By Jia Xiuzhen

Li Wan was sighing, and heard Suyun's voice outside saying: "The second girl is here." Li Wan received the gift list, and when Yingchun came in, he smiled and said, "I mean, I haven't seen you coming for a few days, and it is as expected. " Yingchun also smiled and said: "I just came here, and saw that my sister-in-law is busy, so I went back first." Li Wan said with a smile: "I was dizzy and dizzy too, just in time for you to come, Shall we sit in the garden?"

Suyun on the side was happy, Yingchun looked at her and asked: "But what is the allusion? You are happy." Seeing Li Wan, Suyun was not displeased, so she said with a smile: "Miss don't know, our grandma loves her the most now. This autumn scenery, I just always dislike one thing and another, but the garden is good, no, if I get a chance, I will persuade people to follow it. In the past two days, Miss Lin has been dragged around two or three times, and she heard Zijuan say that Miss Lin has to burn her feet with hot water to relieve her fatigue before going to bed, and now she dare not come to our courtyard easily. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the second girl to escape this time."

Yingchun laughed when she heard this, and asked Li Wan, "Sister-in-law, what do you say?" Li Wan said, "It's getting hot this summer, and now the cool breeze is blowing, isn't it comfortable? Especially now, after noon, the sun is shining Don't put too much effort into it, you don't feel hot in the sun, find a ventilated and shaded place, face the setting sun of the distant mountains, enjoy the fragrance of flowers in the evening breeze, and have a cup of hot tea and a cup of hot soup in your hand, you will live up to your time It's a pity that we can't see the distant mountains in our yard. It's not interesting for a day in a square. There are some flowers and plants in the backyard, but it's a bit narrow. The garden in the mansion is good, but it's hot tea. The soup is not convenient, so I have to walk around casually, and I have enjoyed a good time."

The smile on Yingchun's indifferent face gradually deepened, and she said to Li Wan: "Sister-in-law's words are very interesting. I heard that poems have picturesque flavors, and paintings have poetic feelings. Although sister-in-law's description has no books or paintings, I can hear it very well." There is an artistic conception, as if people are staying in that scene." Li Wan nodded repeatedly and said: "After all, the second sister has the roots of wisdom, that's what it means, so why don't we go for a walk?" Yingchun hurriedly agreed .After tidying up a bit, the two of them took some people to stroll in the garden.In the end, Suyun packed up two food boxes and asked the mother-in-law to carry them before following.

Xiuju followed Yingchun in the front, and Siqi followed Suyun a few steps behind. Seeing Yingchun pointing and joking with Li Wan, she sighed and said to Suyun: "There must still be grandma, our girl is now Seeing Tianer stay in the house, except saying hello in the morning and evening, I don’t see her talking, joking and playing with the girls next to me in the rest of the time, just reading, writing and drawing. Sometimes, Xiuju and I stay outside for a long time I forgot that there is still a girl sitting in the room, and there is no sound at all." Suyun said with a smile, "I heard you say that, but it's quiet. Why, it's not noisy now?"

Siqi laughed and said: "It's funny to say this, I don't know what happened to that mother, she went into the back room twice a while ago, and came out with a panicked expression, she looked like she had seen a ghost, I thought it was She picked up the girl's things again and was said a few words, and then she asked Xiuju, but she didn't hear what the girl said about her. These days, she just came to see her and took care of herself." Suyun said: "I'm sorry If you do too much, you will feel uncomfortable in your heart."

Siqi nodded and said: "Let's look again, with our girl's temperament of not caring about everything and only seeking peace, I don't know how long this mother can live in peace." Suyun said: "After all, living in the old lady's yard, there is always something wrong. The rules govern." Siqi thought about Yingchun's daily behavior and his own girl's temperament, but he really didn't feel that the rules Suyun said could control him, but this was considered a family scandal, so it was not easy to get deep Say, laugh a few words and pass.

Li Wan's head is free and unrestrained, while Sister Feng is managing the government affairs with her heart suppressed for the past few days. ——It was so smooth, the wife of the Zhang family was indeed a person who had seen the world, and her words and actions were decisive and straightforward, which suited her temperament very well.Thinking about that deed, I almost laughed out loud.

Just as Jia Lian said something, seeing Sister Feng preoccupied with ecstasy, she patted her hand and said, "Come back to your senses, come back to your senses, what are you thinking?" Sister Feng glanced at him and said, "Don't make trouble, my wife just sent someone to find me, let I'll go there later. I just talked about the wine two days ago. This autumn, the master and the Qing guests in front of me will have a lot of fun several times, and there will be no rest when winter comes. I went home a few days ago I had a banquet here. I asked the chef to cook some dishes according to the dishes from my sister-in-law. It was a good idea. Now my wife has ordered me to keep an eye on this matter. The dishes are easy to say, but they are only 20 years old. It’s so easy to find Yulouchun, let alone the silver.”

Jia Lian heard her big call, but forgot what he was going to say just now, and heard the name of Yulouchun, he couldn't help touching his forehead and said: "It's so good, why everyone is thinking about this wine, isn't there a lot of other things? Jinbo wine, Erfentou, Jiuhong, Chiyang, Qiulubai, which ones are all good wines?!" Sister Feng said: "What's the use of you admitting it, my wife told me that the master has repeatedly said that the 20-year-old wine is necessary. Only Yulouchun has to invite someone."

Jia Lian said: "If you invite some scholars from Hanlin, that's all. Just follow the group of poor people who are wandering around. It's a waste to leave anyone in our wine cellar to take them and drink them. It's a waste to return Yulouchun and 20 years old!" Sister Feng listened. Then he laughed and said, "Hey, that's also reasonable, but it's not a waste of waste!"

When Jia Lian heard this, he remembered that the old Yulouchun that had been kept in the family earlier was taken away under the name of Jia She. Seeing that Sister Feng was carrying one, he thought for a while and sneered: "Sure enough, there are so many injustices I have made. If it’s too small, it won’t be my turn, and if it’s too small, it won’t cut my flesh.”

Seeing the words, Sister Feng rushed into the dead alley, so she changed her tone and asked, "What did you say to me just now? I didn't listen." Jia Lian didn't want to talk about the wine anymore, so she said, "Isn't that the boat road?" It's about buying and selling. Didn't you meet the Zhang family two days ago? How is it?"

Sister Feng said with a smile, "You are asking this question. Our women's family doesn't have the experience of yours. It's just that I have never seen half of what Mrs. Zhang's wears on her body and on her head, so I can't say anything good about it." Lai Lai." Jia Lian patted his legs and sighed: "You haven't seen it... That's right, a few days ago, some people under the second child of the Niu family almost broke their legs, just to make him a cat's eye ring, full of fingers Big and small, golden silk and green pupils, I have seen things before, and this is the first time I have seen such a product. This overseas is really full of rare treasures."

Thinking of her deed, Sister Feng became even happier. She laughed at Jia Lian and said, "Why, you're still hanging out with them, but you don't give up on that fleet!" Jia Lian rubbed her face and said, "If you don't give up, you can How about it. Nowadays, in those old fleets, there are a lot of people holding banknotes and want to vote. It is a big face to throw in ten thousand and get five thousand. We have no connections and no money. It's so lively, why not give up." He said again, "It's fine with us, it's so lively outside, why don't the old ladies and ladies in the mansion say anything?"

Sister Feng said: "Where is the big idea not taken by you outside? How can we know those things in the house. I only know something after hearing you say a few words. Didn't you say anything?" Jia Lian sneered: "Why didn't you say? Just But it's all about thinking about those rare objects. Who can think of others. I want to mention it. I just said a few words, and the second master thinks it's vulgar. Don't mention it, just ask me to go there once. I just asked about the things that are currently being marketed outside, and I didn’t dare to elaborate, or I was afraid of making things worse.”

Sister Feng sighed and said: "My wife mentioned a few words, what the old lady means is that this is a small family's prosperous business. That's right, last time we got together, Princess Nan'an and Princess Beijing also said something new. After all, they didn’t participate in this matter. The Princess’s Mansion and the other prince’s mansions didn’t do this either, even the Niu’s and Shi’s you mentioned, it’s just that the juniors at the bottom dance very well.” Jia Lian always felt in his heart. It's a good way to come to money, but when Sister Feng said so, she couldn't make a mistake, she just sighed twice.

Sister Feng remembered Mrs. Wang's order earlier, and asked Jia Lian again: "It's about time, and this year the rent collectors in the south should be recruited." Jia Lian nodded carelessly: "Well, I told Lin Zhixiao earlier in the morning Zhou Rui must be going, and he has been in charge of this for the past two years, and the people who followed him also came as last year, there are exceptions, and there can be no mistakes." Sister Feng frowned and said: "Why did I hear that Wang Xing was replaced, who else was replaced?"

Jia Lian's heart shivered, and he said vaguely, "I don't know about these details. It's not a big benefit. There's nothing I can do for you. If you're worried, just call Lin Zhixiao in and ask." Sister Feng shook her head and said, "" Zhou Rui can take the lead, and the wife won't ask too much, I don't care what to do with it." The matter finally got over, and when Sister Feng watched, she went to Mrs. Wang's to deal with it.

Jia Lian hurried out and asked Lin Zhixiao to come over, and asked him, "Why did the rent collectors in the south say something?" Called over to help for a few days, his family was not very happy, so some rumors spread." Jia Lian said angrily, "Your servant Yangzi is stirring up trouble, and if he wants to make trouble, he will simply send him away." Lin Zhixiao He responded without saying much.

When Mrs. Wang saw Sister Feng coming, she asked a few gossips with a smile, and then she put her face aside and said, "Now the monthly accounts in the kitchen and the tea room are all right?" There are rules and regulations, and the bill is also settled once a month, if the wife is too tired, I will ask someone to take it for a look."

Mrs. Wang shook her head and said: "Just stare at it, I'm impatient with that. I just heard that now when you visit a garden in the mansion, you have to serve refreshments and water at any time. For what example?"

Sister Feng understood, and said with a smile: "Where did this come from? In our house, if old ladies and wives invite people to be hosts, there are regulations according to the New Year's Day, but there is no such thing. The money is still affordable, not to mention that there are not banquets at every festival. Apart from this, the rest, either the girls want to gather for a small banquet, or the men invite a few acquaintances and friends at home. There is a ledger in the year. Even so, most of them will not come to pay the money. They all have monthly money, and they just ask the big kitchen for a few fruit plates and hors d'oeuvres. The holes are going to be filled! Besides, I Not to mention here, not to mention the sister-in-law, her own village gives things away from time to time, and there is no small kitchen in her yard, so they are all handed over to the house cook. Come on with me, or I'll have to pay her back!"

Mrs. Wang listened with a blank face, nodded and said: "I don't worry about it. People like us always have rules to govern their affairs. I'm afraid that the younger generation will blindly indulge in leisure and spend a lot of money, and it will not be a long-term housekeeping It's a plan." Sister Feng was busy answering.Mrs. Wang glanced at her again, and asked: "By the way, a few days ago, someone came from the Zhangfu of the Lifan Court, and you followed along, but what did someone entrust you with?"

Sister Feng thumped in her heart, and laughed quickly: "It's not that my sister-in-law took me to sit with me for a while, her yard is so big, and the boxes and cages Mrs. Zhang came with, it doesn't make sense to pile them up in the courtyard. Son, she doesn't have anyone who can really take care of things in her hands, so she has to watch and talk by herself. It's not good to just leave people alone like that, or just arrest me as an accompanying guest." Mrs. Wang frowned and said: "Why are the guests still in front of me? , just counting things, not to make people laugh." Sister Feng said: "It's just moving to the wing room, and I'm afraid it will take two or three days to count and store."

Mrs. Wang was about to say more, when she heard some commotion outside, she called someone in to ask about it, only to find out that it was Li Wan who had sent someone to bring something, saying that it was a foreign product and something new to honor the old lady.Mrs. Wang didn't ask much, she just said with a calm face, "I don't need those things." When Sister Feng came out, she saw that someone was opening the box, and it turned out to be a large piece of crystal clear glass, so she couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled.

When Ping'er saw that Sister Feng came out of Mrs. Wang's courtyard and didn't go back to the yard, but went to the back, she asked in a low voice, "Grandma won't go back to have a rest?" First of all, this is trying to use my mouth to convey a message, if you don't go, you will lose your eyesight." Ping'er thought about Mrs. Wang's words just now, worried that Sister Feng would be in trouble, but it is not a place for slaves to intervene.Who is Sister Feng, she can see Ping'er's mind at a glance, because she said with a smile: "Yes, you feel sorry for me. Don't worry, if you want to block people, you have to be able to block them. If you can't block them, you will add to them." I'm too tall." Ping'er was puzzled, and just followed along.

When we arrived at Li Wan's courtyard, it happened that Nanny Xu came to the mansion to deliver the estate's products. Seeing Sister Feng coming, they retreated first after seeing the ceremony.Sister Feng didn't babble, she smiled and said to Li Wan: "I just came from my wife, and I don't know who is licking salt and talking about your visit to the garden in a different way, my wife listens." I was worried that my cooking recipes would be short, so I was called to tell me."

Li Wan listened and said with a smile: "What kind of people are we? How dare we bother the aunts and ladies in the tea room cook, but just deal with the scene by yourself." Sister Feng glanced at the three-story pagoda enamel plate on the Kang table. The corners of the mouth are about to twitch.But I heard Li Wan say again: "Today, my Zhuangzi just delivered some fresh food. I just said that I would like to invite a few younger sisters to enjoy the scenery in the garden. If you have time, come and sit. Just joking around, you have to breathe a sigh of relief." Sister Feng glanced at her and said, "Afternoon?"

Li Wan quickly nodded and said: "Yes, the sun is the most comfortable for people at noon now. If it is too late, it will be cold at night, and the best places for sweet-scented osmanthus in our mansion are all facing the water, and the cold is severe. Not to mention, the first sister Lin can't bear it." Sister Feng looked at her a few times, as if she wanted to see flowers from her face, and finally sighed and smiled: "Okay, okay, if I can be free I'm looking for you to join in the fun." Li Wan nodded reluctantly.

Finally able to go back to his yard to rest for a while, Ping'er was busy rubbing Sister Feng's shoulders and legs, seeing Sister Feng's smile on her face, she asked, "Why didn't Grandma persuade Grandma, my wife said this Now, grandma doesn’t take it seriously.” Sister Feng took a sip of tea, narrowed her eyes and said, “What can I say? My wife just asked about the order, and my sister-in-law didn’t even bother to leave. The ones in the public house brought the sisters-in-law with them, and it’s an elegant thing to enjoy the scenery at the right time, so who can say it’s not good?”

Ping'er was stunned for a while, and after thinking about it, he said: "Although what grandma said is correct, I still feel that it is not such a thing. I am afraid that my wife will find it unsightly if grandma acts like this." Sister Feng sighed and said: "Who No, it’s just that I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, and I’m admiring my sister-in-law’s good plan. Think about it, who can bully her now that she’s a sister-in-law? Although Brother Lan is small, he looks extraordinary now. I'm not afraid to tell you, I'm afraid that the master loves this grandson more than he loves Baoyu.

If Big Brother Zhu was still there, it would be fine for the wife to still control the sister-in-law, but now, as long as the sister-in-law doesn't leave Dafold, whoever wants to give her some face.Although her natal family is no longer successful, she has a powerful mother-in-law, who has left her with a solid foundation.There is also a reliable servant, you just saw it, I don’t think I will do anything else in that Zhuangzi, just serve this lady to eat, drink and play all year round, and I still believe in the Zhuangzi rewarded by the princess!Tut tut. "

Drank some water to moisturize your throat, and then said: "In this way, the top piece, the sister-in-law occupies the righteousness, a chaste woman, she is not afraid of causing disaster, even if something serious happens in our house, the house will be ransacked. Get out, think about it, how decent it is." Ping'er hurriedly spat: "Bah, bah, what did grandma say, it's still decent in this hard life!" Sister Feng said with a smile: "The words are not rough, but the reason is not rough. Why, are you afraid that I will plot against your second master and let you live a decent life?"

Ping'er said anxiously: "Grandma is talking nonsense! What a good thing it is! Besides, one day, grandma will live this decent life by yourself!" I'm talking nonsense, don't mess with me, you know what I mean and that's it." Ping'er stopped, and Sister Feng said again: "Anyone in the house who wants to save face has to offer her up, you don't Look at the benefits of putting it on the bright side. The elder sisters-in-law are all superior? And the old lady speaks in person. This is the rule of conduct in the family." As he was talking, something happened outside, and he had to Stop talking.