By Jia Xiuzhen

This Yingchun and Li Wan talked about their own things for a long time, as if they had opened up a new world, but they couldn't do anything. When they faced Li Wan, they still had some confidence in their hearts. When they came back to lie on the bed at night, they thought about it for a while, and felt that their heart was beating and their cheeks were hot. drowsiness.At the moment he was thinking about how to act, at the moment he was thinking about the people in the mansion, at the moment he was afraid that the foundation of this stable life would be lost before he had a clue, and at the moment he envied the comfortable life of Li Wan and the others.

Xiuju has heard Siqi tell her about Suyun's question, and also knows that Li Wan stayed with Yingchun to talk for a long time, so she looks carefully and feels that there is some change in Yingchun's eyebrows, but she can't explain why.This night was her last night, and she felt the same ups and downs in her heart. Seeing that the master has such a temper, she can only be bullied, but she doesn't know how to make her change her temper, even if she changes her temper. And how to act.

The master and servant were sleepless, and there was not much wind outside the window, but a chill came in through the window.Yingchun moved slightly, Xiuju hurriedly got up, stepped forward to visit, saw Yingchun blushed and slightly sweating, and said in surprise: "Miss, did you catch the wind and cold?!" Yingchun quickly waved her hand to signal her, and said in a low voice: "No I'm just thinking about things. I feel very cold, how do you feel?"

Xiuju tightened the clothes she was wearing and said: "That's not it, the bed is cold. Wait a minute, girl, the stove is on fire, I'll add some charcoal." Yingchun asked: "How can our house be?" Is there a case for charcoal? It’s not even winter yet." Xiuju said, "How can anyone think of us! A few days ago, the grandma sent her mother-in-law here, and sent a basket of high-quality silver frost charcoal. Otherwise, I will be caught blind again." Yingchun nodded and let her go, and lay down by herself, naturally she had another thought.

Li Wan was wandering around in the Pearl Realm, and he had almost visited the Linlang Market, but there were so many things in it that he couldn't even remember one or two of them in "Daqian Museum".I can only rely on the few words in my spiritual consciousness, but it can be said to be an eye-opener.In this way, the sun and the moon outside are like a big show to her, but she is also a part of it, so she has a different kind of interest.It is quite different from the state of mind of using the bead world as a weapon in order to fulfill the spring and autumn of life outside.

The next day Zhang Luo Jialan got up early to go to school, before she had time to freshen up, Madam Yan came to report that it was freezing outside.Looking at the lanterns outside near the window, sure enough, the trees were covered with ice crusts, and the ground was also covered with a thin layer of ice, but it was still raining that day.After Li Wan washed and washed, she told Bi Yue and Nanny Chang to warm up some food on the stove, then turned around the hall and went to Jia Lan's room.

Jia Lan had already put on her clothes and was looking out of the window. When she saw Li Wan hurriedly came up to say hello, Li Wan hugged him and said with a smile: "It's still early, why don't you sleep more, today is really a day It's freezing."

Jia Lan said: "After I finished my morning exercise, I saw it like this outside. I'm afraid the road is not easy to walk. It's so cold. I want to pick up Brother Zhu first and then go to school together."

Li Wan looked outside and said: "I see that today, the road is covered with ice crusts. How do the horses and chariots do it? You might as well wait a little longer, maybe the school will send you a message."

When the two arrived in the east room, Nanny Chang and Bi Yue had already brought snacks.Small wontons with shrimp meat, longan and crab roe buns, shortbread with eggplant and meat in sauce, lotus paste cake, rose milk cake, and two cups of clear porridge and three or four dishes of side dishes.The shortbread, which was bigger than a palm, stood out from the crowd of delicate snacks. Li Wan took a sip from a bowl of bamboo rice porridge, and picked up a piece of cake with his chopsticks.

Jialan on the other end sat down, without being moved, with a shortbread in one hand and a spoon in the other, he took a bite of the shortbread and scooped up a wonton.Li Wan finished a small bowl of porridge and tasted two cakes, and Jia Lan even cleaned up the rest.

Everyone had already seen the strangeness, Li Wan asked him: "Is it enough? There are also steamed buns."

Jia Lan shook his head and said, "Don't eat for now, the road is hard today, I'll go earlier."

Seeing that Li Wan didn't listen to his persuasion, he didn't send anyone from the school to speak up, so he had to ask someone to send him to school.He also ordered the mothers to say: "Don't bring food with you today. It's not easy to walk on the road. It's not a big deal if you break a plate or bowl. It's troublesome if it burns. Bring a few pieces of dry pastry. We don't stop at school, so let's send someone to deliver the food during lunch." They agreed and went to work separately.

That Sister Feng got up early in the morning, watching the scolding outside, "Damn weather!", thinking that she had arranged the charcoal properly, and she couldn't help but feel proud.After eating some bird's nest porridge, I walked along the veranda and turned around the yard to the small hut where the daily director sits upside down. There are already several daughters-in-law waiting there.

The daughter-in-law in charge of sweeping came up first and said back and forth: "It's been freezing since midnight, and the important roads have been shoveled and swept away, but the rain doesn't stop, and there's another layer of ice in a blink of an eye. Grandma, please let me know if you should lay something .”

After hearing this, Sister Feng said: "Gather all the rough envoys, women, and girls in your hands, and divide them into shifts. These roads cannot be frozen during the day. Apart from other things, the old ladies and wives are sure to greet you." It will be less, if you fall down, your heads will be chopped off! Write a note to the road leader, come to me to get a pair of cards and go to the thick warehouse to pick up things."

The daughter-in-law also knew that it must not be ignored now, so she hurriedly went to find someone to write a note.On the other side, there are all kinds of trivial matters in the tea room for the fireman and the charcoal cook. Because of this rain, how many things have happened.Sister Feng's mind was spinning in a hurry, she kept talking, not only had to deal with what was reported, but also took care of what the people below couldn't think of, it was hard to explain.

The hut has not yet been fully furnished for winter, and even though there is a brazier beside it, it still feels cold to the soles of the feet, and the cotton leather skirt with scattered flowers is not suitable for the cold, and after a while, the knees feel numb cold.It's just that they are busy everywhere, but they still can't take care of themselves.Just as she was about to stomp her feet, she saw Ping'er stretching out her hand from the side, but it turned out to be a shearling blanket. Sister Feng took it and pressed it on her lap. She lowered her head and saw Ping'er stuffing a brass foot stove under her feet. The two just looked at each other and smiled.

Even though it was a rainy day, no one missed greetings. When Jia Mu came out, everyone had already gathered in the Nuan Pavilion.Jia Mu sat on the Luohan couch in the middle of the Nuan Pavilion, and said with a smile, "It's warm today."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Old Ancestor, the trees outside are all frozen."

After hearing this, Jia Mu asked Yuanyang to lift the brocade curtain and look out the back window. Sure enough, she saw ice icicles hanging on several trees, and said, "These two trees are not here."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "It's Miss Feng's idea. It's in a basin. Move it here and put it here. The old lady will see it fresh."

Jia Mu saw the two trees, a sumac tree and a persimmon tree, and there was a pot of heather standing behind it, red in autumn, old, green, pale and yellow, covered with a layer of ice shell, especially the small persimmon tree, which was like a crystal wrapped, exquisite and lovely, Then he laughed and said, "This is a coincidence, the eyes are brighter." Then he said to Sister Feng, "In this weather, there are many things in the house, and you still go to such troubles, and filial piety is not on it."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Don't worry, old ancestors. People arranged shifts to clean up several roads, and laid out yellow grass mats. Everywhere distributed charcoal according to the winter's quota. It's raining again, so I'm afraid it will be too cold and damp." Brother Bao and his younger sisters mostly accompany the ancestors during the day, so they simply let people burn the kang to keep everyone warmer."

Jia Mu said to Mrs. Wang: "You are thoughtful, and this meeting can't be determined according to the solar terms." Mrs. Wang hurriedly got up and replied, "Including the people below, they have also issued winter regulations. Feng girl is very worried. Morning, everything is ready." Mother Jia said again: "I just heard that there are yellow grass mats on the road?"

Sister Feng said: "Last time when I was buying coal, I found it by someone. The left and right are all from the mountains and fields. I bought it together to save some traveling expenses. It is more permeable than felt, so it is suitable for current use."

Jia Mu said with a smile, "you are like a ghost, and the directors of the house should be more thoughtful and clever, very good, very good." Then she said to Mrs. Wang, "you can also worry less. .” Mrs. Wang also smiled and nodded in agreement.

Li Wan and the others walked carefully all the way, and when they returned to their own yard, they said to Madam Yan, "Lan'er, he doesn't listen to what he says. In this weather, we are struggling to walk on the road in the house. I don't know what's going on outside." It looks like that!" Yan Momo said: "Usually when it snows, our street is cleaned by people from two mansions, there should be someone on duty today.

It’s just that this rain is different from snow. It’s better to let the heavy snow fall quickly. It’s so wet and it’s frozen into ice in a blink of an eye. How can it be swept away? It’s like a thin shell. car dealership. "

Everyone was worried, Li Wan waved his hands and said: "He has a big idea, let him do it, it's useless for us to worry about going out now. We might as well go to the warehouse to find something and come out and decorate the house. Feng girl is busy these days I'm afraid we won't be able to manage our place for a while." Nanny Chang said: "Since the old lady's place can be changed, it's not too much for us to change." After discussing it, Li Wan took Suyun Biyue to the library. Picking things, the first few nuns directed the women and girls in the courtyard to arrange them accordingly.

When it was almost dinner time, Jia Lan came back from outside. Seeing that his hair was wet, Li Wan asked him, "But you fell? Why did you get your hair wet?" After untying his hair and wiping it with a dry towel, Mammy Yan also freed up her hand to make him a glass of ginger pomelo.Jia Lan took it, thanked Nanny, took a few sips, and Fang Shu let out a sigh of relief to tell Li Wan the whole story.It turned out that the weather was like this, when Jia Dairu saw him early in the morning, he ordered his grandson Jia Rui to inform the other rooms to suspend their studies and wait for the weather to improve.

Seeing that it was freezing, Jia Rui was lazy, and only told the gatekeepers in the school to send word to them, and then he went to find a warm place to cat.The boys discussed, how could the decent brothers and sons of the family in the mansion endure such suffering, and they would definitely not go out in this weather, as for those attached to the school, who cares if they come or not.What's more, the wind at the door was so strong that it was unbearable, so they pooled money and ordered someone to cook some hot food and hid in the room to enjoy it.

This idea is probably correct, Jia Qiang, Jia Huan and others never went to school today, but Jia Lan is a bully, not only went by himself, but also dragged Jia Zhu along.Because the road was cold and horses were prone to slippery hoofs, the two discussed it, and simply abandoned the car and walked, which was only a mile to the left and right.

Chang An couldn't stop him, remembering what Li Wan said, "Let him alone when he looks for trouble", so he didn't stop him anymore, raised his umbrella and followed.Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the school, I saw only three or two people, and I didn't see a single waiter, let alone the teacher's supervisor, and there was no hot water to drink.Chang An searched for people everywhere, and finally found a few boys from the inside, only then did he learn what he said earlier.

Earlier, these boys only saw a few children from the attached school coming sporadically, so naturally they didn't pay attention to them, and didn't even bother to say hello.This time, I saw the official grandson of the mansion coming, and he was so scared that his legs were so weak that he pushed the matter on Jia Rui, and said: "Master Rui only let the younger ones spread the word here, why can't the mansion get it?" News from Uncle Rui?"

After hearing this, the children sitting in the school knew that they had a rest today, so they scolded: "What a prisoner! We have been here for a long time, why haven't we heard you say this? Where are you sending the message?!" Then The boys didn't hear anything about it, they just kowtowed to Jia Lan.Jia Lan felt disgusted and didn't want to talk much, so she brought Jia Zhu back.He felt that it was his own fault that caused Jia Zhu to suffer from the cold, so he wanted to invite Jia Zhu to come to the mansion with him. Jia Zhu was afraid that Lou's family would be in a hurry, so he didn't agree.

Li Wan listened and scolded: "You didn't listen to what I said earlier! You even abandoned the car and walked. You have rough skin and thick flesh and don't feel the cold. Brother Jun's body is not as good as you. What if you catch the cold? How about Changan? Forget it, even the Fang Cake Dumplings are affected by you, it's really not worrying!"

Fang Gao Dumplings are all Jia Lan's servants, young and weak, they went back and forth twice in the freezing rain, it was really hard, and they will be resting outside the second gate.Li Wan called the two of them in, and they thought it was Jia Lan who got caught in the rain and wanted to take the blame for them, but when they got inside, it was the nanny who brought two bowls of sweet soup.After drinking it ignorantly, I felt a burst of warmth rise from my stomach, and even exhaled cold air from my pores.

Another person got a thick suit of clothes and two silver pegs, so he kowtowed to Li Wan to thank him. , I know all of this. But this brother is not easy to worry about. He will act boldly in the future. If you persuade him, if he doesn’t listen, you can just tell me! If he is determined to do something reckless, You persuade him not to go with him if you have to, but come back quickly and let me know. He is a rough-skinned and thick-skinned man who is not afraid of being beaten, so don't follow along and bring trouble to you."

Consolation told the boy, and another person was sent to Jia Zhu's house to deliver a large bag of medicinal herbs for bathing to Lou, saying that it was for his brother to take a bath to keep out the cold.Knowing what Li Wan meant, Mrs. Lou readily accepted it, and was told that Jia Jun was in normal condition, not feeling very cold, and Li Wan was relieved after hearing this.

After they finished eating, Li Wan sent Jia Lan out to play tricks because they had to clean up the house and couldn't rest while moving around.Jia Lan said: "I can find someone to play with in this weather. It's better to stay in the room. I just read on the couch, and I won't bother you." Changing bedding is very long-winded, but there is no place for you."

When Jia Lan heard about this, he had no choice but to come over in the rain. Seeing that Li Wan was busy, he saw Jia Lan like this, and said with a smile: "Today we all played in the hut at the back. There are many tall trees next to the yard. Now It just looks good. I wanted to invite my sister-in-law, but since my sister-in-law is busy, Lan Er can go with me." Just as Li Wan wanted, Suyun asked Suyun to pack up a few boxes of snacks and let her mother-in-law take them, and then asked Qing Yu He took the little girl to take care of him, but Primrose and Nanny stayed to tidy up Jialan's house.

As soon as Jia Lan left, Nanny Chang brought some women in and brought things in, and asked Li Wan, "Grandma, I'm afraid I can't finish changing these today, so I have to change the floor coverings on the shelves. Suyun and the curtains and bedding haven't been taken yet Come." Li Wan said: "It's rare to move the ground once. First spread the carpet and then replace the floor covering. The curtain is easy to say, and I have to pick out the bedding. I won't change these today." Chang Momo agreed. Then they took the people and started to move things around, and all the people waited until dinner time before they had to rest.