Biyun went out of the door, called Shuangxi who was waiting under the corridor and went back first, and saw the little maid Green Lotus and Red Plum feeding Brother Ying under the corridor, and was about to call them to pass the word in the long room, but suddenly stopped again, thought about it, and came to the long room by himself.

Nie's since that day Yu came forward to speak for her, and then reconciled with Yu by thanking him, and today it happened that her brother Nie Wude sent two batches of grain, and Nie took Yu's two cents of dividends and came up to the long house.

The Yu family didn't plan to break up with the Nie family like this, after all, there are many brothers in the house, and many things are still not successful on their own, although the Nie family is stupid, in the end, he can make the call, so he pushed the boat to wipe all the previous things aside, took the paper package handed by the Nie family and opened it to take a look. Until she counted the number of the stack of food stamps and saw the denomination of each one, she couldn't help but be slightly shocked.

"How can there be so many?"

Nie Shi smiled: "Sister-in-law is too much?" It's only two batches! There are two more batches to come, but I'm afraid there are more than that! If you count the ones that are dotted here and there, it doesn't count! It's much easier to make royal money than it is to make money from the poor! ”

Yu nodded invisibly and asked, "Does the old lady know?" ”

Nie's smile gradually narrowed, and he shook his head and said, "I didn't dare to let her old man know everything, I only told her that I made a little money, and I didn't let her know that I had invested in you." The old lady didn't say anything for the sake of her own son's son and daughter-in-law, and she didn't ask for the money, but only explained that she should not be too greedy, and everyone in the house was implicated when she turned around. ”

Yu said: "Then how did you get back?" ”

Nie said: "I naturally promised that I wouldn't." It's just money, where can anyone think it hurts to hold it? As soon as I got my hands on it, I wanted to take more. Don't hide it from my sister-in-law, my brother also plans to do all the next grain collection, and he has gone to the south to collect grain in the past two days. We should also be blessed with this fortune, and now that the eldest brother is the grain collector, this hole can't be pierced no matter how it is pierced. ”

Yu Shi looked at her and wanted to say something, but as soon as his eyes fell on the pile of silver tickets, he swallowed again.

Outside the door, Cai Qin knocked on the door and said, "Madam, Sister Biyun is here." ”

Nie Shi exclaimed: "What did Biyun suddenly do? ”

Yu was also puzzled: "How do I know? As he put the silver ticket away, he pressed it under the tea tray, and ordered Cai Qin to let in.

Biyun entered the house, saw that Nie was also there, saluted first, and then said with a smile: "Hello ladies." ”

Yu asked Cai Qin to sit down, called for tea, and said with a smile: "You are free today." What did I come to here? ”

Biyun said: "I'm afraid that I will be very free in the future, and now there are more people waiting around the old lady." ”

The two of them became curious, and Nie said, "Could it be that there is a new maid again?" ”

Biyun smiled: "Don't you dare, it's the dignified Nine Girls who came." ”

Yu's face changed slightly, and he said, "What's the matter?" ”

Biyun said: "The old lady called the ninth girl to the room to reprimand her for the grievances of the fourth lady and the fifth girl today, and the nine girls were very clever and took the initiative to ask to wait for a few days by the old lady's side, saying that she asked the old lady to teach herself personally. No, the old lady asked me to come to the long room to spread the word. ”

Yu didn't make a sound for half a day. Nie Shi pointed in the direction of the main courtyard: "You said that little cheap hoof, the old lady didn't beat her or scold her, and left her by her side to wait?" ”

Biyun nodded: "What the fourth lady said is exactly!" At this moment, the ninth girl is accompanying the old lady to chant Buddha. ”

Nie stood up angrily, a tooth creaking. Yu's face was also gloomy, frowning and not speaking for a long time.

Biyun stood up and said, "The words of the slave and maid have arrived, and if the two ladies have nothing important to order, I will retire." ”

"Wait!"

Yu Shi suddenly called her up, stood up and said with a smile: "I'm sorry for you to run in person, pick celery, go and bring my cloisonné enamel bracelet with ruby for Biyun to play with." ”

Cai Qin responded, and immediately went back to the room to get the bracelet. The bracelet is carved with gold and jade, not to mention anything else, just the seven mung bean-sized rubies on it are worth a lot. Nie Shi was taken aback, although this bracelet is not necessarily very rare, but it is obviously too heavy to reward a maid. Yu put the bracelet in her hand and said with a smile: "The ninth girl will bother you to take care of it." ”

Biyun took the bracelet but smiled faintly, and said, "Madam is so loving, how can the slave be embarrassed?" After saying that, he tucked it into his sleeve, bent down and bowed, and retreated.

Nie Shi looked at Yu, Yu Shi looked at her coldly, returned to his seat, and drank. Tea and said, "What do you think about Bang'er's marriage?" ”

Laurel Begonia didn't expect that Liuli would stay in the long room to wait for the old lady, Shuangxi came back with the news, and the two were stunned under the corridor for a long time, thinking that there was no master, and they didn't know what to do for a while. is still double happy and sophisticated, and said at the moment: "Do what you have to do." You are still in charge of sprinkling and sweeping and taking food, and I am still in charge of the affairs of the girl's room, so you can't just because the master is out of the house, and the maids don't even do anything. ”

The two of them felt that it was reasonable, and they were motivated again. When he was free, he packed a few clothes for Liuli, and when he was taking the meal, Haitang turned to the long room and gave it to Liuli.

Liuli was waiting for the old lady to have lunch with Qingshang at that time, and there were only two meals in the morning and evening in Hefu, and the daughter-in-law waited for the mother-in-law to eat, and the lunch was to be waited for by the maids. When Begonia came, Liuli took leave with the old lady, and when she saw her, she said, "Why are you here?" Begonia blinked: "Because Yuegui is taking food in the big kitchen." Liuli paused, and then said: "You can come, you give it to Yuegui, just say what I said, you have to keep an eye on the double happiness, if there is anything abnormal, tell me quietly." ”

Haitang nodded deeply: "The slave knows!" ”

After she left, Liuli returned to the hall, and the old lady said: "There is no place for you to live in the maids' room, Qingshang will bring two futons, and you will make a bunk at the foot of my bed at night." ”

It seems that this is to make her stay inseparable! Liuli didn't know what medicine was sold in the old lady's gourd, but since she told her so, she had to do it herself. But in the eyes of Biyun Qingshang, this is not the case at all. The old lady only let Biyun Qingshang sleep with her on weekdays, but now she doesn't let the two of them accompany her, and lets this nine girls wait instead, if this is a punishment, it is really a bit too much to give her face!

The news that Liuli was waiting in the long room spread throughout the four rooms in less than half a day. When it was time for dinner, Liuli was serving tea beside her, and Liang and the others looked at her a little more inquiringly, always observing whether the old lady was different about her. But the old lady had never looked at the glass from beginning to end, and she was more stingy than she usually did with Qingshang and others, so she gradually felt a little relieved.

The old lady did not go to bed early at night, because the old lady was often busy until late at night, and although she slept in separate rooms, she always had to wait until she was almost the time to lie down.

Before the first day arrived, the old lady was a little in good spirits, so she let Liuli fall asleep with her.

After a long time, I tasted the taste of sleeping with the floor, and Liuli tossed for a long time before falling asleep.

The next day, the old lady still only asked her to wait, without mentioning anything she wanted her to do, and Liuli had to be a maid with peace of mind and didn't mention anything. I just remembered that she had told her to be smarter, maybe it was a reminder that she would be more and more careful when she started doing things.

Soon after dinner, Liuli came to wash the old lady's feet with a basin of water as usual, and the old lady's long-standing and honorable voice came from outside the door. The old lady said, "Go and open the curtain." Liuli walked to the door, only to lift the bamboo curtain, and a person in an official uniform came in from outside, it was the old lady.

The old lady He was surprised to see that Liuli was actually here, and the old lady said: "This girl has no words and deeds, and she bumped into her fourth uncle and aunt two days ago, so I simply left her down to discipline and discipline." The old lady couldn't listen to people and didn't follow the rules the most, and immediately lowered his face and said, "It's time to discipline well!" ”

Liuli bowed his head and said yes, and was busy holding tea.

The old lady looked at the old lady and said, "Seeing that your face is gloomy, isn't there anything to worry about?" ”

The old lady asked Biyun to take off her official hat and sighed: "The things in the court, how can one day make people quiet?" As he spoke, he walked inside and let the green clothes wait for him to change. The old lady said: "Now that the children are older and can afford the family business, in my opinion, you should have retired earlier, so that one day even your old life will be lost in those account books of the household department!" ”

The old lady took the tea, shook her head and sighed, but did not say anything.

The last time he chatted with Yongxin in the Buddhist hall, he also avoided talking about the retirement, and he didn't know why, Liuli wanted to find out, but the old lady said to her: "Go down and let people go to the kitchen to heat a bowl of porridge!" Put more yams and less rice. ”

Liuli hurriedly went down. If you want to call someone to the big kitchen, I thought about Aunt Su that there was still a thing about Cheng Yingniang, so it was better to take the opportunity to go to the big kitchen to find out, so I took the lantern from under the porch and went to the big kitchen by myself.

It seems to have become a habit in the big kitchen to prepare supper for the old and young masters in the house, and it has been corrected, and several mothers-in-law in the kitchen are busy with it. Liuli came in and said, "Have you prepared the old lady's yam porridge?" Put more yam and less rice. When she heard that someone was coming from the main courtyard, she immediately smiled and squinted to greet her, holding a porcelain bowl and hot porridge, and said: "This sister has never seen it, I don't know what to call it?" ”

Ruri smiled and said, "Ruri." ”

The mother-in-law didn't care, so she cut the yam and put it in the porcelain bowl, and took out two small plates with two side dishes that the old lady was used to eating. After looking at Liuli's eyes, he saw that her clothes were different from ordinary maids, but she was slightly more sophisticated than Qingyi Biyun, so she flattered her, picked up a piece of fat white and tender water chestnut from the side to wash and cut it, took a fine white porcelain plate and handed it over: "This is a crispy water bottle sent from the south, and my sister eats to quench her thirst!" ”