Still in that quiet pavilion.

Seeing the coming of spring, Daiyu each laid out a platter. Si Qi hurriedly came forward with a fruit plate and advised: "Girls, take a break. If you haven't learned this cooking skill yet, you will fall ill first. What will happen?"

manage?"

Yingchun is actually not bad. What she just made was a soup. After putting all the main ingredients and auxiliary ingredients, she didn't have to keep an eye on it.

Sister Lin, however, identified the eggplant clip and repeatedly tossed it in the oil pan. Not only was it hot and busy, but it was also burnt by the smoke and fire, until her beautiful face was covered with the worldly world, and she became more and more sick.

But she likes to get into trouble, and no one can dissuade her from making up her mind.

Zijuan seems to regret something now, saying that if she had known this earlier, it would be better to let the girl continue to suffer at home.

But Lin Daiyu turned her head and looked at the fruits. Seeing that most of them were warm in nature and easy to digest, she felt bored from the inside out. She shook her head slightly and said, "I'm not hungry. Just put them in front of my second sister."

When Zijuan was about to continue her persuasion, she saw Xiuju coming in from the outside carrying a delicate food box, looking like he was hesitant to speak.

Si Qi hurriedly confessed his crime, handed the fruit plate to Zicuckoo, and hurriedly greeted him.

While Zijuan was persuading Daiyu, she couldn't help but look at Siqi and Xiuju who were not far away. She saw Xiuju said something proudly and then opened the food box.

As soon as the food box was opened, water mist rose up from the inside, which looked like cold air rather than hot air.

Just as he was about to take a closer look, Si Qi happened to turn his head to look, and met Zicuckoo's probing eyes.

Zicuckoo hurriedly withdrew her gaze and pretended to continue to persuade Daiyu to use some fruits.

Unexpectedly, Si Qi came over with the food box and greeted with a smile: "It's a coincidence. The girls have lost their appetite, so my family sent them over to relieve themselves from the summer heat - look, a big bowl of sour food.

Ice porridge with crushed plums and mixed fruits!”

Seeing her magnanimity and putting the large bowl of cold drinks on the table, Zijuan no longer had any doubts in her mind. She secretly thought that I, the chess player, had gone to Guangdong and Guangxi to work as a supervisor. I was afraid that there would be a lot of income in a year, and my family would be more arrogant.

It's quite ordinary.

But when Daiyu looked at the food box, the suspicion in her eyes grew stronger.

"It's hard for my family to be filial, but Miss Lin must give me some face."

Si Qi smiled broadly and said, "It's just that this thing is cool in nature. Girls, let's take a rest first and use some tea to relieve the heat."

Daiyu didn't shirk this time.

After resting for a quarter of an hour, she drank half a cup of ice porridge. When the rice in her stomach was almost gone, she drank another cup of stomach-warming rice wine.

Looking up again, his complexion has slightly recovered.

It's just that when I was learning to cook in the afternoon, I was a little absent-minded, and my eyes were always looking at Yingchun with a pair of eyes that seemed to be crying but not crying.

Wait until evening.

Daiyu returned to the old lady's room and fought hard with Baoyu for a while. When she returned to her dormitory, she began to feel dazed.

"Girl, what's wrong?"

While Zijuan was packing the dowry for the day after tomorrow, she asked worriedly: "Is it possible that I am exhausted? Then let's take a day off tomorrow. We have learned almost everything, and we just have to wait and finish it the day after tomorrow."

Lin Daiyu ignored her, and only twisted the light gauze and pink handkerchief in her hand, as if she was tangled from the inside out.

"What happened to the girl?"

Seeing this, Zicuckoo stopped what she was doing, stepped forward and said in an annoyed tone, half-truthfully, "Girl, you always say that we are like sisters, but why are you so upset with me when you have something on your mind?"

Daiyu then raised her eyes to look at her, pursed her slightly thin lips and pondered for a long time, then said: "Then you have to make an oath first, and then I can tell you."

"Hmph~"

Zijuan was really annoyed when she heard this. She turned her back angrily and stamped her feet and said, "If you can't trust me, miss, forget it. I won't ruin your good deeds with my talkativeness!"

Seeing her like this, Lin Daiyu laughed out loud, put her backhand around Zijuan's waist, put her pointed chin on her left shoulder, and said softly: "Good sister, if it's our business, I won't hide it from you.

, but when it comes to other people’s innocence, you have to be more cautious.”

"Other people's innocence?"

Although Zijuan is not as smart as Daiyu, she is not stupid either. After this reminder, she suddenly said: "You mean the second girl..."

"Shh~"

Daiyu quickly made a gesture of silence.

Zicuckoo also lowered her voice in an obedient manner and said seriously: "If I leak this matter, I will be struck by lightning..."

Seeing that she actually swore a poisonous oath, Lin Daiyu hurriedly reached out and covered her mouth, saying anxiously: "Good sister, I believe you!"

Then he asked again: "Did you see clearly the food box Xiuju brought me this morning?"

"What about the food box?"

Zijuan wondered: "Didn't Si Qi say that her mother sent someone to send it?"

"Sister, I think she didn't look carefully enough."

Lin Daiyu shook her head: "That style is clearly from our house, and the color is the one that my second sister often uses."

"this……"

"If I was really a chess player who brought something to the house, how could she use the second sister's food box to bring it? Besides, the second sister tried new tricks in the morning, but in the afternoon she picked up the familiar ones and started with them.

I choose things that can be stored for a long time or can be reheated, but the closer it gets to evening, the more I make things that won’t last long.”

After Lin Daiyu's analysis, Zijuan also realized that something was wrong. Recalling what he saw and heard at that time, he suddenly said: "I mean, Xiuju's small appearance at first was clearly to show off to Siqi - if it was really a gift to Siqi's family,

How can the things that come from here be like this?”

This added another piece of circumstantial evidence, and Daiyu became increasingly uneasy.

All signs indicate that the second sister gave the meal she cooked to someone, and then someone bought ice porridge from outside as a gift in return.

And speaking of others, Sister Lin also doesn’t believe that something that Yingchun made so seriously is for a certain sister - this must be a man!

If we continue to think more deeply, the second sister's master and servant suddenly became wealthy, and they probably had something to do with that man.

However, how can a girl who is about to marry be able to communicate with her husband privately, or even accept a large sum of money from him?!

If this is found out by the family...

Even with Daiyu's boldness, she couldn't help but tremble when she thought about the consequences of the incident.

So she stood up suddenly and said: "No, I have to advise the second sister. Don't let her go astray and lead her to a lifelong mistake!"

As he said this, he went to look for the spring equinox regardless of the fact that it was already dark.

"Girl, girl!"

Zicuckoo hurriedly grabbed her and advised: "It's so late at night, you come to the door in such a hurry, I'm afraid that nothing will turn into something! It's better to wait until tomorrow, we can talk to the second girl early tomorrow morning.

.”

Daiyu gave up after hearing this.

Sitting back on the bed, he couldn't help but speculate on the man's identity.

Is it some slave who took advantage of the situation?

Or is it Xue Pan who lives in Rongguo Mansion like himself?

Or maybe it was the original rumor...

…………

"Hiss~"

Jiao Shun rolled over from the Xiaoyao chair and sat up, scratching the back of his head while inhaling the cool air. Xiangling and Yuchuan hurriedly took warm tea and two cakes.

Jiao Shun waved his hands to them, bared his teeth and grinned for a long time, then uttered "Cheerful", then took out the spoon and wanted to use the ice porridge again.

Xiangling hurriedly snatched it away and said angrily: "Master, you can't use this ice porridge anymore, we were almost scared to death just now!"

"I ate too much just now, I just need to be more careful."

Jiao Shun said, seeing that Xiang Ling refused to buy it, he handed the spoon to her and lay back on the leisure chair: "Why don't you feed me slowly, it's settled, right?"

As he spoke, he opened his mouth wide.

Xiangling hesitated for a moment, then scooped up 70% of mixed fruits and 30% of crushed ice, and carefully put it into Jiao Shun's mouth.

Yuchai also stepped forward and helped Jiao Shun press the acupuncture points on his head. He asked curiously: "It's rare that I'm in such a good mood these days. Could it be that some happy event happened to me?"

"What kind of happy event can we have? It only happens in Ningguo Mansion next door."

Jiao Shun joked casually, stretched his body and said: "I have worked hard in the cabinet for several days, and I feel relieved today."

Xiangling said in surprise: "I didn't say it yesterday, so why would the joint meeting be extended to the beginning of next month? So suddenly..."

"There was a sudden change at Honglu Temple. Many things above have to be pushed back. Naturally, this meeting cannot continue."

Jiao Shun explained vaguely, then he circled Yuchai's slender waist with his backhand, and said with a smile: "I'll just catch up on my rest tomorrow, let's have a good rest in the evening."

Just hearing the word "songkuai", every part of Yuchai's body felt soft, and he couldn't help but fell down on the ground and offered a pair of meat pillows.

Jiao Shun shook his head and found the most comfortable position between his mounds, but he felt a little regretful in his heart. After all, this little maid was not as mature as the woman.

I don’t know how prepared You is for the ‘surprise’ over there.

I'll take advantage of my rest tomorrow to have a look around.

Hmm~
Chapter completed!