Chapter 37: Affectionate but fearful for no reason
The post station had news as early as a month ago that it had been able to take care of a "room that could live in people". Dafang Zhen Zhiwen's wife, although she is only the daughter-in-law of the housekeeper in name, has to be careful because of the solemnity of her husband's entrustment.
Last time, the Hu family punished a few small ones, but Zhen Zhiwen took the opportunity to regain the power of the housekeeper.
But the Hu family has been in charge of the family for so many years, and they are all her people, inside and out.
This is a family matter of the Zhen family, no matter how capable Shen Qingshuang is, he can only knock on the side and give Zhen Lian ideas.
However, the two kings of Shen and Lian really can't bring the bronze of the You family.
You Shi is young, and he still comes out of the family of ploughing and reading poetry and books, and if he wants to respect his mother and maid, he can't blush with the people around Hu.
It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and You Shi rushed ducks to the shelves, so she had to give up a piece of dough for the sake of her husband's future.
She scraped together, first borrowed a pair of glazed flower bottles from the second room, and then asked her younger siblings for a yellow rosewood Taishi chair.
Since everyone has a share and everyone is responsible, even the Hu family, who has always been stingy, has to open the warehouse and invite a Nanmu hanging flower thousand-worker stepping bed that even Mama Shen has not enjoyed, which can be considered appropriate.
The third room is the house of a female official, although she is the richest, but the person who talks is not there, and no one is the master, so it is not good to take out the things in the house.
Jia Yu is about the same age as Zhen Ying, and his parents are generally not around. You Shi didn't know how to grasp the scale, and after thinking about it for a long time, he opened his mouth timidly.
"It's easy to talk about everything in the house, but the window screens and bed sheets are all half-old, and this time it's a distinguished guest, and it looks a little disrespectful to use these old fine and soft."
So even the two youngest received an errand to bring out a set of beds and drapes within a month.
Although Jia Yu is young and the female workers are average, how can her grandmother be willing to give up her little ancestor's automatic needlework?
Her house is full of good things, and she can pick them up casually.
Zhen Ying is a mute, and the embroidery is not the best among the sisters, You Shi pity her for only letting her embroider a stove cover, so she doesn't need to stay up late to light the lamp, but only do it slowly every morning and dusk.
But three days ago, there was news that the distinguished guest was in an important position, and according to the practice of this dynasty, he still had to live in a post station.
You Shi's room was suddenly full of ladies from all rooms collecting debts.
She only said that the news from the master's side was not accurate for a while, and she refused to return anything, so angry that the old lady refused to have dinner for three days in a row.
Zhen Ying ate a whole pastry that she couldn't eat on weekdays, and her heart was full of gratitude to the distinguished guest who was full of variables.
For three days in a row, although the daughters-in-law had big fish and meat, they still thought about their little family background, and the children were carefree, but they had a good time.
Zhen Ying finally caught up with a pair of stove covers, and the cook looked at her sharply while helping her stuff silkworm sand and mulberry hemp into it: "Cherry, go with Miss Fourth to send that box of osmanthus cake to the ancestors, don't be greedy on the way."
Zhen Ying knew that the last half of the sentence was actually for herself.
The men all went to the post station with the uncle to meet the guests, and Zhen Ying's sisters had to attend classes and practice, so they couldn't give up halfway.
She took a half-day off by herself, and took out a notebook to read in the house.
Shen Mama's class, she didn't have the opportunity to listen, but fortunately, Sister Man'er's house in the second room is a bookstore, and she is often brought in to help copy books.
The lattice of the window lattice was opened smaller, Zhen Ying simply moved a recliner to the tree to cool off, and watched the fine spots of light scattered between the leaves with relish, and fell asleep after a while.
Not long after she fell asleep, her house was surrounded by the gate of the servants, and the uninformed country women did not know whether it was a blessing or a curse, and they all ran into the big house.
After a while, the uncle came back and said that the distinguished guests would arrive soon, and asked if the house had been cleaned up before the month, and asked the female dependents to avoid it.
After about a stick of incense, Zhen Zhiwen, the eldest son of the long house, personally opened the door, only to see a few young people riding horses and galloping first, leading a man with a quail complement on his robe, who turned out to be an official master!
Zhen Zhiwen led a few brothers to bow their heads, and the old man hurriedly jumped off the horse to greet him and said goodbye, saying, "The prince is still behind, please come over." With that, a few people led the horses, and several old and young masters who served the Zhen family's big house and side branches got on the horses, and personally led the people back.
The rest of Zhen Zhiwu and the other old and young masters all secretly hung their heads in their hearts, just because they were lazy and didn't learn to ride and shoot when they were young, and they missed an opportunity to meet the nobles in vain.
Zhen Ying can be regarded as having gained insight in the crowd: several officials who are commanding on weekdays have completely changed, especially the county lord's brother-in-law Yan Zhutou, who used to not take much care of Zhen Zhiwen, the current head of the Zhen family, but now he politely greeted the rest of the gentlemen.
Zhen Zhiyong, who was in the fifth room, could not hide his disappointment, and pulled the official and asked, "Isn't the prince coming?" Several officials looked at each other, and no one could answer, and the festive atmosphere in the original mansion was swept away, and even Zhen Ying could see the loss of these people.
It was another half of the tea, Zhen Zhiwu Pegasus in the second room came, and brought a few carriages, the prince said that he wanted to treat, and the brothers of the Zhen Mansion came.
The rest of the women and children had nothing to do, so You Shi sprinkled and swept the yard, prepared their own decanting soup, and the gentlemen went to socialize, and the ladies naturally had to prepare.
Zhen Ying no longer had any female jobs at hand, so she was named by You Shi and went to the stove with Zhen Man in the second room to watch the fire.
Late at night, Zhen Ying was dozing off in front of the stove, and it was silent at this time, so some noises could be heard clearly.
It seemed to be a few horses, and gradually the voice sounded, Zhen Ying distinguished, and suddenly it was a horse team!
She hurriedly jumped up and put on her clothes, and took a look in the courtyard, good fellow, the huge red lanterns lit up the courtyard, and the ladies in the room were actually awake.
The leader of the horse team had a white face and a shrill voice: "Is there a girl who hasn't slept yet for the prince to see?" ”
Late at night, I called the female dependents, the second and third rooms were a little confused, and muttered in my heart, thinking that the prince did not bring the female dependents when he traveled, but I was afraid that there was a person on the bed who wanted to wait.
The daughter-in-law of the second room and Jia Yu's nurse originally took a step forward together, and suddenly glanced at each other, thinking of the appearance of the Hu family, the nobles in the palace are afraid that it is a hundred times more difficult to serve than her.
For a while, the two of them didn't dare to respond, and looked at each other again, each suspicious, knowing that if it was a good errand, why didn't you go? His eyes rolled again, and he only replied that he didn't have a girl.
Zhen Man and Zhen Ying watched the fire on the stove together, but Zhen Man was lazy and was called to sleep by her mother early.
Zhen Ying's mother died early, knowing that her aunt was powerful, although Zhen Man told her to rest early when she was leaving, she didn't dare to move at all, so she had to honestly watch the fire for Zhen Man.
She has her own skills, and she also understands the national conditions of Central, and knows that under the national sports system, it is difficult for someone to disadvantage herself. When he heard his name called, he followed him into the carriage.
This time, the carriage was a few points bigger than what I had seen in the daytime, and the four tall horses, the red color of the water, were generally tall. The octagonal of the top of the sedan car, each hung a glazed air dead wind lamp, gently swaying with the evening breeze, the dim candle flame actually reflected the fantastic brilliance. The gold tassels on the sedan curtain are fine and dense, intertwined into a quiet sound, which is a luxury that Zhen Ying has never thought of in her life.
A well-dressed little chamberlain knelt in front of the carriage, the clothes were actually sewn on silk, and he was the chief butler of the Zhen family.
Zhen Ying looked at him blankly, I don't know what the intention is, and after a while, a yellow bird girl voice came from inside: Don't you want to serve the young lady to get in the car?
Zhen Ying was surrounded by people and stepped on the small yellow door to get into the car. The boy knelt very steadily, Zhen Ying stepped on his back, his feet seemed to fall to the ground, but his heart drifted away as if in the clouds.
She opened her mouth to ask what the boy had done wrong. Why let yourself step on his back? But she's mute.
There was incense in the carriage, and a flower-like young lady sat in it, and when she saw her coming, her brows furrowed slightly.
Zhen Ying didn't know what she meant, but she just observed her words and looks, and when she saw that the noble man frowned, she subconsciously knelt down.
But when I saw the girl in a gorgeous costume, she was suddenly shocked: "Miss, get up quickly, break the maid!" ”