The wife of a woman collecting herbs cannot be bullied

Chapter 127

As the saying goes: If you don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, you can make the popular Zuo Zongzheng come to their general's mansion, which is not popular now, and it is presumably not really for wine tasting and chatting.

However, Shi Chuying didn't have to worry about these things, she was arranged by Chu Xu to rest in Liu's yard first.

After following Mrs. Liu this trip, Shi Chuying realized that the layout of this old house was not exactly the same as theirs.In the old house, each house was divided into its own yard, and each yard was a courtyard, and such a small courtyard was almost the same as the mansions of ordinary wealthy people, and it was left after it was divided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.It can be seen how magnificent the original Fuguo Duke's Mansion was.

Different from Shi Chuying's house, where the front, back, and inside and outside are distinct, the old house, except for Ningshou Hall on the middle road, is quite well-regulated. The east and west roads are composed of scattered courtyards. There are corridors or curved bridges between the courtyard and the Ningshou Hall. The flowers and trees are scattered in the middle, and there are many rockeries. The scenery changes with each step, which is even more beautiful than the courtyard on the middle road.

Shi Chuying still remembered that when she came to the old house the day before, there was no good scenery along the way, at most it was just a bright atmosphere.

Seeing this, Mrs. Liu explained: "Grandpa and the others have rectified according to the regulations. The original layout has been dismantled and destroyed, and the rest of the grandfather is not interested. Just let it be like that, so as not to be talked about. .As for the remaining side roads, they are not important places after all, they are just some scenery, so they are kept.

Although our houses are not separated, they also have their own yards and small kitchens. We can cook and eat by ourselves or follow the big kitchen.It's all up to you. "

In this case, Shi Chuying couldn't understand why everyone still nestled together and lived alone, wouldn't it be convenient?
Seeing Shi Chuying's expression, Mrs. Liu pursed her lips, thinking of what her husband said, they and the second brother's family must rely on each other, there is no way to rely on others but not on your own brother.

So, she glanced at the people next to her, and waited until everyone moved away slowly, then she whispered: "Siblings always want to know something, sister-in-law, just listen to me."

Seeing Shi Chuying nodded, she continued: "We live together in the house, and it is a township general's mansion to the outside world. Among other things, it's just about human relations, and only the public will go out, even if the received ones are also entered into the public house , but it is still a small account compared to going out;
Besides, not only us, but also those distant relatives living in the alley behind, marrying a wife, marrying a daughter, who doesn't live in the name of the General's Mansion?If you really start a mansion by yourself, who knows how many days you can survive.

There are many like the Fourth Uncle's family. This generation is not bad, but when the sons and grandsons don't even have titles, if they want to be decent, they can only rely on the General's Mansion..."

She didn't know how long she could rely on, Shi Chuying secretly thought, it was her family Chu Xu who figured it out and opened the house by herself.It really messed up, and when the old grandfather goes in the future, I don't know how to mess it up!

Fortunately, fortunately, Chu Xu is a really sensible person!Eat something to be afraid of!Just like what Chu Xu said: You have to earn your own dignity to be tough. Otherwise, like your grandfather, if you take it away, you will be taken away. There is no dignity at all.

The second room where Chu Li lived was on the south side of the West Road, not too far from the ancestral hall where they met, and since they were not in a hurry, Mrs. Liu took Shi Chuying and the others on foot.

They first passed a stone-carved arch bridge. Under the bridge was a bend of running water. Not far away was a withered lotus pond. There were three or five weeping willows with only branches left on the bank;
Connected to the arch bridge is a corridor paved with blue bricks. The corridor twists and turns forward, and there are old plums with strong branches on both sides. After walking forward for less than a quarter of an hour, you will see a wall of powder walls. The door is hidden behind the branches of the plum tree.

Inscribed on the moon gate are the three characters of "Chengxinyuan".

Shi Chuying looked back and thought to herself, it must be beautiful here when the winter snow presses down on the branches and the red plums are in full bloom.

At this time, Mrs. Liu said: "This is the boundary of our second room."

A group of people entered the moon gate, and the first thing they saw was a few tall magnolias with lush branches and leaves; crabapples were planted on both sides of the bluestone road, and there were a few clusters of rich and noble peonies blooming in the small flower garden!
Shi Chuying heard from Aunt Yue that this is a metaphor for "Jade Hall of Wealth and Nobility". Many princes' mansions like to do this, and even their mansion has a flower and tree setting like this.

In the winter, you can still see peony flowers, which amazed the attendants. Generally, the rich people just keep them in the greenhouse. I have never seen them blooming in the flower garden, so they couldn't help whispering to each other. muttering.

Mrs. Liu pursed her lips and said with a smile, "There are several old gardeners in our family who used to serve in the Taihuang's garden. They are the ones who take care of these flowers and trees."

No wonder, presumably these gardeners also have some skills.Shi Chuying thought, this is probably what Wei Momo said, even a plaque in these people's homes can tell a whole bunch of allusions.

Ordinary people want to show their wealth and honor, either by decorating the main room with gold and jade, or by being beautiful and emerald, and those so-called centuries-old families either have a room full of ancient books, or play with some Guqin and antiques. Anyway, everything is old. Old ones are, at best, half-new and not old; and these nobles like to carve out such small details, just waiting for people to be surprised, and explain a little bit intentionally or unintentionally, and it will be complete.

Shi Chuying couldn't help but smirk when she thought of these things, it was considered racking her brains.

The corridor is divided into two forks in front of the flower garden, one goes straight to the main courtyard, and the other turns left to the outer study and the courtyard.While admiring the few rare peonies, Shi Chuying gave a sigh of admiration, and at the same time entered the weeping flower gate with Mrs. Liu.

Inside the vertical flower gate is a medium-sized courtyard, in which there are also evergreen flowers and trees and vines, and a shallow goldfish pond.At this time, the goldfish had been taken away, and only shallow water and mud remained in the fish pond, but a few small turtles that were not afraid of the cold crawled out and lay down on the exposed stones to bask in the sun.There is also a kitten with yellow and white flowers squatting on the edge of the pool and staring.

Shi Chuying was not considered an outsider, so Liu gave Shi Chuying to the flower hall of the east wing, sat on the silver and red brocade mattress sprinkled with flowers and carved silk under the south window, served tea and fruit snacks, and said repeatedly: "Bi No way, your mansion has been busy for half a day, so I will use some of it. Those men are no shorter than our women's tongues when they talk."

Shi Chuying couldn't help but smile when she heard that, this sister-in-law is quite interesting.

(End of this chapter)