Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 26 Changes in People's Minds (1)

In the Shen family, the old lady Shen, who was the first to get the news, suddenly changed her face when she heard the news, she turned her head to look at Nanny Li, and asked again and again: "It's a good person, if you just say it like this, you'll be gone." .”

Nanny Li was beside her, and she lowered her head and replied: "Ms. Qin's body has been losing a lot... Let Laonu say something that is not very respectful, so it's not a bad thing to go earlier, and it will save her from suffering less. Lao Nu I heard that the Zhu family is going to give the Qin family a grand burial in order to show the Qin family face."

Hearing this, the old lady just nodded her head and said nothing for a long time. After a while, she sighed slowly and said, "Oh, I used to think that the child was a bastard, but now that I look at it this way, she is a lucky star." .”

Nanny Li immediately echoed: "The old lady has great blessings, and the eldest lady is by your side, so you can turn bad luck into good luck, and the times will turn around."

"Times come and go..." The old lady moved the corners of her mouth with a half-smile after hearing this: "You don't have to say such nice things to please me, I know it myself. At lunch time, send someone to call the child, Tell the kitchen to cook more light dishes, she likes to eat."

Nanny Li replied yes.

According to the old lady's order, the lunch dishes are almost all vegetarian dishes, and there are only two meat dishes, shredded beef with sauce and duck soup.

It was not the first time for Shen Yuechen to come to the main courtyard for dinner, but it was the first time that she saw the old lady prepare dishes so catered to her.

Although the old lady is getting old, she still loves to eat meat. Every meal must have fish and meat, and she never taboos.

Before, when Shen Yuechen came over for dinner, the old lady told her in a reproachful tone when she saw that she only picked out vegetarian dishes, don't always be picky eaters, blindly be a vegetarian, it looks like a person who is not lucky to eat , not flattering.

For today's meal, the atmosphere on the table was different from the very beginning, and after the meal, the old lady deliberately left her to drink tea and talk.

The old lady leaned on the Luohan bed, and ordered the servant girl to put more pillows, and asked Shen Yuechen to come and lie down with her, and take a nap.

Shen Yuechen sat obediently next to the old lady with closed eyes and rested her mind, and gently fanned her. After a while, she suddenly heard the old lady say: "I'll ask someone to clean up the west wing room later, and you can move it here." Stay here. When you have nothing to do, you can still talk to me and chat with me."

The west wing of the main courtyard was where Shen Zhijian lived in the past.After Shen Zhiyun took office in Laizhou, the old lady kept the place empty and ordered her servants to tidy up the place and keep it clean for Shen Zhijian and his family to rest after they came back.

Shen Yuechen's eyes flickered slightly, the fan in his hand stopped for a while, and when he looked up, he saw the old lady slowly opened her eyes and looked at herself, and said with a smile: "Come here before dinner, we, grandpa and grandson, will have dinner together."

After living in the quiet and deserted southern courtyard for more than half a year, when it was time to leave, Shen Yuechen suddenly felt a little bit reluctant, especially the purple purlin wood carving table that was placed by the window.There are few people and quiet here, which is very suitable for reading and writing alone, and quietly doing something you like.

In the future, if she is next to the old lady, she will be more careful in her words and deeds, and there will be more eyes around her. I am afraid that she will never be as comfortable as she is here.

When she returned to Shen's house back then, Shen Yuechen had nothing but a white jade Guanyin statue and a few clean clothes. Now that she moved to the main courtyard, she still didn't have many things.

In the west wing room, everything has been prepared, gorgeous furniture, a comfortable big bed, and all kinds of exquisite decorations. The celadon vase on the Eight Immortals table is filled with delicate and beautiful crabapple flowers, and there are three or two pots of green flowers beside it. The potted plants are very unique.

After tidying up, Shen Yuechen took Mama Wu and Cuixin over to thank the old lady for her safety.

Although it was getting late, the old lady stayed up all the time, sipping tea slowly while waiting for her to come over.

"Granddaughter Yuechen pays her respects to grandmother."

Seeing the neatly dressed Shen Yuechen, the old lady straightened up from the Arhat bed, and said with a faint smile, "Come on, how is the house tidying up? Do you still like living here?"

Shen Yuechen stood up, naturally nodded and said that everything is fine, and I like everything.

The old lady saw that she answered respectfully, the smile on her face deepened, and she continued: "Don't be too restrained, just live in a down-to-earth way from now on, if there is anything missing, just tell Li Madam Mama is."

After hearing the words, Nanny Li also echoed, "This old slave is always at the disposal of the eldest lady."

Shen Yuechen gave another blessing with a smile: "There are already a lot of things that grandma has rewarded in the west chamber, so there is really no need to bother to buy anything."

The old lady felt relieved after hearing this, and suddenly glanced at Wu Ma and Cui Xin who were following Shen Yuechen, frowned slightly and said: "There are too few people serving you, it's time to add a few more people."

Shen Yuechen was slightly taken aback when he heard the words.

The old lady seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and raised her hand to signal to Nanny Li beside her. Nanny Li understood and called softly: "Come in, all three of you."

As soon as she finished speaking, three brightly dressed maids came in quickly from the door.The leader is Chun Ming who has been serving tea in the old lady's room before, and the other two, although they can't name them for a while, they don't feel unfamiliar.

The other young ladies of the Shen family, no matter if they are the eldest or the second wife, will always be accompanied by two big maids, two young maids, and a poor woman... and Shen Yuechen is surrounded by only Wu Ma and Cui Xin. Few, one is too old to do heavy work, and the other is too young to be safe in everything.

Today is different from the past, since Shen Yuechen moved from the South Side Courtyard to the West Wing of the Main Courtyard, it means that her status in the Shen family has changed, so she should be a bit more respectable.

The reason why the old lady sent someone from her room to her was firstly to give her a face, and secondly, she also wanted to ambush her eyeliner by her side in case of future emergencies.Originally, Shen Yuechen only had Cuixin by her side, and these three servant girls were all rewarded by herself. In the future, when she married the Zhu family, she would naturally have to bring all of them with her.

Shen Yuechen also understood the intention of the old lady's actions, and kept all three of them.

Chunming was originally a second-class maid in the old lady's room, but now, when she arrives at Shen Yuechen's place, she will naturally be promoted to first-class maid. Moreover, she is also the oldest, fifteen years old, the same age as Shen Yuechen.The other two maids, one named Chun'e, was originally a helper in the kitchen. They have big round faces, small eyes, and they look fair and neat, but their voices are a bit squeaky.There is also a girl called Chunhui, who is short, thin and white, usually not talkative, and is said to be the most honest maid in the courtyard.

In all fairness, Shen Yuechen didn't have much affection for the three maids, it was just the old lady's "heart", if she was willing to give it, she wanted it, just follow her heart.Moreover, even if the three of them are not needed, there will be others coming, coming and going, which will be troublesome.

Returning from the east chamber to the west chamber, as soon as Shen Yuechen returned to the house, Chunming and Chun'e took the initiative to help Shen Yuechen serve tea and water, make the bed and close the windows, showing great hospitality.

Cui Xin, who was used to doing these things, could only stand at the side helplessly, watching them being so busy.

Seeing this, Shen Yuechen called the three of Chunming to him with a smile, and said gently: "You were all safe people who worked with grandma before, so I am very relieved. It's not early today, you all go down early Let's rest, as long as Mama Wu and Cui Xin stay behind."

Chun Ming and the others had different expressions when they heard this, but in the end they all retreated obediently.

Cui Xin watched them leave, then turned to look at Shen Yuechen, her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything.

Wu Ma knew what she was worried about, touched her head, and said: "Silly boy, don't worry about it, Miss knows it all."

Hearing this, Cui Xin pursed her lips slightly, nodded, and put Shen Yuechen's changed clothes into the basin for washing, but in the side room where the maid lived, she overheard Chun Ming and the others intentionally lowering their voices. voice.

"Sister Chunming, you see that Miss treats us lightly, is she dissatisfied with us?" There was a bit of uneasiness in her tone.

Chun'e's voice is high-pitched and thin, which is easy to recognize.

Cui Xin bent down, and cautiously leaned against the door, only to hear Chunming reply: "Don't worry too much, the eldest lady has always been gentle and aloof from the world, so it's okay to accept life a little bit, as long as we Do things well, miss, she will never treat you and me badly."

Chun'e immediately smiled and said: "My sister is right, the young lady is now the old lady's favorite, in the future, if the young lady goes to Zhu's house, we will definitely go with her, right?"

Chunming smiled softly, "You little girl, you think so far, you are not ashamed."

Chun'e also burst out laughing "puchi": "Sister, why are you teasing me? It's only natural for a young lady to marry a maidservant! Think about it, sister, don't say you never thought about it."

She smiled, and suddenly changed the topic: "However, Sister Chunming, we need to be careful. If the eldest lady really gets married in the future, she may not be able to bring us all along, and there is that The little girl named Cuixin looks so clumsy, it's really an eyesore..."

When Cui Xin heard the words, she was taken aback for a moment, then turned around and left, not daring to continue listening.

After Cui Xin washed her clothes, she didn't go back to the maid's room immediately, but returned to Shen Yuechen's room again.

Now, Mama Wu also has a separate bedroom to rest, so she no longer needs to be crowded with the maids, so Shen Yuechen told her to go back to rest early.

After Wu Ma left, Shen Yuechen sat back at the table and looked at everything in the room quietly, only to see Cuixin come back.

Cui Xin looked preoccupied, and deliberately stayed in her room to find something to do. When she saw that the teapot on the table was a little cold, she hurriedly picked it up and walked outside: "Miss, this tea is cold, this servant will go now." Here’s a hot pot for you.”

Shen Yuechen saw that her expression was different, and said: "No need, I want to sleep."

"Oh." Cui Xin put the teapot back, and came over to help her change and go to bed. She hung up the clothes gently, and helped Shen Yuechen lie on the bed, with a slightly embarrassed expression, as if she had done something wrong.

Seeing that she had almost done everything she could do, Cui Xin got up and saluted: "Miss, please rest earlier. Is the maidservant watching the night for you tonight?"

Shen Yuechen looked at her strangely: "Why?"

(End of this chapter)