When Shi Jin turned back halfway, he heard Qi Mojing asking the maid in red in front of him in an almost gentle voice.

She instinctively hid behind a bush of flowers, not daring to poke her head out. It seemed like she had heard some big secret!

The tips of Qi Mojing's ears moved slightly, but she did not look back, only looking at Ruyue softly.

Ruyue's face turned red as she was stared at by Qi Mojing. Second Master Qi is really a good person! As long as he is willing, as long as he shows a smile, a large number of boudoir girls will flock to him!

She nodded vigorously and added, "How could Ruyue do such deviant things if he didn't yearn for it day and night."

"I understand what you are thinking." Mr. Qi nodded, "At this time tomorrow night, you go to Hefeng Terrace and I will wait for you there."

Hearing Master Qi's answer, not only Ru Yue but also Shi Jin behind the flowers were stunned.

However, Ruyue got the personal promise from Mr. Qi, and after thanking him happily, he sent him away.

After Ru Yue walked some distance away, Mr. Qi's face darkened visibly to the naked eye. His eyes were dark, and he glanced at the direction Ru Yue left with a sneer, and then said coolly, "Have you seen enough?"

Shi Jin was startled, bit her lip and moved out in three steps. With a stern look on her face, she just said softly, "Second Master has good eyesight. As soon as the slave came here, Second Master noticed it."

Second Master Qi turned to look at Shi Jin, who had empty hands. Shi Jin hurriedly said at a loss, "I remembered halfway through the walk that Second Master Qi went out without wearing a shirt..."

Qi Mojing didn't say anything and just walked back with the angry lantern. Shi Jin didn't dare to ask for the lantern back and just jogged after the second master.

His legs were long and his steps were long. When he took a step, Jin often had to run two or three steps to keep up. Unfortunately, when the lantern, which was already pale in color, passed by a rockery, it went out with a pop.

Got it clean.

Shi Jin was naturally afraid of the dark, so she had just gone back to get her clothes, all in one go. Not to mention the darkness, the jagged rockery rocks around her were enough to make her suspicious, and she panicked so much that she ran a little faster.

The more nervous she was, the more mistakes she made. As she ran, she stumbled and fell to the ground. Now, let alone panic, she was almost in tears.

Fortunately, the second master Qi also stopped a few steps in front of her. She got up in a hurry and hurried to catch up with the second master. She didn't know whether the second master couldn't see clearly or what, so his steps gradually slowed down.

Shi Jin barely kept up.

The journey back to Qingfengyuan was uneventful, but Zhihua was not back yet.

The main room was brightly lit, and through the light, Shi Jin could see clearly that a piece of skin had worn off on his palm.

Second Master Qi seemed to have remembered something, turned around and left the main room, saying, "I will read my son's book for a while. Don't come in unless I give you instructions."

It was exactly what Shi Jin wanted. She was blessed, said yes, and returned to the ward.

The abraded skin on the palms was not tight, but there was a dull pain at most, but the wounds on the knees were a bit hideous. Unconsciously at first, when my son opened his pants, he felt some rough pain.

It was not easy to find medicine now, so Shi Jin bit his lip, drained some tea from the porcelain teapot beside the bed, washed the wound, and found a clean, soft cloth from the dustpan to bandage the wound.

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After treating the wound and cleaning his hands, Zhihua happened to come back. Zhihua first walked around the study, and seeing that there was nothing important, he came back to look for Shi Jin.

Seeing the red mark on Shi Jin's hand, she couldn't help but sigh, "You're so careless! Wait, I have some good medicine over there that the second master rewarded me. I'll share some with you."

It’s also convenient.”

Shi Jin grabbed her and said, "It's nothing serious and I'm not busy."

After pondering for a while, he wanted to ask who Ruyue was, but he didn't dare to inquire about his master. He lowered his words and said with a smile, "My legs hurt from the fall. My good sister, you should still stay on duty tonight!"

Naturally, Zhihua didn't say much and asked Shi Jin to have a good rest, then he went to serve the second master with heart.

Let's talk about the early morning of the second day. After the second master left, Shi Jin finished tidying up the second master's room as usual, and then excitedly went to the accounting room in the front yard.

Today is the day when monthly salary is distributed. In other courtyards, the head grandmother or the grandma in charge will take it back and distribute it to the little maids. But the second master is too lazy to take care of this, and there is no grandma in charge of the house, so the little maids develop it.

I started going to the accounting office to get my monthly salary.

"Shi Jin, here is your monthly salary. It's a total of two taels of silver. Just sign here or fingerprint it." The accountant who was responsible for allocating the monthly salary was a young man. Seeing Shi Jin's face, he became very good-tempered.

Tell it eloquently.

When Shi Jin signed his name, the accountant was even more surprised.

Not many maids are literate, and even those who can write their own names and surnames mostly copy cats and tigers, which is not very neat. However, the word "Shi Jin" has a sharp edge and a strong edge in the roundness. It is rare to have a style of its own.

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The word "Dao" is just like the person she is. I'm afraid this maid is quite literate!

Without waiting for the cashier to think about it, Shi Jin took his share, blessed himself with the cashier, and then walked back with the money.

She reported to the housekeeper at Madam's side and took a day off, then packed up her newly made clothes and planned to visit her brother.

Shi Jin changed out of his bright green summer shirt and put on an unobtrusive Jingchai hemp skirt. Shi Jin packed a small baggage, said hello to Zhi Hua and Siqi, and then left the corner gate of the Hou Mansion.

The back streets of the Hou Mansion are lined with shops. In addition to the small vendors setting up stalls, there are also restaurants, cloth shops, restaurants, teahouses, bookstores... and so on.

Shi Jin first went to the drugstore to prepare full-term medicine, and bought some pastries to eat, then rented an ox cart and headed to Nanshi.

Cui Xiucai's home is in a civilian area in the south of Haojing City. The houses there stretch out in long stretches, and most of them are short and dilapidated. Only occasionally renovated houses look brighter.

Shi Jin followed the direction in his memory and asked the old man pulling the bullock cart to turn left into the third alley. Then he paid five copper coins and got off alone.

When some familiar neighbors saw Shi Jin and came up to talk to him, Shi Jin all smiled and greeted them one by one.

"Ouch, Miss Cui, are you coming to see your cousin?" Aunt Zhou, who lives in the same alley, saw Shi Jin and her smile suddenly turned into a flower.

"That's right. I'll bring some medicine for my brother by the way." Shi Jin responded, walked to the seventh black and mottled wooden door, and gently knocked on the door knocker.

After a while, a tall and thin man came to open the door. It was Cui Xiucai.

When he first saw Shi Jin, Cui Xiucai was quite cautious and quickly let Shi Jin in. He saw Aunt Zhou looking this way.

After greeting Aunt Zhou sheepishly, Cui Xiucai quickly closed the door of his house.

Cui Shinian, who was writing inside, heard his sister's voice. He had already put down his brush and swooped over like a swallow in the forest.

"Sister!" Shi Nian hugged Shi Jin's legs and his eyes suddenly turned red.

Shi Jin also felt bad. She touched Shi Nian's head and asked, "How are you these days? Are you sick? Are you obedient?"

Seeing that the siblings had a lot to say, Cui Xiucai hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile, "Go inside and talk. What are you doing standing in the courtyard?"

Shi Jin couldn't help but smile gratefully, took Shi Nian's hand, and led him into the main room.

Cui Xiucai's home was quite cramped, with the bedroom and study room all in one. As soon as Shi Jin entered the house, he saw Cui Xiucai's inner clothes hanging on the hangers.

Cui Xiucai apparently saw it too, and quickly threw the patched undershirt into the bed.
Chapter completed!