“…… It's Sister Hui's birthday. I drew a picture of flowers and birds for her. Sister Zhen looked at Eleven Niang's eyes with a hint of pleading, "When the time comes, I'll go sit down and go back." It won't take a lot of time. When you come back, be sure to make up for the homework you missed! ”

Since she handed over a message to Mrs. Tai that day, Sister Zhen has never had the opportunity to talk about this matter with Eleven Niang.

Eleven Niang thought of when she was at Sister Zhen'er's age.

Every time they have a birthday party with students, those parents are afraid that their children will lose face in front of their classmates, so they must have enough pocket money, dress up to keep up with the trend, and arrange their cars early...... Don't talk about showing your face.

She felt sour in her heart and said with a smile: "Is the painting framed?" Count the days, it's not a few days! ”

Sister Zhen'er's face brightened when she heard this: "Mother, then you agree with me to go!" ”

Eleven Niang smiled: "You said it yourself, just go sit for a while and come back, and the homework you missed will be made up." Don't break my trust! ”

Sister Zhen nodded again and again: "Mother, don't worry, I will never break my word." ”

"Then give me the painting for Sister Hui'er!" Eleven Niang smiled, "I'll have someone take it to Duobao Pavilion to help you frame it—you can't just take it like this!" ”

"Hmm!" Sister Zhen laughed, and then the smile faded, "I, I didn't bring it here." ”

"It doesn't matter." Eleven Niang smiled, "Cherries have been on the market these days. I'll ask Amber to send you some more. You can just give Amber when the time comes. ”

Sister Zhen was happy again when she heard this.

Eleven Niang said: "It's not that I don't want you to join in the fun." It's because you haven't taken it yet. Because you are young, everyone turns a blind eye, but you should pay attention to yourself and not make too much trouble. Go to Sister Hui'er and sit down and come back. If Sister Hui is really good to you, she will naturally know your friendship. If I just want you to join in the fun, you haven't offended her. It's just that in the future, it should be remembered that it doesn't matter if such people play together, but they are not good sisters. Speaking of this, her tone was stunned, Sister Zhen thought she still had something to say, but who knew that Eleven Niang changed the topic, "What clothes are you going to wear that day?" Are all the silver bills ready for the tip? ”

"It's all set." Sister Zhen was puzzled by Eleven Niang's words, and responded to her at the same time, "I'm going to wear a snow-blue gown that day, and I won't wear any jewelry, and I will arrange a beaded flower." Ten silver bills were prepared for the reward, all of which were quarters. ”

Eleven Niang originally wanted to tell her that Sister Fang and Sister Hui were both beautiful girls in the sky, and they would inevitably be pampered, so let her measure it for herself. Thinking of Sister Zhen being so sensible, she repeatedly told her, but I was afraid that it would make her feel untrusted. I didn't say anything about it. Ask her about her preparations. Now I heard her say this, "Ten is too little." Take at least thirty with you. Let the little birds be wrapped in a lotus, and take them out at any time when they want to use them. Then he told Mother Song to help Sister Zhen get a few of these silver bills.

The silver bills are custom-made by weight and cast into a variety of auspicious shapes. I don't usually use it to barter. It is generally placed in the hands of the person who presides over the feed, and is used for rewarding.

Sister Zhen hurriedly said: "I'll have someone send the silver over." ”

"Men have to be at home, and women have to be fed and clothed." Eleven Niang smiled, "You can save money now!" ”

Sister Zhen laughed embarrassedly.

Mrs. Du's mother came over, saying that she was here to pick up Brother Chen, but she invited Eleven Niang to stand there and gossip with Eleven Niang.

Sister Zhen heard the sound and knew the elegance, and used the excuse to call Brother Zhen out of the inner room.

Eleven Niang asked Du's mother to sit down.

Mother Du half-sat on the small pestle and said with a smile: "The fourth lady is a transparent person. Mrs. Tai asked me to tell the fourth lady, since the words have been spoken, I have to go to the Zhongqin Bofu tomorrow. The fourth lady was also asked to arrange the arrangement. ”

Eleven Niang nodded, and told Mother Du about the box prepared for Gan Lanting: "...... Mom went back and talked to her mother to see if there was anything else to add or subtract? Is it too late to go out tomorrow morning? ”

Mother Du's face was full of smiles, and she could see that she was very appreciative of Eleven Niang's reaction: "I'll go back and say goodbye to Mrs. Tai." ”

Eleven Niang sent Du's mother out with a smile.

Brother Zhen saluted Eleven Niang, and Mother Du took her back to Mrs. Tai.

Eleven Niang saw that it was not early, urged Sister Zhen to go back, and went to Lijingxuan with Xu Sijie.

The light was still on in Xu Siyu's study, and Wen Zhu wanted to go to Xu Siyu, but was stopped by Eleven Niang: "Is the second young master still studying?" ”

Wen Zhu said respectfully: "The second young master reads until Haizheng every night. ”

"That being the case, I won't bother him." Eleven Niang handed Xu Sijie to Nan Yong's daughter-in-law, touched Xu Sijie's head, said a few words, and went back to her house.

Just finished freshening up, Xu Lingyi came back.

His expression was a little solemn, and his eyes were bright, and he couldn't tell if he had drunk or not.

"Master Hou is back!" Eleven Niang stepped forward to greet him, but didn't ask him directly what was going on. Instead, he slowed down, let Xia Yi come in and serve Xu Lingyi to wash, and when he came out, he poured a cup of hot tea with his own hands, and then sat down beside him.

"Is it not going well?"

Xu Lingyi took a sip of tea, then took a long breath and said, "It's done!" But there was not half joy in his eyes.

The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat.

He exiled Brother Yu for the sake of Brother Zhen, and as a father, he will definitely feel uncomfortable.

"We decided to help Brother Chen and Miss Jiang get married first. Then let Brother Yu go to Le'an. Xu Lingyi said in a low voice, "In this way, everyone is a relative." And not afraid of gossip. Master Jiang managed Brother Yu, and it was also a little more justifiable. ”

Eleven Niang nodded and said, "When is the Hou Ye going to tell Brother Yu?" ”

"Wait until Brother Zhen and Miss Jiang have passed the Geng sticker!" Xu Lingyi said, "It is also necessary to avoid the recurrence of things and embarrass Brother Yu." ”

That's two or three months of work.

Xu Lingyi didn't seem to want to talk about this, so she changed the topic: "By the way, Brother Zhen's matter, I'm afraid you have to prepare." Mrs. Jiang is preparing to set off for Miss Jiang from Le'an in early April. It is estimated that it will be in Yanjing at the end of May. When the time comes, the two families will have to look at each other. Brother Zhen ...... "very headache," what news is there about Mr. Zhao that Zhenxing said? ”

"If there is news, the eldest brother should come to say." Eleven Niang said, "When the eldest brother came last time, he said that he sent someone to Liu Ge Lao, and wanted to ask Liu Ge Lao to help him." It shouldn't be too much of a problem, right? ”

Xu Lingyi thought for a while and said, "Then tomorrow, invite Zhenxing over and we will sum it up!" ”

Eleven Niang promised to tell him about going to add boxes to Ganlan Pavilion tomorrow: "...... I'm afraid I won't be able to come back until the evening. At noon, does Master Hou eat in the outer courtyard or in the inner courtyard? ”

"I'll eat in the outer courtyard!" Xu Lingyi said, "The foundation over there has been laid, so I'll stop by tomorrow to take a look." ”

The two gossiped a few words, saw that it was not early, and went to bed to rest.

In the middle of the night, Eleven Niang woke up suddenly.

saw Xu Lingyi leaning on the head of the bed.

In the darkness, his side face was as distinct as a knife carved into stone.

Eleven Niang thought about it and sat up.

"What is Master Hou thinking?"

"I'm arguing with you!" Xu Lingyi turned his face sideways, his voice was faint, revealing a little amazement.

"Nope." Shi Niang paused and said softly, "The concubine can't sleep either—if you get up early in the morning and sleep all afternoon in the afternoon, you won't be able to sleep." ”

Xu Lingyi was silent for a while, and suddenly lay down: "Sleep!" It's not too early, you'll have to wake up early tomorrow! ”

Seeing that he didn't want to say it, she didn't force him, so she said "um" and closed her eyes.

I just felt a little sleepy in the haze, but I suddenly heard Xu Lingyi say: "My relatives are civil officials, and the highest is no more than six grades; If the children of the ministers are civil officials, the highest is no more than four grades. ”

Eleven Niang hadn't heard of it, so she hesitated: "...... Is it customized? ”

"It's not!" Xu Lingyi said with difficulty, "Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there has been no title, only one person has ever achieved the fourth grade, and the others are only six or seven grades!" ”

Are you worried about Xu Siyu's future?

"Then what does Master Hou plan?"

Xu Lingyi was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "I was going to let the Xiang family help him...... Now, it's up to him! ”

Eleven Niang was shocked when she heard this: "Is there news from the Xiang family?" ”

"Nope!" Xu Lingyi said, "You can guess it." If something is delayed, how can I send someone to report to you? Let you wait in vain, and don't give any face, most of them are unwilling. The tone was more or less disappointed, "Even if the second sister-in-law goes back tomorrow and has a good turnaround, most of it is for the sake of the second sister-in-law." Twisted melons are not sweet. Just tell my brother that he doesn't have this blessing! ”

Marriage is the best of the two families, a slap can't make a sound!

Eleven Niang is not easy to say.

Early the next morning, Shi Niang had just sat down in the West Flower Hall, when a little maid came in and said, "Madam, Chief Manager Lu asks to see you!" ”

Eleven Niang met Lu Yonggui first.

Lu Yonggui lowered his hand and stood respectfully: "I heard that Mrs. has something to ask Yongfu, but he can't say it clearly." I'm older than him and know more things. Madame can also ask me if she has anything to say. ”

Amber suddenly realized.

It turned out that Eleven Niang called Lu Yongfu not to ask anything from his mouth at all, but to let Lu Yonggui take the initiative to find Eleven Niang.

"Steward Lu is a busy man, my maid can't scream, so I have to call Lu Yongfu to ask." Eleven Niang has changed her previous subtlety and is very straightforward.

Amber saw Lu Yonggui smile bitterly.

"The little ones don't dare!"

That is, there is no recognition, and there is no denial. With this sentence shows an attitude.

Eleven Niang left Amber and sent the other servants in the house, saying, "When the two aunts came to Yanjing from Yuhang, did they come to take refuge in you?" ”

Lu Yonggui was not surprised, but answered softly "yes".

"When Mr. Niu was in charge of the house, his father was the manager of the account. The two had a close personal relationship. Brother Da Mao often accompanied Mr. Niu to my father at home for a drink, and I often followed Brother Mao around. That's when I met my second aunt. ”

When Eleven Niang calculated, it was about the same.

"Once, the old man was drunk and ......" Speaking of this, Lu Yonggui hesitated for a while, "The second aunt asked me to bring a letter to Brother Da Mao and want to go with Brother Da Mao." Brother Da Mao said...... I can't even get involved with the chief cow, so I didn't agree. He stumbled and said, "Second aunt, just scolded Brother Da Mao...... I don't know if it's because the words are too ugly, or if Brother Da Mao can't swallow it in one breath...... And he jumped into the well...... A few days later, there was a problem with the accounts of the shop in Hangzhou, and the news of the eldest lord's concubine was spread...... The chief manager of Niu resigned from the post of chief manager and took his son to open a small silk forging shop in Zhenjiang to make a living! ”

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I'm so excited today, I'll be there. The update is late...... ⊙_⊙b Khan!

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