She has never experienced such a situation, she can't empathize, looking at Mrs. Si immersed in the sadness and hatred of dreams, she has never seen such a Mrs. Si, a little strange but a little more real than usual, and the sour heart is only uncomfortable. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Mrs. Si turned over again, waved her hand, and pushed the brocade quilt away again.

Although there is a ground dragon in the house, it can't catch a cold in such a cold winter.

Shen Nishang thought about it, sat down on the edge of the bed, and sang the song in a low voice.

Since she learned, Mrs. Si has never asked her to sing.

She couldn't figure out what this song meant to Mrs. Si, but judging from the past, Mrs. Si seemed to be quite obsessed with her singing the song.

The low and soft lyrics sounded, Mrs. Si's body was quiet for a moment, and Shen Nishang looked at the effect, so she used more heart, and her voice became softer.

In the silence of the room, the white smoke curls in the mouth of the fragrant duck, hovering upward, the nose is fragrant and far-reaching, the song is light and soft, a little more joyful, a little less lingering, like a mother comforting the young child, full of comfort.

Mrs. Si gradually quieted down, and the expression on her face gradually relaxed.

Shen Nishang breathed a sigh of relief, and she didn't stop until Miaozhen came in and Mrs. Si was completely asleep.

After stopping and waiting for a while, seeing that nothing was wrong, she picked up the book and walked outside.

Miaozhen came out, and she naturally saw the tears on Mrs. Si's face, so she looked at her: "Madame, she-"

"I think I had a nightmare. In front of Miao Zhen, she didn't have to hide it, "I see, I should have dreamed of Madame's mother—has this happened before?"

Miaozhen shook her head and paused before saying, "The slave maid has been with Madame for nine years, and I saw Madame in the first year—like this, but Madame should be awake this time." That's when I heard my wife sing that tune and secretly learned it. ”

She didn't mention Mrs. Tisi's tears, but when she said this, Shen Nishang understood it.

Miao Zhen should mean that Mrs. Si cried as she did today.

"How much do you know about Madame's parents?" she couldn't help but ask, although she didn't feel much hope.

Miaozhen shook her head again: "Madame never talks about this to slaves and maids, and she doesn't like to mention old things. What the slave and maid know, and what the lady and the lady listen to these days, when they talk to the young lady. In recent years, although the lady also drinks, she has always been in moderation. It's the first time I've been drunk like this. ”

Shen Nishang nodded silently.

Originally, I wanted to ask about this song, but I saw that Miao Zhen had something to hide earlier, but now it seems that what Miao Zhen is hiding is only the time when Mrs. Si cried alone, and she doesn't know anything else.

But she instinctively felt that there was subtlety in this song.

Not only is this song not a common tune in Middle-earth, but the lyrics also seem to be some kind of obscure dialect, and this song can actually soothe the old dream of Mrs. Si, thinking that it should have some special meaning.

Her instincts told her that if she could figure out where the song came from, it would be ...... What will happen?

She smiled suddenly, and shook her head secretly.

Find out the story of Mrs. Si and know Mrs. Si's past?

Everyone has a past that they don't want to be touched, especially when it has become a hurt, and it is not far from being touched.

The past could not be changed, and even if she knew, she couldn't regain it.

What's more, looking at Mrs. Si's temperament, she obviously refuses to be explored by others.

She didn't say much after explaining to Miao Zhen, and Miao Zhen has been with her for so many years, and she doesn't need to ask too much.

Chinese New Year's Eve should have kept the New Year, Shen Chongshan was naturally in the main courtyard at this time, she didn't care if he could get up and keep the New Year with whom, this courtyard was just her and Mrs. Si's two masters, she originally did not plan to keep the New Year, but when she walked to the porch, she saw the scene of a yard of maids surrounding the court, and she also had a good mood.

A few maids greeted her: "Miss, come to Tingliao, you can set firecrackers when you arrive." ”

The little girls love to be lively, and the fire in the courtyard burns big and vigorously, and the snow is bigger than before, but it is already smoked into water vapor by the heat when it falls into the air.

Yuchun and Xiaocui came over and dragged her towards the courtyard: "Miss come quickly, Mrs. is not here, Miss will shoot her head later, and our courtyard will be prosperous in the coming year." ”

She smiled and shook her head: "Don't pull it, I can't go." ”

A few maids cheered, looked at the hour, and lifted the tarpaulin in the corner, revealing two large piles of dried bamboo.

"So much?" she chuckled.

Is this going to explode until dawn?

Yuchun said proudly: "Miss don't worry, it's been drying for a few days, and we still burned the ground yesterday and baked it for most of the day to ensure that it will explode." ”

"The time has come!" Xiao Cui Ma picked out the master and handed it to her, "Miss is about to explode." ”

Shen Nishang pursed her lips and smiled, threw the bamboo in her hand into the fire, everyone immediately held their breath, and after only a few breaths, there was a burst of "crackling horn" explosion!

The maids cheered, and they also picked their own masters who thought they would explode loudly and threw them into the court fire, comparing with each other who exploded louder.

Compared with firecrackers, it is not so loud "crackling" firecrackers accompanied by coquettish words, the red firelight reflects the faces of delicate young girls, snowflakes fluttering on their shoulders, and the girls are alive and smiling sweetly.

Glancing back at the direction of the house, and then turning her head to look at the vitality in the courtyard, at this moment, she suddenly had the idea that it would be good to live such a life.

Yuchun ran over and stuffed a large handful of firecrackers: "Miss, throw it away, don't let them rob it!"

She smiled, stepped forward, threw the firecracker in, and Yuchun next to her grabbed a large handful, and she didn't feel embarrassed, and held it in her arms: "Miss, take it quickly." ”

She smiled and reached out to take it according to Yuchun's meaning.

The bamboo exploded in the middle of the night, and a lot of old clothes and old things were burned, and it was not until midnight that I returned to the room to sleep.

After squinting for an hour, Yuchun aroused her.

On the first day of the year, I have to go to pay tribute to Mrs. Shen Chongshan, and I can't be late.

After changing her clothes, Mrs. Si had already packed up and drank her health honey tea as usual.

The fat powder on his face is thin, and he is still so gorgeous and unique, and he can't see the slightest trace of his thoughts.

Miao Zhen was holding a few purses in her hand and was loading them into her sleeve pockets, and when she saw her looking, she raised her head and smiled: "This is what Madame will give to a few young masters and young ladies later." ”

It turned out to be equivalent to New Year's money.

"They're going to give it to you later, so you just have to take it. Mrs. Si hooked her lips, "After so many years, I can get some back this year." ”

Several maids couldn't help but laugh.

Shen Nishang also said: "Okay." ”

When the group arrived at the gate of the main courtyard, they met Mrs. Wang's mother and son, Shen Nishang swept it, and the four maids who followed were all with fresh faces.

Since the Yuehong incident came out, it is said that Shen Chongshan had a good attack in Mrs. Wang's courtyard, and the maids who were close to him were almost replaced, and even Mrs. Wang seemed to be hanged.

Mrs. Wang asked Shen Pingnan to salute Mrs. Si, and Mrs. Si said lightly: "When there will naturally be a salute later, there is no need to be outside at this time." ”

The two teams then entered the hall together.

Shen Chongshan and the eldest lady sat at the head of the hall in new clothes, several children of the big house sat on one side at a time, and even Shen Siping's two daughters came.

The eldest one was more than two years old, sitting quietly beside the grandmother, and the other was only half a year old, and was held by the nurse and stood behind him.

The eldest lady also wore a new lead color that was almost red, compared to the usual old and heavy colors, this time it seemed a little younger.

After Mrs. Si and Mrs. Wang took her and the third young master to salute slightly, Shen Chongshan smiled and nodded to let them take their seats.

Shen Nishang didn't know what was going on with this New Year's prayer, so she asked Yuchun, and Yuchun only knew a rough idea.

At this time, I paid attention to it, and saw the eldest young master leading the eldest young grandmother to step forward with the two daughters, and the two husbands and wives took the eldest daughter to kneel on the futon, clasped their palms together, and read in their mouths, "Blessing is extended on the new day, and the son wishes to prolong his life." ”

After speaking, he did not kowtow directly, but leaned forward slightly, bending down.

Shen Chongshan smiled on his face, raised his hand and asked them to get up: "Okay, let's all get up." ”

Wanlu, who was standing on the side, stepped forward and handed over the purse.

The eldest young master's family took it and stepped back.

followed by the second young master and the third young master, and then the three of them.

Shen Nishang was at the end, drew a gourd and saluted in the same way, and also took a purse.

When she took the purse and was about to retreat, the eldest lady stopped her: "You entered the family tree earlier, and you didn't prepare for it, so I'll make it up for you today." ”

The maid on the side came up with a tray, and a brocade box of the same color was placed on the red silk cloth.

Shen Nishang glanced at the eldest lady, stretched out his hand to open the brocade box, and there was a pair of hairpins with arabesque butterfly patterns in it, the pure gold texture was not surprising, but the hairpin surface was decorated with the same hollow butterfly pattern on the hollow arabesque, and the hairpin face and hairpin body also had figure-eight and cross-flowers and buds.

On the other side, there is a pair of gold-inlaid jade combs with the same arabesque pattern, and a plug with a large seven small and eight gold-petaled emerald hearts.

After living for three months, Shen Nishang is not as ignorant of jewelry as she was at the beginning.

Although the eldest lady's gift did not use too many precious treasures to inlay, her skills were exquisite and meticulous, and it was not something that ordinary people could afford.

After she glanced at Mrs. Si, she saluted the eldest lady again, thanked her, and retreated.

Then the eldest young grandmother brought her two daughters to salute Mrs. Si for the New Year, but this time she did not kneel, but only stood and saluted and said auspicious words.

Miaozhen took out her purse and handed it over.

Shen Nishang looked at it, there were only three, and there was no share of the eldest young master.

Immediately followed by the second young master and the third young master, Miaozhen gave the purse in turn.

Shen Rutong didn't want to come over, Xing only paused slightly, almost couldn't even see the arc, Mrs. Si looked at it, and still had a smile that hadn't changed since she came in, and let Miaozhen give her purse.

After Shen Qiulian had saluted, Mrs. Si raised her chin towards Shen Nishang: "Go and congratulate Mrs. Wang on the New Year, you are the first time this year, but you have to do your best." ”

Shen Nishang smiled in her heart, seeing that Mrs. Si wanted to see the excitement again, she didn't show her face quietly, walked up to Mrs. Wang, and made a New Year's gift very sincerely.

Mrs. Wang took the purse of the maid behind her and stuffed it into her hand, raised her eyes to see Mrs. Si's smiling face, gritted her teeth and removed the red treasure and white jade wrist on her wrist and handed it to Shen Nishang Qiang smiled: "I don't have anything good, this wrist can still be shot, the third lady should not be disgusted." ”

The three ladies in a room are dressed up today, but a discerning person can still see that compared with the other two ladies, Mrs. Wang's dress is inferior in comparison.

Yuchun told Shen Nishang that Mrs. Wang likes to show off in front of her mother's family, and every time her mother comes with her two sisters-in-law, she has to send a lot of things.

Even if she gave birth to the third young master, Shen Chongshan was not the kind of generous man, even if he gave some occasionally, it was not much.

The jewelry that Mrs. Wang can wear today should be her favorite thing that can best support the scene.

Looking at the heartache in Mrs. Wang's smiling face, Shen Nishang only felt funny.

This should be the tacit understanding between the eldest lady and Mrs. Si, and they joined hands with Mrs. Wang.

It's no wonder that it took so much for the doctor to think of making up for this gift, and Mrs. Si said that before going out today.

I must have known that there would be such a scene.

When she retreats, this New Year's gift within the family is over, and the next thing is to greet the housekeepers.

As their relatives, Mrs. Si is not in charge of the house, so she has nothing to do with them, so she naturally goes back to her own yard.

It is said that on this day, there will also be flowing water seats in the outer courtyard for relatives and friends to "pass the seat", that is, to greet each other and eat and go.

When the elders come over, they will be received by Shen Chongshan and the eldest lady, and the other juniors or those who are not old enough will be presided over by the eldest and younger grandmothers.

As an unmarried girl, and she has no old friends, so she has nothing to do with her.

It was probably Mrs. Wang who was placed together, and Mrs. Si was very interested in pulling Shen Nishang to play Shuanglu.

Shen Nishang has heard of this kind of play, but has never really seen it, where will it play?

Mrs. Si glared at her for a long time, probably thinking that the days would be good, so she made an exception and didn't say anything unpleasant: "Come here, watch me play a game with Miao Zhen, even Shuanglu can't, how can you do it?" You are smart, look at it and it should be." ”

Shen Nishang had no choice but to sit humbly and watch.

Mrs. Si and Miao Zhen started the game while explaining the rules.

She had seen depictions of this kind of game in books, but it was only a passing touch, and she knew that it was a very popular way of playing in the old days, and it also had gambling connotations.

But at this time, I really realized that in addition to the luck factor, this game is actually a great test of human intelligence.

Seeing that she was eager to try, Mrs. Si beckoned her to sit down: "Do you want to have some color, don't add any chips, let's pay ten taels of silver, and settle the account in ten rounds." ”

She still gambled for the first time, and she was inexplicably a little excited in her heart, and nodded when she heard the words.

"You can't afford to pay for it. Mrs. Si looked at her, "If I lose, I will definitely collect the cashier, don't say that I am a novice, and I will let the novice." ”

Shen Nishang: "Don't let it, if you lose, you should hand it over." ”

"Okay, refreshing. Mrs. Si sneered and provoked, "Your father doesn't dare to go down with me, you are so bold." ”

Without further ado, the two of them started the game and began to play.

In the first game, the white horses on Shen Nishang's side had not yet begun to leave the chessboard, and Mrs. Si's fifteen dark horses had all left.

"Madame Baccarat-" Miao Zhen glanced at Shen Nishang with a smile, "Madame gets three points." ”

The two played Shuanglu, and a dry maid also threw down the leaf card in his hand and came over to watch the excitement.

Yuchun calculated, three points is thirty taels of silver, and her flesh hurt in an instant, looking at Mrs. Si's appearance in her chest, she whispered uneasily: "Miss, it's better to have one or two, right?"

Hearing Yuchun's words, Mrs. Si only raised her eyebrows with a smile and did not speak.

Shen Nishang smiled: "Let's start." ”

In the second game, Shen Nishang moved out of seven white horses, and Mrs. Si's fifteen black horses moved out first.

"Madame wins one point. Miao Zhen looked at Shen Nishang in surprise, and reported the score for Miao Hong to write it down.

The gameplay is simple and easy to play, but if you really want to play it well, it's not that easy.

Most veterans are playing for several years before they can deal with a variety of chess, although there are only two dice and two points at a time, but the changes can be described as infinite, how to choose and judge, it is not easy, no experience is tired and difficult to understand the mystery.

In the third game, Shen Nishang moved the fourteenth white horse away, and Mrs. Si threw a two-point and a six-point, just to withdraw the last black horse at the six-point position from the chessboard.

"Madame wins one point. ”

After Miao Zhen reported the number, he started the game for the two.

With a smile on her lips, Mrs. Si looked at her deeply and shook the dice......

"Miss wins one point. ”

"Madame wins one point. ”

"Miss wins one point. ”

"Miss wins two points. ”

………………

"Miss...... Baccarat, win three points. At the end of the tenth game, a dry maid had already opened her eyes wide, and Miaozhen's eyes were also full of convincing, and she pursed her lips and smiled and reported the final score, "Mrs. wins four games, six points." Miss wins six games and counts nine points. ”

Miaohong was so impressed that she threw herself to the ground: "Miss is also ...... It's too powerful! I've just learned it—the slave has never seen my wife lose, and no one in our yard dares to bet money with my wife on the double continent. Madame is looking for an opponent this time!"

Surprised, she grinned.

"It's just calculation plus luck. Shen Nishang smiled modestly, "I'm better at points." ”

Mrs. Si was not ambiguous, let Miaohong take out thirty taels, and simply put a money box on the side, with a posture of doing a big job, Feng Mu picked slightly, smiled and nodded at her with her finger, "Go to eat first, and continue when you run out." Mrs. Ben has the silver, it depends on how much you can take, don't say those words that are unlucky, don't hide them, hurry up and take out all the skills for me, I really don't believe I can lose to you little girl!"

Yuchun held three brand-new silver ingots and stayed by the side.

A room full of people, even Mrs. Si, was full of interest, and Shen Nishang had no choice but to bow her head.

This game came to the evening, there were a lot of people visiting on the first day, and Shen Chongshan didn't come, she played with Mrs. Si until dinner time before stopping the truce.

Shen Nishang didn't give in, Mrs. Si had a lot of fun, and it didn't hurt at all to give the silver, Yuchun held the bright and clear twenty-two silver ingots and the New Year's gift received today, and her heart only felt happy.

Back in the courtyard, Shen Nishang handed the last purse given by Mrs. Si to Yuchun.

Yuchun was also curious, and touched the fluttering, not as if there was a silver nude inside the maid for them.

When she opened it, she was stunned, and looked at Shen Nishang in a daze: "Miss-"

Shen Nishang removed the hairpin in front of the frame, and wore it for a day, the portion was sufficient, it looked good, but it was heavy enough.

"What's the matter?" she didn't turn her head.

Yuchun swallowed her saliva and handed over the five silver tickets in her hand to her: "Mrs. Si gave it to Miss...... Five thousand taels. ”

Shen Nishang paused, turned his head to look over, his eyes fell on the silver ticket, and he was silent for a moment: "Put it away." ”

Yuchun had never seen such a large amount of silver in his life, and he couldn't control his trembling with the silver ticket, and his voice was tight: "So much, the slave and maid feel weak when they hold it." ”

"If you are told to take it, who else can I take care of but you. Shen Nishang sighed in her heart, and her heart was also mixed, "I'm afraid this is because Mrs. wanted us to open a shop and took advantage of this." ”

The purse was handed to her by Madame Si after dinner, and she guessed that it should be a silver ticket, but she didn't expect such a large amount.

She knew that Mrs. Si's dowry on the face was two shops and a Zhuangzi, and the others were not in kind.

Based on her analysis, even if Mrs. Si's father prefers this daughter, he will not be too eye-catching on the surface, but the amount of silver he gives secretly must be a certain amount.

But even if this amount is a lot, according to her, it should be around twenty or thirty thousand taels.

Twenty or thirty thousand taels may not sound like much, but according to the price of Yuchun earlier, it is actually enough for a moderately wealthy family to raise children and grandchildren for a lifetime, and it can be called a very comfortable life.

An ordinary merchant in Yunzhou City can have a few thousand taels of cash in his home, which can already be regarded as a wealthy family.

It is said that the eldest lady got married that year, and the dowry was only 8,000 taels.

Five thousand taels of silver tickets fluttered lightly in Yuchun's hands, but Shen Nisheng's heart was a little heavy.

Mrs. Si is still so improper, likes to tease and laugh, but in fact, everyone around her can see that Mrs. Si treats her better and better.

The tone of her words and expression is still the same tone, which often makes her have to deal with it with a wooden face, but in all other aspects, many times she didn't expect that the maids were attentive.

Even if the eldest lady treats Shen Rutong, I'm afraid it's nothing more than that.

Facing Yuchun, Shen Nishang was calm on her face, but she was a little complicated and indescribable in her heart.

She didn't know where she got into Mrs. Si's eyes.

For more than two months, in addition to listening to Mrs. Si's ridicule with a wooden face, she occasionally couldn't help but reply to a sentence or two, and then occasionally chatted with Mrs. Si when she was in a good mood and listened to the teachings, and she really couldn't find any use or benefit for herself.

Her first thought was to get a nominal asylum, but now, she seems to have received much more than she expected.

Yuchun hid the silver ticket properly, and saw that Shen Nishang was still in a daze: "Miss, what do you want?"

Shen Nishang asked her, "What do you think of me?"

Yuchun was stunned: "Miss is very good." ”

"It's not like that, let's be more detailed. Shen Nishang was speechless.

Yuchun thought about it very hard: "Miss knows a lot of things, and she knows a lot of skills, by the way, Miss learns things quickly." The slave has never seen a faster learner than a young lady. ”

Yuchun counted with his fingers.

Shen Nishang shook her head, these may be useful to others, but for Mrs. Si, they don't mean anything. (To be continued.) )