After serving Sun's hair, Mama Chang went to the warehouse with the box in her hand and registered her belongings. When I got back to the backyard, I heard a slight noise coming from the utility room.

Mama Chang touched the silver ticket of one hundred taels on her cuff and walked towards the utility room.

The door of the utility room was not guarded at the moment, but the gatehouse was wide open, and there was a sound in the room.

Mama Chang walked in without alarming the people inside, even when the morning light was bright, this room was dark and damp. Mama Chang closed her eyes, and it took a moment to get used to the light.

A man who was tied up by five flowers and whose mouth was blocked by something was sitting on the ground struggling to avoid the grasp of the two mothers-in-law, and his mouth was still making a "whining" sound.

"What's going on?" Mama Chang asked out loud.

When the two mothers-in-law heard the voice, they looked back, stopped their movements, and came forward to say hello.

"I just want you to invite Mama Li to get into the carriage, why did you start to do it?"

The two mothers-in-law glanced at each other, and one of them stepped forward and said, "Go back to Mama." The slaves and maids asked Mama Li to get into the carriage, but Mama Li struggled and refused, and scratched the slaves and maids. As he spoke, he stepped forward to show Mama Chang the scratches on his face and neck.

"The slaves and maids saw that the hour was coming, and they were afraid of delaying the trip, so they had to make this decision." The other mother-in-law added with a smile.

Mama Chang glanced at the embarrassed Mama Li and said, "The old lady has something for me to relay to Mama Li, you can go out first." ”

When the two mothers-in-law heard this, they immediately bowed and retreated, for fear that the light in the room would be too dark, so they did not close the door, but the two of them stood far away from the utility room very tacitly.

Mama Chang and the others retreated, slowly walked to Mama Li, squatted down, and reached out to pull out the piece of cloth that was unknown in Mama Li's mouth.

Because the cloth blocked her throat, Mama Li retched irrepressibly a few times, but she couldn't spit out anything, only a few mouthfuls of spittle.

"What the hell did you in front of the old lady?" Mama Li's eyes were resentful, and she roared with all her might, but the voice was dry and ugly, like a ghost.

Mama Chang didn't have any expression, and said half-loudly: "Lingzhi, why did we come to this point?" ”

Mama Li took a few breaths and sneered, "You ask me? You slut! It's not enough to kill my brother, but also robbed Brother Anzi, I can't wait for you to die! Fortunately, the sky has eyes, and that man was still killed by you! This is retribution! ”

Mama Chang was stunned for a while, and then said, "I see...... I don't know ......."

There was a moment of silence in the room.

"You just hate me, I haven't thought about fighting with you all these years, you shouldn't even harm my brother's bloodline, this is something I can't allow." Mama Chang's voice has returned to its former flat plate.

Mama Li snorted coldly and turned her head.

Mama Chang stepped forward, took out the silver ticket in her sleeve pocket, and handed it to Mama Li. Seeing that Mama Li's hands were tied behind her back and there was no way to pick them up, she helped her put them in the inner pocket of the placket, and finally reached out to help her smooth the placket.

"What is this for?" Mama Li said suspiciously.

Mama Chang looked at Mama Li and smiled slightly: "After so many years, your habit of hiding things under the bed has not changed, I reminded you back then." ”

Mama Li was stunned when she heard this, and then she went crazy and wanted to stand up, but she didn't want to fall to the ground with an unstable person.

"What do you say? It's mine...... My ......" Mama Li lay on the ground, tilted her head and muttered, but she couldn't say a complete sentence.

"I'll do a rough calculation for you, and the total number of zeros and zeros adds up to about seven or eight thousand taels. I knew you could do it for a long time, but I didn't want to be so capable, and even the old lady was taken aback. Mama Chang said lightly.

Mama Li had already collapsed to the ground and couldn't make a sound.

"This one hundred taels is given to you by the old lady for the elderly, and it will be ...... in the future Do it yourself. After Mama Chang finished speaking, she didn't look at the people on the ground anymore, turned around and walked out.

"Invite Mama Li to the car, be careful, don't hurt her." Mama Li's command came from outside.

***

Sanniang went to Sun's room today to ask for peace, and after staying for only half a moment, she let Sun send him out. When I went back to Hefeng Temple, I saw a person waiting on the gravel road in the garden.

"Mama Chang." Sanniang shouted with a smile.

Mama Chang stepped forward to finish the salute for Sanniang, and when she looked up, she glanced at Bai Ying and Bai Guo who were following Sanniang.

"It's okay, Mama can say it if she has something to say." Sanniang said with a smile.

Mama Chang understood that these two girls should be Sanniang's henchmen.

Mama Chang no longer hesitated, took out an unpainted rough wooden box from the placket of her clothes, and handed it over with both hands.

Bai Ying stepped forward to take it.

"Mama, this is?" Sanniang was puzzled.

"Third Miss, open it and take a look." Chang Mama said. Bai Ying saw Sanniang nodded, so she opened the lid of the box, the box was very simple, not even the lining was covered, but inside was a big golden hairpin with golden silk dots and emerald inlaid red treasure butterflies playing among the flowers. Bai Ying's eyes were sharp, and when she saw that there was still a piece of paper pressed under the golden hairpin, she hurriedly pulled it out and handed it to Sanniang.

Sanniang opened the paper and looked at it, but it was a silver ticket of five hundred taels.

Sanniang raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Mama Chang.

Mama Chang bowed down and said: "Mama Li has already sent it out early in the morning, these are for the third miss, thank you for the third lady's mention, and thank you for saving the slave's niece in the first place." ”

Sanniang smiled slightly: "It seems that Mama has found a lot of things from Mama Li." ”

"It was the third lady who reminded the slave maid that money is a stepping stone to opportunity, and don't leave Mama Li any chance to fight back." Chang Mama said.

Seeing that Sanniang was silent, Mama Chang glanced at the wooden box and said: "This golden hairpin, the slave maid has seen it before, but it was worn on the head of the third lady on the morning of the tea ceremony when the third lady first entered the door. The slave combs her hair all the year round, and she can never forget the ornaments on her head, and she will never admit her mistake, so the slave and maid think that it is better to return the things to their original owners. ”

Sanniang was stunned for a moment, and glanced at the hairpin again, only to feel that between the saucer dancing flowers, the gold and cui corresponding, rich in layers, ingenious, not like ordinary products. It turned out to be a relic of this body's mother.

"Since that's the case, then I'll take this hairpin, thank you Mama. As for this silver ticket...... Sanniang smiled: "Mama still keeps it herself, Sanniang's food and clothing are all from the house, and she rarely spends money on weekdays." Mama is a new official, so there must be a lot of places that still need to be addressed, or it is better to keep it for a pair of nieces and nephews in the future as marrying funds. ”

When Bai Ying heard this, she took the silver ticket from Sanniang's hand and handed it to Mama Chang. Chang Mama still wanted to persuade again, but Sanniang said: "Mama's mind Sanniang understands it, if Mama wants to thank Sanniang, Sanniang will have a place to rely on Mama in the future." Presumably Mama also understands that in this mansion now, money is not the most important thing for Sanniang. ”

When Mama Chang heard this, she pondered for a while, and understood, so she stopped persuading and took the silver ticket in Bai Ying's hand.

At this moment, there was a slight noise in the flowers not far away.

Everyone was shocked.

"Who is it?" Bai Guo said as he walked towards that side.

Sanniang also frowned and looked there, but after a sound of rustling, a person walked out from behind the flowers.

"Third sister." The man bowed his hand, his voice was warm, and his actions were like flowing water, and he had a unique demeanor.

Sanniang glanced at the small leaf that was still falling on the man's shoulder, and then looked at the few grass clippings on his upper, smiled, and stepped forward to call, "Second brother." ”

Erlang Wang Zhang also followed Sanniang's gaze and glanced at himself who was a little untidy, but he did not eavesdrop on the embarrassment and embarrassment of being caught red-handed, but smiled a little helplessly, and slightly tilted his head to stroke the fallen leaves on his shoulder.

Sanniang looked at his unpretentious but elegant and outward movements, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet the second brother here, doesn't the second brother have to go to the school today?" ”

Wang Zhang stepped forward and said with a smile: "Mother, she is not feeling well today, and my father is not in the house, so I asked my eldest brother to ask my husband for half a day off on my behalf." My mother wanted a few flowers to put in a vase, so I went to the garden to find them. ”

Sanniang remembered that she didn't see the second lady go to the old lady's room to ask for peace today, and saw that he was really holding some colorful begonias in his hands.

"Second aunt, is she okay? Do you have a doctor? Sanniang asked.

"Thank you for your concern, my mother's illness is also an old problem, I invited a doctor to come to the house early this morning, and I changed the prescription to decoction and take medicine, and now it is much better." Wang Zhang said softly.

Sanniang nodded: "That's good." ”

Wang Zhang smiled and said, "Then I won't stand in my sister's way, and I'll go back to Xicui Courtyard first." The garden was silent, I didn't hear the footsteps of the third sister just now, and I saw it when I was close to the eyes, and I was rude to surprise the third sister. ”

Sanniang also smiled when she heard this: "But I was too focused on walking, so I didn't see the second brother, it was Sanniang's rudeness." "It's another blessing.

Wang Zhang hurriedly replied: "Thank you for not blaming the third sister, then you will take the first step as a brother." ”

"Second brother, please."

Wang Zhang didn't look at Mama Chang all the time, as if this person didn't exist at all.

Sanniang watched Wang Zhang's bamboo-like figure slowly disappear into the green grass and flowers, and fell into deep thought.

For the people in the second room, in addition to Yuan Niang, Sanniang doesn't have much contact on weekdays, and the people in the second room are also very low-key in the house, so I really don't know about this second brother and Sanniang. I only learned from Wang Jing that although he was better than Wang Jing in school, he was not top-notch, but he was very talented in poetry and painting, especially good at gongbi landscape painting, and his paintings had been affirmed by some celebrities.

"Miss, did you say that the second young master heard us speak?" Bai Ying frowned.

Sanniang smiled slightly: "It's impossible to find out if you hear it, but the second brother said that he didn't hear anything." At present, she has no conflict of interest with the second room, and with the low-key style of the second room on weekdays, it is better to have more things in the house than less, and it is unlikely that she will make a living. As for the future, if there is really a conflict, it will be a soldier who will come to block it, and it will be useless to worry.

"Second Young Master, when did he say that? Why didn't the servant hear? Bai Guo was puzzled.

Sanniang shook her head and smiled, and said to Mama Chang: "Mama will go back to the yard first." ”

Mama Chang bowed and retreated, and Sanniang took Bai Ying and Bai Guo back to Hefeng Courtyard.

Sanniang returned to the yard and embroidered in front of the embroidery frame as usual. After embroidering the two longevity words, Sanniang was about to stand up and look into the distance. Bai Zhi suddenly came in and said, "Miss, the old lady sent someone to call you over." ”