Chapter 14: Housewarming

The car of the princess's mansion drove steadily and quickly, and when Daiyu was sent to the village, it was not yet noon.

Today, Zhiyun also moved out of Qingju and bought a temporary residence near Daiyu's village, and then took her baby daughter to the village early with Mrs. Lin and Nannan. When Daiyu came, the two had already been settled, and by the way, they prepared a good vegetarian meal on the table to celebrate the housewarming.

Lin Daiyu helped the yarn hat, got down from the carriage with Zijuan's hand, and saw the old housekeeper of the Lin family standing at the door with a group of small servants to greet him, all of them were brightly dressed and full of energy, and saw the second aunt, Aunt Ai and Yuan Yuanmei standing in the shade of the trees on the side with a smile on their faces.

"The old slave greets the girl." Mr. Lin greeted him with a smile, just wanted to salute, but was held by Daiyu, and Steward Lin did not insist on bowing, he treated Sister Lin like a daughter, at this time he looked left and right, and saw that Daiyu looked good, and did not see the sick face, he was relieved, and only said: "The old slave has added the screen curtain that the girl likes, and the remaining large antique jade is also being transported from the old house in Suzhou, the girl quickly looks, if you don't care, the old slave is letting the people correct the ......."

"My good butler, let me rest first." Daiyu smiled, and started to walk in the direction of Zhiyun and Mrs. Lin, Steward Lin also patted his head, and hurriedly took a purse to reward the coachman and the little maids who sent Sister Lin back, this old man is old, well-informed, and even able to speak, and after a while, the people who came out of the princess's mansion were laughed.

"Do you like it?" Zhiyun took Daiyu's hand and pointed her to look around, "It's the first time you come to this village, let's see if there is anything you don't like, if you have any ideas, you can ask the designer of Qingju to help you revise it." ”

The main courtyard rockery pond in this village, the meandering water flows, all according to the garden layout of the Jiangnan water town, Daiyu is not feeling relaxed, and seems to have a little bit of the feeling of returning to the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Imperial History Residence, where can I not say dissatisfaction, just nodded, and said with a smile: "Daiyu likes it very much, Aunt Ai and the second aunt are really troubled." ”

As he spoke, he walked around holding Zijuan's hand, and he had to look at every scene.

Zhiyun and Mrs. Lin also let her go inside and out of their new home several times like a child. Especially in the depths of the West Garden, a hot spring under the shade of a bamboo forest, she couldn't help but want to take off her shoes and socks and step on it, fortunately, Sister Lin is a typical lady, this kind of thing in broad daylight, even at home, can never be done.

In October and July, the food was reheated, and Dai Yu gave up, and together with Zhiyun, she chose a lotus pond in the West Garden to sit down, and let people set the meal here.

The water scenery that Daiyu looked at has just entered the summer, but the lotus flowers have been spread on the pond water full, the water pavilion platform, ups and downs, the jade pavilion on the rockery, with the full of emerald colors, once again feel that it is really correct to move out of the Rongguo Mansion.

"Okay, okay, I have time to watch it in the future, tossing all morning, aren't you hungry? Hurry up and eat, and after eating, go and see where you live, that's the most important thing. ”

Zhiyun shook her head and smiled, laughing so much that Daiyu was a little embarrassed, so she sat down obediently, looked left and right, didn't see Zhaoyu, blinked, and said, "Aunt Ai, second aunt, where is Sister Zhaoyu?" Haven't you ...... yet" Daiyu secretly glanced at Steward Lin, who was standing behind her with an amiable smile, and lowered her voice, "Sister Zhaoyu hasn't lifted the ban yet?" ”

Zhiyun and Aunt Lin covered their lips and snickered, and even Yuanyuan smiled like a little fox.

Zhiyun couldn't help but smile: "Actually, the old housekeeper is not angry for a long time, after all, Zhaoyu is that fake little appearance, you let her play with swords, ride a horse and dabble, it will definitely not be a problem, it is cooking, but also because the girl is delicious, it is very passable, and the best thing to do is all kinds of health medicinal food, and Zhaoyu can also make a good hand of tea, even Manager Lin said that in terms of tea-making skills, he is not as good as his own lady, but if you want her to stay in the house honestly and embroider, it is more pleasant to kill her." ”

"How can the old housekeeper not know the truth of the girl's sex, he was in a hurry for two days, and he saw it, really waiting for her to finish embroidering her dowry, I'm afraid that Zhaoyu's generation doesn't want to get married, at this time, the embroidery girl in the house has prepared everything, Zhaoyu is now embroidered out of a few can be seen to be flowers and plants, although the craftsmanship is rough, but it is good to have it, it is estimated that the Fan family married Zhaoyu as a daughter-in-law, and did not expect her to do any embroidery work."

The Fan family is Zhaoyu's husband's family, all of them are military generals, although the official position of Master Fan is not high, but the position of the commander of the door is very dangerous, the Fan family is rigorous, the family population is simple, there are only two children, long years in the army, Zhaoyu is going to marry is the time, it was once seen when Zhaoyu and a group of ladies in Beijing who also like to ride and shoot went to the Jingdong forest to hunt, although the two of them did not speak in hindrance, but they actually saw the right eye at a glance.

The two families have tested each other for a moment or two, and they are quite satisfied, although Mrs. Lin is a widow, she has a good reputation in the capital, and she is also a party style, and the name of the Lin family is not a loss, and although the Fan family is not noble, it is better to win at home without so many troubles from big families in the capital.

Mrs. Lin has already inquired, Mrs. Fan is a cool person, straightforward, not fancy, and never let her daughter-in-law set rules, and she is not tight on the control of female dependents, and the women in the family are also able to run on horses, pick up knives and guns, even if they are not as good as the men in the family, they are much more powerful than those weak scholars, which is just in line with Zhaoyu's sex.

The most important thing is that the Fan family rarely has no rules for taking concubines, from top to bottom, and even the housekeepers and subordinates in the family, none of them have a loss in terms of women, such a family, if they don't hurry up to Zhaoyu, in the future, I'm afraid they won't be able to find it with a lantern, so Mrs. Lin can't take care of being reserved, and when the Fan family asks someone to ask for marriage, she will respond immediately, and the marriage date is set early, for fear of accidents.

However, it is estimated that there will be no accidents, Zhiyun once sent someone to the Fan family to see, the second duke heard that he could marry the Lin family, he was happy and stupid, and that night he drank three bowls of goat milk that he frowned on when he saw it on weekdays, and he was stunned that he didn't drink anything, which made his father and mother laugh so much that his stomach hurt badly, and the next day, this little one was like drinking chicken blood, with two black circles under his eyes, he was happy in the martial arts arena for a while, and several Fan family generals who were sparring had blue noses and swollen faces, and they didn't want to do anything with him before they stopped......

Thinking about it, Zhiyun couldn't help but have a smile on her face, turned her head to look at Yuanyuan, who was eating slowly and methodically, and said in her heart: Although it is not easy for a girl in this era to marry a good person and be happy, it is not impossible, since Zhaoyu can find a suitable husband, how can Yuanyuan not succeed?

Thinking about it like this, Zhiyun was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Steward Lin, let Zhaoyu out, Daiyu's housewarming, she should also come over to take a look." ”

Steward Lin stroked his beard and smiled, and agreed, well, it's okay to toss it, if the young lady is suffocated, it will be bad, besides, this kind of method, a small use, it is a deterrent, but it will take too long, Miss Zhaoyu is afraid that she will take uncooperative means of resistance.

Daiyu was overjoyed to leave Rongguo Mansion, but in Rongguo Mansion, there were also people who were not so happy.

Aunt Xue went to see Mrs. Wang, returned to the house, took out the account book, looked through it for a while, and couldn't help sighing, with a little sadness on her face, she turned her head and saw Baochai sitting on the kang with embroidered cloth in a daze, the half-new clothes were lined with her skin as white as snow, her face was shining, and she immediately wept.

"Mother?"

Baochai was taken aback: "What's wrong with you?" But what happened to my brother? ”

Aunt Xue was stunned for a moment, and even gritted her teeth and stomped her feet: "Don't talk about him, that evil obstacle, how much silver did you say he spent outside this year?" There are 10,000 taels, almost 100,000, if it weren't for the steward to sue, I, I really thought he had learned a lesson and changed it, and on weekdays, he was making friends with capable nobles in the capital and working hard...... But he didn't expect it, but he didn't expect that as soon as he was in good health, he became addicted to gambling again. ”

"Hey, I'm ...... I thought about it, our Xue family's silver cage is up, and the total is less than 200,000, which is still overcalculated, the business of the shop is getting worse and worse, and it is becoming less and less valuable...... Later, what can I do later...... If your brother can catch up with Bao'er by half of it, even if I close my eyes when I land, I am willing to ......."

"Mother" Baochai's eyes were red, and for a while, she couldn't say anything comforting, she couldn't say it, this was all the result of her mother's usual connivance, this kind of thing, others can say it, but she, as a daughter, can never say it.

Aunt Xue was stunned for a long time, looked at Baochai in a daze, and murmured: "My Bao'er is not as good as the little girl of the Lin family, she is just an orphan girl, but there are old ladies in the house who are spoiled, and there are nobles outside, who have such a thin life, but everyone likes it, and the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver of the Lin family are all hers, why, why...... The Xue family is going on like this, the signboard of the imperial merchant will not be able to be saved, in order for my Bao'er to gain a foothold in Rongguo Mansion in the future, this matter of building a provincial villa cannot but bleed...... The little girl of the Lin family is a lonely girl, and she has never cared about money, so she has to use her brain......"

"Mother" Baochai's face changed greatly, and she quickly closed the doors and windows, frowned, and said, "Mother, you ...... this kind of thing Don't talk nonsense. ”。