The turmoil in the Princess Mansion over the past few days has caused most people to go from being initially frightened and in constant panic to gradually adapting and becoming numb.
But some people are numb, and others are stimulated by various reasons and become more restless.
"When will this day end?!"
"Hey, let's make do with it. It's better than what you get on the street or in other people's homes, isn't it? At least no one will beat or scold you now, and the rules in the house are also a lot looser."
Li Qiang, who was pruning branches and leaves in the garden, was working while complaining to the gardener, who was over fifty years old.
But the old man only smoked dry cigarettes and offered kind words and advice.
"But, we can't always do this, right?"
He pruned off a dead branch and dropped it at his feet. As he spoke, he glanced sideways at the back garden, which was becoming increasingly desolate because no one was paying attention to him.
In this huge garden, many people were laid off due to layoffs, and some of the remaining people were lazy and muddle along because of their changing hearts. Now there are only a few honest people left who are willing to work, busy in various places in the courtyard.
At this moment, when I looked over, I couldn't see even a single person.
Li Qiang knew that he didn't know much, but he felt privately. If the courtyard in front of us can be said to be the back garden of the princess's house, then the ruined temple on the eastern outskirts of the city can also be regarded as the auxiliary courtyard of the wealthy family, right?
In fact, no matter who is in charge of things in the princess's mansion, who comes and goes, or how the people above make trouble.
These have nothing to do with him.
He fled his hometown a few years ago and moved to numerous mansions. Finally, he settled in the Princess Mansion two years ago with his unique skill of planting flowers and trees.
So he just didn't want the stable life he had finally obtained to change again.
But look at the current princess mansion. It only involves the flowers, plants and trees in the garden that cannot be touched, and it does not involve money transactions such as purchasing seedlings and cultivating soil. There is already a lot of chaos.
For example, some he bumped into accidentally.
Worried about not knowing when they would be sent out, some people secretly stole flowers or exotic herbs from gardens and glass sheds and sent them to the market on East Street for sale. It's also called saving some silver, and it's not worth the hard work in the princess's mansion.
Others caught rare birds that accidentally broke into the garden, killed them on the spot and ate their meat, or hid them and smuggled them out of the house, selling them secretly for money.
All this made him dumbfounded.
This is just a corner of the garden, and there are countless treasures and valuables in the princess's mansion. You can imagine what kind of chaos it will be like, and how strange things will make people's jaws drop.
Fortunately, we haven't heard of any fatalities in the princess's residence yet.
But if this continues, let alone this kind of petty theft and plundering in secret. Maybe if the rumor spreads, gangsters will take advantage of it. When the time comes, won't it lead to a catastrophic disaster in which families are destroyed and people are killed?
Li Qiang didn't know what the real owners of this mansion, the high-ranking Princess Qinghe and Princess Danyang, whose names he had only heard of, thought.
But having signed the contract of betrayal, he has already regarded the Princess Mansion as the place where he will settle down and live his life, so he does not want to see such a tragedy happen.
What a shame, I can only walk around in the back garden on weekdays, otherwise...
Li Qiang, who had turned away from this thought because his mind was clear and his heart was anxious, could not help but punch the flower tree next to him, and at the same time said angrily:
"It's true what I said in the wine shop, the dandies in the capital are not as good as the Danyang Princess in ruining her family!"
The gardener was about to persuade him again, when a sound of footsteps passing by in the distance suddenly stopped and quickly ran towards him.
Although the old man is quite old, he has no bad habits and walks around the yard all the year round. When he was young, he was a famous hunter in the suburbs. In terms of hearing and eyesight, he could be compared to a strong young man like Li Qiang, and even better.
Hearing the sounds from far to near, the old man suddenly thought to himself, not good!
There was no time to explain more. He just turned his head and warned Li Qiang in a low voice with a serious face:
"No matter who comes for a while, you are just chopping trees and pruning branches. You haven't spoken a word, and you haven't heard anything!"
The old man's nervousness made Li Qiang confused, but he roughly guessed that he was in trouble because of his quick talk.
In panic, he could only nod his head to the old man, and at the same time promised:
"I know, I know!"
While he was talking, a figure emerged from the bushes in front of him.
The moment the three of them looked at each other, they were all stunned on the spot.
Standing opposite Li Qiang and the old man was a middle-aged woman wearing the clothes of a second-class servant.
After seeing the person clearly, Li Qiang was stunned again and suddenly felt guilty.
Hiss, am I really so unlucky?
This person couldn't be the housekeeper somewhere, right? Did she hear herself scolding the princess when she happened to pass by? !
Just when Li Qiang was worried and cold sweat broke out on his back and forehead, the woman opposite him came to his senses first and murmured as if he was dissatisfied:
"I heard someone talking here, complaining softly, is it you?"
Li Qiang felt a little relieved when he saw that the other party had no intention of capturing him. But he still remembered the old man’s reminder, so he just stiffened his neck and shook his head repeatedly:
"I didn't say anything, did you hear me correctly?"
It's a pity that he is used to being honest. How can he deceive others by suddenly lying?
After the mother-in-law looked Li Qiang up and down again, she burst out laughing.
"Hey, you are a big man. Not only do you talk like a little daughter-in-law, but you also have the courage to act like a big girl? No, you are not as good as the princess in our house, you are just like a little girl in the village. "
Li Qiang's face turned red when he was squeezed, he snorted, and he was really excited and said:
"What's so big, what happened to what I said?"
The garden guard had no time to stop him, so he could only say "Hey", sighed repeatedly, smoked a dry cigarette, and stopped talking.
But who knows, after the mother-in-law coaxed the truth out, she did not embarrass Li Qiang.
He glanced at the tall, muscular boy again and saw that he looked like a very impulsive and aggressive boy of his age. He smiled and persuaded:
"Of course what you said is nothing. But since you are also a man, why don't you tell the people above you if you are dissatisfied? You can also defend yourself."
Li Qiang was stunned when he heard this, "Say it? Who can I tell you to?" Who is willing to listen?
He is just a low-level servant who works hard, and even the manager doesn't care about what he says.
When the mother-in-law heard this, she laughed and said:
"Normally I wouldn't listen, but now there is a good opportunity. Are you willing to seize it?"
The garden guard heard something was wrong and immediately stepped forward to stop and persuade Li Qiang.
"Hey, Qiangzi, you have to think clearly. This matter cannot be changed just by saying..."
Although he wanted to persuade her, the old man couldn't speak too frankly in front of his mother-in-law.
Because of this, before he could finish speaking, the woman opposite interrupted impatiently:
"It has nothing to do with you, old man. Why are you so troubled? Come on, I'll take you to a place where you can reason. If you miss this village, you won't have this shop."
As the mother-in-law said this, she started to pull Li Qiang out of the forest. The old man was left standing there, sighing.
