The old lady suddenly laughed again. Yu gradually suppressed his smile and said, "Speaking of which, let's talk about what the situation is like in the north now?" How long will this battle be fought? ”

Yang also recognized the truth: "The war situation in the north is good now, didn't you take back two cities in a row a few years ago, and Marshal Qi's people are settling the people." is the lack of food and clothing in the ice and snow, and many soldiers are seriously ill and have died a lot. So the imperial court is actually paying a lot of money to buy grain as military salaries this time - alas, it is said that the past two years have been smooth, why is the price of grain still so high?! ”

At the end of the sentence, she tapped her knee lightly, and her heart ached.

Yu and Nie glanced at each other, picked up the tea and took a sip.

Liang glanced at them and said with a smile: "Is the north so bitter?" ”

Yang said: "Second sister-in-law, you and I have never been there, so I don't know. But according to the soldiers who came back from there, the snow began to fall there as soon as it reached the first month, and it continued to rain until March and April of the next year, and there were no trees to burn charcoal, and many people froze to death every year. I heard my eldest brother say that Marshal Qi took all three of his sons-in-law to the battlefield this time, and it seems that he is ruthless! ”

Nie pouted and said, "Since it's such a broken ground, why do you take it back at the expense of the people and money?" In my opinion, it is better to keep these energies. ”

As soon as Yang heard this, he didn't say anything, and looked at the little maid with a smile.

The old lady was deeply embarrassed and frowned, and even the Liang Qi clan tilted the corners of her mouth contemptuously. Nie didn't know what he was wrong with, and he was fanning himself with a handkerchief. Yu glared at her, and she sat down for some reason.

Yu was about to say something to resolve the embarrassment, but someone in front of him came to invite Yang to go to the second gate, saying that the sedan chair back home was already waiting under the weeping flower gate.

Yang got up to say goodbye, and Yu went out to see her off.

The old lady was tired for most of the day, so everyone got up and said goodbye and came back to the reunion dinner in the evening.

Out of the shadow wall of the main courtyard, Nie Bumped into Yu Shi who was sending the guest back, and Yu Shi stood with a gloomy face: "It's really a dog can't spit out three tusks from his mouth!" It's a shame that you are still a young lady from the Zhengqing Mansion, and you actually said that you would give up the city to Hu Lu! If the Yang family is a foreign surname today, it will be a matter of losing the head when this word spreads! You don't want to live, we want to live a few more years! ”

Nie Shi was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down: "I am, it's just a quick ......."

"Stand up!" Yu shouted, "What are you doing here?" I'm your sister-in-law, why are you kneeling at me? Are you used to being a slave in your mother's house? This is Hofu! You're the Fourth Lady here! Don't put on a little family like you haven't seen the world all day long, and make people think of it as a joke! ”

Nie Shi was scolded so that his face was red and white for a while, and he stood there with his head down like an angry little daughter-in-law.

Yu Shi looked more and more angry in his heart, shook his hand and walked away: "Sooner or later, I will be exhausted to death by you!" ”

Nie Shi watched her walk away, and the silver silk in his hand was about to break.

Rui'er took the reward that Liuli received today, and was very happy, counting it again and again in front of Liuli, and finally put it in the small copper box and locked it up.

"The slave and maid should save all these things for the girl, and in the future she will give her a dowry."

Liuli was also very happy: "In the future, if there are more battles, maybe we can use it to do some business and make money?" ”

Rui'er nodded her head in agreement. But she suddenly turned around and said: "Speaking of money makes money, the slave maid remembered something, and when she went back to send the letter, she met their shopkeeper at the door of the 'Shangpin Study', and he actually recognized the slave and maid, and asked the 'son' if you have written recently, and if so, do you have the will to put it there for consignment." The slave and maid couldn't answer, so they said that they would ask 'Childe' and you would talk about it. ”

Liuli was surprised: "Really? Does he think my words can be sold for money? ”

Rui'er said: "Anyway, he praised your handwriting well." ”

Liuli groaned, the calligraphy and paintings made by the literati with the impression of the wind and bones are not sold, although my grandfather also sold them back then, Xu Niang knew He Xiangwei because of selling calligraphy and paintings, but he was forced by life. Besides, she's not a celebrity, and even if she sells it, she won't be able to sell it for much, so forget it.

After taking a nap for a while, the copper leak has reached the unitary time, Shuangxi put on a red brocade gold embroidered jacket and skirt for Liuli, with small cotton boots of the same color, and tied a cloak to go to the main courtyard.

Liuli called Laurel Begonia to guard the door, accompanied by Shuangxi and Rui'er, and walked to the door to see Mama Li's old face, and secretly couldn't help sneering, but said very kindly: "Mama Li will also go together." That's when I saw a smiling face.

The banquet is still located in the Begonia Courtyard, which is adjacent to the Anxi Hall, and has become a special place for the house to hold a family banquet, because it also has a wonderful feature in that there is an attic, such as tonight, the women's banquet is set upstairs, and the men sit downstairs, but there is less trouble to be covered by the curtain. Because the stage was specially set up the year before last, it seems that the whole troupe was invited tonight, and the Shengdan people have already dressed up in the background.

For a big family like He Fu, family banquets are often there, and the meal on Chinese New Year's Eve is not very special, but Liuli has been associated with He Fu for many years, and it is only now that he is justifiably participating in this banquet as a descendant of the He family, and the mood is inevitably a little strange.

After the meal, the ladies all accompanied the old lady back to the room for a short rest, and soon the old lady also returned to the room, so everyone came to bid farewell to the old lady and the old lady at this time.

Liuli is usually the last, Shuangxi brought her a bowl of sesame crisp tea, she took a sip, and said, "Laurel and Begonia don't know if they have eaten?" ”

Shuangxi said: "Just now when we were eating, we sent someone to send it over. ”

Liuli sighed, glanced at Mama Li, who was looking at the reward received by the girls and young masters, and said to Shuangxi: "I ate a little greasy at dinner, you go back to the room and get me some tea." ”

Shuangxi said: "I know that the girl is used to drinking green tea, and I have already brought it, so why go back and get it?" So saying, he quickly went down to make tea.

Liuli glanced at Rui'er and was very depressed.

After half a while, Shuangxi made tea, and Liuli was about to pick it up, when Rui'er suddenly squatted down with her stomach covered. Liuli hurriedly said, "What's wrong with you?" Rui'er's face tightened and said, "I think I just ate the crab, and my stomach hurts so much at this moment." ”

Liuli hurriedly said: "Then do you want to go back to the room?" ”

Shuangxi looked at the top and saw that he had arrived at Yanhua, so he said: "I think it's better to stand up first, and the girl will be there soon. ”

Liuli stomped her feet and said: "Isn't there still you in the tea, let Mama Li send Rui'er back, you can wait by the side!" ”

Rui'er sighed at the right time. They stood behind the crowd, but fortunately no one noticed. Shuangxi pondered for a moment, and was afraid that something would happen, so he patted Mama Li on the shoulder: "Rui'er is uncomfortable, annoying Mama to send her back to the house and get some medicine for her." ”

Mama Li's eyes widened: "Why should I send it?!" I'm not afraid of falling on my wife in the dark, and why do you want me to wait for her?! ”

Shuangxi was snatched by her for a while, and she couldn't help but be angry, and sneered at the moment: "Then Mama just stays alive!" With that, he picked up Rui'er and walked out of the gate.

Just as Huanhua had finished serving tea, Liuli glanced at Mama Li, and walked out of the arena with the corners of her mouth raised.

The old lady looked down with a peaceful face, Liuli knelt on the two-foot square prayer mat, kowtowed three times first, and then said: "Liuli gives the old lady and the old lady a farewell ceremony, and wishes the second old man a long life and all the best." ”

Mama Li happily took a tray and brought a cup of tea, bent down and said, "The slave also wishes the old lady a long life and good health!" ”

When the old lady saw her, she remembered the events of the day, and her face was a little unhappy, and she immediately said, "What about the maid waiting next to the ninth girl?" How do you call your grandmother out for tea? ”

Liuli hurriedly said: "It was originally ordered to be maids, but Rui'er was shocked and uncomfortable, Shuangxi was afraid that she would stay and ruin the fun, so she asked Mama Li to send it, who knew that Mama Li said that her body was expensive, and she was afraid of bumping into it at night, and said that she shouldn't wait for a maid, Sister Shuangxi was angry, so she sent it herself. ”

"Bastard!" The old lady's face sank, and she was angry.

The old lady was also very dissatisfied, but because he didn't know the scene during the day, he felt that he could bear it, so he said: "Forget it, for the New Year, don't make a fuss that people in the house are unhappy." - Serve the tea. ”

Liuli said yes and turned her head to face Mama Li. After the old lady's scolding, Mama Li's momentum immediately shortened by half a section, and hurriedly approached the tray, but in the hurry, she didn't know what she tripped over, she couldn't stop it, her whole round body pounced forward, and a bowl of hot tea fell on the old lady in front of the left!

Suddenly screams erupted in the hall, and Liuli rushed up with an arrow, brushed the water off the old lady's body with her sleeve, and said, "Old lady, are you okay?" Sister Qingshang, hurry up and get a dry cloth! He turned around and rushed to Mama Li, and slapped her two big slaps in one go: "You dare to be so disrespectful to the old lady, you are so bold!" ”

Mama Li had already lost her six gods, and she collapsed to the ground and trembled like chaff.

The old lady was so angry that she couldn't say anything, but she pointed at Mama Li and said, "Beast!" Brute! ”

Yu and several ladies helped her in, and waited with Biyun Qingshang to change clothes, the old lady paced a few steps with his hands, and angrily kicked Mama Li's shoulder: "Drag her out and punish her to kneel under the corridor for two hours!" ”

Although she didn't call for a fight, but kneeling for two hours in the ice and snow was enough to choke, Mama Li broke free from the hands of her mother-in-law and kept kowtowing to the ground: "Old lady Mingjian, the slave and maid are not intentional, the slave and the maid are wronged!" Seeing that the old lady had changed her clothes and came out, she hurriedly climbed up and said, "The old lady spares her life!" Just forgive the slave this time! The slave didn't mean it! ”

"If you want to, you can do it!" Liuli said with a heavy face: "As a teaching grandmother, you should be careful everywhere, and now you have made such a big mistake, you still dare to quibble!" Sprinkle a cup of tea on the old lady today, and she will also sprinkle a cup of tea on the old lady tomorrow, if she is not punished today, how to serve the public? ”

Mama Li sat on the ground and was speechless. Yu scolded angrily: "Don't you take it down?!" ”