Passerby's daily life

Chapter 83
The last chapter talked about the return of the second master to Beijing. The second master still needs to handle the handover with the next officials. The first to come back is the luggage of several large ships, and Aunt Li, who followed the second master to the post, and her eighth girl.

This aunt mentioned it earlier.

The second master is going to take office, and he must bring a female family member to take care of the back house. The second wife herself is reluctant to leave the prosperous place in the capital, and she doesn't want to take advantage of the two concubines who have children at home.

So he tried his best to hurt others, benefit himself, and disgust Aunt Bai (the second young master and the biological mother of the third girl), and took a good concubine for the second master, which was Aunt Li.

Because the old lady was still in Yangzhou at that time, she hadn't seen her before, and in a short time, Aunt Li went to work with the second master, and no one understood her temperament.

I only know that she is a concubine girl who has not landed in the master's family, and she is only one year older than the second girl in terms of age.

Susu once again sighed, how did the second lady come up with such an idea that hurts others and does not benefit herself?

Early in the morning of Laba, Mrs. Shizi and several girls accompanied the old lady to drink Laba porridge. After the eldest lady and the second lady came to pay their respects, there was a message from the servants that Aunt Li and the eighth girl had arrived at the pier.

Those present here received the letter half a month ago, so they were not surprised at all. The eldest lady glanced at the second lady with a half-smile, and the second lady didn't seem to have heard the letter. Tea bowls are served.

She has been in the Song family for so many years and knows the goods. Today, the tea served in Suiantang is the best phoenix ball, and a ball the size of a thumb costs 100 taels of silver.

Sitting behind the old lady, Su Su tapped the paper-skinned walnuts with a small golden hammer, and after she knocked them, she put them on the emerald plate on the black lacquered table next to her, and was eaten up by the smiling Miss Liu and Miss Zhao Biao!

Hearing this news, he subconsciously looked at the second lady, she looked deserted, she was Li Wan in Dream of the Red Chamber, even a widow dressed brighter than her.

Regardless of whether there are old people, new wives, or even my own daughter who is about to get married, it is absolutely impossible for a person to live like this alone.

The second girl also saw through her mother's nature through the fact that her uncle's family went to Beijing. After so many days of learning from the old lady and Mrs. Shizi's family, her temperament became much calmer.

The eldest lady would not condescend to give the second bedroom the face of a concubine. Seeing that the second bedroom was not lively, she and the old lady hated each other even more. She glanced at her daughter-in-law and left with a handkerchief!

And the second wife obviously didn't think she needed to show respect to concubines and concubines. Regardless of her daughter's winks, she drank tea and went back to her yard.

Before leaving, he asked the old lady for a box of Fengtuan tribute tea without changing his face.

A small box containing ten balls the size of a thumb is worth a thousand taels of silver.

The old lady smiled and asked Susu to take it for her.

The second girl was left blushing, she really didn't have the face to look at the expressions of the other sisters and sisters-in-law, said, "The granddaughter is going to see the yard prepared for the aunt and the eighth younger sister, can there be anything to add", and hurried away.

The old lady sighed, but Susu thought in her heart: I really answered the phrase "a hateful person must have pity"!
At Suian Hall, the sixth girl quietly asked the third girl, what kind of character and appearance is that Aunt Li?

On the other side, Aunt Li and Eighth Girl, who were being held by the nanny, were also surrounded by maids and women, and entered the Shun'anbo Mansion through the west corner gate.

After passing through the Yimen Gate and entering the inner courtyard, Aunt Li breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the maids and maids who came and went were dressed in red and willow green, but looked very well-behaved.

I heard that Mrs. Shizi is in charge of the house now. This Mrs. Shizi was born in the founding dignitary of Wenchanghou Mansion. From the servants who greeted her at the pier to the maids and servants she saw along the way, she knew that she was very strict.

She is not afraid of obeying the rules, but she is afraid of being as unruly as she felt when she first entered the mansion.

She herself is not afraid of suffering, but now there is an extra eighth girl.

Although she is loved by the second master and has saved a lot of money in the past few years, if the second wife is really harsh on herself, the master will not be willing to bear the reputation of spoiling his concubine and destroying his wife for the sake of a concubine.

Now that there is an old lady sitting in town, and the wife of the eldest son is the housekeeper, as long as he behaves well and adds a younger brother to the eighth girl, the situation will not be worse than when he was in her mother's house!

It has to be said that this person has to be optimistic and easy to be satisfied, so that his life will not be so hard.

Aunt Li is a good concubine, and she gave birth to the eighth girl, and the second master also has something to ask her to entrust to the old lady, so she must first come to Suiantang to visit the old lady.

Susu also met this Aunt Li who was running the house like a serious master and grandma outside.

I thought it would be a bright and flamboyant appearance, like Aunt Bai who gave birth to the second young master and third daughter, and Aunt Jin who gave birth to the third young master are all of this type.

Unexpectedly, at first glance, she looks a bit dull like the second wife.

But youth is an advantage, at a flowery age, dullness has also become beautiful.

I saw that she was wearing a crane cloak with lotus blue bucket pattern and embroidered with foreign thread and silk, which made her look even more snowy and icy.

After entering the door, he took off the crane cloak, revealing a silver-red embroidered plum blossom slanted narrow-sleeve jacket trimmed with white fox fur, and underneath an apricot-yellow clean leather skirt trimmed with silver.

A low-hanging cloud bun was combed on the head, a silver hairpin inlaid with diamonds was inserted, and a few ruby ​​plum blossoms the size of fingernails were simply adorned.

A string of exquisite and small bamboo-patterned gold three things hung on the skirt, and a pair of red gold beaded shrimp whiskers and two red emerald and green rings were exposed on the wrists from the luggage room.

Aunt Li respectfully kowtowed to the old lady, and when she saw Mrs. Shizi and the girls, she just stood there, neither deliberately hiding her clumsiness nor being particularly public, gentle and gentle, but not annoying.

The old lady rewarded her with a pair of hairpins, which are inconspicuous at first sight, but upon closer inspection, they are made of gold wire thinner than shrimp's whiskers, and are inlaid with two red treasures as eyes, which look vivid.

Ba girl is still young, she can't see the character, but she is also cute and cute.Wearing bright red clothes, she is white and fat, like a New Year picture doll.

I won a box of gadgets from the old lady, and I know how to say "thank you, grandma".

Mrs. Shizi, several girls, and two cousin girls also prepared gifts for the youngest sister.

Afterwards, Aunt Li registered the things brought back by the second master and handed them over to the old lady.

It stands to reason that these things should be brought back to the second room first, and handed over to the second wife for redistribution.

But the second master had already given orders, and Aunt Li knew something about the mistress' temperament, but she was afraid that the old lady would think too much, and said: "Our master said that it is his fault for making the old lady work hard. When he comes back, I will go to the old lady again." Be filial to others."

How could the old lady not know what her son was worried about, so she waved her hand.

"Carry the things into the Suian hall first, and you take the eight girls back to the courtyard to meet your mistress first, and then go to rest. If there is anything missing, let someone go back to the second girl or Mrs. Shizi, and you can't make the girl feel wronged!"

Aunt Li got the old lady's last words, and finally took her daughter back to the second room courtyard with satisfaction!

I don't mention the situation in the second bedroom, but only in Suantang's side, Susu can only squeeze Ningxiang and Yuntong with all her strength in the face of a sudden increase in workload.

The two of them are close to Susu, so they got some letters. Knowing that Susu is for their own good, they just wish they could break themselves into eight petals, and have more time to learn more with Susu.

Fortunately, Aunt Li is also a smart person. The things that should be sent to where are all labeled, and they are comprehensive. Even the maid in the old lady's room got a box of small objects made of shells.

The favored maids like Susu are even thicker, and even Yang Liu, who has left the mansion, gets a share.

The second master is not a scumbag father. Although the prostitute was spoiled by her mother and not close to him, she deliberately packed a boatload of dowry for her daughter.

The old lady told them to pack these things into boxes and make a book, put them together with the second girl's previous dowry, and lock them in the warehouse, and give the keys to the second girl for safekeeping.

The actions of the second master made the second girl, who had never been close to her father, feel remorse, she knelt down in front of the old lady and cried bitterly, did she regret it?Or did my mother misunderstand me?In short, it is very complicated.

(End of this chapter)