Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

Shen Yu walked around the market with Baochai for a day during the day, but Baochai couldn't get up from the pain early in the second day, so she could only lie down and rest on the pillow.Fortunately, the affairs of the Shen family are several times less than those of the Xue family, and the accounts of the family are sorted out early, so all they need to do is listen to the housekeeper and the shopkeepers answer through the screen.

Because it is said that when relatives and friends come to pay New Year's greetings on the day of the 23rd, the family needs to prepare more food and food. When someone leaves, everyone has to give another New Year's gift. These must be prepared in advance. .If you wait for everyone to come and think about it, you will definitely not pick it up later. Not to mention the expensive purchases outside, the things may not be good.Although according to the old man and Shen Yu's statement, there will be more or less complaints in the future, Baochai still wants to try his best to handle things in a more comprehensive manner.

Preparing things for the next year is very cumbersome, the Shen family has its own north-south shops and caravans no more than the Xue family, so just say what you want.Here, you can only make a list in advance and discuss it with the housekeeper before sending it to the buyer to buy. When you bring back the food, you have to check it one by one to make sure it is correct before sending out the money.Anything that involves the exchange of money and money is always prone to some small mistakes. Baochai can lie down and listen at ease in the morning, but she can't help helping Yinger and Bailu to go out to check in the next afternoon.Fortunately, with the help of the old housekeeper, the government finally got it right.

It will take about ten days of work before and after, and the shopping is only considered to be finished, and then I have to watch the chef prepare the ancestor worship and look at the dishes during the New Year's Eve.Fortunately, they were cooked in Xue's family in the early years, so they would not be caught off guard. Although the dishes made by each family are different, they are similar, so just ask carefully.

A few days later, relatives from the Shen family's branch in Gyeonggi came together. Except for Mr. Shen, most of them were farming at home.The clothes these people were wearing were also made of cotton, some with long gowns and some with short jackets. There were six or seven of them in total.As far as this is concerned, it's still old man Shen who speaks out and takes care of it. If he doesn't make a sound, the whole family may come to live with him.

Baochai only followed Shen Yu to the old man's main courtyard at noon to meet these relatives, and they had nothing to say to each other.She only told the housekeeper to take good care of her, and sat silently at the table.During this time, someone always wanted to tease the new daughter-in-law, but Baochai just pursed her lips and smiled, but she didn't respond, she really had nothing to say.Most of the relatives who came here were descendants of Shen Yu's same generation, and logically they were the ones who should avoid suspicion, so how could they get together to chat and laugh?As far as Yu Li is concerned, it is a big face for the mistress to come out and sit at the table, but there are some daughter-in-laws who are not satisfied and want to talk cheap and want to make fun of others.

The man who came to spread the word that day will come today, and there will always be two elders who bring these young people to the door.One is a middle-aged and simple man, the other is a little younger, he looks honest, and his mouth is really disgusting.This person first asked about the brothers and sisters in Baochai's family, and then asked about the dowry.Baochai didn't like him, so this person talked about filial piety and serving the elders, as if saying that the new daughter-in-law disrespected the elders.Because Baochai was sitting on the table, Baochai let out a soft "heh", and the others didn't hear Shen Yu, but they heard it clearly. Before he could speak, he saw Old Man Shen put down his cup and said, "You guys come to the door today. Food and lodging are all prepared by my granddaughter-in-law, and I don’t ask me to worry about chores at home. The inside and outside of the house are also well managed, and he is honest and gentle. He is really a good boy who is one in a million. Sure enough The big families are the best at raising their children, and only the small ones are the ones who dote on them tightly, and all of them make Nuo Da old and can't even speak human words."

As soon as Mr. Shen spoke, the visiting relatives couldn't help but laugh in response. Baochai turned her head and only glanced at Bailu, and the girl understood and turned to the kitchen.Originally, there were 26 hot and cold dishes including meat and vegetables at the banquet. These relatives were upset, so they simply cut the last six hard dishes and didn't have to serve them. It is good to ask people to sit for a while and look at them less.After all the people had lunch, they were led by their own servants to the side courtyard.Shen Yu had already told Liu Xianglian that Second Lord Liu hadn't gone out these few days, so after seeing each other for a while, they closed the courtyard door and ignored each other.Liu Xianglian despises these people's ugly looks, and these relatives from the capital look down on him as if he is poor and living here.

After these people entered the room and sat down in groups, the young man left after serving the tea fruit.Everyone sat on the hot kang and drank tea before talking about the dinner.The young man who was preparing for Koenke heard them gossip about other women's family members, frowned and got up and went to the courtyard to say that he was relieved, and turned his head to find a leeward place to spend time in a daze.Some of the remaining people are honest and silent, and some of them specialize in taking advantage of others with dirty mouths.

The man who asked Mr. Shen to stop him for a few words babbled twice, laughed so hard that his eyes nearly disappeared, and said, "I didn't expect that the daughter-in-law that my second nephew begged for was so beautiful, as if painted on a painting. I came all the way into the city I inquired about it when I went to the latrine, and the porcelain in the house is very solid! It’s a pity that there is an elder brother above, if there is no such person, the golden mountain and the silver mountain are all from our old Shen’s family, maybe the big guy can get some. " One or two people had the cheek to say yes, and the rest all shut up.After all, people still need face, even if they come to fight Qiufeng, they want to play better. If they really annoy the mistress of the first branch this time, it will be easy for them to gain a firm foothold in the future and find some bad luck.

They were discussing in the room, but they didn't know that there were servants outside who listened to the words and went back to Mr. Shen.The old man sat on the kang with his eyes closed for a while, until the big yellow cat in his arms "meowed" and then opened his eyes and sighed: "Father retreated bravely that day, and he really had the foresight. Our Shen family is indeed too weak. , only the second or third generation of the direct branch worked hard, and they understand a little bit of reason. The rest of the farmers who stayed in the capital can not be said to be of bad character, but they have bad intentions. A high-ranking official, even if he is called two or three generations, he doesn't know his surname, the fate of the noble family today is what the Shen family will look like tomorrow, it is really better to go back and teach the children to study and practice etiquette in a safe and stable way." After speaking, she shook her head and sighed again. Shen Yu sat beside him and advised him: "Isn't there still a few people who understand better? Come back and find a way to push down the restless ones, and then lift up the sensible ones, and go back and forth a few times." No matter how stupid people are, they can learn it, at least they have to put on an appearance."

The old man glanced at him halfway from the corner of his eyes and snorted: "Oh, you put it lightly, what do you think of the clan law? The state has the state law, and the family has the family rules. Sometimes the family rules are more important than the state laws. The current world is like this The morals of the world, unless you have the ability to restrain the whole family, otherwise you should just stay in the position of the third rank and not move." Shen Yu smiled angrily: "I am not comforting you, I really want to deal with them There are so many ways, not to mention me, just my wife can clean them up so that they can't find the north. At that time, someone will come to the door crying and hugging his thigh and calling grandpa to beg you, don't be soft-hearted." Mr. Shen turned his back to him He hugged the cat, petted it, and said as he touched it: "Just do it, I'm afraid that you two will be too light-handed. The granddaughter-in-law is very polite, she pinched her nose only to see your face to tolerate these rude people. Good thing, if she has the ability to clear up the side branches, I would rather open the ancestral hall now and record her in the genealogy."

Shen Yu smiled happily and said, "Then you just have to wait and see. But the ugly words are up front, you can't wait for my wife to use tricks and you despise people who are scheming!" Mr. Shen didn't even hesitate to move this time. I had to move a little bit, and just waved my hand: "Go out, look at your sweet eyes, tell the horse to run well, and tell the horse not to eat grass, can I do such a thing? As a woman, there is It's better to be scheming than to have no scheming, what are you doing marrying a rich lady who Ren Ma doesn't know! It's just like this, go and go." After a while, Shen Yu was kicked out again, and he groaned and squeezed Cat's paws rested their heads.Shen Yu got the right words, and didn't care about his grandfather at all. After bowing his hands and saluting, he quickly resigned, and went back to his yard after a stroll.

At this time, Baochai was asking Bailu to find the list of annual gifts sent back to Gyeonggi by Shen's family in the old year to read and listen to, and on the other side was the list of the current treasury, which was checked out and divided evenly so that the guests could bring it in the morning. Walk.Hearing the announcement from the little girl guarding the door outside, both the master and the servant looked up together. Seeing Shen Yu coming in, Bai Lu was busy. Fu put down the old year list and withdrew. Baochai and Shen Yu were the only ones in the room.

Seeing the servant girl go out, Shen Yu walks behind Baochai a few steps and gently walks over her shoulder to look down at the various lists written in small print on the table. Rest your eyes.He smiled and said to her, "Don't worry about those messy people, can you get the New Year gift from mother-in-law and elder brother?" Just count the bonuses from the dowry shop as the same, add four kinds of things sent by the Jia family a few days ago, and send someone to send them in the next year. The two families are so close, so it is very easy. "After finishing speaking, he didn't mention the bad relatives of the Shen family who came today, and only talked about Liu Xianglian.

I just heard Baochai say: "In a trance, I heard someone say that the girl who is pestering Second Master Liu has been hanging around our door these days. If she still comes, I plan to ask the two to meet and drum face to face. Let me tell you about the good life. What kind of thing is it called when a big man calls a girl so he can’t go out. Besides, my second brother’s place has already been arranged, and the caravan will leave on the fifteenth day. , if Liu Erye still has the heart to go north at that time, he can go directly there a day or two in advance." Shen Yu always followed her preferences, just nodded and said: "You can send that woman if you want, if you can't stand it, just call someone Come to look for me, but I'm not afraid to beat a shrew." When Baochai heard this, he remembered the girl who had bad luck on his hands when he was selected as a servant in the palace, so she laughed and said, "That's not true, Er You are very brave! Open your mouth and ask someone to repay you with your body." Shen Yu also smiled: "I was really teasing you at that time, guarding the palace gate was boring, always looking for some fun no?"

Bai Lu and Ying'er were sitting outside in the yard drawing flowers, when suddenly they heard the uncle begging for mercy in a low voice in the inner room.The two servant girls glanced at each other, sticking out their tongues and laughing, then lowered their heads to paint on the stretched plain satin, pretending that they didn't hear anything.In the early days, it was rumored that the eldest girl was a troublesome relative and got a bad reputation. She was afraid that it would be difficult to marry when she got older, so she had to be a military officer in Jinyiwei, and some crooked old women kept sighing and saying strange things. .Looking at it now, this son-in-law is considerate and soft-hearted. Doesn't the master live a smoother life than many wealthy couples who put on airs and respect each other like ice?It can be seen that people can't generalize, who knows that Second Master Shen looks like a king of Hades when he is doing errands outside, but he looks like a young child when he is at home.

After a while, the laughter in the room faded away, only to hear Xia Yingsha's Lingge door being pushed open with a bang, Second Master Shen found a shovel from nowhere and pushed his wife out, rolling up his sleeves as he walked, saying "I saw that you cleaned up your mother's yard very well. The water tank with moss and dried shrimps is also interesting. Let's make some for ourselves. It's so moist and comfortable to breathe." Baochai told him to toss Feeling uneasy, he had no choice but to say: "Master Shen knows everything again? He even notices that he has a water tank at home. I really don't know what to say about you."

Shen Yu didn't care about 21, and made up her mind not to let her sit in the room and feel bored all the time, so she pointed to the yard and said, "Grandma just makes up her mind, the small ones have enough strength, you can dig wherever you want, Absolutely no ambiguity!"

The yard has been simply reorganized. The flowers and plants that were planted indescribably earlier have not been moved, but the branches have been pruned nearby, and some white stones and fine sand have been sent to pave a few places.When Baochai saw that his chest was slapping the mountain, she simply stopped being polite. Sure enough, she ordered Shen Yu to dig flowers and plants and move them back and forth here and there.Shen Yu asked her to dig holes all over the yard, and at the beginning, she couldn't see anything, and slowly it became interesting.Shen's house was in the west of the capital, and he could vaguely see the foothills of the west mountain outside the city in the distance. Baochai first asked him to shovel down the grass-rooted land and build them up one by one, and then asked him to dig the soil along the The west courtyard wall gradually forms a gentle slope. After a slight upward trend, the dug-out flowers and trees are planted in a random order according to the height. At the foot of the mountain.

The few extra tree pits were not wasted, and the flower trees that were moved out from the side courtyard were also asked to be thrown out and pulled over by the servants before being buried.In the beginning, Shen Yu was still running back and forth alone, but later, many servants came over to help.After a while, after a while of busy work, I saw that the appearance of the courtyard had changed drastically for no reason. It seemed that there were flowers that never faded in four seasons, and the endless scenery in eight seasons was available for viewing.Outside the window on the west, it seems that there are many mountains and mountains, which is a bit like "seeing Nanshan leisurely". Along the window, there are a lot of Li Yaotao, and a few crabapple plants are planted on the east. Two large tanks are taken near the door. Half-buried in the ground, it was the water tank where Shen Yuxin wanted to raise fish and shrimp.A few feet away from the courtyard wall, a few stalks of prunus bamboo were planted and plantains were counted. The gentle breeze came and the elegant rhythm came, which only made a group of dug diggers dumbfounded.

"Eh? Eh? Eh!!! Wasn't it just a yard of dirt pits just now, I just thought it was grandma who got annoyed and punished me!" Second Master Shen was out of breath, shaking his shovel from side to side My head is full of fog.Still leaning against the pillar in front of the house, Baochai smiled with him and said, "You just have to figure out how you want to repair it beforehand, and then divide it layer by layer and remember what plants to plant. Just add it in the same way as the picture you thought before, so why bother." He sent the servant to wait for Shen Yu to wash and change clothes, and then ordered the cook to deliver the dinners that had been prepared a long time ago Various yards.

On the second day, Baochai didn't go to see the guests from his hometown, but sent the old housekeeper to bring a clever boy and 50 taels of silver, and asked the boy to take them out for a stroll.The old housekeeper brought people and things according to his words, smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Our grandma said that relatives rarely come to the capital, why don't you see if there is anything you want to take home with your family to see if it is new or not for the New Year? It is useful. I was afraid that it would be inconvenient for you to carry money with you, so I specifically told this diligent boy to go out with everyone to pay the bills with money, and said that at noon, I would go to the restaurant opened by my grandmother's natal family to have dinner and try Nanbian'er's handicrafts. "

When the few people heard that Bai Yuqian bought them things, they could go to restaurants and have a good meal without money, so they were all happy.Except for the young man who took the exam who said he wanted to study at home, everyone else followed the boy out.As soon as these six or seven people went out, the house immediately became quiet, and even the servants felt quite comfortable, and the grandma in charge was convinced.If you directly give them 50 taels of silver, the distribution will not be evenly distributed among these people, and you will still stay at home and make you feel uneasy.This pole was sent outside, and they were asked to circle the capital a few times. When they came back at night, they didn't have the energy to toss any more, and they naturally stopped.Besides, the relatives don't live long-term, and they will return to their hometown early in the morning. In this way, these people will spend a whole day in Shen's family, and there is no need to call them like in previous years. Not everyone likes to be ordered to drink.

Even Mr. Shen patted his thigh when he found out, regretting why he didn't think of this trick in previous years. It can be seen that these side relatives from Gyeonggi really don't want to be seen by the master.But for Baochai, this is still the first year of living in the house, and there is no need to rush to know the troublesome things in the Shen family. The sooner you know, the easier it is for others to ask you to make up your mind. Just push, do, and finish, there are still so many messy things for you to take care of.

The author has something to say: Bad relatives will soon be cut off!