Mrs. Cheng Er walked into the house, and the servants, women and girls rushed to pick her up.

"Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao, go and have a rest..."

She thought of something and turned around with a smile.

When he turned his head, there was no one behind him.

"I left long ago, why do you think about me so much, mother?" Cheng Qiniang said, throwing away her hand and going in first.

Cheng Siniang, Cheng Wuniang and the two concubines respectfully waited for Mrs. Cheng 2 to enter before following her.

"Madam, you've had some wine." A concubine said while serving tea.

"Yes, it's hard to be embarrassed by hospitality." Mrs. Cheng Er smiled and took the tea.

"I don't know who I'm in love with!" Cheng Qiniang said.

"No matter whose love it is for, they all have their love for me." Mrs. Cheng Er said with a smile, "The love of our Cheng family is indispensable."

Cheng Qiniang pouted and said nothing.

"It doesn't matter whose favor I rely on, I am anyway." Mrs. Cheng Er sat down, leaned on the table, and patted herself drunkenly, "I have established a firm foothold in Beijing, and you..."

She pointed at Cheng Siniang and Cheng Wuniang and Qiniang.

"You sisters can also speak of a good family."

Hearing this, Cheng Siniang and Wu Niang hurriedly lowered their heads to avoid it with a bit of shyness. The two concubines were very happy.

"Madam, has anyone proposed marriage?" They couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this too soon?"

"Quickly?" Mrs. Cheng Er said with a smile, "If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to grab it. Let me tell you, in the past few days, three families have already expressed this intention. Our four mothers, five mothers, and even the seventh mother have been asked.

, I’ll wait until the master makes a thorough inquiry before talking about it.”

If the daughters can marry into a good family, the lifelong wish of these two concubines will be fulfilled. After hearing this, they put their hands together and chanted the Buddha's name.

"It's all thanks to Madam, I have put so much effort into them." The two said, and urged Cheng Siniang and Wu Niang to express their thanks.

The two daughters stepped forward to thank their mother with some shyness.

"I don't have to rely on her to get married!"

Cheng Qiniang, who had been quiet and silent, couldn't help but stand up and shout, turned around and ran away.

The two concubines were busy following me to persuade him.

"Don't worry about her, she is still young and doesn't understand." Mrs. Cheng Er said, looking at Cheng Siniang and Wu Niang, "Besides, she can still wait, and she is not in a hurry. She will be old in three or four years, and at that time, our family

That means we don’t just rely on her anymore.”

The two concubines nodded.

"That's what Madam said," they said.

"Qi Niang can wait, but Fourth Niang and Wu Niang can't wait any longer." Mrs. Cheng Er continued, "But we can't be in a hurry. We have to choose carefully."

Cheng Siniang and Wu Niang couldn't listen any more at this time, so they bowed and left with a blushing face.

After walking out of Mrs. Cheng's yard, the two sisters walked slowly along the road. Although they had only lived there for a short time, they did not feel strange looking at the house.

Maybe it’s because this house is both new and old, and it’s well maintained.

"Have you ever thought that one day we will rely on her to find a good marriage?" Cheng Siniang said.

Cheng Wuniang sighed and smiled again.

"Things in this world are really unimaginable," she said.

After saying this, she stopped and looked at the house to the side.

Cheng Siniang also stopped.

That's where Cheng Jiaoniang lives.

Compared with Mrs. Cheng's place where there are many servants and maids, there are very few people here, even fewer than the maids and servants around their sisters.

But this is not like before. The girls and servants started to avoid this place. In fact, everyone in the family wanted to work here.

".. Madam, you are as quiet as a wooden person..."

"...either reading or writing or practicing archery..."

"...We just want to serve but don't know what to serve. We look like fools in the yard..."

Because of this, there is no one left to serve here. The personal maid Banqin has done all the big things, and the two girls are enough for small things such as cleaning and running errands.

"Lady..."

Banqin brought the hot tea and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang who had changed into home clothes with a little heartache.

"Are you tired? You go out every day."

"If you're not tired, there's no big difference between going out and being at home." Cheng Jiaoniang said, "As long as you want to go and feel happy about it, you won't be tired."

"Madam, do you want to go?" Banqin was even more surprised.

"There is no reason not to go." Cheng Jiaoniang said.

It turns out that it’s not that the lady doesn’t like to go out, that’s not right, she just doesn’t like to go out, so what’s the matter?

The maid chuckled.

"I told you, don't think too much." She said, flipping through the account book in her hand neatly.

Banqin sat across from her, looking at the fire and sulking with his head in his hands.

"My lady is very simple. If they invite me, my lady will respond. She is not forcing herself to do anything for anyone. If she goes, she will go by herself." The maid continued, "They invited me, and my lady went.

, that’s it, don’t think too much about anything else, especially why and what happens, just look at what you see and don’t think about what you don’t see.”

Banqin said oh.

"I just feel that my wife is too kind to them." She said, "It's not worth it."

The maid smiled and stopped.

"Okay?" she said, "Sometimes good things can also be bad things, and bad things can also be good things."

Banqin looked at her.

"Sister, I'm stupid, don't fight with me," she said.

"You're not stupid, you even know how to play Ji Feng." The maid laughed. Seeing Ban Qin getting angry, she waved her hands and smiled, "Okay, okay, I won't use Ji Feng."

She paused and thought about it.

"Do you know the story of Zheng Bo and Duan Yuyan?"

Banqin shook his head.

The maid smiled slightly.

"Haven't you heard of it?" she asked.

Banqin nodded and waited for the maid to speak.

"Go and ask the lady to tell you." The maid said.

Banqin was startled and then stunned.

The girl who was diligently cleaning up some dead branches under the tree in the yard heard the laughter of two girls coming from the house.

"...I'm not teasing you...I'm really too busy...My lady has a lot of free time, you go ask her..."

Oh my god, being a human slave and being able to do this is really incredible.

The little girl looked surprised and envious.

Mrs. Cheng Er slept all afternoon because of drinking, until she was woken up by Mr. Cheng Er. Listening to the joking outside, she reluctantly walked out with her head pressed. When she saw the lanterns in the yard, she immediately woke up with fright.

.

"Do you like it? Goro, dad bought it specially for you. This is your lantern."

Mr. Cheng Er hugged his son and said with a smile.

Cheng Wulang happily raised his hands, broke free, and ran around the lanterns.

"Oh my God, why did you buy this for the children?" Mrs. Cheng Er shouted.

These fancy things are quite expensive. During these few days of banquets, I have already had a preliminary impression of the food, drink and entertainment in Beijing.

"Make the child happy." Mr. Cheng Er said, asking the wet nurse to look at his son, then turned around and walked towards the hall.

"How can there be such coaxing? The Lantern Festival is coming soon, and there will be many people on the street then..." Mrs. Cheng Er said anxiously, but before she could finish her words, Mr. Cheng Er pulled her in.

"What are you doing?"

She shook off Mr. Cheng Er and said.

"This thing is just for the occasion. It will be useless after the Lantern Festival, and it won't last until next year. Why waste this money? You don't have to spend it on useful things that can make money!"

"I can waste my money however I want," Mr. Cheng Er said.
To be continued...