By Jia Xiuzhen

Biyue stomped into the room and complained: "Today! It's like being beaten by someone every day!" Nanny Chang had just added incense, and laughed after hearing this: "Your words are new, what do you mean by being beaten by someone?" It looks like it was beaten?" Bi Yue pointed out the window, curled her lips and said, "It's like this every day, the sun is not visible, and there is not even a piece of whiter cloud, does it look like it has been shot out of black and blue?!"

Li Wan took a sip of tea and almost spit it out, and Nanny Chang laughed so hard that she almost knocked over the official kiln beast ear stove.Suyun suppressed a smile and spat at her: "It's getting more and more out of tune! Hurry up and put your own clothes back, they're everywhere." Biyue sighed, "No one else has any trouble like us, they have to return their clothes Move to Curry."

Nanny Chang was even more delighted, and said to Li Wan, "Listen, grandma, you complain that you reward too much." Bi Yue hurriedly laughed and said, "No, grandma, it's nothing like that, I just said the room is too small!" Everyone in the room was overjoyed, and Nanny Chang shook her head and said, "Grandma is too kind, I'm used to seeing each of them!"

Li Wan waved his hands and said, "Let him be, it's good, it's not too busy." Then he asked, "Are the girls' clothes ready?" Bi Yue said with a smile, "It's all done, I'll go get it for grandma." Look?" Li Wan nodded, and she hurried away.Suyun called her directly from behind: "You put your clothes back! If you don't wait for me to go back, I will reward the little girls for you!" I don't know if she heard it.

In the afternoon, when I went to serve at Jiamu's place, Li Wan took the clothes of the sisters. When Jiamu saw it, she smiled and said, "Your sister-in-law is here again!" up.

Mother Jia asked Daiyu to take a closer look, and saw that what she wore was a sunflower satin flat gold and silver tunic flower nine chrysanthemum long jacket and a cherry red woven gold makeup flower white pheasant fur coat. She took a mirror and asked: "This jacket is very light, what kind of fresh leather is used for this cloak?" Comparing it to Daiyu, he hugged her and said, "This color is wearable now."

Because of Daiyu's filial piety, Li Wan specially made two brightly colored ones. When Jia Mu asked, she replied, "It's called gray fog velvet. It's a color suitable for little girls. They all made it. "Mother Jia took a closer look at the fur feather gray with lotus dizziness, she couldn't see the bottom, and said with a smile: "It really is a good thing, but it's hard to understand how this beast was born. The common ones here are mink, fox, lynx and the like. So fresh."

Li Wan said with a smile: "My brother and sister-in-law are talking about many things that I have never heard of before, and I don't know how to get them. I feel relieved when the old lady sees it."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Okay, good." Li Wan took another hexagonal box with gold Manqian stealing peach patterns on a black background, and said to Jia Mu, "This is the green oil and green cinnamon of Zhenla Green Ocean. It is not made. In the winter, I ordered warming the spleen and nourishing the stomach, and the old lady ordered it to try."

The mandarin duck hurried forward to take it. Jia Mu saw that the agarwood was a bi-color fragrance, dense and shiny, and said with a smile, "it's rare now. It's a good thing to make a bracelet. It's a pity to order it." Li Wan said: "I've picked another Qinanxiang to make human-made eighteen seeds, and I can get them in a few days. This one is not close to hot and tasteless, but it can be made into fragrant flakes and powdered."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Then I'll keep this first."

Sister Feng finally found a gap to speak, and said with a smile: "The old ancestor's words are really wonderful. The best thing is the word 'put away first'. The detailed taste is really memorable." Jiamu laughed and pointed Looking at her, she scolded: "It's hard for me to cover it up, you monkey insists on picking it out and giving me shame!"

Sister Feng hurriedly stepped forward to help Jia's mother, and said with a smile, "I'm helping the old ancestor. In case the sister-in-law doesn't hear it, she will send the eighteen sons of Qinanxiang to you later, and the old ancestor will take it first." There's too much of 'just' first!" Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Jia Mu patted Sister Feng and said with a smile, "Don't just stare at my things! Just think about it, you still owe your sister-in-law a great favor!" Sister Feng pretended not to know, shook the silk and looked away Slowly said: "Oh, what, I can't remember anything all of a sudden!"

Mother Jia was so teased by her exhausted appearance that she held back a smile and said to her, "If your sister-in-law hadn't talked about the charcoal, you would be so relaxed now? Don't think I don't go out, now the city is full of people. I know both of these things!"

Sister Feng said with a smile: "it is said that a scholar knows everything in the world without going out. In this way, the old lady should be the champion!" Jia Mu pointed to her and said, "don't talk about it, just talk about such a big man." Favor, how do you repay it!" After hearing this, Sister Feng winked at Li Wan.

Li Wan hurriedly stood up and said, "I'm just saying something that I'm worried about, but I dare not take the real credit for dispatching the housekeeper!" It's just that I have accepted what my sister-in-law reminded me, so I won't ask my sister-in-law for a new year's gift, and I should treat it as a favor from my sister-in-law." When they saw her and Li Wan winking just now, everyone held their breath and looked at her. Sure enough, listening to such a joke, everyone laughed unsteadily.

Mother Jia stroked her chest and said, "You're so stingy, but you still say it so frankly!" Although she was cursing, she knew that she was deliberately making herself happy, and she was even more happy when she saw it.

Now Sister Feng is even more happy in her heart.It turned out that she spent money to buy so much coal, but within two days there were rumors that there was a shortage of coal this winter.At the beginning, no one took it seriously. The coal was just dug out from the ground, and there was no season.

Unexpectedly, rumors that all the private coal mines were shut down soon, that there were paperwork towers, and several large coal mines in Menhougou were seriously flooded. Seeing that the infantry commanded the yamen, a group of people headed to Xishan , this heart is a little panicked.Several coal bosses who had originally opened private coal mines were questioned when they were looking for ways in the city, and the original rumors were confirmed.

But in those few days, the sky suddenly became gloomy, and there were snowflakes in the mountains to the east. This is a good time, and the price of coal and carbon has risen for a while.The small households still want to wait and see, the large households were waiting for charcoal from their villages, but now they realize that this year's charcoal is not easy to come by, if there are two more heavy snowfalls, no matter how much gold and silver They couldn't use it as firewood, so they started to buy coal from the market.In a few days, the price of coal has increased to four or five times the original price.

Sister Feng thought to herself, in the north of the capital, how can winter survive without charcoal?The imperial court will definitely not ignore it, now that so many soldiers have gone to the West Mountain, there will always be a way to transport the coal, and as long as the coal from the West Mountain is transported to the city, the price will naturally come down.

Therefore, he didn't care about fighting, except for the 1000 jin transported to the mansion earlier, there was another [-] to [-] jin piled up on a small village under his name, and the remaining few days were sold out, and this bet made a profit. I bought more than [-] taels, which is really a pleasant surprise.

What's more, when talking about it in the mansion, Second Mistress Lian has to be called out for her good tricks. The mansion has prepared charcoal and coal in advance, and no matter how noisy it is outside, they just put on their sleeves to watch the fun, and the steward of the charcoal office sighed secretly It's so dangerous, I always regarded Sister Feng as a living Bodhisattva.After this battle, Sister Feng has gained both fame and fortune, so she is naturally overjoyed.

Everyone was sitting around talking and laughing in the hall, and before they knew it, it was raining patter outside.Before others noticed it, Daiyu felt a little chilly. Baoyu saw that Daiyu shrank her hands into her sleeves and was about to speak when snow geese walked in, holding a jade-colored satin embroidered with green bamboo covered in snow. Cloak.

When Jia Mu saw it, she shook Daiyu's hand, and it was really cold when she touched it. She sighed and said, "You child, why don't you talk when you feel cold? You are in your own home, and you just endure it like this? You need to know the etiquette." But it’s not that rigid!”

Daiyu said with a smile, "My hands are hard to keep warm all year round. I just felt a little cold and was about to say, but she brought the clothes first." Jiamu smiled at Xueyan, "You are a good man, and now you are too The older you get, the more sensible you become."

Xueyan smiled, and replied crisply: "The nanny asked me to bring it. It's raining outside right now, and the wind is blowing cool. Let me bring a windshield."

Daiyu saw the clothes she was holding, and said with a smile: "I'm not so afraid of the cold, so I'll wear them whenever I want!" The jacket and gown have to be changed.”

After hearing this, Daiyu put it on straight away, and sure enough, her body warmed up in a moment.When Baochai saw it, he said, "Sister Lin, it's okay to wear it for a while, but it's not good if you get used to it. The rules of the dressing season are that people are afraid of the cold, so they wear thick velvet and big wool early, and they get used to it." , when it is very cold, there is nothing to add, and it is easy to hurt the body."

Before Daiyu had time to speak, Baoyu said from the side: "Sister Bao prefers these rules and principles. If you ask me, this person is the most reliable person. Dress naturally when it is cold, and take off naturally when it is hot. Follow their rules." On August [-]th, you change into small hair, and at the end of September, you change into medium hair. You only have to wear big hair at the winter solstice, and you have to take off the big hair at the end of February next year. For example, the peach blossom snow in the past few years, if you listen to their advice, you can wear it. It really hurts!"

Tanchun heard the two talking, and said: "Second brother's words are unreasonable! There are exceptions to everything, and this exception must first have an example. You always value the exception, but you are about to recognize the 'example' Only then can we talk about your 'outside'."

Baoyu laughed and said, "Since you say that, you have already admitted that there are exceptions, and you can't follow those rules everywhere, isn't it the same as what I said?"

Tanchun said: "Although it is not always the case that you follow the rules, you must follow the rules ninety-nine out of ten. Although there are exceptions in a hundred miles, they are rare. Naturally, we should follow the rules and precedents in ordinary affairs."

Baochai laughed after hearing this and said, "Third sister speaks clearly." Daiyu shook her head and said, "I am dizzy after hearing this. You are all very knowledgeable. When you find out that you are ugly, you should wear big hair. gone."

But it was a prophecy, that night, the autumn wind was chilling with the cold rain.The frost-covered gown was as light as gauze at the moment, and the thinner quilted jacket was more like a decoration.Suyun added charcoal to the tripod, turned the fire thoroughly, put on the cover again, listened carefully to the movement outside, and said to Li Wan, "Grandma, please don't open the window again. Although it is raining, it is worse than snowing." It's even colder, which is really weird."

Li Wan brushed her hair and asked, "It's still warm here, how about the others?"

Suyun took the hot water from the papan and replied: "The charcoal basins are all lit, and they were all brought to the charcoal for dinner. They are all hard wood charcoal from before." Li Wan nodded, suddenly remembering , asked with a smile: "Did you reward Biyue's clothes?" Suyun smiled and replied: "She is quick, and when she went back to pick up the girls' clothes, she randomly put them in the box, and there were only a few left." Throw it on her own bed, probably to give it to Miao Er."

Li Wan nodded and said: "The two of them have been getting along for a long time." Li Wan took the handkerchief, Suyun went to make the bed, and sighed: "She doesn't think much, but others blame her for breaking the rules. Waiting to ask for something from us, of course there is none, and it is inevitable to complain about this stingy and that stingy."

Li Wan said with a smile: "It's Qing Yu and the others who say that, right? You don't care about the little girl's complaints." Suyun laughed and said, "Grandma said that." Li Wan stopped washing and said with a smile: "Other people's thoughts, How can we take care of each of them? There is nothing to be afraid of if you don’t plan anything.”

Seeing that Suyun made himself a very thick quilt, he said, "It's not winter yet, so let me go to the storeroom tomorrow to find a warm bedding for Lan'er's house." Going to the warehouse, he smiled wryly and said, "It's also my fault for grandma. In the past, we always asked us to write a rough idea when keeping accounts. Now it's good, just looking at the accounts, I really don't know what it is. Several boxes are written as 'fur goods', A few boxes are marked with 'silk and satin', and the Zhang family and uncle are too able to give things, and now it's a mess." Li Wan said in his heart: "It's better to be confused."

On the second day, everyone gathered at Jiamu's place. Jiamu sat on the couch and said to Sister Feng, "Now we can't follow the sequence. Let someone change all the seats in this room today." Sister Feng got up and agreed. , smiled and said: "It's already arranged in the morning, I'm afraid it will hinder the ancestors' work and rest, so I will change it during the lunch break."

Jia Mu nodded and said, "You've always been very considerate, so I'm just saying nothing." Sister Feng tightened her skirt and said, "This day is so weird that I really worry my sister-in-law. It should rain in autumn, but this The rain is also strange, it looks like oil, and it doesn't flow down the trees. It got colder last night, and now I'm sitting so empty, I feel chilly on my back and waist."

After Jiamu had lunch, all the people dispersed. The mandarin ducks waited on Jiamu and took a rest. They came out quietly with Amber and Pearl to dispatch the maids to put the chairs and chairs on the top chairs in the hall into cushions and mattresses together with the kang. All the cushions, backrests and pillows on the couch have been replaced.When everyone came back in the afternoon, even the brazier was lit.

Sister Feng also changed her yard completely, and she rested on the back without changing her clothes when she came back.Ping'er served the tea and said, "I'm going to light the charcoal basin now, so I don't know how much charcoal I'll spend this year." Then she asked Sister Feng, "Why doesn't grandma change her clothes? This cloak Wear thicker clothes indoors."

Sister Feng said: "Maybe my wife will send someone to look for me later, whoever has the patience to replace it." Ping'er said: "I just came from the old lady together. What does the lady want to find grandma?" ?”

Sister Feng sneered and said, "Silly girl, you know how much this charcoal costs. Does your wife know? If you can't tell me, you have to talk to me about it. What can I do? Baishui Village in Heishan Village will cost more than half of the time to our place." In January, it must be when the weather is good and the pace is fast. The chickens and pigs that were used in those years were not available until the time, and they had to wait for them to be delivered. The east mansion and our biggest Zhuangzi are all in the same place. There, charcoal, rice and noodles are all in bulk, but you can’t wait for them all. If you want to find someone to replace them, but you can’t, how can there be so many things, not to mention the money for selling rice, grain, poultry and meat.”

After hearing this, Ping'er asked again: "There is a statute on how much charcoal there is in this house. I can't get the winter stipulation right now, but when it's winter, what should I do if I don't have enough charcoal?"

Sister Feng laughed and said, "What should we do? It's not up to us! This regulation is made outside, and passed down from our ancestors. If the old lady and the wife give grace, we will distribute it according to the above. There is no word on whether it is enough or not. I can't tell you that." Ping'er said, "It's the grandma's place that has put in a lot of charcoal long ago."

When Sister Feng heard this, she paused her hands, and said to Ping'er, "You said, this sister-in-law has predicted everything beforehand. She said that this doctor is easy to do, and she really has some skills. But this time, I have to admit it." Her love." Ping'er remained silent, remembering Suyun and Biyue talking and laughing in a low voice just now, with a calm expression on their faces, she was lost for a moment.After a while, Mrs. Wang really sent someone to invite Sister Feng to discuss matters, and the master and servant cheered up to deal with the matter again.