Chapter 10: The Girls
Li Tian took Li Yunshang into the house, Li Yunshang took the bottle of extremely beautiful golden upside-down golden hook in the girl's hand, handed it to Yingluo, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I don't know what the fifth sister lacks, this is the flower I planted with my own hands, don't laugh at my sister." ”
"It's beautiful!" Li Tian stretched out his hand and stroked the chrysanthemum and praised: "Just put it on the high table of the kang head, so that I can see it wherever I sit." Li Yunshang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, facing this cousin, she has always had an indescribable self-ashamedness, in front of her, her hands and feet feel unrestrained and unnatural.
"I came here for an important matter," Li Yunshang sat on the kang solemnly, glanced at Li Tian and said sincerely: "Father ordered, let you move to my yard to live, the yard is quiet, after the eldest sister got married, A-Niang let people repaint, than here...... Okay," Li Yunshang timidly glanced at the east chamber: "I also moved back to the original yard, and my original yard is fine." ”
Li Tian looked at Li Yunshang in surprise, what did the eldest uncle order? The Ziyunju where Li Yunsheng lives now is one of the best courtyards in this house, and the eldest uncle asked Li Yunshang to let him live? Give yourself the best? The more Li Tian tasted it, the more he felt a strange sense of disobedience, but his face did not show it at all, he only shook his head with a smile and said: "I like this Qingtong Courtyard, every time I come back in the past, I think, if I come back one day, I must live in Qingtong Courtyard, I don't know why, as soon as I enter this courtyard, I feel very kind." ”
Li Yunshang was most afraid of ghosts and the like, Li Tian's last sentence frightened her face pale, her mouth opened slightly, and she didn't dare to look at the East Chamber in fear, but she glanced at it uncontrollably, and she didn't know what to say.
Li Tian looked at Li Yunsheng's fear, paused for a while, and then diverted the topic and asked her what book to read and what piano to play, as soon as the piano was mentioned, Li Yunshang had a topic, and gradually became more comfortable, the two chatted for a while, Li Yunshang got up and said goodbye, Li Tian sent her out of the weeping flower door along the verandah, raised her eyes and swept the red lacquer door leading to Shui Qiuniang's residence next to her, her heart moved, pointed to the small door and said with a smile: "My sister who remembers the piano is the most proficient, and Mr. Shui is also good at the piano. ”
"My piano...... But if you can pop up a voice, how dare you talk to someone? Who is Mr. Water? Li Yunsheng's face was flushed by Li Tian's words, and there was a trace of pride in embarrassment.
"Mr. Shui used to be a piano worship in the palace, and she was also good at shakuhachi, so she likes you to love the piano like this." Li Tian introduced with a smile, Li Yunsheng's face changed slightly, and he looked back at the two red doors with awe......
"Mr. Water...... Are you really willing to point me out? Li Yunsheng's excited eyes lit up, and Li Tian nodded hurriedly and said, "Mr. Shui is very kind, you can come when you are free." ”
"Well, then I'll be here early tomorrow morning." The smile on Li Yunshang's face bloomed like a spring flower.
In the evening, Li Tian had dinner, and Cao Si's daughter-in-law finished the accounts of Muji and other small shops, and Cao Si's daughter-in-law smiled: "This small has small benefits, you can make money in the month of opening, compared with the capital, this profit is not thin." Li Tian flipped through the thin account books casually, smiled and did not speak, these shops are doing long-term business, and the benefits are not in making money.
Yingluo brought two bowls of licorice soup in, handed one bowl to Cao Si's daughter-in-law and said with a smile: "Cao Si's sister-in-law has worked hard, drink a bowl of soup to moisten it." Cao Si's daughter-in-law hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "Sister Yingluo is so polite, I can't stand it." Li Tian slowly drank a sip of licorice soup, and looked at Cao's fourth daughter-in-law and talked about homely things: "Brother Shi'er is getting better these days?" ”
"Okay, brother is brother, Sister Ling was weaned at that time, and she made trouble for ten days, he was good, I went back yesterday, his wife was feeding him milk, he looked at me, and then looked at the milk bowl, and ignored me! I only hugged the milk bowl and hated to stick my head into it. Cao's fourth daughter-in-law spoke cheerfully.
"Brother Shi'er is very fun," Qingzhi said with a smile while cleaning up the paper and pencil abacus on the table: "The fat hands and arms are full of nests, and I laugh when I see people, and laugh at that saliva," Qingzhi gestured: "It flowed here in a hurry!"
Several people laughed when he said this, and Li Tian looked at Cao Si's daughter-in-law and instructed: "Tell his wife, you should put less frosting in the milk, his wife is not in good health, don't always hold your grandson and not let go." ”
"Write it down, don't worry, Wu Niangzi, I'm also afraid of being tired of the old lady, I discussed with his father and bought two more little girls back, and now I can help." Cao's fourth daughter-in-law hurriedly replied, Li Tian said 'um', and Cao's fourth daughter-in-law drank the soup and went back.
"Fourth sister-in-law Cao's life is getting better and better." Yinhua sighed.
"What's this, you serve the fifth lady with your heart, you marry someone in the future, and the messenger becomes the housekeeper lady, isn't this day the same as her?!" Qingzhi replied without raising his head, Yinhua and Yingluo carried the quilt to the smoke cage, sighed and said, "What can you do if you want to?" The sisters who were waiting in the old lady's house at the beginning also did the same housekeeping as Cao Si's sister-in-law, earning twenty taels of silver a month. ”
"At the beginning, there were several sisters in the old lady's house, and Sister Hongyu was the most attentive and willing to learn." Yingluo took over gently.
"In the past, the third-class girl in our courtyard also had a monthly case of one or two pieces of silver, which one outside had such an example? But the third-class girl in our yard, you can be a big girl in the ordinary family if you pick one out, you still don't understand this? If you want to make more money, you have to have that ability. Qingzhi made tea, poured a cup and handed it to Li Tian.
Li Tian took the tea, sipped it slowly, and listened to them leisurely, there were many girls and mothers-in-law in her house, but now it is different from usual, she only picked Yingluo, Qingzhi two big girls and Yinhua and Yuye two second-class girls to bring out, Qingzhi's words are refreshing, the emperor is strict, Yinhua reacts very quickly, and everyone is self-cooked, Yuye looked at the honest Mune, in fact, it is not bad, these three people are extremely obedient.
"That's right," Yinhua said happily: "When I was elected to this courtyard, my mother happily set up several tables, and last year I was promoted to the second class, two taels of silver a month, more than my father and my mother together!"
"Is there any movement over there in the main courtyard?" Yingluo turned her head and asked, Yinhua said softly, looked at Li Tian and said, "There has been no movement." Qingzhi's eyebrows rose suddenly, but when it came to his mouth, he swallowed it again, this silver birch messenger was too careless, such an important matter had to wait for others to ask, and she had to be taught a good lesson when she went back.
"It's been a while and there hasn't been any movement, it seems that the eldest lady doesn't want to punish the fourth lady." Yingluo also glanced at Yinhua, frowned and said, Li Tian didn't speak, Yinhua continued: "The flash lady of the flower room said that not long after the beginning of Chen, she was repairing flower branches in the garden, and saw the daughter-in-law of Qian who was guarding the second door come in to talk to the second wife, and then the second wife went to the fourth lady's house, and after a while, the fourth lady came to us." ”
"It seems that the eldest lady doesn't know about the fourth lady's coming." Qingzhi continued, Li Tian nodded: "It's good to study Mingli since she was a child, even if she wants to do it, it's hard to erase that face, but just open her eyes and close her eyes, and indulge one or two." ”
"Shall we, then? The fourth lady is also losing your face. Yinhua asked with a hint of excitement in her eyes, Qingzhi raised her hand and patted her, frowning and said, "Are you afraid that the world will not be chaotic?" The third lady's family affairs have not yet been settled, and the eldest lady will never let her ruin the reputation of the Li family girl, so why should we care? Yinhua shrank his head and stuck out the tip of his tongue, and hurriedly picked up the foot-washing water and sent it out.
"Mr. Shui just came over, and I saw that the fifth lady was busy, let me tell the fifth lady, she will teach her what the third lady wants to learn." Yingluo relayed, Li Tian shook the soaked hot and comfortable feet 'um'.
"The third lady is a good person, and the eldest lady is good," Qingzhi praised and sighed: "People like the eldest lady have raised such two girls." ”
"She ......" Li Tian sighed softly: "You can't blame her, her nature is not bad, and her upbringing since childhood is good, but unfortunately, she has to be too strong for a poor word...... Think about it, before she took over the Yongguo Mansion, her grandmother never let her get involved in household chores...... It's empty, the eldest uncle has been soaking in the wine jar every day all these years, alas, it's not easy for her, as long as she doesn't cross the line, let's not embarrass her. ”
"If she dares to cross the line, we can't spare her!" Yinhua hurriedly continued, and Qingzhi flicked her forehead heavily and said, "I see that you are spoiled, go back and copy the Heart Sutra a hundred times!"
"Good sister, I was wrong, spare me this time." Yinhua grabbed Qingzhi and begged for mercy, Qingzhi glanced at her with a cold face and said, "It's not just this one, I'll talk to you when I go back." Silver Birch let go in fright. Li Tian tilted his head and looked at the two, not planning to say much.
"In the past, Mr. Shui said that there are some things that everyone knows, but they can't say it, and as soon as they say it, they fall behind." Yingluo looked at Yinhua and taught, Yinhua was stunned for a moment, and solemnly bent her knees at Qingzhi and Yingluo: "Thank you sister for teaching." ”
After a few days, Li Tian went to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion to burn Erqi paper for Mrs. Lin, and the fourth daughter-in-law of Cao greeted her with a pale face, and said in a low voice with a trembling voice: "Fifth lady, something is wrong, Huang Da is the shopkeeper ...... him."
"Let's talk about getting in the car." Li Tian still had tears in the corners of his eyes, and his voice was sad but peacefully interrupted Cao Si's daughter-in-law and commanded, Cao Si's daughter-in-law realized the gaffe, hurriedly took a deep breath, followed Li Tian steadily, and went out to the second gate.