Chapter III

In fact, Shanniang's guess is quite reasonable.

The old lady's words were obviously hinting to her that if she still had the heart to "improve", then this morning, even if she was "sick" to the last breath left, she would have to go and say goodbye to the old lady - of course, whether the old lady would forgive her or not is still a matter of opinion, but first of all, this is a matter of attitude.

And apparently Shanniang's attitude is very improper.

In fact, it wasn't until recently that Hou Shanniang discovered that her behavior in the previous life was simply a copy of the old lady. So she can be said to know this and know the other - the old lady, to put it nicely, is "cherishing feathers"; It's not good, it's the crime her daughter accused her: "False name".

Therefore, even if the old lady really disliked her, she would never say anything like kicking her out. Naturally, this kind of thing does not require the old lady to come forward in person. That's why Shan Niang said that her mother should come and pick her up.

If she guessed correctly, her mother-in-law would probably get the news soon, and then she would send someone or herself to tell the old lady: "My own girl has been disturbing the old lady for too long, and the family is missing it so much that they want to take the girl back to live for a while......"

By the way, she also said that she was "not in good spirits" before, and if her mother-in-law was clever enough, she could actually add: "The girl is not well-bodied, and she will come back to serve the old lady when she is well raised." ”

However, probably her mother-in-law is not so clever.

After breakfast, Shanniang sat in the Taishi chair in front of the hall, holding her forehead and smiling inexplicably, while watching the maids quickly clean up the house.

When it comes to her father and mother-in-law, Shanniang is actually not very familiar. Although Shanniang's father, the fifth master of the Hou Mansion is still the youngest son of the old lady, perhaps the temperament of the couple is too strange in the Hou family, and they neither love to compete for fame nor profit, so the entire five rooms have almost no sense of zài in front of people.

Shanniang was only seven years old when she was taken into the West Garden, and even before that, it was difficult for her to see her father and grandmother at home, because her father was obsessed with painting all his life, and her mother-in-law was fond of embroidery, and it is said that they could shut themselves up in the studio for ten days and half a month without seeing anyone. Therefore, among the leafy Hou family's houses, only their five-room population is the simplest - the mother-in-law has never given birth, and Shanniang's father only has two sons and one daughter born to the concubine.

In her previous life, Shanniang was married from the West Garden, so whether it was the two of them for her or for the two, they were actually quite strange......

If you think about your parents, you can't help but think about your children. Thinking of her children, Shanniang's hand holding her forehead suddenly slipped.

Although she was someone else's mother in the "dream" of her previous life, the strange thing is that after waking up from that "dream", she can remember many things that happened in the "dream", but she just can't remember what her two children look like, and she can't even remember their names...... But she obviously couldn't think of anything, but she still remembered that those two children hated her......

There should be no one in this world who wants to always think about the wrong things they have done, even when they are repenting. What's more, for now, she hasn't done anything wrong. And she doesn't plan to marry Yuan Changqing again in this life, naturally, it is impossible to have two more children who hate her in this life......

Holding her forehead, Shanniang thought about her so-called "children" for a while with an indescribable strange feeling, until the nurse came and took her hand, and cleaned her hands and face with a hot handkerchief, and she woke up from her trance.

At this time, the room had been cleaned up, and the four maids under her name were standing in front of the hall with their hands down with bated breath, waiting for her to show them.

- Shanniang didn't know that in the eyes of the four maids, she was trapped in the wide Taishi chair, although she looked at her body and still had a childish face, but the inexplicable smile on her lips couldn't help but make people feel a chill in her back.

Seeing that several maids were cautiously peeking at her, Shanniang smiled, picked up the topic she had just dropped, and said, "When I moved to the West Garden, I only brought one nurse, and you have all followed me since then. I have also lost your care all these years, but my incompetence as a master has not been able to give you a long and good future. In this West Garden, it is not easy for anyone, and you have experienced all kinds of hardships to earn this step now, if you still follow me, it is hard to say anything else, but I am afraid that there will be no current scenery in the future. I'm not the kind of selfish master who has an accident and drags everyone down, so I won't force you to continue to follow me. If each of you has a better future, or has any other plans, I will not blame you, nor will I block your way, so we can be regarded as our master and servant, so let's get together and disperse. ”

After Shanniang finished speaking, the room was silent. She moved the hand that was originally on her forehead to her chin, and with such an indiscernible interest, she raised her eyes and swept them to everyone's faces one by one.

I saw her nurse wringing her hands, and although she tried to keep her composure, she was obviously very uneasy. The first-class big girl Shuangyuan blushed and bit her lip, as if she was afraid that she would rush out something important. Sanhe is still as good as her name, only her eyes are so peaceful that no one can tell what she is thinking. Sixi flickered his eyes, looking like he was afraid to meet anyone. The most interesting is the Five Blessings.

Wufu was like a puppy, staring at a pair of eyes that were rounder and bigger than others, suddenly looking at you, suddenly looking at her, and suddenly looking at Shanniang who opened her mouth, looking like she wanted to say something, but she was afraid that what she said would not be listened to, and she would attract criticism.

So Shanniang looked at Wufu and raised her eyebrows encouragingly, "Huh? ”

Wufu hurriedly curtled his knees and said, "Look at what the girl said!" Where did it get to this point? The old lady's meaning is just to wake up the girl, and she is going to move the girl out somewhere! The girl's plan now is to quickly think of a way to admit her mistake to the old lady, who has always been generous and will not blame the girl. ”

The corners of Shanniang's lips, which were already slightly curled, couldn't help but mention it. She couldn't be clearer about the meaning of Wufu, this girl has always been a little lazy - not the kind of laziness that doesn't like to do things, but too lazy to socialize complex interpersonal relationships - tell her to change to a new master, compete with the newcomer for favor or something, probably this girl will shout again: "Can you be happy to be on an errand?!" ”

"It's a pity," Shan Niang shook her head, looked at Wufu and said with a smile, "I'm afraid that even if I go to ask for guilt, the old lady will already be extremely disappointed in me." ”

Although the old lady eats fast on the fifteenth day of the new year, she is not a vegetarian. has been the master of the house for so many years, how can she tolerate the slightest neglect of others? What's more, Shanniang's previous appearance was too good, and she suddenly slacked off abnormally, in the eyes of the old lady, if not a provocation to her authority, at least it was a deliberate slackness.

And the old lady often said, "Three-legged clams-toads are rare, but there are many two-legged people", that is, without the thirteen girls who can't support the wall, there are always fourteen girls, fifteen girls, and sixteen girls below...... Uncle Quan Qi from the former clan came to report the good news, saying that there was another girl in the family, and this is ranked twenty-third. And it seems that her uncles are still trying to give birth. Not only that, but her brothers also have the momentum to catch up. Recently, didn't the old lady frequently order people to bring the big girl of the big brother's family to look at each other? Maybe the little girl who is only five years old is the first person to be brought into the West Garden to be raised in the rain generation.

Shanniang's lips couldn't help but smile teasingly. How blind should she have been in her previous life, so that she couldn't see that the old lady was just raising their children and grandchildren as pawns? It's just to exchange them for better interests for the family. Who told them that the Hou family is so poor that they only have money left?

Speaking of the Hou family, in fact, the ancestors also had great wealth and wealth, and even the founding fathers. However, although the merits of the Hou family's ancestors are great, they are not big enough to get a hereditary title. Her family's title was passed down for five generations, and then it ended in Shanniang's ancestor generation. In these five generations, the Hou family has not been able to produce any more talents, and has poured out a lot of people who will make money, so when it comes to her grandfather's generation, the family can be regarded as thousands of hectares of fertile land and countless industries, but they have only made no achievements in the officialdom.

And the old lady's maiden family, the Yuanyang Meng family, was originally in a similar situation to the Hou family, and it was also at the end of the title. But the difference between the Meng family and the Hou family is that the Meng family is very good at raising girls, and the ladies in the palace and the wives of local officials are all married to high-grade families, so they have passed on the title that has reached the end for two generations.

At that time, the wife in charge of the Hou Mansion (at this time it was no longer the Marquis' Mansion, but only the residence of the Hou family) was still the old old lady. After seeing the miracle of the rise of the Meng family, the old lady was blessed to the soul and decided to introduce and learn this "advanced experience", so the old lady directly crossed the loyal and honest old lady, and gave his only grandson (that is, the current old lady), and set a daughter of the Yuanyang Meng family as his wife (that is, the old lady). And in the first year after the daughter of the Meng family married into the Hou Mansion, the housekeeper power was directly handed over to the old lady Meng, who was still very young at the time. As a result, the Hou Mansion has the "West Garden Model".

After nearly 50 years of cultivation, although the Hou Mansion is still inferior to the Meng family, it has finally reached the harvest period. Among the girls who married, the highest grade was an aunt of Shanniang, who was the side concubine of Huaiyang Palace; The second is that she almost became a cousin of Mrs. Shoufu - the reason why I say almost is that Shanniang's aunt is not very good, and she died of illness before her husband was appointed as Shoufu, so such a high-class husband is cheaper than someone else's family.

Let's talk about the worst, probably the sixth cousin of Shanniang, who just got married last year. The one who married a prefect and had five products, but he filled the house - there was no way, if he wanted to eat hot, he could only eat what was left by others. If you want to eat fresh, you have to fish slowly. And in view of the son-in-law who has been cultivated by the Hou family for more than 20 years and finally cheapened someone else's family, the Hou family, who is especially good at settling accounts, naturally feels that it is best to hold it in his hand in time.

Holding her forehead, Shanniang laughed silently again, but she laughed so much that the few maids who looked at her were all terrified.

"Girl......"

Shuangyuan hesitated and whispered.

Shanniang blinked, looked up at Shuangyuan and smiled, "Come, let's talk, what are your plans." If there's anything you need my help with, just let me know. No matter who you fancy and who you want to follow, as long as I can speak, it doesn't hurt to help you ask. ”

In front of her, the four maids looked at each other for a long time, and after a while, Shuangyuan blushed and said, "These things...... I'm afraid it's up to us to decide. ”

So Shanniang guessed that this Shuangyuan should have communicated with someone from the old lady. So she smiled and said, "Yes, everything can't go beyond the old lady." It's just that according to the rules of the family, there is only one first-class big girl around each girl, and my sister is the only first-class big girl next to me......"

The implication of that sentence immediately made the blush on Shuangyuan's face retreat suddenly.

Shanniang looked at her, and there was a secret smile in her heart. Since she was reborn, she has found that there seems to be more narrow-mindedness in her temperament, and she always likes to see people's jokes.

And the ambidextrous person, in fact, she still knows a lot. Although this girl has selfish intentions, as long as she doesn't get in her way, she's generally loyal - of course, provided that she doesn't get in her way.

So Shanniang smiled again: "But this may not be. At the beginning, you and Mother Wang were originally transferred from the old lady's house, and the old lady was reluctant to do so. She could even imagine what the old lady would say.

The old lady will probably say, "You must have prepared better people for you in your house, so let these clumsy girls stay." ”

As soon as the smiling Shanniang looked up, she suddenly saw that Mother Wang, who had not seen a figure all day today, was quietly tiptoeing outside the door.

She just didn't see anything, and let go of the cramped and restless Shuangyuan, turned her head to stare at Sixi's wandering eyes and smiled: "What about you?" What are your plans? ”

Sixi pinched the corner of his clothes and hummed for a long time, but he didn't want to give a word of truth.

Shanniang bent a pair of willow leaf eyes into two crescents, the corners of her lips turned up even more, and just about to tease Sixi, she heard Wufu, who loves to be a Baogong, snort coldly:

"Sister Sixi has been running diligently to the seventh girl these days! I guess it must be Sister Sixi's skill in combing her hair that was taken by the Seventh Girl! ”

"Really? This is a good thing," Shanniang looked at Sixi and smiled: "Then you hurry up and tell Seventh Sister and ask her to send someone to take you over, wait until it's too late, maybe something will happen." ”

I actually took a fancy to the seventh sister?!

Looking at Sixi, Shanniang's eyes were bent more like two crescent moons.

None of the girls in the West Garden are simple, and none of them have not learned the real kung fu of an old lady. is to hate each other behind their backs, and still maintain all kinds of elegance and harmony in front of people. Shanniang felt that even if Lao Qizhen took a fancy to Sixi and only thought that Sixi was the maid she had used, the arrogant Seventh Sister would not use her if she was killed.

However, this does not rule out the situation that Sixi took the initiative to post in the past. The personal maid doesn't vote for anything, even if she is as arrogant as Lao Qi, she should not give up this opportunity to slap people in the face. What's more, she didn't really want to accept Sixi, so naturally she wouldn't cause any tongue for herself......

These four joys are really, what kind of vision?! It is more reliable to choose eleven mothers than to choose seven mothers...... Of course, Eleven Niang is even more slippery than the seventh, and she won't even touch this kind of thing that will attract people's attention...... Thinking about it this way, maybe Sixi turned to Qi Niang after he hit a wall with Eleven Niang......

In fact, if she is Sixi, the best choice is Fourteen Niang. Fourteen Niang is thinking about drilling into the West Garden, and she should be happy to accept her......

Hmm, do you want to help Sixi a hand? Or do you want to push it?

Forget it, Fourteen isn't a good match. And Sixi's girl has always had a big heart, and she feels smarter than anyone else, since the road is her own choice, let her go alone. What's more, as I have said before, it is good to gather and disperse, and whether it is good or bad in the future depends only on the fate of each person.

Shanniang propped her forehead and looked at the maids with a smile, but she didn't know that in addition to her nurse, several maids and wives had already been cramped by her laughter.

- Half a month ago, her girl didn't like to laugh so much! And he laughed so badly......

A room of maids and daughters was being crushed by their own girls with a smile and silence, and suddenly they heard the little maid outside report: "The seventh girl, the eleventh girl, and the fourteenth girl are here." ”

Yo, say Cao Cao Cao arrived!

"Please, please, please!" Shanniang immediately put down the hand supporting her forehead, got up from the Taishi chair, and hurriedly greeted her. When she reached the threshold, she stopped again, turned back to the four maids and a mother-in-law and smiled: "You all think about it, you can sue me tomorrow at the latest, and if it's too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you." ”

Her beautifully shaped eyebrows raised slightly, "It's still the same sentence, let's get together and disperse." ”