Jiang Wei and the others took a brief tour of the garden. The Tang Mansion was originally bigger than the Jiang Mansion, but now the Tang Mansion lacked maintenance and was gradually withering away. Weeds were overgrown in many places, and debris was piled up everywhere.

The real utility room was instead empty.

Some of the vacant rooms have collapsed beams. It's sad that such a large Tang Mansion looks like this.

When passing by the kitchen, Jiang Wen did not go in, but asked someone: "Is the eldest lady in the kitchen?"

Tang Bao winked at the maid intelligently, but when Jiang Wei saw it, Tang Bao did not dare to make any other move.

The two were about the same age, both almost fourteen years old, but Tang Bao looked obviously younger, and Jiang Wei was more imposing. Tang Bao was shocked by just one glance.

Tang Bao did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Jiang Wen. Everyone knew that she was good at martial arts and would be merciless. If she was slapped in the face later, it would not look good at the birthday party the day after tomorrow.

The smart Tang Bao carefully pleases Jiang Wei.

Although Tang Bao is one generation higher than them.

The girl was quite smart, and said cleverly: "The eldest lady was originally helping in the kitchen, but later she went back to her yard to rest due to exhaustion."

Jiang Wu didn't understand Tang Si, but Jiang Wu knew that she was not such a lazy person who didn't understand etiquette. No matter how tired she was, Tang Si would not be so lazy that she didn't come to see Mrs. Tang and went back to the courtyard directly.

Obviously the girl is lying or there is another reason.

Seeing Jiang Wu shaking her head at her, Jiang Wu understood. She stepped forward, slapped the maid with her palm, grabbed her hand with her backhand, and kicked the crook of her knee with her right foot. The maid immediately fell to her knees.

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The maidservant was in pain and quickly begged for mercy.

"Tell me, where is the eldest lady? Tell the truth, otherwise you won't want this arm anymore."

"Girl, please forgive me. The eldest lady was indeed helping in the kitchen. Later, the wife sent someone to send a message, saying that the eldest lady would not be allowed to appear in front of people today. Later, where the eldest lady went, the slaves really didn't know."

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang actually asked the dignified lady to help in the kitchen. This is supposed to be the daughter-in-law's business.

Jiang Wei then looked at Tang Bao. Tang Bao was frightened and said quickly: "I don't know either."

It's not easy for Jiang Wei to hit Tang Bao, after all, she is still their little cousin in name.

She said: "Please, my little cousin, please take my two brothers to the residence to settle down, and we can go shopping by ourselves."

Tang Bao was afraid that Jiang Wei would wander around, but he was also afraid of stopping her. The miserable situation of the maid just now was still in front of her, so she had no choice but to take Jiang Shi and Jiang Ying away in anger.

"Eldest sister, you go to my eldest cousin's room to look for her. My second sister and I will walk around the garden."

So the troops divided into two groups.

Jiang Wen didn't know much about the Tang family. She only knew that a woman like Tang Si who had not yet gotten married at the age of eighteen was indeed considered a late marriage in this era.

"What's going on with my eldest cousin? Why hasn't the man come to propose marriage for so long?"

Jiang Mei didn't know much about it and only vaguely said: "The man was chosen by my great-aunt, who is also from Puzhou. His surname is Fang. His ancestors once gave birth to civil servants and are now running a cloth business. The mistress of the Fang family is the handkerchief of her great-aunt."

, at that time, the Fang family admitted that the relationship was firstly for the sake of the great-uncle, and secondly, because the great-uncle was admitted as a scholar.

But more than ten years have passed, and my uncle is still just a scholar. Now that the Tang family is declining, maybe the Fang family wants to regret it. My eldest cousin is so pitiful."

More than ten years ago, the Tang family was booming. Tang Si's mother was a shrewd and capable person, otherwise she would not have been able to suppress the Wang family. The baby marriage was arranged for Tang Si when she was only four years old.

The beauty was ill-fated and passed away within two years. No one cared about her after her death.

It's better not to ask the girl's family to arrange the marriage themselves and go to her door to ask for an explanation as to why she didn't come to propose the marriage.

If the biological father doesn't care, the biological brother doesn't care, the husband doesn't worry, then the stepmother naturally doesn't bother to worry about it.

It seems that my eldest cousin is indeed very pitiful.

The Tang family has come to an end.

As the two of them walked, Jiang You heard a faint whimper coming from behind the rockery. Jiang You made a silent gesture to Jiang Mei and listened subconsciously.

Sure enough, there were people crying behind the rockery, but their voices were suppressed and soft, just for fear of being heard.

Jiang Wei carefully jumped to the top of the rockery and looked down. She saw a girl leaning on the rockery, covering her face with a showkerchief and crying softly. Her voice was gentle and low, like crying, which was audible and could not be said.

Despite all the sadness and grievances, Jiang Wei can relate to the helplessness and caution.

Then she saw a figure in pink clothes flashing in the woods behind the rockery. Looking at the person underneath, she was wearing an ordinary coarse grass cloth, an apron, and her head was wrapped. She sighed and said with a standard smile: "

Why is this sister crying here? Is the sand blinding her?"

The people below heard a pleasant inquiry coming from above, and looked up in shock, and saw a pretty and elegantly dressed little girl looking at her with a smile and big, watery eyes.

The people below didn't expect anyone to appear on the rockery. They were frightened at first, and then stunned. She had seen her before, but she was still young at that time and her appearance had not changed much, but this sight shocked her.

Jiang Wei and Tang Bao have the same appearance, cute and cute, but Tang Bao's skin is not as good as hers, and his eyes are always wandering, and unconsciously he feels like a ghost, which is occasionally offensive.

But the person in front of her was different. There was a bit of justice and heroic spirit in her eyebrows. Her two big watery eyes were shining like stars. She was full of confusion at the moment. Her beautiful and long eyelashes were especially obvious when looking from bottom to top.

Her delicate and plump pink face purred slightly. Standing on a high place, she was as clean and light as an angel falling into the mortal world.

Seeing her stunned and speechless, with only tears hanging in the corners of her eyes, I felt pity for her, and Jiang Wei knew that this was her eldest cousin Tang Siduo.

She asked again: "Sister, do you need my help? You don't let people cry in the house. If you are caught by the housekeeper later, you will be punished."

Tang Si quickly wiped away his tears and shook his head and said, "I didn't mean to do it, I was just blinded by the sand."

"That's good. Go back and rest early. This is for you."

Jiang Wei gave her a box of ointment. It was the Snow Lotus Jade Cream that she used for Jiang Mei last time. Jiang Mei gave it back to her after her face healed last time. She thought it was very effective, so she took it with her.

Bring your own homemade toffee.

Tang Si held the ointment and sugar in a daze, not knowing why.

Jiang Wen pointed at her face, and Tang Si immediately realized that she had seen the slap marks on his face. Was she going to give her medicine?

"Sister, wipe it twice more and give it back to me tomorrow. There is also one called toffee, which is very sweet. Sister will not feel the bitterness after eating two of them." After that, she jumped off the rockery and left with Jiang Mei.

After walking far away, Jiang Mei asked: "Is this my eldest cousin?"
Chapter completed!