When Liu heard Third Madam Ye say that she forced Xia to eat, her face suddenly turned ugly. "Don't talk nonsense, Third Sister-in-law! What do you mean by I forced her? She ate so much on her own."
If she doesn't want to eat, can I force her to eat it?"
"Does that mean Xia really ate fifty or sixty buns in one go?" The third lady's curiosity was burning.
When she heard about this yesterday, she thought that someone was spreading rumors to deliberately ruin the reputation of the wild girl, so she couldn't help but ask about it just now.
The others also listened to the two people's conversation with curiosity.
"She ate that herself, it has nothing to do with me!" Liu emphasized again in a cold tone, refusing to admit that she forced her to do this.
"I know, sister-in-law. It's not you who forced us to do this. We all know it." The third wife suppressed her laughter and replied in a very perfunctory tone.
"Let's all go away. It's the end of the year and you should be busy with your own things!" The old lady listened for a while and drove them out impatiently.
There was nothing to do day after day, and all these trivial matters gave her a headache.
After leaving the courtyard, Liu walked in front, and the third and second wives walked behind.
The Third Madam couldn't help but whisper to the Second Madam, "Second sister-in-law, do you think that Xia is stupid? She ate all the buns when the eldest sister-in-law told her to. She ate so many buns, isn't she afraid of actually getting sick from eating too much?"
"Keep your voice down, my sister-in-law is in front!" The second wife pointed to the front.
The Third Madam glanced at Liu's back and couldn't help but sigh, "Sister-in-law is really good at punishing people. Not everyone can come up with this idea!"
The second lady held her forehead and said, this third brother’s wife is really!
This mouth!
You don’t even know when you’ve offended all the people!
Liu's face became even uglier as she listened to Third Madam Ye's complaints.
I was originally quite happy about punishing Xia Tian, but I didn't expect them to spread the story like this.
After returning to Huarui Hall, he calmly instructed Qiuyue, "Go to Jinglan Garden and check on Xia Shi for me to see if she's pretending. Also, tell her to take a day off today and come back to study tomorrow morning."
"Yes, ma'am." Qiuyue agreed respectfully, left the house and went to Jinglan Garden to see Xia Tian.
At the gate of Jinglan Garden, a little girl saw Qiuyue coming and ran in to tell Ningxiang, "Sister Ningxiang, Qiuyue is here."
"Okay, got it." Ningxiang gave her a look, "Go get busy!"
"Hey!" The little girl responded crisply and ran away again.
Ningxiang came into the house and told Xia Tian that Qiuyue had arrived. Ningxue quickly removed all the books and other things on the table.
Xia Tian lay down, Cuiyun pretended to rub his belly, Cuiling and Cuixin also brought hawthorn water and medicine bowls and put them on the table.
Several people are busy with their own things!
Qiuyue came in and greeted them. She looked at the hawthorn water and the medicine bowl on the table, her eyes flashed, and she conveyed Liu's words and left.
Ningxiang and the others breathed a sigh of relief and took out their books and other things.
Summer is funny. It's so cold. If I didn't really want to go out, I would have to find something for Liu to do.
The next day, she still got up and went to pay her respects!
Seeing her, Liu pretended to be concerned and asked, "Xia, are you feeling full today? You kid, how could we starve you in such a big mansion? Eating so much at once, how scary would that be?"
"Didn't Madam say you can't leave until you finish your meal?" Xia Tian asked in confusion.
"Oh! You kid, I just said that, but can you really do that?" A trace of embarrassment flashed across Liu's face.
Those who came to pay their respects were Marquis Wu'an's concubines and children. They were not aware of what happened yesterday. If he said this, wouldn't he mean that they would know about it too?
Xia Tian suddenly realized, "Oh, so that's how it is! I misunderstood what Madam meant. Please forgive me."
She was thinking in her heart, let you pretend, if you get such an order again in the future, she will not do it.
After paying her respects to the old lady, Liu was about to call Xia Tian to go with her, but Xia Tian walked back briskly, "Madam, I still feel a little uncomfortable. I'll go back and take my medicine before coming back."
Seeing her walking with such a breeze, Liu wanted to say, how could she not look uncomfortable? Unfortunately, before she could say anything, summer had gone away.
I could only shut up and deal with my business first.
Recently, the New Year gifts to each family have almost been sent out, and the mansion also has to prepare for the New Year's decorations. We have to find out the things that can be used last year, and those that cannot be used must be replaced in time. There is indeed a lot to do.
It has been a while since she had a housekeeper, and now that she is busy, Liu feels very tired.
Once you are tired, you tend to find trouble.
Xia Tian stayed in Jinglan Garden for a while before coming over. As soon as she arrived, Liu handed her an account book and asked her to check last year's inventory and compare it with the accounts to see what was left that could be used.
Xia Tian rolled her eyes speechlessly. It was obvious that the housekeeper should have done it, but she had to go and check it out. She really couldn't bear to see her have any free time.
When she followed the housekeeper to the warehouse and was asked to take out the items one by one according to the account book, the housekeeper was not very cooperative.
"Madam, these things are all in the storeroom. I can't find where they are, so why don't you go in and look for them yourself?"
"I say, Mrs. Wang, you are in charge of the warehouse, and you say you don't know? Then what do you usually do for a living? Are you supported by the Marquis's Mansion just to eat dry food?" Xia Tian asked without any politeness.
"Madam, that's not how you say it. I'm in charge of the warehouse, but there are so many things in the warehouse, how can I remember where they are all?"
"If you can't remember, go find it. I'm not in a hurry anyway. You can take your time looking for it. I'll wait here."
Xia Tian calmly had someone bring a chair for her to sit on at the door, and also brought a brazier for her to warm herself by.
Ningxue also went to make a pot of tea.
Seeing that she was determined to fight her to the end, Mrs. Wang twitched her lips and reluctantly led people in to look for things.
She checked each item she found. In the morning, Mrs. Wang had found hundreds of items without a moment's rest.
Seeing that it was almost lunchtime, Wang Pozi couldn't help but say, "Madam, we'll find the rest this afternoon. It's already noon, don't let you go hungry."
"No need. I ate too much yesterday and feel uncomfortable. I have some free time. You should go and find it quickly. There are so many things to check. Hurry up and don't waste time!" Xia Tian urged while crossing his legs and drinking tea.
"Madam, you are not hungry, but we are!" Mrs. Wang rubbed her waist. She was almost exhausted from going in and out looking for things all morning.
"I haven't finished my work yet, what's the point of eating? Eating is not as important as the task my wife assigned me."
Xia Tian said this and pointed at the two little girls who were helping to find things. "You two little girls, go eat first. After you finish eating, bring some steamed buns to Mrs. Wang."
The two little girls glanced at Wang Pozi, not daring to move. Xia Tian frowned and urged, "You're not hungry, right? If you're not hungry, then keep working!"
Seeing that the prince's wife was getting impatient, the two little maids ran away quickly, leaving Wang Po to continue looking for things reluctantly.
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