Zhao Changqing burned a lot of clothes and paper money for the Chu family, and said a lot of things to Chu Yu in a chattering manner, and waited until the evening, and explained a few words to the old man who looked at the house, and left.

When I went home and saw Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Zhao smiled, "Why did you come back so late?" ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "The shop is not big, but there are a lot of things, you always have to take a few glances from time to time, and the people under you are careful to do things." Otherwise, if you can't see it at a glance, you will be lazy and slippery. When I came back, I felt that it was cold, and it was time for my grandmother to change into a thicker cotton coat. ”

Mrs. Zhao smiled, "It's colder at night, it's okay during the day, and it's okay to change it in a few days." ”

Zhao Changqing instructed Yahuan Cui'er to say, "Prepare the old lady's thick cotton clothes in advance, take them out to dry more when the weather is good, and the bedding should also be dried frequently, not to mention warm, and it will be soft when you sleep." ”

Cui'er smiled, "There is no need for the eldest girl to say, the slave maid has taken out the old lady's thick cotton clothes and dried them." The old lady was impatient to change the thick cotton, so the slave and maid found two small sweater clothes and put them on, and if the day was bad, or in the evening, she would serve the old lady to put them on. ”

Zhao Changqing nodded with a smile and said to his grandmother, "Among these girls, Cui'er is the most stable and meticulous." ”

"yes." Mrs. Zhao smiled and asked, "Have you eaten at night?" ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "I used dim sum, but I wasn't hungry." ”

"Where is the dim sum worth the rice, the kitchen leaves the food, eat some and then sleep." When Zhao Changqing responded, Mrs. Zhao smiled, "Go and see your mother, she also remembers you." ”

Zhao Changqing went to Ling's house again, and Ling pulled her to sit down beside her, and said, "Didn't you rest in the shop for a day, your eldest aunt came today, and I didn't see you, where did you go?" ”

Zhao Changqing said, "The medicine shop rested for a day, and the rouge shop didn't stop, and I discussed something with Sister Lin." Is there something wrong with my aunt coming? ”

Ling smiled, "It's the fourth sister's dowry." ”

"Isn't the date set for the eighth day of the eighth month of August, and it's coming just now, is it possible that the dowry has not been prepared yet?" Zhao Changqing asked.

Ling smiled, "Everything else is complete, and ordinary things are easy to buy in advance, but it's rouge gouache, which is not easy to buy in advance." Your aunt has heard that you have a good shop and wants to buy you a few boxes of good rouge gouache. ”

Zhao Changqing asked, "There are a lot of rouge gouache samples, the same rouge, no less than ten kinds of color alone, as well as all kinds of incense powder, flower oil, mouth fat, face fat, flower water, there are more than 100 kinds of flowers." Besides, I don't sell that bargain, but my aunt is willing to spend money? ”

Ling Shi hurriedly said, "Your eldest aunt is a real relative of our family, so you have to give her something cheaper." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "I know, just scare and scare my aunt." When does the fourth sister want it, ask her to look for me in the shop, and I will take her over to pick some. ”

Ling smiled, "Cheng, tomorrow I will send someone to give your aunt a message." Then he asked, "Have you had dinner?" ”

Zhao Changqing said, "I used some snacks, but I didn't feel hungry." ”

"How do you make dim sum? Others will be fatter in autumn, you are thin, I asked the kitchen to leave mutton soup for you, it's cold, drink two more bowls. Ling Shi told him once, and then asked Zhao Changqing to go back to the house to rest.

Zhao Changqing didn't have much appetite, Yongfu served her to go outside in her coat, and persuaded, "The old lady and the lady all remember the girl, and the girl doesn't eat the same, so the old lady and the wife will not be at ease if they know." The slave maid went to the kitchen to take a look, and there were light dishes for them to bring up. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "You follow me every day, and you don't have a meal like this." ”

Yongfu said with a smile, "Girl, where is this, it is my blessing that I can serve with the girl, who in the family does not envy me." The snacks I brought today were intended for the girl to eat, but the girl didn't eat them, but told me to eat a lot, and I was hungry. ”

Yahuan Hong'er came in with tea and smiled, "It's late, don't drink Longjing, girl, otherwise it won't be good to lose sleep at night." This is red date longan tea, girl try it? "The front Lu'er mouth is not strict, Zhao Changqing sent her, this Hong'er was selected from Zhuangzi, but eleven or twelve years old, diligent hands and feet, and clever, so he made a little girl ring in Zhao Changqing's house. Hong'er smiled, "Sister Fu also take a break, and the slave maid will go to the kitchen for a run." ”

Zhao Changqing said, "After this meal, I have to ask for soup and rice, in the end, I will work them and reward them with 500 yuan." "Because Zhao Liangdong and Xia Wen's meals in the pharmacy are all cooked together, Zhao Changqing often rewards them.

Hong'er responded crisply and crisply, and went busy.

Zhao Changqing is the eldest daughter, she is capable, and she is generous, and the servants and maids in this courtyard are not flattering her, and even the maids in her house are also very faceless. It was Sister-in-law Liu who was in charge of the kitchen, and when she saw Hong'er, she smiled, "The red girl is here, but the eldest girl is back?" ”

Hong'er smiled, "Sister-in-law hasn't stopped yet?" ”

Sister-in-law Liu smiled, "I thought that the eldest girl didn't come back to eat in the evening, and the old lady and the wife all ordered to leave food for the eldest girl, and they specially waited for the order." As he spoke, he asked Hong'er to take a look at the food left on the steaming drawer, and saw that it was the same roasted tofu with meat foam, the same chicken stewed with mushrooms, the same fried duck pieces, and the soup was mutton soup.

Hong'er smiled, "The girl said that you were still in the kitchen at this late time, and this is to reward you for eating and drinking." As he spoke, he gave the half-hanging money to Sister-in-law Liu.

Sister-in-law Liu hurriedly took it with both hands, and said with a smile, "It's our business, thank you for the reward." "The whole house knows that Zhao Changqing is generous and treats people kindly, so Sister-in-law Liu knew that she was returning late, so she waited in the kitchen, and said, "Red girl, look, these are proper, if there is anything wrong, the red girl just said, this stove is hot, all kinds of ingredients are complete, and I can make it in time." ”

Hong'er smiled, "These things are good, but I see that the girl has no appetite when she comes back, there can be fresh spinach in the kitchen, if there is, it is better to add another spinach hibiscus soup to Sister-in-law Liu, don't put oil in the hot pot, wait for the soup to be ready, a few drops of small grinding oil, add a pinch of salt to taste." ”

Sister-in-law Liu and her two mothers-in-law were busy doing it.

When Zhao Changqing saw this spinach hibiscus soup, the emerald green vegetables, the tender yellow egg flowers, with the tangy fragrance, he really had a great appetite, and said with a smile, "I didn't feel hungry at first, but I was hungry when I saw this soup." ”

Yongfu smiled, "If the soup left in advance doesn't have this color, it must be made by Hong'er's sister-in-law Liu." ”

Hong'er helped set the food on the table and said with a smile, "The old lady and Mrs. have ordered to keep the meal, and Sister-in-law Liu is waiting under the kitchen." I just heard Sister Fu say that the girl didn't eat much during the day, and she couldn't take it with too greasy stomach at first glance, so I asked Sister-in-law Liu to make this soup. The greens are freshly pulled from the vegetable patch outside the kitchen, and they are very fresh. What Hong'er wants to say is that Zhao Changqing is so generous to his subordinates, and he is rewarded from time to time, and everyone in the palace is looking forward to calling Zhao Changqing. Not to mention asking Sister-in-law Liu to make a new soup, even if she asked her to cook four dishes and one soup, she was also very happy.

Zhao Changqing said, "I can't eat these many dishes alone, you can eat with me." "The Zhao family has just been developed for a few years, and the rules are not too strict.

Hong'er smiled, "The slave maid ate in the evening, and she is not hungry." Sister Fu, sit down, I will serve my sister once. ”

Yongfu is a big girl, and Hong'er will naturally take her as the head later. Because Hong'er is clever and likable, Yongfu also likes her very much, and said with a smile, "You don't make fun of me, it's serious to serve the girl well." After thanking for the meal, he sat down too.

Hong'er is not as shallow as Lu'er in the past, since she took Lu'er's place, Yihua often gives her some gadgets to buy her, Hong'er has to show Yongfu every time she gets something, if Yihua asks her anything, she will learn from Changqing. Sometimes, she will innocently say, "Sister Yihua, why do you always inquire about the eldest girl?" Do you want to come and serve with our big girl? Yihua asked with embarrassment. The key is that she is not only like this in private, she says like this when she meets people, "Sister Yihua always asks me about the eldest girl, she must want to come to serve our girl, it's really strange, isn't the second girl good to her?" It's not good for her to do that. ”

Even the Ling clan heard the rumors and said to Zhao Rong in private, "What's going on with that Yihua in your house, what is the good guy always asking about your sister's house?" Did you ask her to inquire? "The family business is thriving, and the population of the family is increasing, and the Ling family has long been taught by Mrs. Zhao, so she naturally pays close attention to the affairs of the family. What's more, it has only been a few years since the incident of Shi Lu'er? Ling does not have Alzheimer's.

Zhao Rong hurriedly said, "When they talk to each other, there are also people who don't pay attention to it, my sister is at home every day, and I go directly to ask my sister if I have something, just to inquire, and also to inquire with Yongfu, what does a little hairy girl like Hong'er know." There are some people who don't pay attention to Yihua's words, where will they deliberately inquire about her sister's affairs. ”

"It's not the best, tell her to pay more attention to you in the future, don't ask around all day long, it's only right to serve you well. You know your sister's temper. Yihua is so unstable, when did your sister get annoyed and drop her, what kind of face do you have? Ling said, "Yihua is old, find a boy for her to marry in two years, don't always rely on her, bring the little girl ring up, and when she leaves, she won't have a careful servant." ”

Zhao Rong responded in a low voice, and coaxed countless good words from the Ling family.

Yihua knew about this, and he couldn't wait to gnaw Hong'er raw.

Hong'er is still fine, she is such a clever person, Zhao Changqing naturally likes her, even Yongfu also said, "This time, Mama Bai has some eyesight, and she picked Hong'er to make it." ”

asked Zhao Changqing to say, Zhao Rong just thought too carefully, and it was all these small means of selfishness, and she couldn't get on the big platform in the end. For example, Zhao Rong gave all her private rooms to the Ling family, which of course flattered the Ling family, but now Zhao Rong is also a big girl in the thirteenth and fourteenth year, and as she gets older, will she not have the time to use her own money. Not to mention that now that the population of the family is increasing, those slaves and servants, how can they be loyal and honest? Even though the Zhao family has a simple population, they are all brothers and sisters of the same mother, and they can be divided into superior and inferior ranks among the subordinates. Zhao Changqing rewarded a lot, these people didn't need her to woo her, they naturally leaned over, there are some things, Zhao Changqing doesn't need to ask, someone has to talk to Yongfu and Hong'er. Zhao Rong gave all her private house to the Ling family, if she wants to be a good person, what can she do? She is kind to her subordinates, and Zhao Changqing is not the kind of person who is not angry; She will say some worthless good things, Zhao Changqing doesn't have time to say this to her subordinates, but the subordinates who follow her are obviously more promising. Conspiracy and selfishness, in the end, strength is a qiē. Zhao Changqing has several businesses outside, and with a lot of silver in his hand, Hong'er's little girl ring is no worse than a big girl ring like Yihua. Others are also red-eyed, and they are all rewarded by Zhao Changqing in private. Zhao Rong also wanted to take the silver and spread it in a chic manner, but unfortunately her silver was given to the Ling family.

Zhao Changqing had already figured it out, for Zhao Rong, she would not put Zhao Rong in the opponent's position for a long time. Zhao Rong may be unconvinced, jealous, contemptuous, and high-minded, all of which are fearless. In this life, she has already lived better than Zhao Rong!

On the second day, Zhao Changqing still went to the shop for a consultation. It was Mrs. Ling, who got the Ling family's quasi-letter, and brought Fourth Sister Ling to find Zhao Changqing that afternoon.

Zhao Changqing explained the matter of the pharmacy to Xia Wen, called Second Sister Ling, and went to the rouge shop with Mrs. Ling and Fourth Sister Ling.

The wide entrance of the archway street is a slip of three rooms, not to mention the decoration inside, the rosewood carved counter, the glass on the counter, the wall is inlaid with a huge mirror, the clothes of the people in the future are clearly illuminated, and even the girl who sells rouge gouache is also dressed up clean and beautiful.

Mrs. Ling and Fourth Sister Ling are all new, and they are still a little cramped when they arrive at the rouge shop. The shopkeeper of the rouge shop is a woman, surnamed Cao, and Zhao Changqing calls her Miss Cao. When Miss Cao saw Zhao Changqing, she greeted her with a smile, and said with a smile, "Miss Qing, why are you free." She knew Second Sister Ling, and greeted Second Sister Ling with a smile.

Zhao Changqing smiled and introduced Mrs. Ling and Fourth Sister Ling to Shopkeeper Cao, and said, "My sister's good days are approaching, come and pick out a few rouge gouaches for her." The group went inside to talk.

Shopkeeper Cao first said hello to Mrs. Ling and Fourth Sister Ling, and Yahuan served tea and drank tea, Shopkeeper Cao asked with a smile, "I don't know what kind of makeup the fourth girl likes on weekdays?" ”

Fourth Sister Ling said, "Rouge is generally made of pink, and the same is true for mouth grease, the rest is nothing more than using some eyebrows, and less powder, I don't really like to paint a big white face like others." In the past, I didn't think I knew how to dress up, but when I saw you, I felt that I was far behind. ”

Shopkeeper Cao smiled, "We eat this bowl of rice, and we think about these things every day, so we understand a little better." It's better to come out and take a look, and I'll introduce the girl, and then serve the girl to pick out something suitable for the girl in a while. ”

Fourth Sister Ling glanced at Mrs. Ling and said, "Okay, I'll trouble you." ”

Shopkeeper Cao smiled, "It's my business." ”

Zhao Changqing saw that Mrs. Ling was a little worried, and said with a smile, "It's okay for my aunt to accompany the fourth sister to take a look, and it's not outside." ”

Mrs. Ling whispered, "Changqing, I see that you are very particular here, so it's okay to walk around at will." ”

"What's the matter?" He instructed Yongfu to say, "You bring your aunt over." ”

Yongfu took Mrs. Ling to the lobby, and Second Sister Ling took the account book of the rouge shop to show Zhao Changqing. As evening approached, Mrs. Ling and Fourth Sister Ling came in. Boss Lin once said that women, they are almost as good as they look, and beauty and ugliness mostly depend on dressing up. Fourth Sister Ling is just delicate in appearance, but when she dresses up like this, she immediately becomes a pretty little beauty. Zhao Changqing smiled, "It's so good-looking." ”

Fourth Sister Ling was slightly ashamed, "Sister Qing also came to tease me." ”

Zhao Changqing measured her for a moment, cut off a bowl of pink camellia on the case, took off the small plum blossom hairpin between Ling Sijie's hair, and put a camellia on it. Shopkeeper Cao smiled, "This is even more beautiful." Miss Qing is really a good hand. ”

"You'll flatter me less." Zhao Changqing asked with a smile, "What did the four sisters choose?" ”

Shopkeeper Cao said to Zhao Changqing, and Zhao Changqing said, "Why is there only a box of rouge and a lipstick?" ”

Fourth Sister Ling has always been a generous person, and said with a smile, "I just often hear people talk about the reputation of my sister's shop, and I want to come and take a look. She knows that the things in Zhao Changqing's shop are expensive, but they are just girls' homes, which one is not beauty-loving? She just wants to use it, even if it's good to use it once.

Zhao Changqing smiled and said to the shopkeeper Cao, "You look at the fourth sister with a set." Shopkeeper Cao went out with a smile, and Zhao Changqing patted Fourth Sister Ling's hand, "Don't worry, your good days are approaching, these rouge gouaches should only add makeup to you." Just take my account. Even if I really want money, I don't have to worry about the fourth sister, I went to my aunt to ask for it. ”

Mrs. Ling smiled, "What your sister Qing said sincerely, who are your sisters, don't be blind and polite." ”

Fourth Sister Ling thanked Zhao Changqing with a smile.

Because it was late, Mrs. Ling wanted to call Zhao Changqing's house for dinner, but Zhao Changqing refused to go. After saying a few words, Second Sister Ling went home with her mother and sister. Fourth Sister Ling held the rouge gouache box in the car and looked at it endlessly, and sighed, "This box is also exquisitely carved." Second sister, Sister Qing gave me a lot of money, right? ”

Second Sister Ling nodded, "There are always one hundred and ten taels." ”

Fourth Sister Ling almost didn't drop the rouge, and she was speechless, "It's so expensive." ”

Second Sister Ling said, "If something is good, of course it is expensive." Don't think about it, Sister Qing will give it to you when she treats you well. ”

Fourth Sister Ling pinched the rouge box and said, "That being said, Sister Qing is generous, and we shouldn't take advantage of it." I really shouldn't have come if it was so expensive. ”

Second Sister Ling smiled, "This is because you are sensible, so Changqing treats you differently." Don't worry, you're catching up with a good time, if you don't want to get married, Changqing won't send you. Otherwise, there are so many sisters in our country, and we can't afford to send them to her. You happily accept it, otherwise it will be in vain for her effort. ”

Mrs. Ling smiled, "Yes, you can just let it go." In the future, the sisters will be more harmonious, and she will not be in vain in her heart for you. ”

Fourth Sister Ling nodded and said, "Sister Qing is really a person with great talents. Glancing at Second Sister Ling, Fourth Sister Ling said enviously, "It's Second Sister, the rouge shop is so decent, I feel like a hillbilly when I go in, and I don't dare to say anything." The second sister is so comfortable in it, and it can be seen that she has seen the world better than me. ”

Second Sister Ling smiled, "I occasionally go to work inside, what kind of world is this." ”

"Sister Qing now has to sit in the clinic to see a doctor, and she is also working. If you don't work, where will you get the money? Fourth Sister Ling said to her mother, "Mother looks at the second sister, now she is slim and doesn't speak, and her words and deeds are not comparable to before. If I hadn't gotten married, I would have found a job with Sister Qing, which was better than being bored at home. ”

Mrs. Ling sighed, "It's enough for your second sister to call me cāo, you don't come, marry me honestly!" ”

Both sisters laughed.

Fourth Sister Ling's family affairs were lively, her husband's family was quite wealthy, and Uncle Ling also accompanied her more because she was the youngest daughter. After the family affairs of Fourth Sister Ling, on the tenth day of the eighth month, Uncle Zhu, who had lived in the imperial capital for a long time and was appointed as the head of the household department, returned to his hometown of the border city after a long absence.

Uncle Zhu didn't come back alone, but returned to the border city with his wife and grandson.

Because her son was coming back, Mrs. Zhu asked Mrs. Zhu to come back from the courtyard. The mother and son haven't seen each other for many years, and they have a crying and talking about each other, and the old lady Zhu can't see this the most, so he touched the neat and beautiful beard on his lips and said, "Look at the boss's beard, it doesn't look like I'm your father, but like you're my father." ”

As soon as Mrs. Zhu said, the sadness and joy of Mrs. Zhu and Uncle Zhu's ideas immediately disappeared, the mother and son twitched the corners of their lips, and Uncle Zhu touched the corners of his forehead and asked, "Can the eldest brother and sister-in-law still be smooth on the road?" ”

Uncle Zhu smiled, "I was thinking of rushing to the road, and it would be good to come back to worship the ancestors together during the Midyear Festival, but this body is not bone-ready, and the horse will fall apart after riding for half a day." ”

Mrs. Zhu said, "You are in your sixties, what kind of horse are you riding?" What's the matter of the day, this year's Midyear Festival has passed, and there will still be next year, don't toss around, don't want your life. ”

Mrs. Zhu smiled, "The master only thinks that he is still a strong guy of eighteen \\\\\\\\ nineteen, and he is consciously and steadily riding on a horse, which scares Brother Lu'er." ”

Zhu Lu smiled, "My grandfather is like an arrow, and the sand date tree of ethnology has been talking to me for more than ten times. ”

Old lady Zhu said, "Where does he want the sand date tree, he wants to eat the sand date." ”

Uncle Zhu made fun, "Dad still remembers that his son likes to eat sand dates." ”

Old Lady Zhu frowned, didn't say anything about sand dates, and asked Uncle Zhu again, "How did you get to this field?" It's terrible! He really couldn't stand Uncle Zhu's old face.

Mrs. Zhu couldn't stand Mrs. Zhu's dislike of her son like this, and said, "The boss is an official, worrying about national affairs, where can I have time to pick up myself every day." "It's good-looking, it's a fart! At the beginning, she was deceived by the greed for good looks, and she couldn't finish her heart for the rest of her life!

Old lady Zhu didn't know what kind of anger the old woman had, and she still said, "He is like you, he is born old, and he is like forty when he is in his twenties." After choking Mrs. Zhu first, Mrs. Zhu was unaware of it and continued, "By the way, there is a good medicine now, called the Immortal Yangrong Pill, which is very effective. The eldest daughter-in-law, buy some for the boss to eat, and make her stronger. He also gave him sesame oil to comb the beard of this messy canopy, so that he could trim and trim it raw. Looking at Uncle Zhu for a while, Mrs. Zhu sighed, "This old pleated dough is also good to rub it raw, and after washing off the two or two old skins, take the flower oil soft silk scarf to apply it raw, so that you can meet people and meet your own relatives." ”

Mrs. Zhu was so angry with Mrs. Zhu that she didn't want to talk anymore, but Uncle Zhu was so self-contained that he smiled, "Listen to Dad." ”

Old Lady Zhu nodded at this point, and said with a handsome old man's face with an extremely good temperament, "I'm also tired, you can talk." ”

Uncle Zhu got up and said, "I'll send my father over." ”

Old lady Zhu waved her hand, "Talk to your mother, she thinks about you." Taking two steps, Mrs. Zhu said to Mrs. Zhu, "While I'm at home, when will I call Changqing over, I haven't seen her for a few days, she should grow into a big girl." ”

Mrs. Zhu said, "I know, you go and rest." ”

Old lady Zhu left handsomely.

The author has something to say: good night~~~~~~~~~~~~~