"Do you know how scary the Bodhisattva is at night?"
"I……"
Xiao Chongjing opened his mouth and looked a little ashamed. He didn't know what to say for a moment.
He was just too anxious to save Yin Xiaorou's appearance at the time, so he didn't think too much... Moreover, his sister has always been careless and heartless. Who would have thought that she would hide so many thoughts?
"Is this why you eat everything?"
Suddenly, Mrs. Xi spoke.
Her temples were gray and her eyes were reddish. She looked at her daughter in disbelief, "Even if I have neglected you due to physical reasons, I am your biological mother. Can I still harm you?"
"You don't harm me, but you don't care about me either." Xiao Qintang said aggrievedly: "In fact, no one in the entire general's mansion cares about me at all..."
"I do not care about you?"
When her daughter said this, Mrs. Xi felt like a thousand arrows had pierced her heart.
She took a deep breath and nodded, "Okay, just pretend that I don't care about you. What about Lu Yitong? Does he care about you?"
"Of course he cares about me!"
"idiot!"
Mrs. Xi was extremely angry.
Seeing that her daughter was still stubborn, she asked more bluntly: "Are you sure he cares about you? Does he care about you or your identity?"
"It doesn't matter."
Xiao Qintang said stubbornly: "Don't say that Brother Lu is not that kind of person at all. Even if he is, so what? Isn't my identity also a part of me?
Don’t those well-matched people value my identity?
They also like it, right?
So since I'm interested in them all, why don't I choose the one I like?
At least Brother Lu can promise to be devoted to me, and even if I grow old in the future, he will not suddenly bring a woman to disgust me. "
"you……"
Mrs. Xi was speechless.
She was shocked that her daughter thought so much, and regretted that her daughter was so naive.
He actually thought that by marrying low, he would be able to be single-minded...
How stupid.
But she gave birth to such a stupid daughter. Now that things have come to this, what else can she say?
She could only sigh helplessly, "What about your dowry? Now everyone thinks your dowry is a betrothal gift. When you get married, what will you use as your dowry?"
"If not, I don't want a dowry." Xiao Qintang pursed her lips and said, "Anyway, whether there is a dowry or not, it won't delay Brother Lu from marrying me."
"nonsense!"
Mrs. Xi had a headache, "You yourself can disgrace this person, can the Xiao family disgrace this person? It has been spread that our Xiao family's daughter will get married without a dowry, how will I see anyone when I go out in the future?!"
She glared at her daughter with hatred, then looked at Yin Xiaorou and sighed: "Hold on tight and buy something decent to fill her dowry. The wedding is coming soon, so don't make it too shabby."
"this……"
Yin Xiaorou didn't expect this to happen.
She looked at Mrs. Xi, smiled awkwardly, shook her head bravely, "Go back to Mrs. Xi, I have no money."
"No money? How come you have no money?"
Mrs. Xi frowned.
Ruan Yunluo would never tell her that he had no money before.
"Is such that……"
Yin Xiaorou seized the opportunity and quickly reminded, "Didn't I spend a lot of money on donating to the official position recently? It's tens of thousands of taels, which has already emptied the whole house. In addition to daily expenses and favors, the remaining savings have to be given to three people." The lady is holding a dune ceremony, and the money for the banquet and dinner must be kept..."
"Okay, okay..."
Mrs. Xi's heart ached when she heard this.
She waved her hand, "I don't care what you do, anyway, you have to have the dowry, the banquet, the dignity, and you can't let people laugh at you."
"But……"
"Don't tell me but, there is no but!"
Mrs. Xi interrupted forcefully, "Since you have taken over as the housekeeper, these things are undoubtedly your responsibility. If you can't do it, it only shows that you are incompetent.
After all, when Yun Luo was the housekeeper, he never called me poor in front of me. "
"..."
Yin Xiaorou was speechless.
She wanted to say that Ruan Yunluo had a generous dowry to make up for the shortfall, but she felt inexplicably ashamed.
It stands to reason that she is a princess, the emperor's daughter, her status is much more noble than Ruan Yunluo's, and her dowry should be much larger than Ruan Yunluo's.
But now, she has become a concubine!
She originally thought that after taking over the power of the housekeeper, her status would rise slightly, and maybe she could take advantage of Ruan Yunluo, the mistress... Who would have thought that when she just took over the housekeeper and she wasn't excited yet, she met Xiao Qintang like this What a fool!
Not only did she get scolded for stealing the dowry, but she also had to clean up the mess!
I want a dowry, a banquet, and dignity, so why not give me money? No money to talk nonsense! Can she conjure money?
If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have taken this job!
Yin Xiaorou regretted it too much.
She walked out of the reception hall in a daze and came to Suifeng Garden without knowing it.
After standing at the door of Sui Feng Garden for a long time, she finally made up her mind that she must return the housekeeping rights to Ruan Yunluo today!
But just as she was about to enter Suifeng Garden, she was stopped.
"Nanny Wan."
Yin Xiaorou smiled and said hello politely, "I have something I want to see Madam, could you please let me know?"
"I'm afraid this won't work." Aunt Wan shook her head in embarrassment, "Our wife has been suffering from cold recently and doesn't want to see anyone."
"I have business..." Yin Xiaorou became a little anxious when she saw that she couldn't even see her face to face, "Mammy, could you please pass the message and tell Madam that I am here to return the power of the housekeeper."
"Why does the stewardship have no power over the family?"
Aunt Wan sighed quietly, "Our wife's illness is serious this time. It's hard to say whether she can survive it. Why do you still care about these external things?"
"How is this possible? She was fine a while ago, so why did she suddenly become ill? She was so ill..."
The more Yin Xiaorou thought about it, the more something was wrong, and the more she thought about it, the more strange she felt.
She connected all the recent events together, and suddenly her heart was shocked, "Did you know that Xiao..."
"what do you know?"
Grandma Wan's heart tightened and she quickly asked as if nothing had happened.
"No, it's nothing."
Yin Xiaorou shook her head.
She asked herself that she had no evidence and was unwilling to question him based on just a piece of speculation. If things are really as you think, wouldn't you alert the enemy?
The other snake didn't hit him, but he was bitten by the snake.
With this in mind, she did not continue to pester, but said very decently: "Since it is inconvenient for Madam to see guests, Xiaorou will not force her. I hope Madam will recover soon, and Xiaorou will return Madam's housekeeping rights at any time."
"Aunt Yin is indeed kind-hearted. I thanked my aunt on behalf of my wife."
"It should."
Yin Xiaorou said and was about to leave.
At this time, a little maid from Suifeng Garden ran out and said a few words quickly in Nanny Wan's ear.
When Grandma Wan heard this, she quickly called Yin Xiaorou.
She smiled, "Aunt Yin, our madam has also heard about what happened in the guest hall today. Madam said that she can't help you with her current body. But if you really can't do anything, you can do what Madam used to do. There shouldn’t be any big mistakes in our old routine.”
"Old rules?" Yin Xiaorou's eyes lit up, "What old rules?"
"Actually, it's very simple." Aunt Wan sighed, "In the past, when there was a shortage in the family, the madam would either use her own dowry to make up for it, or she would scrape together things to cut down on the family's expenses..."
"Cut it off?" Yin Xiaorou widened her eyes curiously, "Who did it cut off?"
