concubines are respected

Chapter 14 Narrative
雀苑

Cui Ya properly placed some ingredients brought back from the dining room in the small kitchen, and happily returned to the main room, her face blushing with excitement, "Second miss, the servants have packed up, then Mother Chen may be really afraid Miss Er, the cost of reissuing this time is full, and we don't have to worry about chaimi anymore."

Suxian sat at the table, folded the IOU with Chen's mother's fingerprints on it neatly, and handed it to Cuiya. She smiled slightly, and a pair of beautiful pear dimples appeared and disappeared on her rosy cheeks, "Put the IOU on the Put it away in the box, and depending on the time, the vanilla should be back after a while, and she has suffered a lot in the past two days, so I will get some delicious food later to make up for it."

"Yes!" Cuiya replied with a light smile, and at the same time took the IOU from Suxian, and carefully put it in the drawer on the side of the bed cabinet, "It's still the second lady who was thoughtful and even drew up the IOU in advance. In case Chen's mother turns her back on her in the future."

"With this IOU in hand, it can be regarded as having caught the weakness of the old thief, Mama Chen. In the days to come, I forgive her for not daring to skimp on the monthly bill. Remember it, in addition to getting back the bill on time, you have to I will collect the owed money on a regular basis, and I have to collect enough of the 12 taels of silver." Suxian picked up the warm tea, took a sip, and spoke with a smile, but her eyes were extremely firm.

In the blink of an eye, when it was You time, the sky gradually darkened, Cui Ya was busy preparing dinner in the dining room, and after a while, the rich aroma of sesame oil cakes wafted out.

Suxian sat leisurely on a small twig in the courtyard, holding a small bowl of yellow millet, sprinkled lightly on the open space not far ahead, attracting birds in twos and threes to flutter down, at this time near night, it was the tired bird When it’s time to return to the nest, the sparrows, who haven’t eaten millet for a long time, are reluctant to return home. While carefully pecking at the millet, they tilt their heads and look at Suxian vigilantly with their small black eyes that are as bright as beans, as if Unbelievable about the sudden feast.

Comparing animals to humans, Su Xian's lips curled into a wry smile as she looked at the birds that were tempted by millet and refused to return home.Back then, there was plenty of food in the sparrow garden, and the flocks of birds not only provided the captive birds, but also often attracted foreign birds to stay in the sparrow garden.Since my mother passed away, the sparrow garden has been deserted and no one has taken care of it. Not to mention the exotic birds have disappeared, and even the birds that live in circles have been flying.

Just like when my mother was alive back then, there were more than a few maids and women who served in the room, but when my mother passed away, my father was sick on the bed, and I was sent to Queyuan by the eldest lady to live a miserable life, until finally, I really stayed by my side and never left. There are only Cuiya and Xiangcao who don't give up.

In a sense, the sparrows who are looking for food in front of them are not because they have a deep attachment to the old residence, so they still stick to the deserted sparrow garden?
Suxian's thoughts were flying endlessly, and she casually scattered all the remaining millet in the earthenware bowl to Que'er, with an extremely emotional expression.At this time, a figure hurriedly came from the main entrance, and was burying his head in shock, catching the birds and flying away in all directions.

Suxian turned around dissatisfied, and was about to speak slightly, when she saw the person who came, a deep smile appeared in her eyes, "Xiangcao, you are back."

Vanilla is about the same age as Cuiya, with a round face and fair skin, small eyes but very airy, plump and ruddy lips under the bridge of the slightly raised nose, although they are not beautiful, there is a kindness between the eyebrows like sisters next door .

When Xiangcao saw Suxian, her eyes were red immediately, she stepped forward and sighed deeply, choked up and said, "Second miss, the servant girl is back, are you okay, did they make things difficult for you?"

The 'they' in Vanilla's mouth naturally refers to Da Furen and others.

"It's okay, don't you think I'm fine?" Suxian took Vanilla's hands, lifted her up, looked her up and down carefully, and said, "It's you who offended Mama Hu. A lot of trouble, right?"

"Slave is fine, slave is fine." Vanilla shook her head again and again, but the teardrops in her eyes fell down like broken beads as her head swayed.

Suxian sighed softly and stopped asking too much.Although Vanilla claims that she is fine, but looking at her demeanor, it is not difficult to see that she has really suffered a lot in the past two days.Vanilla is more tenacious than Cuiya, she said this because she didn't want her 'weak' master to worry about herself.

"Go back and wash up and change into clean clothes. Cui Ya is already preparing dinner in the small kitchen. Now that we have passed this disaster, we should be happy, don't be sad anymore." Su Xian raised her head and said to Gao Vanilla, who protruded half of her head, said softly.

"Yes." Vanilla raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, and replied in a low voice, then she looked at the calm and composed master in front of her with some surprise, always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say it for a while, she hesitated for a while, just now He asked in a low voice, "Second Miss. You. Are you okay?"

"Hehe, I'm naturally fine. I've gone through so many changes. If I'm still as weak as before, then our master and servant will never recover." With a sweet smile on Suxian's face, she pulled Vanilla He strode towards the wing room, and continued to say, "From now on, we, master and servant, will definitely be able to change the current predicament."

That night, the bird garden was filled with joy that was rarely seen in these years. The three masters and servants sat around the candlesticks, laughing and whispering joyously.

On the wall of the courtyard, there was a strange figure, which disappeared in a flash, and rushed towards the main courtyard in the dark night. .

"Really? It seems that her little life has become more and more nourishing." In the main wing of Yulan Garden, the eldest lady sat on the Eight Immortals with a blank face, and said in a calm tone.

Although the lady's face was not shocked, her whole body was full of air-conditioning, and her complexion became more and more gloomy. Xu felt that the lady's anger was getting stronger, and the servant who came to repay her subconsciously took a few steps back.Lin Zhilan frowned slightly, raised her hand and waved at the timid young servant, who silently left the room as if receiving an amnesty.

"Mother, a servant girl came to report just now. At noon, Lin Suqian took the girl and brought back a lot of ingredients in the dining room. My daughter didn't believe it at first. What a powerful character Chen's mother is, how can she be easily asked for it?" It's a good time. Now it seems that what the slaves said is true, and I don't know what method that bitch used to make Mother Chen willing to give in. Mother, this girl is getting more and more money, we really have to be careful. "Although it was already night, Lin Zhilan did not go back to her room to rest. Today, she lost the opal in the garden for nothing, and she had no intention of falling asleep.

"What way? Just ask Yu'er, the girl next to her, and she will know!" The eldest lady glanced coldly, and Lin Yinglu, who was standing beside her shyly, said coldly.

The unlucky incident that happened in the garden in the afternoon made Lin Yinglu feel more and more depressed when she returned to her room, how could she have sweet-scented osmanthus oil in her palm for no reason.Although the old lady rewarded the osmanthus oil from various gardens last year, she had already used up her bottle long ago, so how did the osmanthus oil come out of her hair.

Lin Yinglu thought about it for a while, and finally pointed the finger at Lin Suxian.From the beginning to the end, she was the only one who moved her bun. It seemed that she was the one who messed up everything, but she foolishly used her as a gun.

Lin Yinglu, who finally understood, didn't feel sleepy at all, and ran towards Bichunxuan at night, hearing that Lin Zhilan was in Yulanyuan, she rushed over hastily.

"Mother, Yu'er caught the wind and cold today, and she was worried that she would be sick, so the maid asked her to go back and rest." Lin Yinglu timidly replied, with tears rolling in her big innocent eyes, she said extremely aggrieved, " Mother, that girl Lin Suxian is very cunning now. Although Chen's mother is powerful, she is only a servant in the mansion. Take the incident in the garden today as an example. In order to prevent the elder sister from getting the opal Frame her daughter. Naturally, there is a way to deal with Mother Chen now. My daughter really suspects that she was deliberately pretending to deceive everyone when she looked so weak."

The more Lin Yinglu spoke, the more annoyed she became, she raised her hand and stroked her slightly swollen cheeks subconsciously, and thanks to Lin Zhilan, she slapped her face. Although the pain had eased a lot, half of her cheeks were swollen.Lin Yinglu murmured submissively, her pitiful corner of the eye was mixed with subtle resentment and secretly swept Lin Zhilan.

"Are you sure that the cat's eyes were damaged today, and she did it secretly?" Ling Zhilan asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Eldest sister, Yinglu swears that this matter is absolutely caused by Lin Suxian. The sweet-scented osmanthus oil in my sister's room has already been used up, how can I use that thing to harm you." Lin Yinglu said anxiously.

The maidservant Zhenzhu who was waiting beside Lin Yinglu immediately took over the conversation and spoke for her master, "Go back to Missy, Missy, what the third lady said is true. After the sweet-scented osmanthus oil in the third lady's room is used up, the servant will look at the bottle She was so pretty, so she asked the third lady for a vase to arrange flowers. Now the servant has filled the vase with water and kept a few small flowers on the window sill of the main room. Anyone who has been to our Fallen Leaf Residence will I have seen it before, if the eldest lady does not believe it, you can call someone to inquire. Even if the servants die, they dare not lie to the eldest lady and the eldest madam."

After being reminded by Pearl, Lin Zhilan recalled that when she went to Lin Yinglu's Fallen Leaf Residence, she indeed saw a jade-white long-necked porcelain vase on the window sill of the main room, with a few light yellow flowers randomly growing in the vase. , which looks quite fresh at first glance.

At that time, I thought this bottle was very familiar, and I didn't think much about it. Now I recalled that the bottle was indeed used to hold sweet-scented osmanthus oil.The osmanthus oil bestowed by the old lady last year was bought back at the Runxiangfang in the capital, and no one in Kangzhou sells it. This bottle is exquisitely crafted and the porcelain is exquisite, and it is indeed impossible to find the exact same style locally.It can be seen that what Lin Yinglu said is true.

"Mother!" Lin Zhilan, who wanted to be transparent, whispered to the eldest lady with anger on her face. A pair of lotus feet wearing pink butterfly embroidered shoes stomped lightly, her slender shoulders swayed like weak willows in the wind, her pale pink His cheeks were full of displeasure.

The eldest lady's face became more and more cold, she pulled her daughter's slightly cool catkin, patted it lightly to express comfort, and at the same time raised her head and said to Lin Yinglu in a low voice, "Since that's the case, I misunderstood Yinglu today. It's getting late Now, you go back to your room and rest, your grievances will be recorded for your mother."

The eldest lady said a few words in an understatement, but she didn't mention Lin Yinglu was punished by Yueyin for this reason.Lin Yinglu was blessed, and Daoan, who was bored, left the room extremely unwillingly.

"Mother, my daughter can't take this breath!" Lin Baolu left, Lin Zhilan said with her lips pursed, depressed.

The eldest lady raised her hand to stroke Lin Zhilan's shiny black hair on her forehead, and said in a low voice with a gloomy expression, "My son has been wronged, how can mother swallow this pain. It's just that your father's birthday will be in two days There are a lot of miscellaneous tasks in the mansion. The old lady and your elder brother are both in the capital, and they won’t be able to come back for a while. The mother is really tired of taking care of the affairs of the mansion alone. As for the bitch girl, I’d better wait for my mother to finish her busy work for a while, then Carefully compare with her!"

Lin Zhilan's eyebrows were furrowed, and she answered in frustration, but her dark eyes were full of uncontrollable anger.

　The blister on the back of my hand kept laughing at me last night. To express my dissatisfaction with it, I gritted my teeth and popped it. .However, it seems to be more painful. .Huhu, beautiful blisters, can you come back, without you, it really hurts to say. .Su Jin gritted her teeth and cracked her mouth in pain, but still did not forget to ask for a ticket and said hee hee~~
　　
　
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