The middle-aged lady was dressed in a red and white elegant dress, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and she knew at a glance that she was the housewife of a large family.

Ling Xiu'er hurriedly greeted and said sweetly: "Madam, this flower is my basket, look at it, it's big and spiritual." ”

"I can see it." The middle-aged lady nodded, "I want all these flowers, I came out to worship the Buddha and donated all the money, you go to the house with me, and I will give you money." ”

"Really?" Lin Xiu'er couldn't believe it and asked flatteredly. This lady solved her problem at once, she wanted to find a way to keep this big customer, so she said: "Madam, I used to sell it for twenty yuan, and now you want it all, I will count fifteen for you, do you think it will be successful?" ”

"Okay, such a good hairpin, twenty wen is not expensive." The middle-aged lady is happy, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes like a living Bodhisattva.

Ling Xiu'er happily followed the middle-aged lady to the mansion to get the money, and at this time, the Li family went over to intervene.

"This lady, don't buy her flowers, her flowers were stolen from the temple in the south of the city, they are all dirty flowers, not clean! If you buy it home, it will only let bad luck in! ”

The middle-aged lady frowned, looking very unhappy, "Why don't I see a peony when I go to the temple in the south of the city every day to worship the Buddha, where did you see it in the temple in the south of the city?" ”

Li was stumped by the middle-aged lady's question, she was also talking nonsense, how did she know that now she met a knowledgeable person, but she couldn't say a word of rebuttal when she opened her mouth.

Ling Xiu'er was worried that the middle-aged lady would not buy her own flowers if she was unhappy, and hurriedly explained, "Madam, I swear to God that this flower is clean, you can wear it without worry, if something goes wrong, go to Caojia Village to find me, I live in ......."

Ling Xiu'er was about to say, but was stopped by the middle-aged lady and said with a smile: "Good boy, I know you don't lie, it's not been a day since I saw you selling flowers, didn't you sell them on the east side of the street yesterday?" ”

Ling Xiu'er suddenly turned out to be an old customer, embarrassed to scratch her head, and smiled coquettishly for a while.

Seeing that the middle-aged lady knew Ling Xiu'er, Li immediately turned the wall, "Oops, it's all a misunderstanding." She smiled flatteringly, "Actually, I'm her sister-in-law." I said this on purpose just now, so that people could pay attention to her good flowers, and sell flowers in the opposite tune. ”

Li smiled without skin and face, and the middle-aged lady raised her eyebrows to look at Ling Xiu'er, and asked her with round eyes?

Ling Xiuer knew that the ugliness of her family should not be publicized, and there was no need to tell an outsider about her grievances with the Li family, so she had to smile helplessly, not admitting but not refuting it.

The middle-aged lady retracted her eyes understandingly, she had seen a lot of contradictions between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and she didn't have time to take care of other people's family affairs, and said to the maid next to her: "Let the gray clothes come with you." ”

When Li heard that the middle-aged lady asked him to follow, Tian shamelessly followed.

Along the way, Ling Xiuer chatted happily with the middle-aged noblewoman, and learned that the noblewoman's surname was Sun, and her husband's surname was Zhang, and she followed her son to live in the county temporarily, and her hometown was the capital.

Speaking of the capital, Ling Xiu'er immediately remembered Xianggong's exam, and after a while, he would also go to the capital.

Ling Xiu'er was a little distracted for a while, and she heard Sun say in her ear: "My son is usually busy with official business, and he doesn't come back for a few days, but this old woman is suffocated." I really regret that I didn't have a thoughtful little padded jacket. ”

Sun said as he looked at Ling Xiu'er. She doesn't know why, the more she looks at Ling Xiu'er, the more pleasing she feels, as if she was a mother and daughter in her previous life, maybe this is fate.

Ling Xiu'er was embarrassed by Sun's eyes, and opened the topic, "Mrs. Zhang, I can also embroider, if you have some sewing and mending work, I can do it." As she spoke, Ling Xiu'er took out the handkerchief she was carrying, "This is the handkerchief I made, how do you look at the embroidery?" ”

Sun Shi took the handkerchief and looked left and right, with an expression of admiration on his face, "It's rare for you to be so clever with a little girl's hands, I happen to have an embroidery on a piece of clothing that has opened the thread, I'll go back and give it to you, and you can set the price." ”

"Good, good!" Ling Xiu'er responded again and again, and said in her heart that there was another payment. She is now a little money fan, and she tries her best to save money for Cao Yu to take the exam.

The two of them talked and laughed, and soon came to a large mansion with three entrances.

Ling Xiu'er and Li were taken to the foyer for tea and waiting, and Sun went in to get clothes.

Li Shi looked at the furnishings in the flower hall and thought that there must be more valuable things in the house. She rolled her eyes and thought about it.

"Oh, my stomach hurts, there's a latrine there?"

"Turn left and turn right when you go out, there is a small bamboo forest, and behind the small bamboo forest is there."

The waiting maid spoke, but she still led Li over uneasily. Seeing that it was difficult for a little girl to follow him, Li pretended to be polite and said: "I'll do it myself, you go back and serve quickly, don't let your master blame you." ”

The little girl didn't think much about it, and let the Li family go alone.

Li Shi successfully found the thatched house, but when she went back, she turned around, and saw the girl Bihe, who had gone out with the Sun family before, holding a gift box in her hand, and teaching the little maid who followed her as she walked, "Xiaoju, this golden hairpin is the treasure of the wife, and it has been handed over to you for safekeeping since leaving the capital, if you really lose it today, it will not be enough to sell you to pay off the debt." ”

Xiao Ju was trained to have red eyes, she didn't mean it, there were so many things she brought from the capital, she was busy and confused for a while, but fortunately she found it now, and whispered: "Got it, Sister Bihe." ”

The Li family, who was hiding in the shadows, heard that it was a golden hairpin, and immediately tiptoed to follow, followed the two to a well-decorated room, and listened to the Sun family talk to the two maids inside, and then got up and went out to receive Ling Xiu'er.

Li and the other three left, quietly slipped in to find the box containing the golden hairpin, after opening it there was a golden phoenix hairpin lying inside, the whole body was golden but not kitsch, the crested head was proud of its high posture, no wonder Bihe said that he couldn't afford to sell this hairpin even if he sold it, it was simply a priceless treasure.

Li hid the hairpin in her clothes, and saw that no one outside the house hurriedly slipped out, but she got lost, and ran around like a headless fly in the big house, and happened to meet Xiao Ju coming head-on, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask for directions, "Xiao Ju, how to go to the flower hall?" ”

Xiao Ju was stunned by the question, and told Li the way.

Li Shi thanked him and hurried to the flower hall. Xiao Ju continued to walk, and suddenly patted her head, "I haven't seen this person, how does she know that my name is Xiao Ju?" ”

The little girl's brows tightened, and a bad premonition came up. She hurried to see the golden hairpin.

Ling Xiu'er saw that her sister-in-law Li had only come back for so long, and she glanced at her reproachfully.

Li glanced at her dissatisfied, "What's the matter, it's okay to get lost in this mansion?" ”

Ling Xiu'er ignored her, saw Sun bring the clothes over, took the clothes and prepared to leave. Suddenly, a little maid wearing a pink dress and a bun ran out, and stopped Ling Xiu'er and Li with her hands open.

"Don't go!"

Ling Xiu'er was stunned by the shouting, and looked at the little maid suspiciously, while Li was a little annoyed, and stretched out his hand to push the little maid away, "Why don't you let me go." ”

Xiao Ju ran to the ground out of breath, and was suddenly pushed hard by Li, holding her stomach and coughing.

Sun is also a little displeased, Xiaoju is a child of her relatives, she is lively and active on weekdays, but she is too playful, I don't know what kind of fame she is doing.

"Xiaoju, Hugh is rude, these two are my honored guests."

Xiao Ju finally breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly: "They, they stole Madame's golden phoenix hairpin!" ”