At this time, it is already the middle of December, and it will be the Spring Festival in a few days. Lin Taohua personally sealed a set of gift bags in the order of a large box of braised pork, a medium box of dim sum, a small box of candy and candied fruit, and tied a beautiful bow with a specially customized ribbon, and a temporary red Chinese knot fell on the corner, and the whole gift bag was decorated.

"Madam, how did you make this Yingluo that fell on the horn, it's so beautiful." Chu Yi looked at the delicate knot repeatedly and asked curiously.

Lin Taohua smiled: "This, let's call it Ruyi Knot, I'll teach it to you later, and then you can teach it to the two little ones who just came." They are too young to do heavy work, and the simple work of packing and tying knots is just right for them. In addition, they have just arrived, you should take care of them more, and don't let people bully them. ”

Chu Yi answered, and then said: "The people in the house are all good, and there will be no one who bullies them, don't worry." ”

The so-called newcomer was actually brought back by Zhang Biao under a soft heart. They are three sisters and brothers, the eldest is 12 years old and is called Ping'er, the old is 20 years old and Xiang'er, and there is a little brother named Bao'er who is only 6 years old. Because of their father's early death, the three siblings have been dependent on their mother. Yesterday, their mother was seriously ill and died, and the three sisters and brothers were tearful and sold themselves on the street to bury their mother, which was very pitiful. Zhang Biao thought that Zhou Ming and his wife still had pity on the homeless, and this lonely and helpless child should also be taken in, so he brought the three of them back to Wuweizhai.

Sure enough, when Lin Taohua saw the three little guys in rags, her eyes were red at that time, and she quickly asked Zhang Biao to buy three sets of thick winter clothes, and asked the third junior high school to serve three bowls of hot soup for them to eat.

Zhou Mingben was reading in the room, and Lin Taohua sent the third year of junior high school to report to him.

Zhou Ming said with a smile: "The affairs in the house are all up to the lady, so you don't have to tell me in the future." ”

The third junior covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Originally, the lady had assigned people to the kitchen, and when I saw that Brother Bao had nowhere to arrange, I remembered to report to the owner." Hehe, Madame means that she wants to bring Bao Ge'er back to Zhuohua Villa and let him go to the village to study. ”

Zhou Ming smiled: "I'll just say how I remembered to report to me today." What about Madame? ”

The third junior replied: "I'm going back to the house today, Madame will go to the counter and explain it, and I'll be back later." Do you want to bring back the books from the owner's house? ”

Zhou Ming looked at the books he bought in the past two days and said with a smile: "I bought so many before I knew it." You clean up, and then let Cheng Xuan move to the carriage. ”

The third blessing of the junior high school is called yes, and he cleans up the table with his hands and feet. Zhou Ming stretched his body and went out to look for Lin Taohua.

It snowed last night, and it was indescribably cold and clean outside. Zhou Ming took a breath of cold air, and suddenly felt that there was a little less fragrance of flowers in the yard.

"Young master, the carriage is ready." Cheng Xuan, who rushed over from Zhoujia Village early in the morning, saw Zhou Ming and hurriedly ran over to greet him.

Although Cheng Xuan is Zhou Ming's little servant, he is often thrown aside by Zhou Ming, and his situation is only a little better than Cheng An. Although he can't serve his master closely, at least he doesn't have to stay in the cold place of the ancestral hall all day.

Zhou Ming nodded, "Don't be busy first, you go to the flower and tree shop on North Street to have a look, find a few plums, begonias or spring greetings and put them in the yard." ”

Cheng Xuan was finally sent on an errand, happily agreed, and ran to North Street in a hurry.

Lin Taohua came over from the front yard with Brother Bao, and happened to bump into the elated Cheng Xuan, and asked strangely: "What good thing have you encountered, happy to be like this?" ”

Cheng Xuan saluted Lin Taohua and said with a grin, "The young master told me to go to North Street to buy flowers." ”

Lin Taohua has a black line, is it worth being so happy about this?

"I said, whatever Cheng Xuan says, it's also assigned to your little servant, and you don't always hang others. You see, you can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, which makes you happy when you buy a flower. Lin Taohua casually tied Zhou Ming's open cloak and said angrily.

Zhou Ming held her somewhat cold hand in his hand and said softly: "I asked you not to buy Xiaowu, you have to buy it, but now Cheng'an has been taken to the ancestral hall by the eldest brother to clean it, and Chengxiang has been thrown into the mountains by the second brother to collect prey, so Chengxuan can still follow me occasionally." ”

Lin Taohua rolled her eyes, "I can't use it now, and I don't necessarily need it in the future." You are going to enter Beijing after the New Year, and there must always be someone around you to take care of you, and Chengxuan must take it with you. Chengxiang will let him come to the other courtyard in a few days, I will also dial the fourth year of junior high school, let them clean the courtyard first, and the second brother and Sister Hui will go to live after they get married. As for Cheng'an......"

"Nope." Zhou Ming suddenly interrupted her.

Lin Taohua was surprised, this was the first time Zhou Ming had interrupted her words so abruptly.

"Cheng Xiang and the fourth junior high school can't be sent to another hospital, and after the second brother and Sister Hui leave home, they must no longer be involved in the villa except for the major events in the family." Zhou Ming saw that she didn't understand what she meant, so he explained.

When Lin Taohua heard this, her eyebrows rose and she said angrily: "Why? is obviously two people who love each other, but because Sister Hui has been married, they can't stay together. Although the methods adopted by the second brother are not in line with the etiquette system, the result is good. I won't say anything if you and Dad are going to kick them out, after all, they are indeed at fault, but what does this act of drawing a line mean? Zhou Wu, isn't he his father's son, nor is he your second brother? ”

The more she talked, the more angry she became, and finally threw off Zhou Ming's hand directly.

"Peach Blossom, you also said that the country has national laws and family rules, and I am the head of the family,......" Zhou Ming reluctantly reasoned with her.

Lin Taohua was very annoyed, and waved her hand directly: "Okay, don't tell me about the responsibility of the head of the family, I only know that they didn't take it by force and didn't take it by force, and the national law is nothing more than human affection, let alone family law." Obviously, outsiders don't know about this at all, why do their own family members do such a desperate thing! I bought all the maids and maids, and I said I would go. ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Zhou Ming to speak, and left in a huff.

"Madame......" heard the two arguing, and hurriedly ran out, and the junior high school hurriedly caught up.

"Tell the porter that I'm not going back today."

"This ......" the third junior high school made a bitter face and turned his head to look at Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming was also very helpless about Lin Taohua's situation of blowing up his hair when he encountered unsatisfactory family affection, and waved his hand to let the third junior high school go down.

"Bao'er has seen the owner." The little child who was left at the door of the room saluted Zhou Ming a little helplessly.

Zhou Ming looked down at the trembling little boy, and said gently: "You are Brother Bao'er, hehe, don't be afraid, Mrs. is angry with me, it will be fine after a while." You go back with me later, there is another brother and a sister in the Zhuangzi. ”

Brother Bao nodded obediently and was led into the house by Zhou Ming's hand.

The third junior high school chased him to the front yard and was stopped by the first junior high.

"What happened just now? I saw that Madame went out with an unhappy face. ”

"Out?" The third junior was taken aback, "No one is following here, why did you go out alone." After speaking, he didn't care about answering the words of the first year, and chased him out with a fox fur.

When I saw it at the beginning of the year, I couldn't rest assured, so I took off my apron and chased it out with my cloak.

"What's going on?" Zhang Biao looked strangely at the junior high school and the first junior high school who ran out in a hurry, and muttered to himself.

Lin Taohua originally ran to the kitchen angrily, but the people in the kitchen saw that her face was not good, and they were frightened and didn't dare to come out. Lin Taohua saw that it affected the work of the people, so she came out. She didn't want to go back to the backyard, so she simply went out.

The snow outside was slippery, and she felt angry in her heart, so she accidentally fell, and her buttocks hurt, and tears flowed down.

"Madame! Are you alright? The junior high school hurriedly rushed over to help her.

Lin Taohua was depressed, and directly punched two punches in the snow as if she were splashing, and her hands were covered with snow water, which was cold to the bone.

"My lady, get up quickly, you can't use your body to vent your anger if you are angry." The first year of junior high school also ran over to help her.

Lin Taohua stood up according to the strength of the two, and said very angrily: "Why can't my sister Hui be with the second brother properly?" ”

The first and third sides of the junior high school looked at each other. The matter of the second master and the second lady in the house is taboo, and the two of them are the big girls who serve by Lin Taohua's side, and they know this matter better than others.

To tell the truth, Zhou Huihe is still with a child, even if the Zhou family treats her well, no one in the family thought that she could marry into the Zhou family. When the old man took the owner to Zhou Hui's house to propose, I don't know how many people were stunned.

A few of the people who served the master close were aware of the whole story, and they had whispered in private. Once, Liu's mother, who was serving Zhou Wang's family, scolded the shameless hook man in private, and was beaten by Lin Taohua when she heard it, and fed dumb medicine and sold it. Under her fierce gaze, the few who knew about it were eager to raise their hands and swear to show their innocence.

This was the first time that the people in the mansion were angry when they saw Lin Taohua, and even Zhou Ming was surprised when he found out. Only then did the people in the house realize that the generous third lady also had reverse scales, and since then, the servants and maids who knew what had happened or not kept their mouths shut.