noffsinger Chapter 208 The Wrong Person
Chapter 208 The Wrong Person
Then she relaxed her expression.
People always have to pay the price for what they do. She is not a god and it is impossible for her to save one person after another. The little maid should have considered what her fate would be when she took Li Yuhuan's things.
These are not something that can be undone by external forces.
Su Jixiang quickly prepared the filling in her hand. She asked Hua Rui to help roll out the dough while she made the steamed buns.
Soon Hua Rui and Qu Wanning's attention was attracted.
Qu Wanning also washed his hands, rolled up his sleeves and started to join in.
She is no longer the newbie she was when she just left the palace. At least she has learned a lot from Su Jixiang, and she can roll out the dough quite well.
Even two people rolling the dough could not keep up with Su Jixiang wrapping it alone... It shows how fast Su Jixiang is.
While everyone was making dumplings and chatting and laughing, Su Jixiang vaguely heard some noise coming from outside the wall.
The kitchen is next to the outermost wall of the house. The hawking voices of the tofu sellers carrying poles on their shoulders outside can be heard from inside the kitchen.
"What's going on outside?" Su Jixiang asked.
"I don't know." Hua Rui and Qu Wanning said in unison, and the three of them pricked up their ears to listen.
There was a sound of crying amidst the noise, and someone could faintly hear, "I can't live anymore!"
“This is going to kill our whole family.”
Things like that.
The three of them obviously heard it, and they looked at each other in confusion.
"Do you want to go out and take a look?" Qu Wanning asked.
"Let's go take a look." Su Jixiang put down the bun in his hand, wiped his hands, and then walked out.
As soon as I went out, I saw Wei Dong walking towards me.
"What's going on outside?" Su Jixiang asked. Standing in the yard, he could hear more clearly. There was indeed someone crying and shouting.
"You've alarmed Madam!" Wei Dong hurried over to salute and said, "It's Nangong Rui's family who somehow found their way here. They're blocking the door and crying and shouting to see the general."
"Have you told them that the general is not at home?" Su Jixiang said.
"They said so." Wei Dong said, "They didn't believe it! They said they went to the military camp a few days ago. They said the general was in the mansion. So they came here today. I didn't want to disturb the lady. But they were making a lot of noise and crying at the door, attracting a group of people around to watch, so I came to find the lady..."
Su Jixiang nodded, "I understand. I'll go out and take a look."
"It's just that Madam, they are a bit unreasonable." Wei Dong looked at Su Jixiang with some concern, "Why don't you just not go to meet them."
"Are we going to wait for them to keep making trouble? The sign that was just hung in the general's mansion will make people laugh at it." Su Jixiang said.
After Wei Dong finished speaking, his expression became very embarrassed.
Before the general left, he said he would protect his wife. Now that this man had come to his door, it was really not a good look. He wanted to chase him away directly, but he just lay on the ground. With so many people watching, it was really difficult to deal with him.
Su Jixiang bowed and said, "I understand."
"You guys don't have to follow him out." Su Jixiang said to Qu Wanning and Hua Rui.
Qu Wanning and Hua Rui both said they would follow to prevent Su Jixiang from suffering any loss.
Su Jixiang smiled and said, "What loss can I suffer? Let's see what the situation is first."
When Su Jixiang, Qu Wanning and Hua Rui arrived at the door, they saw that the open space in front of the door was full of people.
This courtyard is relatively secluded. When Wei Ling was choosing the location, he specifically looked for such a place. Because he didn't like too much noise.
"Madam!" An old woman was kneeling on the ground. Her clothes were clean, but not sure if it was intentional or due to life pressure, her clothes were a little tattered, with pudding on her shoulders and sleeves.
She cried to Su Jixiang and the others, "Madam, please help us! We really can't survive, so we have no choice but to come to the general's mansion."
As she spoke, she knelt down in the snow and walked forward. Her hands were frozen red and purple, and she looked very miserable indeed.
She wanted to kneel down in front of Su Jixiang and his group, but was stopped by Wei Feng and Wei Jing.
Su Jixiang came over and tried to help the woman up, "Stand up and talk first."
Little did she know that the woman didn't appreciate Su Jixiang's kindness at all. "The lady is here, how can you have any say?" She pushed Su Jixiang away.
Seeing this, Lushui and Guihua came forward and tried to protect Su Jixiang.
Su Jixiang was not annoyed, and could not help laughing, "Which lady are you looking for?"
The woman took a look at Su Jixiang and saw that she was dressed simply in a gray-brown jacket and skirt. She did not look conspicuous at all. Apart from her stunning face, her whole appearance did not look like that of a general's wife.
Qu Wanning, who came out with Su Jixiang, was wearing a brocade long dress with white fur inlaid on the cuffs and collar, which looked very luxurious and exquisite.
So the woman determined that Qu Wanning was the general's wife, and Su Jixiang seemed to be a maid or something like that.
She suddenly felt that the general's wife was really generous. She actually kept a woman as beautiful as Su Jixiang by her side, and was not afraid that the general's heart would be seduced by Su Jixiang.
How could she know that Su Jixiang had changed into this work dress because she was going to cook and was afraid of getting her dress dirty...
So Nangong Rui's mother had misunderstood!
She looked at Qu Wanning and said, "Please let Madam make the decision! Let Madam make the decision! We don't ask for much, we just want to see my son!"
Su Jixiang and Qu Wanning looked at each other, and Qu Wanning couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Madam, what do you mean?" Nangong Rui's mother felt that she had caught the general's wife's handle and burst into tears. "Ah, madam, are you laughing at me? We know that we are not people who can't be on the stage in your eyes. The general's wife is high above us, but you can't laugh at us like this! We are desperate and come to you for help. Are you humiliating us by looking like this? Fine, fine, our lives are cheap and can't compare to those of nobles, but we still have a life after all! Are you just going to watch our whole family starve to death?"
Her crying was so loud and resounding that the crowd watching around her couldn't help but whisper to each other.
Seeing this, Qu Wanning quickly restrained his smile, "I am smiling because you even got the wife wrong, not because of anything else! And you are making trouble first and then accusing me of all kinds of things. Are you here to solve the problem? You just want to ruin the reputation of the General's Mansion and force the people in the General's Mansion to submit!"