Wu'er sent Fang Guan back, and went to the teahouse to play with other sisters, and the Liu family took a cup from the bottle of rose dew, took it out of the garden, and gave it to her uncle's sick son to taste. Then I came back and hurriedly arranged to make dinner. She is considered the head chef, and several cooks work with her. The meal was also finished, and the boxes were packed according to each room, and the distribution began. Suddenly, the little girl Lotus in the second girl's spring room came over and said, "Sister Siqi said, I want a bowl of eggs, stewed and tender." The Liu family said: "That's how noble it is." Somehow, there are very few eggs this year, and I can't buy one for ten dollars. Yesterday, the house sent porridge and rice to relatives, and four or five compradors went out, and it was easy to get together 2,000. Where do I find it? You tell her to eat another day. ”

Lianhua'er said, "I was going to eat tofu before, and you made some rancid ones and told her to give me a meal." Today, the eggs are gone. Anything good, I don't believe there are even eggs, don't tell me to turn it out. "As I spoke, I really turned it over. Since the Liu family is away from home, working and working, they always have to earn something, so they can do less deductions and save materials from the regulations, and they can get home. So here is reluctant to make eggs for her. If you don't dare to detain the girl, you will detain the maid. So Lianhua'er opened the vegetable box and saw that there were indeed more than a dozen eggs in it, and said, "Isn't this?" You're that good! We eat the master's, our examples, why do you feel distressed? It's not your egg, I'm afraid people will eat it. The Liu family lost the work in their hands, so they came up and said, "You don't have a mouth full of nonsense!" Your mother just laid eggs! Leave a few of them and prepare the toppings on top of the dish (poured over the main course). The girls don't want this topping, and they don't want to make it, and they are ready to use it urgently. If you eat, if the girls want to get up, there will be no more. You are deep in the courtyard of the house, and you open your mouth when you eat, but you only know that eggs are ordinary things, where do you know the market of outside trading. I persuaded them that fine rice and rice, fat chickens and ducks every day, there will be just a little. I'm tired of eating my stomach, and I make a new appearance every day, eggs, tofu, and gluten, sauce and radish fried, dare to change the taste. But I didn't answer you right, but one thing should be the same, or a dozen or so. I don't want to serve the first-tier masters, but only prepare your second-tier masters. ”

Of course, this egg is what Si Qi himself wants to eat, because, according to the Liu family, he is tired of eating ducks and wants to change eggs and radishes.

When Lianhua heard this, she blushed and shouted, "Who comes with you every day?" You talk about these two cars! I called you here not for convenience (so we have to do it as we like). The former Chunyan came and said that Sister Qingwen wanted to eat Artemisia, why were you so busy asking about meat or chicken? Chunyan said that meat is not good, so I asked you to fry a gluten (gluten fried artemisia). You were busy saying 'I'm fainting' (I didn't realize that the maids were tired of eating meat and wanted to eat vegetarian), and you washed your hands and fried them, and kissed them like dogs. But today they use me as a target, saying that I will be heard by everyone. The Liu family hurriedly said: "All of them have seen it. Since the establishment of this kitchen on the New Year's Day, all the girls and sisters in each room (sisters refer to maids, girls refer to young ladies) want to add one or two things, who did not take the money first, and then bought another and then added another. It is said that I have leftovers in the kitchen, but in fact, when I calculate the accounts, it is disgusting: there are only two chickens, two ducks, a dozen catties of meat, and a dozen dollars of vegetables a day, but I have to provide for this girl and her sisters for forty or fifty people. Do the math, what is this enough for? The main meal is not enough, and I can still resist this point like this, that point like that. Some of them don't eat this item, and they want to order something else to eat. I'll say another thing, the third girl and Miss Bao happened to eat a fried wolfberry sprout, so they sent my sister to send me five hundred yuan, I said how to use so much, twenty or thirty dollars is enough. Rushed me to send the money back, but people didn't accept it, saying, 'Now that the kitchen is in the garden, I can't keep the people in the room from bothering, a salt and a sauce, which is not bought with money?' If you don't give it badly, you can't afford to pay for it. With this money, you should pay off the debts they have been bothering all day. This is the girl who understands the body, and we are convinced and grateful in our hearts. It's that Aunt Zhao heard about this, and said that it was too cheap for me, and it wouldn't take ten days or so, so she sent a little girl to find this and that, which made me laugh. You have become an example (example, take Aunt Zhao as an example), it's either this or that, where do I have these compensations. ”

When she was in turmoil, I saw Si Qi send someone to urge Lianhua'er and criticize her: "Why don't you go back if you die here?" Lianhua'er went back angrily, so she added a message and told Si Qi. When Si Qi heard this, he compared himself with Aunt Zhao, and couldn't help but feel angry. After waiting for the spring to eat, he brought the little girls over. The kitchen lady in the kitchen was eating, and when she saw that she was not coming with a good momentum, she was busy getting up and laughing and sitting. Si Qi only ordered the little girl to do it: "All the vegetables and meat in the cabinet, just throw them out and feed them to the dogs, everyone can't make money." The word "earn" means that you will not have any leftovers to earn.

The little girls agreed, grabbed it with all hands and feet, and threw it around. While everyone pulled, they told Si Qi and said, "Girl, don't mishear the child's words. Sister-in-law Liu has eight heads, and she doesn't dare to offend the girl. It's true that she said eggs are hard to buy. We also said that she didn't know what to do, and even if she didn't have anything, she had to figure out a way to figure it out. She had already come to her senses and hurriedly steamed it. The girl didn't believe it, and looked at the fire. ”

Si Qi was persuaded by everyone's kind words, and Fang gradually calmed down. The little girls didn't wait for the drop to finish their things, and then pulled away. Si Qi scolded and made a fuss, and Fang was persuaded by everyone. The Liu family had no choice but to smash the bowl and smash the plate for a while (smashing the bowl while making it), and steamed a bowl of eggs for people to send. Si Qi all splashed the ground. The man didn't dare to say anything when he came back, for fear that something would happen again.

At this time, Wu'er had already come back from chatting with her sisters in the teahouse outside, and the Liu family got her a bowl of soup and a bowl of porridge, and sent her to eat. After eating, the Liu family took out a pack of Poria cream and said: "You weren't there just now, I went to see your uncle, gave them a cup of rose dew, and gave me this bag of things from your uncle, saying that your uncle was on duty at the gate of the courtyard, and there were officials from Guangdong in this mansion, who gave two baskets of Poria cream as gifts, and there was another basket for the people on the door as a door gift, and your uncle got these." Because I think that you are not in good health, I said that this is a thousand-year-old thing that grows from the roots of pines and cypresses, and it is best to use human milk and drink it every morning, which is the most nourishing thing, and then use milk to do it, and never take boiling water. Look at this, I'll get it back later. ”

When Wu'er heard this, he thought to himself that since this was a gift from the rose dew, he would give some to Fang Guan. So he wrapped half of it in paper, and took advantage of the sparse crowds at dusk to find Fang Guan. Fortunately, there was no one to interrogate all the way, and I arrived at Yihong Courtyard. But she couldn't get in, so she waited outside. After a cup of tea, Chunyan came out and hurriedly stepped forward to stop.

That Chunyan's mother, Mrs. He, is Fangguan's godmother, Wu'er is good with Fangguan, and she also knows Chunyan. Chunyan approached, saw that it was Wu'er, and hurriedly asked what to do. Wu'er smiled and explained her intentions, handed out the Poria cream, told her how to eat it, how to make up for it, and taught her to transfer it to Fang Guan. That Chunyan took it, and went in without saying anything.

But he said that the five children went back, and it was already half dark, and they saw Lin Zhixiao's family patrolling with a few mothers-in-law wearing red hoops, and the five children couldn't hide, so they had to go up to say hello. Lin Zhixiao's family asked: "I heard that you are sick, why did you come here?" Wu'er said with a smile: "Because the past two days have been better, my mother took me in today to relax and sit in the kitchen tea room for an afternoon. Just now, my mother told me to send the guy to Yihong Courtyard. Lin Zhixiao's family said: "This is wrong. I just watched your mother come out of the garden, and then we closed the gate. Since your mother told you to send the guy there, why didn't you tell me that you were still inside, and go out and let us close. What's going on? You can see that you are lying. ”

When Wu'er heard this, she had nothing to answer, so she said, "My mother told me to go a long time ago, but I forgot it, and I didn't remember it until then." I'm afraid that my mother will think that I have gone out first, so I didn't tell my aunt. ”

Lin Zhixiao's family was stunned when she heard her resignation, and because Mrs. Wang had lost a few things recently, and a few girls were right, they became suspicious. Coincidentally, Cicada, Lianhua'er and a few daughters-in-law came (both of them were enemies), and when they saw this, they said, "Grandma Lin has to try her." In the past two days, she has been running here, sneaky, and I don't know what to do. The cicada said again, "That's right." Yesterday, Sister Yuchuan said that there was a jar of rose dew missing in the wife's room. Lianhua smiled and said, "I didn't hear this, but today I saw a dew bottle (when I was messing up and robbing in the kitchen with Sister Si Qi)." ”

When Lin Zhixiao's family heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Where is it?" Lotus said, "In their kitchen." "Lin Zhixiao's family, busy lighting the lantern and bringing everyone to look for it. Wu'er said anxiously: "That's the Fang official in Bao Erye's house, who asked Bao Er Ye for it this afternoon and gave it to me." Lin Zhixiao's family said: "Regardless of your official and round official, now that you have stolen evidence, I will report it first, and you will go to the master to argue." As he spoke, he went into the kitchen, and Lianhua'er took it and took out the dew bottle. I'm afraid there are other stolen goods, so I searched carefully again, and got another bag of Poria cream, took it together, and took Wu'er back and forth between Li Kun and Tanchun.

Because his child Jia Lan was sick, Li Kun ordered him to go to Tanchun. Tanchun is taking a bath. passed in, and for a while, the waiter came out and said: "The girl knows, tell you to find Ping'er and tell the second grandmother." Lin Zhixiao's family had to come out again, and when he arrived at Sister Feng, he told Ping'er first, and Ping'er went in and told Sister Feng.

Sister Feng was still recuperating and had already rested, and when she heard it, she said: "Beat her mother forty boards, drive her out, and never enter the door." Beat the five sons into forty boards, and immediately hand them over to the Zhuangzi, or sell or distribute them. (Selling is selling to human traffickers, and the traffickers love to sell to whomever they want, and selling to brothels, and matching people is to take a single person who is willing to pay for it.) The difference between multiple reselling and selling to your home once. Ping'er came out and did as she was told. Wu'er cried and cried, knelt for Ping'er, and talked about Fangguan's gift of dew. Ping'er said: "It's not difficult, I'll know the truth when I ask Fang Guan tomorrow." But you shouldn't have stolen this Poria cream. When Wu'er saw this, he hurriedly told him about his uncle taking it from the door and giving it to her.

Ping'er listened, smiled and said: "In this way, you are an innocent person, and you are mistakenly used to top the tank (the top cylinder is that the Yangtze crocodile used to call the pig Polong to dig a certain embankment, and the official of the Ministry of Industry reported to Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was afraid of avoiding it, so he reported that the object was called the big turtle, so Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the whole country to hunt and kill the big turtle, so the farmers along the river caught a lot of big turtles (a kind of turtle) and pressed them with the cylinder, so the people of the capital made up a slip and said: "The pig Polong is in trouble, and the head of the turtle is in the top tank"). Now that it's dark, my grandmother took medicine and went to sleep, so it's inconvenient to talk about this idea. Now I will hand her over to the people who stayed at night to guard the night, and wait for Ming'er to return to the second grandmother, and then reason. Lin Zhixiao's family didn't dare to disobey, so he had to take it out and hand it over to the daughters-in-law who had been guarding the night, and he went.

The five children were placed under house arrest and did not dare to take any more steps. The daughter-in-law thought she was troublesome, and she hurt us a lot of things, and there were even more people who were not on good terms with the Liu family, and when they saw this, they all came to ridicule her. Wu'er was sick, whimpering and crying all night without sleeping.

Who knew that those people who were at odds with her mother and daughter, wishing they were kicked out, lest there would be changes the next day, so they all got up early in the morning and went to Ping'er one after another, sending things while flattering Ping'er, and saying how their mother and daughter were not good on weekdays. Ping'er responded one by one, sent them away, and then quietly came to visit and attack people. When the attacker heard this, he said, "Lu was indeed given to Fang Guan, but I don't know who Fang Guan transferred to. The attacker then went to ask Fang Guan again, and Fang Guan listened, bluffed the sky, and hurriedly said that he gave her away.

Fang Guan told Baoyu here again (see that her relationship with Baoyu is getting closer and closer, but unfortunately she has to cause two things a day, yesterday morning was to fight with Aunt Zhao, and in the afternoon she made a rose dew, and the rose dew made Uncle Wu'er give back Poria cream, so she hooked up a Poria cream), Baoyu also panicked when she heard it, and said: "Lu is true, then Poria cream, what she said must also be true." But knowing that it was sent by her uncle, her uncle also didn't. So he hurriedly consulted with He'er: "Although the matter of Lu is over, there is still no frost in this frost." Good sister, if you tell her that this frost was also given to her by Fang Guan, it's over. Ping'er smiled and said, "But she already said that her uncle gave it last night." Besides, I didn't find the dew lost in my wife's house, and now that the stolen evidence is gone, if I go to find someone else, who else is willing to confess? The crowd may not be convinced. ”

Qingwen smiled next to her and said: "The rose dew lost in the wife's house, there is no one else, it is obvious that Caiyun stole it to Brother Huan'er." What are you still figuring out here? Ping'er smiled and said: "Who doesn't know that this is the case, but Caiyun not only didn't admit it, but also squeezed Yu Chuan, saying that Yu Chuan stole it." The two of them fired a cannon in their nest, and the quarrel was known to everyone. We were really fake, so we had to go to investigate and investigate, but we ran into her. ”

Baoyu said, "Well, I should also get up in this matter, and say that I was bluffing them, and I quietly stole my wife's rose dew." In this way, both things are finished. The attacker said, "It's also a matter of accumulating virtue." It's just that my wife knows, and she says that you are childish, and you don't know what to do. Ping'er smiled and said: "Actually, this thing is easy to do, and now it is easy to go to Aunt Zhao's house (where Jia Huan lives) to get stolen goods." I'm just afraid of hurting the dignity of the third girl (Tanchun). "Aunt Zhao is the mother of the third girl Tanchun.

When everyone heard this, they all hurriedly said, "That's the same." So, it's better for us to come down here. ”

Ping'er smiled and said, "Then you have to call the two karmic obstacles of Caiyun and Yuchuan and ask them correctly." Otherwise, they would have benefited, as if we didn't have the ability to find out. In the future, the more I steal, the more I can't help it. The attacker smiled and said, "Exactly, think about the week." ”

Ping'er ordered someone to call the two over, saying, "You don't need to panic, the thief has been caught." Yu Chuan first asked where the thief was, and Ping'er said, "Now in the second grandmother's house, everything has already been answered." I knew in my heart that she didn't steal it, but I was sorry for her and admitted it in fear. Here Bao Er Ye can't help it, and he has to recognize half of it for her. I want to tell the truth, but it's just that Su Ri, who is a thief, is also a good sister of mine, and the person who collects the stolen goods is ordinary, and it is easy to go to him to pick up the stolen goods, but it hurts the dignity of a good person, so I am embarrassed, and I have to let Bao Er Ye respond, and everyone is fine. Now I want to ask you two, what do you want to say? If everyone is careful to be decent from now on, this will ask the second master of Bao to respond; Otherwise, I will go back to the second grandmother, don't wronged the good people. "- If you don't tell the truth, you will really arrest people.

When Caiyun heard this, she blushed unconsciously, and felt ashamed for a while, so she said: "Sister, don't worry, don't wronged a good person, and don't be tired of Bao Erye." It was Aunt Zhao who stole the things and told me again and again, and it was true that I took some exposure to Brother Huan. Even our wife used to be at home, and it was common for everyone to give it away (a litter of thieves). I said it would be over in two days. Now that I have wronged a good person, I can't bear it. My sister actually took me to find my second grandmother, and I was done. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all surprised that she had such a heart and gall. (Actually, there is nothing to be surprised about, Ping'er's words have been said very clearly, if you confess, you can let Bao Erye protect you, no, we will really catch the real thief, how can we not say it.) Baoyu hurriedly smiled and said, "Sister Caiyun is really a serious person. Now it's better for me to respond, and everyone will be fine. Caiyun said: "Why do you want to do what I did, I deserve to live or die." Ping'er hurriedly said: "That's not what you said, as soon as you responded, you brought Aunt Zhao out, and the three girls were not angry when they heard it." Or Bao Erye, the cleanest. What do you want to take in the future, so I wait for my wife to come home and tell my wife, even if we give the house to others, we have nothing to do with it. ”

Caiyun listened, lowered his head and thought about it, Fang Yiyun.

So everyone discussed it properly, Ping'er took Caiyun, Yuchuan (these are both first-class maids under Mrs. Wang) and Fangguan, went to the room last night and called Wu'er, and quietly taught her that the section of Poria Frost was given by Fangguan, and Fangguan was given by Baoyu. Wu'er is grateful. Ping'er took them back to her and Sister Feng's residence, and saw that Lin Zhixiao's family was holding the Liu family, and they had been waiting for a long time.

Lin Zhixiao's family said to Ping'er again: "The Liu family's detention is here, no one in the garden cares about cooking, I will let Qin Xian's daughter-in-law take care of it for the time being." The girl also told her grandmother that she was clean and cautious, and she would send her to take care of it in the future. Ping'er said, "Who is Qin Xian's daughter-in-law?" Lin Zhixiao's family said: "She went to work at night in the southwest corner of the garden (holding ***, wearing a hoop), and she didn't come out during the day, so the girl didn't know." High cheekbones, big eyes (which can collect more light from the night), the cleanest and crispest. Yu Chuan said: "Yes, sister, why did you forget, she is the second girl's sister-in-law." ”

Ping'er listened and said with a smile: "I know who it is when I mention it." However, she was also sent too quickly. Now it's clear. It was Baoyu who went to his wife's house and asked for things from Caiyun and Yuchuan, but these two just didn't give it to him in order to scare him, saying that his wife didn't dare to take it when she wasn't at home. Baoyu didn't watch the two of them wary, went in by herself, and took a bottle of roses and showed it. Now Baoyu heard that he was tired of others, so he hurriedly told me in detail, it was the rest of this Lu that was given to Fang Guan, and Fang Guan was given to these five children. The Poria frost was also obtained by Baoyu from outside, and Baoyu also rewarded it to many people, not only in the garden, but also for the relatives outside who were begged by his mother (in order to avoid Lin Zhixiao's family from going to the Liu family's uncle's house to check the stolen goods and find the Poria cream), and the attacker had also given it to people like Fang Guan (look at the assertion of Fang Guan and other officials, if you are a drama for a day, you will not be a person for life). It is also common for Fang Guan to give each other personal gifts to her. The two baskets were still on the council chamber, and they were left untouched, so why did they rely on others. (Note here, the so-called aunt of the Liu family said "Yu Wai a basket to the person on the door to do the door salute", this thing may be a lie, or it may be true, if it is true, it actually belongs to the gatekeeper to blackmail the visitor, of course, the visiting foreign officials also know to give, but this is a bad rule, no one said that it is okay, say it, you have to deal with it.) So Baoyu was afraid that he would be involved with the uncle, so he came to accept it himself. There is also a possibility that this is simply a lie, and it was stolen by my uncle and others from the two baskets in the council chamber. If these two baskets are opened and there is no shortage of content, it must be the former kind of extortion of visitors from the door. In short, there was a problem, so Baoyu and Ping'er spent a lot of time explaining to the uncle that Baoyu gave it to him and sent him out of the garden. ）

After Ping'er said that, she withdrew into the bedroom and said the same thing to Sister Feng. Sister Feng didn't believe that Baoyu did it, so she asked Ping'er to picket Wu'er, Caiyun, and Yuchuan again. Ping'er persuaded her to let go when she had to let go, and said: "Grandma didn't have a grudge against these villains, she only made trouble until she was affected." I was not in good health, I was easy to conceive a child, and I had a miscarriage in six or seven months (referring to the miscarriage in the first month, the child was conceived six or seven months before it, that is, three or four months before Jia Lian's fornication with Sister Feng of Bao's second family). Now it's time to worry about it. Then Sister Feng smiled and let her go.

This Ping'er came out and announced that the mother and daughter of the Liu family would be released, and they would go on errands as usual, and return the Qin Xian family. Don't talk about it again. After saying that, he got up and left. The mother and daughter of the Liu family were busy kowtowing upward. Lin Zhixiao's family took them back to the garden, and then went back to Li Kun to report the matter.

Na Siqi and her aunt were overjoyed. The Qin Xian family waited for this vacancy to come in, and was busy receiving rice, grain, coal and other things in the kitchen, and found out a lot of shortfalls, and said: "There are two stones less in the stock of terrier rice, and the commonly used rice is more than a month, and the charcoal is also owed." (The Yanagi family was originally the head of the kitchen.) On the one hand, he made some gifts for Lin Zhixiao's family, quietly prepared a basket of charcoal, 500 catties of firewood, and a load of rice, and sent relatives to send them to Lin's house.

In the midst of the chaos, someone suddenly came to her: "Take care of this breakfast and go out." Sister-in-law Liu was originally fine, but now she is still in her custody. When Qin Xianjia heard this, he blasted away his soul, hung his head in frustration, and when he landed, he died down and rolled out. The gift was given away in vain, and he had to use the money to make up for the shortfall. Even Si Qi was angry, and he had no way to redeem it, so he had to give up.

That is, Sister-in-law Liu is not clean, there are problems with accounts and inventory, and Si Qi came to harass Sister-in-law Liu with eggs, which was also for a purpose. Lin Zhixiao's family was also bought by Qin Xian's family. This matter is all up to Baoyu to protect this Fang official's girlfriend Wu'er, otherwise, Ren is Wu'er has a few mouths, and he can't tell the difference. It's just that Wu'er's story is in the middle of the story from then on, and the original storyteller later only said that she died in a short life.

Here, Aunt Zhao gave a lot of things because of Caiyun, and Mrs. Wang found that they were missing, and she was noisy and shouting, for fear of finding out, and sweating every day. Suddenly, Caiyun came to report and said: "It's all Baoyu who has answered, and it's okay from now on." Aunt Zhao just calmed down. When Jia Huan heard this, he became suspicious, took out all the things given by Caiyun, fell down according to Caiyun's face, and said, "These two things with three knives!" I'm not rare. If you don't get along with Baoyu, how can she be willing to respond for you. If you have given it to me, you should not tell anyone else. Now that you've told him, it's no fun for me to ask for this again! ”

Seeing this, Caiyun hurriedly swore a curse, and cried. After explaining everything, Jia Huan insisted on not believing it, and said: "I don't look at your usual feelings, so I will go and tell my second sister-in-law, saying that you stole it from me, and I dare not ask for it." Look at you! With that, the wrestler went out. Aunt Zhao, who was anxious, scolded: "The seeds of uncreated are the maggots." The angry Caiyun cried and dried his bowels. Aunt Zhao comforted her in every possible way, and wanted to put her things away, saying that she was going to collect things. Caiyun was angry and wrapped up in a mess, and when people didn't pay attention, they came to the garden, and they all skimmed into the river, sinking and drifting. I cried in the quilt at night when I was angry.

This time, a series of big farces made up by Fang Guan and other officials as the main line finally came to an end. Let's listen to the next breakdown.