The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 62

The dowry servants and eight maidservants are all around to wait on, as well as Xi Niang who came all the way from the capital, the skillful woman who combs her hair, and the cook from the south... The wedding boat wrapped in red cloth was stuffed into Full of it.

Uncle Sun brought the team who came to marry him, and also loaded a boat, along with two or three escorting warships, and went to the capital together.

The dowry ships have already been dispatched first, and these ships are full of people, and they are light—going fast, I am afraid that in more than half a month, they will be able to catch up with the cargo ship loaded with dowry.

The wedding has come to an end so far, and the remaining half will have to wait until the first day of the twelfth lunar month, when there is a banquet in the capital.

After more than a month of busy work, the eldest wife spared the greetings from her aunt and children for two or three days, and invited the doctor of Ouyang's family to prescribe Taipingzi, and drank two tonics. Slowed down.

It was time to settle some matters that had been put on hold because of the second lady's wedding.

Everyone knows what's in their hearts.

"The winter solstice came early this year!" Waking up this morning, the Eldest Master discussed with the Eldest Wife, "I don't think it's a big deal. The Wife worshiped the ancestors in the family ancestral hall in a normal way, so it's considered a holiday."

The second lady was married, and the third lady was the longest daughter in the family, and she sat down to the head of the eldest wife without hesitation.

She tilted her head and listened intently to the old man's words, with a hint of joy in her eyes.

Yesterday, the Wang family sent someone to the door to greet the eldest wife.

Fourth Aunt also had a smile on her lips.

Although she was dressed plainly, the smile at the corner of her mouth and the brilliance on her face could not be concealed by plain dress.

The eldest lady looked at the third lady.

She also showed a light smile. "Let's do whatever the master says, and invite Second Aunt to have a good time."

The old man nodded.

The second wife didn't make any fuss about Brother Jiu's injury. After she came to visit that day, she went to Yang's house several times, but she didn't ask to see Brother Jiu.

The eldest lady was naturally much more at ease.

When mentioning the second wife, his tone became more intimate.

The two couples discussed a few more trivial matters, and the elder coughed and got up slowly.

Fifth Lady flinched involuntarily.

Brother Jiu was injured. Besides Xu Fengjia, the culprit, there was also the victim and suspected mastermind, Brother Jiu, who threatened to commit Wu Niangzi.

The Eldest Master didn't show up as the main culprit, but he took aim at Fifth Lady...Although because of Second Lady's marriage, he held back the matter for the time being.

But today, it may not be possible to let this matter pass by like this.

As expected, the elder looked at Wu Niangzi.

"Xiao Wu, follow me." He nodded to Miss Wu.

The fifth lady looked shocked, and looked at the eldest lady as if asking for help, then followed the elder and left the house.

Everyone can't help showing strange colors.

Although San Niangzi didn't say anything, the smile on her face was so strong that it was about to overflow.

The eldest lady stared at her fiercely, and then smiled again.

"Let's all go away! After the winter solstice, you will start school, don't forget your homework." She said to her daughters with a pleasant face.

Everyone exited the main house one by one.

"Fourth aunt, take a step." The eldest lady smiled and nodded to fourth aunt.

Fourth Aunt's footsteps were stagnant.

The third lady and the fourth lady also showed worry.

Seventh Lady didn't look any further, she exited the main house.

After talking to Sixth Lady, Seventh Lady went back to the West Side Courtyard.

Brother Jiu's scars have almost faded away, leaving a little red thread on his face, like a faint bloodstain from a fingernail.

However, to be on the safe side, the eldest wife still didn't let him go out to have a blast, and the matter of moving back to the main house was slowed down just like that.

"Seventh Sister!" Seeing that Seventh Lady is back, Ninth Brother was very happy, "Is there anything interesting?"

Qin Niangzi shook her head with a smile, "It's not all those old sayings."

Nine Brothers immediately showed a bit of disappointment.

The big maids laughed and teased Brother Jiu for being lonely.

While talking and laughing, Seventh Lady took advantage of the situation and gave Bai Lu a wink.

As soon as Bai Lu rolled her eyes, she went to pull Guyu with a smile, "Let's go, let's go to Dongpianyuan and find something for Brother Jiu."

In Wu Niangzi's house, there are all kinds of wooden cat statues, clay figurines from Tianjin, backgammon playing, jade carving Go... everything.

Gu Yu smiled and revealed the house with Bai. She is the maid beside Wu Niangzi, and she is the one to lead the way to the East Side Courtyard.

Lidong was on duty last night, and now he has returned to his room to rest.

Qiniangzi and Jiuge looked at Lichun in unison.

Ever since he took over the job of taking care of Brother Nine, Li Chun has been very caring.

This month, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to Brother Jiu, and he lost a lot of weight. She personally checked what Brother Jiu ate and used.

Because of this, the tacit understanding between her and Qin Niangzi became deeper and deeper.

Before Qiniangzi could say anything, Lichun smiled and went out of the east room, tending the flowers and plants in the main room.

Today is different from the past, the winter solstice has not yet arrived, and the early-blooming red plums have been sent to the West Side Hospital.

Seventh Lady softly explained to Ninth Brother what the Elder Master had done.

The Elder Master took Wu Niangzi to the outer courtyard, not just to chat and laugh with him, to enjoy the family happiness, right?
The farce in front of Huanshawu has been forcibly suppressed for more than a month, and now it's time to bring it out and settle the score.

Brother Nine heard this, but he didn't show any panic.

There was faint excitement in his eyes. "I thought it was something... Father will definitely ask me to find out!"

This child is really terribly precocious, and Qin Niangzi couldn't help but help her forehead secretly.

In ancient times, people did generally mature earlier than in modern times.

When you are fifteen or sixteen, you will get married, and you can be grandparents or maternal grandparents when you are in your thirties... Before you are 20, your parents may have died of illness.

The short life course has accelerated the maturity of the ancients, especially in wealthy families. Very few children are over four years old, and they will roll around on the floor and act coquettishly.

From the moment they are sensible, etiquette education has been instilled in their minds, and in such an intriguing environment, few people will be ignorant until they are fifteen or sixteen years old—that is almost the age of marriage.

Even so, Brother Nine is still a little too early.

Seven or eight-year-old children, like Liu Niangzi, are already considered smart, they know how to hide their little calculations, laughing and covering up their deepest thoughts.

But even so, Liu Niangzi's mind is like a crystal clear stream in front of adults, which can be seen through at a glance.

A little girl like San Niangzi, who is thirteen or fourteen years old, still shows her feet from time to time.Otherwise, it will not be hated by everyone.

But what about Brother Nine?

I'm afraid no one can see through him!

Laughing and laughing all day long, like a child... Do you know if he is really so childish, or is he hidden and hidden?
But after all, he was still young and couldn't hold his breath.

I was only made things difficult by Xu Fengjia a few times, and this kid made a move.

Seventh Lady couldn't help but sighed.

"You always have to give pointers to your seventh sister and tell me what to say?"

Ninth Brother didn't take it seriously, "Doesn't Seventh Sister know nothing?"

As long as you maintain a state of not knowing anything, you can’t say you’re wrong.After all, Qin Niangzi didn't know anything at all.

But at Brother Nine's young age, can he hide the truth from such fine people as the eldest wife and the eldest master?

Seventh Lady was still a little worried.

But he didn't say much.

Brother Nine is obviously very confident in himself...

Even if it's for myself and Xu Fengjia to fight against each other, so what?It was Xu Fengjia who was unreasonable first.

The eldest wife will have a relationship with brother Jiu for this, but the eldest master will not care so much.

He has only one son, Brother Jiu.

It would be great if Brother Nine could manage to deal with it.

But if you can't, it can be regarded as a lesson, and you will be more secure when you act in the future.

Sometimes blindly protecting a person will limit his growth.

Seventh Lady didn't say anything more.

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In the afternoon, the eldest wife sent Mama Liang to bring her maid to move Brother Jiu.

As mother Liang, of course she didn't have to do the work herself, so she went into Dongli Room to pay her respects to Miss Qin, "The family didn't have enough staff some time ago, so I asked Miss Qin to be short-handed here."

Seventh Lady smiled politely with Liang's mother, and then asked, "Madam left Fourth Auntie here in the morning, what are you talking about?"

As Liang's mother, it is impossible not to know the relationship between Qin Niangzi and the eldest wife.

Qin Niangzi didn't treat Liang's mother as an outsider, so she blatantly asked her for news.

Mother Liang glanced outside the house.

Bai Lu is holding hands with Lidong and talking reluctantly.

Brother Nine was going to move back to the main house, so the improvised medical establishment was disbanded, and Bai Lu returned to serve under Seventh Lady.

She squinted her eyes and lowered her voice, "Madam made the Wang family's matter clear to Sifang."

Seventh Lady was not surprised at all.

It's time to speak out.

The Wang family sent people to the door over and over again, probably because of the idea of ​​officially proposing marriage.

When I asked someone to come to the door to talk about the marriage, the mistress, the eldest wife, was not at home. Now that I have to officially come to the door to exchange posts, it is natural for someone to come and ask the eldest wife what she means and how to act is more appropriate.

No matter how arrogant the Yang family is, it's not easy to wait for the Wang family to send a matchmaker to come to propose marriage with Geng Tie before saying no.

Mother Liang was very interested in gossip, "Sifang turned pale when he heard it! At that moment, the teacup in her hand was not held firmly, and it fell to the ground with a clatter..."

Fourth aunt had never lost her composure like this before!

Seventh Lady couldn't help being fascinated.

"The wife was a little unhappy, so she said a few words to the fourth room, saying that she acted rudely...not well-bred." Liang's mother frowned.

The eldest wife's bad breath for so many days has finally been vented today.

"Fourth aunt probably didn't say anything!" Seventh lady asked again.

Thinking of Si Yiniang's obvious nervousness when she was testing her, she couldn't bear it.

The world's parents love each other, and the fourth aunt is devoting all her efforts to the tricks, all for the purpose of proving a good relationship to the third lady!
"Hey, Madam also put the words on the table from the very beginning, even the master meant that... What else does she have to say?" Liang's mother didn't think so.

If the eldest master and the eldest wife join forces, no matter how big the fourth aunt can be, how can she turn the world over?

"I must have lost my mind!" Seventh Lady had no choice but to say so.

"Isn't it? If you drop that teacup, you'll just be... From the beginning to the end, you're out of your mind, and you can't even smile."

Liang's mother also showed a three-pointed pity. "This aunt is not a slave after all..."

Halfway through the speech, he quickly stopped it, secretly blaming himself for his slip of the tongue.

Aren't all the young masters and ladies sitting in this room crawled out of the aunt's stomach?
Seventh Lady didn't care much.

Auntie, no matter what her original status is, once she enters the door, she is a half slave.What Mama Liang said was not wrong.

"The backyard must be stable for a while!" She let out a long breath.

The Fourth Aunt has always had a clear goal in making troubles.

Now... her plan has come to nothing, and she has to start all over again.

No matter how strong Si Yiniang's heart is, she might be depressed for a while.

Mama Liang also laughed.

The pleasure of knowing that the enemy will be hit is of course much different from seeing the enemy being hit and losing his mind.

"Madam is happy right now, and the smile on her face has never stopped!" She and Qin Niangzi sighed, "Over the years, Madam has seldom been so happy!"

"Fifth Sister is back!" Seventh Lady thought of Fifth Lady.

Wu Niangzi probably didn't suffer too much.

"Well, I came back after going there for a while, and said that the master didn't ask anything, but instead said a few words of comfort. It just so happened that some new case came outside to visit the master, and Wu Niangzi avoided it." Liang Mama I looked at the main room.

Brother Nine is only here for a temporary stay, and he doesn't have many things. After a while, he has almost packed up.

Seventh Lady got up and sent Mama Liang and Brother Jiu out of the yard.

Jiu Ge was hugged by the tall and burly nurse, his face was tightly surrounded, and he waved at Qin Niangzi himself.

Seventh Lady couldn't help smiling.

Standing at the bottom of the steps, watching them gradually turn out of the west side courtyard, before turning back to the house.

"This year, you should be able to live in peace!"

She sighed to herself.

Bai Lu and Li Xia looked at each other and both smiled.

"Whether this year is comfortable or not, it depends on Brother Jiu, whether he can fool things around." Li Xia muttered while tossing toys and utensils to and fro.

Seventh Lady didn't worry too much.

"Where is Brother Nine's identity...how can he not be fooled? The young cousin of the Xu family, hasn't he been fooled?"

She sat down in front of the desk and straightened out the four treasures of the study that had not been touched for a long time.

"Master Biao is really weird!" Bai Lu picked up the white porcelain Guanyin Zun and put it on Duobaoge. "These girls in our family, that is, Seventh Lady, are the most temperamental... and they just fell in love with you."

"What you said made me blush." ​​Qin Niangzi giggled, "It's nothing if the people in the West Side Courtyard say I'm good, but if the maids in the other room say I'm good-natured, that's really good!"

"Gu Yu by Fifth Lady's side, and Daxue by Sixth Lady's side, who doesn't say that you have a good temper?" Bai Lu disagreed.She usually goes out of the house with Seventh Lady, and has a lot of friends.

Zhongyuan came into the room with a small heart-shaped gemstone cup, "Girl, I heard that the second lady used to drink the dew from flower petals to make tea. It rained yesterday, so I also took a small cup!"

The girl Zhongyuan is honest and honest, but sometimes she has some whimsical ideas just like Liu Niangzi.

Qin Niangzi smiled and said, "Let's put it there. This little bit is enough for what to do. Next time it rains, you take a basin to catch it."

Zhongyuan suddenly became happy, "I think so too! The plum blossom cup that my wife rewarded last time is just right to catch the rain..."

Everyone coincidentally laughed.

The atmosphere in the house was harmonious.

Lichun's voice came from outside again.

"What are you talking about so happy!" Li Chun smiled and lifted the curtain, and entered Xili's room. "The little ancestor left a few books with him on the bed frame. Now that the bed has been taken out, the books have gone somewhere!"

He just came here for a temporary stay, and Brother Jiu slept on a canopy bed made of ordinary camphor wood. After returning to the main house, the canopy bed was dismantled and put into the small storage room.

Everyone put down their work and helped Lichun find books.

Lichun quietly tugged on Qiniangzi's sleeve.

Qin Niangzi got up and stood in the corner with Lichun.

"I don't know what Brother Nine said to the eldest wife... The wife was not angry! Instead, she asked Mama Wang to bring a few confidant daughters-in-law into Baifang Garden, and asked for the key to the Qinghong Pavilion!" Lichun was a little puzzled. , "... just to talk to you."

Seventh Lady was also surprised.

Why did it involve the deceased Third Aunt?
(End of this chapter)