Evening Shaohua in the Red House

The two talked about housework and human relations. Yan had been sent out with her husband for many years, traveled to many places, and was quite knowledgeable. However, no matter what she said, whether it was the customs, poetry, calligraphy and painting, Li Wan could pick up the words. And there is something to be said, this insight is not at all like the ordinary inner house girl who waits for the door to leave the door.

Yan Shi was surprised and very happy, and Li Wan also liked that she had a straightforward temperament, her speech and behavior were not the same as those of today's women, but after half a day, the two became more and more speculative.

It wasn't until sunset that the maidservants came to treat them to dinner, and the two of them realized the passage of time, looked at each other, and laughed.

Yan said with a smile: "It's rare that our sisters are so opportunistic. My sister might as well stay. I'll send someone to prepare a small banquet. Although we don't have any good things in the yard, we brought some fresh melons and vegetables."

Li Wan knew her kind intentions, but she is fasting and vegetarian now, and she has not yet attained filial piety, so she can't have a banquet, so she hurriedly declined, saying: "Sister's kindness should not be rejected, but I am still in filial piety, so it is very inconvenient , I hope my sister will forgive me."

Only then did Yan think of Li Wan's husband's filial piety, and she immediately regretted her slip of the tongue, and hurriedly said: "Sister, don't be like this, it makes me feel ashamed, I was careless, and I even forgot such important things, I really should Hit, don't blame my sister."

Naturally, Li Wan would not be angry, so he hurriedly persuaded him, talked for a while, and then went back.

Yan personally sent it to the gate of the courtyard, and gave a few more instructions, and then came back after watching the people go.

After dinner, Yan returned to the room and waved everyone away. The maid Han Qiu took off the hairpin for her and said with a smile: "I have never seen grandma so happy as today, and I can't finish talking with my cousin and grandma." if."

Yan sighed and said: "I never thought that I would be so sympathetic with her. Before, I always heard people say that Rongning and Ningfu were acting absurdly and had no rules. I had never dealt with them before, so I believed it to be true. I only found out about the rumors today. It may not be credible, the cousin of the Li family has such a character, she is not like those who are frivolous and glamorous, and few people can match her knowledge and tolerance, it is really rare, but it is a pity that life is too hard."

It is not forbidden for women to remarry in this world. If it is an ordinary family, she can still help. With their powerful family and Li Wan's character and appearance, it is not difficult to find a good family to remarry, but the Jia family is not an ordinary family. , for the sake of reputation, they will naturally not allow their daughter-in-law to remarry.

Han Qiu nodded when she heard the words, and said: "I saw that this cousin not only looks good, but also has a good temper.

She is better than the eldest girl in the aunt's family, but she has such a hard life. "

Han Qiu has served the Yan family since she was a child, and she has an extraordinary affection, and she doesn't have so many scruples when speaking in private.

Yan Shi was arranging the hair on her sideburns in front of the dowry. Hearing this, she sneered and said, "How can she compare with Li's cousin? What else does our cousin have, except for her face? Her eyes are hollow and her heart is big. Shameless, daydreaming at home all day long, not even Li's cousin!"

The cousin you are talking about in Yan's mouth is the daughter of the eldest aunt in Shoushanbo's mansion, named Qian Ya, who is somewhat intelligent and has an extraordinary appearance, which few people can match.

That Qian Ya's mother was from a concubine, and her husband's family was also an ordinary official's family. Qian Ya was already married, and she hadn't promised anyone yet. She was originally unwilling to be subordinated to others, and so was her mother. Aristocrats are not willing to marry others lightly, but those wealthy nobles think that his family's foundation is shallow and refuse to ask for a marriage, so it has been delayed until now.

This year, the eldest daughter of the Shoushanbo Mansion married into the Seventh Prince's Mansion as the main concubine, and Qian Ya became more and more unwilling. Last time, when the Seventh Prince and his wife visited the mansion to celebrate the birthday of the old lady of the Shoushanbo Mansion, she almost committed a scandal. Fortunately, the Shoushanbo Mansion It was discovered in time that this matter was not spread, so Yan's loathed her very much.

Only the masters of the Shoushanbo Manor knew what happened that day, and they kept it a secret from the outside world. Even though Han Qiu was Yan's confidant, she didn't know about it, but she was clever by nature, and even though she didn't know the truth, when she saw Yan's expression was unhappy, she would The wise don't mention it anymore.

After taking off her make-up, Yan changed into her pajamas, and said to Han Qiu: "Cousin Li's family will go to the main hall to perform a ritual tomorrow morning, please remember to remind me, and also go to add some incense money."

Han Qiu agreed, "Don't worry, grandma, I'll sort it out in a while."

The next day, Li Wan got up early as before, read the Sutra for half an hour in the main hall, and went back to the courtyard to rest after finishing the ceremony.

Just finished washing and washing, I suddenly saw Aunt Liu bringing some servants to bring several baskets of vegetables, fruits and vegetables, and said to Li Wan with a smile: "This is a new melon and vegetable in our village. I heard that grandma came to offer incense. This is the first time this morning." They were picked together, but I didn't dare to sell them, and I kept the top ones to honor grandma."

Li Wan ordered someone to sit with her on a stool, and said with a smile, "It's hard for you to bother." Seeing that there were a lot of fresh young lotus root lotus seeds, red water chestnut chicken heads and other fresh fruits in the basket, he couldn't help laughing and said, "I was just thinking about fresh fruits." Eat the lotus root, and you will bring it over."

Xia Zhu brought tea, Aunt Liu quickly thanked her, Fang smiled and said: "Our village dug a big pond according to grandma's wishes, brought running water from the mountain, and the old farmer took good care of it.

, the lotus root grown is very large, although the taste is not as good as that of Jiangnan, but it is still crisp and tender, and grandma also tried it. "

Li Wan nodded, and asked again: "Is the harvest in Zhuangzi good this year?"

Aunt Liu took a sip of tea and said: "This year, the weather is good, and the fruits and vegetables are plentiful. I remove what is sold every day, and the rest is used to feed livestock such as chickens, ducks, geese, cattle and sheep. In less than half a year, they all grow very fat Big, those restaurants and restaurants are rushing to ask for it. They have made reservations early, and the delivery will be made at the end of the month. Our family said that there is at least 5000 taels of silver. Take it to grandma."

Li Wan was quite happy in his heart, nodded and said: "Thank you for your hard work. You go back and tell Guanshi Liu that you can take [-]% of the money and continue to buy fields. Regardless of good fields and mountains, you can buy them when you find them suitable."

Aunt Liu quickly agreed, talked for a while, and then went back.

Li Wan ordered Danju to pack half of the baskets of vegetables and fruits and send them to Yan's courtyard.

Yan Shi was teaching Jiang Yingxue to play chess, and she couldn't help laughing when she saw this: "I still have a lot of vegetables here, these sisters just keep them for themselves, what do you do for me."

Li Wan said with a smile: "My sister's belongs to my sister's family, but this is my wish. It's just a new gadget in the village. It's just a wild idea."

Yan's heart likes it more and more, things are worthless, what is rare is this kind of heart.

After talking for a while, Jiang Yingxue resigned and went to the study to practice calligraphy. Yan smiled at Li Wan and said, "Sister, would you like to have a talk with me?"

Li Wan smiled slightly, "I'm determined to do what I want, but I dare not invite you."

The two set up a chess game under the osmanthus tree, and the maids served tea and fruits and then retreated, only listening not far away.

Yan picked up a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard. Li Wan thought for a moment and played another chess piece.

The two played chess and gossiped at the same time. They talked about the news in Beijing a few days ago, which was about the fact that the wife of the minister of rites beat her husband with a stick because she stole the second house.

Everyone said that Mrs. Minister's wife was not a good wife, but Yan's behavior was quite appreciative, saying: "This Mrs. Zhao is a straightforward person, if I will be like this, if it is true as those people said The woman came into the house and looked at the pair of dogs and men. What's the point of living? It's better to get out of your anger and have a good time! Anyway, no one will make me feel better, and I won't let him live comfortably , must make him restless."

Yan Shi is the youngest daughter in the family. She was spoiled and brought up since she was a child. She has a straightforward personality.

She is also single-minded, living a very comfortable life, and she very much despises those women who give their husbands concubines for the sake of fame.

These remarks seem quite shocking at this time, but Li Wan agrees very much, nodded and said: "Sister is right, we women are not easy at all, our family is detained in the back house all day long, and we can't even leave the house. Married I don't have my own first and last name, only a certain surname.

In the husband's house, you have to take care of the housework, serve Wenggu, and take care of your husband and son-in-law, and take the initiative to take concubines for him. Otherwise, you are unvirtuous. unfair. "

She rejoiced more than once for her status as a widow after transmigrating. If she dressed up as someone else, slept with a man who had no feelings at all, had children for him, and took care of his concubines, she would be as happy as if she wiped her neck with a knife. .

Yan Shi was surprised and delighted when she heard the words, and said: "Sister is indeed my confidant, not that kind of worldly person.

I also know that many people say that I am a jealous woman behind my back, so I will take care of them and let them talk. Could it be that they are pushing their husbands to other women just to make a name for themselves?I don't want to be that good wife of Lao Shizi, what's the use of being a good wife, whoever is a good wife doesn't make mistakes and swallow tears into her stomach? "

So at the beginning, knowing that the place where her husband was released was bitter and cold, she followed her regardless of her new marriage, and it was precisely because the husband and wife shared weal and woe that they had the love they have today.

Li Wan took a breath, picked up a pine nut from the eight treasure box beside him and ate it, and said casually: "Why bother what others say, it's serious to live comfortably by yourself."

Yan Shi liked her more and more, he really regarded her as a confidant, and talked about almost everything.

In the next few days, besides worshiping Jiazhu every day and copying scriptures, Li Wan either read and practiced calligraphy in his room, or played chess and chatted with Yan. Female relatives, don't be shy, the surrounding is lush forests and bamboos, and the scenery is excellent, so the two of them often go to the mountains to play and enjoy the autumn scenery in the mountains.

The better the relationship between the two, the better they are with their sisters.

Two flowers bloomed, one for each, but said that after Li Wan left, the Rong Mansion was as usual, but Sister Feng accidentally contracted the wind and cold due to days of hard work, so she didn't take it seriously. I couldn't even get up from the bed, so I had to stay in the room.

Because Sister Feng was ill, she slept with Jia Lian in a separate room.

Jia Lian was a dissolute man by nature, and when he was away from Sister Feng, he wanted to find trouble. He slept alone for two nights.

One day, when Jia Lian came back from a social gathering, he felt thirsty after drinking two glasses of wine, so when he entered the room, he yelled for someone to pour tea.

At this moment, Xi'er and the others were not there, An'er saw the opportunity, so she deliberately dressed up, dressed up beautifully, and brought a tea tray to the study to serve Jia Lian.

Jia Lian was already drunk, seeing An'er's charming and flirtatious, how could he bear it, took advantage of the drunkenness and hugged An'er to beg for sex, An'er half pushed and half agreed, and the two immediately made a good deed.