Jia Jiu smiled: "What's the difference? ”

Zhang Qingdao: "I heard that the wives and grandmothers of large families rarely take care of their children by themselves, and they are all handed over to the girls below. Like my aunt, holding the child in my arms, I can't seem to walk all the way. ”

Jia Jiu said with a smile: "If the mother is in good health, and the servants in the family don't dare to mess around, then give Cong'er to his grandmothers and maids to take it, and we can take care of it once in a while." It's a pity that our family has made news one after another, causing a storm in the city, and everything is related to the minions in the family. I already know that more than half of the minions in the family are not trustworthy, and even dare to use the master's medicine, will you hand over the children in the family to the people below? My father has only two sons, and now I only have one brother and one brother left, so I can't go without snacks. ”

Zhang Qingdao: "That's right, if I change it, I don't feel at ease." My aunt has so much strength, and my little cousin looks strong when she looks at it, it must not be light, right? Seeing that my aunt hugged me all the way, I didn't have to gasp. My aunt's health is so good. If only I had my aunt's strength. ”

Jia Jiu said: "Which of the girls in our family is not pampered?" Not to mention girls, even among men, there are few people who require such strength. Unless it's a general's house. As for me, I'm used to it. In the past, Cong'er was not so heavy, but now, it is longer and stronger. ”

Zhang Qingdao: "Children just need to grow stronger." That way you don't get sick easily. ”

"That's not the case."

While he was talking, the Huansha Pavilion arrived. The Huansha Pavilion is a place where the water shines on the river, and a meandering stream flows from the northeast corner of the back garden. It was divided into two, and one of them passed through the courtyard where Jia Yu's family lived. It came out of the foot of the rockery, in a slower place. Clustered into several large and small ponds. Huansha Pavilion is located on the sand dunes between the two ponds, surrounded by water on three sides, one side against the courtyard wall of the garden, and Xiangxue Villa is far away from the south and north.

The characteristic of the Huansha Pavilion is that there is a lot of water, and there are many buildings to listen to the water, and in the hot summer, fishing here is the most pleasant. Also because it is surrounded by water on three sides, it is also a good place to study. There are only three small bridges connecting the Huansha Pavilion to the outside world. A sandbar connected to the edge of Jia Yu's yard, a few days ago, Jia Yu had asked someone to open the door between his yard and the back garden. In the future, whether Jia Jiu comes to the Huansha Pavilion, or the Zhang sisters go to Jia Jiu, it is very convenient. A rockery connected to the main entrance of the back garden is hidden between the green shade and the Taihu Lake stone, if no one points out, I am afraid that outsiders will not be able to find this small bridge.

As for the third bridge, it is connected to a piece of land behind the Huansha Pavilion. Except for the south side, the other three sides are surrounded by a small open-air corridor that is like a wooden bridge and only one person wide. There is water all around, and the only way out is the small bridge that connects to the Huansha Pavilion. This piece of land doesn't look big. But at the south end there is a row of hugging houses, stretched out in the westernmost room, and there is a roll shed, which happens to be a small kitchen. And next to the kitchenette is the storeroom. The treasury passed. It happens to be the residence of the girls, and at the end of the east is the firewood house. This row of huggers has four points of ground on the front foot. Because it is a garden, it is not like the old farmers who are used to planting some vegetables on the ground like in the real countryside. Therefore, it seems to be a bit barren, except for weeds, there are only weeds.

Zhang Qing saw this. I liked it tightly and said, "Auntie." Can I grow some vegetables here? ”

Jia Jiu said: "If you like it, just do it, if you need anything, open a list and come out, if there is no one in the warehouse, let the following buy it." ”

Zhang Qingdao: "Aren't you afraid that my lion's mouth will be wide open?" ”

"How many things can you use as a girl? Do you look down on my family, or do you look down on your own character? ”

Zhang Qingdao: "My aunt has said so, I have to plan carefully." ”

With that, the three of them entered the Huansha Pavilion. The Huansha Pavilion is a five-room room with bright and clean windows, and the room is extremely spacious. In the middle of the main hall, there is a huge Huanghuali large seat screen in the center, blocking the staircase in the middle. On the south side of the screen is a huge incense table, on which is placed the large jar of General Geyao and the beauty gourd with fresh flowers. Under the incense table is a table of eight immortals, on both sides of the table of eight immortals are two chairs, and on the ground are two slips with a total of six chairs, and there is a coffee table between the chair and the chair. There is also a large incense case on the north side of the seat screen, and under the incense case is also the Eight Immortals Table and two chairs, but the ground is not a backrest chair, but a large round table carved by Huanghuali, and below it is eight Huanghuali embroidery piers embedded with luodian.

Rao put on such a big pomp, but there was no crowding in the main hall. Zhang Qing is very sure that with so much furniture on display, there is still enough space in front of this large round table for a few little girls to play skipping rope.

The main hall is flanked by en-suite rooms and beyond that are bedrooms. It's all the same furnishings inside.

Jia Jiu saw that Zhang Qing liked the stepping bed very much, so he said: "If you don't like the location of the furniture, you can also place it according to your preferences." If something is missing, there is also some furniture and furnishings in the attic above. Now all the houses in this room are pastel porcelain. There are also some porcelains like blue and white, colored glaze, white porcelain, and celadon in the attic above, and you can arrange them according to your liking. ”

Zhang Qing jumped over and said, "Auntie, I like it very much here." I just feel like there's something missing in the house. Auntie, can I buy some books? ”

Jia Jiu said: "If you want a new book, then you can only save your own monthly money to buy it." Otherwise, it's your own copy. ”

"Copy it yourself?" This answer was obviously unexpected by Zhang Qing.

"Why, don't you know? Except for those lonely ancient books, few people will buy books themselves, and those who do this, unless they have to, basically buy books and come back to decorate the façade. If the house is full of new books, it must be a nouveau riche family. If others see it, they will laugh at it. ”

Zhang Qing blushed and said, "Is that so?" ”

"Yes. We're girls, and we don't have books. So, if you like, you can copy it yourself. You can borrow books from your uncles. That's fine. ”

Zhang Qing turned his eyes for help to his sister, and when he saw his sister nodding at him, he said, "Yes." Auntie, Qing'er knows. I would like to ask. What is the amount of this pen, ink, paper, inkstone? ”

Jia Jiu said: "I have a list here. Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, clothes and jewelry are examples of the year. The rest of the vegetables and vegetables are eaten and eaten once every ten years. I'll leave the list. You can take your time. ”

Zhang Qian took the list with both hands, thanked Jia Jiu, and cautiously took a few steps back.

Jia Jiu said: "You just came, I want to have a lot of things to pack, I'll go back first." By the way, your salute is also in the attic above. If you need anything, come to me and make it, and go to Duofuxuan to find two sisters-in-law. ”

Jia Jiu didn't stay here for long, and sat down briefly before getting up and saying goodbye.

Wait for Jia Jiu to leave. Zhang Qing cheered: "Sister, I never thought that I would live in such a big house, with such a big garden as soon as I opened the door, and so many girls and mothers-in-law waiting." Sister, I'm not dreaming, am I? ”

Zhang Qian said: "Are you happy? ”

Zhang Qingmeng nodded: "Of course I'm happy." You want to. Come together in the morning, you don't have to cook, fetch firewood and water, you don't have to serve those nasty ghosts, and you can wear such beautiful clothes. There is no need to worry about where the next meal will be every day. Just be happy. I couldn't have imagined a day like this before. It turned out that our grandmother was really the daughter of a princess. Mother didn't lie to us when she was alive. ”

Zhang Qian said: "Okay, you can be quiet for a while, and we will recognize the girl here first." ”

The tortoiseshell saw Zhang Qian turn her gaze to herself. Hurriedly stepped forward: "Girl, the maid has already asked Xiaohong next to the second girl, why don't you let the maid and Liuli tell the two girls how about it?" ”

Zhang Qian said: "It's okay." ”

Tortoiseshell said: "Except that the old lady gave the maid and the glass to the two girls. The second girl also specially asked the two grandmothers of the Zhang family to pick four big girls, eight second-class girls and some rough girls for the girls. The rough girl and the mother-in-law are behind, and the girl will see them again in a while. Fang Cai Xiaohong explained to the servant. The second girl also prepared jewelry and monthly money for the two girls, and even copper coins for rewarding people. Here's the key. ”

Zhang Qing saw it. Immediately grabbed the key and ran over with my sister. He entered the west room, and next to the stepping bed were indeed four large huanghuali cabinets, stacked on top of each other, and there was a lock hanging on the cabinet in the upper left corner. Zhang Qing dragged the embroidery pier on the side and jumped up, grabbed the key in his hand and stuffed it inside, the first key was not, the second one was.

I saw that there were three small boxes flat in the cabinet. The first one is jewelry, gold, jade, gold inlaid with jewelry, brilliant glass, very beautiful. Zhang Qing grabbed one, only to see that it was a butterfly love flower, three beautiful gems made of flowers and a lifelike butterfly, the butterfly's wings are woven from silk drawn from gold, thin and delicate, slightly moved, the butterfly is like a living, ready to fly. The butterfly and three jewel flowers, forming the shape of an oblique S, are fixed to a golden hairpin that is processed like a flower branch, and the hairpin head and the butterfly's mouth are decorated with gorgeous gold tassels, which shine in the ashram.

Zhang Qing was stunned at that time.

Looking at her sister's appearance, Zhang Qian couldn't help but say, "Good sister, come down quickly." Fall carefully. ”

Zhang Qingdao: "No, I still have two boxes that I haven't seen." As he spoke, he opened the second small box. It was a small box that could be divided into three tiers. At the top are small silver ingots, neatly stacked, with all kinds of silver spools in the middle, and at the bottom are golden melon seeds, golden beans, and golden slots. The third box was a box full of newly made copper coins.

"Sister, look at it, there's a lot of money."

Zhang Qian was embarrassed: "Good sister, come down quickly." It's a shame. ”

Zhang Qingdao: "What's the matter. Now, we are the masters, they are our girls. ”

"Then you put all of this away first. Let's go to the room across the street. There's so much jewelry and money there, too. ”

When Zhang Qing heard this, he immediately locked the box. He also put the key of the small lock on the box into his bosom, then turned around, thought about it, opened the third box, grabbed two copper coins, wrapped them in a handkerchief, and then locked the cabinet, jumped off the ground, and followed his sister to the east room.

It's the same with the East. The room in the Huansha Pavilion is very large, although this bedroom is not as good as the main hall, but it is not far behind, relatively speaking, the middle suite is smaller. The bed in this room was leaning against the north window, with its back to the main hall. On the opposite side of the bed is a couch. He also had a small bookcase and a small bookshelf next to him. Now. There are a few porcelain ornaments and an agate ornament on the bookshelf, but there is not a single book. There is also a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the bookcase. There are also pen holders and pen pillows, all brand new. On the south side of the stepping bed are four Huanghuali cabinets stacked in pairs. Sandwiched between the stepping bed and the Baibaoge, it looks quite inconspicuous. And that's just half a room. Speaking of which, the east and west rooms are just as symmetrical as the east and west suites are symmetrical.

As soon as Zhang Qing entered the house, he rushed to open the cabinet.

Although Zhang Qian felt embarrassed, she still ran over with her sister in small steps. Those girls and second-class girls were all left in the main hall, and only the four tortoiseshell and Liuli followed the girls who brought the four big girls and the two sisters into Jia's house from this house to that house.

Zhang Qing soon lost interest in the jewelry. No matter how beautiful the jewelry is, if the two sisters are exactly the same. Then it doesn't seem unusual, but real money comes really.

Zhang Qing grabbed a handful of copper coins and counted them in his hand, Huang Chengcheng's brand-new copper plate, which was not oily at all, turned in his hand and made a pleasant sound. Zhang Qing felt that the only sound in the world that sounded better than the copper plate was the sound of gold and silver.

looked at my sister's money-obsessed appearance. Zhang Qian shook her head, counted more than 20 silver screws from the box, grabbed a few handfuls of copper coins and took them out, and rewarded each of the tortoiseshell glasses with four silver slots. He also rewarded the other four big girls with four each, and then the second-class girls with one each. In the end, he called the rough maids and the rough mother-in-law to the door, and rewarded them with a lot of copper plates.

Zhang Qian also made a routine lecture. What makes him happy. Although his sister is greedy for money, she is not stupid to the extreme. When he was lecturing and rewarding, his sister also grabbed copper coins and came out. What left him speechless was. After he finished his lecture and reward, his sister went to the attic to count the property, and specially made an account book with the words missing arms and legs.

Knowing that she didn't have to go to the elders to say goodbye at night, Zhang Qian found an opportunity and secretly told her sister behind someone's back that she wanted him to pay attention and not make jokes.

Who knew that Zhang Qing actually said: "Sister, I know what you mean." But if I don't do that, those people won't laugh at us behind their backs? After all, our surname is still Zhang, and we still took the shit luck to be picked up by this uncle. Do you think that if I don't say it, they won't know that we are at home like girls who don't want money, and we are almost sold? I'm afraid that even the most deaf old woman also knows. Moreover, since they can make their uncles and aunts so jealous, it can be seen how rampant they are. Don't talk about us, it's the princess and the daughter of the eunuch who came here with thousands of furniture, but I'm afraid that we will be looked down upon. We don't have such a prominent status and don't have so much money, it's hard to take care of ourselves, what else can we do? ”

Zhang Qian chuckled in her heart, bowed her head and was speechless. This is not Zhang Qing's conjecture, but a fact that Zhang Qian has experienced. There was a bloody example of this around him.

Zhang Qingdao: "I know, I'm just afraid that I can't even look down on the little girl here." But so what? Shame on you, at least it's better than starvation. I'm fed up with starvation and cold. I'm not saying I won't suffer. Sister, you know, I do chores during the day, and I learn to play with you at night, but I never left things to you, and I went to sleep first. What I hate is that there is no reward for giving. Just like we used to, it was obvious that we stayed up all night against the moon, but the result was that those people ate and drank spicy food, and we were hungry. They asked us to tie the yarn for a limited time, but they refused to give us even a lamp grass and lamp oil, and their girls ate roast chicken and pasted the oil on our embroidery thread, but we were the ones who were beaten! Sister, I don't want to live like that. Even if I am laughed at, I will not be soft on money. ”

Zhang Qian said: "I know, I didn't take good care of you. ”

Zhang Qingdao said: "Don't, sister, don't say such things." Sister, I've never blamed you. If it weren't for you, I would have starved to death and wouldn't have had the opportunity to sit here. It's just that, sister, you have to remember that this mouth grows on other people's faces. Can we silence each and every one of them? My aunt doesn't have such skills, so she can only manage the people around her. My aunt is a serious girl in the family, and she is the only daughter of my uncle. What else can we do? No matter how good we do, some people talk about our origins. We can only go our own way and let them go for themselves. ”

Zhang Qian said: "I understand what you mean." You are afraid that I will not be able to stand, so I will buy these slaves with silver money and be obedient, and in the end I will not have much private house, and I will not look good when I marry in the future. ”

Zhang Qingdao: "That's it. Sister, you must know that wine is a person's guts, and money is a waist board. When people are drunk, they will do things that they usually dare not do, and when people have money, they have the confidence to do things that they can't do before. This little money is enough to make a person with a bad heart do bad things. If the amount of money is great, even the saints will be shaken. Sister, you have to come up with an idea earlier. We don't have the capital to let others say good things about us everywhere. ”

Zhang Qian said: "Since my sister already has an idea, let's do it according to my sister's idea." By the way, what is my sister's plan for the Xue family? ”

Zhang Qingdao: "Although it is said that the sending people are sympathetic to each other, but the Xue family is rich, not as rich as us, and they are helpless." Moreover, my aunt seems to dislike the people in that family very much, and since my aunt doesn't like it, then I don't need to be so close to him. It's a little farther away. If he sends something, I will accept it, and if he does not send something, then I will be a friend of passers-by. ”

Zhang Qian said: "That's fine." If we want to stay away from him, this needle and thread or something, we try not to give gifts, but this food or something is okay. People here are accustomed to eating big fish and meat, but they will not refuse porridge and side dishes. Our country stuff isn't very decent, but it's a great thing to make a snack. ”

Zhang Qingdao: "I've already planned this. I recognize the kind of grass that grows on the back of here, and it's excellent for making snacks. Especially in the bitter summer, it is the best quality to beat the heat. After two days, this is all ready, and we will make it and ask my aunt to try it. If my aunt thinks it's good, we'll take it to the old lady and try it again. Whether the old lady likes it or not is secondary, and our meaning will be fulfilled when it arrives. ”

Zhang Qian said: "Not only the old lady, but also the cousins and aunts, we have to get it." ”

Zhang Qingdao: "Sister, don't worry, I know." I'm your sister. ”

The sorrow between Zhang Qian's eyebrows did not subside at all, and he said softly: "Sister, what do you think of your cousin?" ”

Zhang Qing was very strange: "Sister, what's wrong with you?" I've asked you several times on the road, but you always shake your head. I said that the family must have adopted us for some purpose, or did you dispel my doubts. When you first entered the city gate, you secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and repeatedly told me that I didn't want this, didn't want that, and asked me to restrain my temper. Now you come and tell me this. Sister, what's wrong with you? ”

Zhang Qian said: "Don't you really think our second aunt is very strange? ”

Zhang Qing waved his hand and said, "What's strange!" I think it's good for my second aunt to be like this. You see, he worked tirelessly to take care of his mother and younger brother, worthy of their ancestors and ancestors, and worthy of their parents and brothers. I didn't see anything else, but I saw it with my own eyes when my second aunt took care of my aunt. I see that everyone in this family has given up on my aunt, and only the second aunt and my aunt's slaves are still waiting for my aunt to get better. Whose daughter can do this? Could it be that the kind of daughter who doesn't know how to be filial to her parents and doesn't even ask for peace is a good daughter? ”

Zhang Qian blushed, lowered her head and did not speak. That's right, as Jia Jiu guessed, he is the real Jia Yingchun, and he is the one in the original book who died less than a year after getting married. Zhang Qian has never talked about his past life to others. But today, every word that my sister Zhang Qing said, didn't it hit him in the face?

That's right, how about Jia Yuanchun no matter how decent he is? It was only his cousin, not his own sister. He is the daughter of Jia Yu and Mrs. Xing, not the daughter of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang. It's ridiculous that he first lived in Jia's mother's courtyard, then lived behind Mrs. Wang's Rongxi Hall, and then lived in the Grand View Garden. He didn't even do a good job of daily morning and dusk, and it's no wonder that his parents didn't have a daughter of their own. Compared to the second aunt now, he is really too far behind. (To be continued......)