Because of Wang Yueniang's body, the carriage was too bumpy, so the Shu family chose the waterway. From Jiangnan East Road to Beijing, it takes half a month to take a boat.

There were people guarding the house in the capital, and they received the letter early in the morning and waited by the river in the early morning. After getting off the boat and changing the carriage, Shu Manyao was very curious, and when he saw that his grandmother had her eyes closed, she secretly lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out. Although she spent time in the capital when she was a child, she was young at that time, and she had long forgotten about it now.

Jiangnan is rich, but compared with the capital, it is two points worse. It is the streets of the capital, which are three feet wider than those on Jiangnan East Road. Not to mention, this person comes and goes, the traffic is busy, and it is a little more lively than the Jiangnan side.

In her previous life, because she was too timid, although she had also gone through this experience, she would only hide in the carriage and be afraid - what was the mansion like, would it be different from before when she returned to the mansion, and whether she would live with Manyu and Manyao, just these questions made her not care about enjoying the scenery along the way.

"Grandmother, what's that?" After looking at it for a while, Shu Manyao turned her head and called the old lady, who opened her eyes and turned sideways to look: "That is a hanging tiger, which is used to drive away evil spirits." Next to it is the master, which is also used to exorcise evil spirits, if you want, we can buy a few back. ”

Shu Manyao nodded hurriedly, the old lady lowered her voice and ordered, and the little guy who followed the car next to her hurriedly went to buy the hanging tiger and the seat master, these gadgets are all clay sculptures, and they are painted with various paints on the outside, but they are very bright.

"Old lady, I'm home." Shu Manyao was playing, when she heard a mother-in-law outside, and then someone answered: "Old lady, you can be regarded as back, the slave and maid miss you in their dreams." You can't leave the slave next time, and the slave will follow you next time you kill the slave and the slave. ”

As he spoke, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a mother-in-law wearing a stone blue bijia stood outside the carriage, with red eyes and stretched out her hand to help the old lady: "Old lady, your complexion is still so good, the slave and maid look at it, it is better than before leaving the capital, it is really a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is the most supportive." ”

This mother-in-law, Shu Manyao also knows, when the old lady first married into the Shu family, there was a maid named Ruyi next to her who was married to the daughter born after Steward Li, because the old lady had no daughter, Mrs. Li was carried into the house from time to time to ask the old lady to say goodbye when she was a child, and the old lady also spoiled her, this person was the most loyal to the old lady.

"This is a big girl, isn't it? I haven't seen her for a few years, and the big girl is getting more and more beautiful. Mrs. Li glanced at Shu Manyao and praised with a smile: "Look at this demeanor, it is exactly the same as the old lady back then." ”

The old lady couldn't help but laugh and beat her: "You are young, how do you know that she is exactly the same as I was back then?" Talking is getting more and more unobstructed! ”

"Is the slave really young?" Mrs. Li immediately looked happy, and reached out to touch her cheek with a smile: "Oh, who doesn't know that the old lady never lies, the old lady said that I am young, and I must have seen that my face is still very tender, this is terrible, the slave maid just said that the old lady can't eat and sleep, the old lady won't misunderstand that the slave is lying, right?" ”

Not only the old lady, but also Yao's mother and others couldn't hold back their laughter. Shu Manyao blinked, this Mother Li is really as eloquent as before, and she is the most pleasing to her grandmother.

Fortunately, this person is the most loyal to his grandmother, as long as his grandmother likes it, she will like it, and if his grandmother doesn't like it, she doesn't like it either. In this way, she will not have to find a way to buy Li's mother.

"Look at me, I just talked to the old lady, but I forgot that the old lady was tired all the way, and she really deserved to be beaten!" Mrs. Li stretched out her hand and gently patted her face twice, and helped the old lady to walk inside with a smile: "The old lady will write down this beating first, and when the slave maid has done a good job, she will offset this beating." ”

Shu Chengye walked on the other side with his hands behind his back, Shu Manyao smiled and hugged his arm: "Daddy, our family is so big, much bigger than the house in Jiangnan, how many yards are there?" ”

"Our house has a total of five courtyards, the first two are three courtyards, the third and fourth courtyards are five courtyards, and the fifth courtyard is seven courtyards. In the middle of the fourth and fifth entrances, there is a large garden, which you will love. Shu Chengye said with a smile: "Your grandmother lives in the Ronghua Garden in the fifth entry, you can choose the fourth or fifth courtyard to live, I live in the courtyard of the third entry, the courtyard on the left is reserved for Zheming, and the rest will be talked about later." ”

Shu Manyao recalled the layout of the Shu family in her heart, and decisively chose to live with the old lady in the fifth entrance: "I want to live in the courtyard next to my grandmother, Daddy, left and right, which side has better scenery?" ”

"Look at what you like, there are small bridges and flowing water on the left, rockeries and bamboo forests on the right." When the old lady next to her heard this, she directly made a decision for Shu Manyao: "Man Yao lives in the Langyue Pavilion on the left, which is open and atmospheric, just to raise Man Yao's temperament." ”

Shu Manyao nodded hurriedly, the Furong Xuan on the right was not as delicate as the Langyue Pavilion.

In order to let Shu Manyao see clearly, the old lady got off the carriage at the gate, but the house was too big, if she walked on two legs, the old lady was afraid that she would not be able to bear it, so as soon as she entered the courtyard, she changed to a more convenient carriage - it was just a layer of tulle all around, and it could be seen more clearly from the inside out, but from the outside to the inside, it was not so clear.

"This is Moxiangyuan, your father used to study here when he was a child, and if Zheming had grown up in the capital, he would have studied here." The old lady explained to Shu Manyao while watching, and Shu Chengye went to see the yard with Shu Zheming early. The third courtyard can be said to be the world of the father and son, and it is necessary to divide the residence and study as soon as possible.

"This has always been the place where the housewife of the Shu family lives, and your mother is not here now, so we don't have to take care of it here, just clean up the yard over there and let Aunt Wang live."

"It stands to reason that your second sister and third sister are going to live in the fifth place with us, but I don't know if your mother is reluctant." After a pause, the old lady frowned: "She can't do it if she is reluctant, Manjin and Manyu want to keep her by her side, I don't know what she will look like, I will invite you all to raise your mother when I go back, especially Manyao, you were really negligent too much before." ”

Shu Manyao's face was slightly red, and she grabbed the old lady's arm and coquettishly said: "Grandmother, is your mother strict?" If I can't do what she asks me for, will she hit me? ”

The old lady's face tensed, and she shouted: "She dares!" ”

said, stretched out his hand and rubbed Shu Manyao's head: "Don't worry, no matter how noble your mother is, she is also serving people, we don't have to be them, if you don't like it at that time, your grandmother will change it for you, and you can change it whatever you like." ”

Shu Manyao nodded happily: "Okay, I'm relieved to have my grandmother's words, grandmother doesn't know, Sister Wang's parenting mother is strict, Sister Wang and I were just crooked in bed for a while, and the parenting mother reprimanded Sister Wang for a while." ”

"That girl from the Wang family is different from you." The old lady thought for a while before saying, "She is two years older than you, and she has already agreed on family affairs, and seeing that she will be married in another year or two, Mrs. Wang will have to ask for a stricter one." You're still young, so there's no need to worry. ”

Shu Manyao's attention was all on the middle two sentences: "Grandmother, Sister Wang has already said that she is a person?" Where are you talking about? Is it from the capital? If only Sister Wang married in the capital, I would be able to talk to Sister Wang often. ”

The old lady nodded her forehead: "You think it's beautiful, your aunt is such a daughter, how can she be willing to marry in the capital?" I married to Jiangnan East Road. Speaking of which, your aunt is a motherly thought. ”

Shu Manyao blinked, indicating that she didn't understand, but the old lady didn't want to say more to her.

After more than ten days of driving, when she returned to Ronghua Garden, the old lady was a little tired and couldn't open her eyes. Mrs. Li is an old man who guards the yard, and everything is very well prepared, and after serving the old lady to wash, she helps the person to the bed to rest.

Although Shu Manyao was still very excited, she was no better than the old lady, after washing, she planned to take a nap, but she overslept all of a sudden, and when she woke up, it was already time for dinner.

The old lady passed the word and asked everyone to eat in their own courtyard, and Shu Manyao didn't toss back and forth.

I slept well on the first day, and Shu Manyao got up early the next day. But when she arrived at the old lady's courtyard, she found that there was one earlier than she had gone -- Aunt Wang was standing in the courtyard waiting for the old lady to get up.

"Why did my aunt come here?" Shu Manyao hurriedly smiled: "Didn't grandmother say it before?" My aunt is heavy, so I don't have to run around, this garden is not small, don't be tired. Yinzhu, I quickly helped my aunt to go in and wait, my grandmother always got up at this time, and I am afraid that she will also get up at this time. ”

Aunt Wang smiled very dignifiedly: "The old lady is considerate and gives grace to the concubine, but the concubine also has to know gratitude, the rules cannot be abolished, the concubine is in good health now, and she wants to come over to say goodbye." When the concubine's body sinks, she has to take care of the child. ”

What he said was reasonable, and he attached importance to the rules and children, if he didn't become a concubine, he was afraid that he would be a wife.

Shu Manyao smiled and led Wang Yueniang into the house. Leaving Wang Yueniang in the living room, she went around to the inner room to serve the old lady: "Grandmother, wear this hairpin today, Daddy doesn't need to go to the government during this time." Let's let Daddy take us out to play, shall we? ”

"Just thinking about playing, you're not too young, take advantage of this time, grandmother has more important things to hand over to you." The old lady shook her head, held the hairpin well, and pulled Shu Manyao sideways: "We just returned to Beijing, there are a bunch of things to deal with, for example, we are not in the capital, how much silver does it cost to repair this house every year, how to take care of the flowers, trees and fruit trees in this yard, whether it costs money or makes money, and how the people left in this house live, we all have to ask clearly." "In the past, we weren't there, so we didn't have to worry about this meal, but now that we're here, who should take care of the kitchen, how should the original subordinates arrange, guarding the house is also a chore, and how to deal with the people we brought back, these things can't be delayed." VVwW,,COm" The old lady squeezed Shu Manyao's hand: "It's just right, take this opportunity, you follow your grandmother to learn how to take care of these things. Bu Xi O