Chapter 33: Hypocrisy
Su Yexi was in the carriage, supporting her head with one hand and pretending to sleep, the car was lit with incense, the mist was curling, although the sun could not shine into the car, but the temperature was high, and it was still a little stuffy.
Cuiyun sat next to her, curled up, a pair of watery eyes looking at her.
There were orioles singing every morning in her neighborhood, and she thought it was the best sound she had ever heard.
It wasn't until today, when someone came to them, that she knew that there was a better voice in the world than a oriole singing.
Although she has never dared to look at her, she can only hear the sound like a yellow warbler out of the valley, crisp and sound, and like a clear spring in the valley, dingdong.
Now the two of them sat in the same carriage, and although they did not hear her speak, they could take a closer look at her appearance.
Although she only saw the side face, her skin was like cream, her eyebrows were picturesque, and her eyelashes were curly and slightly curled, she had never seen such a good-looking woman.
Maybe it was too stuffy, Su Yexi's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes.
Cuiyun's body trembled, and she immediately lowered her head, not daring to look at her.
Su Yexi opened the incense burner and sprinkled some white powder, and a trace of fragrance immediately floated in the car.
After a while, the stuffiness in the car was gone, and it was as refreshing as being in an ice cellar.
"Keqiao parking."
Su Yexi lightly opened her cherry lips, and her voice was like a yellow warbler out of the valley, crisp and sound.
The carriage stopped, and she lifted the curtains, the sun in the sky scorching.
"Mama, Zhihua, you two come in and sit with me."
Hearing this, Mama Hua was shocked and hurriedly said: "Miss, this is unacceptable, you are the master, how can we be slaves in the same carriage with the eldest lady, it will insult the identity of the eldest lady." ”
Su Yexi's face sank, and her eyebrows shrank slightly: "Mama, I know the painting, I never treated you as a slave, now it's hot outside, you come up quickly." ”
"But, miss......"
"What, Mama, don't you even listen to me?"
The tone is tough and cannot be refused.
Mama Hua bent slightly, and said respectfully: "The old slave doesn't dare." ”
The two of them entered the carriage, and suddenly, a cool air permeated their bodies.
The two couldn't help but take a long breath, the white mist curled in the car, and the air was filled with a vague fragrance.
Zhihua's expression stretched out, and he couldn't help but say, "Miss, why is this so cool?" ”
Su Yexi drank tea and said lightly: "I put a little fragrant and cool powder in the incense burner, so it won't be stuffy in the car." ”
Zhihua nodded thoughtfully, Su Yexi looked at Cuiyun, her eyes were more than smart, and her face was delicate, perhaps because of malnutrition, which caused her to be a little yellow and thin.
She curled up alone, silent.
Su Yexi took out a piece of pastry from the bag and handed it to her, with a smile in her eyes, and said softly: "You're hungry, eat something." ”
Cuiyun looked at the pastry in her hand, delicate and small, green and white, transparent as jade, inlaid with yellow osmanthus flowers, very beautiful.
She couldn't help but swallow her saliva, resisted the urge to eat, shook her head, and turned her face away.
"Aren't you hungry? Or do you not like to eat this pastry, it doesn't matter, I have other pastries here, which one do you think you want to eat? ”
As she spoke, Su Yexi was about to take out other food, but Cuiyun hurriedly grabbed her hand, shook her head vigorously, looked anxious, and whispered, "I'm not hungry, thank you." ”
The sound is crisp and powerful, as clean as spring water.
Su Yexi nodded thoughtfully, Cuiyun hurriedly withdrew her hand, but her stomach screamed uncontrollably, she covered her stomach and smiled embarrassedly.
"Poof."
Zhihua couldn't help laughing and teased: "Cuiyun, my young lady wants to give you pastries, you said you weren't hungry, but your stomach was hungry." ”
When Cuiyun heard this, her face turned red, Su Yexi couldn't help but chuckle, and said softly: "Eat when you're hungry, it's still an hour before you go home, I'm afraid that you won't even have the strength to get out of the car if you're hungry." ”
Cuiyun carefully took the pastry, and her voice was as small as a mosquito: "Thank you." ”
She devoured it, Zhihua couldn't help but feel a little sad when she looked at it from the side, and said: "It's been a long time since I've eaten, seeing that she's so thin, I'm afraid she hasn't eaten anything nutritious." ”
"Ahem."
Eating too quickly, Cuiyun was choked and coughed all of a sudden.
Su Yexi hurriedly poured a glass of water, fed her to drink, patted her back gently, and said softly: "Don't worry, you eat slowly, there are many more here, no one will rob you." ”
Cuiyun glanced at her gratefully, ate something in her mouth, and said vaguely: "Thank you, big sister, since the last time my sister came back, I haven't eaten such delicious pastries for a long time, and besides, the little money in the family has been used to buy medicine for my mother's treatment, and I don't even have money for food, and I haven't eaten a full meal for several days." ”
Hearing this, Su Yexi's expression was a little slight, and she asked: "Your mother is sick, hasn't there always been an Aunt Gu who asked a doctor to see your mother before, and also asked her master to teach you to read and write, do you have to pay for it yourself to see a doctor and buy medicine?" ”
Cuiyun chewed slowly and ate the pastry, and said softly: "Yes, last month, a doctor often came to see my mother and prescribe medicine to her.
But then my sister came back less often, and the doctor began to ask for money, including the money he didn't ask for for my mother's treatment at the beginning.
So, every time my sister got the money back, I gave it to the doctor, and my mother and I had no money to eat.
My sister hasn't come back much this month, and she has no money to see a doctor, and the doctor didn't come after knowing that we had no money, and as for teaching me to read and write, at first, the master didn't ask my mother for money like the doctor, but after teaching twice, he began to charge.
The money given by my sister has long been used up to buy medicine for my mother, and there is no extra money to teach me to read and write, so there is no money to buy medicine for my mother this month, her condition has not only worsened, but we don't even have money for food. ”
As she spoke, Cuiyun's tone was a little sad, and her face was also sad and depressed.
Zhihua couldn't listen to it for a long time, his black eyes were wide open, and his delicate face was clouded: "This doctor and the master are too much, they are really a guy who sees money, and I don't know who Aunt Gu is looking for, because she still said so many words that day, I really thought that this doctor and master would be a good person, but now I didn't expect Aunt Gu to have a time when she looks at people......"
Su Yexi picked up the teacup and took a sip lightly, and sneered: "Zhihua, you are still too simple, and you think of Aunt Gu too well." ”
Zhihua was stunned for a moment, and said unexplained: "Ah, what do you mean, Miss." ”
Su Yexi sipped the tea lightly and did not speak.
Mama Hua on the side shook her head helplessly, hoarsely voiced, and said: "Zhihua, what Miss means is that since the doctor and the master are the people found by Aunt Gu, then everything they do must be instructed by Aunt Gu, when to collect money and how much money to collect, they are all done at the behest of Aunt Gu." ”
Hearing this, Zhihua reacted and suddenly realized: "I understand, the doctor and the master are Aunt Gu's people, and Aunt Gu deliberately arranged it." ”
As she spoke, she frowned slightly, puzzled: "But, why did Aunt Gu do this, if she didn't want to take care of Cuizhu's family, no one would force her to do it." ”
Su Yexi put down the teacup, gently wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, her eyes fell on the incense burner, and she sneered: "Gu Qingwei has always liked to do villain things, and I hope to have a good reputation
She is not a kind-hearted person, who values love and righteousness, although Cuizhu has followed her for many years and helped her do a lot of things, but in her heart she is just a useful minion, how can she treat her sincerely!
As for why she wants to help Cuizhu's family, it is just to contain her, Cuizhu is a smart girl, but the smarter the person, the more difficult it is to control, Gu Qingwei asked the doctor to treat Cuizhu's mother and teach her sister to read and write, one is to make Cuizhu grateful to her, so that she can do things for her more heartily.
Second, Cuizhu's mother has been ill for a long time, how can it be cured in a day or two, plus it costs a lot of money to teach her sister to read and write, how could Gu Qingwei be willing to spend a lot of money on a maid.
So you didn't hear Cuiyun say that during the time Cuizhu was at home, the doctor and the master didn't ask for a penny, and then Cuizhu came back less, so the two of them listened to Gu Qingwei's words and began to ask for money, including the money that Cuizhu got back every time, and they also sucked it away little by little.
Then Cuizhu didn't go back once this month, and the mother and daughter couldn't get the money, so the two of them didn't go. ”
After listening to Su Yexi's words, a delicate little face full of anger, and said angrily: "Why is this Aunt Gu so scheming, it's just that she does this, if Cuizhu goes back next time, won't the matter of the doctor and the master's collection of money be exposed, how can Cuizhu be grateful to Aunt Gu and do things for her loyally when she knows the truth?" ”
Su Yexi touched the hollow hairpin on her head with her hand, and her cherry lips opened lightly: "This is Gu Qingwei's cleverness, for her, those two people are just what she kindly spent money to find, even if the East Window incident happened and was known by Cuizhu, Gu Qingwei would only defend that she didn't know, she didn't know that the two of them would do such a thing, etc."
Outsiders will only say that Gu Qingwei is kind-hearted, but those two people have bad character and have done this kind of thing, which has nothing to do with her Gu Qingwei! ”
"So that's the case, I didn't expect Aunt Gu to be so thoughtful."
Zhihuaxiu's eyebrows were deeply furrowed, and he looked suddenly enlightened.
"Actually, the most important point is that she can use Cuizhu's family to threaten Cuizhu, I heard Gu Qingwei's words that day, and the silver hairpin she threw on the ground, I guessed one or two, I just heard Cuiyun say this, and sure enough, my guess was right."
"Oh, I finally get it, ouch......"
Hearing this, Zhihua stood up excitedly for a while, because she was sitting in the carriage, her head hit the roof of the carriage all of a sudden, and her tears were about to flow out of her eyes.