Chapter 43: Obsession

"Big brother coming back?" Wanhua made a movement in his hand, and put down the booklet in his hand halfway through.

Ling nodded, Lianxiang scooped a bowl of Sydney white fungus lily porridge, and brought it to Ling, "In the morning, the splendid embroidery of Xuyuan came over to ask for the key to the warehouse, and said that he would make a few winter clothes for your eldest brother and sister-in-law." ”

"They haven't come back yet, what to do." Wanhua complained, "If you want to take something, just say it, what is in the warehouse and where to put it, who can be more familiar with it than A-Niang." Why do you have to open the warehouse yourself, for fear that we will deduct it. ”

Ling Shi took a few bites and felt that the taste was too sweet, so he let Lianxiang retreat. "Ever since the last time, she has always had a grudge against me."

Just because the Ling clan blamed Si Yan for spending money lavishly, he didn't care about the burden on his family at all, and this year there was a shortage of water in almost everywhere, and the harvest in the field was poor, which had already alarmed the holy driver. If it weren't for moving out of the emperor's eldest son and taking the initiative to go to Guoan Temple to pray for the people, Liu still felt that Ling was deliberately withholding the moon silver, and Ling was so angry that he wanted to do nothing. The return of Li Sinian and Li Ge Lao, although they are only two people, they are both masters, and their clothing and food must keep up, and this expenditure will flow out like the water that opens the floodgates. I also have to deal with Liu's stewed supplements for Yichen and make clothes for Yan Sui from time to time.

The Ling family originally had a good impression of the Liu family's brothers and sisters, but now they can't wait for them to leave quickly. It's been so long since the autumn season, and it's coming to an end, Yichen's illness can't be said to be good, nor can it be said to be bad, but he is sick in the house every day. When the Liu family sent them here, they also sent a lot of things, but it was always difficult to care about them taking money after receiving them. In addition, the Liu family has always been generous, and the Li family should be responsible for the expenses of the brother and sister, and refused the silver ticket sent by the Liu family, which made the Ling family scold behind their backs.

The face made the Liu family earn a lot of money, and the drudgery made the Ling family grit their teeth and hold on.

"Has the Big Brother period expired?" Shaohua was sorting out the account books in the east chamber, and he couldn't help but come out when he heard their conversation.

In addition to receiving the knotted hair purse secretly sent by Fan Erlang, Wanhua was in a happy mood and was particularly interested. Seeing Ling's congratulatory gift at the end of the year, he took the initiative to take over the task of teaching Shaohua for Ling, anyway, Ling's is by his side, if he doesn't understand, ask for advice. Ling originally felt that there was no need for the two of them to intervene at the same time, but Wanhua said seriously: "After the New Year, Wu Niang will be fourteen, and if you don't study tightly, do you still wait for someone to come to see each other and then go to study?" Who knows if Wu Niang will marry in the future and will be in charge of her own family. ”

Ling felt that there was some reason, so he didn't stop it anymore, Shaohua had to bite the bullet, while learning etiquette and behavior with Mama Rong, and learning accounts with Wanhua. I have to say that Wanhua's mind is very good, and when he calculates the accounts, he has Ling's seven-point posture, and the remaining three points probably need time to be honed. Wanhua also enjoys being respectfully obedient to her sister and teaches her very seriously.

After Li Sinian's talk, Shaohua was lost for two days, and finally heard a good news, and the whole person seemed excited.

"Counting the days, it's almost the same, but I heard that Xizhou is also suffering from a severe drought before, and I'm worried about whether your big brother can survive." The Ling family has an opinion about the concubine, but he still cares about his nephew. "Da Lang is really pitiful, the champions of Jinke are all working in the Hanlin Academy, but he asked for his life and ran so far away."

"My grandfather said that the people of Xizhou are simple, and several officials have never had an accident there, and the uncle must have been in trouble for a long time." Shaohua found that as long as he added his grandfather Yunyun at the beginning, Ling would no longer ask, which could be regarded as an insurance and all-purpose sentence. "So, the house will soon be lively." Shaohua clapped his hands happily.

"You're just going to want to play." Wanhua looked at Shaohua with an excited look on her face, and glared at her angrily.

"As soon as your eldest brother comes back like this, the big room and the third room are arrogant, Hachiro is still young, and I will point to you two sisters." Ling sighed heavily, and the two girls walked over and walked next to her, not knowing how to comfort Ling.

At this time, Lianxiang came to the door with Jinxiu, and when she saw the mother and daughter with warmth and affection, Jinxiu walked forward with a smile on her face, "Second lady Jin'an, third lady, fifth lady Wanfu." No wonder my wife always envies the second lady's good fortune, this appearance makes everyone feel heartwarming. "Jinxiu is the big girl by Liu's side, and the Ling family doesn't dare to slack off," I am following the words of my wife, and I ask the two ladies and Hachiro if they want to go to Zhuangzi with the fourth young master to relax. My wife said that the weather was refreshing, and it was not good to be stuffy in the house all the time, and Lu Yang wrote that he would pick up the young master at the end of the month and go back. So take advantage of this and let the fourth young master take them to Zhuangzi for a walk. ”

"Which Zhuangzi?" Ling was a little surprised.

"As for Yan Shangju outside the city, my wife said that it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is close to the city. By the way, there is also the second young master to follow, the second lady, please rest assured. Splendid replied in an orderly manner. My wife said that there is no need for the ladies to worry about the boudoir school, and there is your mother to talk to her husband. ”

Ling thought for a while, nodded and agreed: "Forget about Hachiro, he is weak and can't see the mountain wind." ”

"A-Niang, can we really go?" Shaohua thought that the Ling family would refuse, but he didn't expect to agree so happily.

"Then I'll go and talk back." Jinxiu got the letter, and was about to leave after being blessed, but Ling suddenly spoke again: "Tell the eldest lady, Qi Niang is also going, I don't have two sisters to go out to play, and she is left behind." Jinxiu was stunned for a moment, then turned back stiffly, "Okay, then I'll retire first." ”

Ling Shi nodded at this time, watching Jinxiu leave, Wanhua couldn't help but wonder, "A-Niang, why do you want Qi Niang to join us, don't you dislike her." ”

"If A-Niang doesn't let Qi Niang go with her, I'm afraid that my father will be unhappy when he comes back." Shaohua shrugged his shoulders, Li Xunzhuo was Jinhua's last straw, as long as he came out, basically Jinhua would not be treated differently. Although Wanhua was dissatisfied, Shaohua felt that this was a good thing, because Jinhua was often in Xiyuan, and he was with the two sisters in everything, and he couldn't get up with any bad thoughts. And the Ling family has been with Li Xunzhuo for a long time, and slowly found out a set of their own way of getting along, although they are still occasionally noisy now, but at least Li Xunzhuo will not leave casually, and he has a lot more tolerance towards the Ling family.

Whether it was for Jinhua or not, Shaohua felt that the fundamental reason why Ling and Li Xunzhuo had not been able to run in for so many years was that they had no time to run in. One touch is about to start, and then it will be shot in two, without a long time of friction, how can it be polished to fit the smoothness.

"That's secondary. Although Qi Niang was not born to me, but in the end she is also a serious lady in the second room, you Bom held the Liu family brothers and sisters to the sky, but turned a blind eye to our second room lady. She has the means to keep the concubine out of her business, and she can't take care of the people in my room. Ling's words surprised Shaohua, I don't know when Ling's consciousness rose to this height, "Don't think I don't know why she chose Yanshangju, there was originally a Zhuangzi bought by your father, although it bears the name of the Li family, but all the income is owned by our second room, and it doesn't hurt to borrow it occasionally." This time, I didn't go to Shunlongzhuang, which has a hot spring, but ran to Yanshangju, what other ideas could I get. ”

The two girls looked at each other, and sure enough, it was still impossible to make the Ling family consciously think about Jinhua, the only possibility was that she had a bigger goal.

For example, the Sunny Garden.

In any case, being able to go out to play is still a thing to rejoice for Shaohua and them. Jinhua knew that he was allowed to follow, and it was Li Xunzhuo who did not propose it, so he was originally stimulated by the brotherhood between the Shaohua sisters, and immediately knelt on the ground excitedly to thank him, which made the Ling family feel unhappy. Ling is a person who is extremely easy to satisfy, as long as she is given enough face, she can talk about it, regardless of the details.

On the other side of Xuyuan, Liu's younger son's autumn and middle school were busy until the eldest son Rongjin returned, and they couldn't spare time to take care of Yichen and them, at most, they were told to send more soup and supplements every day. If it weren't for the letter from the Liu family saying that they would take them back, she would have almost forgotten that there were still such two big Buddhas living in her home. Looking at Yi Chen's pale and haggard face due to not seeing the sun for many days, Liu made up his mind to let them go out for a walk.

"Brother, don't worry, we'll help you." After Yan Sui knew the real cause of Yichen's bedridden, she was helpless.

Meng Lang, who was a little disgusted with his brother in his heart, but thinking that he also had a share, he felt embarrassed to see Shaohua again for a while. Fortunately, the Liu family made the decision and said that she would stay in Xuyuan to take care of Yichen. But after Yichen fell off the list, Xiyuan stopped asking, Yan Sui was still very resentful in his heart, and secretly scolded them several times for looking at people in the cracks of the door and flattening people.

Hearing that the Liu family was sending someone to pick them up, Yichen was startled and fell ill again. When he was in Luyang, he was the most serious and diligent in reading, perhaps because of his identity, he never relaxed for a moment. But when I entered the capital, I watched Si Yan frolic all day long, and made friends with rich sons, and lived a leisurely life. In the end, he was just a teenager, looking at the various temptations in Jingli and thinking about the future that might be realized, he finally couldn't help but waver.

It's a pity that he is not as lucky as Si Yan, and he is obviously lazier than him. often makes the master blow his beard and stare at his eyes, and the reading time after school is not as good as playing, but he inherited the wisdom of his father and brother, so he was nominated for the laurel list, but he fell to Sun Shan.

"Isn't it Wu Niang, she is only a few years old, and she will only be sixteen in three years. You just need to go home and study hard, I will ask my aunt to talk to my grandfather, if you can win in three years, I will also marry Wu Niang to you. Si Yan yelled at him after hearing Yi Chen's heart disease, and almost ran to Xiyuan to find Shaohua, but Yi Chen was so frightened that he rolled out of bed to stop him.

"Just because I scared my fifth sister because of Meng Lang before, I must not scare her again this time." Although he was scolded so ruthlessly by Shaohua, he couldn't stop thinking about her in his heart.

Maybe from the beginning of the meeting, her unguarded appearance was obviously naughty and curious, but she still pretended to be as innocent as a white rabbit. Later, when I went out with them, I finally saw her in her true form, as long as she appeared, her eyes always followed her silently and smiled. Sometimes Si Yan asked him to go out, Yi Chen would rather stay in Baichuan Pavilion, others laughed at him for being a nerd, but he felt that when he went to see Yan Sui after school, it was also interesting to tease this little lady by the way.

"My brother has really fallen into it." Yan Sui looked helpless about his hopelessness.

"I'm really curious about how amazing Wu Niang is, she actually scolded you, and she can still make you forget."