Chu Hanlu and Qiuyue, sitting in the flower hall, eating four dried fruits, four candied fruits, tasting the best bird's tongue tea, and leisurely listening to the Kunqu opera singing of white peony, there is really a pleasure of feasting the ears. In the heart of Bai Peony, who had not seen the fourth and fifth ladies of the Li Mansion, in addition to being full of confidence, he had been thinking about how to seduce Li Wenxuan.

After seeing Chu Hanlu and Qiuyue this time, she knew that she had lost a lot of color, after all, the fifth lady's appearance was better than her, and the fourth lady's appearance was no less than herself. The result of comparing himself and Qiuyue is that among the two of them, they have their own merits and characteristics. The white peony, who gradually stabilized her mind, deduced from her years of life experience that the wives and concubines of large families are the smaller they are, the more beautiful and tasteful, and the higher the ranking, the less good they look. Taking it for granted, she arbitrarily thought that the color on the faces of Zhao Tian'er, Lin Ruoxi, and Su Meiniang was far inferior to the two she had seen.

At the same time, the third-class maid Taohong, who was standing next to the chair and waiting for Qiuyue, felt that the fourth-class maid Xiaocui beside Chu Hanlu was not pleasing to the eye. She felt that she and the other party were standing together at this moment, and she felt very embarrassed. With a look of disdain on his face, he naturally lost interest in listening to Kunqu Opera.

Xiao Cui, who was able to accompany Chu Hanlu, had opposite thoughts and thoughts. For the first time, she had this so-called feeling of entering the house, and she enjoyed it with the light of her mother, after all, she was not crowded to the place of three religions and nine streams, and she gathered in the crowd, trying to listen to some Kunqu opera at a cheap price and not sing well. At this time, listening to the standard "Kunshan dialect", I was very satisfied and intoxicated.

And in Zhao Han's room, Zhao Han, who was drinking happily, heard the little guy come over to pass the word, saying that the goods sent from Zhuangzi outside the city had arrived. Throwing down a sentence for Zhu Biao and Zhou Hu to drink first, he was so busy that he had to get down to business. It's also an ugly girl who heard the news. put down the female red in her hand and rushed over.

The little maid who was sent over passed the word to Peach Hong, and she bent down, attached her ear, and passed the word into the ears of her mistress. Listening to the white peony singing "The Story of the West Chamber" is a charming autumn moon, where will you be willing to leave? She waved her hand. Signal Pink not to bother herself.

Led by people, it was sent to Zhang Jin, the head of the village who was sent to a corner of the house, who was almost sixty years old, lean and slightly dark-skinned, and naturally saw Zhao Han, the second housekeeper of the Li Mansion, so he saw him coming from afar, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said hello, and stuffed him with a silver ticket of one hundred taels. Not to mention that he is still in charge of them. Just from the last time I learned from him that the government intended to change the steward and leader of the Zhuangzi, it was enough to scare him half to death. It's not that I don't know what it means to be a son of heaven and a courtier.

Now, since this Zhuangzi is already surnamed Li, then he has to die to tie up with someone who can speak in Li's mansion. Zhang Jin, who can do this errand, is not unaware that if he didn't have this good job, then he would not have the dignity and scenery in front of many people today.

Zhao Han, who did not accept his silver ticket, learned that Lin Ruoxi and Su Meiniang were fighting for this matter. So far, he still can't figure out what Lin Ruoxi's mind is, so he hasn't verified things before. Don't dare to collect money indiscriminately. Moreover, he is assisting the fourth lady in management. And the whole house knows that Qiu Yue is Lin Ruoxi's person. Therefore, Zhao Han is not at fault for choosing to be careful and cautious. In addition, the other person who assisted with him was the eldest girl in the house, and that was the master's closest confidant, and he couldn't afford to offend.

Seeing that Zhang Jin, who didn't accept the silver ticket, a layer of sweat appeared on his head. He asked in a low voice, "Second housekeeper, do you want to get rid of my errand?" ”

Zhao Han, who had his hands behind his back, did not answer his question, but walked towards the things he sent, and said slowly with an unenthusiastic appearance: "First time." What did you send to our Li Mansion? ”

Listening to his lukewarm, salty and indifferent words, Zhang Jin, who was becoming more and more anxious, accompanied him to inspect it, and carefully took out the list in his sleeve and read: "Thirty big deer, fifty roe deer, fifty roe deer, twenty Siamese pigs, twenty soup pigs, twenty dragon pigs, twenty wild boars, twenty domestic pigs, twenty wild sheep, twenty green sheep, twenty domestic soup sheep, twenty family wind sheep, two sturgeon fish, 200 catties of miscellaneous fish, 200 live chickens, ducks, and geese, 200 wind chickens, ducks, and geese, and pheasants." , 200 pairs of rabbits, 20 pairs of bear paws, 20 catties of deer tendons, 50 catties of sea cucumbers, 50 strips of deer tongue, 50 strips of cow tongue, 20 catties of dried razor clams, hazel, pine, peach, apricot, 200 bags of prawns, 50 pairs of prawns, 200 catties of dried shrimp, 1,000 catties of silver frost charcoal, 20,000 catties of charcoal, 20,000 catties of charcoal, 20,000 catties of Yutian rouge rice, 50 pieces of blue glutinous rice, 50 pieces of white glutinous rice, 50 taels of powdered japonica, 50 taels of variegated sorghum grains, 1,000 stones of rice, a cart of dried vegetables, takeaway grains, and a total of 2,500 taels of silver for livestock. Filial piety to brothers and sisters under the outer door: two pairs of live deer, four pairs of live white rabbits, four pairs of black rabbits, two pairs of live golden chickens, and two pairs of flower ducks. After reading it, he handed it over with the list in both hands.

Zhao Han, who seemed to be casual on the surface, but listened carefully, took the list in his hand and said with a smile: "I thought that you would bring some things at will to come and fool us into talking about natural disasters and the like to fight in the ring, but I didn't expect that you old thing was smart enough and didn't mess around." Seeing that he praised his Zhang Jin, he stuffed the silver ticket of one hundred taels again. Zhao Han, who did not refuse this time, accepted it with peace of mind.

"I'm not alone! Are the eldest girls and the fourth lady prepared? Zhao Han, who said casually, was a reminder to him.

"It's all ready. The amount of silver in your hand is the same as the amount of money you have. Zhang Jin, who deliberately lowered his voice, looked left and right and said, "As for the fourth lady, it is naturally going to be a heel." ”

"Although you will suffer some shortfalls in this area this year, as long as you sit firmly in this position, you will be able to make up for it next year. If you have to work for our Li Mansion for a long time, even if you die, your son and grandson will still be able to continue this errand. Zhao Han, who didn't fight with him, understood that people explained the plain and said: "On the eldest girl's side, you have to fight a heel, two hundred taels." The fourth lady there, three hundred taels. As for me, it's good to save a hundred taels for your old boy. Don't cry poor in front of me, do you know the truth? (To be continued......)