The two of them were just walking along the stone path in the courtyard, not sitting in the only pavilion in the courtyard.
The main reason is that it is too cold. The pavilion is obviously built for summer shade. There is also a grape trellis on one side. The sunshine here is long, which is very suitable for grape growth, so some people will plant a grape trellis in their yard for viewing. You can also taste it, killing two birds with one stone.
The two of them walked through the middle courtyard to the backyard. Wang Qingyue took Qingyan directly to her boudoir.
Before, they were all in the middle courtyard, where there was a flower hall specially used to receive guests. Wang Qingyue usually handled trivial matters at home there.
Qingyan only stayed for two hours last time, so she went back without a chance to visit the backyard.
Speaking of which, Qingyan came at a bad time last time. It happened to be the time at the end of the month when shopkeepers came to pay their bills, so Wang Qingyue was particularly busy.
At that time, seeing her busy and busy, it was quite embarrassing for her to sit next to her, so Qingyan left early, not wanting to cause trouble to others.
Thinking about it now, I just came to the door without saying anything in advance. The stewards were waiting there, so I couldn't just send her away and just entertain her.
Today was different. Wang Qingyue had nothing to do this morning. The two of them chatted easily.
The two of them talked a lot today, talking about interesting things in life and people they met before. It felt like they had endless things to say.
Especially Qingyan, she felt that if it weren't for the time and space, she would have wanted to introduce her brother to her. It would be nice to have a sister-in-law like this. If she got along well with her, there would probably be no problems with mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, because her mother and her Same preferences.
She couldn't help but tell some embarrassing things about her brothers, of course she would slightly change the time and place.
The other party was very happy to hear this and kept laughing, especially when she said that her second brother really liked to bully her. He would make her scream every time and then be chased and beaten by her father and eldest brother. The look of envy on her face It's almost too obvious.
"If only I had a brother, he would definitely protect me." She said softly.
Qingyan patted her arm and said comfortingly: "You have a younger brother. He will grow up quickly. I see clearly that Feng is very stable at a young age and has an unlimited future. You just wait to protect him from now on." You."
Wang Qingyue was very happy to hear her praise her younger brother. After all, she could be said to have raised her younger brother, so she felt honored to be praised.
At this time, a fat yellow cat ran into the room. Qingyan's eyes lit up, "Qingyue, you also have a cat. I also have a yellow cat like yours, only smaller. It has How old are you and what’s your name?”
Wang Qingyue picked up the cat that ran up to her legs and kept rubbing it. "It is three years old this year. It is called Hydrangea. It was brought from my uncle's house. It is very obedient and will run over when called."
Next time you come over, bring your cat with you. They can play together. What's your cat's name? "
Qingyan nodded and said, "Okay, my cat is named Youqian. He is just three months old and is more than three times smaller than him. The hydrangea is really chubby, weighing at least a dozen kilograms."
You can tell at a glance that he eats well and drinks well, and the name fits his body type quite well.
When Wang Qingyue heard the name Youqian, she couldn't help but laugh again, "Why did you give it such a name? If you raise another one, wouldn't it be called Youqian?"
Qingyan shook her head seriously, "That's not true. If I raise another one, it will be called wealth or fortune. I am a very dedicated person."
"Hahaha... don't say such things so seriously, I will die laughing..."
Qingyan raised her eyebrows, was her smile so low?
The two of them were chatting when they heard a commotion outside.
Wang Qingyue suppressed her smile and frowned slightly.
Since she took charge of the house, except for the first two years when disobedient concubines or servants made trouble, no one has dared to come to her yard for many years.
Qingyan's ears were very good and she had heard the sound a long time ago. It should have been in other courtyards before, and the sounds were a bit far away, but now they were outside the main courtyard.
The voice outside sounded high-pitched and artificial, and it must be from the royal family's concubine's room.
The man kept shouting that he wanted to see the eldest lady. When he was stopped, he yelled at the entrance of the courtyard.
It sounds like her child is sick and she just needs to call a doctor. I don't know why she came to Wang Qingyue.
Wang Qingyue apologized to Qingyan and then raised her voice to ask someone to bring her in.
After a while, a woman in a green jacket and skirt rushed in. The woman was probably in her twenties. As soon as she came in, she immediately knelt down towards Wang Qingyue.
Fortunately, the two maids had quick eyesight and quick hands, and they stopped him immediately.
Wang Qingyue's face instantly darkened. Although the concubine's current status was not high and she was involved in business, even if she had children, she would only be half a servant of the family.
But after all, she is her father's concubine. Even if she is the legitimate daughter, it is a bit unreasonable for the other party to kneel down to her.
What's more, she has friends visiting here, and this is simply embarrassing to her.
"Aunt Chen, what are you causing trouble? Didn't you see that I have no guests here? This behavior is really rude!"
Seeing that she couldn't kneel down, Aunt Chen had to straighten her body and cried to Wang Qingyue: "Miss, eldest lady, please do a good job and call a doctor for Yu'er! Yu'er has been suffering from the cold all morning and has been feverish all morning. Without a doctor to come here for diagnosis and treatment, I’m afraid I would be in trouble..."
Wang Qingyue's eyes turned cold and she said in a deep voice: "You can just ask someone to invite you directly, why bother to bother me!"
Although she is a strict housekeeper, she has always explained things like this before.
If someone in the family is sick, there is no need to report it to her. She can just call the doctor directly. After the doctor treats the disease and prescribes medicine, the amount of money needed can be transferred directly to the public account. The stewards below all know it.
Aunt Chen is also an old person in the family. It is impossible that she doesn't know this rule. She doesn't know why she came here today.
She made such a fuss, as if she couldn't ask for a doctor without going through someone in the mansion.
Wang Qingyue glanced at Qingyan subconsciously. This was her first friend, and she didn't want the other party to misunderstand her.
Qingyan saw her looking over and smiled slightly at her.
Of course she didn't misunderstand Wang Qingyue. She was not a little girl who didn't know the world. In the eyes of Aunt Chen, there was no anxiety about the child getting sick. It was all calculation.
She was yelling outside the yard before, but her voice was really artificial, not like a mother who was anxious for her child.
After he came in, he glanced at her first. His eyes looked at her first and then looked down upon her, and then he even knelt down to Wang Qingyue. This acting was really poor.
"Miss, I sent someone to invite him, but Dr. Liang, who we are used to seeing, is not in the hospital at all. The doctor from Huichun Hall in the east of the city said there are too many patients and he doesn't agree to see him at all."
Wang Qingyue took a deep breath and then said: "Then what can you do if you come to me? I still have to send someone to ask for a doctor. How can I send someone to ask for a doctor?"
Aunt Chen was momentarily stunned by the question, and rolled her eyes before saying: "This... the slave family just... wants to ask the eldest lady to send a carriage to take Yu'er to the hospital..."
Seeing that this was a freshly made up work, Wang Qingyue didn't bother to argue with her, fearing that something might happen to her concubine, so she ordered the housekeeper who had just come in with Aunt Chen to prepare a carriage to take Wang Huaiyu to the hospital.
Qingyan raised her eyebrows and directly opened her consciousness to explore the small courtyards in the back.
We visited several courtyards, but we didn't see any sick children lying on the bed. Instead, we saw two six- or seven-year-old girls chasing each other in the courtyard.
I don’t know who Wang Huaiyu is, and Aunt Chen doesn’t look like a fool. She would tell such an obvious lie. I don’t know why.
After such a commotion, I really asked a doctor to come over and see her. The child was playing well. Isn't this just causing trouble for myself?
Wang Qingyue's father, Wang Tongpan, should be a fifth-rank official. He may be small or big, but after all, he is not from a big family. Wang's father really relied on his own efforts and passed the exam, so the Wang family can be regarded as starting from him. I just got up in this generation, before I was just a farmer and a student.
So he didn’t have a big family background at all. After his father was admitted to Juren, he married Wang Qingyue’s mother. The Queen’s mother’s family was a well-known wealthy gentry in Yunzhou. It would be a great thing for her daughter to marry Juren. This can already be done. Official.
The natal family directly gave a lot of dowry to the dowry, including many profitable shops. Even now, the prince's father's monthly salary is only enough for him to socialize outside. It can be said that all the expenses of the Wang family now come from those shops. Comes from inside.
If the Queen Mother, the head matron, had not been too weak in character, she would not have been taken advantage of by her concubines based on her dowry. After all, all they ate and spent were from her dowry, so she could be very tough.
This is also the real reason why Wang Tongpan is willing to let Wang Qingyue be the housekeeper. If it is all the property of the Wang family, do you think he will agree to the housekeeping of his daughter who will get married sooner or later.
Even if he is willing, the members of the Wang family will not be happy, and they will definitely have some complaints. After all, the clan concept is very strong now, and the clan leader or clan elders are very lenient. This is the reality.
Wang Qingyue had already sent people to prepare the car, but Aunt Chen did not leave, but looked at her and hesitated to speak.
Wang Qingyue frowned and asked doubtfully: "Aunt Chen, what else do you have to do? If nothing happens, just go and take your third sister to the doctor."
Aunt Chen said coyly: "This medical treatment requires medical fees... Yu'er often gets sick because she is too thin. I want to... I want to prescribe her some medicine to replenish her body..."
A flash of understanding flashed in Wang Qingyue's eyes. It turned out that she still wanted money, and she thought she had some new tricks this time.
However, she made herself lose face in front of her friends, and she will definitely have to settle the matter with her later.
She glanced at her lightly and said to the steward: "Take Aunt Chen to the accounting office to withdraw five taels of silver."
"Yes, Aunt Chen, please follow me to the middle courtyard." The steward leaned over and said.
"Thank you, miss!" Aunt Chen's eyes lit up when she heard the five taels of silver, and she almost couldn't control her expression. She quickly thanked her and turned around to follow the steward.
Qingyan was speechless. She had been doing this for a long time just to get money?
She looked at Wang Qingyue and said, "Don't you want someone to go see if your third sister is really sick?"
Wang Qingyue chuckled and said: "She's not feeling well. With a mother like this, it's normal for her to be in poor health.
You don’t even know that Aunt Chen has gone to great lengths to get money from me. Today her daughter eats cold food to make her stomach upset, and tomorrow she sleeps with the window open to catch the cold. Huaiyu’s growth is all due to God’s blessing. "
Qingyan raised her eyebrows, "You know she's like this and you still spoil her, isn't she going to get worse?"
Wang Qingyue: "Do you know why she is so desperate for money?"
Qingyan shook her head and looked at her with confusion.
Wang Qingyue: "She wanted to redeem her sister's life. I heard that her sister was newly widowed and was tortured by her mother-in-law every day because she had no children.
Her mother-in-law wanted to take her back, but her mother-in-law said she had to pay thirty taels of silver to let her go home, otherwise she would be her family's ghost in life and death.
Because her family asked for a betrothal gift but did not give a dowry, they were at a disadvantage to her husband's family and could not forcefully take her back, so they had to raise money.
Aunt Chen told my father about this, but my father has never saved any money at all, and he is very face-conscious. It is definitely impossible for him to ask me for money to redeem my concubine's sister, so Aunt Chen had to find a way on her own.
It can be said that she has tried various methods. There are rules for clothes and jewelry, and she will not add them randomly, so she paid attention to her daughter.
Huaiyu was born less than a month old. When she was a child, she often used her poor health to compete for favors. My father was a little concerned at first, but he got tired of it as time went by.
Now she is using her daughter to earn ransom money for her sister. I don’t know whether to sympathize with her daughter’s misfortune or to admire her sisterly love. "
After hearing this, Qingyan also sighed: "Her daughter is indeed unlucky."
Meeting such a mother is a sin that I have committed if I did not practice cultivation in my previous life. What a sin it must be to meet such a mother in this life.
"Then you are kind enough. Knowing that she is like this, you still give her money."
Wang Qingyue waved her hand and said: "Although Aunt Chen is very thoughtful, she is the only one among my father's concubines who is not hostile to our three mothers. Whether she wants favor or money, she does it openly, and she doesn't I was more tolerant towards her because of the dirty tricks our mothers used.
It's different for other concubines. Before I became a housekeeper, my brother fell into the water twice. In the first two years of my life as a housekeeper, he also had several incompatible foods and almost died.
Although the culprit was found and betrayed by my father, the ones left behind were more sinister, including those who incited others to do evil.
It's just that the other party did it secretly, and I have no evidence. I can't ask my father to deal with them. I can only ask people to pay more attention to it myself.
Over the years, several others have more or less exposed their flaws, but Aunt Chen is still the same as always, so I am not too harsh on her. "
(End of chapter)
