When Daiyu was persuading her sister in the quiet courtyard, Yu Chuan was returning to his wife in Qingyuan.

Speaking of the reasons why a few girls got up late, Yu Chuan said with a smile: "I didn't get up when the girls didn't get up, but when I went to take a look, I got up early, and when I asked why I didn't come, I said that my wife drank too much yesterday and wanted my wife to rest for a while." ”

Xing Shuang knew that he was lying when he heard it, and said with a straight face: "Nonsense, quickly recruit from the truth." ”

Yu Chuan smiled, kowtowed and said, "Madam, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, please calm your anger." It's just that the slave and maid are also distressed when they look at the little ones below, and they boiled a few dishes of water early in the morning, but it is still not enough.

"The wife has been instructed on weekdays that no matter what time it is, the morning of the first day of the new year must be clean, and the girls take turns bathing, so that several of the maids below have broken their legs.

"It was nothing, but now there are four more girls, and this bathing trip will have to boil the water several times. There are only a few rough maids in the quiet courtyard? It's not as good as us here, who only have to serve the wife and the master. ”

When Xing Shuang heard this, she was stunned for a moment. If that's the case, then it's understandable.

To be honest, boiling water in this era is really troublesome, not to mention that there is no tap water, and boiling water has to be boiled one pot at a time. The maids are not very old, and it is very difficult to carry a pot of water, and they have to carry so many pots back and forth. Indeed, I was tired enough in the morning.

Thinking about it again on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it still makes the people below tired like dogs, and if they are still held accountable, it will be too unkind.

Xing Shuang endured it and said to Yu Chuan: "In that case, why didn't you say it earlier." Still lying to me under the guise of that? ”

Yu Chuan said again: "The slave knows her mistake, but she is afraid that her wife will punish her, so she lied." ”

Xing Shuangqian was angry, and she was not very annoyed in her heart, so she sat down to drink tea and waited for her daughters to come over. Seeing that his wife calmed down his anger, Yu Chuan hurriedly went out to wait on the porch.

After a while, a few girls came, and Yu Chuan personally opened the curtain for them, and whispered while they were going in: "Bathing." Several girls suddenly understood, and they all smiled at Yuchuan gratefully.

After entering the house to worship the New Year, I listened to Xing Shuang and said: "You have a little less rough maids there, and I will send someone to inform you earlier next time, so that I don't worry about you." ”

Yingchun is the biggest, and at this time he became a representative, and replied with a smile: "My daughter knows that she is wrong, and I hope that my mother will forgive." ”

Xing Shuang shook his head and said, "It's not your fault, it's just that there are fewer rough maids, and it's really not enough." Now there are only two big maids around you, one is one and one pair, and the rough maids are used together, which makes it difficult for them.

"But a few years ago I had someone expand the yard, and now it's almost all right, but it's not together yet. I'll go and say hello to the old ladies, and let's go see the place together. ”

When the girls heard this, they immediately rejoiced. Earlier, my mother (aunt) asked people to cut down part of the bamboo forest and expand the yard, but it was still crowded together for the sake of building it for a while. If it is really opened up, it will be able to live more spacious in the future.

But he said regretfully: "If it is expanded, I can't share a room with my sister." ”

Xing Shuang looked at her in surprise, to be honest, she knew that this little girl liked to live together, but she always thought that she would say this, either to explore spring or to welcome spring, but she didn't expect that it would be the most lonely cherished spring.

"What? Can't bear your sister? Xing Shuang asked with a smile, seeing that Xichun nodded, her coquettish appearance was particularly flattering, and her anger this morning was suddenly gone.

When Tanchun heard this, he was also excited, and took his sister's hand and said, "Good sister, you can't bear me, how can I give up you?" Don't worry, the yard has been expanded, and we will live together. ”

Xichun was immediately relieved when she heard this, turned her head and asked her aunt, "Does your aunt agree?" ”

Xing Shuang nodded: "Why not?" Since it is your sister's yard, you can live in as much as you like, even if you live in this house today, you can change the house tomorrow. ”

After saying this, Xing Shuang looked at the time and saw that the hour was almost up, so she took the girls to the Xianhe Hall and greeted the two old ladies for the New Year.

Although they are not old people, Mother Jia and Mrs. Xing are also in their fifties, so they don't sleep much and wake up early. This old lady Xing has always been free again, so she went to Xianhe Hall early in the morning to talk to Jia's mother.

Both of them have been waiting all morning, and even the Wang family brought Li Su over early, and before Xing Shuang brought someone over, the old lady Xing scolded in her heart.

It's almost time to eat, Xing Shuang is late with the girls, and before she can bow down, she was scolded by her mother: "If you are greedy for a cup, don't drink it if you can't drink it, you are as drunk as a monkey, and if you can't get up, it is second, so your mother-in-law has been waiting all morning!" ”

Xing Shuang stood there with an embarrassed face, not knowing for a moment whether it was better to bow down or apologize first.

When the girls heard this, they were full of guilt, and they thought that if it weren't for them, their mother would not have been scolded by their grandmother, but they didn't know that their mother actually got up a little earlier than them.

Seeing this, Mother Jia was not angry, and hurriedly persuaded: "Forget it, old sister, why scold her on the first day of the new year." Besides, she had a rare time last night, and in previous years it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and she was always vigilant, for fear that something would go wrong. It was also when she saw you coming, and she was so happy that she forgot about it for a while. ”

Old Mrs. Xing didn't give up so easily, glared at Xing Shuang and said, "Old sister, don't indulge her, this wife in charge, how can she have this life to play?" She was drunk and unconscious, in case something happened in the family, who would deal with it? ”

Wang Shi listened and said with a smile: "Isn't there still me?" I'm afraid my aunt won't look down on me? ”

Mrs. Xing dissipated her anger at this time, looked at Wang and said with a smile: "Look at my old fool, I actually took care of your daughter-in-law for your old lady, and I shouldn't be talking about it seriously, it's just that." It's just this comparison, you're a good one, like her mud can't support the wall, and even serious things are delayed. ”

When Xing Shuang heard this, she suddenly realized, is this excusing herself?

Although her own biological mother in modern times loves herself in the form of the West, she will only praise herself in front of others. But she has also heard that most Chinese parents will scold their children for being "uncompetitive" in front of others.

Old Mrs. Xing looks like she is scolding herself now, but in fact, as long as she has opened her mouth and scolded first, Jia Mu will not be able to scold her again.

In this way, Xing Shuang doesn't know what to do, so it's really stupid. She quickly knelt down and bowed, and confessed in her mouth: "I was greedy yesterday, and I asked the old lady to punish me." ”