Early in the morning, Xie Mulin got up after dawn to freshen up, had breakfast in his room, practiced calligraphy for a while, and then put on the thick clothes he wore when he went out, went to the main courtyard, and gave his cheap mother Wen a hand.

Generally speaking, this is about the time when Wen starts taking care of the housework. If you go early, you may disturb your parents' time together and be an unwelcome light bulb; If you go late, after Wen's family takes care of the housework, there may be guests coming to the door. Whether it is the two ladies of the Hakka family in the outer courtyard, or the relatives of the neighbors nearby, or the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sent by the wife and wife to ask for peace, Xie Mulin is a little insensitive to gratitude, and he doesn't want to be dragged by them to ask questions such as "how old is it" and "have you kissed", nor do you want to become a talking point when the other party talks in someone else's house, such as "I went back to the Xie Shen government and saw the second girl from the south of his family" and so on.

However, on the way to the main courtyard, Xie Mulin had to visit several brothers and sisters all the way to find out how they were doing today, and when he met Wen, he could report to her. Although Xie Mulin is not the eldest daughter, she is also used to doing some things that the eldest daughter does, and she does not find it troublesome.

Naturally, the first thing she went to was the courtyard of her neighbor Xie Yingrong.

Xie Yingrong probably found that he had no freedom of movement, he couldn't go out easily, and it was not easy to send girls around to inquire about the news, so he gave up on himself. On weekdays, because Xie Pu and Wen's requirements are not high, she has never been courteous in front of Mrs. Xie and Song, so she doesn't even care about the morning and dusk provinces, and she goes to bed early and gets up late every day, almost nesting in the house, and she will bury her head in writing something in her spare time, but she never shows it to others, and she will burn it after writing, and if she doesn't burn it, she will put it away densely, and the keys and everything else are close to her.

She speaks a little yin and yang, and she has always been unpopular, except for Xie Mulin who will visit her as usual, only Aunt Dajin can't go to her daughter every day to do needlework. But Xie Yingrong also ignores her biological mother, and others are naturally not happy to be bored.

The rough mother-in-law in the courtyard saw it in her eyes, and within a few days, she was already discussing in private, the three girls from Xie Shenzheng's family were not very talkative, and they didn't even abide by the formal etiquette, that is, they were born better, and they were good at dressing up, and their character was really worrisome, and their temperament was a little contemptuous and lazy. Obviously, the other girls are not bad, and the housewife is also a gentle and polite person, and I don't know how the third girl can develop this appearance. Although the two aunts have different temperaments, the three girls were born to the friendly Aunt Jin, not like their own mothers at all, but Aunt Qin with eyes on the top of their heads, and the four girls born are very kind and friendly. These two pairs of mother and daughter should have lost one by one.

This kind of talk is only circulated among those hired servants, and few of the masters of the Xie family are aware of it, let alone outsiders. These servants also have their own rules, and it is easy not to divulge the private affairs of their employers, and it is not easy for them to speak. Therefore, Xie Yingrong unknowingly commented on the victimization, but he still didn't know anything about it.

Xie Mulin entered the house and said a few words to Xie Yingrong, seeing her lukewarm appearance, he was not interested in sticking a cold face to a hot ass, and he didn't even bother to sit, so he came out directly.

However, Xie Yingrong's two girls are very knowledgeable, the one named Shunxin took the initiative to report to Xie Mulin what his girl had done that day, and the other named Ruyi also followed Shunxin. Although there is nothing to mention about this kind of thing, and the content of the daily report is similar, the consciousness of the two girls is gratifying. Xie Mulin accepted their kindness. After making sure that Xie Yingrong was not a demon, she left the courtyard.

The second one went to Xie Yinghui. Xie Yinghui didn't find out that she had a chill before, but now that she is in Beiping, she almost can't wait to stay in the house every day and not go out. If it weren't for Xie Mulin's death, she would not even be happy to go to the garden and walk along the glass corridor for two quarters of an hour, preferring to sit on the kang without moving. On the day she first arrived in Beiping, she sat on the kang and instructed the girls to sort out their luggage and count out her private room. Now that she was completely settled and her luggage was put away, she began to do needlework very seriously, making small objects such as purses, silk handkerchiefs, and wiping her forehead.

The other small objects were gone, and Xie Mulin noticed that she was doing that forehead wipe with extra care. Although it looks like a very simple and concise style, the best materials are selected for everything, and if the embroidery is not good, Xie Yinghui will dismantle and redo it. Listening to the way she speaks on weekdays, it seems that the one she makes in her hands is just a practice, and when she is ready, she will take a new silk material to make an exact one.

Xie Mulin carefully looked at the style of the forehead, and felt that such a plain color was definitely not for the Wen family, and the old lady Xie preferred a slightly more vivid pattern, although it was more suitable for the Song family's style, but Xie Yinghui and the Song family were not close enough to this extent.

She could immediately guess that this wipe was a meeting gift that her eldest sister prepared to give to her future mother-in-law, Zhen. No wonder Xie Yinghui is so serious, and it's hard for this eldest lady who hardly does needlework.

When Xie Mulin saw Xie Yinghui, she had just eaten breakfast, and she had been sitting cross-legged on the kang, burying her head in embroidering an orchid on her forehead. Xie Mulin watched it for a while, saw that she was serious, and didn't make fun of her, chatted a few words, and left.

Next is Xie Yingfen. However, Xie Yingfen is almost at her younger brother Xie Hanzhi these days, otherwise she would go to the elders' house to accompany the Song family, Xie Meijun and Yang Yuan, and usually go back to her hospital at night, so Xie Mulin asked her mother-in-law at the gate of the courtyard, and made sure that Xie Yingfen was not there, so she went directly to Xie Hanzhi.

Xie Hanzhi's condition has completely recovered, and his complexion has recovered slightly, and he doesn't look as pale as before. In the past two days, he has also begun to accept the advice of his brothers and sisters, to walk around the house more every day, and when the weather is not so cold, he will go to the garden, take a few walks in the corridor with glass windows, exercise his body, and stop getting sick at every turn.

He didn't know what trouble his biological mother had caused recently, but when he saw Xie Yingfen's bad face, he blamed himself very much, thinking that his sister was getting more and more haggard because she was taking care of herself. Xie Yingfen deduced that it was because he was not accustomed to the water and soil, and he was only half-convinced.

Xie Yingfen was afraid that her younger brother would continue to be entangled on this topic, so she said that she would accompany Xie Mulin to the main courtyard and retired first.

Out of Xie Hanzhi's courtyard, Xie Yingfen asked Xie Mulin in a hurry: "Second sister, Yuan Yuan has always come to me recently, and sometimes he even finds the fourth brother's courtyard, and my aunt also came at that time, but in front of Yuan Yuan and the fourth brother, I can't say anything more to Ginkgo." Do you know my aunt...... How's it going? Have the father and wife decided what to do with her? ”

Where did Shemulin know the answer? Then he said: "I don't know, why don't we go to my mother's place and inquire together?" ”