Chapter 127: Brothers
Xu Qinglian, who was lying on the bed, didn't move, after all, his younger brother was not good enough to show him just a belly pocket, and said with a smile: "You go outside, wait for the two of us to get up and freshen up." Seeing my younger brother obediently go out, I lifted the brocade quilt, and saw the red leaf octopus hugging the quilt tightly and twisting it into a ball, so I had no choice but to cover her brocade quilt with her good life, and stretched out my hand to put on a spring shirt.
Xu Hao, who was sitting outside, found a chair by the window and sat down, and saw four yawning maids coming out of the next room, with a sense of strangeness. It turned out that the three girls of Chunyue, Summer, Rain, and Winter Snow, who were the same age as Qiuxiang, had been released to prepare for marriage in the past few days, and the maids who came in the same batch as Qingwen were also put home for various reasons.
In recent days, newcomers have been added from the second room from time to time, and the number of people coming and going is just the same. Xu Hao originally planned to add more manpower to the eldest sister and younger sister, but Xu Qinglian politely refused, saying that the rules of the family are the rules, and it is not good to exceed them.
On the contrary, Xu Hao's status in the old lady's mind is getting higher and higher, and he is rewarded with a few subordinates from time to time, and it is said that more people will be added these days, so that the number of Xu Hao's bamboo garden now has a serious tendency to exceed the standard, and he can be said to be the leader among the brothers.
Since last year, the Xu family has changed its rules, and it is also inevitable that my Ming Dynasty will come out of the war with his head held high, and the population will multiply. Besides, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.
Now there are two first-class maids, four second-class maids, four third-class little girls, and four rough maids in the young master's house. In addition, there is a wet nurse, two teaching women, two housekeeper women, and four mothers-in-law, and the number has increased a lot compared to before.
In the lady's room, there is a big girl, two first-class maids, two second-class maids, four third-class little girls, four rough girls, a wet nurse and two teaching women, two housekeepers and four mothers-in-law, and the number of people has more than doubled than before.
The treatment of the brothers and sisters who came out of the concubine was much worse, after all, there was a wife who was a hindrance, and they still remained as they were. The old lady didn't say anything for some reason, and let the lady make her own decisions, among which the aunts were in the worst situation, only two or three maids, and some even had only one maid to serve.
In this way, Xu Hao became more and more special, so that everyone looked sideways and talked about it. In addition to his identity as Zhulan, Qingwen and Musk Moon Xiangyu's treatment is the standard of a personal big maid, and the total is exactly four super-grade maids, which is enough to shock all the subordinates.
Of course, on the bright side, all the monthly money is allocated from the old lady's monthly silver, and everyone can only be envious and jealous except for the sour saying that the old lady is eccentric. In fact, it was all Xu Hao's own money, and it was all the interest that Guan Yanwangfu asked for, and he had three or five hundred taels of silver every month, all of which were used to reward people by honoring the old lady.
For this reason, the old lady was happy, and planned to expand the scale of his organization, adding eight first-class maids, eight second-class maids, eight third-class maids, eight rough maids, and a number of women and mothers-in-law. is almost the same as the old lady's own treatment, after the news spread, countless people tried to stuff their daughters in.
Xu Hao has not expressed his position on this for the time being, Xu Hao's nurse's surname is Xiao, she is forty years old this year, and her three sisters and brothers are older than her three sisters and brothers.
It is also because Xu Hao's temperament has completely changed, and he is very unhappy every time he sees the nurse relying on the old and selling the old, so his words are a little cold, because the nurse Xiao is not happy to go over from time to time, and occasionally she will go to the bamboo garden to wander around.
Xu Qinglian is nostalgic for the old, as the eldest sister of the Xu family, there are still two personal maids by her side, named Chunbi and Xia He respectively. According to the pattern of spring, summer and autumn, the name of Chunbi comes from the first sentence of He Zhizhang's Yongliu, "jasper is made into a tree high", and Xia Lotus is from the Southern Song Dynasty poet Yang Wanli's description of summer's "Lotus flowers are different red".
As Xu Hao's most precious sister, Hongye naturally made two personal maids, one taken from Du Mushan's 'parking and sitting in love with the maple forest evening', and the other was taken from Wang Anshi's plum blossoms, the first sentence 'a few plums in the corner', which are called autumn maple and winter plum.
As for the names of other maids, I won't repeat them one by one, anyway, Xu Hao himself can't remember who is who now, it's nothing more than what kind of incense, happiness, cinnamon, moon or blue, red, emerald, lotus, or spring, summer, autumn and winter, amber pearls, mandarin ducks and parrots, etc.
Now that everyone is very strange to each other and has nothing to talk about, Xu Hao turned his head to look outside. These four maids were all thirteen or fourteen years old, and they were yawning again and again, sleepy-eyed, and disheveled, and when they saw the third young master sitting there, they immediately turned around and ran back to the house.
In this room, Xu Qinglian sat on the edge of the bed and coaxed the sleepy Hongye to get up, but no matter how she coaxed her, she couldn't see Hongye wake up, so Xu Qinglian patiently accompanied her sister.
After a long time, I saw that the four maids were dressed up in a new look. The face was smeared with white gouache, the mouth was smeared with red rouge, the long hair was coiled up in a double-ring bun, the fragrant and shiny flower oil was smeared, a few hostas were inserted obliquely, wearing swaying pearl earrings, a shiny silver bracelet on the wrist, a good-looking satin new clothes, twisting and pinching broken steps out, secretly looking at Xu Hao from time to time, and then you pushed me, I stabbed you, and laughed together, and in the end, no one was embarrassed to take the initiative to talk to Xu Hao, and shyly poured into the young lady's bedroom together.
In the past, Chunyue and others would automatically come over to serve Xu Hao to freshen up, talking and laughing very freely, Qiu Xiang was most disgusted that Xu Hao ran here when he was fine, and often lost his temper because of this.
I didn't expect it to be so soon, which made Xu Hao feel a little emotional, and sure enough, the house was the same as the barracks, with iron-clad barracks and flowing soldiers. Although you can still come back to do things after getting married, you are already a wife at that time, and there are no more taboos in the past.
After a long time, Xu Qinglian slowly walked out after finishing washing, rolled up her sleeves and ordered: "Go and get warm water again, and take the fragrant pancreas and green salt I used." ”
Xu Hao smiled: "I'm so old, I do my own thing." Sister, sit down and stay with me. ”
"In my sister's eyes, you will always be a child." After Xu Qinglian finished saying with a smile, Chunbi rushed to bring over a basin of water, and couldn't help but say that Xu Hao stood up and gently washed his brother's face with his hands.
Xu Hao closed his eyes and silently felt the surging family affection, which was really a taste and intimacy that he had not seen for a long time. No one in the whole family knew that the eldest sister was the key person for the Xu family to continue to maintain its glory and wealth in the future, without the existence of the eldest sister, Xu Hao would not have been able to connect with Zhu Gaochi and even Yanwang Zhu Di so quickly.
After washing his face, Xu Hao let Xu Qinglian dry him with a towel, and said in his heart that as long as I give me another year and a half, maybe I won't need Zhu Gaochi, at least I don't have to take into account Zhu Gaochi's feelings, and then the eldest sister will be free to marry. I'm afraid that I have a relationship with Zhu Gaochi, and it would be bad if I didn't marry Zhu Gaochi.
But it's unlikely to think about it, after all, Zhu Gaochi's image is too much, and the second concubine and concubine are full of beautiful maids, and they will want to marry if they are sick, and they are at the bottom.
Wait a little longer, Xu Hao still has no bottom in his heart, and secretly sighs that he still has to pinch the trump card of the eldest sister. Besides, the eldest sister is only seventeen or eighteen years old this year, even if there is no Zhu Gaochi, he will not be in a hurry to marry the eldest sister, and it is not too late to talk about marriage when he is twenty years old, so let Zhu Gaochi wait stupidly.
Xu Hao finished freshening up, Hongye had just woken up, lying on the bed and letting the eldest sister go in to serve, Xu Qinglian couldn't turn around and entered the house, and said with a wry smile as she walked: "I really owe you both in my last life." ”
Xu Hao smiled, seeing that the hour was not early, he said to the unfamiliar Xia He: "I'm sorry for you to go to the old lady's, just say that you have to go a little late, just leave us a breakfast, don't wait for us." ”
Xia He hurriedly agreed, and went downstairs with joy, which made Chunbi look envious, and from time to time he sneaked out of the house to sneak out and look at Xu Hao, always ready for the third young master to have something to say.
There is a new girl in the village, Xu Hao naturally everyone will appreciate it, compared to the appearance of Qiu Xiang and others, the level has risen a lot, their appearance has their own characteristics, and their temperament also has their own advantages, but they are still not as good as Qingwen and them.
Miss Hongye finally came out after a long time, Xu Hao waited for most of the day, and she was also helpless for her baby sister. The three of them then took the maids to Fushouju together.
After greeting the old lady, Xu Hao greeted his sister-in-law Zhu Qiaoqiao, who came over early to stand in the rules, and said hello to the three wives one by one.
The Xu Qinglian sisters went to sit down next to their sisters, and Xu Hao went to sit down on their brothers' side.
Xu Ji's injury on his side has not yet recovered, so he has not come. In addition to the eldest brother Xu Wen, there were four brothers sitting honestly, Xu Hao knew what was going on, and came over and sat beside Xu Wen with a smile. Among them, the eldest Xu Jiang is only seven years old, the youngest Xu Lang is just three years old, and he rarely comes with his wife, two are born to Aunt Changfang, and two are born to Aunt Sanfang.
In the past, the family rules of the Xu family dictated that the younger brothers had to respect their brothers, and the same was true for Xu Hao, who occasionally bumped into the younger brothers who came into the garden to play, even if they were young and ignorant, they all came over to salute and greet him after seeing him, and if they were a little impolite, even the nurse and the people around them would be punished, so the nurse from the time they were one year old, they always mentioned their orders and taught them to respect and abide by the rules when they saw their brother.
It's really that the four younger brothers have no sense of existence in the Xu family, and they generally rarely show up as if they don't exist, and with the curse of the Xu family in front, it is unknown whether they can live past the age of sixteen. It's because Xu Hao is not familiar with them at all, plus there are a lot of trivial things on weekdays, and there are too many people around him, don't look at them all living together, but they don't see each other a few times a year.
In Xu Hao's eyes, he completely treats them as children and nephews, after all, the age gap is there, and they don't have much to do with each other, so they don't care much. And now he is too disappointed in the eldest brother and the second brother, which makes him have to pay attention to the four younger brothers, so he mentioned it to his grandmother and asked the younger brothers to come over every day from now on to say goodbye.
Xu Hao hopes that when they grow up in the future, they can become a useful help for themselves, at least not to become useless gentlemen.
In view of this, Xu Hao did not do anything other than secretly pay attention to their daily lives. The more the younger brothers are left out in the Xu family, the more unwilling they may be to work hard.
Xu Hao took the initiative to raise his hand for the first time and touched the little head of his fifth brother Xu Jiang, and asked him about his studies with a smile, which made the young Xu Jiang feel flattered, and he didn't dare to move, and the other three younger brothers all looked up at Xu Hao stupidly in surprise.
In their young hearts, the third brother Xu Hao is already a big man at the demon level, and since he beat the eldest brother and the second brother, the third brother can be called an equal person with the three masters.
But they didn't know that if they beat someone, they would be punished, and all of Xu Hao's property and silver were forced to be handed over to the family, although he did not suffer from flesh and skin, but it seemed much more miserable than being beaten, this is the price of the Xu family's crimes.
PS: It is customary to thank 23222333, fugudoku and lizziel for their tips. There's a party again today.,I'm afraid I'll have to be forced to drink a few glasses of beer again.,The amount of even wine is not good.,I'm blushing when I take a sip of wine.,I'm afraid I'm afraid I can't code words.,I wanted to write one more chapter.,But it's already two o'clock in the morning.,I really can't stand it.,Please forgive me.。
I feel like I suddenly had a lot of new friends yesterday, and I left a lot of words, some of whom I liked and some of whom I didn't like, and they were all infinitely welcome. At night, there was also an evaluation vote of Mengsheng Mengsheng, which suddenly lowered the evaluation score to 9.0, but fortunately, his subordinates were merciful, and this score is very fair.
Allowing Xiaochai to complain, it is really difficult to write a short novel in the family, so many characters and details are not much simpler than describing the court and the war. And the plot itself is unlikable enough to be bland enough, as a niche book, it deliberately adds a lot of unnecessary plots and conflicts, and deliberately creates ups and downs in the plot, which feels weird and nondescript.
Many times, I feel that sometimes the pig's feet are enough, and I really don't want the pig's feet to go anywhere, and it is really unrealistic to worship and obey the praise of thousands of people in all directions.
Originally, according to the original setting, the fate of many characters will end in tragedy, such as Qiu Xiang and Xu Qinglian, Xu Cuitao, Xiao Ziying, Xiao Yushi, etc., in short, many people's lives are not good, Xiaochai tends to be a single heroine, so women are the most sorrowful, and some even die as soon as they appear.
The writing style is not based on the current frivolity, but I want to be similar to the very life-oriented, mature and heavy steady penmanship of the Yanjiu family, but unfortunately I tried it, and I feel that I can't do the atmosphere of rebirth Kangxi, and Dong Shi Xiaofeng is undoubtedly more annoying.
I didn't think too much about it.,I feel like I have to meet all aspects as much as possible.,It's not okay if there's less women.,It's not okay to have more.,Can't blindly write about the house.,You have to take into account the wonderful shijie outside.,So there's the current Ming Wear.。
The basic tone will not change in the future, just keep the current style, there are not too many tragedies, there are not many women and there will be no less, and emotionally it must be a single heroine.
I just hope you can be a little more patient.,According to the current progress.,I'm afraid that one percent of the plot progress of this book has not been reached.,Now everyone is guessing the fate of the characters.,It's all just beginning.,The road ahead is long.,Xiaochai must not let the plot be mediocre.,The ending of the characters will be unexpected.,And it will make everyone feel reasonable.。
It will take a few years for Zhu Yuanzhang to return to the west, Zhu Yunwen will be Emperor Jianwen for a few years, and then Zhu Di's Jingyan Battle for a few years, nearly ten years, is just a transition in the early stage.
The real beginning has to start after the Yongli Emperor ascended the throne, when the pig's feet have fully grown up, and when he has a family, he has to face the court and many enemies.
The current grievances of pig's feet that everyone feels are completely paving the way for the future plot. There is no way, you have to follow history like this, endure the hardships for a while, and you will be a husband.
Speaking of spoilers, maybe if you are unhappy for a while, you can't say if you write Zhu Di to death, let the pig's feet be miserable and lonely and abuse him fiercely, anyway, the world can't be as good as it should be!
Thank you for chatting with Xiao Hai, although there is dissatisfaction, even if you scold you, it's already three o'clock in the morning, and the nonsense will end here.
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