Chapter 170: Third Old Mistress Shi’s Fury (1/2)
Shi Yulin was extremely disappointed and pouted her petite lips. She was about to wail when Shi Yuzhen quickly pulled her aside and coaxed her.
“Old Mistress, this old servant is useless!” All of Nanny Gui’s grievances finally found an outlet. She embellished her story and said, “When this old servant arrived at the kitchen, almost everyone had left and only two kitchen aunties remained to tidy the place up. The two of them were in a hurry to go home, and said that they had already sent dinner to us, so they insisted on not cooking another one for this old servant. This old servant saw that it was not easy for them, after all, who doesn’t want to return home on such a cold day like this? So I said no more, and went to Ning Garden to find Young Master and Young Mistress since Ning Garden has a small kitchen attached. I was sure that Young Mistress will not refuse to help!”
“Then what happened? Did Young Master and Young Mistress say anything?” Third Old Mistress Shi’s face was already as cold as ice.
“Old Mistress, calm down a little! The kitchen wasn’t wrong. After all, we were the ones who had missed the hour for dinner. We can’t blame them for being unwilling. Nanny Gui is right, who wouldn’t want to hurry back in this weather!” Third Old Master Shi sighed softly as he consoled at a side.
Shi Third Old Mistress said coldly, “Lord, I know you mean to tell me that the household has to be harmonious in order for it to prosper! But you see, even when you don’t want to be meddlesome, just look at how others are treating us right now! Heng, this is fresh! The masters still have to think for the servants and follow their wishes? It’s only one bowl of noodles, how dare they refuse to make it! Tomorrow, I will speak with Young Mistress! Nanny Gui, carry on!”
“Old Mistress, actually the kitchen wasn’t wrong too, they were really rushing home because of something urgent. That was why they refused. Their attitude was pretty good, and they were the ones who suggested that this old servant go to Ning Garden to find Young Mistress! Please don’t be angry, please don’t blame them!” As if Nanny Gui would dare to allow a confrontation between Third Old Mistress Shi and the staff from the kitchen. If that happens, the paper would no longer be able to wrap the fire!
She sighed in chagrin, “Also, Young Mistress was really nice, after hearing this old servant’s words, she immediately had her kitchen staff make the bowl of noodles! Just that, just that this old servant is useless! As I was walking along a long corridor on the way back, someone accidentally knocked into me. Not only did the meal box fall out of my hands, I also slipped and fell myself! This old servant is really useless!”
Shi Third Old Mistress held her anger in and asked, “And who was the person who knocked into you? Who was it?”
“This old servant… isn’t sure!” Nanny Gui said in embarrassment, “The sky was too dark! What’s more, this old servant was in a hurry to return and wasn’t paying attention. That person knocked into me all of a sudden, so this old servant… this old servant doesn’t know who that person was…”
Third Old Mistress Shi became even more infuriated, and she said angrily, “So, this ends up with no one responsible? You didn’t call out to her?!”
When speaking about this, Nanny Gui was also feeling angry, resentful and wronged, and said immediately, “Why would I not? But the more I called out to her, the faster she ran with no sign of stopping at all? If not for having my waist twisted, I would definitely have given chase and caught her!” Nanny Gui’s eyes darkened before saying guiltily, “This old servant is fine, but it’s unfortunate that the noodles were ruined, and Old Master, Old Mistress, and the two missies are still hungry right now!”
“You can’t be blamed for this!” Third Old Mistress Shi went straight to Third Old Master Shi, “Lord, hear that? I won’t believe a word you say if you tell me that was all just a coincidence! There is obviously someone coming for us! Heng! I will go and find Young Mistress right now!”
“Don’t rush to conclusions when you don’t really know what happened!” Third Old Master Shi coaxed and said, “I think this is all just an accident! Enough, enough, Nanny Gui, you may head down to rest now. See if there is any ointment for your injury and apply them. We can talk again tomorrow!”
“You are still siding with them!” Third Old Mistress Shi stood up all of a sudden and said unhappily, “No! I have to go and question Young Mistress right now! I have to ask her what she meant by all this! It’s already this late, why couldn’t she have sent a maidservant to accompany Nanny Gui back? Just this alone, we can already tell that she has ill intentions!”
Third Old Master Shi was suddenly out of words. From how Third Old Mistress Shi put it, she wasn’t entirely wrong. Niece-in-law was indeed a little careless! But, deciding that it was done on purpose just because of that seemed somewhat unfair!
“Aiya, Niece-in-law is still young, it hasn’t been more than a year since she married into the household, it’s possible that she sometimes did not think things through thoroughly. You shouldn’t be so hard on the youngsters! Looking at it in another way, why didn’t Nanny Gui bring along someone else when she went out?” Third Old Master Shi consoled and said, “Alright, alright, not eating for a meal will not starve us to death, let’s go back and sleep. If there is anything else, we’ll discuss tomorrow!”
“Father! Mother! I’m hungry, I don’t want to sleep! I can’t sleep with a hungry stomach!” Shi Yulin panicked when she heard what her father said.
“All because this old servant is useless! It’s all old servant’s fault!” Nanny Gui felt extremely remorseful. If she had known that such a thing would happen, she would not have refused Liu Ya’s assistance! If there were any confrontations tomorrow, won’t it just be disadvantageous for her? Nanny Gui quickly put the blame on herself and said, “Actually Young Mistress’ servant did want to arrange someone to send me back, but I didn’t want to trouble them. Third Old Mistress, please don’t blame Young Mistress…”
“Hmph!” Third Old Mistress Shi said coldly, “If she really was thoughtful, and respected us as her elders, even if you refused her, she would still have insisted. She quickly conceded after you refused. Surely we can tell that she didn’t have the heart to do it anyway!”
Third Old Mistress Shi creased her brows and glanced at her daughter who was crying from hunger and could not help but feel her heart ache. Her face sunk and she said, “Dont block me! I will go and find her now!” She called out to Ying Xia and a few other servants and was about to head out.
“Stand right there!” Third Old Master Shi became alarmed and pulled her back. In a deep voice, he scolded sternly, “Look at the time now, why are you still making such a ruckus!”
“You are the one that’s being unreasonable at this hour!” Third Old Mistress Shi said without backing down, “Let go of your hand!”
“I won’t let you!”
“Hmph!”
Shi Yuzhen and Shi Yulin were scared stiff as they watched their parents quarrel. For a short while, Shi Yulin completely forgot about her hunger, and tears hung on her eyelashes as she stared at them blankly before subconsciously sneaking into her sister’s embrace.