Chapter 21: Suspicion (I)

Huiyuan informs Yu Qi, Sanxi, and Zisu of what happened to her in Beifu.

At that time, Huiyuan, Wan Jin, and Purple Mandarin came with sea crabs. Cao Shi heard the girl outside the door report that someone was coming, so he hurriedly found ointment to put on his forehead and pretended to be sick.

Waiting for Huiyuan, Wan Jin, and Zi Yuan to put down the plate, Gui Yuan took it inside to give the Cao family a gift.

Cao asked in a usual tone: "Can the old lady eat well?" ”

Because among the unmarried girls, Zhuang Qian was the largest, so her eldest girl Wanjin replied: "Eat well, and eat a few glasses of sweet wine." ”

Cao asked, "What kind of sweet wine is it?" ”

Wan Jin said: "Acacia wine, chrysanthemum wine, what other wine ......?"

Cao Shi was a little impatient. Seeing the sea crabs on the table outside, he didn't want to continue asking, so he raised his hand and motioned for them to go back.

When the three girls went out, Cao Shi took off the ointment on his forehead. At this time, Guiyuan had already brought the sea crab, and Cao picked it up to break it, and remembered to eat dirty hands like this, so he said: "Bring the golden hook of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and bring some osmanthus garlic sauce." ”

Guiyuan went, and then two girls went to get the sauce.

Unexpectedly, before the sauce was brought to Cao's side, a girl behind her screamed.

When Cao heard this, he got up, lifted the bead curtain, pointed outside and scolded: "What are you yelling about, it's getting more and more unruly!" Guiyuan ......"

Guiyuan came out of the hut with a small brocade box containing a golden hook.

At this moment, I saw Cao's hand shaking as he pointed outside, his mouth opening and closing, and he couldn't speak. At the same time, there was a girl's scream outside.

Seeing Wan Jin and Zi Yuan, who had just left, they ran back in a panic.

Then came the shouts of the uncle, "Come back, come back...... I have a sedan chair! Eight sedan chairs carry you ......"

Cao's Zhizhuang Zhi's madness has flared up again.

Because Wan Jin and Zi Yuan panicked and lost their sense of proportion, Cao's split the head and slapped the two girls a few times.

Cao said: "What are you panicking about! “

Wan Jin blushed and said, "Madam, the uncle smashed people with stones, it's weird and scary!" ”

Cao Shi tried his best to push the ten thousand gold away and snatched the door out. In the courtyard outside, the girls are urging me, hurrying, and going their separate ways.

At a glance, there is a mess and a commotion. Cao strode out.

When I arrived outside the North Mansion, I saw that Zhuang was well-dressed, sometimes yelling, sometimes chanting poems and making the moon, crazy and stupid.

Cao's crossed his waist and kicked his legs, causing the golden hairpin on his head to shake, and he saw her pick up her jade finger and poke at Zhuang Ji and said, "Uncle, what are you doing here?" Go back! The old lady will come over later, so that you can clean up! ”

Zhuang Ji didn't manage the Cao family, he laughed in his heart, threw away the stone in his hand, and went to pick the flowers in the flower garden, learned the trick of the play, and put the flowers on the edge of his hat.

Cao Shi said to Guiyuan and the other girls behind him: "Go, call a few people from the head of the Qian Zhuang to come over and get the uncle back to Dongfu." ”

Gui Yuan was afraid that something would happen to the Cao family, but he didn't want to leave, so he sent a girl casually.

You know, the rest of the people saw that at the moment, Na Huiyuan was squatting next to Zhuang Xuan, hanging his face and hugging his head, humming, he was really scared. The Cao family and the others couldn't control her, and they didn't ask her to avoid it in a hurry.

Guiyuan said to Cao's family: "Madam, the uncle doesn't come on weekdays, I don't know who provoked him and coaxed him over." ”

Cao Shi took a sip and said angrily: "It's all provoked by you hooves who don't like to be clean, who heard that there is a girl who wants to exploit the uncle's empty space, I haven't gone to my heart yet, this is good, people are coming here." I'll wait for you rotten hooves one by one when I'm ready! ”

On weekdays, several houses come and go with female dependents, even if they have something, they also communicate with each other before they come to the door, and they must go to the council hall to discuss major matters. This Zi Zhuang came inexplicably, isn't someone interested in luring, can there be others? Besides, Zhuang Ji had that crazy disease, and he didn't come to Beifu for a reason, so he didn't come at all on weekdays.

The old lady nearby doesn't want to see the North Mansion, if Zhuang Ji makes something out here, it will be even more difficult to explain it to the old lady, wouldn't it make the old lady even more unhappy?

Because of this thought, Cao Shi was angry in his heart.

I saw Zhuang Ji turn around and say to Cao's family: "Are people in the back well of your house?" ”

Cao Shi was so frightened that he retreated, almost turning back, but fortunately Guiyuan and other girls blocked him, so he was safe and sound.

Cao's retreated, pointed at Zhuang Ji and said, "Uncle Hugh wants to come over!" Come on, come on! ”

Suddenly, the first household of Qian Zhuang brought a few Xiao Si here, panting, and when he came to Cao's side, he saluted Qian'er.

Cao Shi motioned and asked him to fetch someone.

At that time, Zhuang Ji had already squatted down to pick up stones, and those people behind him did not dare to approach.

The first household of Qian Zhuang motioned to the girl to help Cao Shi in, and when he was about to leave, Zhuang Zhuang Qingfeng smiled lightly, picked up the stone to play, and said to Cao Shi and others: "Why are you all hiding...... Why is the well missing...... Why did you come...... gone......" Then, Zhuang Ji looked up to the sky and cried.

Bottom, Hui Yuan looked up at Zhuang Xu, only to see that his eyebrows were full of sadness, and tears and saliva overflowed his face.

In order to attract Zhuang Xuan's attention, Hui Yuan cleverly thought of a way to find an opportunity for Cao's group of people to catch him.

Huiyuan slowly stood up and whispered to Zhuang Xuan: "Uncle, Miss Bichi is not here......"

The voice was so low that Zhuang could hear it. He slowly approached Huiyuan, and just now he had a crying face, and suddenly turned to laugh. Huiyuan was frightened, but she didn't dare to retreat.

Qian Zhuang and the first household were afraid that Zhuang Ji would hit Huiyuan with a stone, so they said to the two bold girls who were always there: "Go around and lead the uncle away." ”

There are two girls who can't be treated by the Cao family on weekdays, how can they let such an opportunity to make contributions slip away? I was bold enough to go. Before she got to the front, she saw that Zhuang Ji didn't know what to say to Huiyuan, and suddenly raised her hands and pressed her shoulders, swaying excitedly.

Huiyuan was shaken by Zhuang Ji like a rattle, her hair was blown apart, her clothes were unbuttoned, and an unsightly scene suddenly appeared.

Seeing this situation, Cao Shi was so anxious that he stomped his feet, hurriedly pushed aside the two people in the first household of the money village, and went down the steps and said to Zhuang Wei: "Uncle! The old lady is here! ”

Zhuang Xuan woke up suddenly and let go of his hand. The two girls who were walking around before were frightened stupid by Zhuang Xu's sudden change, and they paused to see if Zhuang Wei had any other evil acts, and when they saw if they were not, the two of them ran forward.

Zhuang was also frightened by Cao's shock, and now when he saw people running, he also chased after him.

Later, it was the scene that Sanxi and Zisu met outside the Zhongfu.

Hui Yuan told me everything about the experience of the past few days, and then talked about the big girl behind me to help re-put on makeup, and the rest, Yu Qi and the others have already understood.

The next day, the various mansions came to Shouzhong to ask for peace, still gossiping about the Xifu Loutai Moon Crab Banquet, and then heard that Mr. Guan was unhappy because of this, and the old lady went over to see it again in order to fulfill the etiquette. When the watchers returned, the wives had dispersed.

Yu Qi came out of Shouzhongju with Sanxi and Huiyuan, and Zhuang Yu, the fourth girl from Dongfu, had not yet left, and came from under the locust tree.

Zhuang Yu looked left and right, and when he saw that there was no one, he smiled and greeted him, put his warm hand softly on the girl's silent hand, and whispered: "Take it out." Silent laughed as he took out what was hidden behind his back.

It was a long brocade box.

Zhuang Yu walked up to Yu Li, made a salute, and Yu Li, Sanxi and Hui Yuan returned a salute.

Yu Qi smiled between his eyebrows, stretched out his hand to greet Zhuang Yu, and said, "Why hasn't Sister Yu gone yet?" ”

Zhuang Yu said: "Wait for my sister to come out!" ”

Yu Qi said strangely: "Just now I was going to say thank you to the big sister, but yesterday thanks to her for helping us straighten our faces, the old lady left me to say a few words, and the big sister left too, I still want to borrow it to find the big sister, and then talk to you!" ”

Zhuang Yu took Yu Qi's hand and walked slowly to the garden at the head of the gate, while saying, "What did my sister say?" ”

Yu Qi suddenly remembered what Zisu had told him that the eldest girl didn't want to publicize yesterday's events. How can this party be good for Zhuang Yu? Presumably Zhuang Yu didn't know.

Yu Qi said randomly: "Didn't the big sister come after yesterday?" Huiyuan followed her all the way, and the big sister took care of it, and I wondered if I should thank the big sister. ”

Zhuang Yu said: "No matter how big it is, sister, you will detain this ceremony." How can I thank you? Then he took Yu Qi's hand and walked forward, so as to find a hidden place. When he arrived outside a garden, seeing that there was no one around, Zhuang Yu handed the brocade box in Jingmo's hand to Yu Qi.

Yu Qi was puzzled, took it, opened it at will, and saw that it was an elm hairpin, which was quaint and simple, and polished to be delicate and beautiful.

Yu Qi smiled: "Where did my sister get the treasures?" His eyes flickered and looked at Zhuang Yu, and then he exclaimed: "The golden hairpin is not as good as the silver hairpin, the silver hairpin is not as good as the hosta, the hosta is not as good as the stone hairpin, and the stone hairpin is not as good as the wooden hairpin. Sister, this is made of elm? ”

The elm hairpin has a rich color and a different aroma. When she was in the south, Zisu's mother had such an elm hairpin, so Yu Qi knew it in her heart.

Zhuang Yu was so embarrassed that he was praised, and only nodded with a smile.

Yu Qi wanted to raise her hand to put it on Zhuang Yu, but she turned her head away.

Zhuang Yu said: "This is Sister Xie's gift. Please don't dislike it, sister. ”

Yu Qi was taken aback.

Zhuang Yu said: "The red whisk woman is chivalrous and broad-minded. There is a poem 'blue sky and blue sea looking at the clouds, brushing the dust before the elm. Don't ask about Chaofeng's folk affairs, but there is a red whisk girl in the lower field'. This gift is not expensive, and it is worthy of my sister. ”

Yu Qi said: "How can this be made, it is useless, and I don't have a good gift to give back to my sister." ”

Zhuang Yu bowed down again and said, "Sister, do you know that my little aunt is my biological mother." If you give up medicine to help like this, if you have no merit, who would dare to say that you have merit? ”

It is not said that Zhuang Dafu has this rule, but all the princes and nobles, and the concubines who accompany the house to give birth to children all recognize their mother-in-law as their own mother, so there is Zhuang Yu's reason to speak. Yu Qi heard some ears and eyes before, but he didn't dig deeper, and today Zhuang Yu said this, it's really true.

Yu Qi wanted to refuse, but unfortunately Sanxi behind him was quick to speak, and said: "Fourth girl, I still said outside, it was me and our girl who poisoned it." ”

These words made Zhuang Yu look very embarrassed.

Seeing this, Huiyuan came over to ease the atmosphere and said, "It is intentional for others to talk about these untruths. If the fourth girl believes it, how can she send a hairpin to our girl? Then he said to Yu Qi: "Girl, the four girls are also kind, and the gift is light and affectionate, so this gift is not light!" It can be seen that the four girls have a very deep affection for the girl. ”

Zhuang Yu smiled at Huiyuan in return.

Yu Qi smiled at this time, pushed the brocade box in his hand to Sanxi, and pressed it heavily in her hand, so he said to Zhuang Yu: "It's so good, I thank Sister Yu." Would you like to ask my sister to plug it in for me? ”

Zhuang Yu was overjoyed, stretched out his jade hand and picked up the elm hairpin and gently inserted it for Yu Qi.

Through the fence outside the garden, the girls were seen carrying baskets and picking rose petals from a distance, so the two of them also leaned over to look. After walking a few steps, I heard someone talking behind the bushes, and I listened a little, and there was a vague way:

"I don't know if it's true or not. The second wife also scolded the people in their northern mansion because of this! ”

"It's not bad if you are looked down on by the uncle, it's not bad to be a grandmother in the main house, it's not bad to be an aunt, otherwise you will be a girl for the rest of your life, when will you be the leader, I am willing to scold the second wife, and quickly point me to Dongfu!"

"If you don't say that the wisdom of Jinghua Xie will hook people! I heard that so many eyes saw that she took the initiative to go to the uncle. ”

"Still with so many eyes? How did the first person Jing Hua Xie come in, and asked me if my knee can I get back to you. ”

A few girls thought it was early in the morning and joked wantonly.

I never thought that these gossips would be heard by Yu Li, Zhuang Yu, Sanxi, Huiyuan, etc.

Yu Qi's face didn't show anything, and Sanxi couldn't hold it back. Hui Yuan was so frightened that she was standing next to her, left and right, and Zhuang Yu and Jing Mo looked at her with blank eyes.