In the side courtyard, four people gathered around the charcoal fire, each eating a large lamb chop, their mouths filled with oil.
A sky full of stars, a bonfire, a quiet courtyard, four families coming back from a calamity.
Even if you don't eat grilled lamb chops, a bowl of simple rice is still very good.
Liu Yunxiang took out a handkerchief, wiped Xiaowu's mouth, and asked her how she was doing in Orchid Garden.
Xiao Wu nodded, "Sister Mujin taught me how to read, and the other sisters also like me, and..."
"Who else?"
Xiaowu blushed and whispered: "I also have a very good-looking brother. He said that I will definitely be a beauty when I grow up."
Liu Yunxiang twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I will call him uncle when I see him from now on."
"But I think he is as big as my second brother."
"Anyway, when you call me uncle in the future, what else will he say to you?"
"Oh, he also told me about Sanniang."
"What did you say about me?"
Xiao Wu scratched his head and looked confused, "He said Sanniang was disobedient and always wanted to run out of the cage."
Liu Yunxiang slapped the table, this bitch really thought she was a canary!
The four of them were satisfied, and Liu Yunxiang asked Xiao Wu to sleep with her at night.
I slept until midnight when I heard something moving outside.
She put on her outer clothes and stood up, and Jin Yan also came out of the east wing.
At night, Zi Jin was leaning against the pillar in front of the door, basking in the moon, eating a piece of dried meat in his hand.
Jin Yan smiled, "This girl is so proud. Not to mention the official lady, even the princesses in the palace must envy her."
Having a full stomach and eating dried meat as a snack is not a blessing that money can buy.
Seeing them coming back, Zijin stood up, smiled like a little fox, pulled them together, and then pointed to the high wall.
Liu Yunxiang looked at it and couldn't help but be stunned.
Under the bright moonlight, she saw three figures sitting there on the wall.
"Ouch, this is a thief!" Jinyan was startled.
"Third Madam, you are an old slave!" The person on the wall shouted loudly.
Jin Yan groaned, "Why does this voice sound so familiar?"
Liu Yunxiang and Jin Yan took a few steps forward, and when they took a closer look, they saw that those sitting on the wall were the housekeeper and the two nurses.
"What...what's going on?" Jinyan asked Zijin.
"Last night they set up a ladder to steal things. I waited until they all climbed to the top of the wall and then moved the ladder away." Zi Jin said.
Jin Yan rolled his eyes, "I guess he smelled the fragrance, but the dignified palace actually raised a thief. It's really eye-opening!"
The wall was very high, and the housekeeper lay tightly on it, not daring to move at all.
"Third Madam, this little girl is so unreasonable. She hid our ladder. It is a special high ladder. There is only one in the house. Please let this little girl bring our ladder up and teach her a lesson.
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Liu Yunxiang said with a smile: "Steward Li, I want to ask you, what are you doing climbing on the wall in front of my courtyard in the middle of the night?"
"I……"
"As long as you can give me a reason, I will ask Zijin to return the ladder to you."
Butler Li opened his mouth several times but couldn't say anything. Finally he had to say: "Third Madam, please give me some face, okay?"
"Old housekeeper, you didn't give me face when you climbed up the wall!"
"This old lady..."
"Oh, could it be that your mother instigated you to climb the wall?"
"No no no!"
Liu Yunxiang smiled and said, "Then you can stay up there."
The next morning, Jinyan cooked rice porridge with cold vegetables. There was a mutton chop left over from last night, so she made mutton chop soup for Liu Yunxiang.
Butler Li and the three others were still unable to get off the wall, so they could only watch them hungry.
At noon, a long ladder was borrowed from there, and the three of them finally went down.
In the next two days, there was smoke curling up from the cooking pots here, and three meals a day were changed to one meal a day there.
It stands to reason that a family like the Hou Mansion should have some food reserves to prevent it from falling into such a state of poverty. However, the Hou Mansion has actually been empty for a long time, and the Xue family does not have the ability to run the family. They are afraid of providing the money themselves, so they simply abandon it. Therefore, it is just that.
After a few days, the Hou Mansion could no longer hold on.
In her last life, when she was feeding in the palm of her hand, the situation was much better than now. No servants were sent away or people starved to death.
On the third day, there was another movement on Gao Qiang's side. This time there was a loud banging sound, and soon a hole was dug out.
Liu Yunxiang walked over, tilted his head and looked towards the cave, and saw Mr. Xue standing there with the fourth girl, Xie Wenqing.
"Third brother and sister, second sister-in-law, you look rosy, have you eaten well these days?" Mrs. Xue greeted Liu Yunxiang with a smile on her face.
Liu Yunxiang clicked his tongue and said, "Second sister-in-law is quite skinny and sallow. Could it be that she doesn't have enough to eat?"
"this……"
Xie Wenqing pulled Xue's sleeve and asked her to look into the courtyard.
Under the grape trellis in the courtyard, Xiao Wu was lying on a square table practicing calligraphy. Next to him was a stack of shredded pork cakes made by Jinyan.
Looking at the plate of snacks, Xie Wenqing swallowed a sip of saliva.
Mrs.
She smiled and said: "Mother said that this wall is too high and separates the family from each other. She asked me to bring someone to open the door. We must move around frequently, otherwise we will get divided."
Liu Yunxiang nodded, "That's what mother said."
"Oh, your little courtyard is nice..."
"But before you click on the door, it looks like a dog hole."
Mr. Xue just bent down and wanted to get over. When he heard this, he really couldn't take one step forward or one step back.
"The third brother and sister really love to joke."
"The door should be opened wider, otherwise only dogs can get in."
With these words, Mr. Xue could only retreat with a cold face.
Chapter completed!