Yanran was groaning, and the little guy still thought that Yanran was tired of the fruit, and couldn't help but say proudly: "What are you talking nonsense? You must know that you are my daughter-in-law! Guo'er saw that Yanran didn't speak, and when Yanran was tired of herself and refused to take care of herself because of this incident, tears suddenly flowed out, and her face was about to drip blood: "You are talking nonsense, I am not your daughter-in-law!" ”

"It's not your turn to speak!" The little guy was about to reach out to pinch Guo'er's face again, but before his hand stretched out a little, he was knocked off by Yanran: "The maid in the old lady's room is also something you can covet?" There are just a few of us at this time, when I hear it, hide the evil and promote the good, if others hear it, and reach the ears of the old lady, you won't be able to eat and walk around, and then see if your father can keep you! ”

Yan Ran's face was flat, and there was also a bit of momentum, the little guy was suppressed by Yan Ran's momentum, and when he saw Yan Ran pulling Guo'er to leave, his eyes rolled and said: "Don't scare me, no one is scared, you and the prince are ......."

"Red-mouthed and white-toothed, who are you accusing? What happened to me and Shizi? If you say this, do you want me to drag you to the old lady to argue, and then the old lady will believe you or me? I didn't expect this person to refuse to let go, Yan Ran was in a hurry, and said a few words, seeing the little guy's face, Yan Ran was overjoyed, and he wanted to pull the little guy to see Mrs. Zeng.

I didn't dare to see Mrs. Zeng at this time, so I hurriedly said: "I'm a good man and don't fight with women, Guo'er, don't think that you have found a backer, you have an uncle and aunt." With that, the little guy ran away. Yan Ran went to pull the fruit at this time: "Don't be afraid, even if there are your uncles and aunts, but the old lady didn't speak, no one dares to do anything to you!" ”

"Sister Yanran, I know, but he is a person close to the prince, what if he goes to ask the prince?" Guo'er's little face was full of tears, and she asked Yanran with some pity, and Yanran's eyebrows frowned slightly and said, "Shizi is not such an unreasonable person. ”

It's true? Although Guo'er can see Zeng Zhiqing, a little girl like Guo'er can't talk to Zeng Zhiqing. Yan Ran didn't know why she was so confident in Zeng Zhiqing, she just nodded and said: "Really, you have also seen the son, he is a very kind person, this matter is just a matter of the old lady's words!" ”

Guo'er's eyes lit up as if she had an idea, and Yanran patted her head: "Don't think so much, let's go in quickly." The most important thing to serve in the old lady's room is to rejoice! No one wants to see a subordinate with a drooping face all day long, Guo'er nodded hard to show that he knows.

When Yanran came back this time, she was an official first-class maid, and she moved into Ziling's original residence, and when she and Guo'er returned to the place where the people lived, Xiao Huan was bringing a few little girls to pour things for Yanran, and when she saw Yanran and Guo'er coming in, Xiao Huan looked at Yanran's eyes and still revealed a little jealousy: "Are you back?" The old lady remembered this morning, and specially asked Sister Qingdang to explain, let us help you pour things into Sister Ziling's room! ”

Unlike Xiao Huan's efforts to pretend to be calm, the little girls looked at Yanran with envy in their eyes, and they were already saying congratulations. Guo'er stood there with her burden in her arms, and she also felt honored. Yan Ran smiled lightly at Xiao Huan, and let the wind blow her skirt, in the backyard of this Hou Mansion, this kind of thing will only increase in the future.

Moved all the things to the room, and if I heard the letter, I sent some furnishings, and put these things in place, Yanran looked at this room, compared to when I lived with Xiao Huan, it was much more relaxed to live alone. Yan Ran wiped her sweat and planned to change her clothes to kowtow to Mrs. Zeng, but she felt a voice by the door.

Yanran didn't call her in, but looked at her, Hua'er cringed even more, shrunk her neck and said in a low voice: "Sister Yanran, what happened that day, I originally wanted to take Sister Qingdang's handle, but I didn't expect Sister Qingdang to want to harm you, Sister Yanran, I don't want to either!" ”

Yanran lowered her eyes and said nothing. This scared Hua'er even more than Qingdang's reprimand, she mustered up the courage to run into the room and knelt down for Yanran: "Sister Yanran, I know, if you hate me, if you hate me, you can beat me, it's all my fault, it's me who wants to rise, it's me ......"

Before Hua'er finished speaking, she saw Yanran stand up, Hua'er looked up and saw Yanran go to wash her face, hurriedly got up and twisted Yanran's handkerchief, and said in her mouth: "Sister Yanran, I ......"

Yanran wiped her face with a hand towel, walked to the dresser and reused some fat powder before saying, "Hua'er, do you really think that no one in this family is smarter than you?" In the future, remember to do things well, hate or not, I don't have so much thought, but just this time! ”

Yanran's tone was very light, and Hua'er had already nodded again and again: "Sister Yanran, I understand!" Yanran looked at her, whether she really understood or not, this matter had passed.

After Yanran finished speaking, she got up and went to the front to kowtow to Mrs. Zeng to thank her, Hua'er poured out the water, looked at Yanran's back, and sighed long, no matter what, as long as Yanran doesn't pursue this matter, if she investigates, her sister is afraid that she will be kicked out. When I think of the days when I was at home, the flowers shudder, and the days when I didn't have enough food and clothes were not warm, I don't want to live anymore.

When Yan Ran entered Mrs. Zeng's room, Qing Zhong was telling jokes to Mrs. Zeng there, Mrs. Zeng's face was still faint, and her eyes lit up when she saw Yan Ran come in: "Yan Ran, come over and tell me, what did you hear when you went back?" ”

Yanran stepped forward with a smile and saluted Mrs. Zeng as a courtesy, Qingdang straightened up, there was a flash of anger in her eyes, and Mrs. Zeng did not ignore the flashing anger in Qingdang's eyes, she sighed in her heart, but her face was still the same as usual.

Yan Ran has been promoted to the next level, in addition to being flattered by others more than usual, the biggest change is that she has more opportunities to serve by Mrs. Zeng's side, almost all day by Mrs. Zeng's side, and she also rotates with people at night.

Old lady Zeng is an elderly person, often has no good sleep at night, and often sleeps until midnight when she wakes up to talk to the night watchman. When it was Yanran's turn, Yanran often heard Mrs. Zeng talk about the past when she was young. Old Madam Zeng has told Ziling a lot about these past events, but this new person is new, and Old Madam Zeng is still full of interest.

Yan Ran not only listened, but sometimes asked questions, which made Mrs. Zeng more and more at ease. This day has passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, spring has ended, and summer is coming. The second prefect of Zeng has expired, and he wants to take his wife and children to Beijing.

I wrote back early to say this, and Mrs. Zeng asked the Zhao family to quickly clean up the yard where the second room originally lived, the whitewash that should be painted, the replacement that should be replaced, and the repair that should be repaired, must let the second master Zeng and his family feel the same as the original as soon as they enter the house!

This is also what the head of the house should do, and the Zhao family did not feel tired, so he asked everyone to clean it up, and the family had a large population, and it was cleaned up after ten days. The second room, the subordinate who guarded the house, also took the key to unlock all the rooms, took out the furnishings from the inside, and rearranged the furnishings.

Counting that the second old man's house was still two days away, he sent someone to pick him up at the Tongzhou wharf, and the Zhao family also invited Mrs. Zeng and Aunt Wu to go and see how the house was cleaned up? Being able to show that she is a good housekeeper in front of everyone is something that Mrs. Zeng likes, so she hugged everyone and went to the courtyard of the second room.

Originally, those steps were mossed, and weeds grew on the bluestone pavement, but now they are all cleaned, and the walls and pillars are all freshly painted.

When Mrs. Zeng saw it, she smiled at Zhao and said, "You also said that everything is arranged, but the curtain of the upper room has not been hung yet, so you can talk by yourself." ”

"Mother-in-law, you don't know, the daughter-in-law is thinking, the second aunt has not seen her for a few years, there must be her beloved door curtain, this upper room, only let them clean up again, the bed tent curtain in the upper room, have to wait for the second aunt to come back, hang her beloved things!"

"What Madame said is that this is called thoughtfulness, like when we were young, we were not as thoughtful as Madame thought!" Aunt Wu knew that her son had returned, and she was also very happy, and she was even more amusing to Mrs. Zeng.

Mrs. Zeng's face became more and more happy, and everyone went around again, and then returned to the front hall, the maid poured tea, and Zhao personally served it to Mrs. Zeng, and was about to give Aunt Wu a cup, Aunt Wu hurriedly said: "Madam, you have been tired for so many days, please sit down!" ”

Zhao also sat down, and Mrs. Zeng had already put down the teacup: "The second child is coming back, I don't know if I want to find a foreign appointment or in Beijing, if you can find a foreign position, you can also go out for a walk then!" ”

These words made Aunt Wu like hearing the sound of Buddha, and she had to be an old lady for a few years to be an old lady with her son, which was also a blessing from her previous life, but Aunt Wu still said respectfully: "Madam, what you said, I am going to refute it, so many people, until now, only you and I can still be companions, how can you leave your wife and not serve and enjoy the blessings!" ”

"It's been almost forty years, and those past events have been dispersed, and it's a serious thing for you to enjoy the blessings. I'm in Beijing, why is there a shortage of people to serve? "Aunt Wu has eyes, Mrs. Zeng doesn't mind giving her a little face, Aunt Wu has an old face, smiling like a chrysanthemum, and has to flatter a few more words, there was a sudden noise outside, Zhao gave Hongliu a look, Hongliu walked out, and asked two words outside, Hongliu's face was a little bad when she came back, and she whispered in Zhao's ear.

Zhao's face changed suddenly, and the old lady Zeng had already seen it, and said to Yanran with a smile: "You go and ask the red willow girl, what happened to her, her expression when the sky fell?" ”

Without waiting for Yanran to speak, Zhao knew that he couldn't hide it, and said to Mrs. Zeng: "Mother-in-law, the person who went to the dock came to report that the second uncle's boat collided with another boat when he was about to arrive in Tongzhou!" ”