MTL - Perfect Encounter-Chapter 33
Mrs. Tan was very unhappy. The matter of the big house was indeed troublesome, especially the old nanny who had taught An Ruochen a lesson today. Although the news was temporarily sealed, the old nanny had not returned for a long time. He would guess the reason, the courtyard is full of An Ruochen's people. If a word or a sentence was passed on, I don't know how it would react to An Ruochen's place.
If he can't help Master Qian to stabilize An Ruochen so that he can do things in the future, Master Qian will definitely blame her, and her natal family's life in Fu'an County may be implicated.
And An Zhifu is also just angry, and will scold and scold if she is not satisfied with anything, if she has not done something well during this period of time, the other rooms will catch her and make arrangements to fan the flames in front of An Zhifu, and she will leave The position of mistress is further away.
No matter which of the above, Tan does not want to happen.
She thought for a while, and then she simply faced An Zhifu in front of all the houses and said: "Master, speaking of the other side of the big house, the big girl left home and was dismissed, and all the servants in the yard have nothing to do, and they have become idlers." I was busy the past few days, and I didn't think about it. Now it happens that the third sister mentioned it. Why don't you let the big house and all the servants go away today. Our house will be clean from now on, and there will be no more caring girls. People who are close to him will not make any more troubles such as the servants breaking the rules to snoop on the news, out of sight and out of mind, and avoid troubles in the future."
While talking, Mrs. Tan gave An Zhifu a wink.
An Zhifu heard about the eavesdropping of the old nanny today, so he was so angry that he whipped her himself. He wanted to tie her to the tree in front of the big house to show the public, and warn the servants not to offend her. Ruochen dealt with it, so he suppressed his anger, locked the old nanny in the firewood room, and planned to figure out how to deal with it before sending it off.
Now seeing Tan's wink and hearing her say this, he understood in his heart, so he said: "That's fine, then you can do it quickly. Send them all to save trouble." He turned to each room again The concubine said: "You have also heard clearly. When you go back, you will be disciplined and disciplined. Whoever has such a thing in the yard will be dealt with by the whole courtyard."
Mrs. Xue from the third room and Mrs. Liao from the fifth room hurriedly agreed, but Mrs. Duan from the fourth room raised her eyelids, then lowered her head and continued to drink her tea, as if the affairs in this house had nothing to do with her. Seeing her face, An Zhifu became angry, but Duan's family lost her daughter, and An Ruofang's trace has not been found so far. As long as Duan's family doesn't quarrel, An Zhifu will let her go.
After Mrs. Tan returned to the courtyard, she summoned the nanny in charge, and asked her to take the servant girl to the courtyard of the big house, and restrain all the servants in that courtyard. No one was allowed to leave the courtyard, and they packed up their things and waited to be released. He also summoned An Ping, the steward, and Mr. Accountant to read the prostitution contracts of the big house one by one, and calculated the money. Those with a few-year contract will be sent out with some money, and those with a life-long contract will be handed over to the mother-in-law for sale. In short, everyone will be driven out of the mansion today, and no one will be left behind.
Things were settled quickly. An Zhifu also came over to ask, and Tan explained the situation as if asking for credit, saying that he would take care of it. Once the servants in the courtyard of the big house dispersed, who knew what happened to the old woman. Today at the banquet, the master said in public that all the servants in the big house will be sent away, and the whole house will know soon. There will be chaos when sending people away, and the human tooth woman will come to take people away, and when the time comes, no one will pay attention to them sending the seriously injured old woman away.
"She's getting old, so she won't be able to endure those beatings, she must be dead. If you ask a doctor to treat her, she will leave a story about whether she is cured well or not. It's a waste of money and trouble. It's better to send the scrolls directly to the mountains for mass burial. Go to the post to save trouble. We said to the public that all the servants in the compound have been sent away, and the old nurse has also returned to her hometown."
After hearing this, An Zhifu nodded repeatedly, and praised Mrs. Tan for being smart and handling it well. Complacent, Tan embraced An Zhifu and said softly, "Master's business is my business. If I don't worry about my master, who will?"
An Ruoxi stood outside the door holding the fruit plate for a while, heard their conversation clearly, bit her lip when she heard the old nanny's result, finally calmed down after a while, and went in with the fruit plate.
Later, after An Zhifu left, An Ruoxi and Tan Shi said: "Mother, I thought of an idea, why not find a place outside to put the old nurse in, I will find a doctor to heal her, and then Go and inform Eldest Sister to pick her up. In this way, I can tell Eldest Sister that the old nanny violated the house rules and was punished by her father. I kindly saved her. Eldest Sister will be grateful to me, so she can talk to me."
Mrs. Tan stared: "Your brain is always thinking about something. Your eldest sister is so vicious, but still grateful to you? You are really not half as cunning as her, what can you do?! Think about it, that old woman listened to you. As far as we are concerned, this time is like this. I don’t know how many times I didn’t know before. Did your eldest sister escape because of her instigation? Maybe she is causing trouble. If there is no one to help, how did your eldest sister escape Did you go? At the beginning, I really didn’t have a good time to punish those low slaves, but now there is no need. You said that it’s so simple to pretend to be a good person, and you send that old woman to An Ruochen. What did An Ruochen say with embellishment? With this old woman around to come up with some evil ideas, An Ruochen might do something to hurt our An family. This old woman can't be kept. Don't think too much about it It's over. After this matter is settled, and after two days the rumors have passed, you will go see An Ruochen, find out what she has said, and hold her steady, and listen to Master Qian's instructions on what to do next."
After being scolded, An Ruoxi didn't dare to say more. Back in the room, I was restless and always felt very guilty.
At this time, An Ruochen was carrying white fungus soup to Longda's residence. Walking all the way thinking about things.
She was busy all day today. In the morning, she studied with Steward Fang and dealt with some chores in the backyard, and met Aunt Lu again. Since she was able to make decisions about the daily chores of Ziyun Building, she discussed with Steward Fang about using some vegetables sent by Aunt Lu. She had the selfish intention of repaying Aunt Lu's help to her in the past, and Steward Fang agreed. An Ruochen made an appointment with Aunt Lu, first to tell her about this, and second, to ask Aunt Lu for help before sending a message to the old nanny, saying that An Ruoxi wanted to meet her at An Mansion, and she could ask her from her younger sister. You don't need the old nanny to inquire about Anfu's news. Let her take care of her own safety, don't get involved in this matter, leave quickly, and go back to her hometown to take care of herself.
Aunt Lu agreed without hesitation, saying that when she delivered the food in Anfu, she would find a chance to talk to the old nanny, and then persuade her.
An Ruochen then went out in the afternoon, went to the Jiang family's clothing shop, and went to observe and test Li Xiu'er because it was near the New Year and he wanted to tailor clothes for the general and the adults.
In the past few days, she went to the five houses on the list and found nothing unusual. Previously, the prefect Yao Kun sent a government officer to investigate the case of Xu Matchmaker's suicide on the grounds of re-investigating Xu Matchmaker's suicide, and inquired about all the girls who had been sold as matchmakers, but nothing wrong was found. The spies sent by Long Da secretly observed, but there was no usable information.
Jiangjiayi Shop is the sixth shop that An Ruochen visits. As soon as she entered the door, Li Xiuer warmly greeted her. An Ruochen could tell that Li Xiuer didn't recognize her. After she explained her identity and purpose, Li Xiuer's face froze suddenly. Afterwards, she retreated into the inner courtyard with an excuse, and her husband, Boss Jiang, came to greet An Ruochen in person.
An Ruochen seemed to be serious about shopping for clothes, carefully picking out the materials, asking about the styles, talking about the requirements for making the clothes and giving them the size of the clothes. Boss Jiang dealt with it cautiously, and finally couldn't help but said: "Miss An, besides making clothes, does the lady have other things to do?"
An Ruochen blinked: "Boss Jiang does other things here besides making clothes?"
Boss Jiang quickly waved his hands: "No, no, girl, please don't get me wrong. It's just that I heard some rumors, and the Yamen came to ask some questions before, but what happened to Mrs. Xu, didn't she commit suicide? She was a matchmaker for my family. , but we have no deep friendship with her, what she did has nothing to do with us."
"What Mrs. Xu did has nothing to do with me. She was a matchmaker for me, but the marriage failed in the end." An Ruochen looked innocent: "Could it be because of this that Boss Jiang hates me and doesn't want to take my business?" ?”
"No, no." Boss Jiang waved his hands in panic. "I didn't make up any gossip about the girl. The girl came to me to make clothes for the general, and the small shop is full of splendor. How dare I dislike it."
An Ruochen was about to say something, but someone beside him "puchi" laughed. An Ruochen turned her head to look, and was immediately alert.
Zhao Jiahua. The proprietress of Zhaofu Restaurant.
Zhao Jiahua was holding a girl doll, looking about two years old, who was snuggling sleepily in Zhao Jiahua's arms and rubbing her eyes. An Ruochen had read in the files that Zhao Jiahua and Liu Ze, the owner of Zhaofu Restaurant, had a two-year-old daughter, Liu Yin, and it seemed to be this child.
Zhao Jiahua was smiling at Boss Jiang at this time: "Boss Jiang, you seem guilty for explaining so bluntly."
Boss Jiang waved his hands again in a panic: "No, no, we're not..."
Zhao Jiahua smiled again: "I'm just kidding, Boss Jiang, don't mind. I'm here to get the clothes." She gestured with her eyes, and the maid on the side hurriedly handed out the list. Boss Jiang took it and saw that the clothes had already been cut. , asked Zhao Jiahua if he needed to try on clothes in the elegant room at the back.
An Ruochen quietly watched Zhao Jiahua's reaction.
Zhao Jiahua smiled calmly, saying that she was holding the baby, so there was no need to try. Let the maid take the clothes and leave. So Boss Jiang sent someone to lead the maid to fetch the clothes. Coincidentally, another guest came, Boss Jiang looked at An Ruochen, An Ruochen said with a smile: "Boss Jiang invites the guests to go, I'll just take a look."
Boss Jiang hurriedly saluted, then turned around to greet others.
Li Xiu'er did not come out again, and Boss Jiang didn't seem to pay attention to Zhao Jiahua's movements. An Ruochen chatted with Zhao Jiahua, "This child is so cute, what's his name?"
Zhao Jiahua replied: "Liu Yin."
An Ruochen smiled and asked, "Is it the cause of cause and effect?"
Zhao Jiahua was startled for a moment, then smiled soon, and replied: "Green grass-like wormwood is also the word wormwood for floating wormwood."
This time it was An Ruochen's turn to be startled.
Zhao Jiahua was originally a singing girl from Pinxianglou in Feng'an County, named Tian Yin. An Ruochen asked if it was the word "cause" of cause and effect, and wanted to spy on her, but she didn't expect that she would reply with "Gone with the wind and fallen into chaos".
Due to chance, there are different fates of rich and poor, and it also refers to women's depravity.
This is Zhao Jiahua knowing that his past identity has been exposed, so he simply admitted it?
Without waiting for An Ruochen to reply, Zhao Jiahua continued, "I heard that the girl's younger sister is missing? Is there any news now?"
Now An Ruochen's whole body tensed up, she asked back: "This madam recognizes me?"
Zhao Jiahua smiled and said: "Miss An is very famous in Zhonglan City, who doesn't know? Although I have never seen the girl's appearance, but just now Boss Jiang talked about Miss An and said how about the general, so I guessed it."
This rhetoric sounds perfect, no doubt.
Zhao Jiahua asked again: "Have you found the girl's younger sister?"
An Ruochen shook her head, and then asked: "Madam's restaurant has customers coming and going every day, and the news is well-informed. Has there ever been any news about my sister?"
Zhao Jiahua shook his head, and asked back, "Miss An recognizes me?"
