What does it mean to be in love?

Zhou Shaojin didn't stop in front of the hanging flower gate of Yuqian Hutong until the sedan chair was held out by the Spring Festival Gala, and saw the desolate appearance of the courtyard, so he finally pressed this idea in his heart, and entered the main courtyard with the Li family one after the other.

Li Shi was very surprised, raised his eyes and looked around, and whispered to Zhou Shaojin: "How can you look at this wall, it is also newly powdered, and the paint is also newly painted......" There is no furniture in the house.

I'm afraid that my in-laws, Mrs. Liao, will come to visit and lose face.

Zhou Shaojin's expression was still a little dazed, and he didn't understand what Li said for a while, but it was Mama Shang, who followed Zhou Shaojin when she entered the door, and said with a smile: "So that Mrs. Guo knows that this was originally a dowry given to the second lady by Mrs. Guo, and it has been empty." The fourth master had something to do, so he temporarily settled here, and his wife was going to move over, so he invited a craftsman to help repair it, and it was completed two days ago. ”

Li and Zhou Shaojin were stunned.

Didn't Uncle Chi say that this house was his? Why did you give it to Mrs. Guo in her name again?

He's ...... Are you afraid that others will know about the relationship between the two?

Zhou Shaojin's face turned red.

So why did he give himself such a precious gift? My father and sister found out, how could she explain it?

She muttered in her heart, she didn't expect that if she didn't have this relationship with Cheng Chi, it would be normal for her to be raised in Mrs. Guo's house before she got married, and to please Mrs. Guo, and it was normal for Changfang to add boxes to her lavishly.

Zhou Shaojin has a weak heart, so he thinks deeply about everything.

Li Shi was more envious than curious, she couldn't help but smile when she looked at Zhou Shaojin's appearance and asked her, "Don't you know yourself?" ”

Zhou Shaojin subconsciously shook his head, and felt that he couldn't know about such a big thing, so he answered a little bit like this, and said busily: "Uncle Chi told me before, but I thought it was a joke, but I didn't expect him to ...... Well, Mrs. Guo really gave me this house! ”

The more women marry, the better it is to say goodbye.

The Li family originally thought that the Zhou family was ordinary, Zhou Shaojin was raised by Mrs. Guo, and the family affairs would definitely not be low, what was it good to accompany Zhou Shaojin when she got married, and now Mrs. Guo will solve a problem for her...... She said happily: "Since it is your dowry, the things in the house must also belong to you, then I will pay for you to decorate this house, and we will live more comfortably." ”

Although she is the icing on the cake, it is better to say.

Zhou Shaojin asked the Li family to pay for it, but she had no money, so she had to say: "I asked my father about this matter first, and then I said, such a big house, you can't just say that you can accept it, right?" ”

Li nodded with a smile, feeling that since Mrs. Guo had spoken out, this matter would definitely be ironclad. But it's okay to tell Zhou Zhen, you have to let him know where your own money went, right?

She didn't take Zhou Shaojin's words to heart, and while the maid was moving the cage, she pulled Zhou Shaojin around the house.

Although it was clean and tidy, it was empty, except for a few big trees that were hugging each other, even the things that Zhou Shaojin saw when he came last time were gone.

Zhou Chujin, who is already two years old, likes it very much.

She giggled and ran around the wide yard, so that the nurse and the maid had to follow her.

Mama Shang came over and said, "Ask the steward to see you!" ”

"Steward?" Li and Zhou Shaojin looked at each other.

Mama Shang said with a smile: "It is said that it is a single name and a 'righteousness' word." was originally an errand boy beside the fourth master, but because he had stayed in the capital for many years, the fourth master made him the steward of Yuqian Hutong. He said that he had come over to greet you and his wife on the order of the fourth master. ”

Zhou Shaojin blinked.

She thought that last time Cheng Chi gave her a pair of orioles, and also sent a little girl named "Little Sparrow" to help her feed the birds...... Later, she asked Xiaoque to help her take care of Xueqiu, and freed a few of the Spring Festival Gala......

Seeing that Zhou Shaojin was a little absent-minded, Li said to Mama Shang with a smile: "Since someone has come, please invite him to the hall!" ”

She saw that the door curtain of Xiangfei bamboo was hung in the hall, and she just happened to ask for peace through the door curtain.

Mama Shang felt that this arrangement was very good, and when Li and Zhou Shaojin entered the hall, she led the steward in.

Steward Xiang is in his forties, medium build, slightly fat, very ordinary, but calm demeanor, bright eyes, should be a dignified and shrewd person, not like the housekeeper but like the shopkeeper in the shop.

Maybe it's really a shopkeeper?

Zhou Shaojin guessed in his heart.

The steward took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Mama Shang on the side, and said to Zhou Shaojin respectfully: "This is a list of things that need to be added to this house, and I also ask Miss Second Table to look at it to see if there are any additions or subtractions, and I can go and buy it." ”

Mama Shang handed over the slip and went in.

Li leaned over and took a look.

It's all black lacquer furniture, and occasionally there are a few black lacquer inlaid high cabinets and kangs, and you don't need to look at it to know how beautiful it is.

Look at it again, the small box with red lacquer, the pastel tea cup, the cloisonné incense burner, and the red dishes...... Even all the best is a couple.

Even if you marry a girl, you don't have to be so careful.

Zhou Shaojin looked dazzled.

There is only what she didn't expect, and there is no list that is not on the list.

Let her see what else is added or subtracted, it is purely a kind word.

Zhou Shaojin handed the list to Mama Shang and said, "I have thought of everything to the steward, and I have worked hard." You can just follow this list and buy your things. ”

Xiang smiled and said yes to the steward, and stepped back.

Li was so anxious that he couldn't refute Zhou Shaojin's words, so he had to wait for the steward to leave, and whispered to her: "The things on the list are at least three or four thousand taels, and the second lady should reduce a few things." ”

"Huh?!" Zhou Shaojin was a little sluggish.

However, the Spring Festival Gala all pursed their lips and laughed, and Xiaotan even said: "Don't you know, madam, the fourth master of our family sends things to the second lady, and they are all available." She talked about Cheng Chi giving Zhou Shaojin a bird.

Li Shi made a big red face, and thought that people like Jiuru Lane sent things like this rule. So when the things were delivered in the afternoon, she only prepared them, and then she and the maid began to clean up the house.

Zhou Shaojin sat in a daze on the patio in the backyard.

Mama Shang came in with apricots and plums, and said with a smile: "I left my name when the steward was already in the fresh fruit shop, and tomorrow I will send peaches and cherries over there, and the second lady will be the first to do it." ”

Zhou Shaojin took a plum casually and said, "Uncle Chi hasn't come back yet?" ”

At noon, a restaurant not far from here sent the table over, and after they had lunch, Mama Shang took them to the front yard to rest.

Zhou Shaojin suddenly felt that the whole person was not good.

The people in the capital live in a courtyard house, and the house is boxy. Usually around the wall shadow is the front yard. The row of houses in the front yard facing north and facing north opposite the main house is called an inverted house.

The eaves of the inverted seat house are facing the alley, and the room is generally not opened, so that the doors and windows can only face north, so the lighting is very bad, and it is not a guest room or a group room for the next person to live.

And the place where Mama Shang led them to rest was the most important thing in the inverted seat room, the study room used by Cheng Chi to entertain guests.

He moved out of the main room and moved the inner room to the study.

And not far from him in the far west, there were the bunches where the servants lived.

How can Uncle Chi live here?

Zhou Shaojin's eyes were wet at that time, and he wanted to find Cheng Chi.

But Cheng Chi went to the Thirteen Lines, where he still hasn't come back.

She asked Mama Shang, "How much silver did Uncle Chi invest in the Thirteen Banks?" ”

Mama Shang said: "There should be 200,000 taels......

Zhou Shaojin was stupid at that time.

When it was time to buy the things back from the steward, she really wanted the steward to return all the things, but she didn't dare to say it, for fear of embarrassing Cheng Chi, so she had to sit here and wait for Cheng Chi out of sight and out of mind.

Mama Shang smiled: "Fan Qi is guarding at the door!" As soon as the fourth master comes back, he will come to report to you......"

The people who use either her in this room are Cheng Chi's people, and most of them are her people, Zhou Shaojin feels very relieved, and it is very comfortable to command.

Zhou Shaojin pinched the plum in his hand.

A little guy ran in and said, "Second Miss, the fourth master is back!" ”

Zhou Shaojin ran out with her skirt.

The Li family, who was in the main room, saw it and hurriedly sent the maid to follow him to watch the movement.

There were a few men standing in the outer courtyard that Zhou Shaojin didn't know, either tall or burly, who were talking in a low voice, making the outer courtyard suddenly cramped.

She didn't care much, and ran into Cheng Chi's study with her head down.

Huai Shan stood aside with his hands folded, and Qingfeng was serving Cheng Chi to change clothes.

Seeing Zhou Shaojin break in, Cheng Chi hurriedly covered his clothes, but as soon as the clothes were closed, he seemed to remember something, his hands paused, and he began to slowly tie the clothes belt.

Zhou Shaojin didn't notice at all that at this time, she hadn't spoken yet, and tears fell first.

Before Cheng Chi had time to make eye contact with Huai Shan, Huai Shan had already glared at the breeze and walked out.

Qingfeng hesitated for a moment, glanced at Zhou Shaojin with an uncertain expression, and then retreated with Huaishan.

Cheng Chi thought about it, walked over and put his hand on Zhou Shaojin's shoulder, and said softly in a low voice: "What's wrong?" ”

Zhou Shaojin was very sad and choked up: "You, you can't live here!" You'd better stay in the upper room, I'll live here......"

"Nonsense!" Cheng Chi smiled and scolded her softly, "You and your wife are here, how can I live in the inner house." ”

Zhou Shaojin didn't know, but as long as she thought of Uncle Chi living next to each other with the incense I smelled, she was like sitting on pins and needles.

"Then you'll live in the back room." She rushed to the doctor's office and said, "Enter and exit through the back door." ”

Let him in and out the back door, what has become of him?

Cheng Chi's heart was soft.

The little girl was really anxious, and she couldn't see that he had suffered a little bit of grievance.

He hugged Zhou Shaojin lightly and said with a smile: "Nonsense again, I'm just staying here for a few days temporarily, and when my business is almost done, I will move to Chaoyangmen...... It's okay! Well? ”

Oh, yes!

How could she have forgotten about it?

Zhou Shaojin wiped her tears and felt stupid.

Cheng Chi hugged her again and said, "Go back!" Come and play chess with me in the evening! ”

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PS: I was unwell a few days ago, and I had to go to the provincial capital for an examination according to the doctor's instructions. Appointment for a specialist clinic on Monday. If the results of the test are good, you will be able to come back on Monday, and if you don't, you may be stuck for another day. In order to keep changing, there is no way to add more. Today, Monday, and Tuesday's updates are all scheduled around eleven p.m.

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