My wife is frail and sickly

"... I took my uncle to visit the East Market and passed by Xiangming Ju. The Wang family also has a tea business. My uncle was obviously very interested in Xiangming Ju. He went in to look at it for a long time and bought several kinds of tea." The housekeeper stood. Report back to Madam below.

There sat a beautiful woman in her thirties with a head full of pearls. She was Lin, the head wife of the Changping Marquis Mansion.Her face is beautiful and well-maintained, and there are no fine lines at the corners of her eyes, which shows how comfortable her life is.She has a gentle temperament, and rarely speaks harshly when she is training others. However, none of the servants in the house dare to look down upon her.

"You've done a good job. It's rare for my uncle to come to the capital. The Hou Mansion must treat me well and don't neglect it." Mrs. Lin said slowly, "You are the housekeeper. You have to do a good job for the servants below. You must treat my uncle like this." I have general respect for the Marquis."

The housekeeper responded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, madam, don't worry, I'll save it for you."

"This is what Mr. Hou means. Mr. Hou and I always feel at ease when you do things. By the way, have you ever been to those shops?" Mrs. Lin looked over with her beautiful eyes.

The butler's attitude became more respectful, "No, my uncle has been accompanied by my servant these days. My uncle is easy-going and follows the servant's arrangements when he goes out. He didn't ask to see the shops, nor did he ask anything from the servant."

Mrs. Lin nodded slowly, "Although those shops were once the property of the Wang family, they were married into the Hou family. Now my surname is Shen. In the future, I will marry into my husband's family with the eldest lady. My uncle is a very particular person and will not overstep his bounds." .”

After a pause, he said, "You've worked hard too. Come on down. You entertained me so well. You did a good job. Both the Marquis and I have seen it." It was meaningful.

If it's not done well... the butler felt a chill in his heart, "I'll do my job with all my heart, I'll resign."

After the butler left, Ms. Lin put down the tea cup and asked, "Where did the eldest lady go today?"

Mother Xu replied: "The second young lady of the Li family has her birthday in a few days. Madam, you know that the eldest lady of our family has always been on good terms with her. Today the eldest lady went to pick out a birthday gift for her."

In the past, Mrs. Lin did not restrict her daughter from interacting with her younger sisters, but now she frowned, "Go tell the eldest lady not to leave the house during this period. Her uncle came to give her a birthday gift, and she still went out and ran around. It's really It's outrageous. Let her live happily at home, study, do some needlework, and fulfill her filial piety to her uncle."

"Slave, go now." The eldest maid Lianqiu was about to send a message when she was stopped by Mrs. Lin, "Speak to her carefully and clearly."

Lianqiu squatted down again and said yes, and then Mrs. Lin waved her hand to go out.

Mother Xu took the opportunity to say: "Madam treats the eldest lady very well. The eldest lady will understand your motherly heart."

Mrs. Lin sighed, "I don't expect anything else. I just hope that she will do everything as she wishes and not follow me..." As if realizing that she had made a mistake, Mrs. Lin stopped talking.

It was already dusk, the lights were on in the house, and Mother Xu was the only servant left. Mrs. Lin suddenly said: "Is there no news from Xiaoqingzhuang?"

Mother Xu shook her head, "Maybe I haven't succeeded yet."

Mrs. Lin sneered, "I'm afraid I can't bear it. After all, even a cat or dog raised by one hand will have some affection after being raised for a long time."

Mother Li has not returned home for a long time, and Mother Xu also thought of this, but she couldn't agree with her master's words, "That's not possible. How can I not be patient when doing things for my master? That old man Li Guihua has a bad temper. , that...under her hands...it's so pitiful. I saw the old slave once a few years ago. He was so thin that there was only a handful of bones left. He was suffering while living. Madam, you are also kind-hearted and allowed their mother and daughter to reunite in advance. Madam, don't worry. , Li Guihua has been a servant for most of her life, she knows the rules, not to mention her whole family is in the house."

After a pause, "Why don't you let her man pick her up?" "No." Lin shook her head and looked at Xu's mother, "Find someone to go to Zhuangzi and have a look. I want to see what she is up to!"

"Yes!" Xu's mother responded in a low voice, thinking in her mind to let her nephew go. Once the errand was done, in the eyes of the madam, her nephew could also get a better job.

Speaking of the housekeeper, as soon as he arrived at the outer courtyard, he saw his son coming back drunk. He immediately frowned, "Are you drinking again? Didn't I ask you to follow your uncle?"

The housekeeper’s surname is Cao, and his son’s name is Cao Liang. He smiled drunkenly and said, “My uncle’s people invited me to drink wine. Dad, do you know where we drank it? Zuixian Restaurant! Yes, the most expensive restaurant in Beijing. . Do you know how expensive the wine we drank was? A pot of 30 taels of silver! My son drank three pots by himself, haha, three pots!" He was so proud, "Dad, the Wang family is so damn rich, or you? Yuan Yuan, let me follow my uncle..."

Butler Cao was so angry that his face was deformed, and he slapped him in the face, "I asked you to follow your uncle, why are you going to drink?"

Cao Liang was stunned, "They invited me."

"You're going to go if you please?" Butler Cao raised his voice and looked at his son with eyes that were filled with hatred.

Of course he will go. Didn't his father ask him to have a good relationship with the Wang family?Cao Liang nodded innocently, making his father so angry that he almost had a heart attack. "You, you, I will settle the score with you later. Where is my uncle?"

"How do I know? Maybe I'm in the house, or maybe I'm out for a walk." My uncle has legs, so how can he know?Cao Liang felt that his father was too baffled.

Butler Cao's expression changed again, and he quickly asked someone to go to the guest house to have a look. After a while, the boy came back, "...the people in the guest house said that my uncle came back and went out again..."

Butler Cao looked at his son who was so drunk that he was sleeping soundly on the table and wished he could beat him to death.He gritted his teeth and hurried out. As soon as he left the yard, he saw Wang Hecheng coming back. His heart tightened and he hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "Uncle, are you going out? Why didn't you let the servants in the house follow you? The capital is looking at peace. In fact, there are a lot of people who don't have eyesight. If no one from the government follows them, it will be bad if they bump into you."

Wang Hecheng smiled, with a gentle face, "Thank you for your trouble, housekeeper. I suddenly remembered that my sister loved to eat soy pork elbows during her lifetime, and I thought Qingya also liked them, so I bought one. Housekeeper, please send it to Qingya's yard for me."

Butler Cao saw that the person behind him was indeed holding a food box in his hand. He breathed a sigh of relief and said flatteringly, "Our eldest lady is so lucky to have you caring so much for her."

Wang Hecheng smiled, "My sister had a hard life and died early. I pity her for losing her mother when she was young. If I don't love her, who will I care for?"

"Uncle, don't worry. The eldest lady is the eldest daughter of the Marquis. Both the Marquis and his wife dote on her." With a sincere smile on his face, he repeatedly warned, "...Uncle, don't forget to bring your clothes when you go out." The servants in the mansion."

Wang Hecheng naturally smiled and responded. It wasn't until he was alone in the yard that the smile on his face faded, and his fists almost bled.

Shen Xiaolou sent the letter out, but there was no movement from Uncle Wang for several days. Instead, he bought a set of rouge and gouache today and a pair of jewelry headsets tomorrow, obviously for Shen Qingya.

Shen Xiaolou was so angry that smoke was rising from his head.

The editor made the cover, and I really like it!