The salaries of officials in the Great Yin Dynasty were not low, and when the officials of the court moved their families to an old building in Zhuzhi Lane near Shangzhenguan in the north of the city, it became a topic of conversation among the surrounding Pingtou people after tea and dinner. novel

The north of Jinling City has always been a place where civilians live, and although the houses in this Zhuzhi Lane are slightly better in this area, they usually live in some rich families at most.

Mrs. Ruan was half-coaxed and half-tricked by her son to get here, and her face was black all day.

There are only two entrances to this house, the first one is the outer courtyard, which is crowded with male servants serving the master. On the second entrance, there is a small two-story building with a width of five rooms, which is crammed with the hostess.

Mrs. Ruan occupies the middle three rooms on the second floor, the middle is used to receive the ladies and juniors who come and go, the left side is a bedroom, and the right side is her indispensable horse hanging room.

The two rooms at the end of the two ends of the remaining second floor, the one next to Mrs. Ruan's bedroom are occupied by Ruan Yue's wife, Zhou, and the other end is occupied by the second grandfather and wife of the Ruan family.

The main room on the first floor is arranged into a hall, and there is a study room for dining on the left and right, and the remaining two rows of side rooms are stuffed with a few aunts and high-class servants and maids from the inner courtyard. There is also an ear room hanging at the end of the wing room, and there are always relatives and friends in the Ruan family's hometown, and they are all packed into guest rooms.

For ordinary people, the yard is not small, two plantain bushes are planted in the patio, the terrain is cleaned up, paved with pebbles, and a flower pot is placed, and the moon season and camellia of different colors bloom high and low. But for the officials of the Great Yin Dynasty, this second courtyard is obviously a little cramped and ridiculous, even the Zhou family, who has a fate, must also meet with the little uncle all day long.

The weather was fine, and Mrs. Ruan stood in front of the railing on the second floor and looked at the courtyard at a glance, her eyebrows tangled into pimples.

No matter how much the son coaxes and persuades, this courtyard is just the residence of an ordinary rich family. Their ancestral homes in Qinghe County are several times more magnificent than here, Mrs. Ruan looked angry again, she was just persuaded by the servant woman to go out for a walk, and she changed her mind when she went downstairs, and she covered her heart and shouted: "What about your master?" After reading the sage books for many years, does he still remember filial piety? The old man actually tossed the old lady so much......"

Hearing his mother-in-law moaning loudly, Zhou hurriedly opened the door and came out. Rushed forward to help. With anxiety, he said: "Quickly help my mother lie on the bed, and send someone to ask for a doctor." ”

"What kind of doctor please, I will be discouraged when I see you. Go and call Tinghua. Mrs. Ruan yelled at the eldest daughter-in-law in high spirits, but she didn't see the younger daughter-in-law come to offer her courtesy, but she was very angry, and turned her head and asked Yahuan again. Where is the second grandmother? ”

Although she is a girl who is used to serving every day, she is also somewhat suppressed by the momentum of the old lady. Ai Ai said: "The old lady said that the window screen in the house was not bright enough, and the sky was obviously warmer, the second master ...... The filial piety of the second grandfather took the second grandmother to pick up materials on the street...... Said to change the window screen for the old lady. ”

Mrs. Ruan sneered with a dark face: "She is so kind? It's nothing more than Tingyu to accompany her shopping to buy jewelry. Come back and let her roll over immediately! ”

Since moving to this house, the old lady has been looking for bad luck all day long either for this or for that bad head, and only the four servant girls should be.

Zhou helped her into the room and lay crooked on the bed. After standing anxiously for a while, Mrs. Ruan saw that her son had not been found yet. Inevitably, she was counted again: "I did something in my previous life to marry such a daughter-in-law as you and enter the door!" Cheng Ri had a depressed face, and the feng shui luck of the old Ruan family for 20 years was washed away, rolling, and less clubbing in front of me, so I didn't have to be angry. ”

Zhou's eyes turned red, he lowered his head and squatted, and retreated silently.

She grew up in Qinghe County, on the south bank of the Huai River, and her ancestors were also a solid family of cultivation and study, but because of the bad water for many years, the county town has repeatedly moved south, and the clan land is not guaranteed.

The Ruan family was originally a big family in the county, but Ruan Yue's lineage was a side branch, and he also lived a hard life, Ruan Yue's father also did some business to supplement the family when he was young, and on the same street, he came and went, and Zhou's father became a good friend.

The wives of the two families are pregnant, and the family background is also comparable, and the children are married when they are five or six years old.

Unexpectedly, after Ruan Yue entered the clan school, he was talented, he was a talent at the age of eleven, and he was born at the age of twelve. At the age of thirteen, he became a tribute, and then repeatedly won the Toad Palace, Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan, Zhuangyuan, Sanyuan and the first, and every time the reward banquet was organized by the Ruan family.

However, Mrs. Ruan is mean, she is at odds with all the houses in the clan, and she doesn't miss their love, and after she arrives in Beijing, she always preaches how orphans and widows were bullied in their hometown.

Anyway, when the Ruan family was trustworthy and welcomed their relatives, the Zhou family cried with joy.

Now that I think about it, the Wenqu stars in the sky are descending to earth, how can she be worthy of an ordinary woman?

Zhou went back to the room, the kitchen was busy, and when she moved out of the front house, she sold many small maids, and the personal maids who served her were often sent to help. Living next door to her mother-in-law, separated only by a wooden wall, she was careful every day, not daring to make a little movement, except for sitting silently in front of the window and crying, only embroidering day after day.

Crying too much and embroidering too much, she gradually felt that her eyes were not very clear, but she did not dare to say a word, lest she be disliked by her mother-in-law.

When he returned to the room and sat down in front of the embroidery frame, the curse of the old lady in the next room still reached Zhou's ears.

The sound insulation here is very poor, presumably the old lady doesn't know, Zhou held his breath, his eyes stared at the colorful silk threads in the dustpan, and he felt that it was white, and he could only sit still.

I don't know how long it took before I heard the voice of the subordinate from the downstairs: "The master is back......"

Ruan Yue's footsteps were sounded, and he ran up on the floor with extremely heavy feet.

Since marrying him, she has been looking forward to his footsteps all year round, and even if it is mixed, she can easily hear him from the footsteps of a bunch of people.

Zhou's body moved, thought for a long time, and then sat back down.

I only heard Ruan Yue say: "I'm here to serve my mother, you can go down." ”

For a while, the footsteps were mixed, and the people in the mother-in-law's house wanted to come downstairs.

Mrs. Ruan hated this house very much, Zhou didn't think that here, she could often hear Ruan Yue speak softly, and her mind was much quieter, in this life, even if he would never come to her room again, she would be content to see and hear often.

Who called his stomach unhappy, not only failed to keep the Ruan family's son-in-law, Jin Sun, but also led to lifelong infertility?

Mrs. Ruan was in a hurry to find her son first, but when she really came back, she was next to the bed, and she felt her heart and lay inward without making a sound.

Ruan Yue coaxed for a while, and when he saw that the old lady just didn't open his face, he was also anxious, and couldn't help sighing: "Mother thinks that living in Beijing is uncomfortable, so it's better to go back to your hometown temporarily, and let the Zhou family and the second brother serve you back." (To be continued.) )>