Xi Hongdou was helpless, so he asked Xiao Zhi to go to the inner room to change clothes, Ma Xueyan said that he was going to follow up, Xi Hongdou hurriedly stopped: "What are you doing in there?" ”

Ma Xueyan said: "Serve the young master to change clothes......"

"No, you're an embroiderer, you don't have to do this, he has his own long hands, and no matter how bad it is, there will be me." Xi Hongdou had to guard against it, this Ma Xueyan was also bold, if she didn't stop her, everyone would have gotten in.

Ma Xueyan didn't drill in further, looking at Xi Hongdou's expression as if she was unhappy, she said: "I didn't mean it, I used to have a hard life, and I haven't come to a big family to help, so I don't know what to do and what not to do." ”

"It's okay, but you're an embroidery girl, if you do all the work of the maid at home, it's easy to attract gossip." Xi Hongdou said: "Now in order to avoid suspicion, I will pay more attention in the future." "It's time to remind me now, Ma Xueyan's previous incident can be regarded as her ignorance of the rules and trespassing, and if she is still sticky and greasy in the future, it is deliberate.

"Yes." Ma Xueyan responded.

Xiao Zhi changed his clothes and came out, Xi Hongdou saw that the size was really suitable, and said, "There's nothing to change, that's it." ”

Ma Xueyan nodded and left the room, Xiao Zhi said, "Otherwise, let her go." ”

Xi Hongdou said: "At the beginning, I was blind, but now people haven't done anything really wrong, and it's not good to let her go." ”

Xiao Zhi said: "Isn't it easy to find a mistake? Just let Mama Liu do it. "The maids in the family are all brought out by Mama Liu, and it is not easy for Mama Liu to deal with this foreign embroidery girl.

At night, Xiao Zhi hadn't come back from the study, Xi Hongdou was afraid that people would be tired, so he went to send a sweet soup, and halfway through, he met Ma Xueyan. As soon as Rue Xiang was about to make a sound, Xi Hongdou asked Rue Xiang to keep silent and hid behind the rockery.

Ma Xueyan also carried something in her hand, and went directly to the study, Rue Xiang frowned, and said, "It's so late, she is diligent!" "Even if they are subordinates like them who have been in the Xiao family for many years, they have to avoid suspicion when it is late at night, just like her, unless Xi Hongdou orders, otherwise they will definitely not be able to dangle in front of the young master in the middle of the night!

Xi Hongdou and Rue Xiang tiptoed over, and listened to Ma Xueyan inside: "Young master, this is the tonic soup I made with my own hands, young master, drink some, don't be too tired." ”

Xiao Zhi's voice soon came: "Let it go, it is said that you are not a subordinate, and it is not your turn to do this thing, and there are not many medicinal materials in the house, so don't boil it if you are fine, and you don't need to send it over." ”

Ma Xueyan couldn't hold back her face, so she said, "Is it because the young master thinks I can't boil it well, or I will boil it again?" ”

"No need, I don't want to drink medicinal soup, it's late at night, one of your daughters' family, go back quickly, you don't avoid suspicion, I'm still afraid of gossip!"

Hearing this, the corners of Xi Hongdou's mouth hooked up a smile, guarding himself like jade, Xiao Zhi is absolutely qualified!

Rue Xiang knocked on the door at this time and said, "Young master, young grandmother has come to deliver sweet soup." The voice was not low, and it was deliberately given to the Ma Xueyan inside.

Ma Xueyan was taken aback, Xi Hongdou usually doesn't move around at this time, but now he has bumped into it, how can I say this?!

Xi Hongdou pushed the door in, asked Ruxiang to put down the sweet soup, and when she saw Ma Xueyan, she asked, "Oh?" Why is the embroidery girl here? ”

"I, I...... It was the kitchen that made up the soup, and I happened to help deliver it. Ma Xueyan explained, don't mention the matter of boiling soup by herself.

Rue Xiang deliberately choked words: "Is the person in this kitchen with a broken hand or a broken leg, and I have to let an embroidery girl send it, I want to see it, this lazy person will directly break his leg and sell it tomorrow, and it's useless to keep it!" Speaking of this, he also asked Ma Xueyan: "Tell me who asked you to send it?" I'll go find someone tomorrow at dawn! ”

Of course, Ma Xueyan couldn't say it, so Xi Hongdou said: "Since it's finished, let's go back first." In a word, Ma Xueyan ran away as if she was about to be amnesty.

Rue Xiang saw that the people were leaving, she also retreated to the door, without delaying the two people inside to talk, and when she went out, she didn't forget to bring out the medicinal soup sent by Ma Xueyan, who knows what was put in it, and she definitely couldn't let Xiao Zhi drink it.

Xiao Zhi drank the sweet soup and said, "Let her go tomorrow." ”

"It's really kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs." Xi Hongdou said that she must change this point in the future because she is a bad person, she is kind, and others may not be good.

Xiao Zhi smiled: "It's all my fault!" ”

Xi Hongdou shook her head: "No, don't blame her for daring to think about other people's husbands, it's rare for me to look at it every day!" ”

Early the next morning, Xi Hongdou and Xiao Zhi went to the front hall for dinner first, and as soon as they sat down, Ma Xueyan came running, saying that she wanted Xi Hongdou to keep her.

Xi Hongdou asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Mama Liu came over at this time and said, "She did something wrong, the fabric given by Mrs. was prepared for the little master, but she took a piece of it and made a handkerchief and embroidered it, how can such a person with unclean hands and feet stay at home?" "Rue Xiang specially went to talk to her about this last night, and she arranged it in the morning, there are many rules in the big families in Kyoto City, the Xiao family is just tolerant, but it is not without rules, really to find faults, which body is a bunch of mistakes!

When Mrs. Xiao heard this, she thought that it was just a handkerchief, although her own fabric was not much, but the remaining small piece of scrap cloth was not enough to do anything, and it was used by people, so it was nothing.

Xi Hongdou said at this time: "Mama is in charge of the people in the family, and Mama is in charge." ”

Mama Liu said: "Miss Ma, let's go, our Xiao family has always been strict with our subordinates, even if it is an embroidery girl, you have to talk about a rule, the Xiao family can't keep you." ”

Ma Xueyan didn't expect that such a piece of loose cloth would let her be driven away like this, and seeing that Mama Liu refused to open the net, she went to beg Xi Hongdou: "Young grandma, please, leave me, leave the Xiao family, I have nowhere else to go." ”

Xi Hongdou thought that it was because he saw Ma Xueyan pitiful that he left people for a living, but this Ma Xueyan wanted to seduce someone else's husband, no matter how miserable the hardships were, it was in vain.

"Let's go, since you have made a mistake, you have to bear the price, not to mention that there are some mistakes that you shouldn't make, and you can't even think about it." Xi Hongdou was selfless with an iron face.

Mama Liu directly asked the family to drag Ma Xueyan out of the gate, Ma Xueyan was still struggling to beg for mercy, and Mama Liu handed over the money.

"It's the wages of these days, let's go." Mama Liu said with a cold face.

Ma Xueyan saw that she really couldn't stay, she couldn't hear Xi Hongdou's words just now, and now she only regrets that she shouldn't be greedy, and she shouldn't think about seducing the young master when Xi Hongdou is pregnant, Xiao wants to become the concubine of the Xiao family, otherwise she is only an embroiderer now, and her daily salary is also a lot.

Mama Liu came back after a while and said, "I took my salary and left." "This Xi Hongdou can be regarded as tolerant, this matter has been changed to another family, how can it be just let people go, it must be punished well, at least a layer of skin, their Xiao family also gave the salary, and when others saw it, they would only say that their Xiao family was kind to others, and they were never harsh.

Mrs. Xiao asked, "Is it so serious?" It's just a piece of loose cloth, so it won't kick people out, right? "Especially this embroidery girl's craftsmanship is not bad, Xi Hongdou also liked it very much, is this Mama Liu too iron-faced and selfless?

Xiao Zhi said: "If you make a mistake, you can't turn a blind eye." Mrs. Xiao didn't know the situation, so she naturally felt that she was a little harsh.

Xi Hongdou and Xiao Zhi had breakfast, and then they went their separate ways, and Mama Liu told Mrs. Xiao about Ma Xueyan.

"There is such a thing!" Mrs. Xiao felt incredible, if she didn't stare at it, someone wanted to be a demon!

Mama Liu said: "I heard before that Ma Xiuniang was born of adultery with her mother, but the young grandmother felt that people were lonely and stayed in the house to earn a living, but who would have thought that this person was not enough." ”

Mrs. Xiao sighed: "Then you really can't stay, who knows if such a woman will have a mother and a daughter!" ”

Mama Liu nodded: "So yesterday the young master asked Rue Xiang to go to what I said, and let me send people away today." ”

Mrs. Xiao nodded: "No wonder Fang Cai's daughter-in-law is so careful, and she is not a mean person on weekdays." In this way, there is a reason to explain.

Xi Hongdou's stomach finally lasted for four months, and it was really enough to choke after two months at home, so he hurriedly went to find Mrs. Xiao and said that he was going to go out for a walk.

Mrs. Xiao was not unsympathetic, so she said: "Go out, but you have to take a carriage, and now that every family outside has begun to buy New Year's goods, you are not allowed to drill into crowded places." ”

Xi Hongdou is naturally obedient, her own stomach is also nervous, and she definitely can't go to dangerous places.

With the permission of her mother-in-law, Xi Hongdou went out, Rue Xiang followed the whole process, and the driver of the family did not dare to drive too fast, just to send people smoothly and steadily.

There are many people on the street, and the carriage is stop-and-go, so what she wants to do most now is naturally to go to the troupe to see the situation.

After two months, everyone was very enthusiastic when they saw Xi Hongdou again, and the first thing Bai Ling did was to show Xi Hongdou the results of their rehearsal.

"The owner, take a look first, now it's almost formed, before the Rue Xiang girl came over and said that she wanted to catch up with the New Year's Eve on stage, the big guys were all working hard, and they didn't dare to slack off!" Bai Ling said.

Xi Hongdou smiled: "Don't be in a hurry, I haven't been here for a few days, let's talk for a while, how are the new bosses here?" ”

Bai Ling hurriedly brought the newcomers over and introduced them one by one, the old students in Tsing Yi, now there are basically enough people in the troupe, which can meet the needs of various drama scripts.

Xi Hongdou nodded, now the troupe is getting more and more stable, she is pregnant now, and she can't ask about many things, and Bai Ling has saved a lot of effort to take care of her.