"Uncle, what do you mean?" You don't want to tell Madam about this, do you? "Nanny Lin immediately asked nervously.
Hearing Nanny Lin's questioning, Xu Tianyi said without thinking, "Of course I have to tell Madam about this. You have deceived the superiors and deceived the inferiors. You have even bullied her. You are really too courageous."
Upon hearing this, Nanny Lin became anxious. She immediately said to Xu Tianyi, "Uncle, I am telling you this out of good intentions. Is it inappropriate for you to treat me like this?"
As soon as he heard what Nanny Lin said, Xu Tianyi immediately said, "It's okay if I don't tell you. Then go and confess to Madam yourself. If you confess to Madam, I won't have to say anything. If you don't tell me, I will I will definitely tell Madam.”
However, when she heard Xu Tianyi's words, Nanny Lin immediately said without thinking, "That's no good, I can't tell Madam about this. Madam will definitely sell me out if she knows that I lied to others." !Uncle! Please help me hide it for my own good. If you are willing to help me hide this matter, from now on, if you are short of money, you will just ask me for money. Just flowers.”
However, after hearing what Nanny Lin said, Xu Tianyi immediately said, "Why are you still so unrepentant!"
When Grandma Lin saw this, she became anxious. "Uncle, you really can't tell Madam. At worst, I will help you with whatever you want. If you want to marry our lady, I can also help you. Uncle, our Madam is right." You are not very satisfied. Even if you report me, our wife will not treat you differently. There will be no benefit from you reporting me."
However, when he heard what Nanny Lin said, Xu Tianyi said without hesitation, "It's no good. I have to tell Madam, this is the bottom line of my life. I can't just watch you bully others and do nothing." , If so, then wouldn’t I be a human being in vain?”
Nanny Lin immediately said, "But Madam trusts me, uncle, don't you want to marry the eldest lady? In fact, as long as I speak good words to you, the possibility of you marrying the eldest lady will be higher."
However, after hearing what Nanny Lin said, Xu Tianyi became even more angry, "I have true feelings for Yaoniang, but I will never make such a deal with you just because I admire Yaoniang. You don't have to tell me either. Those thoughts of yours, if you don’t want me to tell Madam your scandalous things, you can tell Madam yourself, maybe Madam will forgive you for the sake of the relationship between master and servant."
However, Nanny Lin still held onto Xu Tianyi and said, "Uncle, please, please don't report me! I can do anything you want me to do."
However, no matter how much Nanny Lin begged, Xu Tianyi just seemed to have eaten a weight and became hard-hearted.
He ignored Nanny Lin's pleas.
Instead, Mrs. Zhou appeared at the door at some point. She looked at Nanny Lin who was holding Xu Tianyi begging, and she couldn't help asking loudly, "What's going on?"
Xu Tianyi did not say anything immediately. He just glanced at Nanny Lin and said, "Nanny Lin, I will give you a chance. You can speak for yourself."
Nanny Lin looked at Xu Tianyi, then at the bewildered madam, and her head lowered even lower.
"I'm sorry, madam, I did something wrong."
"What's wrong?" Zhou asked, seemingly unaware.
Nanny Lin also whispered, "Madam, I stole some money from the warehouse before. I'm sorry for you and I've betrayed your trust!"
After saying this, Nanny Lin immediately kowtowed. Zhou obviously couldn't believe that the Nanny she trusted would do such a thing, so she immediately said, "How could you do this?" ?Are you right about me? I trust you so much!"
Upon hearing this, Nanny Lin immediately said, "Madam, I was wrong. I know I was wrong! Please forgive me!"
However, Mrs. Zhou said coldly, "I forgive you, then who will make up for my shortcomings? If I don't punish you today, then everyone below will have to follow your example!"
After scolding Nanny Lin, Mrs. Zhou also said to the people around her, "Come here, take this woman down and drag her to be sold tomorrow."
"Madam, I beg you, please don't sell me, I was just confused for a moment, please spare me, I will never dare to do it from now on, and madam, I can do anything you want me to do for you. "When Nanny Lin heard this, she immediately begged.
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou said mercilessly, "You still have the nerve to beg me? If it weren't for the love between you and my master and servant, and because you are old, I would give you some face, but I wouldn't talk about you." If the matter is known to outsiders, otherwise according to my temper, I will have to drag you to be tortured!"
After saying this, Mrs. Zhou immediately said to the left and right sides, "What are you still doing in a daze? Drag her down quickly!"
After hearing Zhou's words, everyone immediately agreed. Soon afterwards, Nanny Lin was also dragged down.
After Nanny Lin left, Mrs. Zhou couldn't help turning her head to look at Xu Tianyi and said, "Did you discover this Nanny Lin?"
When Xu Tianyi heard Zhou's question, he just said softly, "No, she told me. She said she wanted to cooperate with me to embezzle the property here. I didn't agree and said I wanted to report her, so she took the initiative to confess to you." .”
Hearing this, Zhou couldn't help but whisper, "Then why don't you cooperate with her?"
Hearing Zhou's words, Xu Tianyi was stunned for a moment. He obviously didn't expect Zhou's reaction to be like this.
And when he was about to say something, Zhou suddenly said, "Okay. You have done another good deed today. I will remember it."
After saying this, Mrs. Zhou just said to the maid next to her, "Zicuckoo, go over to the box and give him twenty taels of silver."
After receiving Zhou's order, the maid immediately nodded.
Then Zicuckoo took only twenty taels of silver from the box and gave it to Xu Tianyi.
However, Xu Tianyi said, "Madam, I can't have it. It's already great if you are willing to take me in and provide me with food and accommodation."
After that, Mrs. Zhou only said to Xu Tianyi, "It's one thing to provide you with food and accommodation, but it's another thing to give you rewards. There are always places in the capital that need spending, so don't be polite to me." , just take it."
At the same time, the maid Zijuan just smiled and said, "Yes, Master Xu, this is given to you by Madam as a reward. You're welcome."
After saying this, Zijuan directly put the silver into Xu Tianyi's hand.
Xu Tianyi looked at the silver, then at Zicuckoo, and finally he reluctantly accepted it, and then he just whispered, "Thank you very much."
When Mrs. Zhou saw him taking the money, she seemed to confirm him, "This is the right thing to do, it will save me a lot of trouble."
After saying this, Ms. Zhou only said to the people around her, "Go to the cloth shop today to find some masters to tailor some clothes for him."
Hearing Zhou's words, Xu Tianyi immediately said, "Madam, there's no need for this. My clothes are enough."
However, when Mrs. Zhou heard this, she looked at Xu Tianyi with disgust and said, "What are you wearing? Your clothes are so tattered. I feel embarrassed when you walk out of my house! Okay! Stop talking. I I arrange these for you for the sake of my family’s face!”
Seeing what Zhou said, Xu Tianyi felt that he was very embarrassed on the one hand, and on the other hand, he couldn't refuse Zhou's kindness anymore, so he silently accepted Zhou's arrangement.
And Zhou's arrangements for him obviously went beyond that. "By the way, there are no followers in the east wing where you live now, right?"
Facing Zhou's question, Xu Tianyi just nodded honestly, "Not yet."
Mrs. Zhou then said rudely, "Zicuckoo, please arrange two maids and a boy in his house."
Zhou said this to Zijuan, and she had almost passed Xu Tianyi directly.
Xu Tianjian said, "Madam, I can take care of the hygiene in my house myself."
However, Mrs. Zhou said directly, "What are you cleaning? You can clean it as clean as my maid in the house. Besides, I didn't arrange it for you, I arranged it for that house."
After saying this, Mrs. Zhou said directly to Xu Tianyi, "Okay, you don't have anything to do here. I still need to count the belongings. You can go down now."
Hearing Zhou's words, Xu Tianyi was obviously a little frustrated, but in the end he chose to leave silently.
Not long after he left, Mrs. Zhou, who was originally impatient, also calmed down her expression. She seemed to be in a good mood at least.
Zijuan, who didn't know what was going on, only said to Mrs. Zhou, "Madam, do we want to take inventory of the things in this house?"
After hearing Zijuan's words, Zhou just said nonchalantly, "That's not necessary."
Zijuan was a little worried and said, "But, isn't Nanny Lin..."
Before Zicuckoo finished speaking, Granny Lin, who was originally dragged down and should be in the woodshed now, walked in as if nothing had happened.
Zicuckoo was a little stupid for a moment.
When Zijuan looked at Nanny Lin dumbfounded, Nanny Lin only bowed respectfully to Mrs. Zhou, and then she told what she and Xu Tianyi said and did in this room. I just told Mrs. Zhou.
Finally, the woman said, "Madam, I have tested this boy, and I feel that he is really not a money-grubbing boy. In this regard, it seems that we don't have to worry about him taking the money and running away."
After listening to the woman's explanation of the cause and effect, Zicuckoo finally understood that what happened just now was just a scene between Nanny Lin and his wife, and the purpose of their acting out this scene was naturally to test Xu Tianyi. How is your character?
After all, after their lady marries Xu Tianyi, it is very likely that Xu Tianyi will inherit their family's property. If Xu Tianyi is unreliable, then their entrustment will be regarded as a slap in the face.
So in this aspect, their wives naturally have to carefully test each other's character.
Mrs. Zhou nodded, "She seems to be reliable, but I don't know what the problem is in other aspects. After all, if Yaoniang's father and I leave the capital, Yaoniang will have no one to support her in the future."
