It was another busy day, and when the evening rested, Lu Shi felt so sore that he was about to fall apart.

Luo's mother diligently pinched her shoulders and beat her back, and instructed the waiter Mo to serve tea and pour water. Shimo has always been the arm of the Lu family, where is he willing to be instructed by Luo's mother, casually call other maids to come and serve, and go to review today's accounts.

Lu closed his eyes and recuperated, enjoying Luo's mother's massage, and said slowly: "How is it over there in Huanhua Pavilion?" Have you called the doctor to see it? ”

Luo's mother said: "I invited Dr. Zhao in the afternoon, but I was blocked back by that side, saying that it was no big deal, but I didn't sleep well at night, so I didn't need to see the doctor." But ......"

"But what?"

"But it's a little strange that the door of the Huanhua Pavilion has been closed for a day today."

Lu's eyelids didn't move, and he said casually: "Isn't she recuperating behind closed doors, what's so strange?" ”

Luo's mother said: "I heard from the people in the big kitchen, Yuan Niang took a few maids and maids to stay in their backyard warehouse all day, and they were just two mouthfuls for lunch, and they were busy in the dark. You say she's okay to go to the warehouse to do? Catch a mouse? ”

Lu Shi opened his eyelids, thought for a while, and said, "You find a proper person, go over there and inquire." ”

"Hey." Luo's mother answered, "There is one more thing ......"

"What's the matter?"

"It's the mother-in-law of the Hu family, who is making trouble again."

Lu Shi frowned and was bored: "What is she making trouble again?" Didn't the money go to her? ”

Luo's mother was embarrassed: "This time she doesn't ask for money, she wants people." said that he heard others say that the second official called the rebels in Yishui, Shandong to kill them, and her man couldn't come back with a single shot. ”

Lu Shi glared: "It's not a strict order not to talk about this matter, who is talking nonsense and chewing the root of the tongue?" ”

"There are a lot of people in our house, but if you don't say it on the surface, how can you stop it in private, after all, such a big thing is related to the life and death of the second official." Mother Luo was really afraid that Lu would be angry, and her voice was small.

Lu Shi snorted: "I think they see that I am busy for a while, and I can't control their mouths, so I have to deal with them fiercely when I go back and find out!" ”

Luo's mother hurriedly said: "The investigation is definitely to be investigated." But the top priority is the mother-in-law of the Hu family, if she yells everywhere and pokes out the matter of Hu Yi's shot, and is heard by someone with a heart, will she be suspicious? ”

Lu Shi hated: "Of course you can't call her yelling!" Bai Lao Er is still there, he is a good person! ”

She pondered angrily for a while, calmed down and said, "That mother-in-law is greedy for money, and this is nothing more than trying to make money." You go and get two taels of silver, gag her, and warn her that if you dare to make a moth again, not only will you spit out the money you eat, but her man won't want to come back! ”

Mother Luo was frightened by the murderous aura she showed in her last few words, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, don't worry, eldest lady, I will definitely settle her!" ”

Lu Shi stretched his waist: "Okay, tomorrow is another day, the day after tomorrow will be the funeral, after finishing this, it is time to get down to business." ”

Mother Luo secretly said to herself, Bai's funeral is not a serious matter, and getting other people's private property is called a serious matter, right?

The night passed.

During the routine breakfast time, the door of the Huanhua Pavilion was opened, and the main hall was set up with a mahogany round table, two palace stools, two pairs of dishes and chopsticks, two porridges, four pastries, eight side dishes, two sauces, and a pot of tea on the table.

Meng Qingyun was dressed in plain clothes, standing in front of the hall with four maids of Green Smoke, Asakusa, Bauhinia, and Xiu'er, and Mother Cui, a few maidservants, and rough servants waited quietly under the porches on both sides.

Bai Rongxin stepped over the threshold of the gate under the guidance of the servant woman, walked in step by step, and couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this battle, and said in a loud voice: "It's so grand and decent!" ”

Meng Qingyun went down to the hall to give a salute, and when he got closer, he said, "I heard that my uncle and noble people are busy, and I was not at home for lunch and dinner yesterday, so I thought that I would have some time for breakfast." In order to prepare this meal, I got up before dawn, and I was afraid that if I was one step late, my uncle would go out again. ”

Bai Rongxin smiled.

Bai Rongxin only came before yesterday, and many people came in the name of the Bai family's relatives and friends, since it was for his face, he had to be sent to the reception one by one, if it wasn't for the people sent by Meng Qingyun to go early, he might have really gone out.

Meng Qingyun invited him to sit down, and the maidservants quickly opened the upside-down bowl and served porridge and vegetables for the nephews and uncles.

"These are all our Dongyang special snacks, uncle try them."

Shanglu wonton, Nanma meatloaf, Qianxiang mutton, Yaxi duck head.

Bai Rongxin's style is heroic and refreshing, he picks up a duck head with chopsticks and goes down in one bite: "Hmm, it's bad enough!" Your duck head in Yaxi is really delicious! ”

Meng Qingyun said: "This is the most famous Dongmen vegetable market. ”

Bai Rongxin sighed and killed a duck head, said "comfortable", and then put down the chopsticks, took the spoon and stirred the porridge carelessly, and said, "Okay, let's talk about it, please come over today, what's the big deal?" ”

He is a person who travels from south to north, and he is well-informed, how can he not see that there is something in Meng Qingyun's eyes.

Meng Qingyun smiled slightly, and raised his hand at the green smoke.

Green Smoke picked up the account book that had been prepared a long time ago and put it in Bai Rongxin's hand.

Bai Rongxin didn't even put his eyelids together, let alone reach out to flip them: "Let's just say it." ”

Meng Qingyun said: "Yesterday, I took stock of the treasury, in addition to the private property of our second room, there is also my mother's dowry, and I compare the balance of the general ledger with the dowry list over the years, and there should be these numbers in the account." ”

She was responsible for saying that Green Smoke was responsible for flipping through the account book, skillfully turning to the corresponding summary page, and showing it to Bai Rongxin.

Bai Rongxin drank porridge and ate vegetables, and glanced at the corner of his eye.

"And then?"

Meng Qingyun said: "Then it's not right, the actual inventory is so much less." ”

Green Smoke turned to the corresponding page again, the actual inventory and the difference with the general ledger.

Bai Rongxin glanced at the corner of his eye.

"Did you check it?"

"Checked."

"What is the reason?"

"Someone borrowed it."

"Who borrowed it?"

"Big lady."

"Didn't pay it back?"

"I didn't pay it back."

"How long?"

"The farthest stroke was five years ago; The most recent one was last month. ”

The conversation between the nephews and uncles was quick and neat, like a pecan, crunchy one bite at a time.

Bai Rongxin had already drunk a bowl of porridge and eaten a meatloaf at this time, wiped his mouth and hands with a hand towel, leaned back on the back of the chair, put his hands on his thighs and put a Buddhist meditation seal, and gently knocked his two thumbs, thinking.

Meng Qingyun gestured to Green Smoke with his eyes, and Green Smoke took a few steps back from the account book.

The hall was very quiet for a while, Meng Qingyun and the maidservants looked at him silently, and Cui's mother and others under the corridor did not move at all.

The weather is getting hotter, and in a few days it will be raining.

When the sun arrives in late spring, it has begun to have some heat, and it is sprinkled in the courtyard in front of the main hall of the Huanhua Pavilion, and across the begonia tree, it casts mottled light and shadow on the flat terrazzo bluestone ground.

This matter was also very sudden for Bai Rongxin, he used this short time to digest, absorb, and think quickly, and then turned his head sideways, looked at Meng Qingyun and said, "What do you want your uncle to do for you?" ”

Meng Qingyun's face slowly bloomed with a bright smile like a begonia flower.

"I want my uncle to support me."