Zhuang Hu went to Ma Pozi's house to explore the situation slightly more smoothly than Cao's. Cao Shi went to the fence bamboo garden, but he was angry, and originally wanted to humiliate people and dismiss face, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen.

At this moment, the prophet said that Zhuang Hu went out and went to Ma Pozi's house.

Ma Pozi's family has moved twice, and now she is in the back street of Beifu, and if you go out from the back door of Beifu, it will be closer. Zhuang Hu didn't move, a girl in his courtyard came to Beifu to report that someone was coming to the palace, Zhuang Hu thought it was the queen mother who invited the old lady to enter the palace, only waved his hand and said that he knew, and asked the girls to prepare to go to Shouzhongju to serve by hand.

Who knew that the girl dodged and said: "It's meandering." ”

When Zhuang Hu heard this, he hurriedly pulled the girl aside, and said sternly: "Then what are you still running here for?" Where are people now? ”

The girl trembled and said, "In our courtyard." The eldest aunt and the second master went out, and I said that the eldest girl went to Beifu and didn't come back, so my father-in-law couldn't wait and urged me to come and ask the eldest girl to go back. ”

Zhuang Hu pushed the girl away: "Confused! After searching for thoughts, he said, "Who has seen this false tone coming in?" ”

The girl shook her head.

Zhuang Hu let out a heavy breath and turned around and went back to his courtyard in Dongfu first. All the way back, Dao Feng and Jian Qiu cautiously followed left and right, not daring to make a sound. Back to their courtyard in Dongfu.

At the entrance, the premiere saw a young man with clear eyebrows, wearing a six-in-one black hat, a silver-blue gem knotted on the top, a white pearl the size of a thumb embedded in the forehead of the hat, and the brim of the hat was edged with stone blue brocade, which matched the stone blue robe he was wearing, and was covered with a black cloak with a black heel. The young man was teasing the birds under the birdcage hanging in the courtyard.

Zhuang Hu came in and saw it, first asked Dao Feng and Jian Qiu to close the courtyard door, and then she moved up with a smile.

This person is the palace person that the girl just reported. He is a small palace man in the palace longevity dining room, because he will stammer, the procurement of the dining room, the managers let him take over the calculation, and he is smart, knowing the current affairs will be sticky, quite know how to see people and talk about people, and talk nonsense when he sees them. There are two directors of the longevity dining room in the palace, and there are six deputy directors under them, and they are appointed by the deputy directors, and the surname of the head is Liu. There are several kinds of people in the palace who are surnamed Liu: Manager Liu, Liu Gong or Liu Gonggong or Liu Touer.

Zhuang Hu and Justher helped Zhuang Fu take care of business, took the official positions of his father and uncles, and enjoyed the old lady's honor and favor to have a relationship with the harem, so he got such a secret business. Here, Zhuang Hu and her husband Chaste secretly took over the work, and the people of Zhuang Mansion did not know.

Seeing that Filthy turned around, she hurriedly squatted down and asked for peace: "Yo, why is Grandpa filthy here, it's a coincidence that I'm not here today." Sins and sins, I give you peace. also asked Liu Touer to say goodbye. ”

The filthy eunuch rolled his cloak back, cocked his fingers and pulled his sleeve, pinched his throat and said, "No, but I can work for me." Won't the big girl invite me in for a cup of hot tea? ”

Zhuang Hu laughed anxiously, went to give him a ride to the curly, led him into the house, and motioned to Dao Feng and Jianqiu to put aside the girls inside and outside the house.

Zhuang Hu instructed Jian Qiu: "Go and bring the Guanyin tea in the long box under the box." ”

With such instructions, Jian Qiu knew how to do it, so he went to find the Guanyin tea, and went to the tea stove outside to bring boiling water, and made a pot of Meimei and sent it in.

Zhuang Hu said: "Grandpa Yan will eat tea first." ”

Almost trying to speak, Zhuang Hudu waved his hand and signaled: "First use tea to moisten your throat, and then warm your body." If you don't rush this time. Rest assured! I'm not going anywhere, I'm leaving you alone. How is it? ”

Naturally, he nodded with a smile on his face, and when the tea came up, Zhuang Hu would pour it for him after cleaning his hands, and give it to him after pouring it.

After that, he took a rough bite and said, "The tea is good tea, and the Guanyin tea used in the palace is probably not as mellow as the one you have here!" ”

Zhuang Hu smiled: "Oh, grandpa! Isn't this reserved for you to honor you? It's just one box, so if you like it, take it all. The second time I come back, I have to eat the coarse tea from our ordinary home. ”

Twisting his hand: "What you said, I have to run errands for you with your tea?" It's useless, and besides, where will I put it if I take it! It's a big sin to hide it in the palace! ”

Zhuang Hu slapped his mouth again and again, and said apologetically: "It's okay, grandpa just comes, and things are waiting for you all the time." ”

I know that these are all communicative words, just polite exchanges. Now put down the teacup and want to get down to business. Unexpectedly, Zhuang Hu realized that he leaned over to help him down.

Meander was a little annoyed: "Between you and me, there is no need for this. I have come today for nothing else, and you know if I don't say it. ”

Zhuang Hu nodded and smiled: "Know, know, know!" Don't worry, don't you just count it out in the first three months? I also said to us in the Steve Ri, why don't you see the grandfathers coming out and walking? When it's calculated, no one will come to pick it up, so let's send it to it by ourselves, it's not appropriate, you say. Waiting day by day, the house is busy, you know that our old lady Chongyang entered the palace to accompany the queen mother, and she was so busy that she couldn't take care of it, and the days after accounting for it were moved a few times. ”

You're not welcome, and said straightly: "Is it okay now?" ”

Zhuang Hu said: "Okay, okay! I've been prepared for a long time. He turned his head and gave Dao Feng Jianqiu a look.

After a while, Dao Feng and Jian Qiu took a square box from it and handed it to Zhuang Hu first. Zhuang Hu took it in his hand, and was so heavy that he was about to fall, so he hurriedly hugged it with both hands, and then protected it to meander.

Twisting and struggling to hold it over, he didn't mind the presence of Dao Feng Jianqiu, put it on the kang table, opened it with his hand, and saw a thick stack of silver tickets inside, turning it underneath, and lying seven or eight gold bars the size of two and a half fingers.

Filthy eyes looked at the number, and frowned slightly.

Zhuang Hu hurriedly said: "You can talk to Liu Tou'er, this time it is a little less." But don't worry, I'll add all the numbers at the back. Because of the recent accidents in the house, I will lend a little. You have forgiven me once, and I am full of gratitude to you. Okay? ”

Filthy sighed, closed the box, and said: "An egg is eight taels of silver, we can lift it back and forth from your big basket and big basket, think about it, really go outside, that one or two silver is enough for a few months, and hundreds of eggs are not to be said. ”

Zhuang Hu hurried: "Ouch, grandpa, you said you were still stingy." It's not the first time we've worked together. That's a good saying, your family's own wealth can't go outside! ”

Filthy sneered: "It's not outside, but it's not in our hands, is it?" If it weren't for the end of the year, I wouldn't have made this trip. ”

Zhuang Hu reached out and patted the back of his hand, and said, "Don't worry, the second time you come, I still have your share alone, if you don't worry, how about I set up an IOU for you?" ”

Winding and waving hands.

Seeing this, Zhuang Hu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with a smile: "I know that you are reasonable, otherwise how could the manager let you do such a big errand!" I would like you to go back and talk to the stewards, and delay me for a few days, and I will make up for it with interest. We're old friends, so we won't even give these faces, right? If you don't let go, grandpa, I will ask us Shide to rush back to Haining, and take the old house of the Lao Cha family out, and it will be full for you. ”

Meanly raised his eyebrows and said, "Ouch, look at you seriously." I'm just joking around with you, so I'm serious. You are getting more and more careful in this business, and there are still assignments in the future, do you dare to give it to you again? ”

Zhuang Hu's eyebrows danced and said, "Ouch, you can slap my old face with this." Let me tell you, don't mention some assignments, even if all the heads of the palace are assigned, I dare to carry it. I'm afraid that the father-in-law's subordinates will not follow the bosses. ”

Such words, like playing Tai Chi, finally lifted the filth to the sky and sent it away.

After the meandering left, Zhuang Hu sweated and collapsed on the kang, telling Jian Qiu to reheat the tea, and she drank a pot full. After finishing, Zhuang Hu instructed Dao Feng: "See when the silver on the outside road can be recovered, hurry up." I don't have time to deal with this matter, and I'm in a hurry at the end of the year, and I don't know what the house is busy with. When you go back, you remind me to talk to my aunt. ”

Dao Feng Jian Qiu responded.

After resting for a while, remembering that the Cao family hadn't done it yet, Zhuang Hu quickly got up and hurriedly went out. When I went outside, I suddenly saw a girl dodging away.

Zhuang Hu's eyes were sharp, and he saw the shadow, and shouted: "Who? ”

The girl who was hiding did not dare to come out, and shrank behind the wall in trembling. Zhuang Hu asked Dao Feng to carry it.

Dao Feng passed, and took out a girl who was full of sorrow, and she looked a little handsome.

Dao Feng pushed the girl to the ground and ordered her to kneel.

Zhuang Hu stared at her suspiciously and asked, "Didn't you just tell you to go out?" Why are you still in the courtyard? ”

Zhuang Hu was afraid that the girl would hear the conversation with the filthy man in the house.

The girl hung her hair and trembled: "Please let the eldest girl spare me!" I panicked and made a mistake. ”

Zhuang Hu kicked the girl on the chest and pointed at her angrily: "Wrong, why didn't you go wrong, why didn't you fall into the pit and drown!" I ask you, what did you just hear? ”

The girl was hurt by the force of her feet, rolled on the ground, got up and knelt up in pain, and cried, "I didn't hear anything, I didn't hear anything." ”

Jian Qiu also helped: "Then what are you doing sneakily!" ”

The girl slurred and slurped, and her speech was unclear.

Zhuang Hu was about to punish him with cruel words, but he heard footsteps outside the courtyard behind him, and in a blink of an eye, the girl who was waiting for Zhuang Yu came in.

He first saluted Zhuang Hu, and then said to the girl on the ground with white eyes: "I said where did I go?" She's hiding here! ”

Since staying here in Zhuanghu, she has been arranged to supervise the girls who do chores in the back. Right now, this little girl is the person under the guard. Previously, on the day Huiyuan and Zhuang Wei got married, the two had an argument behind the stone and happened to meet Yu Qi and Zhuang Di.

Zhuang Hu saw that he said this, and said, "Since you are doing things in the back, what are you letting her run to do?" ”

Suddenly aware of the wind, he knelt down and spoke: "A few days ago, my eldest sister had a cough and nasal congestion, and my mother told me that I didn't get better after taking a few doses of medicine. I thought that I could eat stinky grass when I was a child, so I asked me to look for it, but I didn't want this stinky grass to be from the south, and then I heard that there was one in the rolling garden, so I asked her to dig it back and use it. How did she know that her brother was coming, she was afraid that the wife and the girl would see the punishment, so they tried their best to hide, and who knew that they would hide here. ”

Zhuang Hu looked at Dao Feng and Jian Qiu strangely, and wondered, "Her brother? Her brother also works in our house? ”

Dao Feng and Jian Qiu shook their heads.

The girl knelt trembling and didn't know what to do.

He was stunned for a while, and then said: "I don't know, I've only met once, I said that it was my brother, and I often asked her for silver, I blame me for taking pity on her!" When I see her today, I'll help her block it back. After saying this, he begged: "It's all because I didn't take a good look at it, so that she disturbed the big girl." The eldest girl wants to be punished, and I will be punished together, and I will be punished. When the punishment was over, I went with her to shave the smelly grass to cure the eldest sister's cough. ”

Hearing that he was concerned about his daughter Zha Liangxiu, Zhuang Hu's anger disappeared, and he quickly helped him get up and said, "You are still careful and thoughtful." Well, I'm not going to pursue you either, go ahead! ”

The girl got up from the ground tremblingly, and gave her a hand, and the two of them went out in a trembling manner.

Zhuang Hu looked at the backs of the two of them walking, thoughtfully, and then asked Jian Qiu to call people back.

Zhuang Hu asked, "What's it called?" ”

The girl whispered: "Peach." “

Zhuang Hu nodded, raised his hand and let the two go.

Dao Feng and Jian Qiu were sent to the outer gate, and they came back after seeing that they were far away. Dao Feng said worriedly: "Girl, I just don't know if she heard it or not." ”

Zhuang Hu pondered for a while before he said, "It's the people in our courtyard, and it's really loosely managed." Later, I will go to Ma Pozi's house, Daofeng, you will go with me, and Jianqiu will stay. ”

Zhuang Hu gave this order, and asked Jian Qiu to bow her head again, and she whispered a few words.

After hearing this, Jian Qiu nodded frequently.

After finishing, Zhuang Hu left the East Mansion with a relaxed mind and went straight to Ma Pozi's house to visit the situation.