[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

Luo Chun sits in the room and flips through an embroidery manual. Saori, who actually accepts the task assigned by Luo Chun under the pretext of going home, rushes in from the outside.Luo Chun closed the embroidered book in his hand, put it aside, and asked: "How is it, how is the inquiry?"

Shazhi took out a few pieces of paper from her bosom, handed them to Luochun, and said, "My father searched outside for a few days and found three reasonably suitable houses: one is a small courtyard, but There are a total of thirteen rooms, large and small, in the courtyard; one is a courtyard with three entrances; We entered together. My father was afraid that the girl and I would not be able to explain clearly, so he drew the general situation of the yard, please look at it, girl."

Luo Chun reached out and took over the paper with the sketch of the house, looked at it carefully, and asked casually: "How far are these houses from our house? Is it far? But I know the situation of the surrounding houses. ?”

Saori smiled and said, "Father has also thought about this. These houses are not too far away, only two or three miles away from Ningrong Street. My father has also inquired and said that the houses of these houses The neighbors are all well-to-do families, and they are all responsible people who keep their own place, so there is nothing troublesome..."

Without saying a word, the little girl outside replied: "Third Miss and Fourth Miss are here." Luo Chun hurriedly made a gesture of silence, signaling Sha Zhi to stop, then stood up and welcomed the two into the room.Tanchun and the others entered the room, and after the three of them sat down, Tanchun smiled and said, "What has Sixth Sister been up to lately, why did she disappear after school? It's rare to see Sixth Sister in the room today."

"What can I be busy with? From what the third sister said, I don't seem to have a house." Luochun picked up an orange from the tea fruit on the pinxiu and handed it to Xichun, explaining: "It's just My mother has been feeling a little uncomfortable these days, I went to take care of one or two, so I went to my mother's place a few more times, it's not as serious as you said."

After hearing this, Xichun stopped peeling the half-peeled citrus in her hand, and interjected from the side with a confused expression: "Hey, is the eldest lady not feeling well? We haven't heard anything about it, and we haven't seen the second sister go to serve?"

In one sentence, the scene suddenly became cold.Luo Chun hurriedly said: "Mother is not sick, but because she encountered some troubles and felt depressed. It's not a big deal, and it's not worth mentioning at all. It's not surprising that the second sister doesn't know, and there's no need to run over specially. serve."

Because Xichun is young and no one has told her about this, she is almost ignorant of the calm turmoil of Yingchun and Luochun, but the intelligent and precocious Tanchun can't be said to have a clear understanding of this, but she can still detect it. Yes, she nodded and said, "I see." His eyes fell on the embroidery book that Luochun put on the table just now, he held it in his hand, flipped through a few pages, and changed the subject: "We have only been sewing, and the sixth sister is so fast. We took a step forward and started thinking about embroidery. It seems that this embroidery book is not common to us, Sixth Sister, where did you get it?"

"My mother dug it out from her dowry, and it's embroidery stitches from central Sichuan, which are different from ours." Speaking of female red needle chisels, Luo Chun burst into tears.When cross-stitch became popular back then, she also followed it and started playing with it. As a result, on a whim, on a whim, she swore to become a master embroidery master, so she went to the bookstore to buy many embroidery books by famous masters and audio-visual products of embroidery professors. , and many embroidery tools were thrown into the space.But she only learned the most basic flat stitch, and she lost interest when she didn't even finish embroidering a plum blossom, so she threw them aside and ignored them.

Luochun didn't expect that one day she would pick up these things that she had left behind a long time ago.No way, Luochun is a pragmatist from a certain point of view. As far as the current situation is concerned, although the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs taught in the mansion are elegant, they are not very useful for future survival, but embroidery is. You can earn money to support your family.Although Luochun has a portable space that can be planted, even if you are down in the future, you don't need to worry about starving, but it is always right to have extra, so the things you bought back then will come in handy here.

Tanchun, Xichun and Luochun sat together and talked about how well one embroidered and the other was good at embroidering. They played chess again and read a few sentences before they left.After seeing off Tanchun and Xichun, Luochun called Shazhi over, asked her carefully about the three houses she had brought back, and marked them clearly on the sketches of the houses, before giving up. , and then went to find Mrs. Xing with pinxiu and yarn weaving.

When he came to Mrs. Xing's place, Luochun showed her the sketches of the houses, and explained the situation of the houses to her one by one.Mrs. Xing casually glanced at the sketch, and asked wonderingly: "Why did you tell me this for no reason? Could it be that you want to buy a house? But who will live in it after buying it? It can't just be so empty. If it is rented out, Not to mention the depreciation of the house during this period, even if it is rented out, how much money can be rented? It would be good to earn back the rent after ten years. With this money, it would be better to invest in Zhuangzi’s breeding or cooked food production. Get your money back much faster."

Luochun smiled and said: "It's not necessarily to buy it, it's okay to rent it. Mother doesn't have to worry that the house will be unoccupied. When I bring uncle and the others to Beijing, there will be people to live in."

Mrs. Xing understood what Luochun meant, she was sitting opposite Luochun, she stood up on her seat suddenly, looked down at Luochun, and shouted: "What are you talking about, are you crazy? Want to take them to Beijing? But who chewed some maggots in your ear? It seems that I am too used to you. Is this something you should ask? Are you in charge? You don’t understand the situation at all. What kind of nonsense is this..."

"Mother!" Luochun interrupted the excited Mrs. Xing in a low and calm voice, and said slowly, "No one whispered anything in my ears. The last time I encountered a letter from my uncle at my mother's place, it suddenly came out. It's just an idea. Don't I take care of the things on my mother's side that I shouldn't take care of? At this time, what should I not ask? "

Mrs. Xing's complexion suddenly changed because of Luochun's words, she looked depressed, she sat down lonely and powerless, and sighed weakly: "It's all useless for me to be a mother, and you are so young to worry about me. It's just this matter, this matter... you really don't need to worry about it, they live well in their hometown, and I give them money to support their family on time every month, so why let them go to Beijing to embarrass themselves and make trouble. "

"Disgraceful?" Luo Chun repeated Mrs. Xing's words in a low voice.She somewhat understood Mrs. Xing's thoughts, smiled wryly, and said, "Mother doesn't want uncle and the others to come to Beijing, but because she thinks that uncle and the others will embarrass you, doesn't she?" Facing Mrs. Xing's astonished eyes, she knew that she had guessed correct.

Luo Chun sighed softly and said: "Why bother! Mother, your natal family's invisibility is something that everyone in the house knows. Could it be that you think that you can cover up this fact by not letting your uncle and the others come to Beijing? What's the difference. Anyway, mother, you have to send money every month. If this is the case, why don't you bring them to Beijing? Now that mother has living money, it is not right to buy a small house in Beijing to settle them down. No, if this is the case, you will have multiple places to go to and from on a daily basis, so you don't have to be bored in the mansion all day..."

"You don't understand!" Mrs. Xing shouted angrily: "You don't know anything, what are you talking about here! Do you think I don't want them to come to Beijing because I feel sorry for money? But if they can mention it, how can I?" Wouldn't want to! But they, they are simply a lump of mud that can't support the wall, they hide far away, the people in the house will only laugh at my natal family's humbleness, but once they enter Beijing, not only will they be laughed at That's it, and I don't know how much trouble it will cause me at that time, and I will clean up the mess later. Besides, they are not honest in their hometown. If they come to the colorful world of the capital, they will be confused and not sure what to do Woolen cloth!"

At that time, the Xing family had a small amount of property in the countryside, and it was barely considered a family of farming and studying.In Mrs. Xing's father's generation, smoke rose from the ancestral grave for some reason. He passed the imperial examination and was admitted as a Jinshi.Mrs. Xing's parents only got a son like Xing Dequan after they had three daughters in a row, so they doted on him so much that he only knew how to enjoy drinking and gambling, sleeping in flowers and willows, spending money indiscriminately in his hands, treating people carelessly, and being dumb. Full of anger, known as "silly uncle".Xing Zhong is Mrs. Xing's elder brother, and his relationship with Xing Dequan is the same as that of Jia Rong and Jia Qiang in Dongfu.Her natal family was originally humble and looked down upon by Jia's family, but now her natal family is so unbearable, so Mrs. Xing naturally didn't want people from Jia's house to see them and be laughed at.

"Although my mother said so, I know that my mother just 'hates iron but not steel', and I still miss them in my heart. I asked Aunt Fei, in addition to the monthly support money, every time my uncle's letter asks you for extra money , although you cursed, but you never refused to give it once. They all said, "The capital is big, and it's not easy to live in", but I did the math, and the monthly expenses of my uncle's family are roughly around five taels. It is enough to live in Beijing. I heard from my mother that my uncle behaved a little bit erratically on weekdays. I thought that his uncle's behavior should be due to his young age, and his grandparents had passed away. There were no elders around to teach him. Saying 'the elder sister is like a mother', when my uncle and the others move to the capital, the mother can persuade him a little or two, and maybe he can make him change and get on the right track. Could it be that the mother really has no expectations for the uncle at all, just Let it go like this, let the uncle just go on like this, let it go, let it go? Then just take the money to support him, and continue like this even until he gets married, married a wife and has children? Mother doesn't plan to just support uncle and them for the rest of their lives? If this is the case, not to mention that uncle and the others don't live up to expectations, even if he is a good person, he will be taken care of." Luochun understood Mrs. Xing's worry, thought about it, and persuaded her according to her own ideas.

Luo Chun's words touched Mrs. Xing, and the expression on Mrs. Xing's face changed. She pondered for a while, then supported her forehead and said: "This matter, this matter... no, it's a big matter, you have to let me think about it I have to think about it carefully, but I can't make up my mind for a while. No, I have to think about it carefully."

"Then mother should think about it carefully, carefully consider the pros and cons before making a decision." Seeing this, Luo Chun didn't try to persuade her any more, and decided to give Mrs. Xing time to think about it.

In fact, the reason why Luochun wanted to let the Xing family come to Beijing was more for Mrs. Xing.Mrs. Xing was in Jia's mansion. She said she was the eldest wife in the mansion. She looked glamorous, but in fact, her mother-in-law didn't like her, her husband was indifferent, her son was alienated, her sister-in-law looked down on her, and her servants despised her... She couldn't enjoy being the head of the house. Daughter-in-law's honor and power.In the mansion, she was aggrieved, but outside the mansion, she didn't have any handkerchiefs to say her heartfelt words to.

Because of the special situation of the Jia family, the two wives Jia Mu and Xing Wang basically stayed at home and seldom went out for social activities.Mother Jia didn't go out, not only because she was old and didn't like to move around, but also because there were only a few old sisters of her generation who were still alive. The young juniors are surrounded by flattery, although they are very proud, but those who don't talk to them are unavoidably depressed.Going to be a guest of someone with a higher status, even though she is old, but her status is not as good as others, so she must be courteous and flattering. Be an old Fengjun who is flattered by everyone at home.

Although Mrs. Wang is very impressive in the mansion, she can represent the Rongguo Mansion to socialize and socialize after she goes out, but after all, the real owner of the Rongguo Mansion is Jia She. Said that she hadn't even got an imperial order yet, so sitting among a group of powerful women's family members was a bit lacking in confidence and a little guilty, so she went out except to go back to her natal family and to the historian's house, even if it was the other "four kings and eight kings" who are also known as the Jia family. She doesn't want to go to any of the houses in the public house, she would rather stay in the mansion and become the king.

Mrs. Xing married into Jia's family later, she is not from the capital, so her eyes are dark about the situation in the capital.If she wanted to enter the social world of the capital, she had to be accompanied by Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang.But after Mrs. Xing married into the mansion, both Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang looked down on her behavior.It's okay to make a fool of yourself in the mansion, but when you go outside, you will lose the face of the mansion, so Mrs. Xing will not take her out to socialize until she becomes a qualified "lady".But even if Mrs. Xing's "face engineering" is about the same, because Jiamu and Mrs. Wang don't like to go out. After all, if she wants to go out, she must be accompanied by someone at the beginning. No one will lead her. How can she go out? Chance?Over time, Mrs. Xing was marginalized by the social circle in the capital.

Being locked up in the mansion all day, the living environment is so different, Mrs. Xing is not a big-hearted person, and she doesn't know enough, so she can't help feeling depressed.But for all these grievances and bitterness, she has no place to confide in, she can't tell Luochun, and she can't complain to others, she can only hold it in her heart.If this situation continues, how can people not become distorted and perverted?

What's more, according to the development of the plot, the Xing family will come to Beijing sooner or later, and it is better to come early than later. At least after they enter Beijing, Mrs. Xing will not be locked at home all day, and there will be a place to talk.Kiss or not, no matter what, it's her natal family, at least let her have a place to vomit her bitterness, so that she won't be able to vent all her negative emotions in her heart, so this is why Luochun wants the Xing family to come to Beijing Purpose.As for the others, they are just incidental plans.