Red Mansions I am Aunt Xue

"Ahem... that's right, just add some food here." Mrs. Xue nodded, picked up another gift list and opened it, nodded and smiled: "That's not bad, it's so good, I don't worry about it. I leave the annual ceremony to you. Cough...cough cough..." Mrs. Xue covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed several times.

Xue Ning hurriedly picked up the tea and handed it to Mrs. Xue, raised her hand and said softly along Mrs. Xue's back: "Madam should rest more. It's better for Ning'er to settle these matters before I talk to you."

Mrs. Xue was already weak, and when she gave birth to her second son Xue Xun in her early years, she was a little difficult to give birth and left the root of the disease.A few days ago, I traveled a long distance to Beijing, and I had to arrange the marriage of the eldest son, and I also had to contact the wives of various houses.

Mrs. Xue is a concubine's daughter, she must have suffered a lot in the boudoir earlier.Therefore, it looks weak on the outside, but is strong on the inside.Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept away from the Lin family for more than 20 years because of trivial matters.In ancient times, there were a few women who really dared to cut off contact with their natal families, and they were most of the women's backers.

Therefore, Mrs. Xue waited until she was seriously ill, and then left some matters at hand to Xiao Ning, and Xiao Ning agreed after a little evasion.It's not that Xue Ning is greedy for power and wants to get involved in the housekeeper's affairs, if Madam Xue is not seriously ill, and she is her legitimate eldest daughter-in-law, Xue Ning doesn't like to take care of these troublesome things.

Mrs. Xue moistened her throat, and tightly grabbed the handkerchief.With a pale face and a gentle smile, he said: "Well, I feel more relieved when I see the list you drew up today. Since it is so, it will be more work for you if you can, so I will replace the new clothes at the end of the year. I'll leave it to you to handle it." He took the hand that was smooth for her, patted her and said, "I'm getting older, and my body is not as good as before. Now you come in, and you are the eldest daughter-in-law of our Xue family, and so am I. It's time to rest."

Xiao Ning lowered her head and smiled, "What did the wife say? It's just a cold. You are so young. If you take a day off today, you will be fine tomorrow. If you go out now, no one will say that you are a daughter-in-law sister."

"You! I used to look at you with a gentle and quiet temperament. It took me a long time to realize that you are actually an unforgiving ghost." Mrs. Xue's eyebrows and eyes were smiling, but the flickering eyes had some meaning unknown.

"As for the purchase of new clothes, the daughter-in-law is really exhausted, please forgive me, my wife." It's a joke, it seems that just making a list is exhausting.Come to buy new clothes, she is afraid that she will not be able to make a new year.

He waved his hand, "I don't blame you, then you just take care of the gift list and gift preparation. I have my own ideas on the other side."

"It's not easy for my wife to handle this matter." She complimented Mrs. Fan Xue again. Seeing her tired face, Xue Ning got up and said, "Since you think this list is no problem, the one next to the wife can rest assured to make it." " Pause, "Just one thing, my daughter-in-law is young, she always has no idea what to do and what to say, please ask my wife to love my daughter-in-law, and lend me Nanny Lin."

Mrs. Xue pointed at Xue Ning and scolded with a smile: "You are so smart, your idea came to me." She withdrew her hand and looked at Nanny Lin and said, "It's done, Qian's daughter-in-law has said so, so you go and help fight." Let's do it." Mother Lin bowed to answer.

Zi'er hurriedly put a cloak on Xiao Ning, and Xiao Ning once again took Zi'er and the others back to their courtyard.

"Cough cough... go and get the account books sent by the stewards at the end of the year, cough cough cough..." He took another sip of honey water, frowned and leaned on the kang.

"Ma'am, what Grandma said is true. You'd better take care of your body first, and it would be better to see when you get better tomorrow." Nanny Lin took the tea bowl and persuaded softly.

Glancing at Nanny Lin, she smiled softly and said, "It's okay, I don't know about my own body. Cough..." He lowered his head and covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and his charming eyebrows and eyes showed that no one had ever seen him. The coldness I have seen.

The masters of the Xue family have not been in Beijing for many years, and in previous years they only need to slightly modify the old list to give gifts.Only this year, Master Xue, the head of the Xue family, has most of his family members in Beijing, which is the time to visit relatives and friends and connect with each other.

Xue's family is an imperial merchant, and anyone who has the word "imperial" on it will be different even if they are merchants.What's more, it is rumored that the four great families are connected with each other, one prospers and the other loses.

Xiao Ning opened the roster and took a closer look, then took a deep breath.The Xue family has acquaintances with a wide range of people, ranging from relatives of the emperor to junior officials of the seventh rank, as well as merchants in various industries.

Xiao Ning, who had never dealt with these before, really didn't know where to start.In the end, it was Zhao Mama who helped, first of all, the three, six, and nine classes were divided.Officials of the third rank and above and those who are also imperial merchants are set aside first, and these will be drawn up when Nanny Lin arrives.The rest will be changed according to the old list, and sent to prepare.

Kneading the sore waist is simply a double task of physical strength and mental strength.I don't know why women always like to earn this housekeeping job.He leaned sideways and let the little girl give him a thump, and he relaxed a lot.

As soon as he sat up, Xue Qian came in from the outside.

"Is your wife better?"

Xiao Xiao smiled lightly and stepped forward, untied the cloak for him and handed it to Cailu to put it away. "It's much better. I had dinner with my wife at noon. I can drink a bowl of bird's nest porridge. The cough has stopped a lot, and my complexion looks better than the previous few days."

"I'm busy outside these days, so you should work harder on your wife and family. I heard that your wife has left the gift giving and returning to you?"

"Yo! Stop talking, I thought our relatives were all in Jinling. There should be few people in Beijing who want to give gifts, so I accepted this job. How could there be so many people? The relatives of the emperor. I have to let these few go first, and wait for my wife to get better, and then I will send it to my wife for decision."

Xue Qian nodded with a smile, "Look at how courageous you are! Just try your best, some things don't need to be done, just send the servants to go." Xue Qian said lazily, leaning on the pillow.

Waving his hands to make everyone back down, Xiao Ning took off his shoes and climbed onto the kang, gently kneading Xue Qian's shoulders, "Don't be too busy and restless, it's not worth it to be exhausted." The matter of pestering the housekeeper is not always mentioned on TV. Shouldn't a smart woman complain to her husband or talk about work when he comes back from hard work?Xiao Ning always thought it was very reasonable, and after implementing it, he found that the effect was really good.

He patted Xiao Xiao's hand and pulled her back into his arms. "It's just a while, and it will be fine after that."

Nanny Lin walked into Xiaoxue Ning's yard, and hearing the silver bell-like laughter of the grandma inside, she knew that the grandpa must be inside.Turn around and go to the side room, there is no need to greet the masters at this moment, there is no need to be annoying.

"Yo! Sister Lin is here." Nanny Zhao was drinking tea with her legs crossed, and when she saw Nanny Lin coming in, she quickly got up, "Tweety, go to see grandma, are you free now?"

"Don't be too busy, let's have some tea first." With a wave of her hand, Nanny Lin sat down first.Nanny Zhao also smiled and sat back in her seat, while Fei'er on the side had already cleverly prepared tea for Nanny Lin.

"Sister Lin is coming over now, is the wife resting?"

"Wow! My wife is very upset. Right now, I'm looking at the account books from all over the place." She raised her chin in the direction of the wife's yard, then turned her head and said to Zhao Nanny.

Zhao Mama smiled and took the fruit plate from Tweety'er's hand, and with a wink, Tweety and Feier all backed away.Put it on the kang table, "This fruit is very good, sister, try it." Now even the word Lin is omitted, and it looks more affectionate.

Nanny Lin smiled, picked one up and ate one, and looked up at her, "It's not easy to get this kind of fruit in this cold winter."

"That's right, how can ordinary people have such fresh, sweet and juicy fruits?" After a pause, seeing that Nanny Lin was indeed listening, she continued: "This fruit is due to our uncle's meritorious service, and the nobles above rewarded it." The ones that come down are only a small basket. I honor the old lady and the old lady, and the rest is divided into two for the two married aunts."

Nanny Lin nodded and asked: "So that's the case, the uncle my sister mentioned is the Uncle Wang of the Wang family?"

Nanny Zhao clapped her hands and said, "It's not this master, who else can our grandma have?" Pushing the plate towards Nanny Lin, "Elder sister, eat more."

"It's good to eat such a precious fruit, but I don't dare to eat more." Madam Lin made a few twists and turns in her heart. This Nanny Zhao is not simple. Parents and brothers also love aunts.I don't know what her plan is if I try it first, how can Lin Nanny dare to eat it again.

"Well, it's just a few fruits. My sister will be offended if she says that." Seeing that Lin Nanny just smiled and said nothing, Zhao Nanny cursed the old fox secretly, "Don't worry, sister, this fruit is also for our master and wife There are also some left by grandma, and someone will send them to you for dinner. These are specially left for you by our grandma. She said that she is young and stupid. You still can't learn it if you teach her like this, ma'am , I will trouble you with many things in the future." Mother Zhao said with a smile.

Sister Lin rolled her eyes, picked up a fruit and handed it to her mouth. "We slaves are born to serve our masters, so how dare we be troubled by grandma." She said, what was the reason for such a big detour, it was for such an idea.

Sister Lin really admires grandma for letting her pretend to be stupid (you are really wrong, she is really stupid)

If the newly married daughter-in-law next to her has the opportunity to touch the housekeeper's affairs, which one doesn't take the pole to show how capable she is.

Little do they know that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies, the last time the uncle came to ask his wife about the house, the wife agreed with a smile.Others don't know, how can someone who has served his wife all her life not know that she was unhappy at that time?It's nothing more than feeling that the son who has been raised will go to the daughter-in-law, and the mother is not happy.

This time, it's not impossible for a strong person like my wife to take care of the housekeeping.Fortunately, he was clever, so he begged his wife to come here today, and asked the nun next to him to pass the message to her.

After finishing speaking, Nanny Lin saw a plain purse appear in front of her eyes.Lifting his eyes and smiling, he took it, and gave Mother Zhao a knowing look.