The maid hurriedly said, "Go and see, servant!" ”

When she walked to the door, she saw two people carrying a large bucket of steaming ginger soup in, followed by a woman in charge, holding a food box in her hand, and another ginger syrup for drinking, and entered the house, first pleaded guilty and said: "Old lady, the ginger soup was sent late, but this is the case, after the maid was cooked, she sent it over, and she didn't want to be hit by someone on the road, and they were all overturned, so she went to burn it again, and it was too late." ”

Ban frowned and said, "On rainy days, be careful." ”

ordered Mingyin and Mingye to go inside to serve Zhuo Zhaojie to soak his feet, and asked You Xuan to go with him, and arranged for two grandchildren, then he turned his head and asked You Ruoheng: "You are also stained with water, do you want to take a soak?" I'll send someone to a side house to prepare it for you. ”

You Ruoheng shook his head and said, "I wore a robe, but Xuan Lang was naughty and refused to wear it, so he got his clothes wet." ”

Ban Shi was not as attentive to him as he was to his young grandchildren, and when he heard this, he said, "Then drink a bowl of ginger syrup to get rid of the dampness." ”

You Ruoheng said: "It's cold in spring, the humidity is heavy, you can also drink some." ”

The old husband and wife slowly drank a bowl of piping hot ginger syrup, and Zhuo Zhaojie and You Xuan also finished soaking their feet and came out, giggling and playing, Ban put down the bowl and called them over with a smile: "Oh, drink it while it's hot." ”

You Xuan is young, greedy for sugar, but he doesn't like the taste of ginger the most, so it's okay to soak his feet, but when he wants to drink it at the moment, he said with a sad face: "Grandmother, my grandson just soaked his feet, and I feel that my whole body is very hot, so I don't have to drink this ginger syrup?" ”

"It's because you children don't love ginger that I added so much sugar, and I feel too tired of drinking it." Ban scolded lightly, "It's just such a bowl left and right, drink it quickly, and you're going to pass the rice!" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie was thirteen years old, and he heard Ban Shi say that he was afraid that he was afraid of the cold when he stepped on the rain before, and it would affect him for a lifetime, so he was worried, but he uncharacteristically picked up the bowl and drank it obediently.

You Xuan saw that his cousin had drunk it, so he had to drink it reluctantly.

Ban was satisfied, asked You Ruoheng, and ordered the rice.

Although the You family lives together in four rooms, unless it is a big festival, the meals are all set up in each room with a small kitchen, and the big kitchen is only in charge of the Yiyuan, Youzi and Zhuo Zhaojie, as well as many people, of course, You Ruoheng and Ban will also call the juniors to come over from time to time to accompany the meal, just like today You Xuan is also here.

You Ruoheng Mu Ne, when eating, he only listened to Ban's correction of some of You Xuan's bad habits from time to time, and told Zhuo Zhaojie a few dishes to eat more now, he silently used up, and said briefly: "Go to the study." ”

Zhuo Zhaojie and You Xuan hurriedly put down their toothbrushes, got up and lowered their hands.

Ban asked someone to clean up, took the two of them back to the main house, talked a few words, and when he saw that there was nothing else, he asked someone to send them back.

The maid coral of Duanyi Garden carried a lamp to illuminate the road, Ming Yin and Ming Ye helped Zhuo Zhaojie, and returned to Binwei Courtyard, Ming Ji and Ming He lit the lights early, and were standing on the cloister to look, and when they saw the courtyard door open, they all went down with clogs, and said: "The girl is back." ”

Zhuo Zhaojie thanked Coral, sent her a few steps with Mingyin, and then returned to the house, thinking about Ban's advice not to get cold now, so he said to Minghe: "Take a thicker quilt out, the current one is too thin." ”

Ming Heqi said: "It's early spring now, it's not cold!" He was lightly bumped by Mingye's elbow, and coughed lightly: "You go and change it." ”

Hearing this, Minghe also knew that there was a reason inside, so he hurriedly went into the inner room to find it.

Zhuo Zhaojie also ordered to replace the tea he usually drinks with ginger syrup, Ming Yin wrote it down, Zhuo Zhaojie asked Ming Ji to take out his own makeup, and took out four pairs of small and delicate red gold pendants from the bottom, and called Ming Ji to divide the four people, because it was not a year or a festival, and I only heard that the old lady was very happy to receive the letter, Ming Ji took it, and there was some inquiry on his face, Zhuo Zhaojie because of Ban's explanation, he also felt that his worries in the past two days were ridiculous, and he was embarrassed: "I have misunderstood some things in the past few days, It's a worry for you, and today even Mingyin and Mingye were reprimanded in front of their second uncle and grandmother, and they are making amends for your sins. ”

Mingji and the others hurriedly said: "How dare the servants be girls to make amends?" ”

Mingye said again: "It's also the servants who are confused, I only know that the girl seems to have something on her mind these days, but I didn't expect that the girl is also these ages, and the second lady and the old lady are not wronged." ”

Zhuo Zhaojie saw that they didn't care, so he was a little more natural, and said with a smile: "I always didn't tell you, how do you know?" Because of the fear and suspicion in my heart, I changed my dirty clothes...... "Her face turned red, "they are all hidden, and my dirty clothes are all the same, so you didn't find out." ”

Saying this, Ming Ji, who didn't accompany Zhuo Zhaojie to the old lady, also understood what was going on, she didn't know that Zhuo Zhaojie had made a joke about the old lady for this reason, and she didn't understand the meaning of Ming Yin and Ming Ye's snickering.

The four handmaidens shared the gold pendant, and Mingyin and Mingye also felt that the grievances in their hearts had calmed down.

Minghe came out and said that he had changed the quilt, and waited for Zhuo Zhaojie to freshen up and prepare for placement.

I didn't want Zhuo Zhaojie to untie her robe, but I heard a woman's scream in the distance, which was so terrible that her hands shook in fright, and she asked in disbelief: "This?" ”

Mingji and Minghe, who accompanied the night tonight, were also taken aback, and they both got up in their clothes, Minghe was the oldest among the four handmaidens, and he was also bold, seeing Zhuo Zhaojie's face surprised, he said: "Don't be afraid, girl, think who is in trouble, go out and ask." ”

I went outside and called Mingye to come in to accompany him, and I carried the lamp and went out to ask, about half a pillar of incense, Minghe came back, first handed the lamp to the Ming Yin who was waiting under the cloister to blow it out, and then took off the robe stained with the smell of night dew, and then entered the inner room, and told Zhuo Zhaojie: "It's the fragrance in the big room, and I heard the husband say it's a nightmare." ”

"I see." Zhuo Zhaojie knew the source of the scream, and he was relieved, this Qixiang is a concubine in the big house, the background is not very good, this is a prostitute in the hook bar, the son of the Youjia family, that is, Zhuo Zhaojie's uncle You Fei has served as two prefects, just next to Moling, when he was in office, he met her by chance, when Qixiang was twenty-eight years old, but he was already the leader in the hook bar, and the charming hook made You Fei templar, so he ransomed her, took her by his side to serve, and successively gave birth to a son and a daughter in the big house, The daughter died in infancy, and the one who survived was the concubine in the big house.

- Qixiang entered the door of You's house more than ten years ago, You Hail has a lot of respect for the Yuan Peijiang family, but he is also a flower, among the four rooms of the You family, the big room and the third room have the most concubines, this Qixiang was left out by You Hail several years ago, and now it is just a way out of hoping that You Mian will study and enter.

Zhuo Zhaojie didn't dislike or care about Qixiang, so when he heard that it was Qixiang's nightmare, he didn't think much about it and slept as usual.

I didn't want to, but when I got up the next day, I heard that something had happened in the big house.

You Can, who had just come back from the Bai family, listened to the gossip all the way, and was not surprised, when he heard that the Bai family had gone to the big house, his eyes rolled, but he hurried to the Binwei Courtyard, and asked, "Did you hear it last night?" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie was listening to Ming Ye say that there was a noise in the big house, as if something had happened, and it was not easy to inquire much because of his identity, and when he saw You Can asking, he subconsciously thought of the scream: "You said Qixiang?" ”

"Isn't it?" You Can had a calm face, "I just heard about it when I came in today, it's really hateful!" He added, "The eldest sister is now in charge of Hubei with the eldest brother-in-law, the second sister is married closely, and Zhencheng is not far away, so I am afraid that I will come back after sending a letter...... There is such a thing in our family, hey! ”

She said that the eldest sister You Zhuo and the second sister You Yan are both descendants of the Jiang family, the Jiang family married into the You family as the eldest daughter-in-law, and only gave birth to two daughters after seven years, although the heirs of those concubines and attendants did not stand one after another, but the pressure can be imagined, so the body gradually deteriorated, and although three sons were born, two died young, only You Shuo grew up safely, which is also the reason why You Shuo is You Ji's eldest brother, who is nine years older than You Ji, but You Shuo's age is two years younger than You Ji's eldest son Zhuo Zhaozhi.

Zhuo Zhaojie asked curiously: "I only heard that something happened to my eldest cousin, but I don't know what happened?" ”

"Huh?" You Can said, "You don't even know as much at home?" ”

Only then did he hate it, "The two concubines of the big house fought yesterday for some reason, and someone said in the dispute that they were disgusted with the eldest aunt!" ”

"What?" Zhuo Zhaojie was taken aback, "There is such a thing?!" ”

"Not really!" You Can said angrily, "They are really bold!" He said to Zhuo Zhaojie again, "When I came over, everyone was on the side of the big house, but I think I always have to go to my grandfather and grandmother to tell me, let's go to Duanyi Garden to accompany my grandfather and grandmother?" I'm afraid they will be sad to hear this news! ”

Zhuo Zhaojie hesitated: "This matter...... Let's not move forward, shall we? I'm afraid my grandfather and grandmother don't want us to listen to it! "This kind of thing belongs to the You family's ugly, although Zhuo Zhaojie is treated well in the You family, but he knows that he is not surnamed You, not to mention the things in the backyard of the elders, they are not suitable to go forward as juniors.

"I'm afraid that my grandfather and grandmother will be angry." You Can has always had some good things, so he persuaded him, "What's more, now that this matter is spread all over the country, do you want to avoid the two of us alone?" ”

This is also true, You Ruoheng and Ban both attach great importance to the family voice of the You family, and they are also very satisfied with the eldest daughter-in-law of the Jiang family, Jiang died in the first month, and the Ban people cried a few times, and now they actually made a fuss about the concubine murdering the housewife, and it was so uproarious, it was strange that the two were not angry.