Stepmother's Adoption Letter

Chapter 96 The Theft (2)
Yuan Lu waved her hand feebly and refused, "I'll be home in a while, so relax and relax when you get home. Take a break and leave me alone."

Back at the Duke's Mansion, the maids and women surrounded the two of them back to their respective courtyards.

After entering the room, Yuan Lu felt dizzy as soon as the room was hot.

Mother Hua gave her a bowl of hot ginger syrup to drink, while Qingjiang and Lushui took apart her beaded crown.The heavy pearl crown was taken off, Yuan Lu's head lightened, and her neck was already sore.And the broken hair on her forehead was also wet with sweat.

She ordered someone to change her clothes, and after removing the sweat-soaked underwear, Mama Hua wiped her body with a hot towel, and then changed into her usual clothes again.

Yuan Lu lay on the couch for a while, feeling less dizzy, so she called Mama Shi and Mama Lu in.

Today is the first day of the new year, and there are many things to do.Firecrackers have already started to be set off outside, and the sound of crackling can be heard endlessly.

Some bounties were distributed in Tiangong this day, and they were all scattered copper coins, and they were even packed in sacks when they were sent to collect them.

However, these specially made copper coins are just for good intentions. Although many downtrodden families really rely on this to make a living, those like the Duke of Cheng only take them back for favors.

After the copper coins are brought back, they must be counted, and some of them will be put in the treasury of the public house, and the rest will be distributed to the courtyards of the masters for rewarding people.

The first three children got up, and they had to go to the old lady to pay New Year's greetings. After kowtowing, they got the red envelopes, and then went to Yuan Lu's yard to give her New Year's greetings.

In addition, everyone in the yard around each master should also appreciate it once.

There are a lot of people in Yuan Lu's own yard, and after the reward, she has to gather all the rough men and women in the mansion, and send out a red envelope to lecture them.The servants in front also want to reward, but it is given out by the hands of the butler Gao Da, and Gao Da will send two servants to answer from time to time.

I haven't finished working on this side yet, and suddenly someone reported that something happened to sister Xi, and the old lady called her to go.

Yuan Lu was dizzy and dizzy from busy work. At this time, she pulled herself together, explained to the two mothers, and followed.

It turned out that the old lady saw the poor quality of the little jade hairpin that Sister Xi was wearing on her head during the Chinese New Year, and thought that she had given her a red jade hairpin, so she asked someone to go back and find it for her to wear.

As a result, after searching, I really found something.That red jadeite dripping bead with golden steps, it's gone!
Sister Xi's hair is usually short (guàn) in the early years of her hair, that is, two small buns are tied on her head, and she seldom wears jewelry.But today the old lady suddenly thought of that thing.

After looking for a pass and failing to answer it, the old lady was also furious. This kind of thing happened on the first day of the new year, and it was really bad luck.So I called Yuan Lu and asked her to handle the matter.

Yuan Lu asked someone to open sister Xi's dowry and cage, and then asked someone to count the things in the book.

Sister Xi's nanny knelt in front of the old lady, kneeling straight, as if she had no guilt in her heart.

Once Yuan Lu checked it out, there were four or five pieces of more expensive jewelry missing, and some good materials in the cage were also missing.Not to mention the little things that don't get recorded.

Sister Xi doesn't have many small things, so the lost things are already a small half of her valuables.

During the interrogation, Sister Xi was standing next to the old lady, with her head lowered, her hands pinching the hem of her clothes, she looked more reserved than the servants in her yard.

After Yuan Lu checked, circled the lost things with a red pen and threw them in front of the nanny.

"I lost so many things, what can my mother say?"

(End of this chapter)