Northern Dynasties

Chapter 178
"What's going on outside? Why are there so many noises?"

In the inner hall, Mrs. Miaoyin finished copying a section of Buddhist scriptures, and she was dissatisfied with the slightly out-of-order handwriting, so she raised her head and frowned and asked, only thinking that the noisy environment affected her performance.

Que'er, the servant girl who served Mo, heard the sound and replied: "In the morning, the lord sent a team of soldiers to guard the house, and they were cleaning up the front yard. My lady thinks it's noisy, so I ask them to do it some other time?"

"I don't live in the wilderness, so I don't need so many servants in the city!"

Mrs. Miaoyin said again after hearing the words, she didn't care about it, she was a little frustrated looking at the manuscript on the case: "How can other people's writing be correct and beautiful, I always find it difficult? A pen is light, but it is heavy in the hand. , Those who write beautifully, have endured a lot of hardships that others cannot bear behind their backs!"

The servant girl knew who the lady was talking about, and was afraid of being shamed and reprimanded by the lady, so she simply refused to accept it. She just said: "My lord arranges personnel affairs, not because of whether the lady needs it, but because of concern. In order to take care of the lady nearby, I will take care of you." Even the family courtyard has been moved in from other places, and no one in the household dares to neglect the lady anymore, and when the lady returns, they can live in one place with peace of mind again!"

His own wife was born in name and lived outside for mourning, so the other servants naturally did not dare to alienate their master in the cold, but these close servants did not have the preferential treatment they enjoyed in previous years.

The lord returned home this time, and his love for his wife was even stronger than before, and the other servants also regained their respect for their neighbors. The little maid was very happy to talk about this festival.

"I didn't feel left out either. Others are always busy with things, so how can they see each other often when they have too much free time. If the relationship lasts for a long time, how can it be day and night? Such touching words, how many Bodhidharma must be I can’t tell, but I must have heard someone’s voice somewhere else!”

Mrs. Miaoyin muttered to herself, not without worry, she said: "I want to write this down, but my handwriting is too clumsy, I'm afraid I can't express the affection in my words..."

Naturally, the conversations that were not on the same channel could not last long, so the maid simply closed her mouth and carefully packed up the scriptures and postcards that the lady practiced calligraphy.

"Sister, sister, are you there? I found a good thing today, and I can't help showing it off to you!"

Shouts came from outside the door, and after a while, a chubby child walked in, it was Mrs. Miaoyin's younger brother Dugushan, followed by two house slaves, each carrying a food box.

Mrs. Miaoyin was also a little curious after hearing the words, she got up and went forward.

Dugushan, however, had a complacent expression on his face, his arms were flaring up to prevent his elder sister from approaching, and when the servant put the food box on the table, he put his hands on his hips and said, "Elder sister, you were sent food home earlier but refused Give it too much, it caused brothers to scramble for it, and you refused to say where you found it. I thought it was so precious and rare, so I sent it here for sister to taste if I saw it today!"

"What else am I talking about? This is what I'm talking about. It must be your greedy people who bought it at a high price, but the ones you can see outside are inferior compared to mine, so I don't think it's surprising. !"

Lady Miaoyin immediately lost interest when she heard this, and said proudly after she sat down at the table.

"Sister, you are wrong, you really didn't buy it from the market!"

Dugushan leaned forward, carefully opened the food box, and said with a showy face: "A visitor came to the door today and brought a lot of food, some of which were sent home by you earlier, sister, but this thing in the box, I'm afraid that sister, you have never seen it!"

When the food box was opened, revealing a copper plate full of food inside, Mrs. Miaoyin glanced at it, and suddenly she was pleasantly surprised: "This Sushan... Li Boshan is here as a guest today? Hmph, he didn't come to see me, Are you still here now?"

"Sister, how are you famous? You have eaten before... Sister, you are only greedy, and you don't want anyone to send it home! But I still miss you, and it took a lot of hard work to keep this plate. Hurry up and give it to Sister You send it over..."

After Dugu Shan heard the words, he was surprised at first, and soon became sad. He only felt that his affection was let down by his elder sister. When he saw something good, he came to share it with his elder sister, but he didn't want his elder sister to live alone and eat alone every day!

"There's so much nonsense, I asked you and you haven't answered me yet! Is Li Boshan still there? He came as a guest, what did he say to Aye?"

Mrs. Miaoyin was not interested in the food, so she pushed her brother and continued to ask.

"I know who Li Boshan is? I don't know him! There are so many visitors every day, and I don't treat them in the front hall! Aye, he has gone out...Since you have eaten it, you don't need to try it again, I ate it all! "

Dugushan still looked angry, grabbed the copper spoon and poked a big piece into his mouth, but was knocked down by his sister.

"It's such a cold day, what kind of cold food do you eat! When I tasted it, it was still in the heat of early autumn. Others made it at home, and it would have melted when I sent it home!"

Mrs. Miaoyin was very dignified in front of her brothers. She reprimanded her a few times, covered the food box and complained: "Li Boshan is too much, don't you know that many small things in the family are greedy for sweets? You have to send so many untimely... "

"Wow, wow... Sister, you steal food, and you don't allow me to eat it! Why can't I eat it when guests bring it to my house! I just want to..."

Dugushan rolled his small eyes, tears were about to fall, he raised his head and stared at sister, but lowered his head timidly, seeing Sushan falling on the table, felt distressed and annoyed, pouted his ass and wanted to lick it .

Mrs. Miaoyin bent down and pulled the boy half a zhang away, and then said to the maid again: "Bring some sugar-steamed crispy cheese, this boy is going crazy!"

The two sisters were still fighting and arguing here, the maid hurriedly ran out of the hall, and after a while brought back a silver bowl of pastry, Dugushan calmed down, raised her hand to take the silver bowl and put it to her mouth, while still feeling angry Said: "I don't believe that this buttermilk can be more beautiful than Su Shan... have another bowl!"

"It's gone, and you can't eat too much good food. Look at how fat you are! There are such round things in the house. Can you prevent those handsome men who visit the house from laughing?"

Dugushan's little face collapsed again when he heard this, he lowered his head and licked the edge of the bowl and said angrily, "No matter how fat I am, it's not because of you who fed me! Sister, you have changed. You were not so secretive before, and you are no longer My good sister...I have to stay, don't let you go bad again, I'm eating now, but I'm going to be hungry again in a while!"

"Just one more bowl!"

Seeing this chubby sitting down with an awkward face and sulking, Mrs. Miaoyin was also a little helpless, seeing this kid laughing, she glared again and said: "But you have to answer my question!"

"Answer, answer! But what am I answering... yes, the guest has left and went out with Aye. Aye is still very angry. I heard that it is because someone lost the treasured sword."

After Mrs. Miaoyin heard this, her small face suddenly became a little unnatural, and she hurriedly asked: "Aye, is he very angry? Then, when Li Boshan came, did he have a knife? Did Aye ask him?"

"I'm still robbing crispy crisps in the inner house, how would I know!"

Dugu Shanle took up the silver bowl brought back by the maid, and this time took a small sip: "Tsk tsk, sister, you really have a lot of good things here! Why don't I just move here, I'm always your brother, here, here There is no difference at home!"

Mrs. Miaoyin was too lazy to talk to this foodie, she just called the little maid and said, "I didn't mean to ask you to find another similar one and put it back... Well, it's not your fault, it's just that Aye is too shrewd! But I like it very much, if I misunderstand and offend others, how can I meet again in the future?"

She fidgeted here and waited until it was getting dark in the evening, when the servant woman came to tell the lord that she had returned to the mansion, she hurriedly got up and pulled Dugu Shanxing, who was still thinking about staying for dinner, to go to her house through the side door adjacent to the two houses.

In the front hall, Dugu Xin looked at the big and small prey brought back by the trilogy, but he was not happy to return with a full load, but said angrily: "I order the cook to treat the food carefully, and don't let it go to waste! In exchange for this pile of sundries, you must chew carefully and remember the taste!"

After saying this, he walked towards the back hall with his hands behind his back. Just as he walked out of the corridor, he saw his little lady running over panting, her face suddenly darkened, and without waiting for the lady to speak, he said in a deep voice: "Even if you are outside Li, how can a woman be so unpretentious?"

"Yes, I'm sorry Aye, I just, Aye still..."

Mrs. Miaoyin knew she was wrong. After hearing the words, she hastily put down the hem of the skirt she was holding in her hand, and cautiously asked questions.

But Dugu Xin glared again, waved his hands and said: "Go back! Although you have already become a filial piety, you moved here not to let you be willful and forget your manners! Although my family is not high, there are rules! , especially not to let some disgusting people think that I am unrefined!"

Mrs. Miaoyin seemed to be really angry when she saw her father's stern face, but she didn't dare to be willful, she bowed her head in a low response, turned around and walked out of the house.

The wife of the back hall, Cui Shi, heard the angry rebuke from her husband, and hurried over. Before she could speak, she was glared at by Dugu Xin.

"The house slaves who were trained this morning, please give me some comfort, and the slaves in charge of the treasury will be sent to the village for resettlement. They are not allowed to stay in the house anymore!"

Mrs. Cui knew that Dugu Xin was angry before noon. Just now Mrs. Miaoyin suddenly came back to find her, hesitant to speak, vaguely guessed something, and whispered: "It's the little lady who took the husband's favorite things privately? Which child? Make no mistakes, be patient and preach..."

"How should I teach? You know she gave me the knife... Oh, don't talk about it, don't ask me again! In the West Residence, all idlers are forbidden to enter and leave, and let her live in the hall for the whole ceremony!"

Duguxin sighed, and ordered angrily.

"This is too harsh..."

Before Cui's words were finished, Dugu Xin snorted coldly: "Could it be that you are only allowed to abide by the etiquette in the world, and I am not worthy of being a soldier? If not, if not... In short, if that kid dares to think so and intends to insult you, I will kill you." killed him!"

Cui Shi didn't understand and was angered, but seeing that Dugu Xinzhen was very angry, he quickly nodded and said: "Now we live together, Husband Master, please rest assured, my concubine will definitely observe the etiquette in the household."

(End of this chapter)