At this time, there was a curfew, and the streets were prohibited from passing by. People from the Xicheng Military Police took to the streets to inspect. Those who violated the curfew would be arrested and interrogated.
The carriage was riding on the street with the lanterns of the Zhang family. No one dared to stop him. So he successfully arrived at the back of the Xifu. Ruyi and Sister E got off the carriage and walked back to Siquan Lane. Brother-in-law E continued to drive the carriage and handed the carriage back to the horse house.
The carriage is from the Xifu official, and Brother-in-law E is just used.
The carriage was parked under the carport. Brother-in-law Go was about to unload the carriage and led the horse to the porch to feed and rest when he heard the complaints from the two coachmen inside.
“…The Hua family doesn’t urinate and take care of themselves. Mei Xiang is a man. Everyone is a slave. It’s so late in this cold weather. She is so embarrassed to ask us to drive the car and take it back. The Hua family has a carriage. She just likes to take advantage of the Western Mansion and doesn’t want her own horse to suffer.”
“Sister-in-law Hua is stingy. The last time she sent her back, the reward she gave was not enough to get a drink.”
Brother-in-law E knew that it was Aunt Hua’s sister-in-law who wanted to go home, and the coachman in the mansion didn’t want to send her.
Last time when I had chickenpox, Brother Hua gave me a lot of foreign things for the children and refused to accept the money. Brother E owed the favors of the Hua family and kept looking for opportunities to pay them back.
Brother-in-law Goose coughed lightly and said, “You guys can rest. I’ll go and send Sister Hua. Anyway, I’ve just come back. It’s a good thing – you can help change two horses. After a trip, the horse is tired.”
Brother-in-law Goose is more capable of working than a cow and a horse. He is tired, and he can hold on for a while.
The coachman didn’t want to leave the car on a snowy night. He was so happy that he immediately took two resting horses and put them on the car.
After changing the horse, Brother-in-law E drove the car back to Xijiaomen. Sister Hua and her daughter Huajiao held the hand stove and were waiting in the corridor!
The Hua family has four sons and one daughter. Huajiao is the treasure of the Hua family. For example, Italy is one year older than that. Although it is also a child, there is also a maid and nanny who serves her at home, and she is raised by her.
Sister Hua said angrily: “Why are you here now and want to cold us to death!”
“Mom, it’s Brother E’s.” Hua Jiao next to her was a clever girl, and she could see who the coachman wearing a sheepskin hat was.
“It’s me, I’ll take you back.” Brother-in-law E is famous for having a good temper. When she was scolded, she jumped off the shaft of the car with a smile and placed the stool for boarding.
Sister Hua felt a little embarrassed, “So it’s Brother-in-law E. I didn’t see it was you.”
“It’s okay.” Brother-in-law E said, “It’s too cold today. If it were me standing in the snow waiting, I would have cursed a lot – get in the car quickly, there is a stove in the car, it’s warm.”
The mother and daughter got in the car, and it was indeed warm and comfortable inside. Sister Hua’s frowns and stretched her eyebrows.Now.
Hearing the sitting inside, Brother Go’s whip to drive the car.
The cotton seat cushion still has heat, and there must be someone else in the carriage just now. Sister Hua guessed that Sister E had just got off the car, so she asked, “I heard that Sister E was looking for people everywhere for Ruyi’s child to go to the Summer Palace recently. Has it been decided now?”
In fact, Sister Hua brought her daughter Huajiao to find Sister Hua, for this reason – everyone wants to arrange the girl to be a job in Songhe Hall! What a decent errand!
Brother-in-law E tightly said, “I don’t know this.”
Sister Hua wanted to ask whom Sister E left, and asked, “Where did you just go to this car?”
Brother-in-law E told a lie in the most honest tone: “Yun Xianglou in Xisi Pailou, Sister E and Ruyi went there to tailor a good set of clothes, ready to wear during the New Year.”
Yun Xiang’s clothes Hua Xiangrong, Yun Xianglou has complete clothes, and the masters have good skills. He is a tailor shop visited by the women of wealthy families in the capital.
In fact, Ruyi and the others went to Yunxianglou two days ago, and Sister E was holding Ruyi Niang and the other two together.
Mrs. Hua no longer suspicious and smiled, “It turns out to be Yun Xianglou. His tailor went to my house a few days ago and tailored it for me and Huajiao.”
This is obviously showing off.
Brother-in-law E was happy to say flattering words, “You Hua family is rich and opens a huge foreign goods shop. The tailors of Yunxianglou are all here.”
Sister-in-law Hua proudly and forcibly smiled modestly, “Oh, it’s all for these vain faces. We open the door to do business. Our clothes and hairpins are all exquisite, and it doesn’t make people think we can’t afford to wear…”
As she spoke, she arrived at the Huaji Foreign Goods Store, which was also in Xisi Pailou, with three shops on the street, with two floors in total.
Behind is a two-in-one yard where the Hua family, slaves and shop friends live.
The curfew has been on hand, and the Huaji foreign goods store has closed long ago, but the lanterns in front of the door are still lit.
There was a man who was guarding under the lantern, with a little thin body. He was wearing a cloak, and there was a layer of snow on it, so he had obviously been waiting for a long time.
Brother-in-law E recognized this person, waved his whip and said, “Huajuan! I’ve brought your mother and sister!”
Huajuan is the eldest son of the Hua family and has been helping in the store. The other three sons, peanuts, flowers and sea of flowers, are all working as book children for the third young master.
Huajuan is fifteen years old this year, and her bones grow faster than flesh, so she looks very thin and almost bent by the thick cloak on her body.
Huajuan helped Hua Dashao and Huajiao get off the carriage and said to Brother-in-law E: “You go in and have a drink and have a midnight snack. If you don’t want to give me a favor, my father will blame me for being ignorant.”