Jade hurriedly supported her, and asked Lilac to come into the house and bring her coat to put on the girl, but Zhu Lan stood at the foot of the steps, pinching her hands and lowering her head, her expression showing a hint of uneasiness.

Although she has been nourishing for more than half a month, Qi Xiangsi's body is still thin, and the wide coat draped over her body makes her even weaker, but her expression is not as weak as her body, and she slowly spoke after standing there for half a cup of tea: "You don't want to serve me." ”

The longer the silence lasted, the more likely it was to panic, and Zhu Lan hurriedly shook her head: "No, no, fifth girl, the slave doesn't want to serve you." ”

"You've been in Yirongxuan for half a month."

"Yes."

"You haven't spent much time in Yirongxuan in the past half a month, and I haven't seen you all day today, I think you should be unwilling to stay here and serve me, in that case, you can pack your things and go back to the outer courtyard tomorrow."

Qi Xiangsi lightly put down this sentence and turned back to the house, Jade helped her in, Lilac saw that Zhu Lan didn't react at all, and hurriedly walked down the steps and pestle her: "Why are you still stunned, don't you beg the girl quickly!" ”

Zhu Lan was still immersed in the reaction of "how could the girl let me go", and only after half a ring did she turn her head to look at Lilac, and blurted out a mutter: "I was sent by my wife, and the girl can't let me go back to the outer courtyard." ”

"You're stupid!" Lilac pinched her, "You are the girl's person here, the girl will go wherever you want, what do you think, the fifth girl is the young lady of the house!" ”

Zhu Lan was stunned, then her eyes widened and she suddenly came to her senses, and when she looked up again, Jade had already closed the door, and then she began to be anxious, pulling Lilac and asking: "Then what should I do, I thought it would be okay to go out, I didn't go out often when I first came, why didn't the girl say anything at that time." ”

Isn't it just a wild girl who was found outside, like a village girl, not as good as a maid. Everyone in the house said so, and so did Zhu Lan. The uncle arranged for her to come to the inner courtyard, as long as she stayed with the fifth girl for a few years, and when the fourth girl got married, she could ask her uncle to help talk about it and follow her together.

At the beginning, when she went out, the girl didn't say anything about her, Zhu Lan felt that the five girls were easy to settle, and Sister Yunxia also said that the five girls were unidentified and might be kicked out soon, so she became even more foolish. But who knew that the fifth girl suddenly became troubled and wanted to send her back to the outer courtyard.

"The girl didn't say that she thought you would change, who knew you" Lilac lowered her voice and leaned into her ear, "Madame left Sister Jade here just to take care of the girl, do you really think that the fifth girl is so foolish." ”

Zhu Lan's face became ugly: "Then why didn't you sue me before." ”

Lilac was innocent: "Did you listen to what I said?" ”

"Then I can't go back to the outer courtyard, my uncle finally sent me to the inner courtyard." Zhu Lan bit her lip and pulled the cloves, "You can figure out a way for me." ”

Lilac glanced at Jian Yiyi towards the closed door: "Why don't you kneel here and wait for Sister Jade to come out and beg her." ”

Zhu Lan glanced at the hard blue brick floor and pursed her lips silently. Seeing this, Lilac sighed: "Then it's up to you, I'll go and boil water for the girl." ”

In the house, Jade helped Qi Xiangsi to lie down, and blew the lamp by the window: "Girl, Zhu Lan is still outside." ”

Qi Xiangsi turned sideways and instructed lightly: "Tomorrow, when you go to Jinxiuyuan to find Chen's mother, you will say that I am not used to Zhulan, and I will trouble Chen's mother to send another one." ”

"Yes."

Jade lowered the curtain and blew out the light, and outside the house was the figure of Zhu Lan standing in the doorway, but it didn't take long for it to disappear.

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Early the next morning, Jade went to Splendid Garden, and in the afternoon, Chen's mother came to Yirongxuan with a few maids for Qi Xiangsi to choose, leaving a maid named Lianxin. Then Chen's mother went to the back room, and not long after, Zhu Lan's eyes were red and she followed Chen's mother out of Yirongxuan.

In the next few days, Gu didn't come over, and Qi Xiangsi didn't see the father who should be sorry for her.

Qi Xiangsi's knee injury healed quickly, it coincided with Xiu Mu, the day before when he went to Mrs. Qi's place to ask for peace, he mentioned that he wanted to leave the house, and on April 12, the eldest young master Qi Yanlin took them out of the house to play.

Kyoto is not big, but it is lively and prosperous, this is a place full of officials, even in the alleys and courtyards such as the west of the city and the north of the city, there are officials living in the courtyard, and in the south of the county, a high in the county of Shangzhi, to here is nothing at all.

The six people went out of the house and sat in three carriages, Qi Xiangsi and Qi Minshi sat in the back, the carriage drove through the lively Xiang'an Street, much slower, Qi Minqing opened the curtain and signaled Qi Xiangsi to look out: "Fifth sister, look, you haven't seen such a lively street market before, I tell you, this is one of the most lively street markets in Kyoto." ”

Qi Xiangsi pursed her lips and smiled slightly, Qi Minqing's eyes lit up when she looked outside, and turned around and begged Qi Minshi: "Second sister, you can take me to buy sugar steamed cheese later." ”

After saying that, he glanced at Qi Xiangsi again: "The fifth sister must have never eaten if she was so poor before, and the fifth sister will come with me to taste it later." ”

Qi Minshi gently pulled Qi Minqing's sleeve, the latter didn't seem to realize that he had said the wrong thing, and asked with great interest what Qi Xiangsi ate on weekdays.

Qi Xiangsi retracted his gaze from the window and thought about it: "There is a famous spot in Huizhou, called Osmanthus Sugar Steamed Chestnut Flour Cake, the most famous one is the Yanshou Building in Huizhou City, there is an endless stream of guests, but he only sells 20 copies a day, and never does more." ”

"What's the big deal, the things in Wanbao Building are delicious." Qi Minqing pouted slightly, as if she didn't quite believe what Qi Xiangsi said, "Fifth sister, you can still eat this." ”

When it comes to this, it is not a hint, Qi Xiangsi looked at her expressionlessly: "What, then what do you think I should eat." ”

"It's you who said it yourself, I'm going to travel in Yongzhou, Huizhou" Before the begging word could be exported, Qi Minshi covered her mouth, and the carriage was quiet, Qi Xiangsi looked down at the Dankou that Jade had drawn for her this morning, and her tone was casual, "Eighth sister, have you ever heard a word." ”

Qi Minqing broke free of Qi Minshi: "What words." ”

Qi Xiangsi raised his head and smiled at her, and his voice sank: "Curiosity kills cats." ”

Qi Minqing leaned into Qi Minshi's arms, a little dissatisfied: "Fifth sister, why are you scary." ”

Qi Xiangsi turned her head to look out the open window and ignored her, Qi Minqing pursed her lips, and finally rested under Qi Minshi's warning eyes

Half an hour later, the carriage arrived at the Danfeng Garden under the Zhenshui Temple. The Danfeng Garden, which is backed by the mountain, is very lively, and you can go to Jinshan Temple from the mountain road behind the garden, so there are many pilgrims who come down from the temple in the garden to rest here.

Qi Xiangsi and they got off the carriage and followed Qi Yanlin into the attic in the garden, Qi Minyan and Qi Minhua were going to Zhenshan Temple together, and when they arrived at the door, Qi Minyan looked back at Qi Xiangsi and smiled shyly: "Do you want to go together, fifth sister?" ”

Qi Minlan, who was sitting by the window, glanced towards the door, Qi Xiangsi smiled and shook her head: "Fourth sister, do you know where the nearest bookstore is here, I want to go and see." ”

"Less than two miles out is the bamboo bookstore." Qi Minyan and Qi Minhua looked at each other and then said, "You are not familiar with the road in the past alone, so it is better to go up the mountain with us, and I will accompany you later." ”

"There is jade to lead the way, and it is not far away." Qi Xiangsi smiled and politely rejected them, Qi Minyan didn't force it anymore, and left the attic with Qi Minhua.

Qi Minqing took Qi Minshi to the garden early, Qi Yanlin went to meet friends and didn't come back, Qi Xiangsi took the jade out of the attic and instructed the little guy outside: "I'll go to the bookstore, and when the eldest young master asks, you will say that I will come back soon." ”

Without waiting for the little guy to react, Qi Xiangsi quickly left Danfeng Garden with jade, and to the left is the market at the foot of the mountain, although it is not as prosperous as Xiang'an Street, but it is also everything, Qi Xiangsi walked in the direction of the bookstore, and there are narrow alleys between the houses close together, and some are still selling stalls at the entrance of the alley.

Walking and walking soon arrived at the bamboo bookstore, compared to the big plaque bookstore seen when the carriage came, this one is a little shabby, the plaque hanging outside the shop is old but clean, and there is a spotted cat that has been lazily basking in the sun at the door, Qi Xiangsi strode in, and was greeted by the aroma of the scroll, and the eyes were displayed in several rows of bookshelves behind the counter.

There were two guys busy in the shop, and there was a middle-aged man sitting behind the counter, and when he saw a guest coming, he looked up at Qi Xiangsi, and then knocked lightly on the counter, and it didn't take long for a head to pop up at the bottom, still holding a book in his hand, and looked at Qi Xiangsi in a daze: "There are guests?" ”

"I'd like to ask if you have any medicine books here." Qi Xiangsi stepped forward and asked, "It's okay to only remember herbs." ”

The middle-aged man didn't move, and the little boy who looked like he was only ten years old walked towards the bookshelf, silently removed two boxes from it, and opened it in front of Qi Xiangxi: "This is herbal medicine, and this one is the only medicine book left, all of which are hand-copied, relatively scattered, but the price is a little more expensive." ”

There was a sound of dialing an abacus from behind, and the middle-aged man raised his hand at Qi Xiangsi, and before he could say how much silver he had, there was a sudden "clang" sound from the wine shop opposite the door, and a person smashed out of the window and fell directly on the road.