The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 5

It was already late at night, only Qiao Jiuxiu's room was still lit, and the things in the room were very simple, just a set of ordinary paulownia furniture.Two flickering candles could not illuminate the entire bedroom, and the charcoal basin was lit with low-grade charcoal, and occasionally there would be a few choking black smoke.

Qiao Jiuxiu came to modern times and knew that this kind of charcoal could easily cause people to be poisoned, so even if it was cold, he still opened half of the windows.

The vast expanse of whiteness outside the house is covered with thick snow, and the icicles hanging under the eaves occasionally reveal a little cold light, which is the beating flames in the house.

"Miss, it's late at night, let's go to bed early, and I can draw this blueprint tomorrow." Jinxiu carried a white porcelain teapot with floral patterns, and entered Qiao Jiuxiu's bedroom with the chill all over her body.

"You're still talking about me, it's so late, and it's freezing, where did you go?" Qiao Jiuxiu carefully put down the homemade charcoal pencil in her hand, rubbed her fingers that were a little stiff from the cold, turned her head, and looked asked with a beautiful smile.

"I just went to the big kitchen to make a pot of red dates and ginger tea." Jinxiu didn't say that she made it for Qiao Jiuxiu, she knew her master too well, so she might stay up until how long tonight.So even though she hoped that Qiao Jiuxiu could rest earlier, she still went to the big kitchen to make tea to keep out the cold.

"The people in the big kitchen didn't make things difficult for you, did they?" Qiao Jiuxiu frowned worriedly when she heard Jinxiu said that she had gone to the big kitchen, and stared at Jinxiu's face for a long time before she was relieved to make sure that there were no tears.

Qiao Jiuxiu's appearance made Jinxiu want to laugh, but she felt warm in her heart, she knew that Qiao Jiuxiu cared about her.

"No one makes things difficult for the servants. I heard that the servants are prepared to prevent the young lady from staying up late to draw clothes for the young lady. Mother Li, who is in charge, even sent a fire-burning girl to help."

Saying that, Jinxiu put down the white porcelain teapot in her hand, took a small bench and put it next to the shelf where the charcoal basin was placed, and put the white porcelain teapot on it again.So warm, you can have hot tea all night long.

Qiao Jiuxiu watched Jinxiu finish these tasks, and said, "The big kitchen is full of oil and water, and the mother in charge is really smart. However, no matter what you say, someone will always teach the wife."

Jinxiu smiled, turned around, took a white porcelain teacup, poured a cup of jujube and ginger tea into Qiao Jiuxiu's hand, and said, "Of course I want to tell the truth, the young lady took so much trouble to prepare for the young lady, of course I want my wife to know how good the young lady is." heart."

"Well, I don't want my wife to know how good she will be to me in the future, at least she can take some credit for me and not always embarrass me like before." Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, and took the tea cup handed over by Jinxiu to warm her Warmers.

After a short while, he gently blew in front of himself, took a small sip of the jujube ginger tea, closed his eyes with a happy face and thought about it for a long time before he said: "Jinxiu, your jujube ginger tea really boils better. It's getting better and better, one sip will warm your heart, and quickly pour yourself a cup to keep out the cold, it's so cold outside, you're not suffering from the cold."

"That's Miss, you teach well." Jinxiu agreed with a smile.While talking, he poured himself a cup of jujube and ginger tea, imitated Qiao Jiuxiu, blew it gently, and took a small sip.

"That's Jinxiu, you have a good understanding. I only know how to do it myself, but I can't do it myself." Qiao Jiuxiu said while sipping ginger tea.After a long night of exhaustion, Qiao Jiuxiu also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of drinking this ginger tea for a little leisure,
"The servant is only as capable as this, and it's because the young lady doesn't dislike the clumsiness of the servant, and she is willing to teach her carefully." Jinxiu walked over to Qiao Jiuxiu and sat down beside Qiao Jiuxiu with a teacup in hand.

Qiao Jiuxiu came from modern times, and she received an education that everyone is equal, and there is no distinction between master and servant in her heart.And she came here three years ago, except for the initial hesitation, the rest of the days can be said to be dependent on Jinxiu, so she regards Jinxiu as a friend or even a best friend in her heart.

And Jinxiu spent even longer with Qiao Jiuxiu, including the original owner, for a full seven years.In the past seven years, Jinxiu has been with Qiao Jiuxiu to be angry, to be bullied together, and to seek the rare little pleasures in the difficult days. She has long regarded Qiao Jiuxiu as her own sister in her heart, guarding the dignity of master and servant in front of outsiders, there are only two of them When they are together, they will not be so rigid.

When Jinxiu sat down, Qiao Jiuxiu leaned softly against Jinxiu, put her head on Jinxiu's shoulder, and gently shook her body.The teacup in Qiao Jiuxiu's hand became dangerous as she shook it, almost pouring it out every time and spilling it on her body.

Jinxiu looked at Qiao Jiuxiu with some amusement, stretched out her hand to take the teacup from Qiao Jiuxiu's hand, and said, "Look, Miss doesn't want to drink it now, servant girl can take it first."

While continuing to shake herself, Qiao Jiuxiu said in a serious tone: "Well, I just drank a few sips, and my heart is not so cold, this tea seems a little hot, I will drink it when it cools down a little later, Jinxiu, put it aside Just put it on the table, I won't knock it over."

Hearing what Qiao Jiuxiu said, Jinxiu stabilized the teacup in her hand again. Countless lessons told her that her Miss Jiu would always knock over the teacup inadvertently.Of course, in fact, Jinxiu also understands that Qiao Jiuxiu's reaction is actually because she really doesn't like helping the eldest lady make clothes for the audition.

After shaking for half a stick of incense, Qiao Jiuxiu stopped, sat upright, changed back to the previous appearance, took the white porcelain cup from Jinxiu's hand, and finished drinking the heart-warming red dates and ginger tea.

After drinking, Qiao Jiuxiu put down the teacup, turned around and sat back, picked up the homemade charcoal pencil and prepared to continue drawing.

"Miss, if you don't want to paint, just stop." Jinxiu said inwardly.

"Jinxiu, you have to know that there is nothing you don't think about doing things for your wife and eldest lady. We concubine girls have to scramble to do things for them. We have to be kind and fulfill their orders. This is The rules of our Qiao family compound."

Hearing what Qiao Jiuxiu said, Jinxiu felt a pain in her heart, they are both daughters of Qiao's family, but their treatment and status are very different.

As if she understood Jinxiu's feelings, Qiao Jiuxiu said lightly: "People are different. Some people have things from birth, and some people can't pursue them even if they spend their entire lives. Jinxiu, sometimes I am also the same. I am not reconciled, but what can I do if I am not reconciled? If I want to change all this, I have to accept what I don’t like. But no one can predict what will happen in the future. Jinxiu, maybe one day, we will be on top.”

As Qiao Jiuxiu spoke, the drawing became more detailed, and the hand holding the charcoal pencil became more stable.This is how people are. Hope is the most important thing in adversity. If there is no hope, then create a hope yourself.

It's just that the lights in this room are still a bit dim after all, and Qiao Jiuxiu's eyes are a little dazzled after staring at it for a long time.Just as she was lamenting that in ancient times there could not be bright lights like modern times, a beam of light shone on the white paper.

She turned her head to look, but Jinxiu was standing beside her with a bronze mirror in both hands, reflecting the light of the candle on the paper in front of her.

"I told you once, but you remember it, it's amazing." Qiao Jiuxiu couldn't help but praise.The wisdom of this ancient is indeed not to be underestimated. She just said that she could use a bronze mirror to reflect the sunlight into the house. Unexpectedly, Jinxiu not only remembered it, but also put it to use at this time.

"Where is the maidservant so powerful, it's obviously the young lady who is smart and knows everything." Jinxiu's words are true, in Jinxiu's eyes, the young lady has become more and more intelligent in recent years, she knows everything and can't be troubled by anything.But she didn't expect that there would be such a thing as a different person, after all, it was too shocking.

Qiao Jiuxiu smiled lightly and said, "It's not that I'm smart, these are all from books."

Hearing what Qiao Jiuxiu said, Jinxiu couldn't help but continued: "In the past, Miss didn't like to read, but she fell ill three years ago, but she loved to read and do needlework."

Qiao Jiuxiu's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, she was very different from her former self. Others couldn't see it because the former Qiao Jiuxiu was like an invisible person. No one paid attention, so naturally she couldn't find her difference.But Jinxiu is different, Jinxiu gets along with her body every day, and she is the person who knows her body best, so she must feel something different in her heart, but she doesn't say anything.

"I once heard the eldest brother tell the fourth brother that there is a golden house in the book, there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a thousand bells in the book. Although I didn't understand it very well at the time, I listened to it, and then I found a book to read it. , I feel more and more that what big brother said is really good."

"Well, the Eldest Young Master is really formidable. The young one is the Master Juren. In the future, the Eldest Young Master will definitely win the first prize." Mentioning Qiao Shaotang, the Eldest Young Master of the Qiao Mansion, Jinxiu's tone changed obviously.

That woman is not pregnant. Apart from the slaves, there are only three men in Qiao's mansion, the master, the eldest young master, and the fourth young master.The old man is too old, and no one will stare at him except those with ulterior motives.The fourth young master, Qiao Shaolian, was an idle dandy and a concubine, except for the little girl who was teased by Qiao Shaolian who was ignorant of the world, few would take him seriously.

But the eldest young master Qiao Shaotang is really young and promising, he won the Juren early, he is modest and polite, and he looks dignified, and more importantly, he is the only heir of this huge Qiao family.Most of the little girls in the mansion will change their appearance when they mention the young master, even Jinxiu is the same.

Although Qiao Jiuxiu didn't agree with Jinxiu's thoughts, but this is how it is in this era, whether it's in Qiao's mansion or in other big families, there are really few girls who don't want to be aunts.In the eyes of these maids, even the aunt is half the master, as long as she pleases the master, there will always be countless glory, and even if she returns to her mother's house, she will be more respectable.

In this day and age, most of those who yearn for a lifetime of being a couple are boudoir daughters who are ignorant of the world and obsessed with reading scripts.Even Qiao Jiuxiu herself, all she wanted was not to be casually referred to as a concubine, as for other things, she really didn't dare to expect extravagantly.If you ask too much, you will inevitably be disappointed. It is only reasonable to work hard towards a better life step by step.

"Brother is good." After saying this, Qiao Jiuxiu concentrated on drawing with charcoal.

(End of this chapter)