[Comprehensive Red House] Infinite Merit

"Ma'am, the old lady is here." Bai Shao bowed to Youyi and said respectfully.

"Mother is here?" Youyi raised her eyes to look at her, then chuckled, slowly sipped the tea on hand, dragged out the tone lazily, and the simple movement of raising her eyes and eyebrows also revealed infinite laziness , she said: "Let mother come in."

Bai Shao responded, then turned around and stepped back, leading a gorgeously dressed old lady in after a while.

——It was You Shi's stepmother, You Zhang Shi.

"Oh my daughter, why are you so thin..."

Before Mrs. You could sing, sing and play well to express her concern, Youyi interrupted Mrs. You with a flick of her sleeve: "Sit down and serve tea to the old lady."

The former is to You Zhang, and the latter is to the girl in the house.

The red sweet potato hurried to the table over there and poured a cup of herbal tea in the ice basin and brought it to Mrs. You Zhang. Mrs. You Zhang took it and tasted it pretendingly, her eyes fell on the various furnishings in the house for a long time. no.

Youyi stroked the cat's soft fur casually, then put it on the ground, patted it lightly, and the snow-white cat jumped out lightly and disappeared.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that the cat bumped into Mrs. You Zhang when she went out, and it was not painful, but she was very unhappy.

So Mrs. Youzhang patted the corner of the skirt behind her, and lamented: "My skirt was given by the girl last time I came here, so I let this little beast get dirty."

As soon as these words came out, Lian Dong's complexion was not quite right.

She is in charge of taking care of the cat who calls Xuezao, and she likes Xuezao very much. Hearing her say this, she thought to herself: Your skirt may not be clean by Xuezao.

Bai Zhi turned around and patted her lightly, and then instructed: "It's rare for the old lady in-law to come here, so hurry up and ask the kitchen to prepare cold bowls."

Liandong agreed, gave You Zhang a sneaky look, and left sullenly.

Youyi just glanced at her lightly and sneered slightly, as if mocking.She beckoned and ordered: "Bring a new bolt of this year's satin to the old lady."

"Yes." The girl named Fuling agreed, and after a short while, she came back with a roll of fabric, bowed to the two, and replied: "The purple-brown satin with peony patterns is bought by the subordinates in the south of the Yangtze River. of."

Youyi smiled, raised her face, and ordered: "To the old lady."

Mrs. Youzhang still pretended to be reserved, and when Fuling brought the cloth to her, she didn't take it. She just watched Fuling half-blessed and offered it with both hands, and smiled at Youyi: "Girl, I didn't say that. You, the girl next to me, really don't need to be too flirtatious, as long as you know how to serve people."

As she spoke, she raised her hand to caress the golden hairpin on her bun, and said: "That girl from your fourth aunt's family is the most hard-working and willing to work, you see, let her accompany you , wouldn't it be good?"

You Yi raised her eyebrows, ignored her, and only said to Fu Ling: "Since the old lady doesn't like it, take it back."

Upon hearing this, Fu Ling smiled and agreed, while slowly flattening her body, and was about to leave.

Youzhang was shocked, hurriedly grabbed her, and said repeatedly: "Give it to me, give it to me, what I want, what I want."

Fu Ling was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help turning her head to look at Youyi, but saw her wave her hand lightly, so she agreed, let go of her hand to Mrs You Zhang, and then left gracefully.

Youzhang curled her lips at her, touched the material again, and it was really smooth and soft in her hands. She was satisfied in her heart, and said in her mouth: "I don't want to choose a brighter color, this color is dull, and I'm old and eighty wearing it." Like."

Hearing this, Youyi tapped the short table by her hand slowly, and casually told Fuling: "In that case, take it down, Fuling."

"No need, no need." Mrs. You Zhang hurriedly said, holding the material tightly: "I like it, I like it."

When Fu Ling saw her, she felt even more contemptuous in her heart. She turned her head to look at You Yi again, and saw her nodded casually before she backed away.

Mrs. Youzhang sat for half a day and talked a lot, whether she wanted to put her family in the Ning Mansion for errands, or wanted to increase the family's monthly expenses. terms.

Youyi didn't take it to heart, she just drank tea lazily on a few books, and slowly flipped through a volume of travel notes in her hand, obviously indifferent, and didn't take her seriously.

After all, Mrs. Youzhang would look at you with a good face. Seeing Youyi like this, she was not very happy in her heart. She wanted to lose face, but knew that Youyi would definitely not care, so she struggled for a while, and finally put her true intentions on the surface .

"Girl, I'm thinking, the second sister is now seven or eight years old, and I want to see someone's age, I have a candidate here, I would like to ask you for an idea." You Zhang took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, Having made up his mind, he said what he had thought about earlier.

Youyi raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard the words, and put down the white jade bucket without saying a word.

Seeing this, Mrs. Youzhang hurriedly said: "Just the brother Qiang you raised by your side, what do you think of him? He is only a year or two older than the second sister, so he is very suitable in age!"

"Mother has a good plan." Youyi snorted softly: "Brother Qiang is the great-great-grandson of the Ning Mansion after all, and he and our Rong'er belong to the same great-grandfather. It's really a good plan for a girl to marry him."

She raised her willow eyebrows lightly, and her smile naturally showed three points of sarcasm: "Qiang'er has already achieved the fame of a child, and if she continues to take the exam in the future, it will not be difficult to enter the court and become an official. It's just an ordinary background and a weak temperament, how can I handle the favors in the officialdom?"

At this time, Youyi was leaning lazily on the voucher, and her tone of speech was not harsh, but light as if joking, and she had a sense of superiority.After hearing this, Mrs. Youzhang was very unhappy: "If the girl is not happy, just say it, why bother talking about it, it's just that she clearly doesn't like her natal sister!"

Youyi sneered and said, "My mother didn't add a sibling to me."

When Youzhang heard this, his complexion changed immediately, he hesitated for a long time and couldn't say anything, and finally said: "Your surname is You now!"

"It's good if mother knows." Youyi's face turned cold, Shi Shiran got up and walked in front of You Zhang, and gently patted her on the shoulder: "My You family is from a scholarly family, and I regret the marriage because of the poverty of my future husband's family. I really can't afford to lose this face, the left and right sisters have grown up, and the mother has been so good at raising them these two years, and when she waits, she will not be a sister of our family, but... Zhang Hua's family."

Her vermilion lips were slightly parted and she uttered the first five words lightly. After hearing this, You Zhang's face changed drastically, and she subconsciously said, "How do you know?"

Youyi smiled, turned her head and glanced at her lightly, the corners of her eyes and brows revealed all sorts of amorous feelings: "Otherwise? Does mother think that my first-rank life is for nothing? Mother still likes to teach the second sister how to handle it Let's make a living at home, what did the Zhang Hua family do in the past... By the way, although Huangliang Zhuangtou is defeated now, he still has a hundred acres of land to live on."

Youyi laughed softly as she spoke, leaning over to You Zhang's ear and said: "So in my opinion, it's better for the second sister to know some farming things. I also have a suitable nanny here, and I will assign one later. , take care of the family affairs, so mother doesn't have to worry about the daily necessities, and can only concentrate on teaching the second younger sister."

As she said, she shook her sleeves and left. Mrs. Liuyou Zhang sat there in a daze for a long time, her lips trembling, her face was blue and purple as if she was out of breath, and she covered her chest with one hand, gnashing her teeth while watching Youyi's leaving back of.Bai Shao was given an errand, so she was not in a hurry at this time, and waited patiently for Mrs. You Zhang to come over.

After a long while, seeing You Zhang's face recovered, he stepped forward with a smile and said, "How is the old lady calming down? It's getting late, and the servant has put on a horse and horse outside to take you home."

Saying that, before Mrs. Youzhang could react, she led a middle-aged woman with neat clothes and solemn face over, smiled at Mrs. Youzhang: "This Nanny Cui is a very neat, meticulous and straightforward woman. Man, Madam has ordered that in the future, all the big and small things in the family will be taken care of by Madam Cui, and the old lady can just enjoy her old age in peace."

As she spoke, she winked at Nanny Cui, and Nanny Cui took a step forward, bowing to Mrs. You Zhang: "I've seen the old lady."

Mrs Youzhang pointed to Nanny Cui and opened her mouth to Bai Shao for a while, but she didn't say anything, it can be seen that today she is full of anger and fear, and she really can't swear obscenities.

Bai Shao's smiling eyes are crooked, because of her outstanding appearance, she is very lovable, but in You Zhang's eyes at this moment, she is really extremely hateful.

"This way please, old lady." Bai Shao pulled Mrs. You Zhang out all the way, got into the carriage waiting at the back door, and said suddenly: "Oh, my temper, I actually forgot about this matter."

As she said that, she picked up her tone and said leisurely: "Madam said, His Majesty advocates frugality, and simplicity is a common practice in the whole country. It is really not appropriate to be too extravagant, so the cost should be reduced."

"The mansion here has been reduced, and the cost of offering money on the other end will naturally be reduced as appropriate. Besides, the old man has gone, and the wife is really not obliged to support her stepmother who has no morals for her by paying a hundred taels of silver every month. So in the future, only 50 taels of silver will be sent to that end every month, and all will be dispatched by Nanny Cui!"

Saying that, Bai Shao laughed again: "I think the old lady can accept it, right? This is answering His Majesty's call!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a wink, and the carriage had already started. Mrs. Youzhang wanted to get out of the carriage and curse, but was blocked by the driver, so he could only hear a series of obscenities blowing in the wind, which was really unbearable.

Bai Shao frowned when she heard this, so she waved her hand slightly, and Nanny Cui on the other end seemed to be giving orders, she patted the coachman lightly, the carriage stopped, she went up quickly, and in an instant, Mrs You Zhang stopped cursing.

Seeing the dark blue carriage slowly going away, Bai Shao smiled slowly, casually took a handful of pickles and distributed them to the boys and women at the door, and said with a smile: "I made you laugh."

"Don't dare, don't dare." A nanny winked very much, and was about to bring tea fruits to Bai Shao, and said: "The things here are not good, the girl will do you a favor, at least use a couple of bites."

Bai Shao said with a smile: "No, Madam still has some errands to order."

So Mammy hurried out of the way and bowed slightly to the side to show respect.

Bai Shao flicked her sleeves slowly, turned her head and glanced at the empty street, snorted lightly, and went back.

——The streets by the back door are full of servants from Ning Mansion, and ordinary peddlers don't go there, otherwise I'm afraid this incident will soon become a joke and spread all over the capital.

So there was a reason why the carriage was waiting at the back door.

On Bai Shao's side, follow the path of Huifang Garden, then pass through a road between east and west, and enter from the back door of Ningde Hall.

After walking along the cobblestone path for a short time, you will see the small garden built by Ningde Hall later.

Youyi was resting with her eyes closed in the pavilion on the small garden, covered with a thin blanket, holding a round fan with white jade bones in her hand, with lazy eyes.

"Are you back?" She had the ability to recognize people by the sound of footsteps, so she asked directly without opening her eyes.

Bai Shao smiled: "Yes, the old lady sent her away."

"Go down and have a bowl of herbal tea and rest. I just opened a melon, and Baizhi is reserved for you. I heard that it picked the sweetest place for you." Youyi said slowly.

Bai Shao pursed her lips and smiled, said: "Ma'am, please coax the servants, the sweetest thing is naturally for you."

As he spoke, he saluted Youyi and withdrew.

"I'm afraid that my mother is not very happy?" Youyi slowly shook the round fan in her hand, chatting with Bai Zhi casually, she smiled slightly, and snorted: "That's right, the 100 taels a month suddenly fell by half , no one would be happy to change it.”

She didn't wait for Bai Zhi to reply, or she didn't expect Bai Zhi to reply.

——Bai Zhi has always been a dull temper, although Bai Shao and Bai Shao are two sisters of the same mother, but the two sisters really can't see the slightest difference.

Bai Shao is cheerful by nature, cheerful and generous, she is familiar with everyone in the Ning Mansion, she can catch up with everyone, and she is very popular.

Bai Zhi is different, she has been homeless since she was a child, and she has to protect Bai Shao. She has seen countless ugly things in the world, and has developed a temperament that can't say a word. She and Bai Shao have taken care of things around Youyi these years, and the division of labor is also different.

At least Bai Shao can't know all about the shops, properties and account books under Youyi's name, and he doesn't know how much Youyi's net worth is.

And the two of them have different plans for the future, Bai Shao has already accepted a highly respected nanny in the funeral home as a godmother, and is planning to get married.The selected candidate is a young accountant in Ning's mansion, that accountant has some literary skills, the most refined, gentle and shy temperament, and Bai Shao just complements each other.

And he had no elders in his family, so he went to Beijing alone, and Youyi decided to allocate a small courtyard in the back street to him. In the future, Bai Shao would go there, and he would not worry about being the master.

Of course, the most important thing is that the two of them got it right. Thinking of the time when Bai Shao, whom she had carefully cultivated, blushed and begged herself for a marriage like a mosquito, Youyi really didn't know what to say.

The accountants on the left and right also fell in love with Bai Shao, so it was logical. Now Youyi has ordered someone to make a dowry for Bai Shao, and the wedding date is set in September. Serving by Yi's side depends entirely on her will.

But Bai Zhi has an extremely cold personality. She has seen the warmth and coldness of the world freely, and only thinks that the relationship between men and women is the most unreliable. Now that she is accepted by Youyi, she wholeheartedly works for her. The demeanor of a strongman.

This talk is far away, just talking about Youyi, stretched out his hand and fiddled with the water in the large white porcelain blue and white tank with several koi carps, his smile seemed to be mocking, and he seemed to be careless: "Actually, if She doesn't have the heart to use her daughter to strive for wealth, and I'm not bad at promoting my second sister."

"You say so, Bai Zhi?"

She didn't look back, she was still staring at the fish tank with the koi carp. The smile she randomly pulled out was unclear. When Bai Zhi looked up, she felt that there was a small underwater world in her starry eyes, and it seemed that there was nothing there. .