Aunt Xue was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look, and looked at Mo Li, who was wearing a red and dark flower gauze shirt, with a light smile on her face, followed by red beans.

Before Aunt Xue opened her mouth, Mo Li walked to Zhu's side first and said with a smile: "Mother woke up, I asked Aunt Gu to buy beef in the morning, and I went over to help Aunt Gu make beef patties in a while, but I just suddenly remembered that it may not be easy for Mother to eat this night?" After a while, I asked Aunt Gu to boil another cup of beef soup for my mother, with white radish, so that I am not afraid that I will get tired of drinking it and will not accumulate food at night. ”

"The kitchen is full of oil smoke, what are you going to do, what do you want to eat, just tell Aunt Gu." Zhu immediately laughed.

"I also help out once in a while." Mo Li picked up the teapot next to him as he spoke, filling the teacup in front of Zhu.

Looking at the mother and daughter's questions and answers, they didn't take themselves in their eyes at all, and with the words that Mo Li came in, Aunt Xue couldn't hold back anymore, and she didn't care if the Zhu family agreed to her request just now, so she opened her mouth and said, "What did the eldest girl mean by that sentence just now?" ”

Only then did Mo Li move his gaze to Aunt Xue, who was still sitting on the kang, but he didn't say a word, just looked at it condescendingly. Aunt Xue suddenly felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, so her body moved a little uncomfortably, and she slowly stood up without obeying the call.

Although there is no shortage of slaves in this world, there are slaves who bully their masters and concubines and oppress their wives, but some dogmas and ethical rules in this world have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

She is a concubine, and Mo Li is the eldest daughter, even if the Zhu family doesn't set rules for her on weekdays, but in front of Mo Li and the Zhu family, she is already inferior, so under Mo Li's gaze, Aunt Xue tasted a sense of oppression for the first time.

"I know that Aunt Xue must have a lot of confusion in her heart, so I carefully read the account books in the store in the past two days, and listed all the various clothes that my aunt took from the store in the past six months." Mo Li waited for Aunt Xue to stand up before she slowly spoke, and raised her chin to Hongdou as she spoke, and said, "I've brought it over now, Auntie, let's take a look." ”

As soon as Mo Li's words fell, Hongdou presented the booklet in his hand, Mo Li took it, opened it, and put it in front of Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue was stunned, then her eyes blinked vigorously, looked at Mo Li, and then at Zhu, and then said after a while: "Sister, big girl, she is-"

"I forgot, my aunt doesn't know how to read, so I'll read it to my aunt." Mo Li picked up the booklet again as she spoke, and read it from the first page. I remember very clearly in the book, who took what kind of fabric from the store when, the amount of it, and wrote down one by one, and the signature on the back was not only his own name, but also Aunt Xue's seal.

After reading until the third page, Aunt Xue hurriedly interrupted: "Stop, stop...... What's going on, this stroke read out by the eldest girl, what kind of cloth and yarn, I haven't even seen it, how can it all be on me! ”

Mo Li raised her face and smiled: "It doesn't matter if you haven't seen those clothes, but the people who took these things, my aunt knows them." There is also a seal on it, and my aunt should not be unfamiliar with it. I heard that my aunt was impatient to take a pen, so I asked the master to find someone to carve a chapter to play, and then every time my aunt went to the store to get something, she used this chapter to replace the name. ”

"That's right." Aunt Xue glanced at the book, then pouted and nodded.

Mo Li continued: "So every time these people come to the store to get something, do they ask their aunt to stamp a seal as a guarantee, so that the guys in the store can keep accounts, and they can take away the fabric, as for the accounts on credit, the guys will go after them." ”

Aunt Xue began to beat a little drum in her heart, her own relatives came to the store to ask for some rulers, she went to stamp a seal, and then she could get some benefits, which was much better than just waiting for the monthly example. She was a little apprehensive at first, but after slowly tasting the sweetness, she became more and more bold. And many times she didn't even remember the names of her relatives, she went over and took it directly, anyway, it wasn't for nothing, it was to keep accounts, and as long as it wasn't too much, and then find the right time to cry with Mo Liujin for a few days, it would be done.

But now that she has been dug out by Mo Li one by one, although she knows that Mo Li will not force her to pay debts, even if she is forced, she will not be able to really spit out the silver, but she is uncomfortable and can't hold it on her face, but she is sure.

"According to the rules of the store, if the credit is more than three months old, but the customer still can't settle the bill, the guarantor can only think of it. And here, there are a lot of clothes that Aunt Xue added to herself, and they haven't been paid back yet, so after the whole calculation, Auntie guess, how much silver is in total? Mo Li had a faint smile on her face, but she could see Aunt Xue's heart furious.

After a long time, Aunt Xue stiffened her mouth and said: "The eldest girl doesn't have to pretend to be here with me, although this is an account book, but what the situation was at that time, the master knew it, and it was all after the lord's nod." The eldest girl is now here to go through old accounts with me, what do you mean, could it be that the master's words don't work! ”

"Of course Dad's words work, so the rules of the store are not to say it out to coax people to play." Mo Li shook the booklet in his hand, "Even if the clothes that my aunt's relatives took at that time were my father's good deeds, there are several strokes in it that are clearly written that my aunt took them herself." The sum of these few sums of silver alone is enough for my aunt to add new clothes for the next three years, and they are all calculated at the price of first-class materials in the store. ”

"I-"

"Even old ladies and wives don't have every piece of clothing made of such good materials."

"That's—"

"My aunt has three years of new clothes to wear, and they are all good materials, so I shouldn't care about these two new clothes of ordinary materials now."

"Big girl, this ......"

"Oh, as for the previous ones, which are guaranteed by my aunt, but obviously they can't be recovered, huh...... The kindness of the aunt to take care of her relatives is indeed touching, but the Mo family opened a store to do business, not a special charity hall. Mo Li smiled as she spoke, "Of course, between relatives, regardless of relatives near and far, when anyone is in difficulty, everyone should always help and foil them, but everything must have a degree." And whether it is human affection or reason, my father has done his best to be benevolent and righteous, and he remembers it clearly on this booklet, and the account books of previous years are also saved. But then again, if my aunt really can't bear it, then I can't stop my aunt from doing good deeds, but in the future, this good thing can only be divided from my aunt's share. If this year's share is not filled, then it will be moved backwards, and I think that those relatives of the aunt will be grateful for the great kindness of the aunt. ”

"No, it's-"

"It's not too early, it's time for my aunt to go back and rest." Mo Li handed the booklet to Hongdou as she spoke, and then walked to Aunt Xue and said, "Come, I'll help Aunt Xue out." ”

Zhu wanted to open his mouth, but he hesitated for a moment and closed it. In the five years since Aunt Xue entered the Mo Mansion, she had never met such a well-prepared, powerful person, with a knife hidden in her smile and a needle in her words, and she didn't know how to react for a while. After being dragged out by Mo Liqiang, she came back to her senses and hurriedly said: "Big girl, what are you doing, I haven't finished talking to my wife yet, you, you are too unruly!" How so! ”

"Go back!" After pulling Aunt Xue out, Mo Li let go of her arm, her expression was still gentle, but her eyes were extremely stern, "Aunt Xue doesn't have to worry about family affairs, and Aunt Xue shouldn't worry about it." As for the aunt's brother, if it is really difficult to eat, the Mo family can even take care of the victims back then, and they will not feel sorry for the three meals a day. ”

It's that kind of oppression again, the fire in her chest can't be released, Aunt Xue only feels an inexplicable weakness in her heart, but she doesn't know where this weakness comes from, she has never felt like this when she talked to this girl before, why is it all of a sudden now......

In fact, Aunt Xue is only twenty-three years old now, and what she can see under her nose is only the three inches of the Mo family, and the person she thinks about dealing with on weekdays is only the Zhu family with a soft temperament. So in the past few years, she has unconsciously developed the habit of being strong when she is weak and weak when she is strong.

And Mo Li, in fact, is twenty-six years old, and in the past ten years, she has grown from a deep boudoir woman following Han Sidao's footsteps to the head mother of the inner courtyard of a big mansion. On weekdays, in addition to presiding over the inner courtyard, he also has to knock on the concubines that Han Sidao received from time to time, and at the same time, he has to give advice on Han Sidao's outside affairs. In the end, he experienced the catastrophe of life and death, saw through the falsehood, and saw the prosperity, although this experience left a full of trauma, but at the same time it also honed an incomparably strong mind. Mo said that Aunt Xue was trapped in the inner courtyard, even if it was a man outside, in terms of mind and vision, how many of them could compare to Mo Li today? !

In her eyes, Aunt Xue was not as good as the most ignorant concubine beside Han Sidao back then, if it weren't for looking at her father's face, she didn't want to do things to the end, otherwise how could this woman live so comfortably. It's just that she has an open side, but it is not the capital that the other party can use to be arrogant.

"You-" Aunt Xue was stunned for a while before finding her voice, but before the words came out, she was suppressed again.

"By the way, it's been two years since my aunt gave birth to that miscarriage, but she hasn't seen good news yet, I think her body hasn't recovered yet."

Aunt Xue was mistaken for a while, so she immediately touched her face and said with self-pity: "No, the doctor also said before that the key to recuperating the body is to take care of both the inside and outside, but my heart now can't settle down......"

"It's true that you need to take care of both inside and outside, but my aunt is young, and she has time to take her time, but the old lady and Mrs. are a little anxious."

Aunt Xue sighed uncomfortably: "This can't be helped." ”

"How could it be no way?" Mo Li looked at her and smiled, "Xue'er should also add a maid to her side now, in two days, Mrs. will let Mrs. Ya lead someone to pick it up, and then Mrs. will explain more, it is estimated that it will not take half a month, and my aunt should have a companion." In the future, someone will share the heavy responsibility with the aunt, and the aunt will continue to recuperate with peace of mind. ”

Aunt Xue was stunned, Mo Liujin was an honest person, and since she carried her into the door, she had never had any thoughts, so in the past few years, she has looked at herself higher and higher, and has never thought of other threats.

Mo Li finally said: "Auntie, a wife is a wife, a concubine is a concubine, even if it is a layer of kinship, but since it is the door of the Mo family, it is a member of the Mo family." Although there are not so many rules to abide by in this family, the minimum dignity and humility cannot be blurred, and the aunt should not forget her identity. ”