Chunqin also realized that she had just said the wrong thing, so she didn't delay and hurried out to get the charcoal.
However, when Chunqin led the steward who came to deliver charcoal into the yard, he just took a glance.
His face darkened.
"According to the quota, we should have two baskets in our yard. Last time, only one was delivered. Why is there only one this time?"
The person in charge just laughed it off.
"Miss Chunqin, our charcoal is distributed from the main courtyard, and your Huashao Courtyard happens to be at the end. When we just delivered it to Miss Su, there were only two baskets left. We sent one to her, so naturally, there was only the last basket left when it came to you."
Haruko was about to explode.
The steward said slowly, "Miss Chunqin, we are both servants, so we should not make things difficult for each other. Spring is coming soon. One basket of charcoal is enough, and there may even be some left."
Jiang Ziyi saw that Chunqin had not returned yet, so she came out of the house to take a look.
I happened to hear what the manager said.
She asked Chunqin to accept the charcoal first.
Then he said with some doubt: "My place is not the most remote place. If there is only one basket of charcoal left here, what will the second young master who lives in Hanmei Courtyard use?"
Unexpectedly, the manager listened to her question as if he had heard a joke.
"The one from Hanmei Courtyard doesn't deserve to be heated by charcoal. Just carry it yourself."
Seeing that Jiang Ziyi had asked Chunqin to accept the charcoal, the manager did not stay any longer and turned away.
The person living in Hanmei Courtyard is the concubine's son of the Marquis, Nangong Shuyan.
The one who inherited the title now is Nangong Muyun, the eldest son of the Marquis's family and the one with whom he had a verbal engagement.
Although they had an engagement, the original owner had the impression that she didn't have many opportunities to see Nangong Muyun. She had only met him a few times when the wife of the Marquis was still alive.
She could feel that Nangong Muyun didn't like her.
Because the original owner's appearance was not that impressive, he could only be described as having a pretty face.
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