Qiutongin's reaction was soon known to those who were interested.
"So, she didn't say anything without giving her any clothes?" Aunt Zhou turned over a page of Buddhist scriptures and asked.
Ajin nodded.
"Girl, you were punished by Mrs. Liu to kneel down even if you asked her to?" Aunt Zhou looked up at her and said with a smile.
Ah Jin sighed, his face felt a little hot, and he smiled bitterly.
"I really didn't expect that the girl who came out in front of the old lady would actually kneel down to a third-class woman..." Aunt Zhou covered her mouth with her hands and laughed, "If it was really the old lady who sent her back, I'm afraid she would be angry
A slap will pull her back..."
"Young Madam may want to please you," Ajin said.
"Please? Is she stupid? Not to mention that she now occupies the position of the eldest daughter-in-law. Just because she was brought into the house by the old lady, she will never please that bitch in this life.
"Aunt Zhou said with a faint smile on her lips, and then smiled self-deprecatingly, "How can I expect her to understand this? That's all, everyone can do as they are told."
As she said this, she glanced at Ah Jin.
"Do you still want to go to her place?" She said with a faint smile.
Ah Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"I just told you that mud is mud and you can never hold up a wall." Aunt Zhou smiled, and then sighed, "If the old lady had been so indifferent to me, then that bitch
There was no chance of getting in, how could I..."
When she said this, she clenched the hand holding the pen tightly. She suddenly stopped talking and looked at the Buddhist scriptures in front of her in silence for a while.
Ah Jin on the side just stood quietly with his head lowered, as if he didn't hear or see anything. After a moment, Aunt Zhou picked up the pen again and slowly copied the scriptures, and the room became quiet again.
When it was getting close to evening, I walked out from the back door of Mrs. Hou's Ronganyuan and headed west, passing through a narrow road, which is where the warehouse of Hou's mansion is. From a distance, I saw several women walking over, and the ladies were gathering together to laugh.
Stand still.
"Mother Zhou, have you eaten?" Everyone said hello with a respectful smile.
Mother Zhou nodded with a smile.
"Nowadays, it's damp when it rains, and it's very dry when it doesn't rain. You should pay attention to moisture-proof and waterproof things," she said.
"We all know, mom, don't worry." The mothers-in-law responded with a smile.
After getting more news, the woman and the boy ran out of the door and stood up to say hello to Zhou's mother. Zhou's mother looked all the way and at the end, she stopped at a woman who was about forty years old.
This woman had her head lowered and was wearing a cardigan commonly worn by mothers-in-law. There was nothing outstanding about her.
"Sister Feng, there will be a banquet at home the day after tomorrow. We are members of Duke Dong Guogong's family in the capital. I remember that the old lady had a gold and jade ornamental screen in her library and asked someone to bring it out and display it." Zhou's mother said to her with a smile.
The woman lowered her head and saluted first.
"Yes," she said, "Do you have the right cards?"
Mother Zhou smiled and took out a pair of cards.
The woman looked at it.
"Do you have a match for the young lady?" she asked with lowered eyes.
Countless eyes looked over at her, but the woman just lowered her head and said nothing extra.
Mother Zhou looked at her and still smiled, said nothing, and withdrew her hand.
"The prince is coming back soon. There are a lot of things used at home these days. The prince's yard is also being repaired. Please be careful when people come and go," she said.
Everyone responded in unison, and surrounded the woman with a cheer as they watched Mother Zhou take the people away.
"Ms. Dong, what's wrong with you?"
"What are you thinking about? Why do you need Madam's pair of cards?"
Everyone talked at once, all looking a little angry.
"The old lady said at that time that what she left behind was a dowry for the young lady, and it must be drawn with the young lady's matching cards." The woman was neither anxious nor annoyed, lowering her head and said dullly.
Then another woman sneered.
"Mrs. Dong, I know what you are thinking. I heard that the young lady's illness seems to be getting better these days, and I feel better." A woman smiled in a sinister way, "But it is also possible that the clothes are being made in the mansion this time.
Just forget about the young madam, maybe the young madam will come to the warehouse with the right cards to pick out materials for clothes and jewelry in a fit of anger..."
Everyone started laughing, but the woman still lowered her head and remained silent, as if she was deaf and dumb. Everyone laughed at her for a while, but the woman never responded, and they left in disinterest.
At the beginning of July, there was finally definite news about the day when the Crown Prince would return home.
"It's just as Madam thought, the prince has been all the way to the state capital for entertainment and will be back before fifteen." Mother Su said while wiping her tears.
The boy who read the prince's letter was rewarded with a lot of money by Mr. Xie and sent away.
Mr. Xie looked excited and a little restless.
"I have to go and see how the house is being tidied up? Brother Cheng doesn't like flowers, grass, or red and green accessories, but don't create a blockage as soon as you enter the house..." she said.
Mother Su smiled and pushed her to sit down.
"Madam, don't worry. The people who clean up the prince's house are all people who grew up with the prince. They don't know this." She smiled.
Mr. Xie took a breath and sat down.
"I don't know if I've lost weight now that I'm dark..." She couldn't help but wipe her tears gently with a handkerchief.
Mother Su expressed her gratitude and said some comforting words.
"What's going on with that woman recently?" Xie asked with a straightened expression.
"Not really. I'm very honest. According to your instructions, I asked the doctor to take a look and ask if I was okay. No one came out of the house. They said it was not good and I didn't want to see anyone." Mother Su said.
Mr. Xie sneered.
"Is she so knowledgeable? She is really smart..." she said, "pass this message to me and watch it carefully. If you have any thoughts that you shouldn't have..."
When she said this, her face darkened.
"...She has been sick for long enough..."
Mother Su couldn't help but shudder, lowered her head and answered yes.
"Madam, the rocks have been purchased and are being placed in the prince's yard. Madam, please take a look." The eldest girl Aluan opened the curtain and came in with a smile.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became cheerful.
"Let's go and take a look, the Marquis personally picked this for the prince..." Mrs. Xie said with a smile, and stood up holding Mother Su's hand.
As soon as she went out, a large number of women and maids followed her, and some of them went to inform the aunts and ladies, so they met many people on the way. When they arrived at the prince's yard, the yard was crowded with people shouting and cheering.
There are more people alive.
Aru stood outside the kitchen door and felt that there were very few people today. Except for a few rough girls, no one could talk. It had been half a day since she came out, so she had to hold on to a little girl who just ran over.
"Where have all the mothers gone?" she asked.
The little girl rolled her eyes and looked at her.
"We are all busy. You can come back another day." She said.
"I've been here several times, how can I be so busy? I haven't seen anyone." Aru asked while holding back her anger.
"I don't care about the distribution rules. Sister, if you're angry, don't vent your anger on me. You can just bully me." The little girl rolled her eyes and snorted, broke away from her and ran away.
Aru stamped her feet angrily and had to stand and continue to wait. Finally, she saw four or five women coming over talking and laughing.
"Mom, our Qiutongyuan's division may be..." she hurriedly greeted her and asked.
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by one of the women.
"Wait a little longer, girl, I'm really busy today. I'll send it off when I'm free tomorrow," she said.
Busy? No one has been seen for a long time? Aru took a deep breath.
"Moms, take a moment..." she whispered again.
"Why do you have time? Where can you find time? Everyone died in the son's yard just now. Madam is very happy and wants to hold a banquet in the young master's yard. There are so many people and the food can't be arranged. What? Why don't you go and tell the superiors?
"Tell me, let's take care of you girls first. Don't delay the important events of your Qiutong Courtyard?" The woman interrupted her and said with a half-smile.
Aru lowered his head.
"Of course it's Madam's business. I, I'll come back tomorrow." She said, turned and walked away.
"I'm afraid I won't have any free time tomorrow. Don't run away in vain, girl. We will remember to send it to you when you have free time..." the woman said loudly behind her.
"One or two days... the place is starved to death..."
"It's just...it's not like I've never been hungry before...this background..."
There was a lot of teasing laughter behind him, and Aru quickened his pace until he reached the vicinity of Qiutong Courtyard before slowing down. His expression was gloomy, and he felt weak all over while carrying the empty basket.
As the young lady said, the spotlight on them is getting tighter and tighter, and it seems that they are trying every possible means to find fault with them. Is the purpose of finding fault with them another reason to lock them up?
After being separated for three years, there is not much love between husband and wife, but the mother-in-law is so unhappy, what will we do in the future? Can this kind of retreat and deferment make the lady look more pleasing to the eye, so as not to find them?
Give it away as an excuse and throw it into some village to raise...
She was thinking dully, walking absentmindedly, and suddenly a person ran over from behind.
"Sister Caijuan asked me to give it to you." A voice said.
Aru was startled, and saw that the person had run away. She was a little girl. There was a basket at her feet next to her, full of rice, noodles, vegetables and meat.
"Hey." Aru called her hurriedly, "Who gave it to me?"
The little girl stopped in the distance, turned around and put her hands over her mouth to make a mouth shape.
Third Young Master….
Ah Ru couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then when she regained consciousness, the girl ran away.
She looked down at the basket with a complicated expression, hesitated for a moment, and then picked it up.
"I got it today." After entering the door, Ah Hao hurriedly took it. When she saw what was in her hand, she smiled happily.
A'ru hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say the word "third young master". He nodded and made a vague hum.
Ah Hao has already taken it and is flipping through it.
"Young madam, there is still a bottle of wine..." she said happily into the room.
Qi Yue came out with a smile.
"That's great. Let's make some side dishes and drink some wine tonight. It'll be delicious." She smiled.
"What are you cooking?" Ah Hao's eyes lit up as soon as he heard it.
"Let me take a look." Qi Yue also came over and looked through the things in the basket, "There is chicken, let's have a chicken pot, this time there is pepper, it must be very authentic... let's have a vegetarian stir-fry..."
"Madam, can you make something with less spicy but still delicious..."
Seeing the master and servant discussing food and drink with great interest, Aru was a little bit dumbfounded.
"Young madam, the prince will be home on the 15th..." she couldn't help but say.
"Oh...what does this wine taste like...ah, what did you say?" Qi Yue asked.
"Your Majesty will be home on the fifteenth day." Aru looked at her and said.
Qi Yue said.
"It's really gratifying." She said, smiling again, "Then we have to add another dish tonight to celebrate."
"Okay, okay, I want to eat carrot yam..." Ah Hao clapped his hands and said with a smile. (To be continued)
