Last time, it was said that Jiang Zhen received a letter from the capital. Jiang Xinyao secretly looked at her grandfather's expression, her heart sank slightly, and she silently withdrew from the study.

Dongmei thoughtfully put on a cloak for the fourth lady, and the master and servant supported her back to Yiyuan.

Jiang Xinyao thought secretly that in the past few years, there have been few letters in the capital, and even if there is a letter, the old man only glanced at it lightly, and then put it down, never had a solemn look like today, could it be ......

Jiang Xinyao thought for a moment, and looked uncertain.

In the past few years, the old man's body has been good and bad, he always coughs non-stop in winter, his hair has turned white, and there seems to be a big stone, which invisibly crushes his body. Xin Yao faintly felt that it was not just as simple as two missing people.

Although the old man lived in a simple place, he always lived in Zhuangzi a few days a month, and for five years, he never stopped, and Xin Yao was not allowed to follow. As for what to do on Zhuangzi, Xin Yao didn't know anything.

Jiang Quan, the loyal servant beside him, also seemed mysterious, often running all over the world, and rarely saw him in the house. Even when he came back, he only discussed things with the old man and the two in the study.

What made Jiang Xinyao even more puzzled was that the food and clothing in this old mansion were more elaborate and luxurious than those in Suzhou Mansion, and many of them were things that were not in the festival rites of Jiang's mansion.

On weekdays, Master Jiang is also very generous, every New Year's Day, the red envelope given to her is two hundred taels, and he seems to like to buy her clothes, hand ornaments, and head.

What surprised Jiang Xinyao the most was that in the Mid-Autumn Festival the year before last, the old man gave her a pair of emerald green round bracelets. With Xin Yao's professional appraisal vision, this pair of bracelets belonged to a sky-high collection in the previous life. She was so happy that she didn't sleep well for several nights, played with it in her hand, and appreciated it for a few days before asking Dongmei to put it away.

All kinds of signs caused Xin Yao to be really curious for a while, only probing into other people's privacy is something that Xin Yao is ashamed of, and she stopped thinking and lived in peace within a few days.

She believes that in the deepest part of everyone's heart, there are always secrets that others can't touch, and it may not be a good thing to be too curious.

Dongmei looked at the young lady who was wandering away, and couldn't help but worry secretly. Don't look at the young lady smiling all day long, often joking and amusing, but when no one is around, the young lady always shows a sad look.

She also saw it from afar a few times occasionally before she fell in love. Thinking of this, Dongmei opened her mouth and smiled: "Miss, so soon I was thinking about what to do with the maid at noon?" Hey, it's a pity that it's still early, and I just had breakfast before I had it, so I thought about lunch. ”

Xin Yao snorted and said, "Sister Dongmei, is your young lady such a delicious person in your eyes?" ”

Dongmei smiled: "Miss is delicious or not, the slave doesn't know." The slave maid only knew that as long as the young lady saw someone's cooking, she couldn't walk. ”

Xin Yao took a sip: "Sister Dongmei, the people take food as the sky, and your young lady takes food as the sky, and she can't walk, it's normal." ”

Dongmei said: "Miss, I have only heard that the father is the sky, the husband is the sky, and I have never heard of food as the sky. ”

Jiang Xinyao waved her hand and said with a smile: "Yo, who wants to be a husband, there are people who want to think about spring just after this spring." Hey, it's a big woman who doesn't stay! ”

Dongmei's pretty face turned red, slightly embarrassed. secretly hated and quarreled with the young lady, which was to light the lamp in the thatched house - looking for death ().

A laugh and a joke eased the atmosphere just now. After a while, Master Jiang sent the little servant over to pass the word, saying that the young lady should eat first, don't wait for him. He went to Zhuangzi for a trip, and if he didn't come back for the night, he asked the young lady to close the door and arrange for his subordinates to patrol the night.

Jiang Xinyao became a little worried. Something important must have happened.

Jiang Xinyao asked Li's mother to find Yan Ming and let him investigate.

……

Yan Ming has followed Jiang Fu for five years, and now he can stand alone. At the beginning, Jiang Fu was not made difficult, and the work he did poorly was the most bitter and tiring, and it once became a joke in the hospital.

Jiang Fu's meaning is obvious. If the fourth lady makes things difficult for me, I will make things difficult for you. Fourth Miss, I can't help it, you Yanming, I'm pinching the snail with three fingers - steady!

Mother Li couldn't stand it, so she secretly told Miss about it.

Xin Yao did not interfere, and warned the people around her that no one was allowed to interfere. If you can't bear this bit of hardship, and a Jiang Fu can't handle it, what's the use of such a person?

That Yan Ming neither shouted nor made trouble, gritted his teeth and endured it, only buried his head in hard work. It made Jiang Fu feel a little good.

Half a year later, Yan Ming used a pot of fine bamboo leaves and a few dishes made by her sister to drink bitterly with Jiang Fu and have a long heart-to-heart conversation.

Perhaps the moonlight was particularly charming that day, and the night breeze was exceptionally warm. Jiang Fu drank to eight points, facing the full moon, facing the long wind, pulling Yan Ming to babble for a night.

When he woke up the next day, Jiang Fu pounded the bed and sighed, feeling remorseful in his heart. After a few days of being uncomfortable, I slowly reused Yan Ming!

Xin Yao was quite satisfied when she saw this, and said to Ying Gui in private, your younger brother is brave, resourceful, and forbearing, and he is a talent. It's not in vain that you secretly shed those tears for him.

The capsizing in the gutter this time made Jiang Fu summarize a truth, that is: what kind of master there is, what kind of slave there is, and there are many white rabbits raised in the fox's nest.

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Early the next morning, Yan Ming reported the news of the investigation to Xinyao, and of course, in return, Jiang Xinyao asked Dongmei to reward him with two taels of silver. Yan Ming generously took the silver, and did not shirk, thanking him and retiring.

This action made Yinggui blush, and she knelt down to plead guilty to the young lady.

Dongmei helped Yinggui up and told her that most of these things need to be found out in silver, and how can anyone get the news in vain without spending money, which makes Yinggui feel a little more at ease.

Xin Yao didn't bother to pay attention to this, she was quickly analyzing the news she had just gotten. The money shopkeeper of Cuiyuxuan in the capital asked Master Jiang to go to Beijing quickly, for unknown reasons.

Xin Yao knew that there was a Jade Xuan under Master Jiang's name, but this shop was not eye-catching in the capital, and the business was normal, so the old man never asked. She really couldn't think of any big things that a small shop would have that was worth going to the capital for Master Jiang.

A non-profit shop, why didn't you simply close it when you left Beijing?

The old man wants to go to Beijing, is it just for a shop, does it have anything to do with the two missing people?

What should she do, should she stay in Qingyang Town, or send her back to Suzhou Mansion?

This is a problem that Jiang Xinyao needs to face directly.

Taking the tea handed by Dongmei, Xin Yao took a sip slowly, and then asked Dongmei to call Li's mother.

Yinggui gently closed the door, took a small bamboo chair and sat at the door to do needlework.

Jiang Xinyao told Dongmei and Li's mother about the situation straightforwardly, and asked them what they thought.

Mother Li said: "The Jade Xuan in the capital seems to be only under the name of the master, and it is not clear what it operates. When the two masters were divided, they were not divided. The industries of our Jiang Mansion are mainly embroidered villages, rice shops, pawnshops, and Zhuangzi. ”

Xin Yao interrupted her and said, "Usually, who takes care of these shops. ”

Li's mother said: "I heard that these shops are all dowries brought by my wife when she got married, and the master never handles it, and he doesn't ask." Since I came to this house, my uncle has always taken care of it. ”

Dongmei said: "It's not much use for Miss to inquire about this, just how we want to act at the moment." Whether to stay here or go home is something to be pondered. ”

Xin Yao asked, "In your opinion, what should we do?" ”

Dongmei knew the temperament of the young lady, and she didn't hide it, and said straightly: "According to the slave maid, the young lady can do both." In the current house, my wife wants to cover the sky with one hand, but I am afraid it is not easy. Miss has been away from the house for five years, and she has never been back in these years, and if she wants to go back to see it, it is not impossible. And Aunt Zhou, they are far away in Yangzhou, and their hands are not so long. If we stay here, we will still live our own lives. ”

Jiang Xinyao shook her head and said, "What you said is right, but there is one thing, you didn't think that the master would let you go back, or let you stay?" In the past few years, people from the house have only brought me some silver, clothes, and food, and have not mentioned that I should go back to the house, do you think this is what the wife means, or the old man? ”

Mother Li said: "No matter who means, our grandmother must be thinking of Miss and looking forward to Miss going back." ”

Xin Yao said: "Mom is right, my mother must be thinking of me, but there are many things, my mother is afraid that she will not be able to be the master, no matter how the Jiang Mansion changes, it is still the world of the wife, after all, the wife is standing behind the Hou Mansion of Annan." In the matter of whether I can return or not, my mother cannot be the master. ”

Xin Yao frowned secretly, her poor little body was a bargaining chip in the game between the two sides, and she was the life of cannon fodder.

Dongmei said: "It's just that the lord has been to Miss in the past few years, not to say that he is obedient, but he is also pampered, so it shouldn't be difficult for Miss." ”

Xin Yao said secretly, that is because she did not touch his interests, compared with those two people, she can only be the one who sacrifices at any time.

It is undeniable that she has cultivated a deep relationship with Mrs. Jiang in recent years, and Xin Yao also believes that this affection is sincere. But the experience of her previous life taught her that people should not think of themselves too seriously. To put it bluntly, don't take yourself too seriously. You think you are a fierce general, but in the eyes of the boss, you are just a pawn crossing the river.

Xin Yao pondered for a moment and asked, "Mother Li, Sister Dongmei, have you ever thought about what life you want to live in the future?" ”

Mother Li smiled and said, "Miss, Mom, I am a hard-working person, so I want to live with Miss." Save more money, marry a daughter-in-law for Jun'er, and hold your grandson as soon as possible, and you won't have much to think about in this life. ”

Mother Li is in her Chinese New Year's Eve this year, married at the age of sixteen, and the husband and wife are in harmony and affection, but her husband is not in good health, and within a few years, she left her. Mother Li immediately wanted to live and die, but found that she had her husband's flesh and blood. The father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away a long time ago, and a person gave birth to a child, Li Jun, who couldn't live anymore, so he sold himself into the house and became Xin Yao's nursing mother. Son Li Jun is now following Xin Yao's younger brother Jiang Yuanchen as a personal servant.

Dongmei thought for a long time before she said: "Miss, the slave maid has been poor since she was a child, and she has followed her grandmother since she was five years old, from Gu's Mansion to Jiang's Mansion, just to have enough to eat." Now the young lady asked me what kind of life I wanted to live, and said that I was not afraid of taking a big thing, the slave maid just wanted to marry an ordinary man, no matter how hard and tired she was, she just wanted to be a master of the house. ”

Jiang Xinyao nodded and said, "Look, you all have your own days that you want to live." As for people, they have a goal and will be motivated. Miss, I've been in a daze for the past few years, and I've never thought about what kind of life I'm going to live in the future. It's just that right now, I want to go to the capital to have a look and take a walk, this is my current goal, I don't know what you think? ”

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