"No need, I've already asked people to go out and buy it." Harunyu said.

The woman smiled and said, "That's good! The eldest lady's affairs can't be delayed? He also said: "Sister is waiting here slowly, I still have something to go out for, so I won't accompany you to knock your teeth." ”

Chunliu smiled and said, "You are busy with your going, don't delay." ”

"That can't be." As she spoke, she waved her hand to dust off her garment, turned and went out of the corner door, and out of her sleeve came a pair of cards, which shook in front of the eyes of the two gatekeepers.

The two family members did not stop her, and let her go.

The woman went out of the corner gate, turned around and walked along the courtyard wall to the back street, it rained a few days ago, and the few rooms she managed and cared for were a little seeping, and today she went back to Zheng Ru's sister-in-law to get the right cards, and went to the back street to find two masons to go into the house to repair it.

"Did this mother come out of the inner courtyard?" A young man of eighteen or nineteen blocked her way.

The woman took two steps back and stood still, glanced at the young man, and saw that it was a young man with a handsome face, so she let go of her guard and asked, "Which one are you looking for?" ”

"I'm ......"

The man was a little restrained, opened his mouth a few times and didn't speak, and he didn't know if it was a stammer.

"If you don't say it, don't get in the way, I still have something to do, so I don't have time to rub shoulders with you." The woman was a little impatient, and raised her foot to turn around the young man.

"Wait......"

The man stretched out his two hands and stopped the woman again, "Mom, I want to ...... I want to see my aunt, can you help me get a message in. He said.

When the woman saw his eagerness, she asked, "Who is your aunt?" ”

"It's the eldest lady."

The woman took two steps back in fright, and looked him up and down again, seeing that he was wearing a gray cloth robe, not like the young master in the house, and I didn't know which room it was.

Seeing that he didn't speak like he was cheating, "You are the one, what's the matter with finding the eldest lady?" She said.

The man seemed to let go of his reserve, and his speech slipped smoothly, "My name is Mei Zhengli, and I am from the Mei clan who lives outside the city. I want to go to the city to go to school, and I want to find my aunt to help me lay the groundwork. He said.

It turned out to be Mei's side branch, and the woman thought that no wonder she hadn't seen him! "Studying is a big deal, just look for the eldest lady." She said.

"Then ask my mother to help introduce one or two." As she spoke, Mei Zhengli gave the woman a long bow.

"No, what's the ......" the woman hurriedly stepped out of the way, "Don't be like this, sir, I'...... Slaves and maids can't afford it. Alas...... Don't look at me, I'm not on an errand in the inner courtyard, I'm just watching the house in the front yard. She said.

Mei Zhengli was dumbfounded, and after talking to him for a long time, he took a few steps back and leaned against the wall, and slowly slid down and sat on the ground.

He finally mustered up the courage just now, and only with a shy face did he say the words of begging, but the obedient person was not what he wanted.

When the woman saw him like this, she also knew that she had done something wrong, and she should have said earlier that she was not from the inner court.

"It's me who is wrong, I shouldn't have made it clear to you." The woman changed her words and said, "Even if you meet someone from the inner court, you may not be able to pass the message to the eldest lady. When I went out just now, I saw the Chunliu girl in the courtyard at the door, why don't you go to the door and call her, it's better to talk to her than to find someone else. ”

She remembered the little maid she had just met at the corner gate, and asked him to find that Chunliu, which could save a lot of effort.

Mei Zhengli climbed up with one hand on the ground, with countless inquiring looks in her eyes, "Is what Mom said true?" He said.

"Which one can't lie to you." The woman turned and waved, "Go quickly, I'm afraid she'll go back if it's too late." As she spoke, she was already walking down the back street.

Although the backstreet of Mei's house is a small alley, there are dozens of families living in it, with one or two hundred people. The people who live here are inextricably linked to the Mei Mansion, either the children of the family are working as maids in the house, or the men or women are doing errands in it, and so on.

are all people who live on the house.

The woman entered the alley, walked a hundred and ten paces, pushed open a door and stepped in, "Is the muddy old man at home?" She shouted.

It is a spacious courtyard with three halls and two east rooms, and the courtyard has baskets and basins and other miscellaneous items in the corners, and there is a multi-level shelf nailed with wooden planks against the wall on the west side.

"Who?"

An eighteen or nineteen-year-old daughter-in-law came out of the east room, holding a lifelong milk doll in her arms, and when she saw the woman who came in, she smiled and said, "Aunt Lu has to be vacant, sit in the house quickly." ”

Lu Niangzi waved her hand to indicate that she would not go in, reached out to take the child and teased her, and said, "What about your father-in-law and your man?" Not at home? ”

The little daughter-in-law said: "It's not the east of Grandma Zhang's house, there is some rain leakage, my father and Shi his father went over to help fix it." Are you looking for them to repair the house? ”

"Not really." Mrs. Lu returned the child to her and said, "I'm on an errand in the house, but I can't delay it, I will go to them and do the things in the house first, it matters." ”

As he spoke, he walked out.

Mei Zhengli saw her leave, and also turned around and ran towards the corner gate, standing outside the corner gate and looking in, and sure enough, she saw a little girl in the door, slowly turning in circles with small steps.

The two janitors, when they saw him looking out into the courtyard, were about to go over and get someone.

Mei Zhengli saw that the family had the intention of acting, so she raised her voice and shouted: "Is it Sister Chunliu inside?" ”

Chunliu was a little anxious and didn't see the little guy come back, and suddenly heard someone behind her calling her, and hurriedly looked back, but she didn't know anyone.

Chunliu walked a few steps over and stood in the door looking at the man who was much taller than her opposite, "Are you calling me?" She said.

"Yes."

"You know me?"

"I don't know." Mei Zhengli immediately raised her hand and pointed to the woman who didn't know where to go, and said, "Just now a mother told me your name and left." ”

"Oh." Chunliu knew who he was talking about, "What did you tell me about?" She said.

Mei Zhengli arched her hand and said: "I want to ask my sister to help me say something in front of my aunt, just say that Mei Zhengli wants to kowtow to her." As he spoke, he bowed to the spring willow in the door.

"Who is your aunt? Plums...... Your surname is Mei? She said.

"My aunt is Miss Mei." Mei Zhengli said.

Chunliu stumbled, almost fell out of the door, and looked him up and down from the beginning, "What did you say?" The eldest lady is your aunt. She said.

Mei Zhengli said again: "Please ask my sister to help me talk to the eldest lady, saying that Mei Zhengli wants to kowtow to her." ”

At this time, the little girl walked back from the other side of the street quickly, stepped into the corner gate, and handed over the food box in his hand to Chunliu, as well as the remaining dozen copper coins, and also handed them to Chunliu.

Chunliu didn't ask for those copper coins, but complained that he had been gone for so long, and if he didn't come back, she would have to go back to the eldest lady and send someone out to catch him back.

The little guy took the money and sat on the threshold, "My little aunt, you don't know how many people are waiting there, and I can't compete with the person who goes first, so I waited there for a while before buying it back." As he spoke, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his head and said, "Besides, I run back and forth, and I can't fly, and I have to look at the food box......

Chunliu didn't have time to listen to the gossip, picked up the food box and walked back, walked a few steps and remembered that there was still a person standing outside the door, and when he turned around and saw that he was still there, he shouted: "You wait here......"

The little guy subconsciously responded with an "oh", only to realize that he was not talking to him, and then turned his head to look at Mei Zhengli outside the door, "Are you looking for someone?" He said.

"Yes."

"Looking for whom?"

"My aunt."

"Which one is your aunt?"

"It's the eldest lady."

One of the little servants did not sit firmly and tumbled down from the threshold and rolled into the courtyard.

Qiao Lian walked into the house and saw Ruoxue doing the arithmetic problems sent by Fahua Nunnery yesterday, she stood up for a moment before calling softly: "Miss, the assorted buns have been bought, do you want to eat here, or eat with Miss Five?" ”

"Let's go eat with my fifth sister."

Ruoxue put the quill pen on a pen holder, got up and asked Qiaolian to clean her hands, and then turned around and went to the room next door where Ruofei lived.

Ruofei sat on the side of the kang and had already eaten, and when she saw Ruoxue coming in, she said, "Big sister, come here, sit down and eat together, it's delicious!" ”

Ruoxue smiled: "I'm here to get some of my sister's blessings." As she spoke, Ruoxue walked to the other side of the kang table, took off her embroidered shoes and sat cross-legged opposite Ruofei.

Peony led a maid in with a pair of dishes, walked up, she put a bowl of prepared balsamic vinegar carefully on the kang table in front of Ruoxue, and put down a small plate.

Qiaolian opened the food box, took out the small cage drawer inside and handed it to Peony, Peony took the lid on it, took the jade bone chopsticks covered with silver, sandwiched an assorted small bun and put it on the plate, and took a pair of bamboo chopsticks from the tray held by the little maid and handed it to Ruoxue.

Ruofei was eating assorted buns and said that she had finished the questions given by Ruohong for two days, could she not write for a day tomorrow?

Ruoxue said with a smile: "You are full today, can you go without eating tomorrow?" ”

"Then I'm done writing, what are I going to write tomorrow?" She said.

Ruoxue sandwiched a small bun again, dipped it in a balsamic vinegar bowl, put it in a small plate, lowered her head and took a bite, "Then write it again, review the old and learn the new!" She said.

Chunliu, who was standing on the side, watched Ruoxue eat two small buns, and then stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Miss, the slave maid saw a person at the Dongjiao Gate just now, saying that his name is Mei Zhengli, and that you are his aunt, he said that he thought that he hadn't seen you for a long time, and wanted to come in and kowtow to you, but the housekeeper didn't recognize him and didn't dare to let him in." ”

Ruoxue didn't look at her when she heard someone talking, she took a handkerchief from Peony and wiped the balsamic vinegar at the corner of her mouth, "Didn't Lianxin come back?" She said.

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