in spring

Chapter 267 Solved One

Perhaps because he knew that the matter was of great importance, as soon as Lu Yougui received the letter, he found a reason to rush back to the capital the next day.After Chunying received the letter from the second door, she hurriedly asked the second old lady for leave and rushed to the second uncle's house.

When Lu Yougui saw his daughter, he asked a little excitedly: "Is what you said in the letter true?! Could it really make Xiaohu leave the government?!"

Chunying nodded hurriedly: "This is what the big girl next to my wife told me in private. I have made some small and small contributions recently. My wife wants to reward me, but she thinks that rewarding too much will cause people to gossip, so she plans to reward me." Reward my family members. The girl promised to help me talk about the matter and asked me to come back to discuss with you and mother. I pondered whether my contribution is big or small. If the lion speaks loudly, the wife may not be happy So I didn't intend to ask for myself, but I was hesitating, I don't know if I should ask for the three of you together, or get Xiaohu out first?"

"Of course it's Xiaohu!" Lu Yougui immediately made a decision, "Your mother and I both have errands now, and we are not too old. If you let us go, the wife will have to find someone else to take our errands. It's too troublesome. , it is better to get your brother out first. After all, he is young and has not yet entered the mansion. It is easy for the wife to let him go. What's more, according to what you said, your contribution is not that great. If the wife agrees to let your family go because of your request, then everyone in the mansion will do the same in the future, wouldn't the rules be messed up?"

Chunying thought the same way: "Father is right, no matter how anxious we are, we can't force it to be done overnight, we have to think more about the future." Otherwise, if we offend the master, even if we leave, there will be troubles in the future.Back in those days, Nandeng Hongyu and his wife were often harassed by gangsters instructed by the second young master, so they could hardly make a living?Now that the Dongfu is becoming more and more powerful, the ordinary people dare not provoke her. She has to make the second old lady and the second wife willingly and even happily let their family go.

After discussing with her father, Chunying went to see her second uncle and aunt again.Qing Ning is about to give birth, Second Uncle Lu always feels flustered, and he doesn't even have the mood to take care of his brother's family affairs.Lu Yougui didn't take it to heart, and specifically told Chunying that if something happened these days, if he could not bother the second uncle, then don't bother him.Chunying hurriedly agreed, and comforted the second uncle and his wife. Later, seeing that there was an old woman and a little girl in their small courtyard to take care of the pregnant woman and help with the work, she left in peace.

Having made up her mind, Chunying felt relieved and felt much better.After returning to Songyiyuan, she reported it to the second old lady, and she went to find Bailing, and finally found him in the room where the medicinal materials were stored.

Bai Ling was looking at the medicinal materials in the booklet. Chunying saw her staring at the ginseng box in a daze at the door, her heart sank, she coughed lightly, and woke Bai Ling up. With a forced smile: "Sister is back? What can you do with me?"

Chunying looked outside the door and saw no one was passing by, so she closed the door behind her back, walked to Bai Ling, pulled her to sit on the chair next to her, and said softly: "Yesterday I heard that you are trying to raise money, but there is What's urgent? Why didn't you tell us?"

Bailing was taken aback, Wan didn't expect that Chunying would know about his affairs, and thought to himself that he only spoke to three or two girls who had always been close to him yesterday, and he didn't expect someone to leak it out, so he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, bowed his head and said : "I made my sister laugh, it's not a big deal, it's... It's because my family needs a sum of money."

Chunying sighed: "You still keep it from me? I know it all. Your father is seriously ill and waiting to spend money on medicines to treat his illness. This is nothing shameful. Why hide it?"

Bai Ling's face turned pale suddenly, and his eyes flickered: "This kind of thing... What's the use of talking about it? Who doesn't have a patient in their family? It's well known by everyone, and it makes people laugh at me for being frivolous..." Suddenly he looked up anxiously. Xiang Chunying: "Sister, you..." His gaze swept to Shen He, who had just stared in a daze, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Chunying hurriedly patted the back of her hand lightly, and said: "Don't panic, I know what you are." Then she took out a money bag from her sleeve, and added a note, "Originally I had some money on hand, but It has already been sent home, only these are left, you take them first, and we will slowly figure out other things. This note was written by my second uncle. The young master of Xifu opened a new one near Longfu Temple A pharmacy called Anhetang sells a lot of good medicines, but the good things are not displayed. You take this piece. It has my second uncle’s handwriting on it. People in the pharmacy will buy good medicines after reading it. Let me show you, the price will be cheaper."

Bai Ling took the money bag blankly, opened it and saw that there were five or six taels of silver in it, then looked at the note, and suddenly his eyes turned red: "Sister Chunying..."

"There is no need to say anything." Chunying said softly, "We are all working in the same courtyard. If we have difficulties, we sisters can help each other. I don't have much ability. At most, I know some news and tell That's all. Also, didn't you tell me last time that your sister is very free in the sewing room? I think your family must have spent a lot of money because of your father's illness. I have always been used to hiring embroidery workers outside to help with the work. If your sister has this intention, I will take her there. My mother also did this when I was young, and I know someone. It’s just that her family has high requirements for embroidery work. If it’s not good, they won’t accept it, and if it’s good, they’ll double the money, your sister must know what’s going on, don’t make rough work just to catch up with the work.”

Bai Ling hurriedly said: "Thank you sister for telling me, my sister embroiders very well, I will soon..." Suddenly choked up, "It was always my fault... Although I listened to my sister's orders on the surface, I was actually a little bit dissatisfied in my heart. Convinced, my sister must be aware of it too, I never thought that my sister still treats me sincerely...Even if I die, I will never forget my sister's kindness!"

Chunying hurriedly took out her handkerchief to wipe her tears, and said: "Don't be too busy thanking me, I have one more thing to tell you."

Bai Ling hurriedly took the handkerchief in one hand, raised his sleeve in the other, wiped away his tears indiscriminately, and sat down solemnly: "Sister, please tell me."

Chunying smiled and said: "Qiu Yan was ill a few days ago, so the shopping in this courtyard was handed over to you and your cousin. Got some errands to go?"

Bai Ling stammered uneasily: "Sister means..." Do you want to share a piece of the pie?No, she is not such a person, or is she going to transfer it to her family?

What Chunying said was far beyond her expectation: "I know there must be a lot of tricks in these errands, so I advise you to remind your relatives at home and stop meddling in. There are many ways to make money. Trapped in the quagmire, be careful to ask your superiors to find out in the end, and you will lose your old face for several lifetimes."

Bailing suddenly fidgeted: "My sister said so, but what do you know?" The more I thought about it, the more afraid I became, "Could it be that the wife knows?!"

Chunying hurriedly held her down: "Don't panic, that's not the case. It's just that when I usually see the housekeeper of the Fourth Miss, everyone in the house seems not to be convinced, and they are much more slack in doing things. Vegetarian, I guess it won't be long before she finds out that there is a problem with the accounts in the mansion, and she will come to check the accounts. You are the person in front of the old lady, and you can be used as a target, in case your relatives make mistakes that implicate you body, even if the old lady likes you again, you will not be able to hold your head up in front of everyone."

Bai Ling nodded with tears in his eyes: "I see, thank you sister for reminding me, I will go back and tell them immediately, tell them to stop quickly... Big sister's kindness..."

Chunying hurriedly raised her hand to stop her: "You don't have to think about my kindness too much, I'm not all for you, you are the big girl in this courtyard, and I usually take care of you, if something happens to you, I will also take care of you." I'm also ashamed, so I'm just afraid that others will gossip."

Bai Ling smiled: "No matter what my sister says, I know it well."

So Bailing really sent a letter to his family and relatives, ordering them not to be greedy for money from Mr. Mo, and to be careful to tell his superiors to find out.When her mother saw the money and had a place to buy medicine, she threw it away; her aunt was dubious and reluctant to part with the money, but she was afraid that the master would find out, so she temporarily withdrew it and looked at the situation; only her cousin Still unmoved.Bailing was worried that her family would be implicated, so she handed over all the purchases to Qiuyan, and concentrated on doing her own work. In her spare time, she rushed to do some needlework to sell. Apart from her own family, even her cousins ​​came to look for her. They all avoided seeing.

Not long after, as Chunying really expected, the fourth young lady got a little angry when she was the housekeeper, so she made up her mind to give the family stewards a blow and let them know how good she is. After asking her grandmother and mother for their opinions, The first thing she did was to publicly check the accounts. Whenever she found any mistakes or omissions, she immediately asked people to go to the relevant person in charge. In less than three days, more than a dozen family members were punished, and many of them were well-known and respected ladies in charge.Everyone was scared now, and they didn't dare to perfunctory this little master anymore.

Bailing's cousin and Qiuyan's godmother were found out in this turmoil and lost their jobs.Some people wanted to implicate Bai Ling and Qiu Yan, but Bai Ling had long since stopped meddling in such errands, and many people knew the rumors that Qiu Yan was trapped by the godmother's family, so in the end it was nothing but the lukewarm treatment of Fourth Miss. After a few reprimands from Re, he got away.Afterwards, the Fourth Miss even approached them privately to apologize, and both of them smiled and took the matter lightly.

After this incident, Chunying, Qiuyan, and Bailing became closer, but Cuiling was much colder towards them, but had a better relationship with the second-class girls.Chunying watched coldly, thinking that since she hadn't messed around again, she would turn a blind eye and close her eyes, so she still treated everyone very kindly and cordially, so that no one could find any shortcomings.The bosses above saw it in their eyes and knew it well.

One day, the second wife Zhuo ordered someone to call Chunying, and greeted the second old lady's daily life and food as usual. Zhuo said: "You saw it when Miss Fan came over a few days ago. Recently, she You run to our mansion frequently. You have been serving in the West mansion for several years, how long has she lived there?"

Chunying hurriedly replied: "She came here last spring, and she has been living in the Hou's Mansion since she came to Beijing. Except for the days when she entered the palace for the draft, she never lived outside for a night."

Zhuo frowned: "Her uncle is like this too? Didn't they mention moving out? No one in the Hou Mansion?"

"Master Fan San used to live outside. It seems that a friend invited him to live there for a while, but he never said that he would move. It was rumored that Mrs. Hou Fu once asked whether she would give them a house, but the old lady I told Lord Hou that they are all relatives of my own family, as long as they live in the mansion, and they can take care of each other when they have something to do, it seems natural to move out." Chunying replied, thinking to himself, could it be that the Fan family is annoyed Second wife?

Zhuo was not annoyed, but shook his head secretly.Although the Fan family is a rich family, they don't have much foundation in the capital. They sent their daughter to the capital for a talent show. They presumably have a plan. What counts?It's better to live in the Hou's Mansion, and take advantage of the power of the Marquis of Qing to make people think that they are relatives of the Hou's Mansion, and they can be regarded more highly.It's just that the Fan family put all their efforts into it, and they are not a law-abiding one. It is really unwise for the Hou's mansion to be exploited by others because of their deceased first wife, but they don't realize it, but they do their best to plan for others.

Chunying looked at Zhuo's expression and stood by carefully, not daring to say a word.Just now Qingluan gave her a wink, saying that she had already mentioned Xiaohu's matter to the second wife, and she couldn't make any mistakes now.

After a while, Zhuo came to his senses, smiled at Chun Ying, and said, "I know about this, you don't need to tell anyone about it."

Chunying bowed her head and saluted: "Yes, this servant doesn't know anything."

"You girl." Zhuo said with a smile, "It's too careful. But it's rare for you to be so careful. ——I remember you have a little brother, right? How old? Now I live with your old lady Son?"

Chunying thought, "Here we come", and hurriedly replied: "The younger brother of the servant girl is six years old, and now he lives with the servant girl's parents in Zhuangzi. I originally wanted to send him to my sister's house and let him go to the school to read and write, but then The master of the school thinks he was born as a slave and refuses to accept him, so now he is reading a few characters with the slave's father."

Zhuo was a little surprised: "Your father can read? Yes, he is in charge and has been a shopkeeper, so he can recognize it. But it is rare for him to let your brother learn to read at such a young age."

Chunying respectfully said: "Although the little brother of the servant is also a child of the family, but because he is the only son, he is also a treasure at home. The parents of the servant treat him like a heart and soul, and they are full of hope that he will be successful in the future, so they send him here specially. It's a pity that the master doesn't accept it." I apologized to Xiaohu's teacher secretly in my heart.

"What's so difficult about this?" Zhuo had heard Qingluan's suggestion a long time ago, and said briskly, "You are a good girl, and your parents taught you well, so I will let them take advantage of you. Called When Director Xu comes, just tell me what I said, Fang Chunying's little brother will leave the government, and he will go to the government tomorrow, and he will have a future in the future, so tell him to be grateful to you as a sister for the rest of his life."

Chunying was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed in thanks: "Thank you Madam for your kindness, he will be promising in the future, the one who should be grateful is Madam!"

Zhuo smiled, still very happy in her heart, and gave Chunying a few words, Chunying immediately said that she would serve the second old lady, the second wife and the fourth lady with all her heart, and was careful not to add the fourth young master, Zhuo even more Satisfied, I feel that I really have vision, this girl is sensible.

Chunying flattered her for a long time, then exited the room, and raised the corners of her mouth happily.

Solved one, next is...

(End of this chapter)