Saying that, Hongmei walked in and went back and forth, and said to He Jiaxian with a smile: "Bing has already let the peony be taken away, and the slave maid gave her two taels of silver, and she said that Aunt Xue and Aunt Chen are here." ”

So it is so, that you will come by means of relatives and set me up. He Jiaxian couldn't help but smile, Chen was afraid that he would think that she would not give it, just through the mouths of the two elders, to spread her reputation as unvirtuous and unfilial.

couldn't help but secretly rejoice, and glanced at Hongmei again. Hongmei calmly accepted her gaze before she said: "Before the slave maid entered the Fang Mansion to serve, she worked as a slave maid in the Ma family in Changzhou for three years, and served the old lady of the Ma family. ”

He Jiaxian listened to her with great interest: "Master Ma is the prefect of Changzhou. Later, the slave's father owed a lot of debts for gambling, and was hacked to death outside, and the slave was afraid that the creditor would find the slave and the maid to ask for silver, so he quickly ran away and came to Yanzhou. Then he went to Fang's house and sold himself into slavery. ”

Changzhou is in the south and Yanzhou is in the north, separated by more than 1,500 miles. Hongmei, a little girl, how brave and difficult it should be to run so far?

It is precisely because she has served the housewife of the eunuch family that she can do things satisfactorily, think long-term, surpass Lamei and others in one fell swoop, stand out from the third-class maids, and be promoted very quickly.

"What else?" He Jiaxian continued.

Hongmei shook her head: "No." ”

"Yes. ”

"And there are. He Jiaxian said softly: "For example, when you came to me, you never made a mistake, but that day I don't know why, and suddenly burned your hand?"

She has always been worried about Hongmei, so that Jixiang sent someone to star, Chun Xing said that Dongmei came to find Hongmei that day, Hongmei began to go out first, and then suddenly came back to pour tea, and it was burned.

"It is the duty of a slave to serve a good master, since he has arrived at Tinglan Courtyard, he naturally can't be in Cao Ying's heart in Han. Hongmei's eyes were red, and she gritted her teeth and knelt down: "The slave maid just wants to live in peace, and she doesn't want to die so ugly like the slave's father." ”

"Are you literate?" said auspiciousness after the break, but in Cao Ying's heart in Han......

"I don't know. However, when the slave maid was a child, his father loved to take the slave and maid to listen to the book after drinking, and the slave and maid listened to it for several years. After hearing too much about some of the words, I knew the meaning and wrote them down. Hongmei replied seriously: "The slave maid is from Heshoutang, and I also know that the lady has made the second grandmother suffer a lot before, and the slave maid should be suspicious, and the slave and maid dare not be aggrieved." ”

He Jiaxian saw that she understood everything, but he admired it more and more: "Then how did you know to ask Peony just now?"

"The slave maid is in Heshoutang, and the peony has come to her for the first time and doesn't understand a lot of things, and the slave maid has told her, so she is willing to tell the slave maid. Since she started talking, Hongmei simply explained everything and said it clearly, vividly and thoroughly: "This thing is common." ”

"In the past, Mrs. Ma thought that Mrs. Ma was disobedient, so she deliberately provoked her, and her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not speak for several days. When there were guests at home, Mrs. Ma deliberately did not explain it and sent someone to invite Mrs. Ma, but Mrs. Ma didn't know why, thinking that she was going to embarrass her again, and she was looking for a quarrel, but she tore her face anyway, so she said that she was unwell and didn't go. Mrs. Ma deliberately brought the guests to visit, pretending that the eldest lady was playing cards, and the reputation of the eldest lady's unfilial piety spread, and was ignored by the old lady for several months, and Changzhou City also became a laughing stock and the object of rejection, for a long time the ladies educated their daughters-in-law, and they all said that they did not learn and the eldest lady of the Ma family...... "Hongmei learned the same way, not like a made-up story:" Lamei arrived in the yard, and told me everything, I think, the second grandmother probably has no patience. ”

"Today, the peony came to ask for ice, but fortunately, the second grandmother gave it happily, otherwise, the slave still has to dare to speak up, so that the second grandmother can endure it for the time being. After Hongmei finished speaking, He Jiaxian had already personally helped her up: "My situation in this mansion is like walking on thin ice, you are so smart and smart, you should be able to understand ......"

"It's normal for people, and the second grandmother doesn't have to mind. Hongmei knew that He Jiaxian was suspicious of her, so she smiled, and her face looked better than anything else: "This is the performance of a serious slave." If the second grandmother has no suspicion, she entrusts the slave and maid with a heavy responsibility, and the slave and maid are afraid that they will not dare to serve - things are abnormal, and there must be a trap......"

"You're poor-mouthed. Ji Xiang said with a smile on the side: "In these things, the slave is ashamed, and Sister Hongmei is much smarter than the slave." ”

"Sister, don't be modest, you used to be in charge of flowers and plants in the yard, how do you understand the twists and turns in the stomachs of those ladies and grandmothers?" Hongmei said with a smile: "I was also sold by my father as a slave since I was a child, and I had to do it as a last resort." ”

The two maids sighed about their own suffering and life experiences, and they couldn't wait to hug their heads and cry.

In the days to come, it was probably a tragedy connected by the same fate, but the two people worked together, helped each other, and trusted each other.

Fang Qirui is getting busier and busier, and He Jiaxian is also getting busier.

The affairs of Tinglan Courtyard are well organized, and anything that the Chen family or the Jin Lady orders will be dealt with only after returning to He Jiaxian.

She is busy with Fang Qikai's education.

Fang Qikai was willing to read and listen to stories, but after only a month, he began to get bored.

He didn't abide by the time he said to come to study, and he was careless when he was asked to read, He Jiaxian still wanted to send him to a private school.

Aunt Shen is naturally willing, but the Chen family is there, but I am afraid that she will not agree.

Master Fang was busy again, and he said that he would check his homework in seven days, but he only complied with it twice, and then went out to the south to see silk, and it was a month to go.

And He Jiaxian's patience has collapsed to the extreme, but he is unwilling to easily reverse his heart, so he is afraid that it will be more difficult to deal with it if he suffers for another month.

It's big for a while, but it can only be forced to persevere, and it is repeated every day in the process of educating Fang Qikai - depressed - adjusting the mood and re-educating - depressed.

It happened that Xu was sick at this time, He Jiaxian went back to visit the patient, and Jixiang said: "Why don't you go back and ask the master of the in-laws, if he is willing to accept it, I am afraid that the lady will have nothing to say." At that time, you just need to wait for the master to come back and explain. ”

He Jiaxian secretly said that this was also a way, and after returning home, he told He Runian about this plan.

Because it is a righteous and bright thing, he does not avoid people.

He Runian thought about it and agreed.

Chunjiao covered her mouth and smiled when she heard this: "Hey, my second miss, second aunt and grandmother, your own brother's heart hasn't been fucked yet, but he has worried about others." ”

He Jiaxian said with a straight face: "Isn't the fourth young master my younger brother? ”

Xu shook his head secretly and motioned to He Jiaxian to stop talking.

After the banquet was dismissed and he returned to the room, Coral said the reason: "Where is the illness of Madame, it is not that she is angry with Chunjiao." ”

"What's wrong?"

Chunjiao went out with the child in her arms, and she didn't know where she got an idea to ask the master to buy a house for the little master. Coral was the fastest, but he couldn't get angry: "We are all living on the lord's monthly service now, barely making ends meet, and we can't even have a superfluous eldest son left, let alone such a large amount of silver as a house." ”

"You're still so young?"

Mrs. said the same thing, and Chunjiao framed Mrs. with the master, saying that Mrs. was overpowering the money and wanted to make up for her daughters. The more Coral spoke, the more angry he became: "The master asked Mrs. to hand over all the money from the housekeeper, and said that he would give the silver directly to Chunjiao in the future." ”

"Daddy actually agreed? This is a spoiled concubine and a wife!" He Jiaxian's intuition was not good.

Coral said: "The master originally disagreed, but what Chunjiao said was pitiful." She said that the old man is old, the moon is young, and the lady is old and sick. If the little young master grows up, if the old master is here, I am afraid that he will not be able to teach, then what will the little young master take to marry a wife and continue the incense of the He family? At that time, I am afraid that there will not even be any money for his wife's medical treatment?"

"Isn't this house always Jin'er's in the future? Besides, if Jin'er can be motivated, he will be able to earn a fame and a future, so why should he be in the shadow of his ancestors?" He Jiaxian wondered, if it was so fake, He Runian would actually believe it? Is it really old and confused?

"She's not greedy enough. Coral said angrily: "She said that if the old man dies early, then the lady will rely on the power of the second grandmother, and she will inevitably drive her mother and son out of the He family, so either the old man will write a note now and let the old lady be a guarantee." Or let her be in charge of the house, save the money and buy another house. ”

Before anyone dies, they have to write a will? The more He Jiaxian listened, the more angry he became.

Such a clear curse, no matter how much He Runian likes his son, it will not be tolerated, Na Chunjiao cried, made trouble and hanged herself, "After the He family is going to be broken, one generation is not as good as one generation" The words said back and forth, after a long time, He Runian was very impatient, so he agreed to give her the right to stewardship.

Then, she deducted twenty taels a month, and the rest of the food was bought and cooked, He Runian only ate at home in the morning and evening, and it didn't cost much to drink porridge and eat steamed buns in the morning, and the meal at night was also reasonable, but it was miserable at noon, only cabbage and radish with clear soup and little water.

That's it, but Coral found that Chunjiao was eating alone in the room, and told He Runian, He Runian was just impatient: "No." And told Xu not to stir up trouble.

Xu was so angry that he fell ill all of a sudden.

"If Mrs. is angry with her aunt a few more times, I am afraid that her heart will be fulfilled. Coral was indignant: "She's been thinking about straightening it." ”

Sango's worries are not unreasonable, Xu's health is very bad, and when he is old, if he can't even be guaranteed to eat and sleep, then he is afraid that he will really die before He Ru, and Chunjiao will succeed in taking the position.

But Xu was worried about her life, if she was told to relax and not care about these things, I was afraid that she would not be able to do it.

As she was talking, Chun Jiao leaned against the door and came over quietly: "The master said that he doesn't want to interfere in the battle of your Fang family." The fourth young master waited for the master's permission, and then sent it to the private school. ”

What I promised was clearly promised, but it was only a few minutes, and I regretted it?

He Jiaxian turned around and smiled smug at Shang Chunjiao: "I'll ask my father." ”

Chunjiao was not frightened by her confrontation, but smiled: "Go ahead, don't be sad and disappointed and blame me." ”

He Runian was teasing the child, he said that his ten-month-old son was holding it in his hand, and then throwing it high, and then catching it, and the child giggled happily.

Since He Jiaxian crossed over, he had never seen He Runian's eyes so gentle, so clean, and so full of hope.

"Father, why did you change your hexagram again?" He Jiaxian waited for a while, and waited until He Runian saw her and stopped what he was doing before asking.

"As soon as you said it, I thought it was Master Fang who agreed, and Chunjiao reminded me that Master Fang had not been in Yanzhou recently, and I just remembered. He Runian's demeanor was calm: "Since you don't have the permission of your elders, you naturally can't make your own decisions." ”

"But that kid can......'t be delayed," He Jiaxian retorted.

"Then we can wait for Master Fang's permission to send it back. He Runian said to her: "It is common for some children to come to enlightenment when they are ten years old. ”

He Jiaxian saw that he had a straight face, vaguely impatient, unwilling to be bored anymore, hugged the child, went out to talk to Xu, and ran into Chunjiao around the corner, where she stood, she must have heard the conversation between the father and daughter.

"Actually, my lord was moved by what I said, so he changed his mind. Chunjiao smiled: "If you want the old man to change his mind, I only need to say a word." ”

"Let it go. "It's strange to seek skin with tigers and not be eaten.

He Jiaxian leaned to the side, ready to avoid Chunjiao, but was stopped by the other party stretching out his arm: "Speaking of which, you are also a sister, the eldest sister is like a mother, your eldest young master is so old and can afford it." Chunjiao entangled: "The coral will sue, since I told you, lest I go up to the house to speak, I said it here, the two compartments are cheap!"

"The He family's house is small and dilapidated, so you should buy a new house. Chunjiao smiled: "You, the aunt who married into a wealthy family, should give some money." ”

I was waiting here.

"I thought you wanted a house to force out the stewardship. After He Jiaxian's confrontation with the Chen family, the little Chunjiao didn't pay much attention to it: "Now that you have got what you want, I didn't expect to be worried about the house." ”

"The master's mother is sick, the housekeeping power is mine, and it shouldn't fall into the hands of a maid!" During the spring break, he exploded when he heard He Jiaxian's yin and yang weird tone: "As for the house, it is the compensation for your long-term alliance to bully our mother and son!"

"Bullying you?" He Jiaxian was so angry that she trembled, she was a demon all day long, and she made Xu so angry that she couldn't get out of bed, again and again, and she was still ashamed, saying that others bullied her?

"Hmph. Seeing that she was angry, Chunjiao sneered: "If I don't give you something powerful, you just don't know that I'm not easy to bully." Although I have fled here and have no relatives or cause, I am by no means the kind of soft character that allows others to rub and pinch flat! You got such a maid here, what are your intentions, you don't understand? You still want to live a peaceful life, hum, I'm not peaceful! No one wants to be peaceful!

"When what am I? I'm also a concubine that the lord has taken in, and in this house, except for the lady, I am the oldest, how can I tolerate a slave and maid bullying me?" Chunjiao became more and more angry.