Chapter 17: The Matter of the Four Rooms
Su Yunrou stopped outside the five solemn main rooms in the Enlightened Pavilion, and listened quietly to the faint sound of the pipa coming from the room. The little maid who brought her in on the side of the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info was about to lead them in loudly, but Su Yunrou stretched out her hand to stop her, shook her head lightly, and signaled her to wait until the song was finished.
Su Yunyou, who came with Su Yunrou, also focused on the sound of the song at this time, and muttered in his mouth: "Such a beautiful pipa sound, it can't be her, right?" As soon as these words came out, Su Yunyou immediately shook his head vigorously, that guy doesn't know anything but willfulness, how can he play such a pleasant pipa? It must not be her.
As soon as the song was over, the little girl who was a little anxious couldn't wait to shout, "The fourth girl, the eighth girl is here", and walked quickly to the door, and opened the curtain for them with a smile: "Four girls, eight girls, go in quickly! It's cold outside, come into the house and be warm." ”
Su Yunrou smiled slightly, nodded her head, and brought Su Yunyou and the two maids who came with her.
As soon as the two sisters entered the house, they felt a heat wave rushing in, and Su Yunyou's delicate little face that had just been blown by the cold wind outside was flushed with a large blush by this heat wave.
"It's so warm!" Su Yunyou sighed with emotion, and thought of the few poor charcoal basins in his house that had no warmth, and his heart was very uncomfortable. They are all daughters of the Su family, why does Su Yunjiao have this dragon to keep warm, but they and their parents can only rely on those charcoal basins to keep warm, and the burned carbon still has a part, which is not enough for them at all!
"Four girls, eight girls are here!" Pingxiang turned out from behind the eight screens in the hall, saluted them with a smile on her face, and reached out to help them remove the big wool cloak on their bodies, and said, "Two girls come with me, the girl is in the back room." ”
Su Yunrou and Su Yunyou handed over their clothes to the waiting maid and put them away, nodded and followed.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Su Yunjiao wearing a silver-red embroidered butterfly and a patterned cardigan with large sleeves sitting on the couch, with a hanging hair on her head and a pearl hairpin, and a sandalwood pipa in her hand.
Su Yunrou smiled: "I don't want the seventh sister to play the pipa well." ”
The fourth sister smiled. Su Yunjiao plucked a few more strings casually, and sighed, "I haven't played it for two years, and I don't remember the technique." ”
She hadn't played the lute in a long, long time. The Houmen family attached great importance to the upbringing of their daughters, and not only hired their husbands to open a women's school to teach them to read and write, but also made them choose one of their talents to refine their talents, so that they could socialize at various banquets in the future, and music theory was one of them. The daughter of the Su family, everyone is good at a musical instrument.
The eldest sister is good at the zheng, the second sister, the fourth sister and the fifth sister are all good at playing the piano, the third sister has a clear flute sound, the sixth sister plays the moon qin well, and even the youngest ninth sister also showed her talent in Xiao Yi, and the eighth sister, although she did not understand music theory when she was in Shanzhou, she also learned the piano with Mr. after entering the Hou Mansion.
As for her, her husband once said that she was extremely talented in pipa, but she saw that her sisters had the most people learning the piano at that time, and she had the idea of comparing herself with them, so she had been hesitant about the piano and pipa. It wasn't until later that he heard that Bai Guanzhi played Xiao Yin very well, and with the idea of a little daughter who could play with the qin and flute in the future, he resolutely abandoned the pipa and tried to learn the piano that she was not good at.
It's a pity, it's a pity, maybe it's because he doesn't want to, maybe it's because her piano doesn't play well and can't keep up with his Xiao Yin, in short, she failed to do so in the end. Now I recall that the musical instrument really still needs a certain talent, and the guqin is really not as suitable for her as the pipa, because she was too obsessed with it and cared too much about other things, and she missed the truth, and also missed the two good pianos.
The 'Pond of Waves' and 'Cloud Smoke' she brought to the Liguo Mansion should have been burned in the last fire.
Thinking of this, Su Yunjiao let out a light sigh.
Su Yunrou watched her expression quietly, and remembered the hidden worry in the song she had just played, knowing that she must have something to worry about. Hey, it seems that when you arrive in the capital, everyone has a lot of worries, and even a simple and happy person like Xiaoyou can't sleep at night. Although she said that it was because she was not used to the bed, Su Yunrou, as an older sister, did not understand that she was worried about her family's situation.
The situation in the capital is worse than she originally thought, not to mention the relationship between the houses and the old lady, just those who are born with a pair of snobbish eyes will give them a look on their faces, and she can put it aside, but in the matter of deducting the charcoal fire, she really can't deal with it calmly.
The mother is weak, and she can't stand the cold the most, and the charcoal fire is not enough, and she has been deducted layer by layer, and there are really few pitiful in their hands. And the mother has a soft temperament, knowing that the old lady doesn't like their family, how dare she say these things when she first arrives in Beijing, she can only swallow it herself.
It was cold in Beijing, and the charcoal fire was not enough, and the mother was reluctant to suffer them and her father, so she only gave them more of the charcoal fire regardless of herself. It's okay for a day or two, but if it goes on for a long time, I don't know what will happen to my mother's body.
Su Yunrou was worried, this trip to Su Yunjiao was for this matter. Although there are many sisters in Beijing, they are only a few acquaintances with her, and they have the promise made before the third room, so they want to ask Su Yunjiao to help them think of ideas and solve their predicament. However, when she entered the Enlightened Pavilion and saw Su Yunjiao, she also looked preoccupied, and she couldn't speak for a while.
However, Su Yunjiao came back to her senses, handed the pipa in her hand and took it down, and asked, "I don't know why the fourth sister came to me?
Su Yunyou, who was sitting on the side and didn't speak, quietly waiting for her sister to speak, listened to her words, combined with the embarrassment of the past few days and the magnificence in the Enlightened Pavilion in front of her, the words that she originally cared about were just a little gloating for her.
Su Yunyou snorted heavily and asked fiercely, "Did you mean it?"
The gratuitous sentence made Su Yunjiao a little inexplicable, and she subconsciously wanted to sneer at her, but after seeing Su Yunyou glaring at her very aggrievedly, she couldn't help it, and only held her forehead and asked helplessly: "What's wrong?" ”
Su Yunyou felt more and more aggrieved when he heard this, ignoring Su Yunrou's obstructive look, he pouted and said with a crying voice: "You just did it on purpose, you deliberately angered us!"
Su Yunjiao still didn't react, but Pingxiang next to her coughed lightly twice, and secretly used her hand to compare a "three" and then "three" to "four", after Su Yunjiao saw it, she looked at Su Yunrou's tangled appearance and didn't know how to speak, and her heart suddenly brightened. The situation of the fourth room must be not good now.
Looking at Su Yunyou, who was still aggrieved, Su Yunjiao said: "Okay, if you have something, I will say that the conditions that Sanfang promised you at that time will not be in vain." ”
Su Yunyou sniffed and looked at her with wide eyes: "Can you count?"
"Count naturally. "Really, this aggrieved face makes her look like a delicate little daughter-in-law, and she is not responsible for other people's stinky hooligans.
Su Yunyou listened to the words and thought about it for a long time, before he glanced up and down at her and said, "I'll believe you once." ”
Su Yunjiao shook her head, and said to Su Yunjiu again: "The fourth sister can just say something directly." ”
Since it has been said that it is the intention, Su Yunrou no longer hesitated, but said implicitly: "The seventh sister's house is so warm, but I heard that there are regulations for charcoal fires everywhere in the house, I don't know how much the regulations of the seventh sister are?"
Su Yunjiao understood what she meant when she heard it, no wonder the fourth sister couldn't hold her breath, and she came to the door only a few days ago, it turned out that there was a problem here. The winter in the capital is cold, and normal people can't stand it, not to mention the fourth uncle and aunt who are weak, and she knows the thoughts of the people in the house. Some things on the surface are not easy to deduct, these things that no one notices secretly, and even if you perceive them, no one will easily ask them, and they are not to be deducted.
Su Yunjiao said with a smile: "Fourth sister, this question is difficult for me, I have never paid attention to these, but the fourth sister can allow me to find someone to ask, and then give the fourth sister an answer in a few days." ”
Su Yunrou breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this matter had been resolved, and said, "Naturally, you can, but I don't know who the seventh sister is going to ask for?"
Su Yunjiao thought for a while and said: "Now the affairs of the house are all in the hands of the fifth uncle and mother, this question is the most appropriate to ask her, but the New Year is approaching, and the fifth uncle and mother are busy every day without touching the ground, so it is not good to bother her for these little things, it is better to ask the eldest aunt." The eldest aunt has been in charge of the Hou Mansion for many years, and she must know this matter, if it doesn't work out again, she can ask the eldest sister. ”
"Big sister?" Su Yunrou muttered, as if thinking about something.
Su Yunjiao saw that she didn't want to bother other others, but they had just arrived, if they did it, they might offend a lot of people, and in the future, there would be few people who stumbled on them, and those who wore small shoes still came to her, who did not play cards according to common sense, and wanted to be a willful person to do it.
Su Yunjiao, who had made up her mind, said with a smile: "Yes, since the fourth sister asked me, naturally she wants me to answer, and the fourth sister can't know the answer before me, otherwise I will be angry." ”
Su Yunjiao can understand her thoughts, how can Su Yunrou not understand Su Yunjiao's heart of protection? After thinking about it for a long time, Su Yunrou didn't insist anymore, but said gratefully: "Then thank you Seventh Sister." "The current situation of the fourth room really does not allow her to provoke more people's displeasure.
Su Yunjiao smiled: "Why do you need to thank each other. The fourth sister took care of me like that in Shanzhou, and this little thing is nothing. Then he asked, "Do you have any questions about the fourth sister, might as well ask them together?"
Su Yunrou hesitated a little, the most urgent matter has been solved, there is no need to be so anxious about the others, and the third uncle and third aunt are not there, even if Su Yunjiao is afraid, she is unable to solve it.
She hesitated, but Su Yunyou didn't hesitate, and sneered: "You can't answer that simple question just now, and the others are more difficult than that, you can still answer it." ”
Su Yunjiao smiled: "You heard it just now, I can't answer it, but I can find someone to ask it, and I can also ask other questions." ”
What Sifang asks for is nothing more than three things, the future of the fourth uncle, the body of the fourth uncle, and the famous teacher of the eighth brother, instead of waiting for her parents to come back a year later, it is better to go directly to her sixth brother to come faster, besides, these things in the previous life were done by his sixth brother.
"Can you find someone?"
Su Yunjiao nodded.
"Okay, let me ask you, what are the famous doctors and teachers in Beijing?"
The eighth sister is really a direct person, and the question is so straightforward, Su Yunjiao smiled and said, "You wait a few days, and then you will answer the question of the fourth sister." ”
Originally, she was still worried about the conversation between the three of her master and servant that night, thinking about whether to follow the advice of Pingxiang and Huizhu to find the sixth brother for help, which is good, anyway, she wants to annoy him, so she just said it together.
Su Yunyou listened to it and said "yes" with great satisfaction, feeling that Su Yunjiao still had some conscience, and the effort he spent on Su Yunjiao at that time was not in vain.
Su Yunrou was even more grateful: "I'm tired of the seventh sister." ”
Su Yunjiao glanced at her, recalled Pingxiang's words that night, sighed in her heart, and said, "Don't thank me, I still have something to ask the fourth sister to take care of in the future." ”
Su Yunrou was stunned, but she heard the maid's shout faintly outside: "Fifth girl, ninth girl is here!"