Chapter 15 The Frog in the Well in the Mansion of the Rear House

Su Niang returned to the government from Caolian Mansion and suffered some spring cold. Chen Yan recruited a doctor to treat her, only saying that he would take care of her body, detain her at home, and not let her leave the house for half a step.

Qi Su Niang stayed at home every day to recuperate, and only gossiped with Bi'er during the day. Chen Yan arranged the tolerance of going out, except for going out to socialize, and went back to the back house to accompany her every day, saying some interesting things outside, but he didn't mention a word about his official affairs. Qi Su Niang now has a girl, living in the inner courtyard of the back house of the government, and can no longer go out every day as she did at the beginning, gossiping with the mother-in-law outside. Chen Yan didn't say anything, and she had no way of knowing what was going on outside. He didn't open his mouth, and Qi Su Niang, the woman in the house, couldn't ask.

Qi Su Niang knew that although Chen Yan was considerate, she was getting older and more serious, and she was just looking for fun when she was bored. She went through the rumors of Qinghe and the accident of Kangxi summoning the cartographer, for the sake of Chen Yan's dignity, in order to avoid the risk of being detected by the nobles, she had completely buried the engineering in her previous life in her heart, and only when she dreamed back at midnight, in Chen Yanhuai, looking at the dark bed tent, quietly recalled in her mind. Gaoyou wrote and burned in the countryside, and the little aftertaste and happiness that burned and wrote again have been buried.

The back house of the government is a comfortable well surrounded by Chen Yan, and Qi Su Niang is the frog in the well. When I looked up every day, I only saw Chen Yan's day.

After more than half a month like this, Qi Su Niang's body was already very good, but Chen Yan still detained her at home to raise her body, until the end of April, Qi Su Niang was really bored in the back house, so she was let out.

"Fourteenth elder brother's reward?" Lian Xiang looked at the two pieces of oily and slippery silver fox fur on the floor of the hall, and couldn't help laughing: "I remember that Mrs. said that the fourteenth elder brother added makeup to Mrs. is two big straightening wool materials?" The silver fox on the lady's body is a salt merchant, and it is difficult to compare with it. ”

Qi Su Niang took a sip of chestnut silk and said with a smile: "It's exactly this sentence, isn't your family also rewarded?" I heard that your family was rewarded with mink skins, and I thought you had complimented me on my silver fox skins, so I took two of them. One you keep the clothes, and the other is to make a hat, hat, and scarf for Hai Jing. ”、

Lianxiang was originally happy, and when she heard Haijing's milk name, she didn't sigh, and turned her head to look at Banye, "Ye is still watching the child over there?" ”

Before Banye could speak, Sister Gui, who was sitting on the side, sneered: "Where else can you go?" Didn't he say that there was a lot of activity in the room with children? Now it has taken root in that room. It's a pity that the child has three disasters and eight diseases, and he can't stand this blessing carefully. ”

Neither Lian nor Rui'er spoke, Qi Su Niang was secretly shocked in her heart, and asked carefully: "I haven't been in good health for more than a month, and I haven't come to see you. ”

Rui'er forced a smile: "Aunt Terrier is not in good health. Children are also susceptible to disease. Ye Duo wants to take a look before he can rest assured. ”

Sister Gui knocked on the melon seeds. Spit out a few pieces of skin. "Sister Rui. You don't say this painfully. Since beating her, she gave birth to a son. How many times has you been in our room? She lay in bed every day. I can't wait for the master. Use the child to hold the master. that we may be widows. I don't believe that there is such a reason in the world? "Turn your head to look at Lianxiang." Aunt Lian Grandma. It's not a slave who praises you to your face. When you were the earth. When has this ever been? It's just that you won't go to our room. You also persuade him to go. But what about her? I want to come to your room. She choked the child and cried in the middle of the night. I have to call the master back," he smacked hard. "Nor is she sorry that the child is restless every day. Who said it wasn't her mother-in-law?"

Lianxiang shook her head. "Sister Gui. That's it. She's not easy either. I heard that her brother is trying to compete for the landlord of Hong Kong. It also requires her to exert some effort. How many people below are watching the limelight? ”

Sister Gui laughed instead. "Their family has become an uncle of the country. I was dizzy and wanted to ascend to heaven, and it was not enough to occupy Guazhou. It is also necessary to occupy the signs. Don't look at who is guarding Yizheng Harbor now. Huang Er is the second master's henchman. Grandfather's temperament. Even if it is wronged Hai Jing. will not be wronged by the second master. What's more, it's still these crooked uncles. The slave and maid want to see it. How high their family can jump. ”

Lianxiang Fang wants to speak. I heard the girls and daughters-in-law outside in chaos. In the blink of an eye, the brocade curtain of the woven gold back pattern was thrown away. Lian Zhenyun rushed in with anger on his face. Lianxiang, Rui'er, and Sister Gui were so frightened that they stood up together. Even Qi Su Niang's heart jumped. Slowly stood up.

Even Zhenyun didn't look at the woman in the house. Sit on the water-mill nanmu chair. Said angrily: "Lianxiang." You go and bring Haijing over. In the future, the child will be yours to bring."

Qi Su Niang was taken aback, Lianxiang made her eyes look like half a leaf tea, and walked forward with a smile: "Master, it's good that the child is by his mother's side, Hai Jing is weak, and the master has named him in Daming Temple and Tianning Temple, and asked a Dharma name to be his name, isn't it also looking at him for peace and security?" Why do you want him to leave his mother? ”

Lian Zhenyun said angrily: "She is too ignorant of advance and retreat, it is her duty to take the child well, and now she dares to take the child to threaten me."

If she doesn't depend on her, she said that she would die if she fell to death first, and she would die too. What bastard words are even more hateful, she still dares to tell right and wrong in my ear, wanting to separate me and the second master, looking at me as a brainless idiot, I don't know what their family is thinking? ”

When Qi Suniang, Lianxiang, and Rui'er heard this, they couldn't help but look at Sister Gui'er, she was also stunned, obviously she didn't expect to be straightforward.

"Lian Dahe comes in" Lian Zhenyun yelled, scared Lianxiang three steps back, and didn't dare to persuade again.

The curtain was lifted in response, and it was even bigger

Come in, "The big boss, the small land is here." ”

"Go and bring a few mothers-in-law to bring Haijing over, and bring the nurse over, from now on, the three sisters-in-law of their family are not allowed to enter the second door"

Lian Dahe was taken aback, looked at Lian Zhenyun's face, didn't dare to say a word, and turned around.

Lian Zhenyun shouted again: "Come on, go and see if the second master is back, if he comes back, ask him to come to my side." ”

The three daughters of Lianxiang saw that Lian Zhenyun really sent someone to hold the child, but their faces changed color and they were silent. Although Sister Gui was a little proud, she didn't dare to be presumptuous, and stood aside with the rules.

Qi Su Niang listened to it with all her heart, but she was afraid that Lianxiang would fall out of favor without a child, and she would favor Li Siqin, not to mention that this was a family matter, and she didn't open her mouth to persuade an outsider until she had to.

Banye lightly took the six teas, quietly handed it to Lianxiang, Lianxiang took it, and held his breath to Lian Zhenyun.

Lian Zhenyun's face was kind, he took it casually, opened the tea lid and brushed the tea foam, took a sip slowly, swept the fox fur on the table, and was slightly stunned, "Where did that come from?" ”

Lian Xiang hurriedly said: "Master, Madam is here, and I haven't seen the ceremony yet." ”

Lian Yun saw Qi Su Niang standing on the edge of the couch at this time, and couldn't help but stand up, "Mrs. ......" glanced at Lianxiang, "There are guests in the ......" seemed to want to blame, but he couldn't help it, put down the teacup, and said: "The lower official is rude, and Mrs. is smiling." ”

Qi Su swallowed and spitted at the mouth, and said with a smile: "The big boss is polite, and the concubine is presumptuous." ”

"Madame, please be seated."

"Please be seated."

Qi Su Niang and Lian Zhenyun greeted each other politely, and each sat down, "Madame, for more than a month, can you see your body?"

"Thank you for the big boss, it's just that some of them have suffered from the spring cold, and now they have healed." Qi Su Niang said with a smile: "I heard that the Fourteenth Master is very interested in the big boss, and he calls the big boss to have a banquet from time to time, and he wants to come to the big boss soon. ”

Lian Zhenyun seemed to be inadvertent, looked at her expression carefully, and said with a slight smile: "Madame, the fourteenth elder brother is just asking for some small skills such as muskets and martial arts, and he really values the talent of Hebiao Qianzong Cui, and now he still lives in the Hebiao Water Camp." ”

Qi Su Niang had also heard from Chen Yan's mouth that the fourteenth elder brother valued Cui Hao, but now from Lian Zhenyun's mouth, she was even more happy, "I heard that Lord Cui is also both civil and military, and I think it must have met the eyes of the fourteenth master." ”

Lian Zhenyun looked at her and said slowly: "I heard that this Master Cui is from Cangzhou in the north, and his wife's hometown is also in the north, so he can be regarded as a fellow villager." Lord Cui's art of war and martial arts are extremely clever, and no one in Yangzhou City can beat it. ”

Qi Su Niang pursed her lips and smiled, "It is indeed a fellow villager, Cangzhou is extremely martial, and I think this Master Cui is also a family scholar." He looked at Lian Zhenyun, "Although Master Cui is outstanding, how can the big boss be slightly inferior to him?" The big boss is humble. ”

Lian Zhenyun was happy in his heart, and most of the boredom of more than a month was swept away, and he said tentatively: "Madame is polite, I heard that Lord Cui was originally a servant of the Governor's Mansion of Zhili, and when Madame was in the capital in the past, did you be"

"Big brother, I'm back, what do you call me to do?" Li Siqin's loud voice rang out outside the door.

"The second master is here." The daughter-in-law outside opened the curtain, and Li Siqin strode in, with a depressed look on his face, "Big brother, Huang Er's kid dragged me out to drink today, I heard him say" Seeing Qi Su Niang at a glance, he suddenly changed his smile and walked over hurriedly, "You finally went out, you have been pretending to be sick at home for so long, aren't you bored?" ”

Qi Su Niang's face turned red, and she said angrily: "Who pretended to be sick, I suffered from the spring cold, do you understand the spring cold?" ”

Li Siqin said with a smile: "What is the spring cold, I went to ask the doctor of Tianruitang who treated you, and he said that you are worried and depressed." The love is hidden in the middle, and the spring is outside, and I am verbose a lot, and I haven't heard the word cold. ”

Lian Xiang laughed out loud, Qi Su Niang gritted her teeth and said: "Spring leads to the outside, don't you understand the spring from the outside?" That is to say, I have suffered from the spring cold."

The baby's cry gradually came, and Lian Dahe led the nurse in, and the nurse held March in her arms.

Lian Zhenyun looked at the red five finger prints on Lian Dahe's face, and snorted angrily, "Go, let someone tell her that she is not allowed to leave the hospital without my words." ”

Lianxiang hurriedly stepped forward, hugged the crying Haijing from the nurse, and patted gently, "Master...... She ...... "was glanced at by Lian Zhenyun, and didn't dare to speak again."

Rui'er led the nurse to the back to decorate the house, Sister Gui went up to coax the child with Lianxiang, Li Siqin was a little stunned, and hesitated: "Big brother, what's wrong" but was pulled by Qi Su Niang.

Li Siqin looked at Qi Su Niang, and then at Lian Zhenyun, so he had to keep quiet, seeing that the house was in chaos, he quietly pulled Qi Su Niang out of the side door, and when he arrived near the room, he saw that there was no one on all sides, and said softly: "What's wrong?" ”

Qi Su Niang looked at him and said softly: "It's okay, this is a family affair of the big boss, although you are the second master, you also need to take care of the private affairs between your brother and sister-in-law, just don't know." ”

Li Siqin was silent for a long time, "Erhe and I ...... to say"

Qi Su Niang smiled: "Huang Er is the one who followed you every day, and you ran away with you when you were injured?" ”

Li Siqin laughed, "You still dare to say that you were too ruthless at the beginning, if Huang Er hadn't run away with me on his back, I would definitely be beaten half to death by Gaoyou's gang, and I would have been injured even more." ”

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Said: "If you don't let you go first, the Gaoyou Gang will win you, isn't it the sun?" Looking at Li Siqin's smug mouth, he said again: "Look, now like this, he is very fair to Huang Er, he is loyal to you, you always have to take care of him."

Li Siqin slowly retracted his smile and was silent for a while, "Big brother, he really ...... me" looked up at Qi Su Niang and smiled, "Don't worry, I understand." ”

Qi Su Niang knew that he had his own plans in his heart, so he didn't say more, Li Siqin smiled: "You haven't gone out for more than a month, and you haven't gone to the April cold food and the Qingming Ancestor Sacrifice." There are too many people in the northern suburbs of Pingshantang and Hongqiao, and the women of the small households have come out, and I am dazzled to see it, Yangzhou City and Qinghe are really different, you like to be lively, and you must go to the Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat meeting. There are five big dragon boats in our gang, and the salt merchants are also majestic. ”

The cry of the child in the back room came out, Qi Su Niang sighed abruptly, turned her head and said with a wry smile: "Brother Chen didn't let me go out, saying that I was not in good health, even if I came out today, I begged for a while, and he personally sent me to the door." Sighing slightly, "I still wanted to go to see the Fourteenth Master, he has always treated me well, and I finally came back, I always have to go and ask him for peace." ”

Li Siqin hesitated for a while, and asked vaguely: "I heard that the Fourteenth Master has a great favor to you."

Qi Su Niang nodded, "It's indeed a great favor."

Li Siqin glanced at her, "Lord Chen, except for our family, it's better to go out to meet guests after a while."

Qi Su Niang had dinner in the company, and sat until the time of the lamp, when the door reported outside, "Master, Lord Futai has dismounted at the door, come and pick up Mrs. back." ”

Qi Su Niang made amends to Lian Zhenyun and Li Si, Lian Xiang stood up with a smile and wanted to send Qi Su Niang, "Why are you so careful, Da Shang sent it to the door, and took it back at night, Ming'er can't come?" I've been thinking about going on a cruise with you. ”

Qi Niang said with a wry smile: "Doctor Tianruitang said that I am afraid that I will not be able to go out until June, he has lined up all the errands in the past few days, or asked Mr. Zhou to do it for him, and he is in the mansion every day, and I can't find a chance to sneak out." ”

Li Si was slightly stunned, "Doctor Tianruitang doesn't have this ......" Lian Zhenyun coughed lightly, and he hurriedly said: "Since the doctor said so, June is June, don't go out to cause trouble again, you can cruise in June." ”

Qi Su Niang glared at him, "It's a big ambush in June, who still goes on a cruise ship against the poisonous sun?" With that, he sighed and went out to get into the sedan chair.

Seeing that the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching, Qi Su Niang begged for a few days, but she didn't let Chen Yan let go and let her go to the dragon boat conference. Qi Su Niang was locked in the house for almost two months from March to April, and since she came to this world, in addition to hiding her hands and feet in the palace, she has never been out of the house for so long. In Qinghe, you don't have to socialize, you can go out to buy vegetables early in the morning, let alone be free in the countryside of Gaoyou. Now that she is not allowed to go out in the back house, she only feels that Chen Yan restrains her too much, she is annoyed and bored, but she thinks that Chen Yan is thinking about her, and she can only endure it.

One evening, Qi Su Niang washed vegetables and cut meat with her own hands, boiled porridge and sifted wine, and made a small table with four bowls, one plate, two cold and two hot.

After Chen Yan returned to the back house from the front office, changed her clothes, she closed the door and waited for Chen Yan to eat.

Qi Su Niang used all kinds of delicate kung fu, and when Chen Yan was tired of her, she begged Chen Yan to let her go to the Dragon Boat Club. I thought that I was caught, but I didn't expect Chen Yan to still shake his head, Qi Su Niang was ashamed and annoyed, pushed Chen Yan away, covered his shirt and went back to the inner room, and fell on the bed crying.

Chen Yan's clothes were scattered, and she chased in, and Fang coaxed her twice, and she pushed her away. Qi Su Niang cried while going to open the suitcase to collect her clothes, "You see that I don't like it, don't let me go out." I won't annoy you in front of you, I'll go to the capital to find my brother ......"

Chen Yan hugged her and said hurriedly: "I don't like you, I'm just worried about your body." Dr. Tianruitang told me that if you want to recuperate at home until June, will I still lie to you? ”

Qi Su Niang cried: "I don't care what he says, I'm in good health now, I've painted ten paintings, and I've turned over those arithmetic books seven or eight times, I will make Li'er's Chongyang cake and dragon beard noodles, even if it's a local person in Jingli's brother's mansion, Bi'er has told me countless times, I'm going out to breathe, you promised me to go to the lake in March, and now it's almost May." As he spoke, he struggled to push Chen Yan away and went to collect his clothes.

Chen Yan picked her up, sat on the edge of the bed with her in his arms, and coaxed: "Month, just wait for June, in June, I will take you to Tianning Temple to read the scriptures, and we will take a boat to ......"

Qi Su Niang was even more sad, "You lied to me, you have discharged the business trip in the past two months, and you will definitely go out on business in June, where do you sometimes come to accompany me......"

Chen Yan sighed again and again, stopped talking, raised his sleeves to wipe her tears, and said softly: "The May Dragon Boat Festival, from the officials and gentry to the common people, is all going to go, it's really too noisy." Li Siqin and they raced dragon boats and made a fight, I don't worry about you going" hugged her silently, raised her head for a while, and gently kissed the tears on Qi Su Niang's face, "Ming'er, I'll rest for a day, accompany you to the lake, let's change our clothes and row to Hongqiao by ourselves." ”

Qi Su Niang suddenly burst into tears and laughed, and said, "But really? ”

Chen Yan hugged her tightly, "I take it seriously......"

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