Chapter Twenty-Three: The Last Stand

The grizzled Jin Si took the small bottle of sesame oil back to the Juping Courtyard, Pei Erniang was sitting under the corridor and asked the little maid to clean her hands for herself, and smeared her hands with impatiens juice, there was no ice basin in the room, Rao was already faint in the twilight, or it was so hot, and there was no spirit.

Seeing that she was back, Pei Erniang smiled a little: "Why have you been here for a long time, is the kitchen ready?" ”

Jin Si said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law Ke said that the mandarin fish yesterday was left by San Langjun when he had a happy event, and there is no more." ”

Pei Erniang's eyes widened: "You didn't say I wanted it?" Didn't give her sesame oil? ”

Jin Si snorted and put the sesame oil in her hand on the railing of the cloister: "She didn't want to ......" but she didn't dare to say anything else, let alone say anything about the errand in Qiushi Garden, I didn't dare to say anything about the extra monthly money, I was afraid that the lady should cry tears and cry for her life, and complain that the lady of the dignified family had fallen into the Du family and was bullied.

Pei Erniang was stunned for a while, and then she was so angry that she sat down on the seat, wrapped banana leaves on her ten fingers, and waved her hand to let the little maid retreat: "Everyone in this house is snobbish, this is to see that I can't enter the door of the Du family, and they don't treat me as a serious master." ”

Speaking of which, she was bitter again: "When I first came to this mansion, who couldn't respectfully call the second lady, can I compare with this kind of small family in Jiangning City from the Pei family in Chang'an?" My aunt was married at a low level back then, and I was even more wronged. ”

"But even if I am willing to be wronged, they still ......," she said, tears came again, and clumsily took the handkerchief offered by the gold thread with her fingers like small rice dumplings, and pressed the corner of her eye, "Now they don't take me seriously." ”

Jin Si has heard these words for a long time, and if she doesn't count them a dozen times a day, even if she is delicate and emotional, she is numb.

What's more, the Pei family in Chang'an has never come to take over this second lady, although the Pei family was defeated, but after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the food and clothing are still available, and there is no rule that the mother of his own family is raised outside, so that people come to Jiangning City to take over.

It's just that Du Mansion was still prosperous at that time, although Du Laoshang died of illness, he left a lot of family property, and the family property of Liangtian Zhuangzi was rich, Pei Erniang was reluctant to live with a noble lady here, and she was worried about Du Huo such a good home, so she refused to return to Pei's house, so she stayed here.

The current complaining is only after the fall of the Du family.

Jin Si thought wildly in her heart, but the movements in her hands were skillful, she turned around and went to the copper basin under the corridor and twisted her hand towel, came up to wipe Pei Erniang's face, and persuaded her in her mouth: "The lady is relieved, it will get better and better, Mrs. and San Langjun are still thinking about the lady." ”

Pei Erniang sobbed and stopped crying, seeing that it was getting dark, and her stomach was hungry, so she called Jin Si: "Teach someone to send food into the room." ”

At a glance, he saw the bottle of sesame oil again: "Put this in the makeup box, and you can use it next time." ”

Jin Simumu picked up the small half bottle of sesame oil again as instructed, and walked to the room, not even wanting to speak.

When the food was delivered, it was already more than half an hour later, and the little maid Yinjin who came in with the food box came in with interest, and opened the lid of the box to serve the food outside, while chattering: "The lady is afraid that she doesn't know, Qiushiyuan is so lively, and the kitchen is talking about it." ”

Pei Erniang glanced at the dishes, but it was just a bowl of vegetarian dumplings, two tomato cakes, and then three or two slices of pitifully thin bacon. Why hasn't there been a stop all day. ”

Yinjin blushed excitedly, covered his mouth with his sleeve and whispered: "I heard that Mrs. Xiao is going to pick someone to serve San Langjun, and call all the ones who come to the room to pick one by one......"

Before she finished speaking, the chopsticks in Pei Erniang's hand had fallen on the table, and Mu Mu looked at her in a daze: "What did you say?" Who is she going to pick someone to serve? ”

Jin Si was startled and hurriedly went to clean up, but Yinjin still didn't react, and said straightly: "Give it to San Langjun, I said that I have already picked three or four good ones and put them in the main room." ”

Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Pei Erniang's soul was scattered at this moment, and she couldn't stand up standing up with her desk standing, what the hell is this going to do!

She has been working hard for a long time and has not been able to marry her cousin, but as soon as the Xiao family marries into the door, she has to accept people in the room to serve her cousin, and she has received three or four of them, all of which are good-looking, and her cousin will ......

It's over, it's over, she's afraid she's hopeless!

She opened her mouth with a stalk around her neck, seeing that she was about to cry again, Jin Si couldn't stand it anymore, and quickly stepped forward to cover her face with a handkerchief: "Lady, don't worry, don't worry." ”

If she cried those words again, Jin Si was afraid that she would go crazy, so she could only search her stomach and find words to persuade her: "It's just to accept a few people to serve, and the lady doesn't have to take it to heart." ”

Pei Erniang couldn't control it anymore and screamed: "But who is serious about me in this mansion now?" What if even my cousin had forgotten about the past? ”

Jin Si also had no idea: "Then, then you want to go to see Mrs. Xiao and talk to her?" ”

Pei Erniang wiped her tears at this time, and said hatefully: "What's the use of seeing her, what is my identity now, why should I ask about the things in her room?" It's boring to go and talk about yourself, and if you want to see it, you have to see your cousin. ”

Jin Si lowered her head, but she was reluctant in her heart: "I didn't go to see him last time, but San Lang Jun ...... him"

Pei Erniang also remembered what happened last time, and after spending so much thought, Du Huo pulled his hand and went to Xiao Rongyue.

She got up irritably and paced around the room: "If it can't go on like this, then Xiao Shi is obviously crazy, he accepted so many people before he sat down, do you still plan to rely on this to entrap your cousin?" ”

She thought for a long time, as if she had made up her mind, gritted her teeth and turned around to take a pair of red gold lotus petal earrings from the small box on the dressing table, and stuffed them into Jin Si's hand: "Go find Mrs. Feng on the second door, and ask her to send this to the Di store to exchange this for some silver money to buy a few things for me, and give her the rest of the money, as long as she helps me pay attention to my cousin's affairs, when will my cousin come back tomorrow and immediately deliver the news to me." ”

Jin Si was stunned for a moment, looked at a pair of earrings in her hand, in the past, the lady valued silver money the most, she followed the lady for so long and didn't even get a copper reward, why did the lady suddenly be so generous? What the hell is this going to do?