Since moving into Xu Xiaotang, Eleven Niang's daily life is more fulfilling than when she was in Wuyiyuan, and Mrs. Wei's academic supervision and teaching is more severe than that of Xiao's, which will certainly not make Eleven Niang feel difficult, but fortunately, the "progress" has advanced by leaps and bounds, greatly reducing her pretending to be ignorant and "only sparse" for a period of time. In addition, Mrs. Wei always has some grandchildren who come to visit the province of An Chenghuan, or the female relatives of the clan visit the door, Eleven Niang is not only much closer to her brothers and sisters in the family, but also has to be called by Mrs. Wei to meet guests from time to time, as if she has become a busy person.

In addition, Xiao Xiaojiu, the hairy child, was involved in the punishment of the ban on the eleventh mother that day, but Liu Shaoqing also felt that this was a great opportunity to get close to his daughter, and actually agreed, the eleventh mother had to accompany the pair of big and small naughty children to stay in the library to "read a lot of books", of course, compared to San Lang and Xiao Xiaojiu's three-day grounding, even at night only in the pavilion "lying on the ground", Eleven Niang was allowed to go back to Xuxiao Hall at night.

Fortunately, she also loved to read, and she didn't feel that this "grounding" was boring, but she couldn't stand Xiao Xiaojiu's heart and mind about "winning back a game".

This one has a poisonous tongue, whether it is the two concubines in the second room, or Qi Niang and other girls, none of them have not been ridiculed by his "evaluation", implicated in Eleven Niang and also suffered a lot of white eyes, who let Xiao Xiaojiu compare her with others at every turn, and trample on her brothers and sisters by lifting her, which simply "cultivated" Eleven Niang into a special big tree, and the hairy child is still happy to do it, and he hates Eleven Niang grinding his teeth.

Even the baboon born to Bai Ji, an infant child who can only cry or giggle, has not escaped the typical "Xiao Jiu Commentary" - Xiao Brother's eyes are not as smart as Eleventh Sister, and his eyebrows are not as delicate as Eleventh Sister.

After speaking, he poked the baboon's eyebrows with his fingers, which caused the child to "pounce" and "pounce" two mouthfuls of droplets, Xiao Xiaojiu jumped to his feet and wailed: "It's far less well-behaved and reasonable than the eleventh sister." ”

Eleven Niang: ......

In addition, through these days of getting along with Mrs. Wei day and night, Eleven Niang will of course have more understanding than before.

Mrs. Wei does not smile a lot on the surface, as if she is stern, but in fact, as long as the younger generations take the initiative to get close, she is not bored, but whenever the grandchildren ask her about any doubts and difficulties, she is also happy to give advice, in fact, she is not very silent and silent, and her temperament is quite generous.

After Eleven Niang observed this situation, she was naturally very well-behaved, and she would stick to Mrs. Tai at every turn to ask this and that, and she had a better understanding of the internal clan affairs of the Liu family.

On this day, she saw that Mrs. Wei was free, so she deliberately mentioned a sentence: "Today, the third brother was taught a lesson by the fourth sister again, because the fourth sister learned that the third brother rewarded the servant with thousands of dollars, and scolded the third brother for not knowing thrift and chasing luxury, but I also often see the eldest mother and mother rewarding the servants with silk silk, so I don't know if the fourth sister's lesson is ignored, and the third brother doesn't know if he will feel wronged." ”

When the eleventh lady was in the no clothing garden, she knew that although the Xiao family did not like the current aristocracy keen on the flowers, magnificent, whether it was the room or the clothes and hair accessories were very elegant and simple, but it was also not close to the thrifty simplicity, take the clothes as an example, although they did not like the fashionable gold thread dense embroidery Huaguang color, but the texture of the clothing is not even ordinary and valuable, such as the silk must be Yuezhou boutique, light Luo must be a precious monofilament, the color seems to be elegant, but in fact it is different from the common on the market, and I don't know how to dye it. Eleven Niang even suspected that Xiao secretly opened a dyeing workshop and used secret recipes to dye clothes, so that it could be so different.

Of course, the dress is not vegan, there are also embroidered patterns for decoration, but the embroidery is more different from the common, should be from the Xiao family painting, unique, back to wear to invite or meet guests, will be pulled by the ladies to look at the embroidery on the clothes, is Qiao's, several skirts at a glance is modeled after Xiao's, but unfortunately the color can not be completely consistent, but there is a slight difference, the elegant beauty is greatly discounted.

In short, the Xiao family is very particular about food, clothing, and drinking, and lives an extraordinarily elegant life, and refuses to treat himself badly.

Mrs. Wei is also better than the Xiao family.

Mrs. Tai is especially particular about diet, three meals a day, the dishes and pastries are all exquisite, the color and flavor are all three, this is not counting, Eleven Niang heard that Mrs. Tai has hired a lot of blister cooks from various states and counties at any cost, and the number is no less than thirty people. There are also stewards of various granges and shops, who collect a lot of local food preparation methods for Mrs. Tai, and transcribe them back to Chang'an every year, and hand them over to the kitchen to cook for the master to taste.

Just one example, in the southwest border wild Tsubaki seedlings, tender and delicious, Mrs. Tai loves to eat, for this reason does not hesitate to make people go thousands of miles to pick, it is said that in order to keep its freshness and tenderness, even the planting soil is dug together, and the local mountain spring is also taken on the way to irrigate, even so, on the way can not be delayed at all, must be day and night, so as not to leave the Tsubaki seedlings for a long time to be familiar with the soil and water environment and die, because the food only takes fresh and tender, return to the big waste and return to Beijing of course will not be too much, transport back immediately to eat, cooking is not cumbersome, wash and mix with soybean oil, a little sauce and vinegar, Then use the method of Tianzhu boiling to obtain a little sugar, and finally sprinkle into the Persian Hu merchants to sell to Chang'an pepper, Bi Pa and other spices, and put it in a jade white glass bowl, before it can be presented to the table for Mrs. Tai and the hosts to enjoy.

It looks like just a bowl of wild vegetables, not precious, but after some twists and turns, the value is about two acres of fertile land!

Fortunately, the Tsubaki seedlings are only fresh and delicious in spring, and Mrs. Tai can only eat them twice a year - "only" four or five acres of land for more than 1,000 yuan.

With these two family members as role models, the quality of life of the owners of Liufu can be seen, however, Liu Zhen, as the eldest granddaughter of the grandson, does not pursue "quality" very much, but follows thrift and self-discipline, and of course will also be a law by the way.

And Eleven Niang is not unaware of the root cause of Ah Zhen's "difference" - it should be her aunt's previous restraint and teaching.

But at this time, she asked Mrs. Wei so much, of course, with ulterior motives.

I saw Mrs. Wei frowning slightly, as if she was a little helpless: "Siniang usually has nothing bad, that's it...... Our family, although the children and nephews should not be poor and extravagant, but they should not be too simple, losing the prestige of the family is one thing, life is short in the world, is it a pity to treat yourself badly? Why bother with things outside of your body. ”

Eleven Niang flashed her eyes: "In this way, is it the fault of the fourth sister?" ”

Mrs. Tai shook her head again, as if she didn't know how to explain this problem reasonably, and said after a while: "If the family is down-and-out and life is stretched, of course you should act diligently and thriftily, and you should not pursue vanity, but you are obviously born in wealth, as long as it does not hurt the etiquette, of course, you don't waste money on the sound of dogs and horses, but it is not good for your body and mind, but should you abandon the brocade clothes and jade food and do not enjoy it, and live in the ugly hemp is considered noble?" For this reputation, I just think it's not worth it. ”

Seeing that the little girl seemed to understand or not, Mrs. Tai smiled slightly: "Your third brother rewarded the servants, and he did not do anything wrong, you must know that the servants between the master and the servant must be loyal and sincere to the master, and the master must also protect the servants with food and clothing...... It's just Siniang's words, but it's not wrong, it's just too harsh. ”

"But didn't the eldest mother tell the fourth sister that she shouldn't be cruel to herself?"

Mrs. Tai laughed out loud at this time: "It's because I spoke too seriously just now, just because your fourth sister's mother has always been thrifty and housekeeping, and she also taught your fourth sister like this, and it is because she is self-disciplined everywhere, and she can't be said to be harsh." ”

Eleven Niang was still "puzzled" and asked: "Could it be that the mother of the world was born in the past, so she was born in the past, so she lived in the rich and thought of the poor, and taught the fourth sister to be thrifty and self-disciplined?" ”

"Your deceased mother was also from a famous family, but her mother's family is not of a different race, and she has always been thrifty."

"Is the fourth sister's family the same as ours? Is it also in Kyoto? But why have I never heard the fourth sister mention the foreign family? ”

Eleven Niang saw that Mrs. Tai was stunned, but she didn't have any displeasure, and said: "Your fourth sister's foreign family, Jingzhao Pei's family, used to be the same as us, a famous family, your mother's father used to be the minister of state, and the elder brother used to be a saint Taifu. ”

Eleven Niang was surprised: "It turns out that the fourth sister's royal father is a high-ranking official!" She observed that there seemed to be complex emotions in Mrs. Tai's eyes, and there was a little sadness and no other meaning to describe it, and her heart was measured, but suddenly she grabbed Mrs. Tai's arm like an initiation: "Eldest mother, if the fourth sister's royal father is Pei Xiang...... Isn't it, isn't it...... Didn't Pei Xiang commit the crime of great rebellion, so that he was exterminated! ”