"I'm really sorry Miss Biao, the third grandma is not in the house, and we servants can't be the masters." Although Xi Yan's voice was tactful, the meaning was already obvious. The clothes that Princess Wei gave to Chu Lian just couldn't Lend it to her.
Pan Nianzhen twisted the handkerchief, obviously not reconciled, she wanted to say more, but Liu Mama saw that she couldn't do it and quickly interrupted: "Miss Biao, look here are some of the popular ones in Shengjing this year, both in color and style. If Miss Biao wears it, it will definitely look good."
Pan Nianzhen's expectations were not fulfilled, so she finally chose the winter clothes that Chu Lian's family bought at the end of the year. She seemed unwilling to do so. She picked five or six sets in one go, and almost scoured all the winter clothes that Chu Lian added in the winter regulations.
Xi Yan stood aside and watched, although her heart ached, she couldn't say anything even if she was a maid, especially when the third house master was not at the house.
In the end, I had no choice but to send my cousin Pan Nianzhen away respectfully.
Seeing a group of people leaving Songtao Garden with a box full of clothes, Bai Cha who was promoted to second-class maid beside Xi Yan said distressedly: "Sister Xi Yan, are we going to let the third grandma's things be taken away like this? I am a slave girl." , this cousin is not a good person."
Xi Yan turned her head and glared at her, "We are servants, even if we want to protect the third grandma, we can't surpass the master of this house. We just need to understand everything in our hearts and remember it clearly, wait for the third grandma Tell her when you come back that the third grandma will naturally come to a conclusion. Also, you can just say what you said today in front of me, and you can't talk nonsense in front of others, otherwise you will make enemies for our masters for no reason. The masters are not here, we People in Songtao Garden must restrain themselves even more."
Baicha nodded, "Sister Xiyan's teaching, Baicha has memorized it."
"Okay, don't stand around me anymore, go and put the third grandma's clothes back, and write down all the clothes that were taken away by the cousin today. The account books in our yard must be strictly controlled. .”
Bai Cha received the order and turned around to do things quickly.
Xi Yan looked at the back of this little girl in a hurry, smiled and nodded.
Although Baicha is young, only twelve, but he has a decent style of doing things, which is more useful than Jingyan and Fuyan.
Madam Liu went back to Qingwei Hall, hesitated for a long time before telling Mrs. He what Pan Nianzhen did in Songtao Garden.
Mrs. He was taken aback for a moment, then sighed, "The child has grown up beside her mother all these years, and has never seen anything in the market. I can forgive you for being a little shallow-sighted at first. Xiangyun, go Let the woman in charge of the inner house buy some headgear for the mother and daughter, and pick two sets of headgear from my storeroom for them."
Liu Momo didn't expect that the old matriarch not only couldn't take precautions, but also felt sorry for the eldest aunt, mother and daughter. Although she wanted to persuade her, she knew that the old matriarch might not be able to listen to anything at this time, so she could only give up for the time being. , took the order and went down to make arrangements.
The eldest aunt He Ying is in her forties, with a slightly fat body. She has a round face similar to Mrs. He's without many wrinkles, but the nasolabial folds are obvious on both sides of her mouth, which makes her look a lot meaner.
After the lunch break, He Ying wandered around in Qingwei Hall. She looked at every place carefully. The courtyard has not changed much from when she left that year, but some details have changed a lot.
Both the layout and the objects and scenes in the courtyard are much more refined than in the past. It can be seen that since she married Siyang, the Qingwei Hall has been refurbished and expanded at least twice.
And from the time she entered the Jing'anbo mansion until the end of lunch today, she also clearly felt that the present Jing'anbo mansion was no longer comparable to the Jing'anbo mansion twenty years ago.
Over the past twenty years, the Jing'an Mansion may have established a firm foothold in Shengjing City.
The corners of her mouth curled up. This action deepened her nasolabial folds and made her look even meaner.
She turned around and looked into the house through the half-open window.
This corridor is next to the small study room of Qingwei Hall.
The small study was originally the place where the old matriarch handled common affairs, but after the old Jing'an was gone, the old matriarch missed her husband and moved her study to the big study in the old Jing'an mansion, and the small study was left unused. Now it is the place where several maids and mothers with status and status in Qingweitang work.
Now sitting in the small study and planning beads is Mu Xiang, the most useful maid by the old matriarch's side.
Auntie He Ying thought about it and walked over.
The small study was very quiet, except that there was a little maid outside guarding the door, and because she was too lazy to sit by the brazier and dozed off, He Ying entered the inner room of the small study lightly.
Mu Xiang's abacus beads were crackling, and she kept the accounts carefully, and she didn't hear the footsteps at all.
The great aunt He Ying looked at Mu Xiang's accounts spread out on the pear blossom wooden table from a distance of one or two meters, her eyes suddenly widened, and she gasped.
How can this shop be so profitable, it has three or four thousand taels in the account a month!
Impatient, she looked towards the beginning of the account, and only saw the three words at the beginning of the account—Gui Linju.
Return to Linju
Isn't this her mother's dowry shop
Even at its best, it was just a time-honored restaurant without any special features, so why has it become a cash cow now
Three thousand taels! This is not a small amount. Some noble families marry daughters, and the dowry money is not even three thousand taels, not to mention that Lin Ju's monthly profit is three thousand taels.
Thinking back to the beginning, Mrs. He drove her to Siyang, but only gave her 10,000 taels of money.
He Ying's eyes turned red in an instant.
As soon as Mu Xiang turned her head, she saw the aunt standing not far behind her. Her expression changed again and again, and finally she hurriedly closed the account, stood up and saluted, "Why did the aunt come to this servant?"
He Ying also reacted at this time, she concealed the greed in her eyes, and raised her chin, "I just wandered around for nothing, why, you have to take care of this?"
"What did the aunt say, if the aunt wants to go around, I will arrange a few clever little maids to accompany you. Although it is winter, there are still several places to see in our house."
He Ying saw that the big girl had a muscular face, with a look of reluctance, and rolled her eyes, "Don't bother you, I'll go to the old lady's side, you can continue to work on your work!"
Mu Xiang sent the eldest aunt to the door, and when she turned around, she sent off the lazy little maid who was guarding the door.
The little maid begged for mercy tremblingly, but Mu Xiang's expression was cruel and distorted.
The little maid standing by the side looked at Mu Xiang's appearance, and couldn't help shivering.
On New Year's Eve, the people who came to Hefu to celebrate the New Year ate to their hearts content, and sat around in the flower hall to watch the New Year together. It was not until midnight that Chu Lian ordered his servants to take them back to the wing to rest.
Chu Lian still went back to her small courtyard. She put the handful of red envelopes and sachets she got tonight on the table, sat beside her, and played with opening the red envelopes under the dim light.
Opening the red envelope is like opening a present, and what she enjoys is the surprise at the moment of opening. She was already in her twenties in her previous life, and no one gave her a red envelope for the Chinese New Year. Now she still has such an opportunity, of course. Have a good experience of the fun.
On New Year's Eve, He Sanlang in the front courtyard wing room had a cold face, freezing all the people in the room like ice cubes.
Standing on the edge of the bed with a bitter face is like standing or sitting.
He rubbed his hands, and said in a low voice: "Third young master, it's getting late, your injury is still not healed, go to rest earlier!"
He Changdi didn't look at him, but stretched out his hand toward Lai Yue, "Where's the thing?"
Lai Yue hurriedly took out a slender and exquisite wooden box from his arms and held it in front of his master, "Third young master, here, the small one is always on your body, and you don't dare to be careless."
He Changdi took the wooden box without saying a word.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, he coughed lightly, and suggested in He Changdi's ear, "Third young master, it's only natural for husband and wife to reunite. Seeing that tomorrow is the first day of the new year, why don't you go to the third grandma's place to rest for a night?" Although the third grandma didn't say anything, she must be thinking about you in her heart, but the third grandma is young and thin-skinned."
He Changdi heard Lai Yue's words, the glaciers on Jun's face melted a little, he pinched the wooden box with his slender fingers, paused, and said: "You are right, then go to your grandma tonight!"
Lai Yue listened to his master's words, his face was filled with joy, and when He Changdi didn't see him, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, heaved a sigh of relief, and thought: Oh, I finally gave the person to the third grandma. No matter how cloudy or cloudy the third young master's mood is, it's none of his business. Do you think it's easy for him to be a good Chang Sui! Not only has to be responsible for the master's eating, drinking and drinking, but also guess what the master is thinking all the time, and find him a step down. If this continues, he will lose ten years of life.
Just like that, Lai Yueji quickly ordered people to carry He Sanlang to Chu Lian's yard, and as soon as the people put him down, he ran away without a trace.
Chu Lian was unpacking the red envelopes at the table, having fun! She was surprised when she heard voices from outside, and then called twice, Wen Qing hurried in, "Third Grandma, Third Young Master is here."
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Chu Lian opened his mouth, a little speechless, it was so late, he didn't have a good rest and recuperation, what did he come to her for.
Chu Lian put down the purse from Sima Hui that he was about to open, got up and went outside with Wenqing.
He Changdi couldn't walk yet, he was carried into Chu Lian's courtyard by Lai Yue and several generals, and he was placed on the kang outside at this moment.
He was wearing a black black bearskin cloak. Due to injury and blood loss, his handsome face like a jade crown was a little pale, his narrow and deep eyes were slightly narrowed, and his thin lips were slightly pursed. He was lying on his side on the heating kang, because of his height , the narrow heated kang could not accommodate him, so his long legs stretched out to rest on the armrests of the heated kang. The slender fingers with distinct knuckles are playing with the sapphire wrench on the thumb of his left hand.
Chu Lian found that ever since she accidentally gave away this sapphire finger, He Changdi always made this little trick when thinking about things.
Chu Lian was overwhelmed by his handsome appearance for a moment, and stood behind the curtain for a while before returning to his senses.
(There will be two more in a while~)