Edge of the Red Chamber

On the second day, Nanny Ji followed Lu Shi to the event hall, but the old lady did not arrive.

Mrs. Lu was sitting on the Arhat bed in the north, under which were standing darkly the ladies in charge, Nanny Ji was standing in the east, and Xiang Luo was standing in the west. They took the roster and called their names, waiting to sing to Jin San's house. At that time, no one answered, Xiangluo was stunned for a moment, afraid that he was distracted and didn't hear it, so he sang again, and one of them came out and said: "Sister-in-law Jin may be late, her boy cried all night last night. , calling for a doctor."

Lu Shi nodded, motioning for Xiang Luo to continue singing.

After singing, Xiangluo said, "Everyone has arrived except Mrs. Jin in the kitchen."

Mrs. Lu nodded, and said to the people below: "I also know that all the sisters-in-law are capable people. What they did in the past, they will still do in the future." Go back and have dinner, come over again at Chenshi."

As soon as Lu's words fell, the little maid at the door came up and said to Dan Ruo: "Sister-in-law Jin is waiting outside the door, she has been here for a while."

When Mrs. Lu saw this maid coming, she knew it was from Jin San's family.Seeing everyone leaving the house one by one, there was no sound at all, and no one stayed in front of the door.The servants in the family behaved like this, Jia Min's methods were really amazing, and he secretly admired him.After all the people in the house had left, he asked Dan Ruo, "Who is here?"

Dan Ruo stepped forward and said: "It's Mrs. Jin, she's a little late, she's been waiting outside." After a pause, she added: "It's a bit later than grandma, she didn't sneak in, she knows the rules. "

Lu didn't comment, just nodded, Danruo understood, and said to the maid at the door: "Grandma asked Sister-in-law Jin to come in and answer."

When Jin San's family came in, they bowed down in the hall, "Grandma please punish me."

Xiang Luo only thought that Jin San's family was trying to make Lu Shi look good, and she was not angry, so she turned over the note earlier, listened to the words, snorted coldly, and was about to read it, but Lu Shi waved her hand and stopped her.Seeing that Jin San's family came in without explaining the reason, it was advisable to plead guilty first, so he asked: "I heard that your kid is sick, but did you call a doctor?"

Jin San's family nodded and said: "A doctor has been invited, the child is greedy for cold, and the girl next door looked at him pitifully, so she fed him a piece of melon. I didn't want to wake up three or four times at night. The doctor said it was lucky Come early, or you won't be saved." As he spoke, he choked up his sobs.

Mrs. Lu had believed it for seven or eight points, and motioned the two little maids to help Jinsan's family to get up, then asked Xiangluo, "What's the reason why Yingmao is late?"

Xiangluo then replied, "Three months of rice grain leather, and five boards from the punishment hall." Jin San's family didn't argue after hearing this, but just said yes.

Lu Shi then said: "Everyone else is like this, if I want to forgive you, I may break the family rules, and there will be delays in the future, there is a reason for this, and there is also a reason for that, I don't care about it anymore. Go back and get the board, rest at home for a day, and just happen to take care of the child, if you need any medicine, go to the pharmacy to get it." Jin San's family thanked him and hurried to the kitchen.

When Jin San's family left and there were only a few people around Lu Shi left in the room, Aunt Ji said, "Just tell Haitang to go to the pharmacy and say something."

Lu Shi nodded and said, "That's fine." He immediately got up and wanted to go back.

Mother Ji said: "It's a little far away from the Bijing Pavilion. I'm afraid I'm sweating again when I walk back, so I'd better call the bamboo sedan chair."

Lu Shi waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's not too far away. I'm still young, and I still refuse to walk. When I'm old, I can't walk anymore."

Nanny Ji spat and said with a smile: "Grandma is only as old as she is, so let's talk about getting old." Then she said, "Grandma is willing to go, so go back." Then she turned around and told Dan Ruo, "Go faster , go back first, and tell the kitchen to boil water, so grandma can have water to take a bath when she goes back."

After breakfast, Mother Ji refused to teach Lu Shi to go there, so Lu Shi obeyed her and took a small bamboo sedan chair to go there.

After entering the hall, even though the women in charge are already waiting outside, they dare not enter without passing through.Lu Shi went in, passed people in one by one, and got the right cards, and there was nothing wrong.

Jin San's family went to the punishment hall to pick up the board and also came to thank her. Lu ordered her to go back and rest.

When the time came, Nanny Ji and others waited on Mrs. Lu to go back, and Nanny Ji said: "Sure enough, everyone is good at settling accounts, and none of them made a mistake."

Lu Shi laughed and said, "You haven't seen your wife settle accounts, you don't even have to pull out the abacus."

"I've been with the girl for more than ten years, why haven't I seen her?" Mother Ji thought that Mrs. Lu was talking about Mrs. Lu.

Xiangluo heard it, and immediately smiled, saying: "Mom has never even met face to face, how can I know how my wife settles accounts."

Only then did Mother Ji feel offended, and said: "I said, why haven't I seen it before?" She sighed again: "Don't talk about anything else, just say that there are more than [-] shops, and there may not be six or seven thousand shops a year. Income, the family status of the Duke of Zhenzhen is incomparable to other families." Thinking of the account books of the twelve shops that Lin Jue sent, Aunt Ji couldn't help but click her tongue.

Lu thought to himself: "It's more than six or seven thousand, not to mention the other things, just say that the twelve shops under the name of the uncle have a yearly income of nearly ten thousand silver." The girl next to her was all surprised and sighed, so she was lazy to point it out, and just said: "The wife must be able to know how to employ people."

Mother Ji sighed in her heart that the girl with the eldest baby was so honest, she didn't even listen to her own mother's words at home like this, but she said: "That's true, so many families have been defeated by slaves."

Haitang had already come back and was sitting in front of the door absent-mindedly doing needlework, when she saw a group of people from Mrs. Lu coming in, she hurriedly put aside her work and went up to meet them.

Nanny Ji scolded her: "It's such a trivial matter, so I can't hold my breath."

Seeing that she was young, Mrs. Lu was always more tolerant, so he smiled and said: "She is young, mother will teach her slowly."

Before the fragrant snails brought the tea, Haitang couldn't bear it anymore, but Lu didn't ask, and she didn't dare to open her mouth, so she scratched her ears and cheeks anxiously.Seeing it was funny, Mrs. Lu endured it for a while, but finally couldn't bear it, "What do you find out, let me tell you."

Haitang was overjoyed, she endured a yes, and began to speak eloquently.

It turned out that Jin San had given birth to four girls, and he had just had a son in his late forties. He loved it so much, he was afraid of freezing if it was cold, and afraid of being hot if it was hot, and he was afraid that there would be an accident and the whole family would know it. It's just that it's hard to say because of the face, some people who are acquainted say a few words, but she is embarrassed by a few words, and gradually no one speaks.

Just like last night, it was just a child who ate a piece of melon splashed with well water. After she went back, she fed half a bowl of hot white fungus, lily and mung bean soup. I can't bear it, let alone a child of a few years old, who has to have a stomachache at night, which is not a big deal. The family of Pian Jinsan was scared to death, but it frightened the child, crying continuously, and disturbing the peace of the neighbors.

I found a doctor in the middle of the night, but the doctor said it would be fine, and refused to prescribe the prescription, but she begged the doctor to prescribe it, but it was cured, but the child refused to drink it, so she didn't say that children don't like to drink bitter medicine Instead, I blame the doctor for the bad medicine.

It is indeed unheard of for a bowl of medicine to be fed for nearly two hours.The small child cried all night and passed out before finishing the medicine. It was another trouble.

Jin San's family saw that the medicine was boiled, and they wanted to feed it with their own hands, but her mother-in-law rushed out, so they came in, and it was still too late.

Not to mention Lu's, even Mother Ji was stunned and sighed again and again: "There are so many wonders in this world."

Seeing that everyone liked to listen, Haitang became more and more happy, "What's more, I still remember the plum last time, grandma said it was tasteless, I heard the blue bird in the big girl's room also said the same thing."

Lu Shi had long forgotten, but Xiang Luo and Dan Ruo still remembered.Hearing this, Xiang Luo said: "Sure enough, it happened. Grandma took a bite that day, and she said it was not good, so she gave it to the little maid below. At that time, I said, it's not that the family can't afford it, how can I buy such a meal?" Plums? What's the matter with Sister Jin here?" After saying this, I remembered that Sister Jin is the chief steward in the kitchen, and every purchase in the kitchen has to go through her hands. There are also many sons, but Sister-in-law Jin doesn't look like this kind of person."

Dan Ruo said: "It's not like that. There is a way to know people, face but not heart, and who knows what they think in their hearts."

Seeing what the two of them said, Haitang quickly waved her hands and said with a smile: "That's not the case, it was also her family who fell ill that day, and she was so anxious to go back that she taught the people outside to coax him away."

After hearing this, Nanny Ji lowered her face, thought for a while, and said: "Such a person can no longer be used, let's find an excuse to get rid of it another day." He asked Haitang again, "How old is her kid? Is she Has it always been like this, or is it like this after a few years?"

Hearing this, Haitang's face turned pale, and she said with a smile: "I thought grandma would ask, so I also asked."

Mother Ji scolded, "Speak as soon as you speak, and come to ask for credit before the matter is finished."

Haitang didn't dare to say any more, and she stood upright, saying: "I heard that Sister-in-law Jin was like this when she was three years old, and it only happened in the past six months. I only heard that the boy in her family that year She got sick and almost died, some say her mother-in-law didn’t take good care of her.”

Mrs. Lu thought about it for a while, and remembered that Jia Min was a normal person, and the old lady was also capable. Thinking about the affairs of Jin San's family, Mrs. Lu understood a little bit, and agreed with Mother Ji's words, "Forget it, yes I didn't pay much attention, otherwise, this time she should be laid off."

When Mrs. Lu said this, Mother Ji figured out what was going on, and they all blushed in embarrassment. Mother Ji said: "I enjoy happiness at home all day long, but..."

Lu quickly waved her hands and said: "Mom, don't be like this, people have unexpected things. Besides, I saw that everything in the family has rules and regulations, and I don't wait for stealth, treachery and trickery, so I didn't take everything seriously. I I think, the old lady also saw it, so she handed over all the family affairs to me, and it would be good to have a lesson this time."