On the sixth day of March, Gu Li got married, and Qing Shu really forgot about it, and didn't pay attention to it at all. If you go, she will definitely not go, as for adding makeup, she is not Gu Li's elder, but she can add or not. However, Ma was still of some use to her, so she instructed the housekeeper to take half a horse of ordinary silk from the storehouse and send it.

Hearing this, Steward Gu immediately felt the bottom of his heart. There are a lot of good materials in the warehouse, but the young lady chooses the ordinary materials, which shows her alienation from that side. As for choosing half a horse, I probably want to follow the local customs! It's all sent, and it's definitely not too stingy. Sending half a horse of silk at once is also considered generous in Kangxi Town, and it will not lose its identity.

This is about to go, seeing that Qingyang is still not coming, Qingshu just wanted to say that he would not wait, but he heard Qingyang's shout.

"Don't go, wait for me, sister wait for me." Qingyang was in a hurry, carrying a burden on his shoulders and a burden in his arms, and was running over this way. Running after him was Luo Xiaorong, who was carrying two pairs of small cloth shoes, and behind him were Guan Mutou and Luofu's maids.

When Qingyang ran to the front of Qingshu, his head was sweating, "Sister, where are Xiaoyang and Xiaorong's younger brother sitting?" ”

Qing Shu saw that he was actually wearing a cotton robe, and he knew how insistent he was on this trip. She sighed and touched his head, "Xiaoyang, you insist on following, as long as you follow out of the mansion today, although my sister will be embarrassed and distressed, my sister will definitely be able to speak and be strict with you." So, do you still want to follow? ”

Qingyang nodded heavily, "I want to help my sister with her work." ”

Qingshu had mixed feelings in his heart, "Xiaoyang, Xiaorong......" "Forget it, get in the car!" She personally watched the two of them get into the carriage, and then announced in front of everyone present, "The young masters are not here for fun, but only to experience the hardships of labor and exercise their perseverance." Whether it's a scholar or a maid, they don't bring one, and they take care of their daily life. Then he looked at Guan Mutou and Luofu maid Xiaomei, who came over, "Go back!" This is the choice of your masters. ”

Xiaomei was startled, "Miss, but the young master ...... him"

"Xiaomei, step aside." Luo Xiaorong poked his head out of the car.

At this moment, I saw Hao running out of breath, and he kept rushing back to the scholar who was chasing behind.

Chen Qiaojiang ran over empty-handed from the other end, and when he saw Qing Shu, he jumped straight to his feet, "Sister, sister, you beat him, you beat Huzi, he robbed me of my burden and didn't give it to me." The tiger in his mouth was none other than the guard his grandfather personally selected for him, Chen Hu.

Qing Shu glanced at Hao who was getting into the carriage, and then at Chen Qiaojiang, who was jumping up and down in a hurry, and wanted to sigh. When she found out that Mr. Lu was getting out of the car to watch the excitement, she felt unhappy. But what else can be done now? She said angrily, "Alright, alright, get in the car." I thought to myself, this time, I must fix them well, so that they don't have trouble for her again.

When Chen Qiaojiang heard this, he didn't care whether he was burdened or not, and got into the carriage with a cheer.

"You, and you, pack up your things and catch up with us in a moment." Qing Shu ordered the guards of Luo Mansion and the guards of Chen Mansion and sat in his carriage.

The ancient housekeeper was confused, but he also knew that the young lady did not explain, so he shouted and set off, and personally sent the masters out. Seeing the group moving away, he ordered the family to close the door. At this moment, Luo San, who was accompanying him, rode back and forth, and told the housekeeper with a smile that the young lady asked him to come back and get four sets of bedding for the young masters.

Not long after, the Luo guards carried four sets of bedding on the horses, and together with the guards of the Chen Mansion and the Luo Mansion, they chased after Qing Shu and the others, who had already taken the lead.

In the early afternoon, Qingshu and his party finally arrived at Sunjia Village and came to the outside of the farmhouse rented by Steward Zhang. The wooden gate of the courtyard was hidden, and Steward Ding pushed it open, went into the courtyard and looked around and came out to report: the door was locked, and no one was there.

Hearing the commotion, a woman of about 30 years old came out of the courtyard of the farmhouse on the left. The woman wore a blue floral headscarf around her head, a dark blue cloth skirt, and half-made shoes in her hand. There is a shallow mole-like and birthmark-like dot on the center of her eyebrows, which looks good. The woman stared at them curiously, and when she saw the front of Steward Ding, she seemed to be frightened, and retreated into her courtyard, "This family has gone out, not here." Who are you looking for? ”

Steward Ding knew that he had frightened the woman, so he also took a few steps back, "May I ask my sister-in-law, do you know where the family has gone?" Seeing that the woman didn't answer, he asked again, "Is it Steward Zhang, who rents here, can my sister-in-law know where he goes?" ”

At this time, an old woman about fifty years old came out of the house, "Who is here from the fourth family?" ”

The woman turned around, "Mother, do you know where the bookkeeper who lives in the courtyard next door to us has gone?" Someone asked for Steward Zhang. ”

The old woman saw the carriages and horses and guards parked outside, and took a few steps forward and said to Steward Ding and the others, "Steward Zhang took Li Tie to the wasteland early in the morning. Mr. Ledger was originally at home, but he was taken away in a panic by Lao Li Tou'er in the west of the village, and he was gone for a while. ”

Steward Ding was afraid of scaring people, so he asked from a distance, "Auntie, can you please take me to Mr. Accounts?" ”

The old woman hesitated and asked, "Big brother, what are you ......?"

Steward Ding said, "This is the courtyard rented by the master. ”

The old woman understood now, turned around and called out to her grandson named Erzhuang to come out and help call someone. At this time, Mr. Lu said that he would take his friends to the wasteland first, but instead of waiting, he took the car and left. The rest of the people drove the cart and horses into the courtyard.

After a while, Gu Yuanbao ran back sweating profusely, opened the door and invited Qing Shu and them to come in and sit. Then he was busy boiling water, and said that he would make tea for his masters.

Qing Shu stopped him, "Which room do you three live in?" ”

Yuan Bao said that the west wing room where the three of them lived, and the other rooms were empty, but they were all packed up and could live in at any time.

Qing Shu listened and asked him to open the doors of the three halls and the three east wings. She looked at each room and made arrangements. In the hall, she took Xiaojuan and Xiaoyu to occupy one room, Qingyang and the four of them occupied one room, and the remaining one was used as a temporary study. In the east wing, Mr. Lu and the guests were in one room, the guards were in one room, and Steward Ding and the accompanying coachman and family members were in one room. The west wing room does not move, Zhang is in charge of the three of them, and the other room is still a utility room, unchanged.

As soon as Qingshu's side was arranged, everyone moved, and Xiaojuan and Xiaoyu were busy moving the master's belongings to the hall in and out. Steward Ding was in charge of the other side, first asking everyone to move the bunks to their respective houses, and then bringing a few people to carry the three carts of grain pulled from the cart to the utility room.

At this time, a twenty-four-five-year-old village woman dressed in flowers and branches walked to the gate of the courtyard on the right. She pushed open the fence door while keeping her eyes off the neighbor's yard, which had suddenly become lively. She entered the courtyard, rolled her eyes, walked to the mud wall that was only up to her chest with a smile on her face, and asked Xiao Juan, who was carrying a burden from the car, "Big sister, are you from the ancient mansion in the town?" ”

Xiao Juan glanced up at her, and found that she had a silver hairpin on her head, and her face was smeared with thick rouge gouache, and a corner of a gold bracelet was exposed under the sleeves of her wrists on the wall, and the color of her clothes was a bright red. Just this glance, Xiaojuan didn't like her, so she answered yes and turned around and walked in the direction of the hall.

When the woman saw this, she shouted from behind, "Hey, big girl, don't be in a hurry to go! The sister-in-law's name is Qian Saihua, and she is the third daughter-in-law of the Li Zheng family. This courtyard you rented belongs to my father-in-law. From now on, they will be neighbors, and it is certain to help each other, but you have to move around more. ”

Xiaojuan really didn't like this woman, so she casually agreed and went into the hall.

This Qian Saihua pursed his lips and saw the scarred steward Ding coming out. She was startled, and immediately stepped back, muttering something unpleasant, and went over and opened the locked door of her house and entered the house.

Xiaojuan chatted with Qing Shu when she entered the house, "Miss, the slave maid looks at the family on the left and the family is honest, and the right neighbor is not very good." ”

Qing Shu was staring at Qingyang and the four of them tidying up their futons by themselves, and after hearing Xiaojuan's words, she couldn't help but be curious, "Where did you see that?" ”

Xiao Juan took the toiletries in the bag and put them on the box, and said, "Let's move things, what should the family in the left do and look at us without probing." There was a woman in the right neighborhood, who had just come back from outside, and she didn't even enter the door of her house, and she didn't even shy away from it, and she didn't care about the strange men walking around the yard, and she actually lay on the wall to get close to the slave and maid. The slave and maid ignored her, and she still shouted behind her, saying that she was the third daughter-in-law of the Lizheng family, and that the yard rented by the young lady belonged to her father-in-law, which was really annoying. ”

Qing Shu saw that Chen Qiaojiang's quilt was bulging, and immediately said, "Qiao Jiang, if you are not qualified, open it and practice again." Then I had time to talk to Xiaojuan, "Since she is a woman with good things, she just ignores it." ”

Xiaojuan agreed, got the work in hand, said to Qing Shu, and went to the kitchen.

Gu Yuanbao was boiling water in the kitchen, and when he saw Xiaojuan, he stood up and called Sister Xiaojuan.

Xiaojuan looked at the furnishings in the kitchen and asked, "How do you solve your three meals a day?" Who cooks the food? ”

Yuan Bao touched his head embarrassedly, "The food I cook is just not very delicious." Steward Zhang and Brother Li only ate the food I cooked for breakfast, and basically ate lunch and dinner on the other side of the wasteland. I'm left alone, and lunch and dinner are easy to deal with. ”

Xiaojuan has already checked the oil jar and salt jar, "The oil and salt are basically not moving, don't you cook and eat?" The last time the housekeeper came, didn't the lady ask me to bring some cabbage and sun-dried green beans? ”

Yuan Bao felt more and more embarrassed, "It's all, it's all here, I haven't eaten it yet." ”

Xiaojuan shook her head, "You guys! Okay, the young lady said that she would stay here for a few days, and the food for these days will be handed over to me. ”

Steward Ding came in with a basket of fresh pork, and when he saw Xiaojuan here, he said, "It's just that you are here, hurry up and divide half of the meat out, and I will send the rest to the wasteland before making dinner." ”

Xiaojuan was not ambiguous at all, took two wooden basins from the kitchen, first picked out more than ten catties of lean meat and put them in one basin, and then took about 20 catties of pork belly and fatty meat out and put them in another basin.

Steward Ding covered the remaining meat in the basket, then took it out and put it on a board cart that had not been unloaded, and pulled it to the wasteland along with the three bags of sorghum rice that had not been unloaded on the cart.

When the sun was setting in the west, the smell of fried meat wafted from the kitchen in the courtyard of the farmhouse where Qingshu and his family lived. A few children playing in the courtyard of the neighborhood's house kept swallowing their saliva, not daring to be seen, so they squatted under the wall and sucked the aroma of meat. Qian Saihua, the right neighbor, smelled the smell and came out, stood in the courtyard for a while, went into the house, came out with a large wooden bowl in his hand, and shouted on the wall, "Big sister, big sister, come out, sister-in-law has something to tell you." ”

Luo Xiaorong and Hao were fiddling with shovels for digging tree pits in the yard. Hearing Qian Saihua's shout, they turned their faces to look.

Qian Saihua saw that Xiaojuan didn't come out, so she smiled all over her face, and beckoned to Luo Xiaorong and Hao, who were wearing cloth clothes, "You two, come here, come here, sister-in-law has sugar here, hurry up." ”

Luo Xiaorong and Hao turned their faces back, when they didn't see it.

The smile on Qian Saihua's face froze for a moment, but soon burst into laughter again, and beckoned to the little fish who had just stepped out of the door, "Big sister, come here, come here." ”

Xiao Yu didn't go over, but just stopped out of politeness, and asked softly in a good-natured manner, "Is there anything wrong with this sister-in-law?" ”

Qian Saihua twisted her waist and handed the large wooden bowl out of the wall, "Big sister, my sister-in-law doesn't take care of you on weekdays, I don't believe you ask your bookkeeper." Ay! This is far away, No, your eldest brother is about to come back from work, and he works hard every day! Your eldest nephew is growing up, so he should make up for it more. Hurry up, bring over a bowl of meat and vegetables, and fill it up. ”

Xiao Yu looked stunned.

"Don't think that your sister-in-law wants to take advantage of you, you go out to inquire, your sister-in-law is generous! Tomorrow, my sister-in-law will buy meat and cook, not to mention one bowl, two bowls will be willing to give. ”