Xie Mulin is very satisfied with the new courtyard, and feels that the space is quite large, and the five main rooms in the north are her territory, which are divided into bedrooms, study and living rooms, which are more than enough.

The hibiscus courtyard is close to the large kitchen in the northwest corner of the new house, and there is a water purification well in the courtyard where water can be supplied to the neighboring courtyard through a clay pipe buried under the ground. This kind of facility does not even have the Xie family's mansion in the Pearl Bridge in Jinling City.

The mother-in-law, who had been guarding the courtyard and was in charge of rough work, took water from one of the huts on the east side, heated it in a copper stove on the spot, and poured it into a wooden basin for Xie Mulin to wash. Xie Mulin washed his face with hot water, wiped his body, wiped the dust from his hair, changed into clean clothes, combed his hair again, and then went to meet his mother and sister and went to the sect room for lunch.

Out of the west courtyard gate, she turned around and looked at the main entrance of her own yard a few more times, only to find that the stone plaque above the courtyard gate was engraved with the words "Xiaolu self-opening".

I remember the Tinglan Courtyard where the fourth sister Xie Yingfen lives, and the stone plaque at the entrance of the courtyard is engraved with "Lan Zhi Qingfen". It is estimated that the words on these stone plaques are an analysis of the name of the hospital, right? The four words "Xiaolu blooms" must also be related to hibiscus. Speaking of which, Aunt Wanqin's insistence on letting Xie Yingfen live in Tinglan Courtyard instead of Hanlian Courtyard is not without reason, because the four words "Lan Zhi Qingfen" contain Xie Yingfen's name.

Cuijiao ran out of the courtyard gate in a panic: "Girl, wait for me!" Li'er followed behind and scolded, "What's the panic? You've learned the rules. It's easy to follow the girl out once, don't lose the girl's face in front of the old ladies and gentlemen in the sect! ”

Xie Mulin smiled and said, "Okay, it's just just just in case that she is called, and there is still a good sister to keep an eye on everything." Sister Li'er, don't scold her. I have to work hard for you in this yard. ”

Her luggage had to be put away and her room had to be rearranged. Xie Mulin handed over this work to Li'er, and Li'er was naturally very solemn: "Don't worry, girl, I will definitely clean up your house as soon as possible." ”

Xie Mulin said: "If you need manpower, just find someone to assign it, and you don't have to be polite." This is where we have our own home. ”

Pear smiled and responded.

Xie Mulin took Cuijiao through the courtyard and went to the upper room of the main courtyard, thinking in his heart that if he returned to the old mansion at any time in the future, it would be better to leave Li'er in the Hibiscus Courtyard to guard. There are a lot of valuables here, and she has enough reasons to arrange it this way. After a long time, after Li'er herself and the others are accustomed to their masters and servants not staying together all the time, it has become a legitimate thing for her to choose another girl to be an errand by her side. Li'er's parents are Ma Luyao and his wife, who are decent and financial. When their daughters reach the age of marriage, they are optimistic about the choice of son-in-law, and they will definitely take the initiative to ask Wen for grace.

When that day comes, she no longer has to worry about wearing a gang in front of Li'er every day, but she can't explain it.

In the future, she can also consider letting Li'er be her housekeeper after marriage, as long as she is not a close waiter, it is not a big problem. After a long time, any changes in her interests and preferences can be fooled, and Li'er finds that there are differences from "before", and it is no big deal.

Xie Mulin had a good idea in his heart, and the person had already walked to the main courtyard.

The main courtyard of the new house is very large, and there are five main rooms, not just five rooms in a row, but two rows, and ten rooms can be spaced out indoors, which looks even more spacious than the upper room of the main courtyard of the Xie family's mansion in Pearl Bridge. There are four rooms in a row in the south house, and the courtyard gate is in the middle, which is relatively much smaller, and they are all where the girl and the mother-in-law live. The main house is completely the territory of the master and the mother.

There are many pomegranate trees planted in the main courtyard, and now it is the time when the pomegranate blossoms bloom, and the front and back of the house are red and gorgeous, but it looks like a happy event.

Wen sat on a stone bench in the courtyard and waited for her daughter, and the fourth girl, Xie Yingfen, had already arrived first, pulling the girl Fluttershy to pick pomegranate flowers in the yard to play. When they saw Xie Mulin arrive, they all smiled. Wen got up and said, "Are you hungry?" Let's get to the sect's room, let's talk for a while, you can find some snacks first, and you will be able to eat soon." ”

Xie Mulin asked, "Is it only my mother and fourth sister who go with me?" Others don't go? ”

Wen smiled and said, "Your brothers are all in the academy, and they won't go home at noon." As for your two younger brothers, lunch will be eaten in the clan study, and Aunt Qin will send someone to bring the food over. "And of course Wanqin won't go to the sect's room, a concubine, and with that kind of background, what do you take to do?

Xie Mulin glanced at Xie Yingfen and saw that she was fine, and she didn't say much. The sister followed behind Wen and slowly walked out the door.

Xie Yingfen whispered to Xie Mulin about the situation of the sect. The content of her introduction is somewhat different from Wen's, not mentioning the elders, only the brothers and sisters. The two adult cousins naturally have nothing to say, and the cousins and sisters-in-law are not familiar with each other. Xie Yingfen is young, and when she is with her cousins, in addition to the lobby sister Xie Yinglian, she gets along most often with Xie Yingzhi, who is of the same age, and Xie Jintong, Xie Jin'an and Xie Jinli, who are the youngest.

She told Xie Mulin: "The three cousins are all very good-natured, sensible and polite, even the three-year-old Brother Li is not annoying, he smiles all day long, and people like it when they see it." Sister Lobby, gentle and kind, will also give me her own incense pills, in the summer in the sachet, wear with you, not only all the way, all the way to the incense, but also to repel mosquitoes, but also good! ”

Xie Mulin remembered what Wen had said on the boat, his heart moved, and he asked Xie Yingfen in a low voice: "What about the second cousin?" Why didn't you mention her? ”

"She?" Xie Yingfen pursed her lips, "She is the eldest lady of Yuan's concubine, and she is golden and noble, where do I dare to play with her?" ”

Xie Mulin raised his eyebrows: "Did she provoke you?" ”

"It's not provocative." Xie Yingfen spit out, "It's a bit like the tone of the wife of the main house who is trampled on the head of the concubine in the house of the noble with an empty name, and she wants to bring out the concubine at every turn, for fear that others will not know that she is a noble concubine, and I am the same as a concubine." Who to look down on? I'm a concubine of a high-ranking official, and I can't get into the eyes of her talented daughter? It's just that I thought that Zongfang was good with our family, and she was young and ignorant, so I didn't bother to bother with her! ”

Xie Yingfen's children, who follow her mother and sister all the year round, have traveled all over the capital to the high families and noble royal relatives. When it comes to this knowledge, Xie Yingzhen, who is a deep boudoir housegirl, is hard to match, let alone Xie Mulin, who has only been wearing for a few months.

Xie Mulin couldn't help but laugh.

Wen didn't know if he heard it, so he turned around and reminded them: "It's time to go out, don't talk about it anymore, let people hear it carefully." ”

The sisters quickly shut up, pretended to be well-behaved, and crossed the threshold of the gate.

They only took three girls, crossed the road, and entered the Zongfang mansion through the back door. The mother-in-law who was guarding the back door quickly welcomed them in, and someone flew to tell the master about it. Du Shi soon came out with his two daughters-in-law, greeted Wen, and asked Xie Mulin if he was tired of taking the boat? Did you sleep well last night? Can the old lady be in good condition? I could still take care of Xie Yingfen when I turned around, and asked her why she didn't come to the sect room to play in the past two days? said that Xie Yinglian and the sisters both talked about her.

Xie Yingfen believes that the lobby sister will miss herself, but Xie Yingzhi? Forget it. The child raised his apple face and responded with a false bright smile from Toshi.

Xie Mulin didn't have time to look more, and he was already surrounded by two cousins-in-law and pushed into the upper room of the main courtyard. As soon as the curtain of the door was lifted, the lively scene in the house suddenly came into her field of vision. As far as the eye can see, the warblers and swallows are full of laughter.

Xie Mulin couldn't help but feel in a trance, feeling as if he had walked into the set of "Dream of Red Mansions" again, this time it was the 87 version.