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Chapter 18

Chapter 18 (1)
Hangzhou at the end of May in the lunar calendar is hot!The willow leaves are wilting in the sun.Shujia was bored in the car, and vaguely felt that the car stopped in front of a house, then entered the gate, passed another gate, and only the girl came over and said: "Eldest Miss, Second Miss, here we are."

Aunt Wu Ya got out of the car first, and Aunt He and others also came over, and Chunxi helped Shujia down.Shuxian's maids and mothers also waited for her to get off the car.Standing firmly on the ground, Shujia looked up, and judging from the appearance of the house, she was in the backyard.Surrounded by mothers and maids, the two sisters walked to the main room.

Seen from the outside, this is a series of five houses. When entering the door, they are separated by a partition of flowers and hung with blue gauze curtains.The furnishing of the main room is very simple. There is no picture on the central wall, but a table along the wall. There is only a small screen on it. There are two bottles on both sides, and two chairs are placed side by side in front of the table. , two slides of chairs underground.The gauze curtains are hung, and one can see at a glance that there are some hanging screens on the walls on both sides, and there are not many furniture decorations.

Sirut was already sitting on a chair, and in front of her was a middle-aged woman with a strange face.Shujia definitely didn't know her. Her family had a lot of servants in the capital, and she couldn't recognize her as normal. This time when she left Beijing, she only brought three to forty people with her. She was able to recognize all of them after being on the boat for several days.I haven't seen this woman on weekdays, so it can be seen that she is not from her family.

Sure enough, the sisters met Sirut, and Sirut asked them to sit. Shujia took a look at the chair, and there was no trace of dust on it, obviously someone had cleaned it.I only heard Sirut say: "This is the nanny from your uncle and grandma." The two sisters got up and called out: "Mommy."Sirut said: "You don't need to be too polite. Although they haven't seen your uncle and grandma, they should respect you." He also asked the nanny to move a stool to sit on.

Shao Yao looked around, found a small stool from behind the partition and moved it over.Mammy thanked her and sat on the stool.Sirut asked Mammy to continue talking, and Mammy then continued.It turned out that when they entered the city, the great-aunt had already ordered her to meet the Sirut mother and daughter and lead them to the house.

Originally, when general officials came to work, those with experience lived in the post house first, cleared the house and then moved in.After all, who knows what was left behind when the predecessor left?There are ups and downs, I'm afraid I may not be in the mood to clean the houses I lived in one by one before leaving, even if I let the servants clean carefully, the servants are not in the mood to do it carefully.Once you come and go, the interval between them should be longer. In less than two months, the grass will be overgrown.

This mansion is not comparable to the Earl's Mansion in the capital, but it is not small here in Hangzhou.When the previous owner left, he took most of the things with him and left behind some clumsy belongings.Since he was dismissed, he didn't bother to clean up, and the place was a mess.In March, Shi Wenbing's appointment came down. He was going through the formalities in Beijing, and he was on his way. It was the end of May, and the summer in the south was hot and humid and suitable for plant growth. This house is really barren.

Shi Lin was in the city of Hangzhou as the chief political envoy, and after discussing with his wife, she sent someone in advance to make some arrangements, so that she could barely watch it.Furnishings are not good, and I don't know people's preferences, so I only made the simplest treatment that can guarantee life.

After explaining, the mother said: "Our wife made the younger one feel annoyed by the eldest grandma. I didn't know what you and the uncle liked in a hurry, so I had to come here in such a simple way. Fortunately, although Hangzhou is not as good as the Son of Heaven It’s a busy place, and it’s common to have something to buy. It’s just that there’s no kang here, and it might be cold in winter…”

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It turned out that the seniority titles in Huashan Mansion and Shi Lin Mansion are a bit different.In Shi Lin's family, he himself is the master, his wife is the wife, his nephew Shi Wenbing is the master in the servants of their family, and Sirut is the grandma.But in Shi Wenbing's place, Hua Shan is already an old man...

What a mouthful.Well, settle down first, and slowly change it tomorrow.

At that moment, Sirut ordered to give the woman a reward, and at the same time sent her own nanny to accompany her to Shi Lin's place to meet Shi Lin's wife. Kowtow to my aunt's niece and granddaughter."

After sending away the people, I began to decorate the house.Because the cleaning is almost done, now it's just a matter of fine work, and it doesn't take much trouble to allocate the room now.The house has three front and back entrances, and the front is the main hall, where Shi Wenbing meets guests and holds banquets.Arranged his outer study room, and secluded the men's accommodation and the residences of Mr. Jiang and his staff in the courtyards on the left and right.The second entrance is Shi Wenbing's independent bedroom, which has his inner study, so outsiders can't enter here casually.

After another hanging flower gate is the serious inner courtyard, the world of female relatives.The place here is not small, and Shuxian is already grown up, so she was given a small courtyard just beside the courtyard of Sirut's main house.Sirut looked at Shujia, thought for a while, and then gave her a small courtyard, one in front of Shuxian's and the other in the east.

Sirut also ordered the two courtyards on the west side to be designated as guest rooms, which should be locked first and cleaned up in two days.There is also a garden in the back, which is also locked first, and the place where I live will be cleaned up.He also checked the door lock, wall and floor of the warehouse, sent someone to check whether the horse pens were firm, and put the things in one by one.The three aunts lived in the same yard with Sirut, and they lived in the wing room.Maids and nuns scattered in the dormitory in the back room.

After finishing the arrangement, Sirut said: "Ask a few boys to move the big ones to your yard, and let the maids take care of the things you carry with you. The nuns have taken care of the girl, and the maids are not allowed to mess around. Let's go, wait for the boys to leave before moving around."

Shujia's yard is not too small, and there are side rooms on both sides. Some bamboos are planted around the yard, which looks very elegant.

Surprisingly, there is still a small kitchen, but it is useless and useless. Shujia has already made an idea of ​​it, but considering her age, she feels that she should postpone asking for it and find a suitable opportunity. (Meat: You're dreaming! I won't give it to you!) Her main room has three rooms, which are quite spacious, and Aunt Wuya directs the servants to move things inside.There are not too many things, Shujia's is just a few boxes containing clothes, bedding, books and other things, all locked, and the key is with Yinmao.There were two other women carrying a small box, which Shujia had seen before, in which were the precious ornaments she had obtained from her elders over the years.Shujia also had monthly money, but the amount was unclear, and she kept it with Nanny Yin, who held the small box herself.

The things of the maids are each a big bag, a roll of bedding, the bag is carried by oneself, the bedding is brought in by the general, and they are all piled up in the wing room.

For a while the boys backed out, and only then did they move inside.

Of course, we should clean up the place where the lady lives first.There was a bit of chaos around, and Aunt Wu Ya was afraid that Shujia would bump into her, so she strongly asked her not to follow her.Shujia said: "Su Wu lives in the place, I have to see it." (Leaking the wind, still leaking the wind) Aunt Wu Ya paused and said: "Whatever the girl wants to arrange, just ask the servants to do it."

Shujia said: "Look at the end of the boat. I live in the east end. I arrange the west room as a study room and put my books there. You can leave it in the main hall. Don't have too many things in the bedroom. If there are too many things, it will be boring." Panic. Clothes are spread out and trembling. It’s still early in the sun, so let’s dry the bedding first. It’s humid, so the bedding needs to be dried frequently. Gather the household items for sewing and set them aside first...” (Meat: I wrote embarrassingly, so, in fact, she was leaking, but I translated it.)
Aunt Wu Ya: ...Girl, where is the embroidery room?
Looking back, the old and young women in the courtyard were a little stunned.Knowing that the second girl is smart, she never needs to be urged to learn things, and she doesn't have the uncertainty of a child. I didn't expect to be so assertive. (Meat: Girl, you are exposed. We can’t be frightened just because we have our own house. I understand, I understand, I understand that no one is excited about a pile of bricks that have only been owned for 70 years.)
Aunt Wu Ya squinted her eyes, and immediately returned to normal: "What are you all looking at? Didn't you hear the girl's order?"

As if a switch was pressed, the people in the courtyard moved.

There was very little luggage for the move, and the bedding was set up on a bamboo pole to dry, and the furniture was re-scrubbed.Thanks to the weather in Hangzhou, the weather is hot and the work is fast, so everything is refreshing.The three houses are relatively spacious, separated by a partition door, the living room is in the middle, and the furniture is simple, and there are two lamp stands with lanterns on them.

The east room is the bedroom, the north is the bed, and the south is a small case under the window, with two chairs next to it and tea sets on it.Thin bamboo mats were spread on the canopy bed, and silkworm sand pillows and silk quilts were ripped from the bamboo poles and arranged.The great-uncle was thoughtful, and the bed had already been fitted with a curtain, and she even hung two sachets on it.

Against the east wall is the kitchen, and a dresser is on the opposite side of the kitchen.Shujia doesn't have much dressing equipment. She has been bald before. There are only two combs, a grate and a glass mirror, and a few hair ropes in a small box.They were all placed on the dressing table, looking a bit shabby.Next to the dressing table was a basin stand with a copper basin. Chunxi wiped the shelf again and put Shujia's hand towel on it.Take out a porcelain soap box and set it up.

Shujia was quite satisfied, and walked to the west, where there was also a table and a chair. On the table, there was only a stack of half-foot-high books and the Four Treasures of the Study. The books were all Shujia had read or was learning. This book is among them.There is Shujia's piano on the boat under the south window, and there is an empty bookshelf by the west wall.In front of the north side wall, there is an Arhat couch with a kang table on it.

Mother Yin said: "We have just arrived, so we can only do this. There is no comparison with the family. The girl will make do with it first, and when the master and wife spare time, they will add things." Shujia has no idea. In Beijing, nothing could be short of her. Here, she just needs to feel refreshed.

After a groan, Shujia asked the nuns how they lived.Aunt Wu Ya smiled and said: "We have our own place to live, there are quite a few rooms in the surrounding rooms, and we are not here with our family, we are alone, that's enough." Shujia said: "I'll go to Er Niang Sit there for a while, and you go and pack up your own things, if something is missing... Go to Er Niang and call back, I will wait for you there." Her things are complete, but the things used by the maids are not necessarily Will be prepared.

Mammy He was surprised for a moment, and said immediately: "How can the girl go there alone?" She and Chunxi accompanied her, and the others packed their things with doubts.

Second girl, um, um.

Sirut's place has already been prepared, and is listening to Zhang Lu's family, how is the situation somewhere.Shujia quietly sat down and listened until Shuxian came over before dinner.After all, no one dares to ask for this or that in this messy time. The basic necessities of life can be spent on the boat for two months, and what is missing is also made up.As for the others, how many things can't be repaired after you settle down?

Because Shi Lin is here, no matter what everyone thinks, at least it is very decent for Shi Wenbing's family.Shi Wenbing's predecessor, Gao Guoxiang, was impeached by Xu Yuanwen, the censor of Zuodu, saying that he had abused the people with soldiers, so he was dismissed from his post and accused of crimes. Kangxi took Shi Wenbing to fill his vacancy.Gao Guoxiang has a bad reputation here, but Qin Hui has three friends, and his colleagues and friends here don't know what to think of Shi Wenbing.

(End of this chapter)