On the day of the beginning of winter, the brocade book came to Xifu. It was from the back door of Xifu to enter, and the rest of the people waited for her to come. I met with Zhuang Pu about once. After finishing the brocade book, Zhuang Pu hurried to Jinghua Xie to find Ayu. At that time, I wanted to discuss Mr. Guan's affairs with Ayu, so I avoided Yu Qi and others. Zhuang Pu said that Mr. Guan had left Kyoto for Songhu because of that trip, and the specific matters were not clear, but Jinshu's brother had brought back a message, and Mr. Guan let her live in Zhuangfu now.

When Ayu heard the news, she refused to believe it. Zhuang Pu knew that she didn't believe it, and was worried that she would have to go out to find it, so he took out the prepared letter and showed it to her. In this way, Ayu is at ease.

However, what happened here, Zhuang Pu hid it from Ayu.

Jin Shu came to Zhuang Pu and said: Her father sent someone to investigate, and he didn't know where Mr. Guan was, and then brought the prisoner in the prison to be interrogated, and only after questioning did he know that it was a group of civilian kidnappers, and there was some collusion with the government. The official department handled this matter, so naturally they couldn't treat it positively, so let the kidnappers take action, once the accident was investigated, everything was pushed to the kidnappers, saying that they wanted to blackmail Qian Yunyun of Zhuang Mansion on the grounds of kidnapping tickets.

Jinshu also said that his father was not good at handling this matter, because it involved the officials, and if it really investigated, it would definitely involve a lot of money, and the officials had some countermeasures, and if it was not good, he would splash the foreign teaching case on Mr. Guan, and the Zhuang Mansion would definitely be involved. Therefore, Jinshu's father suggested that this matter should be done to death, and they would release Mr. Guan and transfer him to another place to guard, and then release him when everything subsided, or let him go when Mr. Guan did repent.

Zhuang Pu asked where Mr. Guan was, and Jin Shu said he didn't know. Zhuang Pu had no choice but to give up, and when he saw the help of Jinshufu, he also trusted eight or nine points. But how to explain to Ayu in the future? Tell Ayu truthfully, Ayu will definitely go out to look for it, or find the government to make trouble? So, Zhuang Pu found Mr. Guan's letter and went out to imitate one to appease Ayu. He also arranged that Mr. Guan would go to Songhu, after all, Songhu is a port metropolis, and the flow of people is in eight directions, even if Ayu really looks for it, he will not find it when he can't find it.

In this way, Ayu waited in the Zhuang Mansion with peace of mind for the time being.

Zhuang Pu invited Ayu to go back to Zhuang's mansion to live, and she felt that she was compatible with Yu Qi, so she politely excused herself.

Because of this, Zhuang Pute went to give Yu Qi some words of care. At that time, it was rumored in the house that the eldest lord was in a hurry and could return to Beijing before the end of the month, which means that when the lord came back, the matter between Huiyuan and Uncle Zhuang should be dead. Zhuang Pu came to entrust Ayu, but Yu Li didn't think much about it, just the façade etiquette, and dealt with things politely.

After the middle of the year, the Dongfu independently handled the affairs of Zhuang Xuan and Huiyuan. A few days before and after, several things happened.

One thing is settled.

Two things are decided.

Three things are decided to marry.

The person in charge of these three things is Zhuang Hu, the supervisor is Cao's, and the old lady speaks out for Yu Qi. On the "Dingmen", there were differences of opinion among several governments, and the Cao family took advantage of the situation to insert a surprise foot in the back and name a few people, which caught Yu Qi off guard, and even Huiyuan didn't know how to parry.

The so-called "fixed door", that is, the girl marries from the door of that "mother's house".

The discussion of this matter came out of Cao's mouth. The interests involved in it are nothing more than the fear of going out from the West Mansion, so the dowry items given by the East Mansion must be privately owned in the West Mansion. After all, now the property of the four mansions is under public management, and the old lady loves Yu Qi and everyone knows it, and she is afraid that the old lady will be distressed and love the house and Wu, so it will be a big loss of money and scrape out the silver in the public item. This is one of them.

Second, if Huiyuan goes out from Xifu and guards the boudoir before marriage, he must be in Xifu. What a wise man the county lord is, Hui Yuan must have been washed by her there*. The Cao family was afraid that the county lord would turn Huiyuan's mind around and do it against him, and it was not a bright thing for him to coerce Huiyuan to come in and marry Dongfu outside, and he was afraid that Huiyuan would mention it to the county lord at that time, not to mention the decentness, it would be even more difficult to deal with himself if he was stabbed.

On this day, the Cao family thought it through, and went straight to the East Mansion to mention the Qin family, so that Huiyuan would go out from Jinghua Xie.

Cao Shi hadn't gone out yet, and heard a report from the girl, saying that the second girl and the third girl had quarreled in the ear room, and the second girl slapped the third girl, and the third girl was crying.

Cao asked again to find out that the two daughters checked the number of account books for her, and quarreled over the equal number. This accident involved several sexual affairs, and the first cause was that Zhuang Lu went to the fence bamboo garden to relieve the siege that day, and scolded the Cao family for not calculating 10,000 taels of silver. This is the silver of the public merchants. The account book records the expenditure of each item of silver, and it is no problem for the Cao family to pass one, and the second master himself said that it is wrong to have ten thousand taels of silver, so it is here.

But when the silver was used at the beginning, it was only after three and four signatures before entering and exiting, and today is not right, whose fault should I find? The project was prepared by the following people in advance and handed over to Zhuang Hu and his wife for approval, and passed to Cao's for inspection, and then Zhuang Lu confirmed with the directors of each firm, and then printed and redeemed the ticket number before the silver could be supported; If it is credited, it is the same. Now that we are all at fault, everyone has to be at fault, right?

That day, Zhuang Hu heard it, and didn't say anything, Cao's heart had some complaints, and when he went to fight with her to fight the master and servant of the bamboo garden, it was not good to talk about her, and he didn't want to ask about it after coming out for a long time, so he looked for a time to check, and because he was not in a good mood in recent days, he didn't calculate it clearly, so he let the two daughters take over the job.

Who knows, Zhuang Xuan's temperament is careless, he only said that there is no discrepancy, Zhuang Ying is meticulous, and one item is found out. More than 10,000 taels of silver is not on the number because of the lack of more than 1,000 taels, the more than 1,000 taels of silver are spread in a certain project every month, the details are not clear, and there is no explanation of the expenditure. Roughly like this, the second old man Zhuang Lu only had 10,000 taels of silver that day.

Cao's asked Zhuang to call Zhuang Ying, reprimanded him, and specially praised Zhuang Ying. Zhuang Xuan was unconvinced, and threatened that there was no need to support her in the future. Cao knew that he could rely on these two daughters in the future, the second daughter's spleen performance did a big deal, and the third daughter was a little stingy, so she might not be reliable. Therefore, the Cao family blamed Zhuang Qi in his mouth, but he still didn't blame her in his heart. When I went to Dongfu, I let her go all the way as usual. There is another reason in it, afraid that the two sisters will make trouble at home, Zhuang Xuan will stubbornly get up and beat her sister again.

On the way to Beifu, Zhuang Xuan was red, and he felt that the accounts should not be wrong.

Cao said: "If you can see at a glance, the person who does the accounting may not dare to do it." ”

Zhuang Qi was angry: "Then I'll ask the eldest sister to go, she should manage it with the eldest brother-in-law!" ”

Cao was afraid that Zhuang Qi would make trouble, so he grabbed her and warned: "This temper will suffer sooner or later." How can this be asked? Not to mention that your eldest sister doesn't know, even if you know how many eyes there are in it before you stamp the ticket. This will make sense to rely on others! ”

Zhuang Xuan sneered: "It's not like Mrs. Peacetime's style." Every day there is one less child, you have to pick out the skin and ask, this is more than a thousand taels of silver, not silver. ”

Cao Shi pinched Zhuang Xuan's arm vigorously and said, "Rotten hooves chew your tongue less, don't say it if you don't say it!" ”

Zhuang Xuan was helpless, if he didn't say it, he wouldn't say it, anyway, he had nothing to do with himself, and the lord relied on her in the end, but he couldn't look at it and wanted to ask clearly.

I saw Cao Shi said: "From now on, I am afraid that there will be more places to rely on your eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law." Then he told Gui Yuandao: "You go back and remind me, see where you moved a sum of money to fill in." Your second master's gold head is recorded on it, and it can't be taken off cleanly. ”

Guiyuan responded.

Zhuang Xuan was puzzled: "Why does the wife rely on the eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law? ”

Cao Shi smiled coldly and replied: "You should know if you know, you shouldn't know what you are asking about." This person's heart is a needle, you are not counted as you, you don't rely on people, people will chase after you and rely on you, slap your face and become fat, your lord has not done it, what do you get in the end? ”

Zhuang Xuan was puzzled and didn't ask.

Cao Shi said: "Later, when you go over there, just follow aside, you don't have to say anything without you talking." Just look at it. ”

Zhuang Qi nodded in response.

In this way, the three of Cao's mother and maid went to Dongfu.

After entering the mansion, Cao asked the girl at the door if his wife was there, and the girl said that his wife had gone to Xifu.

The Cao family knew in his heart that the Qin family must go to ask the county lord for medicine, and Uncle Zhuang Xuan's illness may be serious. Therefore, Cao inquired about the eldest girl's absence, and replied that the eldest girl was entertaining guests in the house.

It turned out that Just's relatives came to Kyoto, and today they happened to come to the house. After hearing this, Cao Shi wanted to come back another day, and was thinking about going back, when he saw Zhuang Hu and Dao Feng Jianqiu leading Zha Liangxiu to come, Zhuang Hu stood in front of two women, dressed as normal women, dressed in black oilcloth and large skirt robes, both holding a big back sideburns, talking and laughing politely.

Cao can see that Zhuang Hu is sending off guests.

So, Cao smiled and took two steps.

Zhuang Hu Jue greeted: "Why is Mrs. here?" ”

Cao Shi smiled: "Are you a guest here?" I'm passing by and want to come in and see my cousin. "What my cousin is talking about is Zhuang Hu's daughter Zha Liangxiu.

Zhuang Hu pushed Zha Liangxiu to Cao's and asked her to go over to greet someone, but Zha Liangxiu was stunned for a moment, and he actually pulled Zhuang Hu's skirt and didn't go.

Zhuang Hu looked helpless and said with a smile: "Mrs., you look at me!" It's too unusual. "Raise your hand to hit your daughter.

Cao went over again and again to hold Zhuang Hu's hand, squatted down and pulled Zha Liangxiu's hand, said a few nice words, and when he stood up again, Zhuang Hu introduced that this was Haining's old Cha's aunt and sister-in-law. The two women also knew the courtesy, and gave the Cao family a salute, the Cao family's chin returned, and Zhuang Qi and Guiyuan Shen returned a salute.

After a few words of greeting, Zhuang Hu ordered Dao Feng Jianqiu and the two to send them out, and explained the sedan car matter. After finishing up, Zhuang Hu chased out the door and roughly stuffed some belongings for the aunt and cousin. Cao Shi couldn't see clearly, didn't know what it was.

Wait for Zhuang Hu to see the guests go out and walk away before turning around and coming back.

When he came to Cao's side, he still smiled and said, "Is there something wrong with my wife?" ”

Zhuang Hu understood that how could the Cao family come to see her daughter, and when she entered the East Mansion, she must be looking for someone to talk about something. If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, you are talking about people like Cao.

Seeing that there was no one else in front of him, Cao Shi said bluntly: "It's nothing, my heart is depressed and panicked." Look at our house, how can there be a place for our mother to stay. ”

Cao sighed once, looking pitiful.

Zhuang Hu thought that the new aunt of Lizhuyuan had provoked the Cao family again, so he said: "Mrs., why bother with that side." If you don't see it, people won't eat and live with you, and they won't get in the way of you. ”

Cao said: "Big girl, how do you know the bitterness in my heart." I am tired for this house, and others sit back and enjoy it, and I don't have a serious look for a day or two. In whose eyes is it comfortable? Or I often tell the two girls that in the future, I will marry someone to learn from your big sister and marry someone like your eldest brother-in-law. Don't find someone who has no conscience like your father! ”

Zhuang Hu blushed from praise, and said in a harmonious voice: "What Mrs. said, the second sister hasn't come out of the cabinet yet, so you just say this." Go and grab Zhuang Qi and say, "Don't listen to your wife, she always thinks nonsense and talks nonsense." ”

Zhuang Xuan pinched the handkerchief and covered her mouth and smiled: "Big sister understands, why bother to scratch her face to say her!" ”

Zhuang Hu patted Zhuang Xuan's hand and signaled her not to contradict her.

Zhuang Xuan smiled, removed Zhuang Hu's hand, and went to Lacha Liangxiu with a twist, saying, "Let's play together, listening to them is really tiring to death." So he didn't say hello, and Racha Liangxiu left.

Zha Liangxiu likes this second aunt on weekdays, because she has a cheerful temperament, likes to talk about things, and is more funny than the fifth aunt.

Seeing that their daughters had gone, Zhuang Hu invited the Cao family to sit in his courtyard.

When he arrived in the courtyard of Zhuanghu, Cao said that he would sit outside and be open, and he was depressed in his heart. Zhuang Hu asked the girl inside to bring a mat, spread it on the stone bench, and the two sat down. While the two were talking, a girl brought tea and snacks and melon seeds from them.

Zhuang Hu knew that Cao's liked to eat melon seeds, so he pushed the plate to her.

Cao Shi was not polite, grabbed his hand, looked depressed, and sighed: "It's October." Also fast. Did your lord say that he would be back in a few days? ”

Zhuang Hu said: "In the past few days, I don't know when." Asked someone to come back and said that the eldest brother's affairs would be done according to the old lady's wishes, and said that the front foot and the back foot, the uncle and nephew were too close, and they were afraid that the collision would not be good, and they wanted to move their days. Early this morning, the big brother committed it again, and it was heavier than before! Our wife cried twice behind the girls' backs, but it was useless, just worried. ”

Cao Shi coughed twice and said, "On the reason, your master is thoughtful, that is a matter of etiquette." You have to pay attention, you can pay attention. According to me, what's there? Your second uncle married a concubine, no, it was not married, it was bought by force! That's a! Looking at Zhuang Hu's faint smile, she must have felt that the Cao family was just casually deliberately appeased. I saw Cao Shi say again: "For the good of the uncle, my opinion is to hurry up and pass the door, your wife can watch it for a day or two, how many days can you watch?" Keeping watch day and night? Don't talk about her when the dead room is gone, and the room left behind is like seeing the uncle like seeing the king of Yama, and it's useless for me to look at it, and I can't count on her. If you want me to say, Huiyuan's girl is really good. ”

Zhuang Hu chuckled: "It's rare that my wife likes it." It must be good. It's good, knowing the roots, it's better than anyone outside. ”

Outsider, Zhuang Hu refers to that Bichi.

When Cao Shi saw this, he understood it and smiled.

Zhuang Hu said: "Mrs., you Beifu don't mind, so let's do it!" When the master comes back, we'll talk about it again. It's all for the sake of the big brother in the future, that's what it means. ”

Cao nodded, leaned over, and said in a low voice: "It's done, but what can I do?" ”

Zhuang Hu was confused by the question, and opened his eyes to look at Cao.

Cao Shi "tsk", stretched out his hand and hit the back of Zhuang Hu's hand, and said, "Aren't you also confused!" ”

Zhuang Hu said: "What do you say? ”

Cao Shi said roundaboutly: "Huiyuan, that girl is from Shouzhongju or from Xifu?" ”

Zhuang Hu was stunned.