Wang Xiuwen got married from the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, so when she returned home after three days, she naturally returned to the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion.
Sang Nianyue did not join in the fun and accompanied her brother to study in Qiangweiyuan.
The old lady specially sent someone to invite them to the banquet, but Sang Nianyue excused herself from going there because she hadn't fully recovered yet.
Sang Nianyue knew that the old lady did this because Wang Xiuwen added makeup and she did not show up on the wedding day. Although the custom of this dynasty is that these occasions exclude widowed women, the old lady will definitely feel guilty about this, so she came to invite her on a day like today.
But Sang Nianyue really didn’t want to go.
She was not a person who liked liveliness, and she would have a grudge against her when she came to the Wang family. When she looked at the room full of Wang family members, it was difficult for her to stay emotionally stable. If you can't help but throw a glass of wine at that time, the scene will be ugly.
If Sang Nuanyue can't go, Qing'er will definitely not go either. The two siblings lived their own lives peacefully and enjoyed reading.
Soon Wang Xiuwen and the fifth son of the Xun family left, and soon it was time for the Wang family to leave the capital.
The Wang family originally wanted to stay in the capital, but Wang Xiuwen didn't know what she said to the old lady, so the old lady decided that everyone should go back to Lingzhou. Even her old lady no longer lives in the Wu'an Marquis Mansion. After bidding farewell to the concubine who was at home to cultivate herself, the concubine left the capital together with her children and grandchildren.
As soon as the Wang family left, the entire Hou Mansion became pure.
At this time, the New Year's Eve is getting closer, and the day of Shen Yuyao and Hairpin is also getting closer.
On the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Sang Nianyue received a letter from her wet nurse and went out again to the house she had bought before.
The nanny, Queer, and Xiaoyan have already moved into the house. There is a reddish-brown plaque hanging on the door of the house, with the words "Sang Mansion" inscribed on it.
Pushing open the door and walking in, the inside was completely different from before. All the dead branches and leaves were cleared away, all the roof tiles were replaced, the peeling paint patches were repainted, and the entire house was even repainted...
The entire house has been tidied up very elegantly, looking neat and tidy, making people feel relaxed and happy. It's just that it's the middle of winter, and there isn't much greenery in the courtyard, making it a bit depressed.
But the overall look was still very good. Sang Nuoyue turned twice freely, her eyes filled with smiles.
The wet nurse said, "The musty smell in the house is still a bit strong, and since it has been repainted, the smell needs to be dispersed. Xiao Que, Yan'er, I, and I stayed in the concierge first, and some neighbors have come to inquire about it these days."
The wet nurse detailed the situation of the neighboring houses, and said that she had someone custom-made the plaque and hung it up on an auspicious day. She didn’t know if the girl would be surprised.
Later, she said that the original owners of the furniture in the house had taken them away, and she found someone to customize some tables, chairs, beds, cabinets, etc. Sang Nianyue's yard was still the same as when she was at Sang's house. As for the young master She meant to decorate the yard according to the eldest young master’s yard, and she didn’t know if the young master liked it or not.
Before Sang Nuanyue could say anything, Qing'er said first, "Nanny, I will definitely like it. I heard from my sister that my eldest brother's yard was decorated by my father and mother together. It is comfortable and elegant. I long for it. It’s been a long time.”
When the nanny heard this, she touched Qing'er's head with pity. She wanted to say, "Poor child, your brother and sister have enjoyed happiness for more than ten years, but you, the only one, started to live under the shelter of others not long after you were born. You are the one who took care of me." He is destined to be rich and noble, but he has bad luck and has not been able to live a happy day so far."
Sang Nuanyue looked at the wet nurse with red circles in her eyes, and her eyes were filled with tears. Whatever the nanny was thinking was written on her face, Sang Nianyue could tell what she was thinking with just one look.
Sang Nianyue quickly stopped the wet nurse and joked, "You are so old, can you still remember how my eldest brother and I arranged our yard? You have such a good memory."
The wet nurse patted Sang Ningyue and said, "No matter how long it has been, I still remember clearly what the plants and trees in our old house look like. That is to say, this house is small. It is better for our house to be five-level, otherwise I can I’ll recreate all the scenery for you.”
"Then when I calm down, I will buy a piece of land on the outskirts of the city. When the time comes, I will build a house similar to my family's, and I will leave all the interior decoration to you?"
The wet nurse was furious, "Girl, you are going to make fun of me."
Several people laughed, walked around the house again, and prepared to go out.
When they walked to the door, Sang Nuanyue said to the wet nurse, "Let's see who has a dog. Bring two of them. There are only three of you at home. I'm not worried."
"What's there to worry about? The security here is very good. People from the yamen patrol three times a day, and there's not even a thief on the street. Don't worry, girl, we're not afraid. Come again, we'll look like we're in trouble We don’t have much money on us, so even if there are really bad guys, they won’t look for us.”
"Nanny, you are talking nonsense, where did the bad guy come from?"
"Okay, okay, there are no bad guys."
Sometimes there are criminals, sometimes there are no criminals, and several people are all trapped.
It's still bright outside now, but the sky is overcast, and the clouds are pressing down, as if they can be touched.
There were very few pedestrians walking on the street. Everyone was hunching their necks and trembling as they hurried home.
An old man muttered, "God damn it, it's going to snow again."
"There have only been two snowfalls this year, so that's not a lot. Didn't the official of the Qintian Prison say that there will be a snowstorm this year, so we should stock up on more coal and firewood, and repair the house."
When Sang Nuanyue and Qing'er heard this, they told the driver, "Go faster, Luoxue will make it difficult to drive."
Fortunately, the residence here is not far from Wu'an Hou's Mansion, only two streets separate it. If you go back to Wu'anhou Mansion through the back door, it will be even closer, just a stick of incense away.
There were several restaurants at the back door, and the food was very good. The carriage had already passed by, but Sang Nuanyue called to stop.
"What do you want to do, sister? Do you want to go to this shop for some dinner?"
Sang Nuanyue felt something was wrong when she got off the carriage, and said in a panic, "I told the old lady before that I would bring her some snacks if I go out. I haven't brought her any snacks before, but I happened to meet her this time..."
Qing'er laughed and said, "Sister, you want to bring some food back to the old lady?"
"Yes, it's just that the old lady is very noble, and I don't know if she is used to eating these things outside."
Qing'er held her sister's hand and said, "Let's buy it. It doesn't matter whether the old lady eats it or not, even if it is lost by the people around the old lady later, my sister will do what she says. This is my sister's wish." .”
Sang Nuanyue was persuaded by her younger brother, "Then go in and buy some?"
"I'm going with my sister."
There are many food shops and two restaurants at the back door of Wu'anhou Mansion. Because it was something to give to the old lady to eat, Sang Nianyue originally didn't want to buy it on the street because she was worried that it wouldn't be able to get into the old lady's mouth. But I also thought that this was the back door of Wu'an Hou's Mansion. According to the filial style of the princes, the old lady had eaten all the dishes in the restaurant. Since I wanted to surprise the old lady, it was not easy to give duplicate things. .
In the end, the siblings picked and picked a particularly clean restaurant and packed six side dishes back.
Because they were worried that the dishes would not taste good if they were cold, and that it would be too troublesome to reheat them after they were cold, the siblings asked the store to borrow a food box, and then hurried into the back door of the Hou Mansion.
They left in such a hurry that they didn't have time to look around. Naturally, they didn't notice that there was still a familiar figure sitting at the second-floor window from last time.
It's just different from last time, this time Shen Tingjun is holding a tea cup.
However, the person sitting opposite him was still the same as last time, and it was not Liang Haosheng.
Liang Haosheng saw his eyes staring in one direction without blinking and his ears perked up, as if he was listening for something, so he couldn't help but curiously opened the window and looked over.
However, it was so cold that Liang Haosheng immediately retracted his head.
"What are you looking at so fascinatedly? This is the back door of your house. Is there someone who is blind and does bad things here?"
"There is no one who does bad things, but there are two who do good things."
"Those two? Where are they? Why didn't I see them?" Liang Haosheng asked.
Shen Tingjun ignored Liang Haosheng's curiosity, put the tea cup on the table and stood up. Liang Haosheng quickly said "Oh" several times, "What are you going to do? I haven't finished speaking yet."
As soon as he got to the office, he caught Shen Tingjun who was going back to his hometown and dragged him to this old place to drink.
The messy family affairs have not been completely resolved even today. Liang Haosheng was so upset that he came to find friends to relieve his boredom.
The clinker Shen Tingjun is not moral and he was fine just now, but now he sees something and gets up to leave.
Shen Tingjun: "I'm not interested today. I don't want to drink. Let's come someday."
"No, Shen Tingjun, are you teasing me?" Liang Haosheng laughed angrily, "You don't refuse me if you don't want to drink. You are still listening to me talk and drinking tea with me on the second floor. Are you kidding me?"
"Anyway, I'm not free today. You can drink it by yourself. I'll treat you later."
"Oh, oh, you should make it clear what you are going to do..."
What responded to Liang Haosheng was the sound of footsteps going downstairs. When Liang Haosheng stuck his head out of the window again, he saw that Shen Tingjun had appeared downstairs.
Liang Haosheng yelled, "Shen Tingjun, just wait for me. If you don't do things justice, don't blame me for not caring about brotherhood. I will tell your old lady about your dinner with the girl later."
Liang Haosheng suppressed his voice, but this was the back door of Wu'an Hou's mansion.
As soon as Shen Tingjun walked out of the restaurant, the whole street became quiet for a while. The attention of people on both sides of the street was all on him. Liang Haosheng's voice was not loud, but everyone kept paying attention to this side. Therefore, there was no need to advertise it widely. Almost instantly, everyone knew that Mr. Hou accompanied the girl to dinner.
But, Mr. Hou is accompanying the girl to dinner?
Whose girl? When did it happen? Where to eat?
How come no one shares such important information? Are all the people in the capital blind?
Besides, when Liang Haosheng received Shen Tingjun's death gaze, he immediately retracted his head and sat back in his original position.
Only then did he realize what he had just said, and he couldn't help but slap himself in the face in annoyance, "Oh no, I've offended that petty person a lot this time."
Thinking of Shen Tingjun's look just now, Liang Haosheng was still frightened. He immediately stopped eating and drinking. He tightened his belt and went downstairs to drive home. He promised to avoid Shen Tingjun until the end of the year, otherwise he might beat him to pieces at some point.
Not to mention how embarrassed Liang Haosheng was now, but that Sang Nianyue and Qing'er walked quickly and soon reached the entrance of the second courtyard.
The lady who was guarding the door was waiting here. When she saw Sang Nuanyue, she smiled so hard that she couldn't see her teeth. "Young lady, are you going to pay your respects to the old lady again? Why did you choose this time? It looks like it's getting dark right now." .”
Sang Nianyue said, "I just came back from outside and brought some dishes for the old lady to try."
The gatekeeper looked at the food boxes on the fifth floor in front of her, smelling the aroma that was overflowing, and her mouth was watering. She didn't dare to delay Sang Nuanyue's time and let her go immediately. However, when Qing'er was about to go in, the mother-in-law hesitated.
Just listen to this old woman say, "Girl, it's not that this old slave is making things difficult for you, it's that the young master is really too young."
Although she is only over ten years old, Qing'er has grown up a lot due to eating and drinking well in the past two months, and she looks like a handsome young boy now. Without the old lady's instructions, she would not dare to let such a big boy in. If he bumped into Miss Yao'er or someone else, she couldn't afford to offend him.
Sang Nuanyue looked at Qing'er, who smiled widely, "Then I won't go. Sister, please take Sister Sujin there. I'm tired from running all afternoon, so I'll go back to Rose Garden first. Sister Chunyu specially made our meal, if I don't go back to eat, I'm afraid there will be a lot left over today."
Sang Nuanyue nodded in agreement, "Then you eat more." Then she added, "Sister will be back soon."
"well."
The siblings parted ways, and Sang Nianyue brought Su Jin to Heyan Hall.
At this time, the lights in the Heyan Hall were brightly lit, and it happened to be the time for the old lady to have her meal. The maids served the dishes one after another. Seeing this, Sang Nianyue walked faster.
When she learned that Sang Nuanyue had come over at this time and was holding a big food box in her hand, the old lady suddenly thought of something and hurriedly called her over. She seemed to be very happy, "You really brought me food." Are you back?"
"I just went out today, so I brought some back for you. I promised you, and I can't break my promise. But these are not expensive things, and I don't know your taste very well, so I'm afraid you won't like it."
But the old lady smiled and said, "Why don't I like it? I like it very much. As long as you bring it, just a few wild vegetables, I can taste the royal banquet."
The servants all laughed, quickly put aside the dishes prepared in the house, and placed the dishes brought by Sang Nianyue in front of the old lady. The two chatted and laughed for a while, and were about to start eating, when suddenly a voice of greeting came from outside the courtyard, and then a familiar male voice reached the ears of everyone in the house.
It's Shen Tingjun here.
When Sang Ningyuexin mentioned it, the old lady smiled. When her son walked in, the old lady waved him to sit on the other side and asked with a smile, "Didn't you say that boy Haosheng wants you to have a drink with him? I You don’t smell like alcohol, why did you come back before you had any alcohol?”
"He has something to do, so he went back first and we will meet again when we are free tomorrow." Shen Tingjun said casually.
The old lady sighed, "Is there a commotion in his family again? Taifu Liang is decisive in official matters, but when it comes to household matters, he becomes indecisive. He can't handle things as neatly as I, the old lady, and his official How did you get promoted?"
It was not easy for Shen Tingjun to gossip about his elders behind their backs, not to mention that Taifu Liang was still the elder of the country and was not someone he could comment on. Shen Tingjun didn't say anything and just looked straight at Sang Nianyue who was silent.
The old lady followed his gaze, suddenly slapped her head, and smiled, "Look at my memory, I almost forgot about Nianyue." Then she happily brought back the dishes that Sang Nianyue had specially brought for her. Things have been said.
The old lady was obviously very happy, and kept saying that Sang Nianyue was "a good child. I only thought she was just joking with me, but she took it seriously."
"I keep my word. I have received a lot of favors from you, so I can't let you down." Sang Nianyue said sincerely.
"You kid, you are just too serious."
Shen Tingjun said, "My cousin is interested."
Since it was getting late, several people cleaned their hands under the service of the maid and began to eat.
At the dinner table, Shen Tingjun served a bowl of soup to the old lady and handed another bowl to Sang Nuanyue.
When the old lady saw that Sang Nuanyue was frightened, she said, "Just treat it as if you are at your own home, and do whatever you want to do with your meal. Tingjun is your cousin, and there is nothing I can't bear to serve you a bowl of soup."
"Thank you...Master Hou".
Sang Yue twisted her neck and swallowed a mouthful of black chicken soup with difficulty. She didn't know whether the chicken soup was salty or bitter, sour or spicy, but the taste was indescribable and she couldn't digest it for a while.
"You kid is too strict about rules. You call me cousin when you call me Dalang, but you are too outsider when you call me marquis."
Sang Nuanyue chuckled but said nothing. She used serving chopsticks to give the old lady a piece of fish that she liked. The old lady ate it happily. She seemed to have a great appetite tonight.
On the other hand, Sang Nuanyue didn't know whether it was because the food wasn't to her liking or the sight of the person across from her was too scorching, so she felt flustered all night. She barely stuffed half a bowl of rice into her stomach, but then she felt so upset that she couldn't eat anymore. Nothing left.
After the meal, crystal clear snowflakes fell from the sky, and the little maids cheered, "It's snowing, it's snowing."
They were jumping around under the eaves, at an age where they had no idea what it was like to feel sad. When I see it snowing, I want to build snowmen and throw snowballs. All I want to do is play. I wonder how many people will freeze to death in their houses when the heavy snow falls, and how many people will freeze to death in their houses because their houses collapse. lost his life.
The old lady lamented, "Tomorrow I will have people go to the city gate to give porridge."
"Don't worry about this matter. I'll let the housekeeper do the work. Yao'er's wedding ceremony is coming soon. Please see if there is anything missing on my sister's side."
"There is no shortage of things. It's just that your sister's good days are just around the corner. God, it's going to snow. If there are a few more lives, it will hurt your sister's happiness."
Shen Tingjun said, "Tomorrow I will ask the housekeeper to send people to set up a few more porridge sheds and distribute some warm clothes to see if we can free up a few villages to house the homeless victims and save as many lives as possible. Praying for my sister.”
"Okay, Dalang, you are interested."
The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and it’s getting later and later. Worried that it would be difficult to walk on the snowy road later, Sang Nianyue said goodbye.
The old lady couldn't keep her any longer, so she had someone bring her a cloak from when she was young.
Although they were clothes from her youth, the old lady had never worn them. This dress is not very expensive, but it is bright red. The dress is very bright, with a white fox fur trim around the edge of the hat, and the cloak is also embroidered with gold and silver threads. It is really gorgeous and rich that can be seen with the naked eye.
Sang Nuanyue didn't want to accept it, but the old lady pretended to be angry and said, "Do you dislike my old man's things? If you dislike it, I won't give it to you."
Sang Nuanyue had no choice but to accept it. She put on the big cloak herself and tied the belt. Her snow-skinned appearance, against the backdrop of the red cloak, made her whole body look even more icy, like a goddess descending from the Nine Heavens.
"It looks good." The old lady said cheerfully, "I know you girl looks the best in red. I'll leave this big cloak for you to wear. I'm old. If I wear such a bright color again, I'm afraid people won't laugh at me behind my back. Become a monster."
Sang Nianyue took Su Jin and walked out of Heyan Hall under the watch of the old lady.
Shen Tingjun sat in the flower hall and drank a cup of tea with his mother before getting up and leaving.
The old lady was old. After her son left, she washed herself and lay on the bed.
Suddenly she thought of something and asked Shuangli, "Did Dalang go to the Songbai Courtyard to stay, or did he go back to the front yard?"
"The Marquis has gone to the front yard, Madam."
In the dark night, the old lady sighed softly, "Alas..."
But Sang Nianyue and Su Jin's master and servant were about to reach the fork in the road leading to Rose Garden.
The weather was extremely cold. Sang Nuanyue was wearing a big cloak, so she forced the stove in her hand to Su Jin.
Because the ground was covered with finger-thick snowflakes, the two of them walked very slowly for fear of falling.
There was a lantern hanging not far away on the road, and they were also holding a lantern, so they were not afraid. It was just that it was so cold that the tips of their noses were red from the cold.
Su Jin asked, "Girl, is there an earth dragon in our new house?"
Sang Nuanyue was stunned by the question, "I don't know this either."
Su Jin sniffed, "The winter in the capital is too cold, even harder than Jinzhou and Huizhou. There are no ground dragons in the Rose Garden, so we can only burn charcoal fires for warmth, but the charcoal fires have smoke... I was thinking before, today I went to the new house to see if there were earthworms, but I completely forgot about it when I arrived. Girl, I'll go over and have a look later. The furniture hasn't entered the house yet. If you want to figure out the earthworms, it's still too late. "
Sang Nuanyue was about to reply "Okay" when she heard the sound of soft footsteps behind her.
The snowflakes crunched under the steps, and the heat from the man's breath seemed to hit the back of her neck.
Sang Nuanyue suddenly felt a creepy feeling, and when she turned around, she asked warily, "Who's behind?"
"My cousin bought a house outside? When did you buy it?"
The visitor spoke in an unhurried manner, but with an oppressive dignity. Sang Nuanyue's already tense emotions became even tighter after she saw that the person walking out of the shadows was Shen Tingjun.
She wanted to question Shen Tingjun, is it ungentlemanly for the dignified Marquis Wu An to always listen to people whispering behind his back?
But she didn't dare.
I could only reluctantly answer his question, "I bought a house just a few days ago and it is currently being repaired."
(End of chapter)
