Chapter 10: Brothers and Sisters
Sanniang pursed her lips and smiled, and looked up to see that Bai Zhi had already entered the house, holding a pastel flower bowl in her hand.
Sanniang saw that Bai Guo had a tired face, so she said to her softly: "You go back to the house and rest, and come to talk to me more in the future." ”
Bai Guo happily agreed, and retreated.
Sanniang took the tea bowl in Bai Ying's hand and took a sip, with some fragrance and medicinal taste.
"What kind of tea is this?"
"Miss Hui, this is lily tea. It is made with 4 coins of lily, 3 coins of knowing mother, 3 coins of raw land and boiling with water, which can clear away heat and generate Jin, moisten the lungs and relieve cough, clear the heart and calm the nerves. ”
"You know a lot."
Bai Ying said with a smile: "We maids all need to know something, so that we can serve our masters." ”
"Did the maids in the house learn when they entered the house?"
Bai Ying thought for a moment and said, "I don't think anyone who came in from outside." The slave learned from the slave's mother. ”
Sanniang nodded, these are actually the means of competition for the maids, which are considered professional skills, and they must be taught between relatives and friends. Therefore, in the family, the slaves and maids born in the family always have to be trusted by the master.
Sanniang took a few more sips.
"This tea is very good."
Bai Ying saw that Sanniang was happy in her heart, and said, "Miss likes it, and I will cook it every other day in the future." It's just that you can't drink more of this tea, it's slightly cool, and it's not appropriate to drink more. The slave maid will also have some other tea, and will also boil it for the young lady to taste in the future. ”
Sanniang smiled: "That's good, I'm a blessed one." It's just that it's hot this day, and it's better to set up a stove for sencha than to be spared, so let's wait until it's cold. ”
Bai Ying shook his head and said, "It's just a tea, where you will suffer." I can prepare the herbs and let the little girl help watch the stove. ”
Sanniang smiled when she saw her insistence.
After drinking tea and turning a few pages, I felt sleepy. Sanniang beckoned, and Bai Ying, who insisted on accompanying her, turned off the lights and rested.
The next day, Sanniang and Wang Jing had breakfast in their yard, so they went to Sun's yard to greet Sun. Wang Jing invited Wan'an to go to the clan study with the uncle of the long room, the second master of the second room, and the third master.
The clan study of the Wang clan in Qingcheng is jointly organized by several prestigious families in the clan, and the children of the clan can go to school. Generally, the children of the Wang family are all into the family study, and the exceptions are only the two brothers Wang Hong and Wang Xian back then. Traditionally, the patriarch has been located in the patriarch's mansion, and this patriarch is Wang Hong, the old lady of the palace. In this way, Wang Jing and his family had to ride a carriage through several streets to go to school every day.
When I arrived at Sun's courtyard, Wang Ji, the uncle of the long house, Wang Wan, Siniang Wang Wan, and Liu Niang Wang Shan had already arrived. Sanniang and Wang Jing went up and kowtowed to the Sun family who was sitting on the arhat bed with a red sandalwood screen, and greeted each other with the brothers and sisters in the big room, and Wang Jing sat down next to Wang Ji, who was squeezing his eyebrows with him. Sanniang glanced at Siniang and Liuniang, who were sitting around Sun on the small pestle at her feet and beating her legs, and honestly sat on the third rosewood foot joint back tattoo chair on the right.
"Brother Xuan, what are you doing with your fifth brother?" Although Sun's tone was reproachful, his expression was very loving.
The Sun family has always loved this eldest grandson very much, so Brother Jue is not afraid of her.
"Grandmother, I'm asking if my fifth brother has missed yesterday's homework." Wang Ji replied with a grin.
"Hmph, the eldest brother must be discussing with the fifth brother to hide the master's ring ruler." Liuniang, who is the same mother as Wang Ji, can't see that her brother is more favored than her in front of her grandmother, so she told the truth.
"Oh? What's going on? Sun glanced at Wang Ji and Wang Jing.
Wang Ji glanced at his sister, and then still smiled and touched Wang Jing with his elbow. Wang Jing touched his head, a little uncomfortable.
Sun was about to teach a few lessons, when a girl came outside.
After a while, a woman of about thirty years old walked in with her three children, the woman was wearing a lilac pigmented Hangzhou silk gown, combed a simple bun and only brought a few simple gold ornaments, and looked very dignified and gentle.
The group in the second room stepped forward to salute the old lady, and Sun lightly ordered them to get up.
The people in the house saluted each other again.
"Ahem, since the second and third brothers are here, then we should also go to school. Mr. yesterday told us to go to school earlier today, and he still has to test yesterday's homework. Wang Ji pulled Wang Jing up and said to Sun.
"When did Mr. say ......" Wang Rui, the third man in the second room, was a little puzzled, and was about to ask, when Wang Zhang, the second lang next to him, interrupted him with a gentle smile: "Mr. said that he would take the school homework." "I didn't say it's today.
Saburo seemed to be very convinced of his half-brother, and immediately changed his words: "It seems that he did say that he wanted us to go home and study well." ”
Sun nodded and said, "Even if the gentleman ordered it, then you should go early." Don't be naughty, or let me know that I won't spare you. After speaking, he deliberately glanced at Wang Ji and Wang Jing.
The four of them hurriedly and respectfully responded, and Yuguan withdrew from the upper room.
Waiting for the carriage, Wang Ji patted Wang Zhang's shoulder and said, "Thank you for the second brother for breaking the siege today, otherwise my fifth brother and I will be talked about by my grandmother again." ”
Wang Zhang smiled lightly and said, "Why be polite to each other's brothers. It's just that the eldest brother should not fight Mr.'s ring ruler in the future, and he insisted on pulling the fifth brother into the water. ”
Wang Ji smiled and hugged Wang Jing's shoulder and said, "My fifth brother and I are difficult brothers, so naturally we must be blessed and enjoy hardships together." Wang Ji is also untalented in reading, so Wang Jing, who was also scolded by Mr. for elm pimples, is very fond of him.
Wang Zhang shook his head and smiled, he glanced at Wang Jing, who was full of helplessness, and said, "The fifth brother is a kind person, it's not good to refuse you." And even if you hide your husband's ring ruler, it's useless. ”
"Why didn't it work? When he tried to hit my palm yesterday, he gave up because he didn't have a ruler. Wang Ji was triumphant.
Wang Zhang took a moment to say: "Yes, so he said yesterday that the wooden ring ruler was lost, and he had already thought about replacing it with a copper one." ”
"What?" Wang Zhang's eyes widened, this is a bolt from the blue!
The brothers were talking and laughing in the car, and everyone in the main room of the Sun family of Songling Yuan was also talking.
"Wu Niang's body is better?" The second lady, Bai Shi, who was sitting in the first chair on the right-hand side, asked Sanniang.
Wu Niang is the concubine of the third room, so the Bai family has this question.
Sanniang owed a debt and replied: "Thank you for your concern, I came to my grandmother's yard today to send the little girl to ask, saying that I was better after taking medicine, but I was still a little lazy." Grandmother was kind enough to let her rest in the yard, and she didn't have to come to say hello today. ”
"In this hot and humid weather, the fifth sister must be so cold at night. I also have some Huoxiang pills there, which are the most effective in curing this fever, and I will send a maid to the fifth sister later, and I will be able to do my best after taking it. Yuan Niang said with concern.
Yuan Niang Wang Pei is thirteen years old this year, she is a disc face, red phoenix eyes, a very blessed girl, and her temperament is also very gentle and kind. Therefore, among the sisters, Sanniang likes this eldest sister the most.
Sanniang smiled and nodded, and thanked Wuniang on behalf of her.
Yuan Niang shook her head again and said seriously: "I am the eldest sister, this is how it should be, the third sister doesn't have to thank me." There is also the third sister, the yard where you live is close to the garden, and it is easy to suffer from dampness and heat this summer, so I have prepared some for you, and I will send them to you later. ”
Sanniang was about to speak, when a voice shouted: "The eldest sister knows that she loves the third sister and the fifth sister, but she doesn't take me and the fourth sister to heart." Fourth sister, do you think so? ”
Siniang nodded hurriedly and agreed: "That's it, grandmother, you give a comment, and the eldest sister is eccentric." ”
Yuan Niang was stunned, she looked at Siniang and Liuniang sitting above, and was a little at a loss: "The eldest sister is not partial, this medicine is not a good thing, how can you send it when you see someone?" ”
"The third sister is not sick either, why is there it?" Siniang retorted.
"Isn't this preparedness?"
"Then why don't I and the sixth sister need to prepare?"
Yuan Niang didn't know how to answer, and when she was half-loud, she said helplessly: "Then the eldest sister will also send some to Qiuheng Courtyard later." ”
Liu Niang was satisfied, and stopped to give Sun his leg a blow.
Siniang rolled her eyes, glanced at Sun, and said: "Mother always teaches us that the first thing to think of when there are good things is to think of grandmother, grandmother is old and her health is not good, why doesn't the eldest sister want to send some pills to grandmother?" ”
Sanniang glanced at Yuan Niang, who was becoming more and more helpless, and was a little helpless, these little girls are really not worry-free, and at such a young age, they are full of tricks to compete for favor.
Sanniang patted Yuan Niang's hand, and then said to Siniang: "Fourth sister's words are wrong, grandmother is still young, why is she old?" I heard that many ladies in the house secretly asked the girls in our house to inquire about their grandmother's health regimen. I heard from the girl in Songling Hospital yesterday that my grandmother had a new tooth some time ago, which means that my grandmother is in good health. Besides, it is filial piety to give medicinal herbs to the elders, but it is not appropriate to send some finished medicines for no reason. "Sun is very concerned about dressing up on weekdays, and this kind of person can't be said to be old. And to give medicine to the elderly, it depends on the relationship between the person who delivers the medicine and the elderly, people can think that you are expressing concern, or they can think that you are a curse, it all depends on what people think.
Sun glanced at Siniang, Siniang was frightened, lowered her head and didn't dare to make a sound. Liuniang didn't dare to make it again.
Yuan Niang glanced at Sanniang gratefully, and explained to Sun: "This herb fragrance belongs to yang, and it is a hair growth thing, so it is not suitable to take more." Yuan Niang heard that her grandmother had added this medicine to the mint tea she had drunk recently, so she didn't dare to give it to her grandmother again. ”
Sun nodded and said lightly: "You have a heart." ”
At this time, a girl came in and reported that Mama Chang had brought her niece to ask to see her.
Sun waved his hand to Siniang and Liuniang, and said to everyone: "You all go back to your own yard." ”
Everyone hurriedly got up and left.