[Red Mansion] Third Sister You's New Life in the Red Mansion

Although she knew that something was wrong with Mrs. Zheng, it was really hard for Xiuying to look around the house every day.At this time, neither carriage nor transportation is very convenient, and it usually takes half a day to travel from the south of the city to the north of the city; therefore, Xiu Ying has been leaving early and returning late these days. It was she who was so tired that she fell asleep and forgot about it.

After a few more days, things about the house gradually took shape.This day when the family was having breakfast, Xuanying said to Zheng, "Mother, we will come back later today. Zhou Feng said that he would take me to Jishanfang to have a look. He said that there are high-ranking officials there." There are a lot of nobles, some of them are transferred away temporarily, or their families are in decline, and there are many people who are eager to sell their houses. The houses there are very good, but they are far away from our Xin'an Street."

Mrs. Zheng drank the soup, and said without raising her head when she heard the words, "Then go ahead, come back late, I will leave the door open for you."

"Oh, it's so late, it's just a little later than yesterday!" Xiuying hugged Zheng's neck coquettishly, and rubbed her head, "Mother smells so good today! What kind of hair oil did you use?" ?”, looking at Mrs. Zheng, she suddenly realized something, “Mom even combed her hair so uniquely today! Let me see, isn’t this the most popular ponytail nowadays? This pearl walk is also pretty tight! "

Mrs. Zheng was about to hit her with chopsticks, "You're the only one who has too much to do! What's wrong with my combing my hair? Do you have to be unkempt all day long?"

Xuanying hurriedly jumped to the side, "Where is it, mother is willing to dress up, it means that you are in a good mood, and it is too late for my daughter to be happy! Father has been away for almost two years, and mother should clean herself up, don't be too tired My daughter is relieved!" Then he reached out and grabbed a bun on the plate, "Mom, then I'll go first! Zhou Feng and his brothers have agreed to wait for me at the pancake stand opposite!" Quickly went out.

Zheng Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had thought of something, she glanced at Xuanxiu beside her.

Xiuxiu was eating porridge in small bites, full of apprehension.After my sister came back in the past few nights, Xiuxiu has been silent, and rarely talked to Xuanying.Mrs. Zheng has repeatedly confessed this, fearing that Xiuying would be clever and take her word for it.

Seeing her younger sister leave at this moment, Xiu Xiucai raised her head and said timidly, "Mother, after breakfast, I still won't come out of the house."

Mrs. Zheng rested her forehead with her hands, her jade face turned peachy, and she was a little absent-minded.

What the official matchmaker said that day was very good, but she still had something in her heart.It wasn't until meeting that person that Zheng knew that the story in the storybook was true, and that there really was such a thing called fate in this world, because he was separated by mountains, seas, feuds, and marriages. The reality of marriage, going round and round to the end, those who should be together, must be together.

That person was really good-looking, broad-minded, knowledgeable and interesting, in her opinion, he was much better than that dead ghost surnamed Xi; more importantly, the person said that he admired her from the bottom of his heart.At the hall meeting of Zheng's family, he saw her graceful and graceful at a glance, and secretly hated meeting Ji Late, but he knew that she had lost her husband. He didn't know how happy he was at that time.For more than half a year, in order to get close to him, he would rather be unemployed and work in Nanhubu. What he thought was that he could meet her in Jinling City, and wanted to be with her for a long time.He didn't even care about his daughter who was about to marry.

As for why it appeared in his own shop, according to him, first, he didn't know it was her shop before, so he just wanted to come and pick up some rouge and gouache, so that she could give it to her, even if she didn't need it , the two daughters can also use it; and when he later found out that it was her shop, he thought of coming over to help take care of it. Even the collapsed backyard was also repaired by him; His rudeness, he readily admitted, was also instigated by him, the purpose of course was to make Zheng realize the inconvenience of not having a man at home.

Seeing that he was so frank, Mrs. Zheng felt that he could be entrusted to him. It was fine if he had scheming and means. The key was not to hide it from her.She is more and more satisfied.

In just a few days, the official surnamed You came here every day. On the first day, he was respectful and polite, on the second day he chatted quietly, and on the third day he began to rub shoulders.The two widows and widows, and both of them have been together for a long time, and they soon became very hot.It was the first time Zheng tasted the taste of love, and she was even more infatuated, like a dream, like a girl full of spring all day long.

Being absent-minded like today is already normal for her.

After a while, she seemed to come to her senses, and smiled at Xiuxiu: "No need. Let Mother He accompany you today, let's go shopping in the street. The weather is also hot, and I think your sister has grown taller. Go buy some A few bolts of fashionable fabric, you two sisters can make some clothes, don’t rush back.”

Day by day, she was embarrassed to let her daughter listen behind her, after all, her daughter was grown up.

"Hey, I got it." Xu Xiu also heaved a sigh of relief.It was hard for her to stay in the back room every day, listening to her mother flirt with men.

Here, Xiu Ying came out of the store and came to the pancake stand across the street, and saw Zhou Feng and Zhou Cheng's two brothers eating.It was rare for Zhou Cheng to come to the city, and he bought a portion of all the edible things around, such as spring pancakes, xuanbing pancakes, Chengsha dumplings, Yili porridge, Xianci cakes, and broiled meat pies. Flowing oil, not afraid of indigestion.Seeing Xiuying coming, Zhou Cheng hurriedly told her what was delicious, and asked her to try it too.

"No need, I just finished breakfast; I will definitely try what you said tomorrow." Xiuying glanced at him with a smile, and then said to Zhou Feng, "Brother Zhou Feng, the last house I looked at yesterday, Jiama Lane The one with sixteen rooms, a small garden, and an attic, I am very satisfied. I think I will buy it there, not far from our shop on Xin'an Street."

It turned out that she had already taken a fancy to one yesterday.The reason why she didn't tell the truth to Zheng Shi was because, of course, Xiuying found out that Zheng Shi was indeed hiding something from herself.So she simply lied and said that she had to go to see the house today, so that Zheng could relax her vigilance.She wanted to see what Zheng was doing.

"The second girl has a very good vision. That house was built only three or five years ago, and the Feng Shui layout is good, but the garden is a bit small and it doesn't look spacious." Zhou Feng thought for a while and said with certainty.

"Well, I've considered all of these. There is also the alley called Jiama Lane in front of the door. It is too narrow for carriages to enter. But these are not problems. When I pick up my grandmother, the whole family will be old and young. It’s so small that it needs to be closed and compact.”

As he spoke, he smiled at Zhou Feng, "Please help me decide. At the latest, in a day or two, I will ask my mother to pay the money; you can lower the price even more because of these shortcomings." , let’s save as much as we can. Mother promised 400 taels of silver, and I will give you half of what you can save.”

"How can this be done? I don't want to earn money from the master!" Zhou Feng hurriedly stood up.

Xiu Ying hurriedly motioned him to sit down, "Brother Zhou Feng, you are welcome. Whether you can earn this money depends on your ability! Besides, I know that my mother is a picky person, and she came to you to save money." Money from the middle class. I’m a different person. What should be done is what should be done. You helped me, and I won’t give you a dime. I still think that you will do things for me in the future. !"

"Thank you, Second Miss!" Zhou Feng readily agreed upon hearing this, "I'll go to the guarantor today and take him to the yamen to issue a document. In two days at most, you can move there!"

Xiu Ying nodded with a smile, "Thank you." Asked Zhou Cheng who was still eating, "Are you full? If you are full, do something for me?"

Zhou Cheng immediately put down the chopsticks in his hand and made an expression of obeying orders.

"You don't have to leave when you're done eating. Help me keep an eye on the inn where we live across the street to see if there's anything wrong. I always feel that my mother has something to hide from me."

Zhou Cheng became interested as soon as he heard it, young people are naturally curious about unknown things, "What about you, second girl?"

"I have my own place to go. When you tell me what you discover, I will tell you what I discover." Xiuying said mysteriously, as if the two were playing a small game.

"Well, okay, I'm not going anywhere, I'll just watch here; but if I find something wrong, where can I go to find you? If I don't see anything, I'll just stay here and watch?" Zhou Cheng asked puzzledly.

"That Zhengji gouache shop over there, do you see it? That's our family's shop. I have something to do there later. Let's limit it to one hour. If I don't come out by then, you can go directly to the shop." Find me, you know?"

After a while, Xiuying entered the rouge shop, and saw that Qingzhi and Qinglan were still taking care of the business, they were very busy, but Qingdong and Liushi were nowhere to be seen.Seeing that they were not paying attention to her, Xiu Ying walked quietly to the backyard.The backyard was quiet, and there was no one in sight. After thinking for a while, Xiuying walked past the well and arrived at the door of the three small houses.

Xu Ying took a step back, and saw a person walking out of the room, it was the tall man whom Xuan Ying saw yesterday and talked to Qing Dong.

Both were taken aback.

"who are you?"

"Which family are you from?"

On the day of the account check, Xiuying was with Zheng Shi, but obviously, this person didn't notice her at the time.With an idea, Xuan Ying immediately lowered her head and said, "Forgive me, my guest. I am shopkeeper Qing's niece. My cousin Qing Zhi asked me to come here to help her get things. She is very busy, so I didn't say which room I was in. I have to look for it myself." Since Qingdong's family has moved to live in the attic, this is the only place to store their goods.Su Ying felt that there should be no loopholes in her words.

"Oh? No wonder I think you look familiar." The man was a little suspicious, looked her up and down, and suddenly asked, "Who are you, Mrs. Liu?"

"It's my cousin." Xiu Ying replied immediately, but still lowered her head.

The man still seemed to be suspicious, thought for a while and said, "You raise your head and let me see."

Xu Ying had no choice but to raise her head and looked at him openly, "Who is your honor? I came to my aunt before, it seems that I have never seen you before?"

The man looked her up and down, and said after a while: "Didn't your parents teach you? When a woman meets a strange man, she should avoid it. The so-called don't listen to indecent words, don't speak indecent words, and don't move inappropriate ways?"

Xuan Ying smiled, "If I remember correctly, this scripture comes from Volume [-] of "The Analects of Confucius—Yan Yuan", which is the essential way for Confucian disciples to cultivate their mind. Seeing that you are also a scholar, I will return this sentence to you !"

The man said "Oh" and looked at Xuan Ying sharply, "It seems that you were lying just now? Liu is a country woman, how can she have a niece who is so familiar with poetry and books like you? What do you say Say, who are you?"

Just as Xu Ying was about to speak, she heard the voice of shopkeeper Qing from behind, "My lord, everything is ready, are you going over now?"

Both of them looked back together, and saw Qing Dong running towards him out of breath.Seeing that it was Xiuying, Qingdong was startled, "Second Miss, why are you here?"

"Second girl?" The man looked at Xuan Ying suspiciously.

"Shopkeeper Qing, tell me, who is he?" Xiu Ying asked Qing Dong.

"This, isn't this a coincidence?..." Qingdong smiled dryly, looking pitifully at the two of them in turn, "How do I talk about this!"

"Oh——" The man seemed to realize something suddenly, and gradually laughed, looking at Xuan Ying with a trace of inquiry.

Su Ying frowned.Looking at this tall and straight man, she felt something was wrong, "Tell me, who are you?"

The smile on the man's face gradually became brighter, "It turns out to be Miss Zheng Sigu's grandma's cousin. My surname is You. As for my identity, it is not convenient for me to tell you at the moment, but you will know soon." Look at it like a prey. Glancing at Xu Ying, he smiled again, "Second girl is very eloquent. I also have a daughter in my family who has reached the age of marriage and has already engaged in a marriage. She can speak half as well as you, so I can rest assured." It's a pity, she is an honest person. I'm afraid that after she arrives at her in-law's house, she won't be able to establish a family, can't handle the rules, and will be looked down upon by her in-laws. The second girl is smart and cute. I really want to have a daughter like you!"

Xu Ying's face gradually changed, "What did you say is your last name?"

Of course she heard what the man said clearly, and also understood the meaning of his words, but she couldn't believe it for a while.

Unexpectedly, things turned a corner and returned to the original track.

This man surnamed You will still be her stepfather, and she will still become the third sister You!

Thinking that she had clearly seen this man several times before, even if the first time she saw it was just a back view, Xiu Ying firmly believed that it was him.The three of them, mother and daughter, have long been covered tightly by the big net arranged by this person.The people who weaved this net include him, the Zheng family in Yangzhou, and Qingdong, or people from other Zheng's shops.

She turned around and was about to run out, but You Chongyi spoke slowly, "Shopkeeper Qing, look at her first, after a few days, the matter is settled, let's let her go."

Qingdong immediately assumed the posture of a hungry tiger rushing for food, and You Chongyi frowned, "Who allowed you to give up? Can you touch the charming girl's house? We are going to be a family in the future, so don't make troubles." Looks good." Another glance at Xuanying, "Second girl, you are a smart person, I believe you will not do stupid things."

The author has something to say: Dear friends who read the article every day, you should say something, sprinkle flowers, add oil, I am almost dying of cold...

Dongfu's grandma, You Shi, is about to make an appearance, soon...

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