Back cover room, inside the small Buddha hall.

Feng Lao'an was kneeling on the lotus futon in front of the incense case, holding three sticks of incense in his hand, and the incense had been lit. Then I saw Feng Lao'an unhurriedly insert the three incense sticks in his hand into the three incense burners on the incense table, on which a three-foot-high boxwood carved Guanyin Bodhisattva statue was enshrined.

After Feng Lao'an kowtowed to the Bodhisattva three times, after reciting a few more words in his heart, he was helped by Zijuan beside him to the long wooden chair made of green bamboo, the wooden chair was covered with a layer of soft cushions, and a big pillow was placed behind him, and Feng Lao'an was sitting on it at this time.

Cai walked into the small Buddha hall, first went to the incense case, and after giving the Bodhisattva three incense sticks, he came to Feng Lao'an's side, and the little maid in the house had already moved a stool and chair for Cai's to come over, and Cai just sat on it and said: "I don't know if my mother called me over, is there something to order?" ”

"I came to you, naturally I have something to explain to you. When your aunt's body is almost recovered, I will accompany your aunt to Chengjiang for a walk. At that time, the big and small matters in the house will be handed over to you. Feng Lao'an said, Zijuan had already made new tea and sent it to Feng Lao'an and Cai's next to the high table.

"The daughter-in-law knows, the mother can only rest assured to accompany the eldest aunt to Chengjiang! Leave the affairs of the house to me! I'm going to take care of it. As Cai spoke, he picked up a cup of tea beside him, and when he was about to drink it, he heard Feng Lao'an say it.

"I heard that the old lady who has become a family in the past few days has a birthday, and in order to make the old mother happy, Cheng County Ling specially invited the opera troupe from outside to come back to sing in the hall, but I heard from others that I didn't see the Tan family at the birthday banquet, so I must have come to our house to play leaf cards with you, right?" Feng Lao'an looked at Cai coldly.

"Mother, you also know that the Tan family and her old lady have always been at odds, and this birthday banquet was also invited by their aunt's wife, and the Tan family is also happy these days, so they found a few of our ladies to play the leaf card together." Cai Shi looked at Feng Lao'anren and said word by word.

"I also know these things, just one point, the Tan family's city is very deep, and it is a plan, when you accompany her to the City God Temple to offer incense in two days, don't be caught up in her twists and turns, and do some thankless things for her." As soon as Feng Lao'an finished the previous sentence, he continued in the next sentence: "The Liang family is not a good stubble, she is the county lord of the Liang Mansion in Jinling, and the royal calculations, presumably she is also familiar with it, and you should be wary of her." ”

Tan listened to Feng Lao'an's nagging for a long time, and became a little bored, so he said: "Mother, these daughters-in-law know that the daughter-in-law is not that three-year-old child, and she already has her own plans in her heart. ”

"It's good that you have a plan, Liulang has been outside for so long, and he hasn't come back, you have to write to urge him, if you are like your eldest brother, make an outer room outside, I'm afraid that if you want to complain, you won't be able to find a place." Feng Lao'an said, Zijuan beside him had already opened the small box used by Feng Lao'an to worship the Buddha, and there was a string of one hundred and eight Xingyue Bodhi seeds in it, and Zijuan handed it to Feng Lao'anren's hand.

"Mother, Rokuro is not that kind of person, he only wrote back to me two days ago, saying that he will arrive at fifteen. When I went to the City God Temple to offer incense a few days later, Tan specially ordered me to invite Liang, and I will push Tan to Liang to deal with it, and I just need to be a foil on the side. Cai told Feng Lao'an what he was thinking about.

"In this case, I'm tired, so you can go back and rest first!" After Feng Lao'an finished speaking, Zijuan, who was waiting behind him, had already stood up and was about to send Cai out of the door.

Cai also stood up, and after saluting Feng Lao'an, he dared to leave the Buddhist hall.

Soon after Cai's departure, Feng Lao'an knelt on the futon in front of the Buddha again, because Feng Lao'an liked to be quiet when worshipping the Buddha, he ordered Zijuan, who was waiting in the house, to go to the door to guard, and idle people were not allowed to approach.

Feng Lao'an flicked the Buddha beads in his hand, and after a long turn, Zijuan, who was guarding outside the house, hurriedly walked in, and said as soon as she entered the door: "Old lady, Old Madam Lin called the little maid over there and said that she invited you to come over, and Old Madam Lin has something to say to you." ”

"My old sister woke up? Didn't I hear Dr. Qin say that you can't wake up in three or five days, why do you wake up now? And invite me over?" Feng Lao'an opened his eyes, and the sunlight outside shone into the room through the gap in the window lattice, shining on the ground with gold, dazzling people's eyes.

"Old lady, listen to the little maid who came from the hall, Mrs. Lin only woke up half an hour ago, and as soon as she woke up, she wanted to see you, so she told the little maid to come and invite you." Zijuan helped Feng Laoanren stand up from the futon, patted the dust on Feng Laoanren's knees, and said.

"In that case, let's go over and go for a while! Save yourself from having to ask someone else to come and invite us over. After Feng Lao'an handed over the Buddha beads in his hand to Zijuan, he was helped out of the Buddhist hall by Zilan, another maid who was waiting in the house, and went in the direction of the hall.

In the east wing, Gu Yutang had just woken up from his sleep, and Ah Hua had already come in with a basin of water, ready to help Gu Yutang wash. Ah Hua took off the hairpin ring ornament on Gu Yutang's bun, brought the soaphorn, and after testing the water temperature himself, he soaked Gu Yutang's black hair in the water, and wiped Gu Yutang's long black hair with a soaphorn.

"Girl, you don't know yet! The son of the Jiang family is ready to come down to marry you, and you will be Mrs. Jiang in the future. Ah Hua washed Gu Yutang's hair and quipped.

"Ah Hua, what nonsense are you talking about? Who is the son of the Jiang family, what am I, he teased me several times, and said that he wanted to marry me, maybe he came to tease me again. When I was a fool and wanted to play tricks on me. Gu Yutang's black hair had been washed, and after Ah Hua took a handkerchief and wiped it clean, he used a comb of horns to comb her hair.

"Girl, where do I dare to talk nonsense? The son of the Jiang family is obviously coming to marry you, when I went to the kitchen early this morning to get something, I heard what Sister Zilan in Feng Lao'an's courtyard said, Sister Zilan also said that the son of the Jiang family said that he liked you and wanted to marry you in front of the old lady of the Jiang family and the Tao family. Ah Hua combed Gu Yutang into a simple double bun, chose a pair of small burnt blue butterfly hairpins and a pearl plain silver hairpin, and inserted them into Gu Yutang's bun.

"Ah Hua, what you said is true? Did the Jiang family say that he wanted to marry me?" As soon as Gu Yutang spoke, he quickly denied himself.

"You must be making up nonsense to make me happy, I have only met a few times with the son of the Jiang family, although I like her a little, but he may not like me? And he is still the son of the Marquis of Dingwu, and he is the one who will inherit the title of Marquis in the future, how can he look down on me as the daughter of a businessman?"

"My girl! You're a child! How do you know that the Jiang family doesn't like you? How do you know that the Marquis of Wu's Mansion must dislike us as a businessman? The second wife was born in the Liang Wangfu in Jinling, which is a relative of the emperor, and she didn't fall in love with the second master, and gave birth to three children to the second master. Sometimes two people like it, but they don't care about the door. Ah Hua was like a little adult, babbling on the side.