Did the third place winner regret it today?

Chapter 4

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Shen was surprised, "How dare the maid treat you badly?"
"How could that be?" Shen Ti said, "It's because he was too attentive."
Mrs. Shen understood and said angrily, "I told you that you are a distinguished guest from the capital. Isn't it normal for your family to be more attentive to you?"
"It's too much. It makes people uncomfortable." Shen Ti said, "It's okay for the servants, but it's uncomfortable for blood-related cousins ​​and brothers to do this."

"You make people feel comfortable like this?" Madam Shen poked his forehead with her finger. "You also know that this is your uncle's family. We are cousins, and we are related by generations. Broken bones are connected by tendons. Your brothers are close to you, but you despise them. Is this in line with your gentlemanly way?"
Shen Ti thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I was wrong."

But the Third Master and the Third Madam Yin, even the old man, and all the members of the Yin family wanted to support the Shen family.
Because the Yin family was able to grow from a small businessman to a wealthy local family today, although the Shen family did not take the initiative to do anything, having such a marriage is already a talisman.
Having such an official family as an in-law in recent years has saved me a lot of trouble in doing business.

Regardless of time and space, high-quality educational resources are scarce. The Yin family was born in a poor family, and even if they were rich, there were some things they could not do. And the resources that they could not ask for were just ordinary to the Shen family.
If a family wants to move up, it is not enough to have money, they also need to study, because only by studying can they become officials.

With this in mind, Master Yin San and Madam San naturally gave their children earnest instructions. How could the teenagers grasp the scale well? When it came to Shen Ti, his direct feeling was that his uncle's brothers were so enthusiastic about him that they were almost flattering.
It makes people uncomfortable.
If he was really the kind of spoiled dandy, perhaps he would feel comfortable, but a little gentleman like Shen Ti, who had been self-disciplined and self-disciplined since childhood, felt uncomfortable.

Shen Ti admitted his mistake verbally, only admitting that he shouldn't have commented on his blood relatives behind their backs, but he didn't think that what the Yin family did was right.
In comparison, he said, "Fourth sister is pretty good."
Mrs. Shen: “Huh?”
Shen Ti said, "Her maid is quite snobbish and keen on flattering. I think she is the kind of person who is used to flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak. The fourth sister is the same age as me, but she seems to be more polite than the three older cousins. Although she is sad, she didn't cry and ignored me. She came out to greet me, but said that I was young and didn't let me in, fearing that I might get contaminated. In fact, a gentleman does not talk about strange things, so I am not afraid of them."

"No matter how old a child is, he can never be greater than the sky." Madam Shen disagreed, then nodded, "This little fourth child sounds quite sensible, and acts like a sister."
"Yes, indeed." Shen Ti recalled Yin Shi's appearance - he was very good-looking and had a gentle voice. He did not behave inappropriately despite the loss of his parents. His words and actions made people feel comfortable. So she blamed Mrs. Shen, "Why didn't you give me a sister? A cousin would be fine."
Mrs. Shen gave him a slap on the head: "Nonsense."
Then he asked, "Did you give her the silver?"

Shen Ti rubbed his forehead: "I didn't mention it."
Mrs. Shen was not worried: "They will definitely pack up the things we give them and won't miss them."
She sighed softly: "Poor child..."

Shen Ti left, and as soon as Yin Shi turned around, Qing Yan complained: "Young Master Cousin came all the way to see us, what's wrong with Miss? Why did you chase him away?"
Yin Shi said seriously, "My aunt is wandering around in my room. He has bright eyes like a kid, and I'm afraid he'll be scared."
I don’t know if Shen Ti would be frightened, but Qing Yan was really frightened: “Wha, what? Miss, don’t talk nonsense!”
"I won't tell you anymore." Yin Shi walked around her, as if talking to himself, "You can't see it."

Qingyan was so scared that her face turned pale.
Qingyan was most afraid of this. Her lips were trembling as she asked, "Miss, is what you said true? Don't scare me. Why aren't you afraid?"
Yin Shi stopped and looked back at the girl: "What am I afraid of? That's my aunt. She doesn't want to leave and wants to see me more and stay with me more. She said that if she wasn't too close to me, I would get tired and have a fever and get sick. That's why she doesn't want to float around and just wants to stay close to me."

After Yin Shi finished playing tricks to scare people, he walked forward on his own: "Let's go and see what my aunt gave me."
While he was talking, he was paying attention to what was behind him. As expected, Qingyan did not catch up immediately.
The corners of Yin Shi's mouth curled up slightly.

The Yin family was a large family with four generations living together. As a concubine's son and concubine's daughter, Yin Shi's courtyard was not well staffed. Qingyan was thirteen or fourteen years old and was already a big maid beside her. She was actually only a second-class maid in the mansion. Yin Shi's courtyard was not even qualified to have a first-class maid.
The younger maid was called Qiao Que, and she was also a very useful person in her courtyard. There were also smaller maids who did odd jobs.
The three maids were of decreasing age, and there was also a woman who did the rough work.
Besides, that’s all, just a few of them.

Her wet nurse died when she was very young. After that, she was taken care of by her aunt, and there were no other older women in the courtyard. As for raising an aunt, that was something that only upper-class families could do. Although the Yin family is rich now, it really doesn't have much background. Being rich is mainly reflected in wearing gold and silver, eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks.

Although the configuration is not high, Yin Shi is already very satisfied.
You have a yard all to yourself and four people serving you. How could you not be satisfied?
Do you want to go to heaven?
In short, Yin Shi was satisfied.
But among all the people around him, Qingyan was the one who was most familiar with Yin Shi. Now that Yin Shi had changed his mind, he was afraid that others would notice, so the one he needed to stay away from and be on guard against was this person.

Back in the house, Qiao Que and the little girl were playing with the things Shen Ti had given them. Seeing her come back, Qiao Que looked up and said, "Girl, these are all good things."
Yin Shi walked over to take a look. She couldn't recognize many of them. She said calmly: "Do you recognize them all? Sort them out and don't mix them up."
Qiao Que said, "Don't worry, young lady. Of course they can't be mixed together. These spices and herbs must be stored separately and can't get wet."

It turned out to be spices and medicinal herbs, no wonder she didn't recognize them.
I tried hard to search my original body's memory, and indeed I had some knowledge in this area, but not much and not in depth, just a superficial understanding.
After Shen Ti's mother married into a wealthy family, the Yin family did strengthen the training of their daughters for a few years. But it was useless. Such a marriage depends on chance. Mrs. Shen was lucky. Other daughters of the Yin family did not have such a good fate. In the end, they all married into local families of equal status. Originally, the Shen family married the daughters of the Yin family not because of their daughters' high quality or talent, but to repay their gratitude. This cannot be replicated. The old man understood and stopped.
So it was still the same when it came to my granddaughter's generation. There were female teachers at home who taught some things. But the girls didn't have to take the imperial examinations, and the adults didn't force them to study. They studied intermittently, just to cultivate their temperament and kill time.
The original body didn't seem to have any special talents and only learned the basics of everything.
This is good, Yin Shi thought, pretending to be a poor student is definitely easier than pretending to be a good student, which greatly reduces the difficulty.

"Ah!" Qiao Que suddenly cried out softly, "Girl, look!"
Yin Shi was called back to his senses. He looked carefully and saw a small flat box opened, which contained four rows of small silver ingots.
Qiao Que picked it up and weighed it: "It's five cents."
One small ingot is five cents, and there are five ingots in a row, for a total of four rows.
Qiao Que was very surprised: "It's ten taels."

Yin Shi couldn't figure out the price level here yet, but looking at Qiao Que's appearance, he knew that ten taels should be a lot of money.
The little cousin just now didn’t mention it at all, is it because the child doesn’t know?
No, no, Yin Shi thought of Shen Ti's upright behavior. He was young but had big rules. He could even represent adults in socializing, so he must know what was in the gifts.
People just feel there is no need to mention it specifically.

As far as Yin Shi knew, "Yin Shi" had never met this aunt before. He was really a good person to be able to do this.
She sighed softly and said to Qiao Que: "This is 'my' aunt."
Qiao Que turned around and went out: "I'll ask Sister Qingyan to put the silver away."
Yin Shi: “…”
By the way, Qingyan is in charge of all her money.

Qingyan was called in reluctantly. She praised, "You are worthy of being the aunt," and then put the silver into a box in the inner cabinet.
There is also a small copper lock on the box.
Yin Shi watched her take the key, unlock it, lock it, and then hang the key around her waist.

It really hurts that you can't keep your own money.
But that's how it is here. No one in the house holds the key himself. The person who holds the key is either the confidant mother or the trusted maid.
No owner who wears a bunch of keys around his waist will be laughed at.
Yin Shi could only tell himself silently that when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Qingyan told Qiaoque: "You stay in the room, I'm busy outside, call me if you need anything."
After saying that, she slipped outside.
It was considered a good idea for maids to work in the house, and Qiao Que found it baffling.

But after a while, Qingyan saw Qiaoque coming out in the yard, his face a little pale.
She didn't dare to go over, so she stretched out her hand to call Qiao Que: "Why did you come out?"
Qiao Que pulled her sleeve and said, "Miss... she is talking to my aunt..."
Qingyan covered her mouth with one hand and dragged her to the side room before letting her speak.

Qiao Que said: "...talking to himself in the open space, I thought he was talking about something."
"It turned out that I was talking to my aunt. I was scared to death."
"She told me not to be afraid and said that my aunt just wanted to accompany her."
The two girls looked at each other and shivered.

The little girl was playing with stones in the corridor when suddenly the door of the wing room opened and Qingyan called her, "Yunjuan, Yunjuan."
Yun Juan clapped her hands and went over: "Sister?"
Qingyan said, "We have something to do. Please go inside and serve."
Yunjuan agreed and went inside obediently.

Yin Shi scared Qiao Que out of the house. After a while, he saw Yun Juan come in and was very happy.
Yunjuan is about eight or nine years old, and looks about the same age as her. She usually does odd jobs and is not often in the house. She is not as familiar with her original body as Qingyan and Qiaoque, so she is much safer.
"Then you stay in the room," she said. "Go to the second room and I'll call you back in."

After sending Yunjuan away, Yin Shi lay down on the bed.
I feel very comfortable and relaxed, completely different from the state of the previous two days.
She had just thought about what she should do now, and the conclusion was: do nothing.

As long as you are filial, you don't have to go to class or pay your respects to your stepmother every day.
At this stage, she should stay at home and wait for the aunt to be buried. After that, she should stay at home for a long time.
For the time traveler who has changed his soul, this is simply the best transition period.
Yin Shi raised her feet beautifully.

In the evening, her father, the third child in the family, came to visit her.

(End of this chapter)