This house in Xuanyifang has only two entrances.

When they entered the corner gate, they saw the double hanging flower gate close in front of them.

Entering through the hanging flower gate, there is a small courtyard.

In the center of the courtyard, there is a one-person high Nanmu roll roof with an interstitial screen, which is a shadow wall.

Du Hengshuang glanced at both sides of the courtyard.

There are three wings, each of which doesn't look big.

Bypassing the interstitial, there are three rooms on the front, and one transept on each side.

Sun Yaozu's father-in-law, that is, Du Hengxue's father-in-law and mother-in-law, stood on the steps at the door of the upper room, and watched Du Hengshuang and his party come in with a serious face.

Du Hengshuang saw a tall woman wearing a navy blue placket, a dark blue cloth skirt, and only a silver hairpin on her head standing in the center, half a head taller than the man next to her. The woman had gray hair, a large and square jaw, deep wrinkles on her face, deep nasolabial folds on both sides of her nose, and her eyebrows as black and hard as a knife. A pair of sharp eyes, when looking at people, they are not angry and arrogant, and they are very strict.

As soon as Du Hengxue saw this old woman, she bowed her head with a wilt, and rushed forward to salute, "Mother-in-law, father-in-law." ”

Du Hengshuang knew that the old woman who was born harshly was Sun Xu's wife, and the man next to her was Du Hengxue's father-in-law, Sun Zhengping.

Du Hengshuang also stepped forward quickly, and said slightly: "I have seen the wife of the in-laws and the master of the in-laws." Then he introduced himself: "I am Xue'er's sister, and I took the liberty to visit today, I hope you two will forgive me." ”

Sun Zhengping, who was standing on the steps, saw Du Hengshuang saluting him, and rubbed his hands a little uneasily. But he didn't dare to make a sound, but kept looking at the old woman beside him, as if waiting for her to speak first.

Sun Xu stood on the steps, looking Du Hengshuang up and down. She listened to Kwai Po's return, and knew that it was Du Hengxue's maiden sister who came to visit, and she was unhappy. - How can anyone say that they will come to the door? She didn't know how to be polite.

Sun Yaozu saw that his mother had not spoken, hanging Du Hengshuang, coughed a little anxiously, and said with a smile: "Mother, Xue'er's sister is the original wife of the Marquis of Zhuguo. He was rumored to have died before. In fact, it is a miscommunication, and now that he has returned, Ming'er is going to move to the Zhuguo Marquis Mansion with the Marquis of Zhu Guo to live. ”

After Du Hengshuang returned, he first took the lead in Guangu Street. Then go to the Imperial Court to sue the Imperial Court. Only a few days of effort. pulled down a "Loyal Martyr's Wife" who had won the Qing Eyes of Wan Guifei, not only regained his position in the main room, but also let His Majesty kill the "Loyal Martyr's Wife" Chen Yuejiao, who was famous and murderous. In Chang'an's family Gaomen, it is already a household name.

Sun Xu also heard Sun Yaozu say it once.

At this time, I remembered, walked down the steps with a smile, took Du Hengshuang's hand and said: "I heard Yaozu's words before, and I thought that Mrs. Hou was a woman who was more powerful than a man. ”

Du Hengshuang also felt the hard cocoon in the palm of Sun Xu's hand, smiled slightly, pulled out his hand, and said, "The in-laws are too awarded." Then he ordered the gift to be presented.

Originally, the Du family and the Xiao family used to associate with each other, at least there was an outer courtyard.

The gifts are directly sent by the housekeeper to the outer courtyard for registration, and then handed over to the treasury of the inner courtyard.

But looking at the courtyards that enter these two entrances, the entrance is the inner courtyard, how can there be a difference between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard?

Du Hengshuang had no choice but to order someone to send the gift in person.

Sun Xu looked at it with a smile, and ordered Kui Po to move to the back cover room behind the upper room and lock it.

Du Hengxue hurriedly said, "I'll come." As he spoke, he picked up a piece of silk weighing twenty pounds, and walked quickly to the corridor next to the upper room.

Du Hengshuang was dumbfounded, and he didn't care about greeting Sun Xu, so he hurriedly said: "Xue'er, you are light, be careful to flash your waist!" Du Hengshuang was anxious to protect his sister, and immediately strode after him.

The maid who came with Du Hengshuang was also busy picking up the gifts that had been placed in the middle of the courtyard, and followed Kui Po to the back cover room behind the upper room.

Sun Yaozu smiled behind him: "Sister, Xue'er has a lot of strength!" It's okay! "Laughing heartily.

Sun Xu was also very happy to see Du Hengshuang's thoughtful ceremony, and said to Sun Yaozu with a smile: "Just know that you are poor!" Have you had a dinner meal? ”

Sun Yaozu shook his head, "Coming directly from the Du family's house, I haven't had time to eat yet." Mother, do you have anything to eat at home? ”

Sun Xu frowned, glanced at Du Hengshuang and his party who had gone to the back room, and asked Sun Yaozu quietly: "What about them?" Have you had a dinner meal? ”

Sun Yaozu smiled and shook his head, "Nothing." Mother, let's go cook. I'm starving. ”

Sun Xu hurriedly said: "There is also a box of dim sum, in my room." I'll bring you a pad first. Then he instructed Qing'er, who was waiting on the side, "Go and talk to the young lady, and say, her sister is a guest today, let her show some skills, tidy up a table of good wine and food, and let her sister see how much her sister has learned since she married into our family......"

Qing'er was only eight or nine years old, and she didn't think much about it when she heard the words, so she hurriedly took a detour to the back cover room to spread the word.

Here, Du Hengshuang quickly caught up with Du Hengxue, stretched out her hand to help her hold the satin, and said angrily: "Such a heavy thing, how can you say that you can pick it up, and you are not afraid of flashing your waist?" ”

Her younger sister, who used to feel tired of twisting a needle at home, wore clothes that were slightly rougher, so she said that she was panicked. It's like now, more than 20 pounds of things are holding and walking like flying, and the clothes on the body look like old shirts made at home back then. Although the materials and workmanship are all good, for Du Hengxue, who has to wear new clothes every year, and the old clothes will not be worn as soon as they pass the water, this is incredible before.

Du Hengshuang was in an extremely complicated mood, and came to the back cover room with Du Hengshuang.

As soon as he raised his head, Du Hengshuang was stunned.

I saw the row of low blue brick and gray eaves in front of me, which looked strange and familiar.

When exactly have you ever seen a house like this?

Although the location of these houses in Chang'an City is the same, the styles are different, because they all have to match the construction style of the main house.

The main house of each house is different, so the color and style of the back house are also different.

And the back cover room of the house in Xuanyi Fang. It is different from the back cover rooms that Du Hengshuang has seen before.

She knew that she had never seen these houses before, but she felt so familiar that it seemed to have seen them in a dream.

Thinking of "in a dream", Du Hengshuang was even more stunned.

That dream...... That dream about the streamer......

The low house where my sister lives in my dream seems to be such a back room!

However, the back cover room is generally lived by servants, and my sister is the master of the house and the owner of this house, how can she live in the back cover room? Could it be that I am thinking wrong?

While pondering, Du Hengshuang walked in front of the doors of these back cover rooms one by one.

There are a total of seven rooms in this row of back hoods.

Every house is locked. Except for the middle one.

Du Heng opened a room neatly. piled up the gifts brought by Du Hengshuang, and then locked the door.

The maids and women brought by Du Hengshuang all stood aside with their heads bowed, and the space here was extremely crowded.

Du Hengshuang sighed, waved his hand, and said, "You guys go outside and wait in the car first." It's going to be hard for a while. Go back and have dinner again. "Looks. The Sun family had no food for these servants to eat.

The maids answered. Fish out of the way.

Qing'er ran over and said to Du Hengxue: "Young lady, old lady said." There are guests today, let the young lady take care of a table of wine and food, and give your sister a good taste of your craftsmanship. ”

Du Hengxue hurriedly responded, "I know." I'll go to the kitchen right away. ”

Zhu Susu stood aside with his arms crossed, and his face gradually became solemn.

Du Hengshuang grabbed Du Hengxue and asked, "Why do you want you to go to the kitchen?" ”

Du Hengxue smiled: "Sister, I can cook now." Yaozu said that the food I cook is very delicious, and he only eats the food I cook! - Sister, you wait a little longer, and see that my sister will give you a good table of wine and food. As he spoke, he was about to leave.

Du Hengshuang didn't know what to say, so he had to look at Qing'er who was standing on the side and asked, "Who is she?" ”

Du Hengxue said: "She is Qing'er, my dowry maid." ”

Du Hengshuang remembered that Du Hengxue told her that she accompanied two maids, one was Zhishu, and the other was this Qing'er, who was only eight years old last year, not the son of the Du family, but bought it when Du Hengxue got married.

Du Hengshuang nodded and said to Qing'er: "Go and fetch water for your young lady, wash your face and change clothes, and then go to the kitchen." ”

Qing'er's eyes widened and said, "The slave maid is to serve the old lady." ”

Du Hengshuang's eyes also widened, and he said in surprise: "Aren't you your young lady's dowry maid?" ”

Qing'er smiled and said, "It used to be, but now it's not." The slave maid now serves the old lady. "I straightened my chest, and I looked very proud.

Du Hengshuang frowned slightly, she knew that the maid who served the old lady was more faceless than the young grandmother and Miss Gongzi below, but she never knew that the daughter-in-law's dowry maid became the old lady's maid, how should this ceremony be calculated?

Du Hengxue smiled and said: "My mother-in-law has no maids to serve, seeing that Qing'er is smart and cute, and can talk to relieve boredom, I will give it to my mother-in-law." ”

Du Hengshuang glanced at Du Hengxue, "You took the initiative to send it?" Or did someone else ask you to send it? ”

"Uh......" Du Hengxue hesitated. After all, in front of her sister, she has never spoken vernacular since she was a child. If she doesn't want to say it, she won't say it, but if she wants to take the initiative to lie to her sister, she has never been.

As soon as Du Hengshuang saw Du Hengxue's hesitant appearance, she knew that Lu Dao was instigated by others, so she glanced at Du Hengxue and asked Qing'er instead, "Who asked you to serve the old lady?" ”

Qing'er felt that this matter was a very long-faced matter, and she didn't want to hide it from others, so she said loudly: "It was the young master who said that the old lady took a fancy to the slave and maid, and felt that the slave and maid were smart and could speak, and wanted the slave and maid to serve." ”

Du Hengxue was very embarrassed. This Qing'er, how can you say such a thing? Let others know that the mother-in-law has taken a fancy to her daughter-in-law's dowry maid and wants to go over to serve her for herself, and others still don't laugh at her mother-in-law?

Just as she was about to say a few words for her mother-in-law, Du Hengshuang had already nodded with a smile and said, "Sure enough, she is a good maid again!" I haven't been at home for the past two years, and I don't know that there are so many good maids in our Du family! But I knew in my heart that my mother was a woman, and in the past two years, about half of my mind has been on myself, and half of my mind has been on her and Xu Shaosheng's young son.

Du Hengxue was originally well-behaved, and her mother was also negligent to her. Actually, it's for this reason. Du Hengshuang knew that her father and mother paid too much attention to her eldest daughter and neglected her younger daughter, so she doubled her love for Du Hengxue, and repaid Du Hengxue for the love that Du Hengxue had not enjoyed from her father.

Du Hengxue has never dealt with other men in her life, except for the two elder brothers of the Xu family, as well as Xiao Shi and this future brother-in-law. It is also a mistake to be able to achieve this marriage with Sun Yaozu.

"Sister, Kui Po will take you to the upper room. I went to cook. Soon, sister, don't worry. It will be done very quickly. Du Hengxue said. Hurriedly turned around and left.

Du Hengshuang sighed while watching Du Hengxue leave quickly with Qing'er.

Zhu Susu walked over, sighed, and patted Du Hengshuang's shoulder. I don't know what to say.

Du Hengshuang calmed down. Turning his head and asking Aoi Po who was standing aside. "Are you Kwai Po? How many years have you been in the Sun family? ”

Kwai Po smiled and said, "I am a domestic servant, not a descendant of the Sun family." ”

Du Hengshuang understood, it was a temporary hired worker. She was surprised. Even if the Sun family is so poor, Du Hengxue also brings a large amount of dowry, and it can't even be afforded by a few rough mothers-in-law, right?

"Do you know how many people are in the Sun family?" Du Hengshuang couldn't help but ask.

Kwai Po smiled and approached Du Hengshuang's side, and stretched out two fingers a little mysteriously: "There are only two." - Are you the young lady's sister? My sister, right? ”

Du Hengshuang nodded, "Sister sister." She's my only sister, I'm her only sister. ”

"That's good!" Kwai Po slapped her thigh, grabbed Du Hengshuang and walked to the door of the only unlocked back cover room, "Come here, I'll say a few words to you." ”

Du Hengshuang followed, stared at Kwai Po and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Kwai Po said: "This lady, I see that you are also a person with some silver, so let's help a group of young ladies." She is pitiful, in the cold winter, she has to use cold water to wash rice for cooking, and the firewood is slightly more, and the old lady will talk about her. When she first got married, I just came to the Sun family to help, such a delicate and beautiful little lady, what do you think of it now? ”

Du Hengshuang was taken aback, "How can this be?" Then Mrs. Sun can't abuse us Xue'er? ”

Kwai Po hurriedly shook her head, "Abuse can't be said. Because the wife of the Sun family heard that she had a hard life when she was young, so now, she always uses her own affairs to listen to the young lady, so that she can be content and cherish her blessings. When the young lady first got married, the old lady taught her to do laundry, cook, tidy up the house, and clean the yard. My wife is doing rough work, and she usually helps the young lady burn the stove and chop firewood, and I secretly help her do all the work she can't do, and the young lady can rest for a while. It's just that...... Just ......"

Kwai Po hesitated a few times, and said a little embarrassedly: "It's just that my daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and I want to go back to take my little grandson, and I don't want to work outside anymore." As soon as I left, the young lady was the only one who did the rough and fine work. I think she is really pitiful, although she is much more powerful than when she first got married, but ...... But...... Such a delicate little lady, these jobs really shouldn't be done by her. The young lady is kind and treats people very well. My wife's daughter-in-law almost had a miscarriage a few days ago, and it was the young lady who secretly gave one of her golden hairpins to my wife, and my mother-in-law was able to take it as ten taels of silver, and my daughter-in-law asked a good man to treat her, and her child was saved. - Because of this, she was scolded by the old lady for two days, saying that she couldn't manage things, and that a good golden hairpin would be lost if she said that she would lose it......" said very embarrassingly.

Du Hengshuang was stunned when he heard it. Only then did she understand why her sister was so intimate with a rough mother-in-law! Just because this is the only person in this family who really cares about her and treats her well!

I only heard the Kwai Po say again: "My daughter-in-law is grateful for the kindness of the young lady, and has told me several times that she wants me to repay her well. To be honest, my wife's family is also very poor, but I am not enough to call my daughter-in-law as a person. Especially such a delicate little lady......"

This Kwai Po is also a person in the market, and she can't seem to say anything else to describe Du Hengxue except for "delicate little lady".

Not only did Du Hengshuang hear this, but even Zhu Susu couldn't help but redden, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Shuang'er, don't pull me, I'm going to pull that old pious woman over and beat her to death!" ”

Du Hengshuang came back to his senses, tightly grabbed Zhu Susu's clothes and said sharply: "Don't mess around!" Bear with me, I have my own plans. - These things. I don't know what to do. Now that I know the truth, naturally I can't let my sister live like this for a day! ”

Kwai Po hurriedly said: "Madame must be counted!" The young lady is a good person......"

Du Hengshuang turned around and asked Kui Po, "Kui Po, I won't tell you, I only have this one sister, and I love her more than myself." I want to know Lu Dao, in addition to you, there are two maids in this house, what do they do on weekdays? ”

Kui Po pouted at the position of the upper room, and said with some disdain: "Those two maids." One knew that the road revolved around the young master. One knew that he was whirling in front of the old lady. - Madam, you are the young lady's maiden family, how can you pick these ungrateful little hooves for her to accompany her? ”

Du Hengshuang was suffocated. She really didn't know about these things. If she was here, she would never agree to Du Hengxue marrying such a person no matter what. - Even if you get married. I'm going to leave immediately!

Zhu Susu had no choice but to relieve Du Hengshuang. "Kwai Po. It's not our lady's fault either. Our wife has not been in Chang'an for the past two years, and she just came back in the past few days, so she immediately came to see Sister Xue'er. ”

Only then did Kwai Po come to her senses. A smile bloomed on his face, "I see!" I thought that Madame was perfunctory to my wife! It turns out that Mrs. has not been in Chang'an for the past two years......"

Du Hengshuang turned her eyes uneasily, and through the half-open window of the back room in front of her, Du Hengshuang saw the furnishings inside, and froze again.

Inside, there was a low bed, and there were countless holes and patches on the dilapidated bed tent. It's exactly the same as the bed she saw in her dreams, where her yellow-faced and thin-skinned sister was lying!

Du Hengshuang couldn't hold back any longer, pushed the door straight in, walked to the bed, and raised his eyes to look at the door.

It happened that Sun Xu had been waiting for Du Hengshuang in the upper room for a long time, so he asked Zhishu to come and take a look.

Zhishu came to the door of the back cover room, leaned on the door frame and said to the people in the room: "Mrs. Hou, our old lady invites Mrs. Hou to go to the upper room and sit down." Dinner is about to be ready. ”

Du Hengshuang raised his head, saw Zhishu's appearance, his heart moved, and beckoned: "Come here." ”

Zhishu walked over with a smile and blessed Du Hengshuang, "What does Mrs. Hou command?" ”

Du Hengshuang walked around her and said, "You turn around, and then slowly walk out of the road." ”

Zhishu was a little inexplicable, but according to what Du Hengshuang said, he turned around, turned his back to Du Hengshuang, and slowly walked out.

Her back finally overlapped with the back of the maid who hurriedly sent a cup of tea to Du Hengxue in Du Hengshuang's dream!

Du Hengshuang's breathing was heavy for a moment, and then immediately calmed down.

"Mrs. Hou?" Zhishu walked to the door and turned to look back into the room.

Du Hengshuang smiled, walked out of the house, and looked at the rooms on both sides of the back cover room.

"Who lives in these houses?" Du Hengshuang asked deliberately.

Zhishu smiled and said, "Only this one is for Kwai Po to live." The other six rooms have been used as warehouses by the old lady, and they all have things. - Mrs. Hou, let's go to the room. There is a smell here, where can Mrs. Hou stand it? As he spoke, he grinned and covered his nose with his hand.

Du Hengshuang couldn't wait to whip this slut to death, but just thinking about his poor sister, he warned himself not to be impulsive and not to make the Sun family suspicious, so he pressed it down and said as calmly as possible: "Treasury? Your young lady's dowry has nothing but silver tickets. How did you use six rooms as a storeroom? ”

Knowledgeable and speechless. In these six rooms, the family of Mrs. Sun moved from Luoyang is actually locked.

Sun Yaozu was their only son, and of course they would not keep their previous promise to return to Luoyang.

Knowing the book and knowing the book is very clear, Du Hengxue has been completely grasped by the wife of the Sun family and the young master, as long as they make a request, the young lady will not allow it. In the past year, the Sun family has become accustomed to giving and demanding, and even Zhishu has become contemptuous. - Such a stupid idiot, who doesn't pit her?

Zhishu gently stroked his lower abdomen again, and a smile appeared on his face.

I am a slave and a maid, but my own child will definitely live better than Miss's child!

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, who can say who can be beautiful for a lifetime?

"Madame, what do you say? You're dumb, aren't you? Do you want to find someone to come over and you will be able to speak? Zhu Susu couldn't help but interrupt Zhishu's thoughts and asked coldly.

Zhu Susu's angry eyes saw that the book became frightened, and hurriedly stammered: "This ...... This one...... The slave didn't know what was in the hallway. ”

Du Hengshuang didn't speak, just glanced at Zhishu quietly.

Zhishu only felt that Du Hengshuang's eyes were cold to the bone, and he felt that his legs were numb, so he immediately recruited, "Inside is the family of the old lady who moved from Luoyang." ”

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