Early in the morning, the white sandalwood slices that have been soaked in Xiazhou Bijian tea overnight are taken out of the jar, dried with Bisha Xiangluo, put them in a tile basin, carefully roasted over a simmer, mixed with mead, and put them into the jar again, and can be taken out tomorrow morning.

After finishing these, it was already past noon, and she was not late to the stove, and took out the vegetarian stuffed buns left for her not later from the rice cover, which was hot tea and steamed buns.

The two little girls stretched out their heads outside the stove room, beckoning to them not too late, the two little girls, you push me, I push you, and walked in.

"Is there something wrong with you?" It's not too late to look at them.

"It's not too late, sister, what are you doing with wood chips?" The little girl who spoke was named Chunyu, she was the son of the house, and the last three generations were all descendants of the house, and Lao Tzu and Niang came together when they were divided.

"This house is too old and dilapidated, and that piece of wood is used to smoke cockroaches." It was not too late to put the last bite of the bun in his mouth, drank the tea in the bowl again, and stood up.

Chunyu and another little girl named Chunmiao hurriedly got out of the way, looked at them not too late, and said: "By the way, I heard that there is a flower room in the house, you go and see if there are any pure flowers and plants, and bring two pots for the eldest lady." ”

"Okay, let's go, sister, don't worry." Chunyu and Chunmiao agreed quickly and trotted out of the yard.

It wasn't too late to look at their backs and shake their heads.

She stepped into the east room......

After about a stick of incense, not too late to come out of the small yard, as usual, pulled a bamboo basket, she first went to find Hu's mother to get the right card, Hu's mother's face was still angry, and she took a hard look at it, but still threw the pair of cards to her.

Not late to go to the back door again, the old Guo and Dong Bao at the back door were already surprised, Dong Bao quickly wrote down the names on the list, went to the gatehouse and wrote them on the paper, and rushed to report to Hu's mother.

Mother Hu was still angry, and when she saw Dongbao coming, she said angrily: "What are you going to buy today?" ”

Dong Bao shrunk his neck and said cautiously: "It's not too late today, and the girl wants to buy rouge gouache." ”

Saying that, Dong Bao handed the list written down silently to Hu's mother, Hu's mother didn't know much, but the words on it were recognized, and they were all rouge gouache.

Mother Hu's eyes lit up, and she went to the eldest lady's yard with the list like a baby.

"Mrs., this is something that the eldest lady is going to buy tonight, you see, this is still in the filial piety period, Qiqi has not yet passed, and she is going to buy rouge gouache, the second girl has never touched these, sure enough, she grew up in the mountains, and there are no rules."

The eldest lady looked at the list, although they were all rouge gouache, but it was nothing more than that, she glanced at Mother Hu: "Why are you so generous today, who provoked you?" ”

Mother Hu wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "The slave is wronged for you, didn't you listen to what Chunyu and Chunmiao's two little girls said, they said, the disgusting yard is dilapidated and old, and smokes cockroaches in the yard, where do the cockroaches come from in this weather, it is clearly to provoke trouble." ”

The eldest lady flew over with a knife: "You let the two little girls go to talk?" This is obviously deliberately said to anger you, and you still take it seriously. ”

Mother Hu was stunned and stayed there.

Not too late, she went to the rouge shop, chose a few rouge gouaches, she picked up a target mirror from the counter, dipped her finger in some rouge and wiped it on her face, and took a picture of the target mirror, a small man in his early twenties, looking inside from the door.

It's not too late to smile at the mirror, since the eldest lady sent someone to follow her, she should also send a clever one.

Not too late, he pointed to a few pieces of fat powder on the counter, and said to the guy, "All of them are all needed." ”

"Which house is the little eldest sister from, bookkeeping or cash?" The guy quickly packed these things in a big red brocade box, with a courteous face.

"Hey, can you still keep accounts? I won't keep the account this time, I'll bring the silver, by the way, you can help me change this box into a plain one. He said with a smile.

The guy hurriedly apologized, Xicheng Ming's family, that really has to use a plain box.

A moment later, he walked out of the shop with a dark blue brocade box in his arms, and the little thin man hurriedly hid behind a big tree.

I couldn't help laughing too late, looked around, there was a silk shop next to it, and looked at the huge "Zeng" sign outside the shop, and I remembered that this was the second wife's wedding shop.

Walking in quickly, the little thin man hurriedly followed, standing at the door and looking inside, but he was still a step slow, there were a few female customers in the shop who were choosing materials, peach and willow green, but only the plain figure was missing.

The little thin man looked at the signboard, walked in quickly, saw that the man was a woman in her early forties, and asked, "Where is the maid in plain clothes just now?" ”

The mother-in-law frowned, there are all female customers in the shop at this time, what is this kid going to do when he suddenly breaks in? Seeing that he was dressed in coarse cloth, he was not something he couldn't be provoked, so she stretched out her hand and pushed the little thin man out.

"Who are you, what are you doing?" The mother-in-law said angrily.

"I'm from Zaoshu Hutong, we are a family, and the maid just now is from our house." The little thin man hurriedly put it on.

The mother-in-law was even more unhappy: "This is the shop where our aunt and grandmother are married, who is the same family as you, didn't you look at the signboard outside, Zeng Ji, Zeng Ji!" ”

The little thin man had no choice, he said a bunch of good things, and the mother-in-law lowered her voice and told him that the girl had just come in to borrow a place, and the mother-in-law said it vaguely, but the little thin man still understood.

Whatever you borrow a place is, you borrow a latrine.

Well, you always have to come out of the toilet, there are women in the shop, and the little thin man has to wait outside.

After waiting for a cup of tea, he didn't come out late, so the little thin man had to ask the mother-in-law again, and the mother-in-law looked at him like a fool: "Are you sick, run to our shop to block the big girl, believe it or not, I asked someone to send you to the yamen?" ”

The mother-in-law is a loud voice, and it is a busy city here, which instantly attracted a bunch of people to watch the excitement, and the little thin man was startled, afraid of causing trouble and being blamed by the eldest wife, so he ran away in a panic.

There is a back door in the silk village, and out of the back door is an alley, where several children are playing.

Not too late, she had already changed her clothes, and the white flowers on her head were also plucked, she wore a padded dress with blue ground and white flowers, held the basket, walked to the children, and took out a handful of sugar melons from the basket: "Whoever can tell me which house is rented here, I will invite whoever eats sugar melons." ”

"My family rented a house, and my father said that he would rent out the West Wing."

"The fat aunt also rented a house, she told my grandmother, and I heard it."

......

Not late, she smiled and gave the sugar melon to the children, and asked one of the children to take her to the fat aunt.

I heard that she came to rent a house, and the fat aunt was very happy, she originally wanted to ask someone to help write a big red paper of "Jiwu for rent" and paste it out, if it can be settled, even the money to buy the big red paper will be saved.

The house that the fat aunt wants to rent is actually the cross-courtyard of her house, and another door is opened, blocking the small door between the two courtyards, and another gate is opened.

There are three houses in the yard, the house is not big, but it is very clean, there is a stove in the yard, it is not too late to look inside and out, asked the price, the fat aunt saw that she was still young, and asked: "Little girl, who do you rent the house to, the people in your family?" Why didn't the adults in your family come? ”

Not late sighed: "It's my aunt, my mother went early, my aunt loves me the most, and now her old man wants to come to Baoding Mansion, just to be closer to me, but she can't live in my house, so she has to rent a house outside." ”

The fat aunt instantly understood that the little girl's mother was dead, this aunt was the elder on her mother's side, and eight or nine times out of ten the little girl now had a stepmother at home, so the old lady came, and she couldn't live in the past, so she could only rent a house outside.

As the saying goes, if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather, and the little girl must have a hard time at home.

"Yes, it's easy to live outside, don't look at the downtown here, but it's quiet in the middle of the noise, and the people of the yamen come here a few times every day, it's safe."

The fat aunt offered a tael of silver, and there was no counteroffer before it was too late, and when the fat aunt saw that it was not too late, her smile was more cordial.

Not too late, she took out six taels of silver and paid the rent for half a year, and the fat aunt asked her son, who was studying, to write a receipt and press his handprint, which was the deal.

Half an hour later, I walked out of the yard not too late, but the clothes with white flowers on a blue background were gone, and I changed into plain clothes and shoes again.

She walked through the downtown area, and saw the little thin man looking around from a distance, and he didn't lose his smile too late, and deliberately walked in front of the little thin man, and the little thin man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurried to catch up, but what he saw was a strange face.

It's not the maid next to the eldest lady!