Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

As a close master who had eaten apprentice tea, Chen Ziwei was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was a weak Confucian student who couldn't even practice Taijiquan well. He didn't help the two disciples in the army to train and fight, and made meritorious service. Promotion, but in other respects Indeed, I tried my best to teach the two of them without adulteration.The frequent and thick letters are proof.

It's not that being brave can be reused and a man's ambition can be displayed. Before becoming an official, one must learn to be a man.It is precisely because of Chen Ziwei's persevering teachings that the two brothers Du Zhong and Song Chen were able to achieve what they are today in a short period of time: advance and retreat are well-founded, they can be respected by soldiers at the bottom, and valued by the officers at the top; The soldiers fight together, and they can travel with the king and grandson in a decent manner.

The two brothers and sisters have always adhered to the style of being thick on the outside and being meticulous on the inside in the army. Brother Wu Zhong saw that the two of them were warriors, bold and generous, and showed loyalty. Leaning on the back, communicating with each other, watching the whole camp with a tense mind all the time.Recently, in the correspondence between the master and the apprentice, there were words such as "calm and calm" and "birth and spring scenery" when talking about the scenery. Although they were just a few homely words mentioned in the letters, they all understood from the bottom of their hearts.

"Calm?" Du Yun'an lowered his eyes, wondering if it was the calm before the storm?

Eucommia smiled: "Spring grows and summer grows, autumn harvests and winter hides, winter breeds spring scenery, and Vientiane is renewed." Master Chen guessed that the big change will be this winter.

Even in my own home, I dare not say some things out loud.As long as Du Zhong knows that his sister knows what's in his mind-they are only brothers and sisters who depend on each other for life, and An An is never different from other girls.This difference between the younger sister is also one of the reasons why Du Zhong acquiesced to Song Chen's intentions. Du Zhong knew that Junior Brother Song could tolerate and protect this difference.

Yun'an's mind turned sharply, knowing that his brother meant that he would take her out of Rongfu before the accident happened to keep her safe.As the saying goes, thieves pass like a comb, and soldiers pass like a grate. When chaos arises, officers and soldiers do more damage to the people than bandits.If indeed there is chaos in the capital, the objects of looting by the rebels will not be ordinary people, but will go to the mansions of rich and wealthy families.Rongning and Ning's second mansions have always been ostentatious and extravagant, and the servants don't talk about their doors, and they also show off like the main family. There is no one in the capital who doesn't know that his two families are rich.This class of people is really a shining target.

Thinking of Sister Feng's reduction of half of the redundant staff to go out, Yun An couldn't help feeling worried, if she failed to keep the door due to lack of manpower, wouldn't it be a good thing and a bad news?

"An'an, that Lord Wang knows it well." It's not that Du Zhong is cold, but that he has self-knowledge. It's good for a low-level military officer like him to protect himself in a big storm, and he can't help him at all.Since he can't take care of Rongfu's affairs, he can't even give a warning, lest he do bad things with good intentions and ruin Wang Ziteng's deployment.

Judging from the past, at least Wang Ziteng is willing to protect his relatives, and he is the only one capable of doing so.

Yun An nodded: "What do you plan to do, brother?"

"Get out of the city." Du Zhong said, "Our Zhuangzi is in a village not far from Xishan Mountain, about forty or fifty miles away from Beijing. There is already a small garden in the southeast corner of Zhuangzi. It would be better to renovate it than here. , surrounded by their own villages. The folk customs there are good, because it is close to the cultivated land in the mountains, and the nearby villages are not large in population and not rich, so even thieves and ruffians are not willing to patronize." Besides, going north is closer to Beijing. In this place, that is, in the northwest of the capital, the West Camp under the command of Prince Teng is stationed. If there are rebels fleeing from the West Gate, the West Camp will be the front barrier, and if the West Camp also changes, it will not matter. Obstacles, the northeast sides of this Zhuangzi are at the end of the "rotten dragon's tail" at the foot of the West Mountain. The mountains are broken as if smashed by the gods, and the peaks and ravines are criss-crossed, like natural traps.Passing through these two barriers, those who can reach the village are probably only a few scattered soldiers, and the guards on Yizhuang are no problem.

Xishan is a branch of Taihang Mountain. The shape of the mountain is like a flying dragon and a python. The recent small Zhuangzi also did not sell well, so it was Du Zhong and Song Chen's turn.This pair of senior brothers not only bought one for themselves, but also jointly bought their master Chen Ziwei a small village that is farther away from the dead dragon's tail and better.

The prices near the capital are low and expensive, and the imperial court is also very strict. Noble royal family members and officials are not allowed to arbitrarily acquire land here, so there are not many farms in the suburbs of Beijing and even Zhili.If there is, it was bought in the early years when Guo Zuo was not strictly controlled, and what survives today is passed down from the ancestors. For example, Mrs. Li's Zhuangzi in Wanping County was bought by the Li family at a high price from a down-and-out family. of.This is also the reason for Zhuangzi of the Du family. It is said that the official's position and wealth were not very good back then. .This area is not small, comparable to Li Jiazhuang, where four and a half brothers and sisters of the Du family lived for many years, but due to the terrain, it was divided into three villages, all of which were taken down by their seniors. It's because of the poor geomantic omen of the farm, so there is no one in the family who can become an official.

Whether his family was using it as an excuse to save face, or as a fig leaf to cover their ears and steal the bell, anyway, many people in the neighborhood knew about it, even the officials who were very close to Du Zhong heard about it, and at that time advised Du Zhong not to buy this village.People at that time believed in Fengshui gods and Buddhas, and Du Zhong and Du Zhong were fooled by the saying that they "use evil spirits to block evil spirits" in their ranks.

Du Zhong took the fact of buying Zhuangzi as a credit and joked to his sister. The brothers and sisters of the Du family didn't believe in this theory of Feng Shui, and Yun An even praised his brother for a while.Besides, look at the owners of Zhuangzi, Du Zhong and Yun An, whose parents died young, Song Chen was said to be reincarnated by an evil spirit, and Chen Ziwei lost all six relatives.From this point of view, it 'just fits' the fate of the owner of the farm.

"That's just right!" Yun An said, "It just so happens that there are very few people willing to go there."

Yun'an didn't ask his elder brother and senior brother Song what to do, they must have ideas, but just asked: "Don't forget my two younger sisters." Now that Du Yunan has vowed to be closely related, Du Yun'an can be ruthless and not think about Rongfu. I also hope that Wang Ziteng can protect relatives and friends, but Yingchun and Daiyu are absolutely unwilling to let go, and even if the Rong family is safe, they are reluctant to let the two of them stay in the capital and worry about it.

Du Zhong smiled: "Naturally." An An's two Jinlan are not only his own sisters, but one is also the palm bead of Uncle Lin.

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One of the things that Chen Ziwei taught to his brothers and sisters is: Qu Tu moves salary, everything is forewarned, it will be established, and if it is not forewarned, it will be abolished.It is to lay the groundwork and start from now on.

As soon as it entered August, Du Yun'an smiled and told Mother Jia: "My family has a small village outside the city, and the other courtyard inside is quite quiet and clean. Now the autumn crabs and the same stubble of rice are ripe, and they are considered plump. Therefore, I want to invite the old lady to enjoy the scenery, and I am also looking for wild fun."

Jia Mu said "Oh", and praised: "Your family can do this, and many good things can be obtained earlier." This means that many fruits and vegetables in Du's village are ripe earlier than those sold in the market.The old man asked again with great interest: "Is that the Zhuangzi who sent melons, watermelons, lotus roots, and pomegranates earlier?"

Yun An hurriedly responded, and nodded with a smile: "It's right there."

Without waiting for others to speak, Sister Feng quickly chimed in and said, "Just now her mother-in-law sent in a basket of fat crabs. I have seen it with my own eyes. It really is very big and well-raised. I will tell Mei Yue, 'Your Miss An' You are so stingy, this basket is not enough for us to eat, could it be that it is specially for us?', she mentioned this now, so I just said, it really is for us, we ate very well but not enough Xing, why don't you give her this face and go to her family's Zhuangzi to have fun."

Everyone who laughed at this remark softened.

Jia Muyin pointed at Sister Feng and scolded with a smile: "It's you, a hozen who is greedy and uses all of us as an excuse. You are the one who wants to enjoy the scenery and eat crabs the most."

Sister Feng recognized it generously, and she cuddled up next to Jiamu and acted like a baby: "The old ancestor loves me too. I just said that autumn tigers torture people. I want to find a good place to relax. Sister An said this. Let's go Well, on the one hand, she lived up to her kindness, and on the other hand, it was a really relaxing day."

Jia Mu herself was not very happy to pop out the door, but she also listened to their words, and saw that all the granddaughters sitting were looking forward to it, so she didn't want to disappoint, so she said, "I won't go with this old bone, and call you Sister Feng." Take your younger sisters to your other courtyard for a day."

Rubbing Sister Feng's back again, she said with a smile: "Poor thing, you have to be busy again in the mid-autumn festival, so I have to let you rest for a while, sweetheart, before I can keep you busy."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "There is nothing more refined than the abacus beads set by the ancestors! Look, look, I went with this group of little friends, where did they tell me to rest, it was clearly used as a nanny! According to the old ancestors, I have been used for a day, and no matter how busy I am in the future, no matter how hard I am, I will not regret it?"

Mother Jia couldn't hold back her smile, she patted her lightly, and ordered Yun'an: "I agree here, you just ask your sister Feng if she is willing."

Yun An smiled and said: "If you eat my crab, you have to follow my request——just now Ping'er can say, the crab has been cleaned and put into the steamer! Sister Feng, I can't go back on my word."

Sister Feng glared at Ping'er angrily: "Why do you hinder me with your hoof?"

Ping'er begged for mercy, Daiyu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled and said, "Sister Feng is so unreasonable, I heard it really, it was you who asked Sister Ping to tell the kitchen to steam it, and leave a few braised ones , how can you mess with people?"

Everyone said Sister Feng: "You know how to eat!"

Sister Feng hurriedly told everyone: "Don't worry, the crab is just borrowing my steamer to lie down, and it will be delivered to you warm in a while!"

She also blamed the poor, and said: "I can't lie down in vain, just save me some leg meat for my wages."

"Hurry up." Everyone couldn't stand laughing, pulled Xifeng to stop calling her and said: "If you laugh too much, your stomach hurts, and if you have a stomachache, you can't eat good crabs. Girl Feng must have this idea!"

Jia's mother also only looked at the many mouths and Sister Feng's coming and going, which was really lively.

At the end, Mother Jia laughed and said, "How many stewed ones do you keep? I'm just about to eat stewed noodles, and I'll send you the prepared stewed noodles."

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "I just heard Yuanyang say that my ancestors wanted to eat noodles, so I thought of crab stew. Wait for me to honor you later."

When lunch was served, Jia Mu left behind a group of people who wanted to set up a small table, and each yard would offer the special dishes of their small kitchens. The north and south flavors have their own merits, and there are also steamed crabs. After eating a round of crabs dipped in ginger vinegar, everyone It is said that crabs are good, and the crabs that are half a month early are also fat and yellow.At this time, Sister Feng ordered to bring up the stewed noodles. One person could only get a small bowl of noodles, but there were about twenty plates of stewed side dishes. Scallops, shredded fungus, day lily, seasonal vegetables, etc., everyone can choose according to their own taste.

Finally, after drinking the perilla leaf soup sent by the small kitchen of Pingmingyuan, and washing hands with perilla leaves, the family banquet that was arranged by chance was exhausted.

Because it was agreed to go to Du Yun'an's Zhuangzi tomorrow, the sisters were very interested and asked her if there was anything new and stubborn.

Yun An smiled and said: "There are excellent begonias and hosta flowers in the other courtyard, there are living water puddles in the field outside, there are dug lotus ponds, there are pomegranate groves and bamboo groves on the hillside... the exquisite and ingenious places are extremely beautiful. It’s not as good as the garden scenery here, but the place is bigger and has a bit of wild charm.”

Baochai smiled and said, "It's better to be quiet and natural."

Or she knew better, Yinqi said: "You just said Huoshuiwazi, is this crab really produced in your farm?"

These girls are boudoirs, they don't understand these things, that is, Yingchun and Daiyu, they read the mansion newspaper and some miscellaneous books, and there are also two agricultural books in between, but they don't know how the crab is raised.

So everyone asks what is going on here.

Baochai laughed and said, "I also heard that there is a guy in my family who has a few acres of land in Shengfang, and he is producing crabs, which are called Shengfang crabs in Beijing - but these crabs do not grow in the local river, but are produced in the local river. The fields in the Baiyang Lake are connected to the Xidian River, and the Baiyangdian Lake is connected to the Jinhai River. The crabs in the sea swim back. In the late summer and early autumn, when the water in the Xidian Lake became less, many crabs crawled out to their sorghum fields. They eat sorghum, and after ten days, when the crabs are fat, they catch crabs for a living."

In fact, the crabs in the north and south at this time are not artificially raised, but are often wild in lakes and rivers.Zhuangzi of Du Yunan's family heard that near the West Mountain, the lakes and rivers that produce crabs are all springs and streams like mountain springs.

It was Baochai who was surprised. She thought that the Du family bought it from other places, but it was sent by Zhuangzi, so she borrowed his name.

Du Yun'an smiled, she had been on a business trip to Panjin for half a year in her previous life, and later she even forgot all about the business trip, but she still deeply remembered the local Panjin crabs and Panjin rice.Although Panjin crabs are borrowed from the Bohai Sea to make crabs "grow in seawater and grow in fresh water", in fact, after the scale of farming expanded, crabs began to be raised in rice fields nearby. Ambitious, loves to chat with people about "crab scriptures" - Du Yun'an has to take over the role of listening to good granddaughters because of his family's good cooking skills, when his family's children and grandchildren's ears are all callused. full of theories.

In fact, Baochai's words are not well understood. The crabs in her village are not born in the puddles of running water, but in the rice fields. Intensive breeding, beans on stalks... Only the crabs will be fat and the rice will be strong.Maybe it's because there are mountains on both sides of the Zhuangzi, and the weather conditions are really good. This year, they only tried ten mu of land stubbornly, and they got such a harvest, which surprised Eucommia.

Fortunately, the farmland near the other courtyard was taken care of by the servants of the family who bought it, otherwise it would have attracted a lot of attention.Because not only did they get crabs estimated to be more than 200 catties in total, but even rice production did not decrease due to the scarcity of planting, and it was even comparable to that of Ueda. It weighed about twenty catties.Because of this, Du Zhong and Song Chen discussed that from now on, the Du family's Zhuangzi will only use the people bought by the two families, so that Yun'an can do the work, and the original tenants of the village will all move to the neighboring villages of Song Chen and Master Chen.

Because of Du Yun'an's idea of ​​making money, all the tenants have an extra good income, and the owner is kind, and when the rent paid by the tenants in Zhili is higher than that of other provinces, it is only calculated by [-]% of the fashion in the early years of the dynasty. Moreover, there is no harsh clause of "regardless of the abundance and apology" in the lease—so the tenants on the three Zhuangzi are not dissatisfied with this change.More strong and labor-intensive tenant farmers realized the benefits of carefully tending the fields and picking and processing from the mountains, forests and wild fields, and some took the initiative to change their tenancy leases and rent smaller land.

"It's produced by Zhuangzi, but the size varies, far inferior to Shengfang crab." Yunan laughed.This is to pick the best of the fat and send it.

"Because of this running water, another lotus pond was dug out, and some water chestnut chicken heads were also planted, but they didn't grow well."

All the sisters laughed: "I ate the melons and watermelons from your Zhuangzi, and there are such big pomegranates. I didn't expect that there were some things that couldn't grow well there."

Baochai asked, "The products there mature earlier than elsewhere. Do you know why?"

Yun An shook his head and smiled, "I've never been there myself. I just heard from my brother that there is an old man in the village who is very good at farming. The old man is very grateful for this, so he uses various methods to tend the crops in the field." This old farmer who has hidden merits and fame is herself, but this kind of melon If it can mature earlier, it is due to the advanced knowledge in her belly, and the second is because of the good terrain and climate of this village.Zhuang Ding of Zhuangshang's own family was indeed a refugee bought from Guanya people. These people left their homes and were not familiar with the local conditions. Brother Du Zhong was also careful in selecting people and treated them kindly, so they would not talk nonsense.

"You have all become the 'Secretary Sirs' who talk about agricultural economics!" Xichun smiled and said, "Sister An, what are you so stubborn about?" Reiki, more able to touch the heart of the artist.

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Being able to go out to play, Sanchun is more happy than other sisters, such as Baochai and Daiyu, who were able to go out before, but Sanchun sisters rarely have the opportunity to step out of the second gate of Rongguo Mansion.Especially when Xichun was young, she was very excited, it was not enough to pester her sisters to talk to her during the day, she didn't even go back to Luweitang that night, she just slept with Yingchun.

That night, Li Wan didn't wait for Xichun to come back in Luweitang, instead he came back to tell her that the fourth girl was staying with the second girl in Pingming Building.

Li Wan was out of his mind for a while, and then he let out a long sigh.

Seeing this, Suyun, Li Wan's maid, boldly persuaded: "It's still early, why don't grandma go to the upper courtyard to talk to the old lady. Tomorrow all the girls will go to the other courtyard of Miss Du's house, only Lian Er Grandma may not be able to take care of it alone, and grandma is going to share the old lady's worries."

Li Wan was sitting on the low couch, not feeling warm all over his body, he was stunned for a moment before shaking his head and said: "Since no one invites me, I won't go, otherwise what's the fun in rushing."

Both Suyun and Biyue were a little anxious, the situation in the mansion is very different now, even though the wife didn't like it very much in the past, but there is a wife who always talks about "Master Xianzhu", and grandma will never be forgotten in the mansion and Lange.Today, my wife moved to the Dongkua courtyard to recuperate, and even the second master Bao didn't dare to bother me, let alone Brother Lang; the small kitchen was divided, and the old lady was not happy to let her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law serve meals Be well behaved, the grandma is not as witty and witty as the second grandma Lian, the old lady seldom calls out to speak when she thinks of it, and there are occasions where the whole family's female relatives are there, but she doesn't show her grandma. I talked to the grandma a lot throughout the day; besides, the girls set up a yard and then took care of themselves. Seeing that they have grown up, the grandma doesn't even have to take care of the girls.

The housekeeper of Lian's second grandmother is very successful, and all the girls are also outstanding.The second girl, Miss Du and Miss Lin played with the shop for female customers, and it was said that it was very popular; It's the fourth girl. Although she lives with her grandma, she also has her own business to do. She learned a new painting method from Miss Du, which is very similar to people and objects, and she studies it every day. The painting method is integrated into her painting skills, what "peak of realism and vivid charm" should be climbed.The more lively and busy other people's places are, the more it suits their grandma's place. It's really deserted like Guanghan Moon Palace.

However, a widow who is a chaste widow like the eldest grandma can put on a detached attitude in the Houmen mansion, but it must not be forgotten by the superiors, otherwise even the only hope of the future will be ruined.

For example, last year, the old lady said that the widow, the eldest grandma, was unemployed, and she wanted to allocate a piece of land from the mansion to ask her to collect the rent by herself, but now there is no follow-up.

This is also what Li Wan worries about. The other thing is that she heard that Feng girl begged Miss Du for her advice. Opened a shop in the house, and also opened five shops for the government. Although it is not the kind of daily income, there is always income from the steady stream, which is much better than the original rent.Li Wan wanted to do the same, and he could save some friendship for himself and Lan Geer, but that Miss Du didn't interact with her very much, and she didn't even say a few serious words.

Today she suddenly heard that the old lady had allowed her grandma to accompany the girls to Miss Du's house tomorrow, and Li Wan felt that the time had come. As long as they could go together tomorrow, not only would she be able to ask Miss Du for advice. , I can also see how the Du family's Zhuangzi is managed, and I will ask the mansion to help buy a small farm for Lan'er in the future.After hearing the news of going up to the room, Li Wan dressed up neatly, waiting for the old lady to call her up, who knew that she waited and waited, the old lady didn't remember the noon banquet, and no one came to invite her at noon or even dinner.Li Wanku sat for nearly a day, not to mention the feeling in his heart.

"Grandma, the old lady is getting old, so she doesn't want to waste her brain." Suyun persuaded: "Second Master Bao went to school today, but the old lady didn't think about it, and she didn't say that Second Master Bao would go with the sisters tomorrow. I heard that Second Master Bao just came back from the previous master. Hearing this, he did not agree. He is acting like a baby with the old lady at the moment. Grandma is going up now, just to remind the old lady."

Bi Yue also said: "We Lang Ge'er is still young, and I just beg the old lady to let go, and I won't go to school tomorrow, so grandma will take Lang Ge'er to relax for a day..."

But before she finished speaking, Suyun hurriedly gave her winks, Biyu didn't dare to say anything, so she heard Li Wan say: "Why are you so unruly, you dare to interrupt me about my brother's schooling, I just treat you more leniently than other places, You can't tolerate such a thing!"

When Bi Yue heard about it, she quickly knelt down.Suyun didn't dare to persuade her anymore.

After a cup of tea, Li Wan came back to his senses and sighed: "Get up, it won't work in the future. If the master knows that you talk like this, he will think that I am indulging in Lan'er. Don't be like the old lady and the girls in Baoyu's room. Their I have nothing to do with those weird words that go to heaven. If you learn it, I will take care of it."

Biyue stood up, and Suyun and the others stepped aside.

Whether it's what he thinks is important, Li Wan rarely waits for someone to invite her, and leaves Luweitang to go to the Upper Court.

Unexpectedly, when we arrived at the Upper Court, the door was already closed. The woman guarding the door smiled and said: "It's been a busy day today. The old lady is in a good mood, and they are all talking and laughing together. When the lamp is lit, I feel sleepy. It's easy to wait until the master puts it on." Second Master Bao came back, talked for a while and then stopped. If Grandma has something to do, why don't you come tomorrow?"

Li Wan forced a smile, said a few words, "It's nothing, but come here to say hello to the old lady." Then he took Suyun and Biyue back.Yindie and the little girl Chaodouer carried the lamp, Li Wan stood on the flower tree by the roadside for a while, and then said: "Go to Feng girl's yard."

At this time, it was very close to the time to go to the key, but Suyun and Biyue didn't dare to remind them, so they could only serve Li Wan and go to Sister Feng's Dangui Garden.

The gate of Dangui Garden has not been closed yet, because the courtyard is a pattern of juniors entering, and the gatekeeper's mother-in-law wants to go in to inform, Li Wan smiled and said: "I'm just bored and came to chat with your grandma, don't make a fuss, I will Just go in at home, if your grandma has something to do, I won't disturb her business."

After saying that, she left Yindie and Chaodou'er behind, and she walked in with Suyun and Biyue.

The three of them entered the Hanging Flower Gate, another woman on duty turned out of the bushes while wearing her belt, she asked, "Who was it just now?"

The woman she was traveling with said, "It's Grandma Zhu."

The old woman became anxious when she heard this: "I only defoamed the distiller's milk, you can stab Lou Zi! The second master came back early today, and he will be at home!"

The old lady just remembered, she hit her thigh with her fist and said: "What should I do!" Yindie and Chaodouer looked at each other, they walked away quietly, and waited beside the corridor outside the wall.

At this time Li Wan walked into the second room, and saw that there was no one in the courtyard, and all the rooms were brightly lit but all the doors were closed. He wondered what the hell was going on, but he heard a burst of laughter from the main room. The man's laughter, and the frivolous voice of "good grandma, grandpa."

Li Wanwu's face was blood red, and he hurriedly left, ignoring the two shy housekeepers, and went straight out of Dangui Garden.After walking for a long time, Li Wan touched his blushing face, and thought of something else, the blush disappeared, as if he had been wiped with white ash.It's just that at this time, Shangye's mother-in-law started patrolling and locking the doors, so Li Wan had no choice but to go back to Luweitang.

The two old ladies in Danguiyuan saw that Li Wan didn't attack them, and that she came out so quickly that the second grandmother didn't know, so they were relieved, and one said: "Grandma Zhu is a kind person, I don't think she will blame."

The other also agreed, and then grinned: "Did you see what Grandma was like just now, it looks like a wolf chased - you said that Grandma Zhu heard something and was so frightened. "

The previous one covered her mouth and snorted: "The widow's wife dreamed of a cockroach, what could it be? Grandma Zhu is only in her twenties, and she is suffering!"

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Coincidentally, Ruhua in Pingming Building was also talking to Xiuju about Grandma Zhu.

Entering the painting, he said: "Grandma Zhu has always been poor, which is admirable. It's just that we girls are so old, and we are really not used to it. You don't know, the girl was probably influenced by the grandma for a while, and she read Buddhist scriptures. I also realized it by myself, and said that I want to shave my head like Zhi Zhier and go to be a sister-in-law, which scared us, thanks to Brother Ying! Sister Ying quietly told Sister Yuanyang, and Sister Yuanyang told the second grandma again, and the second grandma said that in the future The nuns from Shuiyue nunnery are not allowed to come in, especially those little nuns who are not allowed to play tricks on our girls. The second grandmother said that those little nuns depended on the house to keep the moon alive, so she exaggerated when she saw that the girls liked to hear them talk about the days in the nunnery It’s easy to say, it’s good to please the girl. Our girls are young, and we listened to the smart boy saying how comfortable and peaceful their lives are, and what the Buddha’s light cleans people, so we thought about it in our hearts.”

"I still saw a small portrait painted for her from Ms. Du, so our girl stopped reading Buddhist scriptures and devoted herself to painting." Ruhua said: "Although the girl is better, the nanny and the parrot are all watching closely. , but those of us in the house are not very well."

Xiuju wondered: "Miss is well, we will be well naturally. What's wrong?"

Entering the painting, I looked at Xiuju's room, envious: "How can I compare with you! I've heard that Miss Er, Miss Du, and Miss Lin are as generous and kind as each other, and even allow your family to share the things they made at home. Consignment in that shop——but what about us? At first, Grandma was in charge of Luweitang, and everyone didn’t feel that there was anything wrong, but Grandma Zhu was tight, and there was not much reward during the Chinese New Year. There was only one complaint. But wait. Small kitchens are set up everywhere, and each master is in charge of his own share, which is really hard for us. Zhiyuanzhai and Luweitang share a small kitchen, and Sanniu and Baoniang are full of chicken, duck, fish and fresh seasonal vegetables. In addition to the girl's other cooking, we only have some tofu and eggs to eat. For example, the girls in the girl's share can't eat the high-quality rice in the room, but the grandma obeys the rules and only We are not allowed to eat, and we all eat regular rice, which is just rice, and the rest of the quota is rigidly fixed, and there is no mistake in the slightest."

"Are you still like this now?" Xiuju was taken aback.

Ruhua laughed instead: "That's not true. Originally, the girl didn't care about it before, and she just asked the people in this place to follow the rules in the grandma's house. Later she found out, and said that she wanted to follow the example of the third girl and take care of herself, so now we have Okay. Grandma Zhu is not a mean person. She is used to following the rules and never caring about others. This is just the rule in her room, and she does not force others to behave in the same way. Our girl said she should take care of herself, so she will Cases are separated."

Xiuju nodded with a smile, and heard Ruhua sigh: "After all, Suyun and the sisters have suffered." She followed the grandma to suffer.

Here Ruhua and Xiuju expressed their pity for Suyun, while Suyun fought a cold war there, but it was because Li Wan wandered in the courtyard of Luweitang for a long time, and she couldn't bear the cold air that came up.In fact, Suyun really wanted to say something in her heart: "Grandma can't just wait for others to invite you. If you blindly 'have nothing to do with yourself', can you still expect others to think about you all the time? After all It's because I respect myself too much, even if you are a chaste wife and the granddaughter-in-law of this family, you never take the responsibility. Now is not the time when the old ladies and wives specify that they want their sister-in-law to take care of them when they are young, and wait for others like this Come and invite me, it won't be long ago! It's a powerful person like Lian's second grandma, who is obedient and obedient in the management of the house. Isn't it just playing tricks in front of the old lady to please the old lady, even making a fool of herself on purpose? It made everyone laugh—even those who hate Second Mistress Lian's terribly, have to admit that Second Mistress is sincerely filial."

Suyun turned over these words in her mind, reaching the tip of her tongue, and glanced at the two smudges on Biyunyue's white skirt, before finally swallowing it back.

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But it is said that since Xifeng took all the sisters and Baoyu to play in Du's other courtyard that day, not only the girls have been thinking about it, but Jia Baoyu also said that "the wildness is full of fun", and they are thinking about going again.

It's not in vain that Du Zhong and Song Chen prepared for a long time, and collected many things.

If there is one, there are two, but Phoenix loves Jia Baoyu's coquettish and foolishness. During the Double Ninth Festival on September [-], these young brothers and sisters from Rongfu went again. Baoyu moved to take care of them, and asked, "Where is Rong's daughter-in-law?"

Youshi smiled and said: "She is not feeling well, she has been lazy and unwilling to move for the past few days, so I told her to rest at home."

Baoyu said with a smile: "The old ladies all praise sister-in-law Zhen for being the best at loving people."

You Shi laughed and said: "That's why she is so sweet. I like everything she says and does. I don't have a girl, so I just treat her like a daughter."

Then he said: "I have something to tell you. Rong's daughter-in-law has a little brother who is about the same age as you. He will be attached to our school to study in a few days. His child is shy and timid. , Rong's daughter-in-law said, 'Tuo Baoshu will take care of it more'."

"It's my own family, so there's no need to take care of it. We'll go to school together tomorrow, and I'm just saying that I don't have any good schoolmates who are speculative. I'm afraid the brother of my niece and daughter-in-law is also a rare good character. I'm not happy enough. In the future, just talk about ourselves with him, don’t worry about those who call you brothers.”

After talking and laughing, we arrived at Zhuangzi.Youshi thought about the journey, and frowned secretly.Hou'er quietly asked people to go out to inquire about it, and asked Sister Feng alone and said, "I said the road here is familiar. It turns out to be a place near 'Rotten Dragon's Tail'."

Sister Feng asked about the rotten dragon tail.You Shi told her the origin of this strange place name, and said: "Our family's Zhuangzi is either in the very north, or in the southern part of the poor land. Your elder brother has long wanted to buy a place in the suburbs of Beijing. Chuben is one of the several Zhuangzi that was sold, and it is the closest to Beijing and the largest. However, after your elder brother came to see it in person, he whipped the second housekeeper who recommended this place to him, saying that this place is "rotten" Dragon tail', the feng shui is extremely bad."

Sister Feng never believed in these things, pointing to the beautiful mountains, rivers and beautiful scenery outside the window, she said with a smile, "You said the Fengshui here is bad?"

"What kind of rotten dragon tail, but I don't believe it." Sister Feng raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Have you never eaten the melon we gave you, or the pomegranate on the offering plate for your family is not big enough, that kind of bad feng shui Can it grow such good fruit?"

Seeing that You Shi was still worried, Sister Feng had no choice but to persuade her in a low voice: "Perhaps the feng shui in the valley over there is bad, so it's good to come here. Let me tell you, don't spoil their interest, these girls finally have a Come out and walk around the scattered places, you are not allowed to interfere!"

"Besides, no one has any reason to live here for a long time. It's just a visit once in a while. What can be in the way?" Elder brother is a military officer, and he is also a military officer who has been promoted by killing enemies and accumulating merits. Once the two phases are in harmony, the two will cancel out. Otherwise, the climate and soil here would not be so good."

After hearing this, You Shi felt that it was reasonable, so he agreed: "Come on, let's do it, as long as you know what's in your heart."

"I don't make any mistake to make my younger sisters unhappy. I just don't tell the old lady. If there is something wrong, we won't come here in the future."

Sister Feng laughed immediately, and brought you tea with her own hands.