Chapter 606: Three Gardens Lost
The women in the house are all smart people, how could they not hear the voiceover of He Angelica's words? No matter how clever and clever the old servants and maids of the three gardens were, they did not obey the discipline of their masters; No matter how clumsy He Angelica's dowry maid is, he is at least diligent in serving his master.
Seeing that Mrs. Su heard that the seventh master had made a fire and boiled water, her lips trembled with anger, and Mama Leng saw the wind and rudder for the first time, knelt down and pleaded: "The trees are still going to become fine, let alone those girls." There is no one in the seventh master's room all the year round, and in the past, Grandma Feng was better, but later when Granny Feng went to Yangzhou, the garden was even more unpresentable. When the old slave deployed manpower, he had already cut dozens of people from the three gardens, and let Mama Jing be optimistic about those people, but I didn't expect it to be ...... Alas. ”
Mama is the helper mentioned by Meng Xuan in addition to Yitong, and on the night of marriage, He Angelica also saw her, and her impression was not bad. Now I heard that Mama Leng had the intention of shirking responsibility, and He Angelica didn't want to offend an authoritative figure like Mama Leng in the head, so he interceded: "Fortunately, the seventh master didn't live at home for many days, even if the slave and maid were not considerate, he didn't suffer much." According to the daughter-in-law's wishes, don't pursue them, if they don't look good, let Mama Leng teach them again. With this lesson, they will learn to be good in the future. ”
Mrs. Su gritted her teeth and said: "That's how hateful it is, Xiao Qi has only lived at home for a few days, and they are still doing this tricks, is it that Mama is too old to even control a few people." ”
He Angelica smiled faintly: "Mama is not the housekeeper in the garden, and the people respect her for being an errand in front of her wife, but they may not be able to listen to her." ”
Mrs. Su thought about it reasonably, sighed and said: "I didn't expect Xiao Qi to suffer so many grievances over the years, and she didn't tell me, if it weren't for Qingning to say, I would still be kept in the dark, a group of shameless family slaves, the master is generous, but it has become their protective umbrella!" ”
Mama Leng only responded, and didn't dare to intercede for those people. He Angelica really said two good words, which made Mrs. Su a lot of anger, and Mama Leng was grateful to He Angelica, so she sold her favor, saying that since there are few people to serve in the three gardens, then I will transfer a few people to listen to the mint today.
He Angelica smiled and said thank you, the fourth grandmother Liu was red for a while, and she was also accompanying her mother-in-law for pastime, how much He Angelica gained this time, and he also got the right to be an independent director! With this power, if you want to pinch the seven-room concubine in your hands, isn't it just like playing.
Mrs. Su played chess for a long time, and she was exhausted, so she said that she would not keep them much, so the daughters-in-law stood up and retired very interestingly, and four women with different temperaments lined up, bent their knees in unison and said, "Mother-in-law rest, how good is it when you are tired!" ”
Mrs. Su smiled at He Angelica and said, "Next time, I'll put on an endgame for you to play, if you lose, you have to call Xiao Qi home for me." ”
He Angelica pursed his lips and smiled: "Mother-in-law Rongyu, in fact, I don't know how to get back the seventh master, just now gambling chess, I am just a white wolf with empty gloves, if I win, I will ask my mother-in-law for the right to govern, and if I lose, I will pass the news of my loss to the seventh master through my mother-in-law and father-in-law, and see if he is willing to come back to save the field." ”
Lu Shi also smiled when he heard this: "The seventh brother and sister are too cunning, I miss the seventh brother and want to call him back, but under the banner of mother-in-law." ”
Mrs. Su felt much more comfortable after hearing this, just now Shang hinted that Meng Xuan "married a daughter-in-law and forgot her mother", she has always had a thorn in her heart, and now she knows that she and her daughter-in-law are actually standing on the same level, Mrs. Su's last bit of unhappiness has also disappeared, and she took He Angelica's hand and smiled: "It's okay, I can also 'play your banner' and ask the master to write a letter to recall Xiao Qi, saying that his daughter-in-law is thinking about it at home, thinking that he will come back soon." ”
He Angelica half-hung his head and acted shyly cooperatively, but he thought in his heart, that lustful male wolf, it was best never to come home!
A cold thing stroked the tip of her nose, and before He Angelica could react, the Shang next to her stared at her face and exclaimed. Mrs. Su was very surprised and reached out to touch He Angelica's eyebrows, rubbed them twice hard, and then asked, "Didn't you point it?" Is it innate? ”
He Angelica knew that she was talking about her cinnabar mole on her eyebrows, and these days she has been pasting it with flower petals dipped in water to make it look like a flowery makeup. Now that the petals have fallen, revealing a bright red cinnabar, anyone will be startled, because ordinary moles will never have such a luster and perfect curvature.
Compared with the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, born moles are healthy, and acquired moles are short-lived, so in order not to make Mrs. Su feel that her seventh daughter-in-law is a short-lived ghost and wants to make other plans for her son, He Angelica had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "I was born with this mole, because I often use honey, milk, etc. to apply to my face every day, so my skin is very nourishing, and the mole is getting redder." ”
Lu and Liu sighed: "My brother and sister are really born different. He Angelica also smiled and accepted their praise.
At this time, suddenly a maid trotted in, and said with an anxious face: "Oh no, madam, Mama has just returned from the temple in the afternoon, and as soon as she enters the three gardens, she finds that several doors in the main garden are wide open, I am afraid that they have been stolen!" ”
The smiling and warm atmosphere in the room was broken, and Mrs. Su asked He Angelica: "What are you lying in your garden?" How much is it worth? Is it valuable? ”
He Angelica frowned, and recalled: "It's my dowry, about two hundred and forty taels, all of which are gold, silver, silk and the like, and the ones that my father bought for me, as well as the princess's gifts, all have gift lists to check, and there is no list to check what I brought from Yangzhou." The most valuable were chests of gold and silver, but those things were so heavy that it would be almost impossible for thieves from outside to enter the house and carry them out. ”
"Is the stolen information accurate? Where's Mama? Mrs. Su asked the maid who reported the news.
The maid said: "Mama is guarding the garden now, and when the seventh grandmother goes back to take stock of the lost property, she called the Xinchun girl who came to tell Madame that she was stammering, and the slave maid asked her to wait outside, does Madame want to listen to her?" ”
Mrs. Su shook her head: "That's it, it just so happens that there are all the people now, let's go over and take a look, what kind of thief dares to steal to the back house of the Meng Mansion." ”
She was the first to go out, the maid at the door opened the curtain, He Angelica and the others followed out, and a beautiful woman dressed as a woman outside, with slender eyebrows and eyes, a small nose and a small mouth, and a very fair complexion. This woman wears a long placket embroidered with a picture of a pomegranate in honey color, and two vivid red-billed goldfinches are embroidered on the wide sleeves. The waist is tied with a sky-blue long silk tie, and there is a gouache palace skirt underneath, which looks charming and charming.
There is no need for her to report her home, everyone knows that she is the second master's newly married side wife Wang, firstly, because of her beauty, she is really much better than He Angelica, and she is much more elaborate than He Angelica in terms of makeup; The second reason is that since she saw this beauty, the second grandmother Lu's nose has hummed.
Shang didn't let go of this opportunity to make Lu's heart piercing, stepped forward to hold Aunt Wang's hand and looked at it, and said in surprise: "It's amazing, look at this finger, it's like the tip of a bamboo shoot!" Hey, today I just opened my eyes and knew what a beauty is! No wonder the second master is reluctant to let go. ”
Aunt Wang came up smartly to see her mother-in-law, and said with a clever smile: "What does the eldest sister-in-law say, don't say that all sisters-in-law are beautiful and beautiful, just looking at the majesty of the mother-in-law, it makes the concubine admire." ”
After speaking, she greeted Lu's, Liu's and He Angelica one by one, and even Mama Leng said hello, without the jerkiness of the new daughter-in-law at all.
The fourth grandmother Liu was jealous of Aunt Wang, and I heard that Aunt Wang was very loved by the second master Meng Qi, and she married and loved her husband and wife, unlike her fourth grandfather Meng Zao, who was as warm as white water, only she was hot, and the heart of the fourth master was not warm.
Moreover, the dowry maid brought by Aunt Wang only went to Mama Leng to report to her, and returned it to Aunt Wang on the spot. With a handy henchman, Aunt Wang can have such a well-informed message, and naturally greet everyone calmly, unlike Liu, as soon as she entered the house, she looked at the two faces of Shang and Mrs. Su, who were almost the same age, and didn't know who called her mother-in-law good, embarrassed for a while, and ruined her own temperament. Liu thought indignantly, this must be the Wang family's secret help, hmph, the Wang family's concubine came to marry the Meng family's concubine, or as a humble side room, they are really a loss.
Mrs. Su looked at her five daughters-in-law and called, "Let's go, go and see the theft in the three gardens, and you will also have a good eye and collect your precious dowry." ”
"Yes, follow your mother-in-law's teachings." The crowd replied. Shang gloated and glanced at He Angelica, only four days after passing the door, he lost his dowry......
On the way, He Angelica took a deep breath, settled down, and redigested the theft of his garden. After thinking about it carefully, she comforted herself and said, speaking of which, the most valuable thing is the jade in her womb, which was handed over to Meng Xuan in Qingzhou for temporary safekeeping, and then Meng Xuan has been occupying it and has not returned it, and now it is still hanging on Meng Xuan's neck. And her own surplus wealth and silver bills were handed over to Qing'er, who was preparing to expand the business in the capital the night before the wedding, except for the gold and silver in the dowry purchased by Nie Chun and Princess Yan, there were no other valuable collections.
Taking a step back, it's nothing if you can't find it, go back and find the owner of the house, Meng Xuan, to make it up for her. Who told him not to remind her that the security of his house was very low, and she was not prepared at all.
Everyone walked towards the four-petal fan-shaped garden in the center of the house, and saw from a distance the four golden characters of "Three Gardens" were brilliant in the sunset, Liu and Aunt Wang were both coming for the first time, and when they looked up to see such a vulgar and straightforward garden name, they were afraid that others would not know that the three gardens connected were all seven-room, and the Liu family was stunned. They sympathized with He Angelica, they couldn't see their husbands on the second day of marriage, and they lived in a garden without a name, which shows that the seventh master Meng Xuan's taste is not good, maybe people are also stupid and reckless.
"Mother-in-law go slowly," He Angelica stopped Mrs. Su who was rushing in and persuaded, "The situation is unclear, and I don't know if the thieves have gone, so my mother-in-law will take a break and call Mama out to ask about the situation." ”
Mrs. Su agreed, and sent a maid in to call someone, but Mama immediately came out to greet her, but she only spoke in a sloppy manner, and her face was a little strange, so Mrs. Su became impatient after asking a few words, and went straight to the garden. And Mama didn't know what bear-hearted leopard gall she had eaten, so she took a step sideways and stopped Mrs. Su with her cross arm: "You can't go in, madam!" ”