dognovel Chapter 153 War of Words
Chapter 153 War of Words
Jiang Yuwei wiped the dirty water off her face, looked at Mrs. Li, frowned and asked:
"You didn't see me coming in, and you deliberately splashed water on me?"
Mrs. Li snorted coldly:
"Humph, I'm working in the house, how could I have eyes outside to see you coming in? Besides, why do you have nothing to do all day and come to someone else's kitchen?"
Just as Jiang Yuwei was about to speak, she saw a water tank at the kitchen door. She went up to get a ladle, filled it with water, took a big sip, and walked straight to Mrs. Li and stared at her.
Seeing this, Mrs. Li spoke directly with disdain:
"You don't have any water at home? Why are you running to our Xu Mansion..."
Before Mrs. Li finished speaking, Jiang Yuwei aimed directly at Mrs. Li's open mouth and spit the water in her mouth into it! Mrs. Li actually caught all the water in her mouth without dropping a drop.
Mrs. Li didn't have time to talk at this time. She just retched on the ground and kept digging her throat with her fingers. Jiang Yuwei took a step back and took another big sip of water. She waited for the right moment and just when Mrs. Li looked up and wanted to scold her, she sprayed another mouthful of water all over her face!
Mrs. Li was so angry that she clenched her fists and pounded the stove, but she didn't dare to speak rashly. She was afraid that Jiang Yuwei would spit in her mouth again, so she picked up the bamboo basket on the table and was about to hit Jiang Yuwei. However, Jiang Yuwei was prepared this time and easily dodged sideways. The bamboo basket just hit the head of Manager Zhang who was standing behind Jiang Yuwei.
The sharp thorns on the bamboo basket smashed Manager Zhang's forehead and made him bleed. Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly dropped the water scoop in her hand and went to support Manager Zhang:
"Ah, Manager Zhang, you're bleeding, are you okay?"
Manager Zhang held onto the stove and managed to stand. He waved to Jiang Yuwei, then glared at Mrs. Li who was standing there at a loss and said angrily:
"How shameful! I think you don't need to enter this kitchen anymore. Go outside and be a housemaid. If you don't repent and spend all day like a fighting cock, you can go to the farm and farm!"
After hearing this, Mrs. Li immediately begged for mercy:
"No, no, no, I know I was wrong. Besides, I didn't mean it. I'm already this old, how can I be a housemaid? Manager Zhang, please be kind and let me go this time. I'll pay for the medical expenses for your head injury!"
Manager Zhang glared at Mrs. Li and said angrily:
"I don't need you to pay for the medical expenses. Otherwise, I will go to the front yard with this injury to see the master and mistress. I can't control you now. You dare to hurt others. If you can't do the cleaning work, then go to the farm to farm. Or I will ask the master and mistress to make the decision and find someone to sell you directly, okay?"
When Mrs. Li heard this, she was so frightened that she trembled all over. If she was sold by a boy to suffer somewhere else at her age, how many days would she be able to live? Even if the news got out, it would be bad for her son's reputation. Thinking of this, Mrs. Li secretly glared at Jiang Yuwei fiercely.
Seeing that Mrs. Li was still lingering in the kitchen, Manager Zhang said in a deep voice:
"Do you really want me to find someone to sell you out?"
Seeing this, Mrs. Li hurriedly said:
"Okay, okay, I'll do the cleaning. Manager Zhang, please be kind and don't spread this. I'll go clean the yard right away."
As she said that, Mrs. Li rushed out of the kitchen, got a big broom from the yard and started sweeping the yard.
Manager Zhang looked at Jiang Yuwei, who was splashed with dirty water, and said apologetically:
"Yuwei, I'm so sorry. It's all my fault for not disciplining the servants. I'll let Zhaodi take you to change your clothes first, and then you can make the sour drink to prevent you from catching a cold."
Jiang Yuwei looked down at her dirty body and the chive leaves hanging on her head, and felt that it was not appropriate to stay in the kitchen to cook, so she nodded and followed Sun Zhaodi out.
"Sister Yuwei, you are so impressive today. Hey, the time you spit on Granny Li made me laugh to death. Did you see her look? Hahaha."
Sun Zhaodi laughed all the way. She was happiest because Mrs. Li couldn't stay in the kitchen to work. She and Mrs. Li always didn't get along on weekdays. Now, with the help of Jiang Yuwei, she could give Mrs. Li a good beating. Naturally, she was happy.
Sun Zhaodi took Jiang Yuwei to the maid's room, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find a set of clothes that the Xu family's maids wore and handed them to Jiang Yuwei. She scratched her head embarrassedly and said:
"Sister Yuwei, this is the only dress I have. Please wear it for now."
Jiang Yuwei didn't mind. After all, she had worn patched clothes before, so the maid's clothes she wore now were not much worse. Jiang Yuwei quickly changed her clothes and went to the kitchen to cook sour plum soup.
Jiang Yuwei first washed all the ingredients, then poured the prepared osmanthus, tangerine peel, hawthorn, licorice, and black plum into the pot, added spiritual spring water to stew, and found some yellow rock sugar in the kitchen and put it into the pot for seasoning.
After boiling it for about quarter of an hour, Jiang Yuwei filtered the sour plum soup, and then soaked it in spiritual spring water for a while while no one was paying attention, and only took it out after it was completely cooled.
At this time, Manager Zhang had already bandaged his head and was about to come to the kitchen to see if Jiang Yuwei had finished. As soon as he entered the kitchen, he smelled the sour and sweet smell of sour plum soup. He swallowed his saliva and looked at Jiang Yuwei and smiled:
"Yuwei, I have reported the matter you mentioned to the Second Young Master. The Second Young Master told you not to worry, he will take care of it for you."
Jiang Yuwei smiled and handed the iced sour plum soup to Manager Zhang:
"Then I'll have to trouble Manager Zhang to thank the Second Young Master for me. The sour plum soup is ready. Please bring it to Madam as soon as possible. It's still a little cold now, so it's best to drink it now. After drinking this sour plum soup, your appetite will be opened. Please don't worry, Madam."
Manager Zhang took the sour plum soup with a smile. Jiang Yuwei said goodbye to Manager Zhang and walked quickly out of the mansion. She was afraid that Ning Huaizhi was waiting outside anxiously.
But as soon as Jiang Yuwei walked out of the corner door, she was stopped by a tall man:
"Hey, that maid, what are you going to do so quickly? Come here, I have something to tell you."
Jiang Yuwei pretended not to hear and walked out quickly with her head down. She knew that the man was calling her. There was no one else around and she was the only one wearing a maid's clothes. He must have mistaken her for a servant of the Xu Mansion. Jiang Yuwei didn't want to explain to him and just wanted to leave the Xu Mansion quickly to avoid trouble.
When the man saw that Jiang Yuwei was just walking with her head down and completely ignoring him, he immediately became angry and rushed to Jiang Yuwei, blocking her way.