Poor Family

When there is something in the house, the Shi family usually has dinner at You hour (17-19 o'clock), and at the end of Shenshi (about 17 o'clock), Jingui stands in front of the bed and wakes up Shi Fuxin (Li Wuya) in a low voice.

Shi Fuxin took the handkerchief from Jingui's hand, wiped her face, and asked, "What is my sister doing?"

Jingui replied with a smile: "The third girl seems to have slept for a while, and she woke up a quarter of an hour earlier. Girl, I'm going to the old lady's for dinner soon. Let me help you comb your hair."

Shi Fuxin nodded, walked to the dressing table and sat down, looking at the bronze mirror: "What hairstyle do you think looks good on me?"

Jingui tilted her head and looked at Shi Fuxin, then said with a smile, "Young girl's eyes are like water apricots, and her face is like a silver basin."

"and many more."

Shi Fuxin interrupted Jingui's words: "My face is like a silver basin, do you mean I have a big face?"

Jingui smiled: "The girl's face is not big, but the lines of her face are round and soft, with almond eyes and dimples at the corners of her mouth, as long as she smiles, no one can resist your sweet smile."

The corners of Shi Fuxin's mouth immediately twitched: "Really?" As she spoke, she covered her face with her hands and smiled at herself in the bronze mirror, "I really like my face, it's very cute, yes wrong?"

Jingui: "."

When she met a master who praised herself, she didn't know how to respond.

Originally thought that the patriarch of the fourth master's family should be poor at the border. Facing the wealth and honor of the uncle's mansion, he should also be cautious and inferior, but seeing the girl in her family immersed in her own beauty and unable to extricate herself, she knew that she was wrong. up.

How wrong!

Jingui has received special training in combing hair, communicated with Shi Fuxin, and soon combed her a single-snail bun.

Shi Fuxin is only eleven years old now, still young, so she doesn't need to wear too many bead ornaments, and only uses sky blue ribbons that are similar in color to the skirt on her body for decoration.

There are white pearls hanging at the end of the ribbon, and when you shake your head slightly, the ribbon immediately dances.

Cute and pretty.

Shi Fuxin shook her head and looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and sighed: "Anywhere is fine, but it's too dark."

Jingui: "."

Should she say that her girl is too confident, or should she say that she is too self-aware?

"Girl, would you like some gouache and rouge?"

Only then did Shi Fuxin look at the dressing table.

Her great aunt still put her heart into it. On the dressing table, there was a whole box full of hair bands, velvet flowers, and pearl flowers. Rouge, gouache, and eyebrow pencils were all prepared.

"Are the other girls in the mansion also equipped with these things?"

Jingui nodded: "The mansion will buy rouge and gouache for the girls every season, and it will be distributed together with four new sets of dresses every season."

Shi Fuxin: "What if I don't like these things, or are they not suitable for use?"

Jingui: "...you have to pay for this one yourself."

Shi Fuxin picked up a hibiscus flower in the box: "Do you also make new jewelry every season?"

Jingui shook her head: "As for jewelry, the mansion will make a set for every girl only during the Chinese New Year."

Shi Fuxin showed surprise: "Only one set? Is this too little? You can't keep changing accessories all year round, right?" Anyway, it's an uncle's house.

Jingui smiled: "Girls in the mansion will never lack accessories to wear. Although the mansion has few purchases, the ladies will help you."

Speaking of this, thinking of Jin Yue'e's situation, Jingui immediately stopped talking.

All the other wives have dowry, only the fourth lady doesn't seem to have one.

"That. In fact, during the festivals, the old lady will also be rewarded. Also, if another family posts a post and invites the girls from the mansion to go out as guests, the mansion will also buy other clothes according to the situation."

Shi Fuxin nodded, she understood that the mansion will provide some expenses for the girls, but if she wants to use better ones, she has to buy them herself.

The girls have no income, and almost all rely on the help of their mothers.

Shi Fuxin stared at the hairband in the makeup box, her velvet eyes flickering.

These things are already very delicate for her who grew up in the border.

However, exquisiteness is exquisiteness, but it is not very valuable.

A box full of pearls and flowers, only one or two pieces of gold and silver ornaments, as for gems and so on, there is no one to see.

This Bo's mansion is not as rich and powerful as I imagined, is it because the Shi family is thrifty in managing the family, or the financial situation of the Bo's mansion is not very good?

When Jingui saw that Fuxin didn't speak, she quickly opened the gouache.

As soon as the box was opened, a strong fragrance wafted out.

"Would you like to try it, girl?"

As for accessories, Shi Fuxin knows little, at most she can tell whether they are good-looking or not. As for the quality, she can't tell, but when it comes to things used on the body and skin, that's her forte.

This box of water powder smells bad.

"The other girls in the house also use this kind of gouache?"

Jingui thought for a while before replying: "This gouache is purchased uniformly by the mansion, and it will be distributed to the girls in the mansion every quarter. As for whether the girls will use it or not, I don't know."

Shi Fuxin glanced at Jingui, from her reaction and words, it can be seen that other girls in the mansion did not use this kind of rouge, no, to be more precise, girls who are not short of money and have a mother to help them would not use it. .

In this way, it will be interesting.

Girls are unwilling to use rouge gouache, what can it explain?

Explain that the quality is not good!

The quality is not good, but why does Fuli continue to order?

Shi Fuxin suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, this Wuchangbo Mansion is definitely not as glamorous as it looks on the surface.

"I don't use the gouache and rouge, you can deal with it."

Jingui froze for a moment, feeling very surprised.

Yes, the quality of the rouge gouache issued by the Fuli cannot be compared with the top rouge gouache, but it is not far behind. The gouache shop that Fuzhong often visits is considered above average in the capital.

In any case, the girls are the delicate guests in the mansion, and the old lady and the eldest lady will not treat the girls poorly in terms of eating and drinking.

Except for the concubine girls who were assisted by their mothers in the mansion, all the concubine girls basically used the rouge and gouache uniformly distributed by the mansion.

Jingui looked at her girl's expression, as if she was disgusted.

This reaction really surprised Jingui.

It stands to reason that the girl grew up in the border, such rouge powder should be considered the best, shouldn't she be happy to accept it?

Suppressing the puzzlement in her heart, Jingui smiled and said: "Young lady has bright eyes and bright teeth, even if she doesn't wear makeup, she is still radiant."

Shi Fuxin smiled: "You have a sweet little mouth." After saying that, she stood up and went to the room.

Jingui signaled Yuanbao to come over and tidy up the dressing table, and she quickly followed.

"sister!"

As soon as Shi Fuxin stepped into the door, she saw Shi Fuxin (Li Erya) who had already dressed up.

Compared with Shi Fuxin who has a baby face, Shi Fuyin's facial features are more heroic.

There are two sisters, she should be more like Shi Zhenghe (Li Changsen).

Shi Fuyin is fourteen this year, and her body has begun to develop. I saw her wearing a lily bun and wearing a green and yellow skirt, making her look graceful and charming.

"Sister, you are so pretty!"

Shi Fuxin circled around Shi Fuyin, nodded while watching: "As expected, she is indeed my sister, except for being a little dark, everything else is good."

Shi Fuyin was teased by her, and took Shi Fuxin's hand to make her stop: "Just calm down, let's go, let's go and see if parents have cleaned up?"

Shi Fuxin nodded, and the sisters went to the second courtyard hand in hand.

Jingui and Shi Fuyin's two servant girls followed immediately.

Compared with before, the attitude of the three people is obviously much more positive.

Wearing shirts and skirts is the most important test of the girls' figure and demeanor. The two girls are straight, without chest and hunchback at all.

Indeed, except for their poor skin, the two girls have good looks and manners, and the most rare thing is their bearing, which is faintly better than many girls in the house.

The two girls are not as bad as imagined, and they all have hope, so they are naturally active in doing things.

"Sister, have you named your maids yet? One of mine is called Jingui and the other is called Yuanbao. How about it? Does it sound nice and easy to remember?"

Shi Fuyin nodded: "It fits your money-lovers temperament."

Shi Fuxin: "What's your maid's name?"

Shi Fuyin: "Fuman, Fuying."

Shi Fuxin: "Sister, let's not talk about the second elder brother, you are about to fall into the nest of fortune."

The two sisters laughed, who could have no hope in their hearts.

Second into the hospital.

Jin Yue'e was still dressing, Shi Fuxin wandered around the room and found that the mansion had matched her mother with a mother named Zhang, and four seventeen or eighteen-year-old maids.

"Mother Zhang originally lived in the old lady's yard."

Without Shi Fuxin asking, Jingui took the initiative to introduce Zhang's mother's background.

"In addition to us entering the house to serve, there are also two gatekeepers in Yigui Courtyard, and two cleaning maids."

"According to the rules of the mansion, every wife should have two mothers, four big maids, four second-class maids and four young maids; girls should have one mother, two big maids, and four maids. The preparation of a second-class maid."

"However, the eldest lady considered that if so many people were prepared to come here from the beginning, she was worried that the girl's family would not get used to it, so she only sent us here. She said that the missing people would be filled in later."

Shi Fuxin nodded her head: "Auntie is really thoughtful." As she spoke, she thought of something, and asked Jin Yuee, "Mother, where is the purse we sewed before?"

Jin Yue'e was sitting in front of the dressing table, and Zhang's mother was still plugging her decorations: "Ask your father, when the manager came to give the salute before, it was something he packed."

Si Zhenghe (Li Changsen), who was not very emotional when he was sitting on the step, came back to his senses, got up and took out a baggage from the cabinet: "Here."

Shi Fuxin took the bundle, walked to Shi Fuyin and sat down beside Shi Fuyin, and opened the bundle.

There are two medicine pillows in the burden, and the others are purses of different sizes.

The medicine pillowcase and purse were all stitched by Jin Yuee and Shi Fuyin on the way back to Beijing from Rongcheng.

The medicinal herbs in the medicine pillow and purse were prepared by Shi Fuxin.

This is a gift they gave to Shi's family.

The two sisters sorted out their purses and put them on a tray. They were going to give them to the Shi family when they went to Yixiangtang for dinner.

At the same time, the elder of the Shi family returned to the Shi mansion with a bad complexion.

Yixiang Hall.

Seeing her eldest son come back before dinner, Mrs. Shi showed a gratified smile on her face.

The first meal for the second son's family when they came home should be neat and tidy.

Seeing that the eldest son looked down, Mrs. Shi took the initiative to ask: "Governor Huaiyuan has gone to the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War must be very busy, right?"

Shi Zhengmao shook his head: "Governor Huaiyuan went to the Ministry of War, but he left without even drinking a cup of tea, and he didn't even see his son."

Mrs. Shi was surprised: "How could it be? Even if you are in a hurry to enter the palace to meet the saint, you should write to the Ministry of War and drink a cup of tea before leaving."

Shi Zhengmao explained: "Governor Huaiyuan was blocked by people from Dali Temple on the road, and he was delayed for a long time before reporting to the Ministry of War, and then hurried into the palace."

Mrs. Shi was even more surprised, even Mrs. Shi also looked over: "People from Dali Temple blocked Governor Huaiyuan?"

Shi Zhengmao nodded, also with a curious expression on his face: "Yes, it was Dali Siqing who came out in person."

The old man frowned: "Is something wrong?"

Shi Zhengmao: "I heard that it seems that the son of Governor Huaiyuan's family helped Dali Temple arrest three prisoners, so the minister of Dali Temple personally took them to thank him."

As he spoke, he sneered.

"I think thank you is fake, flattery is real."

The old man glared at the eldest son: "Don't say useless acid words here, if you encounter such an opportunity, you will miss it?"

Shi Zhengmao felt a little embarrassed by these words, so he remained silent with a sullen face.

Mrs. Shi smoothed things over: "Okay, don't think too much about it. I haven't seen Governor Huaiyuan this time, so I'll just find another chance next time. Anyway, now that he's returned to Beijing, I'm afraid there won't be a chance?"

Shi Zhengmao looked better: "Yes, mother."

Mrs. Shi smiled and said: "Wait a while and talk to your fourth brother, I see that his temperament and temperament are very similar to yours."

Shi Zhengmao immediately said: "It's my son's fault that I didn't welcome fourth brother home in person. I will apologize to fourth brother later."

Mrs. Shi smiled and shook her head: "They are all my brothers, what are you saying to apologize, but in the future you should take better care of your fourth brother, he must have a lot of discomfort when he first came to the capital, you, the eldest brother, should help more .”

Shi Zhengmao responded with a smile.

The meal time is almost here, and everyone from the Shi family came to Yixiang Hall one after another.

The adults sit in the main hall and talk, while the children discuss with each other in the side hall.

The center of discussion between the two parties is Shi Zhenghe's (Li Changsen) family.

"Have you heard that the new Sixth Sister named her maids Jingui and Yuanbao, hahaha, Jin Yuanbao, she must have fallen into the eyes of money, it's too vulgar."

"The names chosen by the third sister are slightly better. Fuman and Fuying, although they are also vulgar, they are more or less catchy."

"I really hope that the four new brothers and sisters in our family will not make any big jokes, otherwise we will lose face too."

"Whimsical, what big joke can they make?"

While talking, Shi Zhenghe arrived with his wife and four children.

As soon as he entered the room, Shi Zhengmao greeted him, pulled Shi Zhenghe and talked for a long time.

Before the food was served, after paying respects to Shi Zhengmao, Shi Dingxuan saw that adults and children were sitting separately, so he took his younger siblings to the side hall.

During the period, only the uncle of the Shi family took the initiative to say a few words to them, and everyone else was a little bit ignorant.

Regarding this, the four of Shi Dingxuan remained unmoved, and calmly found a place to sit down. Then, Shi Dingxuan and Shi Fuyin talked in a low voice, while Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao were unrestrained move around.

"Father doesn't seem to be in a good mood? Mother is also holding on."

"I also found out that there is no way to do it. The gap between us and the uncle's house is too big, and my parents are not used to it."

"Mother may just not be used to it, but Dad's place was originally his home, but now he is out of tune with this place, how uncomfortable Dad must be."

"It's a good thing that Li's son didn't come, otherwise, I would feel bad too."

"Hey"

Shi Dingxuan and Shi Fuyin whispered about Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yue'e, while Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao looked here and there.

"Hey, don't touch it. It's a glass crystal ball from a foreign country. It's very expensive. This is the only one at home."

A little fat man who looked about the same age as Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao suddenly stood up and stopped Shi Dinghao loudly.

Shi Dinghao (Li Qilang) didn't want to touch it at first, but when he heard this and saw other people looking at him with condemning eyes, he felt angry: "I will touch it."

Seeing Shi Dinghao holding the glass crystal ball the size of a grapefruit in his hand, the little fat man's eyes widened immediately, and he said eagerly, "Put it down quickly."

Shi Dinghao: "I won't let it go." Then, he tossed the crystal ball, raised his index finger, and let the crystal ball spin on his fingertips.

"you"

The little fat man was angry and anxious, afraid that Shi Dinghao would break the crystal ball.

There was no screen between the main hall and the side hall. As soon as the little fat man opened his mouth, the adults noticed what was going on here.

Seeing Shi Dinghao triumphantly turning the crystal ball and changing his hands back and forth, some people were angry and some were surprised.

The one who was angry was the little fat man's mother, the seventh lady of the Shi family.

Surprisingly, both Mr. Shi and Mr. Shi both knew kung fu, and it was immediately obvious that Shi Dinghao's control of strength was precise.

Mrs. Shi Qi was about to make a sound, Shi Dingxuan stood up first, walked to his younger brother in a few steps, stretched out his hand, and quickly and firmly grabbed the crystal ball.

After placing the crystal ball, I saw Shi Fuxin holding a round fan in her hand, and the round fan was turning back and forth in her hand very smoothly. Shi Dingxuan stretched out his hand, holding the handle of the fan, and took the fan out of his sister's hand Take it away.

"Find a seat and sit down, don't sway."

Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao curled their lips, said nothing, walked to the seat next to Shi Fuyin and sat down.

When watching this scene, the old man's eyes flickered, and he was a little surprised to find that Goro and Jiulang seemed to have some real kung fu.