Cui came to the big courtyard and crossed the threshold. There were three or two girls standing on the corridor. A sharp-eyed girl had already entered the house to report. So she had just climbed the steps. He was already smiling and leaning against the curtain waiting.

"It's cold and cold, and you're dressed thinly, why are you doing it?" Cui said this, but he thought to himself that He's good popularity is not groundless, and his words and deeds are all about considerate and humble. If it weren't for the orphan and widowed mother, he would have to avoid human eyes, as the old lady said, it would not be her turn in charge of the mansion. So there is a saying: People can't calculate the heavens, but people can't live without fate.

"I'm in a hurry to congratulate you, and I can't wait for a moment." He took her into the room intimately. Cui glanced at Xue, standing against the table, placing a needle and thread basket in front of her, and only raised her head to look at her, her lips were stuttering, she looked as if she was smiling and not smiling, and then she drooped her neck and continued to bend down to draw her shoes.

He heard what He said, Cui was a little stunned. He sat around the table and picked up his skirt and tidied his hair. He raised his hand to tidied his hair and asked, "What is the words of my sister-in-law? Where does the joy come from?"

He poured tea to her and joked: "Don't pretend to be stupid. I have someone in your room. The third master has sent a message. But is it? I will go to Beijing and return to the palace at the end of the year, so can't I congratulate you?"

Cui sneered: "Sister-in-law, don't break me. He came to Beijing to report his work only after the New Year, and went to the yamen, socialize with colleagues, gathered with brothers, and left for my mother's filial piety. How many hours can I have for my sister and Brother Yan Xi? After seven or eight days, I have to pack up the box and set off for him. It's similar every year. I'll say plain words... "She beats her heart, and her eyes are inexplicably red: "It's not better to leave before it's warmed up yet."

He listened silently, pursed his lips for a moment, and said in a faint tone: "You can still see a living person every year at the end of the year. I have a hope, it's always much better than my stagnant water."

Cui knew that she had poked her sore spot and quickly comforted her: "Why is my sister-in-law not hopeless? You still have Brother Lin. If he becomes an official in this spring high school, he will marry and have a man and a half daughter. Then you will wait for the happiness of the whole country. I am not as young as you, and the two children around you are still young, and you still have to survive the spring and autumn."

He used a veil to wipe the corners of his eyes and smiled: "Why did he feel sad?" He pointed at Xue and said softly: "This place belongs to her to live the most nourishing life."

"It's so moisturizing." He looked at the eyes and ate tea, and his words implicitly disdained: "There are seven or eight concubines in her place, all of which are outstanding. Unfortunately, they only know how to compete for the wind and jealousy and act ruthlessly. It's not an exaggeration to say that they have raised seven or eight hundred ducks in captivity. I once walked through her yard, and my brain and feet hurt for a few days."

Although Xue was drawing shoes, they also missed a few words into their ears, and they looked squinting at Cui: "What kind of chickens and ducks are you? You don't use this kind of dig to mock sister-in-law."

"You are so sharp." He smiled and smoothed out: "I haven't said anything about you. It's better to have many people in the courtyard. Look at me, Brother Lin went to the Imperial College. My maid and I guarded about ten rooms. The winter was short and the night was long, and the wind and snow came. Looking through the window, it was dark and empty from south to north. I was a little scared when I lived there. Fortunately, you often came to accompany me for a while, so there were the benefits of being lively, and the difficulty of being deserted. People always liked being lively."

Then he pushed Cui and gave her a wink. Cui said reluctantly: "I don't have the courage to mock you. This is what the fifth master said himself. Please ask him."

"Why don't I dare to ask?" Xue sneered, took out the bright brocade stacked in all directions from the needle and thread basket, and handed it to He: "Fifth Master brought in the goods from the south, I quietly took some scraps to make shoes. Look how it's so eye-catching?"

He quickly took it, spread it out and looked carefully. It was a piece of water red embroidered Ruyiyun peony with gold-weaving satin. He couldn't help but say "Oh": "This good material is used for shoes, and only the cloth master is used by the cloth shop owner. I can't compare to you younger generations, and I'm also a widow, so I can't use this." He handed it to Cui: "You are suitable, and you will embroider the tip of the shoe with a green butterfly, which looks very beautiful."

Cui was actually jealous of her eyes, but because she had a quarrel with Xue before, she was holding her face. At this time, when He heard He's push, she held it in her hand without hesitation, and also bent her lips and said, "What my sister-in-law said is reasonable. I have a piece of grape purple brocade silk. The old lady went to the palace to give her a reward. It would be very unique to embroider the word "Golden Fu". I'll let Mei Yun deliver it to you."

At this moment, the maid Yingchun and Ju Fang, one held a jar of Sanhua wine, and the other held a plate and pressed a cup to the table. The plate was cut with good meat enema, with pieces of rouge red, which was mouth-watering. The little girl brought hot water to serve them to clean her hands. He smiled and said, "The second brother and sister are smart, and it tastes good to stew fish, steamed crabs, and even fried meat patties. I thought I could also show my skills. I could taste the sausages I filled in myself. You can still taste it."

Xue said that he was not used to the smell of bacon, so he picked up a big red date and ate it with wine. Cui took a piece of it and chewed it, and suddenly covered his mouth and spit it out. His face looked a little ugly: "The smell of pig intestines is still there, so my sister-in-law tastes it himself."

He half-believed and half-doubtedly took the pill, frowned and swallowed it hard, and said in his breath: "Sure enough, I'd better not rob the chef of the chef to make a living."

So he asked the maid to take it to the kitchen and exchanged a few plates of cold dishes for wine.

Xue started eating melon seeds and asked: "The second house has invited Tailor Li to tailor his clothes. The fabric is a new rare product with a mature brand. I have never seen it before. If my third sister-in-law has free time, would we go together to enjoy the eyes?"

Cui shook his head and said coldly: "I don't have this time to do it. I have to serve the old ladies with a banquet for a while, but I can't be careless."

Xue smiled: "Look at Chen Shi in the old lady's room, you are very attentive to Mrs. Min and serve you attentively. What good things did she give you? Let's open our eyes... Mrs. Li gave her second sister-in-law a jade bracelet."

She sat in the chair all the time and saw the tricks.

Cui's face turned red and white, and he suddenly got up, ignored anyone and walked out of the door without looking back. He hurriedly chased out, grabbed her sleeve in front of the corridor, and advised warmly: "What are you calculating with her? It's not that you don't know her temperament, but she is a person who is unintentional. She said that you have counted and it's not worth it for you to hurt yourself."

"I didn't say anything more than a long time. Next time she was here, don't invite me." Cui shook off her hand, her face turned pale and continued to move forward. Jiuyun said apologetically, holding the cloak tightly, and disappeared in an instant.

Yingchun brought the food box into the door and saw the eldest lady standing in front of the corridor with her eyes calm and soaring, but she seemed to be in a daze when she saw her. She lifted the cover and looked at the dishes in her eyes, and said simply: "Send it in!"
Chapter completed!