The Crane Courtyard is deliberating, and Xie Jinci is not good to stay for a long time.

She sent Chen Yuwei to the front hall, and then consciously went home, but turned around to see Shutong standing on the opposite corridor.

The little girl smiled sweetly at her, which was considered a gift.

Shutong beckoned and motioned for her to come over.

Xie Jinci didn't dare to delay, trotted around half of the corridor, and after standing still, he panted softly: "Sister looking for me?" ”

Shutong patted her on the shoulder, "What are you doing in such a hurry?" I don't have anything to do with you, but I have something for you. ”

She said, reaching for her sleeve.

Xie Jinci watched her movements blankly, and somehow, suddenly remembered the scene when Wu's mother gave her a paper bag.

She subconsciously frowned, but saw Shutong take out a red rope from her sleeve and hand it over calmly.

"Sister, this is ......"

"It's almost the New Year, wear this on your hand, although it is not a valuable object, just as an auspicious picture."

Seeing that she didn't answer, Shutong bent down to take her hand and put on the red rope for her personally.

Looking closely, Xie Jinci found that the red rope was delicately woven, and there were three small golden beans strung on it.

She was surprised and surprised, curled the corners of her lips, and said crisply: "Thank you, sister!" I love it! ”

Shu Tong bowed slightly, "You are a clever person, and you are also measured in your words and actions, I don't know how many times stronger than those girls who have been in the house for many years." ”

Xie Jinci looked up at his small white face, inexplicably a little flustered.

She and Shutong are not familiar with each other, and this is the first time they have been alone.

"Don't be nervous."

Shu Tong smiled, "I know that you have a scale in your heart, and you can distinguish between black and white, so I want to mention you a few words." ”

Xie Jinci secretly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said seriously: "Sister, please speak." ”

"You have been following the fourth prince for a while, what is the situation in the house, I don't need to say it, you have already experienced it yourself."

Shu Tong lowered his voice, his tone was calm, and his eyes flickered slightly.

Xie Jinci was confused for a moment, and then was startled.

Could it be that Shutong's words were hinting that she would leave her little brother and follow her to serve in the Crane Courtyard?

The little girl wrung her fingers and said softly, "Childe treats me very well......

"Little girl, where do you want to go?"

Shu Tong nodded her forehead and laughed, "If the fourth prince is not good, the old lady will not value it so much." Do you know that the first time the old lady saw you, she wanted to ask you to come over and accompany the third lady? ”

Xie Jinci nodded, "Yes." ”

Not only do I know it, but I remember it very clearly.

That day, the little brother deliberately messed up her hair, causing her to be disgusted by Mrs. Jiang, but fortunately, the little brother made such a move, otherwise she would have been a person in the third lady's room.

"It's a pity, you are such a good girl, but the third lady missed it."

Shu Tong sighed, "The third lady is a good master, why not the fourth son?" You may be a little bitter now with the fourth son, but he has done a good job in learning, and it is only a matter of time before the title of the gold list is titled, and you will be able to get through it by then.

"Of course, this is not only my words, but also the meaning of the old lady, there are not many people around the fourth son, you must take care of him."

She focused on the word "care", which was quite meaningful, as if it was pointing.

Xie Jinci reacted quickly, and immediately understood that she was alluding to the infighting in the mansion.

She has seen the ugly faces of those people, but some things cannot be avoided, even if they hide in the dust and do not take the initiative to provoke, there are always people who want to come to the door to find fault.

Shu Tong saw the little girl's thoughtful appearance, and couldn't help patting the back of her hand, "You have done a good job, for example, today, you go to Qiguang Courtyard to invite the second son, if you change to the maid next to you, you would have already told the second young lady everything that happened outside the mansion." But you don't. What to say and what not to say, you can carry it clearly. ”

"Sister......

"Okay, you go back to serve the fourth prince, two days are Chinese New Year's Eve, if you want to add anything in the courtyard, you don't have to look for Mother Wu, just come to the Crane Courtyard to find me."

Xie Jinci felt warm in his heart, and only nodded vigorously.

It turns out that the Shen Mansion is not all a tiger's den and a wolf's den, but also a person with a clear mind.

Soon after Xie Jinci left, Chen Yuwei and Mrs. Chen also came out of the front hall and left hand in hand.

Shu Tong watched them smile from a distance, and knew that the matter of the second son's concubine had been resolved.

She pushed open the fan in the antechamber, and the room with the charcoal fire was as warm as spring.

Mrs. Jiang sat on the chair in the main circle, eating the preserved fruit she had just bought, and pinching the back of her neck while hooking her waist.

Seeing this, Shu Tong hurriedly stepped forward to rub her shoulders for her, "Old lady, sweets like preserved fruits are not easy to eat, if the third lady knows, she will definitely be talking to you again." ”

Old Mrs. Jiang squinted her eyes comfortably, "You, as long as you don't complain, Lingxi won't know." ”

Shu Tong smiled and quietly focused on the matter at hand.

Old Mrs. Jiang took a nap for a while, and suddenly asked, "How is the temptation?" ”

Seeing that she was going to drink tea, Shu Tong replaced the tea with hot one before she picked up the teacup, and then replied: "The old lady has always been very accurate in seeing people, and she is indeed a good girl." ”

"That's for the best."

I don't know what I thought, Mrs. Jiang sighed lightly, "Changfeng, that kid, has suffered a lot since he was a child, and he recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors at the age of six, but he didn't necessarily have a good time when he returned to the Shen family. ”

Shu Tong said with relief: "Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and the fourth son is only learning outside, and he will definitely get ahead in the future." Besides, now that there is a word to take care of him, the old lady should also rest assured. ”

Old Madam Jiang shook her head, "Although the Shen family is full of children and grandchildren, one or two are not satisfactory. Ting Xun is a promising, but he often doesn't return home, and now he is twenty or three years old and has not yet married, and his unsuccessful father never asks;

"Ting Yan is calm and moderate, good at business, and excellent, but unfortunately he is restrained by Guo Manyun everywhere, he is in Jiangling, the concubine enters the back door, and he doesn't know anything about today's events;

"Tingyi, this child, has been pampered since he was a child, and he is not a material for studying, alas, he also owes some family business to the Shen Mansion, even if he still fails to pass the exam next year, it will not be that there will be no way out in the future;

"There is also Lu Li, who reads well, but he is born with a cold temperament of retination, and he is not very close to me;

"In the final analysis, only Changfeng is the most in my eyes, with a gentle temperament and proper etiquette, which is not inferior to the old man when he was young......"

At this, she raised the corners of her mouth, and her expression became extremely soft.

Shu Tong knew that she remembered the late old lady, and couldn't bear to disturb her for a while, so she squatted down and beat her legs, using actions to show her concern.

Mrs. Jiang looked at her kindly, "I, I haven't been in the palm of my hand for many years, but those children and grandchildren in the house can see it clearly." I don't care about how to fight openly and secretly between the houses, and I don't want to care, I just hope that the descendants of the Shen family will one day be able to glorify their ancestors, so that I can have the face to go to see the master under the nine springs......"

"Bah, Bah, what is Grandmother talking about?"

The fan creaked softly, and the girl dressed in goose yellow snow walked in quickly.

Shutong immediately got up, intimately took the snow that the girl took off, and said with a warm smile: "It's cold, the third lady must pay attention to keeping warm." ”

"I know, so is Sister Shutong, the house has been busy recently, and my sister is going to be tired."

Shen Lingxi sat obediently on the low pier beside the old lady, and her eyes caught a glimpse of a stack of preserved fruits on the tea table, and pretended to be angry and said, "Grandmother, why are you eating sweets again?" I had already eaten it yesterday! Didn't we say we would eat once every three days? You ......"

"You girl, you will count me down!"

Mrs. Jiang stroked the top of her granddaughter's hair and gave Shutong a look quietly, "This is not married yet, and she already has the momentum of a housekeeper, and when she goes to her husband's house in the future, I am afraid that there will be no one in the whole house who can't be managed by this little thing!" ”

"Grandmother, you're laughing at me again! Lingxi is not married, Lingxi has to stay with her grandmother all the time! ”

"Silly girl, the eldest woman should get married, and after the New Year, you will be twelve, and I will be relieved to settle the family affairs earlier."

"Grandmother ......"

……

In the warm house, the grandparents and grandchildren laughed together, so warm.

Shutong quietly retreated.

Mrs. Jiang took the initiative to withdraw the second son's relatives, this matter, not only to give the Chen family an explanation, but also to the Wisteria Courtyard, but also need someone to talk about it.

Therefore, the year is over tonight, and the new year will come tomorrow.

The wax moon was busy, but it ushered in a different kind of tranquility on the last day.

The shops are closed, the streets and alleys are empty, and even Tianxiangfang has changed its usual hustle and bustle, leaving the red lanterns and bright silk all over the street, dancing quietly in the wind.

In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Xie Jinci ran to the side of the bed in the middle of the room as soon as he opened his eyes, and said crisply: "Little brother, it's the New Year!" ”

The boy on the bed closed his eyes and didn't react at all.

Xie Jinci's interest did not diminish at all, and he said: "Little brother, have a good New Year!" ”

Shen Changfeng turned over, but still didn't wake up.

Xie Jinci glanced at the red wax paper attached to the horizontal frame at the head of the bed, and the corners of his mouth were raised high.

In the past few days, she has been learning paper-cutting with Xihan, and the spring flower on the bedside of her little brother is the best one she has cut.

The more the little girl looked at it, the more happy she felt, her little hand involuntarily stretched out, pushed the young man on the bed, and said briskly: "Little brother, wake up, it's time to get up-"

A young man with a beautiful appearance, his peach blossom eyes lazily opened a slit, "It turns out that my sister knows that today is the New Year, and the sky is not yet dawn, what are you arguing about?" ”

"My little brother is used to sleeping lazily, and he doesn't know the time all day, how can he know that it's not dawn?"

Xie Jinci said it reasonably, but the round deer's eyes glanced at the window weakly.

The light is pale and can be dawned.

The little brother said that it was not dawn, and it was not unreasonable.

Suddenly, his waist tightened.

Xie Jinci exclaimed, and saw that the brocade was lifted, and the whole person was pulled down by a force, and he threw himself straight into the bed!

Shen Changfeng wrapped her in the quilt, hugged her in front of him, and chuckled: "Xiao Ci'er has a long ability, and he dares to talk nonsense with his eyes open." ”

The warmth in the bed is greater than the charcoal fire burning in the house.

Xie Jinci lay in his arms, well-behaved like a cat, not moving, only opening his clear eyes, and grinning secretly.

Shen Changfeng was already half-asleep and half-awake, holding a small dot in his arms, light and soft, not noisy, but comfortable.

He hooked his lips, intending to make up for it again, when he suddenly heard the little girl whispering: "In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu." Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one. ”

Shen Changfeng went in and out of his left ear and out of his right ear, and he didn't want to deal with her.

Xie Jinci waited for a while, but before the young man answered, he poked his chest with his finger and muttered, "Little brother, did I carry it right?" ”

She looked up with a small white face, and there was a strong curiosity in her eyes.

The young man closed his eyes, breathed evenly, and straightened his nose with long eyelashes like crow feathers, as if he was asleep.

The little girl pursed her lips, not very willing, "Little brother, are you asleep?" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed the hand on her waist, moved down a few points, and slapped her ass lightly and heavily.

Above his head was the young man's warm voice with tiredness: "Shut up, my sister is noisy." ”

Xie Jinci was busy tensing his body, honestly nestled in his arms, and never dared to say a word again.

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but after the boy finished spanking her ass, his hand was still there.

The little girl was so ashamed and annoyed that she could not speak, so she had to carefully grope under the covers, found the restless hand, and brought it up.

Shen Changfeng took advantage of the situation to hug her tighter, wrapped around a ball of softness, and fell asleep in a good mood.

Xie Jinci was not sleepy, but he couldn't resist the warmth and comfort in the bed, and after a while, his eyelids fought.

She silently recited the poem she had just memorized several times in her heart, and finally fell asleep soundly.