"The day before yesterday, a few short-term workers went to the account room to receive money, and Zheng Guan's account paid them according to the pre-agreed salary, which Cheng thought, not a day later, those short-term workers went and returned, claiming that the government paid them less!" Shen Xueqing said helplessly, "When I first heard about this incident, I vaguely felt that something was wrong, and sure enough, before I could hold me accountable, my wife came to the door first!" ”

Chen Yun was at a loss when she heard this, so she said with a puzzled face: "If you don't do anything to your sister, can Mrs. Zhu still add guilt indiscriminately?" ”

"Since it has been decided that I will be in charge of the house, and the matter is on my head, of course my wife will be the first to find me!" Shen Xueqing smiled bitterly, "Yesterday, my wife rushed to my room with confidence, and I didn't have time to say hello to her, but I was trained by her first, she said that I was not a good housekeeper, and I couldn't even take care of this little thing, and I couldn't bear the trust, so I directly took away the power of my housekeeper!" ”

Chen Yun listened to it and sighed a few times.

"This is also a helpless thing, I am a newlywed, I am in the huge Zhu Mansion, helpless, even if I am greatly wronged, I can only break my teeth and swallow it in my stomach!" Shen Xueqing sighed, "There is nothing wrong with being unofficial and light, I am now clear and idle, but there is nothing wrong with it!" ”

After hearing so much, Chen Yun couldn't help but say, "My sister has suffered such a big grievance, why don't you tell Zhu Gongzi?" ”

"What can you do by telling him?" Shen Xueqing looked helpless, "The eldest brother is a soft bone, he has always been obedient, even the eldest sister-in-law was bullied by the second sister-in-law, he didn't dare to open his mouth to defend it; The second brother behaved freely, never made any achievements, and only loved to look at the flowers in his life, looking for willows and asking for flowers; Among the three brothers, only the prime minister Bowen made an appointment, and he was diligent, and the master also favored him! ”

"I know that Xianggong feels sorry for me, if I complain to him in private, he will definitely seek justice for me, what can I do later?" Shen Xueqing said this, and even her voice became soft, "Even if I have this bad breath, but there are two out of everything, I can't be more than three, I can't be bothered every time, and wife, I can't afford to offend!" ”

"Although Mrs. Zhu and the old man are not a husband and wife in distress, they have been working together for half their lives, who can guarantee that they have no affection?" Shen Xueqing's face was sad, "Besides, the old man is older, his ears are softer, and it is easiest to listen to the wind next to the pillow, the honor and disgrace and wealth of my life are all tied to Xianggong, even if I suffer some grievances, I must not gamble with Xianggong's future!" ”

Chen Yun searched her intestines and scraped her stomach, but she really couldn't think of any words of comfort, so she could only say: "I thought that my sister would marry into Zhu's mansion and she would be satisfied with her wish in the future, but behind this scenery, there is also a lot of helplessness!" ”

"Wealthy families, housekeepers, mothers, maids, and small servants, there are dozens of people in the house, one person with one heart, one person with one mouth, it is not so easy to deal with, besides, I have two sisters-in-law above, as the saying goes, one person has no plan in his heart, and three people sing in their stomachs, can they not boil slowly?" Shen Xueqing stepped into the meditation courtyard with her feet in front of her, turned her head to look at the thoughtful Chen Yun, and said, "Catch up with Ming'er, you marry into our mansion, and you will understand the hardships!" ”

Chen Yun glanced at it, slightly staggered Shen Xueqing's gaze, and said, "It's still a shadowless thing, sister, don't make fun of me!" ”

"What do we have to do with you, you're still sloppy with me?" Shen Xueqing said with a little blame, "I heard the rumors, the third uncle has persuaded the third uncle, and the third uncle also nodded and agreed, and asked for your eight-character post in private, isn't this a matter of eight or nine points?" What's more, even the old ancestor said to me personally, after Brother Yi gets married, the third aunt will start arranging the family affairs between you and Brother Fu! ”

Chen Yun got the letter, and her heart couldn't help but be shocked, and a smile appeared in the corners of her eyebrows and eyes.

At this time, the two had already entered the courtyard, and Shen Xueqing saw that the courtyard was quiet, thinking that the Yan family and the concubines were talking in the room, so they stepped into the hall. Entering, Shen Xueqing untied the big cloak on her body, searched around, and saw that the Jin family and concubines were not in the house, so she was curious: "It's really strange, it's snowy outside, why aren't the two aunts in the house?" ”

"My aunt always likes to call my mother and aunt to talk to me these days, and now I'm not in the house, most of them went to Yimei Courtyard!" Chen Yun said with half speculation, leading Shen Xueru to sit down first, and sitting on her opposite side.

"I see, my aunt and aunt are very compatible, and when they become children and daughters in the future, they will be more intimate?" Shen Xueqing laughed, and when she saw that Chen Yun didn't talk, she said, "I won't make fun of you, I'll tell you something serious, I'd like to get a few embroidery samples from you!" ”

"It's not a rare thing, sister, come with me!" Chen Yun smiled and led Shen Xueqing into the ebony carved lotus and blue yarn cupboard.

After turning over for a moment in the small cabinet with red and pink Fu Shoulu patterns, Chen Yun held a stack of embroidery patterns and slowly walked to Shen Xueqing.

Shen Xueqing looked at it smoothly, and saw that there were embroidery samples such as "Phoenix Opera Peony", "Five Blessings and Longevity", "Good News Sanyuan", "Butterfly Love Flower", "Panlong Flying Phoenix", "Three Friends of the Cold Year", "More than Auspicious Celebration", "Mei Ying Caisheng" and other embroidery samples, so she picked a few at random, and then sat down and continued to chat.

After less than a cup of tea, Furong and Fuhuan came in and asked Shen Xueqing to leave the house.

Chen Yun heard that Zhu Tingyu had come to the Meditation Courtyard, and hurriedly hurried to the court: "It's getting late, my sister should go back to Zhu's mansion!" ”

"I wouldn't want to go back if I could!" Shen Xueqing looked tired, "This time, I have to deal with the second sister-in-law's soft knife, and I have to coax my wife to be happy, where is it better than our sisters and being harmonious?" ”

"I'm willing to see my sister every day, but I'm afraid that Zhu Gongzi won't be willing!" Chen Yun joked twice, which caused Shen Xueqing to be disgusted, so she had to return to her serious words: "That's it, I don't want to find my sister's happiness, sister, go back quickly!" ”

Shen Xueqing bowed slightly, instructed Furong to accept the embroidery, and hurriedly left the meditation courtyard.

Chen Yun was free, and began to pick up some bits and pieces to pass the time, and savored the news that Shen Xueqing told him, and couldn't help but smile.

In the evening, when the Jin family came back from outside, Chen Yun saw that her mother's face was unusually calm, and she kept guessing in her heart, so she welcomed her mother to sit down and tentatively said: "My mother usually goes to my aunt's place, and at most she sits for an hour, why did she stay so long today?" ”

Jin looked at Chen Yun with a loving gaze and said, "In the afternoon, your aunt mentioned it to me, saying that your uncle has agreed to the marriage between you and Fu'er, but the specific date of marriage, you have to wait for Shen Erye to become a parent, and then discuss!" ”

"In addition, your aunt also negotiated a dowry with me!" Jin said flat sentence by sentence, "We are small families, and my mother doesn't dare to ask for more, so as to save outsiders from laughing at our high hands, and marry our daughter just for that bit of dowry!" ”

"Mother!" Chen Yun was moved by her mother's delicate thoughts, and couldn't help but throw herself into her arms, "You think about your daughter in every way, and your daughter really can't repay it!" ”

"Why do you two have to care about this?" Jin smiled bitterly, calmed down a little, and said in a consultative tone: "In the afternoon, I talked with your aunt in your aunt's room, I listened to your aunt's words, I wanted to go home, I think we have lived here for seven or eight days, Kechang is home alone, I am always uneasy!" ”

"If according to my idea, it would be a good thing for relatives to come and go, but everything must have a degree, too close to life, our mother and daughter have been disturbed for a long time, and we should go back to our hometown tomorrow!" The Jin family let out a long sigh, seeing Chen Yun's reluctant expression between his eyebrows, he couldn't bear it in his heart, "It's just that I can't bear to see you and Fu'er have a strong relationship, and my mother can't bear to break you up, it's really embarrassing!" ”

"If my mother doesn't say it, my daughter still wants to remind you of this!" Chen Yun quickly restrained his parting attitude, and said slowly: "Kechang is lively and active, ordinary and disobedient to discipline, grandparents are old and weak, and they usually struggle to even carry water, I'm afraid I can't control Kechang's spirit, we have been away from home for so long, and I don't know what the situation is at home, we should really go back!" ”

Jin nodded yes, and secretly pondered for a moment before agreeing with Chen Yun to pack up the package tomorrow and then say goodbye to Chen.

As the night deepened, the doors of the courtyards and households had been bolted, and the lights were almost turned off and they were about to go to bed.

In the Luomei Courtyard, it was quiet all around, and he was lying in the outhouse with a warm quilt at night, while Shen Fu lay flat in the stepping bed, sucking and spitting and falling asleep.

Shen Fu slept sweetly, and it was rare to have a sweet dream. He dreamed that the spring flowers were blooming, he and Chen Yun got married and worshipped, and then dreamed of rice seedlings and millet millet in the flat, and the two walked arm in arm in the fertile wilderness, leaning on each other under the blue sky and white clouds, and helping each other in the same boat among the lotus leaves of the blue lake......

The second half of the dream suddenly changed, he dreamed that the mountains and rivers were victorious, and he stood alone by the wind; I dreamed of Hirakawa Hirono, walking alone and lonely; When I dreamed of the boundless sea, I walked away alone in fear; I dreamed of thunder and lightning, and I couldn't sleep all night by myself......

He mixed joy and sorrow in his dreams, turned over like a flip in reality, sweated like rain, and finally struggled to wake up from his dreams with fear, and exclaimed several times one after another.

Pingshun heard the movement, and a spirit got up from the ground and ran to the house in a hurry to investigate. Seeing Shen Fu panting against the railing, he knew that he was having a nightmare, so he sighed and complained: "My grandfather, it's just a dream, what are you shouting nonsense?" I thought it was haunted, it almost scared me half to death! ”

Shen Fu slapped Pingshun in a fake appearance, and scolded with a smile: "It's good to scare you to death, so you don't have to add to my blockage every day!" ”

Ping Shunbai was scolded, and couldn't help but shout: "My grandfather, I am supposed to keep vigil, where did I make you angry again?" ”

"You completely obey your wife's words, you are ordered to guard me, and you don't allow me to go out all day, isn't this a hindrance for me?" Shen Fu said angrily, "It's not me who scares you, when my arm is good, the first one can't spare you, you wait for me!" ”

Pingshun shouted injustice: "My father, I am wholeheartedly for your good, seeing that you won't let you go out, I am also afraid that you will fall and hold it again, how can you bite Lu Dongbin - I don't know the hearts of good people?" ”

"Okay, you're getting more and more unorthodox, and you dare to scold me for being a dog, see if I don't break your dog's legs!" Shen Fu casually hugged the pillow and threw it away with his smooth legs.

Pingshun didn't dare to mess with his master, so he could only run to the outhouse and shout: "If the master wants to beat me to find fun, I have to wait for the injury to heal, and now you are still hanging your arm, you must not come nonsense!" When he got outside the house, he stretched his neck and shouted into the house: "Anyway, I'm just waiting by Grandpa'er's side, if Grandpa wants to clean me up, when can't I?" Why do you have to do it tonight? ”

"It's dark at night, if you are messing around again, be careful that the master can hear the movement, you will have a hundred mouths by then, I'm afraid you can't explain it clearly!"

When Shen Fu heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but curse: "Okay, you are smooth, you actually learned to use the master to press me?" When my arm is ready, I'll be the first to skin you! ”

As soon as the words fell, five earth-shaking gongs rang outside.

Shen Fu heard the movement and knew that it would be dawn in more than an hour, so he calmed down and fell asleep with his head up.

In the blink of an eye, after Shen Fu rinsed, Ruiyun and Ruicai served him for breakfast, and then sat in front of the flat-headed desk and listened to the temporarily invited gentleman Xu Lingche explain the article.

After the hour, Xu Lingche wanted to go to the thatched house to relieve his abdominal pain, so he had to arrange an article for Shen Fu to read and recite.

Shen Fu didn't bother to listen to Mr.'s arrangement, so he simply called Pingshun to come in and make fun of him, but he learned from Pingshun that the Jin family mother and daughter had already left the house, so he hid angrily and said, "Why don't you say goodbye for no reason?" ”

Seeing that he was not happy, Pyongshun smiled and took out a letter from his chest and shook it in front of his eyes.

Shen Fu saw it and snatched it over, and couldn't wait to open it to see, only to see a Xue Tao note stuffed into the letter, which detailed the reason for his sudden departure, Shen Fu had to sigh and said, "This farewell, I don't know when we can meet?" ”

Ping Shunhan said with a smile: "In the future, when Miss Chen marries into the mansion, will the son still be worried that she won't be able to see her?" When the time comes, I'm afraid that my grandfather will get bored! ”

Shen Fu picked up a book casually, hit Ping Shun's head, and scolded: "You talk too much!" ”

Pingshun covered his aching scalp and stared at Shen Fu in distress, while Shen Fu stroked Xue Taojian with joy and was silent for a long time.