Blissful Days After Widowhood

    Gu Yin was a little late when she came home, and Wu Qingyi came to pick him up like the husbands of other female guests.

    But he was still afraid of scaring others, so he just parked the carriage at the intersection and sat there waiting.

    Gu Yin and a group of tricksters finally came out of the restaurant.

    As soon as they saw him, Yuan Xiaoyuan and the others immediately stopped laughing, stood on their feet, and gave him a blessing.

    Wu Qingyi nodded and jumped out of the carriage, "You guys go back first."

    Yuan Xiaoyuan and the others looked at him, then looked at Gu Yin, and quickly said: "No, the general and his wife just take the carriage, we can just walk back, it's not far to the left or right."

    In the end, it was Gu Yin who made a decision: "You guys go back in the carriage. I just drank a little wine and just walked away. Can you drive the car?"

    Yuan Xiaoyuan said she would, and Wu Qingyi got off the carriage and handed her the whip.

    Yuan Xiaoyuan let other people into the carriage, she took the horse whip and sat on the carriage, winked at Gu Yin, "It's dark and the road is slippery, the general should take good care of the lady, the lady eats too much Fruit brewing, walking is unsteady."

    Gu Yin scolded her with a laugh: "Drive your car, the road is slippery in the dark, overturn the car, and tomorrow you will have a bruised nose and a swollen face!"

    Yuan Xiaoyuan responded and quickly drove away with a smile.

    When they were all gone, Wu Qingyi changed the hand holding the lantern and stretched it out to her.

    Gu Yin laughed, "Why do you really listen to that servant girl, I actually didn't drink much."

    That said, she still put her hand in his.

    Two hands clasped, Wu Qingyi clenched her cold fingertips tightly, "But feel cold?"

    "It's not cold," Gu Yin pointed to the brocade-trimmed cloak on her body with another finger, and said, "This is what my mother brought me out of the storeroom, it's very windproof. are not you cold?"

    Wu Qingyi was only wearing a beautiful blue brocade strong suit, with a circle of black fur on the cuffs and neck.

    Gu Yindu panicked for him.

    He chuckled, and clenched her hand with his warm palm, "It's not cold."

     As they spoke, the two walked towards the direction of the British government.

    Wu Qingyi walked half a step in front of her to shield him from the wind.

    After walking for about half a quarter of an hour, Gu Yin was sweating, her face was flushed, but her hands were still cold.

    When she was about to see the door of her house, Gu Yin saw Wang Shi who was waiting at the door, and she was waving to Wang Shi, and suddenly listened to him and asked softly: "What do you think next year's Qixi Festival? How is the day?"

    No-brainer, Gu Yinjiu raised her head and said in a dazed tone: "Qixi, it's a good day. The couple's package will definitely sell well. Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

    Wu Qingyi didn't answer, Wang hurried over.

    She also had this thicker cloak in her hand, and covered Gu Yin with her head.

    "It's going to snow this day, why are you still walking outside?" Wang said while complaining to Wu Qingyi, "Don't you know that your daughter-in-law will have frostbite on her hands and feet in winter? Go, don't you know how to carry people on your back?"

    Wu Qingyi was silent. He really didn't know.

    "It's okay, mother." Gu Yin snuggled up to Mrs. Wang, "I didn't give birth at all this winter! It seems to be getting better, and I won't give birth again in the future."

    Wang pushed her into the mansion, "Hot water and **** tea are prepared for you, drink a bowl before taking a bath."

    Is it her own son? Mr. Wang still turned to Wu Qing and said, "You come too, wear so little, drink a bowl together before going to sleep."

    When they got to the backyard, the lights in the main yard were out, and Wu Zhong and the two children fell asleep.

    The hot **** soup was brought to her hand, Gu Yin exhaled and drank it, and the hot sweat on her body also came out.

    After Wang shi checked her hands, she had someone bring a pot of hot water and take off Gu Yin's boots.

    "Thank you, mother!" Gu Yingang didn't feel how, when suddenly he got drunk and couldn't exert any strength.

    Wang took off her shoes, put the soles of her feet on her hands to check, and then soaked her feet in hot water.

    Wu Qingyi was sitting beside him drinking **** soup, and when he saw the small feet like white jade, his ears immediately became hot, he quickly looked away, and sat sideways.

    Wang scolded him with a laugh when he saw it, "My daughter-in-law, why are you ashamed of this dead child!"

    Wu Qingyi choked and coughed.

    Gu Yin soaked her feet and sighed comfortably, she was dizzy, as if she had just returned to the winter when she set up a stall at the dock, leaned on the chair and muttered: "Tomorrow The snow should stop now, I have to find a part-time job, otherwise there will definitely be not enough grooming in Wu'an for the beginning of the year."

    Hearing this, Mrs Wang was both amused and sad, and coaxed in a low voice, "Damn, our family has stopped setting up stalls for a long time!"

    Gu Yin rubbed her eyes and said in a loud voice, "Yes, our store has opened. We have a store, um, selling Mala Tang during the Chinese New Year and earning a lot of money..."

    As she spoke, she stared and fell asleep.

    "This is really too much drinking, and it's still in Hanshan Town." Wang took out her hot feet and wiped them, then took the hot water and walked out, while He murmured towards Wu Qingyi, "Why are you still stunned? Take your daughter-in-law to bed."

    Wu Qingyi put down the bowl, and without much effort, picked up Gu Yin horizontally.

    Gu Yin woke up and saw that he didn't struggle, but put his hand around his neck and obediently rested his head on his shoulder.

    The faces of the two were very close, and their breaths were intertwined.

    Going around the screen and entering the inner room, he walked very steadily and slowly after a few steps.

    When she got to the bed, Wu Qingyi bent down and put her down gently.

    Gu Yin lay on the bed, and when she released her hand from his neck, it went to his face and took off his mask like a prank.

    She opened her eyes and giggled.

    Wu Qingyi had never seen her childish side, so she also bent her lips and whispered: "Don't make trouble, go to sleep."

    He reached out to get his mask, but Gu Yin was one step ahead of him and hid the mask under his waist, "No."

    Wu Qingyi smiled again, "If you don't give it to me, you won't give it to me, but why do you sleep under your body, don't you panic?"

    Gu Yin frowned and said okay, "It's a little awkward."

    She took out the mask again, but still refused to give it to him, complaining: "Why do you keep wearing this mask, it doesn't look good at all."

    "You don't like me wearing it?"

    "Didn't like it."

    She sat up again, cupped his face with both hands, and said strangely: "Your face is not ugly, why hide it?"

    Her eyes were misty and unfocused.

    Wu Qingyi lowered her eyes unnaturally, touched the prominent red scar on her face, and asked her, "Isn't this ugly?"

    Gu Yin tried her best to open her eyes and squinted, and finally she could see his fingers clearly, and also saw the scar that grew from her thumb.

    "It's not ugly." Then she asked: "You don't think this is ugly, so you wear it all the time, right?"

    Wu Qingyi didn't respond, and after a while, she said, "Okay, I won't wear it if you don't like it."

    "No." Gu Yin said seriously, "I have to make your scar look good."

    Wu Qingyi has such a physique that even the old doctor can't remove his scars.

    He thought that she was drunk and confused, but saw her staggeringly stood up, walked to the edge of the makeup robe, and waved to him.

    For fear of her falling on him, he hurriedly followed.

    Gu Yin pressed him down on the round stool in front of the dresser and sat down, and found a very thin soft pen in the small drawer.

    The soft pen was dipped in mouth grease, and the color was exactly the same as the color of the scar on his face.

    "Don't move." Gu Yin's fingertips stroked his cheek, and the other hand drew a pen on his face.

    She stared at the place where she was writing, and the hot breath sprayed onto his side face.

    In addition to the soft tip of the pen wandering on his face, Wu Qing was confused and clenched his fists to force himself not to move.

    "Okay!" After a while, Gu Yin stopped writing, "Look at it."

    Wu Qingyi raised her eyes to look at the round mirror, only to find that her scar was drawn as a flower map under her hand - the scar was a red tree trunk, and she also painted a few small flowers to embellish it. If it weren't for his face, it would be a decal decoration.

    "It's so beautiful." Gu Yin looked at it with satisfaction, she didn't forget to straighten his face, looked directly into his eyes, and told him, "Don't wipe it."

    Wu Qing gave an inaudible "um".

    Getting the answer she wanted, Gu Yin crawled back to the bed softly.

    Wu Qingyi stood in front of the bed for a long time, and then said softly: "I think the Qixi Festival is still far away, what do you think?"

    The only answer to him was Gu Yin's even breathing.

    Wang came back after pouring the water, but did not enter the inner room.

    It is rare for her son and daughter-in-law to get along alone, and she is very discerning.

    Only seeing that her son had been in for a quarter of an hour, Wang was a little worried.

    The eldest son was a man, and Mrs. Wang naturally believed it, so although she was worried, she didn't rush in, and only coughed twice outside.

    As soon as she coughed for the second time, Wu Qingyi covered her face and came out.

    "What are you doing in there, staying for so long?"

    "I didn't do anything." Wu Qingyi walked quickly with her head lowered, "It's getting late, mother rest early."

    Then they fled to the front yard.

    Wang went back to the inner room, Gu Yin was lying on the bed neatly dressed, the quilt was covered, and there was a satisfied smile on her face.

    Recalling the shy little daughter-in-law of the eldest son just now, Wang always felt that something was wrong.

    Why do these two seem to lose weight?

    Wu Qingyi walked out of the backyard quickly, and the temperature on his face dropped when the cold wind blew.

    In the study in the front yard, his little servant was already asleep.

    Wu Qingyi did not call him, and went to the clean room to wash herself.

    When he entered the house with a body of water vapor, the boy sitting on the low stool rubbed his eyes and woke up.

    "I'll wash the general's face with water." The boy was about to light the lamp.

    "No!" Wu Qingyi immediately shouted to stop, and then explained: "I have washed."

    "The general always likes to wash with cold water, and the hot water makes his face feel comfortable!" The boy who consciously was lazy and was caught rushed to express.

    "I really don't need it." Wu Qingyi held the person down, "I really don't need it, I don't need it recently."

      Can't wash your face yet?

    …

    Gu Yin slept the next day until it was bright.

    When she woke up, her temples were aching, she rubbed the acupoints and got up, only to find that she was holding a mask in the other hand.

    A silver mask belonging to Wu Qingyi.

    She recalled carefully, but she only remembered the part where Wang helped her to soak her slippers after returning home.

    She got up here, and Mrs. Wang came in and said with a smile, "The most diligent person in our family has become a big slacker today! Both Wu An and Xiaoye came to see you this morning. , you didn't wake up at all, how much did you drink?"

    Gu Yin smiled embarrassedly, "I really didn't drink much yesterday, but I tasted a little of everything, maybe I drank it mixed, so I got drunk later."

    Speaking, Gu Yin handed the mask to Wang again, "Qingyi's mask has fallen on me, mother help me give it to him."

    Wang said what to pay, "He left the house before dawn today. When he comes back at night, you can give it to him yourself."

    Speaking of which, Mrs Wang had another person bring a hangover soup and let her drink it before taking a shower.

     By the time Gu Yin finished bathing, half of the morning had passed.

    Wang said that she had helped Gu Yin to inform the shopkeeper Zhou. Gu Yin thought that Mrs. Wen Er and the others drank more than herself, so they shouldn’t be over in the morning, so she just left it to herself half day off.

    Afterwards, Mrs. Wang asked someone to prepare a new meal for the morning, and Gu Yin greasy was beside Mr. Wang.

    Wang hadn't been so dependent on her for a long time. Seeing her pinching her brows from time to time, she asked the maid to stand behind her and massage her, while she helped Gu Yin with snacks and porridge.

    Wu Zhong watched it from the side, and said with a good taste and a smile: "Da Ya is such an adult, old lady, you wish you could feed her!"

    Daughter-in-law just ate some wine and had some headaches, but he is half-hearted! Never enjoyed this kind of treatment.

    Wang said: "I'm happy, can you handle it?"

    Gu Yin also nodded, "I am also happy to let my mother feed."

    Then she pointed to the dim sum on the table, opened her mouth, and Mrs. Wang really fed the dim sum into her mouth.

    After feeding her, Mrs Wang changed her pair of chopsticks again, took a snack and brought it to Wu Zhong's mouth, saying, "Come on, don't you want me to feed it?"

    "When did I say that?" Old Wu Zhong blushed, but he still took Wang's hand and finished eating a snack.

    After finishing the morning meal, Gu Yin asked about the situation at home.

    In the past, she was busy with the opening of the third floor, and she really didn't care about the family's affairs. So it's no wonder that some people speculate that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are incompatible.

    "I have me at home, nothing to do. Recently, the New Year's goods have been purchased, and the new New Year's clothes for you are almost ready." Wang Shi said and wrinkled eyebrows raised.

    As soon as Gu Yin saw her, she knew there was something going on, so she went: "Don't lie to me, I'm all busy over there, let's discuss something."

    Wang said: "Isn't there a blind woman in the past, I thought we were in conflict, and pulled out a long list of people, and I was kicked out in one breath. But I went to them, there are still 70 or 80 servants in our family... I have been busy with this recently. I asked some people who I want to go out to reunite with my family, and sent away a dozen people. This is not the rest. Sixty or seventy people."

      There is no need for so many servants of the former palace.

    Especially in the past, there were many female relatives in the palace, and there were the most maids in the palace. Among the sixty or seventy people, there are thirty or forty maids alone.

    Wu Zhong and Wu Qingyi do not need maids to serve, so these people can only serve Gu Yin and Wang.

    If this is evenly spread, their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will each use twenty maids.

    "Alas, they are all pitiful people." Wang shi said softly, "I have already asked, these girls each have their own hardships, and they are all sold by their families. I bought them from Renyazi. They only do the work of serving people, and they have no other strengths. They are all very delicate. If they are released, they may encounter something. "

    This is really difficult.

    As they were talking, there were many footsteps outside.

    Wang's people asked people what was going on, only to know that it was the maids who heard that Gu Yin was not feeling well and needed someone to serve, so they all volunteered to come.

    "It just so happens that you meet them," Wang said. "When you meet people, you can find a way out for them."

    Gu Yin nodded, and the Wang family let everyone in.

    Because the Chinese New Year is coming, the maids have already put on the new clothes bought by Wang Shirang.

    Everyone wore silver-red and aqua blue cotton jackets according to their previous grades in the palace.

    Don't say, all of them are good-looking and good-looking, and some of the big maids are even more beautiful, not inferior to Yuan Xiaoyuan and the others who came out of the palace.

    Gu Yin first ordered a few maids to come forward and ask them if they have any skills.

    They were also raised like half-masters, and they have been involved in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they have performed for Gu Yin one by one.

    Gu Yin thought about it and said: "This is good, we still lack a few people on the third floor, although you are not as talented as the palace tricksters, but compared with ordinary people, you can be considered It’s outstanding. Just follow me to work there. In the future, you won’t be considered slaves, and the deed will be returned to you. The wages will be calculated first. We will also give you performance appraisals later.”

    A few big maids are so happy, why do they want to be slaves and maids all their lives?

    I heard that the Wang family was willing to let people go out of the house and returned a sum of money to settle down, and they were also moved.

    It's just that they don't have any other skills to make a living except for their talents that are beyond ordinary people.

    If they are helpless outside, they are afraid that after going out, their appearance and talent will become the source of disaster.

    They are blessed.

    In the past, they were responsible for checking the private treasury and managing the small accounts for the master, and they were clear about the women's food and clothing expenses.

    Gu Yin ordered them to be the account room on the third floor - now the account of Shiweitian is in charge of the shopkeeper Zhou, but he can handle the account on the first and second floor alone, and now he has added three Lou, he is naturally a little struggling.

    And the third floor is not selling food, but a sense of atmosphere, so many women's things have been added.

    These weekly shopkeepers are naturally countless.

    Gu Yin was going to let them take care of the account on the third floor. Of course, she didn't have a deep relationship with these two people, and it was impossible to trust them as much as she trusted shopkeeper Zhou, so let them supervise each other first, She also checks accounts frequently.

    Arrange those who are skilled, and the rest are of course unskilled.

    Gu Yin looked at them in difficulty.

    I don't know who started first, and the rest of the maids knelt down.

    "The slaves know the acupuncture points and are very good at massage."

    "The slaves can turn oil on their hair, and they can keep the lady's hair excellent."

    "The slaves will pinch their feet!"

    "The slaves will...then flush the toilet."

    Gu Yin asked them all to get up and said, "I know what you said, let me think about it."

     Sent them away, and in the afternoon, Gu Yin took a few maids to her restaurant.

    Yuan Xiaoyuan and others have already performed, and Mrs. Wen Er and the others have arrived one after another.

    Like Gu Yin, everyone's face was full of tiredness after a hangover.

    Everyone laughed.

    Mrs. Wen Er shook her head and said, "I knew I had a night's rest with you last night, but I didn't feel so good when I left, and I almost vomited out on the carriage when I bumped it. "

    "Me too, I almost caught a cold."

    "I look after the lady's backyard, there are many wing rooms, maybe there are people? It doesn't have to be too good, just have a bed."

    The friend next to her joked: "You can't let the maid serve you when you sleep, can you sleep on your own when you stay outside?"

    The woman who spoke smiled and patted her, "Can't I bring my maid out?"

      A place to stay."

    Afterwards, Gu Yin introduced the big maids she brought to everyone. I heard that they can play chess.

    Several women had itchy hands, so I talked to them on the spot.

    Gu Yin asked for a bowl of hangover soup for each of them, and then went to contact the workers who had used it not long ago.

    In the afternoon, Shiweitian started to build walls in the middle of the spacious backyard. Several rows of houses that were originally connected to each other were separated into two courtyards.

    Gu Yin arranged it herself, and hired someone else to customize some things.

    On the tenth day, Gu Yin was ready.

    In the past ten days, the light food bar on the third floor has not let her bother to promote it, and there have been more and more female customers.

    It's rare to find such a place suitable for women's gatherings and entertainment, whether it's the layout, the food, or the side, it's all very pleasing, so why not introduce yourself to the handkerchief?

    So although only 20 or 30 people, including Mrs. Wen, came on the opening day, with their spontaneous publicity, within a few days, 20 or 30 people radiated out to hundreds of people.

    The occupancy rate on the third floor soon reached 70-80%.

    As soon as the guest room is ready, Gu Yin invites everyone to try it out.

    Mrs. Wen Er and others naturally responded.

    This door is newly opened, and after half an hour, it leads directly to the newly opened backyard.

    The light food bar on the third floor is already quiet, but in the end, there are many male customers on the first and second floors, and it is not lively and friendly, and you can always hear some upstairs.

    This backyard is absolutely serene.

    When I entered the yard, there were different signboards in front of the entrances of several houses. The signboards had inscriptions such as hair treatment, foot bath, and body massage. guest room.

    Each room is not big, just enough to accommodate two or three people, Gu Yin will introduce it to everyone, so that everyone can choose to be with the closest friends, or you can have a room by yourself. After all, whether it is to remove hair, expose feet, or lie down for massage, it is still a very private thing in this era.

    Since these people can be the first customers of the light food bar, they are naturally more open-minded than ordinary women, so they quickly entered the house according to the items they can accept. .

    Mrs. Wen Er smiled and pulled Gu Yin, "We have a room."

    The room that Gu Yin and Mrs. Wen Er entered happened to be Mu Fa.

    It was the first time she saw this kind of leather chair for people to lie down on. She went up for a while and then lay down.

    The two were lying side by side, and the maid came to the ground lightly to remove their hair.

    After dismantling the hair, the maid put the ends of their hair into the wooden bucket, scooped out warm water with a wooden spoon, and shampooed them gently, gently pressing the hair on their heads while washing acupuncture points.

      For the family's female relatives, it is naturally a comfort that has never been enjoyed before.

    Mrs. Wen Er has been complimenting the maid for her good craftsmanship.

    Seeing that Mrs. Wen Er hadn't woken up yet, Gu Yin first let her hands and feet go out. After waiting for a while, almost no one came out. Then she called the maid to ask questions. Everyone's situation was similar to that of Mrs. Wen Er.

    Mrs. Wen Er and others woke up one after another after resting for a moment or two. After waking up, they are not in a hurry to leave, they have to enjoy other things.

    When the curfew is over, they don't want to leave, so they go downstairs and do it again!

    There is a wing, and I can live there.

    …

    Mr. Wen Er has recently become accustomed to his wife playing outside every day until it gets dark before coming back.

    This day is even better, let the servants come back and spread the word, saying that I will live in Shiweitian!

    Of course, such a person is not only Mrs. Wen Er, so that when Wu Qingyi went to court for the last time a year ago, several officials looked at him strangely.