On the tenth day of November, early in the morning, Qian Yuning took Dongxue and Xiaoman to wait outside the gate of Yonghe Courtyard, and she had already ordered Mama Liu to take care of it more in Bicui Garden, especially Mama Xu and the two children. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Seeing that when it was over, the gate of Yonghe Courtyard opened, and Meiping poked her head out from inside and saw that Qian Yuning was already waiting outside the door, so she quickly opened the door and invited people in.

Qian Yuning entered the room of Mrs. Hou, the room was very large, divided into the outer room and the inner room, and the middle was blocked by a screen of Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, and she vaguely saw a pearl curtain shaking in the middle.

Meiping asked the little maid to serve fragrant tea to the third lady, and she went to bring Qian Yuning a bowl of bird's nest porridge to put on the table next to Qian Yuning's chair, and said with a smile: "The third lady will use some bird's nest porridge!" Mrs. Hou will take a while! ”

Qian Yuning smiled and thanked her, picked up the bird's nest porridge and slowly used it, Meiping turned around and went into the back room to wait for Mrs. Hou to get up, only to hear a sound of rustling, and heard the maids whispering and asking which clothes to wear, what kind of bun to comb, what headdress to wear, Mrs. Hou said a few words.

After using a bowl of bird's nest porridge, and sitting and waiting for a while, Mrs. Hou finally came out neatly dressed, Qian Yuning took a look, and sure enough, Mrs. Hou Ye was dressed very simply, all the clothes on her body were black, and the rings on her wrists and fingers were all taken off, and she only wore a silver bracelet carved with dragon and phoenix Chengxiang on one side, and her head was also very clean, combing a simple bun, wearing a pair of pure silver heads, and even her ears were full of silver earrings.

After Mrs. Hou came out, she looked at Qian Yuning's outfit and was also extremely satisfied, dressed in light green clothes, with two hands bare, nothing, two silver hairpins and a sterling silver ring in the shape of five plum blossoms on her head, and a silver ear pendant on one side of her ears, which looked extremely elegant and amiable.

Qian Yuning saw that Mrs. Hou Ye came out, so she quickly got up and said hello to her, Ying Ying bowed down, and said: "Daughter-in-law asks for peace for mother, mother Wan'an!" ”

Seeing that Qian Yuning was dressed plainly, Mrs. Hou nodded secretly, her face softened a little, and she said, "Have you used it?" It takes an hour to get to Puji Temple here, and it is better to use some and then go on the road. As she spoke, she took the lead and walked out, and outside, Meilian had already set up a table with a few little maids to eat. A cup of hot bird's nest porridge, a few side dishes and three plates of dim sum are all steaming.

Mrs. Hou Ye walked over and sat down, and Qian Yuning stepped forward to stand beside her, picked up the chopsticks on the table, and wanted to give her vegetables.

Mrs. Hou said, "Yuning! Sit down! You have to hurry up today, so you don't have to stick to these false courtesies, you can also use some quickly, don't delay the hour, wait for a while, and wait on the road. ”

Hearing Mrs. Hou say this, Qian Yuning sat down and had breakfast with her, this was the first time Qian Yuning had eaten with Mrs. Hou, so she was extremely nervous, and carefully ate two or three bites at random, she felt full, put down her chopsticks, stood up, and stood up beside Mrs. Hou to set up dishes for her, this time, Mrs. Hou did not say anything.

After breakfast, Qian Yuning helped Mrs. Hou out of Yonghe Courtyard, the sky was still bright, there were two soft sedan chairs waiting outside the courtyard, four stout mothers-in-law stood beside the sedan chair, seeing Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Ning San came out, hurriedly saluted.

Mrs. Hou Ye waved her hand and said, "Okay, Meilian, come, help me up, she pressed her hand on Meilian's outstretched hand, pushed away Qian Yuning's hand holding her with one hand, and said, "Yuning!" Go to the sedan chair in the back, you don't need to help me. ”

Qian Yuning nodded and said softly: "Mother, I'll go over now." ”

Mrs. Hou nodded, and was helped by Meilian to the soft sedan chair, Qian Yuning walked to the sedan chair in the back, and Dongxue and Xiaoman came over to help her up.

The two sedan chairs were one in front of the other, and the four mothers-in-law lifted them, gently swayed and slowly passed through the second gate to the gate of the Hou Mansion, and then walked a few steps out of the Hou Mansion, and there were already two carriages waiting at the gate of the Hou Mansion.

The wooden butler was guarding the gate, and when he saw Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Ning San coming out, he came forward to greet him, and said, "The little one has seen the old lady, Mrs. Ning San, the old lady, the carriage has been prepared, and hot tea and a warm stove have been put in it, you and the third lady can please come on." ”

Mrs. Hou Ye nodded, didn't say anything, and was helped by Meilian and a little maid to the carriage in front, and Qian Yuning and Xiaoman Dongxue also got into a carriage in the back.

After getting into the carriage, after sitting for a while, Dongxue and Xiaoman began to sit still, and the two began to look for treasures in the carriage, and Xiaoman found a pot of hot tea and a few cups from a small box in the carriage. As soon as the box was opened, there was a brocade inside, in the center of the brocade, a pot of tea was placed, and in the four sides of the teapot in the gaps, there were four teacups placed uprightly, and the teapot was placed steadily, so that the tea could not be spilled at all, Xiaoman touched it with his hand, retracted his hand at once, and said: "It's so hot." ”

Dongxue poured a cup over and put it in Qian Yuning's hand, she held it in her hand, only to feel that it was warm all of a sudden, and said: "I really didn't expect that there would be hot tea in the carriage, such a cold weather, it couldn't be better, you can also drink a cup by yourself, see your faces are frozen blue." ”

Dong Xue and Xiao Man looked at each other and smiled, and they both said happily to Qian Yuning: "Yes, the third lady, or the third lady loves the slaves and maids." ”

After drinking the tea, the two maids looked for it again, and after a while, they found a few plates of pastries from the cabinet under the stool, Xiao Man happily held the plate in front of Qian Yuning, and said as if to invite merit: "Third lady, look what the slaves and maids have found!" It is osmanthus cake and red date cake, as well as chestnut cake. ”

Qian Yuning smiled, tapped between her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "You ghost is clever, you are the most enthusiastic eater, I'm not hungry, you can eat." ”

The two maids ate a few pieces each, and Qian Yuning said: "Don't toss anymore, sit well, if you feel cold, rub your hands, it will be better." Also, don't laugh anymore when you get out of the carriage later, be serious, don't you know what day it is? If you make Mrs. Hou unhappy, be careful that you will be hit by the board when the time comes, and I will not save you. ”

This time, the two maids were honest, they didn't dare to move anymore, and sat quietly.

After walking on a flat road, Qian Yuning now feels that the sedan chair seems to be out of the city, the road surface seems to be not so smooth, and the carriage also trembles, and it is not so comfortable to sit upright, but fortunately, the carriage in this Hou Mansion is wrapped with silk cloth layer by layer, and there are at least ten layers in this carriage, which is not so uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Qian Yuning really wanted to see the outside world, so he gently opened the curtain on the car and saw a wide farmland outside, but in the current weather, nothing was planted in the field, only some scattered weeds and straw discarded in the sky and earth after the autumn harvest, scattered or stacked in piles. Today's weather is a little gloomy, it looks like it's going to rain, but there is not a drop of rain falling, but the sky looks gray, and there is a feeling that a storm is coming.

Seeing that the head of a woman accompanying her outside the carriage moved, as if she was about to turn around, Qian Yuning quickly lowered the curtain, turned her head, and saw two maids staring at her with curious eyes, seeing that she turned her head and no longer looked outside, Xiaoman asked in a low voice: "Third lady, what do you see?" ”

Qian Yuning shook his head and said in a low voice: "Nothing, just a piece of farmland." ”

Xiaoman lowered his head a little sadly and said, "I don't know how the family's harvest is this year, whether my father, mother, younger brothers and sisters have anything to eat at home, and whether they will be hungry." Dongxue on the side heard Xiaoman say this, as if she also remembered home, and her expression suddenly faded, and she lowered her head and didn't speak.

Qian Yuning glanced at the two of them, Xiaoman and Dongxue couldn't support them at home, and they were sold to the Hou Mansion by their parents, and the deed of sale they signed was a death deed. In this life, they are all subordinates in the Hou Mansion, even if they marry in the future, they can only marry the male subordinates in the Hou Mansion, the best outcome is to follow a somewhat powerful master, and give them the call in the future, and promise to marry the little maids around the masters or the stewards in the Zhuangzi and the like, the worst thing is that the master does not like to be a wife who is assigned to do horsemen or plant flowers at will. The children they give birth to in the future, whether male or female, are all subordinates, and they are slaves all their lives, which is called family children, in fact, family children are more liked by the master, because they grew up in the Hou Mansion since childhood, and they are the most loyal.

Xiao Man and Dong Xue fell into nostalgia for their families, Qian Yuning thought about the future of their maids, and couldn't help but think of her own troubles recently, and she remembered the recent little marquis's lukewarm attitude towards herself and Zhu Rong suddenly got the favor of the little marquis. (To be continued.) )