Early the next morning, the king's steward told all the people in the house to put down all the things they were doing, and all of them went to the hall, and listened to him assign the matter, saying that it was to take care of the house, but it was only March, and the people had to come in June, and it was too early to take care of the house.

Shi Gui thought so in her heart, but she didn't reveal it, until the grape mouth muttered twice, so that Zheng Pozi scratched a glance, and then she was honest, shrinking her neck and waiting for the errand to be assigned.

Steward Wang ate half a cup of tea, and then opened his mouth in a tone: "This time, the whole family is coming, we have done a good job, and we have to show our faces in front of the master." ”

Which of these don't want to go back, this place is like the frontier distribution, how can you think of a way to make money in the house, even if you run errands, life is better than now, not to mention the kitchen, you are often rewarded for doing well, it is a piece of anointed beams, stained with oil, and it is difficult to even eat meat on weekdays.

first gave sweet dates, and then said: "The things from the house are already on the way, and the people who come here have to ask others to see that we are not lazy in watching the house." ”

If you want someone to do something, you naturally have to say some sweet things, and he has made the benefits and disadvantages clear, and no one is going to fight against him at this time, and they are all thinking about how to climb the relationship, and when the time comes, they can be transferred back to the old house.

Look at the flowers and trees to prune the flowers and branches in the spring, and wait for the masters to come, don't look at a barren garden, the manager of the treasury takes out the things that can be used to dry, and the top sends someone to come, and when the book is complete, you will know where to put even the things and things when the account is full, and their errand is just to clean the house and the country.

Two people in a yard, each room has to open the window to open the door to breathe, buy lime powder to dehumidify, and have mint borneol powder to remove insects, and when the smell is gone, then pick out the window screen to paste the window, and move furniture to the warehouse.

Mrs. Zheng listened first, and only after the Wang steward finished the errand did she ask, "Which old sister in the old mansion is coming? ”

Steward Wang's face pulled at the top: "The eldest lady is in front of the Gao Sheng's family." "It's strange to take advantage of the fact that no one is here to sort out the west courtyard first, and when people come, they will naturally stick to the east.

As soon as Mrs. Zheng heard this, she was all comfortable, it was the eldest lady's person who came, the eldest lady was in charge again, and when the eldest lady came, she went to ask for a good word, and then let the old sisters she knew help say two good words, and it was only a matter of time before she followed.

She turned out to be the eldest lady's person, as soon as the king steward left, someone came forward to congratulate, Mrs. Zheng held her joy and waved her hand: "I don't know what kind of road came from the old mansion over the years, what is the use of being happy at this time." ”

Shi Gui just followed behind to watch the excitement, and the two grapes followed behind the grandmother to clean the house, this house has been empty since it was built, and the patrol is not diligent, naturally there are holes and leaks, the king steward went to the town to find a mason to work, let them live in the outer courtyard of the house.

It is a living together, and eating is naturally in one place, Mrs. Zheng is not happy, and the two of them are transferred to help clean up the house, she will have an extra share, and there are seven or eight more people's meals, these craftsmen are all fellow villagers, and they also brought a mother-in-law to help cook, Mrs. Zheng thought she was rude, so she simply opened a stove and let her just cook for those people.

When Shi Gui came back at night, he naturally heard a few complaints, even using more oil and more firewood, a few craftsmen with big bellies, steamed buns on the steamer, one meal can eat four drawers, fried leek sauce shredded meat, sandwiched in the steamed buns and eager to scrape the oil.

Shi Gui said to her, and the grapes also complained a few words, there were many errands in the house, they were from the big house, but they went to take care of the courtyard of the second room first, and Mrs. Zheng sneered: "When Gao Sheng's family comes, he will feel good." ”

After complaining, he immediately thought about how to be courteous when the eldest lady came, no matter how much the king steward was to the second lady, he had to pass the old lady's pass first, and then he thought about giving a good yard and a good place to the second room, and the old lady couldn't leave the eldest young master by his side.

Before the people came, Shi Gui listened to the things of the Song family, which had nothing to do with her, at this time it was summer, and after the summer, the Song family had to go back to the old house in Jinling, and then she could still do the work of saving money.

Shi Gui saw the stitches and ran down the mountain, there was a lot of work to do, his head was on the pillow and he fell asleep immediately, the grapes still wanted to knock his teeth together, and he talked to himself for a long time, the Shi Gui had already snored, and the grapes couldn't sleep well for a few days, and kicked the bed board with his foot: "You sleep well at home, and let you not let the side sleep!"

Shi Gui woke her up and apologized: "I'm tired for the past two days, I'm sorry Sister Grape, you sleep first, and I'll sleep when I'm done." "I'm digging bamboo shoots in my dreams, and it's over the season if it's not soon, so why isn't she in a hurry if she doesn't pick up these many copper coins.

The house was repaired for more than ten days, the tile hole was repaired, and the people who delivered the things also came, first the clipper came, and then a dozen or twenty boxes were carried up the mountain.

The people of the other garden have not seen this meeting for a long time, and there are porters on a large avenue, followed by seven or eight mothers-in-law, and there are various colored sticks on the boxes, staring at them and letting them handle them carefully, so as not to break the things inside.

It's just April, Qingming hasn't passed, the king is only a person for a month to come, everything and not ready, he is used to pushing things to others, and when he sees people coming, he scolds these below: "I urge you every day, and one by one you are still lazy." ”

It was the eldest lady's person who came, a housekeeper lady at the beginning, and a few girls in silk behind her, and the steward Wang had always been arrogant in front of Shi Gui, but now he bowed to the little girl who was not a few years older than the grapes.

The girl had apricot eyes and peach cheeks, a small mole at the corner of her mouth, a crisp throat, and a neat voice with a smile before speaking: "The king is working hard, our wife is just thinking that there are many things here, and the king is afraid that he will not be busy, so I will come first, there are many people who come back this time, but it has to be done properly." ”

This time it's summer, it's really Jiao, the house in the countryside hasn't been a person for many years, the last time it was repaired more than 20 years ago, it has long been unbearable, and the old lady Song is the most annoying people to ask for a goodbye, so I lived in another garden and hid cleanly.

The steward of the king accompanied the smile on his face, and led her to look around the house, and the grapes and Shi Gui listened to the dispatch in the hall, and the grapes pulled Shi Gui, and their mouths snorted: "Do you see it?" ”

The big girl was followed by two little girls, one played a fan for her, and the other stood and listened to the instructions, Shi Gui only said that the grape was saying that she was big, who knew that as soon as the person left, the grape sighed: "Look at this one on her, it must be worth a few taels of silver." ”

Not only her, but even her two little girls were also wearing satin clothes, and the grapes couldn't pull out their eyes, so they reached out and touched their ears: "Do you see that ear pads?"

As she was talking, the little girl came out, swept the two of them with her eyes, and picked Shi Gui: "Where is Mother Zheng, Sister Chunyan invited her to come." ”

Shi Gui immediately went to the kitchen, and when Mrs. Zheng heard that it was Chunyan, she asked what she was wearing, and she was stunned: "It's only been a few years, and Chunyan has become a first-class." After taking care of the half-new clothes, he went to the garden, and because Shi Gui was calmer, he took her into the garden.

Chunyan sat on the moire round stool, eating tea, and took a sip, then stood up and said with a smile: "Hello Mother Zheng, I haven't seen you in the past few years, I miss you." ”

Mrs. Zheng took a step back and looked her up and down, and praised: "When I left, Miss Chunyan hadn't smoked a strip yet, look at this appearance, it's not worse than the cardamom girl." ”

Chunyan smiled first, and then said, "Sister Cardamom, now it's Aunt Qian." Pulled Mrs. Zheng to sit, she has not broken her filial piety all these years, she is diligent, her daughter and son-in-law are also diligent, Chunyan knows that his wife has this heart, so she naturally treats her politely.

Mrs. Zheng recited a Buddha: "She is a blessed person, and her wife lifts up, which is really a creation." ”

Chunyan smiled, handed the cup to the little girl, and pulled Mrs. Zheng over: "Mother has been wronged here, but in the past few years, my wife has a lot of things to think about, and I can't do it every year." ”

Chunyan said this, and Mrs. Zheng naturally had to say: "Why bother my wife, I'm just old, I'm not good, it's better to be at home outside, and I want to retire by my daughter's side." ”

It's just a good and obedient sentence to forget a lot, the eldest young master caused a big disaster, and even took the eldest lady to eat melons, everyone in these old mansions knows, the eldest young master has not suffered a sentence and a half since he was a child, and the old lady didn't even touch a finger on him, but at that time he had a big temper, asked for family law, broke the flesh and skin, and lay in bed for a hundred days.

The eldest lady only cared about taking care of her son, and handed over all the housekeeping rights, and the second lady pinched it in her hand for the second year, and since she got married, she thought about it, but she couldn't keep it, and she turned back to the eldest lady.

Mrs. Zheng was overjoyed, seeing that Chunyan was short of manpower, she called both Grape and Shi Gui in, helped them, and handed over all the food to the rough mother-in-law, and made soup in the small kitchen in this courtyard, and the small round table was set up for Chunyan to eat.

Two servings of the same dish were made, and the other one was personally sent to Gao Sheng's family, leaving grape stone cinnamon to wait, and her family hurriedly went to accompany Gao Sheng's family to eat and drink.

The grapes looked at their feet and couldn't move, Chunyan put two gold bracelets on one side of her hand, and the red yarn was stuffed into the bracelet, and the little girl took the basin to wash her hands, and then it was served on the table, and it was brought out with something that she had never seen before, and Mrs. Zheng also smiled: "It's all coarse food, and there is no good rice stew to eat, so I made some cold cakes with yellow rice." ”

In the past, a few dishes and a soup were annoying, but this made a table of fine dishes, and even said that it was coarse, and Chunyan actually took it, not only did she eat, but they all sat down around the table, and praised the bamboo partridge for being tender.

After packing up the dishes, she still had to take a nap, and said with a smile: "It's not that I'm lazy, I'm inconvenient, and I can't hold on to the boat for a few days." ”

The two girls packed up the quilt and came out, Chunyan didn't go back to the next room, so she spread a cover on the couch in the main room, and the little girl also opened the box, took a corner of incense and lit it, then closed the door and came out, asking Mrs. Zheng for hot tea.

Grape immediately talked with them, knowing that one was called Danzhu and the other was called Shi Ju, both of them were third-class girls in the wife's room, Shi Gui lowered his head to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and when Mrs. Zheng heard that Chunyan was inconvenient, she went to the kitchen and came out again, and gave Shi Gui a handful of money: "You go to the town to buy a jar of brown sugar, hurry up." ”

There is only one brown sugar left in the kitchen, Shi Gui knows that Zheng Pozi is to please Chunyan, knows that she is coming to menstruation, and wants to cook brown sugar water for her to drink, and there happens to be a brown sugar seller in the boat's house, Shi Gui took the sugar back, and Zheng Pozi gave her the remaining ten money.

In the past, grapes must talk like this, but now she is like in a dream, Zheng Pozi called a few times, she deserved a sound, a finger poked on her forehead, and saw through her heart: "It's too early to dream at this time." ”

Grape face red, she has never seen what the girl in the old mansion is like, in addition to the house is better, it is also an ordinary family worker, as soon as the eldest lady comes to the person, she can be regarded as an eye-opener, how can she not be active in her heart.

Mrs. Zheng looked at Shi Gui again, she was cutting the bamboo shoots into thin strips and pickling them, soaking them for a night, Ming'er ate porridge, but she felt that this girl looked clever, but she was a solid eye, and coughed and said: "Shi Gui, Ming'er, you go and bring breakfast to Miss Chunyan." ”

Grape flattened her mouth, glanced at Shi Gui, but didn't dare to say anything, grabbed the copper kettle before Shi Gui and sent water to the garden, Mrs. Zheng saw her feet diligently, and asked Shi Gui: "Do you want to be as decent as them?"