Chapter 4: Peony Blossoms (4)
In the eyes of Mo Zi, a modern person, Qiu Sanniang is not an assertive woman, but she is good at employing people, willing to accept good advice without jealousy, with a lofty vision, and can advance and retreat. Therefore, the girl around her has a stronger side than her.
This has to be a change of master, and he will never tolerate slaves and servants pointing fingers at him, even if he is a little bit of self-made wisdom that surpasses his master, he will be extremely vigilant and try his best to wear out his ambition. If you are not so ruthless, you will also let the tooth woman take people away, and then find someone who is honest and understandable, and slowly train.
And Mo Zi is a rare person who makes Qiu Sanniang unable to figure it out, but is reluctant to abandon it. is not only because of that pair of hands that can be used on both the left and right, but also because of Qiu Sanniang's cleverness and cleverness.
Mo Zi seems to have a lot of mysteries, but he is better than being sensible and seeking his position in his position. For Qiu Sanniang, it is enough to use. How long is it available, though? Mo Zi has been obedient since he entered Qiu Mansion. Qiu Sanniang thought that she had a pair of sharp eyes, so she also watched quietly.
At this time, Mo Zi mentioned Jiu Niang.
Qiu Sanniang thought, what a delicate thought.
"Ask Midori to come with me." Qiu Sanniang got up, "She wants to look at the courtyard gate again, maybe she will say that I am biased behind her back." ”
"I'll call Bai He and Xiaoyi back." Mo Zi looked at the sky, "Half an hour at most." ”
"Let's go back quickly, I still have to dress up." Qiu Sanniang laughed twice.
Mo Zi called Lu Ju in to serve, and went out of the courtyard by himself.
The Qiu family is one of the largest merchants in Yangzhou and has been extremely wealthy for five generations. How to make a fortune, although Mo Zi is not very clear. How to go from prosperity to decline, but she sees it in her eyes.
Nuoda is a Qiu mansion, carved beams and painted buildings everywhere, nine turns of corridors, Bihu Cuiqiao, strange stone garden, ordinary people outside can't imagine the extravagance, but now they are already using the old base.
In the past two years, Master Qiu's body has been worse day by day, relying on precious medicinal materials to make up for it, just like a bottomless pit, and he can't fill his true qi at all. Qiu Sanniang, the only one who has the ability to run a shop and business, asked the Zhang family to call home at the beginning of the year. It was the lady who became the main room from the side room who blew the wind on the pillow, and Master Qiu took back the account book and the treasury key from his daughter with a word and handed them to Zhang's two sons.
When Zhang got the account book and the key, he took Qiu Sanniang's hand and said that he had worked hard with sincerity. As soon as he turned around, he called his son and daughter-in-law to his courtyard and talked about it for a long time. The business of silk and satin was handed over to the fourth master, and the business of the tea and rice shop was handed over to the fifth master. The key to the treasury at home is one for herself, one for the fourth grandmother, and the fifth grandmother is in charge of the purchase of daily necessities in the house.
It's a shame that Master Qiu no longer has a side room, only three aunts who can't get on the family tree. The second aunt and the third aunt were born daughters. The fourth aunt gave birth to a son, but the concubine man did not get much property in this social system, and some of them had to rely on the fate of the main brother to help. In addition, Zhang's is good at scheming, and Enwei and Shi control the three of them firmly, and they usually don't dare to come out.
Therefore, this Qiu family is equivalent to letting the two sons of the Zhang family divide up.
Mo Zi looked at those two who didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, and it would take a year and a half to see the problem with the ledger.
She thought a lot in her heart, but her steps were not slow, from a remote corner along the lakeside, and then into the apricot grove, to the kitchen of the main courtyard.
As long as Bai He is not on duty, he will rush into the kitchen and learn to cook from her godmother. She also went out with Qiu Sanniang, and she knew how to eat in the northern and southern cuisines, and she was a good cook. However, under Sanniang, she is not a cook, but a big girl in charge, in charge of the three Mo Zi, and is also responsible for taking care of Sanniang's trivial affairs. If you want to cook, you have nothing to do with green chrysanthemum and love to embroider a handkerchief purse, Xiaoyi has nothing to do and loves to climb trees, and Mo Zi has nothing to do with wood, I like it.
It is in the flowering season, and the pink apricot blossoms are blooming on the branches. When the wind blows, a flock of white butterflies flies. Three days ago, Zhang's feast here to enjoy the flowers. Three days later, the lazy girls still haven't cleaned up. The wine residue in the air is slightly acidic.
It was lively earlier, but now under this big day, there is no other figure except Mo Zi. She concentrated on avoiding the broken cup of cold soup at her feet, and when a rockery suddenly blocked the way in front of her, she found that she had deviated from the direction and came to the vicinity of Pinglan Garden.
Pinglan Garden is not far from the kitchen of the main courtyard, but it is necessary to walk an extra section of the rockery garden and fold the nine-curved bridge. Mo Zi didn't mind walking and folding, but the owner of this Pinglan Garden made her want to hide away.
In Pinglan Garden lives the fifth child of the Qiu family, who is three years younger than Qiu Sanniang. Before getting married, a room full of girls were touched by him, and two concubines were married outside. After getting married, none of the four major dowry rings of the five grandmothers were spared. For this matter, the fifth grandmother made a lot of trouble. Zhang wanted to protect his shortcomings, but he was jealous of his daughter-in-law's dowry money, and trained his son several times in front of his daughter-in-law. probably talked to his son in private, and finally stopped for a month. Let the fifth grandmother and the fourth grandmother take charge of the house, just to appease.
The stop is only the stop in front of the fifth grandmother. Carrying her on his back, Qiu Wu stole incense and jade as usual, and was very happy. He should also be blessed with Qiu Wu, because he was born with a good appearance, and he spent money like running water. A woman who is a little unserious can easily hook up, and you can get gold and silver from him, why not. In his yard, a litter of girls are all capable people, competing for the wind and jealousy, grabbing each other's favors, comparing with each other, praising and stepping on low, never really quiet.
Mo Zi saw that she had stopped making trouble with the fifth grandmother recently, and guessed that she only had the mind to guard the seat in the main room. It's pitiful, less than two years after marrying in, the same age as flowers is wasted in Qiu Wu's hands.
I hate this kind of ancient man the most, but there are many men with three wives and four concubines in this house, and even the big housekeeper has one wife and two concubines.
The footsteps were broken, and then a bend to the Jiuqu Bridge, and suddenly saw a glittering gold ball on the gravel road, and immediately shouted in his heart that it was not good. Such a valuable and fancy pendant is not a second person except Qiu Wu. Also, the rockeries next to him are stacked on top of each other, and according to the master's mind, I don't know how many hidden holes are hidden.
Million, thousand, don't let her run into the unlucky star.
Thinking like this, Mo Zi quickly turned her gaze to the other side, especially to ignore the golden ball. The result? The bright red bandeau that one side wanted to float almost blinded her eyes.
It's almost gnashing your teeth.
It's good to die or not, it really makes her feel bad, doesn't it? Afraid of causing trouble, she has always been able to hide and hide, and if she can be blind, she will be blind, just as a certain nerve is missing, bow her head and bend over, and exercise humblely. Therefore, Ji Xing must come to follow the way, she crossed the mountain, got on the bridge, and how the two behind her rolled the waves, it was none of her business.
Picking up her skirt, she was going to trot. You must know that Yahuan's life is not worth much, and if she breaks the dirty things of the master, she may be a mess and buried in the back garden as flower fertilizer.
It's a pity that it's a step too late. Behind the rockery, the head is staggering, revealing half of the loose man's wide sleeves.
The dark purple autumn watery eyes flashed, the eyebrows were lightly raised, and the wisdom was born in a hurry.