Just arrived at the door of the main room, the old lady came slowly by the fourth wife, Wanzhen hurriedly stood aside, let the old lady go first, entered the hall, did not wait for Wu to speak, the fourth lady helped straight to the west, the maid stepped forward, opened the west carved magpie branch plum lattice door, the fourth wife was stunned, the inside was clean and neat, only five or six cages were placed in the west room.

The second wife seemed to reluctantly beckon the girl in the room to take the key, unlock the lock, and said: "Since they are all here, open it and take a look, solve your doubts, and don't look back and say that my head of the family will move the Shen family's gold and silver back to her parents' house." ”

The lids of several boxes were opened at the same time, and the fourth wife stepped forward to look through them, all of them were clothes, some of them were still half-used and home-cooked, and the other boxes contained souvenirs and some things for children.

But one of the chests was full of gold and silver, and it was several thousand taels of silver.

The fourth wife's eyes lit up, and she said confidently: "Old lady, this is not my arrangement, the real money is now placed, what else does the second sister-in-law have to say." ”

Wu Shi was not in a hurry, and said, "The old lady please sit in the hall." ”

The old lady looked at a box of gold and silver, but the muscles on her face relaxed, and the wrinkles were stretched, the second lady helped the old lady to sit in the hall, Wu knelt down, and said: "I brought five thousand taels of silver, it was originally for the lord to return to Beijing as an official this time, and to use it up and down, and the daughter-in-law returned to the old lady, and the silver money was borrowed from the account, and there was a note in the account room, and the second master's business was done, and he was making up for it."

The old lady said with a gloomy face: "I already know about this, but about the autumn shirt, you can tell me clearly, you don't know the rules of the Shen Mansion, you should have more people in the house, you have to work hard, get more, and no one can say anything, but the words are on the surface." ”

On the issue of position, the old lady still looked at her daughter-in-law, and the fourth lady glanced at the corner of her mouth.

The second lady was unhurried to distinguish; "This matter, the old lady will understand if she asks the Wei family who is in charge of needlework."

It didn't take much effort, Aunt Wei was summoned, and when she entered the door to see a room of people, the old lady sat in the middle, so nervous that she stammered a little when she spoke, and she was busy lying on the ground and knocked her head a few times, and said, "Slave... Met the old lady"

The old lady said, "You get up first, I have something to ask you?" ”

The Wei family got up and hung their heads and stood aside, waiting for the old lady to ask, the old lady looked at her, and said coldly: "I heard that the clothes are unfair this time, and the third girl in the second room got double shares, but is there such a thing?" Let's be honest. ”

Aunt Wei hurriedly knelt down, 1510 said: "The second room is ready to go to Beijing, and she pays for the money, and each person makes two more pieces, a total of four, the second wife sees that the third girl is sick during this time, so she saves her own clothes and does not do it, and makes two more pieces for the third girl, the third girl has a total of six, and the other girls are four, which are all accounts can be checked, and the second wife sent Sister Chen to send the silver." ”

Aunt Wei was not in a hurry, she was clearly organized, the old lady breathed a sigh of relief, and said in her heart: I said that the second daughter-in-law is not shallow-eyed, and I want to have a few clothes.

The second wife, Wu, walked to the old lady at this time, lifted her skirt and knelt down and said: "The girls go out of the house, they dress shabby, they are afraid that people will look down on them, there are regulations in the public, and the daughter-in-law takes private money, but also to support the face of the Shen Mansion, and she does not admit that she wants her younger siblings to misunderstand, and the daughter-in-law is not thorough, so she did not explain it in advance, and begged the old lady to punish her." ”

A person walked out of the crowd, and everyone saw that it was the third girl, who knelt down with her skirt and said: "It's all caused by the granddaughter, the wife is kind, please ask the old lady to punish the granddaughter."

The old lady looked at Wu and became more and more kind, and beckoned to the maid and said, "Quickly help the second wife, and the third girl get up, what's wrong." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the fourth wife, Ma, and comforted the Wu family: "Second daughter-in-law, you have been aggrieved, not only have the housekeeper not benefited over the years, but have lost a lot, I have good things to reward you when I turn around, you let the maid come to my house to get it." ”

Wu knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you for the grace of the old lady." ”

Old Lady Shen said with a cold face to the fourth lady again: "This time you can see it clearly, you can understand it."

The fourth wife blushed and said, "It's all the daughter-in-law's, it's the daughter-in-law who misheard people's words."

The old lady looked sternly and said, "The fourth family, you have trouble all day long, who did you hear that your second sister-in-law moved most of the Shen Mansion to her mother's house?" You and I know that there is no intention of the Tao, it must have been instigated by something to do this, you name who it is, I don't blame you. ”

The fourth lady suddenly panicked, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "The old lady forgives her sins, listen to what the little girls said,

The old lady said, "Which one is talkative?" ”

The third lady heard that the old lady was in the second room, so she hurriedly rushed over to see the excitement, and met the eldest lady at the top, and the concubine came together, just seeing this scene, her spine was cold, for fear of bringing herself out.

Huan'er, the little girl in the fourth wife's room, knelt down in fright and said: "The slave passed by the garden and didn't know that the two sisters in the room were talking in private. ”

The old lady's face was like a cold winter moon, and it was terrifyingly cold, and she said in a deep voice: "Pull out the luke, and play fifty boards to find a tooth woman to sell."

Xiaohuan'er screamed for mercy, and turned to the fourth wife, who was angry with her for making herself faceless, and turned her back on her face and ignored it.

Xiao Huan'er looked helplessly for something, and at a glance saw the silver frost hiding behind the third wife, her mouth moved, and she didn't say anything.

Wu suddenly said, "It's the silver frost of the third room!" I heard that she went to collect the clothes at noon, and when she met someone who gave the clothes of the third girl, she questioned Aunt Wei and made a noise in the sewing room."

Huan'er lowered her head, bit her lip, and didn't speak, which was tantamount to acquiescence.

Yinshuang was so frightened that she knelt down and kowtowed: "The slave and the maid should not talk too much, the slave and the maid should die."

The old lady snorted and said, "Hit thirty boards, pull out the sand and buy them together."

Yinshuang was dragged out by the two mothers-in-law, shouting in her mouth: "The third wife saves the slave maid."

The third lady stood awkwardly, not daring to look at the old lady's dark face.

The old lady ignored her and helped Zhou out of the city.

Wanzhen came out of the upper room, stepped down the steps, and couldn't help but look back at the upper room, the fancy eaves light under the corridor flickered on and off, and the smile on Wu's face was a little weird.

The night breeze was a little cool, and Wanzhen tightened her shoulders and walked back quickly.

The next day, at dusk, the old lady Zhu and the old lady Qin, who were in charge of the big kitchen, brought the meal to the third girl's house with two little maids who had just left their heads.

Xiuju hurriedly stepped forward to take the food box, and said diligently: "The ladies have worked hard, sit in the house, drink tea and walk." ”

The vermilion lacquer three-drawer food box in the hands of the old Qin mother-in-law let the two little maids in the third girl's room take it, Qiao Shan's mouth was sweet, and she rushed to say: "Auntie is tired, you sit down quickly, the girl got good tea before, I will make a cup for your old thief." ”

The old Qin mother-in-law was very useful, and said happily: "This little girl has a good mouth, the old slave is very old, how can she not know the rules, the master's things, you don't dare to use them." ”

Shen Mansion's people are all high and low, watching people cook, Shen Wan's frame has been ill for a long time, and the soup and water have not caused trouble to the kitchen, so they often take some silver money to make the kitchen a dry mother-in-law, and reward some wine money.

Xiuju commanded the little girl to put the food in the bright room, and before going out, the old Zhu Pozi whispered and gossiped: "The girl's divorced husband Fang Jia's descendants heard that she came back, and she also did the imperial history, my cousin and daughter-in-law recommended a new job, just in the back kitchen of his house, when his family was poor, he only worked a short time to do odd jobs, and now there are a group of servants, I heard that his eldest lady did not follow him, and waited for his old lady at home, presumably Fang Gongzi did not like this lady very much."

Xiuju glanced at the inside, and the curtain of the flower door was closed, and there was no movement inside, so he was relieved.

Old Mrs. Zhu whispered again: "This time, Mrs. Zeng's aunt always runs to our house, I heard that the Zeng family's family has made her son a loser, and now she is poor, and she wants to marry her son to marry three girls, and our wife is also tired of her and doesn't care about her."

Xiuju said: "That Mrs. Zeng's aunt."

Old Mrs. Zhu said: "She lives in the back street, her maiden name is Shen, and she is of the same clan as our family."

Xiuju suddenly realized, spitted, and said, "She is also worthy."

The two of them stood at the door of the inner room and talked, probably Xiuju thought that Wanzhen was asleep.

Talking outside, Shen Wanzhen heard it clearly in the inside, and if it was not good, she went out, and after waiting for a while, everyone left, and then she lifted the soft curtain and came out, Xiuju saw her come out, but she was stunned, looked at the girl's face with a weak heart, and saw that Shen Wanzhen's face was as usual, so she was relieved.

On the sandwich road of the main house of the second room, the sixth aunt Xiao Sun was supported by a maid, holding her waist with one hand, followed by a maid carrying a package in her hand.

Xiao Sun came out of his wife's house, and he was usually courteous and careful, and the maid on the door saw her and smiled quietly: "Auntie, Mrs. ordered her to be raised in the house, how did you come out." ”

Xiao Sun bent his eyebrows and said, "Sister Meng Xia, my wife is going out, I did some needlework." ”

Meng Xia glanced into the house and motioned for his wife to be in the house.

Wu is explaining the affairs of Mama Chen's house, "The most important thing is the child in the belly of the sixth aunt, don't look at it." ”

glanced in the direction of the courtyard where the fourth and fifth aunts lived, "Keep an eye on it, don't let them do anything while I'm not at home, the old man poured ** soup, there is an old lady in charge, and if there is something to do, go directly to the old lady to make the decision." ”

The Chen family replied solemnly: "Mrs., don't worry, the old slave will protect the safety of the sixth aunt's mother and son even if he gives up this old life." ”

As he was talking, the maid at the door replied: "The sixth aunt is here." ”

The two of them won't talk about it.

Xiao Sun entered the door, squatted down to salute, and said, "Please say hello to Mrs." ”

Wu hurriedly said: "Hurry up, doesn't it mean that everything is free, so that you can have a safe baby?" ”

"My wife wants to go to Beijing, and the concubine does some needlework every day, a little thought, and my wife doesn't dislike it." Xiao Sun asked the girl behind him to put the package on the kang table in front of his wife, and opened it with his own hands, and there were two gowns inside.

The Chen family rushed forward, looked down carefully, and said with a smile: "The sixth aunt in the wife's house is skillful, look at this stitch." ”

"If you have a body, rest more." Wu's tone was relaxed.

Xiao Sun smiled and said: "I'm in a panic, the concubine wants to be hot, and her own shirt is made of muslin, and she often wears it cool." ”

Wu smiled gently with satisfaction and asked for some more words.

At this time, the eldest girl in the old lady's room, Du Juan, came over, "The old lady said to let the second lady settle the affairs of the house clearly, and the old lady of the Shen family's housekeeping will take care of it for you first." ”

Wu stood up and listened, "Let the old lady suffer."

Xiao Sun saw that Wu was busy, so he withdrew, and as soon as he came out of the upper courtyard, Xiao Sun smiled, lowered his head slightly, stroked his lower abdomen with his fingers, and sighed lowly.

The personal maid Hongyu knew the master's thoughts, and said, "It would be nice if Mother Chen could move to the master's house."

"That's the best, but how can I say this to my wife, others will say that an aunt is delicate when she conceives a child" Xiao Sun also thought so in his heart.

Xiao Sun raised his head suddenly, and was startled, and saw the fourth aunt Zhang flashing out from behind the tree and looking at her stomach.