Speaking of which, this was the second time that Liu's mother and Qi Yue met. However, that time Qi Yue hid in shock because she was new to the country. She only heard the news and did not meet.
"Back to Madam Liu, a few girls are making trouble here for some reason, and the old slave dares to punish her." Mother Liu looked at the woman over there and remembered the farce of the hanging that day, and the look on her face could not hide her contempt.
Ah Hao was about to speak angrily, but was pulled back by Ah Ru.
"Made a mistake?" Qi Yue knocked on the door and said, "This damn girl will cause trouble for me if I don't see you for a while. If you don't get out of here, go to the back wall of the house and repent."
Ah Hao wanted to say something else, but Ah Ru pulled him up. He lowered his head and went in.
Look, don't you mean that these two girls are now using their power to be superior to others? Why don't you say a word of defense? Sure enough, when the prince was about to arrive home, he didn't dare to make a fuss, for fear of offending the eldest lady and being found before the time.
Unable to stand in front of the prince, Liu's mother looked at several women and curled her lips secretly.
"That old slave..." Mother Liu opened her mouth to leave.
"Hey, you guys came just in time, help me pack some things..." Qi Yue suddenly said, interrupting Liu's mother.
Mother Liu and others were stunned.
"It turns out that I dare not disobey the young lady's orders, but I am just busy. I will go find a girl for you..." She said with a busy smile.
"No, just help. Didn't Mom also say that the girls are busy?" Qi Yue smiled and shook her fan, "Maybe I can't help Mom now?"
Mother Liu forced a smile. If this young lady was tormenting her with sarcastic words, she would be easy to talk to. She could cry or make noises, but she was so smiling and talkative that there was no need to make a fuss. She could only say what Madam said was serious.
, came in with the women.
Qi Yue directed several women to first move the stone table in the yard, saying that bird droppings were always falling under the trees, which almost made the women duck, and then moved some pots in the kitchen.
When I moved out, I was told that I needed to get water from a well to clean the inside and outside.
Is this a helping job? It’s almost all work done by men and servants. Mother Liu and others have already taken advantage of it and can’t shake it off, so they have to grit their teeth and do it one by one. Qi Yue stands aside and looks at her.
The girl in the house scolded her.
"You guys don't know the rules, go out and fight with others, and don't do any work. I have a good temper, and I'm getting used to you more and more. You treat me like a blind, deaf, stupid, three-year-old child. It's true that I'm a good person but can be bullied by others."
I like to be ridden. Seeing my good temper, everyone wants to step on me. Even if I wear a pair of good shoes and have something to rely on, I still have to weigh whether they fit well..."
Mother Liu, who only scolded, and other women were blushing and angry.
"Young Madam, it's all done. You see, the courtyard is busy distributing clothes. We really don't dare to delay for a long time. If you have anything else to do, I will call some ladies and girls over after I go out..." She
He said holding his breath.
"Okay, okay, no, it's all done." Qi Yue looked at it and said with a smile, then scolded the room, "Look at what you two little hooves have caused, and exhausted the mothers. What a loss.
Shameful!"
"Then we're leaving." Mother Liu didn't want to stay here for a moment, didn't want to listen or say a word, turned around and left hurriedly.
They went out, A'ru opened the door, and A'hao stuck his head out from behind her. His face was already reddened, and he covered his mouth with his hands to avoid laughing.
"Hey, young lady, isn't this the pot you used to boil the chili sauce last night?" Ah Hao looked over and saw it, and asked hurriedly, "Didn't it say that you have to boil hot water on the stove to remove the spicy oil? Why?
Have you moved out too?"
Qi Yue said oh and glanced casually.
"Yeah, I didn't even notice. These mothers are too down-to-earth." She laughed.
"Young lady, if you get your hands on this, it's very spicy, isn't it?" Ah Hao said.
"Probably." Qi Yue nodded.
Here, Mother Liu angrily walked out of Qiutong Courtyard, her face turning white and blue with anger.
"This young lady really seems to have changed into a different person..."
"No, I used to act like a thief when I met people, but now you are smiling at us and talking smoothly, without even stumbling..."
"Could it be that it's really the old lady..."
The women behind them were talking in low voices, and Mother Liu couldn't listen anymore.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense." She turned around and shouted.
The women hurriedly bowed their heads and kept silent.
"I'm afraid this young lady has a lot of thoughts." Liu's mother said angrily, while looking back at the isolated Qiutong Courtyard again, she raised her hand to rest her forehead out of habit, "It's getting closer and closer to the time when the prince returns home.
The closer we get, the more energetic she becomes."
She stroked her forehead with her hand and then remembered the work she had just done. She was in a hurry to leave without washing her hands. She was so angry that she didn't notice what was greasy on her hands. She subconsciously shook her hand in front of her face and immediately felt that
It was always spicy and tangy to my nose, and tears immediately fell from my eyes.
"Oh, Mother Liu, you are... This is not the case..."
"Don't be like this. We are servants after all. Who hasn't been angry with the master..." |
"Yes, this master has not been like a master for a long time, but his status is not low. We are not wronged. Stop crying..."
The other women hurriedly tried to persuade her and took out their handkerchiefs to wipe Mother Liu's tears, which only made Mother Liu's angry tears flow even more.
"I'm not crying, there's something on my hands..." she said with tears, but she didn't dare to wipe her tears with a handkerchief, because the more she wiped it, the more it became more and more painful.
After hearing what she said, the women all hurriedly looked at their hands, some even put them to their noses and smelled them, and immediately they all started crying along with Mother Liu.
"This chili is a good thing, but you don't even eat it. You only use it as a decoration on the plate. What a pity." Qi Yue shook his head and sighed as he placed the chili sauce he had cooked yesterday in the kitchen.
At first, when she asked about the seasoning, there was no chili pepper, thinking that this exotic species had not been introduced yet. Then the next day, she took one out of the basket and asked, but the two girls didn't know what it was called, and they said it was because of birth.
It looked good and was used to decorate the cold dishes. Only then did Qi Yue realize that it had been passed on, but not many people were eating it, so he urged Ah Hao to go to the kitchen to collect a large basket, and added meat to make chili sauce.
For Ah Hao and others who are not used to eating spicy food and have never been exposed to spicy food, the smell is simply too terrible. They did not dare to enter the kitchen all night. When they came out in the morning, they smelled the smell and coughed with itchy throats.
"Young Madam." Aru came in from the door, looking sad.
"Sister, how's it going? Is it our turn to get clothes?" Ah Hao asked hurriedly.
A few days ago, I knew that the clothes in the palace were ready for everyone in the house, young and old. Ah Hao couldn't help but wait outside the door every day to be called.
"No need to ask, there definitely isn't one." Qi Yue said with a smile.
Ah Hao looked at A Ru unwillingly, and A Ru sighed and lowered his head.
"It's according to the old practice. In those years, Madam, you were ill and didn't do anything, so..." she said in a low voice.
"It used to be the past, but now that the prince is back, how can the young lady be without her?" Ah Hao glared and said, "It's obvious that they are bullying people, I will go find them..."
"Wait a minute." Qi Yue called to her, "Don't go."
"Young Madam..." Ah Hao shouted unconvinced.
"You girl, you haven't noticed that you suffered a loss today." Qi Yue laughed, clapped her hands and walked out of the kitchen, "There are many people staring at us, waiting to cause trouble."
"Young Madam, Xiaozhuan and the others are from Aunt Zhu's yard. They are very close to Sumei. They probably deliberately made trouble with me because of what happened last time, not against Young Madam..." Ah Hao said hurriedly.
Qi Yue looked at her and smiled, raising her hand to poke her with her finger.
Ah was so scared that he covered his face and ran away.
"Silly boy, beat the child and show it to your mother. If anyone dares to target you, it will be for my master to see." Qi Yue said with a smile.
"That...is this Madam?" Aru bit her lower lip and whispered.
"It doesn't matter who it is, we are the target anyway. During this period, we need to avoid the limelight." Qi Yue said, rolling up her sleeves, and Ah Hao brought a basin over to wash her hands. "What clothes and food? If you don't have any, just
No, just as little as possible, as long as they don’t point their noses at us and come to us, they can do whatever they want, and we can just close the door and ignore them.”
Although Ah Hao didn't seem to understand, he nodded and responded in line with the principle of listening to the young lady.
"I understand, I won't cause trouble for the young lady." She said solemnly.
Qi Yue smiled and let her wipe her hands, while Ah Hao poured water and carefully closed the door.
"Does the madam not want you to go out, young madam?" Aru, who had been silent all the time, said in a low voice after following Qi Yue into the house.
"If she wanted me to be her daughter-in-law, she wouldn't have locked me up here for three years, so there's no need to ask," Qi Yue said.
"Then what does Madam want? Do you want Madam to lock you up for the rest of your life?" Aru said, tears already filling her eyes.
"Don't cry, don't cry, it's okay. We are humans, not animals. How can we let her be locked up for a lifetime? She has hands and feet." Qi Yue smiled quickly and threw the handkerchief to her, "I mean,
Let's just follow her lead and don't hit her head on. The prince is back. What reason does the mother-in-law have to prevent the husband and wife from ever seeing each other? It's only a few days later."
Aru picked up the handkerchief to wipe her tears, nodded, and looked at Qi Yue with joy in her eyes again.
"Young Madam, I wish you could think this way," she said.
In the past, the young lady could do nothing but cry. If someone gave her a cold look, she would be disheartened and would not give up hope. But now, the smile on the young lady's face has not disappeared.
It seems that big things are nothing to her.
Great, it turns out that so many people don't want to see their husbands by themselves. Qi Yue leans on the beauty's couch contentedly. It's really a dream come true. However, if she can leave here and go back to modern times, it would be even more heavenly.
People wish.
Qi Yue raised her head and looked at the roof beams. How could she go back? Is it possible to hang herself again? She sighed and slowly closed her eyes.
Ah Ru retreated quietly, not disturbing the young lady's concentration.
On a summer afternoon, Qitongyuan is quiet. (To be continued)