"Got it!" The waiter snorted impatiently. He took half a step forward, thought about it, and picked up a dozen copper plates from his purse and threw them on the ground, "Take it." It's easy if I don't say it, you have to do whatever I tell you to do in the future, otherwise, I'll tell my wife to go right away! said that you were lazy and hidden, and you also eavesdropped on the masters, and you were playing right and wrong behind you! ”

Xiao Yezi hurriedly pointed to the sky and swore to the sky: "I will definitely listen to my sister's orders in the future!" ”

The waiter said, "In that case, then you can help me do something now." ”

Xiao Yezi nodded like a chicken pecking rice. The waiter put the painting on his ear and talked about it in detail.

After eating tea in the small flower hall, Jin Mei was about to leave. The eldest lady also got up and said, "After sitting for most of the day, it's time to move your muscles and bones." There is also a young girl who is about to get married, and I am preparing to add some dowry to her, but I don't know what to add. If you're okay now, let's go to Linglong Garden to see her, okay? ”

Jin Mei nodded happily: "I haven't seen my big sister for a few days, so I'm rushing to make wedding clothes?" It's just right to take a look. ”

It was discussed here, and Jinhua naturally followed, the third wife did not bring an entourage, and Jinmei also called Yimei to go back first in order to avoid waiting for a long time in the house.

The three of them came together into the garden. Recently, the weather is very good, the flowers and trees in the garden have begun to bloom, the grass on the ground is verdant, many maids and women gather in the sun to gossip and do work, among which there are some heads and faces in front of the master to see them coming, and they all take the initiative to greet and say hello. The three wives also responded with a smile one by one, and asked everyone about their current situation in the greetings.

After the promenade in the middle of the lake, we arrived at the north side of the garden, and will be close to the Linglong Garden, only to see a few plum trees across the tree, there are three or five mothers-in-law holding brooms behind the trees and talking privately.

One of them said: "You chew the root of your tongue, but carefully the masters have chopped off your mouth!" This is a groundless thing, you dare to say it! ”

One person said: "You don't believe it, I can't help it, someone saw it with their own eyes, otherwise I dare to talk nonsense?" You don't know what kind of virtue the second young master is, besides, the master, looking so handsome, is from a remote room. What is impossible in order to climb the high branches now? ”

Another pondered and said, "I am sorry to hear this." You think, their family is not as good as before, and if you say that a young lady is a concubine, she may not be able to marry a good family. Our house is related to them, her old lady sent her here, eighty percent of the idea is also hit, in our house to pick a young master to marry, after all, it is better than falling in someone else's house. In these years, which concubine is a fuel-efficient lamp? ”

Jin Mei stopped suddenly, stretched out his hand to pry away a plum branch in front of him, and looked straight at the other end.

The third lady also stopped, and her eyebrows were thin.

I just heard the other side say, "Isn't it?" Now there are only three young masters who are married in the house, the eldest young master has already booked the Miss Xue family, the third young master is undecided, but it is the heart of the old lady and the eldest lady, and it is impossible to allow her to go! There is only the second young master, his mother is dead, and the second master doesn't care about family affairs, and the second young master himself is also famous, so I'm afraid that I won't be able to book any good girlfriends in the future. In such a situation, it is naturally easier to get started! ”

"So, is that really true?" There was a voice that was skeptical.

"Nature is true! I said it, this is what someone saw with their own eyes, that day the master was in the second young master's house, wearing such a thin dress, in broad daylight, didn't he hug the second young master at the door of the room! The two of you, I hug you and you hug me, ouch, and she is not ashamed! ……”

Jin Mei held the flower branch, and her whole body couldn't help but tremble. I can't say whether I was shocked or angry, I just felt that there was a fire burning in my chest!

"Who is there to chew the root of the tongue?"

When the third lady heard this, she lowered her voice and shouted. The people on the other side of the tree suddenly jumped up in shock, shrunk into silence, and looked this way. Jinhua said in a loud voice, and then shouted: "Mrs. is asking here, why don't you come over?" ”

The mother-in-law obviously hissed again, and after a long silence, the third lady coughed impatiently, only to see them hurrying over from under the branches. He didn't dare to look up, and looked at the brocade clothes and embroidered clothes in front of him, so he bent down: "Slave woman, please, wife." When he straightened up, he saw Jinhua with a disgusted face, and Jinmei who seemed to be about to burst into flames, and couldn't help but be startled.

"Originally, it turned out that the third wife and the fourth girl cousin were here, and the slaves were rude."

The third lady locked her eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "What are you chewing just now?" Which one is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and which one is hugging the second young master? ”

Where do the mothers-in-law dare to answer? The third lady pointed to the first one in gray: "You come!" The woman in gray knelt on the ground with weak legs, kowtowed, and said, "Mrs. forgive your sins!" The slaves didn't talk about the second young master, they were just talking about some trivial matters in our own family. The third lady shouted: "You dare to be hard-mouthed?!" Hua'er will go and invite the eldest lady to come over! ”

Jinhua said yes, and then he had to turn around. The woman in gray hurriedly knelt down and crawled a few steps, dragging her skirt: "Four girls stay!" Jinhua pulled back her skirt and scolded: "You old woman! What are you doing with my clothes? If you have the courage to spread rumors behind your back, don't you have the courage to see your wife? The woman in gray hurriedly grabbed her again: "Please, four girls!" If the girl calls the eldest lady to come, the mother-in-law will have no way to live! Fang Cai was originally just a few gossips, and he didn't spread rumors, and asked his wife and girl to know it! - Cousin, you have a lot of adults, please persuade your wife! ”

The third lady said angrily: "It's not rumors, what do you just say, the eldest young master and the second young master?!" Do you think I'm deaf? I've been standing here for a long time and I can't hear what you're saying! Now you either tell me the ins and outs of the matter and explain who is involved, or you can go and see the eldest lady! ”

The woman in gray looked at her and then at the brocade eyebrows who were silent, bit her lower lip, and remained silent for a long time, only trembling all over.

The mother-in-law next to her also knelt down and kowtowed together. Jinhua said: "You dare to say bad things about Sister Mei behind your back, it's damned!" If you don't tell me honestly, then I'll ask my wife to go! The gray-clothed woman grabbed her clothes but didn't let go, and then said in a panic: "Girl Mingjian! It's too late for the slaves to respect the cousin, how can they make a rumor about her old man for no reason? Ask the girl to raise her noble hand! ”

Jinhua reprimanded: "Still say it's not? Since it's not, then why did you ask Sister Mei a lot just now? It's not that you're thieves! ”

The woman in gray had an earthy face, her facial muscles twitched, and her expression was as ugly as death.

Jinhua ignored her and turned around.

The woman in gray said anxiously: "Okay! I say! I say! As he spoke, he looked at the people on the left and right, and let go of his hands. Jinhua glared again, and she said with a pale face: "Since Mrs. Fang heard it, it was roughly these words. We also heard it from elsewhere, saying that it was someone, someone who bumped into the second young master and the cousin with their own eyes-"

Before she finished speaking, Jin Mei felt that she was unstable on her feet, and Jinhua hurriedly held her up: "Sister Mei! ”

"Nonsense!" The third lady scolded and stretched out her hand to them: "You people, it seems that you are really idle!" Even the tongues of the masters and the dignitaries in the house dare to chew on it! If I don't report to the eldest lady this time, I will be the master of this house in vain! ”

"Mrs. spare her life! Mrs. spare her life! The slave woman didn't do it on purpose! ”

"Not intentionally?" The third lady sneered, "Have you forgotten the rules of the house?" Anyone who hears these foul language. He should rush over and slap them in the mouth and teach them a lesson. You're good! Not only did it not stop it, but it was talked about by hearsay! Or say it wasn't deliberate? If I don't cure you today, I won't turn against heaven in the future! You don't want to think about it, the second young master is fine, but who is the cousin? She is the niece of the eldest lady! What a dignified and proper man! Even the old lady often praises her! Now you can be so presumptuous?! ”

The mothers-in-law were so frightened that they trembled in tears and begged for mercy.

Jin Mei held on to the trunk of the tree, and as soon as the restlessness passed, he felt calmer. took a deep breath and patted the back of Jinhua's hand, signaling her to rest assured.

The third lady reprimanded her fiercely for a while, and then faced Jinmei, and said gently: "Your aunt has been busy with internal and foreign affairs recently, and she has been negligent for a while, and these minions are really presumptuous. It's not like I've always been hospitable. This is in my hands today, and I will surely cure them when I turn back. What a pure and honest person you are, you have really been wronged. I don't know what you think? Look, do you want to invite the eldest lady to come? Or just ask the old lady to go? ”

Jinhua tugged at the sleeves of Jinmei and nodded desperately: "Go back to the old lady directly!" Knock them out one by one to get clean! ”

Jin Mei was silent for a moment, settled down and smiled, and said to the third wife: "According to me, since it is a rumor, you don't have to take it seriously. As the saying goes, 'the body is not afraid of shadows', if I really punish them tightly, it seems that my heart is empty. If the eldest lady sues them, it will inevitably make them hold a grudge, I am a girl who has not been out of the cabinet after all, although I don't want to be splashed with dirty water, but the impact is not good. The wife sees what is good, and she will do it. ”

The third lady hesitated for a moment and nodded, "This is indeed very reasonable. Or thoughtful as you think. He took her hand and comforted her, then turned to the mother-in-law and said, "You have left your name now, and you have written it clearly in which door and which department you are working in." My cousin is kind and generous, and I don't care about you, but this matter is indispensable, and I will let the housekeeper go to you when I go back, and now go back! ”

"Thank you, ma'am! Thank you, cousin!"

The mother-in-law got up with great gratitude.

Jin Mei looked at the woman in gray, her brows were deeply locked, and her nails were unconsciously pinched into the flesh of her palms under the cuffs.