The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

333 Chapter 1 Uncovering the Stuffing ([-])
The weather has been good or bad these days, and it rains every now and then.At this time, the outside is stuffy again, I'm afraid it will rain again in the evening.

Zhao Jing got a little tired from sitting on the chair, so she got up and leaned on the kang in the inner room.Zhang Yongshun's family hadn't left yet, and seeing Zhao Jing's lackluster look, he assumed that she was caused by these trivial matters, so he smiled and comforted him: "My wife and Lord Hou are newly married, and when they encounter such a thing, It's quite embarrassing, in fact, our Hou Mansion has another courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, if the wife doesn't want to see Miss Qi, she can send her to live in another courtyard, it's the same."

Zhao Jing had seen the deeds of the farm in the Hou Mansion, and knew that there was another courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, but the old lady was a person who didn't like to move, so no one had been there all these years. Fortunately, these things never fell into the hands of Mama Sun. Thinking about it is still good now.The other courtyard is surrounded by mountains and rivers, this kind of hot weather used to be the best way to avoid the summer heat, but Zhao Jing is already inconvenient, so she doesn't want to be so tired.As for the idea of ​​sending Miss Qi off, she couldn't do it either.

"If the whole family goes to other courtyards to recuperate from the summer heat, that would be justified. If we just send Miss Qi away, it would be superfluous. She came here because she had nowhere to go. We threw her away like this and let her go. What difference does it make to go?"

Zhao Jing sighed again as she spoke, she didn't expect this to happen like this, if she knew she shouldn't have said those words to Miss Qi, she would inevitably feel embarrassed when she saw Lord Hou in the future.

"What the wife said is true, but the servant girl said something ignorant. There is no shame in this man. In the past, Lord Hou was not at home for a few days all year round. He didn't expect these things to happen. But now Master Hou comes back every now and then. When the time comes, Mrs. If you are pregnant, Master Hou can't live without a servant, right? I'm afraid that the old lady will move her mind at that time. It's fine if she is a servant in the family. The wife will naturally suppress them, but what if Miss Qi moves at that time? Thinking, what should my wife do?"

What Zhang Yongshun's family said was heartfelt, and Zhao Jing didn't know how many house maids were promoted while the main wife was pregnant.This is why many families marry girls, they must choose two loyal and honest maids to follow, just to serve as housekeepers for the son-in-law in the future.

But when Zhao Jing married into the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion, she was very poor, and she didn't even have a maid to accompany her.

"You go down first! Doesn't the old master have any other houses? It can be seen that the reputation of the Xu family is still good." Zhao Jing waved her hand, and suddenly remembered Xu Si'an's appearance in her mind, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help revealing a trace. Come on with a smile.After all, she herself hadn't thought of this step, but others became anxious first.

Zhang Yongshun's family saw that Zhao Jing didn't take this matter to heart at all, and felt that they were a little unfounded, so they just smiled awkwardly and said: "It's slaves talking too much, our Lord Hou must not be such a person, just listen to me The mother-in-law mentioned it, saying that this is the old custom of the big family, so the servant girl said something more."

Zhang's mother used to serve in the Hou's Mansion in the previous dynasty, so she is naturally well-informed, so what she said must be true.But right now, it's not the time for Zhao Jing to worry about these things.

"Let's not talk about this, you send a few people tomorrow to guard the corner gates everywhere, and then send people to watch outside the Ziwei Garden. Before we return to the house, we can't let Zhong Mama leave the Hou's house. If she insists on going out , stop them." Zhao Jing originally wanted to tie her up to see Mrs. He, but she was afraid of her eloquent sophistry, such an old woman is the most tactful, and when the time comes, she will bite back, Zhao Jing is only afraid that she will Also embarrassing.

"Your servant knows." Zhang Yongshun's family nodded solemnly. Suddenly a strong wind blew outside. Seeing the dark clouds, it might rain again.

Only at this time did Zhao Jing feel that the stuffy chest just now was better, and after thinking about it, she said: "You stay at home tomorrow, and I will take Miss Qi's maid to He's house."

After noon, it really rained heavily. Sun Xiu's mother's house was far away from the Hou's mansion, so she didn't dare to come here. It was rare for the girls not to learn needlework in the afternoon, so they all nestled in Mrs. Xu's Songhe Hall. My wife hasn't been this lively here for a long time.

Zhao Jing had some lunch in the outer courtyard, and came here after the rain stopped, and when she entered the door, she heard Qi Jiahui giggling inside.The maid held the curtain for Zhao Jing, and when Qi Jiahui saw Zhao Jing approaching, she stood up from Mrs. Xu, walked up to Zhao Jing happily, took her hand and said, "Auntie, auntie, Mrs. My wife asked the kitchen to prepare delicious food for us today."

As Qi Jiahui said, she handed the object in the other hand to Zhao Jing. Zhao Jing stretched out her hand to take it, and only after taking a look did she realize that it was the newly fried cat's ears.

When the old lady went to Zhao's house last time, she liked eating Yuan's fried cat ears very much. This time, she really had a whim and asked her cook to make cat ears too.Zhao Jing looked at the golden and crispy fried cat's ears, and thought that she had only used a little at noon, so she picked them up with great interest, wanting to have a bite.

But who knew that just as she brought the cat ears to her mouth, the smell of fried oil rushed into her nostrils, causing Zhao Jing to feel nauseous for a while, almost reflexively, she hurriedly turned her head away, covered her mouth and retched A few times.

(End of this chapter)