◎ Mama Zhao said that this horse was chosen by her mother and can be named. ◎

Yesterday, Meng Xiaoniang was confident that Zhuzhi could invite Yan Guogong, so she asked the small kitchen to prepare a table of good dishes, and waited for Yan Guogong to come over after he got off office.

Meng Xiaoniang is half the master, and she also has monthly money, which is twenty taels of silver.

Don't look at these twenty taels of silver, there are a lot of them, more than the girls, but Jinhuayuan is so big that it is small enough to send monthly money to the maids, and it has to come out of these twenty taels, after all, the maid's deed of sale is here with her, and if she takes the monthly money from the main courtyard, Meng Xiaoniang is not at ease.

There are ten maids in Jinhuayuan from top to bottom, and the first-class maids have one tael of monthly money, and the rest are half taels, and the monthly money will get six taels of silver. There is a small kitchen in the courtyard, but you have to pay for what you want to eat, and when it matters, such as Yan Guogong coming over, it will inevitably be cold to take vegetables from the big kitchen, Meng Xiaoniang will let the small kitchen do it, and she has to pay for this money.

On weekdays, I don't want to eat in the big kitchen, buy things for my children, and wear my own clothes and jewelry...... It's already more than every month.

Meng Xiaoniang has a concubine, naturally not as rich as the Shen family, and she has to rely on Yan Guogong for everything.

Every time Yan Guogong came over, he would give something, sometimes it was silver, sometimes it was jewelry, the money was given ten taels or twenty taels, and the jewelry was more valuable, and the pawn could have forty or fifty taels of silver.

Who knows, the beard was cut off yesterday, and the bamboo branch said that Yan Guogong went to check the big characters written by the five girls.

Meng Xiaoniang's first reaction was not anger or hatred, but doubt, she thought she had heard something wrong, and asked Zhuzhi to repeat it.

Zhuzhi said: "Grandpa said to ask the sixth girl to ask the house doctor to take a look." ”

Meng Xiaoniang suddenly lost her appetite, and after eating with her two daughters, she went to bed early, but her ears were full of irritating rain sounds, and she didn't squint for a while until the second half of the night.

As a result, early in the morning, I got the news that Yan Guogong rewarded the five girls with a lot of medicinal supplements.

Herbal supplements are not easy to take, but they are definitely good things.

If it weren't for the five girls who were in the way, these would definitely be Jinhuayuan.

Meng Xiaoniang couldn't say what she felt in her heart, after the family banquet, she knew that Yan Mingqiao was doing her homework well, and she forced her daughter to study for two days, but Meng Xiaoniang herself was not a fan of reading, and the sixth girl was almost tired.

It rained yesterday, and the two daughters took a day off, thinking that they could have a good meal with their grandfather, who knows......

If you say that you resent the Shen family for intercepting people, Meng Xiaoniang really didn't dare to think so, she was a concubine, and the Shen family was the main house, even if she intercepted people, she also intercepted people.

She thinks that the fifth girl is too top-notch, a child without a mother, it would be good to grow up as she should, and she became a concubine.

The third girl has already suffered a loss, and if she comes again, Meng Xiaoniang is afraid of being disgusted by Yan Guogong, but she really can't swallow this breath.

It was a sunny day on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, but it was still very cold because of the strong wind.

Yan Mingqiao added another layer of clothes, several layers inside and out, wrapped like a zongzi.

After arriving at the school, Yan Mingqiao began to attend classes, the first period was the initiation class, Mr. Fu would check the homework left yesterday, about half an hour.

The way of class is also slightly different from before, in the past, Mr. Fu talked about Yan Mingqiao and listened, but now Yan Mingqiao looked, read and read by himself, and asked if he didn't understand

This method has made Yan Mingqiao's learning progress improve by leaps and bounds.

Yan Mingqiao felt that she could now eat three jujube cakes at once, not only did her brain eat more, but her stomach also ate half a bowl of rice more than she could every day, and the rice in the main courtyard was so delicious!

It's just that she eats a lot of rice, but there is less meat on her face, which makes Mama Li feel distressed and changes her tricks to buy food, but to no avail.

Fortunately, the house doctor often came to check the pulse and said that Yan Mingqiao was in good health, so Mama Li was relieved.

On the eighth day of October, Yan Mingqiao had a holiday again, and Mr. Fu didn't assign too much homework this time, so he knew that Yan Mingqiao had to take other classes.

This is not only the case for Mr. Fu, but also for other gentlemen, who only emphasize the need to learn from the past.

Yan Mingqiao is looking forward to this holiday, first, the second sister will be lifted, and second, she can learn to ride a horse tomorrow.

The place to learn to ride a horse is on the Zhuangzi of the Yanguo Mansion, Yan Mingqiao is young, so it is naturally impossible to ride a big horse, so the Shen family chose a docile pony for her.

Looking at Yan Mingqiao's excited appearance, Shen couldn't help but instruct a few words, "Listen to Mr. 's words, don't run around, don't be strong." ”

Yan Mingqiao said: "My daughter understands! ”

Shen: "Learn to ride a horse tomorrow, and you can go out the day after tomorrow." ”

Yan Mingqiao nodded vigorously, "It's all up to my mother." ”

Shen's heart softened, and he waved his hand to let Yan Mingqiao go back.

In the evening, when Yan Guogong came back for dinner, he suddenly mentioned Yan Mingqiao's horseback riding, and said: "I am going to play on Zhuangzi left and right, and let Yue'er Ru'er go too." ”

Two days ago, Meng Xiaoniang said a few words to him, saying that the five girls were raised in the main courtyard, Yan Mingyue and Yan Mingyun did not dare to compare, but they wanted to stay with Yan Mingqiao during the holidays, saying that after all, they were sisters, and they got along more on weekdays, which made them even more intimate.

Meng Xiaoniang also said that several girls are not in class together, they can't see each other on weekdays, and they can't see each other on holidays.

At the end of last month, Yan Mingyue also wanted to play with the eldest son, but she didn't know that they had gone out.

Between sisters and sisters, don't be separated.

Yan Guogong felt that this was reasonable, so he heard Shen explain that Yan Mingqiao was going to learn to ride a horse in the future, so he mentioned it by the way.

Shen Shi looked at Yan Guogong quietly for a while, and couldn't help but smile, "The girls have something to say together, it's better to go, but it's too late for the grandfather to say this, if it is a few days earlier, the concubine will definitely be arranged." ”

Yan Guogong: "? ”

Shen patiently explained: "If it is cold today, and the autumn harvest has passed, Zhuangzi has nothing, and the girls in the house are afraid that they will not be used to it." Buckwheat went to learn to ride a horse, and this was because she did her homework well, and I promised to do it first, so I chose a foal, and my husband also invited her. Now Zhuangzi only has one pony, and Mr. has one, if he lets the three girls and the four girls go with him, the grandfather says to teach or not, and who will ride the horse? ”

"If you don't give it, it looks stingy, it's clear that she is the younger sister."

Yan Guogong didn't expect that there were these reasons, he said: "That's it, just let Buck'er go, and follow a few more people." ”

He's just hot-headed, since it's inconvenient, don't go.

Shen sighed and said, "Otherwise, tomorrow the concubine will go outside the city to give alms, if the three girls and the four girls are not boring, they will follow together." ”

If you don't agree, it will be both unfilial and unkind.

Yan Guo said fairly: "Then go to alms." ”

Shen smiled slightly and nodded.

You don't have to think about it to know who is responsible for this, it must be Meng's, and I don't know about horseback riding, anyway, what Yan Mingqiao has is good.

Then you have to tell her that not everything can be contaminated.

Yan Mingqiao didn't know that her mother-in-law had solved a troublesome matter for her, and the next morning, she took a carriage to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city.

Zhuangzi is owned by the Guogong Mansion, covering an area of about 200 acres, part of the output of the Zhuangzi is given to the Zhuang households, and the rest is provided for hundreds of people up and down the Guogong Mansion.

Of course, there is more to the Guogong Mansion than this Zhuangzi.

Yan Mingqiao rarely goes out, and from time to time she opens the curtain to see, it is obviously a barren scenery, but she sees it with relish.

Mother said that you can taste the food here at noon, although it is not as exquisite as the Guogong Mansion, but it has a different taste.

Even now that the season has passed, if it is August and September, you can also come to the field to pick peanuts and throw sweet potatoes to experience the fun of autumn harvest.

The Shen family intends to guide these, because in the future, they will teach Yan Ming the matter of the housekeeper, and the housekeeper is not only as simple as participating in the banquet, but also the Zhuangzi shop, everything must be touched.

If you want to manage Zhuangzi but don't know how the grain is produced, and how much the yield per mu is, you will be played by the people below as monkeys, so in addition to Yan Mingqiao's maid, Shen also asked Mama Zhao to follow.

Mama Zhao came to Zhuangzi and introduced Yan Mingqiao the same, "There is a wasteland behind, the girl will learn to ride a horse over there for a while, and there is a greenhouse on the Zhuangzi, if the girl likes it, she can pick some vegetables and fruits to eat for a while." ”

Yan Mingqiao nodded: "I want to pick some with my own hands and bring them back." ”

To my mother and second sister.

Mama Zhao said: "The girl wants to pick as much as she wants." ”

Yan Mingqiao learned to ride a horse for half a day, she learned very quickly, and she was already able to run on a pony by herself at noon, and the wind was warm at noon, and Yan Mingqiao felt that she was about to fly when she ran on the ground.

After the lesson, she named the pony Yinsu! Mama Zhao said that this horse was chosen by her mother and could be named.

The silver millet was to be kept in Zhuangzi and with its mother, but Yan Mingqiao stayed with the pony for a while, combing it and feeding it beans.

In the afternoon, Yan Mingqiao picked a lot of vegetables from the greenhouse, and he always felt that it would be delicious, and finally roasted a few sweet potatoes from the stove, the people here said that they often eat this, Yan Mingqiao had never eaten before, tasted sweet and glutinous, so she roasted a few more, she felt that the second sister might like it.

When the sun sets in the west, Yan Mingqiao should also go back, and take a carriage from Zhuangzi back to the Gongfu, which will take almost an hour.

Yan Mingqiao couldn't help being sleepy, and fell asleep in Mama Li's arms after a while, with a smile on her face when she fell asleep, her eyelashes were long, and she cast a small shadow on her face, which seemed to be extremely fond of today.

Mama Zhao couldn't help but say: "The fifth girl is tired, picked so many vegetables, and baked sweet potatoes for the second girl." ”

Mama Zhao is the person next to Madame, Mama Li can't help but wonder what she means by this, is she praising the girl's filial piety, or mentioning it?

Mama Li wanted to pick the safest answer, but before she could speak, Mama Zhao pursed her lips and smiled.

Mama Zhao is not young, the corners of her eyes are wrinkled when she laughs, she looks very kind, she said: "Mrs. likes the five girls, and the five girls are also filial, I don't know, I thought it was a mother and daughter." Yesterday, the grandfather also said that he would let the three girls and the four girls follow together, but the lady didn't let him, thinking that the five girls would be uncomfortable if there were too many people. ”

The Shen family raised Yan Ming Buckwheat for himself and for the Guogong Mansion, but after a long time, there is always a little sincerity.

Besides, the five girls really got a lot of benefits, if they were still in Wutong Garden, they would definitely not have these.

Now the mother and daughter always get along carefully, and the five girls can get closer to each other.

Mama Li's nose was sour, "The slave thanked Mrs. for the fifth girl." ”

Shen went to give alms today, and only came back after dark.

She was followed by two little ladies, one tall and one short, who were Yan Mingyue and Yan Mingru, but the two of them looked sad.

The Yanguo Mansion gives alms once every three months, and sends a bowl of porridge and two steamed buns to each of the poor people, which is also considered a good fate.

The Shen family is the master, so he doesn't have to go to serve the porridge himself, but he has to stand on the side, but just standing for a day, his legs will tremble.

Shen said to the two concubines: "I have worked hard for you today, I am very happy that you have this heart, the gentleman who taught horse riding in Ming'er is free, do you want to go?" ”

Yan Mingyue really wanted to go horseback riding, but this was what Yan Mingqiao was left of.

Chapter 10: Satisfaction

◎ Why do you love it so much, just pretend to be obedient in front of your mother, but now your mother doesn't stare at it, and she pretends to be. ◎

Yan Mingyue lowered her head and said, "My daughter still has homework to do, so she won't go." ”

Yan Mingru didn't say no, her legs were so sore today, and she couldn't stand it if she learned to ride a horse tomorrow.

Shen did not force them, and when they returned to the main courtyard, Shen instructed the maid: "Send some bird's nest ejiao to the three girls and the four girls, and then send some light-colored fur." ”

A few days ago, the winter clothes in the house have been prepared and sent to the hospitals, and more fur is given, even if you don't use it now, it is a good thing that can be put away for a long time.

Give a slap to a sweet date, Shen is familiar with these cars.

Ningxia smiled and said, "The slave will go." ”

Shen glanced at the hour and estimated that Yan Mingqiao should come back.

Thinking so, after a while, Mama Zhao entered the house, and she said, "The fifth girl fell asleep in the car, so the old slave didn't bother." The girl learned everything quickly, learned to ride a horse in the morning, picked some vegetables in the greenhouse in the afternoon, and roasted sweet potatoes, and brought them back for her wife and grandfather to taste. ”