Lu Yunxi wanted to stop them, but facing the seven or eight girls from the Lu family, she didn't have the courage at all. She lowered her head, silently watching Xia Ying suffer, and could only say "I'm sorry" in a low voice.
Lu Yunxi's life was not going well, and Aunt Sun's life was even worse.
It was almost time for lunch, and Mrs. Lu was already hungry, so she urged Aunt Sun.
"Go to the main courtyard and see why our lunch hasn't been delivered yet."
Aunt Sun hurried to the kitchen in the main courtyard and saw three or four cooks already starting to clean up the kitchen.
She was startled and went forward to lift the lid of the pot to check.
"No one in our yard has eaten yet, why don't you send us that..."
The other cooks were unwilling to pay attention to her, only a fat cook glanced at her.
"Oh, I thought you all became immortals and didn't need to eat anymore, so I didn't make any for you."
Aunt Sun was angry and anxious: "How is that possible? We didn't eat that."
The fat cook snorted coldly: "If you are guests at the Lu family, we can cook for you one or two meals, but if you live in the Lu family permanently, then we won't cook for you for free."
As the fat cook said this, she rubbed her hands, meaning that she wanted Aunt Sun to pay the money.
Aunt Sun was slightly stunned. She didn't expect this to happen.
He asked cautiously, "How much silver does that meal cost?"
The fat cook counted on her fingers: "It depends on how many people you have in total, whether it's meat or vegetables. Generally speaking, a meal for our lady is about ten taels of silver. Are you going to cook according to our lady's specifications, or what?"
Ten taels of silver for a meal
Aunt Sun felt her purse and found that she had less than ten taels of silver in total. Moreover, if this amount was in Fengxin County, it would be enough for their family to eat and drink well for ten days.
"Well, how much silver will it cost if I order the dishes separately?"
The fat cook: "Four meat dishes and four vegetables, two ounces. Eight meat dishes and eight vegetables, four ounces."
Aunt Sun counted the heads, took out four taels of silver from her purse and handed it to the fat cook, who immediately changed her expression.
"Okay, I'll send it to you when it's done."
Here I asked others to start cooking again.
Aunt Sun touched her purse, feeling extremely distressed. As such, their expenses would be even higher if they lived in the Lu family.
Unable to hold back any longer, Aunt Sun told Mrs. Lu about the cook's shameless behavior.
Mrs. Lu was not angry at all: "That's right, we live in the Lu family, and we have to pay for food and clothing."
Aunt Sun was dissatisfied: "But it's not that expensive."
Madam Lu had just arrived in the capital and was in the excitement stage: "It's not expensive, it's not expensive. Things in the capital are more expensive than other places. After all, this is the capital. Let's be patient and wait until the master's affairs are resolved. Then we will move out."
This lasted for more than a month. Lu Yunzheng was so busy that he was rarely seen. Mrs. Lu had almost spent all the money she brought with her and was now short of money.
Finally, County Magistrate Lu was released and appointed to an official position.
Just when Mrs. Lu thought they could finally move out, she discovered that housing prices in the capital were ridiculously expensive.
Fortunately, Lu Yunzheng finally had some free time.
Knowing that Mrs. Lu wanted to move out of the Lu family, he found Gu Mubai.
"Brother Zhuo Li, I heard that you bought a yard in the capital. Can you let our family live in it?"
Gu Mubai was slightly startled: "This yard was bought by Qiao'er, and it's only a two-entry yard. If your family moves in, I'm afraid it won't be enough."
Lu Yunzheng sighed deeply: "That's better than being bullied in the Lu family."
Gu Mubai touched his nose and said with a smile: "Master, it's not that I don't want to agree to you, but I'm really afraid that Miss Qiao'er and Madam Lu will be unhappy."
"When you asked Miss Qiao'er to go to Beijing with Madam, you didn't see that Madam was dissatisfied with Miss Qiao'er and both of them were unwilling. Miss Qiao'er's temper..."
Therefore, he did not follow Mrs. Lu to Beijing, and gave Gu Mu some silver, asking him to help buy a yard in Beijing.
Lu Yunzheng had never expected that he just wanted to marry Liu Qiaoer, but was opposed by Mrs. Lu, and the two of them became increasingly incompatible.
I had no choice but to say, "Then I'll think of a way to rent a yard."
Gu Mubai raised his eyebrows, pulled Lu Yunzheng's sleeve and said, "Princess Mingxin's yard is big, and no one lives there. Otherwise, you can talk to her about renting their yard..."
Before Gu Mubai could finish his words, Lu Yunzheng's handsome face darkened.
"She and I are just ordinary friends, not what you think."
Gu Mubai raised his lips and sneered, "Everyone in the capital knows that the Queen Mother wants to marry the princess to you. Why are you still pretending? Besides, she has already found such a hard-to-find Iceberg Snow Lotus. What's the big deal about renting a house?"
Lu Yunzheng's expression became even uglier: "I did all that for my father."
Gu Mubai: "But now that Lord Lu has taken up his new post, you have never been away from Princess Mingxin. She comes to see you every day, and you also visit her every day. You are so infatuated with her that you must have forgotten Miss Qiao'er a long time ago."
"Or maybe you want to have two girls at once, and enjoy the happiness of having two women at the same time."
As Lu Yunzheng listened to Gu Mubai's increasingly outrageous words, he became so angry that he wanted to hit him.
"You should prepare well for the autumn exam. You will be in charge of my affairs."
Gu Mubai's examination results came out, and he successfully passed the examination. He followed Mrs. Lu to Beijing to take the Jinshi examination.
He had said that he would be Lu Yunzheng's legal advisor, but now he had changed his mind. He wanted to make money with Liu Qiaoer and it would be nice to be a minor official.
Now Gu Mubai is also determined to stand up for Liu Qiaoer.
In the capital, Lu Yunzheng was very conflicted.
In Yuzhou City, Liu Qiaoer accompanied Zhao Ziyu to watch a play and then prepared to set off for Beijing.
It’s just that Zhao Ziyu made the announcement a little too early, and Liu Qiaoer was kidnapped as soon as she left Yuzhou City.
To be precise, their group was already very low-key, but they were still politely helped to get on a flower boat.
Liu Qiaoer wanted to open her eyes, but her eyelids were heavy and her head felt dizzy. She called out "Long Batian".
Long Batian said in the space: "You drank their tea and got knocked unconscious. They are the largest brothel in Yuzhou City. They said they wanted to participate in the Beijing's triennial oiran competition. But their oiran is sick."
So, when Liu Qiaoer saw the delicate and beautiful courtesan who was as beautiful as Lin Daiyu, she followed him consciously.
But he was not careful. After entering the boat, he drank the water on the boat and became unconscious.
Zhao Ziyu, Xiaoliu and others were on the second floor of the flower boat, while she and the courtesan were alone on the third floor.
"The girl is awake, have a cup of tea."
Liu Qiaoer smelled the tea, which was clean, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Girl, what's your name? What's wrong with you?"
The ship is a very luxurious one. The tables, chairs and benches are all made of mahogany, and even the cups for drinking water are very exquisite.
The girl was very pretty, and she was a bit as delicate as Lin Daiyu.
"Miss Liu, I'm sorry for being so rude. My name is Yue Niang. I have been feeling weak for the past two months. I have been having period problems, feeling weak, and having pain in my lower abdomen."
"You know, the triennial Oiran Contest is about to begin. With my current body, I won't be able to win the Oiran title even if I go to the capital."
Liu Qiaoer stood up and walked a few steps on the boat. Everything was fine and the boat was stable. She came to Yue Niang and took her pulse.