Chapter 8 Conspiracy for Dowry
Hearing this, Aunt Yue was slightly stunned.
I quickly guessed in my heart, what did Wen Qingzhu mean?
"These days, the meals cooked in the kitchen are not very appetizing, and my aunt's craftsmanship is so good, Qingzhu is greedy, so I want to trouble my aunt for some days."
When Aunt Yue heard this, she immediately thought of something like a cloud, and her heart was suddenly shocked.
So that's it!
"Since Miss Seven doesn't dislike it, and now she is sick again, the concubine will boil some soup every day and make some delicious snacks and send them over."
"Thank you so much, auntie." Wen Qingzhu knew in her heart that this aunt was really not simple.
"Miss Seven, don't be polite, you have a good rest, then the concubine is here, go back first." Aunt Yue got up, saluted again, and showed her attitude to Wen Qingzhu.
After sending Aunt Yue away, Wen Qingzhu turned around and went to the inner room.
Green Tao opened the cage and rummaged for a while before finding Lu's dowry list.
This stack of sheets is torn a finger-length hole from the middle, and each list is carefully glued well.
Looking back, if it weren't for the fact that these lists were thicker, I was afraid that they would be torn in half.
After Wen Qingzhu counted them one by one, he found that the Lu family's dowry list was missing two pieces, and the key to the treasury was not lost.
"Green Tao, where is Mother Ye now?" Wen Qingzhu held the list, his eyebrows and eyes heavy.
Hearing this, Lu Tao's tears suddenly flowed out, and he choked up: "She, she's ...... in the laundry room"
"I'm sorry, I made Mother Ye suffer." Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but regret it when he thought of what happened at the beginning.
Green Tao wiped his tears, shook his head and said, "It's okay!" Just keep your wife's dowry! ”
In the bedroom of the west courtyard, Wen Qinglan walked around in front of Aunt Wu.
"Lan'er, sit down! If your daddy comes, it won't be good to bump into him. Aunt Wu had a headache, so she couldn't help but scold Wen Qinglan.
Wen Qinglan immediately stopped, stood in front of Aunt Wu, and said anxiously: "Mother! If this doesn't work out, you go and beg Daddy, and he will definitely help your daughter! ”
Aunt Wu looked at her with pity, full of helplessness.
In recent days, Uncle Wen has never spent the night in her room, and she has never had a chance to mention Wen Qinglan's marriage.
Wen Qinglan turned thirteen years old this year, and the daughter of a normal family has long started to look at each other.
But they had three rooms, and they lost their mothers early.
She is an aunt, and she can't go out to inquire.
Last time, she finally begged the old lady to go to Fengguo Temple, but things didn't go as expected.
On her mother's side, her sister-in-law said openly and secretly that Wen Qinglan's status was too low.
In addition, the one on the other side of the East Courtyard somehow became smart and made Chunbi a substitute for the dead ghost.
Wen Qinglan didn't look at it for a while, so she offended the old lady.
After this incident, Aunt Wu lost her wife and lost her soldiers, and she was so angry.
Since two years ago, when the plot of the Lu family's dowry list failed, she tore her face with the Eastern Courtyard.
Originally, she wanted to ruin Wen Qingzhu's reputation, and then let the old lady be the master to straighten her up, and then slowly calculate the Lu family's dowry.
Now that the previous plan has completely failed, she must find another way.
Although she manages the three-room home, she can make a lot of oil and water.
But in the eyes of my sister-in-law, this oil and water is not enough at all!
If you want this sister-in-law to help, you have to have more silver!
"Dewdrops!" Aunt Wu had a decision in her heart.
The dew outside the curtain immediately came in, bowed his head and asked, "What do you command?" ”
"How's Miss Seven doing?" Aunt Wu's idea slowly took shape.
Dew Drop replied respectfully: "It's all done according to your orders, Huan'er said, Miss Seven eats every day." ”
"Lu taught her medical skills, didn't she see the problem at all?" Aunt Wu is taboo about this, so she only dares to take a little bit of chronic poison.
Dew Zhu replied: "These days, Huan'er has robbed Xi'er's job, every time she sends the food box back to the kitchen, I can see it clearly, it is eaten clean every time, recently Miss Seven is sick, Aunt Yue also went to see her." ”
"Aunt Yue went to the East Courtyard?" Aunt Wu frowned.
"Yes, I heard that it was a visit, and she also said that she saw that Miss Seven was not good-looking, so she boiled soup and sent it over every day." The dew drops are reported one by one.
Aunt Wu pondered for a while, and then asked, "Where is Ruyun?" Have you got the keys? ”
When Luzhu heard this, she lowered her head: "The slave maid is not doing well, although Ruyun agreed, but she has not heard the news for a long time." She was sick for the past two days, and the slave took the opportunity to go over to find out the situation. ”
"Okay! Your side as soon as possible. Aunt Wu nodded, changed her words, and lowered her voice, "Tomorrow's meal will be heavier!" ”
Dew raised her eyes impressively, and finally nodded in response.
Before noon the next day, Green Tao called Huan'er over.
"This is five taels of silver, you let the kitchen make four dishes and one soup, Miss wants to eat better." Lu Tao looked at her with a weak look, and became more and more unhappy.
But as soon as she thought that this was her own doing, Green Tao endured it.
Seeing the silver, Huan'er immediately widened her eyes and grabbed it.
She just wanted to say yes, but when the words came to her lips, they changed again: "How can this little silver be enough!" At least ten taels of silver! ”
Green Tao was not angry, but according to Wen Qingzhu's plan, she still took out another five taels of silver.
With the silver in hand, Huan'er happily went to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, after handing the housekeeper Li's mother five coins of silver, Huan'er said arrogantly: "Miss Seven wants four dishes and one soup, you cook it well, I will come to pick it up later!" ”
Mother Li was so angry that her face twitched, she wanted to smash the silver back into Huan'er's face, but thinking of Miss Dewdrop's instructions, she could only hold back for the time being.
Huan'er returned to the house with the food box, wanting to complain a few words, and then slander Wen Qingzhu for a few taels of silver.
As a result, as soon as she entered the door, before she could speak, she saw Uncle Wen sitting inside.
Uncle Wen turned around, saw Huan'er's face, and suddenly lowered his voice: "Don't you understand the rules?" ”
Huan'er was frightened at this time, and immediately knelt on the ground: "See, I've seen the third master." ”
Uncle Wen snorted coldly, and Lu Tao hurriedly took the food box, deliberately letting Huan'er kneel and not move.
"Father, don't be angry, this Huan'er is the person assigned to Zhu'er by Aunt Wu, and she understands the rules." Wen Qingzhu's voice explained gently.
Huan'er heard it, and hurriedly explained: "Yes, yes, yes!" The slave maid is Aunt Wu's person! ”
Hearing this, Wen Shuquan's face became even more gloomy.
He glanced around the house and found that there was hardly anything decent in the house, and there were only three of them in total, including the one that cleaned the yard.
Uncle Wen pondered as he lit the table with his ring finger.
When the green pottery set the meal, Wen Qingzhu personally sandwiched a piece of pork belly for him.
Uncle Wen didn't move his chopsticks, he looked at these dishes and asked, "Zhu'er usually eats these things?" ”
"This is all when the master came, and the slave and maid gave the kitchen ten taels of silver, and they did it!" Green Tao couldn't help but complain.