"The two brothers are out together again!" Mrs. Tai's face was disappointed.

Shi Niang said with a smile: "Some of the social marquis on weekdays can go if they want to, and if they don't want to go, they won't go." But now that the New Year is approaching, the feudal officials from all over the country have used the excuse to return to Beijing in advance to greet the emperor, but the Hou Ye can't help but see it. ”

Mrs. Tai nodded: "I don't know." It's just that the house is lively these days, and I feel a little reluctant. ”

Eleven Niang smiled: "It's good to wait until the early summer of next year." ”

In the spring, the feudal officials from all over the country will return to Beijing to report on their work, and with Xu Lingyi's status, there will be more entertainment.

"By the beginning of next summer, when the weather warms up, we will have more places to go. Who wants him to accompany him? Mrs. Tai pretended to smile absently, and the third lady came.

She wore a bright red brocade makeup gown, combed a peony bun, wore a red gold jasper headband, painted eyebrows, smeared powder, and soaked rouge, and dressed up solemnly and gorgeously.

It seems that the two of them have quarreled...... Only if you want to hide something, you will pay special attention to it...... It can't be that he was beaten, right......

Eleven Niang secretly guessed that she stepped forward to meet the third lady.

Mrs. Tai smiled and said, "Where did this go?" ”

The third lady stepped forward with a smile and saluted Mrs. Tai, and said, "It's cold, it's okay to stay at home, so I straightened the cage." As he spoke, he looked down at the clothes on his body, "I didn't expect there to be such a beautiful gown, so I took it out and wore it to see you." Well, it's okay, right? ”

Mrs. Tai looked up and down: "It looks good." Such eye-catching clothes can be worn during the New Year! ”

"Really!" The third lady smiled, "I'll put it away when I go back, and I'll take it out and wear it when I celebrate the New Year." ”

Mrs. Tai pointed to the third lady and looked back at the eleventh lady standing behind her with a smile: "Look, take the opportunity to complain to me and ask for new clothes to wear!" ”

Eleven Niang smiled: "I don't know how many good things are in the mother's warehouse. Why don't you take the opportunity to enjoy us? We wore the clothes you rewarded for the New Year, and we also had face. As he spoke, he pursed his lips and smiled.

The old man, and this ability, who doesn't want to be a fortune boy to attract people's like.

Mrs. Tai laughed and said to Mother Du on the side: "It's really unacceptable." ”

"That's also a lot of good things for you, which makes young people blush." Mother Du's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and she flattered Mrs. Tai, which made people very comfortable to listen to.

Mrs. Tai was really happy and instructed Wei Zi: "Tomorrow I will go to open the treasury and take out a few new styles of makeup and carved silk from the palace for them to choose." He added, "Call Danyang too." Leave a few horses for Yi Zhen too. ”

"Oops!" The third lady's face was full of surprise, but she exaggerated slightly, "Thanks to my mother, it's good now!" ”

Eleven Niang Waner: "It's too late for my mother to feel distressed!" ”

Mrs. Tai just laughed.

Du's mother said: "Our wife has a lot of things, as long as you have the strength to move away." ”

The third lady turned her head to Eleven Niang and smiled: "This is a good situation, we still have to eat a few more bowls of rice." ”

The room burst into laughter.

Just when the three brothers Xu Siqin arrived, they greeted each other, and hurriedly asked everyone what they were laughing at, Du's mother learned what she just said, and Xu Sijian immediately said: "I also want to make new clothes." ”

The third lady stretched out her fingers and pointed at her youngest son's forehead with hatred: "When did I lack your food and clothing?" ”

Xu Sijian was flawless.

Xu Siqin saw it and said with a smile: "There is a mountain outside the mountain. See the grandmother's things, who is not rare. That's what I want to do. It's just that I'm the oldest and I'm embarrassed to speak. ”

Mrs. Tai was full of smiles: "That's it, that's it." Otherwise, how could your mother be so devoted to my things! ”

Brother Zhen listened to it and shouted in a milky voice: "I also don't know my grandmother's things!" ”

Everyone laughed and the atmosphere was very lively.

After eating, Mrs. Tai still sent Xu Siqin and Xu Siyu out with a thousand instructions, and Eleven Niang and the third lady, Xu Sijian waited for the nurse to take Sister Zhen and Brother Zhen to rest, and then resigned Mrs. Tai to go out.

Mrs. Tai is getting older, and her sleep is getting less and less. When the door is closed, he doesn't fall asleep immediately, and often chats with Du's mother or Wei Zi and Yao Huang, and plays the leaf card. Today is no exception, but everyone who serves in the house goes to sleep, leaving only Mother Du alone.

"Go and inquire." The kindness and kindness on Mrs. Tai's face just now turned into shrewdness and ability, "The governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, apart from the fourth, who else participated in the city patrol?" Ask Manager Bai again, who did the third child settle accounts with last night? Ask the little guy next to the third child, when did Fan Weigang and Fan Zongbing come back? Where to listen to the play? What kind of drama are you listening to? When did the two masters break up with Master Fan? When will you go back to the house? ”

Mother Du also changed her smile just now, and responded with a solemn "yes".

At the beginning of the next day, Mrs. Tai was already sitting in the warm pavilion in the east of the Buddha hall with her hands clean and copying the Heart Sutra.

Du's mother walked in softly.

Mrs. Tai was sitting precariously, her pen wandering around, and her eyelids were not raised.

"How?"

Mother Du thought of the news, Ren is old man, and couldn't help but pause before speaking: "The people from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies said that no one was arranged to patrol the city. Mr. Bai said that the third master had been alone in the secretary's room all night the night before. The little guy next to the third master said that Mr. Fan came back the day before yesterday and invited Master Hou to listen to the play. Hou Ye and the third master arrived at the third quarter of Youzheng, left at the beginning of the year, and returned to the house at the first moment. She tried to tell everything she heard as simply and without emotion, but her voice involuntarily lowered.

Mrs. Tai didn't seem to hear it, until she received the last pen, then she looked up at Du's mother: "Frame this word and give it to the third child." ”

Mother Du bowed down respectfully and answered "yes" respectfully.

Mrs. Tai held out her hand.

Mother Du hurriedly helped Mrs. Tai up.

Mrs. Tai went to the main hall of the Buddha Hall, kowtowed to the enshrined Guanyin Bodhisattva three times, put on three incense injections, got up and went to the warm pavilion with Du's mother.

"What did the third daughter-in-law do last night?" The voice was cold.

Mother Du has been with Mrs. Tai for almost 40 years, and she has long known Mrs. Tai's temper, so she inquired about all the questions that Mrs. Tai might ask before coming, and she had a draft in her heart, so Mrs. Tai went back and forth. Therefore, although Mrs. Tai did not let Du's mother inquire about this matter, Du's mother had already asked quietly. Now that Mrs. Tai asked, it was not difficult to answer.

"I heard that I have been doing needlework and waiting for the third master to go back. I didn't go to bed until the second half of the night. ”

"What about the fourth daughter-in-law?"

"Tell the mother on duty at night and the people on Aunt Qiao's side to wait for the Hou Ye. As in the past, I rested around the beginning of the morning. ”

Madame Tai had a contemplative expression.

"You see, don't you know? Or do you have a composure? ”

"The slave doesn't know." Mother Du knew the importance of this matter, and she claimed that she had also become humble, "However, a few days ago, Wanxiang went to see the fourth lady, and the Hou Ye went to patrol the city in the evening. Early this morning, Hou Ye did not go directly to the court as usual, but went to the fourth lady's house and had breakfast there. I heard that when it was time for breakfast, all the servants in the house withdrew. After speaking, he thought about it, and said in a low voice, "There are all people trained by Tao's mother over there, and I can only inquire about it, and if there are more, I can't find out." ”

Mrs. Tai listened and bowed slightly: "How does the fourth lady treat Mother Tao?" ”

Not long after entering the door, the white manager in the outer courtyard pointed to Xiang Qiu'er's mother-in-law, who was feeding the horses in the stable, to carry things for the fourth lady. Not long after, Xiang's mother-in-law's granddaughter, who was called Xiao Fangfei, was arranged to sweep the floor in the back garden. Within a few days, he was given a shortage of married maids, promoted to the second class, and now has a monthly example of 500 yuan. Xiang didn't know how grateful she was, so she said that the fourth lady was good, and made a meatloaf for the fourth lady. and the amber in front of the fourth lady often come and go, making shoes and socks for amber, which is very affectionate. ”

The corners of Mrs. Tai's mouth curled: "She's quite clever." ”

Mother Du couldn't tell whether Mrs. Tai was praising Mrs. Fourth or praising her mother-in-law, so she had to respond with a vague smile "Yes".

Mrs. Tai sat down in the warm pavilion again and picked up a copy of the "Diamond Sutra" on the desk......

Eleven Niang sat on the big kang near the window to do needlework, and the moon-white silk curtain hanging from the glass window was spooned with a silver spoon, and the scenery outside the window was unobstructed. The snow reflected the light of the blue and shone on her, outlining a slender but graceful silhouette like a tough willow.

Green Cloud tiptoed over, but found that the needle and thread in her hand had stopped for some time, and her eyes were stunned to look at the half-embroidered camellia on the embroidery shed in a daze.

She hesitated for a while, but still whispered: "Madam, the people in the warm house have come to change the flowers." ”

Eleven Niang said "oh", sat up straight, her eyes returned to her previous agility, and showed a warm smile: "Let them in!" ”

Luyun whispered "yes", and after a while, he brought two mothers-in-law in and saluted Eleven Niang, and replaced the camellia that was about to wither in the house with a blooming plum blossom with half of the budding.

Immediately there was a faint fragrance in the room.

Eleven Niang took a deep breath and asked the mother-in-law, "Are there daffodils?" ”

The woman smiled: "Naturally, there is!" It's just that it hasn't budded yet. If Mrs. wants to put daffodils, I will go and tell Ji Ting's sister-in-law that they will be delivered in two days. ”

Sending flowers in the conservatory, pay attention to half-putting and half-waiting, and those who do not have buds cannot come in.

Eleven Niang smiled: "It's okay, let her send me a few pots." It's the same with my own care. ”

The woman immediately complied, and placed holly trees in the corner of the wall with another mother-in-law, and bamboo and aloe vera on the flower table.

Amber came in, holding a blue and white goblet with a hibiscus in her hand.

"Madame, where do you think you put it?" She looked at Eleven Niang with a smile.

Eleven Niang saw that the wood hibiscus bowl was big, and the fiery red was scorching, which made people look at the warmth of their hearts, and the house full of green bamboo plants in winter was very festive. He glanced around with a smile, and then pointed to the kang window behind him: "It's right here!" ”

Amber responded to the kang and placed the flower on the kang window behind Shi Niang, and said in a low voice: "Madam, I really let you guess correctly." The matter of changing maids is strange! ”