Noble Lady

Mother Huang grabbed Yuzhu's wrist and said, "You, you just asked the adults about shopping?"

"Mother Huang is right beside the old lady, and she doesn't even know about this?" Yuzhu was very surprised. "Master He came over early in the morning and took away all the monthly expense books and keys from the mansion."

Mother Huang: It’s over.

He Minzhi paid his respects to Mrs. Liu early in the morning before going to Furongju to retrieve the account books and keys.

He originally wanted to act first and report to Liu later, fearing that she would object, so he couldn't tell her in advance. Afterwards, he didn't even bother to say hello to Liu. He put the things in the study and rushed to work.

Xue Chenyu would not specifically mention it, so Liu, who was planning to come to Furongju to make some money, was still unaware of this matter.

She gritted her teeth and took the message back.

Liu felt as if the sky was falling and everything in front of her eyes was dark!

"My son is confused!"

She had finally found a sucker to take over the mess at home, and now he was taking the mess back. All she had done before was in vain.

……

In fact.

Not only was Liu's world in tatters, He Minzhi was also feeling uneasy today.

Xue Chenyu used to always find ways to act like a spoiled child and use all sorts of tricks to deceive him.

Either they prepared a table of food for him or new clothes for him, and then they begged and coaxed him to eat and accept the food.

Why did you do nothing this time and just hand over the keys to the account books?

What is her purpose?

"Yes, she must have other motives. How could someone like Xue Chenyu be so easy to talk to?"

She loved him so much that she was willing to spend a lot of money to buy a yard and was eager to marry him even though she knew his family was poor and there was no room for them at home.

Yes, she must have felt that her previous tricks didn't work on him, so she was thinking of some new ones.

He Minzhi talked to himself, becoming more certain of his thoughts.

Judging from Xue Chenyu's behavior in the morning, it was possible that she was ready and waiting for him to come back in the evening.

He was thinking self-righteously, completely unaware that the carriage parked outside the Hanlin Academy had also quietly left.

When he came off duty and couldn't find the carriage, he was completely confused.

But that’s another story.

……

The He family was also in a gloomy mood because there was no food to eat today.

The person who delivered the food in the morning delivered it as usual and settled the money at Furongju as usual.

But Yuzhu told the vegetable farmers with great regret that Mr. He wanted to manage the accounts himself and had taken the account books and other items away, and he had already gone to work.

The vegetable farmers naturally want to ask, where is the fairy lady who usually settles their money?

Yuzhu said that unfortunately, her daughter had gone out for something, and she was just a maid, so she had no money to pay for the food for the master of the mansion.

Yuzhu kept saying she was sorry, then added, "You know our master is on duty at the Hanlin Academy. If you trust the He family, you can wait until tomorrow to settle the bill. The mansion won't owe you this little money for the food."

The farmer then asked if he could give him a note so that he could have proof of payment when the payment is due tomorrow.

Yuzhu said apologetically that she didn’t have any money. She was just a maid. What if the maid didn’t get paid tomorrow?

"Isn't this a joke on us?"

Then he took the food back in anger.

Yuzhu kept saying sorry, sorry behind the person, and only revealed her true laughing face after the person walked away.

Complete what the girl asked.

The people in Furongju will not starve, and as for whether the other members of the He family have food to eat, that is none of her business.

……

When Liu learned that He Minzhi had gone to retrieve the account books and keys early in the morning, her heart was broken.

When the kitchen said there was no food for the day, her world fell apart for the second time.

The first thing he did after realizing what was happening was to go to Furongju to find Xue Chenyu.

Mother Huang: "Yuzhu said that Madam got up early in the morning and went out after the adults left."

Liu: "You never came back?"

"We sent someone to guard Furongju, but they haven't come back yet."

Mother Huang was really afraid that Yuzhu would fool her, and even more afraid of being blamed by Mrs. Liu, so she did send someone to keep an eye on her.

Liu: My sky is really falling.

There were only some leftovers from yesterday in the kitchen, but in this kind of weather, the vegetables would have wilted after just one day no matter how well they were stored.

And there was only a little bit, which was definitely not enough for such a big family.

Liu simply asked the kitchen to cook a big pot of porridge and get away with it, and then find another way to prepare dinner.

Those who eat lunch at noon are the women in the family. He Minzhi and the men from the second wife do not need to come back for lunch.

He Ruyi and Ji Minrou came together. When He Ruyi saw the porridge on the table, she was furious.

"Mom, is Mrs. Xue crazy? Even pigs wouldn't eat this! I..."

"Aunt, Ruyi didn't mean that." Ji Minrou interrupted her quickly.

But He Ruyi was not good at reading people's expressions. Even when Liu's face turned dark, she acted as if she didn't see it.

"Mom, why are you still protecting that bitch? Last time she said she wanted to hand over the housekeeper rights, why didn't you let her? She's clearly deliberately making things difficult for her!"

Liu's face turned blue and red, but how could she say that this was all caused by He Minzhi's self-willed decision?

That was her most proud son.

So she raised her hand and slapped He Ruyi, "If you want to eat, eat. If you don't want to eat, get out!"

The slap was indeed very powerful. Half of He Ruyi's face turned red and her tears fell immediately.

"Mom, you actually hit me because of that bitch! I..."

She felt extremely aggrieved, covered her face with her hands, turned around and ran out.

Just then, someone from the second room came in.

Passed by by mistake.

He Shuang glanced at He Ruyi who ran out and muttered softly, "Isn't it stupid to go out at this time?"

Without a wife, who would care about He Ruyi's life or death?

But after being glared at by Zhang, she became much more obedient.

After Zhang and her daughter-in-law and daughter sat at the table, their faces turned green.

The big pot of porridge was watery, with only a few green tea leaves floating in it. The only meat was the leftover pork from yesterday that had been cooled in well water overnight before it could be eaten.

There are no wars these days, and even the ordinary people who farm in the suburbs of the city don’t have to eat so poorly, like feeding pigs.

After all, there are two officials in their family, so even if they are poor, they can still afford to eat.

Ji Minrou was still comforting Liu: "Aunt, Ruyi is ignorant. I will teach her a lesson for you later. Please don't take it to heart and make yourself sick."

Ji Minrou guessed that the food today was like this because of He Minzhi, but she was not sure because he only said that he would deal with it but did not say when.

It is very likely that he said something in front of Xue Chenyu, which made her angry and caused her to do this.

But she couldn't show that she might know something inside, at least she couldn't let others know about her relationship with He Minzhi in front of others.