Su Ke stood in the courtyard for a while, his mood was not miserable, but it was not comfortable. After grinding to the main house, hearing the increasingly lively laughter inside, Su Ke took a deep breath, lifted the curtain and entered the room, trying his best to raise a smile on his face, "Childe, this is the ...... from Tianjin Wei"

I can't say it anymore because it's too embarrassing.

Su Ke's idea was to pretend to be reunited after a long absence, just as if the events of that night had not happened. She didn't mention it, did he still rush to admit that he was plotting against the wall in the middle of the night? It's just that I didn't expect that Zhou Gongzi didn't actually come, except for Furui's family and the two little girls, there was only Shao Yan in the house.

Shaoyan also said with an embarrassed face: "My grandfather wants to entertain guests today, so he only sent me over to deliver things." ”

Su Ke choked his throat and nodded, the facial features on his face were stiff as if frozen. She didn't even dare to look away at the faces of the other people in the room, for fear that their expressions must be full of uncontrollable smiles, and perhaps she thought she was thinking about him and thinking about him. The conscience of heaven and earth, they did not know what he did that night. She was just afraid that he would say it.

"That being the case, I'm tired of the day today, so I'll go back and wash up first." Su Ke was about to leave after speaking.

Who of the Furui family let go of this good opportunity, and in front of Shao Yan, he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Su Ke, and pulled him to the side of the big kang, "It's not too late to wash up, let's take a look at the things that Zhou Gongzi brought to the girl first." ”

There are a lot of things, rouge gouache, hairpin ring bracelets, satin material, and an enamel hand holding a small bronze mirror.

Su Ke looked at the stacks of things, and his mood became worse and worse. And Shao Yan also took a boxy brocade box on the side of the kang as if he was offering a treasure, saying that he was specially instructed to give it to her. She looked at everyone expectantly and curiously, probably not knowing what was inside. She couldn't bear to be disappointed, so she had to open it and find that it was actually a windlamp with a glass ball cover.

The translucent glass ball lampshade is smooth and smooth, and the outer / surrounding four protective thin pillars are connected to the upper hanging and the bottom support, the four corners of the upper hanging auspicious beasts are engraved, and the four corners of the bottom support are hung with a hanging tassel. All materials are gilded, and nothing is delicate.

"Alas, isn't this a tribute from the king of the southwest to the emperor? There are two in total, one is for King Ning, and the other is for our Hou Ye to come. Shao Yan bent his neck and looked carefully, and kept babbling, "I didn't expect Hou Ye to be willing to take it out of the library." After speaking, he kept looking and appreciating, and he didn't notice the stiff faces of the other two at all.

Su Ke glared with a complicated expression, "Master Hou? Didn't Zhou Gongzi bring this thing? ”

At this time, Shaoyan Fang Zhi said that he was gone, looking at the face reflected in the glass ball cover, and he couldn't wait to slap his mouth. He didn't know how to round the field for a while, and he was so anxious that he was in a cold sweat. If Hou Ye's identity is exposed because of his many words, it is estimated that Hou Ye can reach out and strangle him.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he didn't dare to raise his head. Seeing this, the Furui family hurriedly answered, "At this glance, I know that Zhou Gongzi asked for Hou Ye, and the friendship between the two of them is not comparable to ordinary people, just one object, Hou Ye is still willing to do it." From childhood to adulthood, Zhou Gongzi doesn't know how many treasures he is going to go. After speaking, I still remember to add the last sentence, "If Gongzi Zhou has the heart to ask for a baby to give to the girl, Hou Ye will definitely not be able to withstand his soft grinding and hard bubbles." ”

It means that Zhou Gongzi must have spent a lot of effort to get this lamp.

But so what? Su Ke couldn't help but sneer, she didn't shout for a lamp, they all burned candles, and the glass cover was just brighter than the paper cover, and there was not much difference in the end. What does this baba mean by sending a lamp?

Su Ke didn't look at it, "What are you sending me a lamp for?" I don't walk at night. This door goes out and that door goes in, are you afraid that I will get lost? ”

Shaoyan was relieved, and he exhaled with relief, feeling a little like getting off the guillotine. He patronized and sighed for the rest of his life, and saw that Su Ke and the Furui family were at a loss for the glass ball lamp, and they didn't open the door, so they laughed with a haha, "The princes of the Beacon Fire Opera, you don't know this allusion?" This lamp is not an ordinary lamp, it is a wind lamp. What do you do with the wind lantern, of course, it is not easy to extinguish when the wind is blowing, and the glass cover is bright. If this is hung under the eaves, it can be seen from a long distance, but it does not have the same effect as a beacon fire. When she turned around, the girl hung the lamp at the door of the house, and when she saw it, she ...... over."

Before Shao Yan's words were finished, the Furui family slapped him over.

I've never seen something so blind, I've never seen something so blind. Is it necessary to say that as long as this lamp is hung, it means that the girl misses the child, and the boy will knock on the door in the middle of the night when he sees this lamp.

- Do you think this is a lover?

Even if it's true, you can't say it in front of people. Besides, who is the other person, it is Master Hou, this kind of thing that can only be found in the market, it is enough to see that you know it, how can you still say it without shame. The princes of the Beacon Fire Opera, bah, those who quote the scriptures, really think that they can read and hyphenate words.

The Furui family was full of complaints and couldn't complain, and all the excitement turned into inches and swept towards Shao Yan, so frightened that Shao Yan's hairs stood up. Seeing that Shao Yan didn't dare to speak again, he still glared at him and scared him, so he turned to look at Su Ke.

But in this short space, Su Ke let go of his hands, and the glass ball wind lamp fell to the ground with a clatter.

The sound of glass shattering is particularly crisp.

The people in the room were stunned for a moment, their eyes froze in a position that was neither high nor low, and no one dared to look at the tragic situation of the wind lantern.

Su Ke's hand was still in the posture of holding the lamp just now, and his fingers shook slightly a few times, and then he clenched it into a fist and put it down. After the impulse, she also regretted it a little. This lamp is very valuable, even if the glass has long been the guest of the rich and noble, it is still a rare good product to fire such a transparent glass wind lamp. With her ability, this is another debt that cannot be repaid in this life.

But she can't deny that the moment the wind lantern landed, she felt an indescribable joy in her heart, and the feeling of revenge could make people's hearts grow inky flowers.

"Go back and tell your master, if you have the ability, come directly, don't fix these vain things." Su Ke sought a balance of revenge in shame and indignation, and the emotions she suppressed were more tense, making her words quite weighty, "I lost this lamp, I will take it if there is any fault, but please also tell him, I am not as good as a half-star, and he is not the king of Zhou You." ”

After Su Ke finished speaking, he went straight back to the house, the sky was dark, and the room that had not yet been lit showed the outline of the furniture in the dimness, desolate, sad, with a dull mockery, approaching her little by little. inlaid with gold and silver, but it will never be his home.

Pretending to be calm in front of people, and palpitating in panic after people. Su Ke couldn't stand his increasingly fragile heart, as if he couldn't stand things as he got older. She was like a fly in the house, and the more she tried to keep herself from being alarmed, the more she couldn't settle down. She thought she needed something to distract herself, or sooner or later she would break the fortress that she had held on to.

At this time, Su Ke thought of the abacus hidden under the bed.

She carefully took out the blue leather bag from under the bed, the abacus in the brocade box carried some unique aroma of wood, and the polished round and smooth abacus beads left a soft touch on the belly of the fingers. Stirring a few randomly, with the sound of ticking and colliding, her heart gradually calmed down.

Su Ke played very slowly, but very attentively. She focused all her mind on her hands, one plus two plus three plus four...... Write it down after adding to 100 and re-add it from 1 to 100. She didn't know which answer was right because the result was different every time. This proves that her heart has not completely calmed down, so she will start again.

The night finally got through like this.

On the other side, Shao Linghang came back from his colleague's son's first birthday banquet full of wine, his eyes were as bright as stars, and his steps were like snakes. When he returned to Hefeng Zhai, Shaoyan had already hid eight feet away.

Mother Sun persuaded Shao Linghang to rest, and only said that she would talk about everything tomorrow.

Shao Linghang was indeed very drunk, so he fell on the bed and stopped tossing. But his mind kept circling the questions of his colleagues at the dinner table, asking him when he would marry and have children. He also said that dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and his children must be dragons and phoenixes among people. He was on the road, and his mind was churning with pictures with Su Ke, thinking of Qin Huai's upheaval that night, and thinking of the heart-stirring kiss under the sun and moonlight. He couldn't help but wonder how smart and clever he and her children should be, just afraid that they could be the top civil and military champions at the same time.

He fell asleep in this unrealistic thought, and had a good night's sleep.

It's just that when I wake up in the morning, the reality is cruel after all.

Shao Yan shrunk his neck and trembled to report back to Su Ke's incident of smashing the lamp, Shao Linghang was a little unable to get off the stage at first, feeling that Su Ke was very faceless. But when asked about the reason, and after listening to Shao Yan's nonsense, Shao Linghang's most direct reaction was to kick it out.

If there is no Mother Sun to stop him, this second foot will go down, and Shao Yan will lie in bed for ten days and half a month.

"Confused things, who made you talk too much, knowing a few allusions is so full of nonsense. I think you are living an itchy life, if your good deeds are ruined by you, you kid can't take your life. Shao Linghang's hangover gave him a headache, but at this time he didn't know whether it was a hangover or because of Su Ke, which made his head like it was about to crack.

With such a valuable lamp, she dared to fall, which means that she was really angry. In addition, she was already angry that he kissed her once, and now she is not sure how to hate him and hate him.

I wanted her heart, but now I'm afraid that a little finger won't be enough.

Thinking of this, he became more and more annoyed and wanted to rush up to give Shao Yan another kick. But Shaoyan is protected by Mother Sun, and he really has no way at all. It's not good to hurt the innocent by mistake.

"Mom, you get out of the way, I'm going to teach this thing a lesson today." Shao Linghang looked at Shao Yan sharply, eager to peel him off and cramp, "Trying to figure out the master's mind without authorization, you are tired and crooked." Do I mean that, I'm just afraid that she will stay up late at night and break her eyes. You are a thing, you have more than enough success and more failure. ”

Shaoyan was so frightened that he just hid behind Mother Sun, and the kick on his leg just now hurt his heart.

Seeing this, Mother Sun shouted in a low voice: "Look at your current appearance, you are the Hou Ye, where is the appearance and majesty you should have?" For the sake of a Qin Huai's girl, you have been so angry and ruined, have you lived in vain for so many years? ”

Shao Linghang glared angrily, "Mom, the misunderstanding between me and her is getting deeper and deeper, how will it end?" ”

"That's your own reason." Mother Sun hugged the young inkstone behind her, "Why do you send a wind lantern over?" Do you think only Shaoyan thinks so? I'm afraid everyone thinks so in their hearts, it's just that Shao Yan said it. Since you sent such a confusing thing, you should let Shao Yan bring the words, why don't you ask it in advance? ”

This is a bit of a vexatious mess. Even if everyone wants to deviate, there is no nonsense that Shaoyan doesn't know the severity, Su Ke will not be so angry that he will drop the lamp. Now that things are getting worse and worse, Shao Linghang only feels that the anger of the seven holes is flowing back and forth in his body. Wherever you go, it hurts like a knife.

Seeing that he was going to go to the court when the hour came, he was anxious to change his clothes and go out, and on the way, he was still wondering, what would happen to divert Su Ke's attention. Even if he went to defend himself in person, if she was still angry, he would have nothing to do with her.

I don't know if this thought was too strong and moved the heavens and the earth, Su Ke really had an accident that morning.

……

When I went to the warehouse in the morning, Su Ke's eyes were darker than yesterday, and although he was in good spirits, his complexion became more and more ugly.

When they saw her like this, they didn't know what she was doing at night. You can't just cut two mothers-in-law and toss yourself like this. A few people with broken mouths gathered in a pile and muttered quietly, Su Ke just didn't see it, and finished the affairs of the warehouse, until Dong's mother reported the name of the mother-in-law who was going to be laid off.

Liu Wuniang heard it on the side, glared in confusion, and couldn't help but speak, "Did the girl think about it clearly, or did she remember the names of the mothers-in-law wrong?" Are you sure you want to get rid of these two mothers-in-law? ”

The ones to be cut are Zhang Cai's family and Xu Wang's family.

One is the daughter of the family who works as a needlegirl in the eldest lady's house, and the other is young and cheerful who can do it anywhere.

This made Dong's mother confused. Zhang Cai's family had expected it a long time ago, and with Su Ke's temper, he would never be able to leave such a person who was not good at work. But Xu Wang's family doesn't make sense. It is reasonable to cut off Erzhu Niang, Xu Wang's temper should be very similar to Su Ke's appetite.

"Did the girl remember the name correctly?" Dong's mother also asked out loud, "Isn't it Erzhu Niang?" ”

Su Ke couldn't mistake names, she had memorized everyone's names from the first day she came to the storeroom.

It's just that yesterday's wind lantern incident made Su Ke suddenly think a lot.

When a woman is born, she gives a beautiful and beautiful name, either with a meaning or for a good support, but always a good idea. But after all, this name became an old thing at the bottom of the box after getting married. or the surname of the husband's family, what is the name of the mother-in-law, or more directly call who's family, or call who's mother in the name of the son.

It seems that the fate of a woman's life is only in the hands of these three men - father, husband, and son.

And their lives revolve around them.

The man is the sky, and the woman is the cloud that sets off the sky; The man is the tree, and the woman is the weed clinging to the roots; Men are the beams of the house, but what about women? It's not the red silk hanging from the beams, it's the stove in the kitchen.

This is the fate of women.

Su Ke didn't want to become such a woman, even if she couldn't make a name for herself, she didn't want to be attached to a man.

Her idea may have been strange, but she didn't think it was wrong.

The old grandmother in the palace once said that she gave birth to the wrong fetus, and if she changed to a man, she must have a future. She actually disagreed, but the old lady was in a high position, and she didn't dare to refute it. Looking back now, she only felt more determined in her heart. Why is it that a man can be promising, but her daughter's family can't be promising?

She also wants to earn her own future.

Didn't the old lady want to beat her up? Nothing should be. She accompanied.

It's just that if she uses this as a stepping stone, she won't regret it later. Zhou Gongzi's sentence "Do whatever you want to do" was promised to her, and Hou Ye also agreed with her to help rectify the Hou Mansion. How many people and things can be contacted in the treasury, if she can take this opportunity to get close to the center of power, it is exactly what she wants.

Anyway, she has long been a fish in the hands of others, at least she knocked on the cutting board to make some movement before she let others slaughter her, and it was not in vain to be a fish.

So in the matter of layoffs in the treasury, she has her own opinions.

Su Ke shook his head calmly, "That's right, it's Xu Wang's family." She's young, capable, cheerful, and a very nice person. People like her can find work anywhere, so a place like the storehouse, which is idle and not particularly well-paid, has no binding effect on her at all. She's not afraid of layoffs, so she doesn't pay much attention to the job. Erzhu Niang is just the opposite, she wants to stay in the treasury just to be idle in the treasury, so that she can keep her body and take care of the housework after she gets off duty. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's true that she cherishes this job more for the sake of coveting her leisure. When I first came to clean up the storeroom, she was not lazy and slippery, but worked hard to finish her work in order to be able to leave early. I'm looking at that. But looking at Xu Wang's family, she obviously has many opportunities to rise, but she is willing to stay in the warehouse. Then the hard work she paid was definitely not as good as Erzhu Niang. ”

In the end, Su Ke concluded: "Combined with the situation in the warehouse, I want to leave people who are down-to-earth and willing to work hard. ”

Dong's mother didn't say much, just like she said, these people stayed under Su Ke to work, whether it was good or bad, Su Ke was the most direct contact, she stood on the high bank and watched the play, and tossed as Su Ke went.

"In that case, then I'll go to the third lady to pay back." Dong's mother got up as she spoke, left the key to the treasury to Su Ke, and Shi Shiran walked out of the hall of the daily office director.

The six mothers-in-law were all standing under the porch waiting, and when they saw Dong's mother coming out, their eyes were concerned about it.

Dong's mother shook her head with infinite regret at Zhang Cai's family, and when Zhang Caijia saw it, she hurriedly rushed forward to grab Dong's mother's arm, her eyes were eager and her expression was exaggerated, "What, it's me who the girl wants to cut?" ”

Mother Dong sighed, reached out and brushed off her hand, and said in a loud voice: "She is now a person that the old lady is optimistic about, and she has the support of the big housekeeper behind her, and it is not all up to her own mind to cut anyone." There's nothing I can do. Maybe one day she won't even be able to keep my job, she is the aunt in this warehouse, and I can't afford to provoke her. ”

After speaking, he avoided Zhang Cai's family with a look of not wanting to provoke right and wrong, and said that he was going to reply to the third wife at this moment, but his eyes glanced at Zhang Cai's family with deep meaning.

The latter understood.

When Su Ke came out of the house, Zhang Cai's family lived up to his expectations and howled, "I really didn't see it, the girl actually treated me like this." In vain, I saddled before the girl, and suffered hardships, and the girl should be blind. Is it because I didn't have a girl behind my back that the girl annoyed me like this? The girl gave me a happy word, let me go clearly, don't die and don't know where I fell in my life. ”

In fact, she was so troublesome, Su Ke didn't pay attention to it at all. When she heard Dong's mother in the house with a gun and a stick and put the responsibility on her, she had already made her heart feel like water. At this moment, facing Zhang Cai's family, she will not make too many waves.

But this hour is the hour when the stewards of each house send men to the treasury to receive things.

A voice of Zhang Cai's family shouted, and several figures immediately jumped at the gate of the warehouse.

Su Ke wanted to suppress the situation and not theorize, so as not to let outsiders see jokes. Who knew that Liu Wuniang actually stood behind Su Ke and whispered like a mosquito: "If you don't fight back, this matter that has been benefited in private will be spread all over the place, and it will be useless to argue at that time." There are so many people in the house, and the old lady is also looking at it, you want to carry this black cauldron? ”

Su Ke heard this, and couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart.

The old lady really paved the way for her back and forth.

This feeling of being forced onto the guillotine is very awkward, but in the face of Zhang Caijia's constant shouting, Su Ke can't let it go.

"Mom has said so much, and the words are conclusive, which shows that there is real evidence. Then why don't you expose me in front of the third lady and the old lady? There's no point in arguing with me here. I keep people based on ability and personality, and it just so happens that you don't account for either aspect, so I naturally want to lay you off. If the mother is not convinced, she will argue from above. Now is the time to be busy, if mom makes trouble, I can figure out how to develop you. ”

When Zhang Caijia heard this, he immediately put on a tricky face, "The girl has such a big breath, and now she has developed me, isn't the girl afraid of slapping her face?" I'm doing it right, because I was kicked out before I had anything to do, and I'm not afraid of going anywhere. ”

"Doing the right thing?" Su Ke pursed the corners of his mouth and hooked it, "Reversing black and white and spreading rumors is also called doing things properly?" I put up with you talking so much, it's just that you are a little old, and you don't have a different theory, but you have to get up and down. Since you are so aggrieved, I want to ask my mother, does the so-called 'saddle before and after the horse, suffering and suffering' refer to the backache and leg pain that I yelled at when I was tidying up the warehouse before? I leave my daily miscellaneous items to my mother to manage, can my mother make up the supplies according to my previous requirements? How many pairs of Four Seasons chairs are there in the storeroom now, how many hand-and-foot stoves are there that are about to be supported, and where are the red candles that came before I got sick? ”

Seeing that Zhang Cai's face had changed, and his mouth was also upset, Su Ke took advantage of the victory to pursue, "Mom doesn't do anything within her share, she talks nonsense all day long, only stares at other people's trivialities, and adds oil and vinegar to spread rumors at will." Forgive my treasury for its lack of only working hands, and no lack of mouths for telling right and wrong. ”

Zhang Cai's family was completely panicked, she knew that Su might be resistant, and she also heard Wang Guigui's family talk about Su Ke's aggressive ability, but she always thought that it was not enough. How capable can a girl in her twenties be?

But today's teaching, it is really a very powerful one.

But Zhang Cai's family is not a vegetarian, leaning shoulders and waist, with a fierce look in his eyes, "Girl, don't get involved with me here, just shout at me for the face of the family, and really treat yourself as a green onion." My daughter is on an errand with the eldest lady, and I don't know anything. Girl, don't really stand up with me, I don't know about the stealing of chickens and dogs behind your back. Say one or two things, but I'm afraid that the girl won't be able to eat and walk around. ”

That's the case with unreasonable stirring up three points. Does she really know? Not really. But when she said this, she left countless conjectures for outsiders.

This is a real master.

Su Ke boasted of his sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and he couldn't be calm and waveless this time. With anger in her eyes, she walked down the steps in a few steps, to confront Zhang Cai's family in person. There are many things that you really can't do without justification.

But maybe he was in a hurry, or maybe his foot injury was really not healed, Su Ke took two big steps, and when he arrived at Zhang Cai's house, he didn't step on it steadily. I felt a pain in the heart of the foot that was broken, and as soon as my body was crooked, my hand was raised. fell into the eyes of the other party, and it became a posture of rushing up and tearing.

How could Zhang Cai's family tolerate a girl to do something to her, saying that it was too late and that it was too fast, and a slap was slapped towards Su Ke's face.

Syllable.

The strength was so great that Su Gang's upright body was directly slapped down again. If you fall to the ground like this, you will have to rub off at least a layer of skin on your face.

But at this moment, he stretched out a pair of arms, hugged Su Ke by the waist, and protected him in his arms with a wrong step.

Su Ke looked up and saw someone coming, and couldn't help but be surprised, "Why are you here?" ”