letter of commitment

35.

When Xiao He arrived at the government office, he happened to meet a servant carrying Zheng Chief's body out. Seeing the blood oozing from the white cloth, he couldn't help but shudder.

Moreover, the yamen servant at the entrance of the government yamen did not know her and stopped her outside.

"I have something to do with Mr.

"This is the government office, there is no gentleman you are looking for."

Usually followed Mu Chu's yelling to Mr. Shen Qingshu, but now he didn't change his words. The yamen servant only thought that Xiao He was here to mess around, and said something perfunctory, and then ignored her again.

"No, I'm looking for Master Shen." Xiao He hastily changed her words.

"Are you able to see my lord if you want? If you want to sue, go beat the drums, and go away quickly if you have nothing to do!"

The yamen servant is a little impatient. It is really annoying to have to deal with such people, not to mention standing guard in cold weather!

"Brother Yamen servant, I'm from Mr. Shen's house, I really have something to do with Mr. Shen."

"What do you mean? Hurry up, hurry up, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."

"oops!"

Xiao He anxiously turned back and forth, how could this be good, I can't wait here for my husband to let me go, no matter, anyway, I am a member of my husband's house now, so I can really do anything to me.

Xiao He made a gesture to rush in, but was stopped by two yamen servants and pushed out, almost falling to the ground.

"What's the matter with you, do you really think we dare not beat women?!" The yamen servant compared the stick in his hand as he said this, as if to say, if you don't leave, it's no wonder the stick has no eyes.

Xiao He was almost out of breath. Looking left and right, she saw the Mingyuan Drum on the east side and the Shengtang Drum on the west side. It seemed that the only thing to do was to beat the drums, but which one?

Boom, boom, boom... The earth-shattering drum sounded at the entrance of the mansion, and even spread to the inside of the mansion.

After thinking about it, Xiao He still chose the Mingyuan Drum on the east side, as if she really had a great grievance, and beat the drum with all her strength.

……

"Why are there drums outside?"

Shen Qingshu stopped the pen that was writing and drawing, and left the position.

"I gonna go see."

Zhong Qiao crossed his arms and said calmly.

"I'll go with you."

When Shen Qingshu and Zhong Qiao came to the front of the government office, they saw Xiao He who was pushing and shoving with the office servants at the door, and stopped them loudly.

Zhong Qiao walked to the door first, glanced coldly at the two yamen servants, invited Xiao He in, and did not forget to say: "This girl belongs to the Lord's house, if you come again in the future, just let me in."

"Yes."

Perhaps Zhong Qiao's aura was so strong that the yamen servant didn't even dare to answer directly, so he lowered his head and was in a hurry.

Seeing Shen Qingshu, Xiao He went straight to the point: "Sir, you should go back to your house to see Miss."

"Huh? What happened to Mu Chu?"

"I don't know, the maidservant. The young lady has locked herself in the house since she came back yesterday. No matter what we say, she won't open the door, and there is still no grain of rice in. You should go back and have a look."

If Xiao He didn't mention yesterday, Shen Qingshu almost forgot that Mu Chuding was still angry about yesterday.

"Okay, I'll go back with you to see her." Then he said to Zhong Qiao: "Qi Ao, you stay in the mansion, if Qi Yu comes back, you tell him that I'm back."

Shen Qingshu didn't care about bringing the fruit, so he trotted back with Xiao He.

After nodding to the guard at the door, he went straight to the head of Mu Chu's house. When he arrived, the maid Xiao Herang left behind was still there trying to persuade the people in the house, but it seemed that the effect was not good.

"grown ups."

The servant girl saw that Shen Qingshu was blessed.

"Miss still doesn't open the door?" It was Xiao He who asked.

"Yes, the food has been reheated several times, but Madam just won't open the door."

The servant girl had a worried face, worried that she would be punished for this, and she couldn't even persuade anyone.

Shen Qingshu took the food box from the servant girl's hand and waved it.

"I see, let's go."

Feeling relieved, the maid bowed her body and retreated.

Shen Qingshu stepped up the steps, first knocked on the door tentatively, and the people inside immediately said angrily: "Didn't I say that I'm not hungry? Why don't you leave!?"

Mu Chu sat on the bed, hugged his knees, even though his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, he still yelled out these words out of shame, already complaining about Shen Qingshu in his heart, Mr. Stinky, Mr. Bad, just get mad at me, You will be angry with me, I will show you on a hunger strike!

"Muchu, it's me, open the door."

Shen Qingshu opened his mouth calmly, but Mu Chu had already decided earlier that she would not open the door even if Shen Qingshu came, and this man's calm tone made her even more annoyed.

"You? Who are you and why should I open the door?"

"Miss, it's sir, I found him back."

Xiao He thought that Mu Chu didn't recognize Shen Qingshu's voice, and explained.

"Oh, sir, sir is not in the government office to deal with official business at this hour, why come back when you are free, you are busy at this hour, right?"

Mu Chu was full of sarcasm, but Shen Qingshu sounded like she was just pretending to be angry with him on purpose.

"Muchu, stop making trouble, and open the door quickly. I heard Xiao He said that you haven't eaten since you came back yesterday. How can this be good?"

"What's wrong? Sir, instead of worrying about this, you should worry about the government affairs. Don't come back for a while, there are a lot of things waiting for you to do."

Now that you know what to say to me, why did you go early? I waited all night again!

"What are you talking about? Don't vent your anger on your body just because you are angry."

Mu Chu stuck out his tongue, if he didn't take his own, would he take yours, sir?If you don't take your own, you won't come back, right?

……

Shen Qingshu persuaded him for a long time, but he still failed to get Mu Chu to open the door. As Mu Chu said, there are still matters in the government office waiting for him to go back to deal with. Zhong Qiyu should have almost made the arrangements, so his patience gradually ran out.

"I repeat, open the door."

Although Shen Qingshu's tone was still gentle, everyone could hear the resentment hidden in it, especially Mu Chu.

"I won't open it!"

Mu Chu was also very annoyed, did he lose his patience so soon, obviously he used to be very accommodating to himself.

"it is good."

Shen Qingshu's face sank, he looked at Xiao He and said, "Go and call some people, and break the door open for me."

"what?"

Xiao He said that he might have heard wrong.

"Find some people to break the door open for me!"

Shen Qingshu raised his voice, as if he intended to let Mu Chu hear it, Xiao He confirmed it, worry crept up his face, and when he was young, he called a few servants over.

When the boys heard that they were going to knock the door open, they specially found a bumper. They arranged the queue and waited for Shen Qingshu's order.

As for the inside of the house, Mu Chu only thought that Shen Qingshu was trying to trick him into opening the door, but when the door was knocked open, Mu Chu said that she still underestimated Shen Qingshu, she really dared to say it.

As soon as Shen Qingshu came in, Mu Chu could see her face covered with black lines, and she was still a little flustered, but, after all, she was Mu Chu, and she couldn't lose her momentum.

Jumping off the bed, enduring the biting coldness of the ground, without putting on any shoes, he stepped on the ground in his cloth socks, straightened his back, raised his chin slightly, and almost put his hands on his waist.

Shen Qingshu glanced back at the few people outside the door, signaled them to back down with his eyes, even Xiao He did the same, then put the food box on the table, stared at Mu Chu seriously, and walked towards her after a while.

On the surface, Mu Chu was unmoved, but inside he was uneasy.

"You don't want to come here!" Mu Chu took a few steps back and sat down on the bed again.

Shen Qingshu was silent for a moment, after all, there was only such a small distance, and she had already arrived when Mu Chu said this.

He didn't say anything, but his complexion was still bad, he suddenly squatted down, held Mu Chu's restless little feet, patted the bottom of her socks, then put the shoes on her, got up, and met Mu Chuyi His face was stunned.

"What happened yesterday was that I was not good, but you shouldn't be like this. Are you going to make the people below laugh at you?"

"Do you think you're still a young lady who hasn't left the court? Let me tell you, a madam has to look like a madam. How can it be proper to play a child's temper? How can this convince the people below?"

"I will go back to the government office later, then go to Ping County, and stay there for a while. During these days, I have arranged all the affairs of the government office for Qi Yu. Then, the affairs of the Shen residence will be I leave it to you to take care of it. If you don't understand anything, you can ask the housekeeper more. The Spring Festival is coming next month. You should also start making arrangements and take care of everything in the house. Don't let outsiders think it's a burden. The magistrate's wife doesn't know anything, she's just a brat."

Shen Qingshu said in a deep voice, it was inevitable that there was an element of exasperation to Mu Chu, but the way she played this hand was beyond Mu Chu's expectation, and Mu Chu was taken aback for a while.

"The food is on the table, you can handle it yourself, I'll go first."

Shen Qingshu looked away, waved his sleeves, and went out without turning his head. Of course, when he left the mansion, he did not forget to ask a craftsman to repair the door of Mu Chu's house.

Mu Chu was stunned, and only grasped the important information in Shen Qingshu's words in his mind - "Madam must look like a wife." "Don't let people outside think that the wife of the prefect of Shen knows nothing. You bratty little girl."

……

What's the matter with this subtle feeling in my heart, sir, this is really different from the past, hey, it seems to be more likable than before...

Eh!You are still angry!Mu Chu finally recovered, but...Looked at the food box on the table, um..., Mr. told me to do it, even if I ate it, it doesn't mean I forgive her.

Mu Chu felt that this reason was valid, because he didn't continue to treat his stomach badly.

Although I occasionally deal with some trivial matters, the important things still have to be handled by the housekeeper, so what should my mother look like, like my mother?Then don't you always have to keep a straight face?

……

Mu Chu shook his head, put the last mouthful of rice into his mouth, put down his chopsticks abruptly, and made a great determination, saying that I am a young girl, hum, when you come back, I will impress you!

Mu Chu also remembered Shen Qingshu's words, asked the housekeeper for advice, and tried to manage the house, but the two key points made it difficult for her to manage, food and money, to manage income and control expenditure, food is easy to say, after all, how many people You can eat as much as you want, but when it comes to money, Mu Chu has always been careless. No, the housekeeper has a hard time and can't talk about it, so he can't disturb Mu Chu's happiness. Just spending on new year's goods, he almost bleeds.Mu Chu is generous and wants to buy new clothes and new things for the family of more than a dozen people. This is another high-cost expense. In addition to the gifts that need to be prepared for visiting relatives and friends, the housekeeper is calculating, looking at The account book almost turned into a negative amount, and I grabbed my chest, my lord, come back quickly, this is only the first day, if you don't come back, you will really eat dirt in the future.