Painting Tang Jiao

Chapter 15
Watching Miss Si and Miss Wu go away, when their figures turned around the intersection, Qing Huan looked away, turned and walked into the house.

"Give me a change of clothes, let's go..." Qing Huan paused, as if thinking.

Mancao waited aside, waiting for orders.

Ling Lu quickly went to get the folded clothes, and asked Qing Huan to change into the clothes she was going out with.

"Bring over that wiped forehead, let's go to Rongshou Hall." Qing Huan ordered.

Aunt Liu had kept the forehead wipe, she went to find it in the cage, after thinking about it, she took out a piece of good red silk and wrapped it before handing it to Mancao.

In Rongshou Hall, the old lady was talking with Mama Wang, and was taken aback when she heard the maid's report.

"Didn't Miss Four and Miss Five go to Miss Seven today?" the old lady asked Dong Mo standing behind her.

Dong Mo said: "It was noon, and I heard the word from the big kitchen that the three girls were having lunch in Miss Seven's yard."

It is now almost two hours past noon.

The old lady nodded and asked Qing Huan to come in.

"Old lady." Qing Huan walked in with red eyes and a handkerchief in her hand.

"What's the matter? What's the matter with this appearance? Who bullied you, tell grandma." The old lady sat down on the bed with her arms around Qing Huan, and while taking the cotton handkerchief from Mama Wang, she raised her head and scolded the following Mancao who came in: "What kind of maidservant are you, to just watch your master being bullied like this?"

"I..." Mancao opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything, but her face was filled with tears after a while.

Seeing this, Ms. Wang got up and pushed Mancao: "You girl, the old lady asked you something, and you cried all the time. I didn't answer the matter first. I thought you were more stable than the other girl, why are you now? Look so ignorant."

"Old lady, you have to decide for our girls." Man Cao cried: "Mrs. Ru Yang gave the box of jewelry to Seventh Girl, and the girl wanted to separate from the other girls, saying that it was for the sisters. At noon At that time, Miss Four and Miss Five came to see our girl, and took some jewelry before leaving. The girl was very happy, and picked out some jewelry for the second and third girls. It's just... "

"Old lady, how dare I not accept the meeting gift from Uncle Ruyang. If I knew that I was disliked, I would have pushed it back if I knew it at the time." Qing Huan threw herself into the arms of the old lady, crying very sadly .

"Don't cry, don't cry. Which Miss Master would directly push other people's greeting ceremony, if it spreads out, what kind of reputation will it have. But don't talk nonsense, our girls from Yan's house should have the education they should have." The old lady patted Qing Huan on the back and said.

After listening to the general idea, Wang Mama already understood what happened.

This matter, that is, when Seventh Miss didn't come, she and the old lady were talking in the room.

"Your girl is weak, how can she keep crying. You haven't wiped away your tears yet." Mother Wang scolded softly, "You haven't gone out and washed your face."

At the end of Dongdong, he took the vines to the house next to him and fetched water.

"You, let's be maids, so it's fine if we don't persuade the master, why are you crying by yourself. Look at you like a big tabby cat now." Dong Mo's voice was soft.

Mancao took the veil embarrassedly.

"I also felt sorry for the girl..." Mancao didn't continue, she knew that her behavior was wrong, but. . . . .

Seeing this, Dongmo smiled and didn't say much.

After the vines cleaned up a little, I went to make a basin of wash water again and brought it to the back room.

Qing Huan in the room had stopped crying and was lying in the arms of the old lady.

The old lady had a kind face, she patted Qing Huan on the back lightly, and coaxed her warmly.

Mama Wang wrung out the handkerchief herself, and was raising her hand to help Qing Huan wipe it.

The old lady has already picked it up and is going to come in person.

Qing Huan came over slowly, and found the situation in the room, her face turned red to the ears, and she said in a sticky voice: "Old lady, I... I will do it myself."

"Don't move." The old lady stopped Qing Huan from moving, "It's fine."

Qing Huan leaned obediently in the arms of the old lady, and controlled the movements of her hands.

The old lady put down the veil only when there were no more tears on her face.

"Mancao, I already know about your girl. You follow Dong Mo to see who is talking about it. Just let someone catch the eldest wife. If they are against them, can the masters be able to talk about it?" .”

When Man Cao left, Qing Huan was coaxed by the old lady to talk about the situation when she came.

The old lady reckoned and guessed that she was fine with the people around her.

In this way, it is either the eldest wife or the second wife who is at fault.

"Old lady, no...no need. I'm just like what they said..." Qing Huan whispered more and more.

The old lady naturally knew what she was talking about, but she was being fostered in the house, eating other people's food, using other people's food, and climbing on top of other girls.

but. . . . . .Although the old lady didn't stand up for Qing Huan in a serious way, she didn't want the servants in the mansion to look like this, if it was accidentally spread.

Needless to say, the first thing that got in the way was Yan's reputation.

Mother Wang didn't know what the old lady was thinking, so she gave Zhao Dongmo a wink.

At the end of Dongdong, he took people out, and Mancao only had time to put down the red silk bag hidden on his body.

"This is..." Mother Wang exclaimed, "It's really beautiful."

The old lady had been coaxing Qing Huan with her head down, but when she heard the words, she also raised her head and looked over, but she couldn't help being stunned when she saw this.There is a forehead wiped on the red silk, this forehead wipe is novel, it is not the usual one that uses various silk threads to embroider with zigzag plums and peonies.Instead, small white pearls of the same size were used on it, with a few coral beads interspersed in it, and finally an emerald green stone was embedded in it.

"This is Qiyatou, she said she would wipe my forehead before." The old lady looked a little happy, but her attitude towards Qing Huan was really gentle.

Qing Huan covered her face and nodded.

"My female celebrity is not as good as my big sister, so I can only think of other ways."

Hearing Qing Huan mention the maidservant, the old lady tightened her arms around Qing Huan, and quickly let go before Qing Huan barely responded.

"Your eldest sister learned from a famous female celebrity master, not to mention you, even your second sister can't match." The old lady said: "It's just a pity..."

Qing Huan lowered her head lonely when she heard this.

The room suddenly fell silent.

Mama Wang looked around, raised her forehead with a smile and said, "Old lady, I'm going to congratulate you."

The old lady smiled and said, "Seventh girl is filial, I know that."

"Old lady, it goes without saying that Seventh Miss is filial. I want to say something different."

The way Mama Wang said it made the old lady feel a little bit interested.

Ms. Wang didn't hold back: "Isn't Mrs. Zhongle Houliu celebrating her birthday next month? Didn't the old lady just complain to me that the birthday gifts every year are nothing new. I saw that Miss Seven did a wonderful job of wiping her forehead, Mrs. Doesn’t the wife still have a lot of useless pearls lying around in her hand? It’s just for Miss Seven to make one, and the old lady will also bring this one with her to wipe the forehead. When people see it, they will know the old lady and the old lady Liu My sister-in-law is very affectionate."

It's okay, but the last sentence of Wang's mother really touched the old lady.

The old lady was hesitating in her heart, Qing Huan in her arms pulled up her sleeves, and said in a low voice: "Old lady, Qing Huan has done this, and the speed is very fast. When the time comes, I will find the second sister and the others together, let's draw a picture, together make one."

This meant that he would bring along several other girls from the mansion.

The old lady smiled: "It's fine if you have the heart. It's just one person wiping their foreheads. It's still a job for two people to do it. If a few girls in a mansion only do this one, it would be petty."

The old lady thought for a while and asked again: "Is there enough time?"

Qing Huan nodded: "Yes, but..." Smiling shyly, Qing Huan continued: "It would be even better if there were some beads like coral beads, glass beads, and gemstone beads. I ...I only have that box of pearls in my hand, so I made a simple one."

Qing Huan was very embarrassed to say that.

The old lady smiled: "I forgot about these." Then she asked Mother Wang: "I remember there are these beads in the library. You picked them all and took them to Qiyatou. Besides, there are a few jade beads. Lotus, I think it is also suitable to put on the forehead. You can find it together."

Ms. Wang nodded her head again and again, and rushed to the warehouse.

Qing Huan sat for a while, and when Mancao came back with Dong Mo, she took the boxes handed over by Mama Wang and prepared to go back.Before leaving, he originally wanted to see Jun'er, but when he looked at Mancao's face, he thought that his own face might not be very good-looking, so he gave up.

The old lady changed her gentleness and kindness in front of Qing Huan, and listened to Dong Mo's report with a straight face.

"What did the eldest lady say when you sent it over?" the old lady asked.

Dong Mo lowered his head and replied: "The eldest lady was very angry when she heard that, she didn't ask any more questions, and directly dragged the person out to play the board. But the eldest lady said, after all, she is a servant of the mansion, so she dare not send it out casually." I'm afraid that they will hold grudges in their hearts and talk nonsense outside, which will insult Seventh Girl's reputation instead."

"Look, look. She's still the housewife." The old lady was furious when she heard this.

Mother Wang brought the tea bowl, trying to calm the old lady down.

"The eldest wife is still young, and she is right in saying one thing. If someone goes out and speaks nonsense and wronged the mansion, then I'm afraid..."

How could the old lady believe this, and said angrily: "I don't know what kind of person she is. If she is really capable, she will come here in person when the end of winter passes. Why, isn't it just in front of her?" As an elder, he refuses to put down his body and come over to coax him. I'm afraid that even I will be ignored in the future."

"The eldest lady didn't come because there were too many things to do in the house. What is the relationship between the old lady and the eldest lady? She is a nephew, and it is too late for the eldest lady to respect the old lady." Mama Wang urged repeatedly.

"Forget it. My old lady can't control much." The old lady said: "At the end of winter, go to the old lady's side again, and just say those people who talk badly, and fine them another half a year."

It should be late winter, and exit the house again.

It is probably useless to do this by myself, but the eldest wife will put some thought into it.

The old lady is not afraid of anything else, but she is afraid that the old lady will act without thinking and doing things at will.

(End of this chapter)