[Red Mansions] The promotion of the female history of salted fish

Of course Yang Peishan had discussed with Situ Hui in advance to escape the summer heat,? Recently, the number of posts inviting Yang Peishan to a banquet has not decreased, but more and more.So Yang Peishan thought about it, and remembered that she had a dowry Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, so she planned to go there to avoid the limelight.So strictly speaking, the main reason for this summer vacation is that the fifth prince and concubine brought her eldest sister, Situ Leyi,? The women standing in the hall are all adding heads.

It’s not that Yang Peishan doesn’t want to bring other children. It’s because the second elder brother is only four years old, and the second sister is two years old—it’s said that their ages are false. These two ride a car all the way to Zhuangzi, just in case they get sick But the loss outweighs the gain.As for Yang Peishan's biological elder brother, he is in good health. He is only eight years old this year, and has already been enlightened by the husband in the family.Recently, the teacher who taught my eldest brother gave his homework evaluation only "upper middle",?Didn't do the best in homework,? The elder brother lost interest in playing,? So he refused to go out with his mother and sister.

When Situ Hui heard that his son-in-law was so ambitious, he was naturally very happy, and repeatedly promised Yang Peishan that he could hand over his eldest brother to him during this time.In fact, the eldest brother, Situ Yu, had already moved out of the backyard last year. He usually lived next to Situ Hui's study in the front yard. He was surrounded by several guards, not to mention nanny girls.Yang Peishan really wasn't worried about his personal safety, she was just worried that his mother and younger sister were not used to being in the house.Now that her son and her husband have said so, Yang Peishan told her elder brother's nanny what to do with the Nanny Song she left behind, so she left her elder brother in the mansion with peace of mind.

In this way, among all the children, only the eldest sister can follow.It was precisely because Situ Leyi was the only child who went with her, that Yang Peishan could ask the other women in the house if they wanted to go with her.

Looking at the one in Yang Peishan's set of four ice trays in Yunling that is more towards the garden view, you know that Yang Peishan usually loves to visit the garden.Yang Peishan, who loves to visit gardens like this, became friends with Yunling, a housekeeper, which has to be said to be a strange thing.

Yun Ling knew that Yang Peishan had wanted to go to that village in the suburbs of Beijing for a long time, but she just didn't have the time. Isn't this a godsend opportunity now?So I was the first one to respond, "I heard that the scenery on the dowry Zhuangzi of the empress is very good. I have long wanted to see it."

This is not a compliment.Yang Peishan is the only prostitute in the Yang family's generation. She was very favored by the elders at home. Marrying into Situ's family is a high-end marriage among high-end marriages. Naturally, there are many dowries, and there are four in the farm alone.You must know that at this time it is not uncommon for a woman to marry a few shops as a dowry—except for the shops that are really profitable. Ordinary shops are almost the dowry that a noble girl must have when she gets married—but there are few families that can give their daughters a dowry.In the concept of Chinese people, the land is the root of a family's prosperity, and the farm is also included in this list.Among the four farms that Yang Peishan married as a dowry, this one in the suburbs of Beijing is not the largest in terms of area, but there is a pool of running water inside, which is a good place to escape the summer heat.

These were all Yang Peishan told Yunling when they were chatting with Yunling before, and the words did not conceal the nostalgia for the boudoir period.Even though Yunling is a housekeeper, she will feel bored if she doesn't go out for a long time.Now that she finally had an opportunity, of course she would not miss it, as soon as the words fell, Yunling began to plan to let Yuyan pack her luggage for a while.

Concubine Cui showed a lack of interest, although she agreed in her mouth, she was obviously not very motivated.Feng Ruzi wanted to go, but the second sister was still young, and thought of a letter sent to her by her family some time ago, telling her to stay in the courtyard obediently and not receive visitors, and not to go out casually, so she finally refused.Wang Ruzi was worried about his second brother, so he didn't go.

After being rejected one after another, Yang Peishan was not angry. Instead, Wen Yan ordered a few words such as "Your Highness will take care of you" and let the team go down.

As a result, Yang Peishan may have had a bad day, although she didn't seriously argue with Wang Ruzi and Feng Ruzi, but in the end, she must have this anger.After dinner in the evening, the maids were cleaning up the dishes, and someone from the Fanghua Court came to report, "Just now when our side concubine was eating, she suddenly retched, and I called the doctor in the house to come over and say that it has been three and a half months. I'm pregnant, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape the summer heat with my empress, so I asked my slaves to come over and plead guilty."

"It's a good thing that the mansion is going to have a child again." Yang Peishan was still satisfied with the dinner just now, and she just smiled when she heard the news of the visitor, "Going to escape the summer heat is just for fun, it's nothing Is it worth such a serious confession for such a big matter? You go and tell your side concubine that I will be happy when you recover your body and give birth to a healthy brother."

Nanny Wu rewarded the girl who came to report the letter with a handful of copper coins, and sent her out of the main courtyard.When she came back, she saw Yang Peishan pale with anger, and sneered repeatedly, "It took three months for her pregnancy to be diagnosed. Dr. Wang in our family is really good at medicine."

Since the third brother passed away, Situ Hui proposed to raise a doctor in the mansion in case of emergency.In the final analysis, the third elder brother died because the imperial doctor did not come in time, so Yang Peishan didn't say anything. She never expected that this Doctor Wang would become the side concubine Cui's.

Seeing that Yang Peishan was so angry, Mother Wu repeatedly comforted her, "Your Majesty has her own doctor when she's sick, who cares about a Mongolian doctor who can't do it? Then what doctor Wang just ran to sell it to the side concubine because she knew she couldn't climb into our main courtyard?" son."

Yang Peishan rubbed her forehead, what about Dr. Wang, she really didn't take it to heart.In the end, Yang Peishan was angry, "Third brother is gone, I can't do anything to other princesses to talk about it, doesn't it mean she doesn't know? Why did she guard me like a thief when she was pregnant?" !"

Wu Momo hurriedly summoned Yang Peishan's dowry girl to press her head, while persuading her, "You are so angry, why are you bothering with that inconvenient person?" Knowing that Yang Peishan was worried that Cui's concubine staying in the mansion would ruin His Highness Regarding the matter, Madam Wu continued to persuade, "It's fine if she doesn't go out. You are going out to escape the summer heat. As a side concubine, she can't see guests or go to banquets. She just serves His Highness. It seems that you care about His Highness. Otherwise, The main concubine and side concubine in the mansion are not here, and there are only two children beside His Highness, so what's the matter?"

Yang Peishan was a little embarrassed, she knew that it was ill-considered for her to take everyone out.It's just that she wanted to bring Yunling with her, so she couldn't even ask Wang and Feng. Fortunately, they refused, otherwise the entire backyard of the Fifth Prince's Mansion would be empty, and it would be even more unsightly.Grandma Wu is her nanny, and only she can say such unpleasant words.

That night, Yang Peishan told the fifth prince the news, and was so happy that the fifth prince went directly to the Fanghua Courtyard after finishing his official duties in the front yard. It stands to reason that Yang Peishan left the next day, and the fifth prince should come and have a look.Before waiting for anyone, Yang Peishan guessed that the lovers were thinking about the life after the birth of the child.Concubine Cui's third elder brother died not long ago, and His Highness' pity for her has not yet dissipated.On Yang Peishan's side, when the two discussed going out to escape the summer heat, they had thought of all kinds of situations, so it's okay if they don't come now.Guessing what Situ Hui was thinking, Yang Peishan took off her coat and calmly ordered the maids to turn off the lights and go to sleep.

Early the next morning, when he bid farewell to Yang Peishan, the Fifth Prince seemed to have a strange expression on his face.Yun Ling was a little puzzled, but seeing that Yang Peishan was holding the hand of the eldest sister, she was not curious anymore.

Feeling uncomfortable with Yang Peishan, and the instructions he had originally planned seemed dry, Situ Hui became more and more boring.As soon as he turned around and saw Yun Ling following Yang Peishan, Situ Hui put on a serious face, "You take good care of your mother, and you will be rewarded when you come back."

The couple didn't know what charades they were playing, Yunling knelt down and bowed, "Yes, I remember."

After saying goodbye, Yang Peishan took her elder sister and Yunling into the carriage with four horses at the front, followed by Wei Zi and Yuyan in the luggage carriage, and behind them were the little maids and mother-in-law who were not qualified to ride in carriages. children.Seeing Yunling looking around, as if looking for someone, Yang Peishan smiled and said, "The side concubine is pregnant, so I won't go this time."

Yun Ling's eyes widened.The third brother died less than a year ago, and now she is pregnant. Should she lament the efficiency of this side concubine Cui?

Seeing her like this, Yang Peishan couldn't help laughing, and leaned back on the pillow, "I arranged for people to handle trivial matters in the house. This time, the two of us will take the eldest sister with us for the summer vacation, and ignore those annoying tasks." Let's have fun for a few days." As he spoke, he slowly introduced what was available in the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, which made Yunling wish to go there right away and enjoy the holiday.

When we arrived at Zhuangzi, it was as refreshing as Yang Peishan said.The lake on Zhuangzi is incomparable in terms of size alone. The Huxin Pavilion is a small two-story building. Standing on the top floor, you can have a panoramic view of the entire lake.The sun is scorching hot, and the lake water is like a whole piece of sapphire, crystal clear; when there is an occasional breeze, the lotus in the lake sways with the wind, and the waves in the water reflect the light of the sun, and the lake becomes a golden embroidered satin again. Really beautiful.

"It would be great if I could live in the Huxin Pavilion at night." Yunling sat in the pavilion, drinking the sour plum soup from the well water, and squinted her eyes comfortably.

"Nonsense again, it's not a joke to get wet in your body." Yang Peishan slowly swallowed the tea prepared by the maid, "Elder sister didn't bother you. This Zhuangzi is already much cooler than the house, so don't make any more fuss." .”

The eldest sister smiled shyly when she heard her mother mentioning herself.Looking at the little girl, Yunling felt a sense of guilt for spoiling a good child, so she quickly said, "I promise to go back to sleep in the room tonight."

The posture of the guarantee was cute, but Yang Peishan felt that she was not sincere no matter how she looked at it, so she snorted softly, "If you have to make troubles during the day, you should be gentle. If you are really out of line, I can't keep you."

"Big sister is the best." Yunling giggled, "I'll be the first one to share the flowers with my sister."

At night, Yang Peishan took her eldest sister to sleep in the main courtyard, and Yunling chose another courtyard not far from the main courtyard.Before going to bed, Yang Peishan asked Wei Zi to come over and tell Yunling that it would not be easy to come out to play for two days. Although tomorrow is the fifth day of the lunar new year, it is impossible for those women in the mansion to come to Zhuangzi to greet her, so Yunling also You don't have to greet me early in the morning.Yun Ling thought that it was rare for Yang Peishan and her elder sister to sleep in the same bed, and maybe she would have something to say to her at night, and if she stayed in bed tomorrow, it would be bad to be stuck in bed by her, so she agreed with a smile.

Early the next morning, before it was time to say hello, Yunling guessed that the mother and daughter in the main yard hadn't woken up yet, so she quickly called Yuyan, "Let's go rowing!"

Seeing that her eyes were really bright, Yuyan thought that she had nothing to do this morning, so she followed Yunling to the edge of the lake that she saw yesterday.

A quarter of an hour later, the boat slowly moved forward in the water, and the breeze that blew in front seemed to carry the fragrance of lotus.

Yunling lay on the boat, feeling the boat rising and falling with the waves, very leisurely.The boat passed by a lotus, and the clacking sound of the boat not only did not disturb the tranquility, but added a different kind of charm.Yuyan turned her head sideways, "My lord, is this okay?"

Yun Ling was intoxicated by the lotus fragrance all over the lake, upon hearing this, she immediately praised, "It's alright, Yu Yan is really amazing."

Yuyan lowered her head in embarrassment, stopped the boat, and let the boat float among the lotus flowers.

When she was in the palace before, Yuyan said that she was originally the daughter of a Jiangnan fisherman, and she was good at rowing.Since Yunling planned to take a boat tour on the lake, of course she didn't want to take a group of people with her, so she asked Yuyan to try it, thinking that if it didn't work, she would bring another boat lady.Unexpectedly, Yuyan rowed the boat unexpectedly smoothly. Seeing Yunling's surprise, Yuyan smiled and said, "The first key to rowing is to be steady. After learning how to row steadily, you can start to learn how to row fast. Otherwise, wouldn’t the ship capsize?”

Now the boat of the two of them is parked beside the lotus, Yun Ling stretched out her hand and pulled a lotus pod.I picked three or four at random and put them in the vase I brought out.Just as she was about to say go back, she heard someone calling her name. Yunling turned her head, and it turned out that Yang Peishan was taking her eldest sister out for a walk, and now she was standing in the veranda by the lake, much closer to her than the place where she set off when she sailed up.

Yuyan also saw Yang Peishan's mother and daughter, and upon seeing Yunling's signal, she rowed the boat to Yang Peishan.Yunling came out of the cabin, stood at the bow, holding a vase with lotus in her hand, and said with a smile, "Sister got up so early."

Seeing her come to visit the lake early in the morning, Yang Peishan was not surprised, she just smiled, "Have you been crazy enough after playing all morning? Why don't you come up soon?"

The ground of the veranda is about a foot higher than the end of the bridge where Yunling is standing now. Yunling handed the vase in her hand to Yuyan, then lifted the corner of the skirt, put her right foot on the ground paved with bluestone slabs, and kicked hard with her left foot, Just outside the veranda railing.Raising her legs high and stepping over the carved mahogany railing, Yunling took the vase from Yuyan and said with a smile, "Sister, try the lotus pods I picked."

Yang Peishan was terrified watching her series of actions. Seeing that she had finally climbed over the railing, she couldn't help reaching out and patting her, "You are too bold, what if you fall into the water!"

How high is the railing?Not to mention Yuyan, even she can swim.But needless to say, Yunling smiled and said, "Didn't I see my sister here, so I came up in a hurry. Don't do this next time." After finishing speaking, Yunling saw the eldest sister beside Yang Peishan looking at her with admiration. She couldn't help being a little embarrassed, bent down and said in a low voice, "Actually, it's still a bit dangerous, big sister, don't learn from it."

The eldest sister is a lady who has followed the etiquette since she was a child. Yang Peishan has seen a lot of her well-behaved appearance and refuses to take a step. She thinks it would not be bad if the eldest sister can be as lively and cheerful as Yunling.Compared with Yang Peishan and Miao Yunling, the eldest sister has a very prominent advantage. After all, she is surnamed Situ. No matter who she marries in the future, only others will accommodate the eldest sister. The eldest sister does not have to accommodate others.Yang Peishan only hoped that her daughter would be happy. As for the stipulations in the code of ethics, it's fine to just put on a show in front of outsiders, and there's really no need to carve it into her bones.

Thinking of this, Yang Peishan told Yuyan, "The main thing to do when you come out to play is to have fun. You children will always think about this, so don't be restrained. It's just that you have to watch her, and you can't do such dangerous moves anymore. Although now It’s already midsummer, but the lake is still cool.”

Yuyan was so startled by Yunling that she was speechless just now, and now she heard what the concubine and concubine said, she nodded quickly, "Your servant will remember."

Yun Ling was even more embarrassed. The boat steward by the lake saw Miao Ruzi's boat parked here for a long time, and was already looking over here to see if there was anything wrong.Yunling remembered that she had seen a few boats a little bigger than the one she was riding in before the lake tour just now, so she invited, "Sister and eldest sister, do you want to come pick lotus pods too? It's very fun."

Yang Peishan and the eldest sister were a little moved, at this time the manager who had been watching for a long time also came over, Yunling stretched out her hand and called her to her side, "Go and arrange a boat that can seat six or seven people, and there will be a boat lady Help row the boat, let's swim around again."

These six or seven people counted the maids who were close to each of them, but even this number was easy for Yang Peishan and the eldest sister.The boat they were on was shuttled among the lotus leaves. Although it was not as dexterous as Yunling's boat just now, and would scrape the lotus leaves from time to time, it was still possible for the eldest sister to pick a lotus pod for fun.

The elder sister's eyes are shining brightly, since Yang Peishan wants to make the elder sister more lively, it is naturally impossible to miss this opportunity.So I got on the boat and sailed to the side of the lotus leaves. Among the lotus leaves, the lotus pods with all their petals had fallen were not easy to find, but my eldest sister was always careful and found one.

The boat lady rowed the boat to the side of the lotus pod without anyone's instructions. The eldest sister stretched out her hand cautiously, put her right hand on the stem under the lotus pod, and with a little force, she folded off the lotus pod completely.Maybe it was really a time when she was so comfortable. After receiving the lotus pod, the elder sister suddenly laughed. The hand that hadn’t been withdrawn trembled slightly because of the sudden relaxation of the body, causing the lotus leaves and flowers beside her to shake slightly.

Not long after the sun came out, the morning dew on the lotus had not completely disappeared, and half of the elder sister's sleeve was wet.The eldest sister felt a little chill on her arm, said "ah", and took out a handkerchief with her left hand to wipe it twice.

"Just go back and change it." Yang Peishan rarely saw her daughter having a good time, and she didn't care about a piece of clothing. Instead, she started to study the original lotus pod, "How do you eat this?"

Wei Zi was born as a court lady, so he had seen this kind of lotus pod that had just been fished out of the water.So he quickly dug out the lotus seeds from the lotus pod that the eldest sister had picked, removed the bitter lotus heart, and presented it to Yang Peishan.

"It's interesting." Yang Peishan smiled and took the lotus seeds that Wei Zi handed over, and gave two to the elder sister and Yun Ling.I don’t know if it’s because the lotus seeds from the lotus pods I picked are very fragrant. After the lotus seeds in the first lotus pod were divided, the eldest sister picked two lotus pods from the lake in succession and ate the lotus pods inside. Lianzi wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and satisfactorily directed the boat lady back to the "wharf" by the lake.

When the group of people were having a good time ignoring ordinary things, Situ Hui was angry at the Fifth Prince's Mansion in the capital.

"What is this? Didn't I say that the mansion is not allowed to accept filial piety from outside?" Looking at the pairs of amber and beeswax ornaments in front of him, Situ Hui was almost pissed off. As for the image, the memorial sent to Jiangnan must have reached the emperor's desk now, what's the matter with the mansion accepting gifts so much at this time?I'm afraid Yushi is too leisurely, isn't he?

Nanny Song, who was left in the mansion by Yang Peishan to handle general affairs, was calm and unhurried, "They all called the concubine by name, and the concubine said it was a gift from relatives, not filial piety, and did not let the slaves wait for inspection..."