Chapter 25: Pinch (2)
For today's plan, it is indeed necessary to see the peony first before it is easy to say, Mrs. Cen smiled noncommittally, but did not refuse Mrs. Qi's outstretched hand, the two of them held hands, as if they went to the peony's yard very intimately.
When I walked to the gate of the courtyard, I saw two little girls, Kuan'er and Shu'er, one carrying a big wooden bucket and the other carrying a big food box, panting and coming over. Seeing everyone, he hurriedly put down the things in his hand, and walked forward with a happy face to say hello.
Mrs. Cen was extremely dissatisfied in her heart, this Kuan'er and Shu'er were not rough girls, they were both extremely outstanding, but they were sent to do such rough work, this Liu family is really a bully! Looking at it again, Shu'er's eyes were already red, and her face was full of grievances, but Kuan'er secretly pulled the corners of her clothes, and then the two of them stood up, not daring to say more. Mrs. Cen looked over and happened to see Mrs. Qi's companion and Liu Chang's nurse, Mama Zhu stared at the two with a calm face, her face full of warning.
At that moment, Mrs. Cen had an indescribable weird feeling in her heart, these two girls obviously wanted to say something to herself, but they didn't dare to speak, look at this silent appearance, I'm afraid that life will be extremely sad on weekdays, right? She couldn't help but think of the last time she saw Peony, Peony mentioned that she wanted to be reconciled with the grievances when she left, and Li Xun's angry appearance yesterday, perhaps, the situation is far more serious than she imagined?
Xue Shi saw her mother-in-law's expression in her eyes, and then motioned to the big girl next to her, Ling'er: "Go and help them carry the food box, see that these two little things are tired." Patronizing to be the first, I forget how much strength I have. ”
Mama Zhu immediately picked up: "That's it, I just saw the old slave and jumped!" Small body, if you don't cherish it, what can you do in the future? As he spoke, he stopped Ling'er and motioned to Nian Nu'er and Nian Jiao'er: "Why are you embarrassed to let the guests do it, and don't you go to help with the handle?" "I don't know what the food box contains, if you can't see it and accidentally see it for the He family, it will really add to the chaos.
Nian Nu'er and Nian Jiao'er immediately stepped forward to help, Kuan'er and Shu'er hurriedly waved their hands and refused: "It's very heavy, how dare you work sister?" We can handle it! ”
Mama Zhu swept over with a cold eye, and Kuan'er and Shu'er both let go, allowing Nian Nu'er and Nian Jiao'er to step forward and take their hands. Mama Zhu immediately gave Nian Jiao'er a look, Nian Jiao'er understood, blinked, and was about to take the opportunity to check whether the food in the food box was suitable as soon as she entered the yard.
The courtyard of the peony was quiet, and half of the figure was gone. Mrs. Cen's face became more and more unpleasant, and Mrs. Qi glanced at Mama Zhu, and Mama Zhu shouted, "Where have all the people gone?" ”
Mother Lin and Yuhe quickly came out, but Mother Li and Lanzhi rushed out of the right wing room slowly for a long time, and the skirts were not yet knotted, and they looked like they were lazy before they got up. It turned out that the two of them heard that someone from the He family was coming, don't talk about it, even if they let people know that they didn't dare to fight with Yuhe, they hurriedly went back to the room to find a skirt to change, but they didn't know that they had arrived before they got a good person, but they were caught and appeared.
Mrs. Cen looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "Some eyes." ”
Mother Lin hurriedly replied: "This is the lady who saw that there was no one in the young lady's room to serve, and was considerate of the young lady, and rewarded the young lady, they only came yesterday, and the lady didn't know it." ”
Mother Lin has something to say, the Liu family knows that there have been few people serving in the peony room, but they only rewarded people yesterday, and it is still such a way of serving, it sounds like there are a lot of hidden feelings. Mrs. Cen let out a long voice "oh" and said with a smile: "It looks like a smart person, and he is also very capable." ”
Mrs. Qi's face instantly darkened, and she glared at Mother Li and Lanzhi viciously, and shouted, "The slave who is under the work!" I haven't gotten up yet, so if I don't come, will you keep sleeping? Give me thirty boards for myself! ”
The two of them complained bitterly, hurriedly shouted grievances, and asked Yuhe to testify against themselves. Yu Hehan smiled and said: "Madame spare them, they do get up early, and Sister Lanzhi teaches her to talk early in the morning." ”
Xue smiled with interest: "What was taught?" It's been a long time since I've seen a shake-off, and I'm still as smart as I used to be, and I'm learning fast? ”
He paced two steps sideways, straightened his feathers with his mouth, and pulled his neck as hard as he could: "Brute! Brute! Seeing Yuhe making a familiar gesture towards him, he immediately became excited, and shouted in a high-pitched voice: "Sick seedling! Ephemeral! ”
Everyone's faces suddenly changed.
Mrs. Qi gritted her silver teeth, pointed at Lanzhi with great momentum and said, "Someone! Drag this vulgar thing down and hit me hard! ”
Laneige's whole body was cold, and his eyes widened in horror: "The slave doesn't!" Then he stared at Yuhe trembling all over, and couldn't say anything: "You framed me!" You framed me! What enmity do I have against you, you frame me like this! ”
Yuhe had tears in her eyes, looked at Mrs. Qi on the left and Mrs. Cen on the right in fear, knelt down and kowtowed: "Mrs. Mingjian, it's ignorant and nonsense, Sister Lanzhi didn't say this." Mother Li, you should give Sister Laneige a testimony. She thought silently in her heart, I'm sorry, Laneige, you haven't said this to your face, but your Liu family can talk a lot, and today is a rare opportunity, so naturally you have to let Mrs. know.
Mother Li pursed her lips, wanting to defend Lanzhi, but she was afraid that she would be involved, she didn't want to argue, and she was afraid that the master would blame her for not being smart and lose face in front of the He family. In an instant, his mind went back and forth a few times, and Fang said: "The slave and maid testify that Laneige really didn't say this. ”
Her hesitation seemed to Mrs. Cen to be a quibble, so she forcibly held back the anger in her heart and said lightly: "My family, it's enough, why bother." Presumably, this flat-haired beast is too smart, and people whisper to it, and if they don't pay attention, they will be picked up by it, and they can't take it seriously. Let's go see Danniang first. Then he changed his smiling face and shouted: "Danniang, why don't you come out to greet us, you kid, are you lazy again?" Thanks to your mother-in-law for not bothering with you! ”
Mother Lin hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and whispered: "Danniang is not in good health, she can't get out of bed." ”
Mrs. Qi was choked by Mrs. Cen's sentence "People whisper, and if you don't pay attention, you will be picked up by it", and she wanted to defend but couldn't talk about it, so she had to accompany Mrs. Cen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law into the house with a smile on her face.
As soon as Mrs. Qi entered the house, she saw Peony wearing only underwear, her hair scattered, her bare feet and shoes, leaning pitifully against the crystal curtain, only staring at Mrs. Cen and Xue's family, and she couldn't help but "chuckle" in her heart, just afraid that Peony would shout about last night's events regardless of it, and hurriedly took the first step to help Peony, and said in an affectionate tone: "What is this?" Don't get up if you're not feeling well. The left and right are all your own family, who will blame you for being rude? As he spoke, he glanced at the peony.
Peony didn't look aggrieved on his face, just smiled faintly, and said weakly: "The elders love Danniang, so naturally they won't blame Danniang for being rude." But the etiquette cannot be abolished, Danniang does not dare to rely on the love of the elders to be willful. As he spoke, he looked extremely tired, but he didn't dare to lean on Mrs. Qi, so he only supported himself.
Mrs. Cen's heart ached, this is her pampered child, holding the heart and liver baby who is afraid of falling, when she is at home, she is the biggest when she is sick, but now she has to drag the sick body up to meet her mother-in-law...... At the moment, he took three steps and made two steps, stepped forward to support the peony, and said, "What's wrong again?" What's uncomfortable? ”
Peony smiled faintly: "I felt a cold last night." I had a headache in the middle of the night, and it hurt so badly. ”
Mrs. Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, daughter-in-law, Zishu has already gone to pick up Imperial Doctor Zhu to come home." A pair of pills will go down, and you'll be fine. As he spoke, he diligently helped Peony to the bed with Mrs. Cen and asked her to lie down.
Peony was sincerely frightened, and stiffened his body and followed suit. Mrs. Cen couldn't notice the changes in her daughter's body, and her heart was even more sad, she used words to test Peony, and asked about yesterday's events, but Peony lowered her eyes, her face was pale, and she clenched her mouth, although her voice trembled, she didn't mention her grievances at all.
Looking at Mother Lin again, her eyes were wet, but she just endured it desperately, Mrs. Cen suddenly felt like a knife, she didn't dare to say it! It's all come to this point, and I don't dare to say it! I don't know how the tigress of the Liu family treats Danniang on weekdays. At the same time, I hate my daughter, why don't you dare to say it at this point? So uncompetitive! I wanted to whisper a few words with Peony, but Mrs. Qi didn't mean to avoid it at all.
The Xue family also wanted to find Kuan'er, Shu'er, or Mother Lin, and Yuhe to talk, but they were also stared at by the people around Mrs. Qi, and they didn't have the slightest chance. Seeing that he couldn't ask anything for the time being, Xue Shi said: "I saw Shu'er carrying a food box just now, presumably my sister hasn't eaten breakfast yet?" You are sick, where can you go hungry? Let's eat first. ”
Everyone was busy eating at this time, but when they turned around, they saw that the food box was gone, and when they asked, they saw Nian Jiao'er coming in with the big girl Ling'er beside Xue's side with a helpless face, and said with a smile: "This place is too far from the kitchen, and the two little maids are slow, and they are already cold." The slave and maid have already asked people to pick up something else, and they asked the young lady to wait. ”
Mrs. Qi frowned and said, "How did you do it?" Do you want the master to wait hungry? ”
Nian Jiaoer admitted her mistake repeatedly. Peony was busy calming: "Don't bother, I'm not hungry." As he spoke, he gently rubbed his arm a few times with pain on his face.
Mrs. Qi didn't notice the small movements of the peony, and only cared about covering up the problem of food: "If you are not hungry, you won't eat?" No wonder you're so weak. Hurry up and get the kitchen hot again! ”
Mrs. Cen noticed Peony's small movements and hurriedly said, "Is it a lot of pain on your body?" Where does it hurt? Let me see, just scrape gua sha. ”
Peony hurriedly said: "No need. ”
Mrs. Cen smiled: "What are you afraid of? When you were a child, your mother didn't shave you a lot. Fall asleep, and have rhino horns fetched! As he spoke, he went to pull Peony's clothes, and Peony quickly tightened his clothes: "It's really not necessary." ”
The more she didn't show it, the more Mrs. Cen wanted to see it, and said with a heavy face: "What are you doing?" I came to see you early in the morning, didn't I just hope you are well? ”
Peony hung her head silently, let go of her hand, and let Mrs. Cen gently pull her shirt away.