Chapter 13: The Gate of the Mansion (1)
Outside the gate of Shun'an Bo Mansion, the maids, daughters-in-law, daughters-in-law, and housekeepers in the house are all standing neatly on both sides of the gate, and the men, women and children standing in the middle are dressed in brocade clothes, and the style is extraordinary.
Perhaps after waiting for a while, the eyes of the two middle-aged ladies standing at the front were obviously impatient, until they saw a team of chariots and horses coming towards this side from a distance, so they quickly touched the jewelry on their heads, revealing a smile on their faces. These two people are Mrs. Shun Anbo's wife Le Shi and the second wife Chang Shi.
Mama Qin, who was standing behind these two people, didn't care what others thought, and when she saw the carriage coming, she smiled and said, "The old lady has arrived!" ”
Naturally, the first few young masters on horseback got off the horse, and after saluting the two ladies, the first carriage also stopped at the door of the mansion.
Then they saw the two rough servants sitting outside the carriage get out of the carriage first, took down a carriage stool, and then lifted the curtain. first helped the two beautiful maids to get out of the car, it was Ning Cui and Yang Liu beside the old lady, and then I saw a slender hand lifting the azure curtain, the old lady glanced out, and got out of the car with Yang Liu's hand.
After that, two younger maids got out of the car, namely Su Su and Yunduo. Su Su only raised his head slightly, and then he heard a gasping sound, I don't know if it was those unruly subordinates who were peeking at it, listening to the sound, there were still a lot of people. When the eldest lady heard this, her face was a little unbearable.
At this time, the girls also got out of the car, and the carriage that pulled the luggage had already turned to the West Corner Gate.
Everyone saluted each other, and without saying anything in detail, they hugged the old lady into the door and changed to a sedan chair. Su Su and the four naturally did not have a sedan chair to sit on, so they came to Mama Qin. Yun Duo recognized Mama Qin as her godmother, and at this moment she kindly held her arm, and said with concern: "Is everything okay with Godmother?" ”
Mama Qin patted her hand and said with a smile: "It's all good, it's just that when the old lady and you didn't arrive, an old woman of mine was guarding the huge courtyard, and it was really cold!" ”
Yang Liu is very concerned about the yard where she will live in the future, and Mama Qin scolded with a smile: "You are in a hurry, you will know in a while!" Yang Liu smiled and took her hand, "Good mama, let's talk about it!" Mama Qin nodded at Yang Liu's forehead, but her face was full of smiles.
In terms of feelings, a few clouds can't compare to the relationship between the four of them and Mama Qin, Mama Qin couldn't help Yang Liu being coquettish, and said while walking: "Our house is a multi-entry courtyard, and the whole mansion is divided into three roads: middle, east and west, and each road is a five-entry quadrangle. Let's go with Antang in the west and enter the three times, and cross the courtyard next to the girls. The place is not big, but there are a lot of rooms, such as what cross-courtyard, inverted seat room, back cover room, wing room, hug summer, ear room is also enough. ”
When Mama Qin talked about this, she felt that the people in the capital were really good at playing, and there were many houses in this courtyard, so she called her an old woman who almost got lost in the newly arranged Sui'an Hall. After thinking about it, Mama Qin said again: "The middle is given to the big house, and the east side is divided into two parts, half is the second room, and the other half also leaves a yard for the third room." There is also an outer courtyard, which is where the gentlemen do business and a few young masters who have not yet started a family live. Shizi's new house is behind the middle road, and it is only a few corridors away from our Sui'an Hall. You just know, it has nothing to do with us. Although I have been here for more than half a month, I only care about arranging Sui'an Hall, and I really don't know what kind of regulations are in the house. ”
While talking, Mo walked about two or three hundred meters, and when he was about to turn, he rested the sedan chair, and the sedan chair was taken over by the stout woman, and Mama Qin explained: "After the front of the hanging flower gate, it is considered the inner courtyard, and the little maid cannot enter and exit at will, so come forward and wait." ”
The sedan chair fell in front of the hanging flower door, and Su Su hurriedly stepped forward to open the sedan curtain and helped the old lady get off the sedan chair. The old lady called Su Su and the few were cautious, and the five girls and six girls who got off the sedan chair behind them were also very uncomfortable, and said with a smile: "The houses in Beijing are like this, one door after another, and when you see the famous 'Hutong' in the future, I am afraid that you will be even more confused." ”
Said into the hanging flower door, on both sides is the hand verandah, in the middle is through the hall, there is a red sandalwood inlaid marble screen on the ground, turn the screen, is the main courtyard. There are five upper rooms on the front, and the wings of the verandah on both sides are carved beams and painted columns, which are magnificent.
Although there are many houses in the courtyard, they are lined up one after another, and they are orderly, which makes people feel comfortable to see.
As soon as they entered the main house, Su Su and a few people relaxed, just because the Sui'an Hall and Yangzhou Garden were actually ordinary, and even the furniture was used by the old lady. Su Su looked at Mama Qin with admiration, she was worthy of being the first confidant by the old lady's side.
After the old lady sat down, the daughters-in-law and grandchildren of the big room and the second room gave the old lady a formal salute one by one.
The eldest lady is not yet forty years old, but she is much older than when she was in Yangzhou, but it seems that the lady Yue who follows her is more and more delicate. Although Mrs. Yue couldn't regenerate, the eldest master felt that he owed her, so he saved a lot of private money and didn't say anything, and also recorded a son born in the house in her name and raised her, that is, the eighth young master.
Now Mrs. Yue has children, money and favors, and her mother's family is becoming more and more powerful because of the eldest lord's support, even if the flat wife is not allowed to be on the stage in the capital, no one in the house dares to underestimate her. The Eighth Young Master is only three years old now, and he has been raised very well by Mrs. Yue, Su Su looked at it coldly, but he was more intelligent than the Seventh Young Master, who was already four years old in the second room. One grandmother, the mouth is sweet, but the sixth young master is compared.
In the past few years, there is not only an eighth young master, but also a seventh-ranked girl, who was born to the eldest lady's eldest lady Liuli, because of the birth of a girl, Liuli also mentioned her aunt from Tongfang, called Aunt Mei.
The seventh girl has a good birthday, and she is almost five years old this year, after the eldest girl got married, the seventh girl was taken to the side by the eldest lady to raise, and the envoy Aunt Mei and Mrs. Yue fought fiercely.
The eldest lady took the seventh girl to greet the old lady, and the seventh girl was very good at reading people's faces at a young age. She is not familiar with the grandmother of the old lady, but she knows that she and her aunt's net worth are all in the hands of the eldest lady.
Seeing that the eldest lady looked at Su Su, she also moved her gaze to Su Su, and said innocently and cutely: "Where did this sister come from, she is more beautiful than my aunt and Aunt Hua!" ”
The Aunt Hua she said was the biological mother of the four girls, and she was originally a Yangzhou skinny horse given to the eldest master by others, and she was a must to be beautiful, and her talent was also excellent. Even now that she is older, the eldest lord always goes to her yard three or four days a month.
Aunt Hua because of her poor background, she attached great importance to the words and deeds of the four girls, and knew that the four girls could be raised by the old lady's side, so she immediately made a heavy oath, and prayed for the old lady and the four girls every day. The old lady is also a hero who doesn't ask about her background, when she was in Yangzhou before, she would often be invited to talk to her, and she didn't despise her because of her identity and background, which made the eldest lady even more depressed, and I don't know how many ugly words she said in private.
The eldest lady has no place to block the old lady, but fortunately, the concubine knows and knows, looks at Su Su from the corner of her eye, and says with a smile: "But it's not ...... to be called Su Su" (to be continued, Sister Fat also has a routine!) )