The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 54

Xie Yujiao is going outside, meeting Shen Shihu's two brothers.Although Shen Shihu is tall and burly, his two brothers are completely different from him, probably because they are young and haven't grown up yet, Xie Yujiao thinks they are a bit like bean sprouts of.

One of Shen Shihu's brothers was named Shen Shizhou and the other was named Shen Shinan. Compared with the cat and dog Erzhu Shuisheng who lived in Xie's house all over the street, these names sounded much more pleasing to the ears.It turns out that Father Shen also went to a private school for several years when he was a child, so the two characters of human are the normal names of this family.

Shen Shizhou is 16 years old this year, because he used to farm at home while studying, so he failed to pass the examination of scholar at this age. I heard that Shen Shihu came back this year, so he was free and started studying with peace of mind.Shen Shinan was only eleven or twelve years old, and she was as thin as a tiaozi. When the two of them saw Xie Yujiao, they just knelt down and wanted to kowtow.

Xie Yujiao hurriedly stood up from the chair, glanced at Shen Shihu, and said, "Brother Shen, let them get up quickly, they say that men have gold under their knees, except that monarchs and ministers only kneel to their parents and teachers, how can you let them do it casually?" Kneel down to me?"

The smile on Shen Shihu's face was simple and honest, he just bowed his head and said: "They want to come to thank you, I can't stop them, I also said that Missy, you are so busy with everything, how can you have time to see them."

In fact, there is nothing to do today, Xie Yujiao came to the study just to find a few idle books to bring back to her embroidery building, and look through them at night when she can't sleep.It happened that Shen Shihu brought his two brothers over, so we met casually.

Seeing that the two of them had kowtowed respectfully, Shen Shihu said: "Miss won't let you kneel down, you two just get up."

The two got up in good order. Shen Shizhou is now 16 years old and has already understood some of the world, so he didn't dare to look up at Xie Yujiao, but Shen Shinan couldn't help but look up at Xie Yujiao, seeing that she was only half taller than himself The appearance of the figure is just like that of a delicate girl's house, but it is much more beautiful than any girl in Xie's house.

Knowing that they were coming in today, Xie Yujiao made preparations early in the morning, so she asked each of them to give them a purse, and pretending to be a parent, she said, "You should study hard in the future, now you are all Now that I'm an uncle, we will need you to take care of our Chaozong in the future, understand?"

Shen Shihu has always known that Xie Yujiao looks like an adult, and seeing her say this, he also found it funny in his heart. The two younger brothers nodded like chickens pecking at rice, and said in unison: "We understand, please don't worry, Miss, we will definitely Work hard to get a name."

But it was said that Mrs. Shen was talking to Aunt Shen inside. Seeing that Aunt Shen was wearing silk and satin and wearing a docile bun, although she was keeping a filial piety, she was still wearing two silver hairpins inlaid with pearls, which was completely a A concubine from a wealthy family behaved like a concubine.

Aunt Shen looked around at the room and said, "Why are you still living in the main courtyard? It's already confinement and you haven't gone to your east wing yet?"

Before Aunt Shen was about to give birth, Mrs. Xie tidied up the inner right room of the main courtyard for her. After the baby was born, Mrs. Xu thought about the child again and wanted to see him all the time. For the convenience of Aunt Shen's breastfeeding, she simply let her Aunt Shen lived in the inner right room of the main courtyard.

Firstly, it saves her from having to go out to see the children, and secondly, it is convenient for the women in this room to take care of the children. If there is any trouble, she will know immediately.

"Now I'm breastfeeding, and my wife doesn't want the child to blow outside, so she let me continue to live. When the child grows up, I will move to Xiaokuayuan again."

After hearing this, Mrs. Shen also felt polite. Although she felt sorry for Aunt Shen who was trapped in Xie's family at a young age, there were some things she couldn't think of after all, so she sighed: "I heard that the aunt surnamed Liu and the aunt surnamed Fang Your aunt and wife have already let go. Now that you have this child, you naturally cannot leave. Forget it, serving your wife well and taking care of the child is also one of your credits. There is only one thing I have to remind you , don't think that after giving birth to a son to the Xie family, you will be raised, understand?"

Aunt Shen just bit her lips and nodded, her face flushed slightly: "Mother, don't worry, I never thought about it."

"If you don't have one, that's the best. If you have one, we can't let you go, and you don't even think about it. How powerful the eldest girl is. This is the last Jiang family. Now those who are punished by her are almost ruined." , a girl with such a wrist, you can't pull out a tooth in a tiger's mouth, you're just making fun of yourself!"

Aunt Shen looked down on herself when she saw Old Lady Shen say this, so she said in a low voice: "Mother, you look at me like this, but you underestimate me. Although I came here voluntarily, it was for the sake of my family and not for the sake of my family. It's not that I want to enter Xie's house to fight for what I have. Besides, although I am raising a baby in the mansion, I know about the Jiang family's affairs. In this way, the eldest girl will not be so angry. Although she is a girl, she has punished others, but she has a bad reputation. What is she trying to do? It's just that she can't swallow this breath."

After hearing what Aunt Shen said, Mrs. Shen let go of her thoughts, and she just smiled and said: "It's good that you think so clearly, these words are what your father asked me to bring to you, just listen to them If you don’t like it, put it in the left ear and out the right ear.”

The two chatted for a while, and the maid outside came in and said that the meal had started in the hall, so Aunt Shen and Old Lady Shen went out together.

Because we are entertaining Shen's family today, we didn't invite the old aunt and eldest aunt to come over. When Mrs. Shen went out, everyone hadn't been seated yet.Mrs. Xu asked the servant girl to go to the front study and invite Xie Yujiao to come over, and she only smiled and let Mrs. Shen take the seat.

Mrs. Shen didn't dare to sit down for a while, she smiled and said, "Sit down when the eldest girl comes."

Xu said with a smile: "She came from the front, she still has to walk for a while, let's sit down first, don't wait for her."

Just as I was talking, the little maid outside came in and replied: "My cousin said that I won't come to eat at my wife's place today. She is going to eat at my aunt's and my aunt's. I am going to ask my aunt how to embroider!"

Mrs. Xu knew that Xu Huiru was afraid of seeing outsiders, so she nodded and said, "In this case, ask the kitchen to add two more dishes."

The maid readily agreed, turned around and left, just in time to meet Xie Yujiao coming in from outside.

When Mrs. Xu saw Xie Yujiao coming, she just called the girls from the Shen family to sit down together.Aunt Shen pulled her sister and sat down next to her. The Shen sister wore a brand new dress today, she looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, but she was much stronger than Xie Yujiao, with big hands , It looks like someone who has done a lot of housework since childhood.

Seeing that she was a bit cautious, Mrs. Xu asked, "How old is the second girl? She looks taller than our Jiaojiao."

Mrs. Shen just smiled and said: "It's fifteen in the new year. It should not be as big as the big girl. It's just that the children of our poor family are rougher. They can't be as beautiful and clean as the big girl. Everyone loves them when they look at them."

Xie Yujiao blinked and looked at Aunt Shen, she was not as good-looking as Aunt Shen, but she was pretty good in Xie's house, but the country girl was dressed in a rustic way, if she tidied up well, she would actually be a village flower!

"Where is there a rough girl in the world, but she is usually busy at home and has no time to take care of herself. Don't look at our Jiaojiao who is generous. If she doesn't dress herself up, she won't come out to see her. It's human!" Xu frowned and looked at Xie Yujiao, with a look of pampering on his face.

After lunch, Xie Yujiao had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she took Aunt Shen's sister to play in the embroidery building.That girl from the Shen family was also good at working in the village, and she was very friendly when meeting strangers. It didn't take long for the three girls to talk and laugh.

When going out at night, Xu Huiru picked out a lot of things for her, and Xie Yujiao also found some elegant things from the jewelry box, wrapped them up for the sister of the Shen family and took them back.Mrs. Shen thanked her a thousand times, took the children and kowtowed on the door again, then got into the carriage and followed Shen Shihu home.

The next morning was to go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors. A few days earlier, the second old man had sent someone over to withdraw the silver required for the ancestor worship. Xie Yujiao even specially asked Liu Fugen to calculate the current price of incense sticks, paper money and utensils. It doesn't matter if it's a lion's mouth, it's fine, and the money is still paid.

It was about one mile from Xie's house to the ancestral hall. Xie Yujiao and Xu's family each carried a sedan chair. When they arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall, they saw a lot of lively village names. It's cold, but it's a little pale.When the villagers saw Xie Yujiao and Mrs. Xu coming out of the sedan chair, they all knelt down spontaneously. Mrs. Xu felt a little embarrassed after making a fuss, so she asked Mama Zhang to call everyone to get up, and took the bunches of copper coins that had been prepared in advance. scattered, scattered to them to pick up.

No matter old people, children or young people, seeing the strings of copper coins thrown out, everyone bent down happily to pick them up.The child was agile, grabbed a handful of them, and yelled happily, asking the adults to take them to buy candy.

Xie Yujiao went in and saw that the altar table in the ancestral hall was already filled with various sacrifices. Master Xie's portrait was newly painted, and looked exactly like a real person. Many people had never seen it before, but today the ancestral hall was opened. Everyone saw it, and they all pointed in amazement: "Is this the painting drawn by that foreigner with yellow hair and green eyes? Why does it look like a real person? I just took a look and thought it was Mr. Xie sitting in it Woolen cloth!"

"That's not it, I was so surprised. Where in this world can such a capable person be able to draw like a living person? It's really strange?"

Xu raised her head and saw the portrait of Mr. Xie hanging on the wall. It was so lifelike, as if it was the same as when he was alive, smiling at her with a bit of elegance and warmth!
(End of this chapter)