Chapter 6 third quarter

The eldest wife Lu Hu's house smelled aloof, and the sound of knocking on wooden fishes was tight and slow. It started when the first aunt entered the mansion. It has been nearly forty years and there is still no rhythm. Like a broken shovel wiping a pot, the louder it is, the more annoying it is.The third aunt said that the eldest lady recited the scriptures not to believe in Buddhism at all, but to deliberately make noise because she didn't want to make others feel better. The sound of knocking on the wooden fish will only stop for a while when saying hello in the morning or having a meal.Greetings in the morning, also known as the morning meeting, is a grand ceremony in the Lu family, and it is also a concentrated expression of Lu Hu's authority.During the morning meeting, all the people in Lu's house, except for the master, other concubines and children, male servants and maidservants, all gathered in the outer living room of this big house, please An to listen to the lectures and listen to Lu's teachings.For this reason, the big house was rebuilt several times, and the outer living room was rebuilt and bigger, almost surpassing the front courtyard meeting hall.Fourth master once suggested that it is better to simply move the greeting ceremony to the meeting hall, but Mrs. Hu refused to agree, so fourth master would forget it.

In the outer living room, facing south, there is an ancestral red sandalwood dot emerald inlaid with mountains and rivers, and there is a pair of red sandalwood carved chairs under it. There are four yellow rosewood chairs in a row, with dark green spring flower chairs on top, which are the seats of the four aunts. The little snake came later, so a chicken wing wooden chair was added underneath, with sapphire blue embroidered chair burdens. At first glance, it made the little snake more uneasy; behind the aunt stood the children and their teachers in each house, and the second young master Lu Duanshan was standing at Hu's hands; You can only get up after the morning meeting.

The layout of the entire outer living room is grand and old, all of which are furniture with status and age.The utensils in Luhu's house are even more time-honored, and Zhang Yuci's drum-shaped table has been stained, but she is not allowed to change it, although she is very dissatisfied with the novelty of Fengqin and Xiaoshe's room. A stylish addition, but had no intention of making his own home do the same.In her mind, these aged furniture are a kind of status, a dowry from her natal family, and the prestige of her husband's family.Just like these red sandalwood chairs and yellow rosewood chairs, they are not only a chair, but also a status symbol and a proof of identity.

This day, the little snake came a little later, timidly bowed down to say hello, and saluted each of the aunts one by one before he dared to sit down in his seat.Hu Shi didn't raise his eyelids, he only raised his little finger with a gold finger sleeve, and slowly sipped tea from an enamel cup.The servants below also didn't dare to show their air, they knelt silently.After a while, Shi Shiran entered the room in a short shirt, greeted his mother carelessly, and stood still under the left hand with a smile. Just then Lushi coughed, and the maid hurriedly took over the saliva box, Lu spit out the tea foam into the box, then slowly took the brocade handkerchief from the maidservant's hand and wiped his mouth, then cleared his throat When I started talking, it was nothing more than that the aunts in each room went to bed early and woke up early to save lamp oil, the flower viewing festival was approaching and the gardeners had to prepare early, and the kitchen was not calculating enough and the housekeeper was not good at reminding the account. After talking for half an hour, the conversation suddenly changed, and he looked at Second Aunt Huici and said, "The eldest young master's marriage has been mentioned for several years, what do you say about this young lady of the He family who brought it up again this time?"

Little Snake felt a flicker in his heart, his body was cold, and he didn't know why he had such a big reaction. In a daze, Huici quickly stood up and replied, "What did the eldest lady say? Are the big and small things in the family right?" Are you in charge? There is no need to ask me what I mean." Mrs. Hu snorted coldly: "You are very capable. Your son has his own opinion. A few years ago, he called for free love and new ideas, so he insisted on retiring from the Chen family. Well, he wants new ideas, so I will Let him go with his new ideas, so happy not to worry about it. That's good, now that he's thirty years old, and he hasn't seen a serious marriage in love. Don't we want us to be the elders to worry about? Besides, people like us , there must be rules, the older brother should also set an example for the younger siblings, right? If the older brother does not get married, the younger brother will also be delayed, but what should we do? Do you think this is the case? Do we want to take care of this marriage? If you still think that we are too old, I don't care, let you teach your son yourself."

When Mrs. Hu said something, Hui Ci nodded and agreed. After Mrs. Hu finished speaking, she asked her again, and then quickly replied with a smile on her face: "Take care of it, take care of it, if you don't care about this family, there will be today's power If you don’t care about the long gown, how did it grow so big?” After talking for a long time, he didn’t say whether he wanted to marry Miss He’s or not. The little snake was happy in his stomach, and thus he knew why the young master Changshan was not married, and also understood how stubborn Changshan was in marriage, so that the old gourd couldn't do anything about him. As for wanting to use his mother to suppress him, the second Auntie knew that her son would not listen to her, so she said nothing for a long time.When he was so happy, he didn't hear what he said clearly.Only when I saw the servants kowtowing their heads suddenly did I realize that the morning greetings were over, so I showed a smile on my face, stood up with all the aunts and girls, and sent the eldest lady back to the room respectfully.

As soon as Mrs. Hu left, the aunts became active, and as they walked out, Fengqin invited: "Go to my place for four laps, I just bought some dried fruit snacks, and a winter watermelon, sandy. Quite sweet." Huici was happy when she heard playing cards, so she also encouraged: "Everyone, everyone." Pingting couldn't help but said, "Today I promised Yajuan that I will take her to make new clothes for the flower festival. The teacher is already waiting for her." I really can't get away." Yajuan is her daughter, Miss San. Hehua also thought of her second daughter, Yapei, and said: "When it comes to making clothes, Yapei really should make new clothes. The jacket is about to be taken off, and the unlined clothes are not ready yet."

Huici was afraid that she would not win the game, so she decided on her own, "Then the second younger sister will take Yapei Yajuan to make clothes, and the third younger sister doesn't have to go by herself. With the fifth and sixth younger sisters, it happens to be a table for four." The little snake declined and said, "But I don't know how to fight." Huici pulled her away and said, "It's very easy, I'll teach you how to do it. Liumei is such a smart person, she can do it after a while." Time flies at the poker table, spring, summer, autumn and winter plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums are all in the blink of an eye, and it will be another year in a blink of an eye, and the young master will be back.Hui Ci took out all the bedding and clothes of the long gown to dry in the sun, and also dug out the old clothes that she couldn't wear, and Xiao Snake also helped tidy them up.

In the courtyard of the second room, there are racks of brocade clothes, reflecting the sunlight, jumping around, like countless golden-scaled carp swimming in the sea of ​​silk and satin.The young master's bamboo cloth gown was sandwiched between those red skirts and embroidered gowns, which looked particularly eye-catching.Little Snake stretched the skirt of her long gown, and her mind became dazed, as if she saw the young master coming from the end of the hanger, and she didn't even hear Huici talking to her. Huici said: "...I don't know it in front of me. I have a son, so I definitely can't act like them."

After hearing the word "son", the little snake finally came to his senses, and then agreed: "Huh?" Huici misunderstood, and leaned closer and said, "You don't believe me? I see it for real. The short shirt went out with Fengqin last night and came back at dawn. Ah Fu opened the door. Dare is an internal response." Lowering his voice, he stretched out three fingers and said, "It's not just Fengqin, I'm afraid this is not clear. Fourth master is old, but they are still young, how can they hold on?" The little snake's face was flushed, and he bowed his head in silence.Huici tugged at her sleeve, and asked with a low smile, "It took me a long time to understand why my master rushed to marry you in the middle of the winter. It turned out that he wanted you to be a cover and a fig leaf. He is in your room every day." , has it ever happened once?"

Xiao Snake was even more embarrassed, pushed Hui Ci and said, "What did Second Sister say?" Huici smiled and said, "What's there to be ashamed of? They are all women. What can we sisters not say? He is useless, don't I know? I just wonder, he is obviously dying, why is he so old? Someone said that they heard movement in your room at night, and the screams were earth-shattering?" One sentence made the little snake's eye circles turn red, she just lowered her head and said nothing, holding the corner of the long gown with her hands almost squeezed water out, seeing her shy, Hui Ci didn't rush her, just looked at her with a smile.Little Snake didn't say a word, and slowly stretched out his arms, and gradually removed the wide-breasted sleeves trimmed with Ruyi piping, revealing the deep purple pinch marks on his wrists. Huici took a breath, and cried out: "My mother, how did you manage to be so cruel? No wonder everyone said that you screamed in the middle of the night, and you must have screwed it out." She nodded and sighed: "So Said that you are still a virgin with no buds? What a crime." The little snake was even more sad, and gritted his teeth and said, "No, that night, my body...was broken by his hands...with his hands." Without saying a word, he couldn't hold back anymore, and burst into tears When I got up, I was afraid that people would hear me, so I closed my mouth with my fist, sobbing and shaking until my whole body trembled. Seeing that she was crying pitifully, Huici was afraid that the crying would cause trouble for others, so she quickly dragged Xiao Snake into the room and sat down, closed the door, twisted a towel to wipe her face, and said thoughtfully, "There is a saying I shouldn't have said that it would be fatal to spread the word, but seeing how pitiful my sister is, I can't bear not to wake you up - there is no good person in this family, and it's better for Si Ye to be alive now, no matter how bad it is, there is still a limit Well, if the fourth master kicks his legs tomorrow, the mother and son will gain power, that would be hell on earth. If the younger sister is like a flower, if they fall into their hands, I'm afraid they won't even spit out the scum. If there is someone It's better to have a man and a half woman, but it's impossible, so plan for yourself as soon as possible, so that when the end of the world comes, there won't be no scratches." The little snake was puzzled: "Sister means..." Huici showed that mysterious smile again, and said: "What does this mean? It's simple and simple, and it's complicated. The first thing is money, of course, while the master likes you, hurry up and grab the money, thinking about it. If you want some more, don’t keep them all at home when you arrive, find a safe place to keep them for you, or simply change them into bank notes and store them in the bank; the second thing is that there must be a A caring person who knows pain and heat, it’s hard for me to go deep into it, it’s useless to say it, it depends on each person’s fate.” Xiao Snake seemed to understand, but asked again: "Then, does Second Sister have someone?" Huici smiled and said, "Look at what you said, what age am I, do I still think about this? I have a son, so I won't act like them again." This phrase "I am a man with a son" Xiao Snake often heard Huici say it, and today is the first time he feels it. A woman, whether it is a son or a husband, always needs a man to rely on. Where can I rely on? Thinking about it, for some reason, the shadow of the eldest young master jumped in front of his eyes.