Bidding farewell to the Lin family, Ziqing's heart was a little nervous, and she didn't know what unknown things were waiting for her ahead?

Lin Kangping thought that he knew Ziqing's thoughts, held Ziqing's hand, and barely let go. The carriage was so crowded that she could only hear the chatter of the children, so Xiao Zi could only sit on the horizontal board outside, but fortunately, the road was not too far.

Entered the city, it was easy to find a place, Ziqing they got off the carriage, looked up, they entered the end of an alley, the width of the alley can only accommodate a carriage, in front of the neat two blue brick houses, one of which looks at the width of the wall, obviously larger, at this time, Zhang Shan Zhang Feng, who guarded the door, saw Ziqing and they came back, one came out to pick up people, one went in to shout people, after a while, Xiaofen they ran out, Ziqing then knew that this was his and Ziyu's house, Zifu and the four of them house, the door opened on the other side of the alley.

The layout of this house, and the main house of Qingyuan is almost the same, the entrance is the gatehouse and the inverted seat, there is a shadow wall carved by blue bricks, there are five wings on the left and right, and there is a row of houses where people live in the back, five main houses, the inner courtyard is scattered with several independent courtyards, there is no main house, cobblestone paved paths, the road is a cement road, and the flowers are red and willow green everywhere, it is really good, it seems that Zixi has taken into account the housing of Shurui and their future marriage, but, in the future, each yard must be equipped with at least one big maid and a small maid, otherwise, This cleaning is not a trivial task.

There is a north-south transparent corridor, at the end of the corridor is a crescent door, Xiao Fan said, behind the door, is a common garden, every family can go, in this way, it is equivalent to not going out of the gate to access each house, it is very convenient.

Ziqing was watching, and before she could walk over, she heard the woman's laughter, and a large number of people came in.

Liu Shi smiled first: "Sister, but you don't know what I was looking forward to." This big year. How much we miss you. Your eldest brother still said that he couldn't hear your hearty laughter, and he always felt like something was missing? ”

Ziqing asked: "I thought my sister-in-law would live in the official office, so you also live here, what about the eldest brother?" ”

"Your eldest brother usually lives in the official office and comes back every once in a while. I also go over every now and then, isn't it because my father and mother have come these days. Liu said.

Speaking of Zeng Ruixiang and Shen, Ziqing didn't see them, and Chen hurriedly said: "Daddy is at the little sister." The little sister's belly is big, and her father and mother are not at ease, so they live with them. Shouldn't this be coming? ”

Sure enough, as soon as Chen's words fell, Zeng Ruixiang and Shen came over with Ziyu, Zeng Ruixiang first asked some about Lin Kangping's Lin family, and everyone didn't expect Ziqing's family to come back so soon.

"Big sister. I thought you would have to come back after a while, your maid must not be enough, I originally wanted to buy a few for you, but I was afraid that you would not like it, so I thought it would be better to wait for you to come, and go and pick a few in person. Fu said.

Ziqing saw that there were only women, and Liu saw Ziqing sweeping around, and said, "Your eldest brother and junior are on duty." The rest of the people, here, usually don't come back, only a few of us women are in charge of the house, you don't know, we are idle and moldy, just waiting for you to come. ”

"Wait for me, wait for me to come and do what?" Ziqing asked with a smile.

"Waiting for you to come, naturally, you will accompany us to get moldy. In the evening, I have a treat. Pick you up. Whether it's going out to eat, or eating at home. Whatever you want. Liu said.

"It's better to be at home, I haven't stopped these days, but I have to wash up first, besides, I haven't taken a good look at the house yet." Ziqing said.

Liu listened to Ziqing say this, and told Ziqing to start eating, so he took everyone away first, so that Ziqing could settle down well.

Ziqing waited for everyone to leave, and was about to discuss with Lin Kangping which yard he lived in, Lin Kangping glanced at it and said with a smile: "Don't you see that the middle of this is for us to keep." The building of this courtyard is in the shape of a plum blossom, and the five courtyards scattered next to it are not five petals? ”

Ziqing listened, and didn't care about visiting anything else, and went directly into the courtyard in the middle, which is five main rooms, but it is much smaller than the main room in the front yard, and there are also left and right wings, Ziqing entered the main room, the first room on the east side of the hall, against the wall is a big kang, on which are placed all kinds of cushions, kang tables, kang screens, is a small study and reception room, should be prepared for the family, the second room, is Ziqing's master bedroom, also kang, box cage or something, Xiaofen has been sorted out. It's just that the shelves of each house are still empty, and this is left to Ziqing to decide.

Ziqing knew that the children had not taken a good bath in the Lin family these days, so she instructed the children to move into their yards one by one, with a maid first, and the supervisor cleaned up the house, which was brought from home. As for Yanran, Ziqing still took it with her.

After washing, Ziqing took Yanran to make up for sleep, and in a daze, she heard someone shouting "sister, sister", like Zixi's voice.

Ziqing heard Lin Kangping say, "It's still so unruly." ”

Sure enough, it was Zixi who broke in, and when he saw Ziqing, he smiled and said, "Sister, sister, have you arrived?" ”

Lin Kang glanced at him and said, "Isn't this nonsense? ”

Ziqing sat up with a smile, looked at Zixi's soap boots official robe, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the Buddha relies on gold clothes and clothes, and Xiao Si's dress is still quite capable of bluffing." ”

Zixi listened and sat on the edge of the kang and said, "Sister, don't you miss you." As soon as I entered, I heard that you were coming, so I went straight to here, and went to eat with me in the evening, right? How many days do you have to clean up, are you still satisfied with the house? ”

"Sister-in-law has already said, go over there first, the house is not bad, I didn't expect it, it's so big, yours, too?"

"Where, the youngest sister, she can't stay with us for a long time, but there are also three in, even if her mother-in-law's family comes, it is enough to live. The four of us are about the same, and this house is about seven or eight hundred taels of silver, plus furniture, and your family has spent more than a thousand, and I will send you the account when I go back. Zixi said.

As he was talking, Shu Rui and a few people came in, and they also heard Zixi's movements.

"Uncle, have you found my academy? I haven't been to school for a month. Shu Rui asked first.

"I've found it, you go with Yongsong, but people are going to take the exam, are you ready? Also, you have to live in the academy, and if you want, I will take you there tomorrow. Zixi said.

Shu Rui smiled and nodded, and Shu Yan hurriedly asked, "Little uncle, what about us?" ”

"Don't worry, it's all arranged, it's not far from this alley." Zixi smiled and told the origin of this place.

Ziqing then knew that their house was formerly a stinky ditch, and there were only three or two retail households in this area, Zixi ran all over the capital, and to realize the idea of a large family living together, it was also the size of this place, but fortunately, it was still cheap in this place, and it cost more labor to clean it up.

"Isn't that a mess around here?" Ziqing asked, thinking about it, she also knew that such a place was definitely not for those high-ranking officials and nobles to live, only those ordinary people would live in such a messy place.

"Sister, no, you want to be crooked, there are a few retail investors here, we bought their houses together, and they moved away, the people here, most of them are relatively wealthy families, as soon as we move here, they are still more welcome, at least, there is no longer that kind of dirty mess here, let us clean up."

Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, at this time, Liu's maid Chun Tao came over to invite Ziqing and them over, Zixi went home first to change clothes, Ziqing and they followed Chun Tao through the moon gate, and their eyes suddenly opened up, in the middle of this garden is a pond, there is a pavilion on it, you can fish, Chun Tao said, there are also all kinds of fish in it.

Not only that, Ziqing also saw a vegetable field, and a small forest like an apple tree, Ziqing smiled: "This garden is not big, but it is used well, but it is a pity that there are no chickens, ducks and geese, otherwise, I thought it was a farm." This outsider is here, and he will laugh at us, after all, he is a farmer, and he can't forget the true colors of a farmer anywhere, and a good garden is actually used to grow vegetables and fruit trees. ”

Chun Tao said: "My aunt and grandmother don't know, it wasn't like this when I built a house, the fourth master also said that I would learn from the people in the city and get a garden, it was our lord who said that there are a lot of flowers and plants in each yard, and there are generally no outsiders coming in to this back garden, so it is better to get some vegetable patches, and it is more convenient for my family, not to save money, but to make it convenient, if you want to eat, you can have it at any time." There are more than a dozen apple trees over there, and there are more than a dozen apricot trees, which is also what our master said, you can see flowers and eat, but the four masters have to respond to the two things that kill two birds with one stone. When the old lady saw it, she said yes. ”

In fact, Chun Tao has another important reason that has not been said, that is, the farm fertilizer of this big family, Zifu does not want to waste it, according to his wishes, I am afraid that he still wants to build an experimental field in this garden. It's just that this inner courtyard is not good for foreign men to come in, and the mothers-in-law can barely cope with planting vegetables, so let them farm, but I'm afraid that some work still can't be done.

Ziqing laughed when she heard this, as soon as she entered the city, Zeng Ruixiang's seniority has grown, and he has become an old lady, Zifu and several of them have become masters, Lin Kangping asked Ziqing what he was laughing at.

Ziqing said, Lin Kangping smiled: "Every time you listen to someone speak, you can skip the focus and listen to something useless." ”

While talking, Chun Tao led everyone to a fork in the road and said: "The easternmost side is our master's, followed by the second master and the third master, and this one is going to my aunt's house." ”

Ziqing and they also walked along the corridor to a moon gate, and when they entered the inner courtyard of Zifu's house, there were generally several small courtyards scattered, and the largest main courtyard in the middle had a plaque on it, which read "Chunhui Hall", Ziqing knew at a glance that this was the residence of Zeng Ruixiang and the Shen family.

Ziqing was studying Zifu's residence, and the Liu family and the others all came out of a side room by the corridor. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )