Chapter 1 The Retort House
The spring snow is full of air, and the touch is like a flower. www.biquge.info It was already a February day, but the ground of Qinghe City was covered by a sudden snowfall last night, and under the morning light, a silver light was shining.
In the early morning, the Zhen Mansion was crowded, and the mothers-in-law and maids wearing blue jackets and cotton skirts could be seen everywhere, and the sound of snow removal added a bit of popularity and noise to this cold morning.
"Red Sleeves, I remember that your sister was on an errand in Yunyi Building, do you know how Miss Nine is doing now?" A little girl with a red head rope tied to her horns suppressed her voice, approaching the little girl named Red Sleeves, her big eyes were full of curiosity, and her voice unconsciously carried a trace of joy.
Red Sleeves pursed her lips, a trace of sadness flashed in her apricot-like eyes, and she also suppressed her voice, "Sister Cherry, my sister has never come back, and I don't know the situation on Miss Nine's side?"
Although Cherry still suppressed her voice, her tone was filled with irrepressible excitement, "This time, Miss Nine was pushed down by Miss Eight and broke her head, but she suffered a big crime, and I heard that Miss Nine fainted at that time." You see, there is a lot of excitement in the house now, and the fourth wife will definitely not let it go easily, but I am afraid that the people around Miss Nine will be replaced. Looking at the sullen red sleeves, he hurriedly added: "Fortunately, your sister is almost old, you go back and sum up with your old lady, pick up the red dress sister out as soon as possible, and then find a way to change you in, so that your house still follows the fourth room, and the fourth wife in our house is the most generous, don't miss it." ”
After speaking, he turned his head to look around, and saw that no one was paying attention to them nearby, so he pressed his throat to the ear of Red Sleeves, and said proudly: "My mother is looking for Huang's mother." ”
Red Sleeves raised his head in surprise and said in a daze: "Mother Huang next to the fourth wife?"
"Who else can I use besides her, Huang's mother promised to let me try it, but the fourth wife can't see me or not?"
Red Sleeves lowered his head and muttered: "My mother wants to take us back to Zhuangzi! It's a great luck to be able to keep my sister after saying such a big thing, how dare you go to turn in front of the fourth wife?"
Cherry's flexible eyes rolled, and she nodded understandingly, "Yes, Sister Red Dress is a second-class maid who can be used by Miss Nine's side, if something like this happens, the fourth lady is very lucky to let you go, and I really can't come out at this time." "It's like a little adult.
"However, you are still young, wait for another two years, and when this matter fades, you can enter the house on an errand again, and then think of a way, don't be afraid, there is me in the house." ”
Redsleeves sighed lightly, didn't speak, and carefully cleaned the snow on the road in the verandah. The snow soon melted, turning into a puddle of water that moistened the verandah. The housekeeper standing in the middle of the courtyard urged vigorously: "Hurry up, don't leave water stains, in case you fall the masters, you will have to bear it." ”
These words were like a talisman, and the whispers everywhere were gone, and everyone directly threw away the broom and replaced it with a rag, but the verandah was dry after half an hour.
On the Luohan bed by the window in the second room of Yunyi Building, a woman of nearly thirty years old sits obliquely, her goose-egg-shaped face is full of tiredness, crooked on the big pillow of silver and red brocade, wearing an agarwood-colored silk folded branch floral pattern placket, a white silk vertical collar, a one-foot-wide seahorse tide cloud sheepskin gold silk embroidered skirt, and a white silk high-soled shoes of red satin are placed on the side of the bed.
A carbon basin was placed three feet away from Luohan's bed, and there was not a trace of smoke in the fiery red soot.
A grandmother wearing a brown auspicious moire brocade jacket held a cup of hot tea and gently put it on the desk, "Fourth wife, don't worry too much, Miss Nine is auspicious, it will be fine, the old lady has a hard day and is very tired, and yesterday I kept Miss Nine all night, but I have to cherish it, if you are tired, how can I give our Miss Nine a head." ”
The fourth lady cheered up, sat up straight, lifted the lid of the cup, the light and delicate white porcelain lined with soft wattles, and the bright red Kodan made the slender hands appear whiter and tenderer. The crisp sound of touching porcelain came, and the fourth lady said, "How is the eighth girl?" Although the voice was soft, it was full of annoyance.
Mama Huang, as the closest person to the fourth wife, knows the fourth wife's temperament best, and she looks gentle and generous on weekdays, but she is the most protective of her shortcomings, not to mention that she was born with a dragon and phoenix fetus that hurt her body, and she can see this only daughter like an eyeball. But Miss Nine, who was protecting her every day, was at the birthday banquet of the old lady's sixtieth birthday, because she was wearing a new dress, she was pushed down by Miss Eight and stamped on the back of her head, and she was still unconscious.
After thinking about it, "Miss Eight is still kneeling in the ancestral hall, it snowed last night, and Cui'er in the second wife's room secretly went to send some food." ”
A trace of annoyance flashed on the fourth lady's face, "Didn't you just send food?" Didn't the old lady let Mama Chen look at it, how could she still send things in?"
The smile on Huang's mother's face froze, and then it was raised again, and her voice was even softer, "After all, Mama Chen was put there, it was freezing this day, and it snowed last night, how could she guard it all night? Besides, Miss Eight hasn't eaten all day, and it's ...... again."
The fourth lady snorted coldly and interrupted Mama Huang's words, "That girl is not small, she dares to stretch out her hand at this moment, and she is not afraid of being chopped off and fed to the dog." My family Wan'er is still lying here, and I don't know who is going to eat, and the eight girls are eating and drinking. ”
Mother Huang swallowed her saliva and tried her best to relax her voice, "Miss Ping is young and ignorant, wait for the slave maid to go to Changkang Courtyard and find Mama Chen to chat, don't worry, Mrs. Fourth, don't worry, you gave Mama Chen a lot of rewards in previous years, and she won't be unable to see the direction of the wind." ”
Only then did the fourth lady dissipate a little anger, and the corners of her mouth pulled out a slightly mocking smile, "Go to the second drawer on the right hand side of my mirror to find a silver hairpin and reward her, and the flat girl in the province will envy the maid in the second room." ”
Mother Huang lowered her head, "Okay, then the slave will go." ”
When Huang's mother walked to the door, a slow voice came: "Remember to bring the words." ”
Mother Huang paused, tightened her throat, and said in a low voice, "The slave knows." ”
The fourth lady slammed the lid of the white porcelain cup in her hand on the cup, and with a crisp sound, the maids outside were startled, and they all restrained their expressions, and pricked up their ears to cheer up the spirit of 120,000 points.
Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps accompanied by a crisp call, "Fourth wife, Miss Nine is awake." ”
The fourth lady's body shook, overturned the white teacup, and the clear tea poured on the black lacquered table, hanging down the table, wetting the earthy yellow thick cotton cushion on the Luohan bed, but no one paid attention.