Chapter 020 - Small Household (2)(2/2)
Yan Poxi smiled: "My little sister doesn't like these things."
Mrs. Lu sighed: "That's true... After all, if a small family is sloppy, it will be difficult for her to not be able to eat her sister in the future."
Yan Poxi smiled and said, "What my sister is saying is that my little sister just eats some light fruits!" He winked at Dong'er next to him, and Dong'er shouted loudly: "Cook the lady's light fruits!"
The voice may not be necessary. At the moon gate of the garden, seventeen or eighteen girls in palace clothes walked into the garden, each with light gauze and colorful clothes, beautiful and graceful walking, and every move seemed well-trained, even the ladies of the family were just like this.
The maids came to the pavilion and brought out all kinds of bowls and plates. The ice in the bowls and plates were filled with various fruits of strange shapes. Mrs. Lu had never seen them. Jia Ai Shi had never heard of them. They looked at each other and were all surprised.
The maids arranged the fruits and vegetables and started to get busy. The peeled and peeled, the juiced juice was squeezed, and the movements were purely evident, which was obvious that they had undergone special training.
Yan Poxi picked up a cup of light yellow juice, sucked it gently, and smiled and said, "It tastes good, sister, do you want to try it?"
Although Mrs. Lu was shocked, she never showed her face, and she was even more unwilling to lose face. She shook her head and said, "Sister is not thirsty."
Yan Poxi said: "These are all fruits in foreign countries. It's ashamed to say that small families can only eat some barbarian specialties. I'll make my sister laugh. It's okay if my sister doesn't drink it. If I have a tricky mouth, I can't move to foreign countries!" As he said that, he chuckled.
Mrs. Lu's face was blue and white, and she was only thinking about how she had only been a day, and this woman seemed to have changed her body. She was surprised when she saw Xia Bing yesterday. How could she take out the iced fruit today?
Yan Poxi put down the juice, played with Mrs. Lu's dragon and phoenix hairpin in her hand, and said in her mouth: "This hairpin is also considered the best."
When Mrs. Lu saw her hairpin, she was so brave that she cursed herself in her heart. It was just a few barbarians and fruits. What a big deal? I’m afraid that this woman would ask for money to fight with her? Maybe she could show off her charm. Judging from her jewelry, she didn’t have the value of her hairpin. How could she be afraid of her?
Thinking of this, he was very energetic and asked, "Does sister know Chai?" I thought about it all over Hebei, but no one seemed to have such a pomp. Could it be that this little slutty hooked up with Chai Jin?
Yan Poxi shook his head, "I don't know many characters like cats and dogs, so I just know my sister."
Mrs. Lu was stunned and immediately said furiously: "What do you mean by sister?"
Dong'er, who had been by the side, suddenly laughed and said, "Mrs. Lu would better call me the mistress of Mrs. Wu. Don't mention the word "sister" again. I don't have to make me laugh at you."
Mrs. Lu held her breath and almost couldn't get up. She pointed at Dong'er and said, "You...you..."
Seeing that his wife was humiliated, Lu'er jumped out like a conditioned reflex and shouted: "Damn girl..." With a crisp "pop", Lu'er was slapped hard on her mouth, and the words behind her were pulled back to her stomach.
"Bold slut! Dare to shout in front of the lady!" A palace maid was still not satisfied after sucking Lu'er, so she opened her mouth and started to curse.
Lu'er was sobbed that she was so terrified that she burst into tears. She looked at her wife pitifully.
Mrs. Lu stood up and said angrily: "Mrs. Wu! What do you want?!"
Yan Poxi suddenly raised his hand, and the dragon and phoenix hairpin drew a graceful arc in the air. With a slight "wave", it fell into the pond without seeing it, leaving only the slightly swaying circles of water patterns.
"Although the price of hairpins is of high quality, the taste is not high. How could Mr. Lu buy such hairpins for his sister? But my sister didn't dare to wear them, for fear of tainting my husband's eyes, so she would throw them away." Yan Poxi said with a smile.
Mrs. Lu was extremely angry and took two steps forward. She really wanted to tear Yan Poxi's mouth apart, but looked at her left and right, thought about her identity, forced herself to hold back, and suddenly sneered: "Mrs. Wu is indeed a good method. If I destroy your golden hairpin, you will throw away my jade hairpin! It's a pity that Mrs. Wu forgot something! I can afford to pay for your golden hairpin, but you can't afford to pay for my jade hairpin!"
Jia Ai Si kept watching coldly, and then stood up and said, "Don't worry, sister! This woman let her servant hurt others and embarrass her money and property. She went to the yamen for her brother to call people!" After that, she ran out.
Mrs. Lu stared at Yan Poxi fiercely and said coldly: "Madam Wu, even if you have a few dollars, you must know how to advance and retreat! Daming Mansion is not a place where you show off your power, and you shouldn't show off your power to me! Today I will let you know what the Lu family is in Daming Mansion!"
Dong'er sneered: "The bullshit Lu family! It's just a nouveau riche!"
Mrs. Lu was so angry that she trembled all over. She didn't dream of meeting someone who dared to humiliate the Lu family in person, and this person was still a slave.
Yan Poxi glared at Dong'er: "Nonsense! How can the Lu family be considered a publisher? At most, it can be considered a settlement!"
Dong'er stuck out her tongue and smiled, "Yes, I have recorded it!"
The master and servant sang together, which made Mrs. Lu so angry that she was so angry that she really wanted to go up and beat Yan Poxi, but there were many people in the family, and they were afraid that they would suffer a loss. In the depressed moment, at the garden gate, Jia Ai Si and a scholar were in front, and several officials behind him hurried in. Mrs. Lu was stunned. She came so quickly, and she was overjoyed. She would no longer have to be angry with this coward. Let me see how I would deal with you, a woman.
When the pedestrian approached, Mrs. Lu was even more overjoyed. The literati, who was in charge of the Daming House, had a deep diplomatic relationship with Mr. Lu, was the sixth-rank official who walked with Mr. Lu very frequently and called him brother. Mrs. Lu thought to himself that he would come to visit my master today and meet the third brother at the door. Since it was Mr. Chen, it was no wonder that he would come so soon.
Sure enough, Jia Ai Si smiled apologized and said, "I met Lord Chen at the door and just happened to ask Lord Chen to come and make the decision."
Mrs. Lu smiled and stepped forward to greet her.
Chief Chen greeted Mrs. Lu, walked into the pavilion and sat down. He asked, "What's the matter? O'Si, please tell me."
Jia Ai Shi nodded and said, saying that Yan Poxi made his servant hurt others. He threw Mrs. Lu a jade hairpin worth three thousand guan into the lake. Anyway, there is no evidence of death. Naturally, the value of the hairpin must be exaggerated.
Chief Chen nodded slightly, looked at Yan Poxi and said, "Madam, do you have any objections?"
Yan Poximan said indifferently: "That's right. That's it!" Jia Ayesi and Mrs. Lu looked at each other, all of whom were ecstatic. Is this woman stupid? She didn't refute her to say that the hairpin of more than a thousand guan was three thousand guan. Most of them had never seen the world, but she didn't know that the four words "it's just that" were expressed, and the evidence was as strong as a mountain. Even if she could afford it, she would have to pay more than two guan for no reason.
When Chief Chen saw Yan Poxi answering simply, he nodded and said, "It's not a big deal, but there is no need to go to court. Today, I am the one among the people, how can I solve the problem for several people?"
Master Chen was his own person, so Mrs. Lu was of course full of promise. Yan Poxi nodded slightly.
Director Chen looked at the palm prints on Lu'er's face, pondered for a moment, and said, "Madam Wu is willing to compensate the maid Lu's house for the medicine?"
Yan Poxi nodded and said, "I'm willing!"
Master Chen said: "Well, just pay a thousand guan! What does the madam think?"
Mrs. Lu and Jia Ai Shi were almost happy to fall down. Master Chen was the master's close friend. He slapped him and asked the other party to pay a thousand yuan. This was too dark, but that's good. It seems that Master Chen was clearly helping him and the other party. Yan Poxi agreed. If he didn't agree, there would be a way to cure her.
Yan Poxi frowned and thought for a moment, and nodded reluctantly.
Mrs. Lu and Jia Ayesi were happy and slightly disappointed. Why did they agree? Just pay 4,000 guan in this way? But I couldn't see Master Chen treating her. But then I thought again that there were opportunities in the future and I couldn't let her go. Besides, the two really didn't believe that Yan Poxi could take out 4,000 guan. It was so happy that she agreed. What should I do if I saw that she couldn't take out the money?
Chief Chen smiled and said, "Since there is no objection, then I will take charge..."
Mrs. Lu and Jia Ai Si nodded repeatedly, and Chief Chen said slowly: "This dispute is resolved as follows. Jia family in the Lu Mansion paid Mrs. Wu for 46,000 guan!"
Mrs. Lu said to Yan Poxi proudly: "Madam Wu, come with the money, 4,000 guan, ah? No, it's 46,000 guan..."
"Forty-six thousand guan? I'll pay her a compensation?" Mrs. Lu suddenly screamed.
Jia Ai Si was also confused and thought to himself that Master Chen was really confused and could not even make a statement. He didn't dare to complain, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen said it again, but I didn't hear it clearly."
Master Chen glanced at the two of them in dissatisfaction and said slowly: "Lu Chujia paid Mrs. Wu for 46,000 guan! Do you hear it clearly?"
Mrs. Lu and Jia Ayesi heard it clearly this time, but they were also stunned. It took a long time for Jia Ayesi to practice for a long time and came back to their senses and asked, "What is this meant by sir?"
Master Chen took out a piece of paper from his arms and threw it to Jia Ai Shi, and said coldly: "Look at it yourself. Today, the Japanese official came to meet Mr. Lu for this matter. Since you are still making trouble, just see it yourself!"
Jia Ai Si picked up the paper and looked at it a few times, and immediately exclaimed: "No way? How is this possible? Sister, look!"
Mrs. Lu took the paper and looked at it.
The paper began with testimony from Mrs. Lu’s maid Hong'er, Yan Poxi’s personal maid Dong'er, and Yan Poxi, who was close to her, and Yan Dao saw Mrs. Lu tore off Mrs. Wu’s “Five-Pearl Protecting Phoenix”. This was nothing at all. When Mrs. Lu saw this, she just scolded Hong'er for being stubborn. When she returned home, she would definitely deal with her legs. But looking down, Mrs. Lu was completely stunned. Below were the testimony from the largest jewelry distribution in Daming Mansion, proving that Mrs. Wu’s broken five-pearl Protecting Phoenix was genuine. She used secret methods during repairing, and there were several other rare metals. Those metals were rarely found in the world. They would be used up when repairing the gold hairpin. Finally, the repair fee was 50,000 jin.
Chapter completed!