After dinner, the red note was crooked on the kang, listless, Yu'er sat in front of the window with the soles of her shoes, and the door of the outhouse squeaked, "That sister is in the house?" "It's the voice of an old woman.

"Who?" Yu'er hurriedly agreed, put down the work in her hand, stood up and walked out of the inner door, and looked at the old woman, Yu'er was familiar with it, and it was on the second door, "This sister, someone is looking for a red girl at the gate, and the people on the door are pestered by him, so give him a message." ”

"Yu'er, it's that mother, let her in." A few years ago, my father asked someone to bring a letter to her family, but there was no letter, I heard someone looking for her, and I was looking forward to her brother.

Yu'er led the old woman into the door, and the old woman squatted down, "The old slave has seen the girl." ”

"Who is looking for me, male or female, old or young?" Hongzhi was anxious to know Lu Dao, "The little guy who came in to spread the word didn't explain it, only said that it was a young man, as if he was the girl's brother." ”

When Hongjian heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly put on his shoes and went to the ground, holding a bronze mirror in his hand, shining left and right, and ordered Yu'er, "Find out my best clothes." ”

Yu'er went to rummage in a row of mahogany boxes in the kang for a long time, and found the jacket and skirt issued by the New Year, the girl wore it twice, and she was reluctant to wear it, so she put it away.

While changing clothes, Hongzhi instructed Yu'er, "Go to the room and go back to the young lady, just say that my mother's brother is here, and ask the lady to see me." ”

The concubine's house is easy to see outsiders in the inner house, even if it is her own family, she is not considered an in-law, she has to allow her mother, and she agreed, so she had to say a few words at the middle door.

The red note was dressed up properly, anxious, and when Yu'er hadn't come back, he looked out of the window, and when he saw Yu'er entering the courtyard, he came out of the inner room, and when he saw Yu'er entering the door, he hurriedly asked: "The young lady agreed." ”

Yu'er nodded, "The young lady said that they are all women, and it is not easy for the mother's family to meet each other. ”

Hongjian put his mind at ease and hurriedly helped Yu'er out of the door.

Aunt Ying stood under the eaves of the porch and looked around, and when she saw the master and servant of the red note coming out, she hurriedly shouted to the door, "Chunxiao, come out and see." ”

Chunxiao just thought it was a strange thing, and hurriedly put down the rag in his hand and hurried out, the master and servant of the red note had already arrived at the gate, and Aunt Ying pointed to the backs of the two, "Look at the little hooves of the red note dressed so brightly, what are you going to do?" ”

"Yes! It's getting dark. Chunxiao also wondered.

The master and servant of the red note came to the second gate, and there was already a person waiting on the second door, and a man walked over quickly, "Is it the sister of the red note?" ”

The red note was stunned for a moment, and saw that it was a young man, very familiar, and the man said eagerly: "Doesn't my sister know me?" ”

"Cousin?" The red note was a little incredulous and hesitated.

"It's me, your cousin." The man looked at her expectantly, and looked up and down, seeing that she was dressed well, thinking that she must be mixing well, and he hesitated to come, if the situation was not good, he would have to rely on his own help, it seemed that he had come to the right place.

"Cousin, I really didn't expect that, how did you find me?" Red note is a little unbelievable, hometown thousands of miles away, cousin will find here, your cousin is the son of her uncle, since childhood to play, the elder sister-in-law once joked, when the two grow up to become husband and wife, unfortunately, the good times did not last long, the birth mother of the red note died, the father continued, married the stepmother, the livelihood is difficult, the stepmother is black, so she was sold to the tooth wife, and sold to the uncle.

Reunited after many years, there is a different taste, the red note thinks that if the biological mother is still there, he would have married your cousin a long time ago, it should be another day, now, the room sounds enviable, the surface is bright, and the pain inside, who knows.

"How is my sister?" Your cousin looked at the red paper dressed up more pink and fragrant, a little sour, greedy for a few glances, thinking, it is better to get down to business as soon as possible, "When I came to Beijing, my cousin asked me to come to Bofu to see my sister-in-law and ask how my sister is doing?" Thinking that my sister is doing well, I am relieved to be a brother. ”

In his mouth, his cousin is Hongjian's own brother, and he was oppressed by his stepmother, and Hongjian's eyes were a little red, "Everything is okay at home?" ”

"It's all good, your brother married his sister-in-law and split up his family." Wu Tanggui said perfunctorily.

Hongjian was happy in his heart, his father ignored his ex-wife and daughter, and his relatives only had this brother, and his stepmother gave birth to a litter of younger siblings when he entered the door, and they were not close.

Wu Tanggui was thinking about how to borrow money.

When Hongjian saw him at first sight, he refused to elaborate, and the two of them actually picked up happy things when they were young and said, Hongjian saw that he seemed to have something on his mind, so he asked: "Cousin came to Beijing to do something?" ”

"A business" Wu Tanggui's words flickered a little, the red note became suspicious, and asked: "Is the business okay?" ”

"I was deceived, I was penniless, and I didn't even have the money to go back." Wu Tanggui lowered his head, a little embarrassed, he wanted to borrow money from his cousin, but he really couldn't open his mouth.

Hongjian understood, he was desperate to think of her, and he felt a little sad in his heart, after all, he was a relative, and he couldn't ignore it when he was a child, so he said: "Cousin Ming'er is here at this time, although I don't have much money on hand, I can also make some for you." ”

Wu Tanggui blushed, bowed his head and said, "I will definitely pay you back in the future." ”

"Those who say that they haven't paid it back are all relatives." The red note was a little disappointed, the cousin was short of money to come to him, the last time the brother came, to say that there is no bride price money, the family money stepmother holds, the central people borrow money to entangle money, come to find themselves, the heart said, these relatives are still their own sisters, how good they are, the difficulties are needless to say.

Before parting up, the red note instructed: "There are many people in the house, it is inconvenient, come over tomorrow, don't go to the main gate, you go around to the back garden, there is a corner gate in the northwest, which is usually closed, I will wait for you there." ”

Wu Tanggui didn't expect things to go so smoothly, seeing the red note falling like a flower like jade, he secretly sighed that it was a pity, and he was not blessed.

Say goodbye and go out.

Hongjian watched him walk away, only to turn around, Yu'er waited not far away, came to support the master, saw that the master was not in a good mood, remembered his life experience, and was also sold to Bofu since he was a child, and his father and mother didn't remember who it was, and he was sad and silent.

But said that Aunt Ying looked at the master and servant of the red note and hurriedly went out, curious, and did not enter the house, stood in the porch and waited, to see when the red note would come back, the red horizontal railing under the eaves of the corridor was a little cold to the touch, and she didn't dare to sit, and her hands and feet were a little cold, and it took half an hour to see the red note supporting Yu'er's figure, and the red note and Yu'er walked to the court, and saw Aunt Ying looking this way, helping Yu'er to walk towards the east chamber, and did not say anything.

Yu'er whispered: "The eyes of the West House are sharp, look at the girl." ”

Hongjian said in a low voice: "Ming'er be careful, don't let her see it." ”

Aunt Ying kept watching the red note enter the house, and was just about to turn around and go back to the house, when she saw Zhan Shaoting coming in from outside the courtyard gate.

With a burst of surprise, he hurriedly pulled his clothes, brushed his sideburns and broken hair, and greeted the past, as soon as Zhan Shaoting entered the courtyard, he saw Aunt Ying standing at the door of the West Chamber, and saw him busy, "The second master is here." Squatting down, Zhan Shaoting hurriedly held it with both hands, "You are inconvenient, don't be polite." Aunt Ying leaned on Zhan Shaoting.

"Although the weather is warm, but the spring is cold, I still go into the house." The two of them snuggled up and walked to the west wing,

"Why is it that you have to come here today?"

"It's okay, I'll come and see you." Zhan Shaoting said in his heart, move to the upper room, and the round house can't go to other concubine rooms within a month.

"Is there something wrong with the second master?" A woman's unique sensitivity, Aunt Ying sensed something somewhat.

"It's okay, I'm worried about you, come and have a look." Zhan Shaoting hugged her tighter, "Why are you dressed so thinly?" Zhan Shaoting held her hand coldly.

"People don't think about the second master yet, it's been a long time waiting at the door." How can Aunt Ying say that she is waiting to see when the red note will come back and freeze.

"Where is Ye from?" Aunt Ying thought to herself, it didn't seem to be from Shen Wanzhen's main room.

The two of them went up the steps of the west wing, "Come back from Shilibao Zhuangzi." Zhan Shaoting hid and was scolded by his father, and ordered himself and Shen Wanzhen to round the house, for fear that Yingniang would eat sour.

Pushing the door, Chunxiao walked out, "The girl came in, and the slave maid still wanted to go out to call the girl, and stood for a long time." ”

At a glance, when he saw Zhan Shaoting, he squatted down busily, and then opened the curtain of the inner door, "The second master is here, and the girl is reading the second master back and forth when she sees the sky." ”

Aunt Ying looked at her and smiled with satisfaction, this Chunxiao girl is quite clever.

As soon as she entered the inner door, Aunt Ying smelled a faint scent of Suhe, only to feel that her internal organs were churning, retching twice, Zhan Shaoting was in front of her, busy covering her mouth with a handkerchief, her stomach was surging, and she took a bite of 'wow', and squirted it out.

Zhan Shaoting covered his nose, only to feel a smell of sourness, hit his nose, saw Aunt Ying's embarrassed appearance, and hurriedly frowned and ordered Chunxiao, "Clean it up quickly." I couldn't help but comfort Aunt Ying.

Aunt Ying understood that he was clean, so she bent down and waved her hand, and said, "Master go to something else..." He only said half a sentence before he vomited again.

Zhan Shaoting really couldn't stand the smell, turned around and went out, Chunxiao behind him, "The slave maid sends the second master." ”

Aunt Ying was uncomfortable and couldn't care about him leaving, 'Wow Wow' vomited again, and vomited twice after dinner, almost vomiting, before she gasped and said weakly: "Idiot, I can't get used to smelling the fragrance, and I still smoke incense." ”

Chunxiao didn't dare to speak out if she was aggrieved, and said in her heart, this house smells so big, what if you don't burn incense.

Zhan Shaoting came out, saw that it was dark outside, and didn't want to walk back to the outer study, so he saw that the east wing of the red note was lit up, so he walked over.

As soon as the red note came back from outside, he didn't change his clothes, so he sat on the edge of the kang and thought about his thoughts, thinking melancholy, if his cousin wasn't a short silver envoy, would he come to find him? People are so powerful, they only think of it when they think about it, and they are usually afraid that they will forget it in the back of their minds.

Hearing the knock at the door, he instructed Yu'er, "Look who's coming so late." ”

As soon as Yu'er walked out, Zhan Shaoting came in from outside, the red note was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly rushed forward, "The master is here." ”

Hurriedly spread a mattress on the kang and let Zhan Shaoting sit on the kang, "Ye is warm and warm." ”

He beckoned Yu'er to hurry up and make a pot of tea, bent down by himself, and took off his boots for Zhan Shaoting, Zhan Shaoting looked at her and asked, "Are you out?" ”

The red note woke up suddenly, and he was still wearing the coat of going out, and he hurriedly covered up: "Idle and bored, go out for a walk." ”

Zhan Shaoting thought that he had been snubbing her since he accepted her as a room, and saw her waiting diligently, so he pulled her up, "You also come up and sit down and talk together." ”

The red note took off the coat outside, took off the embroidered shoes on the kang, and sat down next to Zhan Shaoting, the sky is spring, it is a frozen person and not frozen water, the red note and his cousin stood outside and said a conversation, his face was frozen red, the room was hot, pink and delicate, and he added a few more colors, Zhan Shaoting squinted at her, and the red note looked at the eyes of the master, and his heart was abrupt, he was frightened by Zhan Shaoting, and he didn't dare to look at him.

Zhan Shaoting's heart was itchy, and he didn't realize that his liver was on fire, and he suddenly turned over and pressed her against the edge of the kang, pulled her pants, and the red note was 'Ah! Afraid that Yu'er would hear it, she swallowed it back, bit her lip and held back, letting Zhan Shaoting toss it, and snorted a few times in the pain and coma.

Yu'er walked to the door of the inner room with tea, listened to the sound of prostitution inside, blushed, knew what the Taoist and the girl were doing, didn't dare to go in, pursed her lips and stood at the door to listen, turned around, put the tray of red branches and lotus on the outside table, held the copper basin, and went to the firewood room to scoop water.

At the beginning of the next day, Aunt Ying got up, and before she could freshen up, Chunxiao ran in, carrying an empty bucket in her hand, "Girl, the second master went to the red paper girl's house yesterday." ”

Aunt Ying sat up straight suddenly, "How do you know Lu Dao?" ”

"The slave and maid carried water, and met Yu'er, Yu'er was arrogant, unlike in the past, when she saw the slave and maid like a mouse and a cat, and said that she was in a hurry to fetch water, she was afraid that it would be late, and she was in a hurry, and she scolded again, and the slave and maid listened to it, so she quickly ran back and told the girl."

Aunt Ying said hatefully: "Let her take advantage of the loophole again, and take advantage of my pregnancy to wait for the master, and pull the master to her house, this fox spirit." ”

Zhan Shaoting and the red note had just risen, and a girl came from outside the west courtyard, and hurriedly walked to the west wing.

When he entered the door, he shouted: "Sister Chunxiao." Chunxiao was waiting for the master to get dressed, heard the familiar voice, hurriedly ran out, and saw that it was the girl of the big house called Bi'er, Chunxiao came out of the big house, naturally familiar, and asked: "My sister has something to do with me early in the morning?" ”

Bi'er listened to the fact that there was no movement inside, as if Zhan Shaoting was not in Aunt Ying's house, so she said in a low voice: "Sister Zhilu Dao The second master is resting in that room, the eldest young lady asked me to find the second master, I asked Qiu Cicada and said that I was here with you, so I ran here." ”

"The second master came last night and left again, my sister is in a hurry to find the second master?" Chunxiao wondered, early in the morning, my sister-in-law must have something important to find out about my brother-in-law, so she was busy finding out.

Bi'er leaned in her ear and said: "The master is angry, and wants the second master to move back to the upper room, the lady urges the second master to move things as soon as possible, the second master is not in the study, and the autumn cicada does not dare to call the shots, and she shirks that the second master did not say it, and she doesn't know what to do." ”

When Bi'er said this, she said with a little dissatisfaction: "Autumn cicada little hoof, it seems that she doesn't want the second master to move back to the upper room, she also has to go with her, moving back is not as free as outside, as long as you wait for the good master, go back to the upper room, and the young lady will restrain you." ”

Bi'er's voice was high, Chunxiao was so frightened that she hurriedly shook her hand, gesturing in the room, Bi'er understood, stuck out her tongue, and whispered: "Sister doesn't know that the second master of Lu Dao has gone there, and Zhi Lu Dao will tell me quickly, so as to save me from running errands in vain." ”

Chunxiao pointed to the other side with her finger, Bi'er understood, and whispered: "I'm leaving, I'll come to see my sister another day, my sister will go back to see us, there are good things for you to keep." ”

Say, push the door and run.

Aunt Ying initially heard the two of them muttering outside, thinking that the little girl was talking privately, and she didn't pay attention to it, and when she heard that the second master was going to move to the upper room, she couldn't sit still, and when she heard the sound of the door, she knew that the little girl was gone, and she was busy calling: "Chunxiao, you come in." ”

Chunxiao knew that Aunt Ying's conversation must have been listened to, so she walked into the house, "The girl called the slave?" ”

"Who's talking outside?" Bofu is big, there are many people, and Aunt Ying can't remember that, and she doesn't know the sound, it doesn't look like it's a second room.

"It's Bi'er from the big house, saying that she is looking for the second master, and the eldest young lady is here to urge the second master to move things." Chunxiao thought that she couldn't hide this sooner or later, so she told the truth, so that Aunt Ying could be prepared in her heart, so as not to hit her too hard.

"What, you're saying it again?" Sure enough, Aunt Ying's reaction was not small, she was so surprised that she took two steps back, her body shook, and she almost fell, Chunxiao hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and sat down on the edge of the kang, Aunt Ying's skirt was not tied, and her skirt fell loosely, and she didn't know it.

"Bi'er said, this is not what the second master wants, it is the master who forced him to do this." Chunxiao hurriedly explained.

Aunt Ying took a long time to relieve, the second master said to divorce his wife, why his wife has not rested, but he has to move together, if the husband and wife have a round house, the Shen family has a son, and the righteous grandson has children, what is his own child, and he will be inferior for a lifetime.

Aunt Ying wants to be a concubine herself, but the child who is about to be born has become a concubine, so she is not reconciled, the man's words can't be believed, and she says that she will divorce her wife, and she may not be happy in her heart.

"Master, when will the master, aunt, brother and sister arrive?" Mrs. Qian asked.

Shen Quande, the father of Shen Xuanzhen, took his family to a small family, set off from Yanggu County, Shandong Province on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, took a dry road, dragged his family and walked for nearly half a month, and in early spring, he received a letter saying that he was about to arrive in the capital.

"I said I would be able to get to the house at noon today." Shen Wanzhen said while wearing her clothes.

"It's time to be lively." Mrs. Qian wrapped a few changes of clothes in a floral wrapper, preparing that the master might be able to stay for one night and come back tomorrow.

I wrapped it, thought about it and opened it, but I forgot to bring the gold collar, which was a meeting gift that the master had prepared for the sister born to the sixth aunt.

'Oh, what is this doing, where are you going?' Tidy up so neatly. With a sharp voice, Zhao walked in.

"Sister-in-law is here, please take a seat." Shen Wanzhen saw that Zhao came over early in the morning, and she was also puzzled, so she hurriedly gave up her seat.

Zhao left after speaking, and didn't sit down, just stood in the center of Xinuan Pavilion, looked at Shen Wanzhen and quipped: "My brother and sister are really a beauty, this is a bargain, and I can't compare my sister-in-law to anything." ”

"Sister-in-law really knows how to laugh." Shen Wanzhen couldn't guess what she was doing.

Zhao smiled a little darkly, approached her and whispered: "Sister-in-law is here to be a peacemaker, how about reuniting your husband and wife?" ”

Shen Wanzhen was taken aback, seeing that she didn't look like she was joking, Zhao looked at her stunned, thinking that she was overjoyed, so she wanted to send an empty favor, "Sister-in-law also tied up the second brother this time, and sister-in-law is waiting to drink your full moon wine." "Say it and laugh heartily.

Shen Wanzhen was puzzled, why did the Zhao family suddenly remember to take care of such idle things, and thought about how to refuse.

Zhao said vaguely: "The old man knows about this, and the lady ordered the second brother to move back to the upper room, and you are a young husband and wife." ”

Zhao's words, Shen Wanzhen's five thunderbolts thundered, her body froze, and Zhao pushed her, "What are you doing standing stupidly, don't pick up the house like a new house, get a little joy, maybe you will be lucky, and you will get pregnant in one night." ”

"Annoying sister-in-law and sister-in-law to run in vain, my father-in-law came to the capital today, only to go back to Mrs., and go back to my parents' house to live for two days." Shen Wanzhen knew that the expression on her face was stiff, and she really couldn't pretend to be calm.

Zhao Shi noticed her strange appearance at this time, a little puzzled, and looked at her deeply, "Since my younger brother and sister have gone out, I will go back to my mother-in-law, so I have to wait for my younger brother and sister to come back from my mother's house in the round house." ”

The smile on Zhao's face disappeared as Shen Wanzhen smiled unrelentingly.

I thought, these two people, why are they so awkward, the husband and wife are worshipped, the round house is not a matter of time or time, it seems that the second brother and sister are unwilling, what she thinks in her heart, she can't guess, and she is angry about Aunt Ying's affairs.

As soon as the Zhao family left, Shen Wanzhen fell on the kang, and Mrs. Qian sighed softly when she saw it.

Xiuju and Qiaoshan are not sensible, she is a person from the past, and she can't see what the master is thinking, how can this evil fate be broken.

"Master, the sedan chair outside is ready, when will you go out?" Xiuju came in, saw the master sitting on the kang, did not move, thought that the master did not hear, and repeated, "Master, the sedan chair is ready, when will it leave?" ”

Shen Wanzhen stood up, "Let's go." "Let's go out, a few people saw it, and hurriedly followed the master, Mrs. Qian was carrying the package, Qiao Shan had a cloak on her arm, the master was wearing very thin, and hurriedly rushed up to put it on the master.

It's really a narrow road, and as soon as he got out of the main courtyard gate, he saw Zhan Shaoting coming out of the west side courtyard, and he came out of that courtyard early in the morning, and he must have rested in the concubine's house.

Zhan Shaoting seemed to be a little afraid of Shen Wanzhen since that day, and wanted to hide but couldn't dodge, Shen Wanzhen deliberately stopped and ordered: "You go first, I have something to say to the second master." ”

A few people took a look, no matter how the husband and wife looked at it, they didn't look like husband and wife, but like strangers, the master and husband and wife talked, and it was inconvenient to listen, so they all left first.

Zhan Shaoting saw her standing still, so he had no choice but to stand still, looking at her with disdain, "Where are you going?" ”

"Go back to your mother's house." Shen Wanzhen's cold tone.

"Do you still have a husband in your eyes?" Zhan Shaoting looked at Shen Wanzhen with an indifferent expression, and felt a little annoyed.

"If I were you, I wouldn't want a woman without a husband in my eyes." Shen Wanzhen sneered.

"Ye is not a fool, let you go without touching your body, how can there be such a cheap thing?" Zhan Shaoting was angered by her attitude and spoke his heart.

"Why, my little concubine didn't wait for my lord's satisfaction last night?" Shen Wanzhen sneered.

"I just want you to wait, rightly speaking." Zhan Shaoting said, staring at her with squinting eyes, looking up and down.

"Unappetizing." Shen Wanzhen turned around and walked away without looking back.

It took Zhan Shaoting a long time to react, this woman dared to say that her husband was unappetizing, and she was so angry that she wanted to grab her and pull her back.

A few embroidered chrysanthemums walked in front, and Qiao Shan said worriedly: "I don't know what the master and the master are talking about, I don't think the master seems to be happy to be with the master." ”

"Little girl, I don't know what to marry, that's not the order of my parents, the words of the matchmaker, I haven't seen it before I got married, it's not the same marriage, having children, men and women have been together for a long time, there are feelings, men are the same, see one love one, the master is outstanding, the husband and wife sleep on a kang, the man is not moved, my wife just got married, and I don't want to, but the man has a lot of strength, sleeps, and doesn't think about anything, and then has a child, the woman's mind moves to the child."

According to her own life experience, Mrs. Qian guessed that the master would not be able to twist his arms and thighs in the end, and he would cook mature rice with raw rice, so he would not think about it and live with peace of mind.