Master Mu led the team, Mrs. Mu, Uncle Mu, Grandma Mu, Fourth Master Mu, Fourth Grandma Mu, Mu Liuniang, plus great-grandchildren and sisters, more than a dozen people, the team was very spectacular.

Introduction, Su Jinqiu stepped forward to salute, Master Mu and Mrs. Mu had half-white hair, and people in their forties looked sixty years old, with bitterness in the vicissitudes of life. The two reacted indifferently to Su Jinqiu's greetings, and they didn't even give a smile. Next is Uncle Mu and Mrs. Mu, who are in their early thirties, and a few polite greetings are over.

Mu Siye and Mu Si Grandma are young couple, in their early twenties. Compared with Mrs. Mu, Master Mu, and Uncle Mu, the mental state of Fourth Master Mu can be described as the sun of tomorrow, sunny and full of infinite hope. Grandma Mu Si beside her was also radiant, more and more beautiful and beautiful, with a smiling face, she took the initiative to talk to Su Jinqiu, and said that if you need anything, just go to her.

"The fourth sister-in-law is in charge of family affairs, and my sister only has to talk to the fourth sister-in-law if she has something." Mu Liuniang said with a smile, her attitude was very kind.

"In the future, I will have to take care of my fourth sister-in-law." Su Jinqiu saluted and said.

Generally speaking, they are the eldest daughter-in-law housekeepers, especially the five generations of the Hou Mansion, and the rules are very big. Mrs. Mu is old and lacks energy, so the first person to delegate housekeeping should be Grandma Mu, but I didn't expect it to be Grandma Mu's grandmother. However, just looking at the response at this time, Grandma Mu Si is better at dealing with things than Grandma Mu.

"My sister is too polite, she should be." Grandma Mu Si said with a smile.

Between talking and laughing, the atmosphere became warmer, and Mrs. Mu's expression was also a little relaxed, looking at the people in the big room, she couldn't help asking, "Where are the seven girls?" Why didn't you come? ”

"The mother-in-law said that the seventh sister was unwell, I went over to see it after eating, and she was still in bed, a little lazy, so I didn't let her get up." Mu Liuniang said with a smile, with a gentle and generous attitude, looking like a good sister.

Su Jinqiu looked at the corners of Mu Liuniang's lips, is this mockery?

Old Mrs. Mu looked a little puzzled, and couldn't help but look at Mrs. Mu and said, "Why are you sick again, didn't you just ask a doctor?" ”

Mrs. Mu was a little impatient in her heart, she was a little concubine, and she didn't fall from herself. Delicious food and drink for it, say that if you are not feeling well, you will ask a doctor, and the medicine will also be caught. My mother did everything she had to do, but Mu Qiniang still said that she was not good and couldn't get out of bed, so what could she do. just said: "The doctor came to check the pulse and said that it was nothing serious, but the seventh girl herself said that she was not good." ”

"Is it because the doctor's medical skills are not good, otherwise another doctor will come and see." Old Madam Mu said, paused and said, "The seventh girl is thin, young, and always sick, so you still have to take care of it more." ”

Mu Qiniang's biological mother died in dystocia, although it is a hurdle for a woman to give birth, but her aunt died in childbirth, and it is unclear in the backyard. She doesn't care how Mrs. Mu cleans up her aunt, but Qi Niang is always her own granddaughter, and she can't let Mrs. Mu toss.

"Yes." Mrs. Mu reluctantly responded.

Grandma Mu Si said with a smile: "My sister is the first time to come, I will take her to meet the second uncle in a while." ”

Old Madam Mu nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you." ”

Mu Liuniang followed: "I haven't been to my second uncle for a few days, my aunt asks for peace, and I want to go with my sister-in-law." ”

"Go ahead." Mrs. Mu smiled and said that her two sons were not in harmony, and she was helpless. It is somewhat gratifying to see that the grandchildren can be harmonious.

Everyone retreated, and Su Huaiyu also went out with him, of course, not to say hello to the second room, but to let her mother-in-law take her to Biyunxuan. The place that Mrs. Mu arranged for me, I don't know what the road will rot into, and I have to clean it up.

"Where my sister lives, I'll send someone to tidy it up." Grandma Mu Si asked.

Su Jinqiu said with a smile: "The old lady arranged for me to live with my aunt in Biyunxuan, and my aunt has already gone to clean up." ”

"There?" Grandma Mu Si was a little surprised, thinking about the usual behavior of Old Lady Mu, she also knew a little, and said with a smile: "It's close to the back door, and it's convenient to enter and exit." It's just that no one has lived in it for a long time, so I want to clean it up, so I'll send someone over to cook. Sister don't worry, just tell me if you have something. ”

Mu Liuniang also followed: "If you can't clean up today, my sister will come to live with me first." ”

"Thank you for the fourth sister-in-law, the sixth sister." Su Jinqiu thanked him.

It seems that the fourth grandmother is quite able to talk at home, Mu Liuniang is a granddaughter, and she is still young, so she may not be able to understand what Mrs. Mu means. Grandma Mu Si is the granddaughter-in-law of the family, and she is not afraid of offending Mrs. Mu.

Set the car to the second room, and enter through the black oil gate on the west side, Su Jinqiu was surprised again, the second room is richer. Although the exterior house does not look very tidy, the interior furnishings and the dressing of the servants are a notch higher than that of the large house.

Old lady Mu took the long house to live in the main house of the Hou Mansion, and the income of Yongtian Industry should also be a long house. The long house has a sacrificial field, and after the second room is separated, although it has not been completely moved out of the Hou Mansion, the finances must be separated, and it is speculated that the second room should be poorer than the big house.

There is only one son in the second room, Mu Sanye, either the second master Mu is angry, or Mu Sanye is angry, anyway, this money definitely didn't fall from the sky.

The car drove into the second gate, and the main room met the second master and Mrs. Mu, and the two of them reacted mediocrely, which was stronger than the big house. Mrs. Mu finally took off a bracelet as a greeting gift, and also said a few words of care and love. No matter what I thought in my heart, the face work was finally done.

"My mother-in-law is not very good, the third child took his daughter-in-law to his father-in-law's house, and he will come back in a few days, and he will see you later." Mrs. Mu San said with a smile, and she didn't leave Su Jinqiu to eat, but said: "The girl just comes over to play when she is free, and she happens to be with Banniang and Jiuniang." ”

Banniang, Jiuniang is the concubine of the second room, the same year as Su Jinqiu.

"Come back another day to say goodbye to my wife." Su Jinqiu said with a smile.

Second Mrs. Mu smiled indifferently and said, "The girl just come over and play." ”

After a few polite words, the three of them said goodbye, and Mrs. Mu ordered her mother-in-law to send off the guests.

Su Jinqiu followed Mu Si's grandmother, Mu Liuniang felt a little regretful when she got into the car, she really wanted to meet Mu Sanye, in a way, all the things in the Jiangcheng Hou Mansion now are because of him.

The reason for the matter has to start from more than ten years ago, when Emperor Yongchang personally chose a horse for the eldest princess of Hanshan, that is, the mother of the seventh master Yuanfeng. Mu Sanye was young and beautiful, and he was originally going to be selected as him, but it was found that his hair was sticky, and his hair was originally scarce. Emperor Yongchang was furious, because the Empress Dowager Song interceded, although she did not condemn the Mu family, she did not let the Mu family go.

first rewarded Mu Yuanniang, who was in Beijing and said that she was married, to Prince Li's son as a concubine, but Emperor Yongchang still felt that it was not enjoyable, and began to investigate the economic problems of the Jiangcheng Marquis Mansion. A century-old marquis like this, how to turn over the economic accounts, dig out all kinds of deficits, and pay them all off within a limited time. The Mu family poured all their efforts to pay it back, and Mrs. Su gave 80,000 taels of silver.

The title was barely kept, and the crisis of copying the house passed, and Master Mu and Second Master Mu also began to settle accounts.

Master Mu said that the cause of the incident was that Mu Sanye was lying in front of the holy driver, and he didn't want to fight for his life if he didn't have to be a horse, which affected the whole family. Mu Yuanniang's eldest daughter was rewarded as a concubine, and the next few daughters married very badly. Then there was the imperial court that checked the old accounts, made up for the shortfall, and was almost exiled by the raider.

Now it's saved, and I don't know when I'm going to make waves again. The family's hometown has also been turned up, in the final analysis, it is all the fault of the second room, if Mu Sanye didn't fake, at most he would have lost the election and had nothing to do.

How can Second Master Mu agree, the whole family knows that Third Master Mu does fake things, when he does it, Old Master Mu doesn't care, and Master Mu doesn't care, at that time, the whole family thought that if Third Master Mu can become a colt, he will definitely get a lot of benefits. What's more, when the accounts are audited to fill the shortfall, the second room is not to look at it from the side, and it can be taken all. Mrs. Mu not only took out all the dowry, but also borrowed money from her mother's family.

The matter of choosing a horse is originally a family event, no matter whether it is good or bad, the consequences must be borne by the two rooms together. Otherwise, the benefits of two rooms will be obtained together, and if there is something, the two rooms will be pushed, and there is no such reason in the world.

The brothers quarreled endlessly, and the quarrel between the two concubines was even more fierce. Mu Yuanniang is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Mu, how can Mrs. Mu not feel distressed when she falls into such a result. In order to make up for the shortfall, Mrs. Mu asked her mother's family to borrow a lot of silver.

Both sides felt that it was too much of a loss, and then they almost staged a full martial arts. Old lady Mu was helpless about this, the only way was to divide the family and circle a piece in the west as a two-room residence, but at that time, the family was already poor and white, and the second room was not on the street, but there was nothing to eat without silver. Even the second wife's dowry has been filled out, if you had known that Lu Dao was like this, it would be better not to fill it in.

Whenever Old Lady Su talked about these things, she shook her head and said nothing. At that time, Su Jinqiu was very young, so he must have regarded it as not understanding, and he also felt that he couldn't complain. There are many brothers who don't get along well, and the brothers of the same mother can make trouble like this when their parents are alive, which is very rare.

It can only be said that they are all wonderful, and Mrs. Mu's father is the most wonderful.

When she got off at the second gate of the Hou Mansion, Mu Liuniang smiled and said, "The fourth sister-in-law has a lot to do, just go and get busy." I took my sister to Biyunxuan, if something was missing, I sent someone to ask the fourth sister-in-law. ”

"It's okay, Sixth Sister is careful, just talk about it." Grandma Mu Si said with a smile, and said: "I will send someone to send me over for lunch, but I don't know the taste of my sister, so my sister will do it first." ”

"The fourth sister-in-law loves me, where can I be a general." Su Jinqiu said with a smile.

Grandma Mu Si smiled and said, "Look at this little mouth, I have a lot to do today, and I'll go see my sister later." ”

Grandma Mu Si turned around, Su Jinqiu followed Mu Liuniang to the backyard, Mu Liuniang explained as she walked, and probably pointed to everyone's residence. Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Mu lived in the central axis building complex, the big house occupied the east side, and the west side was circled to the second room. The middle and the west side are connected to the back, and there is the garden of the Hou Mansion.

Biyun Xuan is a small courtyard in the garden, close to the back corner door, which was originally used as a guest house. The house was built about 20 years ago, and it has been repaired a few times in the middle, so it must be no problem for the occupants.

"This is it." Mu Liuniang pointed to a small courtyard in front of her.

Su Jinqiu looked up, there was a small courtyard in the square, and the three words Biyunxuan were hung on the door plaque. The small courtyard is not large, with five main rooms in the middle, three wing rooms on the left and right, and a backyard retreat.

When I entered the door, the first thing I saw was a pile of furniture, new on the left, old on the right, and several manservants carrying the old ones to the backyard. In addition, there is a pile of cages piled up on the porch.

"This, this is ......" Mu Liuniang was somewhat shocked.

The old furniture that was lifted out of the house was all the original of Biyunxuan, and it was old, but the wood was good, and it could be used. In her opinion, the so-called tidying up the house is to clean some things, make beds and hang curtains, and she has never thought about changing furniture.

The courtyard was cleaned up, there were people in each room, and a few mothers-in-law sent by Grandma Mu Si were standing next to them a little unable to intervene, and all the people were dispatched by Su Huaiyu. The piles of things on the porch should have just been brought back from the market, and they were in the form of sweeping goods, so I didn't choose them at all, and I bought them all when I thought they were useful.

"The furniture is not working, and I have to buy something new. I will let people take the old ones out and throw them away, and as for the loss, I will fold the silver and calculate it to the Mu family. Su Huaiyu said.

She didn't want to be so troublesome, but things really can't be used, and this is a place to live for a few years, rather than tossing in the future, it is better to replace them all today, and she can save more worry in the future. Old Lady Mu's virtue is too disgusting, no matter how depressed the Su family is, they will not beg him to support him.

Su Jinqiu nodded when he heard this, and said, "It's okay to change it now." ”

"Lao Zhang is still in the market, and his man's family doesn't know what to use, so I let him watch and buy it. If the girl wants anything, she will send the little maid for a run and tell him something. Su Huaiyu said.

Su Jinqiu looked at the cage on the porch, she was still in filial piety, and she didn't need too many things, so she said: "There is no hurry to buy these things slowly, mainly in the back kitchen." ”

The top priority is to live and eat, Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Mu are left alone, and the lunch is sent by Grandma Musi, and I am embarrassed to trouble her again at night.

"Steward Li is not busy today, I gave him three hundred to buy two silver, and let him buy it." Su Huaiyu said that money is not everything, but it is very easy to support subordinates to run errands.

Outside the back corner door is the lower room, and the next person is also in shifts, and there are always those who are idle at home. She asked her mother-in-law to pass the word, but if anyone comes to help today, give two taels first, finish the work before dark, and give two taels if you can finish the work from beginning to end. As for the kitchen being directly contracted to the steward, all three hundred taels were done, and no matter how much was left, all of them were his.

The highest monthly salary of the people of the Jiangcheng Hou Mansion is one or two silver, and they can earn four months' money in one day, which is more than half a year's money for many people. All of them are positive, and when they hear the news, they are not bad, and they ask for leave to come and help. Su Huaiyu said directly, as long as he helped, even if he carried one thing, he would have a reward for everything.

"That's fine, save some trouble." Su Jinqiu said.

According to her character, she will not act like this, too much to slap the face of Old Lady Mu, in the end, if she wants to live in the Mu family for a few years, there is no need to make too much trouble. Su Huaiyu has a flamboyant personality and can't bear this breath, she wants to do this, but it's not a big deal.

Just like Old Lady Mu, at most let them go. Leaving the Mu family and buying a house to live in another place, life is more comfortable.