Mama Zhou, who was confused outside, waited in horror, and after a while, Ban raised his voice to call someone to go in again to serve, but saw that Zhuo Zhaojie was already sitting next to Ban, although his face was crimson and had not faded, but his spirit was full of energy - it was the opposite of the gloomy appearance of the past few days.

Before Ming Yin and Ming Ye came back to their senses, Ban had already scolded: "I took the four of you to serve Qi Niang, and you still dare to say that you are attentive, what kind of heart is this?" I don't even know that Qi Niang mistakenly thinks that she is sick! ”

scolded them fiercely, Zhuo Zhaojie pleaded again and again, Ban snorted coldly, sent them to stand beside him, changed his loving smile, and said to Zhuo Zhaojie: "Do you have the heart to read the letter written by your mother now?" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie's face turned red, and he said angrily: "Grandmother! ”

Seeing that she was going to be annoyed and angry again, Ban didn't tease her anymore, and directly took the letter to her, Zhuo Zhaojie took it and looked at it for a while, his expression was suddenly happy, and he suddenly sighed: "This Zhuo Zhaocui is coming to Jiangnan?" The end of the month is coming? ”

"What Zhuo Zhaocui?" Ban scolded with a smile, "That's your second brother!" "I love her in my infancy to Youjia, I am inevitably unfamiliar with the Zhuo family, and I explained to her carefully, "Your eldest brother is called Zhuo Zhaozhi, you have a lot, you got married a few years ago, and now you seem to have two sons, this one is your second brother, but he is five years older than you, and now he is only eighteen. ”

He also said, "You still have a sister-in-law, Zhaoqiong, who came out of the pavilion the year before last." ”

Saying that, Ban also sighed: "You haven't seen these people, I'm talking to you here, you may not be able to remember, but it's soon, in two years, you will return to Beijing with your second brother, and you will see each other every day at that time, and you will naturally know each other." ”

Zhuo Zhaojie was sent to the You family for foster care in his infancy, and his impression of his real home, Chang'an Minping Marquis Mansion, came completely from Ban's, although it was her in-law's second brother who was coming over now, but after all, he hadn't met, and he was vaguely panicked in anticipation, so he returned the letter to Ban's and said: "Is the second brother here when he comes?" ”

"He came to study abroad, Huaixing Academy said that it was in our Moling, but in fact it was in the mountains outside Moling City, if he lived in our house, it would be too hard to come and go." Ban comforted, "It's just that how close the mountain is to the city, whether he wants to see you or you want to look for him, whether it's a carriage or a horse, you can go back and forth casually throughout the day." ”

Hearing this, Zhuo Zhaojie breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, and was about to speak, when a servant woman came in outside to say goodbye, "The second lady is here." ”

"Call her in." The second lady of Fang Cai sent someone over and said that Zhuo Zhaojie was not in the right mood when she met her on the road, and now she came to ask in person, it is also common sense, Ban is very satisfied that her daughter-in-law cares about her niece so much, so when Bai came in, she took the initiative to explain for Zhuo Zhaojie with a smile, "It's nothing, you don't have to worry." ”

When the second lady heard this, she hurriedly showed a hint of joy, and said with a smile: "It's okay, my daughter-in-law just thought, Zhaojie has always been smiling and welcoming people, how can it be similar to the sky today, and she will cry when she sees her aunt?" It's really a bluff, and I'm still thinking about who made our family's palm pearl unhappy! ”

Zhuo Zhaojie was originally explained by Ban's menarche, and taught the way to deal with it, knowing that he was not terminally ill, he had returned to his normal color, the second lady said this, she was young and tender, her face was suddenly red again, and she didn't know what to say, Ban scolded the second lady: "You can too, as a human aunt, I know that she just made a joke, and now you have to rush over to laugh at her?" ”

The second lady covered her mouth and smiled: "Yes, yes, the daughter-in-law doesn't say it, or the mother has a way, and the daughter-in-law refuses to say it no matter how she asks Zhaojie!" In the end, it is the mother's blood and blood, that is, to the mother, no, I didn't ask half a word about the life or death of the second uncle, and I said everything when I got to the mother, alas, the poor second aunt is also worried about you! ”

"Second aunt, it's my fault, don't blame me, aunt." Zhuo Zhaojie was overwhelmed by her, and got up with a red face to apologize.

It's just that most of the second lady's words were said to Ban's family, Ban's big sense was in his ears, thinking that it was his granddaughter who grew up, and he was really closer to himself, to say that Bai's was not unconcerned about Zhuo Zhaojie, usually the Bai family's candied fruit was almost constant, not to mention meeting the cold and asking for warmth, even so, Zhuo Zhaojie still came to himself to tell the truth, and he didn't feel a little hurt to Zhuo Zhaojie, and even the second lady who said these words also felt amiable.

Ban asked the second lady with a smile: "Don't mention this matter, what are you busy with today?" ”

"Someone from the Bai family came this morning, saying that it was the daughter-in-law's sister-in-law who counted that the candied fruit sent last time was almost enough, so she sent it again." The second lady smiled and said, "There are shares everywhere, so the daughter-in-law led people to send them one by one." Saying that, he glanced at Zhuo Zhaojie and said, "Uncle is not laughing at you, she is replying to your grandmother's words!" I just sent it to the fourth brother and sister, because I met Zhaojie on the way to the fourth brother and sister, and I suspected that someone in our family made her angry, so I walked a few steps in the direction she came from, and saw a few places in the garden where water accumulated, and the clogs on the cloister have not dried yet, but Zhaojie have you stepped on? It's best to drink some hot ginger soup for a while, and be careful to suffer the cold! ”

When the second lady said this, it was nothing more than a hint that the third lady's housekeeper didn't take care of it well, and there was water in the garden, and Zhuo Zhaojie stepped on it, but I didn't want Ban's face to change when he heard this, and he frowned: "You...... Why do you have to run out? Didn't you say anything about stepping on the rain? ”

scolded Ming Yin and Ming Ye again: "Two lazy!" You girls run out on a rainy day and don't know how to stop them, and you don't know how to keep up? ”

Zhuo Zhaojie felt very embarrassed and said, "Grandmother, but I ran out without them, I ...... Well, I feel uncomfortable, so I don't want people to follow. ”

Seeing her say this, Ban wanted to give her decency, so she stopped scolding Mingyin Mingye and called Mama Zhou: "Tell the kitchen to quickly cook some ginger soup and soak your feet in Zhaojie." And Zhengse told her, "Now it's not as cold as before, it's the most unbearable, and it's also my grandmother's carelessness, I didn't expect this, I didn't tell you in advance, in the future, when it's like this, you can't touch it at all, even in the middle of summer, you can't be cold, and the tea must be warm before you can eat, you know?" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie listened to it with awe-inspiring heart, and hurriedly wrote it down, whether the second lady came over, originally saw that Ban's didn't mention the housekeeper's matter for half a sentence, and was busy talking about Zhuo Zhaojie first, and he was still confused, after listening to these words at the moment, how could he not understand? Immediately knew why Zhuo Zhaojie cried when he saw himself on the road, thinking that it was the first experience, unheard of, both shy and scared, but this matter was always a little unspeakable, but the elders were worried, and immediately followed: "Daughter-in-law. What are you still thinking? It turned out to be this, and you kid is really, what's there to be shy about? Speaking of which, we all have to congratulate you - from now on, you will not be a child! ”

Ban Shi said angrily: "Okay, the girl's face is tender, don't mention it again when the advice arrives." He gouged out his eyes and Mingye again, "Do you understand?" Good life is waiting! ”

Mingyin and Mingye cautiously agreed.

Only then did Ban take care of the housekeeper's affairs, so he asked the second lady, "Why is there water in the garden?" But the ditch is blocked? Why is there no one to cook? ”

"Daughter-in-law. Fang Cai only cared about wondering where Zhaojie was wronged, but he didn't pay much attention to it. The second lady said with a smile.

Ban Shi looked at her deeply, she also became an old lady step by step from a bride, where would she not know the second lady's thoughts? However, it is not a matter to keep asking the second lady and the third lady to take turns to take the housekeeper, and now there is water in the garden, and I am afraid that there will be something wrong in the next place.

After thinking about it carefully, Ban said to Mama Zhou: "You go and call Manniang." ”

Hearing this, the second lady's face was a little unnatural - Wu Manniang is the granddaughter-in-law of the eldest house, and the marriage with Sun Youshuo, the head of the family, was originally scheduled for the middle of this year, but because the eldest lady was seriously ill, she was worried that the three-year filial piety would delay their marriage, so she discussed with the Wu family and let Wu Manniang pass the door in advance, this eldest granddaughter-in-law was a relative in November last year, and it was less than four months now, not to mention, the reason why Wu Manniang originally had to pass the door in the middle of this year was because she was only in time for this year......

It's just that Ban opened his mouth, Wu Manniang is a serious eldest granddaughter-in-law, and the second lady can't stop it, although Zhuo Zhaojie is not very old, but he has been taught by Ban and has always known proportion, and will never openly interfere in the family affairs of the You family, and now seeing that Ban mentioned Wu Manniang, the atmosphere in the room was a little cold, so he took the initiative to ask the second lady: "Second uncle, when will the third cousin come back?" I haven't seen her in the past two days, and I miss her a little. ”

She said that the third cousin You Can, is the biological daughter of the second lady, one year older than Zhuo Zhaojie, has been married, and promised to the second lady's maiden nephew Bai Zijing, Bai Zijing is a good student, at the age of twelve, she was admitted to the Tongsheng Academy, and because of the proximity to the water, she entered Huaixing Academy to study, five days ago, Bai Zijing's sister Bai Zihua's birthday, she invited You Can to celebrate, and left her to stay for a few days to talk, because Bai Zijing returned to Huaixing Academy the day after Bai Zihua's birthday, and the Bai family is You Can's serious foreign family, The second lady agreed.

Originally, the Bai family also posted a post to Zhuo Zhaojie, but Zhuo Zhaojie happened to be uncomfortable before menarche, so he politely declined.

The heirs of the You family are not few, the grandchildren of the four rooms add up to a total of six men and five women, because Zhuo Zhaojie's maternal grandfather You Ruoheng and Ban are still in the hall, four rooms together, and the concubine You Zi, who was married in the north, was widowed in the early years, because her husband was born in the outer room of Qi County, although he later recognized the Ren family, in the end he was inferior, and after the loss of his husband, he could not bear the exclusion of the concubine, and because of the relationship between You Ruoheng and Huaixing Academy, he told his father-in-law a few years ago, and returned to his mother's house with his only son Ren Shenzhi, so that the You family was actually very lively.

It's just that the gentlemen are either studying or in charge now, what about the girls, the two concubines of the big house have already been married, and the third-room concubine You Pian is not liked by the third lady, and she has always dared not speak loudly, and the third-room concubine You Ling is a gentle and demure sex. Son, who stays in the room all day long, although Zhuo Zhaojie is far away from his parents in infancy, he is spoiled by his grandfather's family, although he is not rude, but he is also lively, and You Ling has always been not much fun together, but he is very close to the lively second-room daughter You Can.

The second lady smiled and said: "She, if she doesn't go back today, she should go back tomorrow, otherwise, my aunt will have to send someone to pick up the lesson, how can there be a reason for the girl's family to go to someone to be a guest and stay for a few days and not go home?" ”

Ban scolded with a smile: "Canniang has always known the rules best, if you hadn't told her to stay for a few more days according to the idea of the fourth mother of the Bai family, how could she stay for five days and not come back?" ”

The fourth mother of the Bai family is Bai Zihua, and the second lady argued: "The daughter-in-law is willing to agree for a reason, and the mother also knows that Zihua is going to be out of the cabinet next month, and she is a little panicked these days, so she has to call a few more sisters to accompany her, but the daughter-in-law is thinking that Canniang is also fourteen, this time to accompany Zihua, in a few days it will be her turn, accompany Zihua once, and when she arrives at herself, everything will also be counted, so as not to be too afraid, where do you know that she will not come back for a few days?" ”

"You too." Ban said, "How can the fourth mother of the Bai family be the same as Canniang?" You think that the fourth mother of the Bai family is going to marry to Zhencheng, the Bai family and the Lin family did not have any in-laws in the past, this marriage is still her younger brother studying in Huaixing Academy, and met the Lin family Langjun, from which it is said that the fourth mother of the Bai family is naturally worried, but Canniang married her cousin, who grew up together since childhood, and the elders of the Bai family watched her become an adult-except that Bai Zijing has seen less in Huaixing Academy in recent years, what is there to be afraid of? ”

The second lady smiled and said, "It's the daughter-in-law who doesn't think it through, but the mother can see it clearly." ”

She just said this, and Mama Zhou came in with a smell of smoke and water, and said, "The young lady is here." ”