Painting Tang Jiao

Chapter 42
After entering the room, Jun'er trotted over and put her arms around Qing Huan's waist, and said happily: "Sister, I have practiced Chinese characters well." Then she looked behind Qing Huan and asked strangely: "Where did the vine go? "

Linglu replied: "Didn't Fourth Master say that he wanted to eat spring bamboo shoots? Why don't Mancao go to the big kitchen to see if there are any ingredients, and he'll be back in a while."

Jun'er mentioned this sentence during breakfast, and everyone remembered it in their hearts.

Yan Jun narrowed her eyes happily and said, "Xia Cao said to do it for me."

summer grass.. .

Qing Huan asked Aunt Liu who was following her with her eyes.

Aunt Liu nodded, pulled Jun'er back and wiped his palms with a handkerchief, and said, "It's not long since I've been back, and I said I know how to cook this dish, and I'm preparing it in the small kitchen."

"Xia Cao is a good girl." Aunt Liu said and glanced at Qing Huan.

Qing Huan pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Then I just want to eat sour bamboo shoots, so it's okay to ask Mancao to make sour bamboo shoots when she comes back."

When Xia Cao came in, she saw Qing Huan's footsteps paused, and quickly stepped forward with a smile and put the bowl of fried bamboo shoots in front of Yan Jun.

"At first, I wanted to wait for Miss Seven to go back to the yard together, but I remembered that Fourth Master wanted to eat dried bamboo shoots, so I went to the big kitchen. It happened to be there, so I went back to the yard first. Miss Seven will try it too."

"Jun'er is young, there is no certainty in my heart, I want to eat this and that. When I was in Yuhang, the first day I said that I liked a maid and wanted to put it in the house to serve, but the next day I played with our siblings. After a while, I forgot about that maid."

"I don't know that maidservant later..."

Aunt Liu glanced at her and said: "That servant girl is also ignorant. Whether the master wants you or not is just a matter of one sentence. If you are in a good mood, your words will naturally count. If you are in a bad mood or you have forgotten, do you want to do it?" Do people still remind me?"

"I remember that there seems to be a servant girl who was kicked out. Could it be that the girl and aunt said it was her." Ling Lu asked curiously, and she only remembered that there was such a person.

Yan Jun looked confused, he didn't remember at all.

"Exactly." Qing Huan said with a smile: "It was also the maid who made trouble in front of our siblings. At that time, my sister was annoyed and asked someone to take that maid away. I still remember a sentence my sister said at that time, master It is the master, no matter how young, if you are not sensible, you are still the master. A servant must have the rules of being a servant."

"Miss is right." Xia Cao said.

Qing Huan looked over and saw her respectful expression and clear eyes.

"Yeah... Xiacao's craftsmanship is good, sister, you can eat it too." Yan Jun, who had been silent all this time, held up her chopsticks and placed them in front of Qing Huan.

Qing Huan smiled when she heard the words: "Then why don't you thank Xia Cao, it's also very hard for Xia Cao to serve you. You are not allowed to bully Xia Cao in the future."

Yan Jun refused: "I don't have one."

Xia Cao said: "Fourth Master is very good." Seventh Miss tested her, Xia Cao didn't know.However, Xia Cao is a smart person, and she herself is the person next to the old lady.If Miss Seven doesn't ask or try, Xia Cao will worry that Miss Seven doesn't like her.Now it seems that Miss Seven is satisfied with her performance.

After Rongshoutang came back, Xia Cao had basically finished handing over the affairs over there.

Unless the old lady suddenly called her back, of course, this is basically impossible.

When Mancao came back with the hard-won spring bamboo shoots, the people in the room were talking and laughing while eating.Seeing that Xia Cao was also there, Mancao was taken aback for a moment, then quickly reacted and said with a smile: "Sister Xia Cao, you took the opportunity I wanted to show."

"How can it be? The spring bamboo shoots can only be cooked in one type of dish. It's like we are all maids, but each of us is doing our own thing." Xia Cao also laughed.

Linglu covered her mouth after hearing this: "That's not the reason. By the way, Mancao, the girl said that she wants to eat sour bamboo shoots, and here is your chance to show it."

When Man Cao received Qing Huan's gaze, she rolled her eyes helplessly.

"I made it so you don't eat it." He said to Qing Huan again: "Miss Seven, do you like that kind of sour bamboo shoots?"

"I probably remember the one my mother made before, so I'll go with you." Qing Huan got up and said to Xia Cao: "Jun'er, I'm going to Biluoyuan to talk to Xia's mother because I'm afraid he won't be energetic at night. You'll let him take a nap later."

Seeing Xia Cao nodded, she said to Aunt Liu: "Pick up the cup in this brocade box and put it away in another box. I think the other pens, inks, papers and inkstones in it are good, so let's send them to Jun'er's room." .”

Although the small kitchen was shouted by Qing Huan and the others, it was actually a side room that had been remodeled and used as a fire place.

Qing Huan entered the door with vines.

Mancao immediately lowered her voice and said: "Mother Wang went to Uncle Ruyang's mansion, it sounds like the old lady asked Mother Wang to prepare a whole load of things."

"Did someone from Uncle Ruyang's Mansion come here these days?"

"I came here the day before yesterday. By the way, girl, I heard from the people in the big kitchen that the fourth girl went to the second wife's place a few times."

The fourth girl was confinement by the old lady because of her affairs in Yongyihou's Mansion. In the first few days, it was considered a rule, but then the second wife found the eldest wife.Xu is the eldest lady who has benefited again, and helped the old lady to intercede, and then agreed to let her continue to study in Biluoyuan.Although the confinement has not been cancelled, but at that time it was only said to copy the scriptures behind closed doors, and the four girls gradually began to move around in other places in the mansion after coming and going.

"Fourth girl, let her go first. Fifth girl, do you have any news?" Presumably fourth girl Qing Huan didn't know why but was a little afraid that fifth girl would cause something.

Although Mancao didn't understand, she still said honestly: "Miss Wu is shy and introverted. After returning to the yard, she stayed alone in the house. The door to the room was locked. Everyone said it was because Miss Wu didn't like to deal with people. "

"Not even the maid?"

"It's true that there isn't one, and the servant girl beside Fifth Miss just followed Fifth Miss after leaving the yard."

That is to say, the people in the mansion have no idea what Miss Wu is doing alone in the house.

Seeing the girl thinking, Mancao lowered her head to handle the sour bamboo shoots.Even if Xia Cao temporarily gained the girl's trust, the sour bamboo shoots still have to be done.Xia Cao didn't ask, but the fact that she and Xia Cao went to the big kitchen at the same time, I'm afraid it has already reached the ears of those who care.

As the new year was approaching, things in the Yan residence became hectic.

Qing Huan hadn't finished her morning class, and not long after she returned to the courtyard, a woman from Rongshou Hall came over and said that the old lady had a visitor.

Seeing this, Mancao hurriedly opened the cage to find suitable clothes. In the past few days, Xia's mother taught the eating rules again, and she always wore clothes with cuffs gathered for convenience, but it was inconvenient to meet guests.

Holding the makeup box in her hands, Ling Lu asked: "The eldest wife made some jewelry for the girls in the mansion. The girls have never worn them, do you want to wear them today?"

Qing Huan pondered for a moment and asked, "You can figure it out."

Linglu said cheerfully after hearing this: "I've thought about it a long time ago. Girls don't like things that are complicated or showy, but it's too plain and it doesn't look good. It's the end of the new year, so we should be more festive."

Mancao said with a smile on the side: "The girl doesn't know, Linglu has been thinking about how to dress up the girl. It's okay, I'll find the hairpin soon. The girl can't be late."

Linglu smirked, and picked out a butterfly hairpin.

Qing Huan lives closer now, and when she rushed over with Jun'er, she was only a little later than Miss Si.

It wasn't long before the two siblings sat down after finding a seat, and the other sisters also arrived one after another.

Qing Huan hurriedly got up to greet her sisters again, not only the girls from the Yan Mansion, but also several young masters came over.Seeing this, Qing Huan was taken aback, and peeked at the old lady and the others.

I saw the old lady and the eldest lady also changed into new clothes in a hurry, beaming.

Happy.. .

Qing Huan quickly scanned the room, but she did not see the second girl, and saw the other sisters dressed in jewels, she couldn't help but understand.

At this time, Xia Cao, who had been away for a while, came back quietly.

"I asked a little girl in Rongshou Hall, and she said that the son of Uncle Ruyang is coming."

Qing Huan raised her eyebrows and nodded when she saw Xia Cao.

"Well, go to Jun'er."

Yan Weixu was apologetic, and when she saw Yan Jun, she dragged him to the circle of the brothers in the mansion.

Although Qing Huan was a little worried, she didn't want Jun'er to stay with the women's family. It was fine at first, but she was afraid that her masculinity would be worn down in the long run.

But in the end, I don't worry, except that the eldest brother Yan Wei is a elm-headed, a little honest.The other two are not easy to get along with.

If Xia Cao can protect her by her side, Qing Huan can feel at ease.

After a while, I saw Mama Wang personally leading a woman wearing a beautiful dress into the room.Followed by a few servant girls, all with delicate faces.

When the old lady saw the person coming, she was taken aback for a moment and quickly winked at the eldest lady.

"Mrs. Gao." The eldest lady went up to greet her herself, and gave up the seat she was sitting on.

Sitting on one side is the old lady, and sitting on the other side is Mrs. Gao.

"That's the elder sister of Uncle Ruyang's son. She married Mr. Gao, who was the number one scholar four years ago. Mr. Gao is the youngest and most likely to enter the cabinet in decades." The third girl said suddenly.

Qing Huan looked up and saw her staring enviously at Mrs. Gao.

Qing Huan coughed a few times, and the third girl blushed and turned her head to pretend to be natural and said: "Mrs. Gao's dress is so beautiful, I was dumbfounded."

In this way, it is also possible.

Several butterflies were vividly embroidered on Madam Gao's skirt, and Qing Huan was also attracted to her while walking around just now.

"My younger brother is a fool. He is going to get married from now on. He also foolishly said that he wanted to shut up, and refused to come in with me. No, he is still waiting outside the door."

Mrs. Gao's words just came out of her mouth.

The old lady hurriedly shouted: "Mother Wang, hurry up and invite your son in, it's cold outside."

"Grandmother, let me go." Yan Wei got up and said.

Mrs. Gao rolled her eyes and looked around with a smile: "This is the young master of the mansion, he is really a good-looking talent at a young age."

"Where is it?" The old lady smiled happily.

Yan Wei went out and soon welcomed He Jitong in.

Qing Huan stood up with everyone, lowering her head.

(End of this chapter)