Chapter 44
Tang Shunyan was determined to go to the eldest lady's yard. The maid Mei Zhi did not dare to stop her anymore and could only follow behind Mrs. Li and the young master.
Xiuzhi's leg injury has not healed yet, so she is guarding the yard, but she is not willing to stay in the room all the time, and secretly goes through the things in Li's room.
She wanted to find evidence to correct Li's greedy young master's money, but she saw her walking with a limp, wearing a maid's uniform, with long wide sleeves and cheap jade buttons on the edges, and the hem of her clothes was wide.
Her lower body is a pair of trousers of the same color, and she wears embroidered shoes. Her feet are relatively large. The shoes she wears are custom-made by an outside shoe store.
Her figure is plump and fatter than other maids, and her maid uniform is also specially customized.
The Tang Mansion had many industries in the county, and even had an embroidery workshop for making clothes, where all the clothes of the family members were made.
Maybe it was because everyone in the courtyard was of the same mind. Before Xiuzhi entered Li's room, she made the eyes of the woman guarding the door light up to show her the wind.
Xiuzhi is not afraid of Mrs. Li, but she also doesn't want to be caught. The young master knows that even if he has the support of his mistress, the Tang family will not let a thief work in the young master's yard.
Xiuzhi went into Mrs. Li's room. The room was not locked. She took a look at the simple furnishings in Mrs. Li's room. There was nothing on the bed except the things distributed to the servants by the house.
She went to look through it and found the only box next to the bed. This box was unlocked and she saw that there were only some ordinary fabrics and cotton given to Li by the family. These things had been cut and seemed to be made for children.
The style of clothing.
Xiuzhi despises these things. Their family is from the Tang family and they have seen too many good things, not to mention the children's clothes, which she has no need for now.
He didn't find anything useful from the box, and there was no money or anything like that. Xiuzhi didn't believe that Mr. Li was not greedy, and the young master didn't understand anything.
It was something that Li took back alone. Even she couldn't help but want to be greedy. How could Li, a country woman, not turn away when she saw money?
Xiuzhi went to look through the things on Li's bed again and made a mess. She even looked at the bed plank and the bottom of the bed.
It was obvious under the bed that Li didn't even have an extra pair of shoes and only had two sets of clothes. Xiuzhi couldn't find anything valuable and could only spit bitterly.
"Bah, Mrs. Li, I don't believe you can be so kind and honest..."
Xiuzhi randomly sorted out the messed up things, and then left Mrs. Li's small room. Standing in the young master's room, she saw the two new locks on the box.
Another idea came to my mind. Can I find a locksmith to open the two locks?
Thinking of this, Xiuzhi left the young master's room and asked the young maid and mother-in-law in the yard to keep an eye on the yard. She took the money bag and went to find her old lady.
Xiuzhi's mother-in-law, her father works as a carriage driver in the house, and her mother works as a mother-in-law in the eldest lady's yard.
Their family does not belong to any faction. On the surface, she is the confidant of the young mistress, but she is actually someone sent here by the eldest lady. As the head of the family, the whole family does not disobey her.
The eldest lady is not really an old lady. There are old ladies and old ladies in this house, but they just don't care about things.
Xiuzhi couldn't find her father, so she had to leave the matter to her mother. It was inconvenient for her mother to be at home and work outside. Only her father, who drove the carriage, had the opportunity to go out frequently.
"Daughter, although the young mistress agrees to what you are doing, if it is to steal her son's things and frame Mrs. Li smoothly, this is good. But if the matter is exposed, our family cannot stay in the house. You may have to
Eating prison food.”
Xiuzhiniang talked a lot about the pros and cons of this matter, and did not let her daughter do it. Even if she wanted to do it, she should not do it with her own hands, let the little maid under her do it.
Xiuzhi heard that she would be imprisoned if the matter was revealed, and her heart started to beat. Apart from being jealous of Mr. Li, she had no deep grudge with her. The injuries on her body were only caused by her deliberately bumping into Mr. Li.
Ms. Li did not take the initiative to fight back despite being framed by them again and again. In fact, she was a very honest peasant woman.
Xiuzhi listened to her mother's words, agreed with her mother's words, and asked her father to handle the matter, and then he would instruct the little maid to do it.
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Tang Shunyan came to his grandmother's courtyard living room and greeted his grandmother and grandfather. The two elders sat on small stools next to them, holding their grandfather's thighs in their hands. He raised his head and said to his grandmother:
"Grandma, does my grandson have monthly money?"
The eldest lady, the wife of the master, most of the hairpins on her head are made of gold, her earrings are also noble green jade, her necklace is made of gold inlaid with jade, and the pendant of a gold necklace is made of gold inlaid with jade.
He glanced at Tang Shunyan steadily, and then at Mrs. Li who was standing next to him. This servant seemed to be honest, but why did his grandson change so much in the past two or three months?
If it wasn't taught by Li, she wouldn't believe that a two-year-old or almost three-year-old would know so much. She knew that her grandson was smart, and that children also learned from the people and things around them. Some things are not understood by being born smart.
"Grandson, your mother receives your monthly payment every month. You have to ask your mother about this."
"Oh, let's forget about the past? Can grandma give me the future monthly payments for safekeeping?"
When Tang Shunyan thought of his mother's serious face, he also thought of his soon-to-be-born younger brother, who would compete with him for favor in the future. He could not give his monthly money to his mother as well. He had to grow up quickly and know how to take charge of everything of his own.
"It's not impossible. You are too young. The rule is to leave it to your mother. You have to convince your mother to keep it for you. It seems that your grandmother has supported you to keep it yourself after receiving so many gifts this time. You want so much money.
What to do?"
The eldest lady looked at Mr. Li with a stern look and directly regarded Mr. Li as the person who taught her grandson bad things.
"Grandma, when my grandson grows up, he will have a lot to do. I want to save money since childhood. In the future, my mother will have a little brother, and my monthly money will be mine."
Tang Shunyan was so young, all his thoughts and thoughts were shown on his face, and he said it honestly.
"Ms. Li, do you know your guilt?" After listening to her grandson's words, the eldest lady directly convicted Ms. Li.
"Madam, the young lady did not teach the young master to say such words."
Li timidly knelt down on the ground and lowered her head.
The master sitting on it looked at Mrs. Li, and his thoughts were different from his wife's. He glanced at the grandson who was astonished and asked for mercy, and felt that all the thoughts may be what his grandson thought.
"Grandma, don't punish the wet nurse. It's your grandson's own idea."
Tang Shunyan was holding his grandfather's thigh, but now he was holding his grandmother's thigh and pleading pitifully for Mrs. Li.
"Tell me, did Mrs. Li teach the young master such words?"
The maid Meizhi was chosen by the eldest lady. She lowered her head and said, "Reporting to the eldest lady, Mrs. Li often talks to the young master in a low voice. This servant cannot hear what they say clearly."
Chapter completed!