When Liu heard this, although he was a little impatient, he didn't care about him because he didn't spend his own money. And because of that matter, I discussed with him, so I praised this ancient inkstone, and Lu Huancheng was happy, so he said: "Master, it's been five or six years since the Spring Dynasty entered our house?" "Lu Huancheng has never been concerned about children's affairs, and where can he remember these little things, he doesn't talk about them at the moment.

Seeing that he shouldn't, Liu said to himself: "She married in at the age of sixteen, and she was twenty-three years old in the New Year, and it has been seven years since she was almost gone. In the past few years, although Brother Yong has treated her well, there is always no news on the heirs, which makes people inevitably anxious. Moreover, although the child of the Spring Dynasty is capable, there are too many things in the family now. She takes care of the accounts in the shop and in the Zhuangzi alone, as well as the family's food and clothing shopping, four festivals and eight celebrations, and human contacts, all of which are on her alone. I see her getting up early and going to bed late every day, it's really hard and distressing. I thought about finding someone to come in again, firstly, for the sake of our Lu family's incense, people like us are always good to spread their branches and have more children and more blessings; Second, it is better to help the daughter-in-law and ask her to save some effort. ”

When Lu Huancheng heard this, he glanced up at her and asked, "Does my mother know about this?" Liu hurriedly said: "I have already told the old lady, and the old lady also means the same." Lu Huancheng said: "This is nothing, although Chengyong is not at home, but this kind of thing is often in the world, it is nothing." It's just an instant, where to find a suitable person? If you don't know what you know, you will have to give birth to some right and wrong. Liu smiled and said, "Do you remember what I said to my master before?" My sister's family has already entered Beijing, so I brought Xueyan to my house today to greet the old lady. When the old lady saw Xueyan's child, she liked it very much. Originally, she was going to take in her granddaughter, but somehow she was very compatible with Brother Yong. Everyone said it, and they all had that meaning because they couldn't help it. I asked Xueyan about the girl privately, and although she was shy and refused to say, she didn't want to see what it meant. ”

She knew that this Lu Huancheng didn't care about trivial matters at home on weekdays, but there was an old lady nodding, and there was nothing allowed. She expected that as soon as she finished saying this, Lu Huancheng would definitely wave his hand and ignore it and let her do it. Who knew that this Lu Huancheng asked, "Who is this Xueyan?" Are there any such people in our family? When the Liu family heard this, they were full of resentment. Although she knew that Lu Huancheng had never asked about family affairs, she didn't want him to take her words as a deaf ear. Since Aunt Zhang's family decided to enter Beijing, she has told him the name and surname of her sister's family. When he asks again now, it can be seen that he is not at ease at all.

At that moment, the Liu family held back his anger and said with a light smile: "How did the master forget, this Xueyan is what I mentioned to the master before, our niece's daughter, Zhang Xueyan, the only daughter of the Zhang family." She is also seventeen years old this year, and she is already the age of marriage. Her family also said a good family for her, but she didn't expect a sudden disaster in the family, and the child in the man's family suddenly fell ill and died. She was tricked by the villain and got into a situation where she couldn't go up or down. I look really pitiful, it's a pity to look like that. The old lady had this meaning again, so she took advantage of the situation to make peace. ”

Lu Huancheng listened to her words, thought about it for a while, and then smiled: "Yes, you told me, I forgot it." Then he asked, "Although such things are common, you still ask Chunchao." In the end, she is the main house, and she did not hide the reason for her to take a concubine for her son. Liu Shi said disapprerovingly: "Having said that, she is just a daughter-in-law and a junior." The old lady nodded, so could she agree or not? What's more, she has been in our house for many years, and she has not received any news from her stomach. Although Chengyong is out now, he has been at home for two or three years. She can't get out, she doesn't even have bits and pieces, and she still has the face to talk about people! The people who put it on the side, the concubine girl has already been there, and it will be too late. It's also our family's kindness and generosity, don't let her think that this is the right reason. ”

Lu Huancheng was impatient when he heard that she was going to talk about the long and long family house trivial matters, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "That's it, since you say it's good, then let you do it." I still have some official documents to take care of, so I'll sleep in my study tonight. When he had finished speaking, he took his clothes and went away. Seeing him like this, Liu had no choice but to say: "In that case, ask Changchun to make your bed for you?" Lu Huancheng walked out, and said, "No need, just have a long song to serve." This long song was originally to follow the little guy who served Lu Chengyong, and when Lu Chengyong joined the army, he filled the study as a scholar and did some errands of burning incense, cooking tea, and cleaning up.

When Lu Huancheng went out, Liu sighed and said to Changchun: "This man is afraid of entering the wrong industry, and the woman is afraid of marrying the wrong man." It's true! What can I do if my lord looks like this? I hate the old lady and my relatives and friends, and they only say that I am not good at running a family. If a man's family can't hold up, it's a woman's head, which is really unspeakable! Changchun didn't dare to answer this, but said with a smile: "Mrs. should also look away, so she has come over all these years." Now that the family is all right, the young master has been named a ranger general, and it is a matter of time before he is enshrined by the imperial court, and the wife just waits to enjoy the blessings. Maybe God just wants to let my wife suffer these hardships in the first place, so that she can have this great blessing in the future. ”

Liu Shi glanced at her and scolded: "Little greasy mouth, you are used to smearing honey on your mouth to make people happy." I don't have any sugar for you, so you can save it. It's not early, don't just talk about your teeth, hurry up and clean up my sleep. Ming'er is going to talk about that incident. Changchun didn't say much, and hurriedly packed up and served the Liu family and fell asleep. One night scene questioned.

The next morning, it was just dawn. Bao'er lifted the tent and asked Xia Chunchao to get up.

Xia Chunchao slept late last night because of something in his heart, and when he got up this morning, his eyes were dark and blue, his face was pale, and he was really a little ugly.

While combing her hair with her, Bao'er frowned and said, "Grandma, didn't you sleep well last night?" Now I want to go to the old lady to say goodbye, but how can it be good? I had to rub some more grease powder to cover it up. Zhu'er interjected on the side: "The two Buddhas of our family are really difficult to wait. The old lady doesn't like to dress lightly, and only says that it is dull and unlucky. But the wife is very disgusted with glamorous makeup, saying that it is not serious. It's hard to do it when our grandmother is only tired. But what the girls were wearing, and how they dressed, they were all blind, and they couldn't see at all. Xia Chunchao was too presumptuous when he heard her words, so he reprimanded: "You girl, how can you talk nonsense about the old lady and the wife behind your back? If people listen to it, wouldn't it be another game of right and wrong? Look, I'll call the housekeeper's sister-in-law to beat your board later! Pearls knew that she was only lying and threatening, and she was not very afraid, just sticking out her tongue.

Xia Chunchao instructed Bao'er again: "You don't need to do more makeup, just look ordinary." Bao'er asked, "Isn't Grandma afraid of the old lady's anger?" Xia Chunchao smiled lightly and said, "I just want the old lady to ask." Bao'er didn't know what she was going to do, so she didn't ask any more, and just cleaned up for her as instructed.

After finishing the freshening, Xia Chunchao gave Zhu'er a few words, then took Bao'er out as usual and went straight to Lu Jia's residence.

When I walked to the bottom of the porch, I saw the little girl Baohe sitting on the stone steps and napping. Xia Chunchao made a look, and Bao'er stepped forward quickly, woke up Baohe, and asked, "Why are you dozing off here?" Can the old lady get up? Baohe was woken up in a dream, jumped up in a bluff, rubbed his eyes, and saw that it was the master and servant of Xia Chunchao, and hurriedly said hello, and replied: "The old lady hasn't gotten up yet, and grandma came early today." As soon as these words fell, a voice came from inside: "Baohe, the old lady is up, scoop water in!" ”

When Bao He heard this, he hurriedly walked to the porch and carried a brass teapot burning on the top of the green clay stove. It turned out that Lu Jia's daily freshening and eating tea did not use a large kitchen stove, but only built a stove on this corridor to boil some boiling water. The furnace is not extinguished day and night, so it must be guarded at night.

Xia Chunchao saw that Lu Jia's had already gotten up, so he took Bao'er up the stairs and opened the curtain to enter.

When I entered the door, I saw Lu Jiashi wearing his shoes, not combing his hair, standing in front of the dressing mirror and being served by Baolian to dress. She hurriedly stepped forward and said a blessing. Lu Jiashi didn't look back, only said: "The spring dynasty is coming early. Xia Chunchao replied with a smile, because he saw that Baolian took a sauce-colored placket jacket with 10,000 characters to wear with Lu Jia's family, so he hurriedly took over. The Lu Jia clan also stood still, and was served by her.

After dressing for a while, he combed Lu Jia's hair again. Lu Jiashi moved to the mirror platform, Baolian opened the mirror, Xia Chunchao took the comb, and combed her hair and wore a crown, and the grandparents kept gossiping. After combing her hair in a bun, Pauline handed it over to wipe her forehead. Xia Chunchao followed, and he had to wear it for Lu Jia's family. Lu Jiashi suddenly saw Xia Chunchao's face in the mirror, couldn't help frowning, and said, "You kid, I saw you fine yesterday, why is your face so ugly today?" Didn't you go sleepy at night and didn't sleep well? I don't know how to maintain it when I'm young, so how can I get sick for a long time? What are you doing as a young daughter-in-law, dressed so plainly? Brother Yong'er is fighting at the border, you dress up brightly at home, and you also seek good luck for him. With such a sad face and such plain clothes, people think that it is a widow who keeps the festival, isn't it a curse for Brother Yong? ”

Xia Chunchao saw her and asked, and hurriedly smiled: "The old lady taught her a lesson, and her daughter-in-law also pays attention to these things on weekdays. It's just that last night I thought about going home, and I remembered one thing again, and I was worried, so I went sleepy, and I hoped that the old lady would forgive me. Lu Jiashi asked: "You are in charge, I have always been relieved." Isn't there something difficult going on? Xia Chunchao said with a smile: "The old lady also knows that our family has a large population, and there is a lot of running water in the daily chewing and wrapping." Although the young master is now earning a future at the border, he will come back sooner or later. At that time, the imperial court will not say that it will also seal a military attache to do it, and it will be inevitable to worship the seal, clothes and banquets, as well as officialdom and personal contacts, all of which need to be used with a large amount of silver. There is still a girl's dowry that has not been done, and people like us will naturally not wronged their daughters, so that the girl will be bullied at her mother-in-law's house, which will cost another sum of money. The old lady's longevity is not optimistic yet. The daughter-in-law and the child asked someone to look at the market, and some of the plates were worth a hundred taels of silver. These three things are counted, but it is a lot of money. ”

When Lu Jiashi heard this, he smiled and said: "I know that you are a good boy with a scheming, these three things are important things in our family, you can keep them in mind, it's good." Xia Chunchao said with a smile: "My daughter-in-law originally calculated, although it was tighter, the silver could still be scraped up." The business in the shop is lively again, and the annual success has been good in the past few years, and the food in the Zhuangzi is enough for our family to eat for a year. That way, that's enough. However, yesterday, the daughter-in-law heard an incident, and the old lady's sister-in-law, who was washing clothes and bedding, happened to meet Changchun in the wife's house to send the aunt and the lady out on the way here. I saw Changchun handing over a bag of silver to his aunt's wife. Judging by the size of the package, it is almost fifty taels of silver. It's not a daughter-in-law who makes a mouth, and it's a good thing for a wife to help relatives, but our family is not a broad family. If it becomes a rule, where will there be help? She didn't mention Zhu'er in this remark, nor did she say what the princess's sister-in-law said herself, leaving enough room. She knew that Lu Jia's family attached great importance to the Lu family's fortune and would never allow outsiders to be contaminated, so she told her about it, and sure enough, she saw that Lu Jia's face sank.