novelraw Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Nanny Song, who had been guarding on the porch outside the door, had long heard the conversation between the mother and the child in the house. Seeing Yan Li walking away with a look of hesitation, she hurried into the house and asked, "Madam, is this a serious matter?" Forget it? What a pity!"
Mrs. Wei sighed, "He doesn't want to, what can I do?"
Nanny Song hurriedly said: "This matter is of great importance, Madam has to think twice! After all, we can't afford to offend the Qi family, not to mention that they didn't dislike our family. The gift, and promised many benefits to our family. If he lowered his stance like this, if we don't agree again, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? Don't say that Ms. Qi will be difficult to be a person in the future, even Mrs. Qi will definitely become angry. I'm afraid that we have no good fruit to eat!"
Mrs. Wei waved her hand irritably: "I didn't expect you to say this? It's just that this twisted melon is not sweet. I can't let Li'er be wronged for the rest of my life just because of these things, can I?"
Nanny Song thought for a while, and boldly suggested: "Madam, our brother is not too young, and he should have married a long time ago, but he has insisted on not moving this idea all these years. Did Madam secretly inquire about it?" The reason?"
"The root cause?" Mrs. Wei was taken aback for a moment, and then a cold light flashed in her eyes, and she couldn't help shouting, "Nurse Song, what do you mean? Could it be that you suspect my Li'er...he..."
In the end, Mrs. Wei didn't say that terrible word, but spat hard, stomped her foot and said, "Impossible! My Li'er has always been very upright, and never has those messy thoughts!"
After hearing this, Nanny Song knew that Mrs. Wei would be wrong, so she shuddered and hurriedly argued: "Ma'am, that's not what I meant! Alas, even if you beat me to death, I wouldn't dare I have those doubts about my brother! I mean... it is... I suspect that my brother already has someone he likes in his heart!"
"What?!" Madam Wei was taken aback, she stood up involuntarily, walked around the room twice, Fang stood still, shook her head firmly and said: "Impossible! Li'er has always been straightforward, if he really If you have someone you like, you won't hide it from me! Most importantly, he doesn't need to hide it. After all, he's not young, and I'm pressing hard. He should have said it earlier and asked me to go to the woman's house to propose marriage. , how could it be concealed?"
Nanny Song thought for a while, and said: "Madam is right, I am just so skeptical, and there is no basis for it. If Madam wants to feel at ease, she can directly ask brother. Of course, if it is inconvenient, you can ask The servants and maids by my brother’s side. ——Oh, yes, speaking of the maids by my brother’s side, I was just about to tell my wife that when my brother came back today, I saw that girl Qing’er also came. This girl has been serving outside with my brother, so she must know about my brother, why don't you find out with her first, so that the wife can make an early decision!"
"Oh? Qing'er is back? Why didn't you say it earlier!" Mrs. Wei gave Song Nanny a reproachful look, and hurriedly ordered a little girl to call Qing'er to answer.After the girl left, Mrs. Wei chatted with Nanny Song for a while, until Qing'er entered the yard with a face full of fear, and the two stopped talking.
Ever since Qing'er came back, she had been in a state of anxiety, and when she saw Yan Li beating his wife back with an annoyed expression, she guessed it was another matter of proposing marriage.Just want to have the cheek to ask a question or two, but the girl next to the wife sent a reply, it is unavoidable to be even more disturbed.As soon as he entered the room, he hurriedly saluted Mrs. Wei, and said respectfully, "Qing'er pays his respects to Madam."
Mrs. Wei nodded slightly, and said: "Get up!" Qing Er hurriedly thanked her, Fang got up and stood aside with her head bowed, waiting for questions.
Mrs. Wei glanced at her, seeing that this girl is also taller and her skin is tender, she looks more youthful than when she was in this old house, so she couldn't help being a little more vigilant.After looking over and over again, Fang asked everyone in the room to leave, and then asked in a low voice: "Qing'er, you have been serving Li'er these two years, have you suffered a lot of grievances?"
Qing'er hurriedly said: "Return to Madam, it is Qing'er's blessing that Qing'er can serve the young master, there is no grievance in the slightest!"
"Oh..." Mrs. Wei nodded in satisfaction, "You are a sensible child, and I am relieved that Li'er can have you serving me!"
Qing'er hastily answered "yes" again, not daring to say more.After a short pause, Mrs. Wei said again: "You have followed Li'er out of this house, and you haven't come back. Why did you come back today?"
Qing'er was most afraid of asking about this matter, she didn't feel the cold sweat on her forehead, she quickly knelt down again, solemnly kowtowed and said: "Return to Madam, the meaning of the young master is... yes... Let Qing'er come back to serve Madam !——" Speaking of this, he hurriedly added, "This is actually Qing'er's own intention. Qing'er wants to learn some knowledge from his wife, please ask his wife to accept Qing'er!"
"Oh? You came back to serve me?" Mrs. Wei was quite surprised. She turned her sharp eyes on Qing'er's face a few times. Fang blinked and asked, "I'm afraid it's not that simple? Qing'er, you'd better Tell the truth, or if you ask Li'er later and find out that you haven't told the truth, then don't blame me for being rude!"
"Madam, Qing'er doesn't dare to lie!" Qing'er was so frightened that he trembled all over, he hurriedly knelt forward and crawled half a step, and kowtowed again, "Since Qing'er went to serve outside with the young master, he has always done his best and dare not neglect the slightest .just...just because...because..."
"Because of what?" Mrs. Wei glared at her and shouted, "Be quick to answer your questions in front of me, don't babble like you swallowed a fly!"
"Yes, yes!" Qing'er hurriedly replied, "Because Qing'er recently suffered from a back disease and was unable to work effectively, she ordered others to do some work for me. Qing'er was lazy and slippery, so... Qing'er was brought back in a moment of anger."
"Just because of this idea?" Madam Wei frowned, with a suspicious expression on her face.
Qing'er hastened to swear and swear: "Qing'er never lied, please check it out!"
"Forget it, it's not a big deal!" Mrs. Wei had no choice but to stop the topic, and said absent-mindedly, "Since Li'er asked you to come back to serve me, I have no choice but to take you in. You will come to Song Dynasty tomorrow morning. Nanny, follow her arrangements for all errands."
Qing'er hurriedly agreed, and continued to lie on the ground, not daring to get up without authorization.Mrs. Wei glanced at her condescendingly, her eyes were rather unfriendly, she was silent for a while before she said, "Qing'er, you have been serving Li'er for several years, right?"
"Back to Madam, it's been six years." Qing'er said respectfully.
"Okay, six years is enough to know everything about him!" Mrs. Wei leaned forward, and Fang asked in a low voice, "I still have something to ask you, you are not allowed to hide anything, if not, I will not let you know anything about him here." I can't tolerate you, so I have to resell you. Of course, if you are lucky, you can be sold to a rich family as a girl, but if you are unlucky, you may even end up in a kiln!"
"Madam, I beg my wife to take pity on Qing'er, Qing'er doesn't want to be sold out, Qing'er will definitely tell his wife everything he knows!" Qing'er was so frightened that tears flowed like a fountain, and she kowtowed pitifully.