The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 34 Miss Chen
When Gu Huai sleeved up, it was just dawn, and she stretched out her hand to press her forehead, when a voice suddenly came from beside her: "I really can't sleep well..."

Startled, she turned her head and found that Zhang Tingyu was lying beside her.

About the bad sleep, Qing Dai talked about it at the beginning, but Gu Huaishu just shook his head: "It was much better a while ago, but I have been busy recently, so I didn't pay attention."

Seeing her getting up, Zhang Tingyu also knew that she was going to visit her in-laws, so she also got up. The maids heard that she got up inside, so they hurried in with washbasins, towels and other washing things.

Zhang Tingyu dressed herself and didn't use other people's hands. On the other hand, Gu Huaixiu didn't have the consciousness of being a bride at all.

She yawned and sat lazily, asking Duo Huan and Duo Xi to dress herself up. After she was dressed, she sat in front of the makeup mirror and Qing Dai took care of combing her hair.

The whole house is quiet and there is faint dew on the window sill. It has been a long time since autumn, and the weather is getting colder.

Gu Huaixiu was wearing a rather pretty pink-blue outfit today, looking a little energetic but not too frivolous.

She just felt that she couldn't lift her hands, her waist was sore, and she said with her eyelids closed: "Light makeup, put away those gorgeous jewelry, it's almost done."

After Gu Huaixiu finished speaking, he remembered something, raised his eyes, and glanced behind him, Zhang Tingyu was quite sensible, and went about his own business.

Such a couple made all the maids inside and out of the room break into cold sweats, and Qing Dai even shook her hands.

"Little...young mistress, this..."

Gu Huaishu gave her a sideways look and shook his head.

Qing Dai understood, and dressed up according to Gu Huaixiu's wishes.

The moth eyebrows are lightly swept, the jade cheeks are powdered, and the lips are combed in a lily bun that is not very out of the ordinary, but it will not lose its dignity.

She got up and looked at Zhang Tingyu, who was already washing her face by herself. She didn't know what to say. This kind of life with one more person suddenly was too unaccustomed to her.

After all, the two of them are not very familiar with each other, she smiled slightly, and took the initiative to speak: "Shall we... go to see the father-in-law and mother-in-law immediately?"

Zhang Tingyu tidied up his clothes in front of the mirror, through the smooth western dressing mirror, he could see the slight hesitation on Gu Huaixiu's face.

He only said slowly: "You can call me Hengchen, I'll call you Huaixiu... Is there a word?"

Gu Huaishu shook her head, actually there were, but she didn't like it.Twenty for men and fifteen for women, both should have a character.But... Well, only Gu Yaofang likes that kind of boring stuff.

"In and out of your arms, shake the breeze..." Zhang Tingyu suddenly groaned.

Upon hearing this, Gu Huaixiu sarcastically said: "Petty, it's ugly."

"you know?"

Zhang Tingyu's eyes suddenly became inquiring.

Gu Huaixiu really had the illusion that she had strayed into a tiger's den. She frowned, then quickly opened it up, and smiled: "I don't know."

Started telling lies again.

Zhang Tingyu had already packed up, and Ade came outside to say that the master and the old lady over there had already got up.

In other words, they can almost go here.

When the bride comes in, she wants to meet her parents-in-law and offer tea to her daughter-in-law. It is better to go early than late.

Gu Huaixiu immediately stopped talking nonsense, saw Qingdai inserting the jade hairpin in the desired shape, then got up and walked to Zhang Tingyu's side.

Zhang Tingyu stretched out his hand and spread it out. Gu Huaishu hesitated again before putting his hand in Zhang Tingyu's.

The so-called being a husband and wife first, and then saying a word of love, for these two people, there is still a strange awkwardness.

The left and right Gu Huaixiu felt this way, but Zhang Tingyu... didn't seem to have such a perception.

He raised his eyes and said, "What should I call you?"

Gu Huaishu said: "Why not call him by his name?"

Which girl must have a small print?Gu Huaixiu didn't like it, she said: "It's an elegant thing, my name is quite good. If Hengchen doesn't mind, why don't you just call him 'Huaixiu'."

Several sons of the Zhang family, the eldest son Zhang Tingzan, styled Youchen; the second son Zhang Tingyu, styled Hengchen;

These names are all elegant.

Gu Huaixiu and Zhang Tingyu drank a little to make up for it, and pointed to the maid in the room to let Gu Huaixiu know——

There are four servants and four servant girls around Zhang Tingyu, and only one Ade who is close to him is Ade, whom Gu Huaishu has seen from a distance before, but he doesn't know anything else.

The maids around him were all called by Mrs. Wu, and the leader was a maid named Xinrui, who was beautiful and greeted Gu Huaixiu as soon as she came up.

Gu Huaishu waved his hand and asked Qingdai to reward him, and then asked the three maidservants behind, named Qinfang, Weiyu, and Qinghan.The three servants besides Ade are named A Shun, A Ping and A Gui.

Zhang Tingyu said that it was all poor people who came in, and they started tomorrow at will.

Gu Huaishu brought in a woman and five maids, excluding the small stone cubes in the kitchen, there were only five of them.There are a total of eight in Zhang Tingyu's room, and now there are only thirteen.

These are just the servants in the house. If you count the sweepers outside the courtyard as rough envoys, I don't know how many there are.

"There are two butlers in the mansion. One looks after the old house in Tongcheng, and the other is Uncle Uncle Fu who waits by father's side in the capital. The older one is from Wang Fushun's family, and the maid is a smart person named Chang'an."

This is Zhang Tingyu introducing the situation to Gu Huaishu.

Zhang's mansion is not small, and it is a big family. There are more than two hundred servants alone, and this is not counting the servants of the Zhuangzi below.

The clan is even more prosperous, but Zhang Ying's branch is the most beautiful now, and Zhang Ying should be consulted for any major issues in the clan.

Not counting distant relatives, counting the Zhang family members in this mansion, and counting Gu Huaishu, there are eight who can be regarded as masters.

Zhang Ying, Wu's; the four sons of the Zhang family, plus the elder sister-in-law Chen, and Gu Huaishu who just entered the door.

The relationship is quite clear, there is no confusion at the moment, Gu Huaishu has heard it, and he has clarified it, so he won't be able to find Bei after a while.

The two of them talked all the way, and then walked forward. The early morning mist hadn't dissipated yet, and there were already early-blooming dragon's claw chrysanthemums in the yard, which were quite brilliant.

After a while, Zhang Ying and Mrs. Wu were already sitting in the hall, waiting for the bride to offer tea.

The seats on the lower left were Zhang Tingzan and Zhang Tingzan. There were two empty seats in between, one was reserved for Zhang Tingyu and the other was for Zhang Tinglu. For some reason, Zhang Tinglu didn't come today.

On the armchair on the right, there was only a fair-faced but very thin woman sitting. She looked weak, but there was a gentle look between her eyebrows and eyes. When she saw Gu Huaixiu, she curled her lips to show her kindness.Then, that gaze naturally turned to Zhang Tingzan who was opposite.

This is Chen Shi, the eldest grandma in the mansion.

There was a girl in red standing behind her. Looking young, her bright eyes were shining brightly.Looking at the face, it is somewhat similar to Chen's.

All the maids and the like are standing outside, and there are family members inside, but I don't know who this girl is?

Gu Huaixu had doubts in his heart, but he didn't dare to be negligent: "My daughter-in-law greets my father-in-law and my mother-in-law, and invites my father-in-law to drink tea—"

There was a maidservant in blue at the side who brought a cup of tea, and Gu Huaishu held it with both hands, holding it above his head? , to Zhang Ying.

Today's Gu Huaixiu's dress is very clean and low-key, and it is no different from the impression she left on Zhang Ying before.

Zhang Ying has always had no prejudice against this daughter-in-law, took the tea with a smile on her face, and handed over a thick red envelope.

The second cup of tea was served to Wu Shi, Gu Huaishu glanced quickly, and found that Wu Shi's face was actually very ordinary, and there was no shrewd look in his eyes.She just looked at Gu Huaishu critically, but looking left and right, she couldn't find a single mistake.

Thinking that this daughter-in-law in front of her was praised by the emperor, and was ordered by a Taoist priest to say that she is an IKEA, Mrs. Wu combined what she had heard before with the well-behaved bride in front of her, and suddenly felt that the outside might be true rumors.

Seeing that the old man was so satisfied, and that husband is always the guide for wife, Mrs. Wu didn't say anything, and didn't dare to say anything. She quietly took the tea and handed over a red envelope.

According to the custom, Gu Huaishu recognized his eldest brother, sister-in-law and ten-year-old uncle, and then sat down after Zhang Ying said a word.

Zhang Ying glanced at the empty space on Zhang Tingyu's left, and couldn't help frowning: "Where's Ting Lu?"

Zhang Tingzan and Zhang Tingyu looked at each other, Zhang Tingzan said he didn't know, but Zhang Tingyu said: "I saw my third brother drank a lot during the banquet last night, maybe he is still sleepy."

"Naughty..."

Zhang Ying sighed, and didn't bother to care about it, she just turned her face and talked to Gu Huaixiu: "Huaixiu, don't worry too much, Ting Lu has always been spoiled by your mother-in-law. Ask him to apologize to you."

Gu Huaishu got up immediately, "Elder-in-law doesn't have to work so hard, I think my uncle is just greedy for drinking, it's okay if the family doesn't talk about each other."

Originally, Mrs. Wu was a little unhappy when she heard Zhang Ying say that she spoiled Zhang Tinglu. She was about to look at Gu Huaishu unkindly, but she didn't expect that Gu Huaixiu would get up and say something fair. It's sweet, and she's a man with a wink.In just such a round, Wu Shi has a little affection for the second daughter-in-law.

How did Gu Huaishu know what the situation of the four sons of the Zhang family was with their in-laws? She only picked up the words that couldn't be wrong.

"Okay, just sit down and talk."

Zhang Ying is quite satisfied with the second daughter-in-law, and the eldest daughter-in-law is also well-educated, and now she is busy with the marriage of the third child.He glanced at Chen Yuyan who was standing behind the eldest daughter-in-law, Chen Shi. This was her cousin, and also Wu's chosen candidate for the future third daughter-in-law.

Because Chen Yuzhu is not in good health, her natal family is not at ease. When she was in Tongcheng, she asked her cousin Chen Yuyan to take care of her, but now... it seems that they are going to be a family.

Zhang Ying withdrew her gaze calmly, took another sip of tea, and then said: "Now that you have entered the door with your sleeves in your arms, we have one more master in our house. From now on, everyone will be kind as usual. What is missing, I just hope that the house will be so quiet and everyone will live a happy life in peace. If there is any difficulty in the sleeves, if there is anything you are not used to, just tell Hengchen."

Gu Huaixiu can naturally feel Zhang Ying's liking for him. This is the real head of the family. Even if he doesn't care much about the backyard, with this person to support him, even if something happens, there may be a turnaround room.

She is not stupid, after hearing this, she still doesn't look very grateful.

Zhang Tingyu only glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, he was cautious everywhere, not showing any frivolity.

The whole family sat together and talked for a long time, but Zhang Tinglu didn't wait.

Zhang Ying looked anxious, and finally waved her hand to let them go.Before leaving, he said that he would ask the third child to come and apologize to Gu Huaixiu another day.

Zhang Tingyu was fine in the room, and said that the days ahead would be long, so Zhang Ying should not worry, the smile on the corners of her lips widened when she came out, but her eyes were cold.

Gu Huaishu took the changes on his face into his eyes, only a little curious: "You are..."

"Second brother, brother and sister."

In the corridor, Zhang Tingyu and Gu Huaishu were suddenly stopped by someone.

When they turned around, they saw Zhang Tingzan walking over with Chen's support.

The weather has turned cold recently, and Chen's health is not getting better. Zhang Tingzan's face is full of worry.

Zhang Tingyu greeted Gu Huaixiu with his elder brother and sister-in-law. At this time, Gu Huaixiu saw the girl in red following him again.

Coincidentally, the girl in red was also looking at her, and smiled at her innocently, with a friendly look.

Gu Huaishu didn't think too much about it, he just felt that Zhang Jiaxing might be much better than he imagined, as if there were not so many bad things in his mind.

Zhang Tingzan looked at the hands held by his second brother and younger siblings, and a smile flashed across his eyes.

He said: "I heard that my younger brother and sister are transparent people, and now I see that it is true. Before you entered the door, Yuzhu was still talking about it. Yesterday there were too many people and too many people, and I didn't see a face. Today I can count it." gone."

Mrs. Chen nodded, covering her lips slightly with a handkerchief, as if she was afraid of coughing, she looked at Gu Huaixiu softly, and said: "I come to this mansion only for maidservants, and they don't talk much to me. , I am not in good health. My mother-in-law is getting older, and the doctor told me not to go to see her when she is sick. My younger siblings have been engaged to Hengchen since May, and I have been thinking about it In the future, brothers and sisters can come to my room more often to sit and talk."

It was a very normal remark, but Gu Huaixiu heard some mystery.

She glanced at Mrs. Chen, and naturally agreed with her whole mouth.

It was windy outside, Zhang Tingzan wrapped Chen's cloak tightly, and said: "It's windy outside, I'll take your sister-in-law back first, the days ahead will be long, and you will talk a lot, you two are newlyweds, we won't bother you too much. Turn around See."

"Brother and sister-in-law, go slowly."

Zhang Tingyu bowed slightly, and together with Gu Huaishu watched them go.

At this time, Gu Huaishu finally had a chance, she pondered for a while, and asked, "Who is the girl in red following behind?"

Zhang Tingyu held her hand and wrapped her in a cloak, and the two of them walked across the courtyard.

"It's sister-in-law's cousin in the clan, named Yuyan. My mother fell in love with her and wanted my third brother to marry her. The matter is already a certainty."

Gu Huaishu seemed to understand a little bit, but said: "It looks quite lively, and your temperament is quite right with your third disciple."

"What's my third brother's temperament?" Zhang Tingyu asked her calmly as she walked away.

Gu Huaishu said: "Half-grown child, I've seen it before, and I don't have such a scheming heart like you..."

She was really rude when she spoke.

Zhang Tingyu didn't feel any threat from his third brother, and Gu Huaishu seemed to be unaware of his third brother's little thoughtfulness.

He said: "I just don't like talking very much, so I seem to be very scheming, but in fact...it can't be compared..."

"Can't compare?" Gu Huaishu turned to look at him.

Zhang Tingyu said: "Since ancient times, sons are not as good as Laozi, how can I compare with my father?"

"..."

Gu Huaixiu's face almost turned green, she was speechless, but also secretly hated, "How long do you want to remember a joke?"

Last night in bed, he tossed and said it several times, and Gu Huaishu's ears were almost callused.

Without waiting for Zhang Tingyu to speak, she blocked her again: "The prime minister can hold a boat in his belly, Second Young Master Zhang, you can hold your hand high and let the little girl go, will it work?"

Zhang Tingyu led her step by step, and slowly walked back to the house, saying: "Let's talk about the future, let's eat."

The maids in the room had already arranged the tables and were waiting for the two masters to come back. As early as when they reached the gate of the courtyard, someone came in to report.

As soon as people sat down, the porridge was served.

Gu Huaishu took a sip with the spoon, then frowned.

Seeing that Zhang Tingyu didn't respond, she only glanced at Qing Dai quietly, Qing Dai was puzzled.

Gu Huaixiu didn't make a sound, had breakfast with Zhang Tingyu, watched him tidy up for a while, went to the study, and then found a chance to call Qingdai to come to his side.

"Where's Xiao Shi Fang?"

She said it earlier, she is not used to eating what others do, and if she suppressed it today, it doesn't mean that she can bear it every day.

Otherwise, why did she ask Xiao Shifang to come as a dowry?
Be a good cook, what about people?

Qingdai didn't know, so she called Duoxi to go out to inquire. Duoxi ran back after a while and said, "Responding to the words of the second young lady, the kitchen said that Miss Chen from the eldest young lady's side wants to eat something made by Master Shifang." , and said that he wanted to know why you like this cook, and to see what skills he has, otherwise he would be kicked out, and now little master Shi Fang is still doing Buddha jumping over the wall."

Miss Chen?

Could it be the girl in red she saw this morning?
Gu Huaishu shook his head and sneered, "My cook, when will it be someone else's turn?"

When serving tea there just now, Gu Huaixiu felt that it was inappropriate. A girl who has not left the court first came to live in the man's house, and she didn't know how to avoid suspicion on such an occasion, and now she still uses the cook brought by the second wife?What kind of rule is this?Even the young mistress dare not say that she has the courage, and there are no such rules in the world.Miss Chen, does she consider herself the master of the house?
Do you still do Buddha Jumps Over the Wall?Gu Huaixiu didn't have such a blessing!

Push Xiao Shifang out?Who dares!
Gu Huaishu sat down, pinched his fingers, and began to calculate.

Did she hold back the breath first, or did she move up and down the mansion first, showing her knife?

(End of this chapter)