Chapter 10: Excuses
Although it was a warm March of spring, the air was still filled with bone-chilling coolness in the early morning, and after washing up, Xiao Mo had already sneezed several times.
"Xiao Mo, go add more clothes, don't get cold, the wind is blowing in this spring. I went to the kitchen to see if the meal was ready. Li's mother said worriedly.
"Okay, I'll go now~" Xiao Mo obediently went to add a piece of clothing, and didn't forget to remind his brother. After breakfast, Xiao Shu painted on the dilapidated table, the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were picked up by Li's mother from the waste thrown away by the Taishi, except for the paper that was somewhat damaged, the others were the same as new.
Xiao Mo sat on the square stool opposite, holding his head and looking at his brother, while Mama Li was busy making new shoes for the brother and sister on the couch. "Li Ma ~ Li Ma ~ Mother Li heard someone calling her outside the house, so she quickly put down the work in her hand and went out to see that it was Cuicui, and Mother Li knew that it was no good thing.
"Madame ordered you to go to the Furong Courtyard now and tidy up the lawn." Cuicui's tone is not good,
"Can't I go alone? The two siblings won't. "Mother Li didn't want the brother and sister to see the second lady.
"There is a first time in everything, and you don't go to school. Besides, Madame said that the lawn must be cleaned today. ”
"What? Can't just let the three of us do it, right? ”
"Sister Xiaoqiu's injury hasn't healed yet, and she can't get out of bed, Mother Zhang has to look at Miss, I've got to serve Mrs. This lady has nothing to do, but you can't let her do it with you, can you? The rest of the people in this house have other things to do, and not everyone has nothing to do like you. Mother Li was angry and made it clear that she wanted to bully people.
"Got it, you go back first, we'll clean up and go over right away."
"Hey~ What else are you packing, this is to work, not to go on a blind date. Hurry up, Madame is still waiting! Cuicui said impatiently.
"What's the hurry, it's not like we're not going."
"Then hurry up, don't waste time." Cuicui urged.
"Then you wait, I'll call them" Mama Li entered the house after speaking, Cuicui smiled proudly.
"Xiao Shu, Xiao Mo, the second lady asked us to go to her yard to tidy up the lawn, and you will follow me obediently later." Li's mother used sign language as she spoke.
"Got it, Mama Li, don't worry" Xiao Shu nodded. When he saw Furong Courtyard from afar, Xiao Mo began to be stunned in his heart.
The second lady is indeed beautiful, especially the pair of danfeng eyes are very charming, but every time the second lady looks at them, it is like a knife, wanting to rip their flesh.
And the second lady spoke disrespectfully every time, and what she said made Xiao Mo feel very sad. Feeling that Xiao Mo was holding his hand more and more, Xiao Shu saw her strangeness, and he shook Xiao Mo's arm and let her look at him.
"Don't be afraid, there is me and Mama Li!" Xiao Shu whispered into Xiao Mo's ear. Xiao Mo looked at Brother A's smile, and her heart was a lot more stable, she knew that Brother A's and Mama Li would always be her strong backing.
After a while, the group walked into the Furong Courtyard, which has seven rooms, the largest one in the center of the courtyard is Zhao Yuting's, and the other six are lined up next to the courtyard wall.
The whole yard is paved with lotus blue bricks except for the walking path, and the rest is lawn.
"You wait here first, and I'll report to Madame." Cuicui said and entered the house, and stood for a while before Zhao Yuting walked out quietly.
"Yo Yo Yo ~ Isn't this a pair of treasures from the eldest lady of our Taishi Mansion? Long time no see! Why did you lose weight again? Tut-tut~ It's really distressing, how can you make your dead mother blind? O~ I forgot that I can't hear this, but I don't know sign language! My little Chunyang baby can hear it, and I can say it, and I don't need to make a hard comparison. Zhao Yuting was triumphant.
"You still don't salute when you see Madame?" Cuicui accused loudly,
"Hey~ The two brothers and sisters are exempt, how dare I let someone with such a noble status salute me? It's Mama Li, you're a little too ignorant of the rules, aren't you? Zhao Yuting and Cuicui sang and harmonized.
"The slave maid has seen the second lady~" Mother Li did not hurry and saluted,
"Second lady, you let us tidy up the lawn, now we can get to work?"
"Hey, hey~ Do these brothers and sisters also have to work for me? What a flattering! But it's good to exercise, otherwise how will you support yourself in the future, Mama Li, you say yes? ”
"The slave doesn't know." Mother Li replied dryly. Zhao Yuting looked at Mama Li without the reaction she expected, and felt a little bored.
"Let's get started." Zhao Yuting turned around and entered the house. Mother Li taught the brothers and sisters how to do it while doing it, and when the brothers and sisters heard it, the three of them squatted separately on the lawn and did their own thing.
When it was time for lunch, they had cleaned up the lawn in their backyard.
"Xiao Mo, don't do it, you go and call Xiao Shu, let's go eat." Mama Li saw that the time was almost up. The three of them walked outside Zhao Yuting's door, and Li's mother motioned for them to stop.
"Second lady, let's go to dinner." Mother Li said loudly.
"Let's go~ Let's go~ Eat more, when you're done, come back and continue." I only heard Zhao Yuting's voice, but I didn't see her.
With permission, Li's mother left with the children without leaving for a moment. They really came to Furong Courtyard to continue working after eating, they were not afraid of Zhao Yuting, but they wanted to finish their work early, and they didn't want to stay too close to Zhao Yuting for too long.
Not long after she came back, Cuicui said that the weather was just right today, and asked Zhang's mother to take Miss to the house for a spin.
As soon as Zhang's mother left, the second lady took Cuicui to the street.
"Don't be lazy, I'll check it out when I'm back." The three of them were busy with the work in their hands, and they didn't pay attention to Zhao Yuting.
Zhao Yuting was in a good mood, but she didn't care, and left with Cuicui.