The old lady looked at her sideways: "I know that you are for money!" "It's a rebuke,..

Liuli hurriedly said: "The old lady knows everything, and she can't hide anything from you." At the same time, he beat her leg again and asked, "I don't know what birthday gift the old lady prepared for the third girl?" It is also good to let the glass refer to the details. ”

The old lady suddenly fell silent, and said for a moment: "You don't know in detail, the three girls' birthdays in previous years were all in the main courtyard, and I paid for the banquet, and this year is no exception."

Liuli sighed and was silent.

Yuhua has an old lady for her birthday every year, how can Liuli not know? Asking her was just a matter of making sure.

Liuli took the time to go back to the small cross courtyard, and told Shuangxi to give Yuhua a birthday gift, although he said that he should be cautious in front of the old lady, but Liuli didn't really plan to give a surprise gift, but it was just according to the standards of Suhua and others. Yuegui wondered why Liuli still explained to Shuangxi to do things, Liuli knew that they had a tendon, so she didn't talk to them in detail, and withdrew.

Soon it was the sixth day of the new year, and the girls still went to school on this day, and lunch was eaten in Wutong Courtyard, and dinner was placed in the main courtyard.

Shen Shi dismissed school, and the girls went directly to the main courtyard, and it happened that the old lady got up from a nap, and it was still early for dinner, so they sat in the small flower hall and talked together. Biyun said: "Do you want to invite the eldest lady over?" The old lady thought for a while and said, "Invite all the ladies, and Aunt Su, who is bored and panicked in the house alone, and invite her over." ”

Biyun hurriedly passed the word.

Qingshang served the girls refreshments, and the old lady casually asked them about their homework. Huanhua said: "On homework, naturally the third sister and the fourth sister are the best, yesterday Mr. asked us to write a small article on governing the family, and the third sister was praised, and Mr. also said that the fourth sister wrote a real style of everyone." ”

This girl is sincere and simple, and she has a sincere smile on her face when she talks about Yuhua Shuhua's praise, as if she feels honored to have such an eldest sister.

Yuhua's eyes were also full of joy, but his face was still holding. Shuhua smiled, but said to the old lady: "Huan'er is also very diligent. ”

The old lady said happily: "It's all good, you have to work harder." ”

Liuli followed the old lady's side, watching them talk without saying a word, but Yu Guang was paying attention to Yan Hua, and she was the only one among the four who mentioned it, and her face was not good. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * Shou * Fa" Liuli smiled at her quietly, she saw it, her eyebrows immediately stood up, and the cup in her hand snorted on the table.

After sitting for a while, the ladies arrived, and they all brought some gadgets to Yuhua. Aunt Su was uncomfortable and had not gotten out of bed for two days, so she gave a congratulatory gift, but no one came. The old lady sighed and asked someone to send some supplements.

Liuli took advantage of the excitement of the crowd and said quietly: "The ladies have arrived, Liuli thinks it is better to invite Mr. Guo to sit down?" The old lady thought for a while, nodded and said, "Mr. is not an ordinary person, let Biyun invite." ”

At the moment, he called Biyun and let him go to Wutong Courtyard again.

When the girls heard that Mr. Guo was coming, they didn't feel a little more restrained. Yuhua Shuhua is a proud protégé, and deliberately wants to be closer to him, and her behavior is involuntarily respectful. Yan Hua frowned, obviously as soon as Mr. came, it made tonight's dinner boring.

The ladies naturally have their own thoughts, and the Liang family has always had a heart of comparison, so they immediately cast their eyes on the Yu family. When Yu heard that the old lady was going to invite Guo Yao to Yuhua's birthday banquet, she was also happy in her heart, and hurriedly instructed the maid to prepare a seat.

When I was ready, I heard the maid outside lift the curtain of the concubine and come in: "Mr. is here." After a while, Guo Yao walked in, wearing a pink and white shirt, a light cyan skirt, without a trace of color on his body, only tied an emerald palace silk around his waist and tied a jade ring to press the skirt. The head is also a simple snail bun, with two beaded flowers, and a black velvet wipe the forehead loosely strangled the sideburns.

Guo Yao also brought a gift, which is a stone inkstone, which looks delicate and silky, and the quality is excellent. Yuhua is knowledgeable, and said at the moment: "This inkstone is worth a lot of money, and Mr. has received a lot of benefits, and the students dare not accept it." Guo Yao smiled and said, "Take it." Yuhua didn't want to push it again, so he asked the maid to collect it carefully.

Shuhua looked at Yuhua's hand, and suddenly cast her eyes on Liuli, but she didn't say anything, only shook the fan, and retracted her gaze.

During the meal, there were still two tables, because there were Yu and others waiting for the old lady, before the food was served, Liuli left her side, took a soup cup and walked out of the door, and returned to the dining room after a while, there were many maids and women standing under the two walls, the candles were full of people, and the girls were already on the table, and it was almost time to start the table. The wide-sleeved blouse that Liuli was wearing today, when she passed by Yanhua, she pretended to take the sesame sauce next door, blocked the candlelight, and replaced the soup cup in front of her with the one hidden in her sleeve.

Whenever there is a banquet in the house, the stewed soup is a small soup cup per person, so as not to affect others.

Ruri returned to her table, lifted the lid of her soup cup, and took a small spoon and tasted it. Today's stewed gastrodia pigeon, the whole pigeon is stewed to melt in the mouth, and the aroma of gastrodia and ginseng slices is very rich, it is really delicious!

Liuli said to Huanhua: "Eat quickly!" ”

Huanhua was about to ask her what she meant, but she heard Yan Hua frowning and looking at her soup cup opposite: "Why does this pigeon soup smell strange today?" When Huanhua was playing some tricks, she said: "The fifth sister is weird, so she looks weird at everything." Isn't the stewed soup a little weird? It's also worth the fuss. ”

Yan Hua raised her eyes and saw that everyone was eating with relish, so she glared at her, and also scooped up the "pigeon" and ate it.

Although the candlelight was bright in the house, the maid and the maid walked around, and they couldn't really see it. Yan Hua took a bite and felt bored, so he said, "What a broken pigeon!" It's like rotten tofu! So saying, he fished out the "pigeon" and put it in a bone dish. Su Hua saw that the pigeon was fished out, so he said, "If you don't eat it, give it to me, what are you doing when you throw her?" Yan Hua pushed the bone dish over and said, "You like to eat, you can eat!" Su Hua took it seriously, holding the chopsticks and was about to move his mouth, when suddenly his eyes didn't move, staring at the dish and saying, "What is this?" Why is there still so much hair? ”

Zhenhua and Huanhua next door all leaned over to look, Yan Hua also stretched her neck, flicked her chopsticks, and the head of a sharp-beaked monkey cheek was exposed from a pile of fur, and the eyes of mung bean were gray, and with her movement, an intolerable stench floated above the dinner table!

"Mouse!"

Huanhua couldn't help but turn over the river and sea in his chest, dragged the sleeves of his glass coat and vomited on his knees. Yuhua was so frightened that she immediately ran to the side of Shangxi Yu, and Su Hua and the others immediately ran out of the door to retch. Yan Hua remembered that he had just drunk half a bowl of soup and eaten a mouthful of rat meat, but he didn't have time to vomit, and his eyes were black and he fainted!

Liuli hurriedly took Huanhua in her arms and said repeatedly: "Are you wrong?" How can there be rats? It's pigeon soup! ”

Huanhua vomited so much bile that she grabbed her arm tightly and said, "It's a mouse!" It's a mouse! I can't stand it......" she cried and clutched her chest, looking very painful. Liuli said apologetically: "You go over there and sit and rest for a while, and I'll ask Luhe to pour you a bowl of tea." ”

At this time, Yu Shi and the others heard that there was an accident here, and they hurriedly called the maid to ask, and when they heard that there were dead rats in the soup cup, they couldn't help but tremble with fright, and hurriedly asked someone to help Yan Hua first, and they didn't dare to let the old lady and Guo Yao know, only said that the soup was not clean, and he gave Qi Shi a look, walked out quickly, and called Cai Qin under the corridor: "Who is in charge of the big kitchen today?!" Call her here! ”

Qi then came out, and when he heard the maid say this, he couldn't be calm anymore, and immediately reprimanded: "Bring me Chen Man's family!" ”

Chen Man's family is now in charge of the small stove, and the task of stewing soup is what she is responsible for, when she heard that there was a sound in the soup, she was so frightened that she couldn't stand steadily, and even ran and climbed to the main courtyard, Qi pointed to the dead mouse on the ground, and slapped her head: "What's the matter with the mouse in the soup?!" ”

Chen Manjia knelt down to the ground and snorted: "The eldest lady spares her life, and the third lady spares her life!" What's going on with this mouse, the slave doesn't know! The slave and maid have ten thousand guts, and they don't dare to be confused in this matter! She knew that this matter was very serious, and she kept kowtowing to the ground at the moment, and after a while, a trace of blood was left on the bluestone brick.

Qi couldn't help himself, and Yu was staring coldly at him, and his lungs were about to explode. However, after hearing about it, Mama Wu, the housekeeper in the third room, also rushed over, looked at the appearance of the mouse, walked to her side and said: "According to the old slave, this mouse does not look like it has been boiled, but it seems to have been thrown in temporarily after some days of death. How can it be so complete. Madame may wish to look in another direction. ”

Qi thought that it made sense, so he left Chen Man's family here, turned around and said, "Go and call Huan'er out." ”

Huanhua rested in the ear room for a long time, felt better, and was about to go out with the maid, but at this time the old lady and others noticed that something was wrong, and heard that the girls were so frightened that they vomited, and hurriedly asked Dr. Wu to come, and asked Biyun to invite Qi's Yu.

Qi Shi entered the dining room, and had to go through it carefully, the old lady and the others did not see the rat with their own eyes, but it was better, only frowned and ordered to investigate it quickly. Qi asked Huanhua: "Who has just touched the soup cup of the five girls?" Have you ever seen one? ”

Huanhua thought about it, there were many people coming and going in the house, and no one had deliberately approached it. Only one Liuli took the tahini over there, but she didn't believe that Liuli made it even if she was killed, besides, where did she find the dead mouse? So she shook her head firmly and said, "No, no one has ever come close." ”rs