Soft-waisted little maid

Xue Ke knew she was telling the truth.

Although Liu Zhu stood up for her a few days ago and made the people in the yard restrain themselves a little and did not dare to bully her openly, they still avoided her secretly, like the god of plague.After so long, the fact that she couldn't find anyone in such a large house who was willing to live in the same house with her was enough to explain her current isolated situation.

Seeing Xue Ke's thoughtful expression, Xiaoyu also took the initiative to mention this to her.

"Just wait a few more days. It's not that we won't be able to find anyone, but it's just hard to make arrangements if no new people come in. In a few days, there will be a new person here, and you will definitely be able to chat by then."

Xue Ke nodded. She didn't know the last sentence, but the first sentence was definitely a lie to comfort her.

She bought needlework with Xiaoyu, and then helped her pick out the spices brought to Shuangcheng. Finally, Xiaoyu saw that it was still early, so she took her to the handmade shop called "Caifengfei" at the corner of the street to pick out velvet flowers.

This is a very small shop, with only a little boy of thirteen or fourteen standing in front of the counter busy, but it still does not prevent it from being crowded.

"Don't look at the shop. This is a shop owned by Boss Zheng. From here to there, most of the streets are owned by Boss Zheng." Naturally, Xue Ke didn't know who the Boss Zheng she was talking about was, but Xiaoyu didn't either. In order to explain her meaning, she only continued to talk about her, "The female masters here are all invited from Jiangsu. In the past, they were all paid tribute to the emperor. You know Yangzhou, where our second mistress is from. Listen, They say that place is like heaven, but it’s a pity that I have never been there.”

Xue Ke listened attentively, picking up the several types of velvet flowers displayed on the counter and looking at them repeatedly.

One was in the shape of an alder-colored chrysanthemum, and the other was in the shape of a lotus-colored lily of the valley. She looked at the little shopkeeper, who was no taller than the counter, and smiled awkwardly, and the other person also smiled awkwardly at her.

Her monthly money is not too small in the house, but she still has to give it to her family every month to subsidize her. Just like her godbrother, if she didn't have the [-] yuan sent by someone every month, I'm afraid it would be a lot of trouble for Aunt Shang. At this age, I have to drink the northwest wind.But right now, these two velvet flowers cannot be bought for even a few taels of silver.

Xue Ke likes it, but he really can't do it.

"I want this one and this one." Xiaoyu beside her has quickly chosen the one she likes and asked the shopkeeper to wrap it up. At the same time, she took out five taels of silver from her purse and handed it over, not forgetting to complain to Xue Ke, " This store is really trying its best to trick you into spending money, and all my monthly bonus goes into their pockets."

She saw that Xue Ke's hands were empty, but she didn't say anything. She just held her hand naturally and said, "Let's go look elsewhere."

Xue Ke was reluctant, but did not shirk. The two walked out of the shop and walked along Ziwei Street for a while. Xue Ke suddenly saw a familiar figure flashing past her.
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He Chengxiang has been losing for almost half a month.

Everyone in this gambling house knows him and knows that he is the person who belongs to the Fourth Master of Sun Mansion, so they detained him as usual, just waiting for Fourth Master Sun to find this place like before, pay off the money he owes, and then take him back. People take it away.

It's just that this time after waiting for less than half a month, I didn't even see the shadow of Fourth Master Sun.

The shopkeeper was so anxious that he could only run to find He Chengxiang who was locked up in the guest room.As for him, he was acting like an innocent person, obviously owed money, and he was still drinking in the guest room with his arms around a woman like an old man. He finally heard what the shopkeeper said clearly, but he waved his hands impatiently: "We Fourth Master, who is that! The county magistrate invites him to his house for drinks every day, how can he come to you in such an empty space? Of course, you have to wait for him for a few days. If you owe him, you will owe him. If the fourth master doesn’t come to settle the knot for me, I’m worried as hell, so get out of here and don’t delay me from drinking.”

After that, he pinched the face of the girl next to him with half-shouldered shoulders, picked up the wine glass on the table with one hand, and poured it into her small cherry mouth with a spout. He watched her choke several times in succession. In an instant, Laughed heartily.The shopkeeper cursed secretly in his mind, but he didn't want to offend him, so he could only retreat with a shy smile on his face, and closed the door for him.

In the next second, there were sounds of gasping and laughing, and he could be heard spitting at the door.

However, He Chengxiang didn't know that he had long ago offended the Sun family's third brother, who was deaf to outside affairs and only focused on reading books about sages. He had gone to the Fourth Master to file a lawsuit against him half a month ago.

If he hadn't run away that night and been out gambling and drinking without ever returning to the Sun Mansion, he would have been tied up, beaten and thrown into the woodshed.His current situation is because Fourth Master secretly ordered the people around him that no one is allowed to look for him outside. Only when he loses all his money, is crippled, and is sent back to the house can things end.

But things didn't go as smoothly as Sun Zhilu imagined.

Even if he didn't come forward, there were still people in the Sun Mansion who came forward to redeem him.

Xue Ke, who happened to bump into him outside, thought he was dazzled at that time. In fact, the person who sneaked into the gambling house wearing a bamboo hat was indeed Aunt Guan from the second room of the Sun Mansion.

At this moment, Grandma Guan entered the gambling house. The boy guarding the door was about to stop her, but the shopkeeper hurriedly came up and stopped her.He is a man who has met many people, and he seems to have an extraordinary personality, so he knows that he is a servant from a wealthy family, and the reason for coming here must be no small matter.

So they gathered around him eagerly: "This noble man, why are you here? Who are you looking for?"

Aunt Guan raised her eyebrows under her hat: "You are quite clever."

Then he didn't say anything else. He just took out a heavy bag of silver from his arms, stuffed it into the shopkeeper, and said in a cold voice: "Go and call He Chengxiang out."

The shopkeeper took the money and took a look inside. His eyes almost dropped, but he was about to agree when he thought again.

The man in front of him refuses to show his true face, so he must have something ulterior. Although He Chengxiang is a stinker who can't be identified in a pile of shit, he is still a member of the Sun family after all. The three masters are not in Beijing. Even in the province, if something happens to a distinguished person, if they really have to investigate the details, that is something ordinary people like them who do business cannot afford.

So he came closer and asked in a low voice: "Noble sir, what do you want to do with him? I have to report that person's temper. If he insists on refusing to come down and hangs on, nine cows will lose his temper." Don’t touch him.”

Grandma Guan thought for a while and finally said: "Just tell him that he has already decided to find a wife. His mother has agreed to the one he wants, and we will do it just waiting for him to come back."

". Just tell him this and keep him safe."

(End of this chapter)