Chapter 111: Lady Liu
Liufu is not the same as the Lin Mansion the day before yesterday, the mansion in Dongcheng, this is not a generation of wealthy families who can't live here, the original Yueguo Mansion is here. Of course, the Yue Guo Mansion is still in ruins, as for why it was confiscated and rebuilt, this is impossible to say, hundreds of bloody corpses have been carried out here, even if the court wants to take it back, who has the courage to hold back?
Qingqing sat in a rented sedan chair, peeking at the ruins of the Yueguo Mansion, and the two houses on the left and right and the opposite door were also very dilapidated.
Liufu is one street away from Yueguo Mansion. This side is more prosperous, the homestead does not look new, but the white walls and black tiles of Zhumen show the identity and taste of this family everywhere.
Xiaozi handed over the name post, this is what she will do, but she is not afraid. And Qingqing and their people, where do they have any famous posts, but they just got an ordinary wooden post box, and wrote a worship post on it to prove their humility.
The porter hurriedly sent it in, but the side door opened, and two small sedan chairs were carried inside. Until the second gate, He and Qingqing got off the sedan chair, He accompanied Qingqing has seen Mrs. Tie countless times, and was tossed by Mrs. Lin, at this time, she is very calm, anyway, she still knows her own identity, I am a lady in the market, I don't point to you nobles to help, I don't need to take you too seriously. With this level of cognition, she is calm wherever she goes.
The second door was opened, and a mother-in-law came out.
"But Second Grandma Qiao and Miss Qiao? Madame waited for a long time! ”
Qingqing and He saluted together, and they didn't bother to look at each other, and silently followed the woman in.
Qingqing thought of the Lin family's house again, but there was no such layered carved railings, but it was a small courtyard with a small courtyard, of course, she also understood that the nobles' houses were separated from the garden. Because there is a difference between men and women, and the garden is also a place where the male host entertains guests, the garden cannot be placed in the second gate, but a place that can be connected to the front yard and the back yard, and can be isolated from each other.
Like the Lin family, they didn't enter the second gate at all, but went directly to the side courtyard in the west, which is generally a place for the elderly to care for the elderly, so there is a house and a flower courtyard, but it is also completely isolated from the system on the side of the main house.
I don't know how long I walked, but I finally arrived at a bright courtyard. But with Qingqing's excellent brain, judging from the direction she had just passed, this was not the main house, but the closest courtyard to the garden. But this has direct access to the Flower Hall and access to the garden. On the other side of the garden, there should be the main house in the outer courtyard.
There stood a woman of about forty standing in the courtyard, who looked younger than Madame Tie, but this was the most simple lady Qingqing had ever seen, her black hair neatly combed back in an ordinary hairstyle, fixed with a wooden hairpin; A plain placket is made of fine linen. Revealing a pair of moon-white small toes under his feet, the shoes are also blue-gray cloth, this body really doesn't look like a first-class bachelor, the dress that Yin Zhizheng's wife of Kaifeng Mansion should have.
Qingqing followed behind the He family and saluted together, her father was just a small official, but he didn't have any rank, if it weren't for Lord Liu who was now in charge of Kaifeng Mansion, she wouldn't have this opportunity to kowtow to this person. No matter how unhappy he was, he could only follow He He's movements step by step.
"Don't be so polite." Mrs. Liu Huang stretched out her hand but helped Qingqing up, and the old mother next to her was busy picking up He and patting her pants off.
Huang looked Qingqing up and down, Qingqing was dressed more festively today, in the tender green fur cloak, wearing a lake-green jacket and a hundred-folded skirt. Her rules were that even the Iron Lady had said that when Ying Ying bowed, the skirt in front of her formed a semicircle.
"Really, it's cold, how can you just kneel like this." Huang snorted lightly, pulled up Qingqing's hands, pursed his lips and smiled, "You look so good!" ”
Qingqing was a little shy, she knew that this person had no ill will towards her, her hands were warm, but not delicate, and she was not a pampered lady. Then, as soon as he looked down at the hands, his brow jumped. This is a pair of reading hands. There is still a little ink and a thin callus on the knuckle of the middle finger of her right hand, which is an imprint that has been engraved by holding a pen for a long time, and it can't be washed off at all.
"Madame is right, please ask Second Grandma Qiao and Miss Qiao to come into the house quickly!" The old lady hurriedly stepped forward again to help open the thick door curtain.
"I'm overjoyed, Second Grandma Qiao, I'm sorry." Huang smiled at He, but his left hand still held Qingqing's right hand and pulled her into the house.
It wasn't very hot in the room, but as Qingqing had guessed just now, it was a large open room, full of bookcases, and some books and envelopes were placed haphazardly. In the sunny place to the east, a large painting table is placed in the middle, and on the side is a large painting jar, in which some painting scrolls are inserted. The place where people can sit is not a group of Taishi chairs leaning side by side in front of the window. And the next one was tightly opposed, and one was put on each other. Obviously, this is not a place for hospitality at all.
Huang sat on the chair on the right by the window, and pulled Qingqing to the lower chair on her right hand, so that she could hold Qingqing's hand all the time.
"I don't like to socialize, I like these calligraphy and painting trails on weekdays. I heard that you are the same, what new books have you read recently? Huang took Qingqing's hand and asked happily.
Qingqing was stunned for a moment, just holding the corners of her mouth and looking down and smiling. Can she say that the best books on the market are all selected by her? However, seeing such a large bay and such a flat spaceroom with such a flat shelf, it can be seen that this person has read more than himself. If a person can read so many books and draw, then she should not have much time to dress up.
"She is now learning some housework, and it is not good to teach nothing, so let her marry." He didn't feel like being treated slowly, anyway, she just felt that this Mrs. Lin was a little stupid, so what was there to be angry with her like this, so she hurriedly answered for Qingqing.
"By the way, you're getting married. Why? You're still so young, why do you want to get married? Huang didn't feel offended, and asked again. It seems that Qingqing made a big mistake in making this decision.
Qingqing didn't know how to answer, yes, how to answer this, she couldn't say, 'I always have to get married, and it just so happened that person appeared, so I got married, right?' ’
"It's not small, it's fifteen, so the old lady picked a gentle person, so I can take care of them by my side!" He didn't need Qingqing to ask for help, and replied busily.