卢氏/span出身世家都梁卢氏/span性格贤淑平和/span是个顶不错的贤良妇人/span如今她的日子是苦尽甘来/span老爷也回来了/span孙子都抱了好几个了/span她每天也就是养养鸟儿/span逗逗孙男孙女/span为最小的老儿子操心/span顾公爷那头/span她不怎么管/span也就是老两口初一十五睡一起/span一个月也就两天/span打成婚那天起/span丈夫南征北战的东南西北到处跑的/span他们早就习惯各住各的/span各管各的/span平时/span老公爷不怎么打搅卢氏/span他一般都歇在娇红那边或芸娘那边/span
老太太卢氏正拿着小勺子在果子上抿果泥儿/span顾公爷背着手/span披着外袍从院外急步走了进来/span一脸的黑气/span老太太吓了一跳/span手里的果子咕噜噜的滚到了地上忙问到：/span可是出了什么事儿/span/span
顾公爷忙撑了一些笑样子出来/span摆手：/span没事儿……莫怕/span/span他一呼噜胳膊又对着下面侍奉的一众丫头/span小厮又没好气的说到：/span都出去/span/span
卢氏点点头/span扶着大丫头红枣的手坐回屋里/span又吃了半粒养心丸/span摆摆手/span叫红枣也出去后/span这才将乱蹦的心才收回来/span
卢氏拿着帕子抿了下嘴角/span慢条斯理的问顾公爷：/span老爷大清早的到我这里/span可是……是娇红有事/span/span
/span你莫乱想/span她能有什么事/span我是说……老七那边/span这些年没什么事儿吧/span/span顾公爷挺心虚的打听/span心里有些羞臊/span他自己忘了/span也没嘱咐卢氏去关照/span
/span老七/span什么老七……呀/span/span卢氏先是迷茫/span接着一惊/span拿着帕子捂着嘴巴/span她也想起来了/span她也忘了/span这不怪她/span八年了/span守孝/span担心/span守国孝/span又管家/span还要提心吊胆/span小七爷那边的事儿她就没往心上放/span
顾公爷的脸阴的吓人/span他这人发脾气一般是不骂人/span可卢氏就是怕呀/span成婚开始她就畏惧自己这位杀人如麻的夫婿/span再说了/span就是丈夫从没托她管过老七的事儿/span她也该着问问的/span坐堂媳妇/span家里家外不安排全面/span这是真的失职了/span老爷子托孤那会子/span她也在身边的/span
/span要不/span叫茂德媳妇过来问问/span当初她掌家的时候/span好像是交代过的……嗯/span说过的/span/span卢氏想找个帮手挡挡/span好歹媳妇们来来/span老爷的气儿也能顺点/span最好把孙孙门都抱来/span
老爷子没说话/span也没逮住谁怨谁/span这事儿怨他自己/span哎/span都气的老父亲打地下钻出来托梦了/span八岁的孩子/span八年不闻不问/span这有六个哥哥呢/span那边都不知道过成什么摸样了/span兵荒马乱的/span顾岩越想越后怕/span
坐了半响/span卢氏先开了口：/span老爷别想多了/span老七的奶爹毕成/span当初是跟着老爷子的旧人/span那是个稳妥人/span最最忠心不过/span要是小七爷有事/span那边早就来报信了/span这些年/span就一直没人来/span想必……也是安稳的/span如今小七爷/span十六了吧/span/span
顾公爷沉默半晌/span点点头/span背着手出去了/span这事赖不着妻子/span这都怪他/span做武职的就这点好/span该怎么就怎么/span该自己承担的/span那就是自己的错儿/span
打堂屋出来/span顾公爷立刻安排了亲随陶若/span带了七八车礼物/span挑了一车好东西/span派了家将/span卢氏还安排了两个手脚利落的小丫头花蕊/span花丽一起跟车去了/span还吩咐务必要好好哄着七爷/span把小七老爷给妥妥接来/span
车队走时已经是晌午/span卢氏坐在屋子里想事情/span正想着/span大儿媳妇苏氏带着小孙女顾铭慧进了屋/span手里还提着半篮子果子/span
苏氏进屋未语先笑：/span母亲这是怎么了/span闷闷不乐的/span这不/span我娘家庄子上寻了好多面果子/span我想着母亲这边该是要断顿了的/span/span其实她是听下面丫鬟说/span老爷子仿佛跟老太太拌嘴了/span就寻了理由过来/span家里的老太爷/span老太太是个慈祥的/span也不像别人家那般讲究多/span成天价招呼一大帮的后辈儿孙齐齐的站在院子里请安/span这边就初一十五来院子里请安/span人多了卢氏觉得闹/span然后一起用个早饭罢了/span
/span并没有什么/span他年纪大了/span犯了孩子气/span/span卢氏依旧一脸平静/span不该说的/span她不会跟媳妇儿露/span老太爷托梦骂顾老爷不孝/span这话能说吗/span
所以卢氏没打算告诉苏氏/span只是安排她打扫好宿云院/span拣上等的名贵摆设送几套过去/span家具要新作/span硬木一概选上等的红木/span花梨木/span软木家具全部用楠木/span式样要选上京最时兴的样子办/span铺盖要置办八铺八盖/span一概零碎皆由老爷子的大帐里出/span都要最好的/span另挑几户老实可靠/span眼里有活的家生子在那边等着侍奉/span将自己身边跟了三十多年的管事范秋华家的潘婆子派过去暂时管着/span
卢氏这个意思/span也就是说/span那边是老太爷老太太要直接管着的/span你们下面的媳妇就别伸手了/span
苏氏捂着嘴巴打趣：/span母亲这是准备给四弟找到媳妇儿了/span是谁家的/span有无测定测定/span前几天/span我回娘家/span我娘家舅舅说/span今上还要给功勋人家放一批低等爵位/span小四儿生就的福分大/span兴许这次能轮上也未可知/span母亲瞧瞧/span要不然/span咱还是等等/span/span
苏氏说的四弟/span是卢氏的幺儿/span名叫顾茂昌/span今年十七/span卢氏五十有的他/span也算是老生子/span平日子对他最最疼爱不过/span甚至有些惯坏了的样子/span
顾茂昌在卢氏看来是赶上个好时候了/span这天下太平/span无灾无难的/span所以/span他即没在兵部谋出身/span也没在族学里多认几个字儿/span只是跟着一帮子上京的名门之后/span整日子会客/span访友/span斗鸡/span蹴鞠/span打马球度日/span说起来/span小四儿这一代也就这样/span他家军功出身/span如今新帝登基/span除了老几户武勋人家/span新帝需要的人才慢慢的从兵部挪到了吏部/span今上缺的是能人干吏/span文采上等/span能将国家平稳下来的人/span
因此上/span京里的名门子弟/span要么读书搏个新前程/span要么就学习如何做个合格的纨绔/span
卢氏亲昵的摸着曾孙女的头发/span顺手拿喂鸟的小勺子刮了点儿果泥塞孙女儿嘴巴里/span在她看来/span孙女跟爱鸟/span地位都差不多/span孙女儿还不如鸟陪她时间久呢/span
/span怎么可能/span老四要是成婚/span就安排他去南院了/span咱家地方大/span先帝爷封的好地方/span你们就是再生几窝也住得/span宿云是北边最好的院子/span这是……给你七叔准备的/span/span卢氏说完这话/span脸上泛起一些红晕/span自己都六十五了/span还有个十六岁的小叔子/span最小的儿子都大他一岁/span这事儿说起来/span颇有些羞涩/span
/span小七叔/span/span苏氏重复了一句/span便想起来了/span也捂嘴笑：/span哎/span那可是久不见了/span小七叔可好/span眨巴眼儿的/span小七叔也到年纪了/span还是父亲母亲心眼儿好/span这一太平/span就巴巴的接他来家住/span什么都是现成的/span要早几年还不知道怎么样呢/span/span
苏氏笑眯眯的说完/span把孙女儿抱回去/span拿着手帕做着擦嘴的样子/span不露痕迹的将孙女儿嘴巴里的果泥抠了出来/span
这话卢氏爱听/span可不是/span早几年兵荒马乱/span要什么没什么/span整日子提心吊胆的/span晚上请老爷过来/span也要这么说/span
/span说的就是/span老太爷就留下这么一个宝贝蛋儿/span总不能闪失了/span如今他有福了/span什么都是现成的/span你多看看/span要有那个家世干净的/span就给小七爷留着/span小七爷那也是有乡男爵位的/span总不能亏了他/span/span
/span瞧母亲说的/span咱家什么门第出身/span要找也要找上等的人家才配得起咱小七爷/span这事儿就包媳妇身上了/span/span苏氏应付着/span心里或多或少的却有些不屑/span乡男是最低等的爵位/span还是个虚爵/span小七爷除了辈分大/span其他的优点是一概全无/span还在平洲乡下地方长大的/span说起来/span平洲那地方挨着蛮地/span多出野人/span谁知道是什么歪瓜裂枣的样子呢/span
接小七爷的人十一月中旬去的/span陶若转年四月低回来的/span小七爷没接到/span说是/span不在家/span小七爷常年在外/span两三年才回一次平洲/span
陶若跟老家族人探听了/span说是小七爷爱在南地走动/span已经多年没回祖宅了/span打听完/span一路车马不停的陶若又去了南地/span在边界县城/span寻访多日才找到小七爷的一处住地/span可惜/span小七爷依旧不在/span说是带着毕成家的老大他奶哥哥毕梁立出去游玩了/span要来年末才归家/span陶若还想打听/span可惜老毕成老的都傻了/span一会东/span一会西的/span什么也打听不到/span毕成家的婆娘早两年也死了/span陶若认识的人一个没找到/span
人没接过来/span老太爷整整失落了好几个月/span跟儿孙们不能说/span跟兄弟们更是不能提/span说出去/span怕笑话/span只能是自己蹲在家里生闷气/span每个月初都派出一批人去南边等着接人/span这一等便是一年整/span/p/div
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