One of the Red Buildings: Three Thousand Miles

Someone outside reported that the doctor had come and was showing it to Mrs. Shi. When Master Shi heard this, he left Xuanxuan and Nanny Wang and went out.Nanny Wang also missed Mrs. Shi, so she also walked away.Xuanxuan walked out of the study slowly, only to see Hou Xuan standing in the corridor looking at Xuanxuan waving to Xuanxuan.

Xuan Xuan walked over and looked up at Hou Xuan. Ever since meeting this elder brother, Xuan Xuan seldom saw Hou Xuan laughing, and rarely saw him go out to have fun. He was either reading or writing articles all day long. Even in gorgeous clothes, it gave her a feeling that this person had a hard time.I remember that on the way back, Xuanxuan communicated with Hou Xuan. At that time, Xuanxuan asked Hou Xuan why he made things difficult for himself.Hou Xuan's words at that time made Xuanxuan bitter.

"Austerity practice is not about staying in the old forests and deep mountains, not covering your body with clothes and food, but with your state of mind."

"What is brother doing standing here? Don't read anymore?" Xuanxuan chuckled. Hou Xuan loved reading very much. When he was on the boat, he almost studied hard day and night. In his words, books make people feel good and are good for penance.

Hou Xuan raised his hand and rubbed Xuanxuan's head, looked at the direction where Master Shi was leaving, and sighed, "Do you feel wronged?"

Xuanxuan smiled faintly, "Brother, do you feel wronged?"

Hou Xuan let out a long sigh, as if he had made a great determination, he rubbed Xuanxuan's head vigorously, "Don't worry, sister, brother will not let my sister be wronged like this again."

Xuanxuan looked at Hou Xuan in surprise. To be honest, she didn't have deep feelings for Hou Xuan, and she didn't have the kind of affection that blood is thicker than water. It's much easier to communicate with your elder brother than it is to talk to that poor kid named Dexie.

"Young master, everything is packed, when do you think you're going to leave?" A servant came to report, Hou Xuan nodded and said yes.Xuanxuan asked, "Where is brother going? Does mother know?"

Hou Xuan said with a smile, "Who says my sister is a silly girl? I don't know what's going on. I just met my mother and told her that I will move there first, and you will go there in just three days. No problem."

"Since it's only three days left, why bother to move at this time?" Xuanxuan was a little worried. Master Shi is a moody master. It's not worthwhile for Xuan and Master Shi to have an unhappy fight.

Hou Xuan naturally understood Xuanxuan's worry, and couldn't help but smile even more, "I just said that you are smart and stupid. After all, I am the eldest son of the family, and my father will take care of it. Besides, I can't bear to talk to Germany at home. The last is squeezed together, and Enke will be opened next year. I don’t want to miss the opportunity. I will never let down my sister’s future and my mother’s glory. I went to see my mother’s side, and told my mother, and my mother agreed that I would move there first. , As for these two days, I need my younger sister to take care of my mother, so I will trouble my younger sister."

Xuanxuan came to a sudden, no, Master Shi may not use her on Hou Xuan. Hou Xuan is the legitimate eldest son of the Shi family. He has good knowledge and is old. Isn't it her unlovable daughter? Comparable?After thinking about it, Xuanxuan sent Hou Xuan away, and told the waiters to pay attention to Hou Xuan's diet, not to mention three meals a day, and supper must be prepared at all times at night, there must be no less...

Seeing off Hou Xuan, Xuanxuan turned back to Mrs. Shi's place, and bumped into Xiao Taohong who had found her. Seeing Xiao Taohong was sweating profusely, she asked what was wrong. Xiao Taohong supported the wall and panted for a while before saying , "The girl is easy to find, but I have been searching all over the world, where have you been?" Before Xuanxuan could tell, she hurriedly said, "Go to the kitchen and have a look, Aunt Cui is no longer at home, Madam is sick again Now, no one even asks what is for dinner, and the kitchen is a mess."

Xuanxuan frowned, angrily asked, "Where's the housekeeper?"

Xiao Taohong said, "Miss, don't blame the housekeeper either, the housekeeper is too busy to move around, Madam asked the housekeeper's wife to follow the young master, and the housekeeper is waiting for the doctor outside Madam's room right now, a group of people in the backyard want this now, and ask for it later Which, even if he has three heads and six arms, he can't do it all by himself."

Xuanxuan gritted her teeth, well, she will do it herself!First, let Xiao Taohong lead her to the kitchen. As Xiao Taohong said, the housekeeper was also taking care of the kitchen with her. Now that she left, the newly promoted cook by Aunt Cui, Meng Niang, was unpopular. She also loves to control the house, so no one listens to what she says, and she is having a verbal fight with another cook at the moment.

Meng Niang pinched her waist and squeezed her throat to point at another cook and scolded, "What are you, and you are also instructing my old lady here, blind your dog eyes, and my old lady is also someone you can order around? What else are you doing?" Listen to you, if I listen to you, wouldn't I be blind in vain..."

"What are you talking about, didn't you see Miss coming?" Xiao Taohong saw that Xuan Xuan's face was getting worse and worse, so she hurriedly stopped Meng Niang.

That Meng Niang was scolding happily, and when she heard someone stop her, she was still a little unhappy. She turned her head and looked at Xuanxuan, who felt contemptuous, and walked over with her waist twisted, "Oh, I wonder who is so arrogant. , it turned out to be the second girl. Xiao Taohong, you have no brains, how do you serve, this is also the place where girls should come?"

"Okay!" Xuan Xuan frowned and scolded, the person who had never spoken suddenly opened her mouth, and Meng Niang yelled at her.Xuanxuan ignored her, and turned to the one who had been scolded just now and didn't reply after seeing her coming. "what's your name?"

It was a woman in her 40s, wearing coarse clothes, and she was clean. The woman knelt down to kowtow to Xuanxuan honestly, and said, "Say hello to the second girl. The old slave is the cook under the stove. It belongs to Wang Er's family."

"Oh, it's Wang Er who served the master when he went out?" Xuanxuan asked.

Wang Er's family replied, "Yes."

"What's for dinner, today's food is ready?" Xuanxuan continued to ask.

Wang Er's family came back in a hurry, saying that the vegetable market was originally bought twice a day, because the capital city is not as good as the frontier, after all, the cost of vegetables is also an expense. It has been like this since then, but today, because my wife came back, I bought more in the morning, and all the money for the day was used up. At noon, each room needed more, so this dinner became a problem.

Xuanxuan rubbed her forehead, what was this all about, and she immediately explained, "Mother is not feeling well, and Daddy is very worried. You are making noise here, are you planning to annoy Daddy, and send you off before you can feel at ease? No money , Eat without any money, Wang Er's family, get up, and tell me, what did you prepare for tonight?"

Wang Er's family got up and suggested to Xuanxuan, "According to the rules of the past few days, meat and eggs are ready-made, but some vegetables are added, and the staple food is based on the preferences of the masters. Whatever you choose, everything will be prepared. Son."

Xuanxuan nodded, "Let's do this for today. From tomorrow onwards, I will ask Xiao Taohong to deliver the money and the menu for the day. For the time being, you will take care of the kitchen first. I will make arrangements when you arrive there in a few days."

Wang Er's family responded immediately, and called people back to the kitchen, and within a while, they were busy in a hurry, orderly, and there was no chaos and disordered order just now.

Meng Niang was trembling with anger. In her eyes, Xuanxuan was just an unfavored prostitute. Even if she had the status of a concubine, in a small family like the Shi family, it was useless not to be favored, and to be despised by servants. .It's good now, anyone who is not favored can bully her, so will she have the face to continue working in Shi's house in the future?She is a family-born child, and she can't give up if she doesn't do it for herself and her child.

"Second girl, you should do what you should do, and what you shouldn't do. Are you being too lenient? I'm in charge of this stove now. It's really embarrassing for us to get such a place over me. It’s chilling to be a servant. To put it nicely, you are young and ignorant. To put it badly, who did you learn this from? If you were a young lady, you would never do such a thing.” Meng Niang pointed at Sang and scolded Huai. After a while, he wiped his face and wanted to go into the kitchen to continue making trouble.

"Little Taohong, go outside and ask two strong women to tie up this obscene thing and throw it in the woodshed. No one is allowed to intercede for this thing. Everything will be dealt with after the mother recovers. "Xuanxuan ordered coldly, if the woman who was watching the joke wanted to show off her face, she would slap Mengniang before she came up and beat her up, making Mengniang dizzy, and someone else went up He covered his mouth and tied it up, and quickly threw it into the woodshed and locked it up.

Clean and tidy, Xuanxuan took Xiao Taohong and turned to leave. Xiao Taohong couldn't help feeling complacent, and whispered in Xuanxuan's ear, "Miss, I don't know how many people are waiting to see the girl's jokes today. I guess none of them thought of it." , we girls are so capable."

Xuanxuan remained silent, she couldn't say for herself whether what she did just now was right or not, but now she can only say that she feels that she did nothing wrong.

The doctor is already optimistic about going back, and the steward who left the prescription has also sent someone to catch it. Master Shi is now by Mrs. Shi's side to ask for her warmth, so affectionate.

Xuanxuan came in and saw Lin Daiyu was also in the room, so she smiled at her, and when she came to Madam's bed, she said, "Mother, why don't you eat something? I just went to the kitchen and ordered someone to use the good blood swallow to serve her." Mother is cooking porridge, and it will be delivered later, what would mother like to drink?"

Master Shi nodded and followed suit, "Xuanxuan is right, madam has been traveling all the way, and she has to work hard for the family when she returns home, so she should make up for it."

Mrs. Shi has recovered her complexion at this time, but she is still a little weak.

Master Shi said that he wanted to take care of Mrs. Shi himself, and kicked everyone out. Xuanxuan and Lin Daiyu led Dexie out.Because Xuanxuan and Lin Daiyu lived with Mrs. Shi, they had nowhere to go right now, so they followed Dexie to his house.After arriving at Dexie's room, Xuanxuan understood why Hou Xuan had to move out at this time. The room was not much bigger than the master's study room, with a bed, a table and a few chairs, and the small room was fully packed. ascend.Such a small room is not comfortable for Dexie to live alone, plus Hou Xuan, it is not necessary to go out early.