in spring

Chapter 131 Meeting
The young master Li Jing led his servants all the way back to the gate of Qingguohou Mansion, escorting his aunt and cousin's sedan chair.

The doorkeeper had already reported to enter the door, and others rushed to greet the aunt's sedan chair. Although there was no response, the accompanying servants of the Huo family distributed the reward envelopes.Feeling that the reward was not light, they were all beaming. They finally noticed the gray-blue cloth clothes on the body of the servants of the Huo family and the white cloth strips around their waists. A group of handsome young men carried the sedan chair before going to the second gate.The hired bearers will be led to the next hut to rest and receive rewards, and someone will bring their sedan chairs back.

When the sedan chair reached the second gate, another rough envoy and servant woman came to carry it, but it stopped shortly after entering the second gate.The four housekeepers rushed up, and when they arrived in front of the sedan chair, they greeted An Daofu first: "Auntie, Miss Biao, how are you on the way? Are you tired? The old lady has been waiting for a long time, and she is looking forward to Auntie and Miss Biao. .”

The last two sedan chairs opened the curtain first, and two women came out.The one in front is wearing an indigo jacket and a crow-blue horse-face skirt, with a simple bun on his head, and only two jade-inlaid silver hairpins inserted.She is about 40 to [-] years old, with low eyebrows and smooth eyes, and she walks in a well-behaved manner, only occasionally raising her eyes to glance to the side, revealing a bright light.The one behind is a fourteen or fifteen-year-old maid, with neatly combed double maids and a pea-green shirt and skirt. Although she is not very outstanding in appearance, she behaves steadily.

The two of them got out of the sedan chairs, walked to the two sedan chairs in front, softly asked the people inside to get off the sedan chairs, opened the sedan chair curtains again, and only then helped out a beauty.

Mrs. Huo, Mrs. Li, has a beautiful face and is only in her 40s or 40s, but her face is haggard, and she is in the mourning period, so it is not easy to put on makeup, so she looks like a person in her [-]s.She was already very tired, and her complexion was a little pale, but the excitement of seeing her relatives soon added a bit of blood to her.She smiled at the head housekeeper, "Sister-in-law Wang, long time no see."

The Wang family felt complacent, and resisted the urge to look at the other companions, and gave a salute with a smile: "It's my luck that my aunt still recognizes my old face. Please come with me, the old lady is waiting Already!"

Mrs. Li nodded with a smile, then supported the hand of the middle-aged woman beside her, and walked slowly towards the courtyard gate in front.The Wang family followed quickly, saying some greetings and how the old lady and Lord Hou missed each other, while looking at the middle-aged woman calmly, feeling very familiar.The woman noticed her gaze and glanced sideways at her: "Sister-in-law Wang doesn't recognize me anymore? Why do you look at me like this?"

The member of the Wang family asked tentatively: "But...Miss Qingyu?! Why do you..." She swallowed her saliva, feeling that Qingyu's current attire does not look like a housekeeper's lady, but she is wearing a woman's bun.

Mrs. Li smiled and said: "Master took her into the house last year and promoted her to be an aunt. Don't you know about it in Beijing?" The old lady and Master Hou know."

The member of the Wang family bowed embarrassingly, and couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart: "What's the big deal? Even if you are promoted to aunt and lose a man, it's better for me to be a servant..."

The other housekeepers looked at Qingyu calmly, and then peeked at Miss Huo who had been silently following behind, secretly comparing her with the ladies in her own house: Naturally, she looks good, But she is not as beautiful as the second young lady, and her complexion does not seem to be very good...

No one knows what Miss Huo's master and servant are thinking.

The group of people walked with their own thoughts, and when they heard "Auntie and Miss Biao have arrived", they realized that they had already arrived at the gate of the third courtyard where the old lady lived.Mrs. Li was a little out of breath, Miss Huo quickly went up and gently followed her back, then replaced Qing Jiao, and helped her mother into the yard.

Along the way, a girl came forward to say hello, but it was messy and not chaotic. After passing through the main house, I heard the old lady in the house reprimanding someone: "... I should have sent my own sedan chair to wait on the pier, and there is no need to wait." Wronged the children to hire a sedan chair, what kind of family is the Huo family? When has this kind of thing happened?! It's because you didn't arrange it carefully!"

Mrs. Li heard a woman inside who kept apologizing to her mother, and her voice seemed to be no longer young, so she guessed who it was, glanced at her daughter, and then called out "Mother" loudly, and the talking in the room stopped immediately When she got down, she heard words such as "be careful, old lady" and "hold on a little bit". She hurriedly pulled her daughter into the door, her eyes were red, and she fell to the ground: "Mother..." The old lady had already hugged her. She: "My son, you miss me..."

The mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried for a while, and then the aunt and sister-in-law met, and then Miss Huo came forward to meet the grandmother and aunt.Seeing that her granddaughter was thin and thin, the old lady hugged her and cried again.

After crying and praying, and when everyone was seated, An's only carefully looked at the only daughter of the Huo family.

He was only twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a light grass-gray upper jacket, a bamboo green horse-face skirt, and a few simple silver jewelry. He is dignified and elegant, and his appearance is also beautiful and pleasant, but just looking at his face, he seems to be a little weak, and his figure is too thin, and he seems to fall down when the wind blows.Maybe it's because I'm in Xiaozhong and I have to travel, so I don't pay much attention to food?An Shi wondered if she should ask the kitchen to mend it for her, and let's take a closer look.In any case, such a body is not suitable to be the mistress of the Hou's Mansion, but the Huo family's property is really attractive, so for this, I should think carefully for my son...

The old lady had already chatted with her daughter, and she cried again when she talked about her son-in-law Huo Chongye's illness, the handling of the funeral, the royal decree for adoption, etc.Anshi was busy comforting the old lady, Miss Huo also choked up and said to her mother: "Since my father passed away, my mother has shed tears almost every day, and her body is gradually losing weight. My daughter hopes that my mother will be more happy when she sees her grandmother. The illness may be more serious. That's enough. The mother is still so sad, how can the daughter feel at ease?"

The old lady hurriedly said: "Exactly, Zhi'er, since you have returned home, you should relax, there is no way to continue to be sad. Look at your daughter, she is still young, and I need you to take care of her in the future. Cheer up!"

Li wept and said in shame: "It's useless for a daughter, but when I think of him, I..." She wiped her tears, took her mother's hand and said, "I don't know how long I can stay with Yi'er, she has no father, I will ask my grandmother and uncle to take care of me in the future..." After she finished speaking, she began to cry again, and the old lady beat her lightly sadly: "What nonsense are you talking about?! My old lady is not dead yet! You will naturally live a long life! "Having said that, but looking at her daughter's pale face, she, who is used to seeing the world, already had an ominous premonition, and suddenly felt sad, and the mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried again.

Anshi was a little flustered, and couldn't help complaining in her heart: the old lady is old, and she doesn't know if it will hurt her body after crying for so long. If she let her husband know that she is so sad, she, as a daughter-in-law, will not be hurt. I can persuade them, but I don't know what to say.

After a while, someone came outside to report that the young mistress and the young ladies had come, and An immediately felt that a savior had come, and while calling the maids to please hurry up, he comforted the old lady and Li: "Don't be sad, from now on in Beijing, you will often As soon as this person is happy to meet you, he will naturally live a long life. The few of them are still waiting outside, let them meet their aunt and sisters?"

Only then did the old lady stop her tears, Pearl and Coral had already prepared washing water, and sent them to her and Li Shi respectively, Qingjiao hurriedly stepped forward to wait for Li Shi to wash her face, and then brushed her hair again.

The old lady stared at Qingjiao for a few times, then called Liuli: "Let them come in, today is my old lady making a joke." Liuli smiled and left, and after a while, the second lady was the leader, Jing and the third lady were behind , the three of them and a group of maids filed in, and greeted the old lady with a smile.An introduces the guests and pays another visit.

Everyone sat down and talked and laughed, while Huo Yi still sat quietly on the side, looking at his cousin and cousins ​​calmly.

Jing's appearance is beautiful, her face is round and round, and she often has a kind smile on her lips, so she knows that she is a person with a very good temper at first sight.Although the second cousin, Yijun, is young, she has snow-skinned eyes, is charming and charming, and she speaks smartly, making the old lady laugh out loud in no time.As for the third cousin, Xijun, she is described as young, pale, and thin. She always seems a bit timid, always lowering her head, not daring to look people in the eye.

Yijun noticed that Huo Yi was looking at them, so he asked her with a smile: "What does cousin like to do on weekdays? What books did you read at home?"

Huo Yi smiled slightly, then lowered her head again: "At home, besides talking with mother, she is often a female celebrity. As for reading, she just read "The Commandments for Women" and "Book of Filial Piety". I often heard that my second cousin is a talented woman. Naturally not as good as you."

Yijun was a little disappointed: "I heard that there is a very talented woman in the Huo family ancestor, so she always values ​​the daughter's talent and learning at home. Could it be that my cousin is coaxing me?"

Li cast a reproachful glance at her daughter, but Huo Yi just remained silent.An Shi laughed and said: "What's the matter? Anyway, your cousin is going to live in our house, and we will go to school together in the future." Then he asked the housekeeper who followed: "Auntie and Cousin's luggage is all there. Did it come in? Be careful, don't miss it." The housekeepers answered in unison.

Huo Yi's heart moved, and she said respectfully, "Thank you, Auntie, for your inquiry, it's just that... this time when we moved north, my mother and I came almost as a whole family. We have a lot of heavy luggage that we rarely use on weekdays, but it's not easy to throw it away. There was no reason to send things to my grandmother's house, so I ordered the accompanying housekeeper to send them to the Huo family's old house in the capital. After the old house is sorted out, my mother and I will move there. "

This made everyone in the house surprised, An frowned slightly, and said with a smile: "I also sent someone to look at your old house, and it hasn't been lived in for decades, you mother and daughter We are weak, how can we live in it? Our family has a lot of houses, and it’s a lady’s house, as long as we can live in it. I promise to make you two live comfortably, and the family is so clear about what to do?"

Huo Yi looked up at her quickly, and said with a faint smile, "Auntie was joking. Since the Huo family has a house, they haven't put aside the fact that they don't live in their own house, but live with relatives for many years. Let others know, I'm afraid It's a joke."

There was silence in the room, Xijun, who was the youngest, couldn't help but tighten his handkerchief.What the hell happened?How to talk, the situation seems to be wrong?

(The ladies finally came out...)
(End of this chapter)