Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 936 Good Excuse
Yes, the key is what your father says. No matter how much you two brothers say, it's all nonsense. It's just like this cup of honey water. He said that one cup is enough when you wake up early, but you still let her drink it.

Not to mention.

You've finished drinking, let's go to sleep.

Familiar pillows, familiar quilts, familiar smells. That night, Zhou Banxia did not suffer from insomnia due to bed selection problems caused by the new room.

Apart from having to get up a few times at night and alternating between lying on the left side and the right side because my stomach is too big and I feel groggy, I don't sleep very well.

The next day, it was still after the Mao hour, and I woke up halfway through the Chen hour. When I opened my eyes, I still saw the familiar bed curtains. For a moment, I almost forgot to change rooms.

The needlework room has made a great contribution.

Zhou Banxia was not surprised when he heard Mai Dong say that their second master went to the tofu shop a quarter of an hour ago. At this hour, Dajiang would probably come with Qian Huaizhi as well.

To reach Qinghe Village, no matter from the east or west of the river, all horse-drawn carriages entering Qinghe Village from the direction of the county town will pass by the intersection in front of the tofu shop.

It's time to welcome it.

"... Not only the Second Master, but also the Old Master and the First Master were there. The Old Master and the First Master went there earlier than the Second Master, and the Second Master didn't leave until the Old Master sent someone to come.

According to Jiaxing's report, Zhimo sent someone on horseback to say that the county lord had come out of the county government office, and the master calculated the distance, so the second master had to go there first. "

Listen!

Shame.

The father-in-law knew that his eldest son would not go out until the last minute.

"Where's the wife?"

"I'm in Hexi and will be back soon. Aunt Lan came back first after accompanying my wife on a trip. She said that my wife's parents had already taken care of everything.

The Madam was supposed to come back first, but the old lady of her family (Mr. Zhou's wife) was still there, so the Madam couldn't leave for the time being, so the eldest young mistress stayed with her. "

So, Zhou Banxia finally understood the whereabouts of her mother-in-law this morning. At the same time, she also knew that her great-grandmother and aunt could help her on her mother's side.

It's not surprising that the Bai family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are at her parents' home early in the morning, but, "Did anyone mention our old lady this morning? Where is she?"

"I heard from Aunt Hua that the old man fell down in the dark when he wanted to go to the toilet in the early morning. He was either seriously injured or had his ankle sprained. He needs to stay on the kang for a few days before he can walk again.

The master and the mistress went there early this morning. The old lady didn't let them in, saying that the old man had applied medicinal wine twice and felt much better, and had just fallen asleep.

Even when the wife wanted to send someone to ask the old man to go and take a look, the old lady said it was not necessary, as it was just a sprained ankle, not a big deal, and she didn't want to alarm you.

After hearing what she said, the master and the mistress had no choice but to sit in the main room for a while, put down their things and came back. Then the master and the eldest uncle went to the front, and the mistress went to Hexi. "

So you've found an excuse and you're taking action? Zhou Banxia nodded to show that he understood. That's good. It's better than being punished by your family at such an old age.

"Let Mai Huang go and tell the eldest young lady what she has prepared. We will also prepare some gifts and send them as a token of our appreciation."

After hearing what Zhou Banxia said, Mai Dong understood that this time the gift would be decided by the eldest young lady, so he just had to prepare the gift according to the eldest young lady's suggestion and send it together.

After finishing the work, he helped Zhou Banxia to sit in the main hall. Mai Xiang also came in with her maids and old women carrying food boxes. Mai Dong handed Zhou Banxia to Mai Xiang and went to find Mai Huang. Today was different from yesterday. This morning, due to the arrival of the county lord Qian Huaizhi, the three housekeepers of Gu Dachang's family were transferred and two of them were sent to help in the main courtyard.

Therefore, not only Mai Xiang, who was in charge of the kitchen in the West Courtyard on weekdays, but also Mai Qing, who was in charge of registering the entry and exit of items in the private warehouse of the West Courtyard, and even Mai Huang were so busy before dawn that they were banging their heels on the back of their heads.

When Maidong found Mai Huang, Mai Huang was busy dealing with personal relationships with Gu Dachang's family in the front yard, including preparing some comfort items for Grandpa Gu.

As their daughter is not in good health now, there are some things that need to be done, so if they can prevent her from worrying about them, it is naturally the job of the housekeeper and the head maid.

When Gu Dachang's family heard Mai Dong say that their second grandmother asked if anyone mentioned the old lady this morning, they knew something was wrong. It was their daughter who noticed something was wrong and started to worry.

Fortunately, their second master had asked them to speak nicely early in the morning. Of course, when their wife went to the old house, the old lady did say that the old master had just sprained his ankle.

Compared to Gu Dachang's family, Mai Huang was not surprised at all. How could she hide it from her daughter? Her daughter knew nothing and understood nothing.

Her daughter is just not competitive, does not force anything, and is too easy-going. After Mai Huang finished speaking, she turned around to look after Dachang's family.

Gu Dachang nodded, "Okay, just follow Second Madam's instructions. It's better to hurry up sooner rather than later. Go to the East Courtyard and see what First Madam says.

If she wants to send someone to take it over, you go there in person. If the grandmother goes to the old house in person, send someone back to tell her, and I will go with her."

This is exactly what Mai Huang means.

If the eldest grandmother goes to visit the old house and the old grandfather in person, it would be safer for Aunt Chang, the housekeeper in the west courtyard, to go on behalf of the second grandmother.

After all, she was still young, and unlike Aunt Chang who represented the Second Madam and was more well-liked by the old man and the old lady, why should she make the Second Madam a target of criticism over such a small matter of etiquette?

However, if the eldest lady did not go and only sent someone to deliver gifts, there would be no need to embarrass her. As the head maidservant of the second lady, there would be nothing wrong with her showing up.

After all, the eldest grandmother is the eldest sister-in-law, so how can her daughter go over the eldest sister-in-law? "Then I will go to the East Courtyard now. I will prepare the gifts after I have inquired about it."

It should be so.

Gu Dachang nodded in agreement, but he had already planned in his mind to take a shortcut out of the backyard and go to the back room with Mai Huang in the east yard.

Just as she expected, Mai Qing was already in the back room. It seemed that there were some ingredients missing in the big kitchen, so Mai Qing was busy sending the maid to deliver them.

"It's because we don't have much of the fennel marinade. They made it yesterday and didn't tell me about it. Aunt Fang went there to check it out before. Maybe she can use it in today's cooking."

Gu Dachang thought so too. The woman in charge of the kitchen was not as attentive as Fang Meizi.

Seeing that Mai Qing was done with his work for the time being, she took out the cards on her body and asked Mai Qing to take out certain things first. After checking them one by one, she divided them into two gifts.

One of the gifts was relatively more valuable as it contained ginseng slices, while the other gift was prepared at the same level as the usual Marsan gifts.

After wrapping the two gifts, Gu Dachang hesitated for a moment, then sent a clever maidservant to the East Courtyard, carrying a bundle in each hand.

Do you know how to say it?

"Second Grandma is very restless. If she wasn't physically ill, she would have wanted to go to the old house in person. Now, she's still worried about Sister Mai Huang coming.

This gift was picked out by Second Grandma herself. She said she didn’t know what to send to the old house and wanted to ask First Grandma to help her. She would listen to First Grandma.