Chapter 5 Fengyang Mu Mansion
My father said, don't be stupid, don't be deaf, don't be a housekeeper. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Although Mama Hong has a little problem, her taking good care of her brother is her greatest credit. Be a person and do things in a relaxed manner, treat your subordinates, and if you secretly give some sweetness without violating the rules of the system, you will be more motivated to do things. But there must also be principles, once you violate the bottom line of your principles, you must solve her at one time, such as disloyalty, such as infringing on the interests of the master. This "degree" has to be mastered by yourself.
At that time, although Mu Zhiyue didn't understand her father's meaning too much, she did so, and turned a blind eye to Mama Hong's affairs. After observing secretly, I found that in addition to being greedy in some small places, she was very conscientious in the big places, so she relaxed her heart.
It wasn't until many years later that she took charge of the middle feed in Huaiyuanbo's mansion, and in the face of the general affairs of the mansion and countless servants, she remembered what her father had warned her and took it as a warning.
Putting down Mama Hong and not talking, Mu Zhiyue looked at the brother in front of her and put away the sourness in her heart. patted his brother with an uninjured hand and smiled, "Brother, don't worry, Yue'er just scratched a little skin, and there is no blood, so it won't hurt if you can't touch it."
Mu Chenqi squinted at his sister in disbelief, and only relieved himself when he saw that she didn't look like she was lying, but he didn't dare to pull Mu Zhiyue's hand again. grinned and said, "Yue'er pulled my brother's clothes, let's go into the house quickly, Xiaoman just brought a plate of chestnut sweet cakes, I didn't even eat it." Then she turned around and ran towards the house in a panic, Mu Zhiyue was shocked, she didn't remember this in her memory. However, what about pulling my brother's clothes? He ran so fast, how to pull?
Seeing Mu Zhiyue's arm raised and put down hatefully, Ling Yan and Xu'er lowered their heads and snickered behind them, and the fourth young master didn't remember anything when he touched it.
The main room of Ciyan Hall is composed of three rooms, one bright and two dark, the middle one is a hall house, and the dark rooms on both sides are used as the grandfather's study and the second elder's bedroom. A vacant lot was opened in the middle of the wing room and the main house on both sides, and two flower beds were made around the bluestone, and each was divided into six furrows and planted with six-colored flowers. At this time, it was summer, and the purple and red were very beautiful, and the warblers and butterflies dancing all over the yard added a touch of vitality.
The two little girls standing under the eaves lifted the light blue embroidered honeysuckle pattern thin silk brocade curtain hanging on the door from a distance, Mu Zhiyue walked in with Lingyan, and Xu'er went to the pantry to chat with the little girls who kept the stove. There is a six-leaf mahogany trim inlaid enamel mountain spring picture screen in the house, which makes people feel refreshing and refreshing, as if there is a coolness coming, which is the most suitable in this summer. Because it was early summer, there was no ice basin left unplaced.
In front of the screen is a Huanghuali inlaid jade fence with a gap Arhat bed, and a bronze gilt fish-shaped palace lamp is set up on the left and right.
The old woman on the Luohan bed is Mu Zhiyue's grandmother Mu Yinshi, her half-white and half-black hair is neatly tied in a round bun, an orange-yellow thumb-sized agate on her stone blue forehead, a pair of eyes have long lost the clarity of her youth, but have a little more sharpness, her dark red lips are tightly pursed and the two fine lines at the corners of her mouth can be seen, and the autumn-colored cocoon silk jacket has faintly visible water ripples, and she is leaning on the brocade cushion on the bed.
Grandmother's life can be described as smooth sailing, so even if she is almost in her sixtieth year, she is still in good spirits. The two brothers and sisters in the fifth room have been lost since childhood, and they are the grandchildren of their relatives, and the old lady is more pampered.
Therefore, whether Mu Zhiyue was in the Mu Mansion or when she got married, she received relatively more care from the old lady, and because of this, when the Mu family was no longer beautiful, and there were several sisters of the same age who were not married, the old lady single-handedly married Mu Zhiyue, who was not too prominent, to Jingshi and married into Bofu.
Regardless of the outcome, the old lady's intentions were good.
There were four rosewood chairs on each side of the Luohan bed, and there were three women sitting there at this time, Mu Zhiyue glanced at it lightly, it was a few aunts, and several female elders who were used to appearing here were there.
Mu Zhiyue didn't look closely, and bowed deeply to the grandmother on the Luohan bed, "Granddaughter Zhiyue asks grandmother to be safe, let grandmother worry, it is granddaughter's unfilial piety."
This kneeling, Mu Zhiyue was with a strong friendship. At the time of her death, her grandmother was still alive, still as steady as Mount Tai, leading Mu Fu to find a way out of the desperate situation. The self-reliance of the child made her not have much admiration for her grandmother, but at this moment, Mu Zhiyue is more willing to be a dependent grandmother, who can be coquettish and play with her temper.
This is her closest blood relative in addition to her father and brother, and the thoughts accumulated over the years have been accumulated to this day, and the infinite grievances in her heart seem to have poured out.
Therefore, after saying that sentence, Mu Zhiyue's tears flowed out, and they were out of control. The small body is lying on the ground, and it makes people feel distressed to look at it.
Originally, I heard my grandson Mu Chenxuan, who came back first, say that Yueya's head injury was not serious, and she didn't worry too much, and it was the greatest luck that someone was fine. It's just that the moon girl has always been calm, why did she cry like this as soon as she came back, could it be ...... Is there any secret injury that you can't tell your grandson?
Thinking about it frightened the old lady, and the elders who were sitting or standing next to her couldn't sit still, and they all stepped forward to ask about it, coaxing people, and the younger eight cousins were even more frightened by this mess and cried.
Mu Chenqi saw that his sister cried as soon as she entered the house and didn't speak, and ran over after dropping the half-eaten pastry in her hand.
At this time, the old lady's majesty was fully displayed, and she knocked on the table hard and shouted: "Okay, there are still some rules, the noise gives me a headache." Only then did the ladies and relatives rest their hearts of inquiry and concern, and they all returned to you. He also ordered someone to take the fourth son and the eighth girl down and coax them, and then the house stopped.
Mrs. Mu picked up the pastel teacup in front of her and took a sip of tea, secretly calming her mind and telling herself not to panic. This granddaughter usually does not go out of the door, and the carriage in the hurry overturns, she may just be frightened. Although I think so, I still have some bottom in my heart.
I looked up and saw that Mu Zhiyue was still kneeling, and I was so busy that I was distressed, "Oh, don't hurry up and help the moon girl, although it is in June, the cold has not disappeared, don't break your body." Ling Yan, who came in with Mu Zhiyue, heard the words and hurriedly helped her girl up
Mu Zhiyue's third aunt was wearing a blue-green woven gold Hangzhou silk gown and a moon-white threaded skirt, and she looked very energetic. stood up and took Mu Zhiyue's hand and said, "Six girls, sit down and rest, this is really a flying disaster, we heard your third brother say that the carriage has turned over, but we are all frightened." It's a good thing you didn't suffer any major injuries, which is a blessing in disguise," he said, pulling her to sit down in the chair next to her.
The third aunt is from the Rong family, one of the three major shipping ships in Fengcheng, and is the only merchant girl in the Mu Mansion. Shinong businessmen, businessmen are profit-oriented, not pragmatic, and have always been despised by people, but because of their wealth, people envy them, which is actually a very contradictory thing.
Before Mu Zhiyue got married, she heard the people in the house talk about it, saying that when the third aunt married into the Mu family, the makeup was carried into the gate of the Mu Mansion, and the dowry did not leave the West City, it was really ten miles of red makeup. There was an old lady who said that even if the emperor married his daughter, there was no such battle, and some people said, "You have never even been out of Fengyang City in your life, where have you seen the emperor marry a daughter?"
Mu Zhiyue has seen the emperor marry his daughter, but she has never seen the scenery of the third aunt getting married, so she can't compare. At that time, he was still telling a joke to Cao Baisen, who was newly married, but now it seems that he is the joke......
Since Mu Zhiyue's mother went, the brother and sister have always lived in a simple place, but it is conceivable that the relationship with the masters in the house is not very deep. Until Mu Zhiyue married into Huaiyuanbo's mansion, the first management of the affairs could not be handy, Zhuangzi and the shop always had many problems, and at that time, thanks to the help of the Rong family in the capital, it was not too much to be anxious, so I was very grateful to the third aunt Mu Zhiyue.
A weak voice interrupted Mu Zhiyue's thoughts, "Third aunt, let's ask Doctor Chang to show the sixth sister first, he has been waiting for a long time."
Only then did Mu Zhiyue notice that there was still a person sitting on the embroidery pier at her grandmother's feet, twelve or thirteen years old, with a silver gilt flower on the flowing cloud bun that she was loosely holding, and her forehead hair was parted and hidden behind her ears. The eyebrows are not painted and dai, the lips are not dotted and Zhu, wearing a white shallow collar wide-sleeved skirt, only a few folded plum blossoms are embroidered on the sleeves and left hem, which is very beautiful and refined.
After a closer look, I remembered that this is the second cousin of the eldest uncle's family, Mu Zhiyan, the second cousin is the leader among the young ladies of the Mu family, regardless of appearance, literary style, and taste, she has always been a model for her sisters to follow, but she lives in Beijing with her eldest uncle, and rarely returns to Fengyang.
Mu Zhiyue didn't know how old he was, and suddenly the eldest uncle sent someone to send the second cousin back to Fengyang, saying that he wanted to celebrate him under his grandmother's knees. Although they are in the same house, the second cousin is a fairy-like character, and he always reduces his sense of existence intentionally or unintentionally, so he doesn't want to get to her, and the two don't have much contact.
It wasn't until Mu Zhiyue entered Beijing later that she listened to other wives gossiping about anecdotes in Beijing at the first flower-viewing party, talking about the fight between Xia Yi, the grandson of Chengguo Gong, and the king of Anyang County because of a woman in a green building. Another lady said to Mu Zhiyue, fortunately, the girl of your Mu family has withdrawn from the family affair with Xia Yi, otherwise she can't count the bad things.
After careful questioning, I learned that the eldest uncle had set up a family affair for Xia Yi, the second son of Xia Yun, the secretary of Taichang Temple, for his second cousin in Beijing.
Maybe it's because his own conditions are too good, maybe it's because the elders are too favored, maybe Xia Yi was a bastard at that time, and everyone was angry. Suddenly, one day, Mu Zhiyan, who was only eleven years old, sneaked out of the house and ran to the land of fireworks to "meet" her drunken fiancé. Later, there was no later, the Xia family and the second sister retreated, and Mu Zhiyan was sent back to Fengyang.
This matter was concealed by the elders, and they only said that they would return to Fengyang to do their filial piety for their eldest uncle, so they didn't know the reason