While he was talking, he had already arrived outside the Jianjia Mansion where Song Zaishui lived. Before he went in, he heard a burst of chirping of birds through the door, and occasionally the shouts of the maids. Wei Changying was about to say, "My cousin's yard is indeed very beautiful." "It's so exciting." Unexpectedly, Song Zaishui's expression suddenly changed and he hurriedly said, "Oops, maybe Snowball wants to eat the parrot again?" Before explaining to Wei Changying, he ran inside with his skirt in hand.
When Wei Changying saw this, he hurriedly followed suit.
After entering the door, you are greeted by the sound of birds singing and the fragrance of flowers. The entire courtyard is clean and tidy, and the green brick floor has been swept with a thin broom to be spotless, not even a single fallen flower or leaf. It is surrounded by lush plants and trees, with brightly colored flowers blooming in the middle. On some flower branches that are a little taller than people, ten bird racks, high and low, are hung, with a parrot with colorful feathers perched on each rack.
Several of them can already speak, and are now shouting "Help" and "Help" with clear girlish voices. Some parrots are obviously better trained, and they are flapping their wings and shouting "The eldest lady is back." , the shelf was knocked around, the flower branches were swaying wildly, petals and feathers flew together, it was really an extraordinary lively...
The captain of the guard, Yingzheng, was feeling dizzy when he saw a large group of maids rolling up their sleeves and running from the east corridor to the west corridor, and then from the west corridor to the east corridor, chasing a lion cat.
This lion cat is exactly the same as Song Zaishui described. It is all white and as fat as a ball. However, its movements are very strong. Several times, it was about to be caught, but it was ordered to rush out... In such a chaotic situation, Wei Changying and his party were in a hurry. Feeling speechless, he saw that Song Zaishui had rolled up his sleeves and went into battle - he was the master after all. Song Zaishui did not rush towards the lion cat on tiptoes, but walked up to the lion cat, put his hands on his hips and shouted: "Snowball! Come out and take the blame!" "
The lion cat whose name should be Snowball looked up at its owner with its fat face. Wei Changying thought it would meow coquettishly, but it didn't. After taking a closer look, he understood: this guy's fat face was squirming. There is still a corner of green feathers exposed at the corner of the mouth. Just before closing it, he took a parrot from the shelf and ate it. Now the mouth is busy, how can he scream
Xueqiu swallowed the parrot in three or two mouthfuls, then ran to Song Zaishui, wiped his mouth on her skirt, meowed to please, and grabbed the hem of her skirt with his claws to try to climb up.
... You don't need to look to guess that Song Zaishui's skirt will definitely be tangled when she turns around and holds it in front of her eyes.
Song Zaishui squatted down angrily, slapped away Snowball, who wanted to jump into her arms and act coquettishly, and grabbed its head, trying to kill it: "Hold it down! Let me see if Cuiyin'er can be saved!"
Wei Changying was laughing so hard that he fell down. He wiped away tears and walked over to persuade him: "I saw it swallowed, how can I save it?" She pointed to the empty shelf dangling not far away and asked, "Is it the parrot that was originally there? It's just a shelf and no cage. It's not like you don't know that you have a lion cat. What cat doesn't like to steal its mouth? You can't blame it for grabbing it!"
At this time, Song Zaishui and Chunjing had worked together to open Snowball's mouth. Sure enough, the parrot named Cuiyin'er was missing. He couldn't help but feel frustrated: "Cuiyin'er is the best trained parrot. You have to say hello." , and can also sing two little songs. I originally wanted to show it off to you, but I was so late that I let it go!" Thinking of this, he picked up the snowball and threw it on the ground angrily. , "It's not good for you to hold something in your mouth, but Cuiyin'er! You are not allowed to eat today or tomorrow!"
Snowball was thrown to the ground by his owner. He didn't know whether he was too fat or was just pretending. He struggled a few times before getting up. He meowed softly and rubbed against her skirt. He was pitiful and groveling to please her.
Song Zaishui raised his head and ignored her. He stretched out his hand to smooth his hair and introduced his yard with renewed vigor: "The parrots are scared to death right now. Chunjing, please take someone to put them away. We will comfort them later." Come out... Xia Jing took Xueqiu to the house and locked it! Chang Ying, come and see the fish. I planted the water lilies in these fish tanks with my own hands. If you like them, I will move them with the tank. "This thing is growing well now, so don't worry about it, just leave it in the yard or in the house."
Wei Changying looked at the row of eight jars not far away and murmured: "Did you think of something?"
Song Zaishui was stunned and said: "What?" Looking along her line of sight, she saw water dripping on the edge of the tank, and the lotus leaves in the tank seemed to be much sparse... She was startled, ran over to take a look, and immediately jumped in anger and shouted, " Aunt An, Aunt An, come here! Why are you looking at the yard? Even if Cui Yin'er was picked up by the snowball, why did the fish...the fish tank and the water lily become like this?"
A woman in a blue skirt came up and said in fear: "My servant is guilty, please punish me!"
Song Zaishui shook his sleeves angrily: "You! Your monthly money is gone this month!"
The woman Anshi lowered her eyebrows and responded with a "Yes" - Song Zaishui walked back and forth beside the fish tank, reluctantly pushing aside the water lily leaves on it, and looked at the water that had been stirred turbidly and had not yet become clear. After looking around for a long time, he finally saw a flash of red, and he couldn't help but said happily: "I know the eight-tank fish. No matter how greedy Snowball is, how can he finish it?" He called Wei Changying to come over and watch.
Wei Changying was not very interested in water lilies and goldfish at first, so he sighed and said: "Cousin, as I said just now, I'm feeling dizzy right now. Please let me sit down for a while, and then come back to the water here." It’s clear, I can be more friendly, okay?”
Song Zaishui was preoccupied with showing off the flowers, trees and pets she had here to her cousin, but she forgot that Wei Changying was urging the carriage today and was feeling unwell due to the bumpy ride. She always prided herself on being meticulous, but now she felt a little embarrassed, and she took Wei Changying's arm diligently. : "It's stuffy in the house this weather, why not ask someone to bring a soft couch and put it next to the fish tank. There are osmanthus trees here for shade and there is wind, so we can talk happily."
Someone went in and carried a soft couch, a small table, and an incense burner. When Wei Changying saw the incense burner, he said, "This season is full of fragrance. There are so many flowers planted in the yard, and there are water lilies next to it. So there is no need to burn incense?" "
"This one has no smell." Song Zaishui said, "If there are too many flowers and trees, there will be more mosquitoes. This is an insect repellent."
After burning insect-repellent incense, the two cousins sat a few steps apart on the soft couch. The autumn scene and the winter scene brought seasonal fruits and a large pot of agarwood drink and a pot of ebony drink. Song Zaishui let Wei Changying use it as he pleased, then took a round fan and fanned it for her, and said with a smile, "Is it hot? If it's hot, ask someone to bring ice."
"Didn't you say it's very cool here?" Wei Changying waved, and Qin Ge came over to pour her some black plum drink. She took a sip and said, "This black plum drink is good, just the right amount of sweetness."
Song Zaishui picked up a cherry and tasted it himself, then said: "It tasted a little sweet when I drank it, but I know your taste is sweeter than mine, so I told them to put more sugar."
Wei Changying said with satisfaction: "After all, my cousin loves people."
"I can't help it. Who said I don't have any biological sisters? This love for my sister can only give you an advantage." Song Zaishui sighed.
Wei Changying said with a smile: "I don't have a biological sister, but my heart for a sister..."
"Your love for your sister is so frustrating!" Song Zaishui glared at her. It was obvious that he had a deep memory of those months in Fengzhou. "It's a good thing you don't have a biological sister. Otherwise, if I don't beat you three times a day, I won't be able to survive." Pass!"
"If she were my biological sister, why would she be willing to hit me?" Wei Changying smiled coquettishly, "Cousin, you are even reluctant to hit me."
Song Zaishui spat: "I thought that I was powerless and couldn't beat you! Otherwise, I would have beaten you long ago! Besides, didn't I beat you when we were in Fengzhou?"
Wei Changying leaned on the small table, holding his chin, and smiled: "Ah, cousin, are you so gentle that you are hitting someone? I thought you were joking with me!"
Song Zaishui hit her arm with a round fan and said angrily: "If you say it again, I'll hit you again!"
The two of them had a laugh, and then Wei Changying asked seriously about Duanmu Wuse: "How did my cousin deal with her?"
Song Zaishui said disdainfully: "How else can I deal with it? I directly told my father and second brother exactly what happened, and proposed to go back to Jiangnan to guard my grandfather and grandmother. I will never bother Duanmu Wuse in the imperial capital for the rest of my life. Eyes!”
Wei Changying hurriedly asked: "What happened next?"
"Speaking of which, I'm really sorry for my second brother." Song Zaishui said angrily, "My father couldn't find it easy to go to his wife to settle accounts, so he put all the blame on his second brother and made him take care of himself. wife!"
"What about second cousin later?"
Song Zaishui raised the corner of his mouth and sneered slightly: "Second brother loves me very much. After knowing what Duanmu Wuse said to me, he was so angry that he didn't even apologize after being beaten by his father. He went back and dragged Duanmu Wuse away. Push her into the carriage and send her back to Duanmu's house!"
"Ah? Then why is she still in the house, coming in and out? Listening to what you just said, she actually became the master?" Wei Changying asked in surprise.
What Song Zaijiang meant was to drive Duanmu Wuse back to her parents' home and not want her anymore!
"Second brother didn't plan to have her, but Duanmu's family came to the door and talked about her. Duanmu Wuse's mother even came to my place in person and almost knelt down outside Jianjia Hall... Second brother was soft-hearted, so he was right. She came back." Song Zaishui said with a sneer, "But life was not easy for her after she came back. Due to her status, her father could not deal with her directly, so he used the excuse that his second brother had no children, so he asked his elder sister-in-law to serve her from outside. I bought several pretty and good-looking children for my second brother... You must know that Duanmu is jealous and her second brother is easy to talk to, so he originally followed her wishes and refused to take concubines, and sent out all the maids who had served before. It’s very lively in the second room now!”
Wei Changying then said: "Duanmu Wuse deserves this! But did my cousin just tell her about the housekeeper?"
"My sister-in-law had a miscarriage a few days ago, and she wanted to leave the matter to me for two days." Song Zaishui frowned again and said, "I haven't spoken yet! Duanmu Wuse couldn't wait to say that my appearance had been damaged, and I couldn't go in and out. Wearing a bamboo hat makes it inconvenient for the housekeeper, so she should do it.”
"Why is this woman so annoying?" Guard Chief Ying suggested, his teeth itching, "I'll find a reason later and beat her up?" (To be continued)