Su Lianyi has been in poor health since she was a child, she has been married to Xia Yeqing for more than two years, and she has never had children, and now her body is even worse, although she also said that she would let Xia Yeqing marry an aunt's wife so that she could give him a son, but in her selfish heart, she didn't want to share Xia Yeqing with other women.

Xia Yeqing knew what she was worried about, shook her hand, put her forehead against hers, and said affectionately: "Don't worry, Mrs. Xia is the only one with you, I won't marry another woman to enter the door and compete with you for me, even if you are willing, I can't stand it." ”

Su Lianyi laughed "poof" and scolded him, "You know how to coax me, my grandfather is looking forward to you having a son, and my stomach is not angry, I am afraid that sooner or later I will let you marry an aunt's wife, no, maybe there are still a few rooms, see what you do then." ”

Xia Yeqing sighed and spread her hands helplessly, "I really can't do it, you have also seen my grandfather's rooms, and now these younger brothers and sisters, none of them are worry-free, I don't want my children and grandchildren to be like this." ”

Su Lianyi stretched out her finger and tapped the tip of his nose, and said mischievously: "Look at it, you accidentally said what you were thinking!" It's not that you don't want to marry, you're just afraid of trouble, and besides, you want to have children. ”

"You little thing that promotes narrowness, it turns out that you deliberately tricked me, see how I punish you." Xia Yeqing had a wicked smile on his face, suddenly approached her, lowered his head and bit her lip.

Sweetness came defenselessly, Su Lianyi blushed, lowered her head, picked the buttons of his shirt with her fingers, and fell into his arms shyly, smelling the faint fragrance of blue and white on his body, and felt at ease for no reason.

"Brother Qing, the girl who came to the house, why don't you let Chun Tao take care of it for a few days! The other girls are not as safe as her, in case they do something wrong, they will make the girls laugh at them. ”

This suggestion, Xia Yeqing agreed, Song Ling came to the beginning of the month, and he was not familiar with the rules of the Xia family, and the old man paid great attention to this, in case something went wrong, it would also cause trouble for him, Chun Tao grew up in the Xia family since she was a child, and she knew the rules best, so she could save a lot of heart by being familiar with it for a few days.

"Okay, I'll tell Chun Tao later, it won't be a mistake." Xia Yeqing said, reached out and hooked Su Lianyi's chin again, and said with a smile: "It's just that you're afraid that I'll take care of it more." ”

Su Lianyi's face turned red, turned her head, and murmured softly, "Brother Qing, you are so bad!" ”

Xia Yeqing rubbed her slender waist with her big hand, and blew in her ear with bad intentions, "Am I bad?" Do you like it or not? ”

"I like it!"

Lunch was ready, and in the summer night, Qing remembered that Su Lian's clothes were not good, so she didn't go to the dining room on the first floor, so she asked people to bring the food to the bedroom on the second floor, and ate it outside.

Song Lingyue came to the Xia Mansion empty-handed, and there was nothing to clean up, and she was embarrassed to go out alone, so she found a book in the study to read.

was looking seriously, someone knocked on the door outside, Song Lingyue put down the book, went over and opened the door.

A girl with braided hair, wearing a blue embroidered jacket and pants, and a pair of thick-soled cotton shoes on her feet, dressed neatly and neatly, and the person is also plain, with a round face, smiling and watery, like a peach.

"Miss Song, right? I am Chun Tao, a maid in the uncle's yard, serving his wife, and the uncle has something to say, let me take care of Miss Song for a few days. "The voice is as crisp as a yellow bird, and the speech is also crisp and clear.

"Oh, then please come in! Spring Peach Girl. Song Lingyue smiled, let go of the door, and motioned for her to come in.

Chun Tao made a gesture of please, and her smile became more and more respectful, "Miss Song, please, you can call me Chun Tao." ”

When Chun spoke, her eyes were fixed on Song Lingyue, she did not have a veil on her face, but Chun Tao did not show half a surprise, Song Lingyue secretly admired in her heart, the Xia family deserved to be a family, and even the girls in the family were so educated.

Song Lingyue nodded, "Okay, thank you!" "Be the first to walk in.

Chun Tao asked people to put the food on the table outside, laid out the dishes and chopsticks for Song Lingyue, and invited her to sit down with a smile, "Miss Song, lunch is four dishes and one soup, and the staple food is bean paste buns and shortbreads, although it is a little simpler, but the chef of Xia Mansion is the best in Kyoto, and the taste is absolutely not good, you can use the rice quickly!" After lunch, I'll take you around to familiarize yourself with the rules of the mansion. ”

Song Lingyue couldn't help sighing, the Xia family was rich and rich, and the servants were so confident in speaking, during her time in Yanchun Pavilion, she had already lost her previous momentum, and in comparison, she was not even as good as other people's maids.

The Xia family's meals are indeed very exquisite, and the taste is as Chun Tao said, compared to the best restaurant in Kyoto, Jinhua Building, they are all better, although the taste is good, but Song Lingyue has a small appetite, and she is full without eating much.

Listening to the errand brought down the leftover meals, and cleaned up the table, Chun Tao made a cup of tea for Song Lingyue very diligently, and saw that she was almost drunk, so she took her to eat under the pretext of taking her to eliminate her food and began to walk around.

Song Lingyue in the East Courtyard basically understood, and Chun Tao took her to the main courtyard, that is, the courtyard where the old lady and the old lady of the Xia family lived, in the center of the Xia Mansion, in front of which was a large garden, and the environment and scenery were the best.

Chun Tao took Song Lingyue around the main courtyard, her legs were sore, Song Lingyue basically knew who lived in each house in the main courtyard, and also recognized most of the attractions in the big garden, fortunately, it was winter, the trees were withered, there was no cover, but not to get lost, but for a while I couldn't tell where each place was.

Chun Tao looked at her thinking while walking, as if she was carefully remembering every place, and said with a smile: "Miss Song, you don't have to be in a hurry to write it down, every courtyard has messengers and servants, if you can't find it, just find someone to take you." ”

Song Lingyue smiled awkwardly, "Thank you, then go on!" ”

Chun Tao responded, and took her to the back of the main courtyard, saying as she walked: "The old lady and the old lady are people who like to be quiet, you must remember not to make noise when you come to the main courtyard, and every morning, all the masters, wives, and young ladies in the mansion will come to greet the old man and the old lady, and it is estimated that you will also come in the future." ”

Song Lingyue was taken aback, "Me? I used to get up at home, and I just went to my father's study to take a walk. ”

Chun Tao looked around, approached her, and lowered her voice: "Actually, it's all about the same, you can stand at the back and watch other young ladies learn, even if it's wrong, it won't be good." ”

Song Lingyue breathed a sigh of relief, the books she read in the English Church School were all Western-style education, and she couldn't say that she didn't know anything about tradition, but the details were definitely incomprehensible, as long as they weren't very strict.

It was inconvenient to enter the west courtyard, Chun Tao took Song Lingyue to stop at the door and continued to walk back, pointing to the courtyard and saying: "This west courtyard is where the second master and the third master live, as well as their children, the young master and the young lady, who are about the same age as you, are all cousins and sisters of the uncle, but they are all the old lady's home remedies, only the uncle is from the main house, the eldest grandson of the long house, and the only son of the long house." ”

Song Lingyue is an only daughter at home, and her father is only two brothers, the family relationship is simple and clear, and she has not been in contact with such a big family and such a complex interpersonal relationship, so she couldn't get around it for a while, and she counted it for a long time with her fingers, only remembering that Xia Yeqing was the only son of Changfang, and the other one couldn't remember.

Chun Tao knew that she couldn't digest too much, so the people from the West Courtyard passed by, only saying that they would meet each other when they had a chance in the future, and took her to the backyard of the main house.

There is a warm pavilion in the backyard of the main house, when Chun Tao passed by with Song Lingyue, she deliberately lightened her steps and lowered her voice, Song Lingyue didn't know why, so she could only follow on tiptoe all the way.

walked out of the main courtyard and came to the door of the north courtyard, Chun Tao spoke, "Behind this is the north courtyard, there are many houses in the north courtyard, which is divided into several separate small courtyards, which are the other rooms and minor children, as well as the old lady's place where the aunt and wife have nothing to do." ”

Song Lingyue listened to her introduce almost every courtyard, but she didn't mention the backyard of the main house she had just passed, and couldn't help asking, "When I came, I heard that the eldest lady moved into the warm pavilion, I want to ask, who is the eldest lady?" ”