Chapter 1267 Xiao Li Feels Great
Xiao Li leaned forward and asked, "What is this?"
Liu Wei twisted a piece and handed it over to his son: "Smell it, what does it smell like?"
Xiao Li sniffed obediently and replied hesitantly: "The smell of mummy oil?"
"anything else?"
Xiao Li immediately became nervous, because he could only smell the smell of mummy oil and nothing else, so he squeezing his fingers and started to hesitate: "That... um..."
"Ma." Liu Wei said.
Xiao Li's eyes lit up and he said hurriedly: "Yes, it's hemp. Hemp is different from cotton and silk. Because of the precise thread making, the smell of satin is astringent when burned, while cotton will turn into a lump of ash after being burned. Only hemp will burn." After it is applied, it will harden over a large area, but its shape will be loose and easily twisted into dust.”
After saying this in one breath, Xiao Li felt great and immediately looked at her mother with her head held high.
But his mother didn't care to look at him at all, she just frowned and rummaged through the nanny's body again.
Xiao Li pouted a little disappointed, but soon he found another clue: "Hey, this nanny is wearing silk clothes. Look at the nanny's elbows and joints. If I smell it again, um, it's pungent. It’s astringent, but it’s wrong, why don’t they wear clothes of the same material?”
Fortunately, Xiaoye didn't want any of the nannies she found in the county when she was picking up nanny. Therefore, Xiaoli knew a lot of the rules between nannies and their mistresses, two of which were particularly important.
First, if you want your little mistress to get enough milk, you must give her the best tonics, delicacies from mountains and seas, bird's nests and shark's fins, etc. You can't afford to be stingy, otherwise there will be problems with the quality of your milk, and your mistress will also Not eating enough nutrition.
Second, because the little master has to be held and fed by the nanny, it is best to cultivate the relationship between the little master and the nanny. If the nanny's clothes and smell are the same as those of the little master, the little master will subconsciously think that this is his mother, and he will be very Dependent, you will feel more at ease when feeding.
It is precisely because of these two points that large households generally hire a wet nurse, usually for a lifetime.
If you only feed the little master until he doesn't recognize people, that's fine. But if you feed the little master until he is two or three years old and recognizes people, then in the eyes of the little master, the wet nurse is no longer much different from his own mother. Only when you are older and more sensible can you tell the difference between a nanny and a real mother.
Sun Jun is already three years old. If this nanny has nursed him for three years, she must have followed the rules and the clothes and smell should be similar to Sun Jun's.
Satin is softer and linen is harder. After all, children rarely wear linen. Even poor families who care for their children will try their best to wear cotton clothes for their children. If linen clothes are not too poor to be taken off, who will wear them for delicate children?
Xiao Li couldn't understand, but Liu Wei understood everything.
Liu Wei stood up, walked to the group of sobbing maids from the Sun family in front, and said: "Earlier at the gate of the Sun Mansion, I saw your young master Jun wearing an ice blue wide-breasted silk brocade shirt. , did he change his clothes later?"
The maids didn't know why this person asked these questions. After being stunned for a long time, they said: "No, I just changed my clothes before going out. How could I change them again later?"
Liu Wei frowned: "You have been behind the carriage? Have you noticed any movement?"
The maids shook their heads one after another: "The carriage is of the carriage door type, and the carriage can run faster than us. We don't know."
Liu Wei probably already had an idea: "How much do you know about Sun Jun's nanny? Are there any of the nanny's relatives and friends who have recently gone into debt, owed money, or gotten into official trouble?"
When Liu Wei said this, a maid actually remembered and said: "My nanny's brother, I remember someone said a while ago that when the nanny's brother was working at the dock, the goods fell and hit the passing nobleman, injuring him. Yes, I have to pay more than eighty taels."
"I know, I know." Another maid also said: "I heard that she was sent to prison because she was not ready, and she is still squatting in the county jail. Her brother's daughter-in-law was in labor at that time. Immediately, when I heard the bad news, I was so scared that I gave birth prematurely. I lost a lot of blood and almost couldn't save the size. Although I saved it later, the root cause of the disease fell into place and I'm still lying in bed now."
Several maids talked and told all the gossip they knew. Liu Wei sorted it out, and her thoughts became more certain.
The wet nurse is short of money, eighty taels, or more than eighty taels. For the recuperation of her younger siblings, the care of her nephew, and even if the younger brother can get out of the cell, he will not be able to find a job to make ends meet for the time being, the wet nurse needs at least one hundred taels. Two pieces of silver can save his brother's family.
But Xijin County is just a small county town. Although the nanny works as a nanny for Young Master Sun at Sun's house, she lives in Sun's house for food and accommodation. She can't save any money at all. If she wants to take a hundred taels at once, it will cost her her life. Can't take it out.
What should I do if I can’t get it out?
As the old saying goes, a penny can stump a hero. When money is needed to save lives, as long as you have money, what can you not do?
Besides, he was just quietly changing the little master's clothes.
Linen does not support combustion much more than cotton and silk, but cotton and silk are more flame-retardant than linen!
To ensure that after the fire burned Sun Jun, Sun Jun would not even have time to take off his clothes, linen was undoubtedly the most suitable.
It is impossible for a charming young master to wear linen clothes on weekdays, but buying a wet nurse is the best and fastest way.
And since the purpose of changing into hemp clothes is to burn better, how to burn? Where the fire comes from becomes another question!
Liu Wei looked around, but did not see Zhang Mazi and his wife mentioned in the rumors. She asked the government servant next to her: "Where is the arsonist?"
The yamen officer said, "I have confessed my crime and been taken back to the yamen."
Liu Wei frowned: "Who confessed?"
The yamen servant was obviously a boss who knew how much of a scumbag Zhang Mazi was. Hearing this, he looked disgusted: "Of course she is Zhang Mazi's wife. She brought out the torch and oil. Zhang Mazi said that he was also chased out. There was no such thing." Thinking about what will happen next, in short...his wife may have to pay for it with her life this time, but Zhang Mazi might be able to be released."
Just as Liu Wei thought.
Sun Jun's death was not an accident, but a murder deliberately caused by someone. The person behind the scenes bribed Zhang Mazi and asked Zhang Mazi to anger his wife. At the same time, he arranged for torches and oil to be placed within reach of his wife. .
Otherwise, how can we explain that torches and oil suddenly appeared in broad daylight?
Zhang Mazi took advantage of his wife's frantic pursuit of him, and deliberately brought her to the carriage. The carriage was locked. As long as there was a fire outside, it was impossible to get out from inside. In addition, the torch was still burning. It startled the horse, making the carriage bump even more.
The nanny may not have known that just by changing the clothes of the young master, she would cause the young master's soul to return to the West. She never thought that she would die together with the young master.
Zhang Mazi, on the other hand, was holding and throwing torches all because of his daughter-in-law, yet he was safe and at ease, and could still get a large sum of money from the person who cooperated behind the scenes. This business was a sure profit.
But I don’t want to think about it. If even the wet nurse can be killed, how can the person behind the scenes really let Zhang Mazi live?
Liu Wei took a deep breath and said to the yamen servant: "Go to the yamen immediately, Zhang Mazi is in danger."