Zhenguo Mansion, Si Jing Ju.

Ye Zhiwei sat at the table and concentrated on writing the recipe for the recipe, and in her hand, there was a basket woven with soft rattan and thin straw in it, and a gray chick was curled up in it and tilted its head, staring at her for a moment.

This is the eagle falcon that the wind and twilight gave her when she went out hunting with the emperor, and now its body is several times larger than it was at the beginning, and the gray fluff has begun to fade, and the body is a little funny.

When Ye Zhiwei writes, it stretches out its hook-like mouth from time to time to bite the barrel of her pen.

She reached out and pushed its head aside, "Don't make a fuss about the little falcon. ”

The chick didn't care about this, and bit the pen shaft to swallow it in her stomach, so frightened that she hurriedly snatched the pen down and called outside: "Xiaolian, quickly bring some food, this hairy little guy is hungry again." ”

The curtain was raised, but the person who came in was Mama Mi, she brought the freshly boiled thick soup, and said with a smile, "Miss, drink it while it's hot." ”

Ye Zhiwei knew that even if she refused, it would be in vain, so she had to drink it happily.

Mama Mi's smiling eyes narrowed into a slit, "Miss seems to have grown a lot taller recently." ”

"Mama, don't comfort me, I know it in my own heart." Ye Zhiwei sighed, although she herself could feel that her body had grown a lot recently, but what made her smile bitterly was that she did not grow tall, but those key parts......

"I can't wear the new clothes that I just made." She grumbled.

Mama Mi disagreed, "If you are small, you will make a new one, now that life is better, if Mrs. is still alive, I will definitely be happy to see Miss you like this." ”

Ye Zhiwei looked down at her body, and secretly thought in her heart: I'm afraid that the happiest person is that guy.

While the two were talking, Xiaolian came in from outside the door with the piece of meat to feed the chicks and said, "The golden steward is here." ”

Mama Mi knew that her young lady and the steward Jin must have something to say, so she withdrew with Xiaolian.

Ye Zhiwei picked up a piece of meat and teased the little falcon.

"The second lady thoroughly checked all the accounts in the house, and found that there was a deficit of more than 30,000 taels of silver." The gold steward said.

Hearing this number, Ye Zhiwei was not surprised, she continued to feed the little falcon: "What is the move over there in the second room?" ”

"The second lady handed over the accounts to Grandpa Guo." The golden steward lowered his voice and said: "Grandpa Guo is quite angry, I didn't expect that the dignified Guogong Mansion can't even take out the subordinate people's example now. ”

Ye Zhiwei secretly pouted in her heart, there were many things that Zhen Guogong hadn't expected.

"I wonder how my grandfather is going to solve the problem of not being able to get a monthly calendar now?"

"I followed the instructions of the young lady and hinted to the second lady that there was a batch of last year's grain in the house, and she had already sent someone to check it, and I think the results would be available soon."

Ye Zhiwei couldn't help but smile, she imagined the expression on the second lady's face when she saw the empty warehouse, no matter what, as long as the Li family's private sale of the grain stored in the mansion surfaced, none of her dowries would be taken away.

Not only does she have to get back what belongs to her, but she also has to slowly get back what she owes.

Just after noon, the golden steward sent her news: someone from the Li Mansion has come.

"They're here to pick up the Li family back home, right?" Mama Mi sat on the kang on the east side and did needlework with Xiaolian.

"I'm afraid that the Li family can't leave even if they want to go now." Ye Zhiwei sneered, "If the accounts are lost like that, you want to leave?" Grandfather is not good at handling the affairs of the back house, but if he loses money, he must ask the big house to make up for the short money, if the Li family leaves, won't my eldest uncle have to pay the bill for her? ”

Mama Mi sighed, "I didn't expect the uncle to be ruthless." ”

Inside the courtyard of the large house.

Li Shi lay on the bed weakly.

For a few days, she didn't see Ye Dongzhou's face, and the only person in this courtyard was the rough mother-in-law, and the steps were full of fallen leaves and withered petals, and there was no one to clean up.

Now even if she takes the initiative to go back to the Li Mansion, no one pays attention to her, she wants to leave, but she can't bear her dowry, if she leaves, Ye Dongzhou will definitely take her things, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to go back and ask for it again.

She closed her eyes and vaguely heard the voice of her younger brother Li Yuan.

"Is my sister in the house? My brother has come to see you. ”

Li Shi opened his eyes abruptly and sat up, "Quick...... Come on in! ”

Li Yuan wore a blue satin eight-treasure brocade robe to enter the door, since the inexplicable grain theft case implicated him in prison, this is the first time he has been on the door of the Zhenguo Mansion after recovery.

He was startled when he saw Li sitting on the bed, his eyes swollen like peaches, and his hair was messy, "Why did my sister get like this?" ”

Li wiped his tears, "Sister's life is hard, and there is ...... in this house I can't hold it anymore......"

Li Yuan let out a vague "oh", but his eyes were looking at the furnishings in the room.

Li Shi raised her head, only to see her brother's gaze fall on the glass cicada on the Hundred Treasure Pavilion.

"Your brother-in-law, this conscienceless ...... He...... He wants to divorce me......" Li choked up.

Li Yuan looked extremely calm, he walked to the Hundred Treasure Pavilion and picked up the glass cicada to look at it, blew away the floating dust on it, and sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity ......"

"Li Yuan?" Li Shi called out in confusion.

Li Yuan held the glass cicada in his hand, turned around and said: "Sister don't know, the outside has now spread the word, my sister has committed seven crimes, she didn't listen to the teachings of the grandfather, and she also bit off the uncle's ear and pulled it half, so the brother-in-law is making a fuss about divorcing his wife." ”

When Li Shi heard these words, he felt a sullen feeling in his heart, and couldn't help but say angrily: "You also believe such words!" ”

Li Yuan sighed, "Before I came, my father told me, saying that I should not forget my sister's goodness, our Li Mansion is thanks to my sister secretly helping, otherwise how could we have today." ”

Li Shi couldn't help but be moved when she heard this, her father always remembered her own good, thinking about this, her tears couldn't help rolling down.

"Originally, my father wanted me to pick up my sister and go back earlier." Li Yuan paused, and carefully put the glass cicada into his sleeve, "But just now when I went to the mansion, I learned that there was a problem with the accounts when my sister was in charge of the mansion, and I heard that I had to make up the poor money before I let you go." ”

Li Yuan stood there with a look of embarrassment, "I heard that the deficit is not small, and my brother-in-law said that if you don't make up the silver, he will go to report to the official......"

Report to the officer?

Li stared in disbelief, the eldest son of the dignified prince of the town could actually say such a thing!

In the years since she got married, she has tried her best to collect money in her yard, talk about favors and relationships for Ye Dongzhou everywhere, which one does not need to be paved with money, but now that something has gone wrong, he has picked everything he has picked and pushed himself out as a target.

She deducted the public silver in the house, but he also had flowers for those silvers, why did he let her pay it back by herself now?

Li Yuan's figure blurred in her eyes, and the voice seemed to come from outside the sky, and it was not so real.

"Sister, don't worry, my brother will come to see you in a few days, as long as you settle the matter here, my brother will take you back to the house immediately......"

Li's fingers trembled, she thought that her mother's family would support her, but now she didn't dare to take her back because she was worried about a lawsuit.

Leave her here alone, and ask her to make up for the deficit by herself.

What else could she do now? The only thing she has in her hands is the dowry.