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Chapter 247 Plan to make an appointment?

Lu Yougui was a little puzzled: "I heard from Wang's family that this is true, but this is also related to us..." After thinking about it, I understood, "Are you going to ask her to reward our family with a favor? With your second uncle's help It's really possible to succeed. It's just that you said just now that the third young master has already sent a message. Although the eldest young mistress is taking care of the housework temporarily, after all, the family is separated. If the third young master knows that she has let us go, wouldn't it be for the eldest young master? Is the eldest young lady causing trouble?" He didn't care much about the eldest young master's family at first, but under the influence of his brother, after a few years, he has a good impression of that family, and his brother is the manager there, so he really doesn't want to implicate them.

Chunying hurriedly said: "A few days ago, Brother Xiao Fei mentioned to the young master that he asked Master Hou to release some idle servants in the name of good deeds? How about using this as an excuse? Let a large number of people go out at once, even if it is two Thirty! If there are too many people, we will not show up. I am thinking about whether to pretend to be sick, and then ask for grace to leave the house on the grounds of being 'frail and sickly, unfit for service'. With the second uncle here, he will definitely Those who speak for us, simply get the whole family out! Heng Jian Now that our family has no errands, and my younger brother is not yet old, since he is released for doing good deeds, maybe he can even save money Woolen cloth!"

"Hmm..." Lu Yougui pondered.

Chunying continued: "As for the third young master, he is a young master, and he has no reason to focus on housework every day, not to mention that he has a good relationship with the young master, at least on the surface. If the young lady takes over the housework, if he shows too much concern , it is easy to cause people to misunderstand. He is not so stupid. I was thinking that it would take ten and a half days from the beginning to the finalization of the list of freed slaves, and sometimes one or two months. There is no need to write our family's name on the list. Even if the third young master really wants to know who is on the list, he will not find us. Wait until it is time to send it to the government to file, and let the second uncle come forward and ask the eldest young mistress for a favor. Adding the name of our family means that we are far away from the capital, and the news is not well-informed, and we have not heard of it until now, so we are late."

Lu Yougui frowned: "Isn't that good? Ask your second uncle to help you lie to the young mistress. If something happens in the future, your second uncle will have a hard time doing it."

Chunying smiled and said: "Why did we lie to the young mistress? Of course we have our reasons. On the bright side, you can say that the whole family is sick, and those who lose their errands lose their errands. In private. In private, we can let the second uncle tell the young lady that our family is discouraged and a little scared. I think my father used to be the wife's subordinate who accompanied Fang's Xiaochen in charge. Now the wife's person is demoted. Too many, our family escaped a catastrophe because we offended our wife, but in the future, no one may think of it and talk about it. It would be too shameful if we ended up leaving the house without leaving the house, so it would be better to take advantage of our age. Daddy, I asked for grace to go out of the house to earn a living, and maybe I can have a good death. What do you think of these words? In fact, they are half-truths and half-false. For the sake of the second uncle, the eldest and young mistress don’t want to force us to stay. As long as you catch up Submit the file and wait for the government to register, even if the third young master finds out, there is nothing he can do! Don't be afraid that he will blame the eldest young mistress. He said it himself, the matter between me and Brother Xiaofei is buried in his stomach, if I'm disobedient, if you let Lord Hou know, I will be nothing good to eat. Since even Lord Hou doesn't know, how will the eldest and youngest mistress know?"

Mother Lu clapped her hands happily: "That's it! You don't have to worry about the second uncle, who is the head of the family. Doesn't he know how to pick himself out? If the Hou Mansion really wants to free slaves, people like us will Those who are few, have no strong labor force, are kicked out of the mansion because of mistakes, are weak and sick, they are the ones who should be released! It also saves money and rice in the mansion! The young mistress is completely business-like! If you don’t worry , I will talk to my second younger brother and sister, she is the right-hand man in front of the eldest young mistress, if she goes to talk about it, she will definitely be sure!"

Lu Yougui glared at her, and then said to his daughter: "It's fine with you, just worried that the third young master will stop you. He doesn't need to make a special trip to see the list of servants who have been released from the mansion, as long as he greets the housekeeper in advance, Explain which people must not be let go, if there is our family name among them, even if we try our best, it will be useless!" After finishing speaking, he glanced at Hu Fei again, "What's more, the matter of the Marquis's proposal to Brother Hu is not It’s not resolved! Even if we can really leave the mansion, break the bones and connect the tendons, your second uncle, your grandmother, your uncle, aunt, and your cousins ​​are still working in the mansion, which one can be let go? ? I'm afraid that the third young master will be angry and tear his face, and everyone will have a hard time!"

Chunying opened her mouth and closed it again.Except for the second uncle and the second aunt, she didn't take the others very seriously. For her current parents, because they look similar and have been together for many years, it is easy to develop feelings. Relatives, she didn't like it very much.In the past, when the family was poor, they always gave her a blank stare. When the family became rich, they often heard the mother complaining that the aunt took some valuables when she came to visit, or the father complained that the uncle wanted to be the accountant of the silk shop because of his lack of skills. At most, she would visit her grandmother once when she got a vacation home during the holidays, and it would be fine to give some gifts, and she didn't even say a word. She changed her plans for such a relative!

However, she couldn't say these words clearly, she could only say: "What's the big deal? No matter how bad the third young master is, he wouldn't become a bully just because he was angry with us, yelling at the servants at home. He always He is a person who is good at putting on appearances, he is obviously full of bad things, and he still wants to pretend to be a pure and innocent boy in front of people."

Lu's mother spat at her: "Stop talking nonsense! If people know that you arrange the third young master like this, it will cause another disturbance!" Then she turned to her husband: "Chun'er's method seems to be good, let's follow it ? Speaking of which, my elder brother is the most useless person, and he has no serious errands, so maybe he has a role in releasing slaves this time!"

Lu Yougui thought over and over again before sighing: "It's okay to do this, but is there time? There are some people in the mansion who want to leave the mansion, but there are also people who are greedy for the comfort of the mansion. When the time comes, they push each other away. I'm afraid there will be no list in this list." If you can't come out for a month, I don't think it can catch up with the release of people in the new year, and it's a bit unpleasant to release people before the New Year. But after the Lantern Festival, I'm afraid that the third young master will come to remind me."

Hu Fei, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "I have an idea about this matter." He smiled at Chunying, "Didn't you just say that you wanted to pretend to be sick? In my opinion, it's better to pretend to be more serious and turn around." I sent a doctor here and said that you were so mad at the words of the third young master, that you were lying on the bed and couldn’t get out of bed, so naturally you couldn’t get married. And what about me? I just wandered around the capital and didn’t let him Opportunity to speak, as long as he didn't explicitly propose marriage, I pretended not to know, if he tried to test, I would take him as a joke, saying how could such a noble and gracious daughter of a family like me? Then I asked Li Xu to help Let me out with some rumors, saying that I was annoyed and felt that the Hou family was using their power to force the marriage! Since his family planned to win over me, they naturally didn't dare to push too much, so the matter naturally slowed down. You should hurry up here, I'm in Beijing , you can also persuade the eldest son to complete the matter of freeing slaves as soon as possible, as for the other things..." He thought for a while, and smiled slightly: If you ask Hu Neijian to help you make a show, let the Hou Fu think that he chose to go to the West, look at them Will she still rush to pester him!
Chunying couldn't guess what he meant by the sentence he didn't finish, but listening to his method, it was feasible, and she was a little surprised: "That's fine, if they stop thinking about getting married, our method will also succeed. , naturally it is the best of both worlds, but even if one side fails, we may not be completely defeated." If Hu Fei succeeds in getting out of his nationality, Hu Fei will not need to take care of their family, and he will not dare to say no to the marriage; If they plan to marry Hu Fei, even if their family fails to get out of citizenship for a while, they still have time to think about it, and at that time, she will have less effect on the third young master. Maybe she will report her illness and work harder. I can get away!

Lu Yougui drank the wine in his glass, and then slammed the table: "Okay! We have been forced to this point, we can't follow the old way of our ancestors again, we have to try this even if we live or die. suffer!"

Mother Lu hesitated for a while, took a deep breath, and climbed down the kang: "I'll go and ask if anyone from the village has come to Beijing in the past few days. Let me tell you the details, so that she can find her second uncle and aunt. You should leave this kind of matter to yourself before you can rest assured!"

Hu Fei hurriedly said: "I'll just go and say it, Aunt Lu doesn't have to be busy. I will return to Beijing first, and tomorrow I will send a doctor with mediocre medical skills to discipline him so that he can't see that Miss Chun'er is just pretending!" If there are cosmetics and other things that pretend to be sick, you'd better prepare a copy, in case someone comes to check. I may not be able to come here often these days. If there is anything, you can go to Qingrundian Town, where I rented a seat The small house is in the south of the town. There are seven elm trees in front of the door, and the sign of "Hu's house" is hung on the door. I bought two servants there, and let them return to Beijing to report to me if there is anything."

Qingrun store is not too far from Lijiazhuang, and it is still within the area where the Lu family can come and go freely. Chunying wrote down the address carefully, and talked with Hu Fei for a while.Lu's mother urged Hu Fei to leave quickly when the snow stopped, so as not to be stuck in the middle of the road, so Hu Fei reluctantly left.

Chunying has been watching his back disappear in Zhuangkou, but when she turned her head, she suddenly remembered something: "Father, mother, you go home first, I have to go to Shi'er's house."

Mother Lu frowned and said, "Aren't you going to pretend to be sick? What are you doing at her house?"

Chunying smiled: "Since I'm sick, someone must tell the third young master. Otherwise, when he sends someone again and finds out that I'm suddenly sick, wouldn't he be suspicious? Naturally, it started with a minor illness and gradually became worse. It's credible only when you become seriously ill. The Wang family... is naturally the best messenger." Although she was trustworthy, she couldn't fully trust the other Wang family members.The third young master will know about her and Hu Fei, the Wang family is most suspected of leaking secrets!She didn't complain about anything, although she had helped the Wang family back then, but the last time she was punished by his wife, the Wang family had already done their best, and when they arrived at the village, they have always taken care of her family.She didn't think that the other party owed her anything, besides, Shi'er's family was just a branch of the royal family, so it wouldn't hurt to be more careful.

Lu Yougui stared at her for a few moments, then stopped his wife who was about to speak, "Let's go back first, and don't stay outside for too long, or you'll be really sick, and you'll be asking for trouble!"

Chunying smiled and nodded, then turned around and walked towards Zhuangtou's house. On the way, she met Second Aunt Wang and said hello, "Where is Chunying girl going? Brother Hu left? I left early today." She wanted to do a full set of acting, so she "smiled miserably": "Yes, why don't you leave earlier..." Then she raised her sleeves and wiped the corners of her eyes, and continued on her way, seeing Second Aunt Wang's expression of bewilderment.

When they arrived at Zhuangtou's house, Chunying was about to call Shi'er, but suddenly heard a strange female voice speaking in the hall: "...It's not like I haven't seen it before, with such an appearance, such a character, and she is smart and can talk." , and have real skills! Became a treasurer at a young age, and no one else can compare to it except Ping An! Sister-in-law, this is really a good marriage! Going back to work as an errand in the mansion, it would be better to marry someone early!"

Chunying was taken aback, and hurried into the room, and saw an unfamiliar woman sitting opposite Aunt Wang, about thirty years old, dressed like a decent servant.Shi'er sat next to them, bowed his head and said nothing.

Chunying hurriedly saluted and greeted them, Aunt Wang smiled and said, "You were still at home just now, why did you come in from outside? This is Shi'er's Fifth Aunt, who came to the village to see us."

Chunying bowed to the Fifth Aunt Wang again, glanced at Shi'er secretly, Shi'er smiled wryly at her, then got up and said to her mother and Fifth Aunt: "The things that Fifth Aunt said are certainly beautiful, but I don't just listen to them." Just talk about it and agree to this marriage. I have met him, but what's the use of seeing him once? Aunt Wu, please send me a message to his family, and say... If you really want to propose, call him I came to see me personally, I have something to ask him, and he answered well, so I agreed!"

Fifth Aunt Wang was very surprised: "Yo... this... there is no such rule!"

Ten'er sneered: "What's the rule?! He wants to propose to me, so why don't I ask him? If he has the guts to sue Lord Hou, is he afraid of me being a little girl?!" Responding to a blessing, she dragged Chunying back to her room.

Chunying entered the room, sent the little girl who brought tea away, and asked her in a low voice: "What happened just now? Please ask for a kiss? What your fifth aunt said... Could it be Mu Chen?!"

(End of this chapter)