Ancient embroidery is really a very high art, a small mandarin duck pattern, even to embroider back and forth on five layers. Although the technique is Nie Sangyu's, Ji Man also feels very tired, he is already dizzy after embroidering two handkerchiefs, and when he looks up outside, it is almost noon.

The stomach growled, but the alfalfa hadn't come back yet. Ji Man put down his bandage and stood at the door for a while, and the smell of food in the kitchen was already wafting over.

Breakfast was still given to alfalfa, compared to Nie Sangyu, a chicken cub, alfalfa was even more pitiful, not at all like the maids brought out by big families. I don't know if I was so thin before, or if I was hungry for the past month or two.

"Master..."Alfalfa finally came back, and as soon as she stepped into the courtyard gate, she saw Ji Man standing at the door, not as afraid of her as a few days ago, but came over with a food box in a regular manner: "The slave has brought back lunch." ”

Ji Man smiled and sat back at the table, and Alfalfa said while taking out the food: "The slave and maid seem to be late, and I waited at the kitchen door for a long time, and Aunt Zhao didn't let the slave and maid in." By the time I let them in, that's all there was to it. ”

A bowl of rice, a stack of vegetables, a stack of green beans, and I didn't even see the shredded meat. Ji Man raised his eyebrows slightly: "Is the Hou Mansion poor like this?"

Alfalfa was not very upset, turned to close the door, and carefully took out a bag of things from the cabinet under the bed.

"The slave knows that the master has no meat and refuses to eat, and yesterday's chicken slave and maid pulled half of the leftovers, not touched at all, clean, thinking that the master can still eat some meat today. ”

The little girl's eyes were bright, and she opened it carefully with the lotus leaf chicken, but how did she find that the lotus leaf had a big hole.

A mouse sprang out of the wrapped lotus leaf chicken, squeaked twice down the alfalfa's hand and back, and burrowed into the cabinet under the bed.

"Ahh

The lotus leaf chicken that was stolen by the rats was only half a bone shelf, and Ji Man looked at it and sighed. This Nie Sangyu is also too miserable.

"How can there be rats...... Alfalfa leaned against the wall in fear, looking at the lotus leaf chicken on the ground, and was so distressed that she was about to cry.

Ji Man is not afraid of this, when he drifted north, he lived in the basement, and he had never seen any cockroaches and mice.

stood up and picked up the lotus leaf chicken, stuffed it back into the cabinet under the bed to sell the stolen goods, and then sat in front of two plates of vegetarian dishes, and said helplessly: "Let's eat first, it's better than nothing." You will bring my embroidered handkerchief to Mama Liu and tell her that I want to have dinner. ”

"The slave obeys. Seeing that the cabinet was closed, Alfalfa relaxed a little, and stood beside Ji Man embarrassedly.

Ji Man ate half of it, left the remaining half for alfalfa, and asked by the way: "Who is the person in charge of the house now?"

Alfalfa replied while eating: "Steward Qian has been in charge of things." ”

"Nope. Nie Sangyu shook his head: "I mean who is in charge of the food and clothing of the aunts and concubines in the backyard?"

Alfalfa said: "It used to be the master of Ling, but now the new lady is here, it should be the new lady." ”

When Nie Sangyu was once Mrs. Hou, Master Hou thought she was not stable enough, so he gave the power of the house to Qi Siling, who had always been dignified and virtuous. There was not much description in the book about how the aunts and concubines lived, and she couldn't go out now, so she didn't know where to start.

After turning his mind, Ji Man's eyes fell on Nie Sangyu's clothes and jewelry.

"Alfalfa, do you want to eat something delicious?" asked Ji Man with a smile.

Alfalfa looked at her suspiciously, and nodded slightly: "What does the master want to do?"

Ji Man hooked his hand at her, and Alfalfa came over to listen to her for a while, and his face changed slightly: "Master, this... These are your favorites..."

"Your master loves meat most now. Ji Man patted her on the shoulder and said, "People have everything when they live, I figured it out, I don't want to fight with them for anything, but at least we have to let the two of us eat well, right?"

Alfalfa was silent for a moment and nodded.

There are special doctors in the Hou Mansion, and Alfalfa happened to know one of the young doctors surnamed Li. When Ji Man asked her what was going on, Alfalfa only replied in a hurry that they were innocent and just friends.

was in such a hurry to explain, and her little face was still red, Ji Man understood, and she didn't want to embarrass her. As long as there is a way to sell some of Nie Sangyu's clothes and jewelry.

So in the afternoon, Ji Man lay on the bed and pretended to be sick, and Alfalfa went to tell Mama Liu and begged her to find Dr. Li to come and see.

The concubine has a low position, and she can't afford to use a doctor with old qualifications. When Mama Liu saw the embroidered handkerchief handed over by Alfalfa, she was not embarrassed and called someone for them.

"Sick like this, what do you do to tell Ben Hou?" Mo Yuhou leaned against the door, looked at Mama Liu, and said lightly: "As long as she doesn't play tricks to hurt people, she doesn't need to tell Ben Hou about other things." ”

"The slave is reckless. Mama Liu saluted and planned to retreat.

"Wait. Ning Yuxuan remembered something and shouted to her.