When Gu Qingci saw Li Cheng with a smile that was not a smile, he instinctively did not dare to mess with him, felt nervous, and reluctantly told the story.
In the end it was her, of course she was blaming others for her faults. Gu Qingci whispered resentfully: "It was Cheng Yueying who came to provoke me first, she was arrogant and domineering, scolded me, laughed at me, how could I bear it."
Li Cheng raised his eyebrows: "What did she scold and mock you for?"
Gu Qingci pursed her lips and refused to speak.
Not to mention Li Chengze, he could have guessed that he was just laughing at her for marrying poorly.
So he didn't continue to press, just said: "So you just gave her a slap?"
"She hit me too, and even scratched me." Gu Qingci retorted in a low voice, with a bit of aggrieved tone.
"Where is the injury, let me see." Li Cheng looked at her up and down.
Gu Qingci just put his hand in front of Li Chengye, only to see that there were indeed a few bright red scratches on the back of Bai Shengsheng's hand, stretching all the way to his arm.
Li Cheng picked it up and looked at it, seeing that a layer of white ointment or other medicine had been applied on it, so he didn't say anything else.
Gu Qingci couldn't grasp the point and understand these trivial things, so it was the girls' quarrel.
Li Chengze still couldn't spare the time to care about this, so he simply explained a truth to Gu Qingci, and said seriously: "It's not a big deal for you to quarrel with others, but I have to teach you a truth, no matter what you do in the future, remember one thing , Wan Mo hand over the handle and let someone catch you, otherwise you will fall to the bottom, and if you meet a ruthless one, you will suffer, remember?"
Fighting is nothing, you can fight until people are speechless. Gu Qingci is good, the sky is still someone else's territory, she can strike first, with so many eyes watching, if someone is determined to fight You, I'm afraid you can only admit it.
This society is strict in etiquette, especially for women, Gu Qingci should have understood better than Li Chengze.
"Stupid girl with no brains." Li Chengze sighed inwardly.
Gu Qingci is very uncertain, some things can be forgotten in a blink of an eye, no matter how detailed you say them. At this moment, just watching her nod, I don't know if she has lost her mind.
After all, she had already acted obediently, but Li Cheng didn't make things difficult any more, and after admonishing her again, he called the servant girl and took Gu Qingci away.
Then he called Yuanbao and asked him to inquire about Yuzhenxuan.
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During this period of time, the Bai family got close to a lady surnamed Wu, and I don't know what kind of friendship they established.
Every day is full of red, as if something happy happened.
He even showed a lot of tolerance towards Li Zhi and Li Chan. It was no longer the same as the previous two days, as soon as the two sisters came back from the west courtyard, they would ask Gu Qingci about it.
Ask Gu Qingci what good things are there, how much jewelry is placed in the house, and whether they have given some to their sisters.
When they saw that they just shook their heads in a muffled voice, and couldn't ask a word after several sticks, they poked their foreheads with their fingers and scolded in a low voice: "I don't know how clever you are if you don't have anything, it's all in her room, Gu Qingcifang!" You just pick up the jewelry, ornaments, precious calligraphy and paintings, and those hairpin jewelry, and say you like them, people raised by her big family want face, so why not give it to you?"
Li Zhi's face turned red with shame when he heard these words, feeling a little ashamed.
He also complained that her mother didn't understand anything at all, let alone the rules in the house of a young lady like Gu Qingci, and she was always trying to control her, using some unscrupulous means.
If the sisters really play this trick in front of Gu Qingci, it will not be a joke for people to look at coldly, and it will be too late even if they want to dig a hole and jump in.
After Li Zhi grew up one year old, she became more like a big girl, knew more things, and knew more about shame.
But I also know that I can't say this to Bai Shi in my heart, so I can only say: "Our sisters are stupid, and it took a lot of work for my sister-in-law just to recognize the words, so why don't we talk more when we go. If you want something, my sister-in-law is good even if she doesn’t say anything, but there are a bunch of maids there, with ten eyes and eight eyes. If they see it, how can they laugh at our family in private? Brother?”
Even after saying this, Bai's face was still darkened, but at least he didn't say what he said before.
Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Wu became acquainted, and from time to time they went to visit other people's houses, or invited people to Li's house.
So she spent less time in charge of the two sisters of the Li family.
Mrs. Wu is from Wujiatun, which is closer to the capital than Hekou Village. Mrs. Wu's husband's family is a small landlord with thousands of acres of fertile land. They live a very wealthy life in the countryside. Mr. Wu is also a figure in the surrounding three towns and five villages.
Today Li Chan and Li Zhi came to study in the West Campus as usual, Gu Qingci was sometimes bored, so he would chat with them for a while, and occasionally ask a few things about the East Campus.
The two sisters respected Gu Qingci, and when she heard her question, Li Chan spoke quickly, and immediately said: "It's nothing else, but that Mrs. Wu is here again, she has been coming to our house so often recently, I have seen three I'm back."
Gu Qingci just asked casually, not paying much attention to who came to the house.
Holding the flower tassels in his hand, he played around, raised his eyelids, and said lazily: "Which Mrs. Wu is a relative of our family?"
Li Chan whispered: "Where is the relative, I heard it is from Wujiatun, I have never seen this person before."
Gu Qingci nodded and stopped talking, no one took this matter to heart.
They had dinner together in the evening, but Li Baode and Li Cheng were not there. The son came to Hekou Village a few days ago and someone said something happened in the village, so the father and son went to the countryside together. They will not return today, so they don't have to wait for dinner.
There were a few female family members sitting on the table, and everyone finished their meal dryly. Mrs. Sun went back to her room, and the two Miss Li were also sent away.
The Bai family left Gu Qingci alone to speak.
Bai looked at Gu Qingci with a gentle smile on her face, and said slowly, "You are a girl who was raised in the family of a noble noble. You were raised by gold and jade. My small family has wronged you, so I just looked at you. I didn't use a few mouthfuls of food, presumably because I can't get used to these rough foods and it doesn't suit my appetite. You are a delicate person, and you don't know the difficulties of people like us, but now that you are married, you are a family, and I am not afraid of losing face. Ze'er married you, and most of the family's assets were consumed. Right now, everything in the family is tight, and everything is short, and Ze'er spends a lot more on studying. After tossing around, it's hard to find even a penny..."
After hearing such words, Gu Qingci was a little dazed for a moment, unable to react.
However, Mrs. Bai felt that this young lady is not difficult to deal with, so she continued: "I think you are my own. You can understand what I mean. Your family is rich and noble, and you have many dowries. Now you are a family. The wife is still here, and you don’t have the reason that your rich and well-dressed elders eat bran and swallow vegetables. Outsiders may know what to say, so I let you take money to subsidize the family.”
Li Cheng was not there, and Bai's family had no taboos, let alone beat around the bush, and spoke very straightforwardly.
Gu Qingci was really shocked.
The first reaction was that Mrs. Bai is so shameless, why is she so shameless, asking for money in front of her face!
She has been a boudoir lady for more than ten years, so she has never heard such a thing, the servants around her are all carefully selected and raised from childhood to adulthood, with strict rules, and they will not say such dirty words to mislead the girls.
The housekeeper's wife has never seen anything before, but the key point is that Gu Qingci has never spent a day learning how to be a housekeeper with the second wife.
In the aristocratic family, everyone has to turn seven or eight corners when they say a word, and everyone has to face, even if they are kind to their enemies. In the past, Gu Qingci hated such people very much. Because of her impulsive temper, she was plotted several times by others.
But now it seems that false politeness is much better than shameless.
Although Gu Qingci has never been involved, she is not a person who can suffer. Bai asked her to take money to supplement the family. She despised her in her heart and was even more reluctant, so she said: "It doesn't make sense, the money will come to me , I have never used your family for a penny, and now I want to support your family instead? Others want to make fun of it, and it is a joke that your Li family is shameless."
"Shut up!" Bai's face darkened for a moment, "What kind of good manners are taught by the lady of the Hou family! It seems that I treat you too leniently for my mother-in-law like this, even if you don't care about your dignity There's no one here, it's very good, I'm afraid you won't know what's good and what's bad if you don't suffer once!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Bai called out, and soon, a tall and rough woman walked in.
This person was given to Mrs. Bai by Mrs. Wu today, and she gave it along with the body deed. Mrs. Wu even concealed that this woman is the best at training people. If you suffer, keep it for future obedience.
Gu Qingci realized that something was wrong, and took two steps back, but it was too late, the woman stepped forward and restrained her, took out a rope to tie her hands and feet, and gagged her mouth.
Mrs. Bai turned sideways and said to her mother-in-law: "For the first time, you should keep your hands back, just let her know the truth, know how to respect mother-in-law, learn how to raise and lower eyebrows, and then go to the ear room to lock up for a night. Kill it and kill it."
The mother-in-law showed no expression, she responded with a wooden board, and dragged Gu Qingci down.
Bai also followed out of the house, avoiding people, and quietly exited the small door. A big copper lock locked all the main door and side door of the west courtyard.
Then he returned to the East Court as if nothing had happened.
Mu Se came slowly, and the night was long.