The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 53

Xie Yujiao followed Mrs. Zheng to the door, and sure enough, there were two or three rows of old men and old ladies kneeling in front of Xie's house. Some people were too old and had bad legs, so they were supported by their first daughter and boy.Xie Yujiao entered, and immediately felt embarrassed, her pretty face flushed a little, she hurriedly said: "Old man, old ladies, get up quickly, I can't bear it."

Those people usually met Xie Yujiao, and some didn't.Needless to say, those who have seen it before, who would not praise Xie Yujiao as a celestial being in heaven and earth, those who have never seen it now will immediately feel that Xie Yujiao is a fairy descended from the earth, how can she be so good-looking.

"Miss, you don't have to be modest, you can bear all of this. It turns out that when Master Xie was around, he often thought of us, and he often asked steward Tao to greet us. Usually, when we had a headache, he would send the doctor to us poor women. If the land rent cannot be paid, we can discuss it. My old man is old now, and his legs and feet are not good. He must urge me to kowtow to the eldest lady! We have a good person like you in Xiejiazhai, and we also It's all safe and sound." The old lady is getting old, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes have turned into chrysanthemums, but when she said these words, she was very clean, and she gave Xie Yujiao two more kowtows.

How could Xie Yujiao bear it, seeing Shen Shihu standing beside her, she said, "Brother Shen, please help these old men and women up, kneeling like this is impossible when you are old."

Seeing Xie Yujiao's order, Shen Shihu began to help people. Xie Yujiao just continued: "We all live in Xie's house. This is fate. Although my father left early, he kept telling me that our family has the present situation. This kind of industry is also the result of the joint efforts of the villagers. You are all old tenants of Xie’s house, and you have planted land for us for a lifetime. My small thoughts are nothing, I just hope you all take good care of them Take care of your health, live a few more years, and enjoy life in peace, I guarantee that if I, Xie Yujiao, stay in Xie's house, the people here will not be left without food or clothing."

Hearing these words, Shen Shihu couldn't help raising his head to look at Xie Yujiao, and saw that there seemed to be a different kind of divine light on her face, which made him have a kind of light that people couldn't look directly at.

Everyone insisted on kowtowing to Xie Yujiao, but Xie Yujiao couldn't refuse, so she made them all kowtow twice, calling for the servant girl to help him up together.

Seeing the old people leave happily, Xie Yujiao was also very happy in her heart. She never thought that she only did such a small thing to make these people so grateful.Xie Yujiao turned around and went inside. Seeing that Shen Shihu was still at the door, she turned her head and said, "Brother Shen, from tomorrow to the eighth day, you will not come to our house anymore. I will give you an annual leave. You go home and reunite with your family." Bar."

Shen Shihu was stunned for a moment, didn't speak, then nodded, he didn't seem very happy.

Xie Yujiao didn't know how many days people had annual holidays in ancient times, but in modern times it is usually a week. She gave Shen Shihu ten days' holiday, which should be about the same?Then he asked with some uncertainty: "What? Is it usually on the eighth day of the new year? Or directly after the Lantern Festival? I'm not sure."

Hearing this, Shen Shihu knew that Xie Yujiao had misunderstood, so he hurriedly said: "Miss misunderstood, our family is in the village, I go home every day, and there is nothing to reunite, I still come to the house every day, to give to Miss Watch the house!"

Ever since Shen Shihu was guarding the gate of Xie's house, there were indeed fewer incidents of young men fighting or disobedient riots in the house. Even the security of Xie's house was much better than before, and some incidents of unavoidable outsiders and stealing were dealt with. Also a lot less.

"No, nothing will happen during the New Year's Eve, so you can rest at home." After Xie Yujiao finished speaking, she walked a few steps inside, thought for a while, then turned around and said, "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, let your father Mother, come to the mansion. The things I give today are the same as those of several relatives. I have prepared something else for your family. Let your two younger brothers and one younger sister come to the mansion to play. It happens that there are many children lively."

Hearing this, Shen Shihu's face was a bit out of character, people in the countryside have strict rules, and his aunt's family can't treat him as a serious relative, although Xie Yujiao ordered it, but it's not in accordance with the rules.

"Miss, it's okay to let my parents enter the house to kowtow to your wife and you tomorrow, but the younger siblings won't come. It's like coming to your house to make trouble. It's a bit unseemly."

Xie Yujiao knew that Shen Shihu was thinking a lot, so she lowered her eyebrows and thought for a while, "Let me tell you this, although my aunt's family is not a serious relative, but now my uncle's family is only my uncle, and there is only one girl under him, who is also going to get married Yes, when Chaozong grows up in the future, it is impossible to expect my uncle to help him alone, and my uncle is also old, so the only person who can be counted on is you, your own uncle."

Shen Shihu never thought that Xie Yujiao would treat him like this, his eyes turned red immediately, and he said persistently: "The little one doesn't dare to be the young master's uncle, but don't worry, the young lady, the young one will definitely protect the young master and prevent him from It’s not fun at all, and I will never let others bully him to do something.”

In fact, Xie Yujiao also finds it quite strange, why is this kind of blood and flesh relatives not considered important in ancient times, and these three cardinal principles and five constant rules must be followed? In Xie Yujiao's view, no matter what, Xie Chaozong came out of Aunt Shen's belly After all, the Shen family is also his maternal ancestor's family.

"With your words, I'm relieved, that's all, it's getting late, you can go back too."

Xie Yujiao returned to the main courtyard and saw Mrs. Xu was doing needlework with her aunt in the living room. Xu Huiru was also holding a needle and thread in her hand, and was embroidering stitch by stitch while watching the method taught by her aunt.When Xu saw Xie Yujiao coming in, she put down her needle and thread first, "Have those people been sent away?"

"They're all gone, they're all old people, it's hard for them to get it, so I still want to come and have a look." Xie Yujiao said, just leaned over to see Xu Huiru's needlework, and saw that it was embroidered with one or two monkeys stacked on top of each other , this is a little puzzled: "What kind of trick is this? I don't understand?"

The auntie glanced at it, and said with a smile: "This is the seal of monkeys for generations!" After the auntie finished speaking, she raised her head and glanced at Xu Huiru. say.

Xie Yujiao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Then this thing should be given to men, right?"

Xu Huiru's long face flushed red to the base of her ears, and she whispered, "I... I gave it to my father."

Seeing what she said, Xie Yujiao just leaned over with a smile, took her by the sleeve, walked into the corner, leaned into her ear and said, "Who are you lying to? Your father has not entered the official career now. If you want to send your father off, you will I should embroider a gold ingot, what are you doing with this embroidering?"

Xu Huiru knew that Xie Yujiao was smart, and she couldn't hide these things from her, so she blushed and said, "I'm just learning it first, maybe it will be useful in the future?"

When Xie Yujiao heard this, she was also happy, but she was not in a hurry to ask who she liked, she just smiled and said: "Then you have to study hard, I don't know how to do these things, if I can use it in the future, just count on is you."

Xu Huiru laughed when she saw Xie Yujiao like that.

At this time, Mother Zhang came out of the room, saw a room full of people, and said: "The young master has had milk, and now he has fallen asleep."

Mrs. Xu originally hired a nanny for Aunt Shen, and planned to let her have a good rest during the confinement period, but who knew that Aunt Shen had a lot of milk, and the baby could not eat it all with open arms!In the end, Mrs. Xu didn't care anymore, so she had to give the nanny money and let her go home, but invited another experienced old mother to help take care of the child together.

This year, Xie’s family is keeping their filial piety, and there is no need for all the Spring Festival couplets, red candles, window grilles, etc., so it seems that there is no Chinese New Year atmosphere, but the day after tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, Xie Yujiao and Xu still have to go to Xie’s ancestral hall to worship ancestors .

After paying homage to the ancestors, there is nothing to do.Xu Huiru glanced outside, saw that the sky was gloomy, and it might snow again, so she pursed her mouth and said nothing.

Xie Yujiao knew that she wanted Xu Yu to go, so she ordered: "Mother Zhang, you go outside and send a servant to the city to send a letter to Uncle, asking him to come back here for the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve."

Mother Zhang nodded repeatedly, Xu Huiru raised her eyes and glanced at Xie Yujiao, full of gratitude.

In the early morning of the second day, Shen Shihu's family really came to the house. Aunt Shen knew about it, and she was very grateful.The woman outside led Mrs. Shen in. When Mrs. Shen saw Mrs. Xu, she knelt down and kowtowed. How could Mrs. Xu stand up for it? I don't know that your family is in trouble, otherwise I should always take care of you."

After hearing this, Mrs. Shen waved her hands repeatedly and said: "How can we have such a face? She was the one who made a fuss to come in..." Mrs. Shen was a little embarrassed when she said this, and she only whispered: "She was also For the sake of our big family, her father and I are in poor health, we can't farm and we can't get a harvest, Shi Hu is outside again, we really have nowhere to go."

At this time, Aunt Shen had already washed and dressed, and she came out with Xie Chaozong in her arms. When she saw Mrs. Shen, she wanted to greet her, but she hurriedly stopped her. She leaned over to look at the baby in Aunt Shen's arms, and said happily : "It looks really good-looking, but it really looks like Mr. Xie! I heard that the name was given by the county magistrate, so many people like it as soon as it was born, what a blessing!"

Aunt Shen was confinement and raised her carefully, her complexion was rosy at the moment, Mrs. Xu knew that the two of them had something to say, so she picked up the child and said with a smile: "You go in and chat, we will eat later Call you again."

Mrs. Shen nodded her head with a smile on her face, and saw that none of the girls in her family were running around, so she followed Aunt Shen into the inner room.

Mrs. Xu hugged Xie Chaozong and coaxed him for a long time. Seeing him yawning with his fists raised, she couldn't help rubbing his little face.

(End of this chapter)