After some tossing, He Linwan finally packed up and stepped out of the west courtyard.

Because he had been grounded by the third wife, Wei, He Linwan had gone out for the first time since he woke up, so he looked at Chengenbo Mansion quietly as he walked.

Chengenbo Mansion was rewarded by the imperial court at the beginning, although the area is not small, the building in the house is built in strict accordance with the system, and the He family has not made many changes after moving in, so it looks very mediocre. The Furong Courtyard where Mrs. Cheng Enhou lived and the Mu En Courtyard where Cheng Enbo and his wife lived were both on the central axis of this mansion, and the courtyards of the younger generations were distributed on the east and west sides.

Because of the observation while walking, He Linwan's steps were naturally not too fast. The maid named Chunxiang next to Mrs. Cheng Enhou didn't dare to make another move, and honestly followed behind He Linwan, bowing her head and saying nothing all the way.

She had just heard it outside, and the little maid was just paying no attention to her words, and the big girl was about to shout and kill. I think the rumors in the house about the big girl's violent temperament and ruthlessness are not false.

He Linwan was the last of the masters of the He family to go to Furong Courtyard, and when she walked into the courtyard gate, she found that the entire courtyard was very quiet, except for a few maids and women waiting under the eaves of the main house, there was not even a single person walking around in the courtyard.

Fueiin is the most spacious courtyard in the entire Bofu, and it stands to reason that after Cheng'en Earl succeeded to the throne, the old Marquis should move to the back of the Yannian Hall to let Fueiyuan out, but for some reason, the old Marquis has no intention of moving, so Chengenbo and his wife lived in Muenyuan next to Fueiyuan.

When He Linwan walked to the door of the main house, the mother-in-law waiting at the door helped her open the curtain, and she was about to step in when she suddenly heard the sound of porcelain breaking from the house, and her footsteps couldn't help but pause.

The maids and maids at the door all bowed their heads, looking like they were looking at their noses and noses.

Raising his eyes and seeing that there were many people behind the large screen facing the door curtain, but there was silence in the room, He Linwan frowned. She was wondering if she would stand outside for a while before going in, when a crisp voice said, "Huh, it's the big sister here, why don't you stand outside and not come in?"

A beautiful little girl who looked about the same age as He Linwan was standing slightly outward, so her vision was not blocked by the screen, and she was looking at her with her head tilted at the moment with an innocent expression.

He Linwan glanced at the little girl, walked around the screen and walked in, her eyes swept around the main hall without a trace, and then found that except for Cheng Enbo, who was not in the house at the moment, and a few gentlemen in each room, several ladies and wives of the He family and juniors should have come, and Wuyang sat or stood in a large room.

A woman in her thirties with a good face stood in the middle of the room with her head bowed, her front and skirt already wet, and the dregs of tea leaves hanging from it, and at her feet lay a shattered pastel tea cup.

Before He Linwan could take a closer look, an unhappy voice sounded above: "What are you doing sneakily doing outside the outside?

He Linwan looked up and saw that it was an old woman sitting on the bed of the first arhat, this old woman was about sixty or seventy years old, wearing a formal suit, and wearing a heavy crown of gold silk and eight treasures on her head. Her pleated face became darker and darker against the emerald outfit.

Before He Linwan could say anything, Wei, who was standing on the side with Xiaohuzi, hurriedly said: "Mrs. Tai, please calm your anger, Ah Wan has just recovered from a serious illness, her body is still weak, and she is a little panting when she walks a few steps, and she is not standing outside on purpose." As he spoke, he said to He Lin later, "Quickly ask Mrs. Tai for guilt." ”

He Linwan had already guessed that the old lady who looked quite tall above was Mrs. Chengenhou, so she followed Wei's meaning and saluted the old lady, and when she got up, her body shook slightly.

"Mrs. Tai, please forgive the sin, Fang is late and has no case. ”

Mrs. Tai glanced at He Linwan from the corner of her eye, and then slapped Wei Shi with a straight face and said, "This is what you have to teach!"

Wei bowed his head and respectfully pleaded guilty.

Mrs. Tai still wanted to scold a few words, but a woman in her fifties who sat in the first place under Mrs. Tai persuaded with a smile: "Mother, Ah Wan's illness is just right, you want to teach her not to rush here, the eldest daughter-in-law is still standing down." ”

Mrs. Tai remembered that the business was not over yet, and she couldn't help but look at the woman standing in the middle of the room who was splashed with tea, and said with a cold face: "Why don't you speak? Tell me what this account book is all about! The kitchen has always been in charge of your people, and an egg actually recorded an account of fifty dollars, do you think it is an egg laid by a golden rooster!"

Wei took advantage of the old lady's seizure to pull He Linwan aside and stand.

The woman who was splashed with tea was the eldest wife of the He family, Du Shi, although Du Shi looked very wolf, her back was straight and straight, and her face was also very indifferent: "If you go back to Mrs. Tai, this month's accounts have not yet been checked by the granddaughter-in-law, but there is no fault in the previous accounts, please ask Mrs. Tai to check it." ”

Mrs. Tai slapped the table angrily when she heard this: "You still dare to quibble! I am now investigating clearly! Then I will find out that you are shoddy and have reported your accounts indiscriminately! Your mother-in-law is not a good thing to eat inside and out, and you are also doing the same, it is simply that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked!"

The eldest lady frowned, but finally shut up.

The woman who sat at the old lady's hand said, "Mother, don't be angry. The eldest daughter-in-law has been following the third brother and sister housekeeper, and she has never made a big mistake over the years, this time it should be just a moment of negligence, she is still young, you can teach more. ”

The eldest lady glanced at the woman and lowered her eyes.

The old lady snorted coldly, squinted at the eldest lady and said, "What a momentary negligence! I think she is like her mother-in-law who can't be on the stage, and she embezzles money from the public, but there was nothing wrong before." ”

He Linwan couldn't help frowning when he heard this, this old lady used words indiscriminately to scold the whole family.

At this time, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy who was originally standing next to He Linwan suddenly stood up and roared angrily: "Who embezzled money from the public school! Who is rare with such a little silver! My grandfather's family is not that shallow and shabby, when my mother got married, she had red makeup for ten miles, and she still lacked money for you to buy eggs?"

When he shouted out in this voice, the room couldn't help but be quiet, and the old lady sitting at the top of the house became very ugly, and she pointed at the young man with a trembling hand and said, "You, you say it again?

The young man said this impulsively, and he really didn't mean to specifically refer to whose house was broken, but he didn't want to accidentally poke the old lady's backbone. However, when he saw that his mother had been blamed and slandered for a long time, he was angry in his heart, so he naturally refused to give in, and immediately stiffened his neck and shouted: "Whoever loves is who, anyway, it's not my mother!"

The old lady got up from the Luohan bed and was about to put on her shoes and get down: "You rabbit cub who kills a thousand knives, short-lived ghost, you see that I don't ......"

The woman sitting next to the old lady hurriedly grabbed the angry old lady: "Mother is angry, Brother Mian'er is still ...... young"

The young man's face was a little pale, but he still stood still and did not move.

The eldest lady, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly spoke up, and said in a respectful tone: "Mrs. Tai, this time the matter is that the granddaughter-in-law has no way to supervise and supervise strictly, and the granddaughter-in-law is willing to take a responsibility, and the granddaughter-in-law will make up for the shortfall in the account with her own private money." ”

The old lady immediately shifted the blame: "Is it over if ......you make up the money?"

Before the old lady could finish speaking, she was interrupted by the eldest lady: "In addition, the granddaughter-in-law is dull and is really not suitable for managing the inner courtyard, the granddaughter-in-law will hand over all the account books in her hand, and the grandmother can hand over the housekeeping power to the second aunt or several other brothers-in-law." ”

The old lady finally stopped talking, she looked at the eldest lady a few times, then broke away from the second lady's hand, and went back to the Luohan bed and sat down: "Is this true?"

The eldest lady nodded, as if she didn't have the strength to say anything more, but beckoned to her maid, and ordered a little tiredly: "Go and bring all the account books in my room, as well as the key to the treasury." ”

Mrs. Tai finally stopped, and she said to the eldest lady condescendingly: "Originally, your mother made a mistake and was locked up by me, I thought about leaving all the big and small affairs in the house to you, and you are not angry!"

As she spoke, she looked at the second lady sitting next to her: "In the future, you will still be in charge of this house, these juniors don't understand anything, and their temperament is so impetuous that they can't succeed." ”

The second lady excused herself with a face full of embarrassment: "Mother, my daughter-in-law has been doing things for many years, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take on this important responsibility, so it's better to let the third brother and sister come back." ”

Mrs. Tai's face immediately turned cold: "Impossible!" and then said disapprehantly, "What's so difficult about being a family? Didn't you manage it for a few years back then......?"

Mrs. Tai paused when she said this, and a trace of sorrow appeared in her eyes, and the second lady's eyes immediately turned red.

He Linwan listened on the sidelines, remembering that the old Mrs. Chengenhou seemed to have given birth to three sons, the eldest son He Chuanxiong died early, and the title should have fallen to the second son, but unfortunately the second son He Chuanzhi died on the battlefield more than 20 years ago, and finally the youngest son He Chuanwu inherited the title. This second lady is the widow of the late second master He Chuanzhi.

Mrs. Tai patted the second lady's hand: "I have always been relieved that you are doing things, so don't shirk." ”

The second lady just responded, but looked at everyone in the room again, and then said to Mrs. Tai: "Mother, do you want a few juniors to follow along with the housekeeper? ”

The old lady looked at the second lady's daughter-in-law, Cao Shi: "Then let Fengxian help you." ”

The second wife, Cao Fengxian, is Mrs. Tai's favorite granddaughter-in-law because she is the old lady's niece.

The second lady nodded, looked at the third wife Wei and the fourth wife Yu, and said in a gentle tone: "What about the third daughter-in-law and the fourth daughter-in-law?"

Wei lowered his head and said respectfully: "Thank you Mrs. Tai and the second aunt for your attention, it's just that I have to teach Ah Wan to write recently, and Xiaohuzi needs me to take care of me from time to time, I'm afraid I can't be busy......"

The second lady glanced at Xiao Huzi, who was secretly stepping on her sister's shoes, and sighed: "You have worked hard." Then he looked at the fourth wife, Yu.

Yu's eyes lit up after listening to the second lady's words, but he deliberately said reservedly: "I'm not as busy as the third sister-in-law, and I don't have to worry about the fact that the children are healthy and healthy, if the second aunt doesn't dislike it, I'll come to help." ”

Wei glanced at Yu, and then at the eldest lady who had just handed over the housekeeping rights, but happened to see the eldest lady show a mocking smile.

Although the eldest wife, the third wife, and the fourth wife all call Mrs. Chengenbo, who has been locked up in the Buddhist hall by Mrs. Tai, as their mother, but the fourth wife is separated by one layer, because the fourth master He Guanghui is a concubine.

Because Cheng Enbo's favorite is the youngest son of this concubine, there is no difference in treatment between the fourth master's room and the few rooms of the concubine.

Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Cheng Enbo, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have always been incompatible, all Mrs. Cheng Enbo likes Mrs. Tai is disgusted, and Mrs. Cheng Enbo likes what she doesn't like. Therefore, Mrs. Tai was quite kind to Yu's daughter-in-law, and did not object to letting her follow the second lady to take care of the house.

After the housekeeper's matter was settled, Mrs. Tai moved her gaze to the young man who had just dared to speak out.

The eldest lady noticed that Mrs. Tai's face was not good, and said first: "Brother Mian'er, his words and deeds are not in the way of his granddaughter-in-law's teaching, after all, his granddaughter-in-law will be completely idle in the future, and she will spend more effort to educate him, grandmother, please rest assured." ”

Mrs. Tai would definitely not give up, but thinking that the eldest lady would honestly hand over all the account books, she still decided not to pursue it, but it was not okay not to punish, so Mrs. Tai said coldly: "It's good that you have kung fu to teach, but if you don't give him a lesson, it will definitely not work! ”

He Mian immediately raised his head and wanted to argue when he heard this, but he was stopped by the eldest lady with her eyes, and she couldn't help but lower her head again. He Mian's temperament is jumpy, and he can't stand it the most, so he would rather be grounded for a month.

The eldest lady's maid soon came in with the account book, and when the lady saw that her goal had been achieved, she left only the second lady, the second wife, and the fourth wife, and let the rest of the people retreat.

Wei took a pair of children out of Furong Courtyard and saw the eldest lady walking not far ahead, and the eldest lady turned around and saw her coming out and deliberately slowed down her pace, so Wei had no choice but to step forward.

"Sister-in-law, you better go back and change your body first, so as not to catch a cold. Wei sighed.

The eldest lady shook her head with a wry smile, and when she saw that He Linwan and Xiaohuzi were there, she turned to her son He Mian and said, "You and Ah Wan and Xiaohuzi will go and play for a while first." ”

He Mian grinned at He Linwan, and then secretly winked.

He Linwan knew that the eldest lady had something to say to Wei, so he took the struggling little tiger and followed Wei Mian.

Wei Mian didn't take He Linwan away, but just waved away the maid who followed He Linwan with angry eyes.

"What are you doing with him? Hurry up and find a place to throw it away!" Wei Mian glanced at Xiaohuzi with disgust, and pinched his face with his hand.

Xiaohuzi immediately glared at He Mian angrily, and his little eyes were fierce like a little wolf cub.

He Linwan turned sideways to block Wei Mian's hand that was about to reach out again.

Wei Mian didn't care, he just leaned over and whispered to He Linwan: "Good sister, do your brother a favor?"

He Linwan smiled: "What does the third brother want me to help with?"

I didn't want He Mian to hear this, but he looked at He Linwan in horror, pointed at her and said, "You, you, you, what do you call me?"