An old lady's life

Although his uncle said that he would not be allowed to send him off, but the next day, Lin Hai still got up earlier than before, and arrived at the gate of the city before the city gate opened. He didn't think it was too early for him to come, and the third sister-in-law Tian Gaojie was already waiting here.

It was still dark, misty and thick smoke, lanterns were hung on the city tower, and the night watch guard stood straight on the city tower like a tree trunk.

Since Hongye sent people to deliver a lot of things to Jia Xiyao last time, and Tian Shilang spoke, Tian Gaojie and Jia Xiyao's life has been much easier.

Tian Gaojie is still very close to the Yue family, and this Tanhua wife and brother-in-law is even more close.

"Third brother-in-law, you arrived earlier than me." Lin Hai bowed to Tian Gaojie. Seeing Tian Gaojie, Lin Hai thought of the same frame, and wondered if he would arrive.

Tian Gaojie saluted back, "Fourth brother-in-law, I just arrived too."

The two were talking, looking at the street, worrying about the etiquette, but the same frame still arrived.However, Qi frame is much older than Tian Gaojie and Lin Hai. He and these two wives and brothers-in-law usually have no social relations, but recently Qi frame has been running contacts and made many friends.

Lin Hai and Tian Gaojie just responded to Qi Frame with a smile, and refused Qi Frame's invitations to drink tea and banquets for a very clear reason, that is, not to participate in banquets during the mourning period.

Qi Frame suddenly turned pale. Although he hadn't drank alcohol for a while, he had a lot of banquets with his colleagues.

Lai Jian was sent by Hongye to see Shi Min off. He thought he came early enough, but he didn't expect the three sons-in-law to arrive earlier. Just after saluting and greeting the three sons-in-law, Shi Min's frame arrived.

Shi Min didn't ride a horse. After all, he was getting old, and he should pay attention to his body.After being reminded by his son, Shi Min knew that his sister had sent the housekeeper Lai Jian to see him off, and the three nephews and sons-in-law also came to see him off in person.

"Uncle." The three of Lin Hai saluted Shi Min together, and after Shi Min nodded, they greeted each other with the three cousins.

Shi Min is very satisfied with Lin Hai and Tian Gaojie. They are young and governors with an immeasurable future. He patted Lin Hai and Tian Gaojie on the shoulders to give him appreciation. He then set his sights on Qi Hua, who immediately felt very uncomfortable.

"Nephew and son-in-law, my uncle doesn't speak very well, but I still want to remind you. You must have known what the most taboo of being an official is. You must have known it when you took the imperial examination. Recently, your words and deeds, uncle is very contemptuous. I hope you will wake up. .”

Qi Frame was sweating all over. In such a cold day, he actually felt his whole body burning.

Shi Min patted Qi Zhuang on the shoulder heavily, "It's important to have self-knowledge. If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about Brother Yue."

Lin Hai knew it clearly, but Tian Gaojie was full of doubts, what did the eldest brother-in-law do to make uncle so angry?

After Shi Min's frame left, Qi Frame strode away. Lin Hai looked at his back and was speechless.

Tian Gaojie frowned, "What's the meaning of brother-in-law?"

Lin Hai shook his head with a smile, and Shi Tai sighed. He was also the one who knew what Qi Frame had done recently, and said vaguely: "Brother-in-law intends to go up, but he just used the wrong method."

Tian Gaojie was thoughtful, Shi Tai went back to Bowlinghou's Mansion, and Lin Hai and Tian Gaojie had a different road, so the three separated at an intersection, and Lin Hai and Tian Gaojie went to the Yamen together.

When Lin Hai got up, Jia Min naturally got up early, and after finishing the daily affairs, he was thinking about what Lin Hai said about his elder brother-in-law last night.

As November approached, the weather in early winter was so cold that even Hongye felt that she was in good health, and felt the invasion of severe cold.During breakfast, Lai Jian came to report the matter of seeing off his uncle and master in the morning, and mentioned three sons-in-law to see him off, Hong Ye nodded, and the niece and son-in-law saw off the uncle on behalf of the niece, which is what it should be.If Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng were not at home, otherwise these two should be sent to uncle.

After breakfast, Hongye started to deal with the affairs of the family.

Several stewards are waiting for her orders, especially the sewing room. The master and servants in the house should add cotton clothes. Although the master always makes more clothes outside, the sewing room in the house can't be a decoration, it should be done. What's left is still to be done, and the winter clothes for the servants should be prepared, and they should be distributed at the beginning of next month.

The steward of the sewing room took the pair of cards and left, and Hongye took over the list from the purchasing department. It was time for the purchasing department to purchase items in large quantities.Hongye looked carefully at the items listed on the list. There were quite a lot of things to buy, but one item was missing, that is, there was no unit price, only the last vague total amount. Hongye raised her eyebrows and glanced from top to bottom There are two middle-aged stewards in front of you, a man and a woman.

The old lady saw the two stewards in a panic. The news that the old lady wanted to rectify the Rong Mansion spread throughout the servants' room. They were afraid, so they planned to get away with it like this, or to test the old lady's attitude?

"It's a quarter less than the total amount last time. How much can you buy so many items with this amount of money? Has the market price dropped recently?" Hong Ye said lightly, ignoring the embarrassed expressions of the two stewards, He said again: "So, let's arrange it. You can't let the price drop, and the goods are shoddy. This is not acceptable. The two stewards must strictly control the quality. Otherwise, if there is a problem, I will only ask the two of you. "

The two stewards were drenched in cold sweat, and they agreed again and again, and finally took the pair of cards given by the old lady and went to the cashier to collect the money and do the work.

Hongye has seen the changes in the mansion, and the downsizing of the Rong mansion is imperative, but if both parties can be happy in the end, it is a good news for both parties.

After dealing with the affairs of the mansion, he was drinking tea and resting, when a woman came to report that the grandma of the Ning manor had come.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Mrs. Xu came with her personal maid, "Auntie, did you disturb your work?"

Hong Ye asked him to sit down, and asked the servant girl to pour tea and water, "I've finished everything, so I can't talk about interrupting. How is your father-in-law? Today is the day when the imperial physician comes to see a doctor. What does the imperial physician say?"

Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "I would also like to thank my aunt for the mountain spring water. My father said the water is very sweet, so let me come to thank my aunt for your trouble. The imperial doctor changed the prescription for my father and said that my father is in good health. If this continues, he will recover. It's not impossible."

Of course, the imperial doctor's words were just to comfort people, whether it was Hongye, Xu Shi, Jia Jing, or even Jia Daihua himself, he knew that his life was up, and he was only thinking about the affairs of the Ning Mansion, so he didn't dare to close his eyes immediately, so he tried his best to treat him. , If you can last one more day, you will last one more day.

The two talked just right, and another little girl came to report, saying that the fourth aunt's wife had sent a maid back to greet An.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xu said with a smile: "The fourth younger sister is still filial. She always misses Auntie. She either goes back to her natal house to visit Auntie by herself, or sends maids and mothers back to pay her respects."

Hong Ye smiled, and took over the words: "My daughter is my mother's close-fitting little padded jacket, it is so caring, and if Ming Ming's nephew and daughter-in-law and Brother Jing have a well-behaved daughter, they will know the benefits of a daughter."

Xu sighed shyly: "Auntie's auspicious words." Her son is about to get married, and after she gave birth to Jia Zhen, she has no pregnancy news. After many years, she has given up on whether she can have another child.

While talking, Jia Min's maids, Qingqi and Moqin, arrived, followed by two women. The four first saluted Hongye and Xu. After the master called, Moqin handed over Jia Min's letter. red leaves.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xu knew that there was something wrong with her cousin sending someone back to her natal home.

Hongye didn't shy away from Mrs. Xu, opened the letter, and quickly read it. Hongye was speechless. Could it be that he really thought that he had a superior IQ and could play with the princes?

"Mo Qin, tell your girl, just say that I already know, and let your girl rest assured." Hong Ye frowned, Qi Frame is really playing with fire, something will happen sooner or later.

How to stop Qi Frame from continuing to be a demon?

After staying with Qingqi and Moqin, they talked again, learned about Jia Min's recent situation, and let Moqin and the others go back to Lin's house.

Seeing that Hongye had something to do, Mrs. Xu got up to leave after staying in the Rong Mansion for almost half an hour. The servant girl sent her away.

The 19th year of Changping was also the year of spring, and the end of the year was also the period of the official assessment of the officials. In the 20th year of Changping, there should be a big change in the officialdom. Maybe she can make a plan.

Hongye pondered for a while, and when she had a solution, she was no longer in a hurry.This matter will be discussed after Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhu come back, just to take advantage of these troublesome things to transfer/teach the two cheap sons.

Let the frame jump now, the grasshopper after autumn will not be long!

Hongye thought that Lao Zhou's investigation results would arrive later, but she didn't expect Lao Zhou to come back to her in the afternoon.

But Lao Zhou's expression was really not good-looking. He never thought that the old man had just passed away, less than a hundred days ago, and his former subordinates began to rebel.Of course, there are also loyal people among them.

Hongye read the list submitted by Lao Zhou, and it was as expected.

"As the old saying goes, when people leave the tea to cool down, the trees fall and the monkeys scatter. It is a good thing to make progress. As for the results, people are always responsible for their own choices, and Lao Zhou doesn't have to take it to heart."

Old Zhou clenched his fists, a little indignantly: "Old lady, I'm just disappointed. Their parents or grandparents were single-handedly picked up by the old man. They were also taken care of by the old man when they entered the army, and he never treated them badly. How could they Can you act like this?"

Hongye is an old god, "Water flows to low places, and people go to high places, it's normal."

Lao Zhou was immediately discouraged, and Hongye sighed: "Later, I have to trouble Lao Zhou to keep watching. There will be nothing to do before the year, and we will make plans after the boss and the second come back."

Lao Zhou's expression was very serious, and he answered very seriously, without any embarrassment from the previous time.