Geng Xingchen's aura was so fierce that the moment he met Qiao's mother, he deflated instantly like a pufferfish with a punctured belly.
She couldn't help but take a few steps back, wanting to look back for Geng Xingshuang, but she felt that this was not good, so she stiffened her neck and said stiffly as if reciting words: "Mother Qiao, Xianglan was called to the main courtyard. It's morning, have you finished everything? There are still many things waiting for her in my room, why not let her go back first. If the things here are not finished yet, I will ask her to come over tomorrow. "
She spoke very fast, and when she said these words, she seemed to be lacking in confidence at the beginning, but became full of momentum at the end.
Mother Qiao was a little surprised. Mrs. Bo called the maids next to her three granddaughters when she got up in the morning. Although she used the excuse that there was something for them to do in the main courtyard, it was really just an excuse. After all, calling people out for this reason would make people less happy. A lot of trouble.
But neither Madam Uncle, nor herself, Mother Wu, who followed Madam Uncle's order to do this, nor the two maids Luwu Luxuan thought about hiding this matter, because they knew that this matter was not possible at all. Can't hide it.
But now, the sixth girl doesn't seem to know that Xianglan was taken away by Yapo, but instead ran over to take her away with a serious look on her face?
Did Miss Six do it on purpose? Or really don’t know?
Just as Mother Qiao was thinking, she saw the fifth girl entering the yard followed closely.
"This pomegranate needs to be tightly peeled!"
The pomegranate head guarding the courtyard was still dozing off little by little. Geng Xingshuang walked through the courtyard door unimpeded and walked in. This made Qiao's mother suddenly feel something bad, and temporarily turned all her uneasiness into Pomegranate's anger grew as she neglected her duties.
As if she hadn't seen Geng Xingshuang, she walked up to Pomegranate with a straight face, reached out and grabbed Pomegranate's round little face, and cursed: "You damn girl, I asked you to guard the door, but you are dozing here. , when I report to Madam Uncle, I will... kick you out!"
She originally wanted to let Yu Yapo take it away and sell it, but she changed her words.
"Mom, what are you doing? Could it be that my sixth sister and I are thieves from somewhere, or those harmful bandits that need my mother to be on guard like this? It is indeed her fault that Shiliu dozed off while guarding the door, but our family is still In the uncle's house, my mother is the mother in charge of Mrs. Uncle. How can she be so rude when reprimanding the servants?
We can just see it. If grandma finds out, I'm afraid grandma will think that my mother has lost her dignity and punish her. Then my fifth sister and I will not be able to intercede for our mother. "
Pomegranate was scolded and pinched by Qiao's mother, and her drowsiness had long since flown to nowhere.
"Mother Qiao, I didn't mean it. It was actually last night..."
"What's the noise outside?"
An old and stern voice came from the room, interrupting Pomegranate's explanation.
Mother Qiao glared at Pomegranate, walked quickly to the door and reported, "Madam, the fifth and sixth girls are here!"
The room was quiet for a moment, and Geng Xingshuang raised the corner of her mouth slightly.
Her step-grandmother, after so many years, has not changed her temperament of hiding away when encountering someone, although she knows in her heart that no matter how she hides, she will still have to face it in the end.
She didn't push, and neither did Geng Xingchen.
"Let them in!"
Less than half a cup of tea, Xia's instructions came from the room.
When Geng Xingshuang entered, Ms. Xia was sitting in front of the dressing table, with Lu Wu combing her hair, as if she had been woken up by them during her lunch break.
"Miss Five, Miss Six, Madam, it's not time for lunch break yet. Now that you're up, you're going to have a headache all afternoon."
Lu Wu looked worried and looked at Geng Xingshuang and Geng Xingchen helplessly.
"Actually... we are not looking for grandma. We know that grandma takes a lunch break every day. How could she be so ignorant? We are looking for Mother Qiao and Lu Wu."
Geng Xingshuang smiled brightly, "But since grandma has called us in, as her granddaughter, we must obey her orders."
Geng Xingchen nodded repeatedly, "Fifth sister and I didn't plan to go into the house to disturb grandma, but Mother Qiao was scolding and beating her outside, which disturbed grandma's peace. We really can't blame us."
She was more straightforward than Geng Xingshuang. Mother Qiao, who followed them into the house, looked ugly. She bumped into Geng Xingchen who was about to enter the house, but Geng Xingchen had not yet entered the house at that time. At this time, she did have something to say. Unspeakable.
Lu Wu was speechless by Geng Xingshuang and the two. Fortunately, she had neatly tied Xia into a simple bun. She paused for a moment, then inserted a simple plum blossom into the bun. Silver hairpin, no other ornaments.
"Are you here for half rolls and pandan?"
Xia turned around and looked at Geng Xingchen with sharp eyes.
Geng Xingchen moved her steps. Her own grandmother looked at her and she couldn't help but want to back away. However, the person standing behind her was Bai Zhi. The master and servant were very close. If she stepped back like this, she would definitely bump into Bai Zhi behind her. , she finally endured it and nodded under Xia's gaze.
"yes."
That she could do this was beyond Geng Xingshuang's expectations.
"Grandma, I wonder where Banjuan and Xianglan are now?"
Geng Xingshuang knew that Xia was deliberately neglecting her, but she didn't care about it. Over the years, Xia had repeatedly done things that harmed the interests of her second wife, and even saved her parents and sent her second brother to Lizai Academy. Shu Xiu deceived her in a way that her father could not refuse.
Since then, their family of four didn't care so much about many things in the house. As long as it didn't harm their interests, they just watched the excitement.
If my grandfather hadn't been around, my father would have taken them to live alone.
"you do not know?"
Xia didn't believe that Geng Xingshuang didn't know that Ban Juan was sold to her. She had already felt that the big house was gradually getting out of her control in the past two years, but she didn't have any powerful means to control them now.
Eight years ago, when Geng Shuhuai, the eldest son of Dafang, was going to study at Licai Academy, she persuaded her uncle to ask her three sons to each pay 500 taels of silver to seek medical treatment for him on the grounds that he was seriously ill and needed money to buy good medicine. Ask about medicine.
At that time, Geng Wen and Ruan were indeed deceived. Since they didn't have much cash in their hands, they directly misappropriated Geng Shuhuai's repair money. However, the matter was later exposed for unknown reasons. The eldest brother knew that the uncle was pretending to be ill, and the money was actually stolen. Ruan gave it to the second roommate to open up the relationship, which allowed Geng Cheng to be promoted from the seventh level to the sixth level.
This incident almost drove Dafang crazy, and Geng Shuhuai left home directly and went to Suzhou, only coming back once a year during the Chinese New Year.
Later, they didn't know how the eldest son operated. Before they noticed it, there was already word outside about how filial the eldest son was. For the uncle's illness, he appropriated the eldest son's care, but in the end they found out that the uncle was just an ordinary Fenghan. , the total cost was only one or two cents.
Since then, the reputation of Anpingbo's Mansion in the outside world has been like Anpingbo's plaque, which may be removed from the door at any time.
As an uncle, she had many opportunities to travel as guests, but every time she wanted to explain, she was always looked at with that "we all know, explanation is just a cover-up" look, which made her very frustrated.
Therefore, Xia's harsh image of plotting against her stepson has remained to this day and has not been eradicated.
The reputation of Geng's parents as filial piety also spread, which made the Xia family and the second wife almost feel stuck in their throats. The second wife Yao tried her best to "refute the rumors", but the effect was very limited.
An Pingbo himself seemed to feel ashamed of his eldest son. In the dispute between Madam Bo and Dafang, he would openly favor Dafang, but Geng Xingshuang knew in his heart that this bias was not due to guilt, but to Dafang. It's because of interests, purely monetary interests.
