The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 225 Could it be possible to poison Mr. Zhao to death? (1)
The sky outside was dark and oppressive, and it was sunny all day, and at night it suddenly began to rain.The old lady was happy today, so she invited Zhao Jing and Da Niu to have dinner at Songhetang. Of course Sun Yu'e didn't want to go, she just said that she felt uncomfortable after coming to Guishui, so she didn't come.

After dinner, it was still raining outside, the children went to the inner room to play with rope, Zhao Jing sat in the living room and chatted with the old lady.At this time, the old lady asked about the ruby ​​again, and Jixiang couldn't shirk it anymore, so she took out a varnished boxwood box from the chest of drawers in the inner room, and directly handed it to the old lady Xu.

As soon as the box was opened, only twenty or thirty rubies inside were placed on the moon-white silk silk at the bottom, shining brightly, which made people's eyes shine.

It was two or three years ago that Mrs. Xu saw these precious stones last time. How could she remember how many there were? Seeing that there are still so many gems in this box, she just pretended that the original number was the same. Said to Zhang's mother: "Take it out and send it to Zhenbaofang to make a face. Don't save me, just use all of these."

After hearing this, Zhang's mother only smiled and said: "How can I use up so many, fifty or sixty!" Such a bold one, she was talking, she couldn't help but opened it and took a look, she was stunned immediately!

"Old lady, these gems are wrong! When Lord Hou brought them back, they covered a full layer, and there were always fifty or sixty stones. Now I see that half of them are missing! Who did the old lady reward?" gone?"

"I haven't rewarded anyone." The old lady has always been confused about these things, she frowned when she heard this, raised her head and glanced at Jixiang, that Jixiang's heart was bent, and his eyes were lowered. Mu Mu said: "Mother Zhang may have remembered wrongly. When the slaves accepted these gems, there were only so many gems. Afterwards, they were locked in the chest of drawers in the old lady's private treasury. They have never been taken out again. How could there be less gems?" ?”

After hearing this, Mother Zhang's face suddenly changed, and she just said, "What do you mean, I remember wrongly? Didn't you take it privately?"

"Old lady Mingjian, I am a maid, how dare I touch your things, this is what the old lady said yesterday to take it out, I took it out specially today, the things that haven't been touched for a few years, how could there be less? " Ji Xiang timidly knelt down in front of the old lady, with a humble and flattering expression, and an expression of grievance.

Zhao Jing watched from the sidelines, but there was nothing she could do. Ms. Zhang would not be able to take advantage of the empty talk. Judging by the look on Mrs. Xu's face just now, she must not even remember how many things are there.

"I didn't count at the time, so I just ordered Jixiang to lock it up. This girl is usually honest, and she probably wouldn't do such a thing. Besides, these big maids, I am willing to give them anything they want. , there is no need to do such sneaky things."

Mrs. Xu really took money very lightly, and she was very calm when something like this happened. Zhao Jing frowned slightly and thought about it. Mother Zhang said that if this thing is lost, it must be lost, but as the saying goes, catch a thief Scratching the dirt, now it is useless after all.

"It's been so long, Mama Zhang probably has a bad memory, right?" Zhao Jing raised her head and gave Mama Zhang a wink, and smiled at the corner of her mouth: "As long as the old lady remembers correctly, it's all right. Auspicious is the old lady. I'm such a big maid, I would never do such a futile thing."

Zhang's mother was still holding her breath, and seeing Zhao Jing winking at her, she finally calmed down a little bit, and after thinking about it, she said: "I really can't remember, I just know that I looked at it more than I do now." Well, if there were so many at that time, I would be an old slave, I remember wrong!"

Zhao Jing knew that Zhang's mother was dissatisfied, but if she couldn't get the stolen goods, it would be fine even if she bit it. If this thing disappeared, there must be a place to go. Either it was given to Sun Yu'e, Han's mother and others, or Jixiang took it out and pawned it for money. No matter what, he had to wait for the thing to be found before slapping the old lady to death.

Seeing what she said, Zhao Jing breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said, "Old lady, it's raining less outside, I should go back, and I'll come back tomorrow to say hello to the old lady."

Ji Xiang was still kneeling on the ground, seeing Zhao Jing getting up and leaving, she was relieved a little, but what happened today scared her half to death, fortunately, what Sun Yu'e said was still effective, as long as she bit her to death. , Mother Zhang has nothing to do.

After all, the rain outside was really light. The old lady asked Mother Zhang to take care of her and fell asleep. Jixiang came out from the main hall, and the corridor was still dripping with water.If you survived the first day of junior high school, can you still survive the fifteenth day?She gritted her teeth, went back to her room and changed into a dark dress, and sneaked out through the back door of Songhe Hall.

(End of this chapter)