The autumn wind is gradually rising, the weather is getting cooler, and the maids in the house have changed into thinner jackets.
Hua Zhen was coming in from outside, holding a small tea tray carved from begonia wood in his hand, bringing a covered bowl in the tea tray to Yuzhu, and persuaded with a smile: "Madam, drink it while it's hot, this time Mother Ruan added some licorice, it will be better." ” Yuzhu was embroidering a small kang screen, and couldn't help but pout when she heard this, "Liar, last time Ruan's mother said that rock sugar was added, and the taste should still be there, but there is a strange sweetness, which is even more difficult to drink." ” "Ahem, just drink it for two more days, bear with it, the slave and maid go get dried peaches."
Hua Zhen opened the lid of the bowl and put it on the black lacquer with carved bent legs on the kang table in front of Yuzhu, turned around and took a palm-sized blue and white jar from the shelf, poked one with a silver coin stick and put it in a small dish.
Yuzhu knew that he couldn't escape, and he would suffer if he waited for Ruan's mother to come, so he had to pinch his nose and drink the bowl of medicinal juice, and wrinkled his face and put a piece of dried peach in his mouth.
This dried peach is the oldest "treasure of the town store" in the time-honored candied fruit shop across the street from Wangfu Street, in addition to the sweet and sour taste, it is also full of a strange fragrance, appetizing and satisfying, the most popular among the women in Beijing, and the secret of the recipe, the only one in the capital, and the daily quantity is limited, so the price is expensive.
Waiting for the bitter taste in his mouth to be slowly suppressed, Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the needle and thread again, it was not a few days before the birthday of the Queen Mother, and the big countdown at the head of the bed reminded him not to be lazy every moment, but he was not less laughed at by Cheng Xunxun.
The subordinates paused, couldn't help but look at a pot of green chrysanthemums in the corner of the house, and their hearts were a little complicated, this pot of flowers was called "green peony", the whole body was green, as if carved out of a whole piece of warm jasper, and the beautiful Hua Zhen was like a great enemy every time he watered, for fear of breaking a branch and a leaf, it can be seen that its preciousness is the same as dried peaches, and it was also brought back by Cheng Xunxun, saying that it was a reward for him to make clothes.
Thinking of this, he simply put down the needle, propped up his elbows and supported his chin, remembering that after never needing to go out early and return late every day, the two spent a lot more time together than before, sometimes almost all day inseparable, she sat on the kang to make clothes for him, he sat on the other side of the kang table with a book, and occasionally looked up and made some requests, as if it was natural What surprised her the most was the day Chun Xian was going to be married off by him "Madam, don't drive the slave and maid away, the slave and the maid don't dare anymore, even if the slave and maid start from the third-class maid in the future, beg the wife not to drive the slave and maid away."
Chun Xian's crying eyes were red, the hairpin rings were scattered, and a few strands of hair that had fallen out were wet and stuck to her face with tears, looking embarrassed.
The maid who came in after her hurriedly knelt down, "Mrs. atonement, the slave and maid really can't hold it, and the Chunxian girl still bites." ” Sure enough, there was a red bite mark on the girl's exposed elbow, and it was still oozing blood slightly.
Signaling the maid to go down and bandage, Yuzhu looked at the woman whose emotions were close to getting out of control, and asked, "Who wants to drive you away" She didn't do anything, could it be Ruan's mother Yuzhu turned her head to look at Yao's mother beside her.
Yao's mother shook her head, indicating that no one had made a move.
"What are you making trouble in the wife's house" A broken drink came from the door of the clean room, and following the reputation, I saw Cheng Xunxun wearing a royal blue carved silk straight jacket and walked in.
With a cold face, he asked, "What bites?"
Chunxian suddenly seemed to have seen a savior, and she couldn't stand up, so she crawled directly to Cheng Xunxun's feet on her knees, not daring to touch his robe, crying and begging: "Second master, for the sake of my dedication over the years, there is no merit and hard work, don't let my wife drive the slave and maid away, the slave and maid can be beaten and punished for anything wrong, just ask for a place for the slave and maid." ” Yao's mother, Hua Zhen, and Zao Yuan were furious, not all of them were saying that Yuzhu could not tolerate being jealous of the room, and dared to make such a big statement in front of his wife, and he had to keep her good food and drink.
Cheng Xunxun glanced lightly at Chunxian who was kneeling on the ground: "You don't want to marry Steward Shao" As soon as these words came out, let alone Chunxian, even Yuzhu and Yao's mother were taken aback, how did they say this, Cheng Xunxun wanted to marry Chunxian to the steward "Second master, second master."
Chunxian knelt on the ground, she couldn't believe her ears, hearing Zhou's mother's words, her first reaction was that her wife was going to do it, and the unwillingness in her heart went straight up, why can't even the master mother dominate the master, how many days have they not seen the face of the second master, and they still don't let go.
As soon as her mind was hot, she rushed to the main room as if she was desperate, but she offended the housekeeper and she didn't want to marry the little steward like this, but "You don't want to marry Steward Shao" repeated again.
Chunxian woke up with an agitated spirit, still couldn't believe it, and said cautiously: "The slave marries Steward Shao" "Shao Ying in the outer courtyard, Mother Zhou didn't tell you" Cheng Xunxun walked to the side of the kang and sat down, and asked again.
"The slave doesn't want to get married, she just wants to serve the second master and his wife well."
Chun Xian's body trembled, almost shaking, but she knew that now was the moment when it was about the fate of the rest of her life, and her mind was very clear and firm.
Cheng Xunxun glanced at her in surprise, "Even if you never lift your aunt in the future, you are willing" Chunxian was stunned and speechless, which Tongfang is not looking forward to giving birth to a son and carrying an aunt, even if the aunt is not a serious master, it is also brocade clothes and jade food, slaves and maids are serving, and there is no need to be only a little higher than the maid like now, and usually she is not even qualified to ask for peace to the master.
Do it all your life No, she doesn't want it, she "Slave."
I was anxious to say something, but when I looked up, I just happened to bump into Cheng Xunxun's slightly ironic eyes, which penetrated people's hearts, like a charcoal fire meeting ice water, and her heart was completely cold Ruan's mother came in with a small pot of tea boiled with angelica slices, and when she saw her master holding her cheeks in a daze, she looked very cute, and couldn't help laughing: "Madam, what's the matter, but I'm tired, let's take a sip of tea and rest for a while." ” Yuzhu straightened up in frustration, was very unhappy to take the tea, and complained: "It's angelica tea again, I don't like this taste, can my mother change it." ” "Angelica is good, although the avoidance decoction that Mrs. drank a few days ago is not very harmful to the body, but the impact is always there, how can you get pregnant with the little master if you don't adjust the temperature well, the slave maid will steam some snacks made of Ejiao dates for you at night, and Ming'er will change astragalus and dendrobium."
Ruan's mother is best at conditioning her body and sitting on the fetus, and she got one set after another, so that Yuzhu's body has always been healthy, and people who rarely take medicine are miserable Cheng Xunxun thought that he was in a hurry because he couldn't conceive a child, so he went to buy dried peaches and brought them back "Mother Ruan, do you say this is accurate, the old lady mentioned this matter again yesterday, I see that the things next to her are easy to discuss, but I pay special attention to the heirs, I often think that after the old lady marries in, the aunts and concubines in the house never stop, so that her old people are vigilant, so that I can steal a little empty, otherwise there is no son and half a daughter under the knees at the age of the second master, where is there no one to come in."
Ruan's mother was distressed, and comforted: "What are you worried about these things for, the slave maid said that you should be calm and smooth, qi stagnation is to stagnate liver qi, last time the kid with bangs came back from Deyuan and brought back the news, if the old lady forced you, tell the wife, the wife has her own way to deal with it."
Cui Shi was also worried about this, for fear that his daughter would be wronged.
"What are you bothering mother, Mother Ruan, you look down on others."
Yuzhu took a sip of tea, how could Cui's interfere in the matter of marrying a daughter, she was not talked about, and besides, she was not completely without means, and look at it, maybe things will not come to that point.
I've been worrying a lot lately, shake your head, let it be, it's always coming, let's continue to make a kang screen.
The nature of not being able to hold the troubles made her adjust her mood in a blink of an eye, and concentrated on embroidering the wings of the crane, this picture of the crane prolonging the year is not big, but it is quite fine, there are puddles and aquatic plants around, there are pine trees and stones, just embroidering a pair of wings of the crane uses nearly ten kinds of embroidery methods such as needle embroidery, punch embroidery, stacked color embroidery, and yo needle, the white part should not only use different stitches to embroider different parts of the feathers or fluffy or stiff characteristics, but also use a variety of white threads to express, A rough calculation is that there are nine kinds of white, except for the Hua Zhen who has practiced some at the beginning, which can help a little, and the rest can only be done by Yuzhu himself, which is really a hard project.
Fortunately, in order to avoid trouble, she didn't dare to use a unique stitch method of Bian embroidery, but also avoided the most difficult part, the embroidery is quite easy, if you embroider at such a speed, you will be able to finish the embroidery before entering the palace.
As soon as a feather was embroidered, Cheng Xunxun came in, with a gloomy face, so frightened that the medicine bowl in Hua Zhen's hand almost didn't fall to the ground, Ruan's mother hurriedly gave her a look, and retreated together.
"Second Master" Yuzhu hurriedly put down the needle and thread in his hand, got up and put his shoes on the kang, "Auntie and grandma are here to pick it up" Cheng Xunxun fell heavily on the pillow, his hands were pillowed behind his head, and he brought out a little ruffian: "Gone, all gone." ” Yuzhu was a little surprised by his current casualness, and habitually poured him a cup of tea from the kang table, saw that the person was lying down, and put it back on the table, "Don't be angry, it's all over."
What if I get angry, I'm counting on you to take me out into the garden to blow the wind when I'm too old to walk. ” The lying man paused, sat up suddenly, glanced at Yuzhu deeply, and smiled slowly: "How can you say so well with this mouth, listen to you, don't be angry." ” Yuzhu hurriedly brought the tea to him, and when he saw Cheng Xunxun taking it with a smile, he hesitated to speak: "Does the emperor's punishment for the Jiang family want me to go to the palace to talk about it, so I can wait for the spring."
"In the end, it is the daughter of the in-law, that is, the eldest daughter who did something wrong is also the eldest daughter born by the old lady in October, and it is much better than the daughter-in-law who married back to herself, although she is not happy, but she has to put one out, so as not to fall down, twisted into a heart knot. gd1806102: