In August, autumn begins. To the north of Kyoto, there is a cold year. Day and night are polar, warm and cold.

In the places north of Rehe and Jianchang, people often rebel against the ocean, and there are frequent cases of group beatings. Foreign merchants, churches, and believers of foreign sects were in a panic, so they presented a message to the emperor and asked for asylum. Previously, the imperial court appointed Zhuang Xi to go north and south, tossing back and forth, and now he went north again, passing through Kyoto, and did not go home to visit.

Zhuang Fu learned earlier that Zhuang Xi would go to the north again, and let the third master, the fourth master, the housekeeper and others meet at the Guandao Pavilion. Take care of each other's families and know that they are healthy and safe. And don't talk about these things.

Since the last time Bichi had a trouble, the Hefu was calm, and there was the medicine rewarded by the old lady, the poison in Bichi's body was stabilized, and he recuperated in Jinghua Xie all day long, and people outside didn't know where she came from.

Because of this, everyone thought that Yu Qi was arrogant by nature.

Zhuang Ji was locked up for a long time, and after coming out, he went to Qinyuan to find the blue pool, and when he saw people there, he went to the empty building, and he didn't make a big fuss, he was crazy all day long, or he went out to visit the bathhouse flower building when he was better. Gradually, I forgot about Bichi.

Approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, the old lady asked the second master to take the concubine who was bought back in the old department of Huijiang and enter the house on a certain day.

In addition to this, there are also preparations for the Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as Mid-Autumn Festival gifts in the palace.

In other things, all the families are as usual, each in his own way, and each in his own way. Because of the concubine who returned to the old part of Xinjiang, the Cao family was not at ease all night, but they couldn't find anyone to vent their anger. Nothing to do to catch the girls and scold, and then the girls worked hard, not to find her shortcomings, there is no way to fold, she looked for two girls, three girls and two daughters theory.

In the end, Cao's heart was not happy.

Because of the appearance of Yu Qi, the Zhuang Mansion was uneasy, and the second master was allowed to take a concubine, so that the dowry status of her two daughters was not guaranteed.

In the end, the Cao family was worried that his position would not be guaranteed, so he wanted to find someone to be angry and stabbed to be comfortable.

In the middle of August, the days are scorching hot, and the wind gradually picks up at night. Cao's is like the solar terms of that day, day and night are impermanent.

On the ninth day of the first month.

Cao took a nap and got up to eat tea, when the little girl came, she was too hot, and smashed a bowl at the girl. Guiyuan and Yuyuan were telling jokes to the second girl, Zhuang Xuan, outside, and they all came in to see it.

When Zhuang Xuan saw that the girl was smashed and her forehead was bleeding, she became bored with her mother and walked away.

The Cao family couldn't find a reason, so he was squeezing his indignation in his heart, and pointed at Zhuang Qi and said: "Go happily, your father married that goblin and came back, see if there is still any land for you." ”

Zhuang Qi rarely took care of her, smiled and left, his heart was harder than Cao's.

Guiyuan and Yuyuan poured tea again and served, and Cao's was comfortable and lying down again. Then he said to the two personal girls: "You can't live in peace if you take a nap." In my dream, I saw that the girl and the goblin were all the way, so I went first to explore the house and touch the way, and wanted to chase me away. ”

Gui Yuan and Yu Yuan were slightly relieved.

Cao Shi remembered the accident a month ago, so he said: "What a good opportunity, just get rid of her." ”

Gui Yuan complied with her and said, "No, ma'am." ”

Yuyuan is even more able to find words, and said: "I heard from the people in Dongfu that according to the old lady's love for Miss Qi so much now, in the future, the old lady will be allowed to deduct the wedding gifts of the second and third girls, and allocate them to Miss Qi for use." ”

Cao Shi said angrily: "Fart! He rolled his eyes above his head and said, "What is she!" It's the people who saved Xifu, why should they take our Beifu's stickers. ”

Gui Yuan softly hammered Cao's leg and said, "Mrs. dissipates her anger." ”

Cao said: "Your second girl looks at her mouth smartly, there is Miss Yu from Xifu, and the old lady only sees the fifth girl but doesn't see the second girl." The three girls and the four girls are in the same mold, and they can't type half a sentence in three sentences. I can't please the old lady, and when I get out of the cabinet, I think it's a money-losing product! ”

Yuyuan said: "Our second girl and third girl are more real than the girls in Beppu, and the old lady doesn't say it, but she likes it in her heart." ”

Cao snorted, kicked away Yuyuan, and said, "You know a fart!" Who let the second girl and the third girl not be the mother of the county lord! There is no father who is an official in the court! The eldest girl didn't say anything when she left the pavilion, that day, the old lady wanted to give the bracelet, and it should be the turn of the second girl and the third girl. The countdown is not the turn of this foreign girl. ”

Guiyuan flattered in every possible way: "What Mrs. said is that she came from the wrong way and went well." ”

Yuyuan was kicked by the Cao family, and he wanted to find something to please, and then said: "I heard that the young master and Miss Qi are also close. ”

Cao Shi spat and said, "I'm bah! You send someone to the battalion officer and say what I said, don't get close to Miss Qi! lest evil him! ”

Yuyuan responded: "Yes." ”

So, Cao's tears fell, and he clapped his hands and legs and said: "I really suffered some kind of evil in my previous life, I suffered from the enemy in my belly and back, there was a girl in it, and there was the fox and charming woman in Xinjiang outside." ”

Gui Yuan said again: "The one outside the second master, the third lady couldn't count on it last time." I think it's not good to go directly to the eldest wife? ”

Gui Yuan elaborated on the powerful relationship again, roughly saying that the Qin family and the little aunt did not agree with each other, and the child in the little aunt's belly was born to cover the Qin family, etc., and said some rumors on the side, saying that the Qin family has been working hard because of such things recently, and it is always the uncle Zhuang who is useless, and the big girl is out of Aunt Xi's belly.

Cao nodded, praised Guiyuan again and again, and did not forget to accuse Yuyuan of being inflexible and not knowing how to share her worries. Yuyuan's heart was not happy, and Nuo Nuo suffered it.

The 10th day of the first month.

The Cao family went to the East Mansion to find the eldest girl Zhuang Hu to discuss the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony, and went to the Qin family's house around the corner.

Arrived at the Qin family's house.

I saw Qin lying on the kang smoking hookah. The little aunt sat opposite and embroidered. The girls and mothers-in-law fanned them while serving.

Cao walked in and sat on the other side of the kang. The Qin clan didn't raise his eyes either.

When the aunt and aunt saw Cao's, they got up and saluted.

Cao smiled and helped Qin light a cigarette.

Cao said: "I heard that my wife's body is not very useful these days. ”

Qin said lazily: "I'm angry all day long." ”

Cao's eyebrows were slightly raised, and his eyes were shining: "This girl is not sensible, and Mrs. is still angry with her?" ”

The Qin clan glanced at the Cao clan with disdain and said, "There is a third wife, I am annoyed that she is doing." The dog takes the mouse, and I'm nosy. I can't take care of the affairs of our uncle. ”

Cao sighed: "Yes. The old lady is there, too! ”

Qin Shi grunted and said, "What are these words?" ”

Cao's intimacy leaned up and said: "But then again, the inside is not the outside, look at the old lady, the bracelet that the Queen Mother rewarded was poured outside." The big girl is still there, and she can't line up in line! ”

Qin said: "I'm afraid you think for yourself!" Don't pull the big girl in to talk, she still talks about her after being out of the cabinet for so long. ”

Cao Shi smiled embarrassedly: "Don't talk about the big girl, the fourth girl can say it." Your side is a big house, and it should have been given to you here. ”

The corners of Qin's mouth twitched a few times, but he didn't laugh, reached out and handed out the cigarette stick, knocking the ash into the cup containing the ashes.

The little aunt couldn't stand the smoke, and was nauseous because of pregnancy, so she stood up.

Seeing this, Cao Shi said: "Vomiting again? My stomach is up, but what about it? ”

The little aunt smiled: "I haven't had peace in the past few days. The smoke was too heavy, so I went out first. ”

Cao Shi looked at the back of the little aunt going out, and said silently: "It must be a gentleman." ”

Cao Shi glanced at Qin Shi interestingly, and said, "Madam, you said that the one outside our second master really wants to be brought in?" ”

Qin said: "What the old lady says. ”

Cao raised his hand to fill the Qin family with tobacco leaves, put it on the fire, and said: "You think, the one outside who is pregnant with a child comes in, whether it is a man or a woman, it is not mine after all!" The second master has worked hard for most of his life for this house, and I have guarded most of my life. It is impossible for the emperor to give up the country! ”

After listening to the words, Qin sat up, looked outside, and instructed the little aunt.

Qin said: "What's the difference with your second master's outside?" ”

Cao smiled and didn't talk.

Qin said: "I'm not just turning a blind eye yet!" is really capable, you let the second master not give birth! I can't let the outside people come out! ”

Cao looked at Qin and seemed to understand something.

At this time, it was rumored that "the big girl is here." Zhuang Hu walked in, saluted the Qin and Cao clans, and sat down.

Cao said: "How can I compare with my wife's side, my wife has Uncle Wei here, and at the end, there are big girls and four girls, no matter how bad they are, there are grandsons and granddaughters." It's not all in the hands of my wife. ”

Qin said: "According to your meaning, I let the one who just walked out not give birth?" What a word. ”

Cao's mouth again and again, and said to Zhuang Hu: "I'...... Where do I mean this, I said it's my second master's business, why do you have to deal with my wife! Big girl, you say yes, right? ”

Zhuang Hu said: "When I heard the voice, I knew that the second wife was there, so I would take a look." I didn't know that the second wife had a story. ”

As he spoke, Zhuang Hu and Qin glanced at each other and smiled.

Originally, the Cao family wanted to come to the Qin family for support, but the current meaning is not interesting. After sitting for a while and talking about some homely things, Cao Shi took his leave. Out of Dongfu, I have no interest in returning to Beifu. On the way, Zhuang Hu followed from afar and beckoned her to stop talking.

Zhuang Hu said: "Our wife's temper has not been very good recently. ”

Cao Shi was bored to respond: "Look at it, which one in this house has a good temper." ”

Zhuang Hu smiled: "I think Sister Qi has the best temper." ”

The whites of Cao's eyes rolled: "Sensei mention her to me." ”

Zhuang Hu glanced at the flowers and trees in the garden, and sighed: "Our wife is the same as your wife." No matter how good others are, what is the use, you can only be used if you are good. If you help others, you will naturally be helped. As he spoke, he walked to a oleander next to him, pinched the flower on his head, and said, "The oleanders in the garden have bloomed." Thanks a little bit, it's October. ”

Cao Shi said coldly: "Big girl, you have the heart to look at flowers and peaches, and you don't think about your brother, if you give birth to a child in that house, will it be good for you?" Alas, along the way, just like me! ”

Zhuang Hu said: "Yes! I am the one who got married, and I spilled the water. It doesn't matter either. ”

Seeing her say this, Cao Shi was even more bored. twisted his fat body and continued to go to Beifu.

Zhuang Hu followed suit, three by two, and said something else. It's good that Cao didn't listen to it, but when he listened, he knew the charm.

Zhuang Hu pinched the oleander in his hand and said, "I heard that this is when the old lady was still on an errand in the palace - the oleander planted bloomed today and bloomed all over the garden." At that time, the old lady never thought that she would plant such a small branch and give birth to so many branches. Does the second lady know what the old lady is? ”

Cao only cares about going by himself.

Zhuang Hu said again: "The old lady can get the love of the Queen Mother, and this is the flower." ”

Cao Shi stopped and quipped, "How does the big girl know?" Chenghua was favored, that was the matter of the concubine, and the old lady was ...... back then. Back then, it was a ............ Hahaha......"

Zhuang Hu covered his mouth and smiled, and said: "Mrs. doesn't know, oleander looks delicate and beautiful, but in fact it is extremely poisonous, especially for a woman who is pregnant." Think about it, the queen mother is good to us slaves, and if we slaves don't do something to please the queen mother, how can we treat us differently? Is there such wealth? ”

This was said softly, and others couldn't hear it, but Cao Shi really heard it. The old lady never knew about the past, and she didn't dare to talk nonsense between her daily concubines. Today, Zhuang Hu is full of mention, not only strange, but also very novel.

Zhuang Hu finished speaking, and left with a faint smile. Before leaving, don't forget to pin the oleander on Cao's head.

Cao Shi was afraid that he would be poisoned, so he shook his head violently and shook it down.

Gui Yuan, who was following behind, hurriedly stepped forward to help pick it out, and said, "The wife who doesn't care, only those who are pregnant are taboo." ”

Cao Shi pushed away Guiyuan's hand and said, "You say the same thing." ”

When I returned to Beifu, I saw Zhuang Ying sulking under the corridor from a distance, and when I asked, I found out that Zhuang Ying went to Dongfu to find Zhuang Yu, Zhuang Yu was not there, and the next person told Zhuang Yu and the girl to go to Jinghua Xie to find Miss Qi silently. When she came to Jinghua Xie and called for a long time, no one was willing to pay attention to her.

So he returned to Beifu with displeasure, and sat under the porch alone and was angry.

When Cao Shi came back to see this, he laughed at her and said, "The girl is useful, she doesn't bother all day long, who does she bother to show her?" ”

Zhuang Ying's girl Zi Yuan replied: "The girl went to Jinghua Xie to call for a long time, but no one paid attention." ”

Cao Shi snorted angrily, pinched Zhuang Ying in the past, and scolded: "I don't know how to be ashamed." People don't like to play with you, and you still have a hot face and a cold ass. Shame is not ashamed. ”

Zhuang Ying's temperament is like Zhuang Yu, quiet. Daily is more than Zhuang Yu, and there is no quarrel with the world.

Zhuang Ying said: "What does this have to do with you? ”

As he spoke, he shed tears and went to his room.

Cao Shi had no choice but to scold and scold into the house, whispering to Gui Yuan, not knowing what nonsense to say.

Zhuang Ying went to Jinghua Xie to find Yu Qi and others, and asked not to go out, when the sisterhood was thin, Yu Qi kissed Zhuang Yu more and kissed herself less. So I'm a little annoyed. As everyone knows, Yu Qi and the others are really not in the house, at this moment, she is doing a big thing with Zhuang Yu, Zhuang Yu, Su Yuan, Cao Yingguan and others.