Nanny Li quivered and kept silent. No one knew if she remembered the past or Su Erya’s cold voice from a few days ago.
“Nanny Li, now I just want to stay quiet in Jinyuan Court. It’s best if I am not bullied by anyone. But if I am bullied again, I want to have the strength to fight back. Before, life and death were out of my control. Now, I don’t want to experience that feeling again.”
Su Erya flashed a bitter smile, “My mother...she is really cruel! I thought that if I did not resist, even if I had a hard life, I would not die. So I kept silent and did not resist. However, I was too naive.”
Nanny Li was so moved that she realized it was her, not the Second Miss that was stupid. She was so foolish that she was even scared by Erya’s cold voice.
But after thinking carefully, she knew Second Miss was so young, so she had to think about how to live every day. If she were not smart, how else could she have survived?
Before
Shaking her head to dispel strange thoughts, Nanny Li proposed, “Let me do some needlework to support the family. You made the Lord unhappy last time because of your problem with the First Madam. No matter how aggrieved you are, you must not go to him.”With her eyes glistening, Su Erya gently said, “I know. Don’t worry.”“Great! Second Miss, have a rest. I’m about to prepare lunch,” Nanny Li replied and went to the kitchen.Bending down, Su Erya gently closed the Copybook of Dahan from Su Zipei’s room and walked lightly toward the Main Courtyard like a fair maiden.“Lord, the Second Miss would like to see you,” Butler Li told the Lord at the door of the study. Putting down the accounts and slightly frowning, Su Huanli said: “What is she doing? She just recovered.”“She may want to pay respects to you.” Butler Li said with a smile.Su Huanli snorted, “I don’t think so. Let her in.”
At this moment, an exquisite carriage stopped outside the gate of the Su House. The curtain was engraved with a large Chinese character “Yang”, a surname. When the carter opened the curtain, a young man in golden clothes walked out immediately with a face of pride.Clack!The young man opened his folding fan. Coupled with his handsome face, he had the temperament of a childe.“Cousin, I came as I promised!”The young man with big steps crossed the border of the Su House, and soon there was a sound of “ouch” in the house.Yang Wei’s foot slipped on the ground and his mouth was bleeding. He climbed up and wiped the blood in his face, and his expression gradually distorted.“Fuck! Who sprinkle the lime on the ground? It tastes like sticky rice cake!”“Atishoo!”Su Erya rubbed her nose and felt a little strange, “Who’s talking about me?”Inside the hall.When
Nanny Li suddenly remembered that the Lord told Su Erya not to make Zongzi any longer. Nanny Li grew scared and stopped talking. Su Erya looked relaxed and said with a playful tone, “If I can exchange a plain dish for a brighter future of the eldest brother, it doesn’t matter!”Nanny Li now understood the exchange and shivered.The Second Miss was much smarter than she thought. Had Second Miss planned this?What happened a few months ago flashed through her mind. She had been around Su Erya, so she knew exactly what. But she didn’t find any traces of deliberation. This all seemed to be a coincidence.Nanny Li didn’t dare to think about it anymore. She was scared. Subconsciously, she would rather believe that the Second Miss was a kind and lovely person who didn’t scheme. “Nanny Li, why are you sweating? Is it hot here?” Su Erya asked.Nanny Li was awakened suddenly. Smiling, she wiped the sw
It took Su Erya two days to dry the sesame, and then she took out the glutinous rice which was used to make the Zongzi last time, grinded it into powder, and dried it. Then she started to separate the white and black sesame. The black sesame and sugar were used as fillings while the white sesame was fried and put aside.After Nanny Li made the sugar water, Su Erya poured the glutinous rice powder into it and made the power into a dough then into glutinous rice balls that were not too soft or too hard, and then she kneaded them into small bowl-shaped wrappers, stuffed them with the fillings, and made them into balls. After that, she dipped the glutinous rice balls into water and put them into the sesame dish.Watching Su Erya cooking so skillfully, Nanny Li was stunned.When Second Miss was a child, she only did the laundry and wood chopping and she never went into the kitchen. How could she be so practiced, was she… a so-called genius?
“Mother, what’s wrong with cousin Yang? He is now a high-ranking official. If I were his wife, I wouldn’t need to look at anyone’s face. What’s wrong with that?” Su Zipei retorted straightforwardly.Snap!She felt piercing pain in her palm. Su Zipei raised her head and looked at her mother’s eyes which were full of disappointment. she couldn’t understand her mother at all. It was her mother that taught her how to be a follower of the rich and powerful, but why did her mother refuse to recognize her decision.“Mother, I don’t buy it! You were not born in an official family. Can you find a better husband for me than Yang Wei? If you can, please show him to me, otherwise I will marry cousin Yang today!”Zhu Yan was so angry that she even thought of killing someone. She looked around and found no one was here to eavesdrop, then she made a decision instantly.Seeing her mother shut the doors and windows in the daytime, Su Z
“Excellent! We will see that the three families fight with each other. Uncle, you are so wise!” Li Wei said and immediately made arrangements.With the deliberate promotion of Li Wei, the news about the Su Family’s genius cooking girl spread widely. Schemes were cooked up by all. Yang, Zhu, and Su Families all fell dead silent.“Who on earth did this? Who released this?” Su Huanli was furious. “Fortunately, the outside world knows nothing about Erya. They think that Zipei did everything. But the reality will be exposed sooner or later. Butler, do you have any method to deal with this?”Li Yin frowned tightly and analyzed, “The news is not good for the Zhu Family or the Yang Family. I think it is the county magistrate’s last fighting move. Now Zhu and Yang Families maybe more anxious than us.”Su Huanli’s expression turned to serious, “It seems that they will visit us soon.”“Lord, a two-faced person is always uncomfort
Outside Su Erya’s room in Jinyuan Court, Nanny Li felt terrified and kept knocking at the door. She shouted, “Miss, are you in the room? Miss, don’t frighten me.”“Leave it to me!”The old butler looked serious and came in a hurry. As he was about to kick the door, the door suddenly opened. Su Erya came out with a thin lining. Looking confused, she said, “Nanny Li and butler, what happened? Why do you knock my door so late at night? I was sleeping so deeply that I didn’t hear you until just now.”Nanny Li felt relieved. She patted her chest and said, “You scared me. Miss, an assassin came to the Su House. The Third Miss was almost killed.”“Ah?!” Su Erya’s eyes opened like almonds. She looked terrified.Li Yin was still concerned. After he went into the room and checked it carefully, he was relieved. There were no traces of people entering the room. It seemed that this assassin’s target was only the Third Miss.
“How foolish I’ve been! My wife was so cruel that she left Erya abandoned outside. Alas…How will I get along with Erya in the future…”Su Huanli paced back and forth in the house and thought about the plan, “If Erya is resentful, the that ten percent profit from the Baiwei Building will be lost. No! Even if Zipei and her mother are not punished, I will give Erya compensation...”In the Jinyuan Court, Su Erya was squatting on the ground to separate the ingredients and poisonous weeds.In order to prevent accidents, she only mixed a small number of poisonous weeds in the photo album and did not completely list herbs on the Collection of Poison. With these poisonous weeds, however, she could refine many things.As for her daddy, she didn’t have much time to take care about him. It was easy to make him uneasy. If she could gain larger advantages by taking advantage of it, it would be unexpected pleasure.“Miss, I’m back.”