Seeing this, Zhou Rui's family didn't know what to say, so they asked Zhi'er: "When did you come, where did your master go, and why did he leave you here alone?"
Seeing her asking, Zhi'er explained: "We came early in the morning. After my master met his wife, he went to Mr. Yu's house and asked me to wait for her here."
After hearing this, Zhou Rui's family asked her again: "Did you get any money for the incense offering on the fifteenth day of the month?"
Zhi'er shook his head and said, "I don't know."
After hearing this, Xichun thought that no smart person would know about this, so he asked Zhou Rui's family: "Who is in charge of the monthly money in each temple now?"
Zhou Rui's family replied: "Yu Xin is in charge."
When Xichun heard this, she smiled and said, "That's it. As soon as her master came, the Yu Xin family rushed over, and they spent a long time chatting there with her master. I think this was the reason why she came."
After Zhou Rui's family heard this, they nodded to express their understanding, chatted with Zhi'er for a while, and then went to Sister Feng's place with the box in hand.
After crossing the corridor and passing under the back window of Li Wan, I saw Li Wan sleeping crookedly on the Kang through the glass window, so I stepped lightly, crossed the west flower wall, went out of the west corner door and entered Sister Feng's courtyard.
When I walked into the main room, I saw the little girl Feng'er sitting on the threshold of Sister Feng's room, presumably waiting for her master to do her bidding.
Feng'er raised his head and saw that she was coming, and quickly waved his hand, telling her to go to the east room, so as not to disturb the master of the room.
The Zhou Rui family understood and hurriedly tiptoed to the east room.
When they came to the east room, they saw the nanny patting Sister Qiao to sleep. Zhou Rui's family asked the nanny in a low voice: "Sister Qiao is asleep. How long has she been sleeping? It's time to wake up!"
Seeing that she was the one asking, the nurse gently shook her head, motioned her to stop talking, and then went on to put the child to sleep.
Zhou Rui's family opened their mouths to ask again, and then heard a burst of laughter from over there, including Jia Lian's voice. It seemed that the couple were talking together.
Then there was a sound on the door, and Ping'er came out with a big copper basin and asked Feng'er to scoop water in.
When Ping'er saw her coming, he greeted her with a smile and asked softly: "Why are you here, old man, but what's wrong?"
Zhou Rui's family got up hurriedly, opened the flower box and showed it to her. After telling her about Aunt Xue's flowers, he also told her about Eunuch Xia's request for money.
After hearing this, Ping'er took a look at the flower, took out two branches and held them in his hand, then turned around and went in to reply.
After a while, Ping'er came out again and said in a low voice: "If you don't want the money now, I will send it to you in the evening. You can go back first."
When the Zhou Rui family heard this, they didn't say much. They nodded to indicate that they understood, and then went to the Hemerocallis Hall with the box in hand.
Unexpectedly, halfway through, he saw his daughter coming from the other side.
Zhou Rui's family knew her daughter best, so she was worried that something might happen if she came here at this time. He frowned, waved her over, and asked, "What are you doing here right now?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Leng Zhou said with a smile: "Mom has always been in good health?
I've been waiting at home for most of the day, but I still haven't seen my mother come back. Why am I so busy that I can't go home?...
I got a little tired of waiting, so I went to the old lady to say hello first, and now I was about to go and say hello to her as well.
Does mom have any unfinished errands, and what is she holding in her hand?"
Zhou Rui's family heard that she went to greet the old lady, and then there was a smile on her face, and she explained: "I just had something to say to my wife. Unexpectedly, my wife went to Aunt Xue's place to talk about home affairs, so I ran away.
One trip.
When I came back, my aunt just wanted to give these flowers to the girls and grandmas to play with, so she asked me to help give them away. They haven't finished giving them yet.
Don't talk nonsense to me. You came here now. You must have something to say. Tell me, so what?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Leng Zhou couldn't help but smile and said: "You old man can guess that I am here for business.
Let me tell you the truth, your son-in-law Qian'er got into a dispute with someone because he had two too many glasses of wine. Somehow someone set off an evil fire, saying that his origins were unknown, and he filed a lawsuit with the Yamen.
Deportation and return home.
I ran out of ideas, so I came to discuss it with you, old man. Which one should I ask for to settle this relationship?"
After hearing this, Zhou Rui's family thought for a moment and said, "I knew it. What's the big deal? You go home first and wait for me. After I finish sending these flowers to Miss Lin and the others, I will go home to find you."
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Don't go to my wife's place either. My wife and my second grandma are not busy at this time. It's useless for you to go. We'll talk about it after I get back.
It’s not a big deal, and it’s worth being so busy.”
When Mrs. Leng Zhou heard what she said, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mom, please come back quickly!" After that, she turned around and went back to wait.
Looking at her leaving figure, Zhou Rui's family couldn't help but shook their heads and sighed: "Oh, her father and I are such smart people, how could we give birth to such an ignorant girl.
That’s all, it’s her fault that her father and I have pampered her since she was a child and haven’t let her experience anything. No wonder she gets so flustered when something happens. Anyway, her father and I are still useful, so we’ll teach her later.” As he said this, he quickly walked to Hemerocallis Hall.
Jiusi was talking to Daiyu in the main room. When he saw her coming, he couldn't help but smile and asked: "Why are you here today?"
Zhou Rui's family opened the flower box and put it on the table nearby, and explained with a smile: "I just went to Lixiangyuan for something. When I left, it happened that my concubine wanted to give flowers to the girls to wear, so she asked me to help deliver them.
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Daiyu took out a flower and looked at it. When she saw that it was a fake flower made of piles of yarn, she couldn't help but feel a little interested.
Although this palace flower didn't look as good as the velvet hairpins that her sister made for her, it still had a unique beauty. It looked pretty good, but she didn't like it very much. After playing with it for a while, she put the flower back into the box.
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Seeing this, Jiusi knew that she had no intention of asking for it, so he handed the flower box to Zhou Rui's family again: "I'd like to trouble you to make this trip, but I can't bring this with me during my filial piety period, and Daiyu doesn't like wearing it very much either."
These fake flowers, we appreciate Aunt Xue’s kindness, so we won’t keep any flowers.
I heard that your daughter is back. If you don’t dislike it, take her back and let your daughter play with her!"
Zhou Rui's family also knew that they looked down on these people, so they did not refuse and took it with a smile: "Then I will thank you two girls for my daughter. I have something to do, so I won't disturb you two."
After that, he happily hugged the box and left.
Daiyu looked at her like that and couldn't help curling her lips: "Sister, why do you want to give her something? Even if we don't wear it, we can still give it to the little girls in our courtyard!"
Jiusi tapped her forehead lightly and said with a smile: "You, she just said that she gave it to all the girls. Yingchun and the others must also have it. Moreover, she came from the second sister-in-law, so she must be the same."
Come on.
If you give it to the little maids and let them, the masters, know about it, will they be happy?"
