Although Chen Yan is the lord of a county, he can hear the words of the old lady, but he still hurriedly said: "The old lady just speaks, and the late life listens." ”

The old lady pointed to Qi Su Niang and said: "The lord is a dignified Qinghe main hall, and the lady is also a seven-grade order, how come there is no one waiting in this inner house?" When an adult is sick, he has his wife to take care of her, and when his wife is sick, and the adult has official duties, who will take care of her? He pointed to the furnishings in the room and said, "If the adults don't have a family background, and the old body doesn't have many mouths, just secretly send two girls over." If the adults don't put Mrs. in their hearts, the old body doesn't have much of this mouth, and secretly honors Mrs. But I can see that adults take Mrs. as a top child, so why not let her be comfortable and be a grandmother, selling vegetables and raising chickens, and buy some girls to do. She only does not go out of the door of the house, and does not step into the second door to be a female celebrity, waiting for the adults to go home, which is the rule of the eunuch's house, and also let outsiders know the adult's love for the lady, so as not to give birth to some right and wrong. ”

Chen Yan glanced at Qi Su Niang, and was speechless for a long time, Old Lady Xu looked at Qi Su Niang again, and said with a straight face: "Madam, even if the old body has opened his mouth, he can't care about being disliked, so he has to say a few words to Madame." ”

Qi Su Niang also said: "The concubine also asks the old lady to teach you a lesson or two."

Mrs. Xu said: "Madame's virtuous name, no one in Qinghe County knows, who doesn't know?" The old body thought that he was virtuous. The poor family has the rules of the poor family, the rich room has the rules of the rich room, the degree of food and clothing is a trivial matter, but this external response is a big thing, Lord Chen is an official, if the lady does not have some decency to the outside, where is the matter? That's this time, if there is a girl next to her, why should Mrs. show up, that is, without Mrs., is it possible to really let a county fall into the river? This county government is a dead end! Sighed, "Madame is anxious to be trapped, but the name of the woman is the biggest ......."

Where is the name and the life of man? What's more, it's Chen Yan's life? If everything is deliberate and clear, in case the timing is missed, she does not want a chaste widow's archway at all. Although Qi Su Niang thought so in her heart, she knew that the old lady Xu said that it was a great truth in this world, not to mention that she was also the wife of the eighth grade, and the old family of Qinghe could not be offended even if it was Chen Yan. Still nodded slowly, and said with a smile: "The old lady's words are reasonable, and she allows the concubine to think about it slowly." ”

Old Mrs. Xu looked at Qi Su Niang, nodded and said, "The matter in the inner house, it was Madame who made the idea, Madame, please think about it." After that, he turned around and summoned Lian Xiang over, and said to Qi Su Niang: "Grandma Xiang is a young daughter-in-law and abides by the rules, it is inconvenient for Lord Chen to enter and exit, so it is better to let her go back." The old body is old and has little energy, only this girl, who is a child of the family, grew up beside the old body since she was a child, and is the most sensible and sensible, so she will stay here and wait for Mrs. these days. ”

Although Qi Suniang was a little wary of Mrs. Xu, she knew that the Xu family had been beaten by her, and most of them did not dare to do anything again, so naturally she couldn't refute this face, and she also felt that borrowing a little girl to help her was more reliable than letting the elderly lady wait for her. Look at the beautiful embryo that Lian Xiangsheng is dignified and delicate, although she is young, she behaves calmly, and she is not as restless as the four maids sent in by Yundian Shi at the beginning. Seeing that she was someone who could talk to her, Qi Su Niang took Lianxiang's hand and hurriedly thanked her.

Mrs. Xu took out a few gift slips from her sleeve and said, "In the past few days, the old body has been the home of Mrs. Cao, and these four gift lists are the Governor of Cao Siquan, the Governor of Yanchang Xu, Lian Da Boss, and Li Er are in charge." The rest of the gift lists of several township kun and county officials in Qinghe have all been returned, and they will be sent again in a few days, and then they will ask the adults and their wives to cut them. ”

Chen Yan and Qi Su Niang thanked them again and again, and Mrs. Xu was old, and after being tired for two days in a row, she said goodbye and went back, and Grandma Xiang also went together.

Chen Yan and Qi Su Niang waited for Mrs. Xu to go, glanced at each other, and laughed at the same time. Chen Yan didn't look at the gift list, handed it to Qi Su Niang as usual, and said apologetically: "The old lady's words are not unreasonable, Su Niang, although I spent a lot when I got married, but I am not on the river now, there is always some money left at home, go buy you two girls......"

Qi Su Niang didn't put her mind on this, and secretly sneered, although this old lady Xu had good intentions, but in a few words, she pushed all the things about Widow Xu on their husband and wife, only saying that the two of them didn't understand the rules, so that outsiders had a thief's heart, which was really powerful. Obviously, he came to accompany Caution, but he was so domineering and annoying. As for her out-of-character appearance, if it weren't for the fact that Chen Yan was the lord of a county, and it was really a matter of life and death, I am afraid that this old lady Xu would have spat on her face a long time ago, where would she say it so tactfully.

She flipped through the gift list and said: "You don't charge filial piety for those years, and the directors don't make money on weekdays, but the fire consumption is a common practice in the imperial court, plus the silver, there are nearly 100 taels every year." There are still 380 acres of land at home, and the dowry given to me by the Queen Mother and the princes is worth four or five thousand taels. After a pause, he looked up at Chen Yan, "Brother Chen, I don't want to find someone to wait for me." ”

Chen Yan looked at her for a long time, nodded and sighed: "Old Lady Xu's words, you don't have to take it to heart. Qinghe is a small place, and the rules are dead, and it is not as good as the north, nor is it as good as the big towns in the south. There are few rules for flag women in the north, and they have always been inward-looking, and their wives and concubines do not avoid each other. I once accompanied Master Zhang to the old mansion of the governor of Shanxi, Lord Kali, in the capital to visit the old lady, the old lady was Lord Zhang's teacher, not to mention Master Sun, that is, the old lady, the young grandmother and several young ladies who had not yet come out of the cabinet came out to meet and toast, which frightened me. In the south of Jiangning City, the official families and wealthy women have formed a literary society, and there are many people who go out to go out, unlike Qinghe ......", and laughed in a low voice: "Brother Qi Qiang is an unrestrained personality himself, and he won't care about you in the future." Although it is for us to be comfortable and close, I don't want a girl, I don't want you to be wronged in Qinghe County, and you can't take a step out of the door. It's just that you work hard to buy vegetables and cook, and if you go to the big town in the future, I will find someone to wait for you. Holding Qi Su Niang's hand again, "The Xu family is a century-old clan in Qinghe, so there are these chatters, where do ordinary people still account for these in this critical season?" You don't have to worry, I've got you. ”

Qi Su Niang listened to Chen Yan in every way and was considerate, and had no intention of detaining her in the inner house and not seeing the light of day, she was very happy in her heart, looked at Chen Yan and laughed, shook her head and said: "Since ancient times, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. You always have to control the river, didn't Lord Zhang say that he wanted to play to the emperor for you last time? He looked at the mahogany furniture on all sides, and sighed: "I didn't want to use it, but it was empty, and the ninth master rewarded these for the sake of my brother......

Qi Su Niang and Chen Yanzheng were talking about the furnishings at home, and Grandma Xiang went back to the Dianshi Mansion, entered the inner room, and also talked to Yun Dianshi, "It's really out of the palace, it's amazing, last time I watched the whole set of pear blossom wood furniture sent in by the governor, and I just thought there was no better one in the world." This time, when I went to the lady's room, I saw that it was all mahogany inlaid with silver, which was really rich and festive. I never expected such a good place in the broken grass hall. As he spoke, he took off the hairpin ring and said, "You haven't seen the jewelry on the lady's dressing table, which one is not worth tens or hundreds of taels?" It's all like nothing I've ever seen before. The jade comb, the golden grate, and the juanhua are all made in the palace. Not to mention that I can't take my eyes off it, it's Mrs. Xu, the salt at home has become a mountain of silver, and I was stunned, and I saw the incense powder and rouge on the lady's dressing table, and I picked it up and sniffed it. ”

Yun Dianshi sat aside, snorted, and said: "Among her dowry, thirty-two lifts are given by the queen mother, and the other six are the four princes, the ninth princes, and the fourteenth princes. This set of mahogany furniture was rewarded by the Nine Emperor Princes. No matter how rich the Xu family is, they can't fly out of the Qinghe. The big salt merchants still have to look at Yangzhou Mansion, that is the prince of Fubi. He thought slowly: "You said that Mrs. Xu left a girl?" ”

Xiang Shi nodded while wearing a bun: "It's the old lady's personal girl, her nickname is Lianxiang, and she is really good at doing things, and she doesn't talk much." ”

Yun Dianshi sneered, "How is your appearance?" ”

Xiang Shi was stunned for a moment, turned around from the dressing table, and asked suspiciously: "Appearance? It's just a few days to borrow......"

Yun Dian Shi glanced at her and said, "If it's really a woman's family, what kind of family is the Xu family?" The governor of the salt farm is surnamed Xu, Wang Xiancheng's wife is surnamed Xu, and the widow Xu is also surnamed Xu, if it weren't for her surname Xu, would Wen Qi bite her to death? Will Mrs. Xiantai go to beat Mrs. Xu? Said slowly: "The Qinghe Salt Farm was originally controlled by the Wen family, and thirty years ago, when it came to the generation of Old Man Xu, it was robbed by the Xu family, and this old lady ate more salt than we ate rice." Mrs. Wang offended Mrs. County for that widow, and she didn't dare to come to the front to offer her courtesy, so she would come to please herself, and she would send a personal girl for no reason? ”

Xiang Shi was stunned when he heard this, thought for a long time, stood up suddenly, and pulled Yundian Shi with a panicked face: "Master, Wang Xiancheng has already been with Governor Quan, plus Governor Xu of Yanchang, how can you and Lian Da Boss be able to fight each other?" ”

Yundian Shi was slightly surprised, then laughed, hugged Xiang's family and said, "Madame, don't worry, Mrs. Xiantai doesn't have to see the Xu family." Besides, this time to save the county station, even the big boss helped, I looked, the relationship between Mrs. County Taiwan and Li Er's family is not bad. ”

The snow particles of the wax moon were carried by the cold wind, and the drops hit the paper windows. A layer of sliao has been added to the window to block the cold wind. There were two pots of charcoal fire in the inner room, Qi Su Niang wore Mao Bao's big sleeve coat, sat on the bed alone, she put down the engineering sketch she had just drawn in her hand, and flipped through the gift list of five boxes of tiger bones and snow lotus of Li Siqin, the deputy altar master of the Qinghe Cao Gang, and the gift list of ten boxes of snow lotus of the altar owner Lian Zhenyun, and said to herself: "Why do you have to share it with two people? It's always interesting......"

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