Li Xiangcui quickly lowered her head and begged: "Mom, it's hard for me to get to the old lady and serve her. Please stop making trouble. You can come later tomorrow. Can I ask my sister to come with you?"
"No! I'm going to starve to death! You look at me like a beggar!" Mrs. Zhou gritted her teeth: "Where do you want me to wait?"
Li Xiangcui was eager to get away, so she could only say: "I have ten cents here. You can eat while I go in to discuss it with Sister."
Zhou didn't give Li Xiangcui a chance. He saw the purse she took out and snatched it away. She lowered her voice and warned: "If you dare to play tricks on me, I will file a complaint with the masters and ladies of this family. Then they will all go back with me to starve."
Suffer poverty!”
Li Xiangcui could only say good things and sent Zhou away and hurried back to the house. As soon as she arrived at the old lady's door, she was called in by the steward.
"Your mother wants to ask you two sisters for monthly money, right?" Mrs. Cao asked calmly.
Li Xiangcui knelt down and lowered her head: "Yes, ever since my brother's accident, my mother's temperament has changed drastically and she has offended the old lady. Cui Er kowtows to you."
Mrs. Cao waved her hand: "That's all, it's reasonable for a mother to be unable to bear it. Here are ten taels of silver. You can go back and live with her. You also made it clear that from now on, the monthly payment will be settled once every six months. She won't need to
Come, you sisters can go back and visit her."
"Old Madam, you are so kind and virtuous, so kind and merciful." Li Xiangcui kowtowed to Mrs. Cao while swallowing, took the money with trembling hands, and left.
There were only two people in the room, Mrs. Cao and her close friend Nanny Qin. Nanny Qin poured tea for the master: "Aren't you afraid that that person will try to take advantage of you?"
"It's okay. This Cui'er is smart and doesn't have any evil intentions. Please stay with me for training for a few days, and then arrange for Xiangzhi to go to the study." Mrs. Cao took a sip of tea. The young girl is in good health and can give birth easily.
, I don’t believe that the Cao family can still lose their incense!
Aunt Qin nodded.
Li Xiangcui ran to find Li Xiangzhi.
"What? She knows how to squeeze time. She just paid the monthly payment yesterday, and she's here today?" Li Xiangzhi frowned: "Look at us, we are like little girls who set fire to the fire. We don't keep anything.
How can I pay for the rouge and gouache?”
Li Xiangcui subconsciously touched the silver in her arms: "Sister, my mother is waiting for us outside."
"I won't go!" Li Xiangzhi snorted coldly: "You were so cruel when you sold us, do you think we are a cash cow now?"
Li Xiangcui looked at Li Xiangzhi: "Mother took away all my purse and didn't leave me a penny."
"That's your bad luck." After Li Xiangzhi blurted out, she quickly took Li Xiangcui's hand: "Look, let her make me angry. Listen to my sister and ignore her."
Li Xiangcui lowered his head: "Sister, she said that if we don't go out to see her, she will make trouble with the master and the old lady."
At this time, Li Xiangzhi was worried. Li Xiangcui worked in front of the old lady, and she would get many opportunities. One of them was not to offend her, and the other was that there were so many concubines in the Cao Mansion. Why? Because two years ago, the master had his only wife
The son fell to death while riding a horse. These concubines are holding back their energy to give birth to a boy for the Cao family. Who doesn't want this good step to achieve success, and I want it too!
"Let's go, I'll go see her." Li Xiangzhi took Li Xiangcui and walked a few steps outside: "The old lady needs to say something."
Li Xiangcui nodded quickly: "Well, sister, please wait for me."
Mrs. Cao was closing her eyes to relax when she felt someone coming over. She squinted her eyes and saw Li Xiangcui kneeling at her feet, rubbing her legs. She said in a long voice: "You haven't gone to see your mother yet?"
"I just went to see my sister. My sister also misses my mother. I have to tell you." Li Xiangcui said softly.
Mrs. Cao nodded with satisfaction: "Go and tell Nanny Qin that she has some worn-out clothes."
"Yes." Li Xiangcui bowed out respectfully.
Nanny Qin was already waiting at the door with a large bundle. Li Xiangcui knelt down gratefully to Nanny Qin and went to find Li Xiangzhi with the bundle.
When the sisters arrived at the door, they didn't see Mrs. Zhou.
"Where is the person?" Li Xiangzhi didn't want to see Mrs. Zhou in the first place, but she became a little irritated when she found that the person was not at the gate.
Li Xiangcui said quickly: "Sister, I went to the alley to the east to look for it. Mom said she was hungry. Maybe she was eating on the roadside. I will go to the west to look for it."
The two sisters went looking for each other separately. Li Xiangcui walked quickly to the street with her head down, looked around, and entered Rouge Tower.
I selected a box of facial grease and spent fifty taels. The ten taels of silver turned into a handful of broken silver. I turned around with a sigh of relief and hid three taels while walking back with my baggage.
She saw her mother going east, and sure enough, as soon as she arrived in front of the house, she saw her sister and mother coming over in a hurry.
He went up to Mrs. Zhou and took her hand: "Mom, the old lady is so kind. She even gave me such a big bag of clothes."
"Show me quickly." Mrs. Zhou squatted on the ground and opened the baggage, feeling the texture of the fine cotton. Although it was an old dress, she had never worn a fine cotton dress in her life.
Li Xiangcui knelt down and put more than five taels of silver in front of Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou grabbed it and raised her head: "Give you so much wages?"
"The old lady saw that I and my sister were pitiful, so she gave it to you. Mom, you can't mess around with such a good job. What the old lady means is to settle the monthly payment every six months, and you don't need to come to the house. You can give us leave later.
Let us go home to see you." Li Xiangcui said softly.
Next to her, Li Xiangzhi's eyes widened, and she secretly cursed Li Xiangcui for being a lump-headed person!
After Zhou praised her repeatedly, she looked at Li Xiangzhi and said, "What about you?"
Li Xiangzhi prepared a bunch of copper coins and handed them to Zhou: "Mom, I'm not as lucky as Xiangcui. I only give you a bunch of coins a month."
Zhou's mood was so beautiful.
Take a look, not only did I get so much money in one trip, but I also got a big bag of good clothes. It seemed like it was right to send the two sisters here. After packing up the baggage and hiding the money, Mrs. Zhou said: "What if we do it again later?"
As for hiring people, I still have two brothers, Jing and Jing, at home, but remember, don’t take all the good things for yourself. Okay, I’m leaving."
Li Xiangcui quickly warned her again.
With sharp eyes, Li Xiangzhi saw the master's carriage entering the alley. She had an idea and went over to hug Mrs. Zhou. Her tears fell down like broken beads. Mrs. Zhou was stunned, and even Li Xiangcui was dumbfounded.
Hearing the cry, Cao Zhirong lifted the curtain and looked over, and saw two girls dressed as his own servants. One of them was holding a ragged woman in his arms. The one crying was a pitiful person, frowning slightly.
He withdrew his gaze, got off the carriage at the door of his house and went back.
Li Xiangzhi watched the master enter the door and then wiped her tears: "Mom, you have to be careful when going back. Go back quickly."
Zhou:......!!!
Li Xiangcui didn't say a word, she could tell what her sister was going to do.
After Zhou left, Li Xiangzhi glared at Li Xiangcui with hatred: "You didn't leave any money to cross the river. When you asked me for pocket money, I didn't have any."
Li Xiangcui lowered her head and said nothing. The two of them entered the door and closed the door politely...