Early the next morning, Shen Jingzhong got up early, said to Agarwood that he had something to go out, and after instructing him, he walked out of the house in Agarwood's sleepy eyes.

Agarwood sat on the bed dizzily with the quilt, only reacted in the middle of the sound, her eyes were a little clearer, and she was just about to get up, she might as well move, and her body was sore.

"Ahh Frowning and silently cursing the culprit last night, he treated that person as a quilt and hated a few times to get angry, and after half an hour, Agarwood opened the door neatly dressed.

Yuan'er, who was standing in front of the door early, hurriedly stepped forward and saluted and asked:

"Madam, breakfast is ready, but should it be served?"

Agarwood took advantage of the cover of the long sleeves of the clothes, and quietly pressed his own sour old waist, with a faint face, and nodded in response: "Hmm!" ”

After a pause, he added slowly, and his tone was so soft that he was almost inaudible, "Let's make a cup of honey water first, I'm thirsty." ”

When Yuan'er heard this, he bowed his head and hurried to get busy.

Agarwood turned around slowly, walked back step by step, sat down slowly, and then stroked his throat, with a painful look on his face, and coughed softly, clearing his throat.

God, that old man—just this night, her voice was hoarse, and she didn't dare to speak much just now, for fear that it would become a joke for people to hear.

Not to mention anything else, what is called a difference between the inside and the outside! looks like a very cold individual, and almost didn't toss half her life!

A man who has been away for a long time is comparable to a wolf--this sentence is really not wrong!

The picture of last night flashed in Agarwood's head, as strong as her, and she couldn't help but shudder, it's so terrible! ~

After drinking honey water to moisten my throat, breakfast was also served, boiling thick millet porridge, white and tender cream rolls, brown and crispy scallion pancakes, steaming shrimp dumplings, and three or four dishes of side dishes, which was calculated to be her alone.

It's no different from what you usually eat, there is no rule of eating here in agarwood, picking up chopsticks, while asking Yuan'er standing next to him, and said:

"Have you eaten? Is it a horseback ride or a carriage when you go out? Who followed? ”

Yuan'er took a clever step forward and replied:

"Mrs. Hui, I ate a bowl of chicken noodle soup in the morning, and I came on horseback when I went out, and the steward of the east followed."

It is said that no one in the family is allowed to inquire about the whereabouts of the master, but these things that can be seen by Zhang Yan, as long as they don't talk to outsiders, it doesn't matter. Moreover, the wife in the back house, like the children around the lady, has to have some eyes, some things can't be said, but you can't not know, otherwise if the master asks in vain, what can I do if I don't make a difference?

Although Yuan'er is very timid, it is precisely because of her harmless appearance that she is a rare good hand at inquiring about the news, and she is still very loyal to Agarwood.

Agarwood didn't know what to do, what should and shouldn't, she knew it in her heart, nodded at the moment, didn't say anything, just concentrated on eating.

When the porridge bowl bottomed out, Agarwood wiped the corners of her mouth, got up and breathed a comfortable sigh of relief, squinted at the rising sun outside, and sighed:

"It's not early, let's go, it's time to greet my wife."

Yuan'er was stunned, and when she came back to her senses, Agarwood had already walked to the door, Yuan'er hurriedly ran over in two steps, her mouth opened, and she whispered:

"Madame, you ...... No one is allowed to enter the courtyard with his wife. ”

Agarwood didn't stop, and his voice was faint: "It's okay, just kowtow to my wife outside the courtyard, this is a courtesy, and you can't lose it." ”

Yuan'er was speechless, she should have these courtesies, and she had no reason to stop it, she only followed Agarwood with her head hanging down at the moment, her face was full of vigilance, as if the place she was going to was Longtan Tiger's Den, and she just wanted to laugh when she saw Agarwood.

The courtyard where Mrs. Kong lives is still that, Shen Jingzhong did not let her move the land, and even the things in it, how precious they are, should be given to Kong together, without him, it is really his panic, that is, he looked at his son's face, left Kong a life, and gave her the end of her life, but the door lock outside the courtyard was poured with copper water, which obviously did not see life and death, and his son did not give Kong a meaning.

Agarwood arrived outside the courtyard, and saw two stout women standing on the side of the small door that usually sent food in, seeing that they were going to salute, Agarwood waved his hand, stood in front of the main gate by himself, did not squint, knelt down without hesitation, and kowtowed to the position of the main house in the courtyard, which was considered to be the full number of concubines, and then got up neatly, and in the surprised eyes of the two mothers-in-law, calmly patted the dust on the skirt, turned around and said to the circle with the eyes of the boss behind him:

"Alright, let's go back!"

"Huh?! Oh! Yuan'er was stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the agarwood, and the two went forward.

Seeing the figure getting farther away, the two mothers-in-law in the back, you look at me and I look at yours, and one on the left smacked his tongue and said: "This is Mrs. Ru of Xinna, Guogong Mansion!" It's really good-looking, and the strange Taoist put his wife aside. ”

When the other heard this, he immediately glared at him, lowered his voice and reprimanded: "Shut up, don't talk nonsense if you don't know." You just came in from the outside Zhuangzi, I don't know the reason for this, I can tell you, it's not what you think," he said, and whispered to Nunu inside: "The one inside was grounded first, but at that time there was this master in the back house, and he didn't even have a roommate." ”

The first to speak became interested and shrank his head, but he couldn't help but stretch his neck and said, "Is there still this reason in it?" According to what you say, my wife is so blessed, but she has really fallen into such a field now. ”

The other pouted and answered: "Naturally, I don't know the blessing when I am in the blessing!" I don't know what I did, I angered Grandpa Guo, I heard that it was a very important matter, Grandpa Guo is good-natured, and misses the old love, otherwise, I'm afraid that the one in it will be Hugh back to his parents' house as soon as possible! ”

I don't know what the truth is, but who cares about gossip?

The more the mother-in-law spoke, the more excited she became, and she couldn't help but show off: "I can tell you, you have to have a guard in your mouth back, the one just now, it was the big girl who reacted to the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and everyone called her an agarwood girl, that is a decent person, and you can't be offended by leisure, you can look at it in the future!" That one has a big future, small people like you and me, although it's not our turn to please others, there's no need to offend, right? If we weren't close, I wouldn't have said these things! ”

As he was talking, there was a sound of scolding and beating, and the mother-in-law who said that she was in good luck looked back, and said with a disdainful smile: "Look, here it is again, it is also a close person who has been around for many years, this is beaten and scolded, and it is all in this field today, if you know that the grandfather of the country is accepting new people, you still don't know how to make trouble?" ”

"Someone has to pay attention to the trouble, right?" The mother-in-law on the left sneered, leaned against the wall, shook her head, and sighed: "Don't care who you beat and scold whom? The left and right are not good goods, the one called the red branch, I heard that the second day of marriage called the in-laws to drive out, said it was an unclean one, and after interrogation, I found out that it was actually a broken body early, or following the master's time, I have been hiding it, and the man is still the cousin of the inside! That girl hates this person, and she obviously has to make this uncomfortable herself! Ay...... I don't know how much dirty stuff there is, but let's make trouble! This is the only thing left in these days! ”

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Agarwood didn't know what was happening at the door of the house at the back, so she went back to the house to change into homely clothes and began to look through the account books.

Previously, Shen Jingzhong had already handed over her private property to take care of, but now that she entered the door, Mrs. Kong was another ornament, so she handed over everything to Agarwood in the back house.

Looking at the account book, I saw that the errand of the housekeeper's mother-in-law should be shared, but just after reading a few pages, Yuan'er came in with a letter, handed it to Agarwood, and replied:

"Ma'am, the letter from the porter."

Agarwood said "um", but he finished reading the page without hurry, turned it, and then raised his eyes, took the envelope, opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning,

"Chang'an Hou Mansion? This is from Mrs. Fuli's house? ”

Yuan'er hurriedly replied: "Yes, the first aunt and grandmother in our house married to the Chang'an Hou Mansion, but they haven't come back for many years." ”

Agarwood nodded, and said in his heart, no! I remember that she was still a child, as if she had heard that this girl was going out, it was called a ten-mile red makeup, which was amazing!

The pearl of the Guogong Mansion, Shen Jingzhong's sibling sister, has always had some letters back from time to time over the years, and she has also handed letters to Shen Jingzhong! It's just that it seems that this aunt's temperament is a little ......

Agarwood stretched her brows, smiled, and said to Yuan'er:

"I haven't come back for so many years, so it can be seen that I should go back to my mother's house to see, and now I won't come back. Chang'an Hou returned to Beijing to report on his work, and he should stay in Beijing in the future. It's a great event. That's it, Yuan'er, you tell you to go down and take care of the embroidery building where Mrs. Gu lived first, and when Mrs. Gu returns to Beijing, he must stay at home for a while, let's prepare first! ”

Yuan'er hurriedly replied: "Yes, the slave and maid will go." ”

With that, he bowed and withdrew from the door, and hurried to work.

This can't be said to be too late, and it should be in seven or eight days. Agarwood sat alone on the kang, leaning on a soft pillow behind her back, supporting her head, squinting at the letter for a long time, recalling Shen Jingzhong's past words about Mrs. Gu, she had a little rough idea in her heart, and reached out for a moment to flick the letter paper, and the corners of her mouth hooked slightly.