Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 83 The East Wind Overwhelms the West Wind
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Zhou Ruijia and the two maids lay on the ground, covering their swollen faces and looking at each other.

I was beaten in my own home!

The person who beat him up walked away arrogantly.

This time I've really embarrassed myself to the point of sending people packing!
half an hour.

Seeing the two men walking away, Zhou Ruijia dared to spit fiercely and snorted coldly, "The bitches in the East Palace are so arrogant. They are just relying on their master being an official in the court. Let's see how long they can be so arrogant!"

"Correct!"

An old woman covered her face and gritted her teeth and said, "Let the old lady decide for us!"

Another woman also said: "Yes, let's ask the old lady to take charge and beat them to death!"

After hearing this, Zhou Ruijia slowly shook her head.

She remembered the last time she was beaten up by a few maids in the East Palace, and she went to the old lady to make a decision, but the old lady didn't even look at her, and even rewarded her with twenty taels of silver, "trying" to send her home...

"They are just a few maids, not worth bothering the old lady. I will ask the madam to make the decision later." Zhou Ruijia stood up, patted the dirt on her body and said, "You two should go to the kitchen to talk first, don't delay the madam and Master Bao to have lunch."

The two women covered their faces and said bitterly, "How can we face others in this state? Why don't we let someone else go? We can go home and rest for two days to heal our wounds..."

Zhou Ruijia waved her hand impatiently and interrupted, "You two go home, who should I assign to do the job?"

"Okay, go ahead. If anyone asks you, just say you accidentally bumped into the rockery!"

The two old women looked at the slap marks on each other's faces and were speechless for a moment.

Isn't this like hitting the Five Finger Mountain?

Zhou Rui's wife was in no mood to care about the two old women. She covered her face and quietly returned home. She sat in front of the mirror and applied powder on her face. She applied a thick layer, which made her whole face look bigger. The slap mark was finally not very visible.

Today she finally understood.

This is the east wind overwhelming the west wind!

I can't even afford to offend the maids from the East Mansion, so I'd better stay away from them from now on.

As I was thinking, I suddenly heard someone coming outside.

"Auntie Zhou, there's an old lady looking for you. I brought her here."

Zhou Ruijia originally didn't want to see the person, but the person was already at the door, and it would be inappropriate not to see him. So she had to look in the mirror, put on some powder, and come out to meet him.

Who is coming?
It was Granny Liu and Ban'er.

"Hello, Sister Zhou."

Granny Liu pulled Ban'er forward and smiled apologetically.

To be honest, if the child hadn't pointed it out, Liu Laolao wouldn't have dared to recognize it.

With this painting on his face, is he rushing to perform?

Ban'er was originally a naughty boy. When he saw Zhou Ruijia's face, he unconsciously took two steps back and hid behind Granny Liu.

Granny Liu was so angry that she hit him, then pulled him forward and smiled apologetically: "This is the first time for a child to come to the city, and he has never seen the world."

"You are Granny Liu!"

Zhou Ruijia looked carefully for a long time before she recognized that it was Liu Laolao.

She wanted to send her away quickly, because in the past, her husband Zhou Rui earned money to buy land (house slaves annexed land?) with the help of Gou'er. Now that she saw Liu Laolao coming like this, she couldn't refuse her intention.

Secondly, if someone saw the look on my face, it would be embarrassing, and I would need to find an excuse to cover it up.

"Please come in and sit down at home."

Granny Liu pulled Ban'er inside and said with a smile, "You are a noble and forgetful person, how could you remember us?"

Zhou Ruijia smiled and said, "I am not a noble person at all. It's just that the masters are considerate and have given me all the things they don't need. I have to use them whether I want to or not."

"Look, here are five jars of the finest rouge cream, each jar costs two taels of silver."

"Two taels of silver for a jar!?"

As expected, Granny Liu exclaimed: "My God, this jar is enough for our family to eat for a month. Is it made of silver?"

Mrs. Zhou was very pleased with Granny Liu's exclamation and said with a smile, "You don't know yet, this is much more valuable than silver, and the more valuable things are, the easier they will deteriorate over time. Since Madam has given it to me as a gift, it would be disrespectful if I don't use it, so I have no choice but to use some of it."

"Yes, yes." Granny Liu nodded continuously: "They are all good things!"

"What are you doing here today?"

Seeing that the matter had been covered up, Zhou Rui's wife then asked about Granny Liu's real business.

Grandma Liu smiled and said, "I wanted to meet you, Mrs. Zhou, and to greet Auntie. It would be even better if I could meet her in person..."

...Let’s talk about Rongguo Mansion.

Although Xiaoxiao had hit someone, she acted as if nothing had happened and brought Qingwen to Yingchun's residence. Coincidentally, Tanchun and Xiangyun were also playing there.

On the porch outside the door, several older girls were chatting and playing happily.

"Xiao Xiao Qingwen, you two are really rare guests."

"What is this holding?"

Siqi, Shishu and Cuilu gathered around.

Xiao Xiao took the box and said with a smile, "Our master brought some etiquette from Jiangnan. Let me pick one for each of the girls."

Siqi smiled and said, "Please come in."

What Uncle Xiaorong gave must be a good thing.

Shishu smiled and said, "It's hard for Master Xiaorong to think about the girls every time he goes out."

At this time, Xiangyun came out of the house and said with a smile: "I heard that Rong Geer brought some fun things. What is it?"

Then, Tanchun and Yingchun also came out and said with a smile: "You can't hear the others, but you can hear this clearly!"

Xiangyun smiled and said, "Of course, I've been looking forward to it since Brother Rong went to Jiangnan. Xiaoxiao, open it quickly so I can see what's in it."

Xiao Xiao held the box and smiled, "It's not very convenient here, let's read it on the table inside."

"Okay, come in, girl!"

"Girls, stop talking. I'm just a girl."

"Hey, please go in quickly..."

Everyone surrounded Xiao Xiao and led her into the house, where they opened the box and took a look.

Immediately stunned!
The sunlight is so dazzling that it hurts my eyes.

"Isn't this too expensive?"

Tanchun's eyes sparkled, but she still spoke hesitantly.

Yingchun nodded and said, "It's too expensive."

A gold hairpin weighs at least two or three taels, which would be worth twenty or thirty taels of silver, but their monthly interest is only two taels of silver.

Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "We have them all. Our eldest girl and Aunt Lin have chosen one. The second girl, the third girl, and Miss Yun, please don't be polite. Choose one each."

"Well, since you have them all, I won't be polite. I'll make two clothes for Rong Ge'er some other day."

Xiangyun knew that the Dongfu was rich, so she didn't hesitate at all and took a golden hairpin that she liked. She pulled out her hairpin on the spot, and her long black hair was loose.

"Cuilu, come and help me comb my hair."

Cui Lu: "Okay."

Seeing Yingchun still hesitating, Siqi hurriedly said, "Young lady, hurry up and choose. This is Master Xiaorong's filial piety. If you don't take it, won't it hurt his feelings?"

Yingchun thought about it and agreed!

So she picked up a gold hairpin with a new pattern that she liked.

Siqi said happily: "Miss, let's take it and have a look."

Yingchun: “Okay…”

Seeing that both of them had taken one, Tanchun had no reason to hesitate, so she took a pearl hairpin and said with a smile, "Then I'll choose this one!"

I'll make two pairs of shoes for Rong Ge'er some other day.

At this moment.

Wang Xifeng suddenly came in from outside, smiling, and said as she entered the door, "Oh, I came at the right time. What are you dividing?"

Xiao Xiao closed the box and said with a smile, "We have divided it up, there is nothing more!"

Fengjie had sharp eyes and clearly saw that there was still half a box of shiny gold jewelry in the box.

"Xiao Xiao, you beat someone up in our house, and I haven't come to you yet. Open it and let me see it as soon as possible. It will be good for you."

It turned out that they were raising an army to hold someone accountable.

Xiao Xiao hugged the box and chuckled, "Second Madam, it would be better for you to ask your mother-in-law what she said first, and then come to me."

Sister Feng laughed and said, "What a sharp-tongued girl! She beat up our family members, and before I could say anything, she started questioning me first."

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(End of this chapter)