Antiquity 2

An Cheng's question was interrupted by An Chun An Mei, who came to invite An, and it wasn't until the second master An Lin came back in the evening that Shen remembered this matter again.

"The second day of the first month of next month is a good day, it's good to travel, and the things I should prepare here are almost ready, do you have anything else to bring back?" Shen asked in the mirror as he let the maid remove the hairpin ring.

The second master of An Lin, who was originally drinking tea on the recliner, heard this, sat up, but said something else first: "I am out today, Qian Tongzhi knew the news of my transfer back to Beijing, and specially sent an excellent piece of mutton fat jade seed material for the ceremony, I thought about carving a pair of forbidden steps for our little six Xiaojiuyi?" ”

Shen watched Lotus Zhi unload the last hairpin and put it in the box, then waved her hand to let her retreat, and looked at the second master through the mirror with a smile, until he saw that his heart was weak and he didn't have the confidence to pretend to drink tea anymore, so he picked up a comb, slowly combed her hair, and didn't speak.

The second master came over, took the comb and combed Shen's hair, and Shen also let him go, and waited for him to comb it a few times before he spoke, and also followed the second master's words and said: "Forget about the ban, our sister Cheng is young, and I didn't let Grandma Sun teach her these manners and etiquette, and the ban is not used." ”

"It's better to carve four good collar pendants, one for Sister Shu, one for Sister Cheng, one for Sister Mei, and the rest for Sister Qi, she is five years older than our Sister Shu, and now that she is going out of the cabinet, we should add more gifts." Shen Shi spoke while thinking.

"Second, Sister Shu'er has been in Beijing for many years, after all, my mother is old, sometimes everything is not thoughtful, Sister Qi thinks, Sister Shu'er always mentions Sister Qi in her letters, we should also thank her."

Shen made up his mind that he wanted to get close to An Qi.

First, because this eldest girl is really good, in the past few years, there have been letters from Beijing, it is said that the sister-in-law's body is not very good, and most of the family is the eldest girl in charge, and she is in good order.

The second is also because the eldest girl, as the only concubine of the big house, with the eldest brother's official position as the imperial history of the left capital from the Yipin Metropolitan Procuratorate, the family affairs must be excellent, and she may be able to help the children in the family in the future.

The Shen family's mind was decided, and he didn't ignore the second master, who was still doing a little low on the side, and took back a strand of his hair from him.

"The master is so attentive today, what's the matter, is there anything you want to bring back and be embarrassed to speak?" Shen's words are not untargeted, they have been married for many years, and Shen is also looking at him for eight or nine, thinking about the news sent by the outer court...... It should be the "filial girl".

"Madame asked, then I said, that is, ......" The second master felt encouraged, and was just about to say how noble the filial daughter who sold herself to bury her mother was, knowledgeable and courteous, gentle and considerate, and touching, I saw pity...... Well, don't say the words to Shen.

"Miss Xu?" Without waiting for him to really say it, Shen interrupted directly.

The Shen family knew one step ahead, and the second master was not surprised, he was managed by people since he was a child, first the eldest brother and then his wife, and he was used to being managed, and the people around him were used to reporting to their homes.

Besides, he didn't plan to hide it from the Shen family, for many years, just as the Shen family knew him, he also knew the Shen family, and it would be okay to do something within her permission, but now...... To bring it in, this is beyond the scope of Shen's permission.

"Nope." The answer given by Shen was crisp and neat.

"Why?" The second master would never dare to raise his voice in front of the Shen family, and now even if he was dissatisfied, at most, he threw the comb on the dressing table, sat on the side by himself, and waited for the Shen family to give a reason.

"Since this Miss Xu is selling herself to bury her mother, of course she is a filial and helpless person, let's bring people to Beijing, who will always clean and worship her mother's grave here? Do you call some subordinates who are not related to each other? The second master's little temper did not affect the peace on Shen's face at all.

"Let's go back to Beijing, it will be difficult to come to Shuzhong again, the next person will inevitably be lazy, how can Miss Xu rest assured that she came by herself?" Shen said this, suppressing the irony in his heart, it was touching to sell his body to bury his mother, but where was it so coincidental that he sold himself in front of the prefect?

As a husband, he is usually fine, but as soon as he meets a beauty, he immediately faints.

It's no wonder that when he was transferred to a foreign post, he was reluctant to have children, and he thought about simply staying in Beijing, but his mother-in-law persuaded him and decided to follow him.

It's really a knowing son, Mo Ruomu.

In the past, in Beijing, the uncle was ruthless, and he made it easier for him to think.

After Shen's words, the second master himself was loosened, he had full experience in being disciplined, and he could listen to others' teachings, so he thought about it and agreed: "What you said...... Also. ”

It's just that I'm still a little unwilling, and in the past few days, I have successively given Miss Xu hundreds of taels of silver, but as a result, I haven't got it, and I won't even be able to see each other in the future, which is a little distressing.

But thinking about her appearance, I was relieved, forget it, beauty, you should be rich, just do good deeds and accumulate virtue.

"Before we leave, I will ask someone to send twenty taels of silver to that Miss Xu, which is enough for her to get through this difficulty, the master is kind, I naturally have to follow the good people to the end." Shen's words were nodded approvingly from the second master.

Shen looked at his husband, who was easy to deceive, coax and talk, and felt a little happy and a little emotional.

Although it is not very reliable, but obedient, as long as you want to manage the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard, there is no disagreement, Shen sometimes looks at the second master, and only feels that he is an extra flowery son.

When An Cheng went to ask An the next day, he saw that Shen and Song's mother were still talking about what things to bring back to Beijing.

Seeing An Cheng coming, Shen also assigned her something and said, "Sister Cheng, how are you and Mama learning needlework?" ”

"When I was learning to lock the edge, my grandmother said that I didn't look good with one color lock edge, and I used two strands of lock edge, which made it look much more exquisite, but I didn't know how to match the color." An Cheng replied with a glance, and there was childishness in his voice.

The Shen family is a standard family daughter, and she also has rules for her children.

Shen Shi nodded and said, "Last time, I saw that you were already much better, and now you have embroidered a few handkerchiefs?" ”

An Cheng stretched out a hand and said, "Five." ”

"Ask Mama to help you pick out three good ones, let Su Xinjing take care of them, and when you get to Beijing, remember to give your three brothers and sisters, just say that it was specially made for them, you know?" After many years, this youngest daughter has not met the children in Jingli, and what the Shen family is most afraid of is the alienation between the children.

Especially An Cheng is young, and he can't play together on weekdays after he goes back.

"Then, should I hurry up and do a few more, aren't there two sisters and two brothers in the big house?" An Cheng asked sincerely.

Don't look at her counting, she has lived for thirty years in her previous life, but in terms of human sophistication and dealing with people, as a senior lonely housegirl, she really wants to learn from the Shen family again.

"No, that's deliberate, everyone will only say that you understand etiquette, but they won't say that you have the heart to care about your brothers and sisters." Shen also knew that An Cheng was more thoughtful, but An Cheng was a four-year-old child, where could he be so thorough? I want this inconsiderate and sincere gift.

After all, she is still young, and it is normal to have no impression of her brothers and sisters in the next room, and when she arrived in Beijing, she learned what needlework again, and then did it for her brothers and sisters, so she could see that this love was deep.

In order to allow the youngest daughter to integrate into Beijing as soon as possible, the Shen family also took great pains.

An Cheng thought about Shen's words in his heart many times, the Shen family was dominant after so many years, and the reputation of the outside world was good, and there were still many merits.

Back in the room, Grandma Sun, who was sent to teach An Cheng, took out the needlework made in Su Rili, saying that it was needle and thread, but in fact it was a plain handkerchief rolled up, An Cheng's little finger, after all, the needle was not very stable.

"What do you think, girl? Dai color with withered green, the second young master is suitable, this jasper stone with moon white, for the third young master, the sixth girl loves red, silver red twisted gold thread for her. "I didn't do much, but Mother Sun only glanced at it and had an idea.

"Okay, listen to Mama." An Cheng held his small plate and ate the jujube paste cake with relish.

Su Xin took the handkerchief, put it in a box, and then asked Grandma Sun: "Mama, I heard Sister Lotus Leaf say in the morning that the date of departure has been set, and we will leave on the second day of the next month, so do we have to pack up the things here?" ”

"Don't worry, Mrs. hasn't spoken in the house yet, it is estimated that some trivial things should be directly abandoned, let's clean it up now, and then we will have to dismantle it and leave it, but it will be troublesome." Mama Sun has a charter in her heart, she is after An Cheng's birthday this year, the Shen family specially asked her grandmother Feng'an County Lord to take care of and teach her little daughter, and all the big and small in the room have to listen to her.

"Mama, how long have you been walking from Beijing to Shuzhong?" An Cheng was a little curious, although she knew that the carriage was slow, but she had no idea how slow it was.

"It's probably more than a month, when the girl was just four years old, my wife sent a letter to the county lord, and the county lord sent the old slave, but I hurried to catch up, I thought I could catch up with the girl's birthday, who knows if it's still too late." When Mama Sun herself talked about this, she also smiled bitterly, this year, with old arms and legs, the capital Shuzhong tossed back and forth.

"But let's go back to Beijing slowly, there are a lot of things, and the eighth young master's health is not good, it is estimated that it will take about two months." Grandma Sun did the math and added.

"So long?" Su Xin opened her mouth in surprise, she is a native of Shuzhong, she happened to meet and bought it when the Shen family first came here to make incense, she has been trained for a few years, she is smart and clever, and she is very eye-catching.

Later, after An Cheng stopped living with Shen, Shen promoted her to a second-class maid to serve An Cheng.

"Isn't it going to be the New Year when you go back?" An Cheng calculated by himself, it is now the middle of August, and he will set off next month, and he will go for another two months, isn't it November, and he looked at Grandma Sun in surprise.

"Yes, it is estimated that within a few days of returning to Beijing, the girl will be able to get a lot of red envelopes, and then it will be the girl's birthday. Mama Sun looked at An Cheng's round little face full of surprise and cuteness, and teased her with a smile.