Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 460 Hard Work
The two separated, one went out, and the other went to the backyard to change out of the clothes.Mu Ai got in the carriage and arrived outside Shiweitian Gate in a short while. Mu Shiqi personally moved the stool outside the door. Mu Ai helped Xiao An's men get out of the car. A sharp-eyed guy had already run to the backyard and shouted, " The master is here, come out and pay respects, everyone!"

Yuqing and Mohen quickly put down their work, washed their hands in a hurry, and prepared to go out to meet them. Xin'er and Liuli were preparing lunch with the restless little swans, and ran out after hearing the sound.

Since they were in Yucai School, they have been chanting the slogan of being loyal to the master and doing things seriously every day, and they have heard countless miraculous things about the mistress. How can they not be happy and excited to see them so close today.

It's a pity that they felt that they were already moving very fast, but someone was faster than them. When Ru Yan heard the first sentence, "The master is here", she wished that tears would fall, and she kept thinking of God's blessing in her heart. The day came so quickly, she no longer had to endure the bullying of a few maidservants, and it was finally her turn to be proud.

She threw away the broom in her hand and ran to the front shop.Xin'er was shocked, afraid that she would go out and shout and make her mistress angry, so she hurriedly chased after her.

Mu Ai got out of the car and went into the shop, and saw two middle-aged women each with a little maid standing in front of the shelf beside the aisle to buy snacks, blocking the way a little, so they exchanged a few words of greeting with a smile, the two women saw Mu Shiqi said that Mu Ai was the master, and guessed that Mu Ai was the fairy lady who had countless rumors. While amazed at her youthful beauty, she was about to kneel down to pay her respects, but was stopped by Mu Ai, bluntly saying that she would see her today. It was due to fate, thanking them for their continuous support for food, and asking Mu Shiqi to send each of them a box of new snacks, so they said goodbye to them and wanted to enter the backyard.

Xiao An stepped forward to lift up the water-blue gauze curtain, and before he had lifted it high enough, he was suddenly staggered by someone, Xi Fu happened to follow behind, and grabbed Xiao An, a young woman rushed out from the curtain, She has a good figure and fair skin, but her face is red and swollen, and her temple hair is messy, which makes her very embarrassed.

Everyone in the shop was stunned, and before they had time to speak, the woman ran towards the one of the two ladies who was wearing a satin dress, knelt down in front of the lady, and began to cry , "Madam help, if you don't come again, Ruyan will be killed by these lowly slaves, I beg Madam to make the decision for the little girl..."

Xin'er and the others happened to chase out, and saw Ruyan hugging a strange lady's thigh and crying, but her own wife stood aside with a cold face, her face turned pale with fright, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

Mu Ai was angry in her heart, and shouted in a cold voice, "What are you still doing? Why don't you take her down? If anyone's relatives come to visit in the future, they will live in the inn, and they are not allowed to be put in the backyard of the shop. If they are all crazy like this, Isn't that shop a mess?"

Yuqing and the others immediately stepped forward, strangled Ruyan, who was a little stunned, and dragged her to the backyard. Mu Ai spoke again to appease the two ladies whose eyes were full of curiosity and surprise, "I'm really rude today, my servant's relatives I traveled a long way to visit, but I didn't want to go crazy, and I couldn't bear to be thrown out, so I had to send someone to take me back home. I didn't expect that the two wives were frightened before they got in the car."

The two wives hurriedly praised and dared not, and flattered a few words about their kindness and kindness.

Mu Ai smiled and said a few perfunctory words, and walked into the backyard. Mu Shiqi knelt down to make amends with guilt on his face, Mu Ai frowned and waved his hands, "Bring a chair, let's sit in the yard."

Mu Shiqi hurriedly responded, trotted into the hall himself, moved the largest chair, and Mohen spread silver-red brocade cushions and cushions in front of it, and then invited the mistress to sit down.

Xin'er and Yuqing held Ruyan and knelt under the osmanthus tree not far away. Originally, the few of them found out the details of Ruyan's master and servant in just two days. After a few steps, it was instantly destroyed, and it also embarrassed the master in front of outsiders. This is really a serious crime.They were angry and resentful in their hearts, so naturally they would not let Ru Yan go. They beat her dozens of times on the way, and then they felt relieved.

And Ruyan already knew that she was hugging the wrong person when Mu Ai opened her mouth to order someone to pull her away. At first she thought it was Master Ouyang who came, but when she rushed into the shop, she was full of women, so she knew it was probably coming. Mr. Ouyang's stepmother glanced in panic, and took the middle-aged woman in brocade dress and golden phoenix hairpin as the fairy lady.

According to her thinking, the prince of Baihua, the master who eats the sky, and the woman who is rumored to be as rich as an enemy, should wear gold and silver anyway. She is nearly thirty years old, but it happens that the one on the side of the door is the least like Mrs. Xian The young woman is the right one, and her intestines are green with regrets. This time, she didn't seize the opportunity, but instead annoyed the future "mother-in-law".

Mu Ai frowned and sat on the chair, Xiao An and others stood behind her, Mu Shiqi brought a few maids and servants to kneel down to salute, Mu Ai waved them to get up, and then said, "Didn't there be someone calling for help just now?" Is it? Call her over, I want to hear, if the people living in Shiweitian’s yard are all robbers, why would they be killed?”

Everyone immediately lowered their heads when they heard this. If the madam hadn't covered up the scene just now, and some rumors spread, the family would definitely lose face.

Yuqing and the others dragged Ruyan to three steps in front of the mistress, and then waited respectfully aside, staring at Ruyan, guarding against her surprise move.

Ruyan could hear the annoyance in Mu Ai's words just now, but at this moment there was no regret medicine to take, so she could only bite the bullet, knelt down and kowtowed, crying, "Little girl Ruyan greets my wife."

"Oh?" Mu Ai glanced at her indifferently, "You are the woman who came to our house the day before yesterday to be a concubine?"

Ruyan took out her handkerchief to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, tried her best to speak in a soft voice, and said in a low voice, "It's the little girl, the little girl and Mr. Ouyang admire each other, and she was ordered by Mr. Ouyang to come here, thanks to my wife and Mr. Ouyang." Don't give up, take the little girl to live here for a while, and wait for the son to come back before entering the mansion to serve. I didn't expect these slaves to hate the little girl for being lucky enough to be favored by the son, torturing the little girl to do hard work day and night, and not giving him food, poor little girl Girl, I always hope that my wife and the master will be the masters of the little girl. God blesses me today. I suddenly heard that my wife came here, and I was happy for a while, so I did this reckless thing. Please forgive the little girl for the sake of Mr. Ouyang. wrong."

Mu Ai smiled slightly, "Master Ouyang you mentioned, is his full name Ouyang Yu?"

"Reply Ma'am, that's right." Although Ru Yan didn't know why Mu Ai asked this, she nodded and answered, "Young Master told the little girl himself that he is the son of Master Ouyang, the young master of Ouyang Mansion."

As soon as the second half of her sentence came out, Mu Ai couldn't help but burst out laughing, and everyone also looked at Ru Yan with contempt.

Ru Yan immediately raised her heart again, rolled her eyes, no matter how she guessed, she didn't know why everyone would be like this, so she said, "Ma'am, what the little girl said is the truth, and I hope that the lady will make the decision for the little girl. "

Mu Ai stretched out her hand to take the tea poured by Xiao An noncommittally, took a sip slowly, and turned to Mu Shiqi, "Who found out the truth before, let's talk about it. Let Miss Ruyan listen to different opinions."

"Yes, ma'am." Mu Shiqi waved at Yuqing, and Yuqing pulled the trembling little swan out and stood beside Ruyan. When Ruyan saw the little swan, her face turned pale. His nails pinched his thighs fiercely, staring at Little Swan, wishing he could kill her with his eyes in the next moment.

The little swan was afraid and hid beside Yuqing again. Yuqing stretched out her hand to pat her, then bowed to salute the mistress, and then told her how she took care of the little swan, and how she heard the details like smoke from her mouth. again.

The little swan didn't wait for her to finish, and knelt down with a puff, her little head hit the ground heavily, and cried out, "I beg my wife to spare my life, this servant is forced, and this servant is afraid that the lady will beat and scold again... The lady said that as long as you Becoming the concubine of Mr. Ouyang, you will enjoy endless wealth and glory, and even said that you need to extort more money..."

Hearing what she said, Ruyan's eyes widened, her face was livid, and she couldn't pretend to be weak after a long time. She reached out and grabbed Little Swan's arm and started to fight, "You little bitch, who did you accept? Yin Zi, you framed your master against your conscience, you black-hearted..."

While dodging, Little Swan struggled and cried, "Your servant is not lying, the young lady is obviously from the drunk red building..." The two fought together, and for a while the yard was filled with their cries and scolding, which was very lively.

Yuqing and the others intentionally stepped forward to pull it away, but looked up at the mistress drinking tea slowly, as if she was watching a play, so she quickly lowered her head and said nothing.

After a while, master and servant Ruyan finally exhausted all his strength and stopped. Both of them had bloodstains on their faces, their dresses were also wrinkled, and their temples were scattered like a bird's nest. Everyone laughed, but I didn't dare to laugh out loud, I couldn't bear the pain in my stomach.

Mu Ai put down the teacup, and asked lightly, "Are you all out of breath? But the fight was good? Do you want to prepare knives and guns for you?"

Ruyan immediately knelt down on the ground, countless calculations flashed in her heart, if the fairy lady sent someone to the Zuihonglou to inquire, her details would definitely be exposed, why not just admit it, bite to death and Mr. Ouyang admire each other, measure this lady's hindrance I don't want to embarrass my step-son's concubine, "Ma'am, the little girl was angry for a while, so she lost her manners, and I hope Madam will forgive her sins. Although the little girl has sold herself to a brothel since she was a child, she is a pure maid who only sells her skills but not her body. I saved enough money a few days ago, and immediately redeemed myself and left that dirty place. Fortunately, Mr. Ouyang took pity on him, and I am very grateful. I hope that I will serve you by your side in this life, serving tea and water , in return for kindness.

The little girl's illness is not greedy for the family's money, if Madam doesn't believe it, she can be left as a steward in this shop, not only does she not have to be bullied by the slaves, but she can also share her worries. When Mr. Ouyang comes back, the truth will come to light. "

Mu Ai stretched out her hand to rub her temples, and sneered, "You are such a quick-witted person, unfortunately, you are a beautiful woman, how can you be a thief? Let me tell you the truth, you don't have to do anything, you should first think about how to keep the little girl Fate. Your deceit has led to the prince's door, you are so daring."

Ruyan's face turned blue, but she still defended forcefully, "The little girl doesn't know what Ma'am said. The little girl came here following Mr. Ouyang's instructions and waited for him to come back. She is not a liar?"

Everyone looked at her at this time, as if they were looking at an idiot, Mu Ai said lightly, "You are not a good deceit, if I want to come to cheat, I will definitely find out the details of that person, and then I can deal with it You guessed one thing wrong at the beginning. The young master Ouyang you mentioned is not the parent and son of Master Ouyang, and I am not his stepmother. Big eldest son."

Ruyan opened her mouth in shock, she didn't even think that Mr. Ouyang was not the son of Mr. Ouyang who had the same surname as him, but Mrs. Xian's adopted son. This is too coincidental.

"This is Rong City. After all, it is very far away from Huadu and Huawang City. The rumors have not been brought here. If it is north of Huadu, even ordinary people may know that the family rules of my Muxian Mansion , there is a rule, men do not take concubines, women do not do concubines, masters and servants guard together. Dayu is the young master of our Muxian mansion, he is filial and prudent by nature, he is naturally clear about this family rule, and he will never violate it easily. Ten thousand steps, even if he really committed a crime, he will definitely come back to plead guilty in person, and will not let you come here alone. From the very beginning, no one in my house, including this shop, believed your words."

These words of hers seemed to hit Ruyan's heart, making her face pale and crisscrossed, and she sat on the ground slumped. No wonder, she couldn't say anything in the mouths of Liu Li and the others, no wonder she was asked to sign something No wonder these people have no scruples about bullying her. It turned out that she was exposed from the very beginning, thanks to how smart she thought she was, how clever her calculations were...

"What excuse do you have now? If not, I'll have someone send you to see the official, cheat you to the prince's mansion, and beat you to death anyway, and send you to Stone Fortress again." Do coolies."

"No...no..." Ruyan lay on the ground, thinking of being sent to a place of bitter cold with tattoos on her face, her body couldn't help shaking, regretting so much that she wished her heart would break, "Madam, please forgive me, please forgive me! I blame the slaves for being greedy for a while. The slaves are willing to be cows and horses to make amends to the madam. The madam must not send the slaves to officials..." She was really scared, and she kowtowed, not daring to adulterate at all. Blood was already seen on the front of the forehead, and it was red and swollen.

Mu Ai frowned, and gave Xiao An a wink, Xiao An immediately stepped forward to pull her up, but Ruyan thought that she was going to pull her to see the official immediately, and struggled frantically, screaming, "Ma'am, I don't want to Let the man ruin it again, I don’t want to welcome and see you every night, so I came up with this bad plan, the life of the servant is miserable, I beg the lady to spare the servant, the servant will not dare again, the servant will be like a cow and a horse to repay the lady..."

There were both men and women in the yard, and when they heard her say those spoiled things, they all blushed a little, scolded her shamelessly for saying everything, but their hearts softened a little, after all, no woman naturally likes to be around Brothels selling laughs are all forced by livelihood or sold by unscrupulous parents since childhood, or abducted by human teeth. Mohen Yuqing glanced at each other quietly, wanting to come forward to intercede, but afraid of offending his wife, so they all pulled the handkerchiefs in their hands The child is silent.

There must be something pitiful for a hateful person.Hearing her cry, Mu Ai thought of these words for no reason, stretched out her hand to signal her to shut up, and then said in a cold voice, "Originally, I was going to send you to see the official, but you didn't say anything to our house. If you haven’t caused any trouble, let’s take it lightly.”

Ru Yan was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and reached out to take out the bank note that had been hidden in her bosom all the time, "Thank you Madam for your kindness, thank you Madam for your kindness, this is slave maid's prostitution money, slave servant dare not hide it."

Mu Ai raised her finger and tapped the handle of the chair twice, she had an idea in her mind, and said, "Seventeen shopkeeper, first reward her with twenty boards as punishment, and then send her to the workshop in Xianjia Town to do rough work." After three years, if she is still doing well, I will give her 20 taels of silver and let her live in the town, and if she is not doing well, I will take my post and send it to the yamen."

"Yes, ma'am." Mu Shiqi bowed in response, went forward to collect the banknotes, and then called two young men to prepare wooden boards and benches. Although Ruyan was afraid of the pain that would fall on her body, it was better than How much better it would be to be assigned to a stone castle, and she had heard a few words in Xianjia Town, if she is willing to work hard in the future, she must have food and clothing, and she will have a home, so she kowtowed to thank her.

The two boys pulled her to lie on the stool, held the board and started fighting. Ruyan immediately screamed out in pain, blood gradually turned on her back, and everyone lowered their heads not daring to look.

The little swan was so frightened that she felt like she was sifting chaff, wishing to bury her head in the soil, Mu Ai glanced at her, "What's the name of this girl?"

Yuqing recalled her promise to Little Swan in the morning, and immediately stepped forward to reply, "Return to Madam, this servant named her Little Swan."

"Little swan?" Mu Ai nodded lightly, "Although she has meritorious service in confessing the details of their master and servant, betraying the master is a big taboo. They should also be marked with twenty boards and sent to the workshop to do menial work for three years."

Yuqing hesitated for a moment, then knelt down and begged for mercy, "Ma'am, let this servant beg for mercy. This little girl has been beaten and scolded by Ruyan since she was a child. You have to take care of her. Please Madam, let her do a rough job in the shop."

Mohen and the others also stepped forward at this time, and said together, "Madam please forgive me."

Little Swan had already taken out 200 taels of silver bills and put them on the ground, kowtowed, his face covered with snot and tears, but he couldn't speak a word.

"Seventeen shopkeeper, is there still a shortage of manpower in the shop?"

Shopkeeper Seventeen caught Liuli winking at him from the corner of his eyes, so he said hastily, "Returning to Madam, when the business of the shop is good, I and the two young men will take care of it in front, so we can't take care of such chores as chopping firewood and carrying water in the backyard. Madam is kind enough to leave this little girl to do menial work."

"Then stay, but if this little girl causes any trouble in the future, you will be punished together."

When Mu Shiqi, Yuqing and the others heard this, they quickly kowtowed their heads and thanked her. At this time, Ruyan had already passed out from the pain, Mohen and Liuli stepped forward to help her down, and Little Swan took the initiative to lie down and took twenty blows. Fainted out, they were half-dragged and half-carried to the wing.

Mu Ai got up and wanted to leave, remembering that the matter came to light so quickly, the maids in the shop contributed a lot, although she didn't pay close attention to Ruyan later, and almost caused gossip by letting her go out, but it can be forgiven, so she ordered Seventeen The shopkeeper, "A few maids are very safe in their work. Let's reward each of them with two taels of silver."

"Yes, Mrs. Xie for the reward." Mu Shiqi smiled and thanked Liu Li for the reward, and then sent Mu Ai out.

Mu Ai got into the car, thinking that it took only half an hour to leave the mansion, Ouyang must not have gone back, so she ordered Wuhu to go to the small winery.

After a period of rest and renovation, the small winery is no longer the dilapidated appearance it was at the beginning. The facade of blue bricks and gray tiles, the carved window lattices are pasted with jade-colored tissue paper, and a plaque of nanmu hangs high on the door. The big characters with round and elegant strokes, stepping into the door, are not the shelves and counters like ordinary wineries. Instead, they are arranged like the hall of a wealthy family, with square tables and wooden chairs, landscape painting scrolls on the wall, and various shapes in the Duobaoge. There are wine jugs and wine glasses on the high table, and a few osmanthus branches inserted in the bottle, making the whole room a little more elegant.

A big man was holding a rag with a smile on his face, and was wiping the table a little clumsily. Seeing Mu Ai came in with a few maidservants, he recognized the leader's wife, and immediately stepped forward to greet him, and said with a naive smile, "Madam is here, leader." In the backyard."

Mu Ai smiled faintly, nodded slightly, and walked around the screen to the backyard.

Behind the door is a yard that is twice as big as the food for the sky. The west side is the wing room, the north side is the main room, and the east side is a well-kept small garden with verdant shrubs, large flower beds, and even a stream flowing through it. , a small pavilion was built by the stream, with an octagonal roof, vermilion lacquered pillars, and a gauze curtain hung on half of it, which is very elegant.

Ouyang and Ren Baiyi were sitting in the pavilion, when they saw Mu Ai coming in, they both stood up and greeted him, Ouyang said, "Is it done over there?"

Mu Ai nodded, "I still didn't have the heart to send him to jail, but I just beat him to hard labor."

Ouyang chuckled, "It's good that you're not angry."

Ren Baiyi smiled and stepped forward to salute, and wanted to step back to make room for the couple, but Mu Ai stopped him, and asked him to sit in the pavilion together, then picked some fruits from the space, and ordered Xiaoan to give them to the courtyard and others. The busy brothers in front sent most of them over, leaving only a plate of lychees and sugar oranges, and the three chatted while eating.

"Mr. Ren, everything here is almost finished. I don't worry about the children. I will go south with Ouyang in two days. If there is any difficulty in the business of the shop, Mr. Ren can just go to the seventeen shopkeeper to discuss it." .”

Ren Baiyi stuffed a piece of snow-white lychee into his mouth, and he ate it with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, ma'am, I will definitely go to trouble shopkeeper Seventeen often, but ma'am and the leader are gone, I don't have such sweet fruit to eat."

Ouyang glared at him, but Mu Ai smiled and said, "Sir, if you want to eat, just go to Xianguo Zhai to get it."

Ren Baiyi waved his hand, "Madam's here doesn't need to spend money, and it doesn't feel bad to eat. The ones at Fresh Fruit House cost a few taels of silver, which is too precious."

　Finally, I feel better. After dinner in the evening, I went to the comment area to send points to my friends and add essence!Thank you for supporting the original version. One has finally passed. I’m so tired. Get a good night’s sleep and reward yourself for coding hard, haha! !

　　
　
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