Ye Lanqiao lowered his head, didn't say a word, and stood in front of Chu Feiye like this.

Chu Feiye's throat moved, he had just noticed Ye Lanqiao's red and swollen eyes and sallow face, and the words of relief that he had prepared were unable to say a word at this time.

"Shouldn't the second son be in the front hall? How did you end up in such a remote place? Ye Lanqiao saw that Chu Feiye didn't speak for a long time, so he sighed, raised his head and asked lightly.

"I've already paid homage to the old general, and I want to ...... Thinking that Mrs. Ye should be very sad, so she came to comfort her mother. Ye Lanqiao asked a question coldly, and Chu Feiye was a little flustered, but after all these years of being outside, Chu Feiye quickly found a suitable reason first.

"Oh, Wanshoutang is directly ahead, the second son only needs to bypass the pavilion in front of him, I still have something to do, go first." Ye Lanqiao nodded slightly, and had no doubts about what Chu Feiye said, so he raised his hand to point the way for Chu Feiye, and made a gesture to leave.

"Five girls." Seeing Ye Lanqiao walking in front of him, a strand of hair brushing his chest with the wind, Chu Feiye suddenly became nervous, and his heartbeat accelerated a lot.

"Is there anything else to do with the second son?" Ye Lanqiao stopped and looked back at Chu Feiye in confusion, could it be that this person is a road idiot? I was quite clear about the direction just now.

"I know that nothing can soothe the grief of the fifth girl losing her grandfather, but I still ask the fifth girl to take care of her body, and there will be a long time in the future." Chu Feiye turned around, faced Ye Lanqiao, and turned the words he had prepared before coming into such a simple two or three sentences.

Ye Lanqiao only felt that her nose was sore, and she almost didn't shed tears, she quickly lowered her head and blinked her eyes, but her voice couldn't hide the choked voice: "Thank you Second Son, farewell." ”

Chu Feiye looked at the back of the hurried person, his mind was full of Ye Lanqiao's expression of holding back crying just now, only to feel that his heart was a mess, and he stood straight in place for a long time before turning around and leaving.

"Aunt Zhao, the little one is just asking you to boil water, why is it so slow?" As soon as Ye Lanqiao stepped into the firewood room, he heard a strange voice coming from the corner.

Ye Lanqiao frowned and followed the prestige.

"The firewood here is wet somehow, and I asked Mother Qi to let the girl find some dry firewood." Aunt Zhao sat behind the boiler, her clothes were full of wheat straw, her forehead was full of hot sweat, and she said while reaching out to pull the bellows.

"Yo, those girls are not stupid, how can they bring wet firewood over and burn it? Aunt Zhao didn't want to help with this, so why bother pouring water on the firewood and wasting such a pile of good firewood in vain! ”

"No, I didn't pour water on the fire!" Aunt Zhao hurriedly shook her head, but in exchange for Mother Qi's eyes. In the past, Aunt Zhao was working under Mother Qi, and with Wang Xiaoniang's instructions, Mother Qi naturally would not take Aunt Zhao in her eyes.

Ye Lanqiao's eyes sank, she glanced at Ye Haotian who was standing next to Aunt Zhao, the boy's small fist was clenched tightly, Ye Lanqiao suddenly felt distressed, such a young child, in the face of someone who wanted to protect but couldn't protect it, his heart would definitely not feel good.

"Mother Qi, what's wrong?" Ye Lanqiao froze and spoke coldly.

"Oops! Five girls are here! Mother Qi turned her head and saw Ye Lanqiao walking towards her, and hurriedly put on a courteous smile to greet her: "Fifth girl, there is no cleanness in the firewood room, where is the place where you should be the master?" ”

Ye Lanqiao walked over from Mother Qi, walked straight to Aunt Zhao, and stretched out her hand to pull Aunt Zhao up from behind the boiler: "Mother Qi also knows that the master should not come to the firewood room." As he spoke, Ye Lanqiao turned his head, looked coldly at Mother Qi, and said meaningfully.

"This ......" Mother Qi has been an old man in the General's Mansion for decades, and she is the most shrewd in doing things, so she immediately heard the meaning of Ye Lanqiao's words.

"Brother Hao, you can go back with Zhao Xiaoniang." Ye Lanqiao patted Ye Haotian's head and said softly.

"Thank you, Fifth Sister." Ye Haotian raised his head and glanced at Ye Lanqiao gratefully, and took Aunt Zhao's hand to go out.

"Brother Hao, can you go?" Mother Qi stood in front of Ye Haotian and said in embarrassment.

"Fifth girl, Wang Xiaoniang ordered, there are many things at home today, so I asked Aunt Zhao to come over to help, if this Aunt Zhao leaves like this, in case of delaying the hot water of those nobles in front of her, how can it be good."

Aunt Zhao glanced down at Ye Haotian, walked to Ye Lanqiao's side and said weakly: "Fifth girl, I understand your kindness, and Mother Qi is right, no matter what you do, you can't delay the ladies in front of you to use water." also asked the fifth girl to take Brother Hao away first, so as not to stay in the firewood room and choke on the fumes. ”

"Little lady, I won't go, I won't go." Ye Haotian pursed his mouth and said stubbornly.

Ye Lanqiao snorted coldly, before coming, he just thought that these people would send more work to Aunt Zhao, but Mother Qi's posture just now was to embarrass and humiliate Aunt Zhao. If it is Aunt Zhao herself, Ye Haotian is also the little son of the family, and now that people dare to bully Aunt Zhao, it is difficult to guarantee that Ye Haotian will be bullied in the future.

"Mother Qi, what you said just now, the firewood room is not the place where the master should come, Aunt Zhao is a serious aunt anyway, and she is Brother Hao'er's biological mother, Mother Qi is afraid that she is old and confused, and even the biological mother of the son in the house dares to call casually!" Ye Lanqiao's face sank, and he said coldly.

"This ...... Fifth girl, you misunderstood, the old slave didn't mean that. Mother Qi shrunk her neck and defended herself in a low voice. On weekdays, Ye Lan's George family is lenient and strict, although no one will complain, but no one dares to offend casually, Qi's mother at this time, of course, does not dare to contradict Ye Lanqiao.

"Yo, didn't you say that the fifth girl was unwell? Why did you run to the firewood room to reprimand your subordinates? ”

Wang Xiaoniang, who witnessed everything at the door, swaggered in, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and spoke.

Ye Lanqiao knew that all this must have been arranged by Wang Xiaoniang in advance, so her face was not a little better: "Wang Xiaoniang bothered to take care of the things ahead, don't you have time to come to the small place of the firewood room?" ”

This damn girl! Wang Xiaoniang secretly glared at Ye Lanqiao, at this time, she still didn't like what she was talking about!

"Just now, Mrs. Ma told me that the hot water in front of me was not enough, and I was afraid that people here would be lazy and delay things, so I came to take a look." Wang Xiaoniang put that familiar smile on her face again, and said softly.

"What Wang Xiaoniang said is that there are indeed people in this firewood room who are lazy, and Wang Xiaoniang should also talk about it." Ye Lanqiao said, glancing at Mother Qi lightly, and Mother Qi immediately lowered her head with a weak heart.

"Mother Qi, let you boil hot water, why are you so slow?" Wang Xiaoniang glanced at Qi's mother with a smile and said viciously.

"Aunt Wang Mingjian, it's really that the old slave has a lot of miscellaneous things, and the boiling water was originally handed over to Aunt Zhao for help, who knew that Aunt Zhao delayed the matter......" Mother Qi raised her sleeve and wiped her sweat, and said.

"Presumptuous, although Aunt Zhao is the best at this kind of thing, but she is now the master, don't you plan to ask for your decades-old face? Dare to call Aunt Zhao! ”

Wang Xiaoniang said, but her contemptuous eyes kept looking Aunt Zhao up and down, and suddenly, as if she remembered something, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh:

"Sister, look at your dirty body, I was in a trance just now, as if you were still the boiling water girl in the kitchen back then!"

As soon as Wang Xiaoniang's words fell, the onlookers couldn't help laughing, and Aunt Zhao just lowered her head and didn't say a word.

Ye Lanqiao's eyes were covered with a layer of ice, she took a deep breath, and said lightly: "Huixiang, go and tell the steward, Mother Qi is not doing well, delaying the supply of hot water in front of her, and she will be fined for three months."

"Five girls!" Mother Qi's smile froze at the corner of her mouth, and she screamed.

Wang Xiaoniang's face was also a little unbearable: "Fifth girl, you are too ruthless."

Ye Lanqiao didn't hear Wang Xiaoniang's words, looked around, and continued to speak: "Today is the day of my grandfather's funeral, but you people are talking and laughing here, and you will be fined for a month!"

"Fifth girl, I know that you are used to being a housekeeper on weekdays, but the master said that I will ...... the affairs of the family in the near future" Wang Xiaoniang was unwilling to be ignored like this, especially since she had promised these people in the firewood room before that even if something happened, she would bear it. But now Ye Lanqiao was heavily fined without even thinking about it, which made her Wang Xiaoniang's face go somewhere.

"Xiaoniang is right, let's go to my father and tell my father about today's events, it just so happens that the second brother is also here, and let the second brother comment on it."

Ye Lanqiao glanced at Wang Xiaoniang, and asked Huixiang to take Aunt Zhao and Ye Haotian, ignoring Wang Xiaoniang's obstruction behind her, and walked towards the front hall.

Ye Lin, who was busy entertaining guests, was already exhausted, and when he saw Ye Lanqiao coming over with a group of people, his face didn't look good:

"Lan'er, you don't take care of it in the room, what are you doing in the front hall?"

"Father." Ye Lan Qiao blessed his body and spoke: "Wang Xiaoniang has been really hard these days, but there are old slaves at home who are slippery and lazy, which makes Wang Xiaoniang angry, I specially brought the old slave and asked my father to make the decision for Wang Xiaoniang."

After Ye Lanqiao finished speaking, Wang Xiaoniang, who was following behind her, was suddenly stunned, her eyes widened, and she looked at Ye Lanqiao incredulously.

This, how does this sound like Ye Lanqiao thinks about himself?

Ye Lin frowned: "There are still such things?" Lan'er, you make it clear. ”

Ye Lanqiao hooked the corners of her mouth, and said unhurriedly while peeking at Wang Xiaoniang's face.

Wang Xiaoniang can play tricks, and she can play tricks herself.