Mu Huagui

Chapter 34 Cooktops
"Miss is very right, why don't you inquire again, if there is indeed a problem in the west of the city, we will go to the shop in the east of Pancheng." Mama Su pondered for a while, and what the lady said was indeed reasonable.However, in case the store owner really has something important to change hands, wouldn't it be a big advantage, so I decided to inquire again.

Chen Jiao'er smiled and nodded, there are so many advantages in this world, it's better to be more cautious.They don't have much capital, but they can't stand the toss.Let alone what happened, let everyone know.

After saying a lot of personal words, Mama Su bid farewell to the master and servant, and went to work in the sewing room.Chen Jiao'er slowly turned back with the cherries, and when passing by a remote small courtyard, she stopped and looked up, the courtyard door had been sealed, and two sycamore trees inside were sprouting new buds.

Standing at the gate of the courtyard and looking in, the ground is covered with dead leaves that fell last year, and the weeds have grown to half a person's height, covering the path paved with stones so that no traces can be seen at all.

He stretched out his hand to support the courtyard door, but unexpectedly, the courtyard door was pushed open with a "squeak".Chen Jiao'er was overjoyed, she turned around and ordered Cherry to guard the door.

I just pushed open the courtyard door and walked in, and I shouted in my heart, "Godmother, I'm here to see you, and Jiao'er is here to see you."

Cherry standing outside the courtyard gate saw the sadness in the young lady's eyes, so she pushed aside the weeds and walked along the path without looking for it. Suddenly, she felt chills all over her body. There is nothing strange about this courtyard, so she looked up. The sun above the head, busy standing under the sun, this is much better.

The godmother is the old nanny that the princess picked up from the palace to take care of her. She was born in Annan Hou Mansion, the princess's natal family. She is also the biological mother of the current emperor and the close mother of the late queen mother.Originally, such an old woman should be supported by the Marquis of Annan in her later years. For some reason, Grandma Qiao didn't return to Annan, but lived in the Prince's Mansion of Dongjun.

The Dongjun Prince's Mansion took back Mother Qiao, not only opened a yard by itself, but also opened a small kitchen, and transferred four or five maids and women to serve them as masters.

At that time, I tried my best to impress her with a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus soup from Mammy Qiao's hometown, successfully entered this courtyard, took charge of the small kitchen, and finally used Mammy Qiao to enter the Shizi's courtyard.All of this seems so childish and ridiculous today, and how clumsy the acting skills are.

Mother Qiao has been in the palace for many years, she hasn't seen anything, how could she fail to see through her intentions.But she still pushed the boat along the way, and accepted her calculations one by one with a smile.Fortunately, at that time, she still felt that she was extremely smart. Thinking of this, Chen Jiao'er burst into tears.

The gate was unlocked, and Chen Jiao'er walked through the places she had walked one by one, recalling what the godmother had said to her.Thinking about it step by step, pushing away the godmother's bedroom, the furniture has been covered with a thick layer of dust.

Thinking that the godmother loves cleanliness the most, she couldn't help taking out her handkerchief to test the dust on the dressing table.However, Chen Jiao'er was a little stunned, and the clear finger prints on it stopped her movements.

Could it be that someone has been here before? Chen Jiao'er looked over carefully with doubts, not only the dressing table but also the bed had signs of being turned.She was looking for something, but the godmother didn't leave anything behind. The only valuable thing was some jewelry that the empress had rewarded her when she was in the palace.

These are all locked in a dowry, which was handed over to the princess before she died, so that she could keep it in mind, and handed it to the princess herself.What else, silver taels?The godmother is not short of money, and the maids in this yard are the ones who get the most rewards.The hundreds of taels of silver that were left behind were finally distributed to the maids and women who had served her, and of course her goddaughter.

Standing in the middle of the bedroom, Chen Jiao'er, who frowned and thought, suddenly remembered a sentence that her godmother had said to her when she was dying.At that time, the godmother was already on her deathbed, and she told her at the last moment of sobriety that if you want revenge, you don't have to rely on others, but yourself is the most reliable. If there is really no other way, you can come to the godmother.

At that time, she thought it was the foolish words of the godmother when she was unconscious, so she didn't take it to heart. Now that she thinks about it, this...it was obviously said to herself.

Looking for the godmother, but the godmother has already passed away, no, Chen Jiaoer shook her head, the godmother passed out again after saying this sentence, it seems that she didn't finish, what is looking for the godmother, the godmother must have left it for her what.

What could it be? Chen Jiao'er also searched blindly in the room, but found nothing.No, someone as smart as the godmother must have reminded her in his words.What is the omission? Standing in place, Chen Jiao'er turned her head rapidly.

Cherry stood in the yard and saw two people approaching from afar.If the people in the palace see the young lady casually entering other people's yards, they will definitely be punished by the second lady when they go back.Busily dodged in, and gently closed the courtyard door, pretending to be closed.

Hastily rushing into the main room, Cherry dared not raise her voice, anxiously suppressed her voice and shouted, "Miss, Miss, someone is coming this way."

She didn't hear the lady's voice for a long time, and Cherry was a little anxious. The house that no one lived in was becoming more and more gloomy in her eyes.And those two people didn't seem to be passing by, and the voice was getting closer. If they entered the courtyard and found their master and servant, they would not be able to clean up even if they jumped into the Yellow River.

Cherry was so anxious that she was on the verge of crying, and shuttled around the rooms, but she didn't see Miss.Seeing someone push open the courtyard door, a hand covered her mouth from behind, pushed her to the corner and squatted down.

Cherry, who was about to struggle, heard a familiar voice from her ears, and her heart fell down.Chen Jiao'er put her index finger on her lips and made a silent gesture to her.The two crouched in the corner and slowly moved into a spacious room in the courtyard.

Cherry only had time to take a look, and found that it was a kitchen, and was dragged by the lady into a large cupboard to hide.

The person who came had already entered the yard, and wandered around for a long time before leaving in resentment.Chen Jiao'er waited for a long time, and finally got out after there was no sound at all.

Cherry couldn't help complaining, "Miss, this is the courtyard of the palace. Even if no one lives there, it would hurt Miss's reputation if we rushed in and were discovered."

Chen Jiao'er couldn't stop laughing at Cherry's serious look, and said with a smile, "Let's go when I find something."

Still looking for something, Cherry was so frightened just now that her heart almost jumped out, but she found that the young lady not only didn't leave, but also stayed here to look for something.But she knows the young lady's temper, she looks gentle and amiable and doesn't care about anything, but she actually has her own ideas in her heart.Whatever you want to do, you have to find a way to do it.

I could only watch the young lady turning over in the kitchen stove, Cherry couldn't help but also went to help and said, "Just let the servants come, this stove is full of dust, be careful not to dirty the young lady's clothes."

As if she didn't hear it, Chen Jiao'er rummaged through the ashes of the stove with both hands, and finally found something wrapped in an oilcloth, about the size of a book.

Wipe off the dust on the oilcloth with a handkerchief, carefully put it in your arms.Chen Jiao'er happily said, "Let's go quickly." Cherry waited for these words, hurriedly patted off the dust on the lady's body, walked ahead alone, poked her head out at the courtyard gate, looked around, and then beckoned for Chen Jiao'er to follow , the two sneaked out of the yard.

Not far away, someone walked out of the bamboo forest, and said with a light smile, "The mantis is catching the cicada, and the oriole is behind. I didn't expect this oriole to be someone else."

"Master, this is not the young lady from the Chen family that I met last time. Why is she again? If the thing is really in her hands, should we..." Zhu Sheng put on a serious face and made a statement. A posture of raising a knife with one hand.

Zhou Mingyuan smiled lightly, tapped Zhusheng's head, and said, "I'm going to kill you every now and then. I want to agree, do you dare to go?"

"Haha, isn't this servant sharing the worries of the elder son?" Zhu Sheng touched his head, naturally knowing that he was not capable, but this time he went to Annan, he knew many things he didn't know before, and saw things he hadn't seen before.Naturally, his mood changed a little, but he didn't expect to be beaten back to his original shape by the son of the world.

"Wait a minute, let's see." Zhou Mingyuan looked at the girl's back and couldn't help smiling.Did the Lu family disguise themselves as an orphan and hid in the Chen family, or did the orphan of the Chen family belong to the Lu family?

"Go in and see what she took." If it was really a lady who came to take a seat, how could she break into someone else's house.And seeing people hiding, they must be looking for something like them.

"Master, the stove, there must be something in the stove." Zhu Sheng pointed to the stove ashes scattered all over the floor, and said with certainty.

Zhou Mingyuan's face darkened immediately, and he looked around, but he didn't expect the things to be hidden in the ashes of the stove.

The second wife is really like a fish in water on this occasion, and she is also full of confidence with Chen Qishan, walking among the ladies and talking happily.Compliment others and enjoy others' compliments.They didn't realize that Chen Jiao'er was no longer in their sight.

On the contrary, Mrs. Huang said as if remembering something, "The girl who came with you last time, I think you might as well take it with you next time you go to worship Buddha. Our old lady likes such a juicy little girl the most."

The second lady was stunned for a moment, and immediately said happily, "That's a good relationship, our old lady loves her very much because she is smart and sensible, why not let our old lady take her out to see the world some other day."

Mrs. Huang originally asked the second wife to go to Wuhua Temple to worship the Buddha next time on the Buddha's birthday, and she specifically mentioned that Chen Jiao'er also had the meaning of seeing each other.

But no matter how orphaned she was, she was going to leave the Chen family. She couldn't be looked down upon, and she didn't want to offend Mrs. Huang, so she had to move the old lady out.It means that Chen Jiao'er is very popular with the old lady, and not everyone can do her master.

Mrs. Huang was ordered by her mother-in-law to look after a nephew of her mother-in-law's family. The nephew is a bit irritable and lustful.Originally, it seemed that the orphan girl of the Chen family had outstanding looks, and she had no support from her mother's family, but now it seems that this is not the case.

But before coming out, she boasted in front of her mother-in-law again, so she had to bite the bullet and say, "On the Buddha's birthday, I will visit your old lady again."

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