[Red Mansions] The good life of the wife of the official family

"It's not just the second wife now, I'm afraid the third wife will come to me to cast a curse on the first lady in a few days." Ma Daopo said in a low voice, knowing that it's not a good thing to be dishonorable.

Zhao Zhihan was a little speechless, her brows twitched slightly, and it took a while before she said: "Did you tell the third wife about that?"

Ma Daopo nodded slightly triumphantly. She told Li Shi about this, and when Li Shi confirmed it, could she lose her benefits?If you want to deal with Shi Shi at that time, you can make a fortune by coming to her.

Zhao Zhihan understood what she was thinking, but she couldn't say anything, so she asked another question: "Are all your practices really effective?" After asking, she felt that she had asked a stupid question. This eater, how could he smash the signboard and say that what he did was bluffing.

Realizing this, Zhao Zhihan hurriedly changed the question and said: "This is a stupid question... I only ask the last one. What kind of curse did the third wife ask you to cast on the second wife? There are also curses you cast, but there are all of them. A way to solve it?" Zhao Zhihan didn't want to argue with Ma Daopo any more, so she tactfully took out another ingot from her sleeve and handed it to her.

Ma Daopo was very happy to accept it, and said: "I think Madam is very sincere, and I am not afraid to tell you today, how many of those ghosts and gods are real? It's all true, do you think they have time to care about our mortal intrigues? There is no need to pay more attention to whether the spell is effective or not. Just pay more attention to the ordinary ways of harming people in life .Be more on guard against whoever you recruit and offend.”

After hearing her words, Zhao Zhihan understood what she meant.Sure enough, there is no theory of ghosts and gods harming people, it is just that people harm people in various ways, and then put the blame on ghosts and gods.The evil of ghosts and gods is often caused by no one.Zhao Zhihan also got what she wanted to know, and additionally got the privacy of Jia's second room.Say goodbye to Ma Daopo and leave.

Ma Daopo only looked at her with a smile, "Madam is here to ask for some news? Is there anything else you want my old lady to do?"

Zhao Zhihan sighed pretentiously, "It took more than a dozen taels of silver to ask some questions. If I really want to ask you for something, I'm afraid I don't have that much money to pay." silver.

Hearing what Zhao Zhihan said, Ma Daopo looked her up and down carefully before saying, "Madam doesn't look like someone who can't afford money, and regardless of whether her husband's family has money or not, only the ten miles of red makeup is indispensable. These few days Money is nothing to Madam."

"Ten Miles of Red Makeup?" Zhao Zhihan was not very familiar with this word, and no one seemed to have mentioned Ten Miles of Red Makeup after arriving here.

Ma Daopo laughed, "Madam, can there be no dowry when she gets married? The dowry alone is not enough for poor people to live for many lifetimes. No matter how rich the husband's family is, why do they still care about the 20 taels of silver? ... Madame really doesn't have a dowry? Then life in her husband's house will be difficult."

"I didn't hear you mentioning this today. I really don't know about it. But I really have nothing to ask you to help me. I will ask you to come when I have something." Zhao Zhihan said, standing up.In the 21st century, there is no money spent on marrying a daughter, and it is the man's family who spends the money.Zhao Zhihan had no concept of this ancient way of dowry and dowry marriage.

Say goodbye to Huang Daopo like this, and get into the carriage with Hongyi.Hongyi casually asked how the conversation went, Zhao Zhihan gave a rough talk, then looked at Hongyi and said, "The dowry I brought over as a dowry back then...is it still there?"

"It's all kept in the warehouse. My wife said that there is a big event to be done, and she wants to turn the dowry into silver and use it?"

Zhao Zhihan just looked at Hongyi like this, struggled with her thoughts for a while, then nodded and let out a sigh.

Rather than spending the original owner's money for nothing, she would rather take care of herself and try to get some money out of Dafang's teeth.Although it is not very glorious, but at least it is obtained by oneself.After all, she won't get some of the money, and the big house will definitely eat it all.If the original owner of the body came back, with a weak temper and no dowry, it is estimated that the life of the mother and daughter will be many times more difficult than before.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhihan shook her head at Hongyi, only looked at her and said, "No, I just asked a question. If you want to gain a foothold at home, you still have to rely on those dowries. How can you be so easy?" it took."

"It's good for my wife to think so. If not, I have to persuade my wife. I have been following my wife to know what kind of life we ​​have been living at home. It's only getting better for a while, but it's hard to be sure After getting better, there will be no troubles. If you don't even save yourself a way out, I'm afraid..." There was some unlucky words below, Hong Yi cut off the words and didn't say it.

Zhao Zhihan also nodded, not to mention the dowry.She and Hongyi staggered in the carriage, bored, and asked Hongyi whether she liked her before or the present.Hong Yi hesitated, and there was always the meaning of wanting both sides in his words, so Zhao Zhihan stopped asking.

So, she thought of Prince Tenglai again.It's been a few days, and I don't know what happened.Lanzhou is so far away that it is difficult even to exchange letters.The communication equipment is very underdeveloped, so there is a slow life, but it is indeed quite distressing.Zhao Zhihan finally understood the sorrowful thoughts of those women who stood alone by the window in those poems that the husband went out to fight and the woman stayed alone in the boudoir.

After Zhao Zhihan returned home, she asked Hongyi to fetch a bucket of water, soaked in the petal bath and took a comfortable bath, temporarily forgetting all the things she had planned for the day.Hongyi is also used to her bathing without being attended to by others, she only needs to get the water ready and then go outside to watch.Playing around in the courtyard with the other three big maids who often serve in Zhao Zhihan's room - Luqiong, Lanxiu, and Zishan.

It was only said that the four of them were having a good time, when suddenly someone knocked on the courtyard door.The four people heard the voice, only Hongyi stood up, and saw the person who knocked on the door enter the yard, it was the third wife Li Shi who had never set foot in Zhao Zhihan's yard.Seeing that it was Mrs. Li, the other three girls hurriedly stood up, only to hear Lu Qiong whispered among them: "These days are also strange, people who have never been involved before are here."

"That's right, we were all asleep when the eldest wife came." Lan Xiu also echoed in a low voice.

When Mrs. Li approached, the four of them greeted her slightly and greeted her.Mrs. Li didn't respond either, but turned her head to look at Zhao Zhihan's yard arrogantly, and said, "Where's your wife?"

"The wife is taking a bath in the house, I don't know what the third wife wants to do with our wife?" Hong Yi came up and said back and forth.

Mrs. Li glanced at her, "You only need to answer my question, but ask me what's the matter. Is what I told your wife something that your servants can ask? There are no rules."

Hongyi kept silent, nodded and did not speak.Lu Qiong on the side looked angry, but she was the master, so it was not easy to argue.Now that Zhao Zhihan has improved in the Wang family, even the maids in her courtyard are not as straight as before.However, the master and servant still know the dignity.

But Mrs. Li stopped looking at Zhao Zhihan's yard, and saw that Zhao Zhihan hadn't come out yet, so she found the cool couch in the yard and sat on it.The red, green, blue and purple people also stopped going up to greet her, and just asked her to wait.

When the four of them hid in one place, Lu Qiong said very displeasedly: "I don't know what she is so proud of all day long, she can't give birth to a child, and men can't stand it, and she keeps her tail so high. This whole thing In the Wang family, is there anyone who is more airy than her? Before she married in, although the relationship between the eldest wife and our wife was not good, she didn't see how the eldest wife targeted our wife. She took care of her family, and our wife recited our Buddha. If you want me to say, it's all her fault."

"Hush——" Seeing that Lv Qiong had mentioned a taboo topic, Hongyi hurriedly said, "Some things can be said, but some things cannot be said. No matter how chaotic the affairs of the higher-ups are, it is not up to us to control them. We must control our own mouths." It's serious."

Lu Qiong spoke out in a moment of impatience. Seeing Hong Yi's reminder, she hurriedly raised her hand to cover her mouth.

And Zhao Zhihan, who was taking a bath in the room, had already heard all the commotions outside. She soaked in the bathtub, watching every move of Li Shi who was sitting on the patio in the courtyard through the cracks in the curtains.

But she said that Li Shi only waited on the Liangta for a while, and felt a little bored, so she opened the brocade box that she had been holding in her hand.She looked carefully at the contents of the brocade box for a long time, and then said to herself: "This is the way to do it, but it's a pity that this string of beads is bright red." After speaking, she closed the brocade box again. box.

As the saying goes, don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do, knowing what Li Shi came for, Zhao Zhihan didn't intentionally ask her to wait outside, but just got out of the bath, dressed and came out to her side.Seeing her coming out, Mrs. Li hurriedly stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, have you finished washing?"

"Well, I don't know what my sister wants from me?" Zhao Zhihan motioned for Li Shi to sit together again as she spoke.

Mrs. Li smiled, looked at Zhao Zhihan and said, "Isn't my sister-in-law surprised that I came here suddenly?"

"Surprise is naturally surprise, but it's rare for my sister to come here, so joy is more than surprise." Zhao Zhihan used her ability to tell lies without blushing, and said to Li Shi with a smile.

Mrs. Li didn't know whether it was true or not, so she naturally pretended to be sincere, and said with a smile: "I am relieved when sister-in-law says that. I have been close to elder sister-in-law before, and I have never been close to you, second sister-in-law. I am afraid that sister-in-law will not welcome you." As for me, I am very happy to see my sister-in-law now. I came to see my sister-in-law today to make amends for you, and I hope that my sister-in-law will not blame me for not being close to her in the past. "

It's not entirely a lie that Mrs. Li said so.On the one hand, she really hated Zhao Zhihan and thought it was bad luck for her.However, she also didn't quite believe in Ma Daopo's ghost theory.Just thinking, let's just do it if it works, if it doesn't work, she just took the opportunity to win over Zhao Zhihan.Anyway, it's not a bad thing.

After she finished speaking, she brought the brocade box to Zhao Zhihan, looked at Zhao Zhihan and continued: "I heard that this is a treasure that was brought from the southernmost place, and it is very expensive. Today I give it to my sister-in-law without giving up my love. As a token of apology."

Zhao Zhihan accepted it with a smile, opened the brocade box, and saw a string of bright red beads.Each bead is not all red, and one-third of the top is black.Zhao Zhihan's smile froze at the corner of her mouth, but she didn't let the froze smile show, she only moved the corner of her mouth and turned to look at Li Shi and said, "Sister, is this Beauty Bean?"