New widow

Chapter 137

"Having a son at home?" Song Zhen frowned: "When you were sent to the mansion, did you ever complain about your parents?"

Chunhua's eyes couldn't help but widen. She didn't know how to answer Song Zhen's words. After a while, Chunhua finally managed to speak: "Miss, what's wrong with you today? Don't talk about me. Even my parents are members of the family. If there is no country, Duke's Mansion, where else can we go? Just say that the housekeepers who were kicked out of the mansion encountered a lot of things outside the mansion."

The Duke's Mansion is a big tree. Even though the big tree has declined, it is still a big tree. Song Zhen lowered her eyes and felt that her question was really funny. From the beginning, she and people like Chunhua were different.

"It was my fault. I shouldn't have asked these questions." Chunhua heard Song Zhen's words and put her hands upright: "How could the girl be wrong? It was us who were wrong."

The master is never wrong, and the fault is always the servants. It is the servants who fail to understand the thoughts of a good master, and it is the servants who fail to serve a good master. This is what Chunhua learned from childhood to college.

"Chunhua, why did you make the girl angry again?" Aunt Wu's voice sounded. When Chunhua saw Aunt Wu, she said coquettishly: "How dare I make the girl angry? It's just that the girl asked and I can't answer. "

"What did the girl ask?" Nanny Wu also asked with a smile. Chunhua told Nanny Wu all the questions Song Zhen asked. Nanny Wu already clapped her hands: "Girl, my good girl, this is all mine. It’s my fault that I didn’t teach Chunhua and the others well, which is why you felt that Chunhua was not loyal enough.”

this? Song Zhen knew that it would be useless to talk to Grandma Wu anymore, so she could only walk out: "Then I will go to the garden to see if the peonies are blooming."

"Hurry up and serve me!"

Mom goes to the garden. "Nanny Wu was there urging Chunhua, asking Chunhua Qiuyue to follow and serve. When they went out, Nanny Wu sighed. At this time, Suqiao wanted to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and even the maids in Songzhen courtyard could not follow the rules. I've come to make arrangements. With the few people in front of me, I can just do my best to serve.

If it were originally, there would have been about ten maids alone, and including the mother-in-law, there would be twenty or thirty people serving Song Zhen in the courtyard. This is the pomp and circumstance of the daughter of the Duke's palace. There are less people, even if you want to make more money from it, it will not be enough. Thinking about it, Nanny Wu reached out and slapped herself gently. At this juncture, why are you still thinking about making money? This is not to use the handle to Su Qiao. Stuffed in hand? Let’s save the job in front of us first.

Although the garden is not as colorful as the previous days, there are still several flowers in bloom. The peonies are already blooming there. When Song Zhen led people into the garden, the women in charge of the garden were giving flowers there. The peonies were watered. There were few people in this garden in the past few years, and they chatted without any scruples.

"You tell me, Madam's methods are really outrageous. There were originally about forty people in our garden, but now there are only about twenty left. If we had left it alone, I wouldn't be here to water it." One woman said loudly, and the other woman took a gourd in her hand and poured it on her: "You were here earlier, Lao Gao didn't come until the sun had risen. After lunch, he went to sleep in the pavilion over there." , I just woke up and left. I've been lazy all day long, but now there's no one around. You can't be lazy anymore, but you're blaming the lady here."

"No matter what you say, the Duke of this country has more money than these people outside. How can Madam

So we have to dig into these small things, which is really petty. "The old lady who was splashed with water was still saying bad things about Su Qiao. The old lady who splashed the water laughed again and wanted to talk again. Chunhua had already spoken: "The girl is here. "

Hearing these four words, the women raised their heads and saw Song Zhen standing there. The leading woman hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Song Zhen: "I have seen the girl. I think she came to enjoy peonies. There are also peonies here." It won't open until four or five days, so please come sit in the pavilion over there, girl."

As he said that, a woman ran to the pavilion, cleaned the stone benches and tables in the pavilion, and put mattresses on them. The leading woman then invited Song Zhen to come into the pavilion, and another woman prepared tea. The leading lady took the tea and brought it to Song Zhen: "Girl, please sit down. Wherever you want to see the scenery, please tell the young ones and they will clean it up."

Song Zhen came to the garden just for a perfunctory visit. Seeing these ladies serving them tremblingly, she felt a little sorry. She only took a sip of tea and said, "You go and do your work."

After receiving these instructions, the other women dispersed. The leading woman accompanied Song Zhen and told Song Zhen what flowers and trees were planted in the garden, when was the most beautiful scenery, and where to treat guests if they wanted to. most.

"What kind of guests should I treat?" Song Zhen only smiled, and the mother-in-law had already said with a smile: "When the girl has observed her filial piety, and gradually friends come, she will naturally be able to treat guests. Besides, when the girl gets married, I will It’s normal to treat guests to your parents’ home.”

"Bah, what are you talking about? When a girl gets married, she will naturally marry into a similar family. How can she marry into a family that is not as good as the Duke's family?" Chunhua said in

While stopping the mother-in-law, the mother-in-law had already slapped her on the face: "This mouth should be slapped. How can I say this to the girl?"

Song Zhen looked at her mother-in-law and felt that everything seemed so boring. When she lived in a small town, Song Zhen would occasionally meet some housekeepers from wealthy families. They were all very impressive and did not take Song Zhen seriously. , but now they have just changed their identities, and these women are respectful to Song Zhen.

The spring flowers are still there talking to the mother-in-law, but in this garden, not only the scenery in spring is beautiful, but also the lotus flowers are beautiful in summer. There is also a cave in the rockery. In summer, the cave is very cool and you can escape the heat there.

Song Zhen listened without interest and couldn't help but yawned.

"Young lady, I think you are tired. How about we go back?" As a personal maid, Chunhua's ability to observe words and emotions is better than others. Song Zhen responded and left with Chunhua Qiuyue. After walking for a while, Song Zhen said to Chunhua Qiuyue: "The days in this house are also very boring."

"The girl is observing her filial piety and not socializing. Otherwise, I heard from my mother that when my aunt was at home, she would socialize every day. At that time, my wife would also take the girl out to socialize. She was extremely busy every day. Isn't this writing Poetry is painting, or singing harmony with others." The aunt Chunhua mentioned was the daughter of Mrs. Song Wu. During Song An's funeral, she did not return to the capital, but someone from her husband's family came to pay homage. As for who from her husband's family came, Song Zhen didn't see it. She probably was either an uncle or an elder.

Mrs. Song Wu missed her daughter, but she could only write a few letters to her daughter and send some

He gave her a gift and told her daughter to live a good life at her husband's house.