Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 116 3.23 If the second sister comes in
Volume Three

3.23 If the second sister comes in
West span courtyard, garden greenhouse.

"Sister Qingwen, I really envy you." Sitting on the bedside holding several stuffed animals, he looked at Tanchun who couldn't put it down holding a few copybooks, and Yingchun and Xichun who were blushing but kept flipping through a chess book. I couldn't help but talk to Qingwen who was also playing, "You have the final say in this yard.

Although the place in our mansion looks big, we have to squeeze the three sisters into a warm pavilion. There is not even a girl to serve beside us. On weekdays, if we want to rest by ourselves, we don’t have a private place. Really."

"Fourth sister!" Tan Chun interrupted her with a slightly stern expression, and then said to Qingwen with a smile, "It was not difficult to find a courtyard in the house, but the ancestors in the family take care of us the most, so that's why We live together, and when we get older, we will naturally separate, but sister Qingwen is really lucky to have a good master like Brother Zhou, so she will have a worry-free life."

"She, she's not acting as a girl, she's acting as a young lady!" Su Yun also couldn't hide her envious tone, "How does Master Zhou need any service on weekdays? He wishes he could even eat and wash the dishes by himself. This is In addition to cleaning the inner room, the girl didn't even need to wash her own clothes.

Not to mention that there is no grandma in the inner courtyard yet. She now has her own room, with twenty taels of monthly money, and Master Zhou pays for food and clothing. She is also forced to read and write, and even manages the entire courtyard. In terms of daily expenses, except for a few masters in our house, who can compare with her? "

"Seriously?" Now the three girls from the Jia family were all envious, because their monthly income was only two taels, but their expenses were much larger. "It seems that Brother Zhou has already decided on the position for his sister? He forgot to congratulate her. But, how does Sister Suyun know so much?"

"Yeah!" Su Yun was full of envy, jealousy, and hatred, but she forgot that with her status, she shouldn't know so many things about other families' inner courtyards. She couldn't just say that she had already been unlocked by others in various ways, and even followed them. With my grandma, I can’t even tell you how many times we served together, right? "Well, this girl is showing off to me all day long. I wish the whole capital knew about it."

"Where do I have it?" In fact, Qingwen did show off, but how could she admit it at this time, let alone tell Suyun's situation, so she had to retort with a stiff-mouthed expression, "I just said that the young master treats me well." Very good. I live a comfortable life on weekdays. How can I show it off to you?
Besides, I'm not a housekeeper. The young master's back house is empty, so I'm just driving the ducks to the shelves and moving forward step by step. I'm really good at taking care of everything. I'm also literate, and I'm good at arithmetic, but this It’s too difficult to be literate, and I get slapped by the young master every now and then. Maybe one day I make the young master angry, I’ll do it.”

"Huh?" This kind of Versailles remarks, not to mention Suyun, Sanchun couldn't stand it, the most active Tanchun rushed over, hugged her and tickled her, "The dead girl still has the face to say, which one?" How can a maid live like you? Even if your grandma enters the house in the future and is pampered by Brother Zhou, will you still suffer a loss?"

"Woo--" Seeing Xichun coming and bullying, Suyun was ready to move, Qingwen looked around a few times, and hurriedly diverted the topic, "The young master has treated you very well, let's not talk about the chess records prepared this time, The slave didn’t understand the copybook anyway, but she knew that adding the ivory chess pieces to the second girl’s set and the complete set of rosewood chessboard and chess equipment would cost nearly a hundred taels in total!
Also, Hui ink, Hu brushes, bamboo paper for the third girl, and a complete set of drawing board paints for the fourth girl, etc., none of which can be obtained without a hundred taels. This is not something that a slave's monthly salary of two taels can compare with. Not to mention that Grandma Li also has--woo! "

But in the end, Suyun covered her mouth, and it's hard to say whether it will be exposed; fortunately, Sanchun was stunned by her gift. After all, they don't have any big expenses on weekdays. "The calculated expenditures were very small, so that everyone could not stop looking at the gifts prepared for themselves, and did not pay attention to Qingwen's last words.

"Sister Qingwen, sister Suyun, I don't know." After hesitating, Tanchun looked at the two maids and said with an apologetic look.

"Hee hee, the three girls do as you please. Anyway, the slaves just brought you over to have a look. Since you don't need it now, I just go back and ask if there is anything our young master needs to serve." Qingwen also regretted just now He spoke indiscriminately and took the opportunity to get away. After speaking, he turned around and pulled Suyun, who also didn't know how to go, to go out.

In the greenhouse, only Sanchun was left looking at each other, and from time to time each looked at his own gifts. Finally, Tanchun and Xichun fixed their gazes, and looked at Yingchun, whose cheeks were getting redder and redder, and finally couldn't help lowering his head. The meaning was self-evident. Metaphor.

"Second sister, do you still remember what Sister-in-law Zhu mentioned when we first came here?" Tan Chun took two steps forward, hugged Yingchun's arm and said, "Not to mention this money, the house is in short supply anyway. We are not going to talk about the fruit, but we can only talk about Brother Zhou’s attitude towards the inner house. Even this girl Qingwen can be like this. If the second sister comes in."

"Yeah -" Yingchun, who was still pretending to be stupid at first, could no longer pretend. She covered her ears and shook her head with a red face, "Who wants to tell you this? What is it about getting started and not getting started? Is this something we should talk about? ? No, it’s dirty ears! Besides, haven’t you all forgotten that Brother Zhou has already decided to get married to a sister of the Xue family? Is it possible that we can still..."

"My silly sister, there is nothing to be shy about now." Xichun also ran over with a smile, even ignoring the puppet that made up half of the bed, "I have indeed heard about the sister who was settled by Xue's family, Not to mention that she has not been through three media or six jobs, just talking about her background as a merchant, so what if she is allowed to get started? Can she still get past our house?
What's more, we all know my sister's temperament, and she will definitely not be a bully. At worst, we can just stay together with that Xue sister and be sisters forever. As long as Brother Zhou can pass the examination in March, he will be worthy of you two. Enough is enough, not to mention the news we have heard these days, how could he stop there? "Third sister, fourth sister, how do you know that he will definitely be able to come to the exam in March?" "Yingchun suppressed the shame and said blankly, "I heard that the imperial examination is the most difficult thing to say. It requires talent and luck. Many famous talents can't pass one article. No matter how good Brother Zhou is, for"

"Oh, my silly sister, you are talking about the imperial examination, not the military examination!" Tan Chun said helplessly, "My little sister has been asking about it these days. The military examination is far less complicated than the imperial examination, just like in the play. As he said, it is necessary to test the school's bravery. As for Brother Zhou's ability, it is not certain that he can be so close to each family now? When the time comes, will he be able to do it without his care? "

"This..." Yingchun was a little silly, sitting there playing with a chess piece, unable to speak for a long time.

When Tanchun and Xichun saw this, they also knew that this kind of thing could not be rushed. They simply looked at each other and went to play with their gifts, leaving Yingchun alone to think. However, the three of them had forgotten that they were following Li Wan. They came here, but now there are only three of them in the garden greenhouse.

At the same time, the bedroom in the main courtyard.

"Huh--" Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief, hugged Li Wan who was lying on his chest tightly, and after a long kiss, he said softly, "Why, I didn't feed you just on New Year's Eve. I look at you today." It’s like I’ve been hungry for a long time.”

"Dead man, just go ahead and fuck me!" With an undisguised blush and drizzle of sweat on his face, Li Wan gently hammered Ai Lang a few times and said, "Didn't you say that I have been here for so long? Shouldn’t Kuang’s body be enough? I’ll let you be proud of it today, it’s all yours, you can use it as you wish!”

"You, you think you are hiding things, but have you ever thought that the person you sleep with, like me, doesn't understand your habits?" Zhou Yang couldn't help but smile and steady her, and then let go after a while and said, "But I can't bear it What grievance is it? If I could solve it, would I still not reach out?"

"Zi Yang, if this person is biased, is he really not covering up?" After hesitating for a moment, Li Wan said weakly, "Lan'er was born in 40 years, and after the new year, he will be ten years old (virtual age) , since it was time to go to school, I specifically mentioned it to my wife, but it took half a month before I got a reply.

No one paid much attention to such an important matter. The wife just said that she had returned to the master and asked me to send it to the clan school. But does no one really know about the situation in the clan school?If they were really sent there, what would they learn?What's more, the teacher in that school is an old boy of "generation" generation. He himself can't pass the exam, so what can he expect to teach? "

"That phoenix egg of yours?" Zhou Yang said with a smile, "How did he arrange it?"

"Huh, he doesn't need to bother. Anyway, no matter who he invites, it doesn't matter whether he teaches or not. Anyway, it's just like that. It's better to save some time and practice, and keep saying 'lu worms' and 'turbid things' one after another all day long. "Li Wan said disdainfully, "I don't know where my ancestor and my wife got so lost in their minds that they were so partial to him."

"Have you found it?" After talking about this, Zhou Yang also understood what he meant.

"I got in touch with one of my father's disciples, but I was just unlucky and wasted his time trying to win fame." Li Wan said softly, "Originally this year was his best opportunity, but a close uncle in the family passed away. It is necessary to serve the great merits of filial piety (nine months), but it happens to miss this year's Enke and next year's career year."

"In that case, you have also seen the situation in the front yard. The wings on both sides are empty. I said before that the west wing is reserved for Lan'er. When you use it, just ask and send it over." Zhou Yang smiled. He said, "Children's education is no small matter. It's just the arrangements in your house that you have to deal with yourself."

"Yes!" Li Wan nodded vigorously and was so excited that he burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)