Old lady Zhao really proposed marriage for the Liu family and the Qiu family. This flattered the Liu family, even Mrs. Liu, who was very reluctant, had to succumb to the halo of the Zhao family, but she still cut it in every possible way in the dowry. After Liu Juren calculated the benefits of this family affair, he waved his pen and did a marriage that surpassed the marriage of the head of the Liu family, and those dowries also specially went around half of the county town of Quanjiao. It made the Liu family somewhat unhappy.

After the engagement, more than 20 students who were going to take the college examination left for Nanjing to take the examination. Quanjiao to Nanjing is very close, taking a boat is just more than a day's work, if it is a tailwind, I am afraid that it will arrive in half a day.

A few days after Zhao Xihou left, the second wife of Zhao came back with someone. The people in the house knew more or less about Mrs. Zhao's style, and Aunt Cui, who had been serving by Mrs. Zhao's side, led Rongyue and a few people to clean up and down the Zhao family's old mansion.

Early in the morning, I heard a report from my family: "The second wife has entered the city." Aunt Cui hurriedly took the family of maids to the second door to greet her.

A four-person blue-topped silver-topped sedan chair, three two-person sedan chairs, followed by eight or nine carriages. A dry waiting person looked at it and couldn't help but smack his tongue, so much luggage?

The sedan chair man who carried the sedan chair unloaded the sedan chair at the second gate and immediately retreated, and the dozen or so head-keeping servants who followed immediately rushed up and lifted the sedan chair.

Aunt Cui knew the rules, and saw the little maid carrying a sedan chair from a distance, and hurriedly greeted her. When the sedan chair fell, he immediately walked to the four-person blue tweed silver-topped sedan chair and lifted the sedan curtain himself, and said respectfully: "Give Mrs. Nafu." ”

Rongyue rushed forward to support Mrs. Zhao.

Second Mrs. Zhao glanced at them and said with a smile, "How are you?" ”

Aunt Cui was frightened and said, "Everything is fine." If the third young master wins the leader this time, I will be even better. ”

Second Mrs. Zhao nodded with a smile, and looked at the servants who were all dressed up and went out to greet them, neatly greeted both sides, and nodded with satisfaction: "You guys take care of it very well, it's much more pleasing to the eye than when you came back last time." ”

At this time, a few people came down from the small sedan chair of the two people in the back, a woman dressed as a wet nurse was holding a tiger-headed child, and the other was a girl with a small body; There was also a young and beautiful little woman.

"It's Brother Shou and Seventh Sister." The big girl who came forward called Jin Ying and whispered.

"Little Master and Seven Girls? I said hello to my wife. Aunt Cui knelt down in front of her as she spoke, wanting to kowtow to the two little masters, but was stopped by Mrs. Zhao.

"He's young, don't give his life."

Mrs. Zhao ordered the nurse to bring the child over, and looked at the child with wide eyes and a smile: "He is too young, don't fold his life, just call Brother Shou'er, and the name is still waiting for the old lady to take it." ”

Aunt Cui cleverly agreed, and found that Mrs. Zhao was ignoring the seventh girl, and she felt a little strange, but she saw that although the seventh girl was not bad, she just looked down with a pair of eyes, which looked wooden; Look at the corners of the mouth involuntarily bend down, and look innocent and sigh, it's really hard to like.

No wonder Mrs. doesn't like her. Think about the eldest girl and the second girl, they can talk at a young age, laugh when they see people, and love everyone when they see them.

Second Mrs. Zhao took Aunt Cui's hand and asked, "How is the old lady?" ”

"Good. It's in Hanmo Studio. ”

Second Mrs. Zhao took a group of people to go and went around to the front to greet Mrs. Zhao.

After entering Hanmo Zhai, someone put a brocade satin mattress cushion behind him, and Mrs. Zhao kowtowed to Mrs. Zhao in a proper manner: "Please say hello to you." He ordered the two children in the back to greet Mrs. Zhao, "This is Jiu'er, the nickname is Brother Shou, and I also ask the old lady to give me a name." This is the seventh sister. ”

Old lady Zhao nodded, because she saw that Brother Shou'er was too young, so she pulled the seventh girl and asked, "What's your name?" How old is this year? ”

Where did the seventh girl think that Old Lady Zhao would ask in person, she was frightened and trembled: "Call me Seventh Sister, I am six years old this year." ”

Old lady Zhao squinted and said with a smile: "Since you haven't named it yet, then grandpa should give you a name." Looking at Zhao Xiyun standing beside him, he said with a smile, "Your fifth sister is called Xiyun, and your name is Xi...... Nozomi is good. ”

Zhao Xiyun pulled Zhao Xixiao and smiled lightly, finally having a sister younger than herself. She saw Second Mrs. Zhao looking at herself with a smile, and hurriedly let go of the hand holding Zhao Xixiao, and stepped forward to kowtow to Second Mrs. Zhao.

Second Mrs. Zhao hurriedly pulled her up and said with a smile: "Fifth niece, I haven't heard your second uncle talk about you, it's difficult for you to serve in front of the old lady." ”

Zhao Xiyun hurriedly said that it should be so.

At one moment, the people who came with Mrs. Zhao also rushed forward to salute Mrs. Zhao and Zhao Xiyun.

Old Mrs. Zhao looked at the people who came in with Second Mrs. Zhao and asked, "You came back to see the Third Sun Courtyard exam, why did you bring so many people?" ”

Second Mrs. Zhao smiled and said: "The master has already gone to the capital to report on his work, and he has been transferred to Huguang as an envoy, and the daughter-in-law has brought someone back first, and then he will go to Huguang after the third children's hospital test." Here is a letter written by Zhao Youlin to Mrs. Zhao.

Old lady Zhao swept her eyes, nodded and said, "You have worked hard all the way, go down and rest." Leave these seven girls for me to be companions. ”

Second Mrs. Zhao never expected that Old Lady Zhao liked girls, so she had to signal Zhao Xixiao with her eyes and tell her to pay more attention, so she took someone down.

Old lady Zhao pulled Zhao Xixiao with a smile and brought a few fruits for her to eat.

Zhao Xixiao only took a plum, held it tightly in his hand, and thanked Mrs. Zhao quietly for not eating it.

Zhao Xiyun enthusiastically took Zhao Xixiao's hand and said to Mrs. Zhao: "Grandpa, is it okay for me to live with the seventh sister?" ”

Old lady Zhao said happily: "I have to ask your seventh sister." What do you say, seven girls? ”

Zhao Xixiao looked down with his eyes, and only whispered after half a sound: "I also want to ask my wife to show me." ”

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"Is my wife satisfied? The old mansion is not as simple as it was in office. Aunt Cui picked up Mrs. Zhao at the door and entered the house and served her to change her clothes.

Second Mrs. Zhao took a look and said, "It's still the same as when I came back more than ten years ago, it hasn't changed at all." Forget it, anyway, I will live for more than a month, and when the master comes back, I will take office together. ”

A girl had already taken a beauty to beat her legs for Mrs. Zhao's second wife.

Aunt Cui smiled: "Where is the master going to work?" Now it's a big deal. ”

Second Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "The master ordered Huguang to press the envoy, and he will come back in a few days." ”

Rong Yue personally took the tray and held something and invited Mrs. Zhao to drink.

Seeing that things were white, Mrs. Zhao hesitated slightly.

Rong Yue hurriedly smiled and said, "Knowing that my wife likes to drink this Linglu drink the most, I specially asked the kitchen staff to do it." ”

Mrs. Zhao Er tasted it shallowly, put it down and smiled: "Do you remember so many years?" Who did this? It's better than what Lai Niang did. I didn't expect anyone in the old mansion to do this. Reward. ”

"It's the king chef of the family."

When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she suddenly remembered a matter in her heart and said, "Wang? Is it the one with the child back then? A nurse with five girls breastfeeding his daughter? ”

Aunt Cui said: "Exactly." ”

Second Mrs. Zhao said: "He is still doing things here?" ”

Rong Yue smiled: "Exactly." The third young master loves to cook with him. Now his daughter has grown up, and her skills are still gone. A few days ago, Chef Wang was sick, but his daughter was still serving the third young master's meals. ”

Second Mrs. Zhao smiled: "San'er is still such a picky eater? ”

Rongyue said: "It's much better than the hour." ”

Second Mrs. Zhao nodded and said to the maid beside her, "Take care of the things that you brought to the third young master and hand them over to Rongyue to collect." He also ordered someone to reward Aunt Cui with something, and said that he was tired along the way and wanted to rest, and then invited Aunt Cui to come over for a drink. Aunt Cui smiled and stepped back.

Seeing that there was no one in the house, Mrs. Zhao asked, "Why didn't you accompany San'er to Nanjing?" ”

Rongyue said: "The old lady doesn't call to follow." said that he wanted a girl to accompany him when he went out for the exam. ”

Second Mrs. Zhao nodded: "Then who followed?" Can people grow old? My mother was worried that if something hadn't happened on the way, I could have arrived earlier and taken care of him personally. Then he asked, "I don't understand the letter on weekdays, and it's not good if the message is passed on." What is San'er doing? ”

Rongyue said: "The third young master studied very hard. wrote several articles, and the old lady said it was good. I heard a few days ago that the third young master and several young masters who took the exam spent money to buy the college examination questions of previous years, but how did they know that they were bluffed. ”

Second Mrs. Zhao was suddenly shocked: "There is such a thing? Did the man catch it? ”

Rong Yue hurriedly relieved: "Don't worry, madam. Hear me out. In fact, I was bluffed, but there were a few questions that were examined or examined. One of them is the question of the third master and the palace examination of that year, and the third young master made it and showed it to the old lady. The old lady said yes at the time, and said that if the third master could write like this with the young master back then, he would be the champion. ”

When Second Mrs. Zhao heard Rongyue say this, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and chanted the Buddha in a chorus: "Amitabha." I don't expect him to win any champions, as long as he goes to school honestly, and in the future, he will be admitted to the Jinshi and let him go. ”

Rong Yue hurriedly said: "The young master must be named on the gold list, and I will honor you in the future." ”

There was a maid outside the door who said, "Madam, where do you put Brother Shou'er and Seventh Sister's things?" ”

Second Mrs. Zhao said: "Didn't the old lady ask the seventh sister to live with the fifth girl?" Send it there. Brother Shou'er's things are good for me. ”

Rongyue knelt in front of Second Mrs. Zhao and kowtowed to her with a smile: "I didn't send anyone to say that my wife gave birth to a little young master, so I kowtowed to my wife to say goodbye." ”

Second Mrs. Zhao sighed: "Where did I have such a good life." It was born outside, and the siblings of the seventh sister were gone. The old man's heir had a hard time, so I had to carry him. ”

Only then did Rongyue understand that Brother Shou was the concubine, and the seventh girl was the concubine. She smiled and said, "That's Shou Ge'er's Zhaohua." The fifth girl has the best sex, and the seventh girl doesn't have to worry about the wife there. ”

Second Mrs. Zhao nodded: "How many years has the fourth master married the niece and granddaughter of a scholar in Nanjing, and he hasn't come to pick up the fifth girl?" ”

"As I said before, the old lady won't let it go. Later, I gradually stopped talking about it, and just sent someone to deliver something. ”

Second Mrs. Zhao got up and took a few pieces of jewelry from the jewelry box and gave them to Rongyue: "You serve San'er very well, I am very relieved." I'm tired today, but tomorrow you'll see me again. ”

Rongyue retreated, only to see Jin Ying smile at her slightly, and then took two well-dressed big maids to hold the basin, and then carried the bucket and came in with hot water, and saw a few maids holding a stack of old handkerchiefs in their hands.

A second-class maid at the door saw Rongyue and said with a smile: "Sister has always been rare, how are you doing lately?" ”

Rong Yue looked at her carefully, didn't know her very well, and said, "Sister is ......?" Forgive me for not being able to recognize which sister is. ”

Caiyun, who was following Rongyue, glanced at the maid, and snorted coldly and said to Rongyue: "Sister, the noble person forgets a lot of things. You don't even recognize her? She is a hosta, the girl who used to clean in his wife's house. ”

The hosta smiled and saluted Rongyue, and said to Caiyun: "I haven't seen Sister Caiyun all these years, and now she still speaks so harshly." ”

Rong Yue thought about it for a while, and only then did she have some impressions in her head, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, you are so good." Now it's second class? ”

The hosta smiled triumphantly.

"Mrs. is going to bathe, so ...... veil?"

The hosta took Rongyue's hand and said with a smile: "After the handkerchief is soaked, you are not allowed to put it back in the basin, throw it away." My sister has been waiting in front of me for a long time, and I will understand after a few looks. ”

She looked down at the hosta's outstretched hand, and looked coldly at the clothes of the two big girls, didn't make a sound, just nodded, and said with a smile: "I don't know what my wife likes to eat now, you said that I ordered the cook to make it." ”

Jade hairpin smiled: "Mrs. Lai's meals are all in charge of Aunt Lai's meals now, and there is no need for the cook in the old house." If I want to eat, I'll just tell my sister. ”

Rongyue nodded, got up and left. Looking at the Zhao family's old mansion, which suddenly became lively, Rongyue couldn't help but pray to God that the third young master would succeed this time, they had been in the old mansion for too long, so long that they didn't know anything about the outside world. She couldn't help but think of when they came to the old mansion, at that time they looked down on the people in the old mansion, and then they sat in the well and watched the sky, and now, it was the turn of others to look down on them.

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Linglu Drink: A drink of the Ming Dynasty court. From Ming Liu Ruoyu's "Chronicles of the Middle". Its production method, Huo Weihua dedicated. Zhai rice or glutinous rice, old rice, millet into the pot at the same time to refine, take its condensed dew, hence the name of Linglu drink.

But I really don't know what Saimi is, and if any of my friends know, let me know. (Isn't it the kind of rice that is dried repeatedly?) ）。

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I wish you all a Happy New Year. Then take the red envelope~(*^__^*)

Today, the family deepens the balls to make braised vegetables. There are meat balls, radish balls, glutinous rice balls...... It is said that our hometown likes to fry balls during the New Year. A big pot is fried, and it is packed in a basin~ Thriller!

Although my mother's glutinous rice was boiled a little sparsely, after it was fried, the red envelope suddenly found that it was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, which was really delicious.

The red envelope mother is really annoyed by the red envelope, and she looks at the red envelope and surrounds her with a notebook all day long, asking how to make this and how to make it delicious. And then the red envelope doesn't do it again. She wants to roll the red envelope into balls and blow them up now.