Ci Jinzhi

  Chapter 5 Before You

  Xin You wiped the medicinal juice on the corners of her lips, and asked calmly, "Who made today's medicine?"

   "The servant girl boiled it, and then let Jiangshuang guard it—" Xiaolian's expression changed, "Is there something wrong with this medicine?"

  Xin You shook his head: "I don't know if there is any problem, but the taste is a bit different."

  Aunt Xia served her mother's meals, and she cooked good dishes, which made her tongue tricky. The difference in taste does not necessarily mean that there is a problem with the medicine, but in the murderous Shaoqing Mansion, she had to be more cautious.

   "Is the dregs still there?"

   "Yesterday's medicine dregs caused Jiangshuang to fall on the flower bushes at the base of the wall, and today's medicine has not been cleaned up." Xiao Lian's expression became more and more nervous, and she had already determined that there was something wrong with the medicine.

  Xin You thought for a while and asked, "Does Miss Kou have any savings?"

"some."

  Xin You whispered: "Secretly cleaned up the medicine residue, and bought me candied fruit as an excuse to go to a small medical clinic far away from Shaoqing's mansion, and take some money to ask the doctor to palm your eyes..."

  Xiaolian nodded as she listened, she processed the medicinal juice first, and then arranged errands for the servants of Wanqingju, took advantage of these people's busy time to collect the medicinal residues, and went outside the mansion.

  Not long after Xiao Lian went out, the little maid came to report that the second wife brought the fourth girl.

   "How is Qingqing feeling better today?" Compared to yesterday's low-key in the old lady's room, today Zhu's lips are smiling, a little more amiable.

  The fourth girl, Duan Yunyan, stood beside her mother. Since entering the room, she only called Cousin Qing and then remained silent.

  Xin You's heart skipped a beat.

  Duan Yunyan is only ten years old, a lively and talkative age, but she is so unfamiliar with her cousin who has lived in Shaoqing Mansion for four years. I don't know if it's because of the age difference that we can't play together, or because of the adults' advice.

   "Aunt Lao Er is thinking about it. I just took the medicine and feel much better."

   "That's good. Eat and take medicine on time, and you'll be fine soon..." Zhu Shi warmly urged, sat down for a while and took her daughter away.

  Xin You signaled the little maid to open the gift brought by Mrs. Zhu. Apart from a few common supplements, there was actually an old wild ginseng.

  Shaoqing Mansion’s scholarly family, to put it bluntly, is not rich enough, and the second wife, Zhu Shi, as a daughter-in-law, can’t touch the housekeeper’s door, this visit gift can be described as precious.

  Due to the growth environment, Xinyou originally lived a free and easy life, but at this time he had to think more.

  Then the old lady and the eldest lady came to visit one after another, and Xiaolian came back around noon.

   "How?" When she asked this question, Xin You already had an idea in mind.

  With no one else around, Xiao Lian no longer concealed her panic, and said in a trembling voice: "Girl, there is something wrong with the medicine!"

   "Drink some water and speak slowly."

Xiao Lian grabbed the cup and drank a few sips of water, shaking her fingertips uncontrollably: "The doctor checked the medicine dregs, and today there is too much medicine in the medicine. Although it also has the effect of relieving pain, it has nothing to do with this medicine that regulates qi and nourishes blood." Prescriptions are incompatible with each other, and the weak will suffer from abdominal pain and vomiting when taking it, and coma and death in severe cases..."

  Xin You listened silently, without any change in expression: "Call everyone from Wanqingju."

   "Girl—" Xiao Lian's face was puzzled, but also resentful.

   Someone in Shaoqing's mansion really wanted to harm the girl!

   "Go."

   Facing those black eyes, Xiao Lian's mind cleared up, and she bent her knees: "Yes."

   Not long after, two servants and two little maids appeared in front of Xin You.

   "You should have heard that I fell off a cliff and hit my head. I can't remember some things for a while. I didn't take care of it when I came back yesterday. Let me introduce myself today." Xin You first looked at the little girl named Jiangshuang.

  Jiangshuang bent her knees: "The servant girl is called Jiangshuang, and she is usually responsible for cleaning up the house and doing some chores ordered by Miss Xiaolian."

  Another little maid said: "The servant girl is called Hanxue, and she runs errands for the girl."

  The younger servant woman said: "The old slave is in charge of cleaning the courtyard. The girl used to be called the old slave Wang's mother."

  The servant woman who spoke last was in her fifties, with a cautious expression, looking at her honesty and duty: "The old servant's family name is Li, and he does rough work in the courtyard."

  Xin You's eyes were fixed, and she said in a warm voice: "Madam Li is not young, isn't it hard to do rough work?"

  Nurse Li hurriedly said: "Miss, this old slave is disgusting. These tasks are what this old slave is used to. It is good that the girl doesn't think that this old slave is clumsy."

   "How could it be?" Xin You glanced at Xiao Lian, "Xiao Lian, bring that silver ring."

  Xiao Lian was stunned for a moment, then walked quickly to the side of the cabinet to open the cage, hesitated for a while and took a plain silver ring from a dozen rings of different materials and sizes.

   "Nurse Li has worked hard."

  Nurse Li looked shocked: "Girl, you can't do it, you can't do it—"

Although Xiao Lian didn't understand Xinyou's different treatment of Nanny Li, she moved neatly and took Li Nanny's hand to put it on for her herself: "Since it's a reward from the girl, don't refuse it, try it quickly." The trial fit didn't fit."

   "Well, how does this make—" Nanny Li still refused, looking at a loss.

  Xin You looked on coldly, not to mention the two little maids, Mama Wang stared at Nanny Li with obvious envy.

   Waiting for the four of them to retreat, Xiao Lian was puzzled and asked, "Why does the girl only reward Nanny Li?"

  Even if you want to win people's hearts, it's not worth dealing with a poor woman.

   "I just think Nanny Li's hand is suitable for wearing a ring." Xin You stroked her finger.

  The girl's fingers are like spring onions, fair and slender, but empty without any accessories. Xiao Lian thought about Nanny Li's fat fingers again, and couldn't help showing an indescribable expression.

  Xin You felt in a good mood.

  The owner of those hands turned out to be far away in the sky, but close in front of us.

   "Girl, how do you know you have a silver ring?" Xiao Lian asked another question.

   Those boxes and cages containing gold and silver jewelry, the key has always been in her hand.

  Xin You smiled when she heard the words: "I don't think Miss Kou doesn't even have a silver ring."

  Xiao Lian was dumbfounded, and struggled a few times in her heart. First, she hugged the box on the dressing table, and then brought two boxes from the cabinet, and opened them one by one.

  The boxes are full of exquisite ornaments suitable for young girls, and the hairpin and jade ornaments in the cage are very valuable at first glance.

   "These belong to the girl." Xiao Lian couldn't hide her complacency, "There are still a few boxes of good materials, all of which are kept in the Westinghouse."

  Some people always think that her girl lives in another family, but in fact, the girl's family is much richer than the girls in the family.

   After a moment of silence, Xin You asked, "Is that all?"

  Xiao Lian couldn't help being stunned, looking at the box full of treasures hesitantly: "Are these... very few?"

"You once said that Ms. Kou's grandfather accumulated tens of thousands of wealth in business in troubled times, but he had only one son. Ms. Kou's father studied and became an official and became a magistrate, and there was only Ms. Kou and her daughter. Miss Kou went to Beijing, where did the wealth of the two generations of the Kou family go?"

  Xiao Lian was stunned, her expression gradually turned from bewildered to horrified, and she murmured: "I, I don't know..."

   Seeing this, Xin You couldn't help sighing.

  Xiao Lian, who accompanied Kou Qingqing to Beijing four years ago, was only eleven years old, so it's not surprising that she didn't know anything about these things.

   However, there are always people who know.

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  (end of this chapter)