Qin came out of Xifu, led the little aunt and the girl through the garden, stopped on a cross-lake corridor, talked to the little aunt for a while, and then walked forward, and was startled by the Cao family and Aunt Xi hidden among the flowers.

At this moment, the Cao family and Aunt Xi had already taken the second girl Zhuang Qi and the third girl Zhuang Ying away, leaving their own personal girls.

The Qin clan was shocked, and patted his chest again and again: "What are you doing here, sneaky!" ”

Cao Shi weighed his heels, looked in the direction of the garden, and said, "You didn't come with me, did you?" ”

Qin said: "Look at you avoiding people like avoiding ghosts." ”

Cao Shi coughed a few times, and said seriously: "Madam, I didn't say you, the old lady is nonsense, the master made a wish, and you followed." ”

Qin's heart knows that Cao's wants to say something, on weekdays, she loves to chew on the root of other people's tongues, today she says Xifu, tomorrow she says Nanfu, maybe she turns around and runs to Xifu to say that she is Dongfu. The Qin family doesn't like to listen to it, so they just pretend to be like it.

Cao Shi said again: "Don't you haven't heard what is being said outside. Your uncle in the house is good on weekdays, and as soon as she enters the house, she will come to trouble. ”

When Cao Shi spoke, he took a fan and slapped it lightly on Qin's body, indicating that this dialect was the point. The Qin family doesn't like to listen to Cao's chewing on other people's tongues, and once he hears that his son is coming, he listens to it wholeheartedly.

Qin said: "Where did you move from the crooked Li'er?" She didn't want to get involved in those words of right and wrong, so she said something else, and bad words never fell on her.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Xi in the East Mansion helped Cao Shi and said: "What the second lady said is not unreasonable, the old lady's bracelet was given to her." It can be seen that I attach great importance to it. ”

The Qin family glanced at Aunt Xi's white and was quite disgusted, because she was born as a salt merchant, entered the Dongfu, made a concubine for her husband, and loved to compete and be jealous every day, at that time, she didn't know how many bad things she handed to Zhuang Xi. These, even her own daughter Zhuang Hu didn't want to listen to, so she was fostered to the Qin family. Now that I am close to Cao's, not for anything else, the smell is true, the stomach volume of the two people, the character is the palm of the hand, both up and down, and besides, they are all from merchants, how can they be speechless?

Cao Shi took Aunt Xi's words and said, "That is, if Miss Qi pleases the old lady in the future, there will be a place for the girls in our house." Besides, I saw that the old lady was deliberately trying to match the tortoise. Do you think, if that's the case, who will be the family in the future? ”

The Cao family planned to plan, but not for her two daughters, it was Zhuang Qi who took the head of the third girl in her family, and the second girl was not very favored by the old lady since Zhuang Qi came in. She usually has a problem with red eyes.

When the Qin clan heard this, he understood in his heart that the Cao clan was fanning the flames and sowing discord. As the Cao family wished, the Qin family opened his face, and he really confronted the old lady in a fair and honest manner, and he made a feud with Xifu in the future. That Zhuang Qi is the daughter recognized by the lord of Xifu County, who dares to provoke? The Qin family's son Zhuang Xu's medicine on weekdays was still begged for by the county lord. Cao is shrewd, he speaks his own words, and he doesn't make anything, but he uses these plans.

Qin pondered in his heart, and the little aunt standing behind relieved the siege, and said, "The head of the house is not in the East Mansion and the North Mansion. There's a big girl here! ”

The little aunt is an inner room that Zhuang Xi remarried, and it was done according to the old lady's wishes, because Zhuang Xi was sick, Aunt Xi had not seen her for a long time, and the old lady was afraid that Dongfu would not be used in the future, so she married her, but she didn't give birth to a gentleman for so many years, and only gave birth to a daughter in Dongfu, that is, the fourth girl Zhuang Yu.

After listening to the little aunt's words, Cao sneered, stroked the golden hairpin on the headdress, and didn't know what it meant, so he said indifferently: "Big girl? You're so whimsical! He said to the Qin family: "Madam, the eldest girl is married." I have something to say, the old lady over there has said a few times that I can't count on it, don't look at me for these offensive words, get angry with me! The old lady in the third room of the West Mansion liked it very much. We don't plan anything, the old lady is planning! There are too many shrewd people in the old lady, can they recruit one person into the house for no reason, and let the third master get married for no reason? ”

The Qin family still didn't think about the Cao family's way, and only said: "Miss Qi saved people, it should be reasonable." ”

Cao sneered and said, "I don't believe that if you save someone, you have to admit your relatives." It's only been a few days, and it's a family. It wasn't a story of not saving people before, and it was okay to get a big reward and send it away. Look at your aunt and grandmother......" felt wrong, so she stopped and laughed.

Aunt Xi said again: "I think this girl is also very smart, the eldest girl is never from the house, the girls will go out in the future, who is left?" As for the wife and our gang, if there are more people, it is the second master Pu'er and the third master Yu'er in the third master's mansion, and the wife has to think about the relationship in the back. ”

Aunt Xi said that she was one person, and it was her daughter Zhuang Hu. She was afraid that the old lady would arrange to marry Zhuang Qi into the mansion, and in the future, she would give it to Zhuang Jue and control the lifeblood of the entire mansion, and then her daughter would not be able to do anything good, and she would have no one to rely on.

The Qin family naturally couldn't think about Aunt Xi's thoughts, and only said: "Dare to love you, you are colluding." The young generation of men are not adding people? You and I told Pu'er, Pu'er didn't even look at it, you forgot it so quickly. If the co-author likes it, you can't stop it. ”

Aunt Xi said: "Where is this, it's not what you said on your side, Mrs. Xi." When others really get their way, we really have to cry. ”

Cao Shi reminded vigorously: "Besides, the uncle is still closed!" Wife! ”

Qin held the fan in his hand, squeezed it tightly, and was speechless. When the little aunt saw Qin's expression, she said, "What do the second wife and Aunt Xi mean?" ”

Cao and Aunt Xi glanced at each other and didn't say anything. Qin only smiled, shook his head and left. The Cao family and Aunt Xi did not give up, and continued to talk left and right, and when they arrived in the East Mansion, the four ladies were still talking, and the Qin family really couldn't listen to it anymore, so they stopped it by having a headache. At that time, it was almost dinner time.

The Cao family came out of the East Mansion and rushed back to the North Mansion, and on the Dajing Road, they met Zhuang Qi and Hui Yuan, who had just come out of the West Mansion after dinner.

Zhuang Qi saw Cao's family, squatted down, and returned again.

Cao Shi smiled and said, "The girl just had dinner in Xifu, right?" ”

Zhuang Qi said: "Mrs. Hui, exactly." ”

Zhuang Qi must be cautious in his words and deeds, and before he can't think of a way to warm Cao's heart, he will be humble in everything.

Cao Shi looked at Zhuang Qi's Che Nono and said with a smile: "The girl didn't tell us about your family affairs, did she already explain it to the third wife?" We don't even know it. Now the family is flesh and blood, and I don't have any questions, because I am not thoughtful enough to be a wife. The girl said that she would let us know so that we could rest assured. ”

Cao's words clearly regarded Zhuang Qi as an outsider, clearly pointing out that everyone was wary of her, and it showed that she was not coming from the right way.

Zhuang Qi is so smart, why don't you understand the meaning of the words? Just as he was about to ask for something to deal with, Cao Shi didn't wait for her to say, and said to himself: "If you have the heart to tell us earlier." Knowing that the girl's sincerity is not on our side, it is the same for the old lady. Girl, you have served the old lady well, we are in a good mood, you helped the third lady to be filial to the old lady, the old lady likes it, it is the blessing of the third lady. I know that you are a kind person, and I won't think about what I just said, and I will have time to advise the second and third girls in our Beifu in the future, the two of them have no heart and no lungs. ”

Huiyuan knew that the Cao family intended to humiliate Zhuang Qi, but her position was humble, and it was not her turn to speak, so she glanced at Zhuang Qi aggrievedly.

Zhuang Qi said: "The ladies are good to Qi'er, and Qi'er remembers it in their hearts. ”

Cao Shi smiled: "That's it, it's getting dark, let's go back." ”

With that, Cao Shi left by himself, and Zhuang Qi bowed behind her.

Back in Zhongfu, Zhuang Qi went to the old lady's house to ask for peace again, and explained that he had dinner in Xifu today, but he did not show that he had suffered those unpleasant words and the humiliation of the Cao family. The old lady wanted to stay to talk, but she only accompanied and listened to the old lady's housework.

After thinking about it, I forgot to ask the old lady who lived there in Qinyuan, and I wanted to ask Zhu'er, but Huiyuan stopped her.

Huiyuan said: "The girl is still such a good thing, have you forgotten about Xianyuan'an?" ”

Yes, isn't it because of his good deeds that Xianyuanan offended Chunguang? If you don't solve the siege for Huiyuan, how can it cause a bloody bath in Xianyuanan in the future? Huiyuan's reminder is vivid, and the curtain is bloody.

Since then, Zhuang Qi has been more wary of others and himself, so as not to make a mistake and be trapped step by step.

Returning to Jinghuaxie from the old lady, I saw Sanxi cleaning the parrot cage.

Sanxi saw Zhuang Qi and Huiyuan coming in, and said angrily: "The girl has been gone for a day, and no one has come back to say a word." Bei Ziye and the third master and other girls did not come back. said it was late, Bei Ziye went back to Beizi Mansion, Xifu sent someone to invite the third master back to eat, the third master said not to eat, the strange girl didn't go back, Bei Ziye left, he sulked for a while before leaving. ”

Zhuang Qi was sullen.

Huiyuan said: "The third wife left the meal and couldn't leave." Have you ever eaten it? ”

Sanxi said: "I have eaten with Sister Zhu'er and them" and said to Zhuang Qi: "The third master doesn't want to go back to eat, and he doesn't want to see the girl in his own house." ”

Huiyuan said: "Then you know that the girl is eating in Xifu." ”

Sanxi said: "Xifu is invited here, who doesn't know." Poor third master......"

Zhuang Qi said angrily: "Let him go." ”

Sanxi said: "I see that Bei Ziye is very good, and he paints a lot of bracelets." As he spoke, he brought a few discarded bracelet drawings to Zhuang Qi to see.

Zhuang Qi took a look and put it aside.

Sanxi was surprised: "The girl thinks it's not good? ”

Zhuang Qi said: "Not good. ”

Sanxi said: "What's wrong? ”

Zhuang Qi said: "It's not good anywhere!" ”

Sanxi is in a hurry.

Huiyuan walked over, pulled away Sanxi, and said, "The girl is with her wives in Xifu, and she is angry. Where does it say that Bei Ziye is not good at painting, it is because he is not good. ”

Zhuang Qi glanced at Huiyuan and smiled.

Sanxi heard that the girl was angry, threw a handkerchief on the table, and was about to go to the door to scold, Huiyuan knew her temperament, and pulled her first.

Zhuang Qi didn't care, approached the table, picked up the bracelet sample drawn by Su Yuan from it, and said silently: "Such a valuable thing, you shouldn't be able to keep it yourself." ”

Sanxi and Huiyuan are puzzled. The three of them talked to themselves for a while, and told Sanxi what happened to Qinyuan. It was a little late, Sanxi and Huiyuan waited for Zhuang Qi to rest.

By the next morning, Zhuang Qi got up earlier than before and asked Huiyuan and Sanxi to dress her.

Sanxi and Huiyuan both thought that the girl was in good health, and they were both happy about it, and in terms of dressing, the girl was more attentive than before. Here, Zhuang Qi is even more demanding, more meticulous than in the past.

Dressed neatly, Zhuang Qi took off the bracelet on his hand, asked Huiyuan to find a handkerchief to wrap it, and went out. Sanxi and Huiyuan had doubts in their hearts, so they didn't ask. The three of them passed through Zhongfu Shouzhongju, went inside, and when they got inside, they saw four big girls, Zhu'er, Mei'er, Lan'er, and Ju'er, placing objects on a stone screen.

Zhuang Qi and the three of them looked carefully, and only then did they clearly see what the four big girls were posing, it turned out to be orange, red, blue and purple, and a rare treasure jade with twenty-four colors and seventy-two colors.

Zhuang Qi was about to ask, and the sound of the old lady gargling and spitting water came from the room, and Zhu'er walked in lightly with a smile, and helped the old lady out after a while.

As soon as the old lady came out, Zhuang Qi squatted down to say goodbye.

The old lady smiled and said, "The girl is so early today, why don't you wait for the wives to join us?" ”

Zhuang Qi said: "I went to bed early the first night. The old lady is always in good spirits. When she saw Mei'er bringing tea, she thought she was going to salute it, so she went over to take it and served it to the old lady.

The old lady waved her hand, walked to the stone screen, and blinked her eyes.

Zhu'er smiled and said to Zhuang Qi: "The old lady is eye-catching every day before using tea." Let's wait for it to cool down. So let Meier take the tea back.

Hearing this, Zhuang Qi blushed and looked at the old lady on the side. It turned out that the old lady was afraid of faint eyes, so she got up early every day to nourish her eyes on these beautiful jades.

Zhuang Qi exclaimed in his heart: I heard the ancient times, people drink wolfberry tea to clear their eyes, and there is tea to wipe their eyes, but they have never seen the purpose of beautiful jade. My grandmother is so rich and noble, it's really amazing, I don't know what kind of nourishment other wives and masters are when they get up early?