Chapter 8 A Mess

　　Yesterday and a night of frost, the next day when I got up, the window has a thin layer of ice, and then look at the distance, the red flowers and green leaves are also crystal bright. 　　Since yesterday after learning Xu Shanran's idea, Ren Chenglin still have some things to think about do not understand, also want to slow things to prepare more fully. But on the same night, he lay in bed how can not sleep, tossing and turning to think of a night, until the next day when the rooster has not yet begun to crow, can not help but get up from the bed, first take the pen to write the mountain probably lack of things, and let their own boy to go to Mrs. girl's yard to walk around, and those servants with the face of the sisters set up a relationship, and then the list will be listed to do some deletion. 　　Other living expenses do not need to go into detail, except for two things: 　　One is about the fourth wife, Xu Shanran mentioned several times want to find the Imperial Doctor of the Imperial Hospital on the mountain to the fourth wife to look at the eyes; there is a Xu Shanran own, this is Ren Chenglin's boy from Xu Shanran side of the mouth of the girl asked out, said the girl before by chance asked if there is a pen and paper, want to draw on the two strokes. 　　Buy pen and ink and paper thing is just, ask the royal doctor thing but can not be delayed. 　　Ren Chenglin looked at his own hand written note, in the bottom of the heart after calculating a few moments without error, then raised his feet to go out, the results just out of the room door, saw Huanxi in the courtyard entrance probing head. 　　That boy today changed a particularly simple plain green clothes, far from seeing Ren Chenglin out, went forward and respectfully bowed, straight to wait until Ren Chenglin opened his voice to call himself up, only to smile to the other side: "Ren young master this is an idea, to go to do errands for the wife?" 　　The round-faced, wide-eyed boy had a knack for greeting and making fun of people, and even though he had been pointed at by the other party yesterday, when he saw the other party's face, Ren Chenglin didn't have too much anger in his heart. 　　He ignoringly "hmm", in the end not so good temperament, still stabbed a sentence: "I see you also want to go to do business for the righteous mother." 　　Unexpectedly, when Huanxi heard this, her face immediately straightened up, "Young master is joking! Of course I'm following young master, I've been waiting outside to listen to young master's orders. Young master says east is east, west is west, and does whatever he says, so who is I to know what I should do at what time!" 　　Ren Chenglin was instantly comfortable with these words. 　　But he did not dwell on the matter with Huanxi, but walked quickly toward the welcoming monk in the monastery during the time of speaking. 　　He was looking for the other to find out about the difficult households around him, and compared to the disheveled beggars and handicapped invalids, the only people who were most conveniently available were the good people who had land to cultivate but lived in poverty, or their wives, mothers, and children. 　　The first two of the alms still need to plan slowly, but the last category of people, just call the mountain monks to ask carefully, immediately can pick out the difficult people to help supplement one or two. 　　The young man who had practiced martial arts since childhood walked very fast, and in a short while, he had left behind a small section of Huanxi who was following him. 　　But at this time, Ren Chenglin's mind had long since stopped thinking about Huanxi. He was thinking about this matter wholeheartedly. 　　The youngster who had experienced many things before he was even crowned at a young age actually understood more than anyone else. 　　One day an opportunity falls into your hands and you don't seize it, then it's likely that there will never be another opportunity. 　　Ren Chenglin's brainstorming and thunderous actions did not involve the mountains. The noblewomen and women who were staying in the Buddhist temple for a short while continued to enjoy the temple's unique seclusion. 　　Only Xu Shanran's lost bell was returned by Mrs. Wynn in the afternoon of the second day. 　　This is still the first time Xu Shanran two lives to see this Mrs. uncle, she was born very beautiful, moreover, very smooth, and will not take things out to ask face to face, only while drinking tea and laughing, inadvertently wrapped in a handkerchief with a sleeve to cover things, quietly returned to Gui mother. 　　After Mrs. Huai En Bo Jiang took her leave, Gui mother handed over the things to her mother, because the matter was resolved beautifully, her mother was not angry, only with Gui mother lamented: "Usually I have no friendship with her, I can not imagine that it is a wrist so powerful as the lady of the house." 　　My own wife is probably looking at any housewife is quite powerful. Mama Gui smiles and says, "Mrs. Uncle Huai En is also known as an eloquent person in everyone's mouth." 　　He took Xu Shanran, who was sitting on the side, into her arms: "Although the girl is still small and has no watch mark, it doesn't matter if it flows out, but I still bear her love." 　　Xu Shanran was a bit unimpressed: "It's always something they pick up, will the Wyvern family still covet a small bell?" 　　He laughed at this and said to mama Gui, "This child, why is she suddenly so mean." She also asked, "Did you put away the rest of the bell?" 　　"Gave it to Green Parrot, letting her take it to melt it down and beat it into a different style at some point." Xu Shanran returned. 　　"There is no need to melt it, that girl has not been easy to serve you lately, make up a pair to reward that girl." He instructed, although things lost and then found back, but also do not know what people have handled, she is absolutely refused to leave her daughter again. 　　Said she saw her daughter bowed her head and snuggled up to herself, her head is still tied with a flower bud head, hairpin with a small flower tin, and there are two hanging down the treasure knot gourd with her beat gently up and down, can not help but talk to Gui mother said: "Good sister like to tie this kind of fresh hair, just this time the Houfu gift has a box of beautiful pearls, I see when to do two small pearl hairnet to good I'll see when I can make two small pearl hair nets for Shan to wear. Summer is coming, didn't Shan say last year that she wanted to wear that sea and sky color gold, silver and white veil? Last year, she was small and monkey-like, wearing not quite a look, this year's person is also much more calm, that yarn is just to do from Suzhou and Hangzhou that came from the thousand butterfly skirt, and then layers of pearls, that's it." 　　Haitian Xia color is white in red, silver white yarn and texture is very thin, and then there is a thousand butterfly skirt to take its white yarn texture is thin and slightly transparent, a skirt single by the yarn layers and layers of sewing and become, inside and outside, or gold strands or makeup flowers, patterns vaguely, very elegant and moving; this thousand butterfly skirt is one of the tributes from Suzhou and Hangzhou for the royal family in the last year, this is called a thousand stacked skirt, because a lady in the palace is quite pleased with one of the butterfly type pattern, but also butterflies with the Stacked through, and finally called a thousand butterfly skirt. 　　Gui mom a reckoning: "slave girl see just right it." 　　Xu Shanran has no interest in the thousand butterfly skirt, plus she is only seven years old this year, after a year to grow again, not to mention how much silver that yarn, that is, a box of pearls this way is also a bit of a waste, then said: "Wait for next year and can not wear it." 　　He couldn't help but laugh: "A skirt you still want to keep to wear every year? Once you wake up, you are different, why didn't you see this kind of cheapness before?" 　　Xu Shanran raised his lips and laughed, not answering, only suddenly took out from his sleeve an embroidered landscape child's light blue eye mask, handing it to He: "Mother, eye mask." 　　A few days ago just said that the lamp oil is a bit lavish to the eyes, also heard her daughter say that she wants to find the imperial physician to take a look, did not expect to receive something today, He could not help but be shocked and happy for a moment, "How did you suddenly do this? This needle and thread--" she used her fingertips to carefully feel the above pattern, only to see the fine and smooth stitches, with bright colors, inconspicuous places and the transition of colors, the end is a fine product. 　　Xu Shanran knew what He was going to say, so she said, "It's my daughter who sewed it herself, and since waking up so many things have somehow gotten better." 　　Xu Shanran woke up in front of the Buddha at that time, He never thought elsewhere, and has only been very pious since then, and now also immediately recited the Buddha, and lovingly turned things over and over again to look at, and just said to Gui Mama, "It seems that we really need to find an imperial doctor to take a look," when she heard a little girl come in and say that young master Ren came to see Mrs. to ask for a post, and that he would have to go down to ask for a doctor who is used to treating eye diseases. He heard a little girl come in and say that young master Ren had come to ask for a post from his wife, and that he wanted to go down the mountain to ask Imperial Doctor Fang, who was used to seeing eye diseases, to come up the mountain to look at her eyes. 　　He was stunned, "How did you get together?" 　　Xu Shanran laughed, "I can see that brother also has mother in his heart." 　　He was ordering Mrs. Gui to get the name card, and laughed when she heard Xu Shanran's words, "He doesn't know what he's put in your head to make you knock on the door for him all day long." At this time, mama Gui had already turned back with the item, so He said, "Since you love to play with him, this is something you can take out by yourself." 　　When Xu Shanran heard this, she said "yes", and really got off the bed and took the name tag, and walked outside, and when she walked in front of the curtain to go out, she looked back and saw that He was holding the blindfold and talking to Gui's mom, with a joyful face. 　　Outside the house is blowing the wind, as soon as I came out, some sharp wind hangs on my face, instantly blowing the warmth of the house clean. 　　However, facing this cold spring wind, Xu Shanran instead of spirit, she waved her hand to reject the little girl to give her a rabbit fur cloak, quickly walk two steps to the courtyard door, saw standing outside Ren Chenglin. 　　Ren Chenglin obviously did not expect that the one who came out was Xu Shanran. 　　He was a bit surprised to step forward, called out "sister", but did not know what to say - after all, at this time yesterday, they were just a false name, not even seen three or five times of the righteous brother and sister. 　　Xu Shanran, however, didn't see any outsiders at all; she followed Ren Chenglin outward, and just after leaving the sight of those underlings in the courtyard, she asked, "I heard that my brother has already begun to work on the matter of the alms?" 　　"Yes." Ren Chenglin had just said two words. 　　Xu Shanran asked again, "Uncle Huai En's wife happens to be living next door to us this time, did you guys hear any commotion yesterday?" 　　The two men, unlike Xu Shanran who slept early and lived far away, heard it. 　　But it was a bit strange for a big man to talk about other people's yards, Ren Chenglin couldn't help but look at Huanxi. 　　Huanxi smart interface: "I heard! Yesterday in the middle of the night their yard also do not know how, originally the lights are rested and suddenly light up, although there is no sound out, but look at the direction of the light, should be the location of the main hall of the yard." 　　Ren Chenglin did not know why Xu Shanran is curious about this, to say that it is a hilarious, but last night the next yard also but the lights were on for a while, even if what happened also covered, not much hilarity to put together. He asked, "If sister wants to know, do you want me to go and inquire?" 　　Xu Shanran shook her head, she just casually asked. 　　Shao Jin, Jiang, Uncle Huai En. 　　Individually one was not much, but when these three names came together, she couldn't help but think of a tragic case she had heard about in her last life that had shocked the entire capital. 　　The commoner son of Uncle Huai En's house set fire to his home, and carrying a single sword, cut off the heads of his father, mother and brother in front of the five cities' military commanders. 　　After the thing spread out, the world is cursing Shao Jin, the teahouse tavern doctor will Shao Jin into the story, said he was born with a tiger back, green face fangs, will be born to eat human flesh, the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys are all black and green ...... I did not expect to really see, just a child is still a little skinny. 　　A few people unknowingly walked to the back of the mountain steps before, Xu Shanran stopped, from the top down to see, see the crowd, small as a date, crowded in a place do not know what to do. 　　As soon as Ren Chenglin saw the scene down below, he laughed: "They are all the poor people from the surrounding mountains, they heard about the well-paid mission, and they all came very quickly." 　　Xu Shanran surveyed for a moment, "Don't happen to trample." 　　"Won't happen, young master has already explained that the knowledgeable monks will keep an eye on those people, and there are our people watching from the side, there won't be any trampling." Huanxi interjected from the sidelines, but his heart could not help but wonder: it is not strange for them to know about trampling and whatnot, but how can a girl who is raised in a deep bosom still know about this? 　　Xu Shanran added: "The alms giving will be done here first, and when we get off the mountain, we will go to the streets, and help those on the streets more then." She paused for a moment and said as if offhandedly, "It will be useful." 　　The two people on the side felt that Xu Shanran's tone was a bit strange. 　　And at this time, Seo Sun Ran looked at the person underneath her and just thought: 　　It is now the twenty-first year of Jeonghong. 　　There are still sixteen years to go before the Holy Spirit resigns in the thirty-seventh year of Jeonghong's exile of the Xu family as a whole. 　　But from the cursed death of Muyang Waiting House, just forty or fifty days. 　　Moxiang Zhai in Hanlin Street is a relatively old store, passed down three generations of grandchildren, because there is a unique ink-making skills, usually quite a favorite of the literati, which the literati to come and go, the shopkeeper together with the guys, are more and more appear to be some of the aroma of the book. 　　Today ink incense fast as always open store, do not want to halfway to a village woman with a handkerchief holding her head, carrying a bamboo basket wandering outside, the fellow some wondered to run down the steps, asked: "Auntie you walked this way for a while, is not the wrong way, or to look for someone?" 　　"No, no," the matron was a robust woman with thick hands and feet, perhaps not too old, but her face was tanned by the sun day after day, very old, she stammered a little, "I'm here to buy something for the little miss of the Duke of Zhan's house... ..." 　　This word out, fellows have not said anything, the front foot to be welcomed by the shopkeeper to the elegant pavilion sitting in the nobleman on the heart, sent beside the servant to go out some inquiry, and then come back, the servant close to the girl side said a few words, the girl and the master said one or two, that the master will be so angry that his face has changed, a slap on the table, four or five rings on the finger and the Huanghuali tabletop friction out of the ear piercing ringing: 　　"Still really think they are ten thousand family life Buddha, what want to return the wish, what to give more reward to help those poor people, He Su Xue is not afraid of folding their own daughter's life! Still want to let Yun Gui go to the mountain to make amends to the fifth maiden, what a dream!" 　　The woman wearing gold and silver is the third wife of the Duke of Zhan's mansion, beside her, in addition to the maid servants, there is also a small girl, and Xu Shanran about the same age, just look at the appearance of the body, a little bit too timid, but often with a smile on the face, is also loveable. 　　She hurriedly handed a cup of tea to the Third Mistress, and said in a wan voice, "Auntie, the fifth sister has suffered so much this time, all because of the scuffle with me, no matter in the sense, I should go to see my sister." 　　"What kind of fight," Third Mistress let out a cold laugh, "It was clearly your fifth sister who threw snowballs at you and slipped and fell to the ground and knocked out her soul, a real retribution! The sister-in-law, who is used to pretending, also came to me to make peace, really a knife cuts the tofu on both sides of the light. Don't worry about it, I'll see what they can do to us! I don't know what they can do to us, but this is all the fault of the fifth girl herself."