was lifted, Jiang Ruanyan couldn't help but be a little surprised.

She didn't mean to discriminate against Su Zhi in her heart, and she was mentally prepared on the way here, but she still didn't expect that her family would be so poor.

The fence surrounded by bamboo pieces simply enclosed the small courtyard, Jiang Ruanyan deeply doubted that this fence was so fragile that even the stubborn children could not stop it.

In the middle of the yard was a dilapidated hut with a cowshed and a pigsty right next to it, but now they were empty.

Su Zhi opened the door and invited Jiang Ruanyan and the overseer in.

As if she understood Jiang Ruanyan's thoughts, she did not shy away from introducing the situation at home to Jiang Ruanyan.

"According to my mother, my family used to be quite rich, but then my father was deceived, all the belongings were taken, and I couldn't repay the debt, my father felt ashamed of the family and jumped into the river, and then my mother became ill."

As she spoke, Su Zhi skillfully scooped water out of the large water tank and then into the cauldron in the kitchen next to her, ready to make tea for the guests.

She spoke in a tone as if she was talking about the tea leaves to be boiled today, just a very ordinary thing, and there was nothing to complain about.

Jiang Ruanyan admired her perseverance

"The house is small, I'm afraid it will be a little stuffy when everyone goes in, so let's rest in the yard." Su Zhi said and brought you a small bench.

But today's guests came a little too much, in addition to Jiang Ruanyan and the two supervisors, Su Zhi also counted Jiang Ruanyan's coachman.

The small courtyard with four walls has never had so many people come at once, and there are not enough stools.

She searched and searched, and didn't know what to replace for a while, and her face was a little embarrassed in a hurry.

Jiang Ruanyan stopped her, "No need, we're not guests, so we don't need to greet us." ”

She emphasized once again that she was here to work today, and Su Zhi knew that Jiang Ruanyan was helping herself, and her face looked a little embarrassed.

Jiang Ruanyan hurried over and whispered in her ear, "Those two overseers have always been following us, if you let them sit, they will definitely not sit, as for my coachman, you can tell him where to feed the horses." ”

Su Zhi felt that it made sense, and naturally relaxed a lot, "Then you can come with me." ”

She took the coachman to the door and pointed in the direction to him, Jiang Ruanyan looked over, and there was a green meadow by the small river not far away.

Su Zhi returned to the house, and at Jiang Ruanyan's insistence, Su Zhi took her into the house to visit her mother.

There was only one window in the house, and Su Zhi did not bother to light an oil lamp during the day, and the other corners were very dim, and an old woman lay on the couch in front of the window, covered with a heavy quilt.

Su Zhi walked over with Jiang Ruanyan with a light step, she sat on the edge of the bed and called softly, "Mother, this is my friend Jiang Ruanyan who I just met today, she knows that you are sick, so she came to see you." ”

It was almost after Su Zhi's words fell that the old woman opened her eyes slowly, and the simple action seemed to take the old woman's already small strength.

The old woman blinked, adjusted to the light, and then looked at her daughter.

"Mother, you see, it's her." Suzhi introduced it again.

The old lady slowly shifted her eyes to Jiang Ruanyan's side, only to see that there was a young and beautiful girl in the room, and she was suddenly startled, and opened her mouth but couldn't speak.

Su Zhi understood her mother's thoughts, and tucked the quilt corner for him and said, "It's okay mother, she is my friend, just to see you, don't worry, I will entertain her." ”

The old lady seemed to be uneasy, and stretched out her skinny hand from the quilt and slowly pointed to a cabinet in the room, and the shape of her mouth began to change.

Su Zhi only glanced at it, and immediately understood, "I know Mother, there are still chicken cakes, I will take them out to entertain guests, don't worry about it." ”

Jiang Ruanyan looked at the cabinet where even the door was broken, how could there be chicken cakes in such a house?

Even if there were, Suzhi wouldn't be in a cabinet like that, right? That place looks like the home of rats.

Hearing her daughter's words, the old woman nodded reassuringly, and her eyes were slightly soothing.

"Mother, you have a good rest, I took my friends out to play."

"Goodbye, ma'am." Jiang Ruanyan also said hello to the old woman sensibly.

The two closed the door and walked to the middle of the courtyard, Su Zhi turned around a little embarrassed, smiled at Jiang Softan and said, "I'm sorry, I lied to my mother just now, I don't have a chicken cake to invite you to eat." ”

Of course Jiang Ruanyan knew, "It's okay, maybe after I finish my work for you today, I will have to pay you a bag of chicken cakes." ”