Chapter Ninety-Four: The Companion Room (I)
Hearing Mrs. Tai say that she handed over Yuan Niang's companion room to herself, she was not surprised. After all, Luo Yuanniang's person is the companion room brought from the Luo family, after the death of Yuan Niang, it should be inherited by Brother Chen, now Brother Yuan is young and handed over to others, it is inevitable that gossip will come out, she is not only Brother Chen's stepmother, but also her aunt, it is better to hand it over to anyone than to save worry and trouble.
She smiled and nodded in response, and said, "I'll see the eldest sister's companion when I go back later." I'll ask you again how to arrange it. ”
Mrs. Tai nodded.
A little maid came in and said, "The third lady is here." ”
"Let her in!" Mrs. Tai responded with a smile, and Eleven Niang went to lift the curtain herself.
The third lady walked in with a maid dressed in green silk armor, and the maid was still holding a few account books in her hand.
Eleven Niang couldn't help but glance at the maid. The eyebrows are clear, and it turned out to be Qiu Aya, who asked her in the back garden that day if she was tired.
"Third sister-in-law!" After greeting the third lady, Eleven Niang nodded towards Qiu Aya.
Qiu Aya looked embarrassed and lowered her eyelids a little uncomfortably. Was it a change of identity that made her like this? I don't think Qiu Aya is that kind of person. Otherwise, she wouldn't have chased after her that day and asked herself!
Eleven Niang was surprised, and the third wife had already taken her hand: "Oh, how dare you work the fourth brother and sister!" ”
I am a new recruit, so it is better to do more of this kind of thing of serving tea and pouring water, and welcoming guests.
"The third sister-in-law is polite!" She smiled back to the third lady, then stood behind the lady, and gave the east kang head she was sitting on to the third lady.
The third lady hesitated, but did not sit down, and stood in front of Mrs. Tai.
Mrs. Tai smiled and asked the third lady, "But what's the difficulty?" ”
The third lady looked at Eleven Niang, and stopped talking.
Eleven Niang smiled and said to Mrs. Tai: "If there is nothing else to do, then I will go back first." ”
Mrs. Tai nodded and said with a smile: "If you are idle, come here in the afternoon and play with me." ”
Wipe cards inevitably have to be colored, and there are benefits with color...... It is unwise to fall into another circle of right and wrong before the relationship in the family has been figured out. Moreover, once it starts, I am afraid that I will often accompany Mrs. Tai to wipe the cards in the future, delaying my own affairs. But Mrs. Tai's words can't be refuted by herself, so she can only go to the card table and pretend to be stupid and let Mrs. Tai take the initiative to give up her.
The thought flashed, and Eleven Niang smiled and said, "Okay." I don't know yet. I just came to ask Mrs. Tai. ”
Mrs. Tai smiled and said, "You go!" There must be a lot of things waiting for you in the courtyard. ”
Eleven Niang bowed her knees and was about to retire.
The third lady stopped Eleven Niang and said, "Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with the fourth brother and sister...... As soon as you entered the door, I was afraid that you would not be happy when I said it, but if you don't say it, I don't know what to do......"
Eleven Niang saw surprise flashing in Mrs. Tai's eyes.
Obviously, Mrs. Tai didn't know about it.
Eleven Niang smiled slightly: "As the third sister-in-law said, I just entered the door, and I don't know many rules." If you inadvertently offend, please ask the third sister-in-law for more advice. ”
Mrs. Tai listened and bowed slightly.
When the third lady saw it, her face showed a few surprises: "That's the case." The fourth brother and sister, you also know, the fifth brother and sister are pregnant with a child, and Qin Tianjian has calculated it, saying that it is against the ox. I asked Qiu Aya to make a book of all the people who belonged to cattle in the house. There are also four brothers and sisters there......" he said, and glanced at Mrs. Tai.
Eleven Niang smiled slightly. Before the next hire, the two families will discuss the bride price, and the man will draw up a list for the woman for the property that the family has allocated to the man, and the woman will also draw up a list of dowry for the man. I think the third lady went to check on her people...... Holly is a cow!
If all the heads of the house have to be avoided, she naturally can't be unique, but if it's just her head, I'm afraid this matter will not be so easy.
She glanced at Mrs. Tai.
I found that Mrs. Tai was hesitant.
I have a bottom on Mrs. Tai's attitude. Eleven Niang smiled: "But I have a cow there?" ”
The third lady smiled and nodded, and took the account book from Qiu Aya's hand: "There seem to be four." One is Dongqing who serves by his younger siblings, the other is a companion named Chang Jiuhe, one is Wan Daxian, the eldest son of Wan Yizong, and the other is Liu Shengchun, the second son of Liu Yuanrui. ”
In other words, she pulled out five people, and four of them were involved.
Eleven Niang smiled: "The heir is a big deal, and it should be avoided according to the rules." The third sister-in-law gave me the list, and I handed it over to you as I did. And he said, "I just don't know where these people are distributed?" Speaking of which, I myself have two yards for marriage. If it can be used, the third sister-in-law just speaks. ”
The third lady smiled and said, "It's not enough to move the courtyard under the names of the daughters-in-law......
"Eleven Niang's words reminded me." Mrs. Tai suddenly interrupted the third lady's words, "Yizhen also has a cow maid over there. Although it was said that these people were to avoid it for the sake of the fifth child, it was spread out, and others thought that our family was driving people away. ”
"Mother!" The third lady looked a little anxious when she heard this, "I didn't mean that......"
Mrs. Tai shook her hand: "You don't have to worry, originally this is what I meant, you just follow it." It's just that I didn't think about it first, and I didn't expect so many people to be involved. In my view, the occupants of each house are given to each house for settlement. In this way, it will not be possible to turn over the houses without fewer people. ”
When it came to this, no one dared to refute it, and the third lady immediately responded with a smile "yes" and instructed Qiu Aya: "You give the name of the cattle in the fourth lady's house to the fourth lady." ”
Qiu Aya whispered "yes", but Shi Niang's gaze was a little different.
Eleven Niang was silent, smiled and took the note that had been written in advance and was sandwiched in the account book, and then said goodbye to Mrs. Tai: "...... This is a top priority, so I'm going to put these people in first. ”
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Mrs. Tai was not only obedient, but also resolute, and smiled with satisfaction: "Go!" ”
Eleven Niang took Amber out of Mrs. Tai's yard.
Amber then spoke: "Madam, did you really send people away?" The four-room companion room originally came from Yuhang, and we didn't know about it at all. If we act like this, I am afraid that others will think that we are afraid of the people in the third room in the future......"
"I know!" Eleven Niang smiled, "However, things are always good and bad. Maybe that's a good thing! As he spoke, he looked at the place where the fifth lady lived and smiled.
They went back to the house, where Tao's mother was still waiting.
Eleven Niang simply cooled her. Tell Amber to call her own rooms.
Amber went away and called the four rooms to accompany her.
Since it was four rooms, that is, four families, all rushed in, and the house was immediately crowded.
Except for Jiang Bingzheng and a woman in a parrot green silk gown, who secretly looked around, everyone else lowered their heads and didn't move.
Eleven Niang asked Amber to name people according to the roster.
knew that the woman in the parrot green silk gown was Liu Yuanrui's wife, so he remembered it.
She also noticed that Wan Daxian, the eldest son of Wan Yizong, was a young man with a very good look and an honest face, the same age as Holly.
Eleven Niang left Jiang Bingzheng and the four of them to speak.
“…… Therefore all the oxen shall take refuge in the grange for a while. ”
Jiang Bingzheng immediately said, "Madam, this can't be done. If they are allowed to do this, what will happen in the future! ”
Eleven Niang smiled and bowed slightly: "Then what do you have in mind?" ”
Jiang Bingzheng immediately laughed and said, "I'm a stupid person, how can I have any ideas." Everything is up to Madame. Madame told me to go east, I will never go west, Madame told me to go west, I will never go east. Then he asked the three people behind him, "Do you think that's the truth?" ”
Liu Yuanrui and Chang Jiuhe nodded again and again, but Wan Yizong just lowered his head.
Eleven Niang asked Jiang Bingzheng, Liu Yuanrui, and Chang Jiuhe to retreat, leaving Wan Yizong to speak.
"What do you think?"
Wan Yizong was very surprised. was silent for a long time, and then showed the determination of a strong man to break his wrist, and said in a low voice: "We are new to the road, so it's better to follow the crowd." ”
Knowing how to wash his nails shows that he is a person who is very strict with himself; Being able to say what he just said shows that he is a very pragmatic person.
Eleven Niang was very satisfied with him. "Why do you want to be my roommate?" ”
She saw that Wan Yizong's family was dressed neatly and decently. She believed that he should have mixed well in the same place.
Wan Yizong said respectfully: "Yanjing has more opportunities!" ”
"Oh? What kind of opportunity do you mean? ”
Wan Yizong said: "There is little land in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are even fewer people who can ask someone to help take care of the crops. I have three sons, and learning a trade is inevitably a bargain. The north is different, and there are many large farms of thousands of acres...... So it followed. ”
His voice was steady, but the beads of sweat on his forehead betrayed his nervousness.
Eleven Niang smiled and asked her: "I only know that I married two granges, one has more than 500 acres and the other has more than 300 acres, both in the Wanping area." But I don't know what these two granges plant? What is the harvest per season? Whose fields are they next to? I went back and forth in five days, but what was the difficulty? ”
Wan Yizong raised his head, looked at Shi Niang in dismay, and said after a while: "The villain obeys the order." ”
Shi Niang took the tea, and he bowed down.
"Don't I have a four-entry courtyard in the north of the city?" She instructed Amber, "Let Holly bring some money and two of them, and put everyone there temporarily, and then assign who they will go to in a few days!" ”
Amber hesitated: "Do you want to call Jiang Bingzheng and the others in to ask." Otherwise, I'm afraid that this Wanyi Sect will become the target of everyone......"
It is to make him the target of public criticism, and he knows that only by following himself can he live.
Eleven Niang smiled: "Not for the time being." Let's see how this Wanyi Sect acts! ”
Amber naturally didn't dare to say anything, so she called Mother Tao in, and then went to Holly to spread the words of Eleven Niang.
Listening to Mrs. Tai's tone, the people left by Yuan Niang were temporarily handed over to Mother Tao. First, she is not a serious master, and there are some things that she can't decide; Second, now the third lady is in charge of the house - no more than before, there is also Yuan Niang watching from the sidelines, and now she is independently presiding over the feed. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, a good errand like a comprador must have been replaced by his own people - people like Tao's mother are only two taels a month, let alone others. Without other income, just relying on monthly bills, the difficulties can be imagined.
She was in a hurry to find her own reasons, and it goes without saying!