Chapter 9: Calculation

"What's polite to me, we've been friends for several lifetimes!" Ziling patted Yanran's face, blurted out this sentence and suddenly sighed softly, Yanran naturally understood why Ziling sighed, and said softly: "It's common sense that she wants to fight, but she can't step on me in order to fight!" ”

"Say you know a lot, it makes people laugh when you say this, some people are bad, if they don't step you down, how can they go up? But don't worry, first, you have to serve the old lady well, and second, you have to be calm, the old lady has gone through something, and she just doesn't want to say some small means. Qingdang is also smart, but no matter how smart she is, can she be smarter than the old lady? ”

Yan Ran should be: "Thank you sister for your teaching!" ”

"What teachings, I'm just a few years older than you, and I've been in this house since I was a child, and I've seen more things than you. Speaking of which, others think that it is good to be in this house, and they don't have to worry about food and clothing, if they can give birth to a capable son like Aunt Wu's grandmother, this will be the glory of several lifetimes! But I don't think so! ”

Although Zhao's idea was dispelled by Mrs. Zeng, when Zhao chose a maid to serve Zeng Zhiqing, it was also something that countless people wanted to fight for, especially those who felt that their daughter was the same age as Zeng Zhiqing, and they wished that their daughter could serve by Zeng Zhiqing's side for a long time, so as to give their own glory and glory! After picking a month, I saw that the Zhao family took a fancy to those mediocre-looking, three or four years older than Zeng Zhiqing, and usually honest maids, these people extinguished this heart.

It's just that the young masters have gradually grown up, and I don't know how many things will happen when they get it? Yan Ran couldn't help but sigh lightly, and Ziling smiled: "You are still young, what do you want to do with this?" It's not just about eating and playing, there are some things that you haven't heard of, and you can't do it unless you have it! ”

Yan Ran couldn't help but smile shyly, Ziling looked at Yan Ran's lips and smiled, and reached out to pinch her face, calculating that the time was about the same, it was time to step forward to serve Mrs. Zeng, and the two of them went up.

When the two walked into the house, Mrs. Zeng didn't fight cards today, she sat against the smoker, and talked to Aunt Wu for a long time. Qingdang was taking Xiao Huan to iron Mrs. Zeng's clothes in another room, Ziling stepped forward to salute Mrs. Zeng, opened the stove and took a look, and added a piece of charcoal before saying, "Why don't you let them serve in front of you today?" ”

"The days are getting shorter, and I feel very tired if I don't take a nap, so I simply look for your aunt and grandmother to come and talk, and it just so happens that your eldest lady is looking for her mother-in-law's house! I'm here to discuss with your aunt and grandmother. Old Madam Zeng took the hand stove and smiled at Ziling.

Miss Zeng's name is Zhixian, she is thirteen years old this year, she has been an official outside with the second master and his wife since she was a child, and she has only come back three or four times in the past ten years, and not many people have seen her. Ziling looked at Aunt Wu's face, and when she saw the joy in Aunt Wu's smile, she knew that there was a seven or eight points in this matter, and she smiled busily: "Say hello to the old lady and the old aunt, and I don't know who has this blessing and married our eldest lady!" ”

"What your second master means is to find one outside, my wife and I both thought that this child still needs to be reunited in front of us, and we exchanged letters four or five times, so you second master also listened to the persuasion and promised to find it in the capital. Lao Shihou's family has a nephew, who is fifteen years old this year, and he is very good, and his grandmother is friends with his wife. ”

Aunt Wu has already said with a smile, Lao Shihou is the family of Dingwei Hou's house, because his family name is Shi, and everyone who has been here for a long time is called so. Ziling was talking to Mrs. Zeng there, Xiao Huan had already glanced at Yanran, and said to Qingdang: "Sister Qingdang, this person is different, in front of the old lady, only Sister Ziling can laugh like this!" ”

Qingdang glanced at Yanran, asked Xiao Huan to take the charcoal, and smiled lightly: "So in front of the old lady, in fact, Sister Ziling is inseparable, others, even if they can top her nest, they are different from her!" Yanran knew that she was saying this to herself, but she didn't put it in her heart, opened the iron, and helped the green bell to pour out the ashes in the iron.

Seeing this, Xiao Huan glanced at Qingdang, wanting to take the opportunity to pour those charcoals into Yanran's hands, and it would be good to burn her. Qingdang didn't think so, although she was jealous and hated Yanran, it was clear that Yanran's father was the chief steward, and then Yanran was burned, even if she could push the matter to Xiao Huan, then the old lady Zeng would say a few words, frowning and waving her hand at Xiao Huan, indicating that she couldn't do this.

Xiao Huan could only honestly pour the charcoal into the iron and continue to iron his clothes. Xiao Huan's performance was in her eyes, she didn't say anything, and she was still ironing her clothes with Qingdang. This fight back and forth, looking at the many things that can be fought for, no matter how much they can fight, can they fight for what the old lady and they got? Not to mention the old lady, there are more blessed people than the old lady.

The clothes were ironed Yan Ran and Xiao Huan hung up their clothes, and Xiao Huan kept looking at Yan Ran when she was doing things. Yanran understood what she was thinking, Xiao Huan came in for a much longer time than Yanran, Ziling left, it was said that Xiao Huan should be on top, but Mrs. Zeng let Yanran go to Ziling's nest in one bite. It's no wonder that Xiao Huan is not annoyed.

Seeing that Yanran was still the same as usual, Xiao Huan couldn't help but snort in her nose: "Although the old lady said it, no one can say for sure until the time to get the monthly money!" Yanran's smile was still so calm: "Then wait, I'm not in a hurry!" ”

Xiao Huan's eyebrows couldn't help but rise, and Yan Ran smiled at Xiao Huan again: "Your family recently got married to the second housekeeper, I haven't congratulated you yet!" "Xiao Huan has a sister, seventeen this year, who has been doing some rough work in the kitchen, Xiao Huan's old son and mother saw that this daughter couldn't earn it, so she only looked at Xiao Huan and went up. It happened that the son of the second steward lost his wife, and Xiao Huan's father and mother ignored the fact that the son of the second steward was ten years older than his daughter, and the two children were left in the house in front of him.

Xiao Huan didn't like what her father and mother did the most, but she couldn't object, and when she saw Yanran say it at this time, her face couldn't help but turn red: "You, you don't rely on your father to be in charge, so you come to bully me!" ”

Bully? Yan Ran smiled again: "Xiao Huan, who is bullying whom you and me, you know it in your own heart, I don't care about you, it's just that it's unnecessary, but if you talk like this again, don't think I'm the clay man made of soil!" Seeing that Xiao Huan's face turned white again, Yanran added: "You are also a smart person, and you weigh it in your heart!" ”

After speaking, Yanran beckoned the little girl to come over and put these hung clothes into the closet with herself. Xiao Huan bit her lip and wanted to say a few words back, but she didn't dare to think about it, and when she saw Qingdang packing up her things, she quietly went over and said to Qingdang, who put away all the needles and threads before snorting from her nose: "You are just cowardly, what are you afraid of?" Although she is the daughter of the chief steward, she is only a maid. The days are still long, and you can always wait slowly! ”

Xiao Huan listened to Qingdang's words and patted his chest: "Sister, I will rely on you!" Qing Zhong smiled again, looking at Yan Ran, who was still busy, and couldn't help but have a smug smile on her lips, she could soon know, what is the secret between Yan Ran and Shizi? You know, although the old lady can't help but laugh with the young masters, if there is something else, the old lady doesn't like it even more.

As long as you know this secret and reveal it, don't talk about Yanran at that time, Zheng Da Steward will also have to eat some hanging, at a young age, he doesn't think about serving his master, he only knows how to seduce the young masters, such people should be driven out by the family.

Soon Zeng Zhixian's marriage was decided, the nephew of the Shihou family, Shi An, who is fifteen years old this year. Before making up his mind, Shi An came to kowtow to Mrs. Zeng, when Shi An walked into Mrs. Zeng's room accompanied by Zeng Zhiqing, the eyes of some maids couldn't help but light up, both of them were tall and handsome, and they walked in like Zhilan Yushu, or a pair of Zhilan Yushu.

As the saying goes, the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more interesting it becomes. Mrs. Zeng took a closer look at Shi Ancai and said to Zeng Zhiqing: "Look, you are always praised by others on weekdays, but at this time, you will be compared to your brother-in-law!" ”

"Grandmother is right, if it wasn't better than me, how could I marry my sister to him?" The older Zeng Zhiqing gets, the more sweet his mouth becomes, not only coaxing Mrs. Zeng to laugh, but even Shi An said: "How can Xiao Ke take what the son says?" It's a small ugly quality, that's half a point like the son of the world? ”

"What my brother-in-law said is to make my grandmother happy, look at my grandmother's smile!" Saying that, Zeng Zhiqing deliberately looked at Mrs. Zeng: "In the future, grandmother won't only hurt her brother-in-law, not me?" Mrs. Zeng laughed and slapped her grandson: "How can you be so good-behaved?" The two of you, both of you are fine, and in the future, you will have to be harmonious together. Brother An, I heard that you have entered school, I have several grandchildren at home, and I also want to find a famous teacher for them, why don't you go to your study to study? ”

Xun noble family, the children want to go through the imperial examination, generally that is, to find a prison quota, and then take the examination to take the Jinshi examination, who is impatient to pass the examination all the way from Tongsheng to Xiucai? Shi An came out of the children's examination in this way, and it is rare in the noble family. When the people who come and go with them are admiring, they will also laugh at the Shi family for taking a shortcut and taking a long detour, but Mrs. Zeng's thoughts are different from others, since the Shi family can let the children take the test solidly, the teacher invited must be very good, and now that he is an in-law, it is common for him to go to school.

"Since the old lady has ordered so, wait for Xiao Ke to go back to the teacher, and then talk back!" Shi An's actions made Old Madam Zeng more and more happy, and after saying a few more words, he asked him to go to see Aunt Wu.

"Congratulations to the old lady!" As soon as Shi An left, the maids and ladies in the room all stepped forward to congratulate Mrs. Zeng, who smiled and asked them to go and receive their rewards. Qingdang should have said later: "The old lady already knows that her uncle and the son are old acquaintances, but I don't know how they recognize them!" ”