Passerby's daily life

Chapter 73 Gossip
Seeing Yang Liu's expression of "how do you know everything", Susu smiled and said, "You always say that I think a lot, but when I get here, why don't you think about who Grandpa Qiao is? If that The Huang family is so snobbish. How could Grandpa Qiao have been with them for so many years and promised his most powerful granddaughter to their family? Hug a beauty? You don’t believe in others. Don’t you believe in Grandpa Qiao! You really are a fan of the authorities.”

When Susu said this, Yang Liu suddenly became enlightened, and rolled into a ball hugging Susu, "My good sister, it's thanks to you coming, or I'm really going to go into a dead end?"

Yang Liu hugged Su Su and rolled into a ball. Su Su looked at the shapeless Yang Liu speechlessly, but felt very comforted in her heart.The girl who graduated from high school in modern times is not considered a late marriage here.

Although Susu is younger than them, she is already running around four times. In her heart, she only treats them as younger sisters. Now, all of them have a good home, and Susu is happy for them.

Susu thought of her destination, and said again: "Sister Bisi is married, and you are getting married too. A few days ago, Aunt Ning greeted the old lady, and mentioned that she was also seeing her for sister Ning Cui. The old lady said, In the next year, let Ning Cui also go home to prepare for marriage."

As soon as Yang Liu heard it, she said, "It's decided where. Ning Cui is a few months older than me, so Ning's body should be worried!" Susu shook her head, "It's not decided, I just say that we should look at each other first." Look, the old lady is also going to be shut down, and the third girl has settled down."

Yang Liu smiled and said: "I know this, my mother said back that she was supposed to let the son choose from the same class of Jinshi, the son picked and picked, it can be said to be picky and picky, and several young masters also went to join in the fun. Later, the elder was optimistic about a person, saying that he was the eldest son of the elder's colleague's family, with good character and appearance. I heard that he was also engaged before, but his fiancée died of illness before leaving the house, so the marriage was delayed. This marriage Now that it's settled, the old lady must have recruited that person, have you seen it?"

It's nature for women to always gossip like this, it has nothing to do with age!
Susu shook her head when she heard Yang Liu's words, "I don't like to join in the fun, but I heard from sister Ning Cui that although she is not as good-looking as our young master, her temperament is as gentle as jade, and she is very suitable for the third girl. Speaking of which, We have all met the wives and girls of their family, and it was Mrs. Sun who came to the old lady's house for the first time when she held a banquet in the mansion."

Yang Liu thought for a while, and got an impression, "I remember that Mrs. Sun is very forthright, and the girls in her family are also generous, and there seems to be a cousin girl!"

Susu nodded, "It's her family. It's been a long time for the third girl. The son of the Sun family is a first-class Jinshi this time. Because the second young master in our family is not married, the wedding date of the third girl is still uncertain. But after marrying the second girl, The old lady is about to show the second young master, and then the third young lady, the third young master, and the fourth young master, I feel that they have entered the capital. There are so many happy events, and the servants are soft on their rewards."

Yang Liu pretended to be a money fan, and said heartbroken: "What's so good about marrying, or I will marry after the sixth girl gets married." Susu almost couldn't help laughing, "On weekdays, I always say that I am a money fan. , look at you, why don't you wait for the eldest wife to give birth to the young master, and then marry after the young master is married, I will give you a big red seal!"

The two were laughing, when there was a knock on the door, it was Lian'er, the little girl serving Yang Liu, "Girl, the second girl is here!"

Yang Liu was taken aback, and it took him a long time to remember that the second girl was his cousin, and scolded with a smile: "Chunfeng, you stinky girl, you can act like a demon, come in quickly!"

Chunfeng pushed the door open with a smile and came in, "Our sister Yangliu is the most polite, I don't dare to make mistakes, I will be punished." After saying that, he saluted Susu, "I have seen sister Susu."

Susu pulled her in front of her, nodded her little nose, and said, "Why are you out of the house? I remember you shouldn't rest today!"

Yang Liu pinched her round face, "I haven't seen her in half a month, it's getting rounder, how many good things have you eaten?"

"Elder Sister will bully me, Sister Susu and Sister Ning Cui love me the most, there's no need to steal it!" Chunfeng had a smile on his face, and when he said it, it was more like acting coquettishly, making Yang Liu and Susu laugh non-stop!
Chunfeng was not annoyed, seeing Susu smiling happily, she was dumbfounded.I thought: No wonder Sister Susu has always been gentle and dignified in front of people. If others can see her appearance at this time, what kind of words will she make up?
Seeing her stupid look, Yang Liu smiled and said, "Well, besides Miss Six, you need another minister under your skirt."

Susu didn't bother to talk about this man's madness, so she sat down with Chunfeng, "But the old lady has something to say?"

Chunfeng came back to his senses, a little embarrassed, and said with a blushing face: "It's all caused by the eldest sister, and I almost forgot the business. The two wives returned to the mansion, and if they went back with sister Ning Cui, sister Ning Cui would have gotten the old lady a long time ago." I am waiting for the order. After hearing the answer, I will send someone over. I happen to be fine, so I gave this errand to me. The old lady said that she wanted to let her sister stay with her for two more days, but she never thought about it. Today, my sister As soon as he left, Prince Gong's Mansion sent someone to post a post, explaining that Tianqing Ning County mainly held a small banquet, and invited a few girls to the banquet, and specifically mentioned Sister Su Su. Get off, tell my sister to go back after dinner at our house today, and come back another day when I have time."

Then Chunfeng said again: "I have also benefited from my sister, so I can stay at home for half a day and go back with sister Susu."

The princess of the Wangfu sent a serious post to a servant girl, in the eyes of outsiders, it was a big face, but Susu didn't like it very much.It's not what she wants to attract people to watch like a western scene, but it's even worse with such an appearance and no ability to show it.

Presumably the old lady also thought of this, so she agreed.

Yang Liu naturally knew about Susu's heart knot, and it was through Susu that Yang Liu realized that good luck and misfortune are unpredictable sometimes.He couldn't help comforting him and said: "Don't even think about it, just go to the banquet when you go to the banquet. Now that you are a decent citizen with a house and land, I think the old lady should also consider your marriage."

Upon hearing this, Susu pinched her and dared to talk nonsense.

After all, Chunfeng is still young, so it's a bit baffling, how come Sister Susu doesn't look like she's smiling at such a decent thing!

Susu saw that the atmosphere was a little gloomy, so she said: "Stop talking about it, just say something happy. The spring breeze has caught up with a good thing, and I will definitely make your elder sister bleed!" As she said, the burden brought by the future tense was opened, and inside was a Two boxes, one big and one small.

"In recent years, the two caravans from land and sea in the mansion have run farther and farther, and the business has grown bigger and bigger. Good things have flowed into the mansion like water. This year, more than [-]% were sent to Suian Hall. In private, I rewarded a few big maids with some things to make their private houses, and the old lady said that I also have your share, so that I won’t come to the door when I get married in the future.”

Yangliu already got the winter quota this year, she knew that the old lady was thinking about it, but she didn't expect to give something in private, she was so moved that she didn't know what to say.

Chunfeng was also envious in his heart, not just because of the things, but because of the old lady's affection for the people around her.

Chunfeng knew the dowry list of the eldest sister, except for the fields and Zhuangzi, the remaining ten thousand taels were all saved by her elder sister herself.Her mother would nag her every now and then, telling her to do a good job, and she would have nothing to worry about after saving half of the elder sister's dowry.

At this moment, Chunfeng still doesn't know that the things on Yangliu's dowry list are only half of her private house, and the other half are all replaced with silver at the bottom of the box.

Susu opened the two boxes, "It's all new things this year, not to mention rare spices, single gemstones and pearls seem to be free of money. It took me, Ningxiang and Wutong a month to make the books neatly. It's almost finished, if I run into the New Year's ceremony landlords from all over the place, how can I get out of the house!"

Yangliu has also seen a lot of good things. Although the things this time are expensive, they are not rare, but Chunfeng is almost dazzled.

Susu brought two boxes: the big box is a gold-plated copper clock with engraved branches, which is exquisite and extraordinary. Chunfeng has only seen it in the old lady's room. It is said that it costs 600 taels of silver.

The other small box was no more than the size of a palm, but there were a few gems and pearls scattered on the black velvet, shining like stars.A cat's eye the size of a fingernail costs more than 200 taels of silver; a ruby ​​the size of a pigeon egg is as red as pigeon blood;

Yang Liu remembered how she looked when she saw these things when she was a maid, and nodded, "Don't act like you haven't seen the world, serve the old lady well, what's missing!"

As he spoke, he picked up two rubies, two tourmaline ring faces, and two lotus seed-sized Dongzhu, and put them in a small purse, "Take them and put them away, and ask my aunt to save them for you!"

Seeing that Susu and Yangliu didn't care much, Chunfeng felt a little ashamed, took the purse and ran back to his room, before leaving, he said: "I won't give it to my mother, if it is in her hands, it must be for her." Save it for my brother."

Yang Liu was speechless, the second aunt was good at everything, but she was patriarchal, she already made her daughters distrust her very much.

Susu and Chunfeng had dinner at Qiao's house, and Qiao's housekeeper and his son and daughter-in-law returned home and exchanged greetings for a while. It was getting dark, and then the rough lady sent them to the back door.

The two went back to Suian hall together, and when they arrived at Suian hall, it was almost seven o'clock, Chunfeng went to the back room, and Susu came to the upper room.

There are two palace lanterns with horns hanging on the corridor of the main room, and there are two servant girls standing in front of the door. Seeing Susu, they smiled and saluted, "Sister is back!"

The old lady is kind-hearted, after dinner, she doesn't have to serve her besides the maid on duty.In cold weather, even the rough envoy's maids also have thick cotton-padded jackets and leather waistcoats.But the cold weather in the north also made a group of maids from the south unbearable, and no one wanted to work outside.

Susu then thought of a way, one shift per hour, equipped with a hand stove for hot tea, but some little maids bought from the capital shouted "fall into the blessing nest", which made the old lady happy, and asked Susu to clean up I bought some small jewelry to reward them.

Therefore, when it comes to who is the most popular in Suian Hall, except for Nanny Qin, no one can compare to Susu who is supported by the old lady.

After entering the door, I felt a burst of hot air blowing towards my face. Su Su first turned into Dongshao Room, which was set up as a tea room, and it was also the place where the maids listened to orders on duty.

The two third-class maids and two second-class maids on duty were eating melon seeds around the round table, very leisurely, and hurriedly saluted Susu.

Susu took off the cloak outside, and the third-class maid Qingzhu took it with a very winking look, and the second-class maid Ming Yu quickly poured Susu a cup of hot tea, and said, "How is Sister Yangliu?"

Susu took a sip of hot tea, and then she felt warmer.Although she was a northerner in her previous life, she had stayed in the south for seven years in this life, so she was not used to the cold in the north for a while.Especially now that there is no greenhouse effect, it is really cold.The weather will be bad in the afternoon, I'm afraid it should snow.

Su Su breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Sister Yangliu is very good, but she is bored at home and misses the old lady and you."

Hearing laughter in the main room, Susu asked: "Who is serving the old lady?" Mingyue, another second-class maid, hurriedly interjected: "The three elder sisters Ning Cui, Yun Duo, and Ming Xiang are all here. How many girls are there?" Mrs. He Shizi accompanied the old lady, Mother Qin's bones were sore from the beginning of winter, and today it was a little heavier, the old lady told her to rest early."

With such a crowd, it must be for tomorrow's small banquet hosted by Princess Qingning of Prince Gong's Mansion!
Susu put down the tea bowl, "I'll go in and have a look, and I'll ask the little girl to go to the east ear room to have a look after a while. Mother Qin can't stand the cold, so the kang and the fire wall should be burned more vigorously."

Mother Qin is not in good health, Yang Liu is out of the house again, and Susu, who usually likes to be lazy, has to worry about everything. Fortunately, Ning Cui is still there, but Ning Cui won't stay for long.After she leaves the mansion, there is one less person close to her, just thinking about interpersonal communication makes Susu feel headache, it's really difficult to be slick and slick!
While lamenting that the life of a wealthy and idle person in the future is gone forever, he softened his facial expression, walked towards Xinuange, and complained in his heart: he is not the same as what he looks like, he really is a skilled worker!

The masters are all in the Xinuang Pavilion, Susu lifted the curtain to go in, and saw a look of talking and laughing, so lively!
The old lady smiled all over her face, looking at her granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law with love in her eyes.He saw Susu by mistake, and the smile in his eyes was even wider.

"That girl Yangliu can tolerate you coming back, how is Mrs. Zhao?"

Su Su bowed to the old lady, Mrs. Shizi and several girls before standing beside the old lady.

"Mother Zhao is fine, and I asked my maidservant to greet the old lady on her behalf. Thank you for remembering her. As for Yangliu..." Su Su paused, and said rather dumbfounded: "Such a big person, when I come back I just dragged the servant to roll around and play crazy, and kept clamoring to come back with the servant, but it was only after being scolded by the housekeeper Qiao that it stopped!"

Talking about recalling the scene when she came back, Le fell on Ning Cui's shoulders, "Madam, you haven't seen Yang Liu's rogue spirit, even the butler Qiao is so angry."

After that, Susu learned how to be a money fan like Yangliu and the words about remarrying the sixth girl after she got married, which made the master and servants in the room burst into laughter, and the girls were both ashamed and funny.

After all, Miss Six is ​​still young, so she doesn't feel shy, she pulled Susu and said with a smile: "Sister will go to Sister Yangliu's house some other day, and she must bring me with her. I will give her my share of the red envelope first."

When it was getting late, the crowd dispersed, Mrs. Song and four maidservants entered the bedroom in the west room, and the five masters and servants calmed down to talk.

After Susu told Yangliu that everything was fine, the old lady and Ning Cui really felt relieved. As for Yunduo and Mingxiang, they didn't have that deep relationship with Yangliu after all, they just cared a few words.

Ning Cui ordered someone to call for hot water, and together with Ming Yu and Ming Yue who were listening to orders outside, helped the old lady wash her hands and feet, and put on her nightgown.The old lady half-lyed on the kang, asked Mother Qin, and sighed when the little maid said everything was fine.

"Yun Duo, you don't need to take care of me. Go and take care of your godmother. She suffered from cold when she was young, and she was better in the south, but she suffered a great crime in the north."

Ning Cui comforted: "Lady, don't worry too. Didn't the imperial doctor say that it's only serious if you don't adapt to it in the first year, and it will be fine next year."

The doctor in the family also has a family and business in Yangzhou, so he didn't follow him to Beijing. With the old lady's rank, he can recruit the imperial physician.But the old lady has always been in good health, the first time she recruited the imperial physician was for Nanny Qin, and Nanny Qin was very moved.In private, the old lady also asked the imperial doctor to feel Susu's pulse, and after drinking the decoction for more than half a year, although the sunflower water was uncomfortable, it finally didn't hurt so much!

The Imperial Physician also said that the syndrome of palace cold has greatly improved, so pay more attention in the future, and it will not have much impact on the offspring.This made the old lady let go of another worry.

When Susu heard that there was no need to drink the terrible and shameful soup, the child rarely cheered in anger, making those who knew it both laugh and angry.

At this time, the old lady listened to Ning Cui's persuasion, and could only nod helplessly, "There is nothing else to do. Let her cat winter in the house these days, don't come out. Fortunately, the east ear room is also connected to the kang, and the winter Sleeping on the kang is more comfortable than a bed, but it is a little dry, thanks to the 'Xue Piao' incense pills from Susu Tiao, which smells refreshing and cool."

The bedroom has a heated kang and a fluted wall, and the temperature is a few degrees higher than that of the warm pavilion in the hall. Susu took off her jacket early, leaving only a jacket. She sat on the embroidered pier and used the best rose oil to paint the old lady's hands. Paint feet.Hearing this, he said: "The north is like this, it's dry in any season, it's all right if you don't like to drink the fragrant dew, but you must drink the cans of Fengmi grapefruit tea prepared by the servant!"

The old lady smiled and said: "The honey pomelo tea is really good, sour and sweet. After distributing the sweet pomelo from the boat this time, there are still a lot left. Pick a few and eat fresh, and make the rest Grapefruit tea. There isn’t much left from last year’s production. Tomorrow you go to Prince Gong’s Mansion to get a can, add a bottle of plum blossom dew, four snacks, and four newly-collected velvets. It’s also very novel and decent. .”

After the old lady gave Su Su a few more instructions, except for Ning Cui who had to watch the night, Su Su and Ming Yu went down to rest separately.

Coming out of the main room, the air-conditioning was blowing in your face. Susu fastened her cloak, and taking advantage of the light of the palace lamp with horns, she opened the door of the west anteroom. Tang Pozi, Susu thanked and closed the door.

Because there is a heated kang with fluted walls in the upper bedroom, there is no need for a charcoal basin, so a lot of high-quality silver silk charcoal and red Luo charcoal were saved, and the old lady gave a lot of them to the four maids.

The two charcoal basins were burning vigorously, and the room was warmed up in a short while. Susu then changed into her pajamas, washed up, and sat in front of the dressing table.Looking at the beautiful fairy-like girl in the glass mirror by candlelight.Sometimes there is always a trance, the ordinary but stubborn face in the memory becomes more and more blurred, and the memory of the previous life is also dusty in the bottom of my heart.

The future life is still unpredictable, she has no time to remember the past, only in the dead of night can she dare to relax, and she will have to re-arm herself tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)