Ji Heng is also hunting with him in the forest farm, and now there are only three daughters-in-law left in the family, oh, and an otherworldly old lady Pei.

Old lady Pei didn't know where he went, but he always ignored family affairs, and Afu was used to it.

Wang Xi and Huan Xian sat and stood together, silently wiping tears in front of the old lady's spirit.

Huan Xian saw Afu crying and trembling, looking at her heart and heart, and her big belly came to help her.

Afu saw her vaguely with teary eyes, and couldn't help but think of the old lady's kindness. Although she said that she was not in a hurry, but when she was old, who didn't want to tease her grandson? It didn't make the old man's mind come true.

Huan Xian said with tears in her eyes: "Sister-in-law, get up quickly, my mother-in-law passed in her sleep, her face was peaceful, and there was no pain when she thought about it. ”

Afu wiped her tears and stood up, helped Huan Xian to the side and sat down, she couldn't say anything for a while, she only felt comforted.

A room full of people wept silently, and no one spoke.

After a long time, Afu sighed softly: "Things still have to be done, I can't let A-Niang be like this.."

Wang Xi glanced at her and whispered in a hoarse voice: "The family is all in the hunting ground, what should I do." ”

Ah Fu thought to herself that the old lady had not reached the age of old confusion, so how could she shake off her hands as if she was in charge every day.

But she naturally didn't say this, and desperately recalled in her mind how she was a girl and how she had happy events, but in her short life of more than ten years, she really hadn't encountered such a big event, and she couldn't help but hesitate.

A short, stocky figure hurriedly came in, and it was Yuan Niang.

When Afu went to Zhuangzi, she didn't take Yuan Niang over, because the two of them had been separated for a long time, and when she saw the nurse who brought her to adulthood since she was a child, Afu couldn't help but have a sour nose.

Yuan Niang's eyes were also red, and she came over to hold her elbow and stand aside.

With the support of the long-experienced Yuan Niang, Afu unconsciously felt a lot more confident, and said softly: "Having said that, even if the second master and the third master are at home, it is the responsibility of the master mother to do red and white ceremonies." Besides, the weather is not cold at the moment, if you wait until the two masters come back from the forest farm, I'm afraid things will not be easy. ”

Wang Xi nodded and didn't say anything.

Huan Xian said no two words and began to cry: "Mother-in-law also said that she would take us to practice more, who knows..."

Afu gently rubbed her shoulder, holding back tears and comforting: "A-Niang has a spirit in the sky, look at us." A few of us will definitely be able to arrange what happened after A-Niang's death. ”

Wang Xi was also sad in his heart, but he was unhappy when he looked at Afu. Why does everyone else call her mother-in-law, and she doesn't forget to go anywhere with "A-Niang" and "A-Niang" alone? She is an outsider, and she has only been with her mother-in-law for more than a year, and she seems to be closer than their relatives who have broken bones and tendons.

Besides, the "housemother" keeps saying that she will take care of it, isn't it just watching her mother-in-law go and be the boss in the backyard? How could I not see my mother-in-law take responsibility when she was still there, and I knew every day that I was with Shuyu, you and me...

Afu didn't know about her twists and turns, she only felt that the aunt who was so good to them was now, no matter how big the hatred was, she should let it go back, and let her mother-in-law be buried first.

Huan Xian hesitated and said, "That.. Let's go and ask my father-in-law first? ”

It's not that Huan Xian is indecisive, it's just that he married himself, although he often sees Mrs. Pei when he asks for peace, no one has ever accosted him, usually the old lady talks lively, he sits alone and reads the official document and smokes cigarettes, as if he can't see a few of them, even Shuyu Jiheng rarely talks to him.

Afu was also stunned, and couldn't help but put her eyes on Wang Xi, and was glanced at by her with disgust.

Yuan Niang took the words just right: "Then naturally I want to ask for instructions." Madame may wish to make a list, present it to the old lady, and then instruct the housekeeper to do it. ”

Afu nodded again and again when she heard this, her face was just faint, but Huan Xian unabashedly clapped her hands and said: "In the end, Yuan Niang is a person who has passed through things, and a few of us will be numb as soon as we arrive." ”

Yuan Niang said with a smile: "It's also that the ladies are young, and when they reach the age of the old slave, they will definitely be full of children and grandchildren, and they will be used to doing things at that time." ”

Wang Xi got up and said, "Then let's draw up a list, Jin Chuan, and serve the pen and ink." ”

With the help of Yuan Niang, in the end, I drew up a rough idea when it was dark.

The reservation of all white supplies, the erection of the house and the arrangement of the mourning hall, the invitation and salute to the family, Afu Baba called the old steward of the house, and finally decided, and just sent it to the old lady's room before there was a cup of tea.

The upright small block annotation reads: Everything is appropriate.

Wang Xi didn't care about anything, he had already gone back; Huan Xian has a big belly, and Afu is also afraid that she will be tired, and now only Yuan Niang looks at her face to face: from the appropriate, from what?

There was no way, the two had to go back to Rongdong Courtyard to worry about their brains.

This night made Afu almost sleepless. Although the Qingming family sacrifice is also her physical exercise, in the final analysis, it is a matter of the house, even if it is errand and embarrassing, there are always people who carry it, and it is a big deal to be ridiculed by the eldest sister-in-law.

But this is the great mourning of her mother-in-law, on the one hand, she really wants the old lady to go in style, on the other hand, if something really goes wrong under the noses of the powerful people in the city, she really doesn't want to live.

Early in the morning, Afu stubbornly selected soldiers in the courtyard.

Looking at a lot of stewards who had never even met in person, standing there with a horizontal body of meat, Afu was really a little flustered.

"Uh... The purchase of white silk will be made of... Let's do it. ”

Afu's voice didn't break, and the woman with a disc-like face came out of the line, and said in a rough voice: "The old slave listens to the order, dare to ask the second lady how much is the budget of two taels of silver?" ”

Afu didn't know the price, so she only asked her to support it in the account first, but Yuan Niang said no, she needed a fixed number.

Zhou He was also not there, and the master and servant were trapped in the courtyard, and they couldn't say anything about thirty or fifty.

Afu said: "You don't buy it in a hurry, and go to each shop to ask the price, and I will set it." ”

Tao Niang "coughed" and said with a smile: "This little thing, how can you still make the second lady feel tired?" It's just a difference of a few dozen taels of silver, and the second lady still cares about what to do. ”

Afu looked down at the list, her face burning. This is a change of way to laugh at her little family.

She ignored Tao Niang, and continued: "Post to the family, who was responsible for the dealings with the family in the past?" ”

An old woman stood up, and when Afu saw that the mother-in-law had counted her dowry, she couldn't help but have a "groan" in her heart.

The old woman saluted and said: "Back to the second lady's words, the old slave's family name is Ma, and the old lady called the old slave and the old Ma family in the past." The old slave is responsible for the accounting of the correspondence between these families, but the old lady always has to tell him which one has more and which one has less. ”

Afu nodded and said, "It's natural. Lao Ma's family, you first list the family list to me, and I will discuss it with the eldest lady before finalizing the post. ”

As soon as she said this, the ground buzzed. Ah Fu was flustered, and said with a forced smile: "What questions do you have about grandma? ”

There was another exchange of words at the bottom, and finally the peach girl held her hands and grinned: "Let's just ask, the second lady and the old lady are both called the old Ma family, our group of people who are half cut into the soil, should they be called the old Ma family, or the Xiao Ma family?" ”

Lao Ma's family didn't have any expression, but a trace of contempt could still be seen on her face.

Afu understood, this was to see her young age and thin skin, so she was threatened.

Before she opened her mouth, Yuan Niang smiled: "This peach girl has grown a lot of age and is full of wrinkles, how can she be ignorant?" This Pei Mansion belongs to Master Pei, and everything with Master Pei's family is naturally a cut higher. This street is much older than our wife, is it possible that our wife has to rush up to call grandma? ”

No one squeaked.

Yuan Niang smiled again: "If you don't talk about this person, the dignity is not in the old and the young, the brother in the belly of our third lady has not yet landed, and it is heavier than your blessing." ”

Sakura said with a smile: "I think Tao Niang's blessing is not shallow, and in the future, she may be able to marry a good family, and she will also be called an old family." ”

Because Tao Niang has a big waist and a round waist, she has always been single, and she is not even worthy of the little girl, listening to Sakura's sarcasm, Tao Niang blushed, lowered her head in a way, and the surrounding mother-in-law laughed again.

Sending out this group of old begging for food, Ah Fu was so angry that her brain hurt, she sat on the warm kang, and Sakura Sakura rubbed her with it, and said fiercely in her mouth: "This group of old immortals!" When Ah Niang was there, one or two pretended to be loyal! ”

Yuan Niang took off her outer shoes for Afu, put on the soft shoes she wore in the house, and said to Sakura: "The little hooves are really fast, you offended Tao Niang so much, she doesn't listen to Madame, I see where you cry!" ”

Sakura didn't dare to talk back, and kept her head down.

Afu panicked and asked, "Huh? Will she deliberately go against me? ”

Yuan Niang said: "How could it not! When your mother first got married and went to Xiangfu, Diao Nu bullied your mother for her low background, burned black carbon in your mother's house in the cold weather, and lost the son-in-law who didn't make a sound in your mother's stomach! ”

Neither Afu nor Sakura knew about this past, and Afu's eyes widened in shock: "Really? Is there still Brother Mingjun? ”

Yuan Niang didn't answer this, this lost son was conceived before marriage, and he didn't say it clearly, and he wanted to hide it, so the son Diao Nu took poisoned charcoal and harmed the unborn son, and Mrs. Xiang didn't say anything.

Afu felt that according to A-Niang's temperament, this Diao slave was afraid that she would not be able to do it, so she pulled Yuan Niang and asked, "What about the Diao slave?" But was he expelled by my mother? ”

Yuan Niang nodded and stuffed the booklet back into Afu's arms: "Girl, look at the booklet again, there are no omissions." ”

Where is it so simple to expel out, it is a young maid with bad intentions, Mrs. Xiang deliberately pretended to forgive her, after she was used to living a comfortable life, she was assigned to the groom in the house, and she was seen sleeping naked in the horse pen from time to time, and was trampled to death by the horse within a few years.

Yuan Niang shook her head, a good girl, who is born ruthless? If it weren't for the impermanence she had experienced, Mrs. Xiang would not have become the vulgar market she is now.

After reading a few pages, a maid came and said that the eldest lady had invited her to talk.

Ah Fu felt uncomfortable, but she didn't want to cause trouble, so she had to put on it, walked through most of Pei's mansion, and ran to Wang Xi's Wutong Courtyard to find her.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Lao Ma's family standing aside.

She instinctively felt bad.

Wang Xi squinted, and said with a smile: "Brother and sister are here?" Sit down. ”

Afu sat down, posing like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and said, "Sister-in-law looking for me?" ”

She also discussed with Yuan Niang on the way here, now that Shuyu is not in the house, the old lady is gone, the most important thing is to protect herself, don't harm this slut. It would be great if the old lady's funeral could be held in a beautiful way. On the side, if you can rely on it, it doesn't matter who you tear your face with.

Wang Xi said: "This is not to set the exchanges with the major families, I don't think you are familiar with this, why don't we discuss it together." ”

Afu was confused, she didn't know what she wanted to say, and finally understood that she was going to "play it right in court" by herself, and the old Ma family said a household, and Afu had to say the relevant treatment under Wang Xi's gaze.

Afu was furious in her heart, and she said it herself in Rongdong Courtyard that she was not familiar with it, so she had to discuss it with the eldest lady, which was good, Wang Xi had to make a mess in front of Lao Ma's family!

She reluctantly said a few words, and when she said a word, Wang Xi refuted it, with a smile that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and she was so angry that Afu couldn't help but end up together.

"Where's the Guan family?"

“... Which official? ”

"Left to pick up the relics of the adults."

Ah Fu roared in her heart, there are more than 20 left relics in the court, how does she know which door the old Ma family is talking about?

“.. I don't recognize it. ”