"If you have been rejecting me because of your slavery, then this time when you knelt in the rain in spite of your own body and begged your wife to take back your life, didn't you know that the masters had allowed us to be free?"

The two masters in the Hou Mansion are generous and shrewd people in Kyoto, they know how to win people's hearts, and they can take care of the girls around them. It is the least number of people in the Hou Mansion who eat inside and outside, and the two masters are very different from each other, so he doesn't believe that when Mrs. mentioned this marriage to her, she didn't explain the matter.

Ran Jia weakly pressed her forehead against his chest, and said with some annoyance: "I'm not really as obedient as everyone thinks, I also have a temper." At that time, I had a family affair on my head coldly, and I still knew that the whole Hou Mansion knew you, I, I wanted to resist as soon as my brain was hot.

When I got sick, I wanted to open a lot, who to marry is not to marry, marry a man to marry a man and dress and eat. I don't need to be attached to the good people outside the house, you are at least trustworthy than others, and you are also familiar to me and can be entrusted with for life.

Ying Key, after I should do this family business, I really didn't have any other thoughts in my heart.

You don't have to worry about me, okay? When she said the last sentence, her voice couldn't help but relax with a coquettish softness.

His Adam's apple rolled down in the darkness, and the corners of his lips showed a helpless arc, "Then I'll see how you perform." ”

Ran Jia nodded again and again, "Mmmm, you can watch it!" However, when we go to the Hou Mansion tomorrow and return to the door, I will mention to my wife that I will return the people who accompany the marriage, how about it?

Or, keep the two girls for you? ”

She asked, tentatively.

Ying Jian wanted to say no, but the words turned around on the tip of his tongue and said, "It's okay." ”

That's good!

Ran Jia grinded her teeth secretly, her heart suddenly became sour, she silently took a deep breath and slowly spit it out, the corners of her lips couldn't rise, she just mustered up the courage to live hard, and now it was a little broken. At this moment, she knew that her heart was actually a little lost when her body completely belonged to him, and she couldn't go back to what she was at the beginning.

She quietly pressed against his hot chest, but the tip of her heart was cold, and she warned herself over and over again that she must not trust a man's words, nor should she relax her vigilance against him by relying on her own eyes and ears. Only by guarding the rest of her heart can she have a space to breathe in this palm-sized courtyard.

Ran Jia doesn't know much, and all her experience is just reading books, but she has been guarding her master for a long time, and has witnessed how a flower-like girl who is full of longing for the future can slowly become a stable and serious Mrs. Houfu, and the hardships and sourness often make her reflect.

At the beginning, Hou Ye was also quite good to Mrs. Hou, but the two of them were sweet for less than half a year, and the news of pregnancy came from the concubine room in the house, and then Hou Ye was sent abroad for several months, and when he came back, he brought a Qing official. One thing after another, Ran Jia counted it in her heart, aside from the fact that the back house was too lively, Hou Ye was a rare man who cared about the country and stood up to the sky.

Not to mention the Hou Mansion, Ran Jia has participated in a lot of banquets with Mrs. Hou, and what she hears in her ears is also all kinds of pickles in the palace of the prince general. At that time, she wanted to leave these places of right and wrong far away, to find a man who would only have her own son for the rest of her life, even if he was a man who was digging in the field, even if he would age quickly in the sun and heavy labor, she would not change her determination.

Now, everything came unexpectedly, and she was not allowed to have a choice.

Do you want to become the second pathetic Mrs. Hou?

Her eyes were slightly moist, and with her domineering and ruthless personality, she was afraid that she could only bear it.

Without sleepiness, she got up, asked for slightly hot water and took a bath happily, looking at the new bruises on her body that were not good last night, and today, the grievances in her heart were a little overflowing. She wiped her body vigorously and cried silently, women who don't want to be good-looking, but a good-looking woman in this world, fate is destined to be at the mercy of others.

Ying Jian was half-leaning on the bed, his eyes slightly closed, but his ears clearly caught the suppressed sobbing sound under the sound of water. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, a wave of weakness and mockery welling up in his heart.

obviously didn't want to be married to him, but Ran Jia was able to tell him casually that she was ready. She just relied on him to be invisible and coaxed him!

After taking a bath, Ran Jia didn't make up again, her long black hair hung down softly to her waist, she was wearing a light green skirt with bamboo patterns outlined by silver threads on the cuffs, simple and exquisite.

The housekeeper reported to her through a set of screens that the gifts she needed to bring to the Hou Mansion tomorrow were all decent things, after all, she was an old man equipped by the Hou Ye, and he acted in a very orderly manner, so that Ran Jia couldn't find the slightest inappropriateness. She can't bear to mention to her wife tomorrow that she will return most of the subordinates, I have to say that the life of the rich and noble is very addictive, and who doesn't want to enjoy it so much?

The steward handed over the title deed of one hundred acres of land, the deed of sale of the people in the house, and the two hundred taels of silver that the master had rewarded, and then bowed down and withdrew.

Ran Jia began to tidy up her dowry box, picked out the embroidered things, and put the existing ones in a small basket. It's a mid-April afternoon when the sun shines just right, shining golden light through the spacious windows.

She is still familiar with the market of embroidery, not only the price, but also the objects and colors that are loved by the ladies and ladies in the current elite circle.

Ran Jia thought about it slightly, the rent of 100 acres of land is generally charged according to the local 40%, and the price of Kyoto is high, an acre of land can have two taels a year, and a hundred acres is two hundred taels. The silver taels she saved and the dowry prepared for her by her wife were worth three thousand taels together.

She pursed her lips and looked at someone who was lying motionless and sleeping on the bed, although he couldn't see with his eyes, but he couldn't shirk the responsibility of supporting his family.

She won't be like Mrs. Hou, stupidly taking silver to raise a concubine for a man.

"Something?" The man's breathing was not in the slightest, and his thin lips opened slightly.

Ran Jia was startled, she patted her chest slightly, and said softly: "Where should the chewing at home come from in the future?" ”

"Didn't the master reward two hundred taels? It's just for this year. In the future, the annual output of 100 acres of land will also be 200 taels, if it is not enough, you will look for me again. Ying Key's eyes did not open.

Ran Jia didn't know if he had no money in his hand, or if he had money and didn't want to hand it over to her to take care of.

Two hundred taels of silver, which can be divided equally among sixteen taels a month, but they also have a lot of flowers, such as socializing, eating, dressing, firewood, coal, water, night incense, etc., and they also need to pay the servants monthly money.

In the past, she was a big girl in the house, and her monthly money could reach two taels of silver. is an ordinary family, but Yujing and Yuling must at least have a half, right? The other servants have hundreds of dollars, and they can add up to one or two halves.

If you can save a hundred taels a year, it's up to the sky, and this is still without big flowers.

Ran Jia made up her mind that her daily expenses would be deducted from the rent, and her dowry and the silver sold for embroidery in the future would be saved, and she would not fight them until she had to. She can't grasp the man's heart, and she doesn't want to spend that effort, Ran Jia can only hold the silver money in her hand, not rely on people's snorts, and prepare enough bundles and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone money for the shadowless children, so that her heart can get some sense of security.

Thinking like this, she decided to embroider some high-priced complete sets of objects, Ran Jia is embroidery with the master, the master who taught embroidery has a lot of background, just a double-sided embroidery is enough for her to benefit for a lifetime.

"What are you doing?" Half Ringing didn't get a response, Ying Key sat up and asked in a deep voice at where she was seated.

"I'm idle and I'm not going to embroider something," she said, looking down and inlaying the smooth and transparent white satin into the embroidery shed, and placing the embroidery threads she needed one by one, splitting them into very fine silk threads for later use.

"We got married in a hurry, you only sewed a set of wedding clothes for your grandfather, and you didn't even make shoes, and there was no shadow of your purse, handkerchief, and belt. Since you are so idle, why don't you make three or five sets of replacements for your master first? He stood up and raised his arm, "Fu Ye sits next to you and pours a cup of tea by the way." ”

Ran Jia put down the things in his hand, stepped forward to help him sit down, poured water and took some snacks.

"What do you like?" Looking at the appearance of his old god drinking tea, she asked helplessly, the two of them had three or five sets of spring and autumn clothes, summer clothes, plus small accessories, and they couldn't complete it in two or three months.

"You look at ......"

She answered, looked at the white satin on the embroidery shed, shook her head silently, dismantled it, and took the basket to re-select the cloth and embroidery thread.

"What do you do first?" Unable to stand the silence in the room, Ying Key asked dissatisfiedly.

"It's getting warmer, I'll make you spring clothes."

"Don't need to measure your size?" No matter how rough he is, he also understands that he has to measure the size of clothes. He didn't even give her a size, and she could make a very well-fitting wedding dress, which was really unusual.

"No, my master's clothes are all sewn by me, and my eyes have already become a scale with accurate scales," she said with a rare hint of pride in her voice.

"Well," there was silence in the room again, and he coughed lightly: "Master has a habit of morning exercise, you have to make a few sets of comfortable energy clothes." Clothes for going out, at home, and close-fitting must have a change. ”

"Okay," she replied patiently.

"What color are you going to use?"

"White, cyan, dark blue, gray, and dark are the main colors, and the clothes are slightly embellished with other colors and patterns," she said, and she was already holding the scissors and began to click and cut the cloth.

Ying Jian took a sip of tea, frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Ran Jia, I can't see it now!" ”