By Jia Xiuzhen

Years ago, it was rumored that an important concubine in the palace was seriously ill. Unexpectedly, after a few days, the concubine was fine, and the queen mother fell ill again.Everyone only thought that they had bad breath in the past two years, and it was inevitable to feel a little sick when they got older, so they didn't take it very seriously.Who knew that within a few months, the old lady would have passed away.

At that time, the country was filial piety, and those who had a noble family were forbidden to drink banquets and music for a year, and common people were not allowed to marry in March.Jia Mu and others who have a seal, go to the court every day to accompany the sacrifices, and send the spirits away after the 21st, and it will take more than a month to go back and forth.Because Jia Zhu has no fame or title, and Li Wan is white, he and Tanchun Baochai are still in charge of family affairs.

And because Mrs. Jia Muwang and others were not at home for several days this time, I was afraid that they would not be able to take care of them, so I entrusted Youshi to take care of them.Youshi had to take care of the affairs of the East Mansion again, so he had to run at both ends, which made Sister Feng laugh and say, "You also taste the suffering I suffered that day." Entrusted to deal with two government affairs.When You Shi heard about it, he only cursed: "The mind is smaller than the nose of a needle, and you can remember even the slightest thing."

Youshi lacks talent by nature, and it's hard to compare with Fengjie Qinshi.When the Qin family was there, she could easily be a grandmother who left her hands for two years. Now that Jia Rong is remarried, she is like a soft-footed shrimp, and because Jia Rong has a title on her body, she has to follow her to the palace for sacrifices. go.Because there is no one in the two prefectures, Youshi had to report the birth and stay at home to take care of them.Although I feel exhausted after a few days, there is no one to share, so I can only do my best.

The chief masters were away from home every day, and the stewards had to deal with all kinds of matters for the masters to accompany the sacrifices outside. All capable people were dispatched, and only Lai Da was left to lead a few new ones to take care of the house's external affairs.Personnel changes everywhere, Mrs. Jia Muwang is not waiting, and even the mothers-in-law and maids are much freer.People are free to make troubles, and it happens that Sister Feng is ill, and there is no one who can suppress it. It is inevitable that the house will be full of wars and chicken feathers.

Daiyu then discussed with Nanny Xin: "Now my grandma and my first aunt and second aunt are too busy to take care of themselves, and we have to make some arrangements in our house. If we stay here, we have to bother them to worry about my coming. It's not as good as at home." Go and save trouble. What does Mammy say?"

Mother Xin smiled and said, "I was about to talk to the girl about this. There are more and more slaves idle in the mansion now, so there is no reason not to cause trouble. Why don't you go home to be quiet, so as to save the old lady from worrying."

Daiyu said: "I'm thinking, this time we're going back, I'm afraid we'll have to live for a while. There's no need to keep people here. The nanny is watching, and they can put them away. When the time comes, close the door and let them go outside." Make arrangements for the night."

Nanny Xin knew that this meant she wanted to bring Zijuan back, so she agreed with a smile, and said: "Young lady, I'd like to talk to the old lady sometime."

Daiyu said, "Naturally."

Jia's mother also worried that the sisters in their garden would have few people to take care of them. These days they left early and returned late to pay back. When the time comes to send the spirits, the adults will not be at home, so how can they rest assured.On the one hand, Mrs. Wang asked Mrs. Wang to call the daughters-in-law in charge to give them a good explanation, and on the other hand, she invited Aunt Xue to take care of their sisters in the garden.At this time, after hearing what Daiyu said, although I couldn't help but sigh a little more "I can't help my mother", I finally agreed.

Aunt Xue originally wanted to live in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion so that she could take care of Daiyu nearby.Now that I heard that Daiyu was going to take her with me, I simply closed the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.Then he discussed with Baochai, and still lived with Baochai in Hengwuyuan, letting Xiangling and Xiangyun squeeze together.Xiangyun also lost his mother when he was young. Now that Aunt Xue is taking care of him, he gets closer.She used to be friends with Baochai, and made a pact with Baoqin, and now they are like a family even better.

Jia's mother sent Baoqin to Daoxiang village to be taken care of by Li Wan. Li Wan's place was bigger, and Aunt Li, Li Wen and Li Qi often came to live for a few days.Only after the Queen Mother passed away, Aunt Li saw that everything in the house was in a hurry, and she didn't want to add any more reasons, so she wanted to take Li Wen and Li Qi to live in her brother's house for a while.

Although Li Wan never asked carefully, he also knew that his sister-in-law was the head of the house after all, and relatives always had a pleasant smell far away and close smell, so it might be inconvenient to live there for a long time.Originally, I wanted to talk about Chengmotang, but then I thought of the spirit lock puppets around Jia Lan now. Aunt Li lived there, although it would be safe and sound, it was not appropriate after all.So he privately ordered Nanny Xu to go outside to inquire, but she was asked to find a nice house.

The three-entry courtyard with a square layout has a garden at the front and back, although it is not exquisite, it is also spacious.Just because Fengqi Academy is right next to it, and the tide has risen, the owner of the house insisted on asking for 3000 taels of silver, and would not sell it for less.The price was more than 1000 taels higher than before, so fewer people even asked about it later.The homeowner still refused to let go.

Li Wan chose this place because it was close to the academy, the academy has a great backstage, and naturally the surrounding area is much quieter than other places.Aunt Li is a widow with two daughters, and she is not at ease to live elsewhere.So Mother Xu asked Ji Liang to find someone to come forward, bought the garden, and repaired it inside and out, and then told Aunt Li that there was such a house.

At the beginning of Aunt Li's resignation, Li Wan said: "The yard is empty and it is empty, and I can't move people here at will. My aunt has lived in the past, so she just took care of it for me. And the most annoying part of this house, if it doesn't get popular for a long time It’s easy to be dilapidated, and it will be difficult to live in. Since my aunt is uncomfortable living in several places, isn’t this a good idea? Another thing, this house is next to Fengqi Academy, and I think there are many aunts here If you make old friends, if the two younger sisters can enter this academy, wouldn't it be a little easier for the aunt to plan?"

When Aunt Li heard this, she was a little moved.Li Wan asked Nanny Xu to accompany her to watch it again before agreeing.Originally, in Aunt Li's opinion, it's better to buy it with money.I only went there to see it, and talked with Madam Xu all the way, knowing that the first part of Li Wan's garden is for their mother and daughter, and I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money to repair and arrange it.It would be unreasonable to say that one's own family gave out money.

I only secretly remembered Li Wan's benefits in my heart, and then explained it to sisters Li Wen and Li Qi in detail. She said: "It is easy to add flowers to the cake, but it is difficult to give charcoal in the snow. Your elder sister is indifferent to everything, but she thought of this for us in this matter." You have to know how far you go." Li Wen and Li Qi quickly nodded in agreement.

Not to mention that everyone in the garden has their own plans, because opera and music were banned in the country's filial piety, all officials and officials began to dismiss the actors and actresses they raised at home.The You family made an agreement, reported to Mrs. Wang, and asked each of them what they wanted, and four or five of them were willing to go home, so they sent money and asked them to wait for someone from home to pick them up.For those who refused to go home, Mrs. Wang decided to scatter them in the garden for everyone to order.

Jia Mu always liked these clever girls, so she left the civil servants to serve her, and assigned the rest to others.Only Daiyu has more maids than others, and she has a group of maids in her own family who can't be brought in front of her, and she will go home in the near future.

Asking Yingchun if she doesn't want Yingchun, she said, "I can't even manage these few, but I dare not add more." Tanchun, Baochai, Baoqin, Xiangyun and others have already got it, so Daiyu said to Xichun: " Then I will give it to you. You are full of little girls, who are good companions."

Xichun snorted and said, "Speak up, if she annoys me, I'll send you back."

Daiyu quickly shook her hand: "No, if that's the case, you should send it back to your ancestors. I'm going home tomorrow, so where are you going?"

For a while, Youshi asked Jia's mother to ask for an eggplant official. Once everyone had decided where to go, he called the daughter-in-law in charge to come and report to the Prime Minister's room.

This group of people knew early on that they were going to be scattered in different rooms, so naturally they couldn't help but care about their plans in private.This time, I was surprised to see that there were still people going to Dongfu, and even more puzzled to see that Daiyu and Yingchun were not separated.Some secretly asked those women.

Some of the mother-in-laws had never been on good terms with a few people, and they also had good relationships with money and wealth, so someone told them: "The girl who can't be used in Miss Lin's house is Miss Zijuan, and she almost sent it away. Where is it?" How many of you do you like? Where is the second girl? I'm afraid the old lady won't know if she doesn't think about it for a while."

Official Dufang couldn't help but be delighted to see that he had given Baoyu to him.When they have a rest, they can also go into the garden for a stroll.They are all familiar with Xiren Bihen.And in this mansion, who doesn't know that there is a golden nest where the second master Bao is, and since he enters, he is superior to others.In addition, this Fangguan is also very good, and he has studied opera for the past few years, what is there that he doesn't understand?I thought in my heart, as long as Baoyu is happy, no one can really treat herself as a maid!

When Tanchun went back in the evening, the servant called Ai Guan to come up to greet Tanchun, and said: "In terms of talking, you are just little girls, and you don't even have the place to greet girls. It's just because it's an old lady. I just gave you this bit of decency. You also need to be aware of your current status and some old habits, and you have to change what should be changed. Our girl is now helping to manage the family if she has a wife. If something happens to her , Didn’t it make people read the joke for nothing? I’m afraid no one will protect you then.”

Ai Guan nodded his head like pecking at rice when he heard this. When he came to Tanchun, he followed the instructions of the big girls and saluted. Tanchun then said, "Since they have been scattered in the garden, what happened yesterday is like an old dream. What should we do in the future? That's what you should have planned. You only need to study hard with your sister Cui Mo for a while, and you will naturally understand."

Seeing that Tanchun had given such an order, Cui Mo hurried forward to accept the order.Seeing that Tanchun was a little tired, he took Ai Guan down first.In the next few days, he always took Ai Guan with him and taught him slowly.Ai Guan was afraid at first, but later saw that the few people didn't deliberately make things difficult for her, so he put away his fear and learned from it.Seeing that she was peaceful, everyone was willing to give her some advice.

He also said that Xiangyun had lost a lot of excitement just because Daiyu's house had taken away Mo Ge'er and Guiliu.It just so happened that she got the Kui Guan, and Bao Qin got the Dou Guan, which happened to be mischievous.Those two were originally from opera studies, and it was difficult to do other serious jobs. Seeing that the masters were willing to take them to have fun, they naturally tried their best to please them, and made more and more jokes.

Baochai didn't persuade her deeply, but just watched with cold eyes, seeing that the Ruiguan who pointed out to her had a normal friendship with these two, and only got closer to Fangguan and Ouguan.Seeing those two making a fuss, he didn't move forward, instead, he often watched the big girls' actions carefully and kept it in his heart.After two days, she also learned how to refill the tea in a decent manner, sweeping the floor, and she looked up to her two points in her heart.

When no one else was around that day, Baochai asked Ying'er to call Rui Guan in, and said, "I think she still has a little understanding in her heart. It's a pity to delay in vain. My daughter's family must have some ability to do it." Well, needlework embroidery is not easy at first, so you have to take your time. You should teach her how to tie the net first. If you can bear your temper, it will not be too late to teach her the other side."

Ruiguan was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly kowtowed to Baochai.Yinger was naive, so she came down and asked her secretly: "Look at your sisters, it's good to just play with the girls all day long. Our girl asked you to learn how to work, and you were so happy to kowtow? Silly girl, you What do you think?"

Ruiguan said in a soft voice: "Sister Ying'er, my family was originally a small family in the southern city. Later, I encountered difficulties, so I had no choice but to learn this trick. But I knew in my heart that this is not a serious job. Like today Poor thing, the masters are kind, and I got such good luck to serve in front of Miss Bao. If I don’t get more energy to learn kung fu skills, the sky will not tolerate me. Laughing and playing, although I am happy for a while, I will live in the future If you grow up, can you still joke around for a lifetime?"

Ying'er laughed and said, "You girl understands."

Looking back, she learned this from Baochai again. Baochai said with a smile: "They are the ones who learn opera, they know how to talk nonsense when they see people and ghosts, and they pretend to be what they look like. But now she is with us. She's not stupid, so she naturally knows how to act in order to gain benefits. If you can really calm down, you can teach her well. One is good for her, and the other is to avoid more troubles here, which is also convenient. "

Ying'er was born as Baochai said, so she devoted her time every day to teaching Ruiguan some handicrafts, Ruiguan was also diligent in learning, and after a month or so she was able to sew, but that's all for later.