Historical time and space

Chapter 89: The Tip of the Iceberg (2)

Chapter Eighty-Nine

The Tip of the Iceberg (2)

Second Lady Qi looked at Xun Qingran. "You kid......"

"Please also ask my wife to teach me." Xun Qingran got up, went to the second lady of Qi, and bowed down.

Second Mrs. Qi pulled up Xun Qingran.

“…… The fourth child had never been married before, so he naturally had to worry about everything. Now that you have entered the door, you should also share some of the burden for him, let him only focus on errands, and you will take over other chores, and you will help him take care of it, and this interest is naturally at your disposal, and you still use it to spend your dowry? ”

Xun Qing let out a sigh of relief, and suddenly realized, "This is good, but, madam, you naturally know the temperament of the fourth master." I've always been a little afraid of him. There are too many reminders. ”

"Between you little couples, who else do you need to mention?" Second Mrs. Qi smiled, paused, and then said, "I heard that there are many Zhuangzi in Tongzhou outside the city. The name of the imperial village is rewarded by the emperor to his cronies. I heard that it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is rich. ”

After finishing speaking, Second Lady Qi got up and went to the back room, and took out a small wooden box after a while.

"You're young, you have to spend more. Take these and keep them for the reward. ”

Xun Qingran took the wooden box and opened it, which was divided into two layers, and the lower layer was a small silver bill, with plum blossom patterns, begonia shapes, and pen ingots. The upper layer is more than a dozen gold and silver hairpins that are not the same, the style is simple, but the workmanship is meticulous. It's all very decent stuff to look at.

"The daughter-in-law has not done her filial piety for her wife, but she took her things first. The fourth master knows, and he wants to talk about his daughter-in-law. Xun Qingran pushed the box back.

"Who wants you to tell him?" Second Mrs. Qi pulled Xun Qingran to sit beside her, "What we do as women is to be three from four virtues." It's just that men have big hearts and are doing big things outside. When you are a young couple, you will naturally be affectionate, and after a year or two, you have to plan for the future ....... …… Your sisters are always going to get married, and when the time comes, they will be from other people's families, and the fourth child has errands, and in this house, it is our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who have been with each other for a long time. I don't think for you, for whom. Hello Sheng takes care of the fourth child for me, that is, you have done your filial piety. What is this box, my things, will be yours in the future. ”

Xun Qingran gave in slightly. Seeing that Second Lady Qi said this, she also accepted the box. "Don't think I'm clumsy, my wife, I'm naturally willing to talk to my wife more."

Xun Qing dyed out of the prayer hall, and he didn't go far before he heard someone greet him behind him.

"The fourth brother and sister walk slowly, wait for me."

Xun Qingran hurriedly turned around, but it was Grandma Qi Er who rushed over from behind with two little girls.

"Second sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

"The old lady wants to eat the gourd cake, which is delicate and small, but the mold is stored in the storeroom, and I just brought someone to find it. I made some dinner, and I had someone bring one to my younger siblings. ”

Xun Qingran hurriedly thanked him.

"I've wanted to talk to my sister for a long time, but you're newly married, so I can't go over and disturb you. The second master went to Baoding to do business, and he hasn't come back yet, so my sister will come to me and sit there. ”

"I was about to go over to say goodbye to my second sister-in-law."

The two laughed and went to Qi Er's grandmother's room.

The pomegranate courtyard where Qi Er's grandmother lives is next to the Forget Worry House. In front of the door is a white-pink wall, turn the wall, there are three spacious inverted halls, which are usually the place where the second grandmother of Qi is located. Second Grandma Qi took Xun Qingran to bypass the hall, entered the Moon Gate, and passed through a hall, which was the inner courtyard of the pomegranate garden. There are four main rooms facing north and south in the front. The left and right ear rooms, wing rooms, are connected by hand-copying verandahs all around.

Grandma Qi Er explained: "...... I used to live in the courtyard next to the Zenenendo. Later, in order to serve the old lady and take care of the housework, I simply moved here. ”

The two of them went into the upper room and sat down directly in the hall on the east side. Dong'er brought tea and waited, and the little girls rushed in and put fresh fruit cakes.

"What is missing from the fourth siblings? What to use? Our own sisters don't need to be polite, just send someone to me. Grandma Qi said.

"The second sister-in-law is in charge, and the second sister-in-law will have to trouble the second sister-in-law in the future." Xun Qingran hurriedly thanked him.

Second Grandma Qi laughed, "Sister, that's right." ”

The two chatted about some homely things one by one, and Dong'er held a gold-lacquered tea tray and sent a small lid cup in, dedicated to Grandma Qi'er.

Second Grandma Qi took the cup, frowned and said, "This Laoshizi medicinal soup, it's really annoying to drink, let's put it first." ”

"Grandma should drink it while it's hot, don't forget the doctor's instructions. The old lady and the lady also instructed the maid to watch her grandmother drink every day. ”

Second Grandma Qi had no choice but to take the cup, and said with a smile to Xun Qingran, "Brother and sister, look at my girl, I am used to not being a good person, holding the old lady to talk to the wife, and treating me in front of my younger brother and sister." ”

"Grandma is making fun of the maid again." Dong'er said.

"Dong'er must be like this for the good of the second sister-in-law. The second sister-in-law is unwell? Xun Qingran asked.

Grandma Qi pinched her nose, drank all the medicinal soup in the cup, and ate a candied fruit into her mouth before sighing and replied, "It's just an old problem." ”

"Don't hide it from the fourth grandmother, our grandmother has been sad for a long time and lost her body." Dong'er was on the side.

"Sister, you're not an outsider. I'll tell you about it. Ever since I entered the door, the old lady, the eldest lady, and the second wife have nothing to say to me. Because I helped the second wife do a few things, the old lady said that I was cool and had to let me help take care of the house. I couldn't push it off, so I had to respond. I am a solid person, and since I promised the old lady, I have to repay the old lady's blue eyes wholeheartedly. The second wife felt more and more that I was still useful, so she simply left all the tedious things at home to me. Up and down in this house, when there is nothing to say, there are hundreds of things to sort out a day, I get up early and go to bed late every day, I dare not rest for a moment, and finally have some appearance of cooking, but this, there are still few people who complain. ”

Speaking of which, the maid also feels sorry for our grandmother. Our grandmother had a body the year before last, but because of hard work, she had a miscarriage at the age of seven months, and she lost a male fetus. In this way, I didn't dare to rest, and the root of the disease fell on my body, and now I have to take medicine to recuperate. Because of this, the tongue was chewed behind the back by those villains. It is said that our grandmother has been out for a few years. There are no children. Dong'er said.

"That's it, don't mention the past, and I feel uncomfortable. It's just to repay the old lady and his wife, and also to make the whole family live a more comfortable life. My sister-in-law can't get out, I don't care who cares about it. Grandma Qi said.

"Grandma is dedicated to the public, but those villains can't see grandma's hard work, they only feel that there is oil and water to fish. I don't know how much my grandmother paid for this family. Dong'er said angrily.

Xun Qingran gently put down the tea bowl and coughed lightly, "I just entered the door." I didn't know it was so difficult for my family. We are also eating in the public middle school, how can we let the second sister-in-law make up for it alone. The fourth master's silver and rice were all handed over to the public middle school, although I don't have any gold and silver, and the dowry is still some. The second sister-in-law saw how much she needed, so she took it and sold it, and I also made a contribution. ”

Second Grandma Qi and Dong'er glanced at each other, both a little dumbfounded. Second Grandma Qi glared at Dong'er, "You girl is talking nonsense, thanks to the fourth grandmother, if it were someone else, you would still be alive." ”

Dong'er hurriedly knelt down in front of Xun Qingran, "It's the maid who said the wrong thing, begging the fourth grandmother not to worry about the maid." ”

"Sister, don't take this girl's words seriously, you'll be in that field. It's just that sometimes I'm in a hurry to use the money, and there may be untimely accounts outside, so I'm among them, so I have to take out some body and put it on first. After that, it will naturally be returned. My sister must not say that she sells her dowry, it really makes me ashamed to be my sister-in-law. ”

"Speaking of which, it turns out that I am the most solid." Xun Qingran smiled and pulled Dong'er to let her up.

Dong'er spoke too much, and Xun Qingran was very unhappy. The Anguo Mansion has the property of the public school for the expenses of the government, and it is the same as the concubine, but one said to the other, your expenses are better than my money, and Xun Qingran will naturally not accept it. But Second Grandma Qi said soft words to remedy it again, and Xun Qingran would not bite it carefully.

Grandma Qi Er's face was full of smiles, "My sister is really an open-minded person. I envy my sister, the fourth master is a well-known man, he went to the martial arts exam that year, entered the palace as a guard, and then rose step by step, and the days of my sister's happiness are still ahead. Our second master works as a layman in the household department, and he is not at home on errands for most of the year every year. The third master of our family can't practice martial arts, and he is also a little worse in reading, but his family took a few thousand taels of silver and donated it to the prisoners, and he is not in vain. It is also the blessing of the third master. Don't worry about it, don't work hard, you don't have to pay money to the public middle school, so you still shout from time to time that there is a shortage in your hand, and you want the public middle school to take the money to do activities for him. It's just that I am in this family, and I don't belong to their own house, so the third brother and sister often complain about me, just like I am an enemy, as if I take her money but don't give it to her. Fourth brother and sister, if you hear it, you can also explain a few words to her for me. ”

Xun Qingran smiled slightly. Qi Xiu, the second master of the Qi family, is the eldest son of the Changfang, and the title of the Qi family is said to be the end of this generation, but in the hearts of the Qi family, they all think that there is grace from above, so the title is also the inheritance of the Changfang. Even if the second room has grace, then it is also the eldest son of the second room, Qi Ru, the eldest son of the Qi family, who inherits it. In short, this title Qi Yu is completely unattainable. In this way, no one has to guard against Qi You.

However, Qi You's high official position, although it is inevitably affected by the Qi family's family background, Qi You can be said to be a powerful faction on the whole. No matter who is in charge of the Qi Mansion in the future and who inherits the title, the smart way is to win over Qi You as an arm.

If you don't enjoy such a privileged position, you have to worry about it, and you have to compete for something that doesn't belong to you, how could Xun Qingran do such a thing.

The power of the housekeeper, Xun Qing looked at it very lightly, and as for the grievances between the second and third grandmothers of Qi, she didn't want to wade into troubled waters.

“…… This big family, more than 100 people, and the second sister-in-law are worried about labor, and everyone sees it. It's just that those who can work harder, others just want to take care of it, but they don't have the ability of the second sister-in-law. It's just that the second sister-in-law also has to take care of her health. ”

After chatting a few more words, Xun Qingran said goodbye from the pomegranate courtyard.

Grandma Qi Er and Dong'er sent Xun Qingran away and turned back to the house.

“…… This fourth grandmother doesn't rub sand in her eyes, but she is an understanding person. Dong'er brought another tea to Grandma Qi Er.

Second Grandma Qi nodded, "Knowledgeable and reasonable, mellow and atmospheric, but there is a hidden style, no wonder the old lady chose her to be the fourth daughter-in-law." ”

"Grandma, you're working too hard alone, maybe you can be an arm ...... in the future."

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