It was already midnight when Li Yuan woke up, and everything was quiet.
She opened her eyes and saw that the whole room was full of things.
She originally wanted to stay in bed again, but when her eyes saw the screen against the wall, she suddenly trembled and turned over.
Oh my God, how did she take this thing out?
This screen is made of embroidery. Although it is not double-sided embroidery, the embroidery work is really exquisite.
Xie Yanzhi said that the embroidery shop could customize it, and said that it was one of the least valuable things in Mrs. Qian's warehouse.
But in her opinion, even if it was worthless, a screen painting of that size would cost dozens of taels anyway.
Originally, she put it aside and didn't even think of taking it out. She just thought of using the inconspicuous candlestick and dowry.
Who would have thought, he would actually take it out!
Maybe it's because these things are placed close to each other?
She didn't know how many people had seen it, so she had to put it away quickly!
With this in mind, Li Yuan glanced at the closed door and put away the screen with a wave of her hand.
After that, I quickly put on my clothes and began to check the things in the house.
In the end, I found that there was nothing out of the ordinary except for the screen, so I was relieved.
Her rumbling movements were heard by Ma, who had been guarding the door.
Not long after, I heard a knock at the door: "Yuan Niang, are you awake?"
"Wake up, third aunt, come in!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ma pushed the door open, holding a tray in his hand with a bowl of sweet potato porridge, a plate of pickled beans, and a plate of eggs.
"You kid, you can't wake up to eat, what are you doing here? Hurry up, go wash up and pad your belly, your milk should be back soon!"
Li Yuan watched her put the tray on the table, and she herself made sure that there was nothing that shouldn't be in the room, and then she breathed a sigh of relief and walked out.
When she came back after washing, she saw Ma with a puzzled look on her face and asked, "Mother Yuan, where is your screen? Why is it missing?"
Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat, but she replied with a nonchalant look on her face: "Screen? What screen?"
"It's that screen with the magpies on the plum blossom! It looks really nice and festive to me, so why is it missing?"
Li Yuan frowned slightly and looked at her in confusion: "Third Aunt, did you see it wrong? We have nothing to buy for a screen. With that money, we might as well buy more food. Are you dazzled or did you remember it wrong?"
Ma shook her head decisively: "No, I am definitely not dazzled and I remember correctly. Your aunt saw it first and told me about it. When I moved in from the main room, your aunt and I carried it together! "
Li Yuan wanted to kill herself at this moment. In order to save the spiritual spring water and not give herself a chance to rely on that thing, neither she nor Xie Yanzhi was in use.
I was really exhausted yesterday, mainly because I came all the way back, and Xie Yan was the only one driving the car.
She was afraid that the other person would be bored and doze off, just like driving long distances, so she sat side by side with him outside and chatted.
Who would have thought that nothing went wrong along the way, but something went wrong when we got home.
It's just that she absolutely cannot admit it, and it's impossible for her to admit it!
There weren't many things that she took out from Mrs. Qian's warehouse. They could be counted on one hand, and they were all small items that looked ordinary.
It was the pair of candlesticks. She was afraid that something would go wrong, so when she stayed overnight on the road, she took the opportunity to cut a double happiness out of red paper, and then wrapped it around it.
In the eyes of others, it is just an ordinary pair of candlesticks.
And because the double happiness is posted, it just looks festive.
"Third Aunt, maybe you are out of your mind or remembering wrongly. Look, these things are all in the house. If there really is the screen you mentioned, how could it suddenly disappear? I didn't remember buying it, and I'm not stupid. Even if If you really want to buy a screen, you can't buy it all the way from Fucheng and transport it all the way back. That's not tiring enough. How about you ask Brother Xie, Caiwei and Qingsha if I bought a screen when I came back."
Seeing the certainty on her face, Ma once wondered if there was something wrong with her memory.
After thinking about it, she said to Li Yuan: "Mother Yuan, you eat first, I'll go back!"
She has to ask her sister-in-law. She is not too old yet, so she shouldn't have bad memory now.
Li Yuan ignored her. After she left, she finished her meal and walked to the study room of her new house.
Sure enough, Xie Yanzhi was reading inside, and her two younger brothers were busy writing.
She waved to Xie Yanzhi: "Brother Xie, come out for a moment."
Xie Yan had a puzzled look on his face, but he still followed the instructions and walked out.
As soon as the other person came out, she pulled him aside and whispered what she had done.
Seeing her annoyed look, Xie Yanzhi reached out and pinched her face, and said in a low voice: "It's okay. If the third aunt and the others come later, I'll tell them."
"Brother Xie, how are you going to cover this lie?"
"I haven't seen Pingfeng Caiwei or Qingsha all the way back. I told him at that time that Mr. Chen's cousin has reached the marriageable age. He is about to go to Luyang Mansion to take office. It is not convenient to return to Beijing, so I specially found someone to do it. That screen. It was just a coincidence that the carpenter came out at the right time, and we happened to pass by on the way to the car. He knew that I was familiar with Mr. Chen, so he asked me to help bring it back to Mr. Chen. This morning, the third aunt is helping you in the kitchen. While the porridge was being cooked, people came and moved things away in a low-key manner.”
Li Yuan shook her head: "This seems like a lot of loopholes. Everyone in our Lijia'ao is familiar with it. If there is a stranger, everyone can find it. If you say this, the eldest uncle and the others will know that no stranger has come by asking casually. Yes, it’s fake.”
Xie Yanzhi squeezed her palm with a smile and said, "Believe me, no! If they really ask, I will tell them that the people here are very skilled. I am afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so I deliberately avoid them. Yuan Mom, don’t forget that although everyone is familiar with Lijia’ao, it is also big and there is not only one road.”
Li Yuan was still very worried and replied: "Like you said, people are just here to get things, and it's not a shameful thing. Why should they avoid it? Forget it, if Third Aunt and the others ask about it later, let's see what they believe first. Do not believe."
"Sure, don't worry, I'll take care of everything!"
Li Yuan found that the words she likes to hear most now are: Don't worry, I'm here!
This will give her an unprecedented sense of security. In her opinion, it sounds more beautiful than I like you, I love you.
Besides, when Ma returned to her old house in a hurry, she saw Caiwei lowering her head and muttering to Miaomiao and didn't know what to say, so she asked, "Caiwei, has your mother bought a screen in Fucheng?"
"No, what's wrong with Third Grandma?"
Ma looked at the confused Qingsha again, thinking that this little girl probably didn't know what a screen was, and asking her questions was in vain, so she hurriedly went to find her sister-in-law.
However, after she searched around and saw no one, she asked Li Miao: "Miaomiao, where is your grandma?"
