in spring

Chapter 94
Just when Manru was panicking, Shi'er's reply came from inside the room, and she heard it like a voice from heaven: "Isn't it? Manru didn't lose her beads, and she still wears them every day. Just now I I saw her wearing it on her head. Second sister, who is that girl? Is it really the pink and purple lotus flower she picked up? Could it be Chun'er's?"

Nan Qi said: "You don't recognize that girl, and you don't know who it is, but I have seen that bead flower with my own eyes, it is indeed the flower core of purple colored glaze beads, if that Chun'er threw the flower core of pink beads Yes, of course it's not hers. If Manru's bead flower is still there, could she have made another one?"

"Except for one or two pearl flowers made by each person that day, Xia He took the rest of the glazed beads and strung them into tassels to hang on her gilt hairpin. Make one? Later, the third young master saw it and said it was interesting, so he asked the stewards outside to get a lot of pearls and emerald coral crystal beads, and asked the sisters to make pearl flowers for the young mistress and the two ladies. No one has ever bought colored glaze. Beads. Even if Manru wanted to do it, she couldn’t do it, could she?”

Hearing Shi'er's words, Manru's heart relaxed, and she almost couldn't hold herself back anymore. She managed to climb the window and backed away quietly, but suddenly someone said from behind her: "Manru? What are you doing here?!" She was startled. Jump, turn around, it turned out to be Chen'er.

Chen'er squinted at her, and twitched the corners of her mouth: "Why don't you go into the house? You're sneaking around here, maybe you're eavesdropping?"

Man Ru hated secretly, but forced a smile on her face, and said: "You really know how to tell jokes, okay, why am I eavesdropping here? I originally wanted to go into the house, but I heard that sister Mei Xiang seemed to be There are guests, I am sorry to disturb you, so I am in a daze here." After speaking, he quickly walked to the door and lifted the curtain to enter the door, resisting his gaze at Nanqi, only focused on Mei Xiang, and said with a smile: "Sister Mei Xiang, just now I was making clothes for the third young master, and suddenly I thought, now that the weather is getting hotter, should I make some more undershirts for him? He is taller this year than last year, so he must not be able to wear the old undershirts from before. Didn’t I hear it earlier? Did you get all the materials for this year's summer clothes? Why don't you go and get a few good horses back as soon as possible?"

A trace of suspicion flashed in Mei Xiang's eyes, but it didn't show on her face: "I thought about it too. I brought back two bolts of Songjiang white cotton cloth earlier, and I've already started making them. If you have free time, come and help."

Manru agreed, turned her head to look at Nanqi, smiled permissively, and was about to go out, but was stopped by Nanqi: "You are Manru? The bead flower on your head looks familiar to me. It seems that I have seen someone who has one, do you know who it is?"

Manru tried her best to hold her breath, and said with a stiff smile: "I don't know, but when making bead flowers, several people made the same pattern. Shi'er is here, she remembers it most clearly, Xia He, Xiang'er, Rong'er, and Xiao Ling all have them, so why don't you ask them?"

Nan Qi turned to look at Shi'er, Shi'er frowned and said, "They also made lotus flowers, but they used beads of other colors. The only ones that resembled you were Chun'er and yours. If it wasn't for the different flower cores, it would be the same. I can’t tell the difference. I don’t need to ask anyone about this, I remember it too.”

Nan Qi turned his eyes back to Man Ru, Man Ru smiled nervously, and said, "It doesn't matter whose it is? It's just a glass bead flower, and it's worth twenty or thirty Wen at most outside. If it's lost, it's lost, who can't find it everywhere? If that's the case, it's a disgrace to our Marquis Mansion. It's not worthwhile for Sister Wang to spend so much time on such a trivial matter." Said After that, he greeted Mei Xiang: "I'll see if the third young master's lunch is ready." Then he went out.

The three people in the room were silent for a moment, then Nan Qi smiled: "It's strange, I just said that someone had such a bead flower, why did I say it was lost? This Manru knows it very well."

Mei Xiang knew that it was because Man Ru was eavesdropping outside the window just now, so she couldn't help but feel that her face was dull, so she said uncomfortably: "Little girls are ignorant, I told you to read a joke. But her words also have some truth, just a A worthless bead flower, you just throw it away. If you spend more time on the business, why worry..." Paused, he didn't know what to say.

With a calm expression on Nan Qi's face, he casually hooked a small strand of hair to his chest to play with, bowed his head and said, "What's the use of spending so much time? I've already got a mark on my body, and I'm just living through the day. I've done a lot." , on the contrary, there is a mistake."

"Second Sister..." Shi'er murmured, Mei Xiang couldn't bear it, so she persuaded Nan Qi: "Don't worry too much, who can give you face? Even if you can't become a powerful person in front of your wife, your life will be difficult." It’s much better than others, let’s look at it, it’s not like you to be sad and complain.”

Nan Qi turned his head and stared at Mei Xiang, with the corners of his mouth curled up: "You are a good person, but it's a pity that you don't work in the wife's house. I will remember what you said today. , so I can’t watch you suffer, I have a few words to remind you, you have to be careful if someone secretly pours dirty water on you.”

Mei Xiang showed doubts in her eyes.

Manru returned to her room in a hurry, and began to breathe heavily, secretly recalling what she said just now, to see if there were any flaws, but her mind was in chaos.She plucked the bead flower from her head, wishing she could smash it into pieces, but she couldn't do it.She still needs it to prove her "innocence".

"What did you do to that bead flower?" Chen'er's voice suddenly sounded at the door, Manru's face turned pale with shock, she quickly put the bead flower on her back, and said with a straight face: "I don't understand what you're doing Say what."

"The bead in the flower core...isn't it made of Liuli?" Chen'er walked over and picked off the bead flower, held it in front of her eyes for a closer look, and stretched out her other hand to block Manru's movements, "It looks good at first glance." It seems to be the same, but the flower core is clearly a purple crystal bead for the young mistress and the ladies to make bead flowers, no wonder when I packed up the leftover beads that day, I lost one no matter how I counted it, so you took it." She said. He glanced at Manru with a sneer: "If my sisters find out, what will they think? My wife won't tolerate a thief among the people around the third young master, right?"

Manru was very panicked at first, but she calmed down when she heard this: "You don't need to pretend to be a good person. If your hands and feet are clean, where did the jade pendant around your waist come from? Isn't it the one on your earrings?" Leftover Hepu pearls? Even if the superiors want to catch thieves, they won’t be able to catch me!”

Chen'er's expression changed first, and then he sneered and said, "You think I'm afraid? I asked Sister Lan Xiang about these things. It's not like you stole them. It really annoyed me, so I'll take you to Mrs. Come and reason!" After saying that, he threw Zhuhua on her body angrily, turned and left.

Manru secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pinching the bead flower, feeling a little uneasy.Should she ask her mother to quietly buy a few purple glazed beads and replace them?Although she forced Chen'er to retreat for the time being, there was no guarantee that the other party would not frame her at the expense of her. It was better to eliminate this hidden danger as soon as possible.

She had just made up her mind, and when she raised her head inadvertently, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.Nan Qi stood just outside the window, staring at the Pearl Flower in her hand, and then turned to her face, smiling slightly, as if he had understood everything.

She heard it!

Manru panicked, not knowing how to let go of her hands and feet.

At this time Mei Xiang came up from behind and called Nan Qi to stop: "You forgot the handkerchief in my room, you are really careless."

Nan Qi smiled, took the handkerchief, and said: "That matter...you need to pay more attention to it."

"Of course!" Mei Xiang turned cold, "No matter how good-tempered I am, there is no reason for others to step on my head! If you want to make trouble under my nose, don't blame me for being rude!" After finishing speaking, she glanced He glanced at Manru, wondering why her face was so pale.

Mei Xiang sent Nan Qi out, but Man Ru sat powerlessly on the edge of the bed, Nan Qi's hateful smile, Mei Xiang's words and her glance were all in her mind.What does it mean?Does even Mei Xiang know what she has done?But why did Mei Xiang blame her? !She did nothing wrong!

Will Nan Qi report this matter to the Second Young Master?She has served the second young master for many years, even if the master changes, she will still miss the old love, right?Is it possible that this time even I will be silenced?hateful!How did he doubt himself when Chun'er was obviously besides him? !

Man Ru hugged her knees and leaned against the corner of the bed anxiously, full of unwillingness.That Nanqi has been the daughter of their family since she was a child. Regardless of food and clothing, she is no different from the serious lady in the Hou Mansion. She has the same silk and satin, delicacies from mountains and seas. No matter how angry the young master is, no matter how domineering he is, he still has to be scruples about her, and he usually does his best to do light work. As soon as he is old, he will leave the house to marry, or marry into a decent and good family and be a young mistress to enjoy the blessings!How did she know the hardships of these little girls? !
He is obviously already a member of the wife's house, and he is still helping the second young master... disloyal and unrighteous!
Suddenly, Manru's eyes lit up.She thought of a way to save herself!How could she be so confused?Such a big matter, why hide it?The wife should be very happy to know what good things the second young master has done, right?Since she is the third young master's girl and wife's person, she naturally wants to help the third young master!

Manru turned on the bed immediately, and quickly walked out of the courtyard door. On the way, Luer called her twice, but she ignored it.She wanted to tell her wife everything right away, and she would also sue Nanqi for a complaint. After making this contribution, she must be more valued by his wife, and her position in Huanhuaxuan would be more stable!
Time flies, and it has been three months since Chunying came to Funing Street.

For her, this period of time was quite unbearable.She lost a full two rounds of weight, grew taller, and got tanned, but at the same time, her work efficiency has greatly improved. She can finish things that would have taken three to four hours in two hours. And Mrs. Cheng's sewing chores in the room, she is becoming more and more proficient.

Aunt Cheng still scolds people at every turn, but she is more willing to teach her skills than before.Chunying guessed in her heart that the hell-style training was indeed useful. Her skill at making clothes for herself was N times stronger than before, and she had evolved from "making a piece of clothing" to "making a beautiful piece of clothing". Even the neckline is also added with quite eye-catching embroidery.What makes her even more proud is that she has also mastered Mother Lu's unique skill of knowing the size by hand-eye measurement and cutting clothes with scissors.

It turns out that this kind of thing is not too difficult...

Chunying proudly sewed a cloak, and Aunt Cheng slapped it on her face unexpectedly: "Be serious!" She refrained from the pain and didn't shout out, muttering: "Got it..." and began to sew seriously .

After quickly sewing two cloaks, she remembered that she hadn't bought the food for the two meals today, so she hurriedly left her work and went downstairs.Shopkeeper Shi walked over from the front and said loudly, "Xiaochun, I have an appointment with someone for a drink tonight, so you don't have to cook for me."

Chunying agreed, and then asked with a smile: "The shopkeeper, who is the treat? Are you going to Fumanlou again?"

Shopkeeper Shi smiled and said: "Where is it? What is Fumanlou? Today we are going to Jinduo Pavilion!"

It was a high-end restaurant on a nearby street. Chunying didn't know how high-end the food and drinks were, but the price was well-known to be high-end. When she heard it, she was startled: "Who is so generous? Burning for too much money?"

Shopkeeper Shi laughed loudly, but at this moment, the sound of gongs and drums sounded in the distance, gradually approaching.Shopkeeper Shi hurriedly turned back to the front store, Chunying didn't care at all, but Aunt Cheng poked her head out from upstairs and scolded: "Which company has come to Funing Street for the funeral?! It's really bad luck!"

Have a funeral?It was only then that Chunying realized that the sound of gongs and drums was playing mourning music, so she hurried to the front of the shop, watched the funeral procession slowly passing by on the street, and whispered to Shopkeeper Shi, "Which family is this? They seem to be very rich."

Shopkeeper Shi replied in a low voice: "I recognize the dutiful son in front, he is the young master of the imperial merchant Hu's family. Tsk! I knew that the old man of the Hu family was seriously ill, but I heard that his condition has improved. I didn't expect to say no. It's gone. How much money this person has is the same..."

Chunying felt a little strange, why did she feel that the Hu family... seemed familiar?

(The seventh day of the lunar new year is People’s Day, everyone’s birthday, I wish everyone a happy birthday~~~)

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