In the middle of the night, it snowed heavily, and the people who got up in the morning pushed the door to see that the world was pure and snow-white, and they sighed into fog in the cold air, rubbed their hands and started a new day.

Hebai got up early in the morning and continued to play with Ning'er in the yard, and Ming Lanying was woken up by the laughter of the two.

Half-open in a daze, I felt that the quilt was warm, a little strange that last night's soup woman was so warm?

raised her hand to touch it, but touched the warm skin of another person, and she was so frightened that she pushed it out, but the person didn't push it, but she woke up.

Ye Jielu opened his eyes slightly, and when he saw that she woke up, he didn't let go, but hugged her tighter, "It's still early, it's okay today, the lady is sleeping for a while." ”

Ming Lanying was stunned, and the hot palm on her waist made her all red, "Why are you here!" Go down! ”

Ye Juelu didn't move, a good night's sleep, the handsome face that slept was flushed with warmth, the ink hair of the two was entangled on the pillow, there was no coldness on weekdays, and it was still a little soft, and the thin lips moved twice, "Last night, the lady said that it was cold, and the husband naturally had to stay to warm the bed for the lady." ”

Ming Lanying's memory came back, she wasn't drunk last night, but she was upset and drank alcohol, and she was a little sluggish and confused, and when she saw Ye Jielu here, she felt that he was very warm, let him stay, it was she who opened her mouth! Embarrassed and embarrassed, Ming Lanying had no choice but to cover her face and pretend to be dead.

They are nominally husband and wife, and they slept together on the same kang when they were on the side, and there is no need to be pretentious now, but now they are too close.

The temperature of the people around her was still so smoked that her whole person was like a cooked shrimp, so she had to bury herself in the quilt and said in a muffled voice: "It's dawn, you should get up, eat chicken soup wontons and egg cakes this morning, you let the kitchen prepare." ”

Ye Jielu answered lazily, with the soft fragrance in his arms, so he didn't want to get up so early.

Ming Lanying rubbed her itchy ears, and the man's low and magnetic voice when he got up in the morning was as pleasant as a silky and rich cello sound, which made people's hearts tremble.

Ming Lanying waited for a long time, and the big palm on her waist showed no sign of withdrawing, and she couldn't help pinching a piece of meat on the back of her hand to pull away.

"Get out of it and get up."

She pinched a piece of the back of her hand ruthlessly, but Ye Jielu didn't feel much pain, her arm was forced, and she hugged it tighter, buried her head in the quilt and took a deep breath, suppressing the slightest restlessness in her heart before letting go.

"Okay, up."

Ye Jielu got up and dressed, and saw that the snow outside was paved, because Hebai and Ning'er were going to play, so the next person didn't shovel, afraid that she would fall later, so he turned his head and said, "The snow outside hasn't been shoveled yet, you are sleeping for a while." ”

Ming Lanying was still stuffy in the quilt and didn't come out, and the muffled voice asked him to hurry up, Ye Jielu laughed softly. The emperor was right, she didn't hate him, she had a chance.

Hebai and Ning'er piled up four big snowmen, clapping their hands and admiring them, and when they turned their heads, they saw Ye Jielu coming out of Ming Lanying's house with a spring breeze on his face.

Hebai was stunned for a moment, pointed at Ye Juelu in surprise, and then pointed to the room, opening his mouth wide and holding back a word for a long time.

Ye Jielu passed by and kicked her, "Shovel the excess snow, your sister-in-law will get up to make breakfast later, the snow is slippery, if you fall, you should be careful that you will not have breakfast in the future." ”

Hebai sighed, and hurriedly went to find a shovel to shovel the snow, Ning'er didn't understand why she reacted so much when she saw her father come out of her mother's house.

Hebai shoveled snow while laughing obscenely, "You are still young, this is a symbol of proving your father's good feelings, since you came to the capital, when did your father and mother sleep in a room?" ”

Ning Er suddenly realized, he had also asked Ming Lanying why he wanted to sleep in a separate room before, Ming Lanying fooled him that the bed was too small, he took it seriously, sure enough, it was his father who made his mother unhappy! But now it's okay!

Ning'er shook her head regretfully, "It's a pity that Ning'er has grown up and can't sleep with her father." ”

Hebai rubbed his little head, "Ning'er is also going to become a big child, when you grow up next year, I will teach you our ancestral boxing techniques!" ”

"Hmm!"

Ming Lanying pretended to be dead in the house for a long time, and then dressed and washed as usual, as if it was a white girl who had a constant heating stove, it was not a big problem.

Ming Lanying cooked, the kitchen lady in the house was temporarily on vacation, the family rolled up their sleeves and wrapped the wontons for breakfast, Ming Lanying also spread a basket of egg cakes, and fried a basket of fritters and sweet cakes by the way.

After breakfast, Ye Juelu wanted to enter the palace to discuss some matters of the New Year with the emperor, and Ming Lanying asked him to call the golden eagle to come and send a letter.

At noon, the Golden Eagle King was late, "Woman, what's the big deal with calling this king." ”

Ming Lanying rolled up a letter and tied it to its paws, "Go to Biansai to send a letter to Ming Langtao, Ming Langtao still remembers, right?" The prefect's one. ”

The golden eagle waved its claws, "Of course this king remembers, is this letter important?" This king also wants to see Chunfen, I heard that you mortals are about to celebrate the New Year, and this king is going to pay New Year's greetings to Chunfen. ”

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows and looked at it playfully, "Okay, I'll teach you how to write Chunfen's name, you go back and tell the emperor that this is your partner, and the emperor will let you go." ”

The Golden Eagle King nodded, the words would not be recognized, but imitation was not a problem, Ming Lanying taught it to press it out with its claws one by one, and the Golden Eagle King flew back to the palace happily after imitating it.

Ming Lanying hurriedly shouted: "Send the letter first and then go to see your Chunfen!" ”

The golden eagle whistled to indicate that it knew.

Hebai heard the call of the golden eagle and poked out his head, "Sister-in-law, the golden eagle is here?" ”

Ming Lanying stretched her waist and sighed, "Yes, it wants to take a few days off from the emperor to go to a neighboring country to see its partner, and it is really not easy to have a long-distance relationship." ”

"Huh? What is a long-distance relationship? ”

Ming Lanying explained two sentences to Hebai, and Hebai learned a new word, and ran to the barracks to find his brother to share.

Taiyi is usually haunted, unless it is Ye Jielu or Ming Lanying who calls him, otherwise Hebai usually can't find anyone in the mansion.

Ming Lanying was about to go to the school to study at Ning'er, so Steward Wang hurriedly came with a bunch of account books and a book.

"Madame, slowly, it's almost the end of the year, this is the accounts of this year's house, please look at it; This is the list of purchases and current subordinates in the house this year, please take a look at it; This is the greeting sticker and invitation for the next few days of the New Year, please make a decision by the lady; This is the arrangement and matter of the New Year's Pass, please decide on the Madame, and these ......"

Ming Lanying was stunned and looked at the pile of ledgers that suddenly appeared on the tea table, and faintly felt that her head was big, and she resisted and pushed it away.

"Steward Wang, what are you doing to show me these all of a sudden?"

Steward Wang bowed respectfully, "This is the right of the lady's housekeeper, the previous lady has not come, the small one is temporarily taken care of, and now the lady is here, but the lord told the lady to work weekdays, and he can't bear to be tired of the lady, so he can see it once every six months." ”

Ming Lanying held her forehead and sighed, "The king is very good at taking care of things, you can continue to take care of it, you don't need to show me, Mrs. Ben trusts you." ”

Steward Wang was immediately full of gratitude, and knelt down with a plop, "Little Mrs. Xie appreciates!" But the ability of the small is limited, and some major matters still need to be decided by the wife, and the wife is invited to look at it. ”

Ming Lanying saw that she couldn't hide, so she had to pick up the account book and work overtime.

crossed out a few unnecessary expenses, and found that the several shops purchased by Steward Wang were very profitable, and by the way, a few words of praise, Steward Wang modestly reviewed and reflected, and made up his mind to ensure that it would get better and better.

This motivation is rooted in Ming Lanying's heart, with such an active and struggling housekeeper, she, the head of half of the family, is a little lazy.

It's no problem to read the account books carefully, and look through the list of people in the house, the people in the house sign the lifelong death deed, from the name, age, place of origin, remember where the ability is, how many people in the family, where the ancestral grave is written, the huge house is no more than a hundred, each of which is fully used, and there is no more than one, which can be regarded as a search to the extreme.

Originally, five or six servants were arranged for several masters, but they didn't like to be served, so they were all dismissed, so that there were more than a dozen fewer subordinates who were already scarce.

The mansion is big, there are not many people, the masters also like to be quiet and have few things, there is no better errand than this, and the people in the house are also carefully screened, and they are very satisfied.

"This year is also hard, each person will be rewarded with two months of monthly silver, and the New Year's Day will take turns to rest for seven days, and no one in the house can take care of it." Ming Lanying closed the list and looked at the honest and shrewd Wang Steward, "You have also worked hard, you have to work hard during the New Year, you will take care of it again, and reward three months of moon silver." ”

"It's not hard, being able to work in the Commander's Mansion is a blessing that the little ones have cultivated for several lifetimes, and the little ones have thanked Mrs. for them first!"

Ming Lanying patted the charter booklet of the New Year's affairs, "Let's follow this for the New Year, as for these worship stickers, push those who can push them, and send some suitable return gifts, your father's identity is special, and he has never been in contact with anyone before, and now he doesn't have to cater to it, after all, he has to avoid suspicion when doing things in front of the emperor." ”

"Yes, the little one has been noted."

The steward bowed and hurried away, holding a pile of books.

Ming Lanying dangled her feet and admired the snow and waited for the New Year, Ye Jielu was busy with the New Year's affairs in the capital these days, and was arrested by the emperor to be a strong man, because the old man Ming was punished to think about it behind closed doors, and there were some things about the old man Ming, which was also scattered to Ye Juelu's head, obviously he was only a third-grade military attaché, but he was doing the work of a first-class prime minister, and the people in the court were not surprised.

A month ago, I wrote to Tang Ning, saying that I would come back for the New Year, and now I should be in the capital soon, and I will come to her during the New Year, and the letter talks about eating the dishes she made herself.

As soon as the Golden Eagle King arrived at the palace, he wrote the word Chunfen in front of the emperor, but the emperor still didn't understand the ghost drawing, or the queen on the side understood the traces of the strokes, and the half-guessed half-guessed was right, the Golden Eagle King was very satisfied with her, and the emperor laughed and agreed, so that it would bring its partner back to this for the New Year earlier.

Just when Ming Lanying thought that she would be able to spend the New Year with peace of mind this year, the news that Xiao San brought back from Biansai made her heart tremble.

The two letters made her more and more afraid, and when the Golden Eagle King arrived at the side, he met Xiao San, so he asked Xiao San to write a reply letter and bring it back, and it flew to the neighboring country to find Chunfen by itself.

A letter was written by Imperial Physician Zhao, and he was relieved after reading the persuasion letter written by Ming Lanying and Ye Juelu, but he was still known by the people in the village.

What's even more excessive is that a while ago, when I fed the lambs in the evening of winter and summer, the two steps were taken advantage of by a group of hooligans, wanting to take the opportunity to bully winter and summer, but fortunately I was beaten away by Meng Huaisu who happened to be passing by, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

In those two days, Imperial Physician Zhao did not let Dong Xia go out, and the lamb and chicken cubs next door were temporarily taken care of by Meng Huaisu, and Meng Huaisu did not refuse in the face of Imperial Physician Zhao.

Later, Ming Lanying's letter to Ming Langtao arrived, and Ming Langtao also learned about it from Meng Huaisu, so frightened that he sent four caretakers to guard the ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhao family on the spot, and asked Meng Huaisu to take people to arrest those hooligans and come back and punish them severely, and they were locked in the prefect's prison and their tongues were pulled out.

Ming Langtao temporarily entrusted the ancestors and grandsons of the Zhao family to Meng Huaisu with a serious face, "The ancestors and grandsons of the Zhao family are people valued by Ye Jielu and Ming Lanying, you must take care of them, in case something happens to those two people, don't be the prefect who I have been waiting for for so long, Ming Lanying will definitely skin you and me first." ”

“…… The subordinates understood. ”

Meng Huaisu didn't know what was written in Ming Lanying's letter to Ming Langtao, but seeing Ming Langtao's nervous and scared appearance, it shouldn't be a good thing.

The second letter was written by Ming Langtao, who sincerely wrote the course and result of the incident clearly, and the two men and two women who were sent to the home nursing home were also agile and tight-mouthed, so she didn't have to worry, and he also dealt with the matchmakers in the village.

There is one point, Dong Xia seems to have been frightened a lot, and he hasn't been out of the house for three days after he went back, Imperial Doctor Zhao is worried, and he keeps enlightening, but he only hears Dong Xia's cry.

Ming Langtao's letter wrote a little more than Imperial Doctor Zhao, Meng Huaisu only found out when he heard the cry when he passed by the grove, and when he hurried to save people, several coats and middle coats in winter and summer had been stripped off, revealing close-fitting underwear, and there were a few sparrows that were knocked out next to him, four or five hooligans pressed their hands and pressed their feet, and they pressed their hands on a little girl who had no power to tie the chicken.

Fortunately, Meng Huaisu arrived in time and saved her before the loss of Dongxia's skirt, but the stimulation for Dongxia was still not small.

Meng Huaisu sent her home, Dong Xia locked herself in the house in a trance for three days and didn't come out, if it weren't for the two little squirrels who were clever and found that she tried to hang herself and scratch off the cloth in time, there would be no Zhao Dongxia in this world.

The more Ming Lanying thought about it, the more scared she became, and she didn't feel at ease, she wanted Hebai to go to Biansai, but it was too far, and she had to enter the summer every time she came and went, so she couldn't wait to fly back now.

Ye Jielu couldn't see her anxious look, and forcibly hugged her comfortingly, "With Ming Langtao here, he will arrange it properly, with Imperial Doctor Zhao here, Dong Xia is also a strong child, there will be no more trouble, don't panic." ”

Ming Lanying held his arm tightly, trembled her lips and said: "Why don't I panic, this is a desperate and terrible thing for anyone, if it weren't for Meng Huai's timely arrival, Dong Xia was afraid that he would bite his tongue and kill himself on the spot!" The child has his own stubbornness, there is such a big thing, I am afraid that I want to hang the beam that day, fortunately, the little squirrel is clever, and it is found and saved in time, otherwise it will be winter and summer! She's ...... I can't wait to kill and tear those scum apart now! ”

Ye Jielu hugged her tightly, and his big palm went from the back of her head to her back, "It's okay, Dongxia is okay now, there is a little squirrel, there is Zhao Lao, they will all look at her, Dongxia is still a good child, and she will be strong." ”

Ming Lanying buried herself in his arms and said in a muffled voice, "It's too difficult, Dongxia herself knows that this desperate darkness will always linger in her heart, once this thing spreads in the village, she will be pointed at by the villagers, her grandfather will be poked in the back, and there is no hope of even living......"

Ye Jielu hugged her tightly, "No, no third person will know about this matter, I will let Ming Langtao deal with it, don't worry, I am here." ”