At this time, Chen Xuejiao's family had already gotten into the carriage, and they saw a pretty girl jumping down from another luxuriously decorated carriage.

At first glance, the girl was from a large family, and she was full of luxury, wearing a blue lotus-colored armor embroidered with plum blossom patterns, a gray squirrel skin skirt underneath, a cloak of red gorilla felt, and a pair of silver-gray deerskin leather boots on her feet.

"Sister, I just sent someone to report inside, and you came to pick me up." The girl was very lively and bright, and there was no trace of the ladylike aura that a lady from a big family should have.

"Look at my cousin's madness, you do this every time you come, and you never inform me in advance. Where am I going to pick you up, I'm sending a good sister home. Sister Ai grimaced at the girl.

"Miss Cousin, don't blame my girl, she didn't know how much work she had to do in front of his wife in order to come to you." A girl with a double bun jumped down from the carriage and hugged something in her arms, Shi Shiran came over and blessed her sister.

It seems that it is the maid of this young lady, this tube is as crisp as a yellow bird, Chen Xuejiao only feels familiar tight.

At first, she turned her back to Chen Xuejiao, and when she turned around, with a round face and long eyebrows that flew into her temples, Chen Xuejiao suddenly felt as if she had seen it somewhere.

Chen Xuejiao lifted the carriage curtain and wanted to say hello to her sister, but the coachman was waiting, and she didn't dare to whip off without her sister talking.

Chen Xuejiao suddenly remembered who that maid was, she had seen her twice last fall. Once Chen Xueru and Jinghao went to Baitu Town to sell embroidery, and she bought six in one go; The second time was when she went to Weishan Lake to buy duck eggs. In the market town, I met this maid, and it was this maid who took the initiative to take a picture of her. He also asked her if she remembered.

Such a coincidence, it is impossible to make it possible, the last time I bought a handkerchief in the town, it was my sister's cousin.

After Ai Sister and her cousin greeted her, they led her to Chen Xuejiao's carriage.

Without waiting for Sister Ai'er to introduce her, the cousin of the Wu family clapped her hands and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, but we have met." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to Xue Ru and Jinghao, smiled and said to his sister, "The handkerchief I used last autumn." My sister said that the embroidery on the top was really the same, and I lied to you that I embroidered it myself, but I actually bought it from them. “

Everyone greeted each other. There was a pleasant greeting.

From Sister Ai's mouth, Chen Xuejiao knew that the name of this Miss Wu Jiabiao was Mingzhu, and the maid next to her was called Manman. The Wu family lives in Tai'an, Shandong, and the Wu family's shops and land are located in Weishan Lake. Not to mention Xuzhou Mansion. The largest embroidery workshop was opened by the Wu family.

I went to Baitu Town last autumn to play, just because Wu Mingzhu's uncle was a squire in Baitu Town, and the last time I went to Tianmen Temple to offer incense, I happened to meet Chen Xuejiao and others selling handkerchiefs.

Everyone greeted each other, seeing that the time was not early, Chen Xiucai and Chen Qi'an were still waiting in the inn, and Chen Xuejiao said goodbye to her sister Ai and Wu Mingzhu one by one.

"Alas, this man. It's really incomparable, each with its own difficulties. Outsiders looked at the Ding Mansion in a cluster. But what kind of day is that big wife, think about it, and know that if she is doing well, can she not think about tea and dinner? Ding Mansion is not a good Langzhong, and he can't afford to eat ginseng, but Rao is like this, the eldest lady's mind is not in a state, and her body is also weak......" The carriage drove away from Ding's Mansion, and Li sighed.

Chen Xuejiao knew that Li was not the kind of person who liked to talk about right and wrong, she was just sighing.

"No matter how good the food is and how well the clothes are, the husband and wife can't live without one heart." Li sighed again, "I saw the side of the eldest lady, I used to think that the wife of a rich family saw the sky with her nose and eyes, but I didn't expect that she was a kind person, and said half-hearted words. “

Chen Xuejiao pursed her lips and smiled, if it is impossible to say that the wife of a rich family does not have a temperament, the reason why the Wu family and the Li family who met for the first time are that they have not had a confidant in the Ding Mansion for too long, and secondly, the Li family does not have any city government and is just a country woman. Therefore, Wu relaxed the rich wife's style and confided in Li as a stranger.

This is the same reason as when she is in modern times, she is blocked in her heart for everything, she doesn't tell her parents, she doesn't tell her girlfriends around her, but she can meet her traveling companions on the journey.

Sure enough, Wu's style immediately aroused Li's sympathy and favorability.

However, in general, Wu is not a bad person, but a poor person who is not favored by her husband.

After sighing at the eldest wife, Li sighed again Chen Xueyao.

“…… At first glance, I didn't even recognize it as Xue Yao. Xueyao used to be a watery girl, but she became like this, and there are still many people in our village who envy Xueyao for the good life she lived in Dingfu, especially Xinghua Niang, who always wanted to sell Xinghua into the city as a concubine, but she didn't know that Chen Xueyao was not happy. I looked at it coldly, Xue Yao's names in the second lady of Ding Mansion are empty, it's just an empty shelf that will fall down as soon as it is pushed, and it is not as good as the eldest wife, the eldest lady is the wife that Ming Media is marrying, Xue Yao, to put it mildly, it is a concubine of other people, and the name of the flat wife is just a coaxing. Speaking of Xue Yao, Li couldn't help but say more.

"Sister Xue Yao is like this, and she is also to blame. Let's just say now, let's sympathize with her, she may still look down on us, you don't look at her eyes, full of contempt. If we weren't Sister Ai's guests, do you think she would be so polite to us? Chen Xuejiao didn't have the slightest sympathy for Chen Xueyao, she only felt that she deserved it now.

"That's right." Li is a soft-hearted person, no matter what she says, Chen Xueyao is also her niece who grew up, and when she saw her fat like this, she felt a little sympathy in her heart.

Because they got up early today and said such a good thing in Ding's Mansion for a while, Chen Xuejiao, Li and the others were a little sleepy.

The carriage is the carriage of the Ding family, which is naturally much more luxurious than the hired carriage. It has pillows, quilts, hot tea, and even a brazier.

The inside of the carriage was warm, and it became more and more sleepy.

Because Xueru was not feeling well, Chen Xuejiao took a pillow for Xueru to lean on, and spread out a thin quilt to cover Xueru and Li's legs.

Li put his arms around Chen Qiping, and Chen Xuejiao, Chen Xueru, and Jing Hao snuggled together. Everyone took a break.

Chen Xuejiao's mind flashed what the little maid said.

After dinner, Chen Xuejiao took advantage of the time when her sister Ai watched Xue Ru and Jing ming, so she took a walk in the yard.

I heard two little maids talking quietly.

"I heard that the eldest sister's guest is Aunt Chen's maiden family."

"It's a good family. But they are not the same grandmother, so the relationship is not very harmonious. According to the eldest sister's temperament, Aunt Chen's mother's family came to the door, and it was good if she didn't go out, so how could she be entertained with good tea and good food. “

"That's right. The eldest sister is pitiful enough, she is only twelve years old this year, and she is left behind. is still an innocent age, in our house, all kinds of messy things have passed through her ears. Alas. Have you heard, Mrs. Chen, who is cooking in Yuhan Restaurant, said that Aunt Chen's sister wanted to be a man and was beaten by Aunt Chen. said that he would carry her to Xu's mansion as a concubine. Somehow, her sister-in-law and the master met each other, and Aunt Chen hated it very much, so she sent her sister-in-law away that night. “

……

Chen Xuejiao was taken aback, for fear of being seen by the two maids, so she hurriedly hid under the plum tree behind the rockery.

Aunt Chen's sister-in-law in the maid's mouth, isn't that Chen Xuemiao?

Chen Xueyao wants to marry Chen Xuemiao into a big family as a concubine, Chen Xuejiao has heard a little. Last time, Mama Wu went to pick up Zhao's family, and she revealed one or two. Chen Xueyao wanted to carry his sister-in-law into King Peng's Changshi Mansion, and now he wants to carry Chen Xuemiao into Xu's Mansion as a concubine. Although Chen Xuemiao doesn't know what kind of family the Xu Mansion is, it can be seen from Chen Xueyao's traditional style of acting that the Xu Mansion should also be a big family with quite a status.

However, to Chen Xuejiao's surprise, Chen Xuemiao actually had some beginnings and ends with Uncle Dingfu.

Chen Xuemiao wanted to stay and fly with the merchant, and the Zhao family hoped to find a good family for Chen Xuemiao with the help of Chen Xueyao, but Chen Xueyao was bent on her own plans but never considered the lifelong happiness of her sister-in-law, and now Chen Xuemiao is favored by Uncle Dingfu again.

Chen Xuejiao took a list of things here and understood a general idea. I'm afraid that the key to this is not so simple.

Now Chen Xueyao must hate her own sister-in-law, she is like this, the child has not yet been born, the color is already old, and she doesn't wait for the fresh and tender seedlings next to her to get under Uncle Dingfu, and her own sister-in-law has demolished her own stage.

Today, in front of everyone, Sister Ai transferred the eldest girl next to Chen Xueyao, Lian'er, to serve Uncle Dingfu, but I was afraid that Chen Xueyao would feel even more uncomfortable.

Chen Xuejiao concluded from this that Chen Xueyao's life in Dingfu was not easy, although she did not worry about eating and drinking, but she did not have any status, all her qiē was only won by the child in her belly, if she gave birth to a child, whether it was a man or a woman, looking at Sister Ai's posture, it is estimated that the child has nothing to do with her.

Leaving a mother and a child does not only happen in the emperor's house, but also in large families.

There is a squire in Baitu Town, whose wife gave birth to three daughters in a row, and had to buy a concubine and give birth to a son, so he sold the concubine far away, and the child was taken to his mother-in-law to raise, except for his mother-in-law.

Sad? Yes, but that's the law of this society.

Chen Xueyao can't challenge it, Chen Xuejiao doesn't sympathize with Chen Xueyao at all, she has done a lot of bad things, as long as she can ascend to the seat of Aunt Dingfu, there are many people who have harmed her, she has known what is waiting for her from the beginning of this road.

In the end, it's just her own fault.

Ding's house is on Xuanwu Street, and the inn is on Gulou Street, and the distance between the two is an hour. Chen Xue slept for a while, and when she woke up, the carriage was driving to the middle of Gulou Street.

Chen Qiping woke up early, and had already lifted the curtain to look out.

The streets are very lively, selling New Year's paintings, lanterns, rouge gouache, and the cries of selling come and go.

When they reached a place, the carriage suddenly stopped. The first one who sells New Year's pictures is pulling up with the one who sells rouge gouache, and the burdens of the two people are knocked over to the ground, and the New Year's goods painted with a fat doll riding a carp are sprinkled all over the ground with pink bottles and cans, and many people are surrounding the fight and watching the excitement.

"You pay me for my New Year's paintings, you go to Gulou Street to inquire, I have been selling here for a few years, I have been selling New Year's paintings here every year, you have robbed my territory this year, where do you let me sell them." The seller of New Year's pictures is a middle-aged man, with a face purple, black and purple, looking distressed at the gouache wetting the New Year's paintings, and picking them up one by one.

"This Gulou Street is your family's none, your name has never been written on it, you can sell it, I can sell it, I know you bully me in the countryside, I don't want to go, I prefer it here." The merchant put the burden down, went up and stepped on the New Year's painting, Xue Jiao only felt that the voice was so familiar.

At this time, the noise woke up Li, Xueru, and Jinghao, and they naturally heard the sound of the pipe.

Li Shi was startled and whispered: "That merchant is not... Didn't you steal our things? “

Everyone in the carriage knew that the merchant stole Xue Miao, and for the sake of sound, Li said that he was stealing.

Chen Xuejiao took a closer look and found that it was indeed the merchant.

It seems that this merchant is not dead set on Chen Xuemiao, and he has chased him to Xuzhou Mansion.

At this time, I heard that the official messenger was coming. At the end of the year, Fu Yi was also afraid that there would be any forks in the streets, so he lined up a few soldiers and officials at intervals to guard them. The merchant and the seller of New Year's paintings, seeing that the official was coming, didn't even want the goods, and ran away.

Chen Qiping took advantage of the stoppage of the carriage and pointed outside to coquettish Chen Xuejiao: "I want to eat sugar balls." ”

The candy ball seller was an old man, a small stall, boiling a pot of sugar water, putting the red hawthorn into the syrup, wrapping it around and taking it out, wearing it on a bamboo skewer, and inserting it into the straw stalk in front of the car. Rows of bright red hawthorns, coated in syrup, sparkle in the afterglow of the sunset. There was a leather drum beside the old man, and as soon as it sounded, many little babies gathered.

Chen Qiping was greedy, so he wanted to eat.

Chen Xuejiao took out the silver, bought a string and handed it to Chen Qiping.

The carriage continued to drive, and after less than half a cup of tea, they arrived at the door of the inn, and saw the stone looking hard in the direction where Chen Xuejiao and the others came.

When Chen Xuejiao, Li and others got out of the carriage, Chen Xiucai and Chen Qi'an also came out of the inn.

Chen Xuejiao thanked the coachman, and ordered Shi Shi to reward them with money to buy wine and food, and then followed Li into the inn.

Li briefly mentioned the Tiding Mansion to Chen Xiucai and Chen Qi'an, and then asked with a smile, "Where have you been?" “

“…… I went to White Horse Academy. Chen Qi'an will tell you about going to the White Horse Academy.

Chen Qi'an was admitted to the Tongsheng Examination, and he will go to take the government examination next year, and it is time to enter the White Horse Academy to study.

Chen Xuejiao nodded when she heard this.

"In addition, the second and fourth uncles came, sat down for a while and left." Chen Qi'an said hesitantly.

Chen Xuejiao and Li looked at Chen Xiucai, and when they saw him hearing Chen Qi'an mention this, they were obviously unhappy with their faces. (To be continued......)