Chapter 71: Mama Hua returns home
This drinking scene lasted until midnight, and I don't know how many people's carriages took back the drunk sons of the family. As soon as the sergeants and messengers got drunk, they revealed their true colors, smashed things and vomited, and one of them, who treated a white-skinned boy as a flower sister, was thrown out of the restaurant by the son's family.
This chaos made the shopkeeper of the drunken sky tower bitter. Those porcelain bowls and wine cups are all fine porcelain, not stoneware goods that these rough people have drunk in the wine shop, but if you take so many pieces of cups and cups to ask the young master of the Xinguo Mansion for compensation, no matter how thick-skinned he is, he can't speak.
In desperation, the shopkeeper asked the owner what to do with a sad face. The owner waved his hand indifferently and said, if you fall, you will fall, and you will make up for it tomorrow.
The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief.
The owner of his family is the atmosphere!
It is said that Li Jun and Li Rui got drunk, and the brothers were taken back to the mansion by the family's car. Gu Qing heard that the two children were delirious after drinking, and felt more and more that he had decided not to let Li Ming go.
Gu Qing rushed to the West Garden, and when he saw two drunken children, he knew that he was smirking, and hurriedly asked his family to pour them the sobering soup that had been boiled a long time ago.
"Vomit...... Grandma gave me a drink, what did she drink, how, why is it so like brushing a pot, pot water? Li Rui said with a big tongue.
"Where, where is the pot water...... Water. Ming, it's the one, the footwash! "Li Jun drinks more wine than Li Rui, but he is born with a large amount of alcohol, so he seems to know more than Li Rui. But even so, standing still swaying.
"Come on, you two act like you've drunk pot water and foot washing water." Gu Qing said angrily. I'm afraid that I haven't drunk any old tea, and I still say that I have a nose and eyes.
"No, this is going to be trained tomorrow, and it's not okay to get drunk and come back as soon as you drink. You have to be a little more restrained! ”
"Madame, what now?"
"What else can I do, strip off my coat and send it to bed!" Gu Qing stroked his forehead, "Don't take a bath, just throw it on the bed, and let them toss it by themselves tomorrow." If you create evil, your head will die of pain when you get hungover! ”
"The two young masters have lost the Qingcang Academy? Sleep in a bed? ”
"Two men, what's not to do. Scratch! ”
When the girls heard this, they came up one after another to give the two young masters wide clothes.
Unexpectedly, Li Rui and Li Jun both resisted fiercely against others picking up their clothes. Li Jun was tossed by his mother-in-law and suffered from "women's phobia", and he easily did not let women get close. This drunk and dizzy, Li Jun didn't know whether it was a man or a woman who picked up his clothes, and he didn't get close anyway.
Li Rui has been on guard against his aunt's design for the girl to climb into his bed since he learned about his aunt's thoughts, wakes up day and night, and does not let the girl go into the inner room to serve after he falls asleep. In order to prevent this, he even drove out all the big girls who were originally related to the Splendid Courtyard.
So even when he was drunk, he kept this thought in mind, and no one was allowed to touch the hem of his clothes.
Gu Qing saw that the two of them almost didn't fight with the servants who were waiting, it was really ridiculous, so she ran up and slapped a child on the head, and after beating them to the ground and stopping the struggle in their hands, she took matters into her own hands.
No matter how drunk Li Rui was, he also had a sense of Gu Qing, so he stood there obediently. Gu Qing asked him to raise his hand, and when he asked him to raise his leg, he raised his leg, I don't know how well-behaved.
Seeing that Li Rui was so well-behaved, Gu Qing patted him on the shoulder happily and praised him repeatedly: "That's right, what are you struggling with?" When you sleep, you have to take off your coat, you don't take a bath, and you have to wipe your face. ”
Li Rui stood stupidly, his eyes half-open and half-closed.
Gu Qing asked his subordinates to fetch water again, and took a hot towel to wipe his face and hands. Li Rui didn't even move his eyelids when he stood there, but somehow a "mother" came out.
This mother's voice was extremely small, and only Gu Qing next to her heard it. Gu Qing's nose was sour, and a few tears fell.
She held back her tears and carefully untangled Li Rui's hair, ready to let his scalp relax.
Li Rui is 14 years old this year, and when he was young, his hair was short and hard, and he could only have horns on both sides of his head. Now that my hair has grown and I have tied it into a bun, it is quite a bit of a hassle to untie it.
Gu Qing had never untied such a bun except for combing Li Rui's cousin before, so it was inevitable that he would be clumsy and pull out a lot of Li Rui's hair.
At this moment, Li Rui's sentence of "mother" immediately turned into a grinning "My mother!" It made Gu Qing burst into tears and laughed.
Gu Qing took good care of Li Rui, and then turned his head to look at Li Jun, only to see that he had fallen asleep against the table.
Gu Qing suddenly had the feeling that he had raised two children inexplicably, and hurriedly instructed the little servant to carry Li Jun, and didn't care about picking his clothes, and threw him on the bed, so that the two children could sleep on their feet.
Only then did he return to Zhiyun Temple.
Li Rui has a resolute heart and a good character, such a good boy, the emperor wants him to star in the ancient version of "Infernal Affairs", she is really reluctant. But no matter how you look at it, it seems that the Shinkoku Mansion has no choice. Unless Li Mao also resigns and returns to his hometown, and retires with the whole family, just like the branch in Jingnan's hometown, he will live a life of farming from now on.
Don't say that Li Mao will do it or not, she thinks that even if Li Mao does it, the emperor will not agree to his resignation.
Can you still be so happy in the days to come?
Gu Qing stroked the porcelain pillow under her head, the hollow porcelain pillow contained the emperor's handwriting, and she was still waiting for Li Mao to come back and discuss together.
Li Mao, Li Mao, if you don't come back, you cheap old lady will not be able to stand it.
In order to hide this letter, the old lady has slept on this porcelain pillow for almost half a month, and her head has slept out of the bag!
Early the next morning, the old masters and little masters of the Xinguo Mansion slept lazily, Gu Qing had never felt that he had slept so well, and he didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning.
She had just finished breakfast when she suddenly saw a second-class girl rushing into the courtyard door dancing, shouting: "Mama Hua is back from Zhuangzi!" Mama Hua is back from Zhuangzi! ”
When Gu Qing heard the shouts coming from outside the door, he clapped his hands with joy:
"Mama Hua is back? Oh my God, it's back! ”
When Mama Hua came back at this time, she was simply her savior!
As soon as these days came, the housekeepers in the house almost didn't look at her with expressions like "such a second goods also came to take care of the house"! What's worse is that she tried to find someone to teach her, but she couldn't find it.
A few girls are okay with clothes and jewelry, and when it comes to housekeeping, they have no experience at all. Grandma Sun used to serve the study, and she didn't know anything about housekeeping.
Only Mama Hua was in charge of the cold palace when she was young, no matter how small the cold palace is, it is also a palace! In the years when Zhang Jing first got married, she had always been Mama Hua helping Mrs. Qiu as the director, and she waited for Zhang Jing to become familiar with the affairs of the mansion before handing over.
'Mama Hua, I really want to recognize you as a godmother! ’
Gu Qing's heart shed two lines of kelp tears.
In Gu Qing's excitement, Mama Hua entered the courtyard gate surrounded by several mothers-in-law, Gu Qing couldn't wait to rush to the door to pick her up, but she was afraid that she would scare Mama Hua by doing so, so she had to wait for Mama Hua to enter the house like an ant on a hot pot.
Mama Hua entered the house and knelt down and kowtowed to Gu Qing to say goodbye, Gu Qing quickly jumped up and helped her up, and stuffed a big purse into her hand.
This is her year's money, and Gu Qing has doubled it.
The emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers!
"Mama Hua, are you finally back, are you feeling better?" Mama Hua began to have a sore throat in winter, and the boss who had swollen lymph nodes in the mandibular angle a while ago began to cough again. Gu Qing was worried that she was bronchitis caused by acute tonsillitis, so she called the Hu family doctor to take a look, and the symptoms he said were inexplicable, but he could hear that it was not good anyway.
Later, Mama Hua couldn't even speak. There are no antibiotics here, and Gu Qing can't cure it even if she wants to, so she can only use a hot towel to compress the tonsils on both sides every day to relieve the pain a little.
The Hu family doctor suggested that Mama Hua go to Zhuangzi to recuperate, first, to clean the Zhuangzi, and secondly, at the end of the year, things were busy, and the servants at home came and went frequently, and she kept coughing, and everyone was worried about the infection.
Mama Hua listened to him, went to Zhuangzi the next day, and did not come back until today.
"Mrs. Tuotai's Hongfu has taken the medicine in Hulang for more than half a month, and finally he doesn't cough. I wanted to stay a little longer, but I haven't left the house all year round, and I just happened to be lazy while I was sick. No, there was a hailstorm in the capital, and Zhuangzi was also sinned, and he was repairing houses everywhere every day, and he really couldn't recuperate with peace of mind, so I came back. Mama Hua smiled very refreshingly, "Mrs. Tai, don't blame me for coming back slowly, it's really too comfortable to stay in Zhuangzi and I don't want to come back." ”
"Don't want to come back, I'm just waiting for you to save your life!" Gu Qing clasped his hands together, "Amitabha, it's not so bad that this hailstorm can smash back you, a lazy bodhisattva." How about Zhuangzi, no one has anything to do, right? ”
"No one has anything to do, it was the New Year during that time, and it was cold, not many people ran out, but chickens, ducks, geese and other livestock were killed and injured a lot, and it was no big deal. The poultry will come back when the eggs hatch in the spring, and the livestock will be eaten anyway, and it is not a big problem whether they are lame or blind. Mama Hua smiled and asked, "What did Mrs. Tai say to save her life?" Who made you angry during the New Year? ”
"Hey, it's hard to put into words." Gu Qing is waiting for Mama Hua to come back and spit out her bitterness!
Gu Qing asked the others to go down, and asked Siyun to guard the door, and began to tell her everything about the things he encountered during the New Year.
She fainted when she came back from entering the palace on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, and the Fang family found the goddess to 'exorcise evil spirits', talking about how the goddess confessed that the Fang family used witchcraft to assassinate Li Rui, how she and Li Rui broke into the Splendid Courtyard at night, and how they found the fake puppet.
"In my opinion, I'm afraid that the fake puppet curse thing was not done by the Fang clan." Mama Hua entered the palace at the age of six, and she has been in the palace for a long time, and she has been in charge of the cold palace, and she is used to seeing all kinds of yin and selfishness.
"No matter how stupid the Fang clan is, Young Master Rui took that goddess, how could she secretly go to that side courtyard and destroy the fake puppet, or move somewhere, she will never stay there and wait for you to find it."
"I thought so too, so I didn't have a seizure at the time, but locked her up. You weren't there at the time, and I didn't even have anyone around me to consult, so I had to go into the palace to ask the queen for advice. ”
"Mrs. Tai, you are really ......" Mama Hua couldn't cry and laughed, except for Mrs. Qiu, I am afraid that no one in the world uses the current queen as a strategist.
Gu Qing smiled, and then talked about the later experience, how Imperial Physician Wu found out that Fang's unplanned pregnancy, and Fang's Mama Liu strangled the goddess to death and then committed suicide by hitting the wall, etc.
Mama Hua frowned when she heard this, and her fingers kept moving.
"So much happened after I left." Mama Hua sighed. The old lady didn't have anything to do, but when she saw so many things coming together, she was afraid that she would panic. But there is one thing that the old lady is afraid to worry about in the future.
"Mrs. Tai, you shouldn't have told the doctor to keep the child. As soon as you say that, the Fang clan will definitely not be able to live. ”
"What? The queen mother clearly said that she would deal with it when Li Mao came back, and lock up the Fang clan first! Gu Qing glared and looked at Mama Hua in disbelief.
Mama Hua really wanted to roll her eyes. What the harem woman said, the old lady can take seriously.
"The queen mother asked Young Master Rui to be the eldest prince's companion before, just to give his children more help. Young Master Rui and Young Master Ming are evenly matched, so they will rely on the queen and the eldest prince to fight hard and earn a future. If the Fang clan is born one after another and has a few more sons, Young Master Ming's help will be greater and greater, the Fang family is the Duchess of the country, and the children born are all compatriots of the same mother......"
Mama Hua sighed, "The Queen Mother is afraid that the Fang clan is so jealous and hostile to Young Master Rui, and it is strange that the children she raised can have good intentions towards Young Master Rui." In this way, either Young Master Rui is weak and disheartened, or the struggle in the house is bloody, and there are handles everywhere, no matter which one it is, it will not be what the queen wants to see. ”
Now that the Fang clan has died herself, the queen can't wait to run her to death. Mrs. Tai didn't want to kill the Fang clan and let Guogong come back to deal with it, this was your mercy. But even if it is Guogong, he can only drive her far away, and he can't think of a better way to deal with her. ”
"Now that Fang's is pregnant, if there is any risk during childbirth, I am afraid that I will have to go to the mother and keep the child."
Gu Qing covered his mouth and gasped.
"What if...... What if we can produce safely? You don't need to choose between keeping a son or a mother, can you spare Fang's life? At most, after giving birth, I will rush to Zhuangzi! ”
Mama Hua closed her eyes, she really didn't want to tell Mrs. Qiu about the horror inside. Mrs. Tai has never touched these things, her hands are clean, not to mention Li Laoguo and Li Meng, even she can't bear to let her come into contact with a little darkness.
She was afraid that as soon as the prince returned, the secret order of the queen or emperor would arrive. This Fang clan is unstable, and the above will not let her continue to dominate the position of the Duchess of the Kingdom. It's okay to send the Fang family to Zhuangzi for a year or two, but it can't be that there has been no hostess in the Guogong Mansion since then, right?
Even if Guogong can survive, once he reaches the age of two children getting married, how can he do without a housemother? When the time comes, what kind of moth will you bring the Fang clan back?
As a first-class order, even if Li Maogui is the prince of the country, he cannot divorce his wife. But if he takes off his fate, it means that Fang's virtue is at a loss, and it has a very bad impact on Li Mao and Li Ming, at least, it is difficult to find relatives.
Therefore, whether her fetus is fierce or not, she must be dangerous.
But these words, Mama Hua still didn't say it.
She opened her eyes and said uncertainly in Gu Qing's hopeful eyes:
"Perhaps...... Yes. ”
Gu Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn't want to be the murderer of indirect killing. If the death penalty is handed down after the trial, it is okay, if a person is killed so silently, then what is the difference between the queen and the Fang family?
In the future, she will have to keep an eye on Fang's body and exercise more.
“…… So, Mama Hua, since the Fang family's incident, I have taken over her housekeeping. Gu Qing sneered, "But you also know that my housekeeper's skills ......."
"Mrs. Tai, the housekeepers and the housekeepers have sent someone to the front yard for questioning. They asked when it would be convenient to report on family matters today. Xiangyun asked Gu Qing softly outside.
Every day at this time, the old lady would have a sad face in the room, and sigh for a long time.
"Look, the debt collector is here again!" Gu Qing grimaced, "Mama Hua save me!" ”
Seeing Gu Qing's nerve-wracking look, Mama Hua shook her head and chuckled, "In the past, you had two daughters-in-law to share your worries, so you can naturally be lazy." It's just that I'm a guest after all, and I'm not even a servant and a family child who sold the deed of break, and it's okay to help with housework, but I have to be in charge of housework for a long time, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve the public, and I'll cause trouble for myself. ”
Mama Hua knows that Mrs. Qiu's character is straightforward, and she doesn't say anything about it. "Otherwise, from now on, I'll teach you how to take care of your house. You've learned all the words, and it's easy to learn them. ”
Gu Qing knew that Lu Dao would definitely not be able to escape this level, so he hugged his head and "snorted", revealing an expression of "Mom, will I ignore my family and ignore me in the future".
"Is that all there is to it?"
Mama Hua said meaningfully:
"Don't worry, Mrs. Tai, I will definitely teach you with all my heart."
In the conference hall, Mama Hua stood beside Gu Qing and didn't intervene, listening to the housekeepers and ladies report family affairs to Mrs. Qiu.
"Last time the disaster relief cost XXX taels of silver, XXX charcoal, XXX grain, a total of XXX taels. In addition, the next person donated so many winter clothes and winter quilts, and XX stubs were stored in the account room, and the debt was not more than a year, and it was about to be fifteen, and the money had to be redeemed. The account room has been calculated, and there are XXX taels in total, and the account books that enter and exit the accounts are all here...... "The second manager in charge of the account room handed over a few account books.
Mama Hua took it to Gu Qing.
The second steward bowed down and asked:
"Mrs. Tai, is this money going to the public account, the internal account, or Mrs. Tai's private treasury?"
Gu Qing took those account books and found that each one was different. The books on which were written "Ledger", "Ledger", and "Cash Account" beckoned to her like a book from heaven.
She finally mustered up the courage to turn over the account book, and was immediately frightened by the "Lu Qi Jiu Pickup" full of account books, and there were four columns of "original, in, paid, and deposited", and there were countless small words in each column, only to feel dizzy and dizzy, and she was about to be unable to get up in one breath.
"I'll reply to you after I've thought about it." Gu Qing glanced at Mama Hua with a blank eye, and found that she nodded to her, and immediately asked again with great encouragement.
"Anything else?"
"Drunken Xiaolou came to meet the account, a total of XXXX two silver, this money ......"
"Take my private vault." Gu Qing instructed Xiangyun beside him. Xiangyun was in charge of her money box and various redemption tickets.
"Go back and check it, and after confirming that it is correct, you will give the money to the accounting office."
Xiangyun hurriedly said yes.
"Old lady, I'm here to report the loss of Zhuangzi outside the city. Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing lost ducks and chickens respectively...... Repair XXX, there are ......" The foreign affairs steward said for a quarter of an hour, and then asked, "Mrs., what should I do?" ”
Gu Qing glared at the foreign manager.
"You shouldn't ask me what to do, but you should come up with a few plans and ask me which one to use! You go back and think about it and report it again! Ask me every day what to do, what do I raise you for! ”
The steward was choked by Mrs. Qiu, so she had to nod and withdraw from the room, crying bitterly in her heart.
Didn't you say that the old lady was so foolish? I still want to take the opportunity to get some subsidies, this is ......
Mama Hua stole an approving glance at Gu Qing.
Gu Qing, who received Mama Hua's eyes, was excited in her heart.
Mom! I've finally found a chance to vent my anger! Let you look at her every day with the eyes of "children cannot be taught"!
Thank you, Dean, thank you, thank you for your profound "teachings" to me! No, I finally got it to use!
I shouldn't have scolded you for being a sissy, an old bald head, and a snake spirit! Your words to me are really useful, and I can understand why you like to use this to fight all kinds of interns!
It's really cool!