By Jia Xiuzhen

On this day, people from Yangzhou came to report the funeral, and my aunt passed away.When Jia Mu heard that she was fainting from shock and pain, she hurriedly invited the imperial physician to go to the house. She said that the pain was overwhelming, and she prescribed a prescription to let Haosheng rest.In the evening, Jia amnesty and Jia Zheng were invited to the courtyard. On the second day, Mother Jia ordered male and female servants to take a boat to Yangzhou.

After sending people, Jia's mother lay in bed for several days, and the mansion had another call for medicine.Because the three girls usually go to school in the three buildings behind Mrs. Wang's courtyard, it only takes one or two hours a day.It just so happened that the female husband had something to do at home these few days, so she asked for leave, so the girls didn't have to go to school.Mrs. Wang asked Li Wan to take care of Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun.

Jia Lan is at the time when he can talk happily, and Xichun is only one or two years older than Jia Lan. Together, it is very funny to come and go.Jia Lan especially likes to talk with Xichun, and Madam Yan said: "Brother Lan said, the fourth aunt is the most similar to him." After listening to it, everyone looked at the fan group as if they were two, and had fun again.

A few days later, Jia's mother was in better spirits, and she only said that she felt happier seeing Baoyu in front of her.Baoyu took the opportunity to ask her husband for leave, saying that she wanted to stay with her ancestors at home, but Jia Zheng couldn't do it, so he had to let him.

Li Wan and Jia Lan have been guarding the system for three years, and they have been removed.With both parents present and grandmother in poor health, Jia Zhu's anniversary ceremony was held quietly, and only Li Wan took Jia Lan to read a few volumes of scriptures.It has only been more than two years with Jia Zhu and his wife, and now it has passed the third anniversary of guarding the system. After taking off the clothes, he is busy taking care of his sister-in-law and raising his son, and Li Wan's pain has gradually faded.In addition, Suyun and Biyue have almost taken over the affairs around Li Wan, and Li Wan felt a little bit sorry for him, so he let Yun Qiu and Mo Yu go out early, and the two sides were already discussing the matter of marriage. , so naturally everyone is happy.

This morning, An was invited back, but Chaoyun and Muyun came over. Li Wan didn't need them to wait on him, so he let them go back as usual.The two knelt down and kowtowed together.Li Wan asked what he meant, and the two faltered for a moment before expressing their intention to leave.Because the two were originally Jia Zhu's housemaids, and they were also servants of Jia Zhu since childhood, so it is logically up to Li Wan to decide whether they will stay or not.But the two were girls from the mansion, not Li Wan's dowry, so Li Wan couldn't agree to it for a while, he just said that he would not force them to stay, but he still needed to ask his wife for instructions.

Just after the lunch break, Li Wan went to Mrs. Wang to report the matter.Li Wan has been cultivating for a long time at this time, although he has never released his spiritual consciousness outside, his hearing and eyesight are very incomparable.Stepping into Mrs. Wang's courtyard, after walking a few steps, she vaguely heard "Master Yu", "Family Property", "Long House", "Thank you", and so on, so she redoubled her steps.The little girl guarding outside the house saw it and hurried to report to the house. Yu Chuan came to welcome him in, and let Li Wan sit inside.

When I was young, I saw Zhou Rui's family come out of the back room accompanied by an old nun. Li Wan recognized it as the Jingxu of Shuiyue nunnery.Li Wan had never been a monk or nun, so he only greeted him lightly and stopped talking.The two went away for a while, and Mrs. Wang came out. Li Wan told about Chaoyun and Muyun, and only said that he had listened to his wife's instruction.

Mrs. Wang said: "It turns out that they are people from your yard. You have the final say. Since they asked to go, if you agree, let them go. I don't think there is any need to pick up any days. Today will be very good. After a while I'll send the two women over to watch them pack up their things, so let's take them out of the second gate."

After hearing this, Li Wan said, "These two are the sons of the family..."

Mrs. Wang interrupted: "If the family is not born, people are eager to get rid of it. We are still in a hurry to keep people? The same is true for those who pretend to be seductive. Zhu'er was blind and took it away. Fortunately, such a cheap hoof entered the house, but fortunately no baby was born, so the one that crawled out of the intestines would not be a good one!" Madam Wang was so angry that she immediately called her mother-in-law to come in and give orders to follow Li Wan. Go back and lead people out today.

Li Wan felt embarrassed, this concubine and servant had nothing to do, and there were many who were sold and expelled after the death of their husbands. Now it is understandable for these two people to ask to go, but they recruited a usually taciturn wife like this A lot of words came.I'm afraid that Chaoyun and Muyun will still resent themselves, it's only because of some stumbling block behind them.It's really inexplicable.

It's not easy to say anything, so I led the person out, and on the way, I asked the little girl to go to the second gate to inform the two families that they were going to pick up the person at the door.But Li Wan thought too much, Zhao Yun and Mu Yun looked at the woman sent by Mrs. Wang without any surprise, turned around and entered the room, the baggage had already been packed.The two of them kowtowed to Li Wan and went out steadily.

On the contrary, Li Wan went back to the house and sat on the couch in front of the window in a daze, Suyun poured tea and Nanny Chang took the tea and served it, and said with a light smile, "Grandma can't figure it out."

Li Wan came back to his senses, smiled and said: "That's not true. I was worried that the two of them blamed me by mistake, so I asked someone to notify their family. Looking at it, even the baggage has been packed. I'm just a fool. Seeing my wife so angry, I feel quite tormented."

Nanny Chang smiled and said, "Grandma is really similar to Mrs. Xian. Mrs. Xian was called a 'living Bodhisattva' by her family. Old lady Xian used to say, 'This is the one who was sold and paid for others', so Put us all in front of the first wife."

Li Wan was very surprised, he had never heard of this.Nanny Chang said: "Grandma, don't you know what the room looks like when the uncle is here? Is there any kind of pink and willow green? This Chaoyun and Muyun can catch the eyes of the old lady, and put her face in the room , can this be an ordinary person? Judging from the actions of these two people today, they know more clearly what they think about their wife than you do."

Nanny Chang glanced at the outer room, and said in a low voice: "Besides, grandma is mad at these two girls when she is his wife? Hey, these two were given by the old lady back then; Even one family gave birth to a son, and still raised a son.”

Li Wan was startled, and said, "How can you say that, it's impossible."

Mother Chang said: "Who doesn't have a temper? No matter how much you hide it on weekdays, it will show a little when you get angry. Or how can you say that it takes a long time to see people's hearts. Everyone knows how to be polite in daily life. , Those who should not be angry dare not be angry, and those who cannot complain dare not complain. It's just that this 'dare' will not be able to hold back one day, and it will show its shape."

After hearing this, Li Wan somehow remembered the thunderbolt from the blue sky when he was refining his consciousness.Sure enough, it is easy to break if the mood is not firm or true.Nanny Chang saw that Li Wan seemed to be thinking, so she stopped quarreling with her and just refilled her cup of hot tea.

After the clothing was removed, both Li Wan and Jia Lan had to make new clothes. Firstly, this was the reason, and secondly, the color of the clothes that accompanied them back then was no longer suitable.It's just that now the whole family is worried about the old lady's health, or feeling sad for the deceased aunt, and even more busy with the granddaughter of the old lady who will come. Naturally, no one cares about the small matter of clothes and jewelry.It was originally a hurtful and helpless thing, but Li Wan took the opportunity to take out good things to use, and was only nervous not to let anyone find out, and didn't care about the scene of crying secretly.

It just happened that Yun Qiu Moyu was married off earlier, and the dowry list was kept by himself, so he successfully started the "secret secret" thing.Firstly, I picked blue, blue, lotus root, blue and gray materials or clothes in the bead world, and then I chose various kinds of jade, water-colored blue-gray beads, tourmaline sapphire, chiseled and silver-colored jewelry, and then some cool-colored jewelry that catches the eye. I also took a few utensils, and put them in the ancient old lacquer box left by my mother, mixed with the original dowry bright things.

Then he asked Suyun Biyue to open the box, and only said to take out a few items and use them first.The two girls were taken aback, and they thought that Mrs. Xian really deserved to be from a rich family in the previous dynasty, and then thought, Mrs. Xian really loved the girl.Little did he know that Li Wan was rejoicing: "Fortunately, there is the Linglong Pavilion of Greed and Huan, otherwise I would have no place to find these mortal things!" There are no seams, and the uniform is seamless, how to take it out and wear it.

There is also the hairpin and hairpin ring that can automatically defend against the enemy, and if it is placed on the head, it may explode and hurt people someday.Fortunately, I am greedy for the joy of the world, and have never discriminated against the things of the world. Otherwise, the clothes are not trivial, and it would hurt my body and sadness while sitting on a treasure mountain but being difficult to use.

So I cut some pieces of material together with the maid, drew patterns, divided them into pieces for embroidery, and started sewing seriously.This day, Suyun Biyue and Suyun Biyue are making a one-piece jacket for Jia Lan. The surface is made of bamboo green silk satin, and the black golden satin with four-character curved water patterns is used as the border. We are discussing the wiring, Madam Yan Follow Jalan in.

After listening to the meaning, Yan Momo persuaded: "Brother, wearing this is too expensive, and your stature is still small. This silk and gold material will make holes. Grandma, look for something else."

After hearing this, Li Wan came to his senses, he was looking to use the most useless material in the bead world, and taking it outside was a different matter.When you look closely, the bamboo and stone Kesi on the bamboo green background may not have this skill.Then he said quickly: "What Mammy said is that I haven't touched these things in the past few years, so I'm not worried. Thanks to Mammy for reminding me."

Yan Momo was still worried that Li Wan would be uncomfortable, but when she saw what she said, she smiled slightly, and said, "Grandma's things are not easy to get outside these days. I will make them and wear them when Brother Lang is older." Isn't it good? Even now that Nanny Xu has made money, she can't stand a prodigal like grandma." Everyone in the room laughed.

Li Wan even laughed and said: "Yes, in the future I have to mention more things from the mother. It's like this before I see the silver. If Xu mother really gave me a silver ticket for two, I still have to give the beads to Lan. Erna shoe soles?!" Everyone laughed more and more.

Suyun Biyue took the materials and went to put them away, and Madam Yan took advantage of the time to say to Li Wan, "I have an answer to the painting book that grandma asked me to inquire about last time."

Li Wan hurriedly asked, "How?"

Yan Momo said: "I have never seen such a big topic. I used to have a few pages of illustrations for the elementary school books, but I have never done this one with pictures as the main part and supplemented by words. There are several difficulties. It is not easy to draw an outline in hand. If it is based on the Four Books and Five Classics, not to mention other things, the book "University" cannot be drawn, or can only draw two people talking? That is meaningless. Saying this makes me Grandma think about it again.

The other is people who want to make a book, have limited toilet and urine, and probably need to use a sharpie pen.If there is a look, let people follow the painting, only a painter will do.But the one my grandma wanted didn’t look good. If I didn’t know how to calligrapher and paint, I would have to write a paragraph of the story first, and then ask someone to draw the picture according to the story, both of which are not easy.In this way, on the one hand, such a person is difficult to find, and on the other hand, the price may not be low even if there is one. "

Li Wan asked again: "Do you have a rough estimate?"

Yan Momo then said: "If it's a story like 'waiting for the rabbit', the drawing will only take five or six pages, and with the words, it will cost about a hundred characters."

Li Wan said: "This topic is good. I think it's very good to follow the idiom. One hundred Wen is calculated, and one hundred is ten taels of silver. The mother will give them the money first, but let them draw up first." After reading the topic, I think it would be even better if there is a finished product attached. If I read it well, I will not lose money to them.”

Yan Momo said: "Grandma has really thought of everything for Lan Ge'er. I only hope that Lan Ge'er will earn grandma's life in the future, so that grandma loves him so much."

Li Wan said with a smile: "He was born by me. I don't love him. I don't dare to look forward to that. I just let him study more willingly. I think Baoyu's study is really hard, and I wish the master could hold a stick in his arms." Follow from behind. If Lan'er does the same, the master won't be able to follow. I'm doing my filial piety." When I said that, I couldn't help laughing.

Madam Yan said with relief: "Grandma's expression is now cheerful, which is very good." Li Wan nodded and said, "Yes, there is nothing you can't take care of. Life is a lifetime of vegetation and autumn, so be happy and let everyone relax." Nanny Chang said with a smile : "That's right, grandma is still thinking about Mother Xu handing in the bank note."

A few people talked and laughed lightly, Li Wan hugged Jia Lan, only to feel that the usual days like dead wood and stagnant water began to loosen somewhere.