It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 109

When Chang Ruxing and Chang Ruyue woke up, they found that they could not open the door and immediately realized that they were under house arrest by their mother.

After finishing the cakes that had been left out overnight and became a little dry and hard, the two of them sat quietly in the house, waiting for their mother to come and lecture them in the morning, and then they would admit their mistakes and have the punishment canceled.

They waited until the afternoon, but not only did their mother not come, but the servants didn't even deliver lunch, so the brother and sister began to get anxious.

In unison, they banged on their doors and shouted, "Someone come quickly! We want to see our mother. We know we were wrong!"

If they had said this in the past, there would have been a maid who would have comforted them through the door, telling them not to worry and that she had already gone to inform the lady, but today there was no movement outside the door.

The two of them shouted alternately for a quarter of an hour, but still no one answered.

Chang Ruyue asked across the wall, "Mother has ignored us too. What should we do next?"

Chang Ruxing was unhappy, but as the older brother, he had to remain calm: "Let's wait a little longer. Mother said our health is the most important thing. She will definitely bring lunch over later so that we can apologize."

We waited for two hours and it was almost nightfall.

Madam Chang Er patted her lower back as she left the main courtyard. Nanny Li beside her complained, "Sister-in-law called me over so hastily early in the morning to help, and it's been so late. I don't know if Ruxing and Ruyue have come to look for me yet."

Nanny Li echoed, "The two young masters are very close to Madam. They will surely miss her if they don't see her for a day."

Madam Chang Er raised her carefully painted eyebrows. "I ordered people to send them the crispy quail, fried wild mushrooms, and assorted honey soup that they have been craving for days. I'm afraid they are so happy that they don't even think about me."

Chang Ruxing and Chang Ruyue had been pestering Mrs. Chang Er for several days about these dishes, but they were never satisfied.

First, the winter is bitterly cold, making it difficult to catch quail, and even harder to find wild mushrooms and fresh fruits.

Secondly, fried foods are hot in nature. Eating them in a house with a charcoal fire in winter can easily cause heatiness, inflammation of the mouth and tongue, and sores, especially if they have eaten them not long ago.

Madam Chang Er continued, "Even if they say they miss me, they're probably just trying to trick me into letting them out. They can't be sincere... I just don't agree with them this time."

Nanny Li smiled but said nothing. Madam was only strict in words, but she was very kind to her in heart.

As soon as the group entered the inner courtyard, they heard shouts coming from inside: "Come find mother, we want to eat~~"

When Mrs. Chang Er heard the two people's energetic voices, the corners of her mouth raised high with a smile, but quickly fell.

She knew the two men's personalities very well. They had just had a full meal at noon, and now it was time for dinner, so there was no way they would be impatient and clamor for food.

Madam Chang Er walked quickly to the door and asked, "Why are you two hungry so early? Didn't you like the lunch?"

Chang Ruyue immediately became aggrieved when she heard her mother's voice: "Didn't you give us food at noon? No matter how much we begged, mother ignored me and my brother."

"How could that be?" Madam Chang Er immediately denied it and questioned the maids guarding the door, "Young Master and Young Lady didn't have lunch, why didn't you come and inform us?"

Madam Chang Er's discontent frightened the maids so much that they quickly knelt down. "Madam, you were the one who specifically ordered us not to pay attention to any requests from the two young masters, nor to talk to them. If there's anything, we can talk to you when you come back."

"I sent someone specially?" Madam Chang turned her head to look at Nanny Li.

Matron Li shook her head: "I have never let anyone spread this."

"Tell me, who is the person who came to deliver the message?" Madam Chang Er gestured to open the door and let Chang Ruxing and Chang Ruyue out.

Several maids looked confused. "We haven't seen her either, but she brought a token from you, Madam, and a kitchen steward with her."

"You just believe it? The young masters have been talking for so long, and no one has come to ask Madam if she wants to change her mind?" Nanny Li raised her voice, still unable to believe it.

Several maids looked at one of them and asked her to go and ask the lady.

The maid, stared at by everyone, tried to argue: "I went to the Grand Madam's Courtyard to look for Madam, but was stopped by the housekeeper. She said that Madam was too busy to see me, but could pass on a message for me. In the end, she told me..."

"I'm telling you this at the end so that they can learn a lesson, right?" Mrs. Chang Er recalled that Mrs. Chang Da suddenly mentioned Chang Ruxing and Chang Ruyue's extraordinary behavior yesterday. She apologized to her for it and said that she would put them in solitary confinement to teach them a lesson.

The maid nodded in agreement.