Su Yunjiao took Pingxiang on the way back to Shiqing Courtyard slowly, enjoying the scenery all the way, looking at the flowers and plants planted on the roadside, and praising two sentences from time to time, which was relaxed and leisurely. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The layout of the Su Mansion is all in accordance with the Jiangnan garden, which is very different from the structure of the Changhou Mansion in Chinese, Beijing, with green willows and bamboos, rockeries and strange stones, pavilions and water pavilions, and nine-curved corridors, all of which are elegant and natural, which shows the ingenuity of its builders.

If that's the case, it won't make Su Yunjiao praise again and again, it's just that the mood is different when watching the scenery. In her previous life, Su Yunjiao was full of resentment, how could she have the heart to visit the garden and enjoy the flowers, no matter how good the scenery was, she couldn't get into her eyes. And now, Su Yunjiao is quiet, and naturally everything is beautiful.

"Pingxiang, look at that. Su Yunjiao saw that the small purple flowers on the side of the road were very cute, so she pointed to Pingxiang to look, but she didn't wait for Pingxiang's echo for a long time. Su Yunjiao was strange, looking back, this girl actually stopped a few steps behind her, her brows were deeply locked, she didn't know what she was thinking, Su Yunjiao was not angry, she only smiled and called twice.

"Pingxiang, Pingxiang. Hearing a series of calls, Ping Xiang came back to her senses violently, looked up, and saw Su Yunjiao holding a fan in her hand and shaking it gently, standing in front of her with a smile on her face.

"What do you want, so obsessed?" Seeing that Pingxiang had already come back to her senses, Su Yunjiao asked with a smile.

"Back to the girl's words, Pingxiang is thinking about someone. The corners of Pingxiang's mouth were slightly raised, as if she was very interested in that person.

Su Yunjiao has been with Pingxiang for many years, knows her very well, raised her eyebrows and asked: "Yo, it's rare to see you like this, tell this girl who it is?" Pingxiang is an extremely smart person, don't look at her usually talking to anyone, she looks like a big sister cares about her little sister, in fact, there are few people who can really make her really care, let alone interest her. Therefore, Su Yunjiao was also very curious.

Pingxiang didn't hide it from Su Yunjiao, and replied, "Mother Chang." ”

"Mother Chang?" There are so many mothers and mothers-in-law in the house, Su Yunjiao has never remembered it in her heart, because she doesn't know who Pingxiang is talking about.

"It's the housekeeper mother of the Fuzhong Embroidery Institute, and she is also the godmother of Cuimei. ”

Despite Pingxiang's explanation, Su Yunjiao still didn't know who she was, but said, "Why are you suddenly interested in her?"

Pingxiang told Su Yunjiao the conversation between her and Cuimei in the Xingchun Hall completely, and said: "I thought that Cuimei herself thought of coming to ask for the girl, but I didn't expect that there was another master behind her to give advice." Girl, you know me, I've always been interested in smart people. "Especially smart people who don't usually show up.

Su Yunjiao listened to it and said with great certainty: "There must be other reasons why you are so concerned." ”

"The girl who knows me is also!" Pingxiang smiled, retracted again, and said: "I already knew that Cuimei had a godmother, and I also asked others. Everyone said that Chang's mother was a good person with a gentle temperament, generous to others, capable of doing things, and a good embroiderer. But life is not good, Chang's mother was originally from the capital, but unfortunately her husband and son Gu died early, leaving her alone, originally planned to go to Jiangnan to join her relatives, but halfway through the entanglement of others to steal, penniless. ”

Fortunately, she met, not long after she got married, the fourth lady and the fourth master who went back to Jiangnan, the fourth lady took her for a ride with a soft heart, and when she arrived in Jiangnan, she said that she couldn't find her relatives, and she wanted to move away. The fourth lady saw that she was helpless and looked pitiful, so she asked her if she would like to come to our mansion to be a subordinate, she agreed, and followed the fourth lady back to the capital, and after staying in the Hou Mansion for a few years, she followed her to Shanzhou. ”

The death of the master and son, the unknown origin of the capital people, these two conditions are strung together, but it reminds Su Yunjiao of an important thing, the reason why the fourth uncle's family ended miserably in the previous life was because someone looked at the fourth uncle unpleasantly and deliberately found fault with him, and the most important one is that the fourth uncle harbored the rebels' family.

"Since you are so curious about her, and it has aroused my curiosity, it is better to find an opportunity to find out what she is doing. Su Yunjiao suggested with a smile.

"The girl wants to say that responsibility is better than hitting the sun. Pingxiang smiled.

"Pingxiang who knows me!" is worthy of being the maid who knows her mind best, Su Yunjiao said, "I remember sending some fabrics to the embroidery yard some time ago, and asked them to help make a few clothes, go, follow me to see how they are doing." ”

"Yes. ”

The embroidery courtyard of Su Mansion is located in the northwest corner of Su Mansion, and there are many trees outside the courtyard whose names Su Yunjiao does not know.

As soon as Su Yunjiao arrived at the embroidery courtyard, someone ran in and shouted, "The seventh girl is here, the seventh girl is here." Not long after, a mother, who was dressed as an ordinary housekeeper, came out of the house, greeted her without humility or arrogance, and said, "Why is the seventh girl here? Why don't you send someone to inform you first, this panic is only afraid that the seventh girl will be neglected." ”

"You are Mother Chang?, the steward of the Embroidery Academy?" Su Yunjiao squinted and looked her up and down, and asked.

"Exactly. Mother Chang replied with a smile, but faintly felt that Su Yunjiao's eyes on her were a little unusual, so she asked again, "I don't know what the seventh girl has to do when she comes here?"

Su Yunjiao smiled and said, "You don't have to be too nervous, I just wanted to see how the clothes I made for you some time ago are doing." ”

"It's almost done, but there are still one or two things that have not yet been completed. Chang's mother replied, and glanced at the scorching sun outside, "It's hot outside, and I invite the seventh girl to come into the house and sit, and I will let the seventh girl take it for you to see." ”

"Good. Su Yunjiao naturally agreed, raised her feet and went to the house.

"Mother Chang is good here. Su Yunjiao looked at the furnishings in the house, simple and generous, clean and bright, and it felt very different from the ordinary people's rooms, and she couldn't help but be more suspicious of Chang's mother's origin.

Mother Chang served the tea and said with a smile: "It's just that I was favored by Mrs. and gave me this better room, unlike other subordinates who are crowded together, which looks small and cramped." ”

Su Yunjiao smiled, didn't speak, and fixed her eyes on the bookshelf in the house: "Mother Chang likes to read books in her spare time?" There are not many people in the Su Mansion who are literate, but it is not strange that Mother Chang can recognize a few words as a housekeeper, but if she can read through the article, it is extraordinary, "I don't know what kind of books Mother Chang likes to read?"

Without waiting for Chang's mother to answer, Su Yunjiao directly signaled Pingxiang to go and get a few copies. Su Yunjiao took a look, but said with a smile: "It's that I underestimated Chang's mother, I just thought that what you read was just some small talking books, but I didn't expect it to be sage books such as "Analects" and "The Mean". ”

Mother Chang's heart tightened, she couldn't figure out Su Yunjiao's intention, so she could only smile and say: "If you go back to the seventh girl, it's just to look good, and it's just a decoration, where will I go to see them." ”

"Oh, is it?" Su Yunjiao stared at Chang's mother, made a very distressed look, and said, "But I just don't believe it, what should I do?"

Mother Chang lowered her eyes and asked, "How can the seventh girl be willing to believe?"

Su Yunjiao stared at her for a long time, smiled "poof", and said, "I'm just casually talking, how can Mother Chang be serious? What about my clothes? Why haven't you brought them yet?"

Su Yunjiao's attitude made Chang's mother even more unclear about what she wanted to do, but she could be sure that Su Yunjiao's intention was not as simple as a few clothes. She only instructed Cuimei to beg the seventh girl yesterday, and the seventh girl came today, thinking that it was because of this that she would attract Su Yunjiao's attention.

Chang's mother secretly regretted in her heart, if she had told Cuimei more at that time, she would not have caused such a big trouble now. Chang's mother regretted in her heart, but she said: "I have already taken it, I will come in a while, and the seventh girl will drink a cup of tea to quench her thirst." ”

Su Yunjiao said lightly: "No need, I don't eat such tea." ”

Chang's mother laughed a few times on the side, but fortunately, at this time, Xiaoyan took the clothes, and Su Yunjiao focused on the clothes and didn't have time to care about her. Chang's mother secretly breathed a sigh of relief, such a fickle and tricky seventh girl made her feel difficult to grasp, very difficult, and she didn't know the real purpose of the seventh girl's coming, so she could only take one step at a time.

The slender jade fingers slid over the fine cloud silk and stopped on an embroidered vivid koi, Su Yunjiao praised: "What a beautiful job." Whose hand is it that makes such a rare embroidery?"

Chang's mother replied: "I embroidered it, and the seventh girl likes it." ”

Listening to her answer, Su Yunjiao's eyes froze, and she was even more sure that Mother Chang was the person she thought. This kind of embroidery is extremely rare, and Su Yunjiao has never seen it, but after the fourth uncle's accident, her mother mentioned such an embroidery method to her, and specially found a way to show her.

"Oh, Mother Chang really hides it, I've never seen such an embroidery method. Su Yunjiao smiled, "However, I like it very much, why don't I ask the fourth uncle and aunt for you, and you will be responsible for making clothes for me in the future." ”

"This, the seventh girl is going back to Beijing, I ......" For some reason, Chang's mother has a feeling that the secret she has buried for many years is about to be revealed. This feeling made her very uneasy.

"Why doesn't Chang's mother want to go to the capital?" Su Yunjiao said again, "Then I'm not strong, so let's do it, Lingxiang next to me is good at female celebrities, why don't Chang's mothers teach her?"

"This ......" has already rejected Su Yunjiao once, and Chang's mother is not good at refusing again, otherwise she doesn't know what will happen with the temperament of the seventh girl. Gritting her teeth, Chang's mother nodded and agreed: "If Miss Lingxiang doesn't dislike it, I will definitely teach her." ”

Su Yunjiao was stunned and said, "She dares to dislike it!" I also pointed to her to learn this method and give me a good long face. Chang's mother rest assured, I will make this kind of embroidery popular throughout the capital, and I will never let it be buried. ”

Hearing Su Yunjiao's words, Chang's mother hurriedly said, "Girl, don't!"

"Why not?"

Chang's mother knew that she was in a hurry just now and reacted too much, so she had to find a reason to explain: "This kind of mountain and wild embroidery method, what is worth mentioning." The embroidery girl with superb embroidery skills in Beijing does not know how many, and the seven girls go out, I'm afraid that it will be laughed at. ”

The seventh girl has the most face, and she is most afraid of being looked down upon, she said this, I think the seventh girl will not show it easily, right? Chang's mother thought so, but unexpectedly, Su Yunjiao smiled coldly and said, "Jokes? I think which of them dares to laugh at this girl." ”

Chang's mother was about to say more, and then she heard Su Yunjiao say: "If they want to laugh at me, I will laugh at them for being ignorant, and I don't even know the once famous and famous needle lock bead embroidery in the capital!"