Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 72
In the north room of the east wing, Xieyi was awakened by some slight movements, sat up and found that the blank space had risen, lit a candle and sat at the desk by the window to write and draw.

He put on his clothes and got out of bed, and walked over.

Aiming at the inscription on the case, it is Maochu.Xieyi moved her head behind Liu Bai and looked around, still a little worried, and then relaxed after confirming that Nizi was not scribbling on the courseware they had prepared for the little officials.

He leaned down with his arms around Liu Bai's shoulders, and sized up the ugly fox in Liu Bai's charcoal pen. Of course, he understood her thoughts, and softly enlightened him: "Young officials also feel pity for us. Is it possible that you want to be treated as an object so casually?" ?”

Liu Bai moved his shoulders, as if trying to push away Xieyi, and said angrily: "Think!"

Xie Yi held down her swaying little body, and said: "Let's take pity on her, at her age, how many years can she be around petty officials? No way, in another three to five years, she will be the ugly fox you described."

Liu Bai endured it, finally laughed, and soon remembered that he was still sulking, and quickly put on a small face, and turned around: "I usually say that I am not forgiving, but when you become poisonous, you are going to gouge people's hearts .”

The feeling of grievance and suffocation of writing comments was vented, and he hugged her intimately, and then pulled her up: "Go back to bed, you don't wear your clothes well, what should I do if I'm cold?"

Liu Bai was pulled up by her, but he didn't go back to his little bed, walked to the side of Xie Yi's bed and threw himself on it, muttering: "It's better if you get sick from the cold, or someone will feel sorry for you."

Liu Bai lay on his own bed, and he didn't rush to freehand.

Holding the candlestick, she came over and put it on the bed, pushed Nizi in, blew on the lamp, pulled the quilt to lie down together, and slapped her lightly: "Speak angry."

Then they stopped talking.

Can't sleep either.

Maybe petty officials have thoughts of petty officials, but how can they not have their own thoughts?

It was dark that day, and it was about right, so they sat up together, got dressed and got up.

When they came to the outer room, just opposite Luoshui also lifted the curtain and walked out.

There was nothing unusual in his expression, and he greeted him as softly as before.However, Xieyi noticed that she was dressed neatly, but she didn't look like she just got up.

After opening the door, the three daughters washed up. In front of the main entrance, there were already six servant girls who came out quietly from the back room.

Xieyi unlatched the door and led the people out.

Outside the main entrance is a row of inverted rooms where maids and servants live, which is why Zhu Yuan thinks the courtyard looks like a courtyard.However, it is still a compact Jiangnan courtyard layout. In fact, there are two south rooms on the left and right sides of the main entrance. If you count the kitchen and bathroom in the corners on both sides, the space can be used to the extreme.

The maids who lived in the inverted room had also gotten up, and Xieyi led a group of women to the southeast corner, took out the key, and personally opened the small door facing east on the high wall.

Outside the door is a corridor built next to the pond.

After going out, he ordered the maids to fetch today's vegetables, meat, drinking water, etc., and Xie Yi ordered two maids, and went to another courtyard adjacent to the front.

The group of big and small women who just arrived yesterday lived here.

Shouting to open the door, Xieyi walked in with her maid.

This is the place where the former owner of the mansion reads and entertains guests. There are guest rooms on both sides of the southeast. The north side of the main house hangs a plaque as "Minglun Hall". It is even shorter than the Minglun Hall in the central style.

It's just different from the house in Jinling Houhu, which has been vacated at first.

Before, Xieyi wanted to arrange the four little eunuchs here, but luckily He Xuan refused.

It's too big here.

Therefore, it was changed to a pure guest house further south, which was actually quite large, but it was better than here.

so far so good.

Otherwise, a group of yesterday could only squeeze into the guest courtyard in the south.

Xie Yi couldn't help but think, I hope His Majesty the Emperor doesn't send people over.

It's not that it can't fit.

After all, maids and servants, according to the rules of big families, can squeeze a lot of people in one bunk, so it can be as loose as my own at this time.Even if the four of them lived in the main courtyard, they would instinctively dare not share a room with each other. Instead, two beds were placed on the left and right wings of the East Wing.

The problem is that no matter how many people there are, it will be difficult to be clean in front of small officials.

Ok.

It is difficult for them to hide people.

The petty official said it was a monopoly.

They are a daughter's family, and they are not as big-hearted as their petty officials. Of course, they only want to monopolize their own men.

Speaking of it, the west courtyard is about thirty feet from north to south, the inner house occupies ten feet, the study courtyard here occupies seven feet, the guest courtyard where the four eunuchs live is five feet, and the rest of the space is a row of warehouses and small courtyards. And the ancestral compound with only one main house.

These courtyards actually only take up one-third of the space of the mansion.

However, the freehand brushwork still feels too small.

Just like this time, a group of girls, big and small, were temporarily arranged in the study courtyard. Even if she really didn't want these girls to appear next to her petty officials, but now that they were here, she would inevitably feel that she had lost the dignity of her petty officials.

But Xieyi also understands that in this small Dinghai County, there is no better house to be found, just like the mansion of the navy commander in the east, which is actually only half the size of his own.

Xieyi also doubted this matter.

I just feel that it is probably because the small officials in my family are more favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and after all, they brought more entourages. After all, the small officials are weak and need someone to take care of them, so the Master Hua took the initiative to be humble.

However, even if it is bigger than other houses, so what?
Thinking about the daily toil of the petty officials here, Xie Yi can't wait to go back to Jinling immediately!
Besides, there are no earth dragons like petty officials in this study courtyard, a temporary residence. A group of girls traveled hundreds of miles in two days in order to catch up with the day. Some of them were crumbling yesterday. Xieyi also invited Imperial Doctor Dai to come and prescribe medicine.

Fortunately, I checked the big and small ones one by one.

All good.

However, today it will still be reset, and more than a dozen sets of bedding and furniture will be delivered, and each room will have to be carefully cleaned again.There is no kitchen in the courtyard here, so we can't use the same chef as those men in the outer courtyard, and we have to make room to build a stove.

Men can't come in, but fortunately there are a few servants who can do it.

Ok.

correct.

Building a stove depends on the almanac. After breakfast, let Luoshui choose a day.

As for the recent ones, let Zhaofang Kitchen make more and send them over several times.

In addition, there are monthly money for these girls.Also, the weather is getting warmer and spring clothes are being made, and it is also necessary to determine whether to distribute them directly as cloth or as ready-made clothes.

Furthermore, petty officials like the women around them to be well-dressed.

Saying that it looks ugly will make you feel bad.

Therefore, it is not just clothes, but also all kinds of jewelry.

It seems that I have to take some time to sort out my expenses for next month.

Little officials are not careful people, and they can spend whatever is right or wrong, but they like to be clear.

She felt it was right.

In addition, these girls also brought a bunch of boobs, which filled two rooms yesterday.Xieyi deliberately told people not to move, and planned to check it out by herself.The people belonged to her own petty officials, she didn't think they should have any personal belongings.She hadn't thought about occupying anything, but she had to know it well.

In case you bring something you shouldn't bring into your house, it is also unseemly.

After looking at the people, Xieyi took a brief look at those things, many of them were chessboards, musical instruments, books, and dowry boxes of each person, but they were just boxes, and most of them were boxes full of old and new clothes.

Xieyi knows the origins of these women, and wonders how they can keep them.

After asking a few people, I found out that because they were going to be sent to Mingzhou, they were graciously allowed to pick some of their own from the confiscated property that was escorted to Beijing together.

Nothing too precious after all.

Just like those dowry boxes, not to mention empty inside, many gold, silver and jade inlaid on the outside have been pried away, leaving only the box itself which is barely worth some money.

However, one of the women also said that it is also a blessing that her daughter's family can keep these things in the current situation.

Freehand is very sympathetic.

It was the greatest blessing in their life to be sent to the side of the petty officials back then.

Now not only is she settled, but even her family has been properly arranged, and Xiangyi occasionally thinks that even if she dies for the petty official right away, she will have no regrets.

Therefore, the petty official asked her to take care of the house, and said that he had no time to take care of the family, and asked her to help make up for the links of 'self-cultivation, family harmony, governance of the country, and peace of the world', and she worked hard to do so.

How can you let the little officials down!
After reading and asking one by one like this, the sky is already bright when we leave the study courtyard.

Going back to the back inner house, He Xuan was already waiting in the small room near the door of the inverted room. He came to get today's 'courseware', and he had to send it to Qingniang's younger brother Li Gui to get acquainted first, so that he could make arrangements.

Xieyi went into the courtyard to fetch it in person, handed it to He Xuan, and discussed some things to do today.

Send the little servant away, turn around and return.

Then I went to Zhaofang to check and explain, and when I returned to the front yard, it was already the beginning of the morning, and my little officials still hadn't woken up.

The little official is weak and always sleeps for a long time, usually only when Chen Zheng gets up.

Come to the small kitchen in the southeast of the courtyard.

He found that Qingniang was already up, pretending to be making soup buns for her petty officials as usual, but unfortunately she was not pretending at all.

It's not like anywhere.

On the neck, it seems to have a rash, not to mention finding a scarf to wrap it around, but it seems to be demonstrating with them.

Xieyi thought uncomfortably.

But I also know that this silly aunt probably forgot to take a look in the mirror, so she doesn't know what she looks like now.

Moreover, Xie Yi understands better that Qing Niang is a careless person, and her heart is actually very good.Doing this now is also a kind of clumsy gesture of goodwill, which means that she is still with them, and she will not feel that she is special.

It's just……

At least today, it is difficult for them to appreciate it.

It was like Luoshui, Liu Bai and a certain sack girl who also lived in this inner courtyard were all busy in the kitchen, each acting as if nothing had happened, and did not intend to remind her at all.

Or I can only speak by myself.

If not, if this woman is seen by an outsider today, although there is almost no possibility, but if it happens to happen, the petty official will lose all face.

Xieyi didn't speak, walked over, pointed to her neck, then pointed to Qingniang.

Qingniang froze for a moment, and looked around.

Luo Shui and Liu Bai were still busy with their own affairs as if nothing had happened. A certain sack blushed, and couldn't hold it back, and laughed crisply. Qing Niang finally realized that something was wrong, and when she remembered something, she covered her face and walked quickly out.

After Qingniang left, Xieyi realized that there was one missing.

Ok.

warm lady.

This small courtyard probably needs to add another person today, but fortunately, there are four rooms in the south room, and Lin Xiaoyu has occupied one room, and will just make another room.

After all, the little official said yesterday that he would serve as Qingniang's maid.

Just ...

The mood of writing is fluttering.

Spit secretly.

Liu Bai, that bad girl, it's fine to peek at some stupid books by yourself, so why talk to her!

Glancing in displeasure and laughing, Liu Bai and some embarrassed sack girl washed their hands freely, walked forward, and then wrapped the stuffing left by Qing Niang.

On weekdays, having to manage such a big family, Xieyi is busier than her own petty official, but she still squeezed out time to learn a little bit of cooking.At least, Qing Niang has adjusted the stuffing, so she can wrap it up without any problem.

(End of this chapter)