Chapter 014 The Longhouse

　　The next morning, Xie Shuning will be Gui mother and Rose served to freshen up, not enough time to use the early morning will be taken by the parents with his brother rushed to the first to the three old lady to ask for peace, and then hurried to the long room to rush. 　　Originally yesterday, the three old lady had sent word to let Song and a pair of children exempted from the morning and evening, but this who did not really listen to, and thus today how to still how. 　　However, because today's main event in the long house, so the three old ladies also but not salty to say two sentences and let people scattered. 　　Xie Shuning and her brother wore the same color cloak, and were led forward by one side of their parents. 　　After entering the boundaries of the eldest house, the group moved forward with hurried steps. After a while, through the tall glazed walled gate, a large plum tree came into view. 　　The eldest house's uncle grandfather recognized himself as elegant, fond of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and also loved to take care of flowers and plants, and this became more and more so after he retired from the imperial court. So the place where the two elders of the long house live was named Plum Blossom Dock by him. Nowadays, the plums are in full bloom in the Plum Blossom Dock, and the fragrant snow is all over the place, which is really a unique flavor. 　　As Xie Yuanmao walked, he softly introduced himself to Song. 　　While talking, they had already arrived at the flower hall of the Plum Blossom Dock. 　　But it was only about a quarter past dawning, and there were already people waiting in the flower hall of the Plum Blossom Dock. Seeing them walk over, they hurriedly greeted them and saluted, "Slave girl greets the Sixth Master and Sixth Mistress." Slightly turning sideways, the pretty maid wearing an indigo winter dress bowed to Xie Shuning and Xie Yiyi. 　　Xie Shuning took a second look at her. 　　Her face was somewhat unfamiliar, and she could not recall who she was with, but the indigo colored winter clothes, if she remembered correctly, were only worn by the mansion's eldest maids. 　　"Old madam misses you, got up early to wait, and specially ordered the slave girl to wait here." 　　Xie Yuanmao nodded, leading Xie Shuning through the hall. 　　Arriving at the front garden of the main house of Plum Blossom Dock, the watery green stone floor was still a little wet. Yesterday a heavy snowfall, to the night time before it finally stopped, today the snow naturally can not melt away. The snow in the north is dense, the snow is also particularly thick, but this vestibule is even a little snow star is not, clean as if it had not fallen snow in general. 　　The maid who was waiting there to welcome them said, "The old lady thought that the fifth young master and the eighth young lady were both brought up in the south, and seeing the snow must have become more and more afraid of the cold, so she ordered people to shovel the snow at dawn." 　　Xie Yuanmao couldn't help but be slightly surprised at what he heard. 　　Speaking of which, this is still the second time the old lady of the eldest house has seen him since he returned to the Xie family. 　　The grace of birth, the grace of adoption are all grace, but ultimately there is affinity. But today like this, but he could not help but feel that the old lady of the long house in the bottom of her heart or take myself as a son to treat, otherwise today would not have gotten up early and waited for them to come to ask for good health is. Thinking like this, he was slightly relieved. 　　Song's and Chen's two people, in his heart is a muddled account that can not be calculated clearly, rely on whose account is not like, but can not be counted, so he thought that at least this year to pass before mentioning. However, now look, if the long house old lady can intervene to manage a tube, perhaps it can be clear earlier is not allowed to say. 　　As she gently walked up the front steps of the main house, a group of people stood outside the curtain waiting to be summoned, when a sudden sound of footsteps rang out behind her, accompanied by the somewhat reluctant muttering of a girl. 　　Xie Shuning's foot that had stepped away froze, and subconsciously retracted again. 　　"Third Mistress, Sixth Miss." The matron guarding the door hurriedly bowed and greeted, the eldest maid who led Xie Shuning's group over also bowed and then raised the curtain and went in to report, and in a short while the curtain was lifted again. 　　The curtain was lifted again in a short while, and a group of people filed in. 　　Xie Yuanmao greeted the later woman, "Third sister-in-law." 　　Only when she got closer did Xie Shuning see the person. 　　Goose-egg face woman, about twenty years old, wearing a purple-red embroidered butterfly pattern satin sable jacket, apricot-colored skirt, head loosely pulled a fallen horse bun, Huasheng Dingdong, is indeed her third aunt Jiang's right. 　　The old lady of the long house is the third wife Jiang's own aunt. 　　And at the moment by Jiang's holding the hand of the girl, looks like about five or six years old appearance, is deflated mouth a face of unhappiness. 　　Jiang's face was only depressed, pulled the corner of her mouth at Xie Yuanmao, and lowly said "sixth brother", then brought her own daughter past them and went inside first. 　　Xie Shuning's brows then frowned slightly in an unseen manner. 　　The third master of the Xie family's eldest house, Xie Yuanming, was a scholar in the thirteenth year of the Chengqian era, and now serves as Yangzhou's salt inspector. In ancient times, the affluent land belonged to the two Huaihuai, and the land of the two Huaihuai pushed Yangzhou, so over the years, the third wife, Jiang, had also brought her daughter to live with the third master in his office. After all, the Yangzhou thin horse is famous all over the world, if she does not go to personally manage, how can I feel at ease? But despite this, the third master's back home is still more and more women. Flirtatious but not nasty, this is nowadays the masters do people's guidelines, who is not like this, is not out of place? 　　Jiang's endure, can hold back a long time, will not be able to stand, simply out of sight is out of mind, borrowed the name of the Beijing to see their second daughter rushed to the capital before the waxing of the month. 　　Counting the time, Jiang's only a few days earlier than they entered the capital. 　　Warm wind in the house, several people gradually into the interior, see the moonhole door extends out of the corridor room, flying eaves painted, simple and elegant. In front of the carved moonhole door of the right second room, the two maids serving them saw them come over, busy curtsying and lifting the curtain. 　　The sound inside came out. 　　A female voice sneered and said, "You haven't even decided whether you're a wife or a concubine, so why are you coming here to ask for peace? You don't want to upset the other side!" 　　Song and Xie Yuanmao heard outside, both face changed. Even Xie Yiyi, who had no idea what was going on, vaguely felt that those words were bad, but only Xie Shuning almost laughed out loud. This voice is really too familiar to her! The entire long house, dare to talk to the old master and the old lady like this, certainly only the second Mrs. Liang. 　　Liang's poisonous tongue is notorious, and is the general's family origin, people arrogant, in the Xie family's popularity but not bad. 　　Simply because she is the first daughter of the Liang family, and was given the title of the county princess by the emperor, the Xie family no one dares to offend her easily, a number of people flattered are still too late! 　　In fact, she married the second master Xie, that is a low marriage. 　　So she was talking like that, the old lady of the long house just pressed the voice of anger: "Well, look at your mouth, up and down a touch will be able to call people three souls gone two souls. When Lao Liu comes, you can't embarrass him." 　　As the words fell, Xie Shuning had already entered the room. 　　The atmosphere suddenly became a bit odd. 　　Still, the current head of the family's First Mistress, Wang Clan, rounded off the scene, "Old Sixth is here, it's cold outside, come in and warm yourself up. I heard that eighth girl was sick on her way to the capital, is she all better now?"