Yao Shi stepped into the Songfeng Hall of the main courtyard behind the Kurong Hall, and saw that there was silence in the courtyard, and the maids and daughters-in-law stood solemnly under the corridor, not daring to make a little noise, so they knew that their father-in-law Qin Song must be taking a nap at this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

She slowed her steps, walked to the door, and gave the big girl Magpie who was waiting outside the door a look. The magpie nodded knowingly, lifted the curtain of the door, led her into the house, pointed to the east, retracted it and erected it in front of its mouth, made a "shhhhhhh

This is Xu's small Buddha Hall. Xu Shi half lay and half sat on the small kang under the window, leaning on a large pillow, closing his eyes and recuperating. A pretty girl in a pea-green bikina was sitting on the side of the kang and gently beating her legs with a beauty fist. Hearing someone come in, the pretty girl looked up, saw that it was a magpie, and was about to speak, then she saw Yao behind the magpie, she frowned slightly, then stopped what she was doing and stood up.

As soon as she stopped, Xu Shi noticed it, opened her eyes and asked, "Hong Yan, what's wrong?" ”

Yao hurriedly stepped forward and smiled: "It's the daughter-in-law here." Hou Ye hasn't woken up yet. ”

When Xu saw that it was her, he sat up. Hong Yan hurriedly went to help, took an extra pillow and put it behind her, and sorted out her slightly scattered hair. The magpie went to move an embroidered pier, sat down for Yao, and turned around to pour tea again.

Xu waved his hand, motioned for Hongyan to retreat, and asked Yao, "How is it?"

Yao said: "Yes, they have all settled down." And they brought from the northwest to wait for them, and they also arranged for lodging. At this time, the third uncle and the third aunt must be resting. The door came to report that the fourth uncle had left the house, presumably to go back on a business trip. ”

Xu Shi nodded, and said: "The dinner party for your third uncle and three aunts in the evening must be done well, don't let people see jokes." Your third uncle hasn't been back to Beijing for 30 years, and now he is back to his roots. He is the brother of the Hou Ye, the master of the Qin family, who is a serious descendant, and he cannot be compared with others. Don't think that he came from a small place in the northwest, so you underestimated him and neglected him. If your third uncle blames him, don't say that I, a mother-in-law, have no face, even Master Hou, I will be angry. ”

How dare Yao Shi be careless? Hurriedly said: "Madame, don't worry, your daughter-in-law will never make a mistake, and she will definitely hold a decent dinner!"

Xu Shi smiled and nodded: "I have always been relieved when you do things, but today it is just a vain order." You don't have to worry, your third uncle has been a very kind person since he was a child, and he couldn't be easier to talk to. As long as you do your best, there is a slight mistake, and he will not care about you. ”

Yao Shi replied "yes", and said with a smile: "When I look at it today, I know that the third uncle is a kind person, and his daughter-in-law is not afraid of him." It's just that the third aunt saw her for the first time, and she opened her eyes. That temper is really sharp! It's the first time that the daughter-in-law has seen someone who dares to carry the second wife! The lady has seen it? The second wife can be regarded as meeting an opponent today. She has always been the only one who sprinkled in public, making everyone have to give in, but now there are people who are even more splashing than her! As the saying goes, one thing descends one thing. With this third aunt here, we don't have to be afraid of the second wife in the future. ”

When Xu Shi heard this, he recalled the situation when the incident happened, and couldn't help but want to laugh: "Don't say such things in front of your third aunt." I see that your third uncle and third aunt are extremely good, and if you provoke any one, the other will be angry. They can't compare to our family, they live in the capital all the year round, and they come and go from high-ranking families, and few women will be as cheeky as the second wife, and they pay attention to the style of the people who speak and act. I heard that the people of the border city are fierce, and the three rooms have lived there for a long time, and they will inevitably be infected with a little local habits. You're used to messing around at home, and no one cares about you. But if you accidentally say the wrong thing, it will make your third uncle and third aunt angry. They are elders, and you are the one who suffers. When the time comes, don't blame your family for not saying good things for you. ”

Yao Shi hurriedly laughed and said: "How dare the daughter-in-law? That's the elder! It's just in front of my mother, and there are no outsiders in the house, so I just say a few funny words." ”

Yao used the word "mother" to shorten the distance between himself and his mother-in-law, and Xu also knew it, but he just gave two instructions, so he didn't mention it more.

Yao took advantage of her happiness and hurriedly reported the return of the third room to the next person, and said: "There are not many people who come to wait in the third room, and the people who go out are just called outside, and there are only fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls in the inner house who can wait, except for the Hu family, there is only one fourteen or fifteen-year-old little girl, what is Qingxing." I heard that there was a nurse with three girls, but for some reason she stayed in Datong and didn't follow her to Beijing. In addition, there are Brother Zi'er's nurses and girls, who have to take care of the children, and they can't get out. The third aunt sent back the maiden mother-in-law sent by our family, where is there still someone in the Qingfeng Pavilion? Although it is said that the rough work such as sprinkling and sweeping, it is enough to call two mothers-in-law from the outer courtyard to cook. But there were so few people waiting in the house that outsiders couldn't help but look like it. Although Sanfang came back from the northwest border city, he was the master of the Qin family. ”

After hearing this, Xu Shi was silent.

Seeing this, Yao continued: "The place in Qingfeng Pavilion is quite large, and there are many empty houses, and the daughter-in-law thinks that it is not difficult to keep a few more girls and mothers-in-law in the third room. Not to mention anything else, those few people who waited for the third aunt and the third girl along the way, if there is nothing wrong or missing, it is okay to continue to stay and call. It's just that after all, it was the person sent by our family, and I was afraid that the third uncle and third aunt would be too careful, so as soon as I entered the house, I would send the person back......"

Xu asked her, "Your third uncle and third aunt just returned the person and it was over?"

Yao Shi paused: "That's not it...... Jin Xiang said that the tiger uncle in the third room seems to be planning to pick a few people from the children who have no errands in our house. ”

Xu's brows relaxed: "That's fine." You don't have to interfere with who you want to wait for in the third room, you can just pick someone. Since the people who were sent before have been returned, there is no need to mention where they came from and where they are going. ”

Yao Shi hurriedly asked: "Then Brother Parrot and Bailing are also ......" She hesitated for a moment, "Brother Parrot is just a person, it was a person who had to be used in Madame's yard, and he could do things when he came back." Bai Ling heard that he had been waiting in front of the third aunt, and he was quite valued. I don't know why, I was sent back together, and I didn't hear a word at first, and I didn't know what to do, so I cried and said, I'm afraid that I did something wrong but I don't know, and I will offend the third aunt. ”

Xu Shi smiled: "What's this? You look at the three rooms have picked out some people, if they haven't been trained, ask Bailing to help with the training. If your third aunt likes her, she will naturally ask her to go back. If your third aunt doesn't have that mind, you can take Bailing back to your own courtyard. By the way, since Brother Parrot is back, this trip can be regarded as a meritorious service. Her sister Thrush is also a second-class girl in my yard, so she simply brought it up to make up for the lack of cuckoos. You memorize it, and when you turn around, you raise the thrush to the first level. ”

The magpie quickly looked up at the wild goose, who had a calm face and no expression of surprise. The magpie was a little reluctant in his heart, but he remained silent.

Yao was very surprised: "What happened to the cuckoo? When the daughter-in-law saw her in the courtyard two days ago, she was still fine, could it be that she was suffering from a sudden illness?"

Xu smiled: "Where is the sudden illness? She has the blue eyes of the Hou Ye." On the night I got sick at the beginning of the month, she waited for the Hou Ye. If it weren't for the fact that I've been busy welcoming the third room these days, I wouldn't have delayed her position until today. Hou Ye specially instructed before taking a nap, so I naturally don't want to ask her to serve tea and pour water. When you go out, give an order to the house, and ask her to clean up the house, and as soon as the supplies are due, she will come according to the old custom of the people who are in the house. ”

Yao was taken aback. Chengen Hou Qin Song has always had no taboos in women, and in his early years, he would give Xu's family, a famous daughter, a little face, and didn't dare to go too far, at most he just raised three or two rooms. Now that he is older, he has both children and grandchildren, and even grandchildren, but he has no scruples, and he is more and more nonsense, almost every year he has to add one or two new beauties, not only the maid's room, but also the beautiful concubines bought by small families outside, or the beauties sent by foreign officials, and some of them even mention their aunts. Xu only restrained the inner house and did not stop her husband's actions. However, there are no girls under the Xu family in these warblers and swallows, not even the little girls on the sprinklers, let alone the first-class girls who have to be reused by her. will be a concubine for Qin Song, and the cuckoo is still the first one!

Yao remembered the beautiful face of the cuckoo, and didn't know whether to say a pity. Obviously she is the same age and appearance as a delicate flower, why bother to be a housekeeper for the Hou Ye, who is nearly sixty years old? But at the same time, the Yao family is also rejoicing. She always felt that this girl was a scheming person in the past, and she was most worried that the other party would hook up with the gentlemen in the house, especially her husband Qin Zhonghai and son Qin Jian. It's okay now, since Du Juan is already Hou Ye's person, the other masters are safe.

Yao thought so, and his mouth had already readily agreed. Du Juan has made the Hou Ye's room, that is what her mother-in-law Xu has to worry about, and she doesn't have to be nosy as a junior.

Immediately afterwards, Yao picked up the ornaments returned by the third room, and said with a smile: "I don't know if the third uncle and three aunts think that the things are too simple and can't look down on them, so they all retreated." The daughter-in-law doesn't know the preferences of the third uncle and the third aunt, and she is worried about what to do. The third aunt asked Uncle Hu to pass the word, saying that there was no need to send a new one. But the daughter-in-law always felt that this was not very good, so she had to come to ask the lady for a ......"

Xu Shi thought for a while, and after a while then instructed Hongyan: "Go and bring the key to the C-number warehouse, as well as the booklet of the things there." ”

Hong Yan had just fought with the magpie with his eyes, and when he heard Xu's command, he hurriedly withdrew his gaze, answered "yes" softly, and went to fetch the things.

Xu Shi motioned for her to hand over the key and the booklet to Yao, and said, "You go to the C-shaped warehouse, take the three-foot-long wenge box inside, but if you lock it with a red ribbon, choose four at random and send it to the Qingfeng Pavilion." Then send this key and the booklet together, and tell your third uncle and aunt, everything in the C-shaped library is theirs, and if you want any one, you just have to go to the library to get it yourself. Don't forget to say hello to the people who guard the storeroom, too, and don't be lazy. ”

Yao was stunned, almost thinking that he had misheard: "Madam, you are the only one who said...... All the things in the C-shaped library are given to the third room?"

How can that be?! The things in the C-word library have always been forbidden to be moved, and almost everything in it is sealed, and most of them are imperial gifts. Just by looking at the list booklet, you can know how precious the things in that warehouse are, and in terms of value, I am afraid that they are enough to cover eighty percent of the private property of the long house. How can you give it all to three rooms?!

Xu's expression was very calm: "The things in the C-word library were originally your third uncle's, but now they are just returned to their original owners." (To be continued.) )