There is Room For the Poor Daughter

"Girl, we will live in this yard from now on? It's too big!"

Wang Man'er followed Daohua and watched the new home with great interest.

Daohuaxuan is open and wide, with three main rooms in the north, one bright and two dark, with side rooms at the left and right ends, three wing rooms in the west, a few rooms in the south, a flower shed corridor in the east, and a small piece of reclamation next to it. past flowerbeds.

Daohua looked at the yard with great interest, no accident, she will live in this place for the next three years or even longer, and after hearing Wang Man'er's words, she pondered for a while: "Father is now Zhizhou, wait for mother to be busy. When it's over, the family should buy a batch of servants."

Wang Man'er: "At that time, will there be people around the girl?"

Daohua shook her head: "I don't know, let's see what my mother arranges." She calculated the Yan family's income and expenses privately. The Yan family can't support too many servants. After that, even if Mrs. Li wants to add people, she will First, the few who often go out to entertain.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's think about how to arrange the yard."

For a while, the Yan family was busy.

Yan Zhigao was busy handing over to the governor of Xingzhou and getting to know the officials of Xingzhou; Mrs. Li was busy arranging the family affairs, and she did not dare to take it lightly, for fear of embarrassing Yan Zhigao.

Others were busy laying out the yard and packing.

After half a month, Yan Zhigao got a general idea of ​​the people and things of the state government, and the rest of the Yan family gradually became familiar with life in Xingzhou.

During this period, Daohua also rearranged her yard. The main room was used as a place for guests and rest, the west room was arranged as a study room and an embroidery room, and the back room was reserved for the maids.

She also planted something in the flower shed on the east side. According to her original intention, she wanted to grow some vegetables and fruits, but after Mrs. Li's reminder, she planted flowers and green plants instead.

She forgot that the ancient lady of the official family also had to communicate. If the daughter of another official family came to her as a guest and saw the vegetables in the yard, she might not say anything in person, but behind her back, she would definitely laugh at her.

Not only can't she grow in her yard, but also in the old lady's yard.

For this reason, the old lady was still angry, but in order not to smear her son's face, the old lady still pressed the heart that she wanted to work.

"Grandma, don't be angry, when I buy Zhuangzi, we will go to Zhuangzi to plant."

This is how Daohua comforts the old lady.

As soon as the old lady heard that it was feasible, she immediately called Mrs. Li and asked her to buy a small one for Daohua when she saw Zhuangzi.

In this way, the matter of Daohua buying Zhuangzi is settled.

"girl!"

Holding a flower pot in one hand, Wang Man'er hurriedly ran into the yard from outside.

Daohua took a flowerpot: "What's the matter, I think you're in a hurry?"

Wang Man'er said eagerly: "Girl, go to the main courtyard to have a look, the master has passed by."

Daohua Nahan: "Isn't it normal for my father to go to the main courtyard? What, is there something wrong with Shuangxinyuan?"

Wang Man'er nodded immediately: "I heard Sister Ping Xiao from the main courtyard say that the third girl also wants a separate courtyard. Aunt Lin asked the master to ask for it. Today, the master went to the main courtyard, and it is estimated that this is what he said."

Hearing this, Daohua didn't look too anxious: "Let's just say it, my mother has always taken care of the family affairs. Even if my father loves Shuangxinyuan, he has to ask her what she thinks."

Mrs. Li has always been fair and just as the director of the family. In recent years, even the Sun family, who loves to calculate and care about, has not been able to say a word.

There are indeed more courtyards in the backyard of the prefectural government than the county government, but there are not too many. All the children of the Yan family can each have one courtyard.

There was a reason why Mrs. Li dared to let Daohua live alone in a yard.

Daohua is the granddaughter of Yan's family, her father is the pillar of the Yan family, and her mother is the wife of the family. She lives in a yard alone. Even if someone in the Yan family feels uncomfortable, she will not show it.

But Yan Yishuang wants to live in a yard alone, why?

Because her mother is a concubine?

main courtyard.

After Yan Zhigao entered the room, he even drank two cups of tea.

It wasn't because of how thirsty he was, but the tea in the wife's room was given by the eldest daughter. Even though it was just ordinary jasmine tea, it tasted better than the tea bought at a high price outside.

Nowadays, in the Yan family's courtyards, the only places where the eldest daughter can often eat are the old lady and the lady.

I don't know if the eldest daughter did it on purpose or not. Every time he gave me a lot of things, anyway, if he wanted to eat, he had to come to the main courtyard from time to time, or go to the old lady's place.

After Mrs. Li waited for Yan Zhigao to drink the tea, she asked Pingtong to bring the jujube mud cake and said with a smile, "Master, try it, the old lady wanted to eat something sweet these days, and Daohua fiddled with it. "

Yan Zhigao looked at the pastries on the plate. He didn't like sweets, but he could smell the jujube fragrance from the pastries, so he couldn't help but take a piece and put it in his mouth. After chewing for a while, he picked up another piece, Nodding while eating: "It tastes good."

Mrs. Li smiled: "Then master, just eat more. By the way, what's the matter with master?"

Yan Zhigao: "It's nothing, I just want to ask, isn't there a few yards left in the backyard? If no one lives, take one to Yishuang. She is eight years old this year, so she should have her own yard."

The smile on Mrs. Li's face remained unchanged: "I also want to discuss the matter of the empty yard with the master. When we first moved in, everyone was busy, so I divided the yard according to when I was in the county office."

"Now that the master has mentioned the empty yard, I will also give my opinion."

Yan Zhigao nodded, and reached out to the jujube mud cake again.

Mrs. Li glanced at the gradually decreasing jujube mud cake: "The little ones in the family are all grown up now, and it's time to move out of their parents' yard. Wen Xiu certainly needless to say, as the eldest son and eldest grandson, he must want to A single yard."

Yan Zhigao nodded in agreement.

Mrs. Li continued: "And Daohua, as the eldest granddaughter of our Yan family, it is reasonable to give her a yard."

Yan Zhigao nodded again, but every big family has certain preferential treatment for the eldest son and eldest daughter. Although their Yan family is not a big family, but Yan Zhigao also has a heart to revitalize the family, this rule can be learned.

Seeing that Mrs. Li had no objection to him, her expression relaxed a lot: "After that, it's Wen Jie, Wen Tao, Wen Kai, Wen Bin, as well as Yi Huan, Yi Shuang, and Yi Le. Wen Hui is still young, so he must They live with the third brother, so the empty yard is their seven points."

"There are still four empty courtyards left, and one has to be prepared to invite the Master to set up a school and teach the girls the etiquette. In this way, there are only three courtyards to allocate." After speaking, Mrs. Li smiled and looked at it. Xiang Yan Zhigao: "What do you think, Master?"

Yan Zhigao was silent.

Aunt Lin told him before that Daohua has a separate yard, and Yishuang should have one. He thinks it's no problem, but now when he hears Mrs. Li talking about it, he thinks he wants to be simple.

If Yishuang is given a separate yard, what about the other children? What's more, there is another Wen Kai, he is the son.

Yan Zhigao habitually reached out to get the jujube mud cake, but who knows, the plate is empty!

Embarrassingly withdrew his hand, Yan Zhigao looked at Madam Li: "What do you think Madam?"

Mrs. Li was not polite, and directly stated her thoughts: "According to my previous plan, Wen Jie and Wen Bin have always been on good terms, and they share a yard; Wen Tao and Wen Kai, if they can play together, they live in the same yard. "

"In the last yard, Yihuan, Yishuang, and Yile are together. Anyway, the three grew up together and went to school together. They all know their temperaments, and they must be able to get along well."

Yan Zhigao pondered for a while, unable to find any reason to refute, and finally nodded: "Let's distribute it like this."