Ordinary clear day

Chapter 177 The Return
In the next few days, the bottom of the flower pot that Shu Ning stepped on was half an inch higher, and now she didn't dare to walk around wearing it so big.Her previous height of six inches was fine, but now she is more than 8 centimeters tall. If she accidentally takes a wrong step, her ankle bone will be lost.So every day I just take small steps slowly, which is a bit more dignified than before.In the words of Nanny Cui, as long as you don't feel guilty anymore, the size of the steps is just right.

Shuning is still studying hard in Huaiyuan every day, except for going to Duanning's new courtyard, she goes to pay respects to Jinbao and Rongbao every three to five days, and ignores other affairs in the mansion.However, she has also heard about the five elder brothers who have been the focus of attention in the mansion and the exquisite gadgets he sent recently, from the maid, and occasionally gossip about them in their spare time.

It turned out that the fifth elder brother came once that day, and then came twice in the next few days, and specially brought some exquisite gifts to Wanning to please her.On the one hand, Nala was happy that Fifth Elder Brother's intentions towards his daughter had not changed, but on the other hand, he was worried that his actions would cause dissatisfaction in the palace, so he tried to persuade him a few times, but he didn't dare to offend him too much, after all, today's Fifth elder brother is no longer the warm little prince he used to be.The fifth elder brother respectfully agreed in person, but he was still very enthusiastic towards Wanning. She had no choice but to apply eye drops to her daughter instead.

Since Wanning was hit at the end of April, she has calmed down a lot, and began to follow her mother's wishes to move closer to the fifth elder brother.It's just that the fourth elder brother got married on September [-]th, which made her feel uncomfortable. At the same time, the wind in the palace seemed not to be favorable, and then she learned that the fifth elder brother married Liu Jiashi. Follow the wishes of the mother to choose the children of the rich and powerful who look good.When the Empress Dowager sent someone over, she originally complained that Fifth Prince was troublesome, but at the same time, hope was rekindled in her heart.Seeing that the whole family, relatives and friends began to pay attention to her again, and the fifth elder brother was also very gentle and considerate, the gloomy color on her face also eased, and she became relaxed again.

The fifth elder brother also explained to her again and again that the newly married Liu Jiashi was his mother's favorite, and the emperor gave him a marriage, so he couldn't refuse, but after marrying him, he kept ignoring her, and he only had Wanning in his heart .After hearing this, Wanning no longer cared about Mrs. Liu Jia, and gradually changed her mind.

It's just that she was a little impatient with Nala's admonition, thinking that it was all settled, what was the mother so nervous about.Fortunately, the fifth elder brother got an errand and soon got busy, and didn't visit her so frequently, but still sent letters from time to time, and sent her some exquisite things to relieve her boredom.

Because of the cold weather, Wanning spends every day nestling in a warm room, reading idle books, playing games, and fiddling with the gadgets sent by the fifth elder brother to pass the time.Most of the little girls serving in her small courtyard are lively, and it is inevitable that they will be proud for a while and show off in front of other people in the house.In a few days, everyone knew that the things that the fifth elder brother gave the second girl were exquisite, beautiful, and fun.For a while, many maids and servants wished to see these legendary rare things with their own eyes, including Su Xin, who had been honest for a long time.

Ever since this girl learned "the rules of a girl" from Nanny Cui, she has been making a bitter face every day, not to mention suffering and burdening, and even has no time to hang out with her.Finally, when Nanny Cui went back to the master's house to see Old Madam Tong, she pulled Dongqing and the others like a bird out of a cage, chattering non-stop, talking about the rare things about the second girl.

Shuning was so quarreled by her that she walked to the bookshelf angrily, and took down a big box, which contained all kinds of purses made by their master and servants and other little girls in their spare time. It was originally prepared for Duanning's wedding. use.She picked out seven or eight brightly colored ones, wrapped them in a handkerchief, called Su Xin, and said, "Take these to the eldest girl, she will be out of the cabinet soon, these should be useful. You just Tell her that the people in our house did it, please don't dislike her, if you need more, come and tell me."

Su Xin took the bag, and quickly understood what Shu Ning meant, and she was overjoyed immediately.Shu Ning smiled and said: "After finishing the errands, I stopped by the second girl and said that I sent you to say hello to her. These days I am busy learning the rules, so I don't have time to go and play with her. Please don't be offended." Su Xin If there is anyone who doesn't understand, I immediately went away with a smile on my face.

After about an hour, she came back.Shu Ning looked at her expression, and only asked: "What do you say?" Su Xin hurriedly said: "The eldest girl said thank you, and they are also doing it over there. We can only do it for fourth master when he gets married." That's fine. Girl, I heard people over there that the eldest girl was originally scheduled to leave the cabinet years ago, but because the fourth master was granted a marriage, the eldest wife said that it is not good for the younger sister to get married before the elder brother, so it was postponed until the eighteenth of the first month. "

Shu Ning was a little surprised, but in this way, Fang Ning spent a longer time at home, so she was a little happy.Mother Cui is not here today, so she might as well go and see Fangning later.Then she asked again: "What did the second girl say?" Suxin lowered her head and said, "The second girl is sleeping, I'll leave the words to Yanyun."

Shuning nodded, not paying attention to it.It's just that when she saw Suxin's expression of "I still have something to say", she couldn't help laughing and said, "You can say whatever you like, no one is stopping you." Suxin smiled happily and hurriedly pulled over Dongqing approached Shuning and said: "Miss, to be honest, I have seen some people in the world. Except for sister Suyun, I dare say that even the sisters in the second girl's house are the girls in this mansion. It may not be as many things as I have seen. But today I saw the things of the second girl, and I feel that I have not seen enough. "

Dongqing blinked her eyes: "What on earth is there? Tell me quickly." Suxin said: "There is a set of six wooden dolls, one inside the other. It is said that they came from Lao Maozi's side. There are also things that will not fall down no matter how much you push them." Longevity, you can stand up again when you press it down. The wheels of the small Western carriage made of gold and silver threads are movable. There is a set of stained glass statues of seven fairies built inside. The fairies look as beautiful as the second girl. You can see the hair and the hair. There is also a full set of hair combs made of crystal, but I heard that you have to be very careful when using it, or it will break. There are also four gold hairpins inlaid with precious stones, made of butterflies, The dragonflies and grasshoppers look like real ones."

She said the same thing, Dongqing was astonished, even Shuning was a little surprised when she heard it, the fifth elder brother seems to have saved his capital.

Su Xin said again: "There is one more rare thing, it is a silver case... It seems to be called a pocket watch, like a chime clock, but it is only three fingers wide. I heard that the fifth elder brother had a gold one, and the second girl I liked it after seeing it, but it was a gift from the emperor and I couldn't give it away. The second girl was upset, so the fifth elder brother found a silver one. Yanyun said that it costs 1000 taels of silver outside."

Shu Ning frowned, and asked: "You looked at these things, but no one stopped them in the room?" If it's just delicate objects, it's just that there are precious jewelry in it, why would you show it to the girl in the other room at will?

Su Xin hurriedly said: "Sister Qiaoyun has been ill recently and has gone home. Now there are only sister Yuehe and Yanyun in the second girl's room. When I went, the second girl was asleep, and sister Yuehe went to see the eldest wife, it was Yanyun took me to see."

Shu Ning was silent for a while, and said: "Don't mention the matter of the pocket watch and the fifth elder brother. If someone asks, just talk about the first few things." She often has similar requests, but Su Xin doesn't think so. If there is anything strange, I answered them one by one.

But what Suxin can inquire about, others can also inquire about.Within two days, everyone in the house knew that the second girl had a set of four beautiful hairpins, a hair comb made of crystal, and a silver pocket watch worth a thousand taels.Even Duan Ning, who was busy in the yamen every day, heard the wind.

He said to his younger sister privately: "I heard about the matter with the second younger sister. This is a bit too public. Although many people know that she will be married to the fifth elder brother, but the decree has not been made yet, one The day has not passed Minglu, so you should be cautious. I heard that the fifth elder brother gave her many valuable things, but she still gave them away? If she offers to give you away, don't accept it."

However, Shuning also heard about it. Several girls from relatives and friends came to visit. When they saw Wanning's things, they all said they liked them, so Wanning gave them some.It is said that there are only four fairy statues left in the set of seven, and even two crystal combs are missing.

She said: "Brother, don't worry, she is only here now. I just said that I have to be busy learning the rules, and I don't have time to go and play with her, so she has no chance to be generous." It is true that Wanning hasn't come here for a long time, since The Empress Dowager sent someone over, but only Fangning came to visit occasionally, and Wanning almost didn't even send a maid to say hello to herself.

Sometimes Shu Ning thinks back to Wan Ning's strange words and deeds in the past, which seems to imply that she will be one of the wives and concubines of the fifth elder brother. Now she will become Wu Fu Jin in all likelihood, which means that she will not take this path. I don't know if she is concerned about this and doesn't want to see herself, or is it that she has too much shadow of Nanny He and is afraid of meeting Nanny Cui who lives in Huaiyuan?

Duan Ning said: "It's best if she doesn't come, and you don't want to look for her either. The Fifth Brother has been busy recently, so he didn't pay attention to this side, and I don't know what he would think when he heard that the things he gave were given away by Wan Ning .These things have nothing to do with us, so don't get caught up in it." He seemed to think of something, and sighed softly.

Shu Ning asked him what's the matter, and he said: "Recently, I heard about the situation in the court, the fifth elder brother is really different from the past, not only is he very active in political affairs, even the crown prince and eldest elder brother look at him with admiration. It's just that He refuted two papers from the fourth elder brother one after another. Although he still passed in the end, anyone with a discerning eye could see that there was a problem between his brothers. When I went to the court with my boss yesterday, I saw the fourth elder brother from a distance, and he seemed a little haggard. He was originally with the fifth elder brother. Brother is very good."

Shuning was silent.It seems that the existence of the time traveler will really change history. The butterfly Wanning seems to have caused the discord between the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother. I hope it will not cause serious consequences.

She glanced at her brother, saw that he seemed a little sad, and said: "Speaking of which, our family hasn't seen him since my elder brother got married on September [-]th. I don't know how he is doing now?"

Duan Ning smiled: "There is no other way. Ama is released, Er Niang is going to take office with me, and I have to do errands, and the fourth elder brother also received a new errand after marriage. But I heard that he and Fujin have a very close relationship. Harmony, and happy for him. It's a pity that I can't meet and talk to him seriously now."

A thought flashed through Shuning's mind, and she smiled: "Brother, you are getting married in the first month, do you plan to invite Si elder brother and Si Fujin to have a wedding?"

============================ I am the dividing line after two days ==================== ========
It was already the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Mrs. Tong came back first.Duanning Shuning was very happy, and talked for a long time around her.Mrs. Tong also introduced Zhang Bao's situation in detail. Although there were some minor troubles, they were quickly resolved. Now everything is going smoothly. The old man Fei Cheng Wang Fei is indeed a fine person. Zhang Bao has many things.They also kept a former staff member, surnamed Ye, named Bincheng, surnamed Haisheng, who wrote excellent handwriting and was very good at documents.

Shuning mentioned her brother's hard work in the yamen recently, and Tong's heart felt sorry for her son.But when Duan Ning mentioned the sufferings that his younger sister suffered when learning the rules, Tong smiled lightly, stroked her daughter's hair, and said: "You have suffered."

But when Mammy Cui came to see her, she didn't have a fit, she just smiled and thanked him for his teaching, and said that the year was approaching, so it was not good to prevent Mammy from being reunited with her family, so she gave her ten taels of silver and two horseshoes, I made an appointment to come back after the first month to continue teaching my daughter.

Mother Cui was a little speechless when she heard her speak quickly to finalize the matter, she responded lightly, and then said lightly: "The girl is a very smart person, although there are many things in the first month, please don't forget to supervise me." The girl often reviews. If the girl forgets all the things she learned before after the first month, she will only make herself tired."

Mrs. Tong frowned, held back, smiled and sent someone to send a car to take Nanny Cui back to Tong's house, and then asked someone to deliver a letter to Tong's mother, saying that her daughter had already learned the rules, and the twelfth lunar month The housework was busy in the first month, and she still needed her daughter's help, so she sent Nanny Cui back temporarily.

The return of the mistress means that everything can be back on track.Mrs. Tong accepted the new yard and named it Meiyuan according to her daughter's wishes. Then she called Changfu to ask, "While I'm not at home, can someone from the General's Mansion come to measure the size of the new house? The furniture here But they are all prepared by them, when do you plan to send them over?"

Chang Fu hurriedly said: "The General's Mansion has already sent people here, and I just heard from their people yesterday that the furniture has been finished, and now it has just been painted, and it will be delivered after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year."

Tong Shi said: "That's all. Just let them be tighter. If there is anything wrong after sending it, there is time to correct it." Then he turned around and asked Ermo: "Their family must marry some people over, you Ask someone to ask, give me a list, we need to know the number of men and women and their ranks so that we can arrange where they will live in the future."

Ermo agreed and went to find someone.The next day, she brought a brochure to Tong and said, "This is the dowry list from the General's Mansion. There are eight people, four men and four women. The four maids are all serving in the new wife's house." .”

Tong's glanced at the list briefly, and she was quite satisfied. When she saw the name of the dowry maid, she was a little strange: "Why can't I see the name of his eldest girl Liangzhu? I thought she must be here as a dowry, Thinking that she is older and more mature, she can just help the new daughter-in-law. Unexpectedly, she won't come."

Ermo said: "I also thought it was strange at the beginning. I asked the person in charge, and they said that Miss Liangzhu was old, and she was afraid that she would not be able to serve her for a few years after she came here, so she changed to a younger girl." She looked around and smiled. He said in a low voice, "Later, I heard from a woman in his family that Miss Liangzhu had already been promised to the second young master of his family as a housekeeper, and she said that she would show her face in two months."

Tong Shi was stunned for a while, and his face turned cold: "What does this mean?!"

(Returning to the short story at home...by the way, I am so sleepy today...maybe I will be a little lazy when I reply...)
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