Chapter 137: Rehashing Old Accounts (1)
Mrs. Ying Guo waved her hand: "Go ahead." ”
The aunt next to her, Bai Lu, could also see what Mrs. Ying Guo meant, and replied with a chuckle: "Then I'll go back first, and the eldest aunt will rest for a long time." ”
"Hmm." Mrs. Ying Guo nodded, did not speak again, and waited for the two of them to come out of the courtyard.
Until Aunt Qin came back and said, "Old lady, everyone is gone." ”
Only then did he raise his eyes and look at Rong Changning: "Changning." ”
"Grandmother."
"What do you think of Aunt Sanfang?"
"......" Rong Changning pondered for a while, but he couldn't guess the meaning from Mrs. Yingguo's face: "The granddaughter-in-law doesn't have much contact with her aunt, so she can't judge. ”
"Your grandfather's generation, the concubines and concubines have a total of three brothers. We have the fewest people in the long room, and we have the fewest things. But the other two are also indispensably intersecting. When Ah Yi was born, your uncle Bai Xiuji blocked the bamboo garden and bullied our orphans and widows, and did not let Wen Wen Po or enter the doctor, and dragged Ah Yi's mother to death. Later, the princess regent arrived in time and slashed him with a knife, which was exchanged for Ah Yi's safe birth. It was also because of the princess regent that the second room left the imperial city and began to be lonely. It was not until the year of his ascension to the throne that he returned to the imperial city. ”
Rong Changning had heard about this past as early as in the boudoir, and the relationship between the two rooms of the long house had always been tepid. When he heard this, his expression did not look surprised.
Mrs. Ying Guo continued: "Sanfang has two sons in your father-in-law's generation. For my brother Bai Xiuyuan, he went to the battlefield with your father-in-law in his early years, and he also took care of us, and later took Ah Yi to Beisai to have the opportunity to make contributions. The aunt Bai Lu just now is the housemother of his family. The other one in the third room is called Bai Xiuting, who has made no achievements in cultural governance and martial arts, and has been living a stable life, and it is not far from our family. It's just that when they split up more than ten years ago, they had some unpleasantness with the Bai Lu family. ”
The maid added incense on the side, and Rong Changning listened carefully: "Daughter-in-law has written it down." ”
"Some people, three points are people and seven points are ghosts, they can't see clearly when they are far away, and they can't see when they are close. My grandmother is old, her eyes are dire, and she doesn't have the patience to look at it. Therefore, in the future, you will be asked to look at it more in and out of this courtyard, and if you see something wrong, you will do what you should do. ”
"Yes."
Rong Changning responded, but Mrs. Ying Guo still looked at her as she did just now, as if Rong Changning didn't really understand.
The sun was warm outside, and the maid pushed open the window with light steps. The spring breeze blows the fragrance of the incense burner all over the house. Looking at the trickling water on the rockery at the other end of the small pond, the mood also became cheerful.
Mrs. Ying Guo leaned on the hidden table, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief: "I have said it outside the courtyard, and grandmother will tell you about the courtyard again." Have you seen that Aunt Duan in Zhuyuan? ”
"My granddaughter-in-law has seen it, and I heard that it was the nurse of our Hou Ye's former mother."
"This person's relationship with other subordinates is indeed unusual, she is a distant relative of your third aunt. Ah Yi has been taken care of by Aunt Duan since he was born. The one in charge of the purchase in the house is called Yu Ya, and he is Aunt Duan's nephew. Wait for you to go back, Steward Jiang, who is Jiang An's father, will hand over the roster and account books to you, and you will be familiar with it yourself. ”
Speaking of 'Jiang An', Rong Changning reacted, and then remembered that Jiang An was the former Jiang Ning. Speaking of this Yu Ya, Rong Changning had heard of this person as early as last night's wedding.
I still have to be glad that I took Aunt Lin to Baifu together, she went out for a few walks to try to eat some wine with a loose mouth, and then groped out the verbose things in Baifu.
Today, my grandmother mentioned this Yu Ya in front of her again, and it seems that this person is really a little different.
"I also heard about the matter of Chu Yatou last time, but in the future, there will still be no shortage of contacts, if you can't take time out of your body and it is inconvenient to socialize, just call someone to tell me, I will just ask Aunt Qin to go." But six or seven times you have to go once or twice. ”
"Okay, my granddaughter-in-law has written it down."
"You are a good boy who is relaxed, thoughtful and assertive, and with you, grandmother is always at ease. Although Ah Yi worshiped the general and sealed the marquis, there are always some children's tempers in the queen, if you are unhappy, come and tell your grandmother. ”
The saint only issued a decree on the day of the wedding, and he more or less had the intention of supporting Rong Changning. Rong Changning saw these in his heart, so he guessed in his heart that Mrs. Ying Guo's care for herself was mostly because of this.
However, even if Mrs. Ying Guo didn't say this, Rong Changning would definitely not swallow her anger like her mother.
This bamboo garden is full of people, all waiting for the master mother to come back to say goodbye, but they can't wait for the master mother to come back for a long time. It's easy to hear the movement, but I only see Xiaodong, the maid next to the housemother.
Xiao Dong learned from Rong Changning's appearance, and stood under the front porch of the room with a straight face: "The master mother is tired, the key seals and account books everywhere in the house will be accepted first, and you will wait to come over early tomorrow morning to say goodbye." ”
After speaking, Xiao Dong waved his hand and asked people to come over, and the things in Steward Jiang's hand turned out.
This housewife said that she didn't want to see people, but it was more like she was putting on a score. The subordinates stood in the courtyard and didn't dare to say anything, and when they got out of the bamboo garden, they went to the place where they were on an errand, and they muttered in their mouths.
Aunt Duan sent her nephew out of the door, and the two of them were also confused by the new housewife in the courtyard, looked at each other, and smiled helplessly. Let's do it
"Our housewife is the daughter of Houmen, a proper young lady." Yu Ya muttered quietly as he walked: "It's just that I had a one-day salute yesterday, and I got up early today, so I didn't even want to open my eyes for half a moment, and I was busy sleeping a lot......
"You don't just know how to smile." Aunt Duan glanced at her and reminded her: "I heard that the master mother was in charge of the affairs of the Hou Mansion before she left the pavilion, and it is not known whether the tiger is really napping or fake napping." ”
"I haven't seen anything powerful at the moment, but the archery skills are extraordinary. The temper is really big, and I have heard about forcing Miss Yue to go to the lotus pond. Yu Ya raised his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's come to the future, let's be cautious in the past few days, and find out what the temperament of this master mother is." Auntie will send it here, stay. ”
After that, Yu Ya turned around and saluted Aunt Duan, and turned to leave.
They thought that Rong Changning was really going to sleep when he said that he was going to sleep, but in fact, he took the key and sent someone to the warehouse to check. Taking advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention, he came back with a lot of account books, and locked himself in the room with Xiaodong and Aunt Lin's master and servant for a whole day.
Bai Chuxi came in and Rong Changning was also silent, and wanted to come over and say a few words, but Rong Changning was stunned: "I'm busy, you find something to do yourself." ”
"This is not the rule that a newlywed should have!" Saying that, Bai Chuxi waved his hand to signal Aunt Lin and Xiao Dong to go out, and the two raised their eyes to look at Rong Changning, and only withdrew when they saw Rong Changning nodding.
Waiting for the people to leave, Bai Chuxi hurried to Rong Changning, put his arm on the desk and asked, "What are you looking at?" ”
"The books of accounts purchased in the first half of the year."
"What's so nice about the books of the first half of the year? How about taking you to the small pond in the backyard for your husband to fish? ”
"Isn't it okay to ask someone to go to such a thing as fishing?"
“……”
"Then I'll take you to Hexing Building for tea?"
"There are a lot of good teas in the house, whatever you want to drink, just greet the next person."
"That ......"
"Then Master Hou hurry up and go back and rest, it's rare to rest for a few more days, and it's good to accompany your grandmother."
This completely made Bai Chuxi become depressed, others were newly married but they were afraid of being left out in the cold, how did they get to Rong Changning, Bai Chuxi was like an angry little daughter-in-law?
Looking at the account book, he felt angry, so he simply snatched the things in Rong Changning's hand, flew out casually, and shouted playfully: "Go you!" ”
"Huh!" Rong Changning turned his eyes to look at the triumphant Bai Chuxi, but he didn't know what to say. didn't give Rong Changning a chance to get angry, Bai Chuxi lay down on the spot shamelessly, and squinted his eyes comfortably on Rong Changning's legs: "I'm afraid you're bored, I'll accompany you!" ”
Rong Changning was stunned for a moment, but he also began to accept Bai Chuxi's intimate actions little by little: "I'm used to living alone in the Wanqing Courtyard, if you want to go to work on official business, don't worry." ”
Bai Chuxi closed his eyes and shook his head, blowing the spring breeze: "What did grandmother tell you?" ”
"I didn't say anything, just a few words." Rong Changning thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "I heard that since you beat you in your next life, you will be taken care of by that Aunt Duan, speaking of which, that Aunt Duan is very qualified?" ”
"I treat her with more respect than the other stewards in the house, after all, I have to think of some kindness."
As soon as he said this, Rong Changning had a spectrum in his heart, and he knew how much face he should give that person to spare.
As for themselves, although the two of them didn't say a word, they also felt that the years were quiet. Squinting and squinting, Bai Chuxi fell asleep like this......
Rong Changning waved his hand and asked his subordinates to take the soft pillow, gently raised his head and put the soft pillow under his head, and pulled out himself to prepare to go to the front to do serious business.
Before leaving, he put his index finger in front of his mouth and motioned to the subordinates to speak softly. But as soon as she walked out of the door, Bai Chuxi opened her eyes, turned around and raised her hand to look at the direction of Rong Changning's departure.
It was just close to dusk, and the people who went out from the bamboo garden in the morning were called back to the porch again, and stood in rows and watched the next person just over the mat and the desk, and the incense burner placed in the corner of the case was brought by Rong Changning himself, and the bronze carved crane on the top was lifelike, and the crane was full of cigarettes under the long feet, and there was a sense of soaring clouds and fog.
Xiaoqiu put a few account books behind the incense burner, and Rong Changning followed, his steps not slow. Sitting in front of the desk with the corner of her red skirt, leaning lightly on the gold depiction, a white and flawless translucent jade porcelain cup fell in front of her eyes.
There were four young maids beside him, an elderly aunt, and four young maids, two of whom held a solid wooden staff with the thickness of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl's calf.
These people were all selected and brought by Rong Changning himself from the Wanqing Academy.
It is said that most of the newlywed housewives are not deeply involved in the world, but the posture in front of them is enough. Lifted his sleeves, reached out and picked up the tea cup, shook it a few times, shook the heat, and when he raised his eyes, he revealed a fierceness that should not be underestimated.