Chapter Forty-Eight: Li Xiaoya (II)

After speaking, Mu Qingwan walked towards auspicious Ruyi.

"Hey, I'm not done yet." Li Xiaoya stepped forward and wanted to hold Mu Qingwan, but Jixiang and Ruyi were quick and quickly blocked in front of Mu Qingwan.

"Sister, go back quickly. I'm going back too, and it's time for my uncle to look for me. Mu Qingwan was ignorant.

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Back in the courtyard where she lived, Mu Qingwan instructed Jixiang to check Li Xiaoya's details when he had time. In addition, let Ruyi call Aunt Wang.

"Aunt Wang has always been working on Zhuangzi?"

"Miss Hui, the slave maid used to work elsewhere. Zhuangzi was bought by the second master in front of him, and then my man and I were arranged by the second master. ”

"I just arrived here today, and I don't know anything about it here, so tell me about Zhuangzi's situation first."

"Yes, miss. There are not many people in Zhuangzi, and the king is in charge, that is, the man in my family is the chief steward. There are also ten maids and maids, and fifteen maids. Part of it was the old man on the original Zhuangzi, the original Zhuangzi master left in a hurry, too late to take it away, the second master bought the deeds of these people together, and the other part was to receive the news that the young lady was going to come to Jiangnan, the second old man instructed the young lady to buy it, and after the young lady came, he waited for the young lady, and originally planned to bring it over in the afternoon to pick a girl for the young lady. Long-term and short-term workers are placed in a different location. ”

"Oh? Did the girl just buy it later? ”

"Where would it be bought?" Aunt Wang hurriedly argued. "Li Xiaoya was originally from Zhuangzi, she was a free body, and she had not written a deed of sale. The slave maid heard from the old man who had left behind that she had an aunt. Ten years ago, her aunt held an infant baby, that is, Li Xiaoya, desperate to run to Zhuangzi, the woman entrusted the baby to the Zhuangzi's steward, and gave three hundred taels of silver, saying that there was something important to do, and it was inconvenient to take the child, so she first handed the child over to the steward to help take care of it for a period of time, and then came to the door to pick it up when the matter was resolved, and then she would be grateful again. The woman only said that the child's surname was Li, and she also left a piece of jade pendant for the steward, and the child did not have a name, because it was a girl, everyone called her Xiaoya. Unfortunately, the woman has not been heard from since, and ten years have passed, and no one has come to claim the child. Xiaoya is young and ignorant, and when she was a child, she also changed the jade pendant that she left to recognize her relatives for sweet cakes to eat, and the steward was also a sincere person, so she helped find it back. Oh, by the way, it turned out that when the master of Zhuangzi left, the steward was afraid that someone would come to look for the child, so he left Li Xiaoya behind, and the jade pendant is now in the hands of the slave. I haven't had time to report to the second master, and now the slave and maid have also brought it over, and I asked the young lady to take a look. After speaking, Aunt Wang stepped forward and handed over a jade pendant.

The jade pendant is made of the best Hetian jade, and it is also glowing with faint fluorescence, carved into the appearance of Pisces playing in the water, and the back is engraved with a small "Ying" word. Generally, families with some background, in order to be vassally elegant, will give some tokens to their descendants, and it seems that Li Xiaoya seems to be from a famous family. My uncle is well-informed, so I can ask my uncle when I wait. Just thinking of Li Xiaoya's behavior, Mu Qingwan couldn't help but have a headache, this fellow who traveled through the country didn't know how to restrain himself, was he really not afraid of being caught as a ghost? I don't know how I got through so many days.

"You can put the jade pendant here first, and I'll ask my uncle when I get back. So what is Li Xiaoya doing now? Mu Qingwan continued to ask Aunt Wang.

"Miss Hui, Aunt Li Xiaoya only left three hundred taels of silver, Li Xiaoya was a premature baby, she was frail and sick when she was a child, and she had to see a doctor and buy medicine every three or five days, and she had almost spent it all these years, and she had a serious illness a few years ago, after all, she grew up, and the people on the Zhuangzi couldn't bear it, so they scraped together the money and found a doctor for treatment, so they owed a lot of silver. The Zhuangzi does not raise idlers, Li Xiaoya will be arranged to do things after she recovers, and now she is the fire girl in the kitchen. But this girl, after she got better, her body was much better, but her heart and eyes were also more, thinking about things that didn't matter all day long, and she didn't know when she developed the problem of stealing chickens and touching dogs, and she often stole food from the kitchen...... "Aunt Wang counted Li Xiaoya's mistakes and chattered endlessly.

"Okay, I got it." Mu Qingwan stopped Aunt Wang's words and ordered her to retreat.

"Miss." Jixiang is back.

"My subordinates have inquired." The content of the auspicious report is not much different from that of Aunt Wang.

"Just, miss. That Li Xiaoya is very weird, all day long, God and God, and what to say all day long, this is feudal superstition, that is not in line with science, yes, it is science, and said that she has a way to make a fortune, and said that she is the life of the heroine to save the world. ”

"Huh? There really is such a thing. Can someone spread it? Mu Qingwan sat up straight and asked.

"No, she grew up in Zhuangzi since she was a child, she has no relatives since she was a child, she has a very low self-esteem, she is old and pretentious, she looks down on the people in Zhuangzi, and has almost no contact with others."

"I know, don't get this out of the way. Okay, let's go find my uncle. ”

Mu Qingwan took the two maids to the living room, and the second uncle Wang and Mu Chen had already finished speaking, and the old god was drinking tea on the ground at this time.

"Second uncle, brother." Mu Qingwan found a seat and sat down, "Have you finished talking?" ”

"Qingwan, how is it, the layout of the courtyard is satisfactory, and if it needs to be changed, just tell the next person to do it." Second Uncle Wang looked at Mu Qingwan's reflection with a smile.

"Satisfied, thank you uncle, I like it very much." Mu Qingwan smiled and thanked Second Uncle Wang.

"Hehe, if you like it."

"Uncle, did you know a little girl in the house?" After speaking, Mu Qingwan told Li Xiaoya's second uncle about it one by one, of course, ignoring that Li Xiaoya was the part of the crossing woman.

"Uncle, this is Li Xiaoya's jade pendant, has my uncle ever seen it?" Mu Qingwan handed over the Pisces jade pendant to Second Uncle Wang.

"Huh? Sound familiar? It feels like someone in the capital, but I don't have as much contact with the officials in the capital as your uncle, and I really can't remember it for a while. After speaking, Second Uncle Wang returned the jade pendant to Mu Qingwan, "How to deal with it, Qingwan is in charge." ”

"Yes, uncle, Qingwan knows."

"Steward Wang was originally your grandfather's personal soldier and can be trusted, and it will be under your control in the future. When I turn around, I will ask Steward Wang to tell you about the fields in Jiangnan and the situation of Zhuangzi, and I will hand them over to you when I turn around. ”

"Yes, uncle. Qingwan thanked her uncle for his help. Mu Qingwan bowed to Second Uncle Wang with a straight face.

"Haha, you kid. Hmph, it's cheaper than Mu Lao'er. ”

……

"Yawn." Mu Erye, who was far away in Pingcheng, suddenly sneezed.

"Huh? What's the matter, sir? Mrs. Mu asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not that my daughter misses me, hehe."

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After eating, Mu Qingwan took the two maids back to the backyard to rest.

I packed up early and went to bed.

There was nothing to say that night.