According to the visual inspection of Shi Niang, Luofu covers an area of about 30 acres. To the east is Shirumikan Hall, in the middle is Sichido, and to the west is Shuangxing-in. The back door of Shuangxing Courtyard has a sluice gate that leads to the outer river to divert water into a lake, after the gate, it is a small courtyard with more than ten rooms, called Linfangzhai, the east of Linfangzhai, is the back garden of Luofu.

The Green House is in the northwest corner of the back garden.

Eleven Niang took Binju out of the Green Yun Building with Yao's mother, passed through the corridor connecting the Green Yun Tower and the Zhiyun Pavilion, and soon arrived at the Zhiyun Pavilion.

When they entered the door, they met Xu's mother walking out with four or five maids.

Mother Xu is the most powerful person around the eldest wife, and the assistant eldest lady is in charge of the money, goods and personnel of the inner house. Yao's mother assists the eldest lady in managing the daily chores of the inner house.

Eleven Niang respectfully shouted "Mom".

Yao's mother and Binju stepped forward to give Xu's mother Xu a gift and greeted them warmly: "What are you busy with?" ”

Mother Xu is in her forties, she is white and fat, although she is the most powerful person next to the eldest wife, but when she sees people, she is smiling, and people up and down the Luo Mansion are willing to get close to her.

She smiled and saluted Shi Niang, and then returned the salute to Yao's mother and Binju, and then said, "The eldest lady sent me to Ci'an Temple to send sesame oil money." ”

Yao's mother was stunned and said, "Didn't the host of the Ci'an Temple come to pick it up?" ”

Mother Xu smiled: "The eldest lady wants to light another lantern." ”

Yao's mother felt even more strange.

The Ci'an Temple is more than 20 miles away from here, and it takes a day to go back and forth. Since you are going, why did you leave at this time?

She wanted to ask again, but Xu's mother had already chatted with Eleven Niang: "...... It also made you worried, and specially asked Holly to bring me soy sauce soybeans. ”

Eleven Niang smiled politely: "It's not a good thing, mom, you're welcome!" ”

"You're being so polite." Mother Xu smiled, "Last time it was Holly's sister-in-law, right?" You also asked Holly to bring me two cans. I said at the time, whose craft is this, and why is it so delicious? I'm in my forties, and I've never eaten such a delicious pickle......"

The two were ordered to see the eldest wife, and the other was ordered by the eldest lady to go on an errand, neither dared to stay longer, exchanged a few words, and dispersed.

Yao's mother led Eleven Niang to the east room on the first floor of the eldest lady's daily residence and banquet: "Miss Eleven sits, I went to give the eldest lady!" ”

She left Eleven Niang and Binju and turned around and went upstairs, and her own little maids served refreshments to entertain them.

Hamaju couldn't help but look at the furnishings of the room.

The front is black lacquered, and the first three circles of the Arhat bed are covered with tiger skin coats, and there are a few small cloisonné enamel Wen Wang Ding and incense boxes on the bed. On the high table on both sides, there is a 10,000-year-old bluestone bonsai with jade as the leaf and jade as the branches, and the chair of the golden python with a stone blue bottom is on the chair of the Taishi chair in front of the glass mallet fan, and the floor tiles under the feet are like mirrors, which are more than enough to reflect the human figure......

Usually Holly accompanies Eleven Niang to Zhiyun Pavilion, but this time Miss Eleven brought her.

The furnishings of the room were very different from the last time she came.

The last time she came, there was still a filial piety period, and everywhere was white, and it made people panic when she looked at it. This time, there was a kind of cold gorgeousness, which made her feel uneasy about being ashamed of herself.

Thinking of what he didn't have a chance to say in front of Eleven Niang just now, he saw that the little maids had all retreated to the door, leaving only Miss Eleven and her in the house. Binju couldn't help but take a few steps forward and said in a low voice: "Miss Eleven, what if it happens...... Sister Holly's matter can't be pushed away...... You're right! As he spoke, tears couldn't help but rise up, and his eyes were crystal dripping, "This is also what Sister Holly told me to say to Miss when we came." He also said that we will ask for more people in the future, and we can't make the eldest lady unhappy for this little thing......"

Eleven Niang looked at the pastel teacup of Magu's birthday offering in her hand and did not make a sound.

Binju has been with her for three years, and knows that she seems easy-going, but the thing she has made up her mind is that she can't pull back nine cows. couldn't help but persuade her in a low voice: "If you have a heartache for Sister Holly, if you marry someone in the future, you will order her two to be companions." With the people who support you, with Sister Holly's talents, you can live a good life......"

"Beware of the ears next door." Eleven Niang's soft words made Binju's face red.

She knew that she was too anxious, so she only let out a "hmm" and stood behind Shi Niang and didn't dare to speak again.

Be a companion!

The two girls want to be good, but even if they are helpless and want to take this road, they can't make their own decisions. I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort to maneuver.

Eleven Niang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

There are many servants in Zhiyun Pavilion, and there are a few aunts who have fun in front of the eldest lady, and the atmosphere has always been lively. She walked all the way today, but she only saw a few little maids, and they all looked a little careful...... There is a feeling that the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings.

Could it be that Yao's mother said something in front of the eldest lady?

Just like the last time she induced the eldest wife, saying that Yao's mother's nephew relied on Yao's mother to be on an errand in front of the eldest lady and peeped into the inner courtyard...... The eldest lady sent the people around her in order to teach herself a lesson?

Eleven Niang's mind was spinning rapidly.

This morning, when the province was set in the morning and dusk, the eldest lady was fine, and said with a smile that the yam cake she made was delicious, and asked her to make a few more tomorrow and send them over, and also rewarded herself with a gold-inlaid bluestone longevity hosta...... If anything, it's after you're gone...... It's a pity that Yao's mother follows closely and can't get out, otherwise, the second-class maid Coral next to the eldest lady has always been close to Holly, and if you ask her, you can also know some clues......

Thinking of this, she touched the gold-inlaid bluestone longevity jade hairpin that she had specially inserted before coming...... I hope that the eldest lady will see this hosta and remember how well-behaved and docile she has been in front of her in the past few years, and she can speak and act to save some face for herself.

Although Eleven Niang secretly planned in her heart, her body was like a tight string, always paying attention to the movements around her.

After a while, she smelled a faint scent of sandalwood, heard the sound of soft footsteps and the grinding of her lichen skirt.

The eldest lady worships the Buddha all the year round, and there is always a smell of sandalwood on her body......

Eleven Niang hurriedly stood up, and saw the curtain flicker, and a girl wearing a red cotton yarn jacket walked in with a tall and dignified woman.

Behind them were seven or eight maids, and Yao's mother was also in the period.

"Big lady!" Eleven Niang greeted her with a smile and held the woman's other arm.

"Look at you both!" The eldest lady smiled kindly and gently, "It seems that I can't walk anymore as if I am seventy or eighty." ”

"Mother is young, why can't she walk?" The girl in red flattered her, "It's because we want to take advantage of this opportunity to get close to our mother, you can't expose us." Her tone is coquettish, and there is a kind of innocence of a girl who does not understand the world, which makes people only feel playful and cute when they hear it. As she spoke, she smiled again and asked Eleven Niang: "Did you say that?" Eleventh sister! ”

"Yes! Fifth sister. Eleven Niang looked at her with a smile, as if admiring her cheerfulness and liveliness.

This girl is the sister of Eleven Niang, and Luo Zhensheng, the fourth master of Luofu, is the younger brother of her mother.

Their biological mother, Ke Shi, is the third among the aunts. It was originally a personal servant who had been serving the eldest lady since her mother's home, although she was later carried by her aunt and gave birth to a son and a daughter, she was still the same as before, resting on the chaise longue outside the eldest lady's bedroom, serving the eldest lady with all her heart. The eldest lady treats her very kindly, and takes the fifth mother and the fourth master she gave birth to with her, and raises her like her own mother and uncle. The sentiment is not ordinary.

When the eldest lady saw their sisters making love, her smile added a little satisfaction.

She first patted the back of Shi Niang's hand comfortingly, and then stretched out her index finger and pointed at Wu Niang's forehead: "You can do it!" Dare to slap your sister in front of me! ”

With a kind of indulgent intimacy in her words, Wu Niang naturally didn't take the eldest lady's words seriously, and asked Eleven Niang with a grin: "Mother said that I will beat you, you say, did I beat you?" ”

Eleven Niang didn't answer, just covered her sleeves and smiled.

Wu Niang pulled up the sleeves of his wife's clothes and said, "Look, you see that the eleventh sister has nothing to say." You are just eccentric, for fear that the eleventh sister has been wronged a little. Why don't you pity and pity me, it's the same as Eleven Niang, I can't stand a little grievance! ”

The eldest lady was amused by her childishness. took Wu Niang's hand and sat on the Luohan bed: "Good, good, good." I wronged our Wu Niang and made Wu Niang suffer. He also instructed the little maid to bring a brocade to Eleven Niang.

"It was meant to be!" Wu Niang sat on the Luohan bed with a pout, but when she saw the maids coming in with tea, she got up and handed a cup of tea to the eldest lady: "Mother, drink tea!" ”

The eldest lady smiled and took it.

Wu Niang brought another cup to Eleven Niang: "Eleventh sister, drink tea!" ”

Eleven Niang hurriedly stood up and picked it up.

Wu Niang brought herself another glass. Then squeezed to the eleventh mother's brocade and sat down. whispered to Eleven Niang in a voice that the eldest lady could hear: "Look at this tea...... When I came here just now, it was Longjing, and now it's Wuyi. Mother is really very partial! ”

A few words made the room laugh.

The eldest lady pointed to Wu Niang and said to the person behind her: "Look, look, how did I raise a monkey, and I was disturbed every day." ”

When Wu Niang heard this, she drilled into the arms of the eldest lady: "Who is the queen mother who is not troubled by the monkeys?" ”

The maid and daughter-in-law next to her also smiled: "That's what the eldest lady is used to." ”

The eldest lady held her forehead "oops", "oops", looking helpless.

For a while, the room was full of laughter and excitement.

Eleven Niang sat aside and covered her sleeves and smiled.

When the eldest lady saw it, she asked her solemnly: "I heard Master Jian say, you can embroider double-sided embroidery now?" ”

The Luo family invited the old master to teach her daughter to read at home, and also invited Master Jian, the most famous embroiderer in Hangzhou Prefecture, to teach her daughter to be red at home, and let the mother-in-law on the stove teach her to cook the Luo family's private dishes.

Eleven Niang thought about it for a long time and chose to work female celebrity and cooking.

Holly couldn't help but worry: "Women's needlework and food are all good, and being able to recite poetry and paint is the ......"

"The way I am, doing my job is the way I should be." Eleven Niang waved her hand at her and motioned her not to say more, "If it weren't for the fear that the eldest lady would think I was stupid and couldn't learn anything well, I would look down on me in the future, and I wouldn't even learn this female celebrity and cooking." Since then, I have been wholeheartedly following Master Jian to learn needlework. Master Jian saw her intentions and taught her happily, and even passed on her mastery of "double-sided embroidery" to Eleven Niang.