Ren Yaoqi returned to the main room with a lot of thoughts. Mrs. Li was still sitting on the kang with Ren Yaohua, while Mrs. Zhou stood by and reported the matter. Maybe it was because Mrs. Li told her to teach Ren Yaohua's housework, so she reported today. have to be more detailed.
"... The summer shirts for the maids and ladies also began to be made, using the sewing team in their own house, and the masters' clothes were handed over to the Tanji tailor shop in Yunyang City. The masters had a lot of winter clothes last year. It was made by Tan Ji, and the old lady praised them for their good workmanship. Originally, the fifth wife was in charge of all these things, but recently the fifth wife is uncomfortable and inconvenient to manage things, so the eldest lady has handed over the change of the clothes at home to the eldest young grandmother. It just so happened that the mansion purchased a batch of summer cloths in the autumn of the previous year. The materials are excellent, but the masters of the colors are afraid that they will not love them, so they are just used to make summer clothes for the maids."
"Sister-in-law is really capable, so it can save a lot of expenses for the government, right?" Ren Yaohua heard this, turned her head and said to Mrs. Li.
I don't want to think about Zhou Mo, but she said: "The eldest young grandmother is very capable, that is... She is still young and has little experience..."
Ren Yaohua listened to Mammy Zhou as if she had something to say, looked at her in confusion, and waited for her to write.
Mammy Zhou whispered: "The elder sister-in-law has nothing to say about this, but the younger maids used to follow the masters to choose the new season's materials to make clothes, although the materials It's far from the best in the mansion, but the colors and designs were all fashionable back then, so they were happy to wear them. So although the eldest and young grandma did this with good intentions, they might not be able to please them in the end. That's how people are, they should take advantage of it. Yes, if you feel that you have suffered a little loss, you will blame the person involved."
"If that's the case, doesn't she know that the aunt has been in charge of the house for so many years? Why didn't she mention her sister-in-law and let her do it instead?" Ren Yaohua was a little puzzled.
Mammy Zhou glanced at Mrs. Li when she heard the words, if she would not say anything on weekdays, but now that Ren Yaohua is not young, it will be too late if she doesn't teach some things. This is why Mrs. Li asked her to tell Ren Yaohua these trivial things s reason.
So she sighed and said, "No matter how good this mother-in-law is, she is not a real mother after all."
After thinking about it for a while, Mammy Zhou continued: "The eldest madam may not necessarily disregard the eldest young grandmother, but she also has her own considerations. The eldest son of the aristocratic family has always inherited the family business, and this family will eventually let the eldest young master lead the family. But now the eldest grandfather and the eldest wife are in their prime, and the eldest young mistress will have to live under the eldest wife for many years in the future. If the eldest young mistress can have a smooth experience with the first contact with the family affairs, the elders may value the granddaughter-in-law more than the daughter-in-law. When the mother-in-law is in charge in the future, she will be less powerful in front of her daughter-in-law."
Seeing that Ren Yaohua was a little stunned, Zhou mama was serious and sincere: "So at the beginning, the mother-in-law always gave her daughter-in-law a few tricks. Think about it, if the eldest and young grandmother did not do well this time, from the old lady to the maid and the mother-in-law. There are criticisms against her, and when the eldest wife comes forward to protect the eldest young lady and clean up the mess for her, what will happen to the eldest young lady in the future?"
Ren Yaohua frowned: "In the future, my sister-in-law will respect my aunt even more, and dare not go against her opinion easily?"
Mammy Zhou nodded with satisfaction: "The eldest lady only needs the eldest young lady to be obedient to her mother-in-law and to be with her, and she does not need her to go over her mother-in-law to the old lady's face. In this way, she will naturally protect the eldest young lady. , don't let her suffer a big loss."
Ren Yaohua couldn't help but be silent for a moment, and sighed: "There are so many twists and turns in this house."
Li shi covered her mouth and smiled, looked at Zhou Mammy, and patted Ren Yaohua's hand lightly: "You learn from Zhou Mama slowly, learn a little every day, wait until...you will almost be able to graduate."
Ren Yaohua didn't care about Li Shi's anomaly today, but after hearing this sentence and seeing the expression on her face, she suddenly realized something, and her face turned slightly red.
She opened her mouth to ask, but she was embarrassed to ask.
Ren Yaoqi stood there quietly and watched for a while. Mrs. Li looked up to see her and waved to her: "Qi'er, what are you doing standing there? Come here too."
Ren Yaoqi walked over obediently, sat down with Ren Yaohua, and listened to Mother Zhou continue to talk about housework.
After that, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou went out to deal with the matters in the yard, and Ren Yaohua asked Ren Yaoqi: "Did your father mention anything when you went out before?"
Seeing Ren Yaohua pretending to be natural, Ren Yaoqi nodded, knowing that she must have guessed something, "Yes."
Ren Yaohua lowered his head and remained silent for a while, but couldn't help but ask, "Which one is it?"
Although the words were not straightforward, Ren Yaoqi still understood what she was asking.
"Han family. But the elders haven't decided on the candidate yet." Ren Yaoqi looked at Ren Yaohua's expression and said.
Ren Yaohua was stunned for a while.
Ren Yaoqi stopped talking, and there was silence between the two sisters.
Finally, after a long time, Ren Yaohua came back to her senses. She also noticed that Ren Yaoqi's expression was a little strange, and she couldn't help but think a little.
After another two days, the Han family came to the door again, this time it was Mr. Han, Mrs. Han and the Han brothers and sisters. Master Han and Master Ren went to the outer courtyard, while Han Yunqian was called by the young master to drink tea.
The Ren family knew the meaning of the Han family's visit this time, and were therefore more enthusiastic.
The old lady reprimanded someone to call Li and Ren Yaohua to the Ronghua Courtyard, and Li hurriedly sent Ren Yaohua back to dress up.
Ren Yaohua looked at her body: "I can see guests in this dress."
"This green one looks uninspiring, so you should wear red. Last time, the one with silver red embroidery and silver thread sprinkled with flowers was very good. You go back and change it. The color of the clothes is heavy, and the gold hairpin on your head is changed. That pair of pearls and tassels." Li explained in detail, but in the end she was still worried, so she said to Mother Zhou, "It's better for you to watch her."
Ren Yaohua glanced at Ren Yaoqi, then turned around and went out with Mammy Zhou.
Li also called the maid in the house to clean up for her.
Ren Yaoqi saw that Mrs. Li was combing her hair there, and went to Mrs. Li to pick a hairpin for her.
Li touched her head and explained, "I will go to my grandmother's place with your sister, and you will be doing needlework in the yard."
Ren Yaoqi nodded, and handed a pair of wealthy and solemn Jin Lesi Shou peach grasshopper inlaid jade coral hairpin to Xi'er who was combing Li's hair.
After a while, Ren Yaohua came back.
She wore a pair of jackets with silver-red and silver threads sprinkled with flowers, a silver moonflower skirt, a lively ingot double bun on her head, and a fringed hairpin with pearls. She looked pretty and lovable.
Li looked at her once, nodded, and took her to the Ronghua Courtyard.
Ren Yaoqi watched them leave, and after a while, he also left the yard.
She was still a little worried and wanted to go to the Ronghua Courtyard to see it.
Walking to the veranda next to the garden, I inadvertently glanced and saw that there seemed to be a person standing on the rockery in the garden.
Ren Yaoqi stopped, and after a pause, she walked slowly into the garden.
In the early spring season, the garden of Ren's family gradually came to life. The old woman who was cleaning the yard was going to pull up those grasses, but Ren Shimin stopped her, saying it was better and a little more wild.
No one dared to speak up about the taste of the third master, so some of those grasses have grown like crazy.
Ren Yaoqi walked slowly along the way, she came out casually, only two personal maids Apple and Mulberry followed behind. Neither of the two maids dared to say anything, they just silently followed behind Ren Yaoqi and walked with their heads lowered.
The people standing on the rockery were very alert, and they noticed it before Ren Yaoqi approached and turned their heads.
The handsome face, the quiet and deep eyes, with the quiet precipitation rarely seen in young people, is Han Yunqian.
Han Yunqian looked at her quietly.
Ren Yaoqi wore a goose-yellow plain jacket, and the long skirt of the same plain color on the lower body showed a real purple embroidered hem. The pale golden sunlight of early spring was evenly scattered on her body, soft and warm, and the girl was fair-skinned. The skin seems to be blown away.
"Master Han." Ren Yaoqi stopped five steps away from him and bowed his knees.
Han Yunqian retracted his gaze, bowed his eyes and bowed, and called out to Miss San.
"Why is Young Master Han here alone?" Ren Yaoqi looked around and saw that apart from Han Yunqian, there was only a chief servant not far away, and when he saw her, he hurried over to salute.
"Brother Yiyan asked me to wait for him here. He just walked away temporarily because of something." Han Yunqian replied mildly and reasonably.
Ren Yaoqi's eyes went over his shoulder to look at the rockery he was staring at before.
I heard that because the feng shui layout of this house is excellent, the Ren family basically did not make any major changes to the house after moving in.
This Taihu rockery should be a few years old. The jagged rocks are piled up to look like various birds and beasts, but Ren Yaoqi felt that a goshawk-like rock on the top right of the rockery seemed to have broken one wing and had only one wing. The goshawk always felt a little strange standing there.
"The feng shui here is very good, are you right?" Han Yunqian also turned his head, looked at the rockery and said with a smile, "Brother Yiyan said that this rockery is just above an eye of the Five Elements and Gossip, if you want to rest You have to be an adult."
Han Yunqian knew that Ren Yaoqi understood this because the two walked past the lamp array last time.