Lin didn't know that Gu Yutang was coming, so he didn't let people prepare the mung bean cake and red bean paste that she always loved to eat, but he knew that the little girl liked to eat some sweets, and didn't like the hemp candy and taro cake that older people like to eat, so he called the little maid who was preparing refreshments and brought a plate of sugar lotus seeds and fried chestnuts with sugar to the high table in front of Gu Yutang.

Holding the Biluochun beside him, Lin gently blew the floating color on the tea, and saw that Gu Yutang was patronizing and talking, and did not eat the refreshments placed on the side, so he hurriedly reminded him.

"Sister Tang, you taste it quickly, this chestnut is from the Tianshan Mountains, not a local chestnut from Pengpu, it is the most sweet and soft and glutinous. The sugar lotus seeds were sent to me by your second uncle, and I knew that you liked sweets, so I brought them out together. ”

The Lin family had spoken, and Gu Yutang was not good enough to talk to the spring cicada anymore, so she took a handful of sugar lotus seeds in a small dish into the hands of the spring cicada and Da Han, and she tasted one just now, and it was really sweet and crispy.

The lotus seeds had already been dried, but they were coated with a layer of white frosting, and when they bit into it, the frosting opened as the lotus seeds collapsed, and Gu Yutang didn't hold it, so he bit it and ate it in one go.

After eating the sugar lotus seeds, Gu Yutang grabbed a few more sugar-fried chestnuts, the chestnuts were obviously freshly fried, and they were still a little hot when they were held.

The outside of the sugar-fried chestnuts is coated with a layer of caramel-colored maltose, but there is a little bit of it, and even if the sugar is fried, wrapped in the chestnut shell, and when you peel it off by hand, it does not have that slimy feeling.

Gu Yutang didn't eat a few, he felt tired and panicked, and hurriedly handed the plate of chestnuts to Ah Hua, and drank a few sips of tea before suppressing the sweetness in his mouth.

Finally relieved, Gu Yutang was afraid that the Lin family would think that she disliked the chestnuts that were not delicious, so she didn't eat a few, so she stopped and hurriedly explained: "Grandmother, this chestnut is so sweet, Tang'er is really unblessed." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Yutang picked up the tea again and drank it.

Seeing that Gu Yutang was drinking in a hurry, Lin was worried that she was choking, so he hurriedly reminded: "Drink slowly, no one will rob you, if it is not enough, there will be still in the pantry." ”

Lin said, and gave a look to Mama Liang beside her, and Mama Liang got Lin's signal, and immediately ordered the maid to go to the small kitchen to serve tea.

Because the spring cicada came down on behalf of the Yang family, Feng Lao'an personally allocated a small courtyard for her to live in, and did not let her squeeze together with the maids and daughters in the house.

After coming out of the hall, Gu Yutang made an agreement with the spring cicada, and after nightfall, the spring cicada came to the east chamber, and she had something important to ask the spring cicada alone.

In the east chamber, Gu Yutang asked Da Han to open the window, and she leaned under the window to look at the new book sent from the study in the city. It turned out that there was some truth in the sentence that the food was full and sad, but she only drank four or five cups of tea, and she only felt that her head was splitting and she had no strength, so she shrank in the room and read the script.

As soon as Ah Hua entered the house, he saw that the window in the house was open, and Gu Yutang shrank in the tuyere to read, his face did not look very good.

Putting the ginger tea in his hand on the small table, Ah Hua walked into Gu Yutang and probed her forehead with his hand, it was boiling hot, the girl had a fever, how could this happen?

After Ah Hua closed the window in the house, he first invited someone to go to the hall to pay homage to the Lin family, and then invited someone to go to the back room to greet Feng Laoan. After handing over Gu Yutang to Da Han, she went to Dr. Qin's courtyard in person, planning to invite Dr. Qin to come over and have a look.

Da Han asked the small kitchen to pour out the hot water boiling in the copper stove, wet the handkerchief, and put it on Gu Yutang's hot forehead.

Gu Yutang still had the energy to read the script before, but at this moment, the person had softened, and he was whimpering without a match, but fortunately, he still had a little consciousness, and took Da Han's hand and said.

"Da Han, don't go to your grandmother. It was windy outside, and my grandmother couldn't stand the cold, so she asked her not to come. ”

Gu Yutang said, Da Han glanced outside the house. The wind and sun were still beautiful outside, but now the wind was blowing, and the dead leaves on the trees were ruthlessly swept down, and the wind blew around the courtyard.

The sunset in the sky had dispersed, and layers of thick dark clouds were thick, and lightning and thunder were constantly roaring, and a storm was about to arrive.

Da Han was worried that the hot water was not enough, so he instructed the maid to tell the mother-in-law on the stove and ask the mother-in-law to boil the hot water in the other stove as well, if Gu Yutang boiled again in the middle of the night, at least there was some hot water to use.

Lin got the news and was about to go out in a hurry.

Mama Liang found the ink fox fur for Lin to go out, and saw that the sky outside was not good, as if it was going to rain, so she persuaded, "Old lady, it's dark outside, maybe it will rain later." The east wing of the three girls is far from here, what if you catch a cold on the way?"

Lin took the ink fox fur handed by Mama Liang and reprimanded, "Chunping, you have been serving by my side for so many years, how can you say such foolish words?" Now that Sister Tang is burning, she is uncomfortable, is it possible to let me, a grandmother, stay in the house and turn a deaf ear? ”

Ignoring Mama Liang's objections, Lin put on the black fox fur, called the maid to pick up the umbrella, and went out of the yard.

Before we could get far, the rain began to fall as expected. The maid who was still sweeping in the courtyard saw that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and hurriedly hid under the porch to avoid the rain.

Qi Shi held Hu'er and stood under the corridor that had been inlaid with Western glass, watching the raindrops outside hit the glass, making a crisp sound, Xiaohu'er seemed to like to listen to the sound of rain, and it was noisy before, and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep in Qi's arms.

"Mrs. Qi, Miss Ahua in the courtyard of the third girl sent someone to report that the third girl had a cold and had burned. I don't know what Mrs. Qi thinks, do you want to go and see it yourself?"

There was a round-faced woman in a hat standing under the porch, she had just come in the rain, and she was waiting in the outer courtyard of the back room.

The drops of water on the robe dripped on the blue brick and stone slabs under her feet, and it didn't take long for the ground under the mother-in-law's feet to be soaked.

Qi continued to coax the tiger in his arms as if he hadn't heard it, "Hu'er is good, Hu'er is not afraid, if you have a mother, your mother will take good care of you." ”

The Qi family didn't order, and the woman didn't know what to do, so she could only continue to stand in place.

After a long time, the maid who was waiting beside the Qi family finally reminded, "Madam, after all, that mother-in-law is serving in Mrs. Feng's courtyard, and we don't do this well." Always give her an answer, if this matter reaches the ears of Old Madam Feng, even if the old lady doesn't say anything on her face, there will always be a little displeasure in her heart. ”

When Qi heard this, he handed Hu'er to the nurse on the side, turned to the round-faced woman in a cloak and ordered, "Is there a doctor in the east chamber?" Did Mrs. Lin go and see it herself?"

Qi asked like this, and the woman had no choice but to answer truthfully.

"Madam, Miss Ahua, who was waiting beside the third girl, has already ordered someone to invite Doctor Qin to come, and Mrs. Lin has also passed. Shall we also call a few people and go over and take a look? ”

The first few words of the mother-in-law were very soft, she was a rough mother-in-law, and it was inconvenient to talk about the master's affairs, but people would always be quick and say a few more words according to their own thoughts.

Just as the Qi clan was about to show off, the maid who was waiting next to him suddenly whispered, "Madam, Miss Zijuan is here." ”

Sure enough, Zijuan hid in the ear room next door at some point, and as soon as the maid's voice fell, she saw Zijuan open the door of the ear room next door and walked out.

Seeing that the round-faced mother-in-law in a robe was still standing under the corridor, he asked, "Mrs. Zhang, aren't you guarding outside the courtyard?" Why did you come in?"

That mother-in-law is also a discerning person, seeing that Qi and Zijuan are not the same, since she has already married Qi and Qi, it is inconvenient to talk to Zijuan again. He said: "Miss Zijuan, something happened in the outer courtyard, the old slave was going to give the old lady, but the old lady had already rested, and the old slave had to come to Mrs. Qi." ”

"Really? What a big deal happened in the outer courtyard, that you worked your old man to come in and be the little maid who reported the news. Zijuan spoke, but his eyes glanced at Qi's side.

These days, the Qi family was serving in Feng Lao'an's house, so they didn't leave Zijuan in the house.

Yesterday, Feng Lao'an called her to go, thinking that he wanted to call her to serve by his side, but he didn't expect to take away the power of her housekeeper and transfer it to the Qi family, and the Qi family will replace the Cai family's housekeeper.

In the past two days, the housekeeper of the Qi family has degraded all the maids and daughters-in-law she trusted to the outer courtyard.

If you are old, you will be released to the country grange for the elderly; If they were a little younger, they were all sent to the outer courtyard to do the work of pulping and washing; There are also a few dogs who have been following her all the year round, and they were pointed out by Qi to go to the pulp washing room to brush the manure bucket.

Qi did this, it was clear that she wanted to fight against Zijuan, but she didn't serve by Feng Lao'an's side these days, and Feng Lao'an's people didn't like to listen to her very much.

But after all, he has been planning in the Gu Mansion for so many years, where can he be defeated by a milky little girl Qi Clan?

The round-faced mother-in-law in the cloak didn't want to eat Zijuan, nor did she want to make the Qi family unhappy, so when she was in a dilemma, she could only go to the Qi family's side.

"Miss Zijuan, the old slave has been serving by Mrs. Feng's side for so many years, where is there any labor that does not work, the old slave is just a rough mother-in-law, and the old slave is naturally the best when the old lady orders it."

The woman talked for a long time, but she didn't get to the point.

Zijuan, who wanted to know what the Qi family was doing, was anxious, and instantly said angrily, "Mrs. Zhang, what are you doing here?" The old lady has rested, and if you have anything important to say to the old lady, it will be the same with me. ”

Just as the woman was about to blurt out, Qi suddenly coughed lightly.

"Mrs. Zhang, you have to speak carefully, since it is Miss Zijuan who asked you, you will reply to her honestly, don't say anything, don't miss anything."

The woman was so excited that she didn't know what to say for a moment, and after being stunned for a long time, she stammered.

"Miss Zijuan, the flower room just came to report, saying that it has been raining in the past few days, and the flower house still has the old lady's peony and peony, if it always leaks so much, I'm afraid it won't work. The old slave got the instructions of the housekeeper of the flower house, and came to pay tribute to the old lady. ”

When Zijuan heard that it was such a trivial matter, she glanced at Qi Shi, quickly turned around, and left a sentence.

"Now that Mrs. Qi is here, she will help you decide! Just talk to her! ”

After watching Zijuan leave, the woman took a few breaths.

I only heard Qi Shi instructing on the side: "Go and talk to the swift girl in the old lady's house, and say that the third girl is sick and has come to pay homage to the old lady." Swift knows what to do. ”

After the mother-in-law left in the rain, Qi Shi looked at the heavier and heavier rain outside the house, and remembered Zijuan's frivolous appearance here before, it seemed that she was used to being arrogant, thinking that no one dared to clean her up......