When the old lady saw that he stayed later, she was mainly afraid that Xiao Feng's matter would make her unhappy, and her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a dislike, so she remembered the situation he showed to himself before he entered the banquet today, and then thought of Qing Dai, his eyes were slightly dark,

"You have always been fair to officials outside, and you love a few children at home, why do you just ignore Qingdai? Many years have passed since Wan Niang's affairs, do you still remember? In the past three years, the child has followed me, and she has read it to me every time you bring a letter, but I have never heard her name mentioned in your letter. Today, you hugged Brother Xu to show me, but when you entered the door, you didn't even look at her when you entered the door and even saluted Qingdai. You make that child feel so cold, she is also your daughter, what grievances do you have that should not be involved in the child. ”

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Walking in the long, narrow corridor, those dry bricks are built into two blue-gray walls in a regular order, framing the blue sky overhead, and the dim light makes people feel a little oppressive.

In the corridor, only the "click" sound of the old sandalwood crutches rhythmically hitting the bluestone pavement remains.

Qing Dai looked at the tree a little distracted, in this piece of gray, the vibrant green is really exciting.

The old lady's maiden name is Han, and her maiden name is Yufeng. This tree was planted by the old lady Shangguan Rong for the old lady.

The old lady recalled for a moment, touched the trunk of the tree as if soothingly, and then straightened up, "Let's go!" ”

The yard is not big, boxy, with a cross in the middle, divided into four pieces, arranged a small flower garden, and two two-person high magnolia trees are planted in the northwest corner. There is a row of five rooms in the middle, and three main rooms with two transepts. Generally, in this kind of quadrangle, the daughter's house is placed in the back cover room. However, there is no one else in the old lady's yard, and the house is naturally picked by Qingdai. The old lady thought that the back room was too low, which made people uncomfortable, and the original meaning was that the main room was wide and bright, and she wanted Qingdai to live in the main room with her. Qingdai was afraid of affecting the rest of the elderly, so she still lived in the east wing.

"The slave maid thinks that the old lady must want the eldest girl to get married, and vacate the spring courtyard, and then the three girls will have to reassign the house, so as not to toss you when you move in and out."

After changing her clothes, Qingdai went to the old lady's house.

Qing Dai moved the hammer from the old lady's left leg to her right leg, and slowly hammered it down and down, "Seeing that you are holding a gift list in your hand, I think it is a mistake when your mother gave gifts to other families." My mother had just arrived in the capital and was not familiar with the situation, so it was inevitable that she would make mistakes. ”

Not to mention that it's okay, this said, the old lady's temperament came up again, "said that she was shrewd and cautious, but this time the capital is more and more difficult to get on the stage." However, a foreigner has a birthday, and because of his relationship with Uncle Guo, he raised the gift up a section, and spread it out, and let the master have a reputation of flattering, which makes people look down on him. She herself wants to please people, send good goods to save face, and she doesn't want to give up more money, how can there be such a good thing in the world? The place of the province is to be saved, and sometimes it is not saved. Once you save people, you are negligent, but people will say that you are a humble person. ”

It turned out that the cause of this incident was that the two mothers wanted to give gifts for their birthdays. One is a staff member who works with Shangguan Hong in the Ministry of Works. The other one is the Hangzhou government magistrate whom Shangguan Hong knew before, and the current official Wailang. A new colleague, an old acquaintance.

When he came back and wanted to add some, Xiao Feng couldn't give up the silver for nothing. It just so happened that Aunt Liu had a distant relative and brother in her family, and now he was the son of the country to supervise the sacrificial wine, and his wife came to the house to pay a visit in the past two days. Inadvertently, Liu's sister-in-law mentioned the doorway for gift-giving, looking at the exquisite box, but in fact, it was more virtual and less real. As long as you send it out to see how it looks, who bothers to take the supplements in the gift box to weigh them one or two when they are in the warehouse. Take it out another day, just don't find it, and if you find it, it's just that the people are greedy, who will suspect that there will be less when the time comes.

Who knows, today, the people below came to send a list to Xiao Feng's family, and the old lady met it. The old lady was afraid of making mistakes and omissions, so she took the gift list and asked carefully. The woman was also unconscious, and let the old lady go around in three or two sentences, and reported how many of the various kinds of packs were packed, and also broke that the portrait embedded in the small interstitial screen was gilt rather than pure gold. At this time, the old lady became angry and pointed at Xiao Feng's for a lecture. Later, Xiao Feng pulled out Liu's relatives, and only then did the old lady say after Qing Dai came in.

Qing Dai shook her head, stopped the movements of her hands, and heard the old lady say coldly: "Hmph! One is shrewd and lacking in atmosphere, the other is restless and self-conscious, pinching big and small things, there is no one who is worry-free! ”

Qingdai lowered her head again and continued to help the old lady beat her legs.

The previous reprimanded Xiao Feng's mistakes and indirectly told herself that the affairs in Beijing were complicated, and later pointed out that these things before and after this birthday ceremony were caused by the two of them having their own thoughts, and finally let her start to pay more attention and learn to do things as a housekeeper. These words were all made by the old lady to tease herself. Although she is only nine years old, there are some things that will be good for her later to start teaching early.

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After eating, Shangguan Hong talked to his mother for a while.

When the mother reprimanded, Shangguan Hong's attitude was very respectful, "The child must follow his mother's teachings." This time, if the emperor can recall him to the capital, the child will do his best to run a business. ”

Shangguan Hong thought for a while, and said after consideration: "Feng has always grown up in Jiangnan, and is not familiar with the etiquette and customs in Beijing. ”

Shangguan Hong breathed a sigh of relief, "Then thank you mother." ”

Speaking of Wan Niang, a trace of trance flashed in Shangguan Hong's eyes, but it was only for a moment that he returned to his normal color, and then remembered the situation when Qing Dai met and saluted just now, the child's clear eyes were very similar to the beautiful and picturesque but fierce woman back then, and he couldn't help but whisper: "The child knows that he is wrong." Later, will pay attention later. ”

As soon as Shangguan Hong left, the old lady's whole body was slack, and she sighed long: "Hey, I was to blame for what happened at the beginning, Fengzhi was unwilling, and I forced him to marry Wan Niang......"

The old lady sighed several times in a row, and finally said nothing.

Except for the trouble on the first day back home, the rooms seem to have stopped. The day after Qingdai arrived in Beijing, Qingqiang, Qinglian and Qingwei went to Qingdai's house to sit for a while after greeting the old lady. The sisters were not very close three years ago, and it is inevitable that they will be a little restrained when they meet again after three years.

At that time, Qingwei's eyes turned to Qing Dai's dresser, and was attracted by the silver enamel comb on the stage, so she jumped off the chair and walked over, picked up the comb and took a look, "Third sister, what is this comb made of." It's so pretty! Where did you get it? ”

Qing Dai looked at it and said with a smile: "That's an enamel color comb." When I went back to Jiangning, my aunt gave me the method of making the cloisonné enamel of the copper tire that was passed from Dashi in the previous dynasty, and now it is in vogue in Beijing. ”

"If the fourth sister likes the comb, take it."

Qing Dai nodded, "Yes! ”

A trace of envy crossed Qinglian's eyes, and Qingqiang craned her neck to look away. Qing Dai smiled when she saw this, and then instructed Peach Blossom to go to the cabinet and get a mahogany box out, "I went back to Jiang Ning and got two silver cloisonné enamel mirrors, which were just for the two sisters." ”

Qinglian was overjoyed and took it beautifully.

Qingqiang couldn't help but glance back, and was suddenly attracted by the pattern of the entangled roses behind the mirror, took the mirror and looked at it, and the corners of her lips finally raised a smile, "Thank you, third sister!" The tone of his voice was much softer than when he first entered the house.

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Xiao Feng was flattered to receive the post, and she and Mrs. Qi also had a relationship at another wedding, and they didn't even say a word. Xiao Feng showed the post to the old lady to see, and the old lady looked at it and said with a smile: "The six girls of the Qi family met Qing Dai in the Jiangning Wang family, and the two have been writing letters in the past few years. Qiang girl is getting married, it's not good to go out and show up, so let's take Lotus Girl, Dai Girl and Wei Girl together. ”

After a while, news came from the rooms.

When Qingqiang heard that it was Mrs. Qi's banquet, thinking of the relationship between the Qi family and the Wang family, she couldn't help but wonder if the Zeng family would also be invited, and she wanted to take a look. Qingqiang got up and was about to go to Rongxi Hall, but was stopped by the big girl Yancao beside her, "Big girl, the old lady has already spoken, you are now waiting to be married and can't move around at will, the slave begs you, don't ask the old lady to take you anymore, the old lady will not agree." Have you forgotten that Sister Danxia was sold back then? ”

Lan Yuexuan.

"Well, Qinglian understands." Qinglian nodded excitedly, she is now at the age when she should say goodbye, she was worried that she would not be able to talk about good relatives in Qingyang, but she didn't expect her father to be transferred to the capital, and this time it was invited by Mrs. Shilang, this is a big opportunity.

After getting the news from Mama Zhu, Qing Dai only said, "Qi Zhen, this girl is well-informed", but it was difficult to hide the look of anticipation in her eyes to see her best friend again.