I want my green plum to become a phoenix (rebirth)

Huiniang saw the sisters, and the old lady told another maid in the room, "Go to the room over there and move an embroidery pier for the second girl to sit on." Before the maid could move, Ban Xia smiled sweetly. He said, "Sister Zisu, I'll just move it." She turned around and rushed out of the house.

Zisu is the first-class maidservant next to Mrs. Qin, and according to the conclusion drawn by Hui Niang's observations in her previous life, her position in the old lady's heart is only lower than that of Qin Mengyuan, the young master Qin Jiarong, the eldest girl Qin Jiafu, The fourth girl, Qin Jiazhi, and others were just a few people, and they weighed a lot more than Lingniang and Yinniang.Huiniang also vaguely heard people say that Zisu is favored by the old lady, and she will be placed in Qin Jiarong's room to take care of the elder grandson for the old man. Unfortunately, until Huiniang got married in the previous life, Zisu was still "waiting and waiting" in the old lady's room. my big maid".

Because there is a word "Zi" in her name, and she is the only maid in the whole house with the word "Zi" in her name, so Zi Su likes to wear purple clothes very much.For example, today, she is wearing a lilac purple flowered silk jacket and a peach red pleated skirt. She is dressed in a style that is not inferior to ordinary young ladies from middle-class families.A maid can dress according to her own wishes, which shows how much the old lady loves and values ​​her.

Regarding Ban Xia rushing to run errands, Zisu only gave a faint "hmm", and seeing that Ban Xia had gone out, she turned around and beat the old lady's shoulders.After a while, Banxia moved the embroidery pier and placed it on the left hand side of the old lady. Animian went to sit down, lowered her eyes, and quietly stared at the pattern on the neckline of the old lady's jacket.

The old lady didn't seem to expect that her second granddaughter, who grew up alone in her hometown in the northwest, could behave so well. Even with her sharp eyes that she had cultivated in the capital for many years, she couldn't find anything wrong with her.There was a satisfied smile on the old man's face, and he asked about the situation in his hometown. "Last year it was cold, but this winter just passed, is it going well in my hometown?"

Well, it's all over.What's the use of asking only when spring begins?

Hui Niang covered the sneer in her eyes, "The patriarch, Uncle Tang, was thinking about the people of the clan. As soon as he entered the ninth grade, he took out food from the clan treasury and distributed it to everyone. It's tough."

"That's good." The old lady sighed half-truthfully, "I heard that the old patriarch had gone the year before last, and I was still worried about the suffering of the clansmen. I didn't expect that Meng Dong also had some rules in his actions. The clansmen in the village followed him. It’s the best thing to live life better.”

Go beyond the better?Anise almost sneered.Three years ago, the head of the clan, Qin Mengdong, came up with the idea of ​​asking the clan members to mortgage their land, and the clan agreed to hire long-term laborers to cultivate the land, and each family took the money from the mortgage to support the boys in the family to study and test their achievements. Fang Fang's land property has not only increased by one or twenty acres.Especially after the township examination the year before last, many families had children who had failed their grades and could not afford to redeem the land. Most of the profits from the fields were given to the clan house and clan treasury at a low price.

The fields and futures of so many families in the village belonged to the clan treasury. If the clan house didn't bleed any more during this difficult winter, it would be too ugly to eat.

"You are in the village, are you able to read and write?" The old lady finally asked Hui Niang herself.

"Back to the old lady, Hui Niang has been raised by Aunt Meng Zhangtang in the village, and she can read a few words and read a few enlightenment books."

"Meng Zhang..." The old lady pondered for a while, with a slightly mysterious look in her eyes, then she nodded with a smile, "Meng Zhang presided over Chongshi Academy these years, and it doesn't seem like you live in his house without being illiterate. Since In this way, you can go to school with your sisters from tomorrow, people like us can't read, write, and embroidery at all." The old lady paused, then asked Hui Niang, "I heard Meng Did the eldest son of the Zhang family know about Yuan in the township examination the year before last?"

"Yes." Hui Niang also showed a sincere smile on her face, "Cousin Jiayu is good at studying, and getting to know Yuan in the exam the year before last is a great joy in the village."

The old lady raised her brows and asked curiously: "Why didn't you go to Beijing to take the exam last year? I thought they were all close relatives. The old lady of his family also helped our family back then. He came to Beijing, so he lived in our house as a matter of course. Xie Yuan, if you pass the Jinshi exam again, your father will come forward at that time, and it is only natural to talk about a good marriage if you enter the Imperial Academy. It's a great joy."

Unexpectedly, the eldest cousin had just passed the Jieyuan exam, and the old lady had already planned for him his future career, and even married and had children.Hui Niang couldn't help being a little dumbfounded, but she quickly concealed her true expression, "Uncle Mengzhang said that Cousin Jiayu's foundation is still a little weak, so he didn't let him go if he could try. Watch..." She suddenly stopped mouth, and quietly swallowed the words "cousin and aunt", "Aunt Tang said, cousin Jiayu is still young, so it's okay to wait another three years."

"Speaking of which, Jiayu this year..." The old lady stared at Hui Niang, and slightly dragged out her voice.

"Seventeen." Hui Niang lowered her eyes and replied in a timely manner.

The old lady nodded knowingly, "You're really young. If you're really talented, it's okay to wait a few years. It will be more face-saving to talk about kissing after winning the Jinshi."

Anise was really not interested in this topic, but she didn't dare to show her impatience.But asking her to keep asking and answering questions about Qin Jiahong's marriage with the old lady... It's really boring.Let’s put the eldest brother and sister at home first—the two are both fifteen years old this year. Qin Jiarong has no fame, let alone him, but Fu Niang is really at the age of talking about others and preparing a dowry. The grandsons and granddaughters in the yard don't care, and Kubala is all about talking to the children of distant relatives?This kindness must be misplaced, right?

What's more, the old lady is still thinking about proposing herself, or is she thinking of letting her son Qin Mengyuan help others...

Fortunately, Wei coughed lightly at this moment, and instantly diverted the old lady's attention, "Mother, my daughter-in-law is thinking, since that child Jiayu wants to win a Jinshi before we talk about marriage, it's okay to wait. But Anise It’s a new arrival, and I still don’t know which room to put her in. When the old lady decides, the daughter-in-law will send someone to clean up and prepare.”

Hui Niang lowered her head, pretending to be shy, but there was a sneer on her lips: I didn't decide to go to Beijing on the spur of the moment yesterday. Is it still possible to know a house for a stay?In the last life, he knew how to pack out the side courtyard in advance to live in for himself, but this time he didn't even prepare a house?

Doubts appeared in her eyes again—it was still the same question: How can I live a new life, and my treatment after entering Beijing is worse than that of the previous life?

The old lady turned her head and glanced at the yard outside the window, where a few maids were still moving things in and out.The expression on her face remained unchanged, and she said lightly: "Let Hui Niang live in the east wing of my yard first, and I'm afraid it will be cleaned up in half a day. You ask Butler Zou to find a set of furniture from the warehouse, and wait for the house to come. After packing up the things in the house, put them in, and at night, Huiniang just lives in." She turned to look at Huiniang again, "You live in the east wing room for a while, and when your elder brother moves to the outer courtyard after his 15th birthday, we will put the The East Side Courtyard will clean up for you to live in."

Only then did Hui Niang suddenly realize: it turned out that the Dongpian Courtyard where she had lived in since entering the mansion in her previous life still belonged to her elder brother Qin Jiarong, so of course she couldn't compete with her elder brother for the house—and even if she wanted to, she couldn't.

"It doesn't matter where the granddaughter lives." She replied humbly, and glanced at the expression on Wei's face from the corner of her eye—if possible, she still wanted to see the expressions on the faces of the sisters at this time. With her back facing them now, she could only feel their gazes on her back.However, even if she could only see the look on Wei's face, she was already very satisfied.Although the expression on Wei's face at this time does not seem to have changed from just now, but after all, Hui Niang has lived an extra life and can already tell whether Wei's is really "indifferent" or fake "indifferent".

Hearing what the old lady said just now, Wei's brows twitched slightly, and the corners of his lips trembled undetectably.This is not really an expression of indifference, it's just that she is deeper in the city and hides quickly.

Wei Shi nodded respectfully, "Don't worry, my daughter-in-law will give orders later." In front of her mother-in-law, Wei Shi seems to have always controlled her temper very well, and she can't see the arrogance of the daughter of a princess at all.

The old lady suddenly remembered something, "Call the needleworker to come over later, and make some clothes for Hui Niang."

Wei's eyes sized up Aniang's body, covered his lips with a veil, and covered up the mockery on his lips, but the mockery was too obvious, and the movement of covering it up was too slow, even the few people on the opposite side Girls can see clearly.Hui Niang clearly heard Zhi Niang's chuckle, and then some indistinct voices reached her ears—it was actually Zhi Niang and Ling Niang talking about it in front of the elders. Small talk.

"Even if the needleworkers rush to work, it will take two days at the earliest to make a suit of clothes." It takes two days to make a suit of clothes, which are still cut with ready-made printing materials, and cannot be embroidered on them.

In Huiniang's view, it doesn't matter if she waits two days for new clothes. Even if her life in this life is still the same as her previous life, she still has five or six years to wear those good clothes.Besides, she didn't see anything wrong with the cotton jacket and skirt she was wearing.

But the old lady didn't seem to want to see her granddaughter wearing cotton clothes—she could only wish that Anise would change into silk clothes right now.She thought for a while, "There should still be some of the wife's old clothes in the boxes packed out of the East Wing, some of which were made and never worn. First, dig out the two clothes of the current season, and let the needleworkers hurry up and change them." Now, it’s okay to wait for a few more days for the new clothes.” She glanced at the granddaughters opposite and added, “Make new clothes for Funiang, Zhiniang and the other sisters, and when Huiniang comes home, This is a happy event... the two boys in the family, don't be left behind."

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