The third lady saw Eleven Niang coming in, as if she wanted to hide her early arrival, and without waiting for Eleven Niang to salute her, she smiled and said, "The fourth brother and sister are late!" ”

Obviously, she came early, but she said that she came late.

However, she has always come according to the point, whether it is morning or night, Mrs. Tai should know very well in her heart, and there is no need to confront her with words, but to give Mrs. Tai an impression of being unforgiving.

Eleven Niang smiled slightly and greeted her.

Mrs. Tai looked at the slight chin of her head, smiled, and took the right to speak: "Everyone has been brought here?" Bring it in and I'll see! ”

can get Mrs. Tai to personally solve the siege, Eleven Niang naturally smiled and should say "yes".

The little maid next to her has her own spirit to pass on Tao's mother.

And the third lady saw that everyone was not pursuing her early arrival, and she was also relieved, and she was happy to watch the excitement on the sidelines.

After a while, Tao's mother brought Wenzhu and a few little girls in.

After saluting Mrs. Tai, they stood in the center of the room in a row.

The third lady looked at it and praised: "It looks really good!" ”

Mrs. Tai nodded with a smile and beckoned to a few little girls: "Come, come over and I'll take a look!" ”

Although the little girls looked a little timid, they didn't twist and walked lightly to the kang.

Mother Du on the side took glasses and gave them to Mrs. Tai. Mrs. Tai looked at it, then took out the list given by Eleven Niang in the morning, and asked what their names were? How old is it? Who are the people in the family? What are you doing and whatever.

Wenzhu and several little girls all answered one by one softly, only Peach Blossom, seeing that Mrs. Tai was very kind, and her attitude became more and more casual.

Wei Zi on the side looked at it and couldn't help but show a little eagerness on his face.

Eleven Niang's heart moved slightly.

Wei Zi served Mrs. Tai and knew Mrs. Tai's mind best. It seems that the possibility of peach blossoms being selected is very small! It's okay like this, so as not to have outsiders around Xu Siyu.

Mrs. Tai asked for most of the hour, then sat up straight and took a sip of tea.

Mother Tao knew that this was the end of the question, and retreated with a few little girls.

Mrs. Tai smiled and said, "The one named Peach Blossom, let's find another errand!" The others are good. ”

And so it was.

Eleven Niang smiled and responded "yes", and then glanced at Wei Zi apologetically.

Wei Zi was very disappointed, but she didn't dare to show it, and smiled reluctantly at Eleven Niang.

"Give a few little girls to Mother Du!" Mrs. Tai smiled, "I'm a little tired. Let's all disperse! ”

Eleven Niang and the third lady bowed and retreated, and Mother Tao handed over the four Wenzhu and Mother Gan to Fangting to Mother Du, and then each led the unselected back to the house.

Peach Blossom innocently asked Tao's mother, "Am I on an errand in the lady's house?" ”

When Mrs. Tai asked Peach Blossom just now, Shi Niang was listening, and Wei Zi's mother and Lao Tzu were all on Zhuangzi. This child was only afraid that he was relying on his sister to work as an errand in Mrs. Tai's house, so he didn't know how thick the sky was, and thought that with Wei Zi, everything would be as he wished.

Mother Tao also guessed it, and said with a smile: "You want to be an errand in Madame's house?" ”

Peach Blossom smiled: "My mother said that it is best to go to the second young master's house on an errand." In this way, I can be a big girl like my sister. ”

Mother Tao smiled slightly and let people lead her down. Discuss Eleven Niang: "What should I do with this girl?" ”

Eleven Niang smiled: "It's good to find her an errand." It can be regarded as taking care of Wei Zi's face. ”

Mother Tao sighed: "It's only like this!" But I thought in my heart, I don't know the severity of speaking like this, I'm afraid that Ann will be a troublesome root and seedling wherever he goes!

After Tao's mother left, Eleven Niang couldn't help but sigh with Amber: "It's really a mother and nine sons, all different!" ”

Amber laughed, "You don't know. Wei Zi used to be called Li Hua. There were many girls in the family, and they couldn't support her, so they left her to her aunt in the pulp washing room, and she grew up in the house. It's not like this peach blossom, since I was a child in Zhuangzi, my vision is limited. ”

Eleven Niang smiled: "Hey, our amber was also raised in Zhuangzi, but he is so shrewd and capable. Or is it different for each person? Amber's face turned red when she said it, and she didn't know what to say for a long time.

She asked about the situation at the Xishan Courtyard: "...... Any news? ”

Amber shook her head: "Said that the door was closed all the time, and I didn't see anyone coming in or out." ”

Eleven Niang doesn't have a headache either.

What happened to their own people didn't find out? Or is nothing happening at all?

She sighed, thinking that she would go to the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion with Mrs. Tai tomorrow, so she called Binju in, and the three of them discussed what clothes to wear and what accessories to wear tomorrow.

Xu Lingyi is back.

Eleven Niang hurriedly left what she was doing and went out.

Compared with the morning, Xu Lingyi's mood was obviously much better, and when she came out of the clean room to change clothes, she even noticed the changes in the house.

"Have you changed the flowers and trees in the greenhouse?"

"yes." Eleven Niang smiled, "I also sent a big red wood hibiscus." ”

Xu Lingyi looked at the scorching flowers inserted in the blue and white flowers on the kang platform and nodded, took off his shoes and went to the kang.

Eleven Niang personally went to make tea for him: "Master Hou came back so early today!" ”

This has just arrived in Shenzheng, and it usually takes half an hour to go home later than that.

"Oh, nothing!" Xu Lingyi said lightly, "So I'll come back early!" ”

Nothing? So came back early?

Eleven Niang didn't believe it.

Xu Lingyi is not a man who loves family!

But she just pretended not to know.

smiled and told him that Mrs. Tai was going to take her to the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion tomorrow to congratulate her.

Xu Lingyi was slightly stunned when she listened: "Why didn't my mother tell me?" ”

"Maybe Master Hou hasn't come back yet!" Eleven Niang smiled, "I look at my mother's appearance, it seems that it was also a temporary decision." Xu wanted to go and see the excitement. ”

Xu Lingyi nodded, looking at the maid in the room, and there was a flash of hesitation in her expression.

Is it the same as in the morning, with something to say to yourself?

Eleven Niang thought about it, or let Binju clean up the clothes and accessories that she didn't have time to put in the cage just now, or let her go to see if the meal at Mrs. Tai's side was ready, and clean up the people in the house one by one.

Xu Lingyi breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly said thoughtlessly: "I talked to the third brother in the middle of the night yesterday!" The tone was still a little hesitant.

In a word, he has been holding back from the morning to now, it's really a shame that he can bear it!

Eleven Niang forced a smile and sat opposite him with a serious expression.

Xu Lingyi looked at it, and her expression relaxed a little.

The corners of his mouth twitched for a long time, but he never said the second sentence, as if it was difficult to speak.

Could it be that the third master said something more excessive last night, and Xu Lingyi didn't want the unbearable relationship between the two brothers to be exposed in front of his wife? Or, what excessive requirements did the third master make, and Xu Lingyi had no way to speak?

Whether it's the former or the latter, it's secondary. The important thing is not to let the little imprint that Xu Lingyi just left in Xu Lingyi's mind disappear without a trace...... Otherwise, if you encounter such a thing in the future, you will definitely be excluded from the trustworthy range by him. If you are not within the scope of his trust, you cannot be his confidant; If you can't be his confidant, you can't get his support; Without his support, you can't get maximum freedom......

Eleven Niang directly skipped the friendship about brothers, and asked him with a smile: "What is Master Hou's idea?" ”

Xu Lingyi's eyebrows and eyes soothed when he listened.

can talk to the third brother about a few words in his heart, and he knows that it is the wife in front of him who is like an apricot and has a sour taste that is the first credit. can make him feel like a close friend to her, and he feels that something is missing; Let him be as easy-going and kind to her as his colleagues around him, and he felt uncomfortable; Let him treat her as simply and directly as the housekeeper, and he felt too cold...... As for his wife, he thought about it for a long time and couldn't remember whether he had ever sat down with Yuan Niang like this and discussed family affairs in a gentle manner, as if most of the time, they were holding their own opinions and then broke up unhappily!

For a while, I really didn't know what to do.

Now that she sent someone empathetically, and didn't ask what she and the third brother had discussed, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

"The third brother turned out to be a very smart person. Passed the exam. Later, my father said that people like us should have real talents and learn from them, and they don't want those false names. The third brother did not continue to participate in the imperial examination. He said helplessly, "Speaking of which, the third brother is just worried about the children's future." ”

Oh!

Shi Niang saw Xu Lingyi looking at herself with a serious expression, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

It seems that Xu Lingning still has reservations about Xu Lingyi!

However, if it were to be yourself, it might be the same.

How can a person like Xu Lingyi understand Xu Lingning's subtle psychology of both inferiority and self-esteem?

It's done to achieve the goal, you don't have to put yourself in front of Xu Lingyi so that he can see it......

"I thought about it. What the third brother said is also right. Brother Qin is thirteen years old this year, and Brother Jian is also eleven years old. It's almost time to talk about marriage. So far, they don't have much savings in their hands, and the third sister-in-law can't help but be anxious and greedy. ”

Eleven Niang nodded, her expression was solemn, but she secretly felt funny in her heart.

Speaking of which, Xu Lingyi is a very shrewd and powerful person, and now he actually said such a thing, it is obvious that he is whitewashing the peace for the third master.

"I mean, it's better to make up for the third brother and let him go out!"

"Outside!" Eleven Niang's eyes lit up when she listened, "Master Hou's good idea!" In front of people outside, he only said that the third brother had delayed all these years for the sake of family affairs, and now that everything is going well at home, the third brother also has to run for himself. The third sister-in-law will go if she wants to. Don't mention the separation of families. ”

Xu Lingyi saw that her eyes were clear, and she immediately understood her intentions, and there was a thick smile in her eyes.

"Do an errand for a county order. After a few years, when everyone gets used to the fact that the third brother is not in the lotus, they will find a court official. When the time comes, I bought a house outside, and I came back on the first and fifteenth days of the new year to say hello to my mother, and everyone was safe. ”

Eleven Niang nodded again and again, she really thought it was a good idea.

In this way, everyone is nominally together, but in fact they live their own little lives separately. If there is anything, you can also take care of each other. Anyway, if something happens to the Xu family politically, Xu Lingning, as a member of the Xu family, will always be unable to escape.

"It's just one more thing......" Xu Lingyi looked at Shi Niang with a hesitant expression.