When Mei Ru arrived at Meng's mansion, she first went to the back to meet Mrs. Meng. Old Mrs. Meng was very happy to see Mei Ru, and hurriedly summoned her to sit down beside her.

Speaking of which, there are only two girls in the three rooms of the Meng Mansion. The eldest girl is now married, and there is only the second girl Yunlan left in the house, and it naturally hurts up and down. It's just that Xiao Qiao's mind is immersed in learning, like a piece of wood, and he restricts his daughter every day, when to learn words, when to study, and when to learn chess...... In this way, the old lady has no chance to love Yunlan. When she saw the girl from Meifu coming, she was also happy in her heart. took Mei Ru's hand and asked a few words, and a crisp and anxious voice came from outside: "But follow the path?" ”

The old lady deliberately straightened her face and said, "What is it step by step? Don't even call my sister anymore? ”

"Ancestor, I'm on good terms with Xunxun!" As soon as these words fell, a little girl came out from behind the screen, wearing a half-worn short jacket and skirt, and holding her homely bun, which was the most comfortable dress.

The person who came was Yunlan, the second girl of Mengfu.

Seeing Mei Ru, she blinked, full of careful thoughts that you know and I know.

Mei Ru understood and pursed her lips and smiled.

After talking for a while with Mrs. Meng, the two sisters came out holding hands.

Meng Yunlan grabbed the air, and finally had the opportunity to breathe a long sigh of relief. She crackled and said, "Follow, thanks to you for coming!" Otherwise, my mother would have to catch me reciting "The Analects" and "The Mean", and I would have been sore to death all day long! Mei Ru was amused by her appearance, and before she could answer, Meng Yunlan snorted and began to complain again: "Follow the rules, you haven't come to see me for many days!" As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Mei Ru, and was about to put on a stinky face, when he suddenly said, "Follow, you are different today?" ”

Mei Ru is good enough to speak, but when she meets Meng Jiayunlan, she still has to bow down, this one says three words, Mei Ru may not be able to say a word!

At this time, Mei Ru snickered and just asked her, "What's the difference?" After that, he shook his head and said, "But I've become better-looking?" ”

"You're stinky!" Meng Yunlan jumped up and squeaked her, Mei Ru was not to be outdone, and hurriedly fought back.

The two got into trouble on the road, and none of them walked properly. Just as he was getting carried away, a soft drink suddenly came from behind him-

"Lan'er!"

Both of them stopped their hands at the same time and turned to the man who spoke.

It was Meng Yunlan's brother-in-law, Meng An, the second master of the Meng Mansion, who snorted softly.

"Brother."

"Cousin Ann."

The two of them drooped their heads and called him in unison.

Meng An said "um", and said: "Lan'er, don't mess around here, the provincial mother will punish you again when she hears it!" ”

Meng Yunlan stuck out her tongue at Mei Ru, took Meng An's arm and said coquettishly: "So, brother, don't sue Sù Niang." ”

Meng An couldn't help her, sighed dotingly, and when she saw Mei Ru there, she began to greet again: "Cousin Ru, you are here." How are your uncles and aunts? ”

Mei Ru had a mediocre relationship with this cousin, and nodded at this time: "It's good." ”

There was a moment of silence.

Meng An thought for a while, and then asked, "Is the old lady in good health?" ”

"It's good, too."

There was still a burst of silence.

Meng An could only ask again: "I heard that my cousin fell into the water in the house, is she better now?" ”

"Much better."

Meng An moved her lips, as if she wanted to ask, Meng Yunlan couldn't stand it, for fear that her brother would ask Meifu big and small, she hurriedly interjected: "Brother, why did you come back from the academy?" "Meng An is still studying in the academy outside the city, preparing for the imperial examination, and it is rare to return home.

was interrupted by Meng Yunlan like this, Meng An really didn't ask anymore, and Mei Ru let out a long breath.

Meng An explained: "It seems that my mother is going to rewrite and compile something, let me come back and take a look." ”

Although the people of Meng'an are dull and dull in speaking, their knowledge is the best, and they are unique in the entire Meng Mansion. Wuding Marquis Mengfu was born in the army, from the old lady to several masters and the uncles and third masters at the bottom of the military camp to report on their work, but Meng An, the second master of Mengfu, later took the imperial examination, and was also named by the emperor in the palace examination.

Now he is going to Xiao Qiao's place, and Mei Ru is also going to Xiao Qiao's place to pay tribute, so the three of them happened to go all the way.

When they arrived, Xiao Qiaoshi was just about to start painting, holding his wide sleeves in one hand and a pen in the other, and was looking down at something.

"Auntie." Mei Ru stepped forward to salute.

Xiao Qiaoshi nodded slightly and said, "You guys go down and talk for a while." She studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting every day according to the hour, and now it was time to paint. Meng Yunlan was overjoyed, and was about to pull Mei Ru away, when Xiao Qiaoshi suddenly called her again: "Lan'er, come over after you leave, don't delay today's work." When Meng Yunlan heard this, the smile froze.

Mei Ru handed the red plum brought from the house to the maid beside Xiao Qiao's side, and ordered someone to find a vase and put it in.

Xiao Qiao's face slowly raised again, "It's not good to put it here, let it go there." She commanded, and then lowered her eyes and pondered the painting in her hand.

Meng An on the side asked, "Mother, what are you calling the child to come here today to rebuild?" ”

Xiao Qiaoshi didn't look up, but said, "It's all on the back shelf, let's see for yourself." ”

As soon as she heard this, Meng Yunlan couldn't walk. She leaned into Mei Ru's ear and said, "It's all my mother's baby in the back, let's go and take a look?" ”

Knowing that she liked these, Mei Ru naturally nodded.

The "back" in Xiao Qiao's mouth is her study, which has seven or eight large bookshelves, and each shelf is full of them.

The booklet recompiled by Xiao Qiao's Tuo Meng'an is now on the first table, a thick stack. Mei Ru flipped through a few volumes casually, all of which were the records of Fang Wuzhi that Xiao Qiao's had collected in various places. Since it is Xiao Qiao's thing, Mei Ru is puzzled: "My aunt is such a good scholar, why don't you start writing and re-compiling it yourself?" ”

Meng Yunlan pouted and said, "My mother must say that getting these things is just a waste of her knowledge." ”

This tone is very similar, thinking of Xiao Qiao's appearance, the two secretly looked at each other and smiled.

There are forty or fifty volumes of Fang Zhizhi on the table, which are piled up randomly, and Meng An can only put them in different categories first, including food, clothes, jewelry, flowers, gold and stones...... It's really dazzling, too many to count. Looking at it, he felt a little embarrassed, so he said to Xiao Qiao's: "Mother, I am a man's family with these clothes and jewelry, I don't know anything, how can I get them?" ”

Xiao Qiao's finished making a pen, and then said to Meng An: "Dao Zhi, if you don't sort out these for your mother, who else can there be?" "——Daozhi is Meng An's expression.

When Meng Yunlan heard this, she interjected: "Mother, there is still a follow-up!" Xiao Qiao's looked over, Meng Yunlan pointed at Mei Ru and said, "I like clothes and jewelry the most, oh, and food...... Mother, it's the most appropriate thing for you to hand it over to her! ”

"Me?" Mei Ru shook her head hurriedly, "I can't." ”

Xiao Qiaoshi thought about it for a while, didn't say yes, didn't say no, just put down the pen, turned sideways and said to Mei Ru: "Follow, you come and write a few words." ”

Mei Ru was puzzled, but she still stepped forward.

Xiao Qiao's Huzhou-made Huying, Mei Ru lifted it up and dipped it in ink, and was just about to put pen on the rice paper below, Xiao Qiao's stopped: "It's not this, it's that." She raised her hand as she spoke, and it was the one that had been invalidated next to her.

Mei Ru sweated slightly, took the one and wrote down two words, and looked at Qiao Shi after writing.

Xiao Qiaoshi glanced at the side, shook his head and said, "The words are ugly, and it really doesn't work." ”

“……”

The room was eerily quiet. Mei Ru, Meng An, and Meng Yunlan were all dumbfounded, and they really didn't know how to deal with it.

Xiao Qiaoshi threw aside the piece of paper that Mei Ru had written, and said, "Ugly is ugly, but it's not unteachable." After that, he said to Mei Ru: "Follow the rules, you come over tomorrow, and your aunt will teach you." ”

When Mei Ru heard this, she was instantly shocked into a cold sweat!

Even a talented woman like Yunlan, who already has a reputation in the capital, can't bear Xiao Qiao's family, she is a half-hanger and half-hanger, where can she stand Xiao Qiao's?

"No, no." Mei Ru's head shook like a rattle, "Auntie, I have a master to teach me in the house now, if I don't go rashly, I'm afraid that the master will be unhappy." ”

But Ren Meiru said that she was broken, but Xiao Qiao's never looked at her again. Carefully looking at the painting below, Xiao Qiaoshi instructed himself: "Come to the house tomorrow." ”

Mei Ru was one head and two big, and when she stayed in Meng Yunlan's boudoir, she jumped to her feet angrily: "Just you Lan girl is too talkative!" Now it's all right! ”

Meng Yunlan was already rolling on the couch with her stomach in her hands, "Follow the rules, let you try my mother's power too!" ”

Mei Ru was angry and only said, "I won't come tomorrow." ”

"Don't," Meng Yunlan said, "Okay, you're here, we can still play in one place." ”

"Who's going to play with you?" Meiru poked her back.

The two of them made trouble for a while, and Meng Yunlan suddenly thought of something and said curiously: "Hey, I heard that His Royal Highness the Eleventh in the palace sent you four drawers of steamed buns?" ”

It's really a good thing not to go out, and evil things to go a thousand miles......

Mei Ru corrected: "It's not a send, it's a compensation!" ”

"If you eat someone else's bun, you're someone else!" Meng Yunlan clapped her hands and laughed.

When Mei Ru heard this, she was angry, and stepped forward to tear her mouth, begging for mercy over there, and said: "Now there are secrets in the capital, saying that Sister Qian and His Royal Highness King Yan, as well as you and His Royal Highness Eleventh who sent steamed buns." ”

"Who? Who's secretly passing it on? Mei Ru asked.

Meng Yunlan smiled and was about to say something, but her eldest maid came in and said, "Second girl, Miss Zhou is here,"

Meng Yunlan pursed her lips and said, "Oh, it's here." He said to Mei Ru again: "It's really a coincidence today." ”

A faint trace of pain was twisted in her abdomen, Mei Ru's face was slightly gloomy, and she sneered: "It's really a coincidence!" ”