The girls all drank Laba porridge, and then sat down with the old lady intimately and talked to her.
It was freezing cold outside, and the entire Gu Mansion was the warmest in the old lady's room. The charcoal used here was also of the highest quality, which was much more comfortable than when they stayed in the small courtyard. Only Gu Lian could burn tribute charcoal in the house that was better than the charcoal in the old lady's house, and it was all sent by Qiao Mingyu.
Bixi brought tea with the little maids, and the little girls ate several bowls of Laba porridge. They couldn't eat any more, so they gathered around and picked flowers, saying that they would embroider a forehead for the old lady as a New Year's gift. With a smile, the old lady asked someone to get the cloth strips made of high-quality satin, and let them embroider here, don't go back to the yard and get cold.
The older girl chatted with her and ate a lot of melon seeds and peanuts.
"The butterfly hairpin on eldest sister's head is so beautiful!" Gu Wan looked at Gu Lian flatteringly, "This butterfly looks real, and it will vibrate slightly!"
Gu Lian pursed her lips and said with a chuckle: "The princess sent it, it's not a rare thing, I still have it there, I will choose a few to send to you."
As soon as Gu Yi heard the jewelry, she was immediately happy, and she followed suit: "I went back to the princess' residence for a banquet last time, and I saw many girls from adults wearing such lifelike butterfly hairpins on their heads. I heard that they were made of gold or something. It is very thin and light, and the wings will vibrate slightly if they flutter a little, as if they are about to fly."
Hearing several girls talking about this butterfly hairpin, the old lady also gave it a second look: "It's pretty, it's better for you young girls, and you look good in anything you wear."
Gu Lian smiled but said nothing.
Bi Die on her head shook her wings and moved her position quietly, avoiding the spider and quietly touching the outstretched leg. She doesn't like spiders that don't slip out of autumn, she only plays with beautiful ice silkworms.
Gu Lian seemed to have noticed that the two of them were fighting, and reached out to support the "butterfly hairpin" to keep them both at ease.
The cuff slipped, revealing the little snake on the wrist, which attracted the envy of several girls. The bracelet looked very good-looking, crystal clear, but hidden between the sleeves, it couldn't be seen.
Gu Qing pouted, disdainful of Gu Lian's behavior of "showing off her bracelet inadvertently", she touched the shabby bracelet on her hand, and gritted her teeth secretly. The princess is really poor in vision, why does she like Gu Lian, a pretentious and vain guy, she is much better than Gu Lian, it would be great if she was the princess' companion!
"What happened to the second sister?" Gu Lian suddenly looked at her and asked slowly.
Everyone immediately followed, and Gu Qing's expression of jealousy and hatred that had not been concealed was exposed in front of everyone. The old lady glanced at her with contempt, and then withdrew her gaze, as if looking at her again would make her eyes irritated, Gu Yi sneered and turned her head away. Today is a good day, so she won't make the old lady unhappy for choking her feelings, and let this guy go for a while.
Gu Qing was annoyed by the various eyes of everyone, but she couldn't scold them for not allowing them to look, and her face became more and more distorted.
Four girls and five girls looked at her up and down, and then the two of them joined together to make a bunch of whispers. The voice was not too loud or too small, just so that Gu Qing could hear it clearly. Hearing the two of them "can't stand on the table", "little family", "haven't seen the world", Gu Qing almost bit her silver teeth.
She is the most valuable among the girls in the house, and she has also seen a lot of the world with her grandfather. These two guys who are raised in a deep boudoir every day and have never been out of the house, what qualifications do they have to laugh at her! They're all sluts, they're all sluts!
It seemed that only Gu Qing was out of place in the room, and the others were divided into three small circles, each chatting separately, and the atmosphere was unusually harmonious. It wasn't until a few little girls were steamed by the heat for a long time that they couldn't help feeling a little sleepy, and the old lady asked them to take them to the Dongnuan Pavilion next to them to rest, and then Gu Qing found an opportunity to retire with a stiff face.
The old lady waved her hand indifferently, wishing she would get out of the way quickly, no one else would follow the trend and leave, which made Gu Qing extremely embarrassed. But she couldn't take back what she said, so she had to go back by herself, as if she had been kicked out by herself.
"Finally gone." Gu Yi complained softly, and got a look from Gu Lian that was neither light nor serious.
She covered her mouth with a guilty conscience and adjusted her expression. Fortunately, Gu Wan just said a few words to the old lady, covering up her complaints, otherwise the old lady would be unhappy.
It wasn't until it was about to have lunch that something new happened outside.
Bixi led Yuzhi into the door: "Old Madam, Yuzhi asks to see you."
"Please be safe, old lady." Yuzhi is steadfast and generous, more favored by the Yin family than Yulan, and her mouth is also very good. With a few words, she can stand on the commanding heights and block people to the point of being speechless. Gu Lian had experienced it once before, which made her have a very low opinion of Yuzhi. A person like her, with a sweet mouth and a sword, must never make close friends, and it is best to stay away.
The old lady looked at Yuzhi with cold eyes. Obviously, she had seen through the people of Yuzhi long ago, and was not moved by her behavior.
"Why are you here? Don't serve your master in the yard, just run around!"
Yuzhi knelt on the ground, the old lady didn't shout, she didn't show any clues, she still knelt generously, and said in a hurry: "Yuzhi is here to deliver something for the big lady."
As she said that, she took out a simple and elegant purse from her sleeve, holding it in both hands above her head.
Bixi glanced at the old lady's reaction and didn't answer.
"What is this? She is a grounded person, what is she doing in the yard all day?"
If it was Yulan, it would be time to show a humiliated expression, but Yuzhi still held it up, with a pleasant smile that made people feel happy when they saw it.
"This is the amulet that Madam asked the third young master to ask for from Qixia Temple outside the city in person. It was consecrated by the eminent monk Master Yunluo in person, to bless the old lady's good fortune and well-being."
Qixia Temple and Jiming Temple are the two most prosperous temples in Huaijing. However, in this era, the former is more effective in blessing Futai and Ankang, while the latter is more effective in blessing a smooth career and a happy family. Among Qixia Temple, several eminent monks of the Yunzi generation are the most well-known eminent monks who have attained Taoism. Even dignitaries should treat each other with courtesy.
Hearing that it was the amulet that Master Yunluo opened, the old lady hesitated for a while, but let Bixi bring it.
Halfway through, Gu Lian intercepted it as a matter of course, and said to the old lady coquettishly: "The granddaughter hasn't seen what the amulet looks like. Grandma will show her granddaughter first."
The old lady has a much better relationship with her these days, and she doesn't care about Gu Lian's rudeness, but nods her eyebrows: "Look, look, how old you are, and still act like a little girl, don't be ashamed ."
Gu Lian didn't care about the old lady's scolding, she opened the purse and took out the amulet, looked over it carefully, took an egg from the corner of the amulet and put it in the palm of her hand, put the amulet back, and handed it to the old lady.
"But what did you see?" the old lady asked her deliberately.
Gu Lian shook his head embarrassedly: "The granddaughter is stupid."
She held her hands empty and gave Yuzhi a cool look. Yin's private methods are still so disgusting, not to mention other things, attacking an innocent old man is enough to show how salty that person is in his heart. Although the old lady is a little bit cold and selfish, she has not offended the Yin family very much over the years, and she even gave the housekeeping power to the Yin family neatly at first. Pointing fingers is simply impossible.
In any case, those who attack the elderly and children are the most unforgivable. What's more, daring to use bugs in front of her is really playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong, and he didn't ask her what Gu Lian was doing.
She couldn't see the use of the worm eggs for the time being, and Gu Lian didn't mind. She threw the worm eggs to Snake Cubs as snacks, and they could tell her what the eggs could hatch through the smell.
Just in case, Gu Lian reached out and touched Young Butterfly's wings, her fingertips were stained with scale powder and lightly smeared on the back of the old lady's hand.
Bidie's scale powder can detoxify most of the toxins. Although it is still a larva, the amount of scale powder is limited, but this is enough. It can remove the trace toxins deposited into her body within seven days at least. Thinking about it, even if the Yin family wanted to use poison, he wouldn't dare to use strong poison, so he could only get some chronic poison - medicine, the poison is not that strong.
The old lady accepted the amulet, and there was indeed Master Yun's signature on it, and her expression softened a lot. Regardless of whether this amulet was requested by her unsatisfactory grandson, since it was delivered and it was a really good thing, she accepted it, and her attitude towards Yin's mother and son changed slightly.
Yin Shi made such efforts to lift the ban, even if the old lady knew that her purpose was impure, she could not show anything. The Chinese New Year is approaching, and it is not good for the mistress to be locked up. After the new year, Gu Zhimo has to take his wife and children to the Yin family for New Year's greetings. No matter what, he has to give the Yin family some face.
Thinking of this, the old lady looked at Yuzhi, who was kneeling upright below, and said slowly: "The eldest daughter-in-law has a heart, the New Year's Eve is approaching, she still needs to attend on New Year's Eve, let her take good care of herself, Don't miss the family dinner."
Yin Shi, who claimed to the outside world that his mistress was sick and could not go out of the courtyard, finally got his wish lifted. Even though it won't come out until New Year's Eve, it's still better than being closed all the time.
Yuzhi calmly thanked the old lady for her grace, not overjoyed. After saying that he wanted to go back to serve the master, he said goodbye.
Gu Yi looked at Gu Lian with a bad expression, what should I do if the snake-scorpion woman is about to come out
Gu Lian gave her a calm look.
What are you afraid of, sooner or later, she will come out, but she will be released to get some air, and she will be locked back after the year.