This is not the first time Xie Zhijun has come to Rongjingtang.

Although the Guogong Mansion does not have so many rules, it does not require the younger generations in the family to settle the province in the morning and dusk, but there are always various family affairs, and Xie Zhiyun, as the eldest daughter-in-law, has to come forward.

Therefore, she is quite familiar with Rongjingtang.

As soon as she came in today, she felt that something was wrong.

Wei Cang is used to being casual, and he never likes the fragrance in the house, so Cui Ji, as the duchess of the country, does not burn incense in Rongjingtang, and usually puts some bergamot orange fruit to add some fruity fragrance.

but incense is burned today.

Xie Zhiyun sniffed carefully, and smelled the smell of agarwood.

She looked at Mama Zhao and asked in a low voice, "Why did you burn the incense?" ”

Mama Zhao was surprised by her carefulness and intelligence, and replied in a low voice: "Madame has been taking medicine these days, and the medicine tastes bitter, which is called burning incense." ”

Xie Zhiyun replied in a low voice, his feet were lighter, and he quickly bypassed the hall and entered the bedroom.

The main house of the Guogong couple is very simple, not even as elegant as the Chunhuating where she and the halberd live, and there are not too many antique ornaments in the house.

Xie Zhiyun didn't look left and right, and directly followed Mama Zhao into the bedroom, standing quietly behind the screen and saluting.

"I've seen my mother."

The screen is also very simple, but it is a six-sided bamboo carved screen, which is only engraved with a landscape picture, which is not valuable at all.

Xie Zhiyun's voice fell, and Cui Ji's somewhat dry voice sounded: "Come in." ”

Xie Zhiyun took a few steps forward and bypassed the screen to the bed.

Cui Ji has been sick for the past two days, and she looks a lot haggard, her hair is loose on the top of her hair, and there is no makeup on her face, vaguely revealing her old age.

She leaned back on the cushion, wearing only a plain jacket, and her breathing was heavy.

"Sit down and talk."

Xie Zhiyun moved a chair by himself and put it on the edge of the bed to sit down.

"Why is it that my mother is more sick and weak today, but she wants to ask a doctor to come and take a look?" Xie Zhiyun was genuinely worried about her body.

Cui Ji smiled, his expression softened.

"It's just an old problem, in the early years, Grandpa Guo had not yet achieved today's foundation, it was inevitable that he was a little displaced, he suffered some injuries in the winter, and he couldn't recover later."

Cui Ji said very plainly: "You went home today, did something happen?" ”

Xie Zhiyun didn't hide it, and simply talked about the farce between his father and younger brother, and said: "Ah Xingzhi is wrong, and his father is also punished, and it will be fine in a few days." ”

Cui Ji sighed.

"There are only two of them in the family, father and son, once there is a conflict, it will inevitably make a lot of trouble, and now that you are married, you can't take care of it, you will indeed be anxious."

Cui Ji comforted her: "It's okay, the little boy is older, and he can understand some things, which is much better." ”

She had the heart to comfort her, and Xie Zhiyun was also polite and polite.

"What my mother said is that now I also want to look at one or two for Ah Xing, if I can make a family decision early, I can't say that he will be more sensible."

Cui Ji was a little surprised.

Langhuan's family is happy to marry late, Xie Zhiyun is now nineteen years old, and he has just gotten married, one or two years later than ordinary people, she remembers that Xie Zhixing is only more than fifteen this year, and Xie Zhiyun wants to show him.

Xie Zhiyun explained: "My father doesn't want to remarry, it's not okay to have no female head of the family in the family, there is still me, but now that I'm gone, many people are not very convenient." ”

When Cui Ji heard this, his tone was very relieved.

"You have been able to take care of the lintel of the Xie family since you were a child, and the housekeeping of the Guogong Mansion is much easier for you," Cui Ji said, "In the future, the Guogong Mansion will depend on you." ”

Xie Zhiyun didn't respond, but said, "Mother called me over, but I have something to say?" ”

Cui Ji said: "There is something to do." ”

"Grandpa Yongfeng Cang and Boqian should have already told you, I won't repeat it, you and Boqian discuss and act, and now I want to talk to you about the affairs of the family."

"There are not many things at home, and it looks like spring is about to begin, and I want to make two new clothes for one of the servants in the house, and one person and one bed of New Year quilts.

"Fabrics, cotton wool and other splendid edges are available, and the accounts are in Zheng Niangzi, you decide."

This is an old precedent to be found, and Xie Zhiyun is also handling these things in the Xie family, which is very handy.

"I understand, don't worry, mother, I will naturally look at the accounts one by one."

Cui Ji's expression became more and more relaxed.

She looked at Xie Zhiyun seriously and said: "In addition, you also take care of the garden plants and trees at home, how to change it as you like, I rarely visited the garden in the past, and your two concubines obviously don't have that vassal and elegant preference, only you can understand." ”

Xie Zhiyun couldn't help but smile when he heard her say this: "Mother, there are also lady and lady An, the two sisters also like to serve flowers and plants, I also asked the two of them when I went back, and it is not too late to serve the garden." ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you, too." Cui Ji smiled.

In fact, when Xie Zhiyun first married into the Suguo Mansion, it was just in time for the New Year.

Xie Zhiyun is not familiar with the place in life, so it is Cui Ji who is in charge of the ceremony, and this busy time is a whole month, and Xie Zhiyun is also familiar with Wei's and several in-laws.

After the first month and the New Year, Xie Zhiyun only occasionally said two or three words with Cui Ji, and it was the first time that he had such a long talk.

Maybe it's because Cui Ji is sick, or maybe she has seen too many things today, and her mood is a little different, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked very happily, and they were surprised by each other's carefulness and thoughtfulness, which is a rare temperament.

"In addition, the management of rice, flour, grain and oil, kitchen, firewood room, and water room is also handed over to you," Cui Ji said, "There are two warehouses at home, one is valuable, gold and silver, and one is commonly used, and the valuable keys in these two places are still placed here with me. ”

She was really relieved that Xie Zhiyun, the daughter-in-law of the original wife.

Xie Zhiyun said with a smile: "Yes, mother, don't worry, Mama Jia and Chaoyu beside me are also used to taking care of this matter, and they won't mess up." ”

Cui Ji finally felt at ease.

She didn't hold on anymore, and asked Xie Zhiyun to help her lie back on the bed, and then she breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, you got married this year, and you are such a showman, in previous years, at this time, I still have to take care of trivial things during my illness, which is really difficult." ”

Although Yu Hanzhao and Ji Xiuxiu entered the door a few months earlier than Xie Zhiyun, they also got married in the summer and autumn of last year, so there were only a few ladies in the mansion of the last year.

According to what Wei Cang said before, neither the second lady nor Mrs. Li had ever taken care of the house, no wonder Cui Ji was sick and tired.

Xie Zhiyun didn't admit it, she only said: "Mother, my daughter-in-law is young, and when there are always shortcomings, I have to rely on my mother's guidance." ”

Cui Ji clapped her hand and wanted to say a few words to her.

"Shuya suffered a lot when she was young, her mother was bent on seeking Buddha, and she was unwilling to discipline her since she was a child, I got pregnant not long after I married your father, Ah Yao was not in good health when she was young, I was in charge of three children alone, I was really tired."

"At that time, my grandfather was fighting everywhere and couldn't return home all year round, if it weren't for Boqian's sensible and obedient words, who could protect the safety of the family, the days would be even more difficult."

Cui Ji couldn't help but sigh: "Look at me, it's wrong to nag." ”

"Let's talk about the lady."

However, before Cui Ji finished speaking, Mama Zhao's voice came from outside: "Mrs. Ying, Madam is still sick, you have something to say to the old slave." ”

Immediately followed by Wei Ying's mean voice: "With you, you are not at home, can you also take care of the charcoal fire of the tired fasting?" ”

Cui Ji frowned, she looked at Xie Zhiyun, and said softly, "You help me up." ”

Xie Zhiyun helped her sit up again.

Cui Ji took a breath before saying, "You go and invite your aunt to come in and talk." ”

Xie Zhiyun didn't want to confront Wei Ying head-on, but it was not a way to be blocked in the house by her at the moment, so he still got up neatly, bypassed the screen and opened the door.

There was no one else standing in the outer room with an angry face on his face except Wei Ying.

She heard the sound of the door opening, looked up and saw Xie Zhiyun, and couldn't help but snort coldly.

"What, you have a good relationship with this stepmother?" Wei Ying's voice was not good, "Don't forget, she is not Boqian's biological mother." ”

Xie Zhiyun didn't pay attention to this sentence, she saluted Wei Ying and said lightly: "Auntie, mother, please go in and talk." ”

Wei Ying also had something to do today, so he didn't entangle with her and went directly into the bedroom.

Xie Zhiyun didn't follow up, she closed the door and came out to wait outside.

There was a faint sound of argument inside.

Xie Zhiyun's face was calm, she ate a bowl of tea, and saw that Mama Zhao was very anxious.

"Mama don't be anxious, my mother has just been lying down for a while, and her complexion is acceptable."

Mama Zhao sighed: "It's all old slaves who are useless, the people in the charcoal house will do the wrong thing if they don't urge for a few days, how can they give less charcoal fire in the tired house, the cousin is still sick, they immediately take a gesture as soon as they see that Mrs. Ying is sick, and they don't look at what kind of character Mrs. Ying is." ”

In a simple sentence, Xie Zhiyun understood that today's tired fasting charcoal fire was less.

It's a small thing.

She smiled and comforted: "It's okay, just give it enough, but it won't hurt your muscles and bones." ”

Sure enough, after she said this, the door of the bedroom was vigorously opened from the inside, and Wei Ying walked out quickly from the inside with a calm face, pointing directly at Xie Zhiyun.

"Your mother-in-law asked you to come with me to a charcoal house."

Xie Zhiyun's hand holding the teacup paused slightly, she looked at Mama Zhao, and then got up and said, "Okay aunt, you wait a while, I will come after saying goodbye to my mother." ”

Wei Ying didn't give her this opportunity: "What do you say?" ”

She snorted coldly: "You just come with me." ”

"What, afraid of me?"

Xie Zhiyun turned on his toes, looked at Wei Ying and smiled softly: "How come?" My aunt is very loving, and my niece will only admire her. ”

She followed: "Auntie, please go ahead, and my niece will follow." ”

She smiled, "Please." ”