Qiu Ju smiled and said, "It's not that it won't, it's just that it's not fine, and the girls in our house don't pay attention to this." "Oh?" Lin Zhixuan replied questioningly.

Qiu Ju continued: "The girl is a young lady, we have never lacked silver in the house, the girl didn't pay attention to this before, the clothes, shoes and socks that came from outside, the wife had a complete dot, and we didn't need to do it, so when we were still little girls, Gu's mother didn't let us do more needlework, and only taught us to serve tea and serve the girl." The girls in our house have a lot of monthly silver, no poorer than the second girl's room, and the master and maid have to rely on making some needlework to sell money to subsidize the family, so we have learned everything, and we will all do it, but they are not fine, and they can't do it, they do more, and the needlework is naturally better. ”

Lin Zhixuan raised her head when she heard this: "You said that the second sister also does needlework herself?"

Qiu Ju said: "Yes, the second girl's needlework is excellent, I heard Gu's mother say that the second girl's needlework was also sent to the Splendid Workshop by Mrs. Liu, but it was all said to be embroidered by the maid in her house." ”

Lin Zhixuan sighed and said, "I pity her too." I don't know how she's been these days. ”

Qiu Ju hurriedly said, "Why don't I go and talk to Gu's mother and let her inquire together." In fact, I can't rest assured that I can't take care of my mother, and I want to tell you a few words.

Lin Zhixuan said: "It's okay, you can go, Xia Lan called me to talk to me, my wife and grandmother are not at home today, don't let them forget their shape, and fill Xia Lan too much outside." ”

Qiu Ju should go.

Not long after, Xia Lan really came in, and brought a food box to bring food to Lin Zhixuan, naturally it was not for them to eat outside, but for the small kitchen to make it alone, which was just done, and it was still hot.

Xia Lan has been poured a round of wine by them, and she is a little upset, thanks to Lin Zhixuan for calling her in, otherwise she doesn't know what she will be poured by them.

Xia Lan came to set up the dishes for Lin Zhixuan, and Lin Zhixuan picked the one she liked and ate two bites and put it down, but she had no appetite after all. Xia Lan persuaded her to eat two more bites, but Lin Zhixuan raised her head and asked her, "Xia Lan, how were you and Chun Tao before?"

Xia Lan drank the wine, a little wooden, and was suddenly asked by Lin Zhixuan, and she didn't know what she meant, so she had to answer truthfully: "In the past, Chun Tao was the leading big girl in our house, and the things in the room were naturally what she said, and I would do whatever she said." ”

Lin Zhixuan looked at her calmly, and there was no trace of waves in her eyes: "What about after that?"

Xia Lan didn't know what she meant, she vaguely felt that Lin Zhixuan was asking something very important, so important that it might affect her life, but she was very panicked, I don't know if it was because of the wine, and she couldn't figure out what Lin Zhixuan was asking: "I...... I...... I do not know...... I ......"

Seeing Xia Lan's panic, Lin Zhixuan eased her face and stretched out her hand, Xia Lan hurriedly stepped forward to pull her, Lin Zhixuan pulled her to sit down next to her, and looked at her seriously and firmly: "From now on, I am the master of our house, you can only listen to me, remember?"

Xia Lan listened to Lin Zhixuan's words, and was horrified, and hurriedly took two steps back and knelt at Lin Zhixuan's feet: "Xia Lan naturally listens to the girl, only the girl." ”

Lin Zhixuan stretched out her hand and pulled her up, saying, "What are you doing? I know that you are miserable, there are fathers and mothers at the head of the family, and there are younger brothers and sisters below, and it doesn't count if I sell you here, but I also come to calculate your silver all day long. As for you, you hate and are angry, but you can't be ruthless when you want to ignore them. ”

Xia Lan listened to Lin Zhixuan's words, as if they were taken out of her own heart, and because she drank too much wine, she couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes and shed tears, and someone could understand the grievances of so many years.

Lin Zhixuan looked at her as pitiful, she was just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, and she was helpless to have such parents, Lin Zhixuan looked distressed, so she also pulled her over and let her lie on her shoulder and cry for a while, gently patting her back and coaxing: "I also know that you are wronged, and you are very short of silver, so you will have to follow Chun Tao in the past." ”

Xia Lan also seemed to shake her senses and realized who was holding her in front of her, and hurriedly got up, Lin Zhixuan didn't stop her, so she let go of her and took a handkerchief to wipe her tears: "Okay, it's enough to cry for a while, and I'll go out to drink with them in a while, if you cry and your eyes are red, they still think I'm beating you inside." ”

Lin Zhixuan smiled and joked, Xia Lan also smiled embarrassedly, this cry seemed to be a little drunk, sobered up a lot, and said to Lin Zhixuan very seriously: "Xia Lan will follow the girl in the future, the girl said east, Xia Lan will never go west." ”

Lin Zhixuan heard her show of loyalty, but she also smiled indifferently and said: "Don't worry, I will arrange the affairs of your family properly." ”

"Thank you, girl. Although Xia Lan didn't know how Lin Zhixuan would settle her family, she always felt that with such Lin Zhixuan, she felt a lot more at ease.

Lin Zhixuan smiled and said: "Use cold water to compress your eyes before you go out, they are still waiting outside, but you can also persuade you, don't forget your shape too much because your wife and grandmother are not at home." ”

Xia Lan responded and wanted to clean up the dishes and chopsticks for Lin Zhixuan and go out, but Lin Zhixuan stopped and said: "Qiu Ju hasn't eaten yet, let her eat it for a while and clean it up by herself, you can go." ”

Xia Lan responded yes, and went out, opened the curtain and met Qiu Ju, I don't know if she just came back, or how long she has been standing at the door: "Qiu Ju is back, there is no one waiting for the girl, you go quickly." ”

Qiu Ju also smiled at Xia Lan and said, "Okay, Sister Luli, they are also waiting for my sister, sister, let's go." ”

Xia Lan answered and went.

Lin Zhixuan greeted her with a smile when she saw Qiu Ju coming back: "Come here, I'll keep the food for you, it's still hot." ”

Qiu Ju smiled and hurriedly stepped forward, looked at the food and said, "The girl is waiting for Qiu Ju on purpose?"

Lin Zhixuan said: "I've eaten it." ”

Qiu Ju said: "Where have you eaten this, have you ever touched the chopsticks for this dish?" and took a sip of soup. ”

Lin Zhixuan said: "I have been very tired these days, and I am nauseous when I see food, and I can't eat." ”

Qiu Ju said worriedly: "If you can't eat, you have to eat, girl, you can't sleep like this anymore and can't eat, how can your body stand it." Hurry up, Qiu Ju will accompany you to eat more. ”

Qiu Ju said, stepped forward again to serve Lin Zhixuan a bowl of ginseng soup, picked some shredded chicken, and said: "The girl only told us that our wife and grandmother are not there, and we can't be too indulgent. ”

Lin Zhixuan heard her words, knowing what she had just said to Xia Lan in the house, she was afraid that she would hear it, so she took the ginseng soup in her hand according to her words, and said to her: "Okay, I'll eat some more, don't stand here, sit down and accompany me seriously." ”