Passing noon, the sun was much weaker, and a few street trees turned yellow and green, casting speckled circles of light through the gaps in the trees. (District 8)

Yanhui Hall

Pan Cuilian was crooked in the Luohan bed, seeing Shen Fengyuan, who was only two years old, falling asleep, and couldn't help but be happy, so she beckoned to Lianxin who was waiting on the side, and said, "He seems to be asleep, you watch here, I'll go to Luomei Courtyard for a walk!" ”

Lianxin went up and helped her out of bed, and while helping her tidy up her clothes, she asked, "What is grandma going to do with the third grandmother for no reason?" ”

Pan Cuilian pale her heart and whispered, "You have a bad memory, you forgot that I still have something left behind her?" ”

Lianxin suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "It turns out that grandma is going to get that!" ”

Pan Cuilian smiled slowly, tiptoed to the hanger to change clothes, and then called Lan Xin to follow, all the way out of the hall.

When he walked to the Lotus Lotus Pavilion, he saw Aunt Hong and Aunt Lan walking in the bushes while talking to each other.

Pan Cuilian didn't like concubines the most, thinking that they were demonic, but she couldn't hold back her curiosity, so she led Lan Xin over and listened.

Here, Aunt Lan saw that Aunt Hong was depressed, so she grabbed her and asked, "On this sunny day, why are you sad?" ”

Aunt Hong sighed and said, "We already have a Yaksha here, and I don't want another Bodhisattva to come out of thin air in the house, but pity us as concubines, people are soft-spoken, and we can only be ants in the grass - let others handle it!" ”

Aunt Lan understood and hurriedly echoed: "Who said it wasn't? Don't be afraid of King Kong, just be afraid of pursing your lips Bodhisattva, don't look at her usual pretending to be kind, this is to do things, one is one, two is two, and there is no ambiguity at all. Take Huilan, who is serving in my room, for example, what a smart person, her mouth can speak, and her hands are diligent, but she doesn't even say hello, she says that she will be driven out, so that I have no face at all! ”

"There's no way around it, who can let the family eat in front of the old lady and the third wife?" Aunt Hong sighed repeatedly.

Aunt Lan was unconvinced: "People not only eat everywhere, but also watch people put down dishes!" As he spoke, he smiled coldly and said, "Think about it, she laid off more than 20 people this time, who is the most bullied in the house?" ”

Aunt Hong moved her eyebrows and said: "There were originally eight girls in the old lady's room, and now there are six left, how can it be enough, the eldest master has almost no layoffs, and there are only two small ones in our wife and third wife's room, which are their grandmothers. In the room, I just cut two small ones to go out, really count, it's still us who suffer a big loss, Huixin and Huilan in your house are gone, Rulan and Jinxin in my house are gone, they are all big girls! ”

"You can be considered to have reacted, they are all just scratching the skin, and the two of us alone ruined our vitality!" Aunt Lan said indignantly, "Now there are two little girls left in our house, both of whom are useless embroidered pillows

Rehabilitation! ”

Aunt Hong sighed and said: "No wonder people say, I'd rather be a bird in the house than a concubine in the house, if there is an afterlife, I won't be a concubine, it's not easy to be a concubine, not only to look up to the main room, but also to be angry with the younger generation." ”

Aunt Lan's eyes were full of approval, and she was about to echo twice, when she suddenly saw Pan Cuilian walking out from behind the bushes with an angry face, and quickly stopped talking.

"Why don't you tell me what the two aunts are so happy to say?" Pan Cuilian looked at Aunt Hong and Aunt Lan as she walked.

Aunt Lan gave her a weak heart, and hurriedly said: "The two of us didn't say anything, we just talked about the guests of the Zhu Mansion for a few days, can the two of us have the honor to go to the banquet?" ”

"I'm afraid this can't be, people say that dog meat can't be tabled, the concubine can't walk in front of people, and the two aunts and wives have to recognize their status!" Pan Cuilian said slowly, "I'm here, kindly persuade my aunts and wives to say two sentences, there is no impermeable wall in the world, the speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, some words, I listened, and listened, only when a gust of wind drifted in my ears, but I can't guarantee that other people will hear it one day, and when the time comes, the two aunts and wives will be embarrassed!" ”

Aunt Hong was so panicked that she had no place to put her hands, so she couldn't choose what to say: "What is there to be embarrassed about?" Didn't the two of us say anything bad? ”

"Good words don't betray people, and there are no good words behind people, don't the two aunts even understand this truth?" Pan Cuilian said this, she didn't want to see them anymore, and directly led Lan Xin away.

When Aunt Lan saw her going in the direction of Luomei Courtyard, she was so scared that she was going to death, and blurted out: "Look, she is going to the third grandmother's courtyard, do you think she will tell the third grandmother?" ”

Aunt Hong glared at her and said, "What are you afraid of?" We are on the second master's side, and we are not in harmony with the third master's side, but the old lady has to get together in one place, but now it is good to make a fuss, and it is completely divided all at once, so as not to serve the two Buddhas in the future! ”

Aunt Lan's face was full of worry, "As long as the old lady is in one day, our master will not dare to mention the separation of the family at all, don't you invite fire and burn yourself to ashes!" ”

The corners of Aunt Hong's mouth moved, and she said: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, I just said some gossip, our lord didn't have to dislike me for this, not to mention that what I said was also the truth, this time it was unfair to lay off people!" ”

Aunt Lan saw that she was so impatient, and she had nothing to say.

Here, Pan Cuilian entered the Luomei Courtyard, only to see that the courtyard was quiet, the soft curtain under the corridor was hanging, and a parrot was jumping around in the birdcage.

As soon as Pan Cuilian thought that Aunt Hong and Aunt Lan were chewing maggots in private, she was angry in her heart, so she had to suppress her anger, and then slowly entered the main hall.

Chen Yun was arranging the threads, and when she saw her walk in, she hurriedly put down the embroidery needle, got up to greet her, and said, "Why is my sister-in-law free to come to me?" ”

Pan Cuilian said casually: "I have nothing to do, so I want to go shopping, and by the way, I asked you for the belly pocket that you embroidered a few days ago, but I don't know if you have embroidered it?" ”

"I can be regarded as prescient, I took a few nights of free time in advance and embroidered my sister-in-law early, otherwise, my sister-in-law came to ask for it at this time, and I couldn't do it!" Chen Yun smiled slightly, and slowly went to the embroidery basket to take two

A belly pocket, turned around and handed it to Pan Cuilian.

Pan Cuilian glanced at it hurriedly and said, "It's really hard for you, housekeeper during the day, you have to stay up late at night to embroider my belly pocket, if my wife knows, she will definitely ask me for a wine and dinner!" As he spoke, he took the colorful belly pocket, praised it a few times, and then asked with a smile: "People say that there are thousands of families, and the main person is one, and you have been in charge of the home for more than a month, how do you feel?" ”

Chen Yun glanced at her, and said with a heartfelt heart: "In the past, when I saw my wife's housekeeper, I only felt that the water was gathered into a circle, and there was no difficulty, but who knew that it was my turn, and it was so difficult to start." Sister-in-law, don't look at these subordinates in the house, they usually don't talk to each other, but when it comes to the critical moment, they are twisted into a rope, and when you speak, they are submissive; You commanded, and they did as they pleased. If you wait until it is actually operated, it will be even more ugly, you push it to me, I push it to you, I don't want to care about it! ”

Pan Cuilian said with a smile: "This is the truth that a monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, and three monks have no water to eat. ”

Chen Yun nodded yes again and again, and smiled at Pan Cuilian: "No wonder people say, 'One fence has three piles, and one hero has three gangs', since my sister-in-law is willing to give me ideas, why don't you help me take care of government affairs together?" It also saves you from worrying about it every day! ”

"It's not that I don't want to help you, it's really difficult. First, the old lady has already allocated the housekeeping power to the third wife, and the third lady has now handed over the housekeeping power to you, so you are the rightful housekeeper of our house, and I can't rob you of this errand; Second, after all, I am the daughter-in-law of the second wife, if I come here every day to do things for the third wife, the third wife will not appreciate it or not, my mother-in-law should be tired of me for the first time, this is Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - not a person inside and out! ”

Chen Yunyuan was just joking, and when she heard Pan Cuilian say this, she couldn't help but nod her head again and again.

Pan Cuilian saw that she was too quiet, and said, "In a few days, we will go to Zhufu for a banquet, have you prepared a courtesy?" ”

Chen Yun said: "I just gave the old lady yesterday, the house sent the first hundred steamed buns, and then set up some children's toys, the old lady listened, and did not feel inappropriate, and said that I want to give my grandson a piece of gold unicorn, a pair of gold bracelets, our wife was also present at the time, with a silver unicorn, a pair of silver bracelets, I don't want to cross them, I plan to send a pair of champion cards, sister-in-law plans to give what gifts?" ”

Pan Cuilian thought for a while and said, "I guessed that I was sending these, and sure enough!" ”

Chen Yun listened to her words with disdain, thinking that the gift she was going to give must be unique, and asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law thinks we are tacky in preparing gifts, so what kind of gifts do you plan to show?" ”

"I don't have any new gifts, but they're just gold and silver!" Pan Cuilian said lazily, seeing that Chen Yun didn't care too much, she changed her head and said: "By the way, when the full moon banquet in the Zhu Mansion is over, there is still a happy event waiting for us!" ”

"I don't know that!" Chen Yun confessed.

Pan Cuilian smiled: "Where will you know? Even I listened to the gossip of my wife and my second siblings

I often know that the second brother and sister have a younger sister in the family, named Qiluo, who has just turned sixteen this year, and has agreed on someone to prepare to leave the cabinet in the first month of next year! ”

Chen Yun smiled slowly: "This is a good thing, why didn't the second sister-in-law hide it?" ”

"She, no matter how big or small, she is tight-lipped about everything, I really don't know who she wants to hide?" Pan Cuilian said helplessly, and suddenly looked at Chen Yun again and asked, "By the way, Brother Fu has been away from home for half a month, but there is a letter back?" ”

Chen Yun said honestly: "I just sent one back yesterday, and the letter didn't say anything, just some insignificant gossip!" ”

Pan Cuilian sighed and said: "No matter what, Brother Fu is thinking about his family, how can he be like me, when he goes out, he never sends a letter to his home, God knows if he goes out to talk about business, or goes to the land of fireworks to steal incense and jade?" ”

"Sister-in-law, think too much, eldest brother doesn't look like that kind of person!"

Pan Cuilian sneered coldly and said, "He's not that kind of person, who is still that kind of person?" As he spoke, he waved his hand helplessly and said, "That's it, this kind of thing, like people drinking water, knows their own warmth and coldness, and I don't want to talk to you more, but it seems that I am a resentful woman!" ”

Chen Yun smiled and said nothing.

(End of chapter)