On New Year's Eve, the Yao Mansion lit up the fire.
The servants threw the old brooms into the fire, which means that the granary will be full in the coming year; Mrs. Yao led others to bury the old shoes in the courtyard, which means "the son of Yin Shou" and hopes that Yao Chengyao will be famous in his official career in the future. p>
Mengying didn't say anything, but she knew in her heart that Mrs. Yao's hard work was in vain. In the previous life, Yao Chengyao took the exam several times, but he still stopped at being a scholar and failed to even pass the examination.
On New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers continues in the streets and alleys.
But because of the new funeral, there was no celebration at all in the Yao Mansion.
Mengying looked at the wine she dug out from under the apricot tree, and felt that it would be a waste not to drink it. She kept her filial piety, but in their small family, the servants were not so strict, so she gave it to Hongying.
Hongying knew the taste and didn't dare to have it alone, so she moved to Qingluo's room and drank with Qingluo.
Qingluo was sour at first and said: The girl didn't give it to me, so she won't drink it.
However, Hongying had a sweet mouth and the kitchen even added two side dishes. Qingluo was greedy and said half-heartedly: "I...I only want one cup!"
"Sister Qingluo, it's easy to talk about." After saying that, Hongying filled the bottle.
But together with the food and wine, it became one cup after another.
After drinking for three rounds, Hongying sighed: "We girls, don't look down on us, but we are really good at controlling you. Yesterday morning, when I went to the kitchen, some of them were making sarcastic remarks. It was only the other night. I went back today and everyone was smiling.
Ying, it’s so majestic to follow a girl.”
"You are lucky enough to have arrived at this time. You can try it in the first half year. It won't take half a year. In the first two months, even Shi Lanxiu was more favored than the girl."
"Sister Qingluo, don't try to bluff me. That girl is the madam's biological child. Shi Lanxiu has the title of adopted daughter, and her access is restricted. I think she's not as good as you and me." After saying that, she gave Qingluo a pinch.
Vegetarian meatballs.
Qingluo shook her head, "Why don't you tell me that your life is good?" She said it with her head hidden and her tail hidden, and stopped talking.
"Sister Qingluo, please tell me about the girl's past. When I first came here, I was afraid that I violated the girl's taboo that day. It would be terrible if I got slapped."
It's true. Hongying was really frightened by Mengying's majesty today. She received more than thirty dollars and was beaten like that.
The oldest woman is almost fifty, and if ten big boards fall down, she will probably lose half her life. She also has to re-examine her little master.
"The lady used to treat my servant well. I have been with her for more than seven years. We are like sisters, joking and joking. It's just that the lady doesn't like the girl and says she is willful and stubborn.
The girl today is majestic, but a little...a little too majestic." Qing Luo said after considering her words.
"What kind of girl is not willful? When I was a child, I was naughty and mischievous. My mother treated me very well, but good people have bad luck. She died when I was eight years old." After Hongying finished speaking, she was quite emotional.
, drank all the wine in the small wine cup.
"There was a rumor in the house that when the young lady was born, the madam had a difficult delivery and almost killed two people. The madam didn't like the young lady at that time."
"Can you blame the lady? It's probably because the madam is greedy and ate too much pork elbow." After Hongying finished speaking, both of them laughed.
"You just said that two months ago, the girl started to become famous? At that time, weren't you rushing from the capital to Qingzhou?" As he said that, he gave Qingluo more wine.
"Yes, I was rushing from the capital to Qingzhou. In my opinion, the majesty I felt yesterday was just a drop in the bucket compared to that day."
"What happened that day, Sister Qingluo, tell me and I will learn a lot."
Qing Luo shook her head, "Girl, you can't talk nonsense." After Qing Luo finished speaking, she remained silent and only ate the side dishes on the table.
But the more she didn't say anything, the more curious Hongying became.
"It's not that I don't believe you, sister. I really think what you said is exaggerated. Our girl will be twelve years old, one year younger than me. No matter how bold you are, how old can you get?"
Although this wine tastes weak, it has great staying power.
Although the wine cup was small, after a few cups, Qingluo's head began to sink, and slowly, she began to lose control of her mouth.
"What do you know? Someone wanted to murder the master's family property. We almost all died. If the girl and I hadn't discovered Butler Song's affair with Shi Lanxiu and took precautions. Without protection, everyone would have been dead." Qing Luo drank a glass of wine.
Hiccups.
"How did you find out?"
"When I was staying in Qingyun Town, the girl asked me to pay attention to Shi Lanxiu. Later I discovered that Butler Song sneaked into Shi Lanxiu's room in the middle of the night. Later..."
"What happened next?" Such a romantic incident made the fire of curiosity in Hongying's heart burn brightly.
"Later he came out with his pants held up."
"Ah? There is such a thing. How old is Butler Song? Is he very handsome?"
"Butler Song is handsome, hahahahaha..." Qing Luo smiled and bent down, "His grandson is already in his teens, do you think he is handsome?"
"Then what is she trying to do?" Hongying asked doubtfully.
"What are you planning on? Maybe she is obsessed with it. When the young lady interrogated her, she said something. The clue fell into the hands of Butler Song. She had no choice but to do so."
Qingluo was getting more drunk, and before Hongying asked, she started talking to herself: "Hey, don't be too greedy. She used to be embarrassed in front of Madam, but she was on the wrong side. She was on the wrong side with Butler Song.
They planned to kill the master together, but she made a good plan and was dragged by a carriage in the snow for two days.
The boys were miserable and were beaten to death. Butler Song also had nine fingers cut off and was dragged bloody in the snow for seven or eight days. Those two legs were probably gone for the rest of his life.
I can’t stand up."
After listening to this, Hongying felt a chill coming from the back of her head.
Qingluo then whispered: "Have you seen Tao Yishi who escorted us back? You can't guess that he is a bandit from Erlong Mountain. He robbed our carriage on the way. The girl was stunned and ordered him to be safe.
, escorted us all the way home."
"What, you said Tao Yishi was a bandit?" Hongying almost didn't believe her ears. Tao Yi was handsome and his face looked full of chivalry.
"Then there is another lie. Just in Xiamapo, Tao Yishi led people to rob the road, and also robbed the master of a lot of money and jewelry."
"Do the master and madam know their identities?" Hongying thought this matter was very bizarre, like a story in a storybook.
Qing Luo shook her head, "Of course I don't know. They all had their faces covered at the time. Only the girl, Dongsheng and I knew."
"Then since they are bandits, why would they let the girl drive them?"
Hongying couldn't figure it out. She thought that the bandits were all big-bodied, round-waisted people with sinister faces. Although the three of them had a vicious streak, they didn't look like extremely vicious people.
"The girl persuaded them not to give up their money, but the whole Yao family wine shop, before they would give it to me. Don't tell me, if it weren't for them, just Dong Sheng and Liu Rui, we would have been thrown into the river to feed the fish.
." After saying this, Qingluo sighed and filled herself up with wine again.
"From that day on, the girl looked at me strangely."
Qing Luo said with red eyes, took Hong Ying's hand and said, "I know the girl found out. I was really shaken that day. It was snowing heavily. Except for Dong Sheng and Liu Rui, all the servants followed Butler Song.<
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They were holding knives, and I was scared. I was afraid of being thrown into the water to feed the fish. Hongying, I was really scared at that time... Wuwuwu..."
"It's okay, it's okay, Sister Qingluo, you drank too much, stop talking, just have a sleep and you'll be fine." Hongying felt that she really knew something incredible, and she couldn't ask anymore questions.
"I didn't drink too much. The servants are human beings too. I still have my mother-in-law. When they sold me here, they said they wanted me to serve the girl well and they would redeem me back in the future. I want to live. Did I do something wrong?
Hongying? Tell me."
Hongying came over to support Qingluo and pushed her to the bed.
"You're right, you're right, Sister Qingluo, go to sleep." She doesn't want to hear such a secret.
Qingluo covered herself with quilt and was still mumbling, "I didn't drink too much, but I feel that the girl has changed since that dog-eating day. But Madam doesn't believe it, the girl now, hehehe, is really... really..."
Slowly Qingluo lost her voice.
Although Hongying drank a lot, she had been in the world for many years and had a heavy drinking capacity, so she was not drunk at all. She packed up the leftover food and wine and lay down.
The more she thought about it, the more she regretted it. Curiosity shouldn't have gotten the better of her. If what Hongying said was true, the girl would go to jail if she lynched someone to kill someone.
And that Tao brother, she even teased the fat man and hoped that he would not hold grudges.
Lying on the bed, Hongying lamented the twists and turns of fate. She stayed up late last year and hoped to find a better wife to marry during the Chinese New Year this year; but who would have thought that she would be sold by her father this year.
If Mengying hadn't bought her on the street, she would now be the concubine of the king.
Today's little mistress is one year younger than me, but she is very scheming. I don't know if following her is a blessing or a curse.
If I had listened to my father's words, I would be Liu Yuanwai's concubine now.
After a while, there were four bangs outside, the wine was getting stronger, and Hongying slowly fell asleep.