"Nothing can escape my eyes, I make a living with them. Even if a needle is lost, I can find it." Anshun's wife couldn't help but praise herself, then got to the point, "Fourth Granny said she has some Fog Mountain Snow Lotus at her place, and was originally planning to give some to Third Miss. Since you two girls are here to collect things, there's no need for her to specially find someone to deliver it. Let me wait while you carry the boxes, which one of you will go to Fourth Granny's courtyard?"

  Mozzie and White Lotus are talking. When in front of others, hierarchy still needs to be clear.

  "Since that's the case, Mozi you go get it, don't forget to thank Fourth Granny." Green Chrysanthemum was waiting for her own tasks to be assigned, so Baihe had no choice but to entrust Mozi.

  Mozi saw the two maids easily lift up the trunk, she and Baihe didn't have to exert themselves as laborers, and Fourth Madam's courtyard wasn't far from here, it was a good thing so of course she had no objections.

  Qiu Si and Fourth Granny's courtyard was called Chun Gui Yuan. The name was well-chosen, and the location was excellent, with the most beautiful lake bridge and hills in the mansion all within sight. In front of the gate, a horse path had even been built, which Qiu San Niang had once criticized as absurd. Qiu Si could ride his horse directly from outside the mansion to the entrance of his own courtyard, showing how much Zhang Shi valued his position as the eldest son and legitimate heir in this family.

  Mozi heard the horse's neigh and her originally light footsteps became heavy. Holding a thread of luck, she thought that maybe it was just a messenger, or perhaps one of Fourth Granny's underlings.

  The reason for not liking to face the masters of the house, Qi Si and Qi Wu, is that they are too promiscuous. The lowly maidservants, Qi Wu can play with at will. Qi Si doesn't eat grass from his own nest, but outside the mansion, he has four or five concubines, who knows when he'll change his taste and start coveting those in the house.

  A virtuous woman like her, how can she not be avoided?

  As she turned a corner, Meng Zijin saw the piebald horse in front of the gate and silently cursed her bad luck. When she also spotted Qi Shu, Jiuzi's personal attendant, and a pretty little maid giggling together, things only got worse. She had just offended Jiuzi's mother two days ago, and now she was afraid that the couple would want to settle accounts with her today. Could it be that Fourth Madam had deliberately invited her? But Anshun's wife hadn't mentioned anyone by name.

  It's impossible to turn back now, the direction of footsteps remains unchanged, but Mu Zi seems hesitant.

  "Who is she?" The little girl who was originally talking to Qi Shu looked at her.

  "Fourth Granny asked me to come and get the Snow Lotus from Fog Mountain." Mu Zi only replied with the purpose of this trip.

  "I asked for your name, but didn't ask what you're doing here." The little girl's uniform skirt had no rank insignia on it, and her words were quite forceful.

  "My name is Mozi, I'm from the third daughter's room." Is that clear enough?

  The little girl with round eyes fanned and said, "Is it the purple ink that was beaten by the lady a few days ago?"

  Mozi felt a twitch in the back of her head. Even for her own sake, she had to hurry up and marry Qiu San Niang off, because she had become a celebrity in this mansion, almost as famous as her master, standing at the tip of the wave, and would suffer from much attention.

  "Come with me, Grandma has already instructed." The little girl waved at Qi Shu and walked in with her head held high.

  The purple-clothed little girl's haughty and pretentious demeanor made her complicated emotions a bit more comfortable, and she couldn't help but laugh. After all, she was still just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old little girl, why bother arguing with her?

  Qiu Si's courtyard has a small garden, a pavilion and a fish pond. The east, south and west wings have more than ten rooms, which is three or four times larger than Qiu San Niang's small yard.

  Xiao Yatou led her to the entrance of the large house in the south wing, where a second-class maid was just coming out.

  "Jin Zhu sister, San Gu Niang's room's Mo Zi sister has come to fetch the snow lotus." Little Ya Tou said sweetly.

  Mozi listened and only then realized that she had underestimated the little girl, who was actually very clever and not shallowly arrogant. The one called Jinzhu, when hearing her name, remained calm in expression and steady in gaze. Unconsciously, she attributed the credit for teaching this obedient little girl to Fourth Granny.

  "Cai Zhu'er, I'll go tell Grandma, you..." Jin Zhu was about to send Xiao Yan back to the gatehouse.

  "Cai Zhu, Master wants to have some tea and snacks. Take Qiao Shu to the door house and sit for a while, then bring some pastries and dim sum for him." The voice of Fourth Madam came from inside the house.

  Cai Zhu seemed to be getting along well with Qiao Shu, and she let out a happy whoop, bouncing away as she walked.

  "Grandma, Mozi is here." Jinzhu reported, although Caizhu had spoken quite loudly just now.

  "Come in." Fourth Granny ordered.

  Why let her in? Just give her something, and have the small beads like Cai Zhu and Jin Zhu take it to her. Mo Zi stood beside Jin Zhu, his foot stopping at the threshold, hesitating again.

  Jin Zhu didn't urge either, quietly waiting instead.

  Mei Zi didn't dodge just now, and it's even more impossible for her to dodge now. There is no other choice, she can only go in.

  The room is very bright and tidy, with decorations that reflect the Fourth Granny's tastes, especially the delicate arrangements. On the pear-wood table are two cups of tea, smoke-gray and emerald-green, and as soon as you take a breath, you can smell the extremely fragrant aroma. There are also several small dishes, holding different types of pastries, with exquisite designs.

  Qiu Si and Fourth Granny sat on opposite sides of the table.

  "Fourth Master, Fourth Madam, good day."

  Qiu Si didn't even glance at her, but said "no need for formalities", and just continued drinking tea.

  Fourth Granny smiled and said, "Those few silly girls of mine are clumsy and careless. They don't even know where they put the snow lotus seeds and are still looking for them."

  Mozzie can only accompany with a smile, saying more is wrong, so she maintains a silent state of smiling without showing her teeth.

  "Earlier, there were many people and it was noisy, so I didn't ask. Does your face still hurt? I have some excellent medicinal ointment for blood circulation and bruise removal here, let the young girl bring you a small bottle." However, Fourth Granny did not allow this silent understanding to continue for too long, and she suddenly turned her gaze towards Mozi, taking in every detail of his expression.

  "Thank you for your concern, Auntie, but I'm completely fine now." Mozi hurriedly declined. Regardless of whether the fourth aunt's intentions were good or bad, taking advantage of someone's kindness was not a good thing. Helping Qiu San Niang was none of his business.

  "I heard from your grandfather that you are a native of Yuling, and both of your parents have passed away." Fourth Granny asked again, "Do you have any other brothers or sisters, or relatives?"

  "No." Mei Zi replied with a humble expression, her eyebrows lowered and eyes cast down. Due to the rare interactions with high-level leaders in the mansion on ordinary days, her head hung low today, feeling quite tired, with some muscle spasms in her neck.

  "Poor thing." Fourth Granny shook her head.

  At this time, Baozhu came out of the inner room with a wooden box in her hands.

  "Found it?" Fourth Granny took over, opened and looked at it, her expression quite satisfied, handed it to Baozhu, indicating that she should give it to Mozi.

  Mei Zi carefully held out her hands and said, "I'll thank Fourth Master and Fourth Mistress on behalf of the young lady." She took a small step back, should she be able to leave now?

  "It's family, what's the need for courtesy? You can go back now, I know San Niang is busy as can be." Fourth Granny finally relented and let her go.

  Mei Zi held the box, her body was like a bow, but she couldn't care about that much, her feet made a circle on the spot and then walked out. Who would have thought, at the door almost collided with someone who wanted to come in.

  She immediately apologized, but the man was unreasonable and wouldn't let it go. "You want to die? Go reincarnate, banging your head wildly!"

  "Ailian, don't talk nonsense, haven't you seen that Master is also here?" Fourth Granny's words were not angry, her movements were calm and gentle as she poured tea for Qiu Si.

  "Just a silly girl, can't I even scold her?" Ailian wore a peach-red skirt, with charm in her eyebrows and eyes. "My brother, it's rare to see you come back during the day. As soon as you arrive, you sit at sister's place, without even going to take a look at me."

  "You didn't come to see me, but you've come yourself?" Chou Si said, eating the cloud cake slice that Fourth Granny had handed him, his tone not very enthusiastic.

  "......" Fourth Grandma said something comforting.

  Mozzie has already left, so I didn't hear clearly, and I'm not curious anyway. It's just a cliché about fighting over a man. Thinking about it, the fourth grandma is better than the fifth grandma. There's only one person to take care of at home, and as long as the ones outside don't get brought in, everything will be fine. Aileen seems not to be as favored as the rumors in the mansion say, and then there's that thing with her and Qi Wu...

  Hasty footsteps.

  The beautiful and magnificent garden villa makes people more and more breathless.

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  Thank you for your Mid-Autumn Festival rewards.

  Zi will work hard on writing.