Chapter 57: The Rain
In the smug cry of the maidservant, the silk girl's crying came from time to time.
Listening to the chickens and dogs jumping inside, Feng Wan frowned, "Go in." β
"Yes."
The husband shook his whip and couldn't help but say to Feng Wan: "Madam, then Zuo'er is annoying to speak." "Zuo'er, it's the maid who is close to the maid and is screaming inside.
Feng Wan did not answer.
When the captain of her carriage drove straight into the gate of the mansion, all the noisy and crying women in the mansion fell silent at the same time.
Turning around, when she saw Feng Wan who got out of the car, Zuo'er pursed the corners of her mouth and looked at her mother. The concubine held her head high, glanced at Feng Wan and ignored her.
Although I thought that this lady had nothing to be afraid of, I don't know why, whether it was a woman or a Zuo'er, they all kept their mouths shut at this moment.
Feng Wan looked into the courtyard.
The one who cried and covered her face with a handkerchief was a silk girl, and it was Mei Niang who was angry and dissatisfied. Behind them, Fu'er and the other maid were motionless with their heads bowed.
Swaggering in the courtyard, the frame was full of swings, it was a concubine, Zuo'er was standing behind her, looking at Feng Wan frequently. Obviously, she also knew that Feng Wan must have listened to her shouting just now.
Seeing Feng Wan's sleeves fluttering, he walked towards his room quietly and peacefully, but he turned a deaf ear to the people in this courtyard. Zuo'er flattened her mouth, and Juan'er cried louder.
Mei Niang was anxious, she stared at Feng Wan, and seeing that she was ignoring her plans, she twisted her waist and hurriedly walked towards Feng Wan, and called, "Madam? β
She walked up to Feng Wan and said repeatedly, "Madam, you have to make the decision for me and Juan'er." β
Mei Niang screamed urgently, and her tone was a little messy.
Looking at the tears on her face, Feng Wan's eyes were clear and indifferent. took out a gold leaf from his bosom and handed it to Mei Niang, Feng Wan commanded in the amazement of the concubines: "Look at this day, it seems to be raining." Go and buy more firewood and grass. β
Mei Niang's eyes widened, and she looked at the gold leaf in her palm stupidly. I don't know what to say for a while.
But in the back, a little high-pitched voice came from the girl's respect, "Mrs. Don't worry about it, such a trivial matter, the lady has already done it." β
She raised her head and smiled brightly, "In my shops, there is a lot of food. β
Her voice was high and loud, but Feng Wan didn't seem to hear it, just looked at Meiniang and said lightly: "Go ahead." β
Seeing this, the girl flattened her mouth and muttered in a low voice: "Didn't you say that there was no money?" Where did this gold leaf come from? β
Although her voice was small, Feng Wan and the others listened carefully, but they could hear it.
This time, Feng Wan stared at her deeply.
In the expectation of Mei Niang and the others, Feng Wan's low and crisp voice came, "The husband is running around day and night, and it is exactly when he needs to use it." After a pause, she smiled and said, "If you are a woman, you can really relieve your husband's worries, but you also have merit." β
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No one would have thought that Feng Wan would speak like this.
Mei Niang was stunned, and Silk Niang also stopped choking. The woman's eyes widened even more, and she forgot to retract her raised chin.
After a while, the woman came to her senses: This is Madame's promise, she said that I am meritorious!
In the midst of the surprise, the concubine smiled towards Feng Wanyingying and said loudly: "Madame said yes." With her mouth raised, she thought cheerfully: I didn't expect Madame to be so distemperedγγγγγγ I'm going to get that grain done right. So I went and prepared it, and took out all the money and silk that I had kept. Three months, three months at most, I must become the second lady!
Feng Wan looked at the woman, her eyes swept over the light that jumped in her eyes, swept over her smug eyebrows, and turned her head away.
After Feng Wan left, the courtyard was quiet for a long time.
The complacent lady didn't want to make any more trouble at this juncture, so she took Zuo'er and hurriedly went out of the house.
And Mei Niang and Juan'er also went out of the room with the gold leaf after a sad face for a while.
The house was quiet.
Five days have passed in the blink of an eye.
In the past five days, because he was busy with His Majesty's birthday, Zhao Jun had been busy, and he was not allowed to return to the house even at night.
The same is true for the mother, she is anxious to make achievements, and she has no time to find fault these days.
As for the grain and firewood that Mei Niang purchased with that piece of gold leaf, after Feng Wan placed it in the attic on the side, she didn't pay attention to it.
Another two days passed.
Early in the morning, the sky began to drizzle.
Feng Wan sat in the carriage and found Uncle Zeng. After knowing that he had everything ready, he ordered him to live in the ruined temple and keep watch nearby. By the way, I called Zeng Xiu's friends over to provide food and shelter, and looked at the firewood by the way. She also said that if there is a shortage of firewood in the city, the price will increase fivefold, and it can be sold.
In this era, every household had to use firewood, and generally speaking, large families always had to prepare some of this. Only ordinary prefectures and ordinary people are accustomed to buying for three or five days, and then buying after they run out.
In the era when firewood became a necessity, firewood with more than ten or twenty gold leaves was a great wealth, and it was normal to ask a few more people to take care of it.
As soon as Feng Wan returned home, the drizzle suddenly turned into a downpour.
This rain has been raining all day.
The next day, it was still pouring rain.
The girl was a little anxious, sitting in Feng Wan's room, and she could vaguely hear her angry voice, "What else is going on in this ghost weather?" β
Zuo'er, who had done farm work, persuaded there, "The rain after autumn is only as big as this, and it is estimated that it will be tomorrow." β
"It's good to keep an eye on it, if it continues like this, how can I do business?"
That night, Zhao Jun still didn't come back.
On the third day, it was still pouring rain. When the rain was light in the middle, the girl took time to go out of the store, and when she came back, half of her body was drenched, and her face was not good.
On the fourth day, the rain was light, but it continued to rain all day.
There was a knock on the door.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, the girl called out a little anxiously: "Madam, it's me, the girl, I have something to look for you." β
Behind the door, Feng Wan's voice yawning and sleepiness came, "Let's talk about it." β
Sleep sleep all day long! The concubine scolded a few times secretly, and shouted in a voice: "Madam, the rain keeps falling like this, and the Liangli I enter are going to sprout and rot, but how can I be good?" β
She shouted for a while, and Feng Wan's sighing voice came, "This, I don't know." β
The girl was stunned.
She also knew that it was superfluous to ask Madame about this. But Lord Lang is not at home, who can she talk to except her wife about it? Meiniang and Juan'er over there looked at them with schadenfreude in their eyes.
Gritting her teeth, the woman brushed her sleeves and left.
On the sixth day, early in the morning, although the sky was overcast, the rain stopped.
In a burst of cheers, Zuo'er's shouting voice came, "I said that some people just like to chew their tongues." Bah! Fortunately, God opened his eyes, and the rain didn't stop? β
After the voice called, someone seemed to say something, and Zuo'er only heard Zuo'er hum: "Madam? My master will also be a lady, she is not an empty shelf! β
These words are piercing every sentence, but Feng Wan.
Fu'er cautiously glanced at Feng Wan in the bronze mirror, and couldn't help but say, "Madam, they are too rude!" β
Feng Wan smiled faintly.
The seventh day came.