Xu Wanning was supporting Du Shi across the brazier.
Hearing the sound of crying for father and mother coming from the house, everyone's eyes turned around.
Xu Wanning frowned: "Butler, go and see what happened. How are these people so noisy on the big day when mother comes back?"
Cui Rongfa said yes respectfully and went quickly.
Just when Du Shi was rising a little and Cui Rongfa was wondering why Xu Wanning was listening to Xu Wanning like this, Xu Wanning supported Du Shi again and said, "Mother, step over the brazier. Remove the bad luck from your body. From now on, your life will become more and more prosperous."
Du's doubts about the idea disappeared: "Okay."
This was specially prepared by Xu Wanning for Du Shi, saying that it can drive away bad luck and enjoy great blessings. Du Shi is superstitious, so of course it is impossible to think of anything else at this time.
Finally crossed the brazier.
Xu Wanning sent Du family back to Yannianyuan.
Mrs. Du finally returned to her yard. When she saw this familiar scene, every plant and tree in the yard, every table and chair in the house, every gold and jade ornament, she was so moved that she wanted to cry, but she forced herself back.
"Where are my ornaments? Where have they gone?"
She asked her servants to build several floors of Duobao Pavilion in order to display the gold, silver and jade ornaments that Du Shi liked. Every item was Du Shi's favorite, but what about now?
Du's favorite things were gone.
The remaining ones were brought by Du to make up the number when Duobao Tower was still not full.
The ones who make up the numbers are still there.
Xu Wanning lowered her eyebrows and said nothing.
Cui Lu glanced at Du Shi lightly and poured water on her anger: "It costs twenty thousand taels to redeem you, what? Is it wrong for me to sell something to redeem you?"
Du Shi didn't dare to speak anymore.
"Go and wash up. Look at you, you are dirty and stinky." Cui Lu waved his hand impatiently, turned around and walked out of Yannianyuan.
Du looked at the direction he was leaving.
We were going to Yuxinyuan.
"I just came back today, and he couldn't wait to find that bitch." Du Shi grinned angrily.
Aunt Xia consoled her: "Madam, go take a shower and change clothes first. My servant will help you freshen up."
Only then did Du feel uncomfortable all over, and followed Aunt Xia away.
Xu Wanning stood in the lobby, looking at the empty Duobao Pavilion, and smiled softly.
This Chen Mianmian is really ruthless.
If you don't take action, let Du's mute eat Coptis chinensis and be unable to tell the pain.
Don't tell me, the days in the future Hou Mansion will definitely be very lively.
"Let's go." Xu Wanning turned around and left Yannianyuan.
Qingxing followed behind and asked in a low voice: "Miss, are we going back to Ningyuan?"
"No. Let's go watch the fun first."
Yuxinyuan is really lively.
Originally, the ten servants who were about to be kicked out were crying and making trouble. Cui Rongfa took a look outside and did not dare to go in. But while he was hesitating outside, Cui Lu came.
Seeing the riotous scene inside, and seeing the person he liked with a pale face being cornered, Cui Lu glared at Cui Rongfa fiercely: "What the hell is going on?"
Cui Rongfa hurriedly explained: "It was Mrs. Side who said that the expenses in the mansion were too high, and she had to cut back on expenditures if she could not increase the revenue. So she asked the younger one to say that he wanted to clear out some of the servants in the mansion, and the younger one took the money of these people in the mansion. I told Mrs. Side about the situation, and Mrs. Side finally chose these ten people. Tell me, tell me..."
"What did you say?" Cui Lu's heart clenched when he saw Mianmian being bullied like that.
"Mrs. Side said that the monthly salary of all the servants in the Hou Mansion costs thousands of taels of silver. The annual salary of the Marquis is only one thousand taels. If some people are not eliminated and the monthly salary is paid, the Hou Mansion will have to pay more than a thousand taels of silver. Drink the northwest wind." Cui Rongfa said while carefully observing Cui Lu's expression.
He has been the housekeeper of the Marquis Mansion for so many years, and he also knows how to speak wisely to protect himself and make the Marquis have other opinions.
really.
Cui Lu's eyes suddenly darkened, and he looked sharply at Chen Mianmian, "Her appetite is getting bigger and bigger."
She was just a little peasant girl before, but now she actually looks down on his salary of one thousand taels of silver.
Sure enough, women are fickle!
Cui Rongfa lowered his head, his eyes bright and dim.
Cui Lu was annoyed, but he couldn't bear to see Chen Mianmian suffer, so he had no choice but to step into Yuxinyuan.
When Chen Mianmian saw Cui Lu coming, she was like a heavenly soldier saving her from fire and water. She ran all the way over and pouted in grievance: "Master Hou, why did you come here!"
Cui Lu: "..." Is this because he didn't arrive in time?
But the delicate people had already thrown themselves into his arms, so Cui Lu had no choice but to hug him, "What happened?"
Chen Mianmian cried so hard that she leaned against Cui Lu's arms, weak and boneless: "They, they bullied Mianmian, Mr. Hou, wuwuwu..."
Bully?
An old woman lying on the ground jumped up, started crying and kowtowed: "Master Marquis, do you still remember this slave?"
Cui Lu looked carefully at the old woman whose face was covered with ravines, and said in surprise, "Nurse, why is it you?"
wet nurse?
Chen Mianmian looked confused.
What wet nurse?
Isn't she just hanging out in the house and waiting to die, doing nothing?
The old woman's head was already bleeding, "It's hard for the Marquis to still remember the old slave. The old slave thought that he would never see the Marquis again until he died of old age. Lord Marquis, if you still remember that when you were a child, you took a bite of the old slave. The kindness of milk, just listen to what the old slave said."
"Nurse, please speak quickly." Cui Lu pushed away the petrified Chen Mianmian and stepped forward to help the old woman up personally.
The old woman sobbed, "Master Marquis, I didn't bully Mrs. Side. It was her. She bullied me! She wants to clear us slaves out of the house. She wants to drive us all out."
At this time, an old man also stood over.
Cui Lu was startled and subconsciously shouted: "Uncle Lu!"
This was Cui Lu's master, who taught him horseback riding and archery, and taught him boxing and kicking skills. Later, because he saved Cui Lu, he was kicked in the spine by a crazy horse. He could no longer stand up straight, and he could not teach Cui Lu horseback riding and archery. Kung Fu, so Cui Lu moved him to the greenhouse and let him keep flowers and plants as companions in his later years.
The old man's body was stooped and trembling. He held Cui Lu's hand and burst into tears: "Master Hou, is it because the old slave is no longer useful? Is there no place for the old slave in the Hou Mansion? What's going on here?" Whoever is not working conscientiously in the Hou Mansion, but because he is old and can’t do much work anymore, we are just trash and we need to clear out the Hou Mansion?”
The old woman cried again and said: "If the Marquis's house is really in trouble, we useless people should just leave to save the Marquis from embarrassment."
A wet nurse and a master, driving them out of the house?
Is Chen Mianmian just thinking nonsense?
"No, no, no." Cui Lu held an old man's hand and comforted him repeatedly: "It's not difficult, it's not difficult. Just relax and stay in the house. If anyone dares to ask you to leave again, I won't let you go." she!"
Chen Mianmian trembled: "..."
With Cui Lu's approval, the ten talents finally left.
Cui Lu sent the person to the door of Yuxinyuan, "Housekeeper, send the wet nurse and master back."
Cui Rongfa quickly went to help the older man: "Yes, I will go right now."
He can't stay.
Cui Lu turned around and saw a pale face with a pair of deer eyes open, crying at a loss, "Master Hou, Mianmian..."
"Look, you've done a good job." Cui Lu scolded her.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Chen Mianmian cried: "It's the housekeeper, but the housekeeper didn't tell me this."
Cui Lu hates people who do wrong things the most, don't look for the reasons for themselves, and put all the blame on others. He didn't expect Chen Mianmian to be this kind of person: "Before you tell this group of people, why don't you ask me What’s your opinion? Do you think that when I hand over the stewardship to you, I’m letting you make decisions without my permission?”
Chen Mianmian was stunned.
What?
Do you want to report it to Mr. Hou?
"Mianmian, Mianmian doesn't know. The housekeeper didn't tell me." Chen Mianmian subconsciously shifted the responsibility to Cui Rongfa.
"Ha." Cui Lu laughed angrily.
He stared at Chen Mianmian with an icy coldness in his eyes: "Mianmian, just this once, if you make the people of the Hou family fall into disgrace next time, you don't need to take care of this family anymore. Madam is back, please return the housekeeper's rights." Give it to her."
A peasant girl is just a peasant girl, something that cannot be put on the stage.
I think back then, when Mrs. Du first started to take charge of the house, she said that she was afraid that she would not be able to do so. However, she was too modest and did not ask him to worry about it. Mrs. Du took good care of the entire Marquis Mansion. However, when it came to Chen Mianmian, she said that it would not be true. No, look, what did he do? It almost made him an ungrateful sinner.
Cui Lu flicked his sleeves and walked away.
No matter how hard Chen Mianmian chased after him, Cui Lu never looked back.
Chen Mianmian chased her to the entrance of Yuxinyuan, looking at Cui Lu's retreating figure with tearful eyes, crying extremely sadly.
Xu Wanning, who was not far away, saw everything in Yuxinyuan.
