Li Xiangcui hurriedly bowed her head and begged: "Mother, it's not easy for me to come to the old lady to serve, don't make trouble, Ming'er, you come later, I'll ask Sister A to come together, okay?" ”

"No! I'm going to starve to death! You look at me like Hanako! Zhou gritted his teeth: "Where do you ask me to wait?" ”

Li Xiangcui was anxious to get out, so she could only say: "I have ten cents here, you eat, I'll go in and discuss with my sister." ”

Where did the Zhou family give Li Xiangcui a chance, looked at the purse she took out, snatched it over, and lowered her voice to warn: "If you dare to play with me, I will sue the old men and ladies of this family, and when the time comes, they will go back with me to starve and be poor!" ”

Li Xiangcui could only say good things, sent away the Zhou family and hurried back to the house, and as soon as she arrived outside the old lady's door, she was called in by the housekeeper.

"Your mother wants to ask you two sisters for monthly money, right?" Old Madam Cao asked lightly.

Li Xiangcui knelt down and hung her head: "Yes, after my brother had an accident, my mother's temperament changed greatly, and she collided with the old lady, and Cui'er kowtowed to you." ”

Mrs. Cao waved her hand: "That's it, it's reasonable for people who are mothers to be unbearable, here are ten taels of silver, you give her to go back to live, and make it clear, the monthly money will be settled once every six months in the future, and you don't need her to come, your sisters can go back to visit her." ”

"The old lady is gracious, gracious." Li Xiangcui choked and kowtowed to Mrs. Cao, took the silver with trembling hands, and withdrew.

In the house, there were only two people, Mrs. Cao and Mama Qin, who was close to her, and Mama Qin poured tea for the master: "Aren't you afraid that person will gain an inch?" ”

"Don't get in the way, this Cui'er is a clever person, she doesn't have any crooked thoughts, stay by my side and train for a few days, and then arrange for Xiangzhi to go to the study." Mrs. Cao took a sip of tea, the young girl was in good health, and it was easy to give birth and raise, so I didn't believe that the Cao family could cut off the incense!

Mama Qin nodded.

Li Xiangcui ran to find Li Xiangzhi.

"What? She will pinch the time, she just sent the monthly money yesterday, and she is here today? Li Xiangzhi frowned: "You see that the two of us are like fire girls, how can we not keep a little money for rouge gouache?" ”

Li Xiangcui subconsciously touched the silver in her arms: "Sister, my mother is waiting for us at a foreign name." ”

"I'm not going!" Li Xiangzhi snorted coldly: "When you sold us, you were so ruthless, are we a cash cow at this time?" ”

Li Xiangcui looked at Li Xiangzhi: "My mother snatched all my purses, and I didn't leave any of them." ”

"That's your bad luck." After Li Xiangzhi rushed out, she quickly grabbed Li Xiangcui's hand: "Look at her and make me angry, listen to Sister A, don't pay attention to her." ”

Li Xiangcui hung her head: "Sister, she said that if we don't go out to see her, she will make trouble with the old lady and the old lady." ”

Now, Li Xiangzhi is worried, Li Xiangcui is doing things in front of the old lady, she can get a lot of opportunities, and not being able to offend is one of them, and then what is the Cao Mansion here? There are many concubines, why? Because the master's only son fell to his death while riding a horse two years ago, these concubines are holding back their strength to give birth to a boy for the Cao family, who doesn't want this step to the sky, and they want it too!

"Let's go, I'll see her." Li Xiangzhi pulled Li Xiangcui out a few steps: "The old lady has to say something." ”

Li Xiangcui hurriedly nodded: "Well, sister, you wait for me." ”

Mrs. Cao was closing her eyes and recuperating, feeling that someone was coming, she squinted her eyes and saw Li Xiangcui kneeling at her feet rubbing her legs, and stretched her voice: "Haven't you seen your mother yet?" ”

"Just now, the slave maid went to find my sister, and my sister also misses her mother, so the slave and maid have to tell you." Li Xiangcui said softly.

Old Madam Cao nodded with satisfaction: "Go ahead, go to Mama Qin's side and say something, there are a few faded dresses." ”

"Yes." Li Xiangcui respectfully withdrew.

Mama Qin was already waiting at the door with a big burden, Li Xiangcui thanked Mama Qin for her gratitude, and went to find Li Xiangzhi with the burden.

When the sisters arrived at the door, they didn't see Zhou.

"What about people?" Li Xiangzhi didn't want to see Zhou, but when she found that the person was not at the gate, she was a little irritable.

Li Xiangcui hurriedly said: "Sister go to the east alley to look for it, my mother said that she was hungry, Xu is eating on the side of the road, I will look for it in the west." ”

The two sisters went separately to look for it, and Li Xiangcui walked quickly to the street, looked up, and entered the Rouge Building.

I picked out a box of flour fat, used fifty wen, and ten taels of silver turned into a handful of loose silver, turned around with a sigh of relief, and hid three taels when I walked back with my baggage.

She saw her mother going to the east, and sure enough, as soon as she arrived at the gate of the house, she saw Sister A and her mother coming over in a hurry.

He went up and grabbed Zhou's hand: "Mother, the old lady is kind, and she gave such a big bag of clothes." ”

"Show me." Zhou squatted on the ground and opened the bag, touching the texture of the muslin, although it was an old clothes, he had never worn a single muslin dress in his life.

Li Xiangcui squatted down and put more than five taels of silver in front of Zhou's eyes, Zhou grabbed it and looked up: "Give you so much wages?" ”

"It's the old lady who saw me and my sister being pitiful, and rewarded you, mother, you can't mess around with such a good job, the old lady means that the monthly money is settled once every six months, and you don't need to come to the house, go back and give us leave, let us go home to see you." Li Xiangcui said softly.

Next to her, Li Xiangzhi's eyes were straight, and she secretly scolded Li Xiangcui for being an elm pimple head!

After Zhou's praise one after another, he looked at Li Xiangzhi: "What about you?" ”

Li Xiangzhi prepared a string of copper coins and handed them to Zhou: "Mother, I'm not as lucky as Xiangcui, I'll give you a lot of money in a month." ”

Zhou's mood is simply beautiful.

Take a look, not to mention getting so much money in one trip, and getting a big bag of good clothes, it seems that it is right to send these two sisters, pack up the burden and hide the money, Zhou said: "If you use people again, there are still Jing and brothers at home, but remember, don't take all the good things yourself, okay, I'm leaving." ”

Li Xiangcui hurriedly told again.

Li Xiangzhi saw the master's carriage enter the alley with sharp eyes, and he hugged Zhou's with a whim, and the beads of tears fell down like broken threads, Zhou was stunned, and even Li Xiangcui was dumbfounded.

Hearing the cry, Cao Zhirong lifted the curtain and looked here, and saw two girls dressed as his own subordinates, one of them was holding a ragged woman, crying a poor man, frowning slightly and retracting his gaze, and got off the carriage at the door of the house and went back.

Li Xiangzhi watched the old man enter the door, and then wiped his tears: "Mother, you have to be careful when you go back in the dark, go back quickly." ”

Zhou: ......!!!

Li Xiangcui didn't say anything, she could see what Sister Ah was going to do.

After Zhou left, Li Xiangzhi glared at Li Xiangcui hatefully: "You don't keep any money to cross the river, I was asked if I wanted pocket money, but I didn't have it." ”

Li Xiangcui lowered her head and didn't say a word, the two of them entered the door, and closed the door in a proper manner......