Seeing that Brother Qing had no choice but to leave with Yuegui, Zheng Lingyi and Zheng Mianmian stood and looked at each other wordlessly, then squatted down to clean up the messy seeds on the ground.

Lu Nong, who had been peeking behind the door, also hurriedly ran over, packed up a small dustpan, and hurried back to the house with his two sisters.

Zheng Mianmian looked at the concerned eyes of the three people, but she cried, not knowing whether she was wronged or afraid.

Zheng Lingyi took almond cake and pickled hawthorn to coax her, so that Zheng Mianmian gradually stopped crying.

"Sister, why do you have so much delicious food?" Zheng Mianmian's eyes were still full of tears, and her voice was no longer crying.

Midori was still a little worried, and he couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.

coaxed Zheng Mianmian, Zheng Lingyi asked Zheng Changchang to take her to find Aunt Wan.

Lu Nong sharpened the ink for Zheng Lingyi, watched her practice calligraphy, and said softly: "How did my sister know that Yuegui would come?" ”

The tip of the pen dropped the word 'Mo' on the plain paper, and Zheng Lingyi said lightly: "I'm not a fortune teller, how can I know?" It's just that when she saw Mianmian humiliating her like that, she knew that she would be connected with herself, and she had to stand in front of her. ”

Lu Nong looked at Zheng Lingyi's half-hidden delicate eyelashes, and said, "Sister always likes to say something about being alone, but she is still kind." ”

When Zheng Lingyi heard this, he subconsciously wanted to refute, but he still stopped talking.

She actually guessed that someone would come to Anheju today to call Brother Qing away, but she didn't expect that she would really see a figure flashing outside the door at that moment, which deliberately angered Brother Qing.

Because when Mama Gu left the house due to illness, she went to Anheju to resign, and with her temperament, Zheng Lingyi didn't believe that she didn't say bad things about Brother Qing in front of the Lu family.

Although Zheng Ling didn't know what she said, she thought that the Lu family would not be completely inactive.

Now that the New Year is over, the children's marriages have settled, and the Lu family is finally able to free up their hands, so they naturally have to straighten out one by one.

As he was talking, Lu Nong suddenly felt strange, and looked at it, and the ink in his hand was broken a few small grains.

"This ......

Midorino didn't know what to do with the ink, and she didn't understand how it could be.

Zheng Lingyi took the ink block, wiped the water on the ink block with a silk cloth, and carefully put it in the box.

"My ink is pine smoke ink, not oil smoke ink, the price is not so expensive, and the texture is not so tough. However, no matter what kind of ink block you have, you must be light when grinding. As the saying goes, holding a pen is like a strong man, and studying ink is like a sick man. That's what I'm talking about. ”

Zheng Lingyi spoke softly, without the slightest accusation, and the uneasiness in Lu Nong's heart also faded, and said, "The slave knows." ”

"You are right-handed, and your right hand is strong, and when you use your left hand when you study ink next time, it will naturally be a little force." Zheng Lingyi raised his eyes and looked at Lu Nong and said with a smile.

Midorino turned his left wrist and smiled back.

The master and servant were whispering in the side pavilion, and suddenly heard the sound of laurel outside, Zheng Lingyi went out first, and Lu Nong packed up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in the room, and also went out.

"Sister Yuegui, what's the matter?" Zheng Ling's doubts on her face were not faked, she really didn't understand what Yuegui was looking for her to do at this moment.

"Madame has an order, I want my sister to go." Laurel said briefly.

I know that there is no good thing, but I have to go.

Zheng Lingyi tilted his head and said to Lu Nong: "Aunt is chanting and praying for Mrs. in the Buddhist hall today, and Sister Lu Nong will stay and help me take care of Chang Chang." ”

Lu Nong first raised his eyes and glanced at Yuegui, and when he saw that she didn't object, he said, "Okay." ”

Zheng Lingyi followed Yuegui to Anheju, and as soon as he entered Anheju, Zheng Lingyi had a clear idea in his heart.

Zhixia and Brother Qing both knelt under the hall, Zheng Yanru and Lu sat on the top, and Danzhu stood aside and waited.

As soon as Zheng Yanru saw Zheng Lingyi, she looked away, her eyes fell on the bronze crane incense burner in the hall, as if reminding something, Zheng Lingyi quickly lowered her eyes to hide the confusion in her eyes.

"Fifteen, what did you and Danzhu see at the door of your third sister that day, tell me about it." Lu's inquiring gaze fell on her, and his tone was rather unkind.

When Zheng Lingyi heard this, he first raised his eyes and glanced at Danzhu, and then glanced at Zhixia, he was very puzzled, and the puzzled look on his face seemed to say, "I have to say it again?" ’

After saying this in a short sentence, Zheng Lingyi did not add oil and vinegar, but said that when he pushed the door open, he saw Zhixia lift the lid of the Pixiu jar, and he looked frightened.

"Madam, the slave has already explained that time, and the lid was lifted just to wipe the dust." Zhixia actually quibbled like this.

Zheng Lingyi tilted his head and thought about it in distress, and clearly remembered that Zhixia did not hold a handkerchief in his other hand, and subconsciously blurted out, "Do you only wipe it with your hands?" ”

Zheng Yanru sneered unabashedly, and said to the Lu family: "Mother, my daughter is not afraid that Zhixia is your person, but this maid's character is really not good, and today I even asked me to catch someone with a piece of stolen goods, how can I bear it?" ”

"Madame is wronged, Madame is wronged. My sister has always secretly hidden in the room with Zhixia to talk in the past two months, and when she sees the slave and maid, she doesn't speak, there must be something to hide from the slave and maid, and hide it from you! Now she is still wronging the slave and maid, just to want the slave and the maid not to get in the way of her unsightly things! ”

Zhixia took two steps on his knees, if Danzhu hadn't stopped him, he would have hugged Lu's knee and cried.

Zheng Yanru was about to refute, but Zhixia hurriedly pointed at Zheng Lingyi and said loudly: "And the third sister has been very close to the fifteenth sister in recent days, and sometimes she closes the door to discuss matters, and only Zhixia is allowed to serve." ”

"The fifteenth sister is the most scheming!" Brother Qing, who had been kneeling on the ground, suddenly got up and pointed at Zheng Lingyi and said loudly.

In order to get out, the two slaves and maids seemed to be dragging Zheng Lingyi into the water.

After being poured two basins of dirty water in a row, Zheng Lingyi's eyes widened at a loss, looked at Lu Shi and then at Danzhu, and was speechless to refute.

"I only dare to pick up soft persimmons and pinch them!" Zheng Yanru said angrily, "If Zhixia has to be used in front of me, how can I not use it." She tore her face with me, and her speech was always yin and yang, and she was instigated by people before and after, if it weren't for the fact that she was sent by her mother to take care of me, why should I suffer from the anger of a subordinate! I sent it out early! ”

Zheng Yanru's words were not empty accusations, Lu knew that Zhixia had indeed done this, so he didn't open his mouth to show his attitude, but just looked at the two maids in the hall with his eyes.

Brother Qing saw Lu's eyes, and hurriedly pointed at Zheng Lingyi and said, "Madam, the last time I saw the eighteenth sister eating white jade jujube mud cake, so I asked her who gave it, and she said that it was given by the fifteenth sister." I'm going to ask my sister, how did you get this white jade jujube mud cake for your aunt's idea? ”

Zheng Mianmian was young, and it turned out that he had unconsciously revealed traces in front of Brother Qing early on, and Zheng Lingyi thought that he had hidden a drop of water, which was really dangerous.

Zheng Lingyi blinked, remembering Zheng Yanru's eyes, and as soon as his heart moved, he raised his eyes and looked at Zheng Yanru hesitantly.

Everyone followed her gaze to look at Zheng Yanru, Zhixia's heart lifted slightly, and saw Zheng Lingyi walking up to her and blessed, "Sister, I'm sorry." ”

Zhixia thought that she was going to involve Zheng Yanrulai, and her face suddenly showed a look of joy, only to hear Zheng Lingyi say: "The remaining half of the yellow sandalwood, I carved it into a incense seal, and I sold it to the maid." ”

Zhixia's smile froze on his face, didn't this rhetoric indirectly match Zheng Yanru?

Before Zheng Lingyi came, Zheng Yanru found a bag of broken silver and a few pairs of jewelry from Zhixia's room and brought them to Lu's together.

In order to find out the suspicions on his body, Zhixia said that Zheng Yan and Zheng Lingyi were hiding in the room as usual to discuss secretly, and there was something to hide from the Lu family, so he deliberately framed her and wanted to eliminate her.

In fact, Lu Shi still believes that he knows Xia more.

Zheng Yanru was also panicked at that time, so she pulled a half-truth and half-truth, and said: "The fifteenth sister's incense seal has won the love of the princess, and I asked her to draw a few more smart ornaments for me, so that I can take it outside to make molds." Because of this, I met with her a few more times. ”

Seeing that Zheng Lingyi also mentioned the incense seal, Zheng Yanru's heart was relieved, and she hurriedly said, "What is this?" You have painted so many ornaments for me in the past few months, and that half of the yellow sandalwood is also what you deserve, and what does it matter if you give it to you and keep it or sell it? ”

At this time, Zheng Lingyi understood her words.

pulled out an incense seal to use as a shield, which not only explained why the two met frequently, but also explained where Zheng Lingyi's extra expenses came from.

"Having said that, it is not appropriate to sell things from the inner house." Brother Qing thought that he would be scolded for a few words at most, but he didn't expect that Zhixia would also commit something today, and the two were questioned together, and she couldn't get out of it.

However, Lu Shi didn't like to hear what she said.

The aunts have few examples, and their lives are embarrassed, so they naturally have to sell some craftsmanship to live.

These Lu clans know and connive, after all, the silver saved is also in the hands of the Lu clan.

Therefore, the Lu family didn't pay attention to Brother Qing's words, but just said to Zheng Yanru: "Does the princess like the craftsmanship of fifteen?" ”

Zheng Yanru nodded and said frankly: "Although the craftsmanship of the wood carver is not as exquisite as that of the wood carver, the ornaments under the fifteenth sister are always more vivid. ”

"That's it." A smile appeared on Lu's face, and he said, "Then I have two pieces of iron chestnut wood, and I will also help me carve two pen mountains and two paperweights." Give one to each of your fifth brother and thirteenth brother. ”

"Iron chestnut? Mother, this wood is hard and heavy, only the master can carve it, fifteen her......

Lu Shi came sideways with an eye knife, and Zheng Yanru's unfinished words suddenly disappeared.

"How do you make a paperweight if it's not heavy?" Lu Shi laughed again, and seemed to think that Zheng Yanru's words were very childish and funny.

Danzhu quickly sent the maidservant to bring the iron chestnut wood, and when Danzhu handed it to her, her lips twitched, and she said silently: "It's very heavy." ”

Even if Zheng Lingyi was mentally prepared, when he took over the tray, he was still subconsciously dragged by the weight of his arm.

Her little face instantly turned red because of the effort, which is difficult to fake.

When Lu Shi saw it, he didn't seem to see it, and a hypocritical smile appeared on his face again, and he said, "Today next month, you will carve it and give it to your two brothers." Got it? ”

Zheng Lingyi was speechless with difficulty, and only nodded.

Lu Shi glanced at her amusefully and said, "Go down." ”

Zheng Yanru saw her difficult and stumbling back, and she couldn't bear it in her heart, and said to Zhixia: "You go and send off the fifteenth sister." ”

"The third child!" Lu Shi sighed very unhappily and said, "If you get mixed up with these cheap billets again, don't recognize me as a mother." ”

Zheng Lingyi hadn't even crossed the threshold at the moment, and every word was extremely clear, as if it had been smashed on her back.

She felt humiliated in her heart, but she could only grit her teeth and leave.