Chapter Eighty-Four: Temporary Retreat
"You're still complaining! None of us are as good as you. Aunt Zheng said sourly.
Aunt Yulan also said with jealousy: "Your belly makes us envious, so it's better to forget it for us." As he spoke, he smiled and reached out to touch Aunt Zhou's belly.
"It's just ......," Aunt Zheng echoed with a smile.
"I said the wrong thing, the two sisters spare me!" Aunt Zhou smiled and pushed away Aunt Yulan's outstretched hand.
Tian also smiled and said, "Don't mess with her." She can't beat the two of you right now. ”
"Look at the wife protecting you, this is to envy us!" Aunt Zheng said.
Aunt Yulan patted Zhou's shoulder with a smile and said, "It's not! We were just joking with my sister, how dare we really move our hands and feet, and my wife was too protective of us. ”
Ruohong smiled and looked at a few bickering mouths, and sighed that these women were really idle, but fortunately she was a child and did not become a person like them.
Ruohong held a needle and thread in her hand, sewing two pieces of cloth of small clothes under Tian's guidance, she had already learned five or six kinds of stitching methods with peony, and with Tian's guidance, she could sew it easily.
After lunch, Ruohong served Tian and took the pomegranate back to Guanfang Temple.
When I entered the house, I saw Ruoxue sitting on a small couch, with an inch-thick bound book in her hand, and she was looking very seriously.
On the side, Mi Pearl sat on a futon on the ground, meditating cross-legged with her eyes slightly closed.
A little farther away, on the little vulture, sat a little maid on duty, holding a needle and thread in her hand and didn't know what she was embroidering, when she heard the footsteps, she raised her head and saw that it was Ruohong, stood up and shouted: "Third Miss." ”
Ruohong smiled and said, "You can't pretend that you didn't see me, and let me go over and scare my sister." ”
"A-Niang fell asleep?" Ruoxue raised her head and looked at her and said.
"Sleep."
Ruohong walked over and sat down by the eaves, leaned over half of her upper body, and looked at the book in Ruoxue's hand, "Which shop's account book is this?" When was it delivered? She said.
Ruoxue smiled, put the book on Ruo Hong's legs, and said with a smile: "This is the account book in your apprentice's shop, you can take a look." ”
Ruohong was stunned for a while, she didn't remember which her apprentice was, Ruoxue saw that she couldn't remember, so she reminded her with a smile, "It's the cook who makes boiled fish." She said.
Ruohong then remembered that when she came back from Maoshan, she accepted an apprentice who was cooking, and she laughed when she remembered the apprentice named Ma Laoshi.
After laughing enough, Ruohong sat up straight and asked with a smile: "How is the business, is anyone going to eat?" ”
At that time, Ruohong had just woken up, and Ruoxue didn't want to ruin Ruohong's good mood, so she changed the name of the restaurant according to her wishes.
"Business is good, in less than four months, the profit is already more than last year." Ruoxue had a happy look on her face, and then said: "The apprentice you taught has developed several new ways to eat boiled fish, one is boiled pork slices, and the other is to boil all kinds of vegetables together, which is also very good!" ”
Ruohong smiled proudly and said, "Not bad! It's quite brainy, why didn't you use your brain earlier! "She is very proud of her master.
"I didn't open my mind before, but when I was pulled by your little master, he was enlightened." Ruoxue said with a smile.
"By the way, how much money did you make? Can I divide into no? Ruohong's eyes flashed with the kind of look that only when he saw a banknote, he looked at Ruoxue.
"Eight hundred and thirty taels." Ruoxue raised her hand to take her hand and said with a smile: "How much silver do you want?" You say you want as much as I give you"
Ruohong heard that it was only more than 800 taels of silver, so she pouted, and this little bit of silver was not as much as the silver in the box in her house.
Taking the silver from Ruoxue's hand was too unfulfilling, so she didn't want to.
Ruohong thought that she could earn more than 800 taels of silver, so little! Looking at Ruoxue, she was very happy, she felt that she had overlooked something?
Ruohong remembered, Ruoxue said that this was last year's profit, she had been in the rich nest for a long time, and she didn't know what eight hundred taels of silver meant to a small rich family.
Ruoxue saw her expression and knew that she hated the lack of silver, so she told her about the use of the boiled fish restaurant.
"The leather shopkeeper and the bookkeeper, plus the cook and the men, have less than a hundred taels of silver a year.
If that restaurant is not our family, the annual rent of 100 taels of silver is enough.
No matter how expensive the ingredients are, they won't cost five hundred taels of silver a year,......" Ruoxue said to Ruohong one by one.
"In other words, the income of eight hundred taels a year is already a lot, right?" Ruohong interrupted her, she knew, it was only a few months before she had earned the silver of the previous year, so? In the remaining months, you can earn the silver that used to be many years old.
Seeing that her face was full of light again, Ruoxue nodded and smiled: "Yes." How do you want to divide it? ”
Ruohong waved her hand and said, "Don't talk about this, how did you talk to Grandma about your trip tomorrow?" Grandma said nothing? ”
"I said to put a few sticks of incense on Daddy, recite scriptures for a few days, and pray for the blessings of my family......" Ruoxue said with a smile: "Grandma didn't say anything, just said that when the weather is warm in April, she will also go to Fahua Nunnery to live for a while." ”
"Oh."
Ruohong said "oh" softly, and the old lady is not difficult to speak! Why aren't the two sisters close to the old lady?
Ruohong asked her the biggest doubt in her heart again, "How do you know that the grandmother of the prince must be in Fahua Nunnery?" What if I'm not there? She said.
Ruoxue smiled and explained to her, "There are also several nunnery in Jinling City, and the only nunnery favored by the rich and noble is the Fahua Nunnery, one is that the place in the Fahua Nunnery is large enough and there are many scenery for viewing, and the other is that the houses in the Fahua Nunnery where guests live are clean and divided into small courtyards.
If you want to stay for a few days to half a month, it is the best place to go. She said.
"Also, I saw two peach blossoms in the envelope." Ruoxue smiled slyly and said, "There is only one nunnery with peach blossoms. ”
"I see!"
Ruohong only saw the letter paper and didn't look at the envelope, even if she saw those peach blossoms, she couldn't guess which nunnery it was, which shows that it also depends on whether she has a heart or not!
Ruohong hugged Ruoxue's shoulder, "What do you think of that son, looks like a family and family, is it qualified to be my brother-in-law?" She said.
Ruoxue's face turned red when she asked, she raised her hand to pinch her little face, which already had some meat, and said in a heavy voice: "I don't know if he can come back, if he can't come back......
If there is no refutation, is this considered a willingness?
Ruohong was shocked when she heard that her tone was wrong, if Li Tao couldn't come back, then the Mei family would have to meet the wrath of King Jin Zhang, which the Mei family couldn't bear, and it might be a catastrophe for the Mei family.
She couldn't help but look at Ruoxue with worried eyes, I don't know when she thought of this, if she thought of it when she saw the letter, how could she still be so calm and composed?!
Ruoxue saw the worried look on her face, and said with a smile: "Didn't he let us take good care of his grandmother, don't worry, as long as he takes care of his grandmother, the matter may not be too serious." ”
"Oh!"
Ruohong thought in her heart, people are asking you to take care of his grandmother, but nothing happens without her. However, if the old lady can be taken care of, King Jin Zhang's anger may be able to be endured a little, and maybe he can leave a way for the Mei family to survive.
This sister's mind is so meticulous, she can't compare, it's really subtle!
"Aren't you afraid at all?"
"What's the use of being afraid?"
Suddenly, there was a shout of chickens flying and dogs jumping.
Mi Zhu, who had been sitting quietly, opened her eyes and slowly got up and stood aside, Ruoxue and the two of them didn't wake her up just now, but now she woke up.
I guess I'm awake all the time!
"Sister...... Sister ......"
Ruolan swayed her little body and ran in, shouting her sister in her mouth, but she couldn't stop it under her feet, and pounced directly on Ruoxue.
Xiao Tao chased behind him panting, there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and when he entered the house, he was crooked on the carved partition fan without an image, panting.
Ruoxue was knocked into Ruolan's arms and lay down on the spring couch with her in her arms, "What's wrong?" Running in such a hurry. She said.
"Fifth sister wants to beat me......"
Ruolan lay on Ruoxue and gasped for two breaths, before she said slowly: "Big sister, the fifth sister wants to go to that and that nunnery with the big sister tomorrow, but she didn't dare to come and tell her sister, so she asked me to come and tell my sister, I refused to come, and the fifth sister chased me and beat me, so I ran here." She said with a small mouth.
Ruolan just finished speaking, the fifth lady Ruofei and her maid Caidie slowly paced in, she originally ran out to chase Ruolan, and stopped running halfway, and walked over slowly.
Ruofei thought that Ruolan would sell her if she went to the eldest sister, so she was not in such a hurry, Ruolan said it, she originally wanted the eldest sister to know, so she would save herself from saying it.
Since the beginning of August last year, Yang took her and her second sister to see a temple fair, and they haven't been out for more than half a year.
Ruofei really wants to go out for a walk, although going to Hokkean is not shopping, but it is good to be able to change places!
Ruohong picked up Ruolan from Ruoxue, asked the two of them to sit up, looked at Ruofei who came in with a strained face, and asked her, "Do you want to go to Fahua Temple?" ”
Ruofei nodded hurriedly, "Well, I haven't been out for a long time, so take my sister with me." She said, pitiful.
Seeing the look of hope in Ruofei's eyes, Ruohong thought that there were too many restrictions on women in ancient times, and everything she did had to uphold etiquette, and she couldn't even go shopping, especially Miss.
Ruoxue tidied up the clothes embroidered with jasmine on her body, looked at Ruofei and said, "You are a sister, how can you beat your sister?" If my sister is at fault, you can just say a few words to her, how can she run after the yard. Also, if there is something to come to me directly, what are you doing with the sixth sister? She can't be the master.
If there is anything in the future, come to me directly, they are all sisters in the family, there is nothing that cannot be said, don't twist and pinch the spirit of a small family. ”
Ruofei lowered her head when she was said, and said softly, "I know." ”
Ruoxue looked at her for a while before she said, "You went to ask the second aunt, and the second aunt agreed that I would take you there." ”
Ruofei raised her head and looked at Ruoxue, and I was in one place with two hands nervous, "A-Niang agreed, she said let me ask my sister you, did my sister agree?" She said.
As long as it is something that can make trouble for Ruoxue, the Yang family is happy to see it, so when Ruofei said it, she readily agreed.
Ruoxue smiled and nodded, and advised: "I agreed, you also have to go back and talk to the second aunt, and then ask the maid to pack a few clothes and jewelry, and get up early tomorrow morning." ”
Ruofei smiled again on her face, and said happily: "Well, I know, I'll go and talk to A-Niang." ”
As he spoke, he ran out again happily.
Caidie chased Ruofei and ran out, muttering quietly: "If I knew it was so simple, I wouldn't have to pry Miss Six......"
Ruofei heard her muttering and snorted softly. Caidie didn't dare to speak anymore, and followed her out of Guanfangyuan closely.
Ruolan hugged Ruoxue's arm, tilted her head, and looked at Ruoxue with a pair of watery eyes, "Big sister, I'm going too." She said hurriedly.
"Okay." Ruoxue said, reaching out and touching the small tugs on her head.
Ruoxue thought that Mei Zhiyuan was already sick, and she didn't know how many people would get sick? Ruolan is another person who loves to run around, and she may be infected with the virus one day in the house, so take her to Fahua Nunnery to avoid it for a while.
Ruoxue turned her head and instructed Xiao Tao, "You go back and talk to the third wife, and tomorrow I will take the sixth sister to Fahua Nunnery." Pack up Miss Six's clothes and bring them to me. ”
Ruohong wants to say that she has other things to do when she goes to the nunnery, and how many things will happen with her two children! Ruohong didn't believe that Ruoxue couldn't think of this, and seeing that she wasn't troublesome at all, she didn't say much.
Xiao Tao bent her knees and turned to go back to talk and pack her things.
Ruoxue and Ruolan said that they would sleep in her house at night, and that they would wake her up tomorrow morning, and told Ruolan that she would also sleep with her when she arrived in the nunnery.
Ruolan nodded her little head, indicating that she was very willing to sleep with her big sister, she would be very honest and promised not to kick her sister.
Ruoxue smiled and learned Ruohong to kiss her on the face, it felt different! It's like eating a bite of tender tofu.
Xiao Tao and Tao said that Miss Six was going to Fahua Nunnery, and the eldest lady agreed, asking her to come back and pay her a few more clothes, and send them to the eldest lady.
Tao listened to Xiao Tao's words and said, "What is she going to do, isn't it causing trouble for her sister!" ”
Mei Zhishu, who was sitting next to him and writing in big characters, stopped writing anymore and said, "A-Niang, I also want to go to play in the Fahua Nunnery." ”
Fourth Miss Ruofeng put down the embroidered bandage in her hand, looked at Tao with burning eyes, as long as she said let her brother go, she asked to go together.
Tao saw that his eldest daughter also wanted to go, and said: "Don't look at me, your eldest sister is not going out to play, she has to take care of your eldest aunt, Aunt Zhou and your third sister, plus your sister, it is enough for her to be busy!" Both of you are honest with me to stay at home and not go anywhere. ”
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