Chapter 12: The Secret of the Jade Pendant
"Master, master, a great joy!"
As soon as the old housekeeper came back, Su Huanli looked happy and asked, "It's done?" ”
"It's done!"
The old housekeeper clapped his hands, "Li Yuanwai really likes food, so he agreed at once." ”
Su Huanli smiled coldly when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "If this dish is sent to the restaurant, it will definitely be a big profit, he was raised by Li Shanbao, if you don't agree, then there will be ghosts!" ”
Speaking of this, Su Huanli couldn't help but sigh again, "It's a pity that my Su family is in the cloth business, otherwise I wouldn't have easily made a lot of money for Li Wei." ”
The old housekeeper Yu Mu's head reacted at this time, it turned out that the head of the house still had this meaning, no wonder Li Wei agreed so happily.
"Master, the recipe ......"
"You take the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and go find Erya." When Su Huanli said this, he frowned again and said, "This matter is very important...... Well, you take her to the study and find a suitable excuse. ”
In the small courtyard, Su Li sat obediently basking in the sun, her eyes slightly closed, as if she was asleep.
Suddenly, her ears moved slightly, she opened her eyes, and gently covered the "Great Letter Communication" on the stone table with one hand.
As soon as he finished this step, the old housekeeper pushed the door and walked in, and when he saw the second miss with a red face, he couldn't help but smile: "Second miss, the master called you to go to the study." ”
Su Li seemed to be frightened and stayed directly in place, and Steward Su continued to explain helplessly: "It's about the zongzi." ”
Su Li showed a sudden look, stood up and straightened his cotton clothes, and trotted all the way into the kitchen, his long hair was swinging and lively.
The old butler shook his head, his eyes fell on the delicate book on the stone table, and his face immediately sank.
"Grandpa housekeeper, I'm ready!"
Su Li walked out with the basket, but saw the old housekeeper ask expressionlessly, "Second Miss, where did you steal this book?" Is it from the study of the eldest young master. ”
Su Li's body trembled slightly, his face turned white, tears swirled in his eyes, and he said with tears: "Grandpa housekeeper, I have never stolen anything." I didn't steal the Pearl of the Night. ”
The old housekeeper sighed, but he didn't expect this sentence to remind the second lady of the miserable experience before, and he couldn't help but relax his tone, "Tell the housekeeper grandpa where this book came from." ”
"It was sent to me by my eldest brother." Su Li blinked, his eyes bright, "Big brother said he was leaving, and the book was brought to me to see things and think about people." ”
When the old housekeeper heard this, he immediately sighed deeply, the word "seeing things and thinking about people" was definitely said by the eldest young master, and the second young lady was illiterate, so it was impossible to say such a cultured word.
"It's the housekeeper grandpa who misunderstood you." The old butler gently touched Su Li's head, for fear of scaring her again, "But don't let the master see it, he will be unhappy." ”
Su Li nodded, and then said dejectedly: "It's a pity, I don't recognize any of the paintings on this, and I don't know what my eldest brother meant by giving me." ”
The old butler was stunned when he heard this, and showed a thoughtful expression.
Could it be that the eldest young master wants the female dependents in the family to be literate?
At this time, Su Li took out a zongzi from the basket and handed it to the old housekeeper, and said with a smirk: "Here, the housekeeper's grandfather hasn't eaten the zongzi made by Erya!" ”
The old housekeeper came back to his senses, immediately pushed it away, and said, "How can the old slave eat such a precious thing, the second lady can keep it for herself." ”
Su Li pursed his mouth, forcibly stuffed the zongzi into the old housekeeper's hand, and whispered: "This is a gift secretly left by Erya, the housekeeper grandfather is so hard, what's wrong with eating a zongzi." ”
The old housekeeper couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, but the corners of his mouth grinned, and he stuffed the zongzi into his arms.
Why didn't he find that the second lady was so considerate before, obviously he scared her just now, this little girl didn't care at all.
The third lady called him back and forth like a slave, and even if he did it perfectly every time, he didn't have a good word...... It seems that I will have to think more about the second lady in the future.
Secretly made up his mind, the old butler saw the calligraphy on the stone table again, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he planned from his heart.
As soon as Su Li and the old housekeeper left, the West Courtyard received news from Zhu'er. Zhu Yan sat at the head of the bed nervously, cold sweat on her forehead, and panic in her eyes.
"Could it be that the master has discovered something?"
Zhu Yan's thoughts were churning in her heart, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt frightened and uneasy, except for that incident, she couldn't think of any other reason for the old housekeeper to recruit Er Ya to the main courtyard alone.
"No, you can't mess with yourself! I'm gone, what should Zipei do? ”
Halfway through packing, Zhu Yan gritted her teeth, walked to the dresser, opened the dark compartment under the table, groped for a moment, and took out a white jade pendant.
The jade is a little warm in the hand, pure and flawless, even a fool can see that this jade is extremely precious. The pattern on the jade pendant is incomplete at first glance, and the carving seems to be the lower body of an animal. But Zhu Yan pondered for many years, but she didn't see what it was.
Zhu Yan stared at the jade pendant, and after a while, she calmed down.
This piece of jade was exactly what she got on Erya when she picked it up.
She has never seen such a precious jade pendant, and Erya's life experience must be extremely extraordinary, but she has also investigated, and there is not a single birthmark on that girl's body!
And Zipei also has no birthmark!