When Liu Ya and Wang Qing were brought to the hall, they saw Wang Lan kneeling on the ground and beating the butler's wife.

Wang Qing angrily wanted to step forward and beat someone, but Liu Ya pulled his sleeve.

"I've seen Cao Steward and Steward Lady."

Liu Ya made a half-blessing salute, and Wang Qing arched his hand perfunctorily.

"It's a shame that you're from the countryside and don't even know the rules!" The steward's lady snorted.

Steward Cao picked up the teacup and pretended not to see anything, which was also tentative.

Seeing Wang Qing, Wang Lan's tears fell uncontrollably, but she didn't dare to cry, for fear that her brother would be impulsive again.

"The little girl's half-salute is done to Cao Guan, even if the little girl is only a peasant girl, she is also from a white family, and she is not humble enough to give a slave to the point of saluting."

Liu Ya sneered, and when the lady in charge was about to raise her foot and kick Wang Lan away, she had already stepped forward quickly and pulled Wang Lan away.

Wang Lan's face turned pale with fright, she didn't know who Liu Ya was, she instinctively wanted to stop Liu Ya from fighting against the lady in charge again, and she was the one who was unlucky to turn around!

But Liu Ya helped Wang Lan up and handed her over to Wang Qing for protection.

"Steward Cao, have you seen the dowry list? It was Uncle Wu who did it, oh, Uncle Wu is Master Wu next to the prefect, you should know, right? ”

Liu Ya smiled lightly, and the lady in charge who was about to teach her a lesson couldn't go on.

When Steward Cao heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the housekeeper's lady under the empty hand, licked his smile and asked, "Who are you?" How did you meet Master Wu? ”

"The little girl Liu Ya is Wang Lan's cousin. As for how he met Uncle Wu, it is inconvenient to tell. ”

Liu Ya smiled lightly, with a bit of girlish cunning, and glanced at the housekeeper lady with a calculating look in her smart eyes.

"But when I went to visit Uncle Wu yesterday, I talked to Uncle Wu about some of the laws of the dynasty. It turns out that there are three generations of slaves on the ancestors, and the descendants are not eligible to participate in the imperial examination. ”

The smile on Steward Cao's face froze, but the steward's lady said angrily: "Cheap girl from the countryside, if you dare to talk nonsense, the old lady will smash your mouth!" ”

Liu Ya didn't look at the housekeeper's wife, but said to Steward Cao: "Steward Cao is also a child of the Cao family, but he is not a descendant of the family, and he is destined to be unable to take charge of the huge family business." It's a pity, even the heirs have cut off the way to participate in the imperial examination, and no matter how much money they make, they can't stand on their own and enjoy the glory! ”

was poked in the pain in his heart, and the expression on Steward Cao's face couldn't hold back.

The eyelids can't hide Steward Cao's disgust for his wife, and his children and grandchildren have been delayed!

"It's not too early, you have come from afar to accompany Lan...... Lan'er went to her yard to talk, and she would eat on the Zhuangzi at noon. ”

Steward Cao was in an extremely complicated mood, but he didn't make up his mind at this time, so he could only say so.

"Master, don't you want to ......?"

Before the housekeeper's words were finished, Liu Yafu thanked her and asked, "What about the dowry?" ”

"Let the inventory be sent to Lan'er, although I, Cao, am a steward, I don't have the habit of greedy for women's dowries."

Steward Cao waved his hand, not admitting that he actually had plans to stay.

A few hundred taels of silver is not much, but who would think that silver is hot?

"We are relieved that Steward Cao is doing things, we just want to stay for lunch, and I think we have time to help my cousin put the dowry in place before I leave."

Liu Ya grinned and grabbed Wang Lan's arm, blinked, and said, "Seeing that Steward Cao is so good to my cousin, my eldest cousin and I are relieved." However, my cousin's body is getting heavier and heavier, but we have to take care of my body, and we have brought a lot of supplements to my eldest cousin this time, but it is not on the dowry list. ”

"Thank you, cousin." Wang Lan opened her mouth tremblingly, not daring to glance at the housekeeper.

The steward's lady grinds her teeth angrily, but Steward Cao will not easily cross her to be the master, and once she speaks, she must give a little thin noodles.

After Liu Ya and the others left, the housekeeper was about to get angry when she turned around, but she heard Steward Cao say with a cold face: "You give me a stop, this matter is to talk about the master's side, Wang Lan, the noble concubine, is also decided!" That Master Wu is the one who can speak in front of the prefect! ”

One sentence made the lady in charge speechless, she knew very well where the bottom line of the master's side was, and it was useless to ask her mother this time.

Suddenly panicked, the housekeeper wanted to ask something, but when she opened her mouth but didn't make a sound, she heard that Steward Cao arranged for someone to check the dowry.

"No, I'm his wife, even if I can't have children, he won't do anything to me, I can't let a little slut be scared and messed up!"

The lady in charge clasped her hands and said extremely uneasily.

Let's say that Liu Ya and the others came to the courtyard where Wang Lan lived, and the faces of the two cousins were not very good-looking.

It's not false to say that this is a courtyard, and it's still an independent courtyard.

But the yard is dilapidated, and people are worried about leaking rain on rainy days, and a heavy snowfall will collapse the house.

Compared with the other courtyards on Zhuangzi, it is not even as good as the lower people's room here, and it is difficult for the lady in charge to find such a place to place Wang Lan.

"Cousin, I'll buy you a maid. Now that you have a body, it's not convenient to do something, and everyone around you can't take care of it. ”

Liu Ya didn't say anything about the courtyard, and helped Wang Lan sit down before speaking.

No matter how broken the yard is, I can finally live here by myself, and it is finally a little clean.

And Wang Lan takes care of the yard very cleanly, and there are green vegetables growing in the yard, after all, she is a child who grew up in the countryside.

"Cousin, I know if you want to support me today. But you don't know the big lady ...... Forget it, you are also unintentional, and my cousin will not blame you. But don't come again, I'm afraid the big lady will attack you. ”

Wang Lan couldn't sit still, and her already sallow face became even paler.

"Eldest sister, don't panic, my cousin won't do things that I'm not sure of, she must have her reasons for doing this, and we will still harm you?" Wang Qing comforted.

Liu Ya wanted to pour a cup of tea for Wang Lan so that she could suppress her shock, but the water poured out was cold well water, and there was not even some tea foam.

Although pregnant women are not suitable for tea, Wang Lan is ...... in this house

Liu Ya pursed her lips, looked at Wang Lan fixedly, and asked in a deep voice, "Big cousin, I want you to tell the truth." Do you want to stay and have a place to keep your children around, or do you want to go home with a letter of absence? ”

"Hugh...... Leave the book! Wang Lan's eyes widened, obviously not thinking about such a possibility.

"Big cousin, think about what I said, I'll come back to see my big cousin in three days at most, and then my big cousin will give me a letter of approval. No matter what your eldest cousin chooses, we will try to help you and not make your situation more difficult. Liu Ya promised.

For some reason, it was clear that the other party was younger than herself, but looking at those firm eyes, Wang Lan felt relieved.

"Okay, I'll think about it." Wang Lan swallowed her saliva and had no idea for a while.

is really taking the initiative to ask for a letter of resignation, such a thing is too shocking, and it is impossible for Wang Lan to happen in her cognition.

Let Wang Qing and Wang Lan chat, and Liu Ya went outside to boil a pot of hot water in a clay pot, which was something she saw when she entered the door.

I want to come to Wang Lan to grow vegetables, but also because I often can't eat enough.

"Aunt Lan, don't you come out to get food soon, don't you want to eat?"