The weather is close to May, and the courtyard is full of flowers. Xiao Chu stood outside the corridor, and outside was the stone path and bamboo frame vines. I just hope that someone can help.

I didn't see anyone for half a cup of tea, so Xiao Chu could only accept his fate. Crooked or dragged or carried all the way to the study, exhausting himself half to death. When Chu Huaixian came in, he saw Lin Xiaochu who still had sweat on his face and mud stains on his clothes. "This flower is okay, put it here." Chu Huaixian casually looked at it and asked Lin Xiaochu to go back. Xiao Chu was ready to say a lot of persuasive words, but he couldn't say a word, and the person came out.

Chu Huaixian came back late in the evening, and Xiao Chu couldn't find a chance to talk to him, so he could only go back to the room to sleep. Xiaoyi climbed her neck and asked, "How is the land?" Xiao Chu told the truth, and he was not confident enough: "Sister doesn't know." At this time, Xiao Chu thought that there were so many people in the family, and Gongzi was used by people like Sun Erhai, so he didn't have to worry about finding someone.

The next day, I went to the study twice, saying that Chu Huaixian was in the old lady's room. Xiao Chu came back in a daze, sat and talked with Dong Ran and others, and Qiu Bai was talking about Xiao Chu's recuperation: "You are a fox spirit nursery, and if you go out with your son once, you will get sick." Not wanting to sweep the yard, you came up with such an idea. Xiao Chu didn't reply to her listlessly because he had something on his mind.

Next, he said that at home, these three girls are all in charge, so they are particularly concerned. Xia Lu said first: "It is said that the son and the old lady said something, so they have to replace people." Qiu Bai frowned and also felt that the son was wrong: "The second master is an elder in the end, and it is also out of concern." Xiao Chu smiled: "There are still people who kill people out of concern." The three girls rolled their eyes at her together.

Dong Ran sighed and said: "At most, what can I do from a good bad messenger to a bad bad one." Lin Xiaochu was surprised: "You sigh? You actually sigh too? Dong Dye wanted to squirt: "Why can't I sigh, who is like you, there is no one else except my sister." ”

Xiao Chu couldn't stand her words, and begged for mercy: "Sister, there are a lot of them." Hurriedly poured tea for the three of them, Dong Ran couldn't help but smile and said: "Chunhong is gone, there is no one in this room who hates you smart." But out of this house, the second master hates you. Xiao Chu grinned: "Then I'm really unlucky." "The second master hates me? He hated me since I didn't even enter Beijing.

There was a housekeeper mother outside the room, and when she came in, she smiled and said: "The girls are here, they all go to the house hall in the afternoon, I will inform the girls in this room, and I can't figure out the little girls, the girls will help me talk about it." After the mother who passed the word went, Qiubai also sighed: "I remember the year when the second master was in charge, I was only a few years old, and I also went to the hall to talk." I stood with my parents in the midst of the black oppression, and I just felt scared. Tonight, I wonder which ones are going to be unlucky? Dong Ran suddenly thought: "You said that Gongzi is in charge of things, we should all be in charge." ”

Xia Lu snorted with a smile: "You are dizzy, dare to think like this." Winter Ran blushed slightly: "What I think about is the silver in charge." Xia Lu glanced at Xiao Chu before saying, "If we were in charge, I would only be optimistic about Chunhong, but it's a pity that she is gone." Xiao Chu pretended not to hear. Qiu Bai was indifferent: "You are optimistic that she is useless, and the son does not like her." Do you know about her? Childe pressed the big butler to hurriedly order her to do a family affair. Qiubai thought of this, and his heart was sad. Xiao Chu was stunned: "Married?" So fast? When did they become pros? ”

"After going out for a month, they became relatives, poor to see a child. I can't buy things well for a month, and I would rather die than give me this family affair that lost a pot and a bucket. Winter Dye began to be sharp again, and said to Xiao Chu, who was sighing: "You cat crying mouse, don't you know?" Xiao Chu tried to prove himself: "I really don't know, I have recommended her many times in front of my son." Besides, you guys are not good, you should tell me to go with a courtesy. ”

The three of them stopped talking, and the room was silent for a while. Only then did the talkative winter dye pick up the conversation again, and talked and laughed again until noon.

An hour after lunch, everyone went to the hall except for the few people who stayed behind. The first time Xiao Chu came, he saw that there were hundreds of people who were pressed by black. Dong Ran leaned his head over: "This is just a girl in charge and a girl with a head and face, and almost no one came." Xiao Chu wondered, not understanding what this was for. The second master sitting on it was also puzzled, not only puzzled but also angry. He is the housekeeper and he didn't know that he would come here suddenly, he peeked at the old lady who was the head and Chu Huaixian in front of the old lady who was standing there, and he didn't understand what he was doing.

The chief butler hurried in from outside, bowed to the old lady and said, "Everyone has arrived." "Hundreds of people in charge, including those who came on horseback from Tianzhuangzi near Jingli; There are girls and mothers in the inner and outer houses, whether they are married or not, they are waiting here. Old Madam Chu opened her mouth with a smile on her face: "Everyone has the elderly, grandchildren and grandchildren; There are also people who are not very old, but they are smart and capable. When Second Master Chu heard this, his eyelids jumped a few times.

"Like the Qing family, your father-in-law follows the eldest master outside all the year round; Liu Chen's family is outside with the eldest lady all the year round; There are also Mao Sheng, He Yong...... They are all people who usually work hard. Old Madam Chu told me eloquently, and one of the people whose names were mentioned was standing next to Xiao Chu, and he agreed with his name. Xiao Chu saw that there was water in the corners of his eyes, and he was in tears when he was mentioned for hard work.

The old lady sitting in the middle was still smiling and talking, the corner window of the hall opened, and there was light shining in the old lady's sideburns, the silver-white hair not only indicated the old man's age, but also indicated that she had experienced vicissitudes and world events in her age. Lin Xiaochu, who had long heard that the old lady had not done anything for many years, had admiration for her, this old man was not simple!

The old lady smiled and mentioned the names of most of the people in the hall one by one, and the second old man heard it like pins and needles, how could she remember it so clearly? And the second master only thinks that the old lady is easy to talk and says everything well. The second master also found out at this time that the old lady was a mute person who ate rice balls and knew what to expect. She also knows all the unhappiness between herself and Huaixian in the past two years? On the afternoon of the May weather, the second master sitting in the hall was full of cold sweat.

"Your family's family, Li Xian's family, you are in charge of collecting rent on the farm, how will this year's harvest compare with last year?" The old lady changed her words, and her voice was not stern, but it was more imposing. The hall threw themselves on their knees. The old lady didn't look at them with a smile, and asked again: "Jin Shun Jin Zhong, you are the second master who has entered the house, and you are in charge of the storage of gold and silver items, there is a gilded Buddha, and a golden pagoda inlaid with various colored gems, where is it now?" ”

This time, there were three people who knelt down, and the second master also knelt down. The third old man and the third lady sitting next to him were happy in their hearts, and saw that the second lady also knelt down, and the third old man looked at Chu Huaixian who was sitting under him from the corner of his eye, ignoring all this, and was casually blowing away the foam in the tea bowl in his hand, and the corners of his eyes were slightly squinted as if he was tasting tea. The nephew's appearance at this time is very similar to that of the eldest brother Chu Shaofu. Facing the sun shining in from outside the hall, the third master suddenly remembered that the official reprimanded by the eldest brother had never embarrassed people in person, and he was so careless with the tea bowl and said it slowly and methodically, but the people who listened were embarrassed.

At this time, the second master was waiting for his family members, and his red face felt embarrassed. The golden pagoda was held to hold the soup and sent to Zhang Cheng to get along with him to celebrate his birthday, and the gilded Buddha was entrusted to Prime Minister Zhang Cheng to give it to the queen. The second master felt that except for his own first cut and then played, everything else was full of public heart. The eldest brother is not at home, and there is no shortage of entertainment outside.

Old Madam Chu was also completely invisible to the kneeling people, and slowly said several ills in the family. It didn't take much effort, more than ten kneeling down in the hall, Lin Xiaochu's eyes widened, waiting to see the old lady Chu fall. There must be moths in everyone, but they are just uncovered or beaten or replaced at once, how can there be so many replacement people.

"I'm watching from the sidelines, there are these things that I can't see, if I look closely, it will be worth it." Old Madam Chu breathed a sigh of sadness, and wiped the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief in her hand: "They are all people who get up early and work hard in the dark, but you are wrong about the big idea." When the third master heard this, he looked at the second master, and then looked at Chu Huaixian.

Old Madam Chu continued: "In the three fields outside Beijing, the people in charge have all been laid off, and the relatives have also rested first. Calling you here today is not just about looking for people who are struggling to find snubbing. These three pieces of land are now here, and whoever is willing to manage them and can manage them well will voluntarily stand up. ”

Everyone was stunned by this, and stood up for themselves? Only Xiao Chu had heard the excitement and glanced at Chu Huaixian with admiration. Childe's meaning is to take care of himself in a bright and bright way, which is much better than sneaking out of the house as he thinks. No wonder the girls can come to today's meeting. Xiao Chu looked at Chu Huaixian warmly, and Chu Huaixian, who had tasted a bowl of tea in his hand, had a slight smile on his lips.

No one in the hall dared to stand up, and the stewards who were laid off in front of them, everyone in the family knew the details, so why bother to offend them for this. Old Madam Chu smiled lovely: "No one cares, they are all waiting for assignment, so they will offend less people?" This sentence pierced everyone's hearts, but no one stood up.

Lin Xiaochu waited quietly, ready to be the second sheep. Chu Huaixian tasted his tea safely, thinking carefully in his heart, is this tea spring tea? Or is it stale tea? I turned to laugh, I couldn't eat the old and new tea, and I was still worried in my heart. What to worry about? I'm worried that Lin Xiaochu won't dare to stand up, and I'm worried that this matter is not as good as I want.

handed over to Lin Xiaochu, Chu Huaixian felt that it was easy to manage; If you let someone else take it again, the next time you have this opportunity, at least wait for your parents to come back. Is it easy to find out two kinds of gold in Prime Minister Zhang Cheng's house? Despite this, Chu Huaixian was still not in a hurry, and he had enough patience to wait.

He smiled in his heart, this opportunity was lost? Is Xiaochu anxious or am I unsatisfied? Why hasn't this girl come out yet!