chapter 27

It is night now, but the courtyard is brightly lit.

Wei Wei, who was beside Zhen Yiyun, was standing in the courtyard. A few old ladies with lamps and candles stood beside them. They raised their hands and instructed a few little girls to open Liushun and Bazhen's boxes, even the girls. The family's makeup boxes, mirrors, clothes and other private items have been turned over and counted in front of people.

Although there are wives and girls on the left and right, but the private house objects of these girls are watched and pointed, and if they change their thin skin, they will be embarrassed to go to the ground.

Although Bazhen is a girl, she has served Zhen Tingyun since she was a child. Old lady Zhen is a bit tricky, but Zhen Tingyun is very generous and treats her well. Therefore, she and Liushun had never suffered such grievances before, and they were angry and hated for a while, and their whole bodies were shaking.

Liu Shun also endured the blushing, his teeth clenched tightly, and forced out the words: "Is it done?"

Wei Wei snorted: "You two girls pack your things during the day, how can you turn over a pile of luggage in a while?" After that, she asked someone to turn it down.

Just at this moment, heard a quiet and soft female voice, as cold as night—

"What are you turning over?"

Wei Wei turned around when she heard the sound, but saw Zhen Tingyun wearing a silver-gray cloak, walking in slowly. Her face was slightly stiff, she gritted her teeth, and hurriedly bowed to Zhen Tingyun, saying, "I have seen the second girl."

Zhen Tingyun raised his hand, called them up, and asked again indifferently, "What's going on? What are you turning over?"

Standing on the left and right of the old woman holding the lantern and holding the candle, the flames illuminated half of the yard, and the snow-white face of Zhen Tingyun was somewhat dim and unclear.

Mammy Wei saw it, her heart skipped a beat, she couldn't help being a little more cautious, and explained, "The eldest girl lost a white suet hairpin today, thinking that she will only be in the Er-Girls' House when she gets home. After sitting there for a while, it must have landed in the second girl's house. The old slave got the eldest girl's order, and he was searched for a while but he couldn't find it. I was afraid that some girl had no eyes and stole it, so he dared to scream. People turned over the girl's things."

Zhen Tingyun didn't make a sound, his eyelashes drooped slightly, his eyes were sharp and indifferent, slicing through Wei Wei's white dough-like face like a blade.

Wei Wei's expression became more and more stiff, and her voice became weaker without realizing it, she only took a deep breath and said, "Old slave naturally knows that the girl's people will not do such a thing, just in front of people like this. Looking over it, just now is clear, white is white. It saves those little hoofs who don't know anything about this girl and the people she brought..."

"What is clear is clear, and white is white." Zhen Tingyun was angry and angry, but with a smile on his face, he said word by word, "I see Wei Wei, you are the one who needs to be used by the eldest sister. I just gave you some face because of your age. I let you talk in front of me. I didn't think that you would become more and more amazing, and your words and actions were not calculated at all - they all said 'catch the thief and get dirty', you still I didn't take the dirt, so I just came to rummage through my girl's luggage, and if you don't know it, you're still treating us as a thief!"

Wei Wei already felt bad, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Miss! The girl is serious! The old slave never dared to doubt you, the second girl! It was just a small matter, and the old slave was anxious to find the jade hairpin for the big girl, and searched the yard. I didn't look for it, I was only afraid that someone deliberately did something wrong, and I panicked for a while, and just made such a wrong move. Now it has been checked, and the girl's people are all innocent. I also ask the girl to calm down."

Zhen Tingyun only looked at Wei Mammy's round face that was wrinkled into a ball, and her smile grew wider: "Mammy is indeed very caring, otherwise, why would Mammy only look at Liushun and Bazhen's things? No? Flip over Pinglan and Qiu Si? Don't look at Lin Momo? Don't look at me?"

Zhen Tingyun still had a smile on his face when he spoke, but his words were sharp, and his words only made Wei Wei's face turn blue, and fine beads of sweat ooze out from his forehead.

Seeing that Wei Wei didn't dare to answer, Zhen Tingyun pursed his lips and sneered, and simply answered: "That's right, Pinglan, Qiu Si and Lin Ma are all the people my mother chose for me, so naturally they won't be thieves. , you won't look at their things. Only I and the two girls came from the country, and the most shallow-eyed and ignorant, they looked like thieves. It's a pity that I took the name of a girl, and you don't Dare to come and look at my things, I have to take the things of my two girls and turn them over - anyway, they are the girls who are thieves, and my master must be a thief."

Saying that, Zhen Tingyun raised his eyebrows and glanced at the next room where the lights were still on, as if mocking: "Look, this courtyard has been turned over like this? Treated like a thief, the eldest sister is still sitting in the house without saying a word - it can be seen that you people call me 'second girl', but don't think much in your heart, only my eldest sister is the only one in the house A very, very precious girl. I am incomparable."

"Come on, stop! I'm from the country, and I should know some sense of proportion. It's better to send someone to report to my mother. Let my mother be the master, and take out all my things and look over them. Bai. To save those ignorant little hoofs from talking about me and the people I brought."

Just now, Wei Wei kept saying, "If you turn it over in front of people like this, just now is clear and white. It will save those little hoofs who don't know anything about the girl and the people she brought." Zhen Tingyun returned the words, which was really unpleasant.

Hearing Zhen Tingyun climbing her own girl Zhen Yiyun, Wei Wei was so panicked, and when she heard about her wife, she felt her knees soften, and she immediately knelt down.

Zhen Yiyun just looked up at her.

Wei Wei is also obedient, raised her hand and slapped her face twice, and said, "It's the old slave who is panicking and rude, and the old slave is here to apologize to the girl. I also ask the girl to calm down... Now It's too late, the eldest girl has to go to women's school tomorrow, the wife said she had to take a break, how dare you disturb them because of this trivial matter..."

Zhen Tingyun snorted coldly and turned his head slightly.

Under the lights in the courtyard, her profile was beautiful, revealing the clear and bright texture and color of jade.

Zhen Tingyun ignored Wei Wei who was kneeling on the ground and slapped herself. Instead, she raised her chin slightly and said to Liushun and Bazhen, "There is no need for anyone else, Liushun, Bazhen, you all go to the main courtyard and go. Please ask my mother to come and be the master. Although I am new here, this is also my home, and my father and mother are the masters for me. The closest relatives of the family, could it be that they would really see me suffer and let me be bullied by an evil slave? The truth of being bullied to the head but also swallowing it up."

With these words, the expressions of everyone in the courtyard changed and changed, but Bazhen and Liushun had already had enough. When they heard this, they immediately walked to the main courtyard to invite someone. The little girls on top didn't dare to stop them, so they had to let them go.

Wei Wei was still kneeling, but her face was gray and her eyes were still rolling, thinking hard about what to do if Pei came.

At this moment, Zhen Tingyun stepped up, walked in front of Wei Wei, and suddenly smiled.

Seeing this, Wei Wei felt a little bad in her heart, and hesitated whether to speak, she heard Zhen Tingyun lowered her voice, and said casually: "Big sister really can sit still, obviously you have got her orders. When I went to look for something, it was only with her acquiescence that she dared to bring someone to look over the things of my two girls. Now my mother is kneeling here, and my eldest sister is still sitting in the room, not moving at all, not making a sound, really sitting. Stay. I really liked her as my sister!"

Saying that, Zhen Tingyun seemed to be very sorry, and sighed: "It's just a pity that you are loyal."

Wei Wei was startled, and then she gritted her teeth and refuted her eldest girl: "No, the eldest girl she..."

"Snapped".

Before Wei Wei's words were finished, Zhen Tingyun raised his hand and gave her a slap in the face, and scolded her with a frown, "You are so bold, you even dare to slap on the big sister even if you deceive me when you are new here! What kind of talent is my elder sister, and how can you, an old slave, be able to talk nonsense?! That is to say, the elder sister has a good temperament, which makes your slaves even more ignorant. It's just that the elder sister can tolerate you, but I am the younger sister. You can't tolerate your slanderous words!"

When Wei Wei heard this, she was already in a hurry, so she would say: "No, I mean the big girl, she didn't..."

Before she could finish speaking, Zhen Tingyun raised her hand and gave her two slaps neatly, only to slap Wei Mama's white dough-like face until it fermented and turned red.

Zhen Tingyun's subordinates didn't hold back, and he felt distressed, turned his head to look, and saw that Pei's arrangement for him was standing not far away from Qiu Si, so he waved: "You all heard Wei Wei said just now. what?"

Leaning on the railing Qiusi just stood a little further away, but he also faintly heard Wei Wei's voices of "big girl". They looked at each other, and then whispered, "Mother Wei seems to be talking about the big girl..."

Wei Wei has been beaten to the point of dizziness, but she still has a heart of loyalty. When someone mentions the eldest girl, she will open her mouth to defend. As a result, Zhen Tingyun unceremoniously gave her two more slaps, but only made her dizzy, and even forgot to speak.

Seeing that Wei Wei was silent, Zhen Tingyun just turned to Pinglan Qiusi: "If she says I am, it's fine. It's just that she is the person next to the eldest sister. At this moment, I suddenly go crazy, and dare to say the eldest sister's. No, if it spreads out, outsiders must believe it if they can’t say it. Wouldn’t it hurt the reputation of the eldest sister? Therefore, even for the sake of the eldest sister, I can’t spare her. , I have to teach this old slave a lesson."

Leaning on the railing and Qiu Si looked at each other, wondering for a while whether they should or not.

Zhen Tingyun simply put on a bully face: "Mother gave you to me, so it's possible that you didn't even listen to me."

Leaning and Qiu Si did not dare to be careless anymore, they stepped forward, one left and one right, raised their hands and hit Wei Wei in the face.

The two of you will look at you, and I will look at you. The only sound in the courtyard is "slap", "slap", and "slap". The girls standing around all have their faces turned pale with fright. out.

As the saying goes, "Gods and ghosts are afraid of wicked people", Zhen Tingyun didn't put on airs when he first came, and he was friendly when he talked, laughed, and looked at him, but they felt that the other party was from the country and was petty. At this time, she suddenly made a ruthless attack, which made these people a little embarrassed.

Only Zhen Tingyun still had a smile on his face, with a cold-hearted look, and said calmly, "Continue to fight, if I don't say stop, you are not allowed to stop."

She wanted to see how long her elder sister could hide in the house—she could still sit in the house when she beat and scolded her servant like this in the yard? She is really strong, she has to obey!

At this moment, a cold female voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard—

"stop."

It was Pei's voice.

Pinglan and Qiu Si had been fighting with pain for a long time. At this time, when they heard Pei's words, their hearts were relieved.

Zhen Tingyun curled his lips secretly, and glanced at Wei Wei, whose face was swollen from the beating, and felt that this person was described as a braised pig's head that was sacrificed to ancestors during the Chinese New Year, with a fat head and big ears.

Thinking of the braised pig's head, Zhen Tingyun was happy, his anger subsided a little, and he stepped up to greet Mrs. Pei, complaining bitterly: "Mother is here, if you don't come again, I'm afraid that my daughter will be bullied by others. I don't have the face to live in this mansion."

Pei shi looked at Wei Wei, who was still kneeling, dizzy and swollen, and then looked at Zhen Tingyun's aggrieved and resentful appearance, only to feel a headache. Fortunately, she has been out with Zhen's father for many years, and she has seen more and more, and now she only asks indifferently: "What's going on?"

Zhen Tingyun looked innocent: "I just came back, and I didn't quite understand before and after, why don't I just ask Wei Wei to say it herself?"

Wei Wei had been knocked out, but when she heard Zhen Tingyun mention her, she trembled all over, and just passed by.

Zhen Tingyun: "..." This is too useless, right?

Fortunately, Mrs. Pei has always been calm and patient. When she saw this, she turned her eyes to Mammy Lin on the other side: "Tell me." Mammy Lin was the one she chose for Zhen Tingyun. She was very honest. letter.

Mammy Lin had to come forward and explain the matter succinctly.

Pei Shi looked around, quickly grasped the key point, and asked, "Have you found the hosta of the eldest girl?"

"Not yet." A little girl next to Wei Wei lowered her head and replied with a whimper.

Pei's mind changed and she understood the matter: most of the time, Zhen Yiyun lost her hairpin, and the servants searched and couldn't find it. She was anxious, so she simply made a scene and took Zhen Tingyun's two little girls, eight. Jane Liushun has a seizure. This episode, firstly, suppressed the arrogance of the second girl Zhen Tingyun, who had just come to the house, and made everyone know that the eldest girl is still the master of the courtyard, and secondly, she can also have an explanation with the eldest girl Zhen Yiyun.

After all, the servants also have their own minds and abacus - they all live in the same courtyard, a big girl, a second girl, but they are all descended directly, and it is always inevitable that the east wind will prevail over the west wind, or the west wind will prevail over the east wind.

Pei's heart was like a mirror, and he couldn't help but sighed secretly. He almost had the idea of ​​moving the yard for Zhen Ting Yun, but he suppressed it.

She didn't want to make the matter bigger, and she didn't want to bring it up to Zhen Yiyun, so she didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she reached out to hold Zhen Tingyun's hand, and looked at the red palm carefully, feeling distressed. Said: "It's just a slave. If you don't like it, just send it out. Why do you need to do it yourself? I feel distressed when I look at it... You are a girl who shouts and kills like this, and your reputation is always bad."

Zhen Tingyun blinked his eyes with an innocent face: "I didn't want to hit her, but she just spoke falsely and dared to say that this matter was ordered by the eldest sister-how did I hear this, so I had to hit her twice. Down."

God is pitiful, if it wasn't for Wei Wei already fainted, I'm afraid she would have to use both hands and feet to get up and question Zhen Tingyun: Are you fucking "twice"? !

Is it "twice"? !

Do you want to lose face? !

It's a pity that Wei Wei was still dizzy and couldn't move when she lay down, so Pei was the only one in the hospital who dared to question Zhen Tingyun's words.

It's just, what does Mrs. Pei do to question her daughter's words for an old slave?

Therefore, Mrs. Pei's expression remained unchanged, and she sighed with a smile: "You child, your temper is too quick..." After saying that, she made a wink and let Mammy Wei be dragged out.

However, Zhen Tingyun stopped again at this time: "It's the person next to the big sister, there is no reason to deal with it without knowing the big sister."

Pei Shi paused, and said politely: "Your big sister is going to women's school tomorrow, why bother her about this trivial matter? I'll talk to her later."

"My mother-in-law loves her sister, and she is afraid of delaying her study. But I often hear people say that what women learn is not only about six arts, but also about the world." Zhen Tingyun said softly, "Mother Wei can't do it. She's a slave, and she is so arrogant. It's mostly because the eldest sister is too lenient on weekdays. Now that you are at home, you will naturally not make me and my eldest sister feel wronged. But what about the future? It’s almost time for her to get married, and she will have to marry a housekeeper in the future. It’s time to learn how to control her. According to her daughter: Mother, let the big sister come out. I can gain more experience. If I can learn the skills of a schoolgirl, it will only be half-percent, and I will benefit from it all my life.”

Zhen Tingyun laughed as he spoke, with bright apricot eyes and pear eddies on his cheeks, especially sweet: "Mother, do you think this is the truth?"

At this point, Zhen Tingyun naturally would not ask Zhen Yiyun to continue to be her clean and innocent eldest lady.

Listening to Zhen Tingyun's series of words, and looking at her smiling face, Pei's mood at this time was also very complicated. It's just that since Zhen Tingyun had said it here, she was unwilling and willing, so she patted Zhen Tingyun's arm and sighed, "What you said is also reasonable."

So he asked someone to go to the next room and called Zhen Yiyun out.

It should be night, and it's about time to go to bed. Zhen Yiyun only has a plain gauze shirt on his body. When he goes out, he hurriedly put on a big cloak with a blue embroidered cloud and crane pattern, and his hair was only loosely rolled up. Seeing the chaos in the yard, she couldn't help but take a step, her face changed greatly, and she hurriedly raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Pei: "Mother, what's wrong?"

Pei Shi gave her a deep look, and said, "You don't know?"

Zhen Yiyun's expression remained unchanged, and she lowered her head and sighed, "Daughter is reading a book in the house. You know her daughter. When you look at the book, there is no other side. How can you know about these things outside."

Pei didn't know if she believed it or not. She only told her about Wei Wei, and said lightly: "Your sister means, this is your person after all, and you still have to clean it up. I thought and asked you to come out. It's good to hear it."

Zhen Yiyun's beautiful face was completely bloodless, as if panicked and angry. After a while, she bit her lip with her fine teeth and gritted her teeth: "This kind of servant can't be kept by her daughter anymore, she can only be dismissed. out."

After speaking, Zhen Yiyun looked at Mrs. Pei again with tears in her eyes, and said in a low voice, "It's just that Wei Wei has been serving me for many years, without credit or hard work, she is this age again, although she made a mistake. But that's too old to be confused, I just ask my mother to let her go for the sake of being respectful when she sees how she served me in the past."

Before Mrs. Pei could answer, Zhen Tingyun on the side answered instead: "Eldest sister said that it is right for a servant to serve the master. How can you forgive her for this wrong thing? of."

Zhen Yiyun bit her lip, stared at Zhen Tingyun, and said in a low voice, "My little sister is so cruel...Isn't the servant not a human being? Although Wei Wei did something wrong, she was beaten before. I've been scolded and scolded, what else? It's better to let her go to her house."

The lights in the courtyard are too bright and a little dazzling. Zhen Tingyun narrowed his eyes and said lightly, "Sister is joking. If she doesn't bully me, how can I, as my sister, take care of my sister's people? It's just that she is so arrogant and domineering that she bullies me, I will Wouldn’t she be a tortoise king if she didn’t say anything? Besides, since she has done all these things, I naturally can’t ask her to go home and enjoy her old age! Saints say, ‘Repaying resentment with virtue, why repay virtue’, and my sister also reads the book of sages and sages When you grow up, you don't even know this?"

"You!" Zhen Yiyun gritted his teeth, his face changed slightly, and he wanted to say more.

At this moment, Mrs. Pei coughed, interrupting the quarrel between their sisters: "Okay, let's talk less! It's just a slave, why is it worth the two of you to be so noisy?"

After all, Mrs. Pei was the mistress of the house, and she had a certain idea, so she quickly ordered someone to drag Wei Wei down and sent her to work in Zhuangzi outside the city. As for the follow-up processing, this is not easy to say in public. Then, she soothed the left and right maids and made them retreat in silence.

After everyone retreated, and there were only a few confidants left in the courtyard, Mrs. Pei calmed down and held Zhen Tingyun's hand to comfort her: "Good boy, you have been wronged. It's just that this is not a troublesome thing. It's too big, if it spreads out, it will inevitably hinder the reputation of you and your sister, and it will not be good for our family..."

After speaking, looking at the sky, Mrs Pei said softly: "Okay, it's getting late, you should rest earlier, but it's not good to be angry with your body about this."

Zhen Tingyun nodded in agreement, got up and bowed to Pei Shi, and turned to leave.

Pei shi watched her go back to the room, while he glanced at Zhen Yiyun and walked to Zhen Yiyun's room.

Zhen Yiyun naturally lowered his head and followed.

Zhen Tingyun went back to the room, and after sitting down, he thought about what happened tonight, smiled, and secretly said: Mrs. Pei is afraid that she will have a private conversation with Zhen Yiyun again - after all, they are a close and intimate couple. Children, mothers and daughters, beating is kissing and scolding, it is love, and this foreigner is definitely not as good as...

Thinking of this, the corners of Zhen Yiyun's lips were slightly raised, and a mocking smile was drawn, but her tone was very clear: "Bazhen, you go to the box I keep and get two pieces of silver for Pinglan and Qiusi - tonight, too. Tired of them, I just took the money to buy some medicine for my hands."

This is not only to reward their obedience, but also to win people's hearts.

Neither Pinglan nor Qiu Si thought that they would be rewarded by the Second Girl, and they were all stunned for a while. It took a long time for them to bow their heads and thank Zhen Yiyun for the reward, and said, "Thank you, Second Lady." They just hit Wei Wei a few times, and now the palms of their hands are really aching, and they need medicine.

Zhen Tingyun waved his hands and ordered them to go down to prepare water and prepare to take a bath, and then called Bazhen and Liushun over and said to them, "Don't wipe your tears, you will go to grandma's side tomorrow to serve, but It can’t be like this anymore. You guys, you still have to stand up straight when doing things for others, and you must not show your cowardice in front of others. Most people in the world are generally bullying and afraid of hardship. But I don't know that those people are unstoppable, and seeing this, I think you are weak and can be bullied."

Ba Zhen and Liu Shun responded quickly, and they were very grateful to Zhen Tingyun for venting his anger for them, but they were all clumsy mouths and stupid cheeks. Be sure to serve the old lady well."

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On the other side, Mrs. Pei took her eldest daughter Zhen Yiyun to the next room.

Just as Zhen Tingyun thought in his heart, "hitting is kissing and scolding is love" - ​​when the screen retreated from the person serving on the side, Pei Shi couldn't hold back for a while, raised his hand and gave Zhen Yiyun a slap.