1第一回

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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