Xianglian came out of Zhuang Pu's house to inform the subordinates for the county lord.

After informing the meeting, I happened to meet a conflict between Yu Qi and Zisu.

Right now, Xianglian took Yu Qi and Zi to see the county lord. When I entered the small courtyard gate, I could see many people entering the courtyard before and after my body. Because of seeing Xianglian coming, the person who was originally walking in front turned back.

When I saw Yu Qi again, I hurried to greet him.

Yu Qi looked at the eyes of those people, and knew that they had something to ask Xianglian, so it was not convenient to stand and wait for Xianglian to be together, so he gave Zisu a look, and the two of them went into the house first.

At this moment, the county lord was eating tea in the house, waiting for the people to speak. Zhuang Pu rarely sat calmly on a kang table with her, and poured tea and water for her so carefully. Jiang Zhu and Yu Ping stood on one side, very happy for the county lord, and the smile on their faces said it all the most.

Before Yu Qi came in, the county lord sighed and said to Zhuang Pu: "In the end, your brother's sudden illness is all for you." If you had a family, nothing would have happened. ”

This is not the first time the county lord has said this to Zhuang Pu, since Zhuang Jue's Qixi accident, the county lord has mentioned complaining. Zhuang Pu was afraid of provoking the county lord's anger, so he listened to the words and did not resist anything. Now, both mother and son accept Zhuang Jue's like this, and they are both calm.

So, Zhuang Pu replied heartily: "Madam, it's not just for me. You will lay on me, so that I will be guilty. Could it be that without me, the good things of the sisters in various provinces will also be gone? In other words, the second and third sisters in Beifu, if you don't do anything on the chopping board, you will be busy with me. ”

The county lord said: "That's because you're annoying, if it's small, what do you say?" ”

Zhuang Pu was silent.

The county lord said, "You are in the middle, so that the people below can't go up or down." Not only your brother, but also your sisters in the rest of the provinces. I will not blame you, lest anyone blame you. ”

Hearing this, Zhuang Pu was angry and said, "Madam, in the old days, marriage was a major event, and it was handled by the words of the parents. Isn't it the same when you come to our house? If you are willing to do it, you can do it yourself, I have nothing to say. ”

Seeing that Zhuang Pu was angry, the county lord felt ridiculous, and wanted to stimulate him more harshly, and considering that he had a strong temperament, it was not good to touch it hard, so he said flatteringly: "Throughout the ages, the door is right, and the words of the parents' orders are justified. In other words, filial piety in heaven and earth, the first class, no queen is great. When you reach this age, you can't curse that you have no queen, but you can blindly play, don't think about starting a family, and the sin of postponement is equally unfilial. We love you, because there are only two lintels that you and your brother can support, and if there are more than that, I don't want to worry about it. ”

Zhuang Pu heard the county lord say this, his mood was slightly comfortable, and he said gently: "Madam, you are bad again, now, there are people in the East Mansion and the North Mansion." Dongfu is a younger brother......"

The county lord hurriedly drank: "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

When it comes to newborn children in Dongfu and Beifu, adults are reluctant to let them know about it, and they are reluctant to let them see it. When the child was born, the ceremony of the full moon of the three dynasties that should have been had was not done! Zhuang Pu didn't know why this was the case.

Zhuang Pu said: "Madam, after all, what happened to the East Mansion and the North Mansion?" With younger siblings, what can't you say? In the past few months, you have been like a hoop barrel, who are you guarding against? How unsightly is this? ”

The county lord "tsk", leaned over, and slapped Zhuang Pu.

Zhuang Pu was about to talk back, but suddenly heard that "Miss Qi is here", he and the county lord stopped their voices and looked outside. Sure enough, I saw Yu Qi and Zisu coming in.

Zisu entered inside, but he didn't want to move closer.

Yu Qi glanced back at Zisu, and in order not to be rude, he continued to move forward, and when he arrived at the county lord and Zhuang Pukang, he greeted him with a formal salute.

The county lord changed his coldness in the past, and said to Yu Qi with a pleasant face: "We have only been back from Zhongfu for a while, why are you here!" With that, let Yu Qi sit on the stool below.

Yu Qi went to sit down, and Jiang Zhu went to pour the tea with a gift.

took the teacup, didn't drink it, and replied first: "The old lady said that the third brother is afraid that he will be better today, so she asked me to come over to visit her." Second, I told my third brother yesterday that I would come over to talk to him today. ”

The county lord nodded: "You also have a heart." It's a pity that I just took medicine and fell asleep. Otherwise, sit for a while and come back later. ”

As she was talking, Xianglian came in and replied, "Madam, they're all here!" ”

Jiang Zhu and Yuping hurriedly thanked Xianglian for their gratitude. Yuping said: "If we go to talk, I'm afraid that no one will hear it, but when Xianglian goes, we really hear it." Mrs. Fortunately, she told her to go, and told us to go, maybe it will be dark and we won't be able to get together the heads, legs and feet. ”

Xianglian's face was ruddy, and she smiled.

Zhuang Pu said: "She is also the life of running errands, and she is only worthy of running for his wife." Mrs. likes it, and many branches make her be. ”

The county lord glanced at Zhuang Pu, turned his head and smiled at Xianglian, and said, "Call in." ”

Xianglian looked aggrieved and slightly sad, and turned to go out. After a while, seven or eight people were introduced.

Xianglian said: "Madam, people are here." ”

After speaking, Xianglian withdrew backwards, but stood on Zisu's side, not showing her face forward.

Zisu was standing in the corner outside and was bored, when she saw Xianglian suddenly coming to her side, she was very surprised, looked at her with a grunt, and said in a low voice, "Why did you come out?" ”

Xianglian put her finger to her lips, signaling quiet, and heard the people inside.

inside.

The county lord said to those people below: "Ten doors, each of them is in charge of some people, and we have hundreds of female dependents in Xifu, if we say that we will launch a few, I am afraid it will not be difficult!" I'd like to hear about it, do you have any people to recommend? If you don't say anything else, you understand. ”

Below are the housekeepers, mothers-in-law and eldest sisters of the ten gate courtyards.

From the outside, Zhuangfu is a house, but everyone in Zhuangfu knows that Zhuangfu is divided into four independent houses, east, west, north and south, each with its own master, and the old lady is the main heart. The living arrangements in each house are different, such as the West Mansion, where there are ten doorways under the master. The so-called doorway means that there are ten "departments", and each "department" has a leader, and one affairs are assigned, and the leader has three or five subordinates, or a dozen or so subordinates. What are these ten doorways?

It is roughly divided into inner and outer courts.

There is a person in charge of the inner courtyard in charge of the inner courtyard, who is in charge of the people in front of the masters of the inner courtyard, food and clothing scheduling, punishment and punishment, and the previous person in charge is a treasure jewel that has passed away.

The outer courtyard has the head of the outer courtyard, housing and transportation scheduling, activity etiquette, procurement and purchase, and gravity chores.

The inner courtyard also has the leaders of the main courtyards, such as the courtyard where the county lord lives, and the leader is still the jewel; The courtyard house of the old man and the diligent is led by four links; Zhuang Pu's courtyard house, led by Xianglian; Zhuang Di's courtyard house, led by the previous one, after the one is gone, it is now hanging in the air; Aunt Fengxian is a person in the house, and she does not set up a leader to serve her, she is attached to the county lord's courtyard house, and is under the control of Baozhu; Zhuang Yu's courtyard house is also managed by the county lord. In general, there are detailed differentiations in each, and there are not many discrepancies.

At present, the withering of the housekeeper of the inner courtyard will be replaced by the daughter-in-law of Sitong, and there is no one left. The outer courtyard has gatekeepers, chariots and horses, miscellaneous compradors, laborers, and washers and cooks, but they are complete.

The county lord's question, the outer courtyard first looked at the reply of the inner court, and now the inner courtyard is only replaced by the daughter-in-law of the Sitong family, what dare you say? It's a mess.

The county lord asked the people in the outer court, and one or two said, "Everyone is talking about it, and there is no one from your own family to be a sister-in-law." In the past, we were monks invited from outside, but now we want to be sisters-in-law, who will work hard to serve in the future! ”

The county lord said: "Could it be that you want to be a sister-in-law for the rest of your life?" After the courtesy of begging, what should be done is still what to do, as usual. It's just that there are more than a dozen sisters-in-law, and a few of them come out of each house to make up the auspicious numbers. Other houses are also making up the number of people, maybe we are not willing to do it in Xifu? When you say these things, you are really disgusted, and you don't want to stay and serve. ”

The mother-in-law and the women in the outer courtyard were choked and speechless.

The county lord said: "Sure enough, I can't speak, and no one listens to me." If the orb is there, I won't bother with it. ”

When the women in the outer courtyard saw this, some had a dry cough, and some pushed their daughters-in-law in front of them with their hands and feet.

At the end, Sitong's daughter-in-law was pushed out, and she didn't say no, so she said: "Mrs., if you want to talk about people, it's not like there is nothing in our house." It's just that being a sister-in-law is such a thing, the old ones, there are up and down, and people don't want to. The girls have not left the cabinet and are sisters-in-law, how will they marry in the future? ”

The county lord said: "I said it all, this is a false ceremony, make up a number." ”

Sitong's daughter-in-law said: "Although I say so, the big guy thinks it's ......"

Before she finished her words, Yu Qi got up, saluted the county lord, and said, "Madam, I shouldn't have interjected. Since it is a ceremonial activity in the house, I want an auspicious doorman, and I am willing to make a position. It can be regarded as praying for the third brother with incense. ”

The county lord was very shocked, he didn't expect Yu Qi to speak at this time, and he didn't care about his face as a sister-in-law! In other words, his own daughter in the mansion came out and said that the county lord was going to be angry, but Lu Qi was an outsider, and he was not a child in the mansion, and he was not a disgrace, so he did not show displeasure, but was a little happy.

The county lord raised his eyebrows and smiled, and beckoned to Yu Qi: "I have always blamed you for coming out like this, so that I am moved." ”

Yu Qi said: "Mrs. should be my atonement." ”

After Yu Li finished speaking, Yuping continued: "Madam, you have to instruct you to go down and designate who will make up the number of people to be sisters-in-law. Just now, Miss Qi said a reason, those who are guilty should contribute to the gangsters. to atone for your sins! ”

Yuping originally wanted to express that those who were at fault could take the opportunity to punish them. I don't want to, these words collided with Yu Li, and there was a suspicion of ruining Lu Li's face. After hearing this, the county lord was greatly displeased and glanced at the jade screen fiercely.

Yuping didn't know it, and still said: "In the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, there are only four or five people who want it, and now, Miss Qi has reported one, and she wants me to count it, and the third master can't run off the gold paper next to her, so she should also make some efforts." I was going to report it, but I was worried that I would be busy and there would be no one to serve my wife. If my wife thinks I'm okay, let me go, and let me go with Miss Qi. I thought again, Miss Qi came out, can Zisu be idle next to her? It will follow. There are three or four of them, and they are all counted in our inner court. It is appropriate to point out one or two of the good things in the outer court. Otherwise, let outsiders see it, and think that our Xifu is not in line with each other! ”

Yuping's words are neither big nor small, after all, the estimate is correct. The county lord was angry, but seeing that she was reasonable, he didn't get angry any further.

Zisu heard it outside, and a wave of anger rose to her heart, and Xianglian couldn't pull her. I saw Zisu walk out, salute the county lord and others, and said, "Madam, I don't want to be a sister-in-law." Our girl is willing to do it, and I will serve with me in plain clothes and hair, without hairpins and jade. ”

This kind of rudeness embarrassed the county lord. The county lord's face was flushed, and his brows were slightly furrowed. Yu Qi also saw that the county lord was displeased, so he turned his head and gave Zisu a look.

Zisu had a serious face, very reasonable, and ignored Yu Qi.

The rest did not dare to say anything.

Zhuang Pu sat on the kang and saw this scene, but he was happy, and said with a smile: "Madam, this Zisu is in such a manic mood, she really makes her play a sister-in-law, and she is afraid of colliding with the Bodhisattva." She's willing, and I'm still against it! This kind of person is not suitable, Baba runs to excuse something, which makes people think that she is amazing. He said to Yu Qi again: "Sister Qi, you can bring your people back, we don't need them." After speaking, he smiled at the county lord, and then raised his neck and shouted: "Xianglian!" ”

Xianglian heard the sound and slowly came in.

Zhuang Pu said: "I will answer for you, you and Miss Qi will play it once." Aren't you just going to be a sister-in-law? I'm still afraid that I won't be able to get married, if you can't get married, I'll give you one. ”

Xianglian was speechless, and silently responded.

The county lord was very happy, and praised again and again: "That's good, excellent!" ”

When the mothers-in-law and the women in the outer courtyard saw that the master had arranged it in this way, they stood awkwardly, and several of them talked about each other, and after a while, they pushed out two or three, and said, "I think there are a few disobedient people in the head, lazy in their work, and those who chew the root of their tongues." Let's go down and make arrangements. Please rest assured. ”

The county lord saw that the number of people was almost together, so he asked the two groups of people below to go down to make arrangements, and let them go out to inquire about who in the other provinces should be named as sisters-in-law.

Those people had just gone out, and when they met Baozhu at the door, they saw her standing at the door tremblingly, looking like she didn't dare to enter. When I saw someone, I still avoided it secretly. When those people were far away, she puffed up and stepped in. When I got inside, I knelt on the ground and said, "Ask my wife to give me a chance." ”

The county lord and the others were rejoicing in arranging people's affairs, when they suddenly saw the jewel come in, and they were so sad and begging, and they were surprised.

Baozhu said: "It is said that there are sacrificial activities in the house, and it is necessary to ask the sister-in-law to pray for heaven." I want to sign up. Please allow your wife. ”

The county lord was reluctant to let the orb out, because her identity was unacceptable. Now, she is so pious, and she has the initiative to take the initiative!

The county lord paused for a moment and said, "You are busy in the back, who did you listen to?" ”

Baozhu said: "I just heard about it, and I saw that some people were not very happy. I thought, this is for the good of the house, why shouldn't it? If there is still a vacant seat, please ask my wife to give me a chance to do my best. ”

Zhuang Pu shook his head and said, "Come on!" If you don't come, you won't come, and when you come, you will come. Madam, I'm afraid that the sister-in-law in our house is the top in the four mansions! There are many first-class people. We should go to the old lady for a reward! ”

The county lord "bah" spitted at Zhuang Pu, and turned his head to let Jiangzhu and Yuping go to help Baozhu.

When Yu Qi and Zisu saw this scene, they were stunned, and now they look at the jewel, and it is really no different from the dead jewel, with a look, charm, and open-mindedness...... It's a perfect fit, it's just one person!

Not long after, the mother-in-law who inquired about the words outside talked back and forth, saying that there were also candidates in the other provinces, and when it came together, there should be enough to get seventeen people, and there were more. When the county lord heard this, he was very happy, and hurriedly said to Jiangzhu and Yuping: "Everyone who participates in our mansion will be rewarded. Go and prepare some red gifts, and wait for the autumn to pass. I reward them all. ”

Listen to the reward, some rejoice, and some hold grudges. Later, I don't know how many rights and wrongs are born, and it's all because of this.

When everything landed, the county lord was refreshed, and remembered that Yu Qi came to see Zhuang Jue, so he said to Yu Jue: "You have also come for a day, I don't know if Yu Er is awake or not, you go over and see." I went to the kitchen to see the boiled medicine. After a while, the medicine is ready, and you can help me feed him again. I see, only you can persuade him a few words, or let him take a few more mouthfuls of medicine, and the illness will heal quickly, and live up to the heart that the old lady called you. ”

Yu Qi said: "Yes! ”

Yu Qi and Zisu went to visit Zhuang Jue Courtyard with Xianglian, and did not mention it later.

Before the county lord went to the kitchen, he said to Jiangzhu and Yuping: "You go and ask again, who is arranged in each prefecture, and how many people are arranged in each prefecture." ”

Yuping took it and said that he would ask immediately, but he didn't give Jiangzhu a chance to contribute.