Chapter 6: The Maiden's Family Affairs
Su Yingxue entered her mother's room and greeted her mother.
Mother Su asked her to come to her side to do it, asked some things in the flower garden, and asked her not to work too hard and take care of her body. Su Yingxue must be the only daughter under her knees, she has been pampered since she was a child, but her daughter is not pampered, which is very comforting to Su's father and Su's mother.
Su Mu motioned to Lan Ruo and withdrew from the people in the room.
said: "Yesterday's Ziyan incident, do you think there is anything wrong with her mother's treatment of her?" ”
Su Yingxue pondered for a moment and said, "My original intention was to drive her out, after all, she has been in the mansion for so many years." However, I only remembered what happened in the flower garden later, and I was worried that she would be kicked out like this, and she would confide in the flower garden to the outside world. Moreover, over the years, she has followed me and learned a lot of skills in handling flowers and plants, and if she has a heart, she will definitely find other flower and plant merchants. It's just that my daughter can't tell what will happen to her now. ”
Su Mu was very comforted when she heard her say this. Then he said: "Today, people go back and forth, saying that Ziyan has returned home, and has been shouting to see you, although I have disposed of her, but these things are still up to you." ”
Su Yingxue said: "That's what my mother said." Then let someone bring her to me in two days. I'm afraid she'll make some of the conditions for this matter. ”
"It's fine." Su's mother said again, "Ziyan's incident is a lesson, several maids in your courtyard have also reached the age of marriage, I think about putting them home, and let their respective parents find a good family for them to marry." If there are still people who are willing to come to the house to serve after marriage, they will arrange for them to come in after they get married. What do you think? ”
"Mother did a very good job. Now that the New Year is coming, the house is also busy, so let's arrange this matter after the New Year. ”
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
On this day, Su Yingxue had lunch in her mother's courtyard and went back to rest.
Seeing Su Yingxue coming back, Ziyun hurriedly lowered his head and went into the house to spread the quilt. Su Yingxue was stunned for a moment, and called Yun'er, the little girl who had just spoken to Ziyun, to ask.
Yun'er replied: "I don't really know, it seems to be because of Sister Ziyan's matter." I persuaded her for a long time, but she didn't tell me, but her family came today, and I seemed to have talked about Sister Ziyan when I listened to their conversation. ”
"I see, you stand down."
Su Yingxue entered the house, Ziyun laid out the quilt, bowed her head and stood on the side, waiting.
Su Yingxue sat down at the table and called, "Sister Ziyun, talk to me a few words." ”
Ziyun's body stiffened, and he sat down beside Su Yingxue with his head down.
Su Yingxue said: "Sister Ziyan is okay when she goes home?" Did she give you a letter? ”
Ziyun didn't know what the reason for Su Yingxue inquired about this, and she didn't dare to talk nonsense, and finally said: "She didn't bring me a letter, I just heard that she didn't eat or drink when she returned home, and she was blindly sad." ”
Su Yingxue sighed: "This was originally my inconsiderate thinking that made Ziyan make such a big mistake. If I had considered that she was old and let her go out to find a good man to marry, this incident would not have happened. He sighed again and again.
Ziyun hurriedly said: "There is no girl's fault here, it is Ziyan who has broken the rules, so the girl should not blame herself." ”
Su Yingxue said: "That being said, I am the master after all. If I could prevent it, she wouldn't be like that. ”
"Girl, you've done a good job. This time, if you don't deal with it like this, it will affect the girl's reputation, and it will make others look down on the girl, if you don't punish it, there will be the next purple smoke. ”
"Thank you for understanding me. Since we're talking about it today, I also want to ask Sister Ziyun what she thinks. You are the same age as Sister Ziyan, I don't know, do you have a sweetheart? ”
Ziyun's face suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No, no." ”
Su Yingxue soothed: "Sister, don't panic, I'm just thinking about asking my sister's thoughts, after all, you are also old, if your sister is willing, I will ask my mother to let you go home to get married, if you still want to come to accompany me, come to the house again." I'll definitely leave a place for you by my side. What does my sister think? ”
Ziyun didn't want Su Yingxue to treat herself like this, so she hurriedly knelt down: "The girl's kindness, Ziyun is grateful." It's just that Ziyun doesn't want to get married, and just wants to serve the girl. ”
Su Yingxue saw that her words were sincere, and there was infinite sadness in her expression, so she hurriedly helped her up: "Sister, what happened?" ”
Ziyun was sad for a while, and Su Yingxue helped her sit down and slowly soothed her emotions. After Ziyun cried, his emotions eased a little before he said slowly.
It turned out that her parents died when she was a child, and she lived with her brother. When he was seven years old, his brother sold her to Sufu as a maid in order to marry her. Yesterday, her brother heard about Ziyan and came to discuss it with her. What did Ziyan do that kind of thing, Su Fu didn't sell her, but just sent her home, and didn't even ask for the money to redeem herself. even asked her to do that kind of thing, so that she could get out of the house and get out of slavery. Ziyun was naturally reluctant. But what did his brother say, he had already found a good family for her, and just waited for her to pass, so that she could be the master, eat and drink spicy food, and no longer have to serve people. Ziyun naturally didn't believe his words, and after a little inquiry, it turned out to be a landlord in his fifties in Xia Wu Village, east of the city. As soon as the old landlord died, his wife was in a hurry to continue the string, which was really shameless to the extreme. But Ziyun's brother actually wanted to send her there, how could she not be sad?
When Su Yingxue heard this, she clenched her fists with hatred and scolded: "Such a person is also worthy of being called a human being, and he is also worthy of being called a brother!" Here he asked again: "Ziyun, you have to listen to me in this matter." Since he sold you back then, you no longer have a brother-sister relationship, and you don't have to take care of him anymore! When I turned around, I sent someone to inform the porter that he was not allowed to set foot in the Su Mansion for half a step. ”
"Girl, maid thank you." Ziyun got up and wanted to kneel.
Su Yingxue hurriedly helped her up and said to her: "Okay, don't be sad anymore, with us here, he won't succeed." When I went back, I told my father that such a wicked person would make him unable to stay in Yangzhou. Don't be sad, go back to your room and rest. I still have Pei'er and Ling'er here. ”
Ziyun thanked him and went to rest without mentioning it.
Su Yingxue sat in the room for a while, and called Pei'er to sharpen the ink.
Su Yingxue thought for a moment and picked up the pen to write. After writing it, he folded it up and put it in an envelope, and instructed Pei'er: "Take this letter and send it to the Qin Mansion and give it to Brother Ziqing." ”
Pei'er just thought that Su Yingxue and Qin Ziqing hadn't seen each other for two days, so she sent a message to say love words, and ran out happily.
said that Qin Ziqing, after returning home, was counted down by his father, and when he returned home, he didn't come to see his parents first, but went to someone else's house. Qin's mother understood her son's thoughts, and after a few words of persuasion, she turned the topic to other places.
The Qin Mansion has been a businessman for generations, and when the Su Mansion was doing business at the beginning, the two mansions fought a lot. But later, the two families fought, and found that they smelled like each other, so they became friends again. The former richest man in Yangzhou City was the Qin family, and since Su Fu started a flower and herb business, he has gradually been compared. The population of Qinfu is relatively large. Qin Ziqing is their youngest son, and there is an elder brother, two sisters, and a cousin, all of whom have become families. Now there is only the youngest son left, and the old couple is also looking forward to marrying Su Fu, thinking that Su Yingxue is still young, and they are not urging to get married. Because in their hearts, it was only a matter of time before the children got married.
put down this and didn't mention it, but said that Qin Ziqing was counted down by his father after he went back, and he didn't care about it. It's just that his father asked him to go out every day to meet several elders in the clan, as well as those relatives, and everyone had to ask him about the interesting things about the study tour. No matter how interesting this is, it is boring to talk about it too much. Qin Ziqing was tired of coping. After visiting all the elders that evening, he finally took a breath and spit it out, feeling so uncomfortable.
The coachman had already ordered the driver to go back, and let someone lead a big brown horse, and ran straight out of the city. I'm used to living a free life, and I come back again, but I can't adapt anymore. The horses galloped wildly, Qin Ziqing let the cold wind hit his face, and his heart was extremely happy. It was already dark, and Qin Ziqing was afraid of being scolded by his father again, so he hurriedly beat his horse and returned home.
When I got to the front of the house, I saw a small figure wandering. The figure heard the neighing of the horse, turned around, and hurried towards him. Qin Ziqing recognized it as the little maid beside Su Yingxue.
"Young Master Qin, you can come back, in order to deliver a letter to you, I have been standing here for a long time, and my legs are sore."
When Qin Ziqing heard that Su Yingxue had written a letter to herself, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "What about the letter?" ”
Pei'er handed the letter over. Qin Ziqing hurriedly opened it, and when he read the content of the letter, his face turned gloomy, and finally accepted the letter, and said to Pei'er: "Go back and tell your girl, just say that I will definitely handle the things she explained as soon as possible." ”
"Ah, errands? Does the girl want you to do something? Don't you want to reply to the girl? "Pei'er thought she was here to be a matchmaker, but she didn't want to be like this, so disappointed. If only Young Master Qin could write a reply letter and write some love poems or something.
"No, it's getting late, you can't stay outside for too long. All you have to do is get my word in. As he spoke, he escaped a few pieces of broken silver from his arms and handed them to Pei'er: "I have something to do today, and I went out of the city today, so you have to stand hard for a long time, take this bit of silver, and buy some snacks to eat on the way." Ah Si, you are responsible for sending her back to Su Mansion safely. Go ahead. ”
Pei'er happily took it, thanked Qin Ziqing, and left with Na Si.
Because it is almost the New Year's Festival, Yangzhou City is particularly lively, although it is already dark, there are still many shops doing business. Pei'er trotted through the various dim sum shops and bought a copy of the best dim sum from each family. Ah Si was dumbfounded, he had never seen such a little girl who loved to eat. Eat while buying, eat while walking, and then hand a copy to Ah Si from time to time. Pei'er was extremely happy, the silver that Young Master Qin gave her was more than her three-month moon silver, and she didn't stand in vain this afternoon. Well, you have to treat yourself.