One of the Red Buildings: Three Thousand Miles

Back at Shi's house, Xuanxuan first went to Mrs. Shi to report the itinerary.Mo Xuan is holding a book to read to Mrs. Shi.

When Mrs. Shi heard the movement, she looked up and saw that Xuanxuan had come back, got up hurriedly, and asked Xuanxuan with a smile, "Is this journey tiring?" After asking, she arranged for Muge to serve Xuanxuan to clean her hands and change her clothes.

Mu Ge is now in front of Mrs. Shi as a respectable maid, Xuan Xuan humbly gave in, and finally let Brother Qing do it, took off the cloak outside, went to wash the dust off her body, and washed her hands in the cubicle. Drink a glass of water, and then come out and sit down in front of Madam.

After sitting down, I didn't say anything else, looked carefully at Mrs. Shi's complexion, and then let out a long breath, "Mom's improvement today is much better than yesterday. What did you eat today? It's useful. How much?" The last two sentences were directly asked of Pastoral.

Mu Ge smiled and replied, "The food is good today. The eldest lady is serving you at noon. Madam has eaten two big pieces of pork belly with sauce. How long has it been? Madam can eat meat." Madam Shi was pregnant Afterwards, I seldom ate meat, not to mention eating, even the smell made me sick. I ate vegetarian dishes every day, and my body was much thinner than before.

Xuanxuan was very happy after hearing this, and hurriedly turned around to explain, "Since my mother likes to eat, I ordered people to prepare more. Brother Qing went back and said, make more. If a hundred catties is too much, I will prepare forty or fifty catties." , as long as mother wants to eat, she will deliver it quickly."

Xuanxuan turned around to order things with vigor, she looked like the mistress of the house, Madam Shi was full of joy when she saw it, and Mo Xuan was bitter when she saw it.

Mrs. Shi pursed her lips, happy in her heart, but her mouth was full of complaints, "It's been a while since I was greedy, and I asked you to talk about it like a business, it's so boring."

Xuanxuan smiled and didn't answer, but told Mrs. Shi what she saw and heard after entering the palace.While talking, carefully observed Mrs. Shi's expression, when it came to the two young masters of the Situ family, it was not surprising that she saw the flash of confusion on Mrs. Shi's face.

"...The Empress Dowager finally told me to follow Princess Mulan into the palace more in the future. It seems that the number of times she will enter the palace will increase in the future. Mother, is there any deep meaning in this?" After returning home, Xuanxuan will When the worries in my heart are asked, I don't stick to Mo Xuan, she is always a daughter of the same family, even if there is no harmony in the family, if she marries out of the family in the future, she will still be a daughter of the Shi family, and she will be the face of the Shi family.So, on the sidelines, Xuanxuan is also willing to let Mo Xuan know more about the difficulties outside.

Mrs. Shi nodded, and said in a dispensable way, "It's pretty good that you can think of these things. It's okay. The Empress Dowager's face for you is not for our family, but for your future husband's family's face. Alright, here's There is no need to mention the matter. Since people are willing to look up to you and you are a real noble person, you should be cautious and accept it."

Xuanxuan's heart was relieved by half.

Mrs. Shi glanced at Mo Xuan, seeing his ignorant look, she let out a long sigh in her heart.Yes, Mrs. Shi once hated Mo Xuan so much that she didn't want to find him a good family, but later, for the interests of the Shi family and Mo Xuan's sake of finding a concubine, she still wanted to say something to him. The family is simple and well-to-do, but Mo Xuan's ungratefulness last time made Mrs. Shi very angry for a while.However, Xu Shi has a child, and Xuanxuan is becoming more and more sensible, and has surpassed Mo Xuan by a lot. Therefore, Mrs. Shi no longer cares whether Mo Xuan's feelings for her are true or false, and she can be the eldest daughter of the concubine with a little effort. Arranging a proper future, she seems to have come to fruition.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Shi turned to look at Mo Xuan, and said earnestly, "Although you are the eldest sister, I, as the aunt, say something you don't like to hear. Even if you have the appearance of overwhelming the country, you can be in the capital." , it’s not enough to look at. Seeing that your eldest brother is about to marry a new wife, I’m thinking about your marriage, and it’s time to put it on the table. You can’t be so poor, okay, anyway, you have your sister-in-law With that honorable status, you won't be able to find someone who is a fool to fool you. In my opinion, a family with a reasonable family background and a simple population is the most suitable for you to enter the door and be the head of the house. As for your dowry, we If you think about the situation at home, you don’t need me to tell you. It’s not rich at all. It’s even tighter after entering Beijing in the past two years, but you are the eldest daughter. It’s three thousand. Although it’s not much, the dowry of 1 taels is reasonable. You know, our family only spent 2 taels when your elder brother married the princess.”

Xuanxuan looked at Mrs. Shi in surprise, the promise of 1 taels is really a lot.If she didn't know that she didn't take care of family affairs in the past, but now Xuanxuan, who is in charge of the family, knows how important this 1 taels of silver is to the Shi family.It seems that Mrs. Shi, as the aunt, was very generous in the end.One must know that Mo Xuan still has a pro-daughter Xuanxuan and three younger siblings. I don't know if Mo Xuan can understand such a big deal, Mrs. Shi's painstaking efforts.

However, judging from Mo Xuan's uncertain face and his mouth that hadn't uttered a word after opening his mouth for a long time, Mrs. Shi's good intentions were probably in vain.

It took a while for Mo Xuan to calm down, twitched the corners of his mouth, and raised an ugly smile, "Mo Xuan is all up to mother."

By doing this, Mrs. Shi, who didn't like her in the first place, suddenly hated her to the extreme.The tiger put on a face and stopped making a sound, let the ink dry for a while, and sent the person away. "I feel fine at the moment. I don't think anyone will be there to serve me for a while. Go back and rest."

Mo Xuan got up aggrieved, and after saluting Mrs. Shi, he left the main courtyard with a hint of sadness and anger, and ran back.

"Bah~! It's wishful thinking, and I don't even look at what I am. Madam can think of her like this, but she puts on a face to others. She really thinks that she is a master." Wang Momo cursed angrily.

Mrs. Shi didn't stop her, she just looked at the direction Mo Xuan left, her eyes became colder and colder.

Xuanxuan felt that she should say something to comfort Mrs. Shi at this time, but she didn't know what to say.

Mrs. Shi withdrew her gloomy eyes, lowered her head, and just saw her swollen belly, her eyes were immediately filled with a strong maternal love, then she looked at the eldest daughter sitting beside her, and smiled, "Today you are also considered a Now that you have seen the world, you have to be more cautious when you act in the future. You did a good job today, it doesn’t matter if you don’t shine, as long as people can’t find mistakes, that’s the best. No matter good or bad, as long as you have unique features If you come out, what is good today can be said to be bad tomorrow. It’s not just people who say things upside down.”

Xuanxuan nodded knowingly, and nodded with a shy smile, "Daughter can save it." After a pause, she asked Mrs. Shi tentatively, "I don't know, what is the relationship between the Situ family and our family? My daughter always thinks that Situ The members of the family look at their daughter with an indescribably familiar expression, but the daughter really doesn't understand, and the daughter's housekeeper has been in charge for many days, and they haven't seen any past contact between our family and the Situ family, look..."

Xuanxuan looked at Mrs. Shi cautiously, hoping that Mrs. Shi could answer her confusion.

Mrs. Shi smiled calmly, and waved her hand at Xuanxuan, "Don't bother with adults' affairs, and children's. That's fine, you can go back. I'm a little tired, and I don't need dinner after dinner." , come back tomorrow."

Xuanxuan had no choice but to get up, and left with a lot of question marks in her heart.

"It seems that the young lady has noticed something. I don't know what Madam's plan is." Holding a cup of tea, Wang Momo approached Mrs. Shi, and respectfully brought the tea to Mrs. Shi.

Mrs. Shi took the tea, took a sip, then put it down, thought for a while, waved her hand, and dismissed the maidservant who had nothing to do in the room, leaving only Wang Momo and Mu Ge.

"Situ is a big family, very prominent. Xuanxuan's temperament has just stabilized, and she has only just begun to manage the house, but she is still a child at heart. Take today's incident as an example, she is still a little bit impatient. Madam Shi analyzed the current Xuanxuan for a while, and then asked Nanny Wang, "Madam, do you remember why I have kept Xuanxuan's engagement to such an extent up to now, just not to let the wind out."

Wang Momo still didn't quite understand, but she still replied, "The madam was at the border that day, because she felt that the lady was too young, and her temper was too jumpy. If she rashly knew that her life would be too good in the future, she would be even more rebellious..." Said At this point, Nanny Wang already understood Mrs. Shi's meaning.

But Mu Ge didn't quite agree, "Ma'am, now the girl can do things safely. If you don't tell her the truth about some things, I think the girl will have a lump in her heart and get distracted." In important seasons, Hou Xuan's marriage is the top priority for the Shi family. If there is a little carelessness, it will not only lose the face of the Shi family.

Mrs. Shi chuckled, "Muge's concerns are reasonable. But Xuanxuan's temperament, and today I mentioned Mo Xuan's marriage, it's not good to make it clear at this time. Let's wait, and This matter needs to be clarified. I am afraid that Situ's family will have to do something. Even if it is for Xuanxuan's future path to be smoother, I still have to keep an eye on her. And the elders of the big families in Beijing Compared with fried dough sticks, Xuanxuan is still too immature."

The three masters and servants reached an agreement on this, and they still didn't mention Situ's family in front of Xuanxuan.

Xuanxuan went back to the house, tossing and turning, no matter what, she felt that there was something to be said here.Her heart was in a state of agitation, she could not care about Master Shi's father-daughter relationship, and forget about Master Shi's neglect of her in the past, it was because in her heart, the word "father" basically meant nothing but filial piety mean.Those are just her food and clothing parents in this world.Family affection is one thing, but family affairs are another.

The ancients paid attention to the matchmaker's words, but Xuanxuan always felt that she still had room to fight, but the seemingly indistinct eyes of the young master of the Situ family made Xuanxuan confused.She just doesn't want to act passively!Who can tell her what's going on!