After the Shangsi Festival, Taohua felt that life was very peaceful. The main reason is that Jiang Danhua, who wants to express himself every day, suddenly became honest, and even stopped bullying Jiang Xinghua every now and then, and even the provocation in words and demeanor was gone, so that the atmosphere between the Jiang sisters was unprecedentedly harmonious.

Jing's still goes out from time to time, but he doesn't often take Jiang Lianhua with him, so Jiang Lianhua got free, so he began to visit each sister according to the number of courtesies, and the first one came to Taohua.

"This is a dim sum made by myself, the craftsmanship is mediocre, don't laugh at the second sister." When Jiang Lianhua came over, Taohua happened to make snacks for Jiang Bohua in the kitchen.

The Jiang family is thrifty and pays attention to health preservation, according to the example of the public middle school, only in the afternoon will each room send one or two plates of dim sum to the children, only enough to taste, so as not to eat too much and not eat dinner.

Now that Xiao's money is tight, this snack is only sent to the most ordinary mung bean cake and jujube mud cake, Jiang Bohua felt tired after eating it a few times. He didn't stop for a moment, and he was extremely hungry, so Taohua had to cook a few things for him from time to time. Fortunately, there are small kitchens in each courtyard, although there are not enough dishes to cook, but it is still possible to make a snack.

"This is lotus root flour cake, right?" Jiang Lianhua took a piece, took a small bite, and nodded, "Sweet but not greasy, the third sister's craftsmanship is still called mediocre, it's really humble." ”

The ingredients of this lotus root flour cake were still figured out by Tan Xiangluo, and Taohua was given a recipe, which was better than the outside. Taohua smiled, took a piece of lotus root flour cake to Jiang Bohua, and let him sit on the side and slowly hold it and gnaw it, and couldn't help but think of Tan Xiangluo again. It's been more than a month since I left Wuxi, and Tan Xiangluo's dim sum shop must have launched a new kind of dim sum, right?

"Third sister, is this lotus root powder brought by Wuxi?"

"The second sister has such a powerful tongue, I tasted it at once."

Jiang Lianhua smiled slightly: "Over the years, I have followed my father to some places, and this lotus root powder only tastes the best in Suzhou and Hangzhou, which is different." ”

"Where have the second sisters gone?" Momoka was curious.

Jiang Lianhua usually looks taciturn, but when she talks about landscapes, she opens the conversation. She used elegant and precise words, often a few sentences can describe a landscape painting, listening to Taohua into a trance, until Jiang Bohua pulled his sleeve and asked for a piece of snacks suddenly came back to his senses: "Second sister drink tea." "I talked about this for a long time, but I only took a bite of the lotus root flour cake, and I didn't even drink the water.

Jiang Lianhua also seemed to have just come back to her senses, and smiled slightly: "I forget about this, sister, don't laugh." ”

"No, no, no, the second sister said it too well." To be honest, there is a very important reason why Taohua is not intimate with these sisters of the Jiang family - her psychological age is much older than them, and she always feels awkward to call her sisters and sisters. But when I talked to Jiang Lianhua about the trip just now, it was as if I was talking to a friend of the same age, and I actually forgot the age gap for a while.

"I also followed my father through several mountains and rivers near Wuxi, but it was too far behind my second sister." At least she is not as beautiful and fascinating as Jiang Lianhua described, "Listening to the words of the second sister, I can't wait to see them one by one." ”

Jiang Lianhua smiled slightly: "If my sister likes it, I still have a few paintings drawn on the road—"

"Oh?" Taohua was more interested, "Can you let me take a look?" ”

"Of course." Jiang Lianhua turned her head and said, "Before the rain—"

The Jing family was born as a big tea merchant, and the maids in the family were named either tea leaves or tea sets, or else it was the water for making tea, and the same was true for Jiang Lianhua, and the four maids around him, two first-class ones were called Ming Qianyuqian, and two second-class ones were called dew and snow water, which was similar to the Jiang family's subordinates in the name of medicinal materials. Of course, there are four masters in Jiang Zhu's family, only the little maid around Jiang Zhu is in the name of medicine, and the names of the servants around the other three follow the rules of the Jing family, so you can see who is actually in charge of their family......

Before the rain, she was a small black and pretty maid, saying that she was sixteen years old, and she was not as tall as Taohua. However, her legs were fast and her strength was not small, so she ran away, and after a while, she ran back with a large bag of paintings. As soon as the paper was spread out, Taohua was a little shocked.

She didn't learn to paint when she was a child, but after crossing over here, she learned a few strokes, and it was okay to draw flowers, grasses and insects, but it was much worse in landscape scenery. Because Chinese painting pays attention to verve, perhaps she is too pragmatic, so even in the face of magnificent scenery, it is difficult to figure out how to use a few brushstrokes of ink to express it.

But Jiang Lianhua's paving is almost all landscapes. There are ink paintings, there are also light colors, although Taohua is not a very expert person, I can't help but think of a series of adjectives such as vigorous brushwork, lofty realm, clear color, and both form and spirit. I really can't see that Jiang Lianhua, such a little girl, has such attainments in landscape painting!

"This is really--as if it's immersive......" Taohua couldn't help but admire.

Jiang Lianhua's face flew up slightly: "My sister is too complimentary......

"No, no, no, I'm telling the truth!" Taohua almost threw herself on the drawing paper, "If you didn't really appreciate the beauty of mountains and rivers, you wouldn't be able to paint such a painting." ”

"My sister is really a confidant!" Jiang Lianhua sighed deeply, "If you don't love landscapes, you can't say such things as your sister." Sister, look, this is Wushan. In the past, I read in the poem 'Once the sea was difficult to water, except for Wushan is not a cloud', although I felt that it was blurry and trance, there was the beauty of words, but after all, there was a layer of separation. That year went to it, and I really knew that the morning clouds and twilight rain, and in the blink of an eye, it was a landscape, and I only hated that I didn't have a wonderful brush, and I couldn't paint one-ten-thousandth of it......"

"So, it's better to see than to hear." Taohua was also a little fascinated, "I don't know when, I can also go and have a look." Before I was ten years old, my father was willing to take me when he went out, but then he was not allowed, alas! ”

Jiang Lianhua also sighed softly: "In the past two years, my mother has not allowed me to go out...... "I was able to walk through these places a few days ago because my father traveled around to do business and never settled down."

Taohua looked at the landscapes with fascination. Some only use shades of ink, as if the mountain rain is about to come and the black clouds are pressing down on the city. Some use the color of green and green, like the new rain in the spring mountain, full of vitality. As she said just now, Jiang Lianhua must love and appreciate these landscapes very much, so that she can paint them so vividly and infectiously.

The room was quiet for a while, so the voice of the bellflower at the door was a little abrupt: "Four girls." ”

Jiang Bohua didn't know anything about landscape painting, in case he tore up the painting by mistake, Kikyo took him to play on the steps at the door, and at this moment he did the errand of reporting the curtain: "Why did the fourth girl come over, our girl and the second girl are talking in the house." ”

Jiang Xinghua didn't expect Jiang Lianhua to be there, and she was a little hesitant at her feet, but everyone had already arrived at the door, where was there any reason to retreat, so she could only smile: "I didn't expect the second sister to be there." ”

"I'm here to talk to the third sister." Jiang Lianhua is a very discerning person, as soon as she saw Jiang Xinghua like this, she knew that she wanted to talk to Taohua, and hurriedly motioned to put away the paintings on the table before the rain before Ming, "After talking for a long time, my mother should come back, third sister, I will go back first, and you have to go to me to sit there another day." ”

"I'll go tomorrow. By the way, how many snacks did the second sister bring with you? "What Jiang Lianhua just said is only three or four out of ten, and Taohua hasn't heard enough yet. No matter how capable she is, the general trend of this era has doomed her not to want to travel everywhere like a man, she can't see it with her own eyes, and it's good to listen to others, not to mention that Jiang Lianhua is not only a good hand at explaining the scenery, but also has physical pictures to see.

Jiang Lianhua smiled slightly, obviously very happy, and asked the two maids to pick up the painting, take a plate of snacks, and leave the East Side Courtyard. Jiang Xinghua was a little embarrassed to send her to the door with Taohua, and then said apologetically: "I didn't know that the second sister was also there, so I disturbed the interest of the third sister." ”

Taohua waved her hand and beckoned her to sit down: "Second sister has walked through a lot of places, it is very interesting to listen to her story, when can I also go to those places for a walk." ”

How are you like her...... Jiang Xinghua thought silently. One is a noble concubine, and has a prince, and will be the queen mother in the future, so she naturally lives in the palace. One is only married to a businessman, and it is said that it is just to be able to move around and enjoy the mountains and rivers. Such an identity is naturally destined for a different life.

"The fourth sister is in good health?" Taohua still has some sympathy for Jiang Xinghua. I heard that her biological mother is an automatic and spontaneous junior, this kind of role has always been her most spurned, but the child is still quite innocent. Of course, although Xiaoshi ignored Jiang Xinghua, she didn't deduct it, Taohua felt that it was enough for her to do this, but as Jiang Xinghua, she couldn't choose her parents, but she was born in such an embarrassing situation, which was her misfortune.

"Thank you for the third sister's concern, it's all right, that's why I dare to come over and talk to the third sister." Jiang Xinghua beckoned to Wisteria, who immediately put the cloth bag he was holding on the table, and uncovered it were two pairs of small shoes, "I made two pairs of shoes for Bai Ge'er, which is also a little bit of my heart as a sister." ”

As she spoke, she observed Momoka's expression with a little apprehension. But as she expected, Taohua was very happy, picked up a shoe and looked at it.

"The fourth sister is really a good craft!" It is more delicate than Jiang Yanhua's needlework, and the tiger head embroidered on this shoe is lifelike, not worse than the ones sold in the shop, "Brother Bai'er, come over and see what the fourth sister has done for you." ”

One pair of shoes is embroidered with a tiger's head, which is worn in the house on a soft sole, and the other pair has a mille-feuille bottom, apparently worn outdoors, with a little white cat fluttering ball.

"Look, how well the fourth sister embroiders." Taohua took the shoes and showed them to Jiang Bohua, "This is a thousand-layer bottom - the fourth sister is too troublesome, he is a child and the parents are fast, and these shoes are too finely made." "The mille-feuille soles are comfortable to wear and wear-resistant, but children's shoes will not be small for long, and even Taohua has never made mille-feuille shoes for Jiang Bohua.

Jiang Xinghua pursed her lips and smiled: "I think Brother Bai likes to play outside, and these shoes are expensive." Although the mille-feuille bottom is more troublesome, such a small shoe does not take much time. ”

"Thank you, Fourth Sister, it's tiring to make these shoes."

Jiang Bohua couldn't put down the two pairs of shoes, hugged them tightly and said loudly: "Thank you, fourth sister!" Then he turned to Taohua, "Sister, Bai Ge'er wants to wear ......"

Taohua poked at the door of his brain: "You, gluttonous cats can't keep overnight food." Let the bellflower go and change it for you, remember not to step on the grass in the corner, no one will embroider a pair for you if it is dirty! ”

Jiang Xinghua hurriedly smiled and said, "If Brother Bai likes it, I'll make it for him again." ”

Taohua watched Jiang Bohua go to the wing room to change his shoes happily, and shook his hand with a smile: "Fourth sister, don't get used to him, there are good things to let him know and cherish, these shoes are so difficult to make, he has to know that material resources are hard and cannot be wasted." ”

Material hardship...... Jiang Xinghua's mind flashed the jewelry that she wore on Taohua's head in her previous life, and the splendid embroidery she wore on her body. A single cloud shoulder, embroidered with gold and silver thread, this kind of thing is easy to be contaminated by the head oil, because there is gold and silver thread, once dirty, it is not easy to clean, but also with a light color...... People who are extremely luxurious in food and clothing have also said that material resources are hard?

"Fourth sister?" Taohua felt that Jiang Xinghua seemed to be in a trance, although her eyes were looking at herself, she seemed to see another person through herself, which made people a little hairy.

Jiang Xinghua came back to her senses and hurriedly smiled: "For some reason in the past few days, I can't sleep a little unsteadily at night, and I am in a trance from time to time during the day, don't be surprised by the third sister." ”

Taohua looked at her face carefully: "Restless sleep at night is mostly due to lack of energy, the fourth sister should relax her arms and think less in order to rest well." ”

Jiang Xinghua didn't expect that she would provoke this topic in a distraction, and she was worried that she didn't have a chance, but now she was in the middle of it: "The third sister can also understand these days, I-actually, in the past few days, it's not that I'm sick and inconvenient to come out and walk around, it's that day when I came back, my mother sent a message and asked me to copy the "Female Commandment" fifty times in the room......

"The Female Commandment?" Momoka was a little puzzled, "Why?" ”

Jiang Xinghua smiled bitterly: "It's not because I lost my rudeness in front of Miss Cui that day...... Actually, I didn't look at Miss Cui's jewelry, I just thought that she was the future princess, so I took a few more looks, who knew that Miss Cui asked so clearly, if I denied it, I would inevitably lose her face. I was afraid of offending the Cui family and causing trouble for the family, so I casually praised Miss Cui's step, but as soon as I came back, my mother was ......"

Nine out of ten of these words are true, Jiang Xinghua said and said, it really touched his heart, thinking of the days that have passed in the past ten years, his eyes are red unconsciously.

Taohua couldn't help but sigh: "Second Miss Cui's temper - most of the girls from high-ranking families are like this. "It's a little too aggressive.

Jiang Xinghua wiped the corners of his eyes: "Actually, copying books is nothing, I just feel a little sad." I know that I was not born to my mother, and no matter how filial I am, I can't compare to my fifth sister, but I don't want to be reborn in my aunt's womb...... It's okay for sisters to be wronged, it's just that my mother is so disgusted with me, I really don't know what I did wrong......"

Momoka slapped her hands silently, not knowing what to say. Jiang Xinghua's situation, others really can't help. Of course, Xiao's family won't like her, but Jiang Jun is also like nothing to this daughter, although Jiang Xinghua has both parents in name, but in fact it is no different from having no father and no mother.

Jiang Xinghua quietly observed Taohua's expression from behind the veil, and said in a low voice: "I shouldn't have said these words, so that the third sister is also annoyed, but among the sisters, only the third sister cares about me......

Momoka was a little embarrassed. said that she sympathized with Jiang Xinghua, but she couldn't talk about it, after all, she was a cousin in the next room, and this was the territory of the long house, so it was really her turn to take care of anything.

"Fourth sister, don't say that—in fact, I can't do anything, if the fourth sister is willing to talk, of course I welcome it."

Jiang Xinghua was a little disappointed, and couldn't help but add another sentence: "I said these words to my sister, after all, my sister is similar to me, and they are both people who have no mother......

Momoka sighed. She didn't have the slightest impression of Lee. When Li died, she was still in a coma because she hit her head - in fact, the soul that had crossed over and the body of the original owner had not yet fully matched - and by the time she woke up, Li had already entered the coffin. For her, Li is not so much a mother as the gentle and almost perfect image in Jiang Xi's heart.

"Since there are some things that can't be changed, my sister should also relax her heart. In fact, my uncle and grandfather are also a little lonely on weekdays, and if my sister is fine, she might as well accompany her more. "The Yu family will definitely not interfere with his niece and daughter-in-law, so if Jiang Xinghua wants to find a backer in this family, he should still go to Mrs. Jiang.

"Grandfather has always cared about the affairs of the girl's family......" Jiang Xinghua sneered coldly in her heart. Old lady Jiang only values the medical skills of the Jiang family, because Jiang Jun gave up medicine to study, and Jiang Songhua was not allowed to study medicine, the father and son have long been as cold as frost, even the Yu family has suffered from the pond fish, and even Baicaozhai can't enter lightly. Husband and wife, father and son are still like this, how can one of her granddaughters be in the eyes of Mrs. Jiang?

"In the past, my uncle and grandfather could ignore it, but after you fell into the water, my uncle and grandfather couldn't ignore it." The quarrel between the sisters, Mrs. Jiang can not take it seriously, but Jiang Xinghua almost drowned, and Mrs. Jiang specially warned Xiao Shi for this. If Jiang Xinghua seizes this opportunity, he may not be able to get close to Mrs. Jiang.

Jiang Xinghua bowed his head and was silent. What can I do, can Mrs. Jiang pick a family for her? He's just a former imperial doctor who has resigned. In the future, the only person in this family who can overpower Jiang Jun is the concubine in front of him.

"My uncle's birthday is coming, what birthday gift did my fourth sister prepare for my uncle's grandfather? Last time, if my uncle hadn't given the needle first, my sister might have been in danger......"

"I embroidered a tent for my grandfather, just in time for the summer." The tent was embroidered by her since last year, and it was very fine, and although it was inconspicuous to use as a birthday gift, it was enough for filial piety.

"That's good." The birthday gift received can be used immediately, this is the heart, "Sister use more heart, uncle and grandfather will know." ”

What if you know? Jiang Xinghua was a little disapproving, but nodded on her face and said, "Thank you for the teachings of the third sister, I must be attentive." It's a pity that I can't write well, otherwise I can help my grandfather sort out the manuscript. I heard Wisteria say that my grandfather praised the third sister's handwriting well. The third sister is really smart. ”

"If you say smart, the second sister is really smart." It took her more than 20 years of practice to write like this, but Jiang Lianhua is only fifteen years old, and her attainments in calligraphy and painting are so high, this is really talented.

"The second sister only knows calligraphy and painting, but the third sister still understands medical skills, of course, it is more difficult than only learning calligraphy and painting." Jiang Xinghua said indifferently. What if you are proficient in calligraphy and painting, you will only be a business□□man in the future, and calligraphy and painting will not be able to eat.

Taohua smiled: "It's good to be able to learn the same." My sister's needlework is so good that I can't learn it. "It's not bad to look at her female celebrity alone, but it's not good to compare with Jiang Xinghua, I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, I'm afraid of comparing the goods.

"If the third sister likes it, how about I embroider a cloud shoulder for my sister?"

"Cloud shoulder?" Momoka laughed, "I don't need this." "Cloud shoulders are mostly used by those noble ladies to decorate their dresses, or the wedding dress when they get married, and she is a commoner woman who has not been out of the cabinet to use it every day.

"It......'s always going to be useful," Jiang Xinghua blurted out.

"Ahem-" Taohua thought she was talking about the wedding dress, and her face couldn't help but turn red, "Why is the fourth sister still making fun of me." "Not to mention, since she crossed over to become Jiang Taohua, because Jiang Xi is favored and moves freely, she has ignored many things intentionally or unintentionally, for example, she never thought that in this world, women are going to marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen, she is fourteen years old this year, and there are only one or two years left......

Jiang Xinghua was stunned for a moment, only to realize that what she said was a little abrupt, fortunately Taohua would be wrong: "It's not that I'm joking about the third sister, it's just that the third sister doesn't have a mother, and I should pay attention to this matter." ”

It is said that this topic should not be talked about by two girls who have not left the cabinet, and if there are still elders present, Taohua and Jiang Xinghua will have to be scolded a few times. It's a pity that there is no third party now, one is deliberately provoking the topic, and the other does not shy away from the concept of marriage at all, Taohua took over the words smoothly: "It's still early......"

"My sister is fourteen this year, right?" Jiang Xinghua smiled slightly, "It's not too early." ”

"Ahem-" Momoka really didn't know what to say about this topic. In her previous life, she was busy with her studies and work, and before she had time to think about falling in love and getting married, she said goodbye to that world, so although she lived two lives, she was like an ordinary girl in this world in marriage, and she had no experience.

"Sister-" Jiang Xinghua leaned forward, "What I said is the truth, sister, don't take it to heart." Marriage is a major event, if a woman marries the wrong person, her life will be ruined. After all, the third aunt is not my sister's mother, and I am afraid that she doesn't know much about her sister's mind. ”

Taohua was silent. She knew that what Jiang Xinghua wanted to say was actually "I'm afraid that I won't do my best to choose a good son-in-law", don't say it, although this is a bit of a villain's heart, it may not be true. Moreover, even if Cao is willing to do her best, can she see the right person?

Jiang Xinghua's eyes flashed, and he lowered his head slightly: "However, fortunately, there is still the third uncle." I see that the third uncle loves his sister very much, and he will definitely choose it carefully for his sister, unlike me......, "Although the mother-in-law is indifferent, the biological father just wants to change his daughter for a good name."

Taohua patted her hand: "So my sister should be closer to Uncle Zu's father." "Marriage is a major event, in this world, it is the order of parents, if you don't want to listen to your parents, then only Mrs. Jiang in this family can suppress Jiang Jun and Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Xinghua raised her head, her eyes were slightly red, and she smiled: "I listen to the third sister." "Things are in a hurry, and if she wants to win Taohua's favor, she has to come step by step.