After Zhuang Yu finished speaking, he walked down the steps. She didn't get close to the big sedan chair, standing next to the stone lion, and beckoned to Zhuang Ji with an innocent look. Zhuang Yu said: "Big brother, come here, I have something to say to you." ”

Zhuang Yu walked over slowly, and when she came to Zhuang Yu, with a look of indignation, Zhuang Yu simply grabbed his arm and asked him to squat short, and she bowed her head and said a few words at the base of his ear.

Zhuang Ji laughed while listening, dancing happily. On the steps, the Qin family and the others looked puzzled, but they didn't know what Zhuang Yu said to Zhuang Xuan.

Zhuang Yu whispered, and said in a normal voice: "If the eldest brother depends on me, you can rest assured." ”

Zhuang Wei waved to Zhuang Yu and said with a smile: "It's better for the fifth sister to treat her brother well, and my brother will remember it in the future." ”

Zhuang Yu looked back at the county lord and the others, and then said to Zhuang Ji: "Big brother, don't make trouble, okay?" ”

Zhuang Ji nodded, raised his hand to the sedan chair behind him, and said, "For the sake of the fifth sister's face, I will have my own place." Walk! ”

Zhuang Wei disappeared from everyone's eyes, and said nothing else. Seeing that the predicament was solved, Qin's legs were weak, and he knelt down and fell down, and the county lord and others hurriedly supported him.

Zhuang Yu grabbed Zhuang Yu, who was about to go back, and asked, "Fifth sister, what did you say to your eldest brother?" ”

Zhuang Yu said proudly: "Naturally, it's a whisper." ”

Zhuang Ying chased curiously: "Tell me about it." ”

Zhuang Yu shook off Zhuang Yu's hand and said, "It's a whisper, how can I tell you." ”

After Zhuang Yu finished speaking, he turned around and walked up.

When he reached the steps, Zhuang Hu couldn't help but ask Zhuang Yu: "Fifth sister, what did you say to your eldest brother?" ”

Zhuang Yu smiled slightly, and said, "Big sister, it won't work if you say it." ”

Seeing that the Qin family was in a stable mood, the county lord blamed Zhuang Yu and said, "Girl, what kind of medicine is sold in your gourd?" ”

Zhuang Yu was blessed, and then said: "Madam, my solution is to let the eldest brother not make trouble tonight, and the arrangement said that there was someone in the palace, and the old lady was unhappy, but I didn't expect to scare the eldest brother away." ”

Everyone was skeptical of Zhuang Yu's words, but no one said anything, and when they went inside, Zhuang Yu grabbed Zhuang Hu and whispered: "Big sister, I'll tell you tomorrow." ”

Zhuang Hu looked at Zhuang Yu suspiciously, but did not say anything.

So, everyone sent the Qin family back to Dongfu without mentioning it. Until the next day, the Qin family did not dare to go to the Zhongfu to ask for peace, so he hid with a slight illness, anxiously waiting for the eldest lord to come back from the palace to discuss, but the eldest lord did not come back for a long time, but the family and parents of the eldest aunt and grandmother came, and the Qin family was even more anxious, so he had to ask someone to quietly invite the second master Zhuang Lu and the housekeeper to govern.

The parents of the aunt and grandmother heard the news of their daughter's death and went to the village house in the morning. The old couple was originally a meat seller in the pork market at the mouth of the market, and the son committed an accident that year, and the line should be disposed of, and the family has been in a difficult situation since then, and the son was injured for many years because of the discount of his legs, and he passed away not long ago. Previously, because of the difficult family situation, he married his daughter to Zhuang Ji as a housekeeper, and he got some silver to live. Now that their son has just died, and their daughter is gone, how can they not be sad? Therefore, when I came to the Zhuang Mansion, I saw the body of my daughter in the East Mansion, and I sat on the ground crying.

Zhuang Lu got the Qin family's notice and came to the house with the silver.

Zhuang Lu is an official and businessman, and there is only one way for him to solve things: what can be solved with silver, he does not bother with other means. Therefore, on the silver, he gave plenty of leeway. If it weren't for the old lady's heart, he wouldn't be willing to take a few ingots of gold, who told the old lady to mind Zhuang Qi so much to enter the mansion? It's good to handle it properly, so that the old lady * heart.

So, as soon as Zhuang Lu arrived, he didn't speak first, sat on the kang mat and ate tea, and came out with a cold momentum.

The housekeeper had a plan in advance, took a few ingots of gold, stood up, and listened to the crying of his aunt and grandmother for a while, and then grabbed the old father and said, "Grace in the house, reward the gold." ”

The old father wiped his tears, looked at the gold in front of Zhuang Lu, and suppressed his crying.

The old mother refused to accept it, and said: "Good people come in, and if they say that they are gone, they will be gone, and the gold and silver will not be exchanged." Uncle finally came out to say a word......"

The housekeeper said: "How did the uncle come out, he was scared out of illness and lay far away." And it's so noisy, if the uncle is sick again, we can't care much if the officials want to come over and get people. ”

When the old mother saw this, she had to cover her mouth and cry, which meant that her daughter was wrong first, so she suddenly died.

The housekeeper said again: "With gold, you don't have to worry about the rest of your life, right?" The government invited the gentleman to come to the funeral, and the official did not record the report. Treat it as if you girls have gone away. ”

The old father said: "The funeral certificate is not recorded, and there is no official funeral certificate, how can the funeral be buried?" ”

The housekeeper glanced at Zhuang Lu, who played with the plaything in his hand and said nothing.

Zhuang Lu is here to sit in town, if it is soft and hard, he naturally wants the housekeeper to cook, this common sense, the housekeeper knows, so he said to the old parents: "Present the letter of disaster to the official, you must check it, the aunt and grandmother treat people mean to people on weekdays, at most they are killed by the anger of the subordinates, if you really want to check it, you can't get the gold, and you can't hang your face." Moreover, the lord and uncle want to save the face of your family, and they also want to save the face of our house. Take a step back, in the future, you will still be the in-laws walking in our house, and the uncle will also honor you during the New Year's holidays. ”

The old father sighed and said no more.

Seeing this, the housekeeper took out a written document from his bosom, handed it to the old father, and said, "This is a letter of guarantee for inviting Mr. to come to the funeral, and as soon as we agreed, you just press a handprint, and we will do it." ”

The housekeeper handed over the paper, took out the ink, and forcibly pulled the old father's hand, scraping it on his thumb a few times.

The old father hesitated to press it or not, and the butler sighed, and took the gold, giving half to the old mother, and half to the old father.

The butler said, "The gold is in your hand, but you can weigh it." ”

As soon as the old father's eyes were closed and he pressed his handprint on the paper, the old couple wept for a long time. From beginning to end, Zhuang Lu didn't say a word, and when he was done, he got up and made a half-arch to the old couple, and went out. For the rest, the housekeeper doesn't mention the cooking.

After Zhuang Lu came out, he came to the Zhongfu Hall to report to the Qin family. When the Qin family heard that the matter had been properly handled, he was relieved, and Zhuang Lu was about to leave, so he comforted him a few more words. In the end, the old parents of the Qin family who sent the girl Hong'er to give a few taels of silver and some cloth to the eldest aunt and grandmother were no longer in trouble.

Zhuang Lu wanted to leave Dongfu and go to Zhongfu to report to the old lady, but walked to the Zhongfu Garden and met the eldest man Zhuang Xi who came out of it.

As soon as Zhuang Xi saw Zhuang Lu, he took his hand and said, "I just came from the old lady, and I heard the eldest aunt say outside, that rebel son is really unreasonable." Don't say anything about losing the face of your ancestors, you say he ......"

Zhuang Lu was relieved: "Big brother is angry. ”

Zhuang Lu told his aunt and grandmother that his parents came to visit the corpse, and Zhuang Xi calmed down after listening to it.

Zhuang Xi softened and said, "Second brother, you have to worry about this matter in my house." Today in the palace, the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother were very distressed by the chaos in the church in the north, and assigned me to go to the north to quell the chaos, and I left in only these two days. You'll have to help you in the house. ”

Zhuang Lu said: "Big brother, don't worry! ”

Zhuang Xi said: "Don't give less money." ”

Zhuang Lu said: "I gave the gold, and I saw that the old couple liked it in their hearts." He also made a guarantee according to his handprint, and he turned it out one day, and we also left evidence, so we were not afraid that he would denounce it. ”

Zhuang Xi sighed and said, "That's good." I'm going north this time, and I don't know when I'll be back. You have to take care of the bastard's matter, I'm afraid your sister-in-law won't be able to surrender. For the rest, Hu'er and the eldest aunt can help you, let them help, I know it's not easy for you to turn around the whole house. ”

Zhuang Lu bowed his head in response.

The two brothers discussed some trivial matters about Zhuang Qi's guests, and then dispersed and returned home. Zhuang Xi entered the East Mansion, passed by outside the Zhuanghu Courtyard, and saw the fifth girl Zhuang Yu enter the Zhuanghu Courtyard House, and wanted to stop her to ask about Zhuang Yu in detail the first night, but because she saw her brisk pace, she disappeared before she could exit. So Zhuang Xi went back to the room alone and listened to the Qin family's report that he would no longer talk.

However, he said that Zhuang Yu used some clever tricks to solve the matter of his eldest brother Zhuang Hu the night before, and he came to Zhuang Hu at this moment to reveal the bottom of it to her, so that he could handle it jointly. She is young and can be independent, because Zhuang Wei's matter is the matter of Dongfu, she refuses to go to Cao's to say, and she has some face in her heart for Dongfu.

Zhuang Yu walked into the small courtyard from the outside and walked into the hall.

When I arrived in the hall, I saw Zhuang Hu taking over the accounts, and the nurse and the girl coaxed Zhuang Hu* to call Zha Liangxiu to eat, and Zha Liangxiu blindly dodged.

As soon as Zhuang Yu entered the door, he said to Zhuang Hu: "Sister is busy!" ”

Zhuang Hu glanced up and said with a smile: "No, the eldest brother still has a lot of money in his account, I'll see how to make up for it." The one who died in the big side room moved several ingots of gold. ”

Zha Liangxiu pushed away the nurse and came over and hugged Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu scratched Zha Liangxiu and said, "Liangxiu doesn't eat again, she is not well-behaved, and the fifth aunt doesn't like it." ”

Cha Liangxiu opened her mouth, turned her head and ran out, and the nurse and the girl hurriedly chased after her.

Zhuang Hu raised his head and shouted, "Be careful not to fall." ”

Zhuang Yu saw that the nurse was tracking Liangxiu out, so he walked to Zhuang Hu's side, sat down, and said, "Big sister, the gold was given over there, so it will naturally be fine." ”

Zhuang Hu said with a smile: "Not to mention that money can make ghosts grind, if there is no money to call now, I don't know what is going on." Fortunately, there is no mourning, and there is no pomp, otherwise, the silver will go like flowing water. ”

Zhuang Yu said strangely: "If you don't mourn, how can the records on the official roster be removed?" ”

Zhuang Hu closed the account book and said: "The second master entrusted someone to do it, and he didn't die." ”

Zhuang Yu was stunned for a moment and said, "So, the old lady knows?" ”

Zhuang Hu said: "Where does the old lady have the spirit to care about this." ”

Zhuang Yu said: "It's okay, Sister Qi has just passed through the house, and it is not suitable." ”

Zhuang Hu smiled and said, "That's it, otherwise the second master wouldn't have to spend so much gold to be thoughtful." It's just that our big brother is ignorant, but it's not that he forced people to death. ”

Zhuang Yu looked around to see that there was no one around, leaned over, and said in a low voice: "Sister, I'll tell you about a big brother yesterday." ”

Zhuang Hu smiled and said, "Say it!" ”

Zhuang Yu said: "In the house, my sister and I are close to one or two in temperament, but I dare not say such things to others." He smiled again: "Isn't there an old mansion on the edge of our city?" ”

Zhuang Hu listened attentively.

Zhuang Yu said: "The old lady has to go over to live for two days every year during the Dragon Boat Festival. I'll let my big brother carry people somewhere. ”

Zhuang Hu's eyes widened, his voice was low, and he said strangely: "Sister, why are you confused." ”

Zhuang Yu waved his hand and said, "Sister, listen to me first." Said seriously: "You don't know the temper of the eldest brother, how can the eldest lady manage it, and the old lady's body is like this, Sister Qi just passed the house, and the eldest lady entered the palace." No one in the house can stand it, if the old lady is shocked, it won't be a loss of face for people like us to spread it. That's the only way I thought, first be at peace. Listening to my wives, this year's Dragon Boat Festival is not big, presumably the old lady is just an old house. You see, today's Dragon Boat Festival, like a normal day, has no solar terms at all. ”

Zhuang Hu said: "Then the big brother will live like this!" I can't make a fuss again in the back and carry people back. ”

Zhuang Yu said: "I didn't think about it at this level, I wanted to appease and appease first." ”

Zhuang Hu said: "It can only be like this first." ”

Zhuang Yu said: "I was thinking about how to solve my worries last night, and after thinking about it all night, I really have a perfect plan, but I ......"

As he was talking, Cao's voice wafted in to greet Liangxiu.

People also walked in.

As soon as Cao Shi entered the house, he said loudly: "Yo! The five girls are also there! ”

Zhuang Yu got up and said, "Madam." ”

Zhuang Hu got up and sat down: "Second aunt sit." He shouted to the outside: "Jianqiu, serve tea." ”

After a while, Jian Qiu smiled and came in to pour tea for Cao and Zhuang Yu.

After drinking half a sip, Cao Shi said again: "The fifth girl can see my nephew?" ”

Zhuang Yu said: "You said Brother Cao? ”

Cao said: "No, I told the old lady that I wanted him to come to the school in the house, and I was approved." But I haven't seen anyone come to me for the past two days, thinking I'm playing with you sisters! ”

Zhuang Yu said: "Yesterday I was playing with us, and then Sister Qi appeared, and I went to Sister Qi with Bei Ziye of Dingwangfu and the third brother." ”

Cao Shi smiled, snorted, and said, "Ignore your sisters and run away." ”

Hearing Cao's vernacular, Zhuang Yu and Zhuang Hu smiled at each other.

Zhuang Hu said: "The second aunt is coming over today, what's the matter?" ”

Cao said: "It's nothing, just come and ask the eldest girl, the second master brought a few ingots of gold from our house and went out, but it was for the eldest young master." ”

Zhuang Hu was stunned for a moment, and then said after thinking for a while: "Where is it, the matter of the eldest brother was originally a matter in our East Mansion, how can it be used to the truth of the gold and silver in the second aunt's mansion." ”

Cao Shi smiled coldly and nodded: "I think so too, I saw that I took it out, but I didn't see it back." ”

Zhuang Hu said: "Presumably, it must be sent to Zhuangzi Shop to turn around." ”

Cao's eyes were white, he raised his voice, slightly angry, and said: "Your second uncle and second master are not good things, and they can't raise many of them outside, so they don't dare to bring them back." ”

Zhuang Hu and Zhuang Yu looked at each other and smiled.

Zhuang Yu sneered and said: "The second wife is here, no matter how fat the second master is, he doesn't dare!" ”

Cao Shi took a sip and said, "What do you know about this little girl!" ”

Zhuang Yu pursed his mouth, stopped talking, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and swallowed it himself.

Cao Shi was stunned for half a minute, thought of something, leaned over, and whispered, "Have you heard of it?" There are rumors outside, saying that the new girl is ominous, and the person from the Kengzhuang Mansion is here. ”

When Zhuang Yu heard this, he was annoyed. Not to mention anything else, it's not that she is looking for Xifu alone, she doesn't rely on it, and she coincidentally talks nonsense caused by Zhuang Qi, isn't it smearing Xifu's face? Lu Qi is a righteous daughter recognized by Xifu.

Therefore, Zhuang Yu said: "This word reached the root of the old lady's ear, see how to clean it up." ”

Cao Shi rolled his eyes and sneered: "Heh! The girl thinks I'm talking nonsense? I haven't heard of it yet. Think about it carefully, when did she enter the mansion be clean? Your eldest brother's room has been dead and alive a few times, but now it's gone, and the old lady is sick...... You say, "This is not what a scourge is!" If she doesn't show up regardless of these, then the old man will enter the palace to receive a reward, why was your third brother assassinated on the street? It was all because she showed up beforehand, causing so many things. ”

Zhuang Jue felt that Zhuang Qi was easy-going, polite, few words, and knew how to advance and retreat, and now she was a sister with her, and she couldn't listen to these words that arranged her. Moreover, she didn't believe in those superstitions, she was not convinced, and when she was about to speak, Zhuang Hu grabbed her with one hand and signaled not to be impatient.

Zhuang Hu said to Cao's family: "Who did the second wife listen to?" ”

Cao said: "It's all being passed on, how can I remember who said it." ”

After listening to this, Zhuang Hu only smiled faintly, thinking back to what had happened in these days, and his heart was a little towards the Cao family, because Zhuang Hu was beside him, it was not good to show anything.

Zhuang Yu said: "Don't let Sister Qi hear this, it's nothing for us to sue the old lady, she sued, but I didn't say anything like this." ”