Chapter Seventy-Seven: Punishment for Kneeling in the Rain

"Sister, it's not strange that you don't know, but listening to Mei Xiang, Madame doesn't seem to know either. I don't know whose pockets those coins flew into? ”

Qiao Luo's voice and rain drifted into Zheng Lingyi's ears, she suddenly straightened up her rickety body, and said to Qiao Luo: "Aunt Hua still has relatives alive?" ”

Qiao Luo blinked, although he didn't know what Zheng Lingyi was doing when he suddenly asked this, he still subconsciously said, "She also has two nephews." ”

"Can you be in Beijing?" Zheng Lingyi asked again.

"Yes, sister, have you forgotten?" Qiao Luo was puzzled and said: "Aunt Hua will go out of the house on the third day of every month to live at her nephew's house for a day." ”

In fact, Zheng Lingyi remembered, but she was thinking about things quickly in her head, and she needed Qiao Luo to prove it for herself.

"Sister, do you think ......

Qiao Luo looked at Zheng Ling's meaningful eyes, and the words in his mouth came to an abrupt end.

"If Danzhu or Yuegui and Yuezhi are eating the moons of low-ranking slaves and maids, even if the lady doesn't know, Aunt Hua will be aware. But even the lady didn't know that she must be deceiving her from top to bottom. ”

Zheng Lingyi figured out the beginning and the end, and said with a determined expression.

"The third-class maids only have one penny a month, and the situation of the fourth-class maids is even more difficult. Then we can try it, can we buy a maid to make eyeliner for us? Mei Xiang must not be able to do it, she is too timid, if she hadn't heard that I was dying that time, I am afraid that she would not dare to ......

"Hun said!" As soon as he heard what he was saying, Zheng Lingyi subconsciously interrupted.

Qiao Luo pursed his lips and smiled, and leaned over next to Zheng Lingyi's shoulder.

Such a little milk doll that used to sleep sweetly in her arms has now become a big girl to rely on.

"Qiaoluo, when you go outside, can you inquire about Aunt Hua's nephews and see if there is a clear way for them to come from?"

Zheng Lingyi thought that if he could hold this matter in his hands, it would be more or less a bargaining chip.

Qiao Luo nodded, and saw that Zheng Lingyi was not at ease and said: "You must be careful, if you will expose yourself, then you would rather not investigate." ”

"In my sister's eyes, am I a fool?" Qiao Luo feigned anger.

Seeing her strange appearance of pretending to be angry, Zheng Lingyi chuckled, but when she thought of Aunt Jiang's current situation, her smile quickly disappeared again.

The two of them were like two buds in the grass, their bodies and heads weighed down by the wind, always in the direction of the courtyard gate.

As soon as Qiao Zhu entered the door, two eyes looked straight at her, and she stagnated for a moment, and then saw the two clearly.

They all stood up in unison, looking at Qiao Zhu with eager eyes, but they didn't dare to ask rashly.

Qiao Zhu avoided their gaze, just lowered her head, put away the oil-paper umbrella, and the rain slid down the surface of the umbrella, splashing a small puddle of wet marks at her feet.

This rain is wrapped in the wind, and the oil-paper umbrella cannot completely block the rain.

However, there was a corridor on the way, and her clothes were not much wet, and when she slapped the handkerchief, all the water beads broke out, and the specks were scattered in the air, and dissipated in an instant.

There was an unbearable soreness at the tail vertebrae, and Qiao Zhu punched her waist twice with her fist, only to feel more sour and slightly relieved, but after a while, the torture came back again.

This was the fault left by the overboard, the lake in Dingfu was not deep, and there were craggy rocks at the bottom of the lake, and her tail vertebrae hit one of the stones.

At first, I didn't think there was a big problem, I just thought it was a little bruised. Later, every time it rained, there was a faint pantothenic acid, and she knew that something was wrong.

Those old ladies in the house will always complain about how uncomfortable they are on a rainy day, and Qiao Zhu can feel it now.

Qiao Zhu didn't know who she was to blame, she clearly remembered the strength of the hands behind her, but when she woke up, she was told that she had fallen into the water, like an unreal nightmare.

Qiao Zhu kept beating her back like an old man, and when she raised her head again, the master and servant had already entered the house.

I don't know why, Qiao Zhu inexplicably felt a sense of loss in her heart.

In fact, if they ask more, what is happening to Aunt Jiang now? Jojo felt like she was going to tell them.

But since they didn't, they asked Qiao Zhu to take the initiative to come forward and tell them, one is not so intimate and familiar, and the other is that she really can't do it with her temperament.

Qiao Zhu took the umbrella and walked to the pantry where he usually rested, and suddenly heard Zheng Lingyi's voice coming from the opposite side.

"Qiaozhu." She called softly.

Qiao Zhu unconsciously stopped, and through the sparse rain curtain, she saw Zheng Lingyi walking towards her with an oiled paper bag in her hand.

She hurriedly walked down the corridor, the two looked at each other, and Zheng Lingyi said directly: "This is a plaster commonly used in Qiaoluo's backache, although it is not worth a few dollars, but it is still somewhat effective in relieving soreness." ”

Qiao Luo was almost killed alive at the beginning, and Qiao Zhu knew about it.

But she was already in trouble at that time, thinking all day long about how to stand out in front of Lu Shi again, how could she have the heart to laugh at others?

Qiao Zhu was covered in injuries, but she changed back to a pair of bright eyes.

She stretched out her hand to take the oiled paper bag, looked at the raindrops that smashed the earth, and said softly: "Your aunt is kneeling in the courtyard of Anheju now. Madame said that the child's fate was determined by God. ”

When the rain stops, let Aunt Jiang come back.

If the rain didn't stop, she would have to stay on her knees.

Everyone knows that the autumn rain is long, and it is rare to break it, and Lu Shi also estimated this point and came up with this method.

Zheng Lingyi didn't speak, the look on her face, I don't know whether to say calm, indifferent, or helpless?

Zheng Lingyi was close in front of her, with a small face expressionless, and Qiao Zhu couldn't help but look at her carefully.

She only felt that Zheng Lingyi's current appearance was really more and more iconic, but her complexion was not fair enough, and she suppressed the corners of her eyebrows and eyes.

"Thank you for informing me." Zheng Lingyi noticed her inquiring and curious gaze, and naturally turned away.

Qiao Zhu was unpacking the oil paper bag, and heard Zheng Lingyi's voice not far away, "Can I borrow the water room to make ginger soup?" ”

Qiao Zhu knew that the Lu family definitely didn't like her repeated leniency towards the people of Xiyuan, and she planned for her own future, so she really should behave well in the matter of the Jiang family, but ......

After she was depressed, she suffered a lot of humiliation in Anhe Curie, and she was able to take a breath when she came to Xiyuan, and her temperament softened a lot, and she was not as happy as before when she always embarrassed others.

"I'm going to change my clothes, I can't control what my sister does, just don't rely on me." Qiao Zhu pinched the oily paper bag full of medicinal gas and said to Zheng Lingyi.

Zheng Lingyi's brows relaxed, she knew that this was the greatest kindness that Qiao Zhu could release.

She hurriedly returned to the room and hurriedly explained to Qiaoluo: "Qiaoluo, quickly, bring me the fetal medicine I asked for a few days ago." ”

Qiao Luo knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly looked for something to come out.

Zheng Changchang was packing up the porcelain jar in the side pavilion, carefully writing the three words loquat drink on the red paper, and then glued it with paste and stuck it on the porcelain jar.

Zheng Lingyi walked in quickly, and saw that the small urn had been cleaned up by Lu Nong, so he hurriedly poured the packet of fetal pills into it, handed it to Qiao Luo and instructed: "The charcoal pot is small, and there is no way to fry the medicinal properties." You first go to the water room and boil the medicine over a high fire, then extinguish a few sticks of firewood, boil half a column of incense, and then bring it back and boil it in a small charcoal basin. Remember, be careful. ”

Zheng Lingyi said, and found old ginger powder and brown sugar to make Qiaoluo hide people's eyes.

"Although Qiao Zhu went back to the room to change clothes, time is tight, and she has to be careful of others peeping." Zheng Lingyi instructed.

Qiao Luo hugged something and nodded nervously.

It seems that there is not much peace outside these days, Zheng Guogong is rarely even seen, and even the people in An Heju don't know when he will come back, let alone Zheng Lingyi, it is impossible to find this person as a backer at the moment.

As soon as Zheng Lingyi entered the house, she was busy, and Lu Nong didn't know what was going on, so she took an oil-paper umbrella from the house, wrapped it in a robe and was about to go out.

"Sister."

"Sister. What are you going to do? Lu Nong and Zheng Changchang said in unison.

Zheng Lingyi looked at their two pure faces, one big and one small, and said with difficulty: "I'll pick up my aunt." ”

"Then I'll go too." Zheng Changchang peeked at Zheng Lingyi's expression and knew that something bad must have happened.

Zheng Lingyi shook his head at her and said, "You two stay here, if someone comes, you must hide the medicine of Qiaoluo's decoction, no one can find out." ”

If this package of medicine is discovered, Zheng Lingyi's secret connection with the outside, and her rebellion against the Lu family, will be revealed.

At that time, I don't know how I died.

"Fifteen, what are you doing standing at the door on a rainy day?" Aunt Guo's voice sounded, making Zheng Lingyi startled.

She looked back and smelled the smell of incense that had been blown away by the wind and rain.

She has a plain face, no fat powder, light eyebrows, dry white lips, and looks tired and unenergetic, without the rough and flattering atmosphere on weekdays.

can ask Aunt Guo to take off her makeup, and there is only a pure place like the Buddha Hall. She has always liked to curry favor with Lu, and recently Lu has sincerely bowed to the Buddha, and she has followed.

Although she was illiterate, and she only recited those few verses of scripture over and over again, but this was a play, and who would come close to hear what was in her mouth?

"Aunt Guo, I think, I want to go to Anheju to pick up my aunt back." Zheng Lingyi suddenly retracted the sharp edge between his eyebrows and said honestly.

Aunt Guo yawned and snorted coldly.

She knew about Aunt Jiang's affairs, and the Lu family asked Aunt Jiang to kneel in the rain before going to the Buddhist hall.

"You, don't go." Aunt Guo thought she was kind and persuaded: "This rain is extinguishing Mrs.'s fire, if you go, it's better to say that you haven't been bumped into, if you do, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire?" ”

"My aunt has always been embarrassed in front of my wife, can you plead for my aunt?"

Zheng Lingyi's sycophancy put Aunt Guo high.