Farmer's daughter is also self-improvement

Chapter 204
Li Shasha took Dani and followed Mother Rong to her own Chonghuaxuan. This is a small yard. Entering through the vertical flower gate, you can see several oleander and pomegranate trees planted in the yard. It's just that at this time, it has fallen to nothing but bare branches.There were four girls kneeling in the yard, and Li Shasha saw something strange, so she asked, "What are you doing kneeling here?" The first girl kneeling on the left replied in a low voice, "Slaves are here to welcome Missy! They were all given to the Marquis by the Holy Majesty, and the four slaves and servants are dedicated to serving the eldest lady."

Li Shasha waved her hand: "Get up! Tell me your name." The four girls answered in unison, and stood up one after another, saying their names one by one, namely Jinxiu, Guixiang, Lancao, and Jasmine.Li Shasha thought that the name sounds nice, but her male servants all start with the character 春, and the maids all start with the character Autumn, so she pointed at the four of them and changed it to: "From now on, you will change your name to Qiufeng, Qiuyu, Qiuwen, Qiurong! The first-class girl in our courtyard is Qiuju, and she will assign you work from now on." The four of them gathered around Qiuju and asked Said: "Sister Qiu Ju, what can I tell you?" The annoying Qiu Ju just said no.

There are three main rooms in this courtyard, two east and west wing rooms, and a side room between the east and west wing rooms and the main room. When Li Shasha thought about it, she begged her grandma to convert one side room into a small kitchen, and she would cook here by herself when the weather got cold. , so as not to have to come all the way from the big kitchen, and it will be too cold.There is a row of back rooms behind the main room, probably where the girls live.

Li Shasha entered the main room first, and there was a gust of warm wind, which seemed to be a fire.There is a reception room in the middle, and the bedroom on the east side. There is a warm Kang by the window. Opposite the warm Kang is a row of brand new square corner cabinets. These seem to be places for storing clothes.

Under the wall facing the east is a canopy bed that looks to be two meters wide.This was also the first time Li Shasha saw a canopy bed, which was too luxurious for her.There are columns at the four corners of the bed, and fences are installed on the left, right and back of the bed, and the fences are made of small wooden strips. There are three large flower boards on the front of the bed, and the carvings on the flower boards are all birds, animals and flowers. Etc. decorative pattern, fine carving, exquisite decoration.There is also "Chengchen" on the top, two columns are added to the front of the bed, and there is a top shelf on the bed.The curtains on the bed are all very soft and exquisite soft smoke, and the bed is also made of silk and satin, which looks very soft.Of course, many of these were introduced by Rong's mother.

After looking at the bed, Li Shasha went to touch the heating kang again, and found that it was already very warm. It seemed that Housekeeper Zhu was the right thing to do.The heated kang is covered with thick cushions, and a kang table carved with cloud patterns is placed on it.Li Shasha sat on the heated Kang, her buttocks were warm and soft, making her very comfortable.It's not winter yet, and the capital is already very cold. When I was on the boat, the wind from the canal was as sharp as a knife.The people in their family had already put on the thick clothes they had in Lijia Village, but it was still cold. It seemed that if they wanted to celebrate the New Year in Beijing, they would have to wear some thick cotton coats or fur coats.

After sitting for a while, she jumped down and went to the room on the west side. The room on the west side was a study room, and there was a big desk under the window.On the west wall is a row of antique racks, in which there are a variety of jade carvings, root carvings and so on. I don’t know who put them up. Can these belong to me?Of course, this is also thinking about it, these things are what Li Shasha needs most now.

Because there are two rooms in the east and west rooms, Li Shasha considerately allowed Mama Rong and Dani to live in the west room. In summer, the west room would not be used as the sun, but would be cooler.Asked if the two were willing, Mother Rong nodded slightly, while Dani grinned and said, "Sister Sha can live as she pleases." Li Shasha couldn't help stretching out her index finger to scratch her little nose : "Little slick!"

Qiu Ju was busy picking up the boxes that Chun Yu and the others had sent over. She arranged for Li Shasha's clothes for four seasons, and asked two of the four girls to help Mother Rong pack the luggage, and the other two helped Dani pack the luggage.

After waiting for Qiu Ju to pack up her things, she called Li Shasha hot water to wash her face.After this clean face 7, Li Shasha felt that she was a little hungry, and was thinking about finding something to fill her stomach, when she heard someone talking outside, it turned out that someone from An Le Tang invited her to have dinner.Li Shasha hurried out to see if Mom Rong and Dani were ready.

The two of them had packed up and were waiting for Li Shasha to finish. As soon as Li Shasha came and asked them to eat, they both came out of the room.Those girls still wanted to go to the main room with them, so Li Shasha told them to wait in the yard, so they didn't have to follow, but just led Qiuju and the others to the Anle Hall talking and laughing.

Arriving at De'an Le Hall, Li Shasha looked at the furnishings, and found that the grade of Chonghuaxuan was more than twice as high as her own.At this time, a table of food had already been set up in the main room, and several big girls in red and green clothes were busily back and forth serving the food.Li Xianzhi, Li Dehe, and Mrs. Zheng were already sitting at the dining table. Seeing them coming in, Mrs. Zheng hurriedly greeted them: "Come here, come here! This housekeeper Zhu is really nice. I know we didn't eat well on the way. It's an early morning meal." Let’s prepare food in the stove.” Li Dehe also beckoned: “Come and sit down, Mommy Rong, please, the food is hot, if you don’t eat it, it will be cold!”

After hearing the greeting from the old lady, Rong's mother led Li Shasha and Dani to sit down.Li Shasha looked at the noodles and said, oh, they are quite rich. They are all dishes from the northern cuisine, with heavy color and flavor.There are roasted sea cucumbers with scallions, sweet and sour carp, fried conch in oil, and there are really a lot of seafood.Li Shasha could only move her index finger, and looked at Mrs. Zheng eagerly.Seeing her granddaughter's appearance, Mrs. Zheng knew that she wanted to eat, so she smiled and said to everyone: "This is our family's first meal in the capital, everyone eat more!" After finishing speaking, he picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks To Li Shasha, Li Shasha saw that her grandma was so interesting, so she was not polite anymore. After eating the fish she caught, she stretched out her chopsticks to the sea cucumber she wanted to eat most.

Li Shasha was a northerner in her previous life. When she came to the south, she seldom ate such dishes. Now the table is full of them, and she only eats them so that her belly is round.The others except for Rong's mother were in a bit of a difficult situation. Seeing this, Li Shasha suddenly remembered that they all liked spicy food, so she hurriedly called Qiu Ju and asked her to go to Huang's mother to bring a jar of chopped chili peppers, and ate them. This, they should be able to eat enough.

Sure enough, as soon as the jar of chopped peppers came to the table, Li Dehe, Zheng Shi, Li Xianzhi, and Dani felt their appetites whetted, and they were indeed hungry.

After the maids removed all the dishes and came over with tea, they sat on the heated kang in the main room and started talking.It's just that everyone was a little absent-minded because they were too full just now.Seeing this, Mrs. Zheng asked them all to go back to the house to take a nap, and then asked Butler Zhu to lead everyone around the entire Hou Ye Mansion.

After a few people took a nap, they asked Butler Zhu to lead them around the backyard. Only then did they realize that the Hou's Mansion occupies a large area. There is actually a big lake in the back garden of the Hou's Mansion. The north of China is a big deal.Butler Zhu introduced that this lake is called Chengxin Lake, and there is a small island in the middle of the lake. Li Shasha pointed to the island and asked, "Butler Zhu, is it impossible to go up to the island in the middle of the lake?" Butler Zhu cautiously replied Said: "Miss, you can go up to that island. There are boats in our mansion. When the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, Miss can go boating on the lake and visit the island." Everyone was very happy to hear that. The flowers are blooming.

Bypassing Chengxin Lake, there is a rockery behind, and there is a small pavilion on the top of the rockery. Although the weather is a bit cold and the wind is blowing a bit, it can't stop the fiery heart that everyone wants to visit. .Butler Zhu led everyone up to the rockery, up to the pavilion, and looking down, they could almost overlook the entire Hou Mansion, but now the trees are withered and everywhere is bare, but there is nothing to see.

Li Shasha walked to the other side of the pavilion, and unexpectedly saw a house behind, with two floors, facing the Chengxin Lake, which looked like a well-crafted building, even more luxurious than the Anle Hall in the main courtyard.Li Shasha felt a little reconciled, and said to Mrs. Zheng: "Grandma, I won't live in Chonghuaxuan anymore, I want to live in that building!" She pointed to that building.

Before Mrs. Zheng could speak, Butler Zhu took the words and said, "Miss, that building is called Qiushui Building because it is adjacent to the water. It is extremely cold in winter, and this building does not have kangs or fire paths. It's not suitable for people to live in. But in summer, that building is very cool and pleasant, why don't you wait until midsummer and then move here for a few days to avoid the heat."

When Mrs. Zheng heard that it was bad for her health, she refused to let Li Shasha live.But Li Shasha thought, if there is really no kang and fire, then what is the point of living, it will become a natural refrigerator in the middle of winter, so she no longer insists on it.But in the bottom of my heart, I made up my mind that I must come and live here for a few days in midsummer, thinking about how pleasant it would be to see the clear water of the lake and the breeze blowing over the lake every day when I opened the window.

A few people stopped and walked, but it took more than an hour to take a rough look at the Hou's mansion, which made their feet very tired.Because Lao Zheng said before leaving that he wanted to come over for dinner, Mrs. Zheng asked a few people to go back and have a rest, and then come back to the main courtyard when it was time for dinner.

Li Shasha returned to her Chonghuaxuan, and when she entered the main room, she fell down on the heating kang in a very unimpressive manner, and stretched comfortably.Unexpectedly, Mother Rong followed Dani into the main room. Seeing her acting like this, she cleared her throat and was about to speak, but Li Shasha sat up on hearing Mother Rong's voice.

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