Zhong Lingyu stood up and saluted back: "I still have to rely on the shopkeeper Ge to operate." ”

The master and servant smiled at each other.

After five days, the tea of the Zhong family's big house was auctioned for the third time, and the price hit a new high.

Zhong Deqing, who was next door, was crazy with jealousy, and walked back and forth in the house with his hands behind his back in an irritable mood, while saying: "That little cheap (river crab) person, I don't know how much silver I have made this time!" He asked again, "Aunt Du is not moving?" ”

"Nope." Chen shook his head and said hatefully, "Zhong Lingyu promised well in front of everyone, saying that he would give Zhong Lingzhi the recipe for roasting tea, but there has been no movement so far. ”

Zhong Deqing stopped, thought about it, turned around and said, "Let Aunt Du ask about this." ”

Chen agreed, beckoned his henchman to come over, and explained the matter.

Less than half an hour after the couple spoke, Granny Lu hurriedly went to the Winter Moon Pavilion and said to Zhong Lingyu: "Miss, the people around Aunt Du have found out." ”

"Oh?" Zhong Lingyu didn't raise his head, and drew a plum blossom picture in his hand, "Who is it?" ”

"It's Miss Five's nurse, Mother Wang."

Zhong Lingyu was stunned and raised her head in surprise: "Why is her?" ”

Granny Lu nodded: "No, I didn't expect it either." ”

The fifth lady mentioned by Granny Lu is Zhong Lingrong, the daughter of Zhong Deping's other aunt, Aunt Lan. Zhong Lingrong has been frail since she was a child, suffering from asthma, 365 days a year, 260 days are lying in bed to take medicine, and the remaining 100 days, she only dares to walk in the hospital, at most to ask the Zhuang family to come back to peace, it is the farthest way to go, it is difficult to get out of the door. Zhuang's pity on her for her poor health, and he never used her to ask for peace. And Aunt Lan has only had such a daughter for the rest of her life, and she has no thoughts. Therefore, he never participated in any family fights, and served Zhong Lingrong wholeheartedly. The mother and daughter have a very low sense of existence in the Zhong Mansion, so low that even the subordinates don't think much of them.

Aunt Lan doesn't argue about anything, but she is not a fool. She was afraid that the ambitious Aunt Du would use their mother and daughter to achieve something, so she didn't go out herself, even the maids and women in her courtyard didn't go out.

If it weren't for Zhuang's being a very good-hearted housewife, Zhong Lingyu's housekeeper was well managed, distributing monthly silver on time and in quantity, and Zhuang's usual food, medicine, etc., would have asked from time to time, and would not forget their share of new clothes and jewelry during the New Year's holidays, otherwise the mother and daughter would have been ignored and detained, and no one would have known about the silent death in the yard.

So when I heard that this matter involved Zhong Lingrong, Zhong Lingyu was so surprised.

Zhong Lingyu put down the pen, walked to the side and sat down: "You tell me in detail." ”

Granny Lu groaned slightly, sorted out her thoughts, and then spoke: "Some time ago, the girl asked the old slave to pay attention to Aunt Du's side, and the old slave asked Chunhong to stare at Aunt Du. ”

Su Yuwan nodded.

Chunhong is the eldest maid next to Aunt Du, and she is the person who was placed by Zhong Deping's side to monitor her when she was alive. However, Aunt Du also seems to know that the people around her are loyal to Zhong Deping, and they have guarded against them all these years. Like the medicine she took from Lang Zhong, she avoided the maid and did it privately.

"The last time Aunt Du pretended to be sick, Chunhong didn't find out, she was very guilty, and she was extra careful in doing things during this time. Miss also knew that Aunt Du was born in the family, and Miss Wang, the fifth lady's nurse, was a cousin with Aunt Du, and when the two met on the road, they would also stand and say a few words. Because the conversation was not long, and the conversation was short for parents, so everyone didn't care about it in the past. This time, Chunhong kept an eye on it, and when Aunt Du was talking to Grandma Wang, and Aunt Du asked her to go to the kitchen to ask for something, she went around and eavesdropped a few times, and then she heard some clues. ”

As she spoke, she repeated the conversation between the two, with a worried look on her face: "This Wang Nanniang is very scheming, and her speech is very obscure, if she hadn't paid attention, even if she heard their conversation, she didn't think about it in that direction, she just thought that Wang Nanniang didn't know the importance of what she said and did, and she just discussed the affairs of the masters." Miss, you said, did Aunt Lan hide more deeply, and also participated in these things, and only pushed Aunt Du to the stage as a target? ”

Zhong Lingyu frowned: "Probably not, right?" She only has one fifth sister, and she looks like this again, what is the picture? Besides, we didn't treat her badly. ”

Granny Lu also thought so: "Yes." But you still have to pay attention, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case. ”

"Aunt Lan also has people left behind by my father. But if she is a person with a heart, she has been locked up in a small courtyard with them for so many years, and my father is no longer here, these people may be co-opted by her. Zhong Lingyu thought for a while, "Don't be in a hurry first, after a while, I'll find a maid or woman who understands medical science, and then send it to them." ”

"Then what should I do with this nurse?"

Zhong Lingyu shook his head: "Don't startle the snake first." If Granny Wang is disposed of, we don't know anything about what the second room will do in the future. It's better to keep her. Anyway, our big house is only a gap for Aunt Du. What's the matter, my good second uncle and second aunt still have to find Aunt Du to come out, we just need to ask Chunhong and them to pay attention, and we can know the plan of the second room. That's also a good thing. ”

Granny Lu showed a smile on her face: "It's such a reason, then do it." ”

Granny Wang just passed the word for the second room, asking Aunt Du to urge Zhong Lingyu to urge Zhong Lingyu to make a secret recipe for fried tea. Regarding this matter, Zhong Lingyu and Grandma Lu's master and servant have a tacit understanding, and they know that this is not the time to hand over the roasted tea recipe to Zhong Lingming and Zhong Lingzhi. Now that the second room is eyeing up, there are many ghosts in the big room, and this secret recipe will be known all over the city if it leaks out a little. This recipe does not say that it will be guarded for a lifetime, even if it is guarded for three years, the Zhong family's big house will be able to rise from the dust, use it to make the family business bigger, and take the opportunity of pineapple tea. Therefore, Zhong Lingyu planned to wait for her to get married before telling her two younger brothers the secret recipe.

Of course, if Zhong Lingzhi showed some bad behavior during this period, then Zhong Lingyu would not care about the feelings of his sister and brother and pass on the secret recipe to him.

After finishing speaking, Granny Lu was about to say goodbye and leave, but Zhong Lingyu stopped her: "Nurse, you wait." ”

Granny Lu stopped and turned around.

"In a few days, I plan to go to Fucheng to meet my grandfather and grandmother. The affairs of the inner house have to be entrusted to the nurse. Zhong Lingyu stood up.

Granny Lu hurriedly came over, held Su Yuwan's arm, and complained, "Miss, isn't this tormenting me?" The old slave has no support in this life, no children and no daughters, to put it mildly, the old slave treats the young lady as his own daughter. Miss's business is the old slave's business, and if you do your best, why should you use Miss to do this? ”