When people get older, they become sensitive, especially worried about being disliked by others.Sometimes this worry manifests itself as stubbornness and bad temper, and sometimes it manifests itself in a somewhat humble and superfluous thoughtfulness, such as nagging.If Zheng Qingchuan hadn't sent a nurse to pick her up, she might not have come here.Because the person sent was Zheng Qingchuan's nurse and showed Zheng Qingchuan's sincerity, Mrs.
Su agreed.In fact, she prefers to stay in her hometown, because it is a place she is familiar with, her own territory, but the stroke of her eldest daughter-in-law gives her a sense of crisis, because those granddaughters-in-law will quarrel and scold every day for taking care of the elders and doing dirty work, and the eldest son who was originally distressed by her is now too lazy to be at home and goes to the city every day to have fun.First, she worries that she is too old to move; Second, those quarrels made her feel uneasy.Here, at least, there are many maids who will take care of people."
Grandmother, you eat a little sweet and sour fruit first to appetize, and you will have an appetite" Ah Qing came over with a plate of red plums.Old Madam Su took one, took a bite, squinted her eyes and smiled: "Okay, I have an appetite" Zheng Qingchuan asked: "Grandmother, if you eat noodles or drink porridge, I'm afraid that you will get up frequently at night." ”Old Madam Su swallowed the fruit with a little difficulty, and thought: "Then the noodles are too lazy to chew" The maids directly brought the kang table to the bed.Noticing that Su Mu was in a daze, Zheng Qingchuan touched his hand.Su Mu came back to his senses and smiled faintly, his smile a little reluctant.When there were only two people at night, Zheng Qingchuan asked: "Su Mu, did you find that the skin on your grandmother's neck has become very thin and wrinkled" Su Mu was surprised, and smiled suspiciously: "How do you know" This is incredible, Zheng Qingchuan can guess his mind at once.Zheng Qingchuan no longer sat on the edge of the bed and kicked his feet, turned around and rolled to the inside of the big bed, and put the cool silk quilt on his stomach: "Because I also found out" Su Mu turned off the light, lay down beside her, and reached out to hug her, because it was very close, the voice sounded in her ears: "We have been in Jingzhou for less than half a year."
Suddenly, I found that my grandmother was much older than the one in the capital. ”Zheng Qingchuan whispered: "Have you noticed that I have grown a lot taller" The air overflowed with light laughter, and in addition to the beating of the heart, there was a slight tremor caused by laughter in his chest.The night is full of mystery because the eye cannot see clearly.However, with other senses to replace, such as touch, inner feelings, then the night is only a layer of window paper, no longer mysterious.It's a cloudy day.But the refreshing cool breeze blows comfortably.In the morning, Mrs.
Su, Ah Qing and Ah Yun took water ladles and watered the vines and small saplings in the courtyard.Old Madam Su's movements were slow, her back was stiff, but Ah Qing and Ah Yun were jumping around.Zheng Qingchuan stood under the eaves and looked at them.Ah Qing suddenly whispered to Old Madam Su, and then smiled at Zheng Qingchuan.Zheng Qingchuan guessed that Ah Qing must be saying that she was lazy Ah Yun watered very seriously, and she didn't stop until every tree was full of water.Mama Yun suddenly came back from outside the courtyard gate, holding a crutch in her hand, dark brown, and the special thing was that there were four claws at the bottom of the crutch.Behind her was a woman, a woman in her fifties, dressed in a light brown cloth robe, with a somewhat restrained look, and if others looked closely, they would notice that her hands hanging on her sides were a little shaky."
Fifth young lady, the new crutches are ready."
Mama Yun took it with both hands, handed over the things with a smile, and when Zheng Qingchuan took the things, she turned sideways again and introduced: "This is Aunt Guo, who is very good at making green plum sauce and preserved fruits, was picked out by the head of the village from the grange, and I heard that it is relatively clean." ”Although it is very inappropriate for an official to do business, it is very appropriate to buy a land, just like a modern person, no matter what profession he is engaged in, there is no restriction on buying a house, as long as there is enough money.Zheng Qingchuan has already bought the grange in Jingzhou, which is considered a new private property.Zheng Qingchuan looked at Aunt Guo and asked with a smile: "Do you know how to make sauerkraut" Aunt Guo carefully pulled the corners of her mouth, let the smile spread all over her face, and said with a little trembling: "I will often do it for decades" Before coming, Zhuang Tou told her that she could get a lot of reward money this time, so that she must behave better No matter what others ask, she must agree, otherwise, the cooked duck will fly and fly to the hands of others Ah Qing and Ah Yun helped Mrs.
Su to walk back left and right, Mrs.
Su sat down on a chair in the verandah.The maid brought clean shoes, squatted down, helped Mrs.
Su change her shoes, and then took away the sand-stained shoes.Zheng Qingchuan handed the cane to Mrs.
Su's hand and asked, "Grandmother, give it a try, do you fit together?"
"Well, it's good" Mrs.
Su smiled happily.In addition, the maids brought the table and put it under the eaves, and brought green plums, basins, bowls, porcelain jars, and all kinds of spices.Ah Qing and Ah Yun were washing their hands and rolling up their sleeves like soldiers ready to go.Mrs.
Su looked here, then there, and asked: "What is this" A-Qing hurriedly replied: "Qiqi asked Aunt Guo to teach us to make good food, we will make it ourselves" There is too much boring time in the inner courtyard, and I always have to find something to pass the time, and I will feel empty when I play every day, and it will be more practical to learn some handicrafts.If nothing else, they will live a pampered life for a lifetime, this skill can be regarded as an antidote to a rich life, but who can guarantee that life will never be an accident Billionaires may go bankrupt, high-ranking officials may be exiled, and the emperor may die tragically under the situation of changing the dynasty, isn't it Old Madam Su grinned and said: "I will do it too, I will teach you to make good food another day" That Aunt Guo glanced at Mrs.
Su, a little apprehensive and unhappy, as if she saw a person running to compete for reward."
Okay" Ah Yun agreed innocently, reaching out to take the green plum, she couldn't wait.Aunt Guo began to do it.Old Madam Su stared intently, and Ah Qing, Ah Yun and Zheng Qingchuan all gathered around the table to learn.Aunt Guo taught hand-in-hand.After making plum sauce, plum vinegar and honey-pickled green plums, I learned to make plum again.Zheng Qingchuan originally wanted to ask Aunt Guo to teach them how to make sauerkraut next time, but with Mrs.
Su's self-recommendation, she changed her mind.In the afternoon, Aunt Guo took a rich reward and left with tea, pastries and roast chicken.However, before leaving, she still looked at Mrs.
Su very unpleasantly.Back on the grange, Aunt Guo said to the other tenants: "Our owner is very generous, very kind, not even a little face, not loud to speak, good to listen to, but, the old lady is very stingy and stingy" Other tenants asked: "Do you want to go next time, can you take us there" Aunt Guo's face was ugly, gritted her teeth and said: "Wait and see, if there is no old lady, I will definitely be able to go, maybe I can go as a relative, with her, I may not be able to go" One of the tenants laughed, and sourly sneered: "Take it once." , you are not content to wait for your words to reach the ears of the owner, there are your good fruits to eat" Aunt Guo was annoyed and angry, started a fire, and drove away the person who said sour words with a broom.However, when she thought of the old lady, she was so angry that she lost sleep every night, as if she had watched the gold fly away in front of her eyes, and she was so sorry that she was about to die for a few days.Mrs.
Su didn't remember that Aunt Guo for a long time, she finally found her useful place and happily taught Ah Qing and Ah Yun to make sauerkraut.This is her old job, handy, and busy and comfortable.Zheng Qingchuan did not stop.Qiao'er suddenly came to report: "Fifth young lady, that Aunt Guo from a few days ago is here again."
brought a basket of fresh melons and fruits, and said that he would come to thank the fifth young lady. ”Zheng Qingchuan was learning to pickle crispy cucumbers with Mrs.
Su, and he didn't have much time, so he replied casually: "Take the things, send back the tea and cloth, you can watch and give some children's favorite things by the way."
Be polite" "Okay" and Qiao'er agreed.Qiao'er is a very stable girl, and she has a lot of experience as a maid, but the saying that no one is perfect is always true.Sent away the Aunt Guo, Qiao'er walked back from the gate, but was grabbed by the sleeve of a mother-in-law who suddenly jumped out of nowhere, pulled her to the corner of the secluded wall, and whispered: "This is given to you by the prefect's wife, she said that you are a good girl." ”The freckled woman with her nose shoved something into the palm of her hand.Qiao'er opened her palm, and there was a small jade Buddha lying quietly in her palm, and the delicacy of the hand almost made people unable to take their eyes off the freckled woman and smiled, full of confidence, she knew that this gift was right, because since Qiao'er said that she would not marry, she would go to the temple every month to worship the Bodhisattva."
It's easy for Mrs.
Prefect to ask you to clip a letter to the letter sent by the fifth young lady to the Hong family in the capital" "I won't report you, but don't look for me again, I won't do it" Qiao'er blushed angrily, and was more angry, stuffed the jade Buddha back into the hands of her mother-in-law, and immediately ran away.Such a thing, Qiao'er was really tight-lipped and didn't tell Zheng Qingchuan or Mama Yun.It hurt the freckled mother-in-law to worry about it for half a month, but there was no news at all, and the mother-in-law became even more courageous.Qiao'er was also worried all night, and her heart fluctuated, but she thought: "The prefect's wife is very kind every time she comes to Su's house, and she is also very generous in rewarding money.What's more, this kind of thing may be deliberately provoked by others, trying to provoke the relationship between the prefect and the Su family, isn't there a fellow knower Anyway, I didn't do that, there will be no consequences, just don't think it happened" Guan Yunchang once let Cao Cao go at a critical time, and the person who knows too well is actually not suitable to be a loyal minister.Qiao'er used to be like this in Rongyangtang, knowing that Old Madam Zheng didn't like Zheng Qingchuan very much, but on the premise of not betraying Old Madam Zheng, she would still take care of Zheng Qingchuan a little, just to repay her kindness, about the favor given to her by the late sixth master of the Zheng family.She didn't mention this reason to Zheng Qingchuan.She is not a big mouth, she always likes to keep some important things in her heart, and she has many things in her heart, such as the whip wound on her body when she left the Zheng family was actually beaten by the second master of the Zheng family, and the second master of the Zheng family beat her while saying that he didn't want her to be a concubine, forcing her to refuse to be a concubine in front of the old lady, and then she was kicked out, and she never told anyone about it.After experiencing that incident, her problem in her heart became more and more serious, she often sat on the bed with her knees crossed at night, recalling the painful event alone, but still laughing when she should have laughed during the day, looking no different from other maids
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