In the blink of an eye, the cool summer in the capital is coming, and the school is afraid that the girl will be hit by the heatstroke, so the four Rui only have to go to the morning class, and in the afternoon, they will stay in the courtyard and play in their own heat.

Xianrui finished the needlework in her hand that day, and was about to loosen her muscles in the cloister outside the house, pinching the pu fan in her hand and walking out, she saw Shen Min heading out of the courtyard.

She hurriedly stopped the people who were going out: "Shen Min, where are you going on a hot day?" Beware of the heat stroke in your heart. ”

Shen Min looked back and smiled: "The monthly money has been paid, and the slave maid will go to Grandma Nuan to get it." ”

Hearing this, Xianrui blinked and walked over, and said with a smile: "That's right, I happened to embroider handkerchiefs in the house and had a pain in my eyes, so I went out with you to take a look around, and I went to warm my sister-in-law's yard to sit down." ”

She asked Fei Fei to bring an umbrella, signaled that Fei Fei didn't have to follow, and chuckled with her: "Go eat your red bean and honey ice, don't finish eating, remember to leave some for Shen Min." ”

Shen Min pinched the umbrella until he did not stop Xianrui.

Now this person is slowly willing to deal with the people in the mansion, and he is no longer restrained by himself, which is a great thing, and his temperament is also a little brighter with the naked eye.

The pu fan in Xianrui's hand was two points stronger, so that the people next to him could also share some coolness, and when he came out of the yard, he felt that the sun was dazzling, and he said to the people beside him: "Will the mansion go to the suburbs to escape the heat in the summer?" ”

Shen Min replied: "This year, the old lady is not in good health, so she won't go, so as not to toss, in previous years, she had to go to the other courtyard to live for half a month." ”

Besides, this year's mountain bandits really scared the female dependents of the family, as the so-called once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope, the female dependents of the family will not go out after this, even if they go out, they have to pull a family master together.

"If the girl wants to go out for a walk, the slave maid will go to the old lady's place later, and let the little grandfather accompany her to the suburbs tomorrow to enjoy the coolness?"

"I'm a lazy person, it's rare that no one can make a tea party in the summer to let me live in peace, so you just let me go." Xianrui quipped.

The two girls talked and laughed, and soon arrived at Grandma Nuan's yard.

Today is a big day for the month, and many housekeepers and mothers-in-law gathered in the courtyard of the warm grandmother and waited quietly.

Inside, Shen Min gave the umbrella to a little girl, and saw that Bai ran out.

"Why is the big girl here? But what's the matter? Even if there is, let Miss Shen Min say that if it is hot, the old lady will have to worry again. ”

Zhu Bai's tone was a little hurried, and he didn't even give Xian Rui a salute, and made a gesture of invitation: "Our eldest grandmother is reconciling with the housekeeper in Zhuangzi, I'm afraid there will be a meeting before I can come to see the eldest girl, let's go to the small hall next to it and sit down." ”

"I'm just bored in the yard pestering Shen Min to come, so you are busy, don't worry about the two of us." Xianrui said with a smile.

However, Shen Min sensed that something was wrong and asked, "But something happened inside?" ”

Tan Bai sighed, walked to the corner next to him, and then said to the master and servant: "What else can it be, Aunt Dou came to ask for money again, and I can't say why, my grandmother naturally doesn't want to get used to her stinky virtue, and the two of them are more serious......"

Before he finished speaking, there was the sound of things breaking inside.

Tan Bai hurriedly stopped talking, beckoned to the mother-in-law next to him, and gave the pair of cards in his hand to Shen Min: "Today, I bother you to send the next month column to the various departments of the mansion, and my grandmother will definitely thank you when I turn around!" ”

Seeing that people were in a hurry, Xian Rui fell: "Is it Aunt Dou that Bai just said?" ”

Shen Min snorted, Aunt Dou took advantage of her absence to see Xianrui a few times in Xiangyi Hall, with a soft and pitiful appearance, because the key to the small treasury was pinched in her hand, Aunt Dou did not dare to blatantly ask for money.

But—

This is a good opportunity for Xianrui to see Aunt Dou's virtue clearly.

Shen Min had an idea in his heart, threw the pair of cards to his mother-in-law, and instructed: "Let the big guy wait for a little first." She paused: "Big girl, let's go in and have a look." ”

The inside of the house was already exploding.

Grandma Nuan handed her the teacup with the white coat and smashed it towards Aunt Dou's feet again.

She slapped the small desk next to her, pointed at Aunt Dou, who was crying hard, and said angrily, "You cry and make trouble, don't give me this virtue of crying, how much silver has your mother's family eaten in the mansion over the years?" The mansion gives you face and calls you Aunt and Grandma, have you ever served the dead second master, you and I have a number in our hearts! ”

"The maid in the small room, when the old lady wanted to find a good family for you to release out of the house, she had to pretend to be loyal to the second master and the second wife, and cried an aunt position, don't think that I can't see what you are thinking in your heart, so I want the eldest girl to call you a mother and let you be the wife of the second room!"

"Give shameless things, really I don't dare to punish you?" Grandma Nuan gritted her teeth, her eyes were fierce, and her backhand smashed a cup to the ground, shards splashed everywhere, and scolded in a low voice: "You're crying for me, I'll drive you out immediately!" ”

"Grandma, don't be angry." Tan Bai hurriedly stroked Grandma Nuan's back, and glared at Aunt Dou, who was wiping her tears: "Auntie is crying and mourning, isn't it?" There is only one big girl left in the second room, are you looking forward to the big girl going soon? ”

"According to the rules, there is a fixed amount of money for the funeral of your aunt and grandmother, and in the end, it is also your father or sister and brother, who cares if your niece and nephew get married and have children?"

Aunt Dou cried aggrieved: "Our mansion is not short of these few silvers, the concubine is not angry, in the end, the family wants to continue the concubine's name in the mansion, so that the children in the family can live better......"

"The aunt next to me naturally won't bother the grandmother in charge of this little thing, but the concubine is only two taels of silver a month, to put it unfairly, Shen Min's girl is higher than my master!"

Aunt Dou knelt down after speaking, and tears rained down again and again: "The concubine has already sent someone to the family to tell her that the mansion will personally send someone to give gift money, so please ask Grandma Nuan to take pity on the concubine for the second master over the years——"

"What are you guarding for the second master? The eldest girl was raised by her grandmother before, and now she is raised in front of her grandmother, what is the matter with your aunt who is not on the stage! Grandma Nuan said coldly, she almost wanted to slap Aunt Dou in the face.

"According to the rules of the mansion, aunts and grandmothers are all two taels of silver a month, and the aunts next to them are the head of the wife to make up for it, or the fathers and girls who gave birth and raised give more in private, since you insisted on staying, you should know that you are not worthy of anything except the identity of your aunt!" Grandma Nuan raised her voice, so angry that her eyes were red.

Aunt Dou didn't care at all, and cried loudly: "In this case, you will kick me out, let the outside take a good look at how your British Mansion abuses your aunt, and let people see how you, the eldest girl from the town's mansion, are in charge of the family!" really bullied the head of my second room to go early, and the big girl is a soft character! ”

"All dead?! Don't invite Aunt Dou out yet! I'm angry, grandma is careful, and the young master has skinned you. Bai Bai commanded sharply.

Aunt Dou didn't leave, pushed away her mother-in-law who was going to drag her away, and sighed: "My second room is simply pitiful, the eldest girl's net worth is pinched by Shen Min's little maid, and even the reward person has to discuss with the girl, and now you-"

"What is Aunt Dou talking nonsense? Isn't it too hot and suffering from the heat? ”

A cold voice came in.

"Why is the big girl here?" Grandma Nuan was startled when she looked at Xianrui, who walked straight in.

Xianrui saluted Grandma Nuan, walked up to the crying Aunt Dou, and took a deep breath: "Aunt Dou listened to who chewed the root of my yard's tongue indiscriminately?" Didn't the key to the master's small warehouse be handed over to the big maid? ”

Aunt Dou didn't expect Xianrui to come at all, and her stunned tears stopped.

Xianrui looked at Aunt Dou and said slowly: "Besides, Shen Min's monthly money is also done in accordance with the rules, four taels of silver in a month, which is according to the monthly column of the old lady and the previous first-class manager, and the monthly column of Xia Shu, who came out of the old lady's yard with her, is also four taels, Aunt Dou has a complaint against the old lady?" ”

Even Shen Min was stunned at this moment, this is simply not what Xianrui's soft temperament would say.

Xianrui lowered her eyes, Shen Min is the person who is sincere to her in this mansion, and she will never let anyone say that she is not good.

She pursed her lips: "I remember that my aunt is an old man who has served my father and mother, so I have a lot of respect, no matter what the mansion says about my aunt's or not, I think it was just the past, but now I look at me and talk well, come to take the big girl next to me to wake up my spleen?" ”

"The state has national laws, and the family has family rules." Xianrui's tone became plain again, pinched the fan and took two steps in front of Aunt Dou, and looked at her slowly: "Auntie has no shortage of food and clothing in the mansion, since she is the aunt of the Zhang family, she should respect the mansion in everything, how can she think about moving the money to her mother's house every once in a while?" ”

"Big girl, you can't say that about a concubine—"

Shen Min saw that Aunt Dou was going to pull Xianrui's clothes, so she immediately stepped forward and grabbed her hand, and said in a deep voice: "Auntie still understands the rules, if the masters are angry, they are disrespectful, although you are an aunt, to put it bluntly, what is the difference between you and a maid, they are all slaves, and they know how to measure something." ”

"Aunt Dou is suffering from heat stroke and is angry, so she doesn't take it down so that people can watch and take medicine and rest." Shen Min threw away Aunt Dou's hands and said coldly to the two mothers-in-law: "The confusion has made the eldest grandmother suffer the anger of the aunt, and the three white jade cups that were smashed alone can sell you dozens of times!" ”

The two mothers-in-law immediately dragged Aunt Dou out, and Grandma Nuan was so angry that she gritted her teeth coldly: "This little slut, who has no brains and still wants to learn from smart people, is being picked up as a harlequin, and I have to expose her skin when I turn around!" ”

She sat down against the Luohan bed, drank two sips of cold tea to calm down, and Xianrui smiled and said: "The eldest girl has really helped me a lot, no matter what Aunt Dou does, she is a hundred family names, don't have a word, open your mouth is money, the old lady doesn't love you and get close to her, she is afraid that you will be deceived by her miserable virtue." ”

Xianrui was about to speak, when a mother-in-law hurriedly walked in outside and whispered, "Grandma, the family has sent a letter." ”

Grandma Nuan didn't shy away from people, her mother's family often sent her some news from the court or secret protection, in the end she will be the future British duchess, it is better to know more about these things, it can be regarded as a rainy day, if there is anything unfavorable to the British government, you can also plan early.

But but—

Grandma Nuan suddenly got up, staggered past Shen Min, and said in a low voice, "You come with me." ”

Shen Min didn't know why, so he hurriedly followed to the small hall next to him.

Grandma Nuan's eyes were uncertain, and when she saw the person who was walking with the door closed, she handed her the letter in her hand.

Shen Min looked dazed.

Grandma Nuan's eyes flashed, she opened her mouth, and her voice was very soft: "Shen Min, something happened in the north." ”

North......

Shen Min instantly snatched the letter from Grandma Nuan's hand, but her fingers were trembling, and she couldn't open the letter.

Just listen to Grandma Nuan.

"Shen Min, Luo Qilang is missing in the north."

Shen Min squeezed the letter in his hand vigorously, and his eyes shook.

"And." Grandma Nuan's deep gaze fell on Shen Min: "My family's eyeliner in the north got the news that Luo Qilang disappeared with the talisman and three thousand elite soldiers. ”