Seeing her beating her upside down and telling lies with her eyes open, Xiao Tao's voice couldn't help but immediately raise: "Sister, are you here to deliberately find fault today?" I didn't throw the fruit, you deliberately let go of it, there are so many pairs of eyes here to watch, why do you do this? ”

Cuckoo smiled faintly: "Yes, everyone is watching, but what they see is what you threw it, not me." After speaking, she glanced at the two little maids behind her with the corner of her eye, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Who did you two say threw the fruit plate?" ”

The two men said almost in unison, "It's Little Peach Girl." ”

Xiao Tao was stunned when she heard this, but she felt very ridiculous.

She turned to look at Xia Jiu, who had been standing behind her, and saw that she bit her lip and was about to ask a question, when she heard that Du Juan had already spoken in advance: "Xia Jiu, you come." ”

Xia Jiu bit her lip, hesitating and not daring to speak, the cuckoo glared at him fiercely, and finally let her speak: "It's the little peach girl......"

When Xiao Tao heard this, her face turned white.

Seeing this, the cuckoo smiled contentedly, she walked over slowly, stepped directly on the star fruit, looked at Xiao Tao and continued to smile: "Sister, don't worry, it's just some fruit, I won't be stingy enough to go to the second lady to complain." ”

Xiao Tao looked directly into her smiling eyes, and said impatiently, "What do you want?" ”

Cuckoo sneered: "It's okay, I just want to come and see you." Although these fruits are dirty, they are also the second lady's heart, isn't my sister ready to pick them up? ”

Xiao Tao glanced at her, "You have to bully me like this?" Targeting me everywhere? ”

The cuckoo raised an eyebrow, staring at her pretty, fair face, and suddenly retracted her smile. "What's the point of bullying you little girl? I'm just kindly reminding you. Don't overjoy, you want to your tail with pride. You and I were both sold into the Zhu family, not married. ”

Xiao Tao asked rhetorically, "How about that?" ”

She glared at the cuckoo with hatred, she really didn't understand where she had offended her so deeply? If you want to be so aggressive just because of Zhu Jinlun's favor, then in the future, the contradiction between the two people will only be deeper.

Seeing that she dared to fight back, Du Juan said in a sharp tone: "Although you are favored now, it is just a flash in the pan." When the new grandmother passes the door, there will be no place for you to stand. When the second young master gets tired of you, you will be in my charge at that time. If you don't want to suffer in the future, you can be as obedient as them now. ”

In this yard, Du Juan has been following Zhu Nylon for the longest time and knows Zhu Nylon the most. With her understanding of Zhu Jinlun, although the second young master is occasionally willful and informal, he is a person who wants to do great things. Therefore, he never has too much affection for women, just as he did with her in the past......

When Xiao Tao heard this, her body shook slightly, her face became even more ugly, and her eyes turned a little crimson with anger.

She didn't know that if she couldn't become an aunt, she would have to swallow her anger under the cuckoo's hand all the time.

Du Juan immediately said: "Okay, sister, let's clean up slowly, I still have to go to the kitchen to have a look, and cook tonic soup for the second young master." After saying that, he took her people and walked away without looking back.

Xiao Tao shook his hands hidden in his cuffs, took a deep breath, and held back his anger.

These days, she has been patient, patient with everyone's critical eyes, and endured the difficulties and ridicule of the cuckoo. However, patience alone is not enough, she must learn to be out of sight of Zhu Nylon and protect herself from being bullied by others.

Xia Jiu didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere because of Fang Cai's matter, he only hung his head, and he was extremely worried.

Although she was still a little scared, she still had the courage to walk in front of Xiao Tao and said softly: "Girl, go back to the house first, the slave maid will clean up here." ”

Seeing this, Xiao Tao asked softly, "Why are you lying?" ”

Xia Jiu's hand was paused, and he lowered his head and said in a low voice: "The slave maid is also a last resort, don't blame me, girl......"

Xiao Tao immediately squatted down and cleaned up the bayberry on the ground with her, and said, "Why are you so afraid of her?" ”

Xia Jiu sighed and whispered: "Miss Cuckoo was originally the one who served by the second lady's side, and we are all nobodies, if we want to have a good errand and live a good life, we must be obedient, otherwise, once we make a small mistake, we will be severely dealt with by the family law, and we may even be beaten to death." Speaking of this, she suddenly raised her head, with a little tears in her eyes, and continued: "The slave knows that the girl is a good person, the slave and the maid don't want to harm the girl, the slave and the maid just want to stay in the Zhu family to make a living and serve the girl." ”

Xiao Tao saw her tearful appearance, and her heart softened. She's also a pitiful, just looking at people's faces.

The life of sleeping outside is too cruel, and no one can survive half a year, but obviously, life here is not as good as expected.

The Zhu family's family law is clear, and many people have been killed before, and if they don't pay attention to it, they will kill people. I heard that even the eldest grandmother's bridal maid and the eldest young master's nurse were beaten half to death before......

Xia Jiu wiped a handful of tears, and then picked up the fruits on the ground. "Girl, the slave advises you, Miss Cuckoo is not a person to be messed with, everyone will pass it on again, once the new grandmother enters the door, she will be the first to be promoted to be an aunt, because she has served the second young master for the longest time."

Xiao Tao was quite aware of it, nodded and said, "I know, don't worry, I will do what she wants." ”

Xia Jiu's expression was relieved when he heard this.

Xiao Tao stood up and said, "I still want to go to the garden for a walk, and you can clean up this place by yourself." ”

The bright red juice left on the ground was too harsh and uncomfortable.

Xia Jiu nodded again and again, and did not follow as he did before.

Xiao Tao went to the garden alone and came to the back of the rockery again. With some hesitation, she pulled out the rouge box she had brought with her, wondering if she should leave a mark.

She hesitated for a moment before she dipped her fingertips in a little rouge and drew a "one" on the wall. After that, she hurried out of the rockery, not wanting anyone to find out that she was staying here.

She walked aimlessly for a while, and finally came to the swing next to the peach blossom forest, and sat alone on the swing and swung quietly.

It's a quiet place, and most of the peach blossoms have begun to wither, falling to the ground, sinking into the dust and slowly decaying until they disappear.

Xiao Tao looked at the petals in the dust alone, silently distracted, completely forgetting the existence of time.

The cuckoo's bullying of her is getting more and more intense, God knows, what else will she think of to bully her? It's not so easy to live a good life, those maids like her, but who are a little bit beautiful, everyone has the same idea in their hearts - thinking that one day they will become masters and no longer be slaves and maids.

She sat alone on the swing for a whole afternoon, and it wasn't until sunset that she came to her senses, it was already so late.

Obviously, her sudden disappearance did not attract anyone's attention before Zhu Jinlun returned.

After Zhu Jinlun came back, he saw that the person who served the tea and poured water for him was a cuckoo, not Xiao Tao, and couldn't help asking, "Where is Xiao Tao?" ”

The cuckoo smiled and said, "Little Peach girl, it seems that she has been resting in the room all the time, so the slave maid didn't let anyone disturb her." ”

When Zhu Jinlun heard this, he took a sip of tea and said, "Since that's the case, let her rest." Come and change my clothes and shoes. ”

The cuckoo smiled in response. thought to himself, no matter how many newcomers there were around the second young master, only he was the one who was most in line with his heart.

Zhu Jinlun's food, clothing, housing and transportation, everything is indispensable for her to worry about, and this is her biggest benefit and advantage.

After Zhu Jinlun freshened up a little, he went to Chai's place to talk to her.

When he came back, he found that Xiao Tao was still not there, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

The two have not seen each other since they parted in the morning. However, after Zhu Jinlun came back, he knew from Jin Gui's mouth that his grandmother had already seen Xiao Tao, and he was more or less concerned in his heart.

Grandmother seems to be kind, but in fact she is as domineering as her mother, and sometimes, it only takes a few words to make people lose momentum and face.

Zhu Jinlun thought about it, then got up and went to her room to visit.

Sure enough, she was sitting in the middle of the room dignifiedly, looking indifferently at the afterglow that fell on the table, silent.

Zhu Jinlun stopped, leaned on the door frame, clasped his hands to his chest and said, "You seem to like to be in a daze." ”

Since he was a child, he likes to observe others, especially the people around him, and there are always those few people going back and forth around him, which makes him lose the freshness of observing others. However, the appearance of Xiao Tao just gave him a new interest.

In the past few days when the two of them have been together, Xiao Tao has been respectful and gentle, only occasionally taking advantage of the fact that he is not paying attention, he is alone and quietly in a daze.

Her eyes were empty, completely unfocused, her expression was neither happy nor sad, and even with a melancholy that was completely inconsistent with her age.

Ordinary women are in a daze, which will only make people feel dull and stunned. However, if it is a beautiful woman who is meditating, then even if her face is expressionless, it looks like a beautiful scenery.

Xiao Tao had already heard his footsteps, he was always coming and going, and the footsteps were very heavy, which was different from Xia Jiu, who usually liked to be cautious, so it was easy to recognize. Also, there is always a light aroma on his body, not the incense powder sachet used by women, but it smells cool, like the fragrance of tea mixed with mint, quiet and slightly cool.

Xiao Tao didn't get up or salute, just looked at him and smiled indifferently.

Seeing this, Zhu Jinlun didn't mind, for the woman he liked, sometimes, he didn't have to care so much about the rules, and it was good to be comfortable.

Zhu Jinlun observed the expression on her face, and asked meaningfully, "You don't seem to be very happy to see you?" ”

Xiao Tao got up slowly, looked at him and smiled softly: "The slave maid wants to go to the swing, can the second young master take the slave maid there?" I beg you ......"