Gu Man nodded, it was indeed Xiaoqin.

But why did she come to the pawnshop? Is she going to be something?

Gu Man and Ji Moyan quietly hid aside, and after Xiaoqin left nervously with a bag of silver, Gu Man and Ji Moyan walked into the pawnshop.

At this time, the owner of the pawnshop was packing up the things that Fang Xiaoqin had just discarded, and his face was full of smugness about taking advantage.

Gu Man looked over, it was a bunch of golden jewelry, or Liu Xiaoxiang's favorite jewelry that she often wore on her head!

Because Liu Xiaoxiang would always reach out and touch her headdress from time to time, and every time she touched it, Gu Man would always can't help but look at Liu Xiaoxiang's hand, so she is very familiar with Liu Xiaoxiang's jewelry.

When the pawnshop shopkeeper saw Gu Man and Ji Moyan, he hurriedly put away a bag of jewelry, looked at the two with a smile on his face, and asked earnestly: "What do the two sons want to be?" Or what to buy? ”

Gu Man said: "I see that the jewelry in the hands of the shopkeeper is good, how to sell it?" ”

The pawnshop shopkeeper smiled: "Childe has a good eye!" This pile of jewelry was redeemed by someone else, and if it is not redeemed, I also collected it at a high price! Look at the child's face, if the son likes it, then I will sell it to the son at the entry price, and the son often comes to the shop! ”

Gu Man smiled and didn't speak.

Back at the Hou Mansion, Gu Man looked at the table of glittering jewelry, some of the styles of the jewelry were very old, but the patterns and textures on it were well preserved, the same as new. Presumably, Liu Xiaoxiang must be very fond of these jewelry on weekdays.

But why did she want to get rid of the jewelry? And it's still a death deed, the kind that doesn't redeem!

Did Xiaoqin steal it?

Gu Man shook his head, no, there are so many jewelry, and they are all Liu Xiaoxiang's favorite, if Xiaoqin is not ready to run away immediately after being a jewelry, I am afraid that she will not be able to steal so much jewelry at one time so stupidly. What's more, when Gu Man and Ji Moyan returned to the house, they saw her in the courtyard.

Then, it can only be Liu Xiaoxiang herself.

Does she need money?

The food, drink, and clothing in this mansion are all distributed by the Hou Mansion according to the rules, except for the occasional reward that will use silver money, there is basically no need for money at other times, but she needs money very much?

Odd!

After Qing'er came back, she saw Gu Man staring at a bunch of jewelry in a daze, those jewelry were shining, for some reason, the eldest lady bought so much jewelry, and the lady obviously didn't like to wear jewelry, and said that her head hurt because of the pressure of the headdress.

Moreover, those jewels look very gorgeous, not at all like the taste of the eldest lady, like the taste of the little lord Liu.

Qing'er called "Big Lady" softly, and after Gu Man came back to her senses, she stepped forward and said, "Big Lady, the money has been sent to Little Lady." ”

Gu Man nodded, and then ordered Qing'er to put away the jewelry.

To be honest, when Gu Man was carrying a heavy bag of jewelry in her hand, she herself didn't understand.

Why did she help Liu Xiaoxiang redeem the jewelry?

……

After two months of getting along, Qing'er is obviously bolder than before, and when she talks to Gu Man, she occasionally plays coquettish with Gu Man.

"Big lady, when can we eat osmanthus halva again?"

Osmanthus halva is a small snack made by Gu Man in his spare time.

When the Hou Mansion was bored, Gu Man would always make some food to pass the time.

And she also likes to cook, she even thought about it, and when she got the book, she went to Jiangnan to open a restaurant!

Gu Man smiled: "If you want to eat, the eldest lady will make it for you now!" ”

Qing'er clapped her hands happily and said, "The eldest lady is so good! ”

Gu Man took Qing'er to the kitchen to make osmanthus halva, and it didn't take long for the halva to be ready.

Then Gu Man divided the osmanthus halva into three parts, one for Ji Moyan to send, one for the kitchen, and the other for Qing'er to take back and share with the little sisters in the courtyard.

Qing'er took the osmanthus halva with a smile, and after thanking Gu Man, she happily went to find her little sister.

And the chief manager of Hou Qi in the kitchen also thanked Gu Man for his reward with a smile on his face.

These men don't like to eat sugar, but the wives and children in the family love to eat very much, and they always praise the craftsmanship of the eldest lady.

Gu Man felt that he came to the kitchen to affect other people's work, and he didn't have to wash the pots and dishes to clean up the mess, so he was a little unhappy, so he saw that he had a share of the food he made, so he regarded it as paying for the labor fee of washing dishes and pots.

After Gu Man came out of the kitchen, it was also approaching evening.

The red sun is sinking, and the weather is no longer so hot and unpleasant.

Gu Man slowly walked towards his yard, and halfway through, he suddenly heard a low noise.

Gu Man pricked up his ears and walked in the direction where the voice came from.

Not far away, I saw a woman dressed in extremely simple clothes and a man about forty or fifty years old pulling and pulling at the moment.

The man was dressed in ordinary clothes and looked sleek.

Next to them stood a maid, laboriously pulling the man's hand off the woman's arm.

The woman turned her back to Gu Man, and she couldn't see her face clearly, but Gu Man saw the girl's face really.

That's Liu Xiaoxiang's maid, Xiaoqin.

So, the one who is dressed very plainly is Liu Xiaoxiang?

How can it be? Liu Xiaoxiang has never dressed herself up as a golden peacock and will never go out, what happened?

Gu Man pricked up his ears and snickered to listen.

I only heard the man flip the money bag in his hand, and said to Liu Xiaoxiang: "Don't tell me anything, you don't have a penny, you have been in this Hou Mansion for three years, how can you have such savings?" Are you so easy to deceive as your father and I as a three-year-old child? Tell you, in three days, I will come to you again, and then give another hundred taels of silver to Lao Tzu! Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless! ”

"One hundred taels?" Liu Xiaoxiang screamed out, and then hurriedly looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, she suppressed her voice and said, "Do you think I am the one who opened the bank?" Where did I get a hundred taels for you! Today's fifty taels are barely scraped together by selling all my jewelry and clothes, are you trying to force me to death?! ”

Those jewels are only fifty taels?

But the pawnshop owner charged me a hundred taels! That profiteer!!

Gu Man was furious.

At this time, I only heard the man laugh ruffianly: "This is your business, don't forget, three years ago, you sent Lao Tzu to prison, and now Lao Tzu has been released from prison after completing his sentence, and there is no financial source, you have been comfortable in this Hou Mansion for three years, and it is time to make up for what you have done to Lao Tzu, and now it is just asking you for a few taels of pension money, why be so stingy!" ”

The man threatened: "In short, if you can't take out a hundred taels in three days, Lao Tzu will call a group of gangsters, and shout at the gate of this Hou Mansion every day, 'Unfilial to your parents, lose your conscience', hey, when the time comes, I will turn the world upside down, and then what will your Hou Ye think of you?" ”

Liu Xiaoxiang said hatefully: "It was Hou Ye who sent you to prison in the first place, and you have the ability to find Hou Ye to make a mistake!" Look if Master Hou still spares your life! ”

The man laughed and said, "Are you stupid for me?" As long as I have my good daughter, I can be filial to her, so why bother to provoke the Hou Ye? However, if you let Lao Tzu and I spend our old age in peace, and the silver is in place, then I will definitely let you continue to be a concubine in the Hou Mansion comfortably, but if you don't let Lao Tzu and me live comfortably, don't think about comfort! It's a big deal for us to die and break the net! Ay! Not much to say, Dad is gone, and I will come to see you in three days! Hahaha......"

The man triumphantly flipped the money bag in his hand and walked towards the back door.

Gu Man also quietly left the scene.