Winter is suddenly coming.

Overnight, there was a heavy snow outside the house. When she got up in the morning, Chunying had to put on two cotton jackets, and a thick coat and skirt before she ran out to continue cleaning her work.

Snow was piled up all over the yard and even up the corridors. Mei Xiang got up early and called a few mothers-in-law who specialized in rough work, asked them to push the snow on both sides of the aisle and clear the clean road, and told Chunying and other little girls to use a dry cloth to wipe the water traces after the snow melts, so as not to blow the wind and the water will freeze again, and people passing by will slip and fall when they step on it.

Chunying wiped the floor vigorously, breathing into her hands from time to time, still feeling cold on her body. Her ten fingers were red from the cold, but she still had to endure the cold after the rag was stained with snow water, how long did she suffer before she crossed? Even after the crossing, at most they went to the well to wash dishes in the cold weather of early spring. While wiping, she scolded the evil feudal society and the evil landlord class in her heart, and silently prayed that there would be hot tea and snacks to eat after finishing the work.

There is still hot tea and hot soup, and the big girls also know that they should be more sympathetic to the little girls at this time, so they will send some snacks from time to time, and every three or five days, they will add a few dishes.

Chunying began to feel that this kind of day was not sad, but unfortunately she slept on a bed instead of a kang, and each little girl could only burn a brazier in the house at most, which was extinguished before the early morning, so cold that people couldn't sleep, so they could only press all the cotton jackets on the quilt to warm themselves up. Shi'er contributed the hand oil of the family's secret recipe to the roommates, so as not to get frostbite on their hands, Qiu Yu also found an opportunity to send a few bottles of hand oil and cotton jackets made by the Hou Mansion, and Chun Ying pulled Shi'er and Xia He to use it together, which was better than others.

The big girl and the second-class girl who live in the backyard, there are kang dishes in the house, and Manru is one of them. She lived in the same room with Lu'er, and suggested that the little girls should come to their house to talk and work in their free time, so as not to waste charcoal fire, but also to prevent too many people from catching a cold and getting sick. Lu'er has a gentle temperament and immediately agrees.

So Chunying, Xia He, Shi'er and other little girls all ran to Manru's room. Everyone sat in a circle around the hot kang, huddled together, whispered head to head, did some needlework in their hands, or learned to tie the knots, and some people drew patterns next to each other on the kang table. Lu'er smiled and sat on the small stool by the kang, busy with a small close-fitting padded jacket of the third young master, and talked to others from time to time. Manru brought a large pot of hot water and put it on the small tea stove in the corner of the house, whoever wanted to drink it poured a cup, and when she was hungry, there were snacks that Lu'er specially took out, although it was just the usual air-dried chestnuts and spiced melon seeds, the little girls were already very satisfied.

Maybe it's because of the short hands and short mouths of the people, the little girls who didn't treat Manru very well, gradually changed their opinion of her, and felt that she was very kind, not putting on a show, and being considerate, although she looked good and was a little careful, but the whole Huanhuaxuan, there were few who really didn't think carefully, as long as she didn't bully the people below, it was good, so she slowly got close to her, not only often talked and laughed, but occasionally made a small report to her, saying that a certain sister said bad things about her in front of someone today and told her to be careful. Manru quietly stuffed some cakes or small jewelry, otherwise he would stuff a few big coins to make those little girls more satisfied.

In contrast, Qing'er is becoming more and more ostracized. She has always been mean and accustomed to being in Huanhuaxuan, and her original popularity is not very good, because of her deep qualifications, there are many little girls who stammer her. But this time, when something happened, others thought that she was jealous and hateful, and they had thoughts in their hearts.

Xia He is the youngest in Huanhuaxuan, and she is innocent, everyone spoils her, and everything makes her three points, this time because Qing'er caused trouble, and because Qing'er was beaten, naturally some people were upset with her. As for Chunying, she has only been here for a few months, so she can't say anything, but her popularity among the little girls is still passable, plus her sister Qiu Yucai saved face for Huanhuaxuan, and most people are embarrassed to provoke her, not to mention this matter of knocking over the dim sum, she was kind enough to help, Qing'er's whistleblowing caused her to be implicated for no reason, if Qiuyu complained about Huanhuaxuan because of this, how could she be worthy of her?

In this way, the girls of all sizes will not be very happy to see Qing'er. In addition, since she was beaten by Lan Xiang in public, she always felt that everyone was laughing at her, and she added a little anger to her words and deeds, so people looked down on her, so they simply avoided her everywhere, and there was more gossip behind their backs, and then found that the older sisters did not express their opinions on this, so they became more and more bold, and sometimes they dared to say that she was not in the next room.

On this day, the little girls gathered in Manru and Lu'er's room, drinking tea and eating snacks warmly, and thanked the two sisters for their hospitality, and mentioned Qing'er.

Rong'er said: "If she hadn't always spoken ill of Sister Man there, how could we have had a relationship with Sister Man in the past?" It's all her fault, it's ridiculous that we are close to my sister, she still has to show us face, and I don't want to think about it, is she still as majestic as before? ”

Chunying looked at the wall worriedly, and Xiao Ling pushed Rong'er: "Don't say it, she's next door, she'll hear it." ”

"What do you hear?" Rong Er said nonchalantly, "If she dares to beat me again, I will sue Sister Lanxiang!" ”

Lan Xiang has recently become Qing'er's nemesis, and everyone is secretly amused when they hear it, and they all echo it.

Lu'er and Qing'er have known each other for many years, and they couldn't hear this, so they persuaded: "You guys say a few words, although she speaks meanly, she is not a bad person, why should she fall into the well?" Her expression was a little gloomy: "In the past, a few of us waited for the third young master together, because at the old lady's place, there were always some old grandmothers, who were close to the second ...... Over there, in front of the old lady, they are all very diligent, but they are not good behind their backs. We are young, and our mouths are stupid, so we can only swallow our anger, if it weren't for Qing'er arguing with others, we don't know how many grievances we would have to suffer. It's just that the older she gets, the worse her temper becomes, but she doesn't really want to hurt people......"

Seeing her sadness on her face, the little girls couldn't say anything anymore, only Rong'er was still a little unconvinced: "If she hadn't told her this time, Sister Man and Chun'er Xia He would not have been punished, isn't this harmful?" ”

Lu'er lowered her head and whispered, "Is it that she didn't know what she did, didn't she swear that day that day, if she told the secret, she wouldn't die well?" She believes in gods and Buddhas the most, and she will not say such nonsense. ”

How can you believe the so-called gambling curse? There are many people who swear that if they do bad things, they will be struck by thunder, how many will really be struck by lightning? Chunying was a little disappreciative in her heart, but Rong'er hesitated, she also believed in gods and Buddhas: "If it's not her, then who else?" Sister Man won the reward of the third young master in those days, and she had to say something cool every time, and everyone could see her thoughts. ”

In fact, who is jealous of Manru's reward, who is not only Qing'er? Everyone shut up. Lu'er embroidered a lotus flower, looked up and smiled: "Let me ask you, is it true that only the four of them knew what happened that night?" Xia He knocked over the kettle, so loud, didn't you hear it? ”

As soon as Chunying heard this, she remembered that the third young master hadn't slept that night, and the maids wouldn't sleep first, but they were afraid that everyone in the front yard would hear the movement. She straightened up, thinking to herself, did she really wronged Qing'er?

Rong Er said curtly: "I heard it, but at that time there were a few lanterns in the front yard, and I couldn't see the situation in the courtyard clearly, after listening to Sister Man's words, I only knew that Xia He knocked over the pot, who knew that they also knocked over the dim sum?" ”

Xiao Ling also said timidly: "Me too...... I thought it was just a knockover of the teapot...... Didn't you re-boil a pot and send it to you later? "The villagers and winters are all echoing.

Chunying stroked her forehead, it turned out that that night, so many people knew what they were doing? Did any of them find the snacks on the ground?

Lu'er said: "So, don't think that Qing'er did it, she has been sick for the past two days, and you are deliberately angry with her." Although she is mean, if people outside want to embarrass you, she will stand up for you, right? ”

Everyone was ashamed of saying this, and only Chunying looked left and right in confusion. At this time, Mei Xiang asked Lu'er to bring someone to help, Lu'er got up busily, and when she went out, she brought Shi'er who was closest to her.

After they left, the little girls whispered, if it wasn't Qing'er's secret, who would it be? Manru listened with a smile all the time, not expressing an opinion.

Chen'er suddenly said, "There is a person who I think is suspicious." ”

"Who is it?" The girls listened and asked hurriedly.

Chen'er lowered her voice: "I was already about to go to bed that night, and I heard Chun'er and the others talking and went to the pantry, I thought you were going to boil water, so I didn't take it seriously, but when I was about to turn back, I saw Shi'er leaning against the door and looking at the pantry." As soon as Xia He came out, she shrank back, if she didn't have a ghost, why was she so sneaky? ”

Chunying was taken aback and hurriedly said, "How is it possible?!" She's very nice to me and Xia He, she wouldn't do such a thing! That day, Shi'er also reminded her to beware of Qing'er, how could she be an informant?

Xia He hesitated a little, leaned into Chunying's ear and said, "But Sister Man won the reward, and she was still angry." Chunying said angrily: "How can she be angry? It's just because I saw that you were treating me coldly and indifferently, and suddenly became affectionate, so I laughed at you, and we shared snacks for her to eat, didn't she eat happily? ”

Xia He closed his mouth hesitantly, but Chen'er sneered: "Even if she is a good person, she can't say for sure." Do you know that her surname is Wang, and she is the niece and granddaughter of Mr. Wang? Mr. Wang is not ordinary close to that side, maybe she was also instructed by someone! ”

The villager was a little harsh when he heard this, and said, "So what? Who is not a relative in Manchuria? Although Shi'er is a member of the Wang family, her family is a side branch and has never been close to Mr. Wang's family. After a pause, he added: "Your aunt's cousin, didn't she marry Wang's mother's nephew last month?" Your aunt is still happy to shout everywhere that she is related to Mr. Wang, maybe someone has instructed you? ”

Chen'er immediately pulled down her face and wanted to quarrel with her, but Manru hurriedly stopped: "Okay, okay, it's all over, no matter who it is, don't mention it again." If it is spread outside, won't it be a loss for the third young master's face? ”

The girls stopped talking, but they still had their own thoughts in their hearts.

After returning to his room, Xia He quietly grabbed Chun Ying and said, "Are what you said Chen'er true or false?" Isn't it really Shi'er's whistleblowing? I always thought she knew. ”

Chun Ying stiffened her face: "Of course not!" How is this possible? She has always been good with us, how can she harm us? What's more, what benefit can she get from informing? Isn't it chilling that you sleep in the same room with her and don't believe her? It's a shame that she takes such good care of you! ”

Xia He shrank his head and muttered, "I'm ......just talking for nothing," and then turned around unintentionally, and his eyes widened in surprise.

Chunying looked at her in confusion, and saw Shi'er standing at the door, looking at them faintly, still holding two bowls of soup in her hands, exuding heat.

(On the last day of PK this month, please vote for me if you still have pink in your hands~~~)