Time: 212-12-2

Jiang Yanming returned to the main courtyard, Li Danruo had already turned off the lights and rested, Jiang Yanming was stunned outside the station for a long time, and then followed Wei Zi and Doulu on duty into the clean room to bathe and wash, and came back to sleep. \[\]

The next morning, Li Danruo's expression was as usual, and he didn't mention Jiang Yanming's thoughts about tomorrow night, Jiang Yanming was full of uneasiness, thinking about it, he didn't dare to say anything, and went to the study in the front yard to read and write as usual.

Hongling and Cuiyu stretched their necks and waited for a whole day, except for the little girl who sent needlework, seeing that it was getting dark, and no one came, Hongling scolded in a hurry, and pulled Cuiyu to wait for Jiang Yanming in yesterday's place, but they waited until late at night, and they didn't see Jiang Yanming coming.

The two discussed for a while, quietly slipped to the gate of the courtyard and guarded for most of the day, and finally guarded the little girl who was on an errand in Jiang Yanming's yard earlier, and hurriedly pulled her to the shade of the tree, but the little girl looked at the two of them sideways, and refused to say a word, Cui Yu had no choice but to put a fine embroidered purse on her body to the little girl, and changed the little girl's words, "The master has already returned", after speaking, pinched the purse, shook off the red feather, turned around and ran. Only angry Hongling scolded again: "...... Don't be ashamed to die, in the past, if there was nothing to do, I rubbed it in front of people's eyes, I can't annoy you to death, I run like this now, I don't want to say a word, ......and I am ungrateful."

"Okay," Cui Yu pushed Hongling tiredly: "Let's go back, we were also stricter in the past, so Xiao Nizi is not worth being angry about, but Master, why does it seem to be hiding from us?" Hongling was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak after a moment, when Cui Yu pushed her and said, "This is not the place to talk, let's go back first." ”

The little girl ran back to the back room in one breath, gasped for a while, looked down at the delicate peach-shaped purse in her hand, tilted her head and thought about it, then went back to the front yard, and went to the door of the weeping flower to look for the door, and the little girl said with a smile: "Sister Lotus, please tell Sister Yao Huang, I have something important to say to her." Lotus raised her hand and flicked Xiao Yahuan's forehead and smiled: "What else do you have to say?" Wait, I'll go see if Sister Yao Huang is available. The little girl was busy thanking, and after a while, Yao Huang followed the lotus flower out, looked at the little girl and smiled: "What's the matter?" ”

"It's very important," the little girl Huan really called out Yao Huang, she was overjoyed, and after seeing several salutes, she pulled Yao Huang to the side and flashed it, entrusted her purse to Yao Huang, and muttered about what had just happened: "...... Mama confessed, if anyone inquires about the whereabouts of grandma and grandma, they will have to report when they come back, I thought, this should also be inquired, and give me a purse, Mama went back, and I didn't dare to delay, so I looked for my sister. Yao Huang looked at the purse in Xiao Yahuan's hand, pressed Xiao Yahuan's hand back with the purse, and said with a smile: "You are right, you can keep this purse." As he spoke, he turned around and instructed Lotus: "Lotus help me run and go to find your sister Wei Zi and take a hundred dollars out to Xiaozhi." ”

The lotus promised to get the money, Yao Huang stretched out his hand to straighten Xiaozhi's clothes, and said with a gentle smile: "I heard that your wife's health is not very good these days, tomorrow morning I will ask people to make a box of snacks, you bring it back to see the wife, if you can't catch up, stay overnight and come back, it is not easy for the grandmother and mother, and you can be more filial." Xiao Zhi looked up at Yao Huang, almost speechless.

Yao Huang sent the twig away, stood in the weeping flower door for a while, and then sighed and went back to the room.

Early the next morning, a few rough envoys went over to nail seven or eight wooden strips from the inside of the corner door of the west courtyard, Cui Yu was stunned to watch the mother-in-law nail the door, Hongling's face was miserable, and there was no claim, the corner door was sealed, and the two of them wanted to enter and exit again, so they could only enter the main courtyard along the wall first, and then go out from the gate.

After two or three days in a row, Cui Yu and Hong Ling found an excuse to go to the sewing room to get tricks, went out of the main courtyard gate, and came back with a few tricks, Hong Ling pulled Cui Yu, and refused to go back to prison again anyway, the two didn't dare to wander around the garden, discussed a few words, and simply went to Jiang Yanxia and Jiang Yandong to live in the Ruxiu Courtyard, where they usually come and go, and the five ladies are easy-going.

The two entered the upper room, Jiang Yanxia was doing needlework, while watching Jiang Yanqiu and Jiang Yandong play chess, seeing the two of them come in, he hurriedly smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and now your courtyard is also busy, sit, it just so happens that your fifth grandmother gave me a few taels of lotus tea, the taste is really good, I'm afraid you are not rare." ”

"Why isn't it rare, we can't even drink old tea now!" As soon as the fifth grandmother was mentioned, Hongling was angry and didn't fight anywhere, Cui Yu reached out and wanted to pull her, but she shrank back halfway, just let her talk about it, it didn't hurt.

"The fifth brother is so good to you, what good things don't come before you? How do you drink aged tea? Jiang Yandong fell down, didn't raise his head and smiled, Jiang Yanxia put down the needle and thread in her hand, reached out to help Jiang Yanqiu's shoulder and stood up, pinched Jiang Yanqiu's shoulder and smiled: "It's not just Chen tea at this time, if you want to drink tea, you have to wait for next year, I just have two plates of fresh dim sum here, and let people bring them to you to taste." Jiang Yanqiu knew that her sister didn't let her speak, so she just looked down at the chessboard and concentrated on playing chess.

"What's the use of the master, the master himself can't protect himself, who knows how your fifth brother is wronged now, there is no one waiting for anyone around him, he used to wait for people in the yard, and now he can't even enter the hanging flower door, Sister Cuiyu and I were simply locked up as thieves, and they all said that the fifth grandmother has a lot of dowry, and the dare is the same as the gold bricks everywhere that are afraid ......of being stolen, so forget it" Hongling finally found a place to breathe, and began to talk endlessly without waiting to sit down, Jiang Yandong looked at Hongling in surprise, and just wanted to speak, Seeing that Jiang Yanqiu on the other side was concentrating on playing chess, he hurriedly swallowed the words that had reached his throat, swallowed again, and lowered his head to concentrate on playing chess. Jiang Yanxia politely and enthusiastically opened the tea and snacks, but did not answer a word.

“…… Tell me, what is this? Obviously, Sister Cuiyu and I moved into the West Cross Courtyard, how can we live in a cross-courtyard room......"

"Take a sip of tea before you talk." Jiang Yanxia interrupted Hongling's words: "My sister and I are both young girls who haven't left the pavilion, I can't listen to this, let's say goodbye, why doesn't Sister Cuiyu speak?" The tenth sister of the former son also said that I have to find you to make a hand cage this winter, and it is really good for you to make that hand cage. ”

"Yes, it's beautiful and comfortable, the eighth sister also wants one, and the ninth sister, you have to hurry up in the fall, starting with the fifth sister, one for each person!" Jiang Yandong took Jiang Yanxia's words and said with a smile, Cuiyu said with bitterness: "This year is not as good as in previous years, the tenth lady wants to, I have to tell our grandmother, Hongling and I can't finish the needlework every day, and it takes a lot of effort to make that hand cage." ”

Jiang Yanxia's eyebrows seemed to move, and when she saw Hongling open her mouth to say something, she hurriedly changed the topic and smiled: "Summer is not over yet, just thinking about winter, I think we are too idle, speaking of needlework, Sister Dong, when is your purse ready to be done?" And you, where did you leave that fan bag? I started making it last winter, and I said that I would use it this summer, and this summer is early, what about your fan cover? Jiang Yanxia nodded at Jiang Yandong and Jiang Yanqiu, half-truths and half-truths reprimanded, Jiang Yanqiu and Jiang Yandong glanced at each other, Jiang Yandong spit out the tip of his tongue and whispered: "It's all Cuiyu, if you have to mention the word needle and thread, the fifth sister is training people again." ”

"My fan bag seems to be in your house, you quickly take me to find it." Jiang Yanqiu stretched out her hand to paste the chessboard, pulled Jiang Yandong to jump off the bed, and went to Jiang Yandong's residence in the front yard to find a purse and fan bag.

Cui Yu was slightly embarrassed and lowered her head to drink tea, Jiang Yanxia picked up a piece of dim sum and tasted it slowly, smiled and refused to speak first, the three of them sat for a while, Hong Ling jumped off the bed, pulled Cui Yu and said, "Let's not disturb the five ladies, let's go." Jiang Yanxia hurriedly put down the snack and smiled: "What are you doing in such a hurry, eat another snack and leave." Cui Yu said with a smile: "There are a lot of things, come back next time when you are free, thank you Wu Niangzi for the tea and snacks." ”

Jiang Yanxia didn't stay long, she took two steps to stay, through the window, watching the two of them go out of the courtyard, she sighed lightly, Hongling has such a temper, no one can tolerate it, the fifth brother was so used to her at the beginning, but he actually hurt her, and they all said that the fifth sister-in-law was shrewd and powerful, she didn't have seen her before, and she was always careful to listen and watch carefully these days when she got married, so gentle and kind...... Looking at Cui Yu and Hongling at this time, I can't even see the face of the fifth brother, alas, didn't my aunt say it, the more gentle and amiable you are, the more you have to beware...... I don't have to watch out for her, the ninth sister went to her to play for a day, the ninth sister is a hearty and scheming, but there is a sixth lady in the second room, only one month younger than herself...... It's also time to talk about the age of parenting, well, I have to find an opportunity at night, the fifth sister-in-law, I have to come over with Sister Qiu often to talk, I am sixteen this year, who can I refer to this family matter......