Spring Festival Courtyard.

In the laughter, the embroidered orange sent the warbler out. Xiu Tang said: "Thank you Miss Bao on behalf of our girl, and when our girl is good in the future, we will always thank you in person." ”

Ying'er smiled and said, "It's just a medicinal meal, it's not worth it." Miss Bao and the second girl are sisters, relatives, so it seems to be an outsider. You take care of the second girl, I'll go. ”

"Hmm." Embroidered oranges should be down, and they went into the courtyard to be busy.

After a while, I thought that it was going to be noon, so I had to go out to get lunch for the second girl. When I arrived at the door, I saw Ying'er pinching the peach branches on the peach tree in front of the door.

In the twilight of spring, the peach blossoms bloomed, and when the second girl moved over, although she was sick, she was happy to see the peach blossoms, and it also made people break some points with their sisters. Although Baochai took it with a smile, she said that she didn't like these flowers and plants. Unexpectedly, the big girl next to Baochai came to the door to pinch the peach branches.

Xiu Tangerine didn't like it, although this peach tree was not in the yard, but in front of the door, who wanted to pinch the peach branch, always have to talk to the two girls in the yard, where is there such a reason not to ask for self-infliction?

But thinking that someone had just sent the medicinal food, the embroidered orange was stuffy in my heart. Thinking that if I bumped into it at this time, it would be difficult to speak, so it was better to pretend not to see it and go out after a while. So he pouted, and the embroidered orange turned back and returned to the main room.

happened to bump into Si Qi, and Si Qi said, "Why haven't you gone yet?" The girl's appetite has improved in the past two days, but she doesn't dare to delay eating. ”

Xiu Tang lowered his voice and said, "Do you think it's weird? Earlier, she gave Miss Bao a peach branch, and she said no, but now the maid next to Miss Bao is pinching the peach branch by herself. ”

Si Qi hated Wu and Wu, because the Xue family and Li Weijian had a quarrel earlier, so he didn't want to see the Xue family in his heart, even Baochai and Ying'er. Because he snorted coldly and said: "In the end, it is from a merchant family, there are no rules and no education, if it weren't for the fact that I was still close to our girl, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to it." After a pause, he said, "I'll take a look, if I don't leave, I'll have to drive people out." ”

Xiu Tang said: "It's not good to make trouble because of such a trivial matter." ”

Si Qi frowned and said, "You still don't know our girl's temperament?" If we don't fight, the girl may be bullied in the future! Guarding the girl, I'll go back as soon as I go. ”

After receiving the food box in Xiutang's hand, Si Qi walked out of the small courtyard quickly. Coincidentally, this time, Zi Ying'er pinched the peach branch and left a long time ago, so Si Qi was silently lucky and went all the way to the kitchen.

The kitchen is in the middle of the East Compound, and it is not far to the place.

Greeting the mother-in-law in charge, Si Qi handed over the food box. There are only a few things at noon today, a fragrant meat, a stack of four Aiwowo, a yellow bud and three silks, a milk skin, and a bowl of tea soup.

The sister-in-law Liu, who was in charge of the affairs, knew that Si Qi had a bad temper, so she only put the food in the food box according to the rules, but she didn't say a superfluous word.

In the vegetarian day, Si Qi immediately picked up the food box and left. But now it's different......

Si Qi suddenly remembered what Li Weijian said, the body deed is not good and she asks the second grandmother for it, and it is only right that she must follow the second girl over. Because of this, he held back his temperament, groped for a silver barley from the sweat towel around his waist, approached Sister-in-law Liu, and forced a smile to say, "Sister-in-law Liu? ”

"Huh?" Sister-in-law Liu looked over, but saw Si Qi stiffly handing over a silver barley.

Sister-in-law Liu was extremely surprised and said, "This is?" ”

Si Qiqiang said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Liu, our girl moved over alone, and I will not trouble you in the future, this money will be used to play naughty, and I will not be able to have a good sister-in-law Liu in the future." ”

"Huh? Eh, look at what that's said. Sister-in-law Liu took it and smiled from ear to ear. I secretly wondered in my heart, who said that Si Qi was a charcoal man? Isn't that easy to talk about?

After weighing it again, this silver barley is less to say two taels, eh, this generosity is comparable to red jade.

Sister-in-law Liu smiled immediately: "Don't worry, I can still speak in this kitchen, and in the future, I will be short of anyone, and I will not be short of the second girl." ”

Si Qi bowed his head and said, "Then it will bother Sister-in-law Liu." ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

Si Qi picked up the food box and left, leaving only Sister-in-law Liu secretly surprised. I don't know why this chess game has changed his sex, but whatever? Everything on the side is fake, but only the coin is real.

Si Qi returned with the food box, and as soon as he entered the small courtyard, he heard constant noise.

Xiu Tang shouted: "This medicinal food is for the girl, why did you eat it?" ”

But I heard Mama Wang say: "The second girl is my grandmother, what happened to me when I took a mouthful of her medicinal food?" You little hoof, you can't see the height of your eyebrows, believe it or not, I looked for the eldest lady in the future, and turned my head to send you with a boy? ”

Si Qi Fang was just doing a small one, and he was already suppressing his anger, but when he heard that Mama Wang came to rely on the old and sell the old again, her heart suddenly became nameless, where could she bear it?

She took a big stride into the middle, put down the food box and glanced at the embroidered orange and Mama Wang, who were competing for a bowl of medicinal food, and sneered: "The embroidered orange is gone, and you should feed it and forget it!" ”

Mama Wang was stunned, but she was taken the opportunity by Xiu Tang to take away the medicinal food, and then she got annoyed, pointed to Si Qi's nose and scolded: "Who is forgetting eight little sao hooves?" ”

Not to be outdone, Si Qi took a step forward with his waist crossed, and said condescendingly: "I scolded you, what are you going to do?" ”

"You-"

"The grandmother next to you, think about your own girl first in everything, you old man is good, and he is used to taking advantage of girls. It's just that I ate a few mouthfuls of your milk when I was a child, and your milk is made of gold, so you want to take advantage of the girl for a lifetime? ”

"You-"

"If you are not convinced, let's go to the second grandmother to reason and see if you are reasonable or I are reasonable!"

Mama Wang was so angry that her face turned blue, but her heart was quite worried. Eat and use some of this, take advantage of the master, and you can't get on the table.

is like Mama Li next to Bao Erye, because she ate the maple dew tea, Bao Erye made a fuss. Although the old lady sent Qian Xue out of the house after learning about it, it was regarded as a warning to the second master of Bao, but Mama Li also fell out of favor, and rarely went back to the second master's room these days.

These two girls are not as good as the second master, and they really want to make trouble, at most they will attract the second grandmother to control them. The second grandmother has always been a person who can't rub sand in her eyes, so where will she get cheap then?

Because Mama Wang suddenly had the intention of retreating, but the tiger could not be defeated, and scolded herself: "Okay, good, it's the other way around!" The second girl hasn't said anything, but a second-class maid has become the master! You wait, I'll go to the Buddha Hall to ask the eldest wife, either you go or I go today! ”

While talking, she retreated, and in a blink of an eye, Mama Wang ran away in embarrassment.

Si Qi looked at Mama Wang and just snorted coldly, but Xiu Tang came over worriedly and said: "Offended Mama Wang to death like this, what if she really went to sue?" ”

Si Qi has his own calculations in his heart. The fourth master said that it was not good to ask for a deed again, so he could only marry with the second girl. But after thinking about it, Si Qi found another way: he hated the master of the mansion and was driven out like that Qianxue. When the time comes, the thrifty fourth master can't let her fall away, right?

However, he had to prepare with both hands, so he listened to the instructions of the fourth master of Jian, everything was towards the second girl, and even if there was trouble in the future, it would be reasonable and justified. In this way, with the temperament of the thrifty fourth master, she will definitely be compensated twice as much in the future.

With such a mind in mind, Si Qi opened his mouth and said, "If you want to sue, I want to see who is leaving." After a pause, Si Qi said to a few maids in the room: "A few of you are also average, if you steal and play tricks again in the future, I will take it, be careful of your skin!" ”

Her figure is a deterrent, and the few maids in the room, even the embroidered oranges, were silent, and no one dared to speak for a while.

Si Qi condescended and squinted left and right, and then twisted his waist and entered the room. The second girl Yingchun was half-lying on the bed, and Xiu Tang came over to greet Yingchun for lunch, but Si Qi said: "Don't worry, you go outside and wait, I have something to say to the girl." ”

Intimidated by the female threat, Xiu Tang hurriedly turned around and retreated. Si Qi pulled over the stool and sat in front of the bed, without speaking, the second girl Yingchun saw that her face was not good, so she said worriedly: "You, what do you want to say?" ”

Si Qi sighed, his face became kind, and said, "Girl, was it mine before?" But where can I be too big a wife? The girl put herself in her shoes and thought about what would happen to me if I didn't listen to my orders. ”

Yingchun's face was sad, although he had never spoken, but he seemed to have said everything.

Si Qi said: "I know that the girl complains about me in her heart, but the girl can rest assured, I will definitely think about the girl everywhere in the future, even if I am kicked out of the house, I will also protect the girl." ”

Yingchun's face was still sad, and he looked at the future suspiciously.

Si Qi lowered his voice and said, "Fourth Master Jian...... Promised me the benefits. ”

Afraid that Yingchun would not believe it, Si Qi got up and opened the cage on the side and took out the brocade box from the inside. When it was opened, it revealed the only stone frog left, and when the silk cloth was lifted, it revealed the neatly stacked silver barley underneath.

"Girl, look, this is sent by the fourth master of thrift."

Yingchun's heart was chaotic, and he said: "I don't need silver, he, what did he send these for?" ”

Si Qi put away the brocade box, turned around and said, "Why does the girl ask knowingly? The subordinates in this house all have a pair of rich eyes, and they are used to holding high and stepping on low. The girl has been deducted from childhood to adulthood, and if she doesn't make money, I'm afraid that the deduction will be even worse in the future. ”

Yingchun's heart is warm, not to mention the two poems, just sending money like this, you can see the heart of the thrifty brothers.

Si Qi sat down again and said, "I have the promise of the fourth master of thrift, no matter what the girl thinks, I will always think about the girl." If the girl in the coming day has difficulties and grievances, even if she tells me, I can't deal with it, and there is a thrifty fourth master behind her. ”

Si Qi's eyes were sincere, the second girl thought about it, and finally responded with her head.

Si Qiyou breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered to Yingchun for a while, and then ordered Xiu Tang and others to set the meal. She didn't say anything, she did think about welcoming the spring everywhere from now on, but it was hard to say who she could do.

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A small courtyard in the northeast.

Yesterday there was a rain, knocking down a lot of begonia leaves, Hongyu and Xiuying took care of the begonia potted plants in the courtyard, and Xiangling hid in the study to study the poems.

As for Qingwen, she is on leave today. But it was early in the morning that everyone came to inform them, saying that many officials entered the Rongguo Mansion yesterday, and today they are going to open their relatives to many officials.

It's a cousin and sister, and the cousin's parents are not around, so Qingwen always has to go over and take a look. So thinking that the fourth master went out and couldn't turn around for a while, Qingwen took leave with Hongyu and others.

This walk was three hours, and Qingwen frowned and turned around in the afternoon. When she entered the small courtyard, she greeted Hongyu and Xiuying, and she went back to the wing room by herself.

Aunt Lai is really interested, and now she has arranged for her cousin to join Rongguo Mansion as a cook, but it is really difficult to describe the maid who is matched.

The woman was only slightly younger than Duoguan, and she was a rough maid beside Lai Shangrong, the grandson of Mama Lai, and she was never allowed to be lifted. Qingwen knew that this maid was used to showing off her amorous feelings, and she heard that she was unclear with Lai Shangrong, and somehow she was sent by Aunt Lai to match her cousin.

At that time, Qingwen secretly mentioned many officials, saying that the woman was only afraid that she was not a good match, but her cousin coveted the color of the maid, and she was only willing to do so in front of Aunt Lai, so this family affair was decided.

After leaving Lai's house, many officials were struggling for a long time, and borrowed two taels of silver from Qingwen, only saying that they were new to Rongguo Mansion, and the money was not handed, for fear of being ridiculed by the servants next to them. Qingwen thought that this was indeed the case, so she gave two taels of silver.

Lying on the kang, Qingwen felt weird. Earlier, when her cousin Duoguan didn't come, she kept thinking about it, looking forward to it, thinking that it was always good to have more relatives by her side. Now my cousin is here, but he doesn't get close to her.

Just thinking about it, I heard Xiuying outside: "Qingwen, someone is looking for it, saying that it is your cousin." ”

Qingwen wondered in her heart, got up to find out, and when she raised her eyes, she saw many officials drunk and hazy in front of the door. Catching a glimpse of Qingwen, he immediately beckoned again and again.

Qingwen walked over quickly, frowned, and said, "Why are you looking for me again?" ”

The multi-official slapped himself lightly and said, "It's all my fault, the silver coin was kicked in the sleeve cage and somehow fell." Cousin, where are you...... But there is still money? I'll pay you back when the monthly case is released. ”

Qingwen was annoyed, and counted a few words lightly and heavily, but she couldn't bear the affection of relatives, so she turned around and took a tael of silver back, and instructed: "This time you have to be careful, don't lose it again." ”

The many officials weighed it, but their faces were extremely dissatisfied: "Why are there only one or two?" ”

Qingwen was annoyed now: "How much more do you want?" ”

Many officials smiled and said, "Who in the mansion doesn't know? The thrifty fourth master has made a fortune. A little bit of leakage between our fingers is enough for us to chew. Cousin, you are such a color, that thrifty fourth master...... Hey hey ......"

Qingwen was furious, turned around and looked for a broom, and hurried: "Get out!" Again, don't blame me, you're welcome! ”

The officials drank too much wine, couldn't dodge, and were swept away by the broom, and suddenly 'eh, 'eh, 'eh', turned around and staggered a few steps, and then stopped his body in anger, turned around and scolded: "Okay, if you climb the high branches, you won't recognize poor relatives!" Don't come to me in the future! ”

After that, he flicked his sleeves and left, which made Qingwen half angry. She lamented in her heart, such relatives, it is better to have no relatives. (Note 1)

Note: Why did Yuan Qingwen and many officials separate.

(End of chapter)