By Jia Xiuzhen

When Xue's family returned to the south, Baochai gradually restrained her grief. Fortunately, Mrs. Wang really loved her, and she often stayed with Mrs. Wang during the day. Jin Chuaner saw that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got along well, so she seldom went to Mrs. Wang .

Jia Amnesty became more at ease, not only picked up some girls who were pleasing to the eye, and even went to meet concubine Ji in the garden at night.This official salt is sold as private salt, it has a special taste, Master Xi is quite addicted to it.It's a pity that after all, after getting old and weak, there is no way to go too often, which is annoying, annoying.

Seeing that the New Year's Eve is approaching, and Jiamu is still within three years of mourning, she needs to prepare for the first month's sacrifice, but the Xue family's sacrifice can only be carried out among the southern tribe.Baochai was often in a daze when she was busy with government affairs. Baoyu probably knew what was on her mind, so he said to her today: "In the coming year, I will go with you to the old house to pay homage to my aunt and brother Xue."

Just this one sentence, Baochai felt that no matter how dandy, crazy, and useless Baoyu was, it didn't matter. She didn't dare to mention this sentence once she got married, but Baoyu could think of it for her, so what else?Sure enough, Baoyu mentioned this to Mrs. Wang. Instead of blaming Baoyu for breaking the rules, Mrs. Wang liked Baoyu to take Baochai's matter to heart.

This happiness made Mrs. Wang think of another thing.Baoyu and Baochai were married, but they never consummated their marriage. It was not easy to ask them about it, so Mrs. Wang sent someone to call Xiren.When Xiren heard Mrs. Wang's question, his face flushed with embarrassment, he finally calmed down, and said quickly: "The second master said that he would guard the old lady for three years..."

Mrs. Wang frowned after hearing this and said: "I guessed it was probably because of this. This child is also dumb. Would the old lady be willing to ask him for such filial piety? I always hope that he will give birth to a great-grandson earlier! You are here He has lived by his side the longest, and he has always listened to you, so you should also persuade him."

Xiren quickly waved his hands: "I, we don't know, the second master didn't tell me, it was because the second master told the second grandma that I was waiting and listening."

Mrs. Wang patted the armrest: "It's done, call him in a while, and I'll tell him something. It's really impossible to ignore it at a glance. I've been thinking about it all day long."

But Xiren hesitated for a moment and said: "Ma'am, at this moment... Second Mistress is still in Xiaoli..."

Mrs. Wang paused, nodded, and said, "Yes, well, I'm also confused. You're right, come on, wait a little longer. Remember to mention me when the time comes, so I can talk to him."

The attacker quickly agreed.

Just at this time Jia Zheng came in, and Mrs. Wang let Xiren go down. Jia Zheng took a look at Xiren and remembered what Jin Chuaner said before, and said, "Baoyu is also married now, and there are still many people around him." Girls are also outrageous, just pick up the older ones and send them out. Don't worry about getting into trouble, and it won't sound good."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "These older ones were all selected by the old lady early in the morning, and they have been serving them for these years, so they should be sent out to do something."

Seeing that Mrs. Wang moved out of Jia Mu again, Jia Zheng had to shut up and talk about Baoyu's study again.

Just as he was talking, he heard some movement outside, so he asked people to go out and ask.After a while, Zhou Rui's family came back and reported: "It was some deacons' daughters-in-law who stumbled a few words, but now they have been persuaded, and it's all right."

Mrs. Wang frowned: "It's becoming more and more unruly..."

Jia Zheng moved his ears, pretending that he hadn't heard it, while Zhou Rui's family stood aside and said nothing.

It turned out that the women who were accompanied by the Fu family came into Mrs. Xing's eyes somehow, and now they each take care of their own affairs. Seeing that the garden has a lot of promise, they are concerned about it.The one who took care of the dried herbs and flowers inside was Mingyan's mother, but her health has not been very good in the past two years, and she couldn't manage it.Tell Mrs. Wang that she knows. Mrs. Wang is afraid that if she withdraws one and adds another one, it will cause trouble again. It happened that Baochai married and brought Yinger's family over, so she asked Yingerniang to help.That Yingerniang and Mingyanniang had been on good terms with each other, and the two families set up a banquet to recognize their relatives. After receiving Mrs. Wang's instructions and Baochai's nod, they helped Mingyanniang take care of things.

In this way, the group of people who stretched their necks waiting for this shortage at the beginning of the fight inevitably had a lot of joy.It's okay for others, but the dowry of Xinlian's second grandmother is gone. ——It turned out that the job-seeker couldn't do it anymore, why didn't he lay off and replace him, but let Bao's second grandma's dowry help?It is said to be a helper, but in fact, isn't it just filling the gap?This is too bullying!

Ask Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Xing is also related to Xue's family, so she pushes the matter out: "Which one is in charge, which one do you go to?"

Naturally they did not dare to look for Mrs. Wang and Baochai, so they found Lin Zhixiao's family.Lin Zhixiao's family has lost a lot of authority since Mrs. Xing moved here. Seeing that the people on the other side were not pleasing to the eye, and seeing that the women of the Fu family were so greedy that they didn't even want their faces, they secretly spat in their hearts. But he said calmly: "Ms. Mingyan is in charge of that matter, and she also takes the money that should be paid for the rent every year. As for who she is willing to ask for help with the work, that is her business. If you are willing, just watch Let's see which other company is willing to ask you for help, and don't tell me. Okay, let's just ask the one with the fingerprint on the roster."

When the women heard this, they were impeccable and could not refute.A few old servants in the garden nearby laughed: "What a joke. The matter of dividing the work in the garden back then was agreed between the Princess of Nanzhao and the Second Mistress Bao. Even the distribution of manpower. How can old lady Mingyan know? This, to be able to take this job, I picked up a ready-made one because of a god-in-law who knows how to handle vanilla. It’s really embarrassing to dare to make a scene even if you don’t know what’s going on.”

Another said: "Then it's easy to grow vanilla? I'm afraid I can't even name the vanilla in it. I only look at the silver. Xiaojiazi has shallow eyes when he comes out."

Another one said: "It's fine if you don't know anything. After it's over, you still like to make troubles. You want this now, and change that later. Do you really think you know so much?! I don't have the skills, I only rely on one thing - thick-skinned!"

The fact that Fu Qiufang is famous all over the capital is a joke in the eyes of the aristocratic family, and Fu Shi's actions are also very fitting for the name, "attaching power".In particular, there are a lot of people who accompanied Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng on good terms, so what Fu Qiufang said that day, "The old ones were dismissed because they didn't understand the rules", was already aroused.Therefore, for all the members of the Fu family, if there is a gap, they have to sneer.

The people from the Fu family had a guilty conscience, and they hated the servants in Jia's mansion the most, seeing them making fools of themselves and making jokes like they were watching a show. The one who didn't get any benefits at the moment, and was robbed like this, and saw the benefits again was from the Xue family. He was so angry that he couldn't choose what to say, and said: "We don't know the rules, but our uncle is an official, but you know the rules, but your uncle beheaded! You know what, we don't understand Very much!"

Seeing that the people from the Fu family had eaten their hearts and guts today, some of the Jia family counterattacked with the matter of the Xue family, and immediately ignored it: "An official is an official, really a great official. Raising a girl will soon become a mother-in-law. It's so easy to curry favor with others, I have nothing else to do, I only think about the dowry of the first wife and the decoration of the second wife, and if I have enough, I will send it out, maybe I can get promoted!"

How can the Fu family compare to the Jia family.When Sister Feng left that day, she moved everything she could move away, and Jia Lian had subsidized Second Sister You with almost all of Jia Lian's income in the past two years. With Fu Qiufang's dowry, if she didn't change the furnishings in Sister You's room, someone else would come in and take a look. , I really can't tell which is the main room.Although Fu Qiufang used the name of rules to suppress Second Sister You, but if Sister Feng did this, it would be called arrogance, but when she did it, she caused some secret jokes.

The daughters-in-law of the Fu family were poked face-to-face, and they were even more resolute. The two sides scolded louder and louder, and became more and more unruly.As soon as Zhou Rui's family came, Lin Zhixiao's family hurriedly ordered some rough envoys to come up and frame them all, so there was no big joke.

There is no lack of people with broken mouths everywhere, and this matter quickly reached Baochai's ears. Baochai asked, "Does my wife know?"

Ying'er said: "No, Mrs. Zhou only said that there was a quarrel, and the wife didn't say anything."

Baochai nodded and said nothing more.

Ying'er looked at Baochai and asked, "Grandma, are we just letting them talk like this?"

Baochai sighed, "What else? Yinger, how many times have I told you that An Sheng lives his own life in a down-to-earth way, and don't engage in verbal disputes with others. It's no good after all, it's just a joke. I Just now I asked your wife if she knew about it, it means that if she knows, I will go over and make amends to my wife..."

Ying'er raised her eyebrows and was about to argue when Baochai reached out her hand to stop her, and then said: "I know that the people who quarreled were not brought by me, but after all they are talking about my natal family. If my wife finds out, It’s bound to be uncomfortable.”

Ying'er thought for a while, then said doubtfully, "No way, my wife is grandma's aunt..."

Baochai smiled, "No matter what it is, as a daughter-in-law, you have to look like a daughter-in-law."

Ying'er was puzzled, and nodded indiscriminately.Baochai repeated what she had said just now, and asked her to restrain the people accompanying Xue's family, so that she must not start a dispute with others because of this, and let them say what others want to say.Ying'er agreed to go and order not to mention it.

Fu Qiufang at the other end also got the news, and first asked people to tie up those bickering people, saying that they would hand them over to Mrs. Wang.When Mother Zhao heard about this, she hurried in to stop her. She asked Fu Qiufang, "Grandma is planning to fight the second wife?"

Fu Qiufang was taken aback, and quickly shook her head and said, "How could it be! These slaves are talking out loud, I'm about to tie them up and hand them over to the second wife."

Zhao Nanny said: "I asked just now, but the second wife didn't know what happened. I only heard that there was a quarrel between the daughters-in-law, and didn't even ask who was arguing and what."

Fu Qiufang said: "It doesn't matter if the second wife knows, I just follow the rules."

Mother Zhao waved her hands anxiously: "Grandma, listen to me, the people in this mansion, the most important thing is to turn big things into small things, and make small things small. If you tie someone up this time and make trouble in front of the second wife, things will become big. I don't know how many people I have offended, and when I was tripped!"

Fu Qiufang couldn't turn the corner for a while, and this Zhao mama was just a slave in her eyes, and she felt very uncomfortable being preached face to face by a slave.

Mother Zhao didn't complain in her heart, the second master saw that he was destined to die with the master, the first daughter-in-law was powerful but didn't last long, and the ones she married again couldn't get on the stage like this.I don't know when I can show him to go, alas!

Fu Qiufang was at a loss as to how to end it, when a girl from outside ran in in a panic, and Mother Zhao was about to scold her, when she waved her hands and shouted, "Second Lord has been sued! Grandma, Second Master has been sued to the yamen went!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, Fu Qiufang sat down on the chair all of a sudden, and suddenly asked: "Who dares to sue us?!"

For a moment, Zhao Momo couldn't care less about her master and slave, and asked the girl, "What's going on, please explain clearly?! Who told you to pass it on? What charges are you going to accuse the second master?"

The girl said: "It's the word passed by the servant next to the second master. It's about telling the second master about marrying in a filial piety."

Zhao mama swayed, not caring about Fu Qiufang anymore, turned around and walked out.

Although sister Qiao has moved back, she still stays with Li Wan all day long, and stays overnight from time to time.Fu Qiufang wanted to talk about her, but she also listened, and after listening to it, it was still the same, and Fu Qiufang couldn't help her.At this moment, she just came back from Li Wan's place, and not long after she sat down, she saw Zhao mama sweating.

Sister Qiao hurriedly asked someone to pour tea for the moving stool, Mammy Zhao waved her hand, pulled Sister Qiao aside and asked in a low voice, "Girl, when Second Mistress left, did you arrange to accompany... Follow your people?"

Sister Qiao was taken aback for a moment, blushed slightly and nodded, "En."

Zhao Nanny's hands were shaking, "Then, those people..."

Seeing that sister Qiao was in distress, Ping'er took up the conversation and said, "Grandma has been paying attention to it for years, didn't nanny know about it? Grandma discussed with nanny that day, didn't nanny agree to let the whole family follow sister?"

Zhao Nanny nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, no matter how true it is. I just don't know about this body contract..."

Ping'er laughed and said, "What's the matter, mammy. Grandma naturally asked someone to take the register and make another deed in the yamen early in the morning, and now it's all kept here by the girl."

Upon hearing this, Mother Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

Ping'er looked at it and laughed, but didn't know what happened.

Later in the evening, when I heard that Jia Lian had been invited by the yamen and hadn't come back yet, Ping'er hurriedly searched for someone to inquire about. Hearing that it was the crime of stopping his wife and remarrying, his heart skipped a beat, and tears flowed down his face.