The system asked me to chase his wife

After the lady woke up from her nap, snacks were placed on the table. The sun was scorching today, and a bowl of cool cheese immediately caught the old lady's eye.

The lady naturally enjoyed her afternoon tea very much.

The cook finally prepared ice bowls for N people, packed them in four food boxes, and asked a little girl who helped in the kitchen to bring them over.

At that time, Lian Bi was serving cheese to the lady, and Ji Tong came in with a bowl of ice and looked for her with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to be so generous today. You've always been the one eating our food, and now I'll get to enjoy yours for once."

When Lian Bichu saw the ice bowl in Ji Tong's hand, she thought she was giving it to her, but after hearing what she said, that was not the case.

But at this moment, Ji Tong was still holding the ice bowl and eating by himself.

Seeing Lian Bi staring blankly at the ice bowl in his hand, Ji Tong smiled and said, "Let me do this. You go outside to distribute the ice bowls. The cook is still waiting for you to pay."

Lian Bi was stunned by this. The lady was wiping her mouth with a piece of silk after finishing her snack. When she heard Ji Tong's words, she asked curiously, "What's going on?"

Ji Tong smiled and glanced at Lian Bi, and said, "She is treating the sisters to ice bowls when the sun rises from the west!"

"Ah?" Lian Bi was stunned when he heard it.

Are you sure this is referring to her, Lian Bibenbi?

The lady was somewhat interested. She helped Lian Bi stand up and said to her with a smile, "That's great. They have always said that you are stingy. After what happened today, I wonder who dares to say that anymore!"

Having said that, he went out excitedly to watch the fun. As the person involved, Lian Bi naturally had to go out with him.

After leaving the inner room and crossing the main hall, I saw Cook Jiang and a little girl opening food boxes and taking out ice bowls from them.

At this moment, the area was filled with the maids from the yard, making a lot of noise.

Those ice bowls were filled with finely crushed smoothie mixed with milk and hawthorn, and topped with a layer of brown sugar juice, which looked very beautiful.

When Lian Bi helped the lady out of the house, a clear voice rang out from the crowd: "Sister Lian Bi is here!"

Lian Bi took a quick look and wondered who else could it be but Xia Mang.

She is not a stupid person. It must be Xia Mang who caused this incident today.

But now everyone was there, and she was in a difficult situation.

Mrs. Jiang, the chef, had been waiting for Lian Bi. As soon as she saw her, she came up to Lian Bi with a smile and asked for payment.

"Miss Lian Bi, this is the ice bowl you requested. I made just enough, enough for everyone in your courtyard. Apart from the deposit you paid me, you still need 245 coins. I'll round it off and make it 240 coins!"

Lian Bi's hand holding the lady's hand was almost unsteady, and she asked with a trembling voice: "You want so much?"

She originally wanted to ask if she could also erase the forty points, but she didn't say it because she wanted to save face.

Mrs. Jiang explained to her frankly, "The ice bowl uses milk and brown sugar, and it costs fifteen cents a bowl!"

After hearing what Jiang the chef said, the lady couldn't help but look at the ice bowls and said with a smile, "I just heard that the cheese you made was delicious. If I wasn't old and afraid of the cold, I would also like to eat your ice bowls."

Ji Tong smiled as he ate from the ice bowl: "It's thanks to Lian Bi that we can eat such delicious food!"

Lian Bi gave Ji Tong a tired smile.

She naturally knew that Ji Tong was doing her a favor by saying good things for her, but now she couldn't deny it!

Lian Bi loves to eat, but she is stingy. The reason she is stingy is to save money for eating.

Now that she had bled so much, she estimated that she wouldn't be able to enjoy a meal for quite a while.

But she couldn't make a scene in front of so many people, and she was too embarrassed to do so. She could only swallow her bitterness in silence.

Looking at the cook who was eagerly waiting for money, Lian Bi gritted her teeth and swallowed the money, took out the money from her small treasury and gave it to the cook, and finally joined the queue for eating ice bowls with tears in her eyes.

Xia Mang held the ice bowl that was given to her, squeezed in front of Lian Bi and said happily: "Sister Lian Bi, this ice bowl is really delicious. When will you treat us to a meal again?"

Lian Bi almost spat out a mouthful of smoothie mixed with blood.

She glared at Xia Mang angrily and said through gritted teeth, "You are still young, so eat less. Be careful not to get a cold stomach!"

Cook Jiang made just enough ice bowls, and there were still two bowls left after distributing them to the maids in the yard.

In order to get as much as possible back on his money, Lian Bi simply ate the two extra bowls.

As expected, Lian Bi suffered from vomiting and diarrhea for two whole days. In the end, she only got better after seeing a doctor and taking some medicine.

Hiring a doctor would be another expense. Lian Bi bit the quilt and tears flowed from the corners of her mouth.

The doctor told her not to eat any oily or fishy food or any raw or cold food for the next half month.

Lian Bi drank white porridge for more than ten days, and even her eyes turned green. Xia Mang visited her once.

The little girl smiled with her white teeth, her eyes sparkling and full of innocence.

"Sister Lian Bi, don't eat anything else. You are still young, be careful not to hurt your stomach."

Lian Bi: “.”

As soon as summer began on May 5th, people in the mansion began to prepare for changing into new clothes.

Summer shirts are flowing and cool, and look much better than padded jackets. Some girls who love beauty have already put on thin summer shirts early on.

Only the old lady was old and a little afraid of the cold, so she didn't change into summer clothes. Xia Mang, like everyone else, took the time to wash herself inside and out and put on her new summer clothes.

Because she received a set of summer clothes when she entered the mansion, and another set in the summer, both sets of summer clothes in her hands were brand new, which made Man'er very envious.

"When the palace was in mourning two years ago, the masters all wore plain clothes, and we didn't dare to wear bright colors. We all put on gray cloth skirts."

Man'er lifted her pink skirt and looked around, smiling with her eyebrows curved. She also invited Xia Mang: "There are beautiful peonies blooming in the yard. Let's go pick one together to wear?"

The garden of the Duke's Mansion blooms every season. In addition to being appreciated by the masters, the flowers can also be picked and worn. Many beauty-loving maids also pick them and wear them.

Xia Mang only went back and forth between the main courtyard kitchen and the kitchen every day and had never been to other places, so she was very tempted by Man'er's suggestion.

Just as he was about to agree, he saw a pretty girl coming into the yard.

The girl was wearing a moon-white short-sleeved jacket, a light green pleated silk skirt, and a small flower hairpin in her hair.

Man'er saw her at a glance and greeted her with a smile: "Sister Shang Qing is here, isn't it your turn to be on duty today?"

Shang Qing is one of the maids serving in the lady's room, and she usually looks down on others.

According to Man'er, Shang Qing's parents were the managers of the mansion. At that time, Xia Mang just listened for fun and didn't remember anything.

Shang Qing ignored Man'er and glanced around their room. Seeing that there was no one else there, she glanced at the two of them.

"Everyone is very busy, but you two are just being lazy."

Man'er smiled, but Xia Mang didn't indulge her and retorted: "There are too many lazy people. You only saw the two of us."

"How can you talk like that, you sharp-tongued little hoof!"

Shang Qing's eyebrows immediately stood up, and she rolled up her sleeves, ready to have a good fight with the little girl in front of her.

Lian Bi came over from the corner door and saw Shang Qing and said, "They're very busy over there. I asked you to come find some help, but you're taking so long!"

After being reminded by Lian Bi, Shang Qing remembered the important matter. This place was close to the main courtyard of the lady's house, so it was not good to shout loudly and let others hear it, so she had to swallow her anger.

Lian Bi didn't care about the lawsuit of these people, and immediately called them over to help.

Xia Mang followed him out of the corner door and walked along the corridor to the side room, where he saw two or three boxes on the ground, along with a pile of miscellaneous items.

They are all things used in funerals and for filial piety.

Xingzhu came out of the room wiping the sweat off her face. Perhaps she was very hot from packing these things just now, so she rolled up her sleeves to her arms, revealing two pieces of white tender flesh.

"Is that all?"

Lian Bi brought people over and asked Xingzhu when he saw her.

Xingzhu panted and nodded.

"Let the maids carry away the big boxes. We can just move these light ones to the ancestral hall."

Lian Bi didn't know what he was thinking of. His eyes turned and he suddenly said, "I haven't finished sewing the sweatshirt I made for the lady yet. Let Shuang Yu carry it."

Xingzhu rolled her eyes at her and scolded her with a smile, "I'm too lazy to do that!"

Shang Qing, who was standing next to him, mocked him rudely, "We all know how to sew, so why are you the only one left? You eat a lot on weekdays, but if you don't use your strength now, I'm afraid your clothes will be too big again, right?"

Lian Bi retorted unconvincedly: "You are talking nonsense, I obviously lost weight the other day!"

How can I not lose weight after drinking thin porridge for more than ten days?

"Have you never heard the saying that a bystander sees more clearly?"

As he spoke, Shang Qing's eyes swept over Lian Bi's round waist, making Lian Bi's face turn red with embarrassment.

"You! You!" Lian Bi stomped her feet and looked like she was about to cry.

"My aunts, please stop making trouble. The lady is taking a nap. Don't disturb her!" Ji Tong came out from the main house at this time to smooth things over.

Everyone then stopped talking and carried their things towards the ancestral hall.

Xia Mang was carrying two bags and walking at the back with Man'er. She couldn't help but ask about the past of the Duke's Mansion.

"You said that the family was in mourning for the past two years. Who were they mourning for?"

Man'er had been in the mansion since he was a child, so he naturally knew these things.

She looked at Xingzhu and the others who were walking in front, and whispered to Xia Mang, "It was the former young master and his mother, the Duke's wife. At that time, our wife was still called the Young Madam."

Xia Mang was shocked: "What's going on? How come both of them disappeared?"

Man'er sighed and explained, "The Duke passed away two years ago, and the Duke's wife was so devoted to the young master and the second young master. As a result, the young master died in battle, and the Duke's wife was so upset that she died. Now, there are only three masters in our house: the wife of the Grand Madam and the Crown Prince."

Xia Mang felt a little sad for a moment. The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion had produced military generals for generations, and all the dukes had died in battles. Now it was the turn of this generation, and the huge Duke's Mansion had become so weak!
She had also seen the young master that Man'er mentioned.

Every morning, the lady would come to pay her respects to the lady-in-waiting, and every evening, the young master would come to pay his respects to the lady-in-waiting. It was at that time that Xia Mang met the young master.

The young prince was the only male with a title in the mansion, and he looked only about fourteen or fifteen years old.

Although he is very young, he always has a stern face, and his eyes sometimes reveal the maturity and sadness of an adult.

Xia Mang recalled the scene of meeting the young master, thinking that he must be an orphan at such a young age, which was pitiful.
(End of this chapter)