After the boat entered the mouth of the Pearl River, it traveled for a while. The Tong family ordered Wang Ruibao's family to lead a servant woman to pack their luggage and prepare to dock. The Wang Ruibao family shouted and commanded everyone to pack the things into boxes, packing the bags, seeing that Shuning frowned, and walked to the side to avoid it, but saw that the big Liu family had already asked his subordinates to pack their bags and pull his sister over to talk to the Tong family.

Not long after, when she arrived at Tianzi Wharf, Zhang Bao got off the boat and personally crossed the boat to help Tong go ashore, while telling her to be careful about the pedals under her feet, and at the same time telling the girls to be careful about Shuning and not to fall into the water. Shuning is a black line.

On the wharf, a local yamen official had already received the news and rushed to the front of the official pavilion, so that they could rest for a while, and then ordered someone to call the sedan chair, and asked someone to notify other subordinates.

Zhang Bao is not an official, but the ceremony of taking over the official is much simpler, and he took over the official seal after making an incense case.

Later, Changfu came up and whispered that the Tong family was a little tired, so it was better to settle in the residence earlier. Zhang Bao nodded, then told the little official, and asked people to carry a few sedan chairs over. One is Zhang Bao's official sedan chair, then Tong's one, Chen's old lady's one, Shuning and Liu's sisters have a share, but the family should be a maid and a servant, but they have to sit in several cars, and the male servants can only walk with their feet. Wang Ruibao's family wanted to have a seizure, but was stopped by Tong's eye knife, so he had to mumble and get into the car.

Shuning stood in front of a small sedan chair, a little hesitant. Speaking of which, this is the first time she has sat in a sedan chair since she crossed over. I remember that before the crossing, she had been to a tourist area for five minutes to sit on the so-called "ancient sedan chair", the most troublesome when getting on the sedan chair, because the bottom of the sedan chair was tilted, she did not dare to put away the supporting foot after sitting in, but she did not close the foot, and people would not put the sedan chair right, and finally desperately grabbed the window frames on both sides, and barely sat up.

Now it's a real ancient palanquin, I wonder if it will be the same?

Shuning hadn't taken a step yet, but someone picked her up, and when she looked back, it was Qiaoyun, and said to her with a smile: "Girl, I'll sit with you." Then he got into the sedan chair. Shuning was startled, and hurriedly grabbed the window frame next to her, but it was more stable than expected, and then the sedan chair was straightened and the curtain was lowered.

She looked back at Qiaoyun, only to see the other party say, "The cart is crowding people to death, the girl should be kind, let me stay here." Then he smiled brightly. Shuning reluctantly turned her head.

After a short time, the sedan chair was lifted, and then it walked forward, swaying all the way. Shu Ning was a little glad that Qiaoyun also came up, and with someone to help her, she sat quite steadily.

Through a small corner occasionally lifted under the sedan curtain, you can see the road surface outside, which is paved with irregular stones, some large and some small, from time to time you can see potholes, some are made up with sand and stones, and some are still potholes, it doesn't matter if you walk, but you can imagine the situation when the wheels walk on the top.

Shuning listened to the gurgling sound of the big wheels behind her on the road, and the cries of the little girls in the car who couldn't stand the bumps, and couldn't help praying for them in her heart.

Zhang Bao went to the Yamen to meet with Shangguan and his colleagues, and his family first arrived at the mansion where he would live in the next three years. This is the place where the predecessor Tongzhi lived, in fact, it is one of the residences built by the yamen of Guangzhou City for the officials in the city, the place is not big, it has been cleaned up, and there are two maids waiting in the house.

After Tong got off the sedan chair, he felt chest tightness and nausea, entered the house early, walked through a front yard, and sat down in the front hall.

Changfu hurriedly commanded the servants to carry the luggage, and Wang Ruibao just trotted all the way to follow, and he was already out of breath. His wife sat on the steps, holding her waist, and screaming. The second sister-in-law was not there, she was the highest-ranking servant, but she only sat and rested, and no one else knew what to do.

Seeing her like this, Shuning frowned, and said to Su Yun: "It's better to find a room for Eniang to lie down and rest, I'm tired along the way, maybe it's good to sleep." Su Yun nodded, and asked where the original maid's main room was in this house, and one of the blue-clothed ones said that it was behind, so she went over to look at it, and when she came back, she said, "Although there is a bed and furniture, you still have to clean it up before you can sleep." Turning his face, he saw that Tong seemed to want to vomit, so he hurriedly went over to serve.

Da Liu Shiyuan sat on the side, and when he saw this situation, he stood up and said, "Look at you like this, I have to be cheeky and help out, otherwise you won't be able to settle down for a long time." Then he called the two daughters-in-law, and said to the maid in blue from before, "Go and lead the way, and we will go to the upper room." Then he went back.

Xiao Liu came up to help Tong wipe his sweat, and said strangely: "Fang was fine when he got off the boat, but he was just a little tired, why are you so sad now?" ”

Tong smiled bitterly: "I just sat in a sedan chair, I was really panicked, and when I came, I felt disgusted." ”

Xiao Liu was even more strange: "Although the sedan chair is a little upside down, it hasn't come to this point, not to mention that you are pregnant, didn't your family explain that you should be more stable?" ”

Tong shook his head: "I don't understand, it's not like I haven't sat before, why do I suddenly feel dizzy?" ”

Shuning thought about it and understood a little: "I think it's because E-Niang has been on the boat for so long, and when she went ashore, she always felt that she was on the boat, and her feet were shaking, and the sedan chair was already shaking, so E-Niang felt even more dizzy, right?" ”

Tong and Xiao Liu thought about it carefully, and they both felt reasonable.

Xiao Liu looked out and said, "Now that there are clouds, it's cooler." It's October now, and it's still so hot, the weather in the south is really strange. ”

Tong Shi said coyly: "It's just hot, I just feel stuffy, it's all hot like this, why don't you even have a little wind?" ”

Da Liu came back while dusting off his sleeves and said, "I asked someone to clean up an ear room next to the main house, and spread the quilt you brought, you can go and rest." ”

Tong smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, it's really ...... to let the guests take care of me."

"Alright, alright." Da Liu stopped her and said, "What kind of relationship are we?" Don't say those kind words, if you really want to thank me, just go back and ask someone to help me find out where my uncle's house is. ”

Tong agreed, and then went into the room to rest with the support of the maids.

Shuning walked to the door and looked around, but there was still no trace of Old Lady Chen, and she felt strange in her heart. was about to walk back into the house, but saw that Wang Ruibao and his wife were still looking like dead people, they glanced at them with disgust, and said to Changfu, who had just finished unloading his luggage: "Uncle Changfu, so many people are gathered in the courtyard, it is better to ask them to clean up the other houses first, and the kitchen and hall must be cleaned up." ”

Changfu answered, and then ordered to go down, and saw that one of the maids who was originally in the house was standing under the porch, so he beckoned her over and asked, "Where is the kitchen?" You are about to take someone with you, first boil a pot of water and prepare to turn around, and the masters will drink tea. ”

But I heard the maid open her mouth and say, "Are you talking about boiling water?" Cook left, ring in the kitchen, want to make wild tea? (Do you mean boiling water?) It's already burned, in the kitchen, what tea are you going to make? ）

Changfu was silent, and Shuning was guessing what it meant.

Then the maid said: "I have an oolong in my land, but the family is an autumn tiger, and you come to the road by the long waterway, so it is better to drink juhua tea." However, the wife is tightly wrapped in Su shrimp, and may have to drink white boiling water to sow it. (We have oolong tea, but it's autumn tiger, you have walked so far to come here, it's better to drink juhua tea, but my wife is pregnant, and she may have to drink plain water.) ）

Changfu continued to be silent, and Shuning continued to guess vigorously.

Does this mean that you want them to drink juhua tea? Or oolong tea? This is Cantonese white, right? Why does it sound a little different? She lived in Guangdong for a few days before crossing over, and she could understand some Cantonese, but she could only understand a few words in those few words.

At this time, there was a sound at the door, and Shuning looked back and saw that it was Mrs. Chen who had arrived. He fanned his hat as he walked in and said, "It's really hot and humid, I heard that it hasn't rained for more than 20 days." ”

Changfu hurriedly greeted him and said, "Why did you come here now, and I was still worried that you didn't know where you went." ”

The old lady doctor smiled and said: "Halfway through, a palanquin man turned his foot and stopped, I saw that there was a seller of preserved fruits next to me, so I went to buy two packs, I haven't eaten them for decades." Anyway, the road wasn't far, so I just walked by myself. He threw a small bag to Shuning and said, "Miss Shu, give you a packet, it's delicious." ”

Shuning took the bag and found that it was wrapped in a few large green leaves, and inside was pickled olive fruit, so she looked up and said to Mrs. Chen, "Thank you Grandpa Chen." Just now, my mother felt dizzy when she sat in a sedan chair, and she was nauseous, so please ask Grandpa Chen to take a look. ”

Doctor Chen: "Oh? After a while, he followed Shuning into the backyard, went to the room where Tong was resting to check her pulse, and then said: "It's okay, I'll write a few medicinal herbs when I go back, ask someone to buy it to boil water, and drink a bowl and it'll be fine." After sitting on the boat for so long, I am afraid that I will feel my feet shaking for a few days, and it will be fine after a while. ”

Su Yun responded, but Shuning looked at Old Lady Chen with some embarrassment: "Grandpa Chen, do you understand what the people here say?" ”

After listening to Shuning's words, Old Lady Chen couldn't help laughing: "That's the local dialect, this servant woman probably has a country accent, no wonder you can't understand, go, take me to her, I'll help you interpret." The blue-clothed maid next to her stepped forward and said, "That's my sister-in-law, she can't speak official language, please don't be surprised, just ask me to do something." ”

Tong was much better, and when he saw that the maid was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and although she looked ordinary, her clothes were still clean, and she could speak clearly, she asked her, "Are you originally from this mansion?" What is your name? ”

The maid replied, "My name is Ah Di, my sister-in-law's name is Ah Hua, and my brother is an errand officer in the Tongzhi Yamen, and we are here to help." ”

It turned out that it was not a slave, so the Tong family was also polite: "In this case, I have to ask you to take my housekeeper and maids around and tell them what is going on in this house." ”

Adi smiled and said, "Don't dare", she really took Thursday's Lin family and Wang Er's family.

Tong rested for a while, and felt that there was nothing to do, so he got up again and returned to the hall outside, commanding the servants in the house. Because of the disappointing performance of Wang Ruibao and his wife, she reprimanded them greatly, deprived them of their stewardship status, and then announced that in the future, the outer affairs would be in charge of Changfu, and the affairs of the inner court would be handed over to the Lin family on Thursday.

Although Wang Ruibao and his wife were a little dissatisfied, they had no choice but to do their duty in front of everyone, so they had to admit it, hoping that they would have the opportunity to regain the position of steward in the future.

The Tong family also confessed to pack up the room to entertain the old lady Chen and the Liu sisters, and sent someone to ask where the Eight Banners garrison was, which could be regarded as idle.

At this time, the sky rumbled and it rained.