Seven days later, the caravan arrived at Huizhou City, where some of the goods were transported and the rest continued south.

Qi Xiangsi asked Jade to bring a red envelope to Master Wu, and after packing his luggage, Master Wu came over with two of his subordinates: "Miss Qi, you have already given me money for the team." ”

"Master Wu, I know that your caravan has rules for caravans, these are just my personal thoughts, Master Wu, you have taken great care of us all the way, and this silver is not an overcharge for your brothers to buy wine and drink." Qi Xiangsi smiled and pushed the silver to him, "If you don't accept it, then I won't want to go." ”

"Then Wu will accept it." Master Wu is also a cheerful person, "When Miss Qi goes back, maybe we can be together when we go back." ”

"If only time were the same, it would be better." Qi Xiangsi got into the carriage and quickly entered the city gate.

Huizhou City is not big, not long after the market to Qi Mansion, Jade got off the carriage to knock on the door, after a long time someone came to open the door, saw them and hurriedly called someone to greet them.

Some of the people left in the house before have been dismissed, and now some of the people who manage the house are sent by the Gu family, and a few are recruited from Huizhou City.

The owner's house is not lived, they are just taking care of it, the low trees in the flower bed in the small courtyard have grown to the outside of the flower bed, and I don't know how many fallen leaves are piled up inside, and there is a dark tide and cold in the house where no one lives for a long time.

Qi Xiangsi's house is in the small courtyard facing south behind the main courtyard, this side is better than the others, before the news from Kyoto came over, it has been simply cleaned, that is, there is no furniture in the house, only a table and two cabinets, and the dressers are very old.

The housekeeper and the nursing home carried things here, Qi Xiangsi stood at the door and waited for Zhang's mother to come over, and said with a smile: "Mother Zhang, the things here are all old, they have to be new, the house has to be cleaned, and the people who haven't lived in the house for a long time always have to add some vitality, I will let Lianxin follow you, and ask the steward to take you out to buy some flowers and plants and plant them back." ”

Add furniture, buy flowers and plants, clean the house inside and outside and the inner courtyard, and buy some satin silk cloth for bits and pieces, Zhang's mother's hand carrying the burden is a little trembling: "Girl, this person is not enough." ”

"By the way, Steward Tian, are you on fire in the kitchen?" Qi Xiangsi didn't listen to her, turned her head and asked the chief steward sent by the Gu family with a smile, and the steward Tian nodded, "There are a few stoves, if the girl is not satisfied, you can ask someone to take a look." ”

"It's good to leave this to Zhang's mother, and my mother sent her here to take care of this qiē for me." Qi Xiangsi looked back at Zhang's mother with a smile, "Every morning, I have to bother Zhang's mother to go to the morning market to buy vegetables, and others go, I don't worry." ”

Mother Zhang opened her mouth, but Qi Xiangsi interrupted her again: "Lianxin, it's still early, you follow Mother Zhang and Steward Tian to buy all the things first." ”

After finishing speaking, he didn't give Zhang's mother a chance to speak, Qi Xiangsi turned around and entered the house directly, asked Jade to take out the kneaded mugwort leaves from the box, found a few pots to come over, added charcoal fire and shelves, and spread the mugwort leaves in a few corners to smoke them to remove dampness.

"Add a few more to the house where you live, and to the place where they live in the nursing home, and to remove the mildew, so that you don't get sick."

After instructing these Hou Qi Acacia walked around the Qi Mansion, the door of the main courtyard was locked, and there were several small courtyards in the back, on the left was where Aunt Lu used to live, and on the right was Aunt Wei's yard, both courtyards were locked, no one had cleaned up the flower beds for a long time, and the grass had grown half a person high.

Six years ago, Qi Herui returned to Kyoto to take up his post, and the house here was empty, and within half a year, Aunt Wei and A Ying were driven out of the house, and a few slaves occupied a house and sold a lot of things, so the rooms here were empty.

Qi Xiangsi looked into the yard, and the rope tied to the banyan tree could still be seen, and there was a tattered wooden board in the haystack under the tree, and the side that was not rotten was wearing two holes, as if something had been tied before.

She remembered what Ah Ying had said, there should be a swing here.

Jade thought she was uncomfortable, and called out softly to the girl, Qi Xiangsi raised her hand and pointed at the banyan tree: "Let the steward Tian repair it here another day and reinstall the swing." ”

After a busy afternoon, the sky soon darkened, and the field stewards and they also came back, and a few nurses helped to bring things in, and there were a lot of flower and plant pots bought together outside, which were full of eaves.

Zhang's mother was the last to come over, with fatigue on her face, her footsteps were heavy and couldn't move, she was really tired, and when she arrived at the house, her butt didn't touch the ground and she went out to run for an afternoon.

Qi Xiangsi asked Lianxin to take someone to plant the flowers and plants first, and when she saw Zhang's mother outside the door, she asked with a smile: "Mom, do you want to take a hand with Jade and let her go to the kitchen." ”

Zhang's mother subconsciously wanted to refuse, but the kitchen was not still busy, and it was better to clean up in the house, so she helped the door frame in and greeted her with a smile: "Jade is familiar with the girl's taste, let's let her go to the kitchen, I'll clean it up here." ”

"It's fine." Qi Xiangsi nodded, and the jade that had just finished wiping the cabinet handed the rag and basin to Mother Zhang, and instructed her, "The house has just burned wormwood, Mother Zhang, you open the window, the window frames have to be wiped off, and the land must also be swept and finished before the girl eats, so as not to eat dust." ”

When the basin was in her hand, Zhang's mother felt that she was flashed, and she put things on the table: "Why don't you bring more people." "How can this be done?

"Lilac has to guard Yirong Xuan, on weekdays, we are also three people to take care of the girl, and now I am not right with Lianxin and Mom." Jade smiled, put down the sleeves of his rolled up, patted his skirt and went to the kitchen to get food, and he didn't look tired.

Zhang's mother is angry, they are used to doing this, can they compare with themselves, she usually instructs others to work, but no one in the house accosted her, the fifth girl stood outside the door and said this to the Tian steward, Zhang's mother cheered up, brought the basin to the stool at the door and put it down, pretended to wipe the door, and pricked up her ears to listen to the movement outside.

"Steward Tian, tomorrow I want to trouble you to find someone familiar with the city to lead the way, take me around, I want to buy something."

"When is the girl going to incense Aunt Wei?"

"Let's wait for the death day." Qi Xiangsi turned around and went back to the house, Zhang's mother was already sitting there and rubbing the corner of the table for a while, Qi Xiangsi looked at it and asked with concern: "Is Zhang's mother tired?" ”

"Not tired." Zhang's mother hurriedly got up, "Girl, go out and rest for a while, it's dusty here." ”

"Well, I see that Zhang's mother is also tired for a day, and after the house is cleaned up, I will go to rest for a while, and then I will have to bother Zhang's mother to help me fold the ingots at night."

Zhang's mother was stunned, fold ingots, what ingots? Doesn't it mean that there are still many days left on Aunt Wei's death day, what are you going to do now?

Qi Xiangsi had already gone out, it was getting darker and darker at this time, and when Zhang's mother cleaned up the inside and outside of the house, her hands and feet were weak, and then Yushi brought food from the kitchen, and Zhang's mother hurriedly handed her the basin and went to the back room to rest.

"I made some simple ones for the girl, and I will go to the market tomorrow morning to see what is fresh, and I will make you some soup to make up for it." There were three dishes and one soup on the table, all of which were bought by the Tian steward during the day, and Jade handed her the chopsticks, "Mother Zhang is tired and tired." ”

didn't even eat, hurriedly went to rest first, this half of the day's busyness really made Zhang's mother tired, Qi Xiangsi lowered his head and took a sip of soup: "Wake her up later, help fold the ingots." ”

After eating, Lianxin brought a stack of tin foil, which was bought outside in the afternoon, and went to the back room to wake up Zhang's mother, where Qi Xiangsi lit a few lamps and folded the ingots for another hour, and in the end, Zhang's mother's eyes were red.

After filling a carton, Qi Xiangsi finally shouted to stop and looked at them with a smile: "Okay, I'll be busy here today, and I'll get up early tomorrow, go back and rest." ”

When they went out, Jade came in with a basin of water and washed Qi Xiangsi's hands: "It seems that Mother Zhang won't go out with Miss tomorrow." ”

"Not necessarily." Qi Xiangsi wiped her hands dry and sat on the edge of the bed, "She has to intervene in everything along the way, these boxes have been rummaged back and forth a few times, as long as I go out, she will definitely follow." ”

Jade took off her shoes for her and said, "Madame shouldn't have told Mother Zhang to follow the girl like this." "If it was really ordered by Madame, then this is too obvious, one step at a time, everything has to be managed.

"She wants to get a reward when she goes back." Qi Xiangsi doesn't mind Mother Zhang's like this, since she wants to take care of everything, let her take care of it, and go out for another day tomorrow to see if she still cares.

"When the girl goes back this time and stays in Siyi Hospital, she should also match the girl with a mother who is in charge." Jade lit a mosquito-repellent grass cake in the house, waved his hand and put it in the corner, "It would be nice if the old lady could pick one for you, and I have to add a few more people." ”

"I think Mother Han in the outer courtyard is good." Qi Xiangsi bent his legs and rubbed them gently, and then pushed straight on the bed to stretch, "When I go back, I will ask my mother to transfer Mother Han to me." ”

Jade came over and rubbed her legs: "The girl already has an idea." ”

"It's all about choosing, it's better to pick yourself." After Aunt Lu was sent to the outer village, Qi Xiangsi also felt that Jinxiuyuan was not as attentive to her as before, and what the old lady liked was her well-behaved and sensible, she couldn't always use her poor past as a bargaining chip to win sympathy, and she had to rely on herself first for everything.

After the lights went out, Qi Xiangsi quickly fell asleep, and the next morning, Lianxin in the back room followed Zhang's mother to the market early, and when Qi Xiangsi was ready to go out, Zhang's mother followed along.

Qi Xiangsi walked around the city for a day, taking less carriages and walking more, and when she came back when it was almost dark, Zhang's mother finally fell tired.

The jade stone in the house was packing up the things to go to the temple tomorrow, and Qi Xiangsi instructed Lianxin to decoct the medicine for Zhang's mother, to ensure that she slept until three poles in the morning tomorrow.