Chapter 12: The Study

Second Master Feng is coming back!

This news quickly exploded in the Shi family. The people outside the courtyard were gloating and waiting to see the excitement, while some people in the courtyard were looking forward to the return, hoping that it would be a benevolent, generous and talkative man.

Caiyue and Yuchai have already begun to command the little maids in a panic to clean up the inside and outside of the house to welcome the male master back.

The most calm and detached is the current hostess of Moxiang Courtyard.

Caiyue was an anxious child, and when she saw her master sitting there drinking tea, she couldn't help but step forward to "remind": "Young grandma, over there in the study...... How many days have you not been there? ”

Ning Yun blinked: "Study? "Oh, she almost forgot that she hadn't even looked at the "husband's" study since she woke up. I heard that there are two big maids who have served Shi Lingfeng since childhood, and they have always been in charge of various affairs in the study.

According to Caiyue's meaning, as a virtuous and virtuous lady, Ning Yun should take this opportunity to go this way, to knock and knock the two maids, and then erect the demeanor of the hostess of the house. Although Ning Yun was not interested in this, she still decided to give it a trip. She really should have gone and identified the place. Moreover, from the books and ink paintings in the study, you can roughly understand the character of the owner, so that you can know it in your heart.

Listening to other people in the Shi family, this man is a very gentle person. He has always been very kind to his subordinates.,Almost never loud.

has reprimanded anyone, and has always been deferential to Master Shi and Mrs. Shi, and is also very kind to his brothers and sisters.

Come to think of it, what else can an adopted son under the fence be? Even if he is rebellious in his bones, he must be docile on his face.

Ning Yun knows this better than anyone else.

Moxiang Courtyard was originally not big, and Ning Yun and Caiyue didn't walk long before they came to the front yard outside the second gate. There is a corner courtyard on each side of the place, plus a shadow wall, and the rest is the inverted seat room where the male servants live. Probably because Shi Lingfeng was stationed in the military camp, there were very few male servants in Moxiangyuan.

Ning Yun once knocked on the side and inquired, and heard that her husband, Shi Lingfeng, was the commander of the cavalry in the Beijing camp guarding the Beijing Division. Ning Yun knows very little about the military attache position of Da Zhou, and she doesn't know very well how big the official position of this "general" is, but she probably can't escape the junior officers at the bottom of the barracks.

Wouldn't he be a strong man with five big and three thick, right?

Ning Yun is still a little curious about "Bai Xiaochu", a husband who has never met.

The two of them went out of the southeast corner gate, passed a shadow wall, and came to the study in the southeast corner courtyard. There are not many maids and women who serve there, except for some who are responsible for rough work such as sprinkling and sweeping, and then the two big maids in Caiyue's mouth.

One is called Rusheng and the other is called Ruyun.

They have all been by Shi Lingfeng's side since they were children, and their appearance and figure are all superior. Moreover, I heard that the origin is not small, and it was rewarded by Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi back then. Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi are both alive and well, and they are worshipping Buddha and recuperating in a courtyard in the water town south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, with the hard backer of the old ancestor, Rusheng and Ruyun, the two girls, are quite faceable in the historian's family.

When Ning Yun came, they were doing needlework under the study corridor. Because no one had informed them in advance, they were a little surprised by Ning Yun's visit, but they quickly put away their surprise and saluted respectfully, which was very decorative. It is worthy of being trained by the ancestors.

Ning Yun smiled at them and said, "I don't have anything to tell Hengzhu, you just do needlework outside, Caiyue also stays outside, and talk with you." I'll go in and see for myself, and I'll come out with my distraction. ”

Caiyue replied "yes", Rusheng and Ruyun glanced at each other, but they didn't dare to sit down and continue to do needlework.

Ning Yun left them behind and entered Shi Lingfeng's study alone.

The placement in the study is very ordinary.

There are no mountain paintings on the wall, and there is no calligraphy of pen and ink, just three bare walls, and a four-foot square table under the window. The pen and inkstone on the table are not complete, and although there are some books on the bookshelf at the back, they are all very ordinary, which are some ordinary reading materials that every household will place, and there is nothing special.

In addition to these, on the southwest corner of the study, there were also several large boxes with dark red paint, which were placed high and high together, probably for storing sundries.

Looking around, Ning Yun was a little disappointed: it seems that he is really just a superficial military attache who doesn't know how to write and ink.

Ning Yun picked out a few books from the bookshelf, and then came out of the study, the sun was already very high, and it was very dazzling. Rusheng, who was waiting outside the door, was very eye-catching, and he didn't know where to pull out a parasol, handed it to Yuchai and said: "The dog days are the most poisonous, and this may be able to help the young grandmother block the light." ”

Ning Yun smiled, handed the book to Caiyue, and ordered a few words like "The second master is coming back, you should tidy up your things and be on duty well", and then helped Caiyue to go back to the main house.

Just stepped into the hugging building, Yuchai greeted her, followed by a handsome girl wearing a water-green dress.

Without waiting for Yu Hai to speak, this handsome girl stepped forward with a smile to say goodbye, probably seeing that Ning Yun looked at her with some hesitation, so she introduced it first:

"The slave maid asked for peace to the second grandmother Feng. The young grandmother may not remember, the slave maid is the purple tong served in Ruixiang Courtyard, the lady sent the slave maid to deliver a word, the previous one's own shop in the south of the new horse a few popular colored cloth, I don't know what style the young grandmother likes, let the young grandmother pick it herself. If you're free, you might as well take a trip. ”

Ning Yun sat down on the couch, and there was a sense of randomness all over her body, but she couldn't hear any sound of rings colliding. Looking up again, that beautiful face is not powdered, but it is very handsome, especially the eyes, which are a little sharp in the sparseness.

Zitong couldn't help but look dumbfounded, she had heard Sister Ziyu say that this second grandmother Feng had changed a little, and she dared to return all the people rewarded by Mrs. I didn't believe it at first, but I saw it today, and it's really ...... It's a big change!

Ning Yun took the teacup, responded with a shallow voice, and didn't say anything more, only handed a glance to Yuchai.

Yuchai handed over the prepared broken silver, helped Zitong's hand, and sent her outside the hospital in person: "Sister Lao Zitong has gone on this trip, and I have to ask Mrs. SΓΉ to go, and our young grandmother will change her clothes and go over." ”

Zitong has never been arrogant, and his temperament is refreshing, so he immediately said affectionately to Yu: "Sister is polite." I finally saw the grandeur of Grandma Feng'er, and it was not in vain that I robbed the little maid of this errand with a dead face. "Obviously looking a little cold, but I just take it for granted, what is the matter with such a big change? Could it be that they used to pretend to be pigs and eat tigers? Oh, but I can't say for sure! No wonder...... Madame can't even eat these days.

Before leaving, Zitong hesitated for a while, but said one more sentence: "Those horses are nothing special, Mrs. Xingxu just wants to find a reason to talk to the second grandmother to relieve her boredom." ”

Yu Hai comprehended, thanked him repeatedly, sent a few more steps, and then turned back to the courtyard and replied to the master.

Ning Yun rubbed the bracelet on her wrist, thinking about Zitong's "reminder" before leaving.

Asking her to choose cloth is just a reason, this is what Ning Yun has thought of a long time ago, she just doesn't understand, what kind of way this Zitong is coming from, it's a little interesting!

Mrs. Shi waited for a long time before she saw Ning Yun walk in unhurriedly.

She wasn't angry, her eyes were slitted with a smile, and she looked like she was really a good daughter-in-law she loved in front of her: "Come, take a look, the sisters haven't seen these yet." Don't tell them when you turn around, so you don't have to bury my partiality. ”

Ning Yun looked flattered on her face: "My daughter-in-law doesn't dare." Let's let the sisters pick first. But in her heart, it was like hearing a joke: how could she still think that she was rare with these cloths? It's just an introduction to himself, and he still wants to take the opportunity to sell himself a favor, but he really thinks he is stupid?

"The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, as she should be. I'll let you pick first, and no one can say anything. Let's see which one you like, just take it and keep it for a few new clothes! ”

Ning Yun was no longer polite, and exchanged a few words of greeting, but she really picked it up decently.

This one is a little brighter, and that one is thicker. Well, this pattern is plain, but the background color is not clean......

Flipping left and right, the tea is cold, and I didn't choose which one.

can make Mrs. Shi anxious. Originally, Ning Yun came late, and if she continued to pick it up according to this posture, wouldn't it be time to set up dinner? I also prepared a basket of words to tell her.

The eldest girl Ziyu saw that her master's face was getting worse and worse, so she had to step forward to help her master: "Slave and maid have been looking at it these days, Grandma Feng is a person who can wear clothes!" These cloths, as long as they are picked out by the second grandmother, must be excellent, and the slaves and maids have to secretly look at them for a few sisters, and turn around and let them pick out the clothes as they do. ”

Mrs. Shi began to speak, and continued: "Isn't it." That's it, don't pick it, go back and let Ziyu find a few mothers-in-law and send all the cloth to your yard. When you've picked one, it's the same for a few more sisters to cut a few clothes. ”

Ning Yun glanced at the purple jade behind Mrs. Shi, bent her eyebrows, and replied, "That's what my daughter-in-law meant, but she didn't have the face to say." But you can see through it! ”

This witty remark came out of Ning Yun's mouth, and it had a unique charm, which caused the maids and women in the house to laugh for a while.

Mrs. Shi pursed her lips and pretended to laugh, took Ning Yun's hand and began to chat, and soon, one sentence led the conversation to the main topic.

"I heard people reply, saying that Brother Feng will come back in a few days?"

At this time, Ziyu had already quietly led people down, the door was closed, and the room was quiet, leaving only Mrs. Shi and Ning Yun.

It seems that what Mrs. Shi wants to say is actually related to her husband. Moreover, what do you have to say with such a lot of effort and mystery?

Ning Yun sat up straight and listened with the spirit of twelve.

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