Qiu Yu blushed and bowed her head silently. Chunying urged a few times. didn't respond, she was anxious, and said deflatedly: "My sister is usually the most straightforward and refreshing, how can she encounter such a big thing and become a gourd without a mouth?!" Sister, now is not the time to be ashamed, someone has already proposed marriage to my father, if any powerful housekeeper insists on ordering you, can our father really resist it? In case you don't marry well, where are you going to cry?! ”

When Qiu Yu said this, her face turned pale, and her eyes showed a slight worry: "This ...... Our father and mother are not people who tend to be inflammatory, let the other party be decent, if it is...... I'm not good, and I won't agree. Now that my father is working under his wife, and he is the big shopkeeper, who can force him? ”

Chunying snorted: "Anyone can force him!" You forgot? You've got an old lady on your head! Your family affairs, after all, is to the old lady nod, in a few days is the Mid-Autumn Festival, according to the rules everywhere to kowtow, in case someone comes to probe the wind, the old lady is happy. If you agree to someone casually, can you still say no?! ”

Qiu Yu bit her lower lip, lowered her head and twisted her handkerchief, and said for a long time: "Chun'er...... In fact...... A few days ago, someone came to ask for a glass ......"

"Huh?!" Chunying was surprised, but it was also reasonable to think about it, Liuli was the first person next to the old lady, and she was ten years old, and it would be a little late if she didn't marry, she looked good and capable, and she was very trusted by the old lady, if she could marry her, it would be equivalent to getting a big backer, how could others not think of it? So Chunying asked, "Is it the son of the steward?" Or is it a young steward? ”

Qiu Yu shook her head, as if she felt a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a while before saying, "It's the fourth master's young master." ”

Chunying felt that this name was a little familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, wasn't it the brother of Hu Fei's good friend Young Master Xu? is also the young master of the family, I heard that he was lifted. How could such a person marry Ruri?! She hurriedly asked, "Is it a concubine?" What did the old lady say?! "Also, what does Qiu Yu mean when she suddenly mentions this? She wouldn't have any intention of doing that, would she?!

Qiu Yu said in a low voice: "Young Master Fu has been married to a wife for three years, and he has never had children, I heard that Young Master Fu is a powerful person, and she can't even tolerate people in the house, and it has been spread all over the clan, and the fourth lady is a picky person, so people outside refuse to send their daughters to his house as concubines." Somehow, the fourth lady actually hit the idea on Liuli's head. said that as soon as she passed the door, she was directly promoted to be an aunt, thinking that she would have the face of an old lady, and she didn't dare to bully her. Liuli cried when she heard it inside, and the old lady immediately lowered her face, but in front of many wives and grandmothers of the family, it was not good to have a seizure, so she just found a reason to push it. Later, the fourth lady came to ask again, and she made it clear that she couldn't leave the glass, and in the end she couldn't grind the fourth lady, so she had to agree...... Marry the crystal. ”

Crystal? Chunying had heard of this name, but she had never dealt with it, only remembered that she was the most non-existent of the eight first-class girls in the old lady's house, with a somewhat cowardly temperament, but she looked quite festive and had a ...... figure Relatively strong.

Qiu Yu's expression was a little gloomy: "The crystal cried for two days, and the old lady refused to change her words. The sisters had to persuade her slowly, after all, she was married to the young master of her family, and she was a promising person, and she had a brother after a few years. Maybe it's better than marrying someone else. It's just that...... These are all good words, we know in our hearts, Young Grandma Fu is a powerful person, and there were people around Young Master Shi in the past, but now they all don't know where to go. The identity of the crystal is different, and Grandma Shi didn't dare to show her face in the open, and secretly didn't know what means to use! Giving people as concubines...... After all, it's a bitter ......."

Chunying put her head on her sister's shoulder and gently comforted: "Don't be sad, of course it's not good to be a concubine, we must not be a concubine!" ”

Qiu Yu smiled bitterly: "Do you think this kind of thing is up to us?" Liuli was lucky and escaped because the old lady couldn't leave her, but these people under us couldn't compare, and I don't know when they were pointed out. You don't know, do you? Because the fourth lady got the crystal, two or three grandmothers of the family were also moved and wanted to ask for one for their son. Of all the people in this house, except Amber and Onyx, who were the youngest, less than sixteen, the others ...... All of them are of the age of marriage......" she blushed: "There is a distant grandmother who has also said a few bastard words to me in private, but she doesn't have that face yet, so she doesn't have to take it to heart." It's just that...... The woodsteward of Shunyi Zhuangzi...... When the women of his family came to the house to ask for peace, they came to see me......"

Chunying's heart moved, Shunyi Zhuangzi is one of the properties of the Hou Mansion that has only recently changed the steward, this carpentry must be a new appointer, maybe he is the one who proposed to his father. She rolled her eyes twice before asking, "What is my sister's idea?" Since you don't want to be a concubine...... Then you have to marry someone in the house...... and external employment are two ways. Although the Mu family is a big steward. But we don't know that his family background is small, and he can't always let go of his heart, and if it's a housekeeper, I remember Aunt Lu also mentioned a few years ago that she has a nephew who also manages a small grange......"

Qiu Yu took another sip of Chunying: "That's already yellow!" They are a few years older than me, and they married their daughters-in-law last year......" blushed and lowered their voices: "The people in the house, who are about the same age, we all know in our hearts, most of them have already married wives, and the rest ...... There aren't many people who can mix it up......"

Chunying thinks about it, ancient people got married early, and by the age of sixteen or seventeen, they might all be fathers and mothers, and their own mothers seem to be married to their fathers at the age of sixteen. And all the male servants in the Hou Mansion who are a little talented are at least twenty years old, and Xiao Chen's steward is already a rare young elite, let alone others? Find any one, such as a janitor or an errand boy, Qiu Yu probably can't look down on it. After all, she has been with the old lady for many years, she has dignity and appearance, and she has seen the world, so her vision is naturally not low. It's a pity that big girls like them can only accommodate the little guys in the house after all. Otherwise, they will marry the old masters and young masters as concubines, either thinking about fighting with the main room and other concubines all day long, or in the daily work, they will be annihilated as a bitter mother-in-law.

Chunying shuddered and secretly resolved that she would never let herself fall into such a terrible situation!

She hurriedly said: "So, there is no suitable person in the house, and my sister doesn't want to be a concubine, so I'll go and tell my father, ask him not to agree to others, and think of looking for a good partner outside." Then ask the old lady for grace and let my sister out. My sister will be able to live a peaceful and beautiful life freely in the future, and when she earns money, she can buy land, become a landlord, and if she has a little nephew, she can also send him to school......"

Qiu Yu couldn't help but be ashamed anymore, and threw a pillow over with a flushed face: "You're really crazy!" It's embarrassing to say this kind of thing?! Why don't you get out of here?! ”

Chunying snickered and walked out of the room, although Qiu Yu was ashamed, she could see that she was not unimpressed. As long as she doesn't object. Chunying thought about it and made up her mind.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, if it was in previous years, the people in the old lady's courtyard had already begun to prepare for the banquet in a few days, but this year, because the aunt died only two months, in addition to the sojourning cousin Huo Yi, even the old lady, the Hou Ye, the wife, and the young master and Miss had to mourn, so everything was simple. Only the juniors of each room and the stewards of various industries in the Hou Mansion came to say goodbye, and then the family sat together and had a simple meal. Huo Yi had already asked the old lady and would not participate.

Chunying paid close attention to the steward who came to greet the old lady, and finally saw the figure of her father and mother, but she couldn't come close to say hello. She was a little anxious, knowing that her father had become the shopkeeper of the silk shop, and it was impossible for her to be at home all day and night, so she had no confidence that she could move her mother, so she had to pray that she could tell her father face to face.

She watched her parents withdraw with the other stewards from afar, thought for a while, made up her mind, and said to Aunt Qing and Linglong: "It's going to be a holiday, although you don't need to prepare anything, but festive snacks such as osmanthus cakes have to be made in two cages to suit the occasion, this is vegetarian, and the young lady can also eat it, add the fruit sent in by the housekeeper, and give it away as a return gift, isn't it clean and fresh?" Shall I go to the garden and pick some fresh osmanthus flowers? ”

Aunt Qing hesitated for a while: "It's good, but we live in the old lady's courtyard now." It's not good to borrow a kitchenette, right? The young lady said that she should be as quiet as possible, and not disturb the old lady. ”

Linglong disagreed: "How can this be called disturbing?" I think Chunying's idea is good, because of the fear of the people in this house, the housekeeper doesn't even dare to give too much of the salute, Miss's days are like heaven and earth compared to before, isn't this wronged?! Those who used to come to say hello are now gone, but there is more and more private gossip. If we give gifts everywhere, and we return fewer gifts, the starter doesn't know what to say! What's the point of making some osmanthus cake? We can also ask the old lady to try it. ”

Chun Ying hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, and the osmanthus cake is not troublesome, the people in this courtyard treat the young lady very politely, and they will not say any gossip." If you're really worried, the back door of the garden is not far from my house, and it's the same when I'm steamed at home and then I get it back. ”

Aunt Qing thought about it and agreed. Chunying hurriedly followed Linglong to report to Miss Biao, who had no choice but to say, "Don't make a fuss that everyone knows", and gave a string of money. Chunying took it, and ran to find Qiuyu, Qiuyu had nothing to do, so she agreed when she heard the words, and only helped Chunying go to the garden to pick osmanthus flowers.

Chunying took a basket to the garden, looking for a flowering osmanthus tree, and after a while, she got a small half basket, she looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention, so she came to Qiuyu and said: "Sister, you see, if someone comes, say that I went to pick flowers elsewhere." I took a trip home and came back soon. ”

Qiu Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly grabbed her: "Let's do it in the small kitchen!" Do ...... outside" "Sister, you don't care. Chunying squeezed her eyes, "I did it on purpose, don't forget what we said a few days ago, it's good to let your father know what you think." Qiu Yu blushed suddenly, looked around, took a sip of her, then turned her head and whispered while picking flowers: "If you want to go out from the southeast corner gate, Aunt Zhu there is familiar with me, you only say that it is my own sister, and she will let you out." From there, at the end of the aisle is the back street, and you will soon be home. ”

Chunying smiled: "I have another way to go, my sister can cover me with peace of mind!" After that, he glanced around, pretended to look for other osmanthus trees, walked farther and farther, and when no one was in sight, he hid in the bushes, and went to the back door with a smoke.