Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 161 Shooting yourself in the foot

Under the window of Mingyuexuan's small kitchen, a few maidservants were surrounding a small charcoal pot, and a few sweet potatoes were buried in the pot, rolling in the charcoal fire.

The eldest maid, Cuilian, walked quickly from the veranda, holding a menu in her hand, and immediately raised her eyebrows when she saw this scene, and scolded: "The second lady has a bad appetite, and the fifth lady can't eat, and there is no one in the whole garden." If you think of a way, you will only take advantage of this time to be lazy!"

"Sister Cuilian!" As soon as the little maids raised their heads, their faces turned pale with fright, they didn't even care about the roasted sweet potatoes in the charcoal basin, and they were about to sneak away from the bottom of the wall.

"Come back!" Cuilian yelled angrily, grabbed the nearest little maid by the ear, and lifted her to her face: "I'm not a ghost, why are you running away after seeing me? "

"Ah...it hurts, Sister Cuilian, please forgive me." The little girl grinned her teeth and begged for mercy, "Because I was afraid of being reprimanded by my sister for stealing roasted sweet potatoes, so I just wanted to run away when I was afraid."

"Hmph, you are honest." Cuilian put her hips on her hips, and the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes was so enticing that her gaze could not help but look over.

The little maids were also good at observing words and expressions, so they squeezed out a flattering smile: "It's cold, sister, this roasted sweet potato is hot, why don't you hold it to warm your hands?"

"You little hoof is really clever!"

Cuilian glared at her, but her tone has improved a lot, she only showed the attitude of a big sister, and reprimanded her earnestly: "The second lady is in a bad mood these two days, so I don't bother to care about you, but you have to Follow the rules in this garden. It’s like roasting sweet potatoes. You know it’s cold and you want to eat something hot, but you can’t roast it somewhere. Is there a place under the window where you can burn something? Be careful to get into trouble and set this kitchen on fire, can you afford it?"

"Sister Cuilian has taught you a lesson, the little ones will never dare again." Several little maids hurriedly admitted their mistakes in a low voice.

"Okay, I'm here to ask you to prepare dinner." Cuilian's vanity was greatly satisfied, she took on the posture of a big maid, and ordered: "The second lady can't eat, the chestnut roast chicken like that at noon , The crystal elbow is too thick, so remove it. You can keep the steamed sea bass, and you can make two more bowls of the crispy and tender stewed eggs. By the way, you also need to make two more cups of sweet and sour cherry cheese, Miss Yu. The stomach has been indigestible for a few days, eat this to appetize—"

The little maids responded obediently, and when they heard "cherry cheese", they said with a bitter face: "Today, the sisters are all free, and it is not difficult to make cherry cheese now, but there are no cherries, and it is too late to buy now." .”

"How could it be gone?" Cuilian's face darkened immediately, "It's such a big house, there are no delicacies from mountains and seas. I went to the kitchen this morning and saw two baskets of fresh cherries next to the cupboard!"

The little maids were about to burst into tears: "So there were. Sister Yinbao from Qiangwei Garden came over just now and said that Miss Wei was taking medicine and needed sweet cherries for a change. So she took them all away."

"What?" Cuilian's eyes widened, and she stretched out her hand to grab the face of the nearest little maid again: "The two baskets of cherries are at least four or five catties, and she took them all? Don't you leave any of them for us? Is it a dead person? Let her take you if she wants to take you?"

"Ouch, it hurts, sister Cuilian, be gentle."

The little maid hurriedly stretched out her head to be grabbed by her, and explained in her mouth: "The little one also stopped her, but the elder sister Yinbao said that this is what the old lady meant, saying that Miss Wei is weak and needs to be mended." , let the big kitchen give priority to supplying all delicious food in Rose Garden..."

Before she finished speaking, Cuilian was so angry that she slapped the little maid on the head: "She is just a concubine who lives outside, and our Miss Jia Yu is a serious concubine, why do you still let me go?" She stepped on her head and shit!"

"Sister Cuilian, calm down." Several little maids did not dare to express their anger.

"I don't care, even if you go to grab and beg, you must get me back the cherries! If you don't see cherry cheese on the table at dinner, be careful with the skins on your bodies!"

Cuilian returned to the main room full of anger.

Zhao Chengyu lost his temper again.

Because of the search of the rose garden yesterday, the old lady didn't say anything, but Yuan Shi came back and ordered her to copy a hundred pages of family rules.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. It was clear that the wild girl hid the man's things, but in the end it was her own fault somehow.

Halfway through the copy, I heard a few women talking outside.

One said: "Miss Wei is really pitiful. I heard from the doctor that she is too weak and needs to be taken care of."

One said: "Isn't it? The old lady also issued a death order, telling the family to send all delicious and interesting things to Miss Wei first."

That one couldn't help but be speechless: "Tsk tsk, this is really pampering the heavens. When the eldest lady was pregnant, she didn't get this kind of treatment!"

"That's right! Hey, if you don't say that this person just has to trust his fate, who would have known that a girl who came back from the countryside could turn herself into a treasure in the house?!"

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but it just so happened that all these words reached Zhao Chengyu's ears verbatim.

Zhao Chengyu was so angry that he knocked over the inkstone, still not relieved, he grabbed the stack of house rules that had been copied with great difficulty on the table, and ruthlessly tore it to pieces.

She knew that these women did it on purpose!
It must have been instigated by Rose Garden!
Normally, who would dare to chew a word in front of her?

But since this morning, the discussion in this garden has never stopped pointing and pointing!
Are you all watching her jokes?
Are you kidding her for shooting herself in the foot?
This silent humiliation, like a slow knife cutting flesh, made her breathless.

why?
What did she do wrong?

She just wants to defend her position!
When Cuilian came in, she saw Zhao Chengyu sitting slumped on the ground, and there were confetti and debris all over the floor beside her.

Cuilian felt sour in her heart.

Having been by Miss's side for so many years, from the age of ten to 15, she was both a playmate and a master and servant. She almost regarded her Miss as her most important relative.

She naturally knows the knot in the young lady's heart.

It was a hot summer when she first met Miss.

Zhao Chengyu was sitting alone under the shade of a lotus pond, holding a jade bowl with a bowl of grapes in it.

The grapes are peeled, and each one is crystal clear, very beautiful.

At that time, with Cuilian, there was Pearl.

When Zhao Chengyu saw them, he glared angrily, and asked, "Are you the new maids?"

Cuilian hurriedly lowered her head to answer: "Yes."

Zhao Chengyu was curious and asked, "Where's your mother? Is she also working in the house?"

This sentence touched Pearl's sadness, and she burst into tears, and said in a broken voice: "My mother, my mother doesn't want me anymore, she sold me."

(End of this chapter)