In the evening, Mother Wen served the Second Madam dinner, and then packed up and left the house.
The clouds in the sky were like a dark green curtain. She went out and turned to her residence in the alley at the back. In order to facilitate service, most of the servants of the Su family lived in the row houses in this alley.
Mother Wen saw someone pushing a large cart selling mung bean soup at the end of the alley. She waved to the old man, bought a clay pot of mung bean soup, and hurried home with the soup.
As soon as she entered the house, she quickly closed the door, then collected all the clothes that were hanging in the yard, and carried all the clothes into the house next door. Then she came out again, wiped her hands, dug out a jar from the mud in the corner of the yard, opened it, took out a handful of soaked beans and a handful of pickled radishes, and went into the kitchen.
After a while, the whole yard was filled with the aroma of vegetables.
Ruan Xiaojiu, who had followed to the next room, had a twinkling look in his eyes and said with a puzzled tone: "Could it be that I am wrong? Is she okay?"
Of course it shouldn’t be!
The second house was a secluded place, and he had already inquired with Li Rui about where the servants who could come out lived and what their circumstances were. No matter how he looked at it, Mother Wen was the most suspicious.
But it seemed that Mother Wen was just taking a normal rest when she came out. He touched his chin and was feeling confused when he saw Yu Dong walking towards him from not far away. His eyes suddenly lit up.
"What's going on?" Yu Dong handed him a pancake and fixed his eyes on the door of Wen's mother's courtyard.
"I don't know yet. I'm cooking. Nothing..." He was about to say that there was no movement, but suddenly his eyebrows raised, and he stretched out his hand to poke Yu Dong beside him, making a gesture of "Look", and lowered his voice: "It's coming out."
Sure enough, the next moment, the door of the courtyard creaked open, and Mother Wen came out carrying a briefcase. She closed the door again and went into the alley.
Yu Dong and Ruan Xiaojiu looked at each other and stared at her calmly.
As soon as she went out, Mama Wen ran into her neighbor, Aunt Six, who also worked in the mansion. She asked her where she was going with a smile, and Mama Wen smiled and said, "Aunt is sick, I'll go see her."
The aunt she was referring to was the aunt of her husband Bai Ning, who used to be the housekeeper in the mansion, but later on due to poor health, she no longer worked in the mansion.
Bai Ning was raised by his aunt, so he was naturally very filial to her. He followed Master Su Er to serve outside, and Mother Wen would go there every now and then.
Sixth Aunt said a few more words of concern before the two of them parted.
Yu Dong and Ruan Xiaojiu have already caught up.
When they reached the gate of the courtyard with a jujube tree in front of it at the end of the alley, Mother Wen stopped and knocked on the door. Soon the door opened from the inside. She walked into the courtyard carrying the briefcase. It was almost dark.
Soon, a familiar figure came out with a lantern to kill the wind. Mother Wen smiled as soon as she saw it and said angrily, "Why did you come out by yourself? Shouldn't you be cautious?"
Bai Ning took the box from her hand and snorted, "You've found all kinds of excuses. My aunt is really sick again. You finally got a day off to visit her and even brought food with you. Could it be possible that someone is watching you?"
Mother Wen watched him take the things, and followed behind him, shaking her head and muttering: "That's true, something might have happened at home." They talked as they walked, and soon they were in the main room. When Mother Wen saw him put the things down and turn around, she lowered her voice and whispered what had happened at home.
Bai Ning's expression suddenly became solemn.
But before he could say anything, a cough was heard in the room.
Bai Ning's expression changed immediately. He quickly winked at Mother Wen, but he had already lifted the curtain and entered the side room.
As soon as he entered the door, he respectfully called "Second Master".
Mother Wen also followed suit and saluted, standing aside trembling with fear.
Master Su Er glanced at Mother Wen with a heavy gaze, raised his eyebrows and asked, "You just said something happened at home, what was it?"
In front of Master Su Er, Mother Wen did not dare to hide anything. She whispered that Su Xingtian had gone to Su Yao's room twice, and then whispered that Su Xingtian had committed suicide.
The room fell silent instantly. After a long while, which seemed to be only a moment, Master Su Er suddenly slammed the table with his hand and said coldly, "Stupid woman!"
When he got angry, Bai Ning and Mother Wen lowered their heads quickly and dared not say a word.
After a long while, Master Su Er pursed his lips and rubbed his brows, and asked Mother Wen in a cold voice: "How is the person?"
Mother Wen heaved a sigh of relief and said hastily, "Thank goodness she was rescued in time. Miss Six is not seriously injured. The imperial physician has been consulted and she is still recuperating."
Master Su Er stood up anxiously and walked around the room twice. He couldn't suppress his anger for a while: "Didn't I tell you again and again to keep everything as normal and not to cause trouble? What on earth is she doing?!"
After being married for so many years, is there anything you don’t understand
No one knows better than Mr. Su Er what's going on with Mrs. Su Er's nephew.
Even for this bastard, Mrs. Su regarded him more important than her own daughter. He couldn't help but frowned in disgust.
Mother Wen lowered her head uneasily. She knew that compared with Mrs. Su Er, Mr. Su Er's attitude towards his children was much gentler.
After Master Su Er finished scolding her, he angrily asked her, "What did the old ladies say?"
He is usually quiet, but has been in trouble frequently recently. How can he not arouse suspicion
He said that the stupid woman was stupid, but he didn't expect her to be so stupid, it was really unbearable.
"The old lady did bring people to see the Sixth Miss, but the Second Madam evaded them. Later, a miracle doctor came to the mansion and said he could cure the eldest young master's leg. The old lady put all her attention on the miracle doctor, and everyone in the family was busy with this matter. No one mentioned the Sixth Miss again." Mother Wen observed the expressions of others and chose her words carefully: "The Second Madam no longer urged to send the Sixth Miss away. She invited a doctor to come and see her, and let the Sixth Miss rest."
Master Su Er frowned when he heard that a doctor had been hired to treat Su Rong's leg. Although his expression remained unchanged, his tone became three degrees colder than before: "Treat leg? What doctor?"
Mother Wen quickly explained to him about Doctor Shen: "He is Madam Wang's brother from her mother's side. He is also a very famous doctor in the northwest. He is said to be very capable."