The matter was finalized, and the three of them made an appointment, tonight Chunying went back with Second Uncle Lu first, and Hu Fei stayed in the small courtyard to pack his luggage and leave tomorrow morning. Second Uncle Lu left his address to Hu Fei and explained the route again and again. Hu Fei is different from Chunying, he is very familiar with the capital, and he has long known it.

When Chunying sat in the carriage and returned to his small courtyard with the second uncle, it was already past the unitary hour. She hadn't eaten dinner yet, and her stomach was already rumbling with hunger, but fortunately, she had also been hungry in those days in Yunxiang Pavilion, so she could still endure it.

Entering the door of the small courtyard, she looked at the house in front of her for a long time with the help of the moonlight, and sighed in her heart. Second Uncle Lu said happily in the back: "Your house is in the west wing, and it has been cleaned." Hurry up and clean up, there are still some rice noodles and vegetables in the kitchen, just make something to eat. I'll go return the carriage first. Then he jumped on the wheel, raised his whip and walked away.

Chunying closed the courtyard door, put down her luggage first, and went to light the lamp first. Walking into the west wing with an oil lamp, the kang and the tables and chairs were really cleaned, although the furnishings were simpler, but the mirror box, basin, hanger and the like that the girls would use were complete, and a large piece of coarse blue cloth was set on the hanger, like a small screen, and there was a toilet at the back. If you look closely, it's all new. Chunying was a little moved by the second uncle's carefulness.

After a brief tidying up, she ran to the kitchen, where there was rice, flour, two handfuls of cabbage that was a little too dry, a few eggs and a piece of ham, and in the window she found dried fish. She made rice with her hands and feet, spread out egg cakes, steamed a small plate of dried fish, and cooked ham and cabbage soup, and the second uncle came back. When he entered the door and smelled the fragrance, he smiled and said, "Yes, Chun'er's craftsmanship has improved." ”

Of course, she's on Funing Street. The months are not in vain, the cooking skills have not improved, only the share that makes Aunt Feng picky. She brought the food to the table in the main house, and invited the second uncle to eat it together. Maybe it was when she returned to her relatives today, she relaxed for a while, and after eating, she felt that she was too tired to do it, and her eyelids were fighting. Second Uncle Lu hurriedly urged her to sleep: "Just leave the rest of the work to me, you have also worked hard for a few months." Chunying was a little moved, but she still shook her head, forced the bowl to wash it, washed her face indiscriminately, and then went back to the room and hurriedly fell asleep.

I slept until dawn, and when I woke up, the sun was already shining on the windowsill. Chun Ying stretched her waist beautifully, and deeply felt that it was really a very happy thing to be able to sleep until she woke up naturally.

She rolled over and got up, made up the quilt, and freshened up. Later, when I arrived at the main house, I found that the second uncle was not there. If he wanted to come to the daylight, he probably went to the house on an errand. Chunying began to think about going around the small courtyard to see what work could be done, and waiting for Hu Fei by the way. To be honest, she has been busy for a few months, and she is still a little unaccustomed to being idle.

After cleaning a few rooms, there was a sound of talking outside the door. Chunying thought. It was Hu Fei who arrived, hurriedly dropped the broom and ran out, but as soon as he opened the door, he was stunned, and suddenly felt that his nose was sour.

It was Mother Lu who came.

Accompanied by Second Uncle Lu, she stood at the gate of the courtyard, and scolded when she saw Chunying: "You dead girl, you just make people feel uneasy!" After scolding, his eyes turned red again: "Unjust! Don't you know how worried your father is?! ”

Chunying couldn't hold back her tears: "I know...... I'm sorry for me. Don't dare anymore! As he spoke, he cried and threw himself over, and the mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried.

Second Uncle Lu sighed. angry, glanced outside the alley, and whispered to persuade them: "Let's talk about it when we go into the house." There are people coming and going...... "Lu's mother also knew that this was inappropriate, so she half-hugged her daughter, and the two entered the courtyard next to each other.

Chunying cried a lot, but she had calmed down, and hurriedly pulled her mother and asked, "Is the family doing well these past few months?" Dad told you all about it, right? There's nothing going on with my sister, right? Did the top of the world blame you? ”

"How so? And we have done nothing wrong. Mother Lu took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes, "Although I don't know what trouble you have caused, Steward Xiao Chen has already handed us a message, saying that it was ordered by the third young master, so that we don't have to worry, it will only be a few months, or a year and a half, and you will always be called back to the house again." Your sister also got a letter from there, and although she was inevitably a little unsure, she didn't worry about where to go. ”

Chun Ying muttered in her heart, it turned out that it was really the third young master who did it! What is he going to do? If you wish you wanted to shut yourself up, why not just say it?

Mother Lu then said: "In the past few months, there has been gossip everywhere in the house, and your father and I don't dare to guess or inquire, but we only roughly know that it has something to do with the second young master." You girl just don't obey! I told you not to mess around with the young masters, why didn't you listen?! ”

Chunying was a little unconvinced: "Where did I mess around with the young masters?" It's just a chance encounter, obviously the second young master did something bad himself, and ......"

"I don't want to know this!" Mother Lu interrupted her, "Mrs. has given a strict order not to allow anyone to gossip about the second young master, even if you really know, you should swallow it in your stomach, and when others ask, just say you don't know!" You can't disobey your wife's order! ”

Chunying opened her mouth, a little deflated: "I'm just telling you, our own family, there's no need to hide it, and you're not people who will spread gossip casually!" ”

Second Uncle Lu entered the door with a pot of tea, and when he heard the words, he said, "Chun'er, this sentence is not right." Even if we don't gossip, since the master has made it clear that he is not allowed to spread it, we should not discuss it in private. You know, even if it is gossip, there are also things that can be discussed and those that cannot be discussed, you should know in your heart, what happens in the house, some can ask your sister for ideas, and some will rot in the stomach. He poured a cup of tea and sent it to Lu's mother: "Sister-in-law, I don't have any good tea here, this is a fragrant piece sent by someone else before, how about you taste it?" If you like it, take it back, there are guests at home on weekdays, and there is good tea to entertain them. ”

Mother Lu took the tea with a smile: "Thank you very much." I'm also thinking about asking my second uncle for some good tea, but now it's not as good as before, I always have to add something to fill the scene. I've been eating coarse tea at home for many years, but I'm not used to it. It's just that the second uncle should also keep some for himself, we don't need so much. ”

They were humble here, and Chunying was depressed on the side. The original experience was too inexplicable, she was trying to figure out what was going on, but her mother refused to listen at all, and the second uncle told her to rot things in her stomach.

After taking a sip of tea, she found that there was indeed some jasmine in the tea, which was more suitable for her appetite than the noodle tea that Aunt Feng loved to eat, so she couldn't help but eat a few more bites before she said: "If you don't say it, you won't say it, but you have to tell me, what is the situation in the house now?" The second uncle didn't say it very clearly last night, and I still don't understand a lot of things. Also, why did Dad go south? Do you have a lot of guests coming to your house? ”

Mother Lu turned to her at this time, and couldn't help but say a little proudly: "Your father has been with Xiao Chen's steward for half a year, and he appreciates it very much, at the beginning of May, he was going to Nanjing Huo's house to do business, so he took your father there, and he may be promoted to deputy steward next year." Our family is finally raising their eyebrows! In the past, those who looked down on us also came to the door every day with gifts. Phew! Who wants it? I don't want to think about what they were like back then! ”

Second Uncle Lu smiled silently, but Mother Lu was a little aware of it, and said embarrassedly: "Second Uncle is not strange, I'm just ......"

"Don't worry." Second Uncle Lu said, "There are always three declines and six prosperity in a person's life, and I am not unlucky now, but I am just a little idle on errands, and I can just do some things for the eldest young master, and when he gets up again, my dignity will naturally come back." ”

Mother Lu asked curtly: "Will the eldest young master be angry with our family?" I said I was going to let your brother come over......"

"This is not what we want, how can the eldest young master be angry? Besides, the eldest brother never got in his way. The second uncle didn't seem to want to continue the topic, so he confessed, "I'm going out to do something, you can talk slowly." And then he left.

As soon as he left, Chunying's mother and daughter had a lot less scruples. Mother Lu approached her daughter and said, "There is one thing you have to remember, this time you left the house, and the reason why the third young master made it to the outside world was that you fell in the garden and were seriously injured, and you need to go home to recuperate." In this way, when you want to go back in the future, you can only say that your injuries are healed. If anyone asks, don't show your stuff! ”

Chunying hurriedly responded, and asked again: "Will others believe it?" I'm not at home. ”

"We've thought about this too." Mother Lu said a little proudly, "Let's tell others that your father has a friend who is a doctor, and he is very good at treating bruises, because you are seriously injured, I am afraid that you will be lame in the future, so your father and I sent you to that friend's house for treatment." I also told your sister that, and even Huzi thought it was true, and asked me every day when my second sister would be fine. ”

It turns out that Huzi can already say such a sentence? Chunying sighed in her heart. With the excuses made up by her parents, it shouldn't be suspicious that she has been away for so long, right?

Mother Lu changed her tone and said, "Speaking of which, there is something quite strange. Let me ask you, are you in the house, did you have a quarrel with the other girls in Huanhuaxuan? ”

Chunying was a little puzzled: "Quarrels are naturally inevitable, but they are all trivial, what?" Who told you what? ”

"When the news of the ** injury came out, the Cui widow came to the door to ask questions, and then her girl also came, and comforted me while wiping her tears, saying that I still have Qiuyu, Huzi is also sensible, don't need to be too sad for you, and send your clothes, shoes and socks back, to be honest, I can't live it, the valuable things are called to the other sisters to take it, she can't stop it, she can only try to take back your used personal belongings, and send them back to our house......"

Chunying also became angry when she heard this: "So that's the case!" No wonder I don't have a piece of jewellery or a piece of silver in my luggage! I've been saving a dozen taels for months, and I'm about to send them home! ”

Lu's mother was also full of distress, and scolded a few words before returning to the topic: "What I want to say is not this." I mean, why are the Cui girl's words so weird? It's like she's dead. If your father hadn't seen you, I would have thought it was true! What did you do in the house...... Does she know something? ”

Of course she does! Chun Ying's heart immediately became vigilant, she had seen the second young master's murder with Man Ru, and she told the third young master, and Man Ru was very likely to hide it. But even so, why did she assume she was dead as soon as she knew she was missing?

Chunying bit her lip and asked, "How is Manru in the mansion?" How are you doing? ”

"Okay!" Mother Lu pursed her lips, "She is very decent in front of her wife now, and she has just been promoted to a first-class girl!" I've been working in this house for decades, and it's the first time I've seen a girl who has risen so fast! Her mother's eyes are almost on top of her head! I only deal with those housekeepers and ladies all day long, and when I see us, I smile casually, pretending to be kind, but in fact, I ignore them and am very cold. Your father touched the nail a few times, and finally understood in his heart, and he no longer rushed to slap her, but unfortunately there are still some people who don't recognize her true face, and they still revolve around her every day! ”

Chunying didn't bother to hear her words clearly, so she was taken aback by Manru's promotion again: "Manru was promoted one level?!" Is it to make up for the lack of plum fragrance? How is that possible?! "Manru's qualifications are still shallow, and if you want to be promoted, Lu'er should be promoted first, right? What's more, there is a concubine candidate rouge here!

"I heard that it's not Xiao Chen's sister-in-law's lack that is being filled, it's the orchid that is being filled."

Chun Ying was stunned for a moment before she reacted, Xiao Chen's sister-in-law was referring to Mei Xiang, but when she heard that Manru was making up for Lan Xiang's lack, she was even more surprised: "Lan Xiang?!" Lanxiang is also married? ”

Mother Lu hesitated for a moment, then covered her mouth and smiled: "This matter is a long story. That Meixiang girl was allowed to take care of Xiao Chen, and I heard that some girls were not convinced, so they secretly arranged her, and gossip, saying that she was inappropriate and pregnant...... Ahem, anyway, I just poured dirty water on her head. This Meixiang girl had the courage to beg her wife, and secretly checked, but who knew that she actually found the head of Lanxiang. Mrs. was angry, Xiao Chen's family affairs were her master, Lan Xiang was so nonsense, it was obvious that she was slapped in the face, so she immediately called someone to come and sell Lan Xiang, and a few big girls opened their mouths to intercede, and then Kai En changed to drive her out of the house. This orchid has been in the house for many years, and I don't know how many people I have offended, and I have finally been retributed! Her family has already arranged family affairs for her, and I heard that she will be out of the cabinet next month, and she will marry a small businessman, which can be regarded as good luck! ”

Chun Ying faintly felt that something was wrong: "Lan Xiang? She vaguely recalled that on the day she saw the second young master killing, she was in the Huanhua Xuan, and it seemed that she had heard someone gossiping about Mei Xiang with Lan Xiang...... The waist is wide...... Anxious for a happy event......

Chun Ying stood up suddenly: "It's not from Lan Xiang!" Be...... It's Magnolia! She pulled out her mother's sleeve: "I remember, it was Yulan in the wife's house, she gossiped with Lanxiang about Meixiang, but Lanxiang didn't take it seriously!" ”

Mother Lu was thoughtful: "So...... Was it true that she shouted injustice that day? Then why did it find out on her head? That's if Mrs. asked in person, Huanhuaxuan's girls have been asked once......" After thinking about it, she high-fived: "No matter, since you really heard it, I will go back and tell Xiao Chen's sister-in-law to beware of that girl in private." Is...... This kind of talk is also vicious, if you really have a baby, now that you are pregnant, you will not ......" Suddenly remembering that her daughter was still in front of her, she was busy with her mouth.

Chunying couldn't help but shudder. Huanhuaxuan...... What a scary place to be! She's really going to ...... in the future Go back there?

(To go back or not to go back, that's the question...... ）。.。