Let's say that after Wu Taijun's family banquet, everyone turned around. {We don't write novels, we're just online text porters.shot.Hong came over and said to Zhang Zhan's wife, Yun and Zhang's wife, Zhang: "If you want to borrow Shu Mei's head from the fourth aunt and Sister Jing's eldest sister for half an hour, you will definitely send it home by car in person after a while." ”

Yun Shi smiled: "Why do you send her personally." And it's not to go to a far place, so many nurses and servants are following, what is the tightness?"

Zhang also laughed and said, "Sister-in-law is too polite." Who in the family doesn't know that the sister-in-law is the closest to the eyebrow girl? This trip out, relying on not seeing each other for two months, must be thinking ruthlessly. It's better for me to disturb my sister-in-law here, so I simply leave the eldest girl here tonight, and save two carriages and horses. It's just that the big brother doesn't know if it's convenient. ”

When Hong heard this, he couldn't help but pick up his finger and put a little on her forehead, and scolded with a smile: "Okay, you are a quiet girl, even the eldest sister-in-law laughs and entertains her." Isn't your fifth master going to eat wine with Uncle Lin tonight? I have made up my mind now, so I'll send a little servant to send a message to your eldest brother, and if you don't catch the fifth brother and pour it to death, you won't know how to write the two words convenient. ”

When Zhang heard this, his face immediately turned red, and he said vaguely: "My sister-in-law, the juniors haven't all dispersed yet." ”

provoked the Yun family next to him to shake his head and laugh, and said: "Wang'er's family originally belonged to the big bamboo on the mountain, and he has always had a thick mouth, so he will not suffer a loss." My brother's daughter-in-law is still not well-behaved, and she touches it again. He also said to Zhang: "Don't give your sister-in-law a sin, say that you said the wrong thing, and then take the eldest girl as an apology, you don't have to say that tonight, your sister-in-law can stay as long as she wants." I just want to look at the face of the eyebrows and show mercy to the fifth master's subordinates. ”

Hong Shi hurriedly smiled: "Auntie said so, but it is not mine, and if you make a mistake, you will not be forgiving." Just give me the eyebrows, and the matter should be settled. ”

Yun nodded and smiled, "It's okay." You do things, and you teach people to rest assured. "Take Zhang's to the side of the hall and board the car back to his house. Here, the Hong family came to Shu Mei and said, "I have already told your wife and fifth grandmother, if you don't go over there today, you will sleep with me at night." We went home after seeing your sister Lin's placement. So he first went to the main house to say hello to Wu Taijun, and then went to Lin Daiyu's residence to have a lot of confidant words, and the Hong family repeatedly told Lianpeng and the maids to serve Daiyu properly, and then took Shu Mei to his own yard.

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However, it is said that the Hong family took Shu Mei out of the back door of Chenghui Hall, passed through the hall from east to west, and walked to the front of his own courtyard, and saw the lanterns and candles on the left and right of the oil powder shadow wall shining brilliantly, although it had been night for a long time, Wuzi was as bright as day. There were six or seven servant women standing on the platform of the fallen hall, and when they saw Hong and his party coming from a distance, they all came down from the platform in a panic and bowed down to the side. Here, Bai Wei stepped forward and led them to the hall to inquire about matters. Hong took Shu Mei into the courtyard, and the little girl opened the curtain and entered the main house. There are maids Bai Xing and Bai Zhi who come up to serve and change clothes.

It is said that Shu Mei has been raised in Chenghui Hall since he was a child, and there is also a permanent house in the courtyard of the Hong family, with all the clothes and utensils. Both of them changed into their homely clothes, and went to the west side of the house where they sat up every day. The maids served tea. I saw Bai Wei walk in from the hall and said to Hong, "I just asked, it's not very important. I'll let them disperse, and I'll talk about it again tomorrow morning. Hong nodded.

When the critic came in, he reported: "The things brought by Nanjing, except for the gifts for each room, were sent over according to the list, and the rest were first placed in the western warehouse." Ask the eldest grandmother to show it, is it temporarily sealed tonight, and then do other things tomorrow?" Hong said yes, so he asked Bai Wei to take the key, checked the list and locked it, and said: "The box of clothes sent by the eldest lady in Nanjing Mansion was taken out of the booklet in a single batch, carried directly to the eldest girl's house, and handed over to the plum blossom to be collected. Bai Wei said yes and went out with Yu Critic.

Shu Mei hurriedly said to Hong: "The materials given by the aunt in Nanjing must be first-class, and the aunt herself cuts and makes clothes." Or keep it for Shinyu's sister-in-law and sister Lin. What do you want me to do?"

Hong smiled: "They naturally have a number. These are specially asked by your aunt in Nanjing to be brought to you from me, but they are not eye-catching. You just have peace of mind. I've seen it, those Kujin makeup flowers, the colors and patterns are fresh and rich, dignified and generous, all of them are no worse than the upper ones, and it just so happens that you will use them in the capital next year. You also know that our family doesn't wear this on weekdays, and there are always few things in the house, and some of them are all old goods, which are not the same as your age. Thanks to your aunt's thoughtfulness, wouldn't it be better to send these than to find them elsewhere?"

Shu Mei heard that although the marriage was decided early, she had been even more busy preparing for marriage in recent months, and in the end, the young girl was tender and thin-skinned, so she just pushed Hong's hand with a red face, and said, "Uncle Niang is making fun of me again." ”

Hong smiled: "My son, this is serious. Not to mention anything else, the Cai family is the Marquis of Enping Mansion in the end, and there is a rule that no first-class military merits can be attacked. Although your son-in-law Cai Hong is not long-lived, he has been promoted to a thousand households with his military merits, and the twenty-three-year-old official body of the fifth grade can be used at the moment. Now that he has been transferred to the military department, he has to socialize with his colleagues in the government office, and he also has aunts and concubines in the Hou Mansion who get along with each other on a daily basis, and who have a relationship with the world. When you are at home, you can certainly wear what you want, but if you want to go outside, you still need to prepare a few more serious clothes, which will also save others from misunderstanding, thinking that you will not be able to enter the eyes of your husband and wife, and it is not worth treating each other carefully. ”

Shu Mei knew that this was Hong's teaching with good words, although he was full of shyness, lowered his head, blushed, and fell into Hong's arms and listened attentively. Hong Shi rubbed her around for a while, and said, "I went out this time, but it was only more than a month, and I saw you lose a lot of weight today." You don't have a bitter summer physique, and you think that you have something in your heart and can't be explained. I don't ask much. If you don't have anything to say, just stay here for two days, and help me entertain your sister Lin by the way. ”

Shu Mei nodded, responded with a "yes", and said: "There were many people before, and I haven't congratulated my aunt seriously." The eldest brother and the Hui brother are married together, which is a double happiness. Shu Mei congratulated his aunt and wished the eldest grandmother a hundred years of happiness, more children and more longevity. As he spoke, he bowed blessedly.

Hong Shi was so happy that he couldn't stop laughing, and he hurriedly raised his eyebrows in his hand, and said: "The two sentences of the eyebrows are better than others, and they really make me happy to hear them." Then he quietly asked: "What do you think of your sister Lin? Although I look very good, and I am also comfortable and generous in front of the old lady just now, it is the first time that relatives have met, and the two families are closed, I am afraid that she will be restrained at home, and it is inconvenient to speak at this time -- when I was in Nanjing before, I was so cheeky and said a few more words under the banner of my aunt; now when I get home, let alone say a few words, I will say two more words, for fear of waiting for a swarm of people to come up and make fun. The girl's family is young, thin-skinned, and ruthless, but it hurts the feelings, and the matter is not beautiful. ”

Shu Mei smiled: "I'm afraid that my aunt has thought too much." I think Sister Lin is really generous, and she is comfortable talking to her sisters. Especially the second sister and the third sister, this is the first time to see each other, and after dinner and wine, the three of them got together and couldn't stop laughing. The aunt was at the eldest lady's table at the time, so I didn't see it. If you see it, you should sigh that it is really a bloodline that comes up from the roots, and they are all in love with each other. ”

Hong nodded, "That's fine." You young people are about the same age, and your preferences are close, so I can feel at ease when you get along with each other. ”

The two said a few more words, and Hong urged Shu Mei to rest: "Come down and toss your spirit this day, play again tomorrow, and go to sleep quickly." ”

Shu Mei said: "I'll sit with my aunt for a while." ”

Hong smiled: "I'm not as good as you, I don't know what to do." Moreover, I was pressed by the old lady to eat an extra bowl of wine today, and this time I was still in good spirits, and I just took the opportunity to sort out many things at home. This next day is busy, and the next day or two is a free time, but I'm afraid that there will be some time for you. I won't care about anything else, and I won't allow you to slip away. ”

Shu Mei smiled: "Uncle Niang has something, Shu Mei is too late to serve, where will there be slippage." I'm afraid that my aunt won't call me and share it with me. ”

Hong smiled and nodded, while calling the big girl Bai Xue and Yangchun who were with Shu Mei, and ordered: "Good life and wait for the girl to rest." Shu Mei then took the maids with him.

Hong's name was Bai Wei again: "You come with me, see the eldest girl rest and come back." By the way, I asked Jin Hui to come here, and I have something to ask her. Then he went to the east side of the room, and sat down on a large yellow pear arhat bed under the window. The two servants brought a small case and put it on the shelf, Bai Qi spread a layer of fine cotton cloth with green forging and lock edges, and Bai Xingfang lined up the account books and ink taken from the shelf one by one, poured tea again, and held it to Hong's.

Hong took a sip of tea, flipped through the two pages of the account book, and Bai Wei led Jin Hui in. The golden emblem saluted and stood aside. Hong Shi put aside the teacup and asked, "What does the eldest girl do at home these days when I go out with my uncle? Do you follow the fourth lady from Tanpu Lane to the old lady every day? Where do you use the day and night dinner?"

It turns out that this golden emblem is the maid of the chapter return. Because Zhang Hui studied since childhood, he was enlightened at the age of three by the Wenhua Gongzhang, and then studied scriptures and texts with Zhang Wang, and at the age of 14 worshipped Huang Su as a teacher, and traveled with him to study, and he was not at home for several years. Therefore, the little maid who is matched with the servant will listen to the chapter by his life, and the servant girl will serve Shu Mei more. Among them, Jin Hui is the oldest, loyal and diligent, and Hong's daily affairs are many, and the children and juniors may not be able to take care of them, so they rely on her to check and fill in the gaps, and fulfill their duties. At this time, when I heard Hong's question, I hurriedly replied: "The eldest girl comes to the house every morning with the fourth wife and the fifth grandmother. Two of the three days were spent in Chenghui Hall. Incidentally, there was something in the second half of the day, and the fourth wife brought it over, and the old lady stayed for dinner. On weekdays, I listened to plum blossoms, singing evenings, Yangchun, and Bai Xue, and since the eldest girl received the Xiangpu Lane, the fourth wife let the fifth grandmother follow closely during the day, and only read a book for a while at night; There was nothing wrong with it before. It's just that in these two months, the eldest girl is busy with the fifth grandmother during the day, and she has to take advantage of the long days in summer to catch up with all kinds of pouches and handkerchiefs every day. Plum blossoms, singing late bitterness can not be stopped, through the pomegranate in the old lady to penetrate some breath, the old lady said twice, the eldest girl only took a break, but it is just a matter of one day, the next day to see the same again. ”

Hong nodded, and asked again, "What do the fourth wife and fifth grandmother say?"

Jin Hui said: "The eldest girl only said bitter summer in front of the fourth wife and the fifth grandmother. The fourth lady thought that the girl had only moved in recently, and the courtyard of the house might not be going well. The fifth grandmother persuaded the eldest girl several times, saying that there is no need to worry about cutting embroidery and the like, and the family has its own maid and needlework to prepare. The eldest girl only said that she was ashamed, and she hid from people by doing work, and her heart was stable and pure. When the fifth grandmother heard this, she let the ambiguity pass. ”

Hong sneered when he heard this, then eased his color, and said to Jin Hui: "Now that my family is here, I have also agreed with the fourth wife, and the eldest girl still lives on our side." Tomorrow, you will take your two daughters-in-law to the mansion of Pu Xiang with the singer, and bring one or twenty books that the eldest girl has read recently, and then bring over the needlework that the eldest girl has done and what she has not done, and you don't have to move anything else. In the next few days, you persuaded the eldest girl to play with Miss Lin and her sisters, play the piano, sing songs, paint, and write poems, or do an elegant collection in the host, and you will not be restricted. If you want money, or if you want food, snacks and fruits, they all come to me to pay the bill. Jin Hui agreed.

Here, Hong picked up the account book again and looked at it carefully, and called Bai Wei: "You sit down to the case, I read one item, and you write one." Bai Wei sat diagonally and wrote down item by item according to Hong's dictation. But it is divided into three large pieces of paper, one to write a chapter for the wedding, one for the wedding, one for the family, and one for the wedding. Below, there is no distinction between goods, populations, shops, fields, etc., and whenever one thing comes to mind, it is summed up on a certain piece of paper, and when it is finished, the approximate date is indicated before each thing. The Hong family read it once, probably without omission, and then ordered Bai Wei to compile the order one by one, in the morning and evening. Next to him, Shirahoshi presented a green and yellow thin bamboo basket with a tip, containing half a half-cut three-inch-long and one-inch-wide piece of paper, and a large ebony box, in which was a calendar book, which was three times thicker than the ordinary calendar because of the more or less pasted notes on each page. Hong then asked Bai Wei to copy everything he had just remembered on the cut paper one by one, and then work with Bai Xing to paste the note on the corresponding calendar piece on time and day. As soon as it was done, he asked the two of them to put away the booklet and the like, and instructed Bai Wei: "You remember what else you have in the past few days, and remind me when the time comes." ”

It's over, and it's too late. There were already maids and servants who held copper basins, hot water and other things to wait by. Hong moved out of bed, Bai Qi adjusted the warm water, Bai Zhi held the pancreas, and waited to wash his hands. was drying with a hand towel, when he heard shouting "uncle" outside, and then Zhang Wang walked into the house. When Hong saw him, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Why did the uncle come to the house this morning and evening?" Didn't you say that tonight with Uncle Lin, eating and drinking and talking at night, sleeping enough, and resting in the old lady's study?"

Zhang Wang smiled: "Don't say that again." I really know now that the third, fifth, and sixth children really can't eat and drink, and they get drunk after only five or six rounds. The old seven were sober, and their hands and feet were powerless, let alone walking. So they occupied the main hall of Youyaju together, and slept on the ground. I had to ask someone to open the garden door and send Cousin Lin to sleep in my little study next to the greenhouse of the flower shed. ”

Hong Shi listened and hurriedly asked: "How much wine did the uncle eat tonight? Have you ever drunk sobering soup?" On the one hand, he called someone to make soup, and called the steward on duty at the second door of the quick transmission: "How is it enough for everyone to stop in front of a small servant? A drunk person can't get away with people, that is, he wakes up from wine, and he wants tea and water for a while, and someone has to run errands." If you can't get over the alcohol for a while, the things in your stomach churn up and block your throat, and you can't cope with the person in front of you, and you are no longer stubborn. He ordered two long-term attendants, four servants, and four servants to go to Youyaju at once, and asked each room if they knew where he was, and when he heard that he had not been informed, he hurriedly ordered someone to say. turned his head and complained to Zhang Wang: "Uncle is so happy, he doesn't even have a calculation, and he didn't even tell me first when he saw this situation." The big and small gentlemen just quietly got together for a night, and when the Ming Dynasty came, I won't give my wife and grandmother a raw meal?" Zhang Wang just laughed and replied: "I know that you are thoughtful, so I don't have to worry about my family." Hong was helpless, he only glared at him fiercely, and he couldn't help but show a smile on his face, just when the decanting soup was ready to be delivered, he hurriedly put it in front of Zhang Wang.

Zhang Wang ate the soup and asked, "Why don't you sleep this morning and night?"

Hong said: "I was dragged to eat a sip of wine at night, and before I went down at this time, I took care of everything at home." Especially for the major events of a few children, let's talk about it first. Then he asked: "You'er's relatives, the old man can say it, what does the old man say, can you blame it?"

Zhang Wang nodded and said, "It's the second half of the day to catch the empty air." Thanks to the letter from the eldest aunt's wife, Ruhai tried his best to help talk about the item, and the master could only say two words of 'self-assertion', which can be regarded as passing this pass. It's just Mrs...... In the Ming Dynasty, you are afraid that you will inevitably have to suffer a few words. ”

Hong said with a smile: "The master should go down, can the wife still not obey the rules?" Just say a few words, it is also limited." What's more, we are a little bit 'cut first and then played', and it is common for my wife to be annoyed. I just have to keep my face old and smile more. ”

When Zhang Wang heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "You should also be careful, don't show your face in front of your wife, and give birth to other things in vain." Then he asked, "I just came from outside, and I saw a lamp in the house on the east side." Didn't the first person tell the fourth aunt that he would live in Xiangpu Lane this year? Although there is a reason for this, but this day or two, the time is short, and it can't be enjoyable, but it teaches more worry. Seeing that Hong's face was pursed and his mouth was pursed, and his stomach was unconvinced, Zhang Wang smiled first, helped Hong's shoulder, and his subordinates kneaded her a little harder, and said: "If you really talk about it, it's okay to take it with your eyebrows." No, I haven't seen you for two months, and now I am shaking my eyes for the first half of the day, why is it that even my chin is pointed? The old five and the two don't know how to raise people, obviously a girl here who is white and pure, round and jade, since the beginning of the year, she has seen that she is losing weight day by day. The eyebrows are not that narrow-minded and accustomed to self-practice, how can no one pay attention to such a situation? ”

When Hong heard this, he laughed and said, "In the end, we are looking at the big one around us, and the uncle thinks like this, it is the creation of the eyebrows." He drew closer and whispered: "The fourth aunt let the girl with eyebrows from the fifth family know some family finances, and she has lost weight by working hard." It is said that it is common sense for a girl to learn some housework and personnel handling before getting married, and she can't be a daughter-in-law who doesn't ask about mundane things and has no worries as when she was a girl. What the fourth aunt and the fifth family did was not bad. However, according to my opinion, the Cai family, which Meiya is going to marry, is the most different from our family regardless of its background, family business foundation, and rules of action. The old five families only need to teach the daily behavior of the house to the eyebrows, I am afraid that at least ninety and a half out of ten will not be needed at all, and the remaining half will be compromised again in the hands of the eyebrows. It's better to simply ignore those trivial items, and only teach her the common sense of money and personnel discrepancies - the so-called change is inseparable, knowing these joints, it is easy to draw inferences and bypass. I originally planned to teach her slowly for a year, and then the old lady knew the roots and customs of the Cai family, and told her a little bit of story news for the eyebrow girl, which is also what the uncle often said to teach people to do things subtly and moisturize things silently. But the fourth aunt picked her up again. ”

Zhang Wang nodded as he listened. You must know that the Cai family of the Pinghou Mansion promised by Zhang Shumei is not an ordinary noble family: its ancestor Cai Di is the nephew of Emperor Cai of the Ping Emperor and the younger brother of Prime Minister Cai Xiang. Cai Ti clan ranked twenty-seventh, so to not be valued by his father and grandfather, at the age of 12 he invited himself to join the army, just cast under the account of Wu Xiang Wu Tianguan, learn the art of war, resist the Huns, break the battle and defeat the enemy, go into battle in seven battles and win six victories, at the age of 24, he was tired of military merits 12 turns, Emperor Ping personally named Wu Chenghou, Zhaowu general. Later, Cai Xiang's power was surging, and he acted perversely, plotting to steal the country. Cai Jie not only conspired with him, restrained the soldiers and horses to strictly guard the border court, but also led the first troops to join when Emperor Shizu Wu rebelled against the thieves, charged into battle, and helped Shizu restore the Zhengshuo Dynasty. Bing Feng pointed to Shenjing, the city was broken on the fifth day, Cai Xiang fled with the puppet emperor and the national seal, Cai Di led his troops to pursue, and the arrows were in the middle of the attack, and he died of poison. After the ancestor inherited the unification, the Cai clan was ambushed, and only Cai Di survived, and Cai Di was posthumously awarded the Marquis of Wuxiang with military merits, and he was "loyal to the military". When Emperor Ming changed his title to Marquis Enping, his descendants all followed his ancestors from the side of the military town and killed the enemy to serve the country. Zhang Shumei's marriage was the last generation of old Enping Marquis to plead with Duke Wenhua and Wu Taijun several times, and even encouraged the then King of Ankang County and the current Emperor Taishang to personally say something for him, and the Duke of Wenhua allowed the marriage of the children of the two families of this generation. As for the candidate Cai Hong, it was also considered in many ways, and it was finally decided four years ago. Zhang Wanggu knew that this marriage was very important, but Shu Mei had been in front of his knees since he was a child, and he studied and studied with Zhang Hui's sister and brother, and he knew his temper and temperament best, and he was originally calm and had nothing to worry about. Listening to Hong's words at this moment, she felt that it was reasonable, and she couldn't help but have some worries for her.

So Zhang Wang said: "I know your thoughts." In the final analysis, this matter still falls on the person who is the father. Among the brothers in the family, in terms of talent and intelligence, Lao Wuyuan is lagging behind, and he has been working books and careers over the years, and he doesn't really care about the things around him. However, the bones and blood are connected, and the nature of father and daughter can no longer be separated. The fifth child didn't care about the eyebrows before, not only because of himself, but also because of our little selfishness and the fault of not letting go of our niece. Fortunately, the girl will not get married until the end of the year, and with this half a year's work, everything is still in time. ”

Hong said: "Uncle said this, I was relieved. At this time, the second watch of the night had passed, and the two of them didn't talk much, and hurriedly settled without mentioning it.