Blessed

Chapter 9
Tao Shi walked along the old corridor towards Luomei Courtyard. She walked very slowly, and there was no servant girl following her. She was wearing a crimson embroidered golden lotus-patterned collared beige, a plain velvet embroidered skirt, and her clothes were a bit old, but Clean and tidy, she is more dignified in nature, and even more serious when she is serious, which makes people awe-inspiring.After passing the corridor, bypassing the verandah, and returning to Luomei Courtyard through several courtyards.

Back in the West Wing, the old nanny came over to report, "Madam, where is the third girl crying?"

Dow felt a bit of a headache, and said to Mammy, "Go and tell their mothers to let Yulan move to the main courtyard early in the morning, and I will teach you personally. If Yulan doesn't come tomorrow morning, Mammy Just push her over."

The old nanny responded and withdrew.

Tao Shi sat for a while, got up, took a Jingxin pill from the wooden box, and swallowed it with warm water on the table, and his breath became a little calmer.She was not the daughter of a wealthy family, her father was only a recorder of the Imperial Academy, an official from the ninth grade, the second daughter and one son of the Tao family, she was the eldest daughter, she was said to be the wife of Master Jiang Er when she was 15 years old, when she got married, The Tao family tried their best to give her the best, and even let the two maids who had served her since childhood also come as dowry.

After marrying in, the old lady once said that as long as the Jiang family's daughter-in-law is married within ten years, the men of the Jiang family will not be allowed to take concubines.She thought she was married to a good family, but she didn't want to find out that her husband was a mess within two months. He often didn't come home and went out to eat, drink and have fun.

After she gave birth to Brother Heng, according to what the old lady said, there was no need to take concubines for her husband. He could play as he liked, as long as it wasn't out of line.Unexpectedly, after a few months, the husband was found hanging out with a widow outside. At that time, Tao Shi had never experienced such a thing before, and he became very angry.

The old lady was also furious, and used forceful means to force her husband to break up with the widow. Unexpectedly, the husband broke up with the widow, but he planned on her two dowry maids.Tao Shi originally planned to wait for these two dowry maids to be with him for a year or two before releasing them to marry.

When she found out, she was angry and angry, and when she learned that her husband was still messing around with the two maids, she wanted to marry the two maids as soon as possible, so she specially asked two maids to come over and ask them, and one of them was overjoyed when she heard it. , immediately knelt down and thanked her, but the other one expressed that he would stay by her side.

There's something Tao Shi didn't understand, this maid likes her husband, indeed, he's handsome and handsome, so it's not surprising that she likes him.

This servant girl is Concubine Hong, she stayed, and later she did climb into her husband's bed, she didn't have much to say, she promoted Concubine Hong to be a housemate, and when she became pregnant, she was promoted to be Concubine.At that time, the old lady felt that she owed her, treated her very well, subsidized her second house quite a bit, only like her husband, no matter how much the subsidy was, it would not disappear. She used to let her husband spend her dowry, but later she saw that he even paid for her own The servant girl would not let him go, she was completely disgusted, and she would never pay anything for him again, but at that time she didn't have much dowry left.

Over the years, Uncle Yongyi's mansion became more and more dilapidated, and her heart became colder and colder. Fortunately, she still has a pair of children.And since the third room came back, the fourth girl drew a lucky lottery in the temple, she felt that this Yong Yibo seemed to have some changes.I always feel that the fourth girl is very lucky, and she needs to get in touch with her more.

Just as she was thinking, Yuxiang lifted the bamboo curtain and came in. Seeing Tao Shi sitting on the head of the bed, she trotted over to snuggle up to Tao Shi's arms and act like a baby, "Mother, you are back, fourth sister, how is it?"

"Your fourth younger sister is fine." Tao stroked her daughter's bun, "Does Yuxiang like fourth younger sister?"

Yuxiang nodded, "Of course I like it, Fourth Sister is very cute."

There was a little smile on Tao Shi's dignified face, and she said softly, "If you like the fourth younger sister, you might as well get in touch with her more in the future."

Yuxiang naturally nodded happily.

In the evening, Jiang Ansu came back from the yamen, had dinner with his wife, son and daughter, and went back to their rooms to wash and rest. Mrs. Mu coaxed Yuzhu to sleep and let two maids wait on her before returning to the wing room, and told Yuzhu about her learning of calligraphy. Jiang Ansu, "Our Jiaojiaoer is really smart. Ache said she read it for half an hour and memorized a lot." She didn't say anything else, one is that Yuzhu'er is fine, and the other is that her husband goes to Dali Temple every day to meet her. It is already very hard and tiring, so it is not good to bother him too much about the back house.

"Our Jiaojiao has become more and more sensible and intelligent since he opened his mind, so you should rest assured." Jiang Ansu stretched out his hand to caress his wife's back, "When Jiaojiao's health improves, next year we should follow a few My sister went to school to study together."

Mrs. Mu nodded, "I listen to the master. By the way, I have to talk to the master. I set up a shop in the main street not far ahead. I plan to buy it when Lu's mother comes back, and start some small business. .”

Jiang Ansu never cared about his wife's affairs, and all his salary was handed over to his wife to take care of her. Now he heard it and asked, "Do you want to start a small business?"

"Not yet." Mrs. Mu was a little worried, "Not to mention the expensive prices in Shanghai, there is no shortage of food and drink utensils, rouge, gouache jewelry, grocery stores and so on. I have to lose money." She also wanted to get her husband to let her pay attention, but she used all her wealth to start a small business.

Jiang Ansu thought for a while, "When I go to Yingmao tomorrow, I will help you take a look on the street and see if there is anything good to make a living."

"Then thank you, Master." Mrs. Mu smiled openly.

The Mu family has a good appearance, and a gentle and peaceful temperament. They have been married for so many years, the couple are loving and loving, and they have never blushed.At this moment, the candlelight flickered vividly, Mrs. Mu smiled shyly, Jiang Ansu was so excited, he leaned over to cover Mrs. Mu's mouth, and the blue silk gauze curtain was lowered to cover the deep affection inside.

Two days later, Lu's mother led an old slave back to Beijing with more than 400 taels of banknotes. All the shops, fields and houses in Shao'an City sold for this amount, which was only the top of one shop in Beijing.

Except for the maidservants of the third room, they are Mama Lu and this old slave. Mama Lu is a wet nurse of the Mu family. She came here as a dowry. The old slave was bought in Shao'an City and signed a death contract. or something.

Lu's mother was wearing a dark blue round collar double-breasted gown, and a thin skirt of the same color on her lower body. She was full of dust and dust. When she came back, she handed the silver ticket to Mrs. Mu, and when she learned that Yuzhu'er had awakened, she wept with joy. She hugged Yuzhu and began to cry. Yuzhu'er's face was blurred, and Mu's family couldn't help feeling sad while watching.

Yuzhu'er was afraid that Mrs. Mu would cry too, so she was hugged tightly by Lu's mother, and called out to Lu's mother, who knew that this made Lu's mother cry even more sadly, and Yuzhu'er was quite depressed.

Fortunately, after a while, Mrs. Mu saw her daughter blushing anxiously, and wanted to laugh, so she took her out of Mother Lu's arms and sat on the little chair beside her, "Mother Lu, sit down quickly, and tell me about this journey." But fortunately, everything in Shao'an City has been sold off."

Mother Lu sat down next to Mrs. Mu, and told her master about Shao'an City and the things along the way. After she finished speaking, she was persuaded by Mrs. Mu to go down to wash up and have a rest.

Silver is enough, while Lu's mother was resting, Mrs. Mu gave Yuzhu'er to Licorice, and took Bai Shao to sell the shop.

Xie Che is not here today, she went out, the three elder brothers went to the school, Yuzhuer had nothing to do, Licorice asked her if she wanted to go around the mansion, Yuzhu was not interested in thinking about Yulan a few days ago, she shook her head, He simply played around on the bed with his white and tender feet curled up.Licorice brought a jigsaw puzzle over for Yu Zhu'er to play with, and sat by herself to embroider, smiling and looking up at the little master from time to time.

Yuzhu'er got bored after playing for a while, so she threw it away and gave it to Yuzhu, Licorice thought for a moment, "Si Miss, this one is a bit difficult to play, do you want to play?"

Yuzhu'er recognized it as Nine Links. It is said that it is something that everyone likes to play with, from scholar-bureaucrats to peddlers. Things are much more fun than Tangram, but also more complicated.Qiqiaotu is for dolls like her, and Jiulianhuan is for teenagers and adults.

She was busy studying and making money in her previous life, and she had never played with this thing before, so she found it strange, so she happily took it from Licorice and started tinkering with it.

Licorice saw that she was happy, so she let her play and continued to work on herself. She was embroidering the veil for the little master.After a while, she looked up and saw that the little master was still pulling on the nine rings, she smiled lightly, "If the fourth girl is tired, take a rest."

Yuzhu shook her head, without raising her eyes, and continued to tinker with Jiulianhuan, this thing is really difficult.

This play lasted until noon, and the Mu family came back with Bai Shao. Seeing Yuzhuer sitting on the bed and messing with something, she looked curiously at it, and Licorice laughed, "Fourth Miss has been playing Jiulianhuan all morning, and she refuses to rest. .”

Mrs. Mu just laughed and didn't take it seriously, thinking that even she couldn't untie this thing, how could a three-year-old doll untie it.Walking to the side of the bed, she picked up Yuzhu'er, took the Jiulianhuan from her hand and handed it to Licorice, "Jiaojiao'er won't play for now, let's have lunch and rest first."

Yu Zhuer obediently let Mrs. Mu hold her for lunch. Licorice had already made chicken porridge and shark fin in the small kitchen. The chicken breast and ham were chopped into fine minced meat, and then boiled with egg white and chicken soup. Chicken porridge Soft and mellow in the mouth, the shark's fin is soft and glutinous, and the taste is not good.The licorice had already sent a share to the old lady Yong Yibo, which was also ordered by Mrs. Mu, no matter what food was cooked in the small kitchen, it had to be sent to the old lady's yard.

Mrs. Mu is not a partial person, so what is given to the youngest daughter is naturally reserved for Xie Che and the sons.

Yuzhu'er finished a bowl of chicken porridge and shark's fin, and ate half of an egg pancake from the kitchen before she wiped her face and hands with licorice and went to take a lunch break.After sleeping for less than an hour, she woke up, Mrs. Mu went out to tidy up the shop early, and the rest of the licorice was waiting in the room.

Seeing that the licorice hadn't spoken yet when she woke up, Yu Zhu'er pointed to the Jiulianhuan on the table and asked the licorice to be handed to her.

Licorice laughed, and didn't go against the little master, took it and handed it to her.

This time Yu Zhuer was not in a hurry to answer, she stared at Jiu Lianhuan for a quarter of an hour before starting to act, after a while Mu Shi came back, Licorice came out to greet her, and heard Mu Shi asking, "Where is Jiao Jiaoer?"

Licorice laughed, "Miss Si is still sitting on the bed playing Jiu Lianhuan, and my servant is fascinated by seeing Miss Si."

"Jiao Jiaoer is quite stubborn, just like her father." Mrs. Mu didn't take it seriously, opened the curtain and entered the wing room, and at a glance she saw Xiao Yu Tuaner sitting in the middle of the bed, beside her There are nine chains that have been untied.

(End of this chapter)