Since Shen Yiyao promised to go to Mengshan for an autumn hunt, Yan Ting has become more friendly, including the old lady.
Not to mention what happened to Yan Ting, the old lady suddenly changed a lot. To say that there is nothing tricky about it, ghosts would not believe it!
Regarding Yan Qian's ban, the two did not raise any objection, Yan Ting even made a message, asking Shen Yiyao to quickly find a marriage for Yan Qian, the farther the better.
Although Shen Yiyao was prepared to do this regardless of anyone's objection, she would do it. But the words came out of Yan Ting's mouth, but it made her feel especially cold. As a father, no matter how many wrongs the children have done, they shouldn't be so indifferent, not even asking.
Is this man still the man who stood up to the sky in his mind back then? Or he never changed, but she couldn't see clearly. Every time she saw it clearly, Shen Yiyao's heart became colder, until it was cold to the core.
But now how he is, she doesn't want to care anymore. If it wasn't for the two children, she didn't want to stay in this Weiyuanhou mansion.
Compared with Shen Yiyao, Chen's life is quite devastated these days. First of all, she has never been in charge of the house before. No matter how bad Weiyuan Hou is, there are still three pounds of iron in the rotten boat. As she has no experience in housekeeping, how can she manage well. .
In addition, she was suspicious of Xue's family, and as soon as she won the middle feed, she replaced all the people Xue's used before. It's understandable to do this, otherwise, how can one person get the right to go to heaven, the third wife is in charge, and the servants of the third room will naturally benefit. But the key problem is that not only is she inexperienced, but the people under her are also inexperienced, and they don't understand Xu Xuzhi.
The first thing that exposed the problem was the large kitchen. This kitchen has always been the place with the most oil and water, but now it is managed by Chen's nanny Wang. The old woman who was in charge of the kitchen was sent to wash vegetables.
How about saying people are stupid
It is impossible for the Xue family to be able to take charge of the affairs in the big kitchen alone, but behind this old woman stands Zhao's mother. Her own person was replaced, and Zhao's mother didn't say anything, leaving the old woman to wash vegetables in the kitchen.
Mrs. Chen was also very proud that she had replaced Mrs. Xue, but she didn't know that Mrs. Xue was laughing, waiting for Mrs. Chen to be cleaned up.
That mother Wang is also useless. She looks majestic, but she can't control things at all. She couldn't tell if someone stumbled on her below, and within a few days, the masters of the manor began to complain.
You ordered sea bass, she made you a mandarin fish and brought it up, or it was the dish that should be served here and sent there. Zero, zero, total, too many to list. In recent days, the dishes have also dropped the standard. It is obvious that they have been reduced and reduced. Now I want to order a dish, either this one is not available, or that is not available.
Of course, there is always someone who stumbles and deliberately fails to do a good job, but there are also reasons for Chen's.
It turned out that Mrs. Chen was eager to act in front of the old lady. In order to save money, she cut down a lot of the regular dishes in the big kitchen. These dishes are prepared for the masters to order and change their mouths. Considering that most of the time they can't be used at all, and it's cheaper to put them on, he reduced them a bit.
Xue's family didn't jump out for some reason. Shen Yiyao was a good-natured person. After a few days of eating, it didn't suit her taste, and she didn't make a sound. .
Seeing that the second room did not make a sound, Chen was even more complacent. He directly cut down all the spare dishes and changed it to a daily menu in the large kitchen. What each room wants to eat is ordered from the menu.
This idea was approved by the old lady. Mrs. Chen calculated the account for the old lady. It can save a lot of expenses every month. Anyway, whoever cuts it can't be reduced to the old lady. The old lady has nothing to say.
Yan Yan hasn't eaten in the big kitchen for a long time, but it doesn't mean that she is used to seeing people jumping up and down in front of her. After discussing with Shen Yiyao, Shen Yiyao ordered someone to tell Chen's family that the meals in Jinseyuan will not come from the big kitchen in the future. Go, let Chen shi directly transfer the money.
Shen Yiyao didn't care about this little money, but Yan Yan said that even if you don't want it, it's people's own pockets. In that case, why should it be cheaper for others
Chen shi didn't think much, and agreed.
Then, a day later, Mrs. Xue also sent someone to come, saying that the meals in the big room would not be taken from the big kitchen in the future, and Mrs. Chen asked them to transfer the money.
It's only Shen Yiyao's Jinseyuan, and Chen's has nothing to do with it. Yan Yan and Yan Mo's food money will be allocated regularly as early as when Aunt Pei's housekeeper, and now they naturally follow Cao Gui.
But now that the meals of the whole big room are not taken from the big kitchen, the situation is a little bad. You must know that the big kitchen has a lot of oil and water, that is because the big kitchen is in charge of the meals of the masters, and you can make a lot of money in a month by digging some from any place. Now that the masters are no longer eating in the big kitchen, where can they get the money? Although the wool comes from the sheep, there must be sheep!
Of course, you can also say that even if the big room, Jinseyuan and Ningxiang Pavilion are gone, there are still Ziyuxuan, Lanyuexuan and Yan Ting, Rongantang and Sanfang. But you must know that no one dares to deduct Yan Ting and the old lady's meals. The rest of Ziyuxuan and Lanyuexuan are small, and the one who can be counted as the big one is Sanfang, and he deducts money from himself. , isn't that a joke!
But Mrs. Chen didn't dare not to agree to Mrs. Xue, and Mrs. Xue blocked her back with a single word. How could the second brother and sister be okay, but not me, the elder sister-in-law? Could it be that the third siblings look down on me as a big sister-in-law? It doesn't matter if you look down on my sister-in-law, but don't forget that our uncle is the elder brother of the third master.
Mrs. Chen could only transfer the money honestly. Mrs. Xue asked for a transfer of money every year, but Mrs. Chen did not agree because there was no extra money in the account.
After hearing this, Mrs Xue stopped arguing, turned her head and left.
When the old lady knew about this, she was furious, and she called Mrs. Chen over and scolded her bloody head, saying that she was doing nothing wrong.
This was a headache for the Chen family, and a pain in the flesh for the old lady.
It turns out that every master in the house has a fixed amount of food money, but that amount is actually false. The large kitchen is paid according to the fixed amount. Not to mention, in secret, Zhao's mother also slashed again with the previous kitchen steward under the old lady's instruction.
To use the simplest example, in the past year, only Shen Yiyao’s monthly meal allowance was 100 taels. After several reductions in recent years, it has been reduced to 60 taels, but even at these 60 taels, Shen Yiyao couldn’t finish it. of. The old lady cut off part of the money according to the past.
Now Shen Yiyao asked to transfer the food money, that is to say, 60 taels of money should be transferred every month. Not only did the people below have no oil and water, but even the old lady had to spend more every month.
In the past, it was okay to have Yan Yan and Yan Mo, but now there is another Shen Yiyao, plus the big family, and the extra cost of nearly two hundred taels per month, the old lady's heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney are aching.
But she can't say too much about anything other than scolding Chen Shi for nothing, and she can't say that she loves this little money, that's not to blow up her own bottom.
Within two days, the old lady froze her mouth, all because of anxiety. When her daughter-in-law asked a few questions, she couldn't tell the truth, she could only say that she got angry recently. In order to show that she was really angry, the old lady ate white porridge for three consecutive days.
Is it really on fire? Apart from Chen shi's stupid belief, neither the big room nor the second room did not believe it.
The old lady was already overworked, and she was exhausted in recent years. She ate white porridge for three consecutive days, and finally fainted.
The following people thought that the old lady was suffering from an old problem, but they didn’t know that she was starving and was panicking to call someone to call the doctor, but the old lady woke up again. .
She knew her own body, and the old lady might not be able to invite a doctor, so she ate and ate some softly before she came back to life. That night, the old lady leaned on the big pillow and counted the money at hand, thinking that she was old and old, and she actually lived her life like this, and couldn't help crying.
Zhao's mother was also very sad, the master and servant both hugged and cried.
Cry and cry, get up the next day, how to live the day is still to live.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the autumn hunting in Mengshan.
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Mengshan paddock is not far from the capital, just more than a day's journey.
It was designated as a royal paddock as early as Tai/zu's time for royal hunting.
Mengshan paddock covers a large area, with mountains, waters and a vast expanse of boundless grassland. When Tai/zu came here, he was delighted to see it. He said that the landform features here are rare, and it is very good for hunting, so he ordered the place to be turned into a royal paddock.
In the early days of Daxi's founding of the dynasty, the folk customs were sturdy, everyone was martial, and he was the emperor on the horse. In order to let the descendants of the next generation remember the demeanor of the ancestors and not be greedy for pleasure, they set the rules of hunting in the autumn of Mengshan every year.
It has been passed down to this day, although it is not as annual as earlier, it is held every two or three years.
When Yan Yan and the others arrived, many people had already arrived at the Mengshan paddock camp. Felt tents on the top of the cone-shaped tents have been erected, in different sizes, in groups of three or five.
Weiyuan Hou's mansion was divided into two felt tents, next to each other. One was smaller, and the other was larger. After Shen Yiyao stood still, he took his son and daughter into the larger one, and the smaller one was left to Yan Ting.
This felt tent is very large. Once inside, it is an open space. The floor is covered with red felt pads. A screen is placed in the center and first. It's a cyan cushion, and this is where guests are entertained. Behind the screen, there is a door in the middle and left and right, leading to the resting place. Shen Yiyao is in the middle, Yan Mo is on the left, and Yan Yan is on the right. The room is about the same size, with a low couch in the back, several low tables and a screen, and then nothing else.
The cages and small pieces on the carriage were unloaded one by one. The people responsible for moving the cages were all servants of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion. When I was in the house, I took a car and came to pick it up. The camp couldn't accommodate so many people.
This time, Yan Yan brought Evian and Yimeng, Yan Mo brought Ying'er and Yan'er, and Shen Yiyao brought Cuiqiao and Cuiping. The place is only so big, but there is no place for slaves to live. Fortunately, everyone's room is not small, and it is good for the close girl to live in the same room with the master.
After a while, the felt tent was arranged. The low couch was covered with a soft and silky quilt, surrounded by a thin gauze tent. A low table served as a dressing table, with a dressing table and a bronze mirror comb on it. Evian and Yimeng's bed was placed in the corner of the felt tent, and the floor was covered with a clean and soft red felt pad. It was time to open the bed and cover it with a layer of quilt, and then they could rest.
As soon as Yan Yan sat down, Liu Shuyi came over.
It turned out that the people from Yiyong Hou's mansion arrived first, and Liu Shuyi was bored when she heard that Yan Yan was also here, so she came to play with her.
She was wearing a water-blue riding suit, with a wide-brimmed water-colored brocade belt around her waist, which made her look even more slender and slender. Hei Ya Ya's long hair is tied in a bun at the back, but two thin braids are braided on the left and right sides, which looks quite charming.
"Oh, why are you still wearing these, change your clothes soon, let's go out to ride a horse."
Liu Shuyi likes to come to Mengshan paddock the most, because there are no restrictions here, and there is no need to wear cumbersome dresses, a beautiful bun, and all kinds of jewelry on her head, hands, neck and neck. Her father, Prince Yiyong, is the commander of Jinwuwei. He is a close associate of the Holy High. He will come every time he hunts in Mengshan, so Liu Shuyi is very familiar with this place.
Yan Yan has also been here twice, but when she was still a child, Liu Shuyi didn't know the surrounding situation as well.
Yan Yan smiled at Liu Shuyi, then went behind the screen to change clothes, but when she came out, she was wearing a Begonia red narrow-sleeved riding suit. She went to the dressing table and sat down. Evian took off her hair bun and combed her hair again. Liu Shuyi made a fuss and insisted that Yan Yan have the same hairstyle as hers, so Evian combed Yan Yan according to her hairstyle. Exactly the same.
After dressing up, the two went to Shen Yiyao, as if they were a pair of sisters. One is playful and cute, the other is tall and flamboyant, and she is as beautiful as a flower.
Yan Mo knew that the two of them were going to ride a horse, and he was anxious. Liu Shuyi pinched his little face and took him there only if he asked him to call her sister. Yan Mo was also cheerful, and called Sister Shuyi with a smile, but she couldn't find Beibei if she gave Liu Shuyi to Mei De.
The three of them got out of the tent together and went to the camp where the horses were kept.
The horses from all the prefectures and families are sent here, and the janitors in the paddock are in charge of keeping them. Yan Yan came out this time to bring Heiyu with him, and a jujube-red little mare was prepared for Yan Mo. Yan Mo can already ride a horse now, but he is not skilled enough, so he can only ride such a docile pony.
Liu Shuyi's horse, called Duo'er, is a snow-white mare. She cherishes Duo'er quite a bit. She keeps touching her nose and feeding her candy.
"Ayan, look at my Duo'er, isn't she very beautiful!"
Duo'er is indeed a very beautiful horse. He is handsome and handsome, with a beautiful body and lines, and his big amber eyes are wet, and he can see that he is extremely docile.
As soon as Liu Shuyi finished being proud, her eyes were attracted by a black horse.
This black horse is taller than Duo'er, with black hair and no variegation. Every part of his body is matched so well, and the lines of his muscles are full of beauty of strength. I saw it hissing lightly, its head proudly raised, its plump mane shaking and flying freely.
"This horse is so beautiful!"
Liu Shuyi's eyes straightened.
Then she saw the boy who was holding the horse handing the reins of the horse to Yan Yan, and said in surprise, "Ayan, is this your horse? What's its name? It's so beautiful, can I touch it?"
Having said that, the people took care of themselves and got together.
It's a pity that Heiyu didn't let her touch it, and when she saw her hand reaching out, she avoided it. Duo'er gently scratched her hoof behind Liu Shuyi and snorted, as if she was a little jealous.
"It's called Heiyu, and it's more than two years old this year."
Yan Yan turned around and stroked Heiyu's nose, comforting it before Liu Shuyi's hand touched it.
Liu Shuyi glanced at Heiyu, went to look at her Duoer, looked back and forth several times, and had to admit that Heiyu was more beautiful.
She pursed her lips, frowned, turned around and touched Duo'er again, "Although your black jade is beautiful, mine is not bad. I still like Duo'er."
Liu Shuyi's appearance made Yan Yan laugh, and Yan Mo also pursed her lips and laughed.
Duo'er sticks out her tongue to lick Liu Shuyi's face, licking her until she hides and smiles.
"Okay, okay, you little vinegar bag, I just have a look, it's not that I don't want you anymore."
Hei Yu, who was standing beside Yan Yan, snorted and turned his horse's head to look at the place, as if he was very disdainful of the same kind of tricks and cuteness.
Yan Mo's little mare was also brought over. He looked at the docile little mare with a bitter face, and then looked at the two horses that were tall, strong, and handsome.
He is a boy, but he is not as good as two girls!
Yan Yan seemed to see her brother's thoughts, and rubbed his head, "When you get better at equestrianism and grow taller, I'll find you a horse like Heiyu."
Yan Mo grabbed the reins, pursed his lips and nodded solemnly, and decided that he must take advantage of these days in the paddock to practice equestrianism, instead of just riding on a pony and running slowly.
The three got on their horses and left the camp, with Liu Shuyi riding Duoer in the front, Yan Yan in the middle, and Yan Mo at the end. All the way to a very empty grass, the three people stopped.
"Ayan, let's compare?"
Yan Yan nodded cheerfully, "Okay."
Telling Yan Mo to let him stay where he is, the two can relax the reins and let the two horses run.
Horses should belong to the prairie, not the narrow stables. Although Yan Yan has tried her best to take care of Heiyu, it can be seen that she still prefers wider places.
The black jade's long mane was scattered, and Lei Chi rushed forward with the electric switch, as if his four hooves were not touching the ground, like a gust of wind. Yan Yan could feel Heiyu's excitement, and could even feel the pulse beating under its muscles. She didn't want to hold it and let it run wildly.
After running for a while, Heiyu slowed down, and Yan Yan heard Liu Shuyi's voice behind her.
She reined in the reins and stopped to wait.
"Knowing that I can't run away from you, you don't have to be so fierce, I'm exhausted!"
Liu Shuyi saw that Yan Yan ran away in a hurry. At first, she chased after her for a while to be competitive. Later, seeing that she couldn't catch up, and seeing Yan Yan running farther and farther, she was even more worried that she would lose her way. .
Yan Yan smiled embarrassedly, and touched the horse/horse, "Heiyu has been holding on for a long time, and once he let go, he didn't hold back."
Liu Shuyi can understand the feeling in this, because she came to the paddock earlier, and when she came out for a stroll, Duo'er also behaved like this.
"Let's go, let's go back, your brother is still waiting there, don't let him wait."
The two rode their horses and ran back. When they came, they felt very fast, but when they ran back, they ran for a quarter of an hour.
Seeing a few small black spots there from a distance, Yan Yan's eyes were much better than Liu Shuyi's. She narrowed her eyes and ran over first.
Yan Mo stopped in the same place and waited for the two to come back from the race. He was a little bored, so he rode the little mare and ran slowly in the same place.
He had just learned to ride a horse, and he didn't dare to run too fast.
While practicing, a few people suddenly came.
Most of these teenagers were around thirteen or fourteen years old, and they were all riding horses. Most of the people who can appear here are the children of Jingzhong Xungui's family.
It seems that they also came here to run horses together, and when they saw that there was a child running around here, they stepped forward to chase Yan Mo away. Yan Mo ignored them and ran away on his horse. Unexpectedly, these people rushed forward again, saying that they were going to race here and let Yan Mo go farther.
Such a large venue, you can run horses in sight, but to chase a child, it seems a bit too overbearing. The boy who had no choice but to lead was so domineering, Yan Mo started arguing with these people.
Yan Mo is also obedient in front of Yan Yan. In fact, he is not a good friend. Maybe because of his weakness in childhood, he is incapable of doing things, but he has a personality that can kill a group of people when he speaks.
There was a shy smile on the corner of his mouth, and his attitude was leisurely, but what he said made these teenagers scream with anger.
The well-dressed young man in the lead raised the whip in his hand in a hurry. Yan Mo's knowledge was not good, so he was prepared to avoid the immediate loss, so he hid first, and waited for the elder sister to return before going to take revenge. It's a pity that he has more than his heart but not enough strength. His equestrian skills are really bad. He clearly wants to dodge to the side, but his crotch/dismount does not obey his orders.
At this critical moment, a brown whip tip flew over, rolled up his waist, and pulled him off the horse.
He squinted and smiled, not afraid, he felt that someone caught him. He took advantage of the situation to lie down in his sister's arms, with tears in his eyes, "Sister, they bullied me!"
The eyes that were sharp like knives swept over, and the few teenagers froze there on the spot.
I saw a girl in a red Begonia riding suit, riding on a black horse. She has a pair of eyebrows that look like ink paintings, which fly obliquely into the temples, and the bridge of the nose is straight and in good shape. The skin is better than the snow, and the red lips are even more gorgeous. Especially her demeanor, looking forward and confident, inadvertently revealed an unusual domineering.
She was as beautiful as a flame, scorching and dazzling, as if she would stab someone if she was not careful.
"Are you brave?"
The horses on the crotch of these teenagers are all good horses, but they are a lot worse than Heiyu. Heiyu has long legs and strong legs. Compared with them, their horses have short legs. He was also riding on a horse, but he was a head shorter than a human being.
Liu Shuyi ran over on Duo'er, fixed her eyes on the leading boy, and immediately reprimanded: "Wow, Chu Mingchen is you again! You will die if you don't bully people for a day?!"
The young man named Chu Mingchen hesitated, his eyes flickering: "How can I bully people, Willow Branch, don't spit!"
"I saw that you raised your whip and wanted to hit someone just now, but you said no!"
"It's that kid who talks too much."
He wanted to point at Yan Mo, but Yan Mo was sitting in front of Yan Yan, and he seemed a little afraid to look at Yan Yan. She could only stare at Liu Shuyi with a stiff neck, hum her nose, and straighten her chest.
"I just wanted to scare him, yes! That's it!"
Yan Yan was still a little angry, but seeing the boy's extremely childish behavior, her anger subsided. Not to mention her younger brother's character, she is also very clear, quite a true biography of Luo Xiaopang, and is well versed in the way of anger and death.
She glared down at Yan Mo, Yan Mo shrank his neck, as honest as a quail.