Ordinary clear day

Chapter 205 Autumn Day
Shu Ning woke up early in the morning, feeling refreshed.After getting out of bed and making the bed, she finished washing and cleaning, put on a quilted robe, sat in front of the dressing table, opened the rosewood mirror case, and took out a few bottles of skin care products produced by Valerian.

I patted my cheeks with rose water first, and then opened the small porcelain lid of the cream.Speaking of which, this cream is said to be made of animal fat plus pearl powder, Poria cocos cream and other medicinal materials, and it is the most moisturizing when used in autumn and winter.This small porcelain box only has a volume of about eight milliliters, so it costs a tael of silver, and the shelf life is only two months.

She dug a little cream in the palm of her hand and spread it on her face carefully.Finally going home to "her own home" without seeing "outsiders", and she may not have burdened her face, so she didn't intend to paint on it.After wiping her face, she combed her hair in front of the mirror, and wrapped a red ribbon around the ends of her braids. She glanced into the mirror case, picked out a small pink flower, and put on a pair of light earrings .

Su Xin came in and said: "Miss, are you hungry? The South Wing has already served breakfast. Today, my wife said that I want to eat with the young mistress in the young master's room, so I asked the courtyards to have breakfast by themselves."

Shu Ning nodded, followed her to the South Chamber, there was indeed a lot of food on the kang table.Although the weather is not cold enough to burn the kang, cotton mattresses have already been laid on the kang.

The breakfast is very rich, including goat milk, eggs, steamed cheese with sugar, three or four kinds of pastries, and a pot of hot red date tea, which is enough for four or five people.Shu Ning glanced at the crispy cheese, glanced at Su Xin, saw that she was already giggling, held back, slightly bent the corner of her mouth and said: "There are so many things, why don't you guys come and eat together." Su Xin burst into cheers , hurriedly ran out to call someone.

The three maids set up small tables and low stools on the ground, and Su Xin saluted first: "Thank you, miss." She smiled and took away her favorite crispy cheese, and poured a bowl of red date tea.Dongqing took the jujube yam cake with some embarrassment, and Kouer blushed and took the pastry and eggs.

Shu Ning slowly filled her stomach, and drank a big bowl of hot milk, her whole body was warm.She said to Su Xin and the others: "Today is the first day back home, I'm afraid the kitchen is going to show off its skills, tell them, from now on, breakfast doesn't need to be so troublesome, goat's milk with pastry, or rice porridge with dessert Just fine."

Su Xin agreed, and then asked Shu Ning what she was going to do today.Shu Ning thought for a while, Mr. Cai had already left, she didn't need to go to class, it was rare to have free time, it was good to relax for two days, so she said that she was going to visit the garden.After hearing this, Suxin secretly exchanged glances with Dongqing, Shuning smiled secretly, and said: "The weather is nice today, it's no wonder you've been confined in Beijing for so long, after you've finished eating, go out and play, just don't cause any trouble, let others Tell me." Suxin hurriedly said: "No, no, absolutely not." Then she discussed with Dongqing which sister to visit first.A blush flashed across Kou'er's face, and he lowered his head.

Shuning cleared her mouth, and then went to Duanning's yard next door.Although the yard was larger than where she lived, it was still a bit small.When Duanning became a family, it is impossible for the couple's servants to live there. Now Zhenzhen is the only one who pays the bills. If Duanning also comes back to live, some of the maids and mother-in-law next to her will definitely move to the backyard.Tong's family originally planned to knock down the north wall and expand it, but Zhenzhen was pregnant and needed to rest, so she had to postpone the plan.

After walking a few steps, she heard a few maids arguing, Shu Ning frowned, it seemed that Qixibafu bumped into a girl from another courtyard when they were going out, and instead pulled her away and refused to let her go.Seeing this, she raised her voice and said, "What's it like to be so noisy in the early morning? Hurry up and shut up!" She thought that the two girls were probably pregnant because of Zhenzhen's pregnancy and wanted to establish themselves in the new place. Take the opportunity to grab people and not let them go.

When the seven joys and eight blessings saw Shuning, they quickly let go of their hands, but they were still a little unconvinced.Shu Ning only said to the girl from the other courtyard indifferently: "Do your work." The girl saluted and walked away quickly.Seven joys and eight blessings wanted to argue, but Shu Ning stared at them and said: "Our family doesn't have those messy rules, you just need to remember your own duty and don't lose face to your master." into the yard.

Seven joys and eight blessings looked at each other, and they pursed their lips.They had been in this house for some time, and they knew that this girl could not be fooled casually, so they had no choice but to give up.

Shu Ning entered the door, just in time to see that Mrs. Tong asked Zhenzhen to drink another bowl of goat milk, and said: "Eating more is good for your health and good for your children. Now you have to eat the amount for two people, so you can't eat like that." Just eat a little like before." Zhenzhen couldn't refuse, so she had to forcefully drink it down, and couldn't eat anymore.

After Shu Ning greeted her, she smiled and watched the scene where the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law forced to eat while the other avoided.Zhenzhen gave her a sneaky look, and then she persuaded her mother, "Er Niang, don't force my sister-in-law. Now she's on her own land, and she can ask someone to do it when she's hungry. I think the kitchen is waiting to show her skills. Not to mention there are snacks and the like. If I eat too much for a while, my sister-in-law might spit it out later, so wouldn't it be a waste of food?" Tong thought about it, so she no longer insisted.Zhenzhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Tong said to her daughter: "Have you drank goat's milk this morning? It's really the best to eat when the weather is cold. I have asked someone to buy two more goats. It turns out that the two are not enough, and they are a little too old." "Shuning nodded and said: "That's true, buy a few more. In the future, not only my sister-in-law and I will drink it, but also my mother-in-law, aunt and younger brothers. Boys will grow taller if they drink more. It will be even better."

Tong Shi thought about it, so she agreed, and then turned around and told Zhenzhen the precautions for pregnancy.Seeing that Zhenzhen was a little absent-minded, Shuning thought it was because her mother had babbled over and over again, but later found out that it was not, because Zhenzhen always looked outside, as if waiting for something, and then couldn't help touching her lower abdomen.As soon as she rolled her eyes, she guessed something: "Sister-in-law, do you want to wait for my brother's reply? I want to know what he will think when he receives the good news?"

Zhenzhen blushed, cast a glance at her, and lowered her head without speaking.Tong couldn't help laughing and said: "It's the young couple after all, don't worry, it's still early, even if Brother Duan sent someone to set off early in the morning, at least it will take time to arrive. If you start looking forward to it now, Nothing can be done this morning."

Zhenzhen smiled embarrassedly, and Jiu'er, who was waiting on the side, said a lot of funny things, which made everyone laugh non-stop.After Shuning stopped, seeing that her mother still had a lot to tell her sister-in-law, she resigned and walked towards the garden.

Speaking of which, the last time she came to this garden was at the beginning of September last year.Although I went back to Fangshan before the draft this year, I was busy with things and the weather was bad, so I didn't have time to visit the garden at all.After more than a year, she set foot on the land of this garden again, and she felt very nostalgic.

It is late autumn now, and the flowers and trees in the garden are a little decayed.Only half of the half-acre chrysanthemums planted beside Taoranting are still in bloom. The lotus leaves on the water surface are all broken branches, but the trees in the forest and on the hillside are still a little green. If the weather gets colder, the plum blossoms will probably start to bloom. Lei.

She walked along the promenade, passed Guanlan Pavilion and Lingbo Terrace, and went up the mountain again.The path is quiet, the grass beside it has turned yellow, and occasionally some bugs and snakes would disappear by the side of the road, which made Shu Ning flustered and hurriedly avoided the past, and then quickly ran to the guardhouse. In front of the house where Lin Ren lived, he breathed a sigh of relief.

She greeted the old Wu who was guarding there, chatted a few more words, and then leisurely went down another path to the water's edge, stepped on the creaking bamboo bridge, and came to Zhenxia Pavilion.

This is the place where she and Tongying meet most often.

The pavilion was very deserted, covered with a thin layer of dust everywhere.Maybe it's because most of the masters are not around, and people don't live here for a long time, the people here are not as diligent as before.Judging by the thickness of the dust, no one cleaned it for at least three or four days. Cobwebs began to form in the corners of the walls, and the air in the room was also a bit turbid.

Shuning didn't know how she came up with the idea, so she turned around and went to the small room where the sundries were kept behind the pavilion to get brooms, rags, buckets and other things, and started to clean the water pavilion.She first opened the windows to ventilate the air, then swept the two floors of the house to remove the cobwebs, then fetched a bucket of water from the small lake, wiped the tables, chairs and bookshelves clean, and tidied up the beds, curtains and other things on the second floor , Then went to the small flower garden in front of the pavilion and cut a few chrysanthemums, took a green glaze bottle and plugged it in, went to the water gate from the back of the pavilion, took clean water, poured it into the bottle, and put it in front of the window.

The autumn wind blows into the house through the window, and the original dusty smell has disappeared, and there is only a faint fragrance of chrysanthemum in the air.Shuning washed her hands and sat in front of the desk, looking at the clean room, with a slight joy in her heart.

The stationery on the case was a bit messy, and she sorted it out casually, only to find that the pine inkstone with orchid and bamboo engraved on it was not her own. The brushes were not produced by Songzhu Zhai in Beijing and Nanshan Pavilion in Fangshan, which her family visited on weekdays.

She took the inkstone and stroked it carefully, and stroked the fine hair on the brush. With a move in her heart, she took clear water, picked a piece of ink from the box, and slowly rubbed it on the inkstone.After grinding out a small half of the ink, I took one of the pens, dipped it in ink, unfolded a piece of paper, and wanted to write something.

What do you think?She recalled the inscription on the picture of red plums that had not been taken out of the luggage she brought back, and wrote it on paper.After writing it twice, she realized that she had subconsciously imitated Tong Ying's handwriting. The words were all slanted to the left, the vertical lines were not obvious, and the spaces between the words were still tightly squeezed.

She suddenly felt a little hot on her face, so she quickly dipped the ink again and wrote it several times with her usual handwriting before her face cooled down.But after finishing writing, she suddenly thought: What am I doing?His face became hot again.

At this moment, she heard someone calling herself, so she hurriedly put down her pen and went to the window to look. It turned out that Suxin was calling herself from the Linyuan Pavilion, and asked what was the matter, but Suxin said: "Madam, please go over there." Let’s have lunch in the main courtyard.”

Is it already noon?She looked up at the sun in the clouds, and sure enough, it was already at the top of her head. She hurriedly turned around and packed up her things. When she saw the inkstone, she hesitated for a moment, then wrapped it in paper, and took the two old pens back to her study.

After changing her clothes, Shu Ning came to the main courtyard. Tong Shi and Zhen Zhen were chatting and laughing. When they turned around and saw her, they asked, "Where have you been? Why haven't you seen anyone for so long?"

Shu Ning hurriedly said: "I just went for a walk in the garden, and when I was tired from walking, I rested in the water pavilion for a while. My mother and sister-in-law have been waiting for a long time." Tong waved her hand, raised the letter paper in her hand, and said with a smile : "Look at your brother's reply. His words are a bit incoherent. He even asked his superiors for leave all night. If the military department was not busy and they refused to approve, he would have rushed here long ago. Now we have to wait for the holiday." Then Pointing to Liu Ru next to him: "Even this girl has been sent here. If Ermo hadn't stopped him, he would have even sent back Ma San'er's family. Ever since he was a child, he has never been so flustered."

Shuning took the letter and read it, and couldn't help laughing.Zhenzhen pushed her and said: "Your brother is just too happy for a moment to be so confused. Why are you laughing like this?" Shuning glanced at her and raised the corner of her mouth: "I'm joking!" Brother, are you uncomfortable? Could it be that your heart hurts?" Zhenzhen felt ashamed and punched her a few times.

At this time Xianning ran past the house quickly, shouting "I'm going to be an uncle", "I'm going to be an uncle", Xiaobao chased after him and shouted "Don't run, come back to eat", the two ran around the yard , into a mess.Xiao Liu came into the room panting, and sighed: "Sister, Brother Xian, I'd better leave it to you." Tong Shi stroked his forehead, went to the door and shouted loudly: "Brother Xian! Don't make trouble again! If you make trouble, you will not be allowed to eat!"

Xian Ning stopped, and Xiao Bao didn't stop for a while, and almost ran into him.Seeing Tong's serious face looking at them, the two boys hurriedly stood up and bowed their heads to admit their mistake.As soon as Xianning saw Tong's expression slowing down, she went over and said coquettishly, "Don't be angry, mother, don't be angry, I'm so happy. I'm going to be an uncle!"

Tong Shi said to him with a half-smile: "You are like a monkey all day long. Is there an uncle like you? There is no need to make people laugh." Xianning pouted and whispered: "I am obedient." Tong Shi casually gave a "huh" and pointed at Yuge: "Go down with your girl to wash your hands and change clothes, look at the mud all over your body! Have you gone to the pond again?" Xianning went down with a smirk.Xiaobao sneaked a few glances at Mrs. Tong, and then went to see his mother.Xiao Liu sighed: "Go back to the house quickly, you should treat yourself as clean." Xiaobao hurriedly saluted everyone and left in a hurry.

Tong went back to the table and sat down, then smiled and said: "Yesterday, we had been arguing for a long time, and after dinner this morning, we started arguing again. It shouldn't be a headache." Shuning asked: "Didn't Xiaobao follow Yang Is sir studying? Why do you let him mess around with Brother Xian?" Little Liu said embarrassingly: "Because of this happy event, the whole other courtyard was beaming with joy, so I begged Mr. Yang to take a day off so that the children can relax. Weary."

Shu Ning thought for a while, and said: "It's okay to let the younger brothers play for a day, but now Xian Ning is not young, when my elder brother was at his age, he had already paid homage to Mr. Xian seriously. Right now, we must be strict with Xian Ning." It's time." Tong nodded: "That's true, let him learn from Mr. Yang tomorrow, so as not to make him panic at home."

Suyun came to say that the meal was ready, Tong called everyone to sit down, and asked the children to come quickly.After dinner, everyone went back to their yards, and Zhenzhen also went back to the yard for a lunch break. Tong called her daughter and said, "I have something to discuss with you. I planned to stay here for a few days before going to Baoding. Yes. But right now your sister-in-law is less than two months pregnant, so I don’t feel at ease. I plan to stay until the fetus is stable at four months. It will be the twelfth lunar month at that time, so I will simply go after the new year. But your sister-in-law’s current situation, Don't worry too much, I have to take care of her again, and Aunt Liu has to take care of your two younger brothers, so I don't have any free time. I'm afraid you need to worry about the housework and property in this other hospital, so you can work harder."

Shu Ning hurriedly said: "What did Er Niang say? This is my job, not to mention it's something I've always done." She paused, and then said: "Taking this opportunity, I have something to discuss with Er Niang , It is about the family property."

(Qiu Ri is the most thoughtful, but he is slow to write. In other words, this is the plot that I am least good at...)
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