Seeing Yueyao's expression, Xiao Ma couldn't help but feel a faint pain in his heart. When she was a girl, she was her sister's foil, and she didn't want her daughter to be someone else's foil.

Xiao Ma said: "Yueyao, you said that you found a copybook. I remember that your mother had a rubbing book with plum blossom font written on it, did you practice with the rubbing? ”

Yue Yao didn't deny it. There is no need to deny it, when my mother was young, she practiced calligraphy according to the rubbing, and it was not unusual for Ma Shi to know.

Xiao Ma looked at Yue Yao and said, "Yue Yao, your plum blossom character has been practiced like fire and refinement, so you don't need to use it anymore." Your cousin wants to learn plum blossom fonts, so you lend this rubbing to your cousin, and return it to you when your cousin learns it. "I said it was borrowed, but the tone was no different from the direct demand.

Lu Yan looked at Yue Yao with starry eyes, and said cautiously, "Cousin, can you borrow me for a few days?" ”

Ruolan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yueyao with a smile. She could have spoken, but she wanted to see how Yueyao responded.

Caiyun and Caiyi despised the mother and daughter in their eyes, and the two of them also knew that Tuoben was a good thing that money couldn't buy, so they directly asked for such a valuable thing.

Although Yue Yao couldn't understand Xiao Ma's thinking, she was not surprised that Xiao Ma brought up something ridiculous again with the last experience: "Aunt, cousin, I just said that I have just started learning, and I still need to use it myself, so I can't lend it to my cousin." "If Zhuang Ruolan said to borrow it for two days, Yueyao would definitely borrow it, but Xiao Ma would definitely not borrow it. Lend it out, it must be a meat bun beating a dog and there is no return. Yueyao heard Deng Huanhuan say that this aunt has always tried to borrow good clothes and jewelry since she was a child, and then she has gone and never returned.

Xiao Ma's face was not good-looking: "Yueyao, I just lent it to your cousin for two days, and I will return it to you in two days." It's not just a rubbing, and it's not a hegemony that doesn't return it. ”

Yueyao was about to open her mouth to refute, but saw Caiyi blink, meaning that she should stop talking. Caiyi is also well-intentioned, no matter what Yueyao says, it is wrong.

Caiyun looked not very good on the side, I had never seen someone who borrowed something so arrogantly, it was too hateful.

Yue Yao thought for a while, quarreled with her aunt in front of everyone, and didn't say anything at the moment, and silence on this occasion also represented unwillingness.

Pony's face was gloomy.

Ruolan stood up with a smile and held her waist with her hand: "My waist is sore after sitting for so long, come, Yueyao, help me to walk in the courtyard." ”

Yueyao walked over and helped Ruolan to her feet. Zhuang Ruolan smiled at Xiao Ma and said, "Auntie, pregnant people can't sit still. ”

Xiao Ma watched Yue Yao help Zhuang Ruolan into the courtyard, staring at Yue Yao's back with resentment. On that day, the eldest sister married one hundred and twenty-eight dowries, and the field shop, Gu Dong calligraphy and painting, and jewelry were all the best; And she only got married with a dowry of sixty-four, and the dowry was full of worthless and broken things, and there was nothing of those valuable good things.

This is actually Pony's paranoia. The dowry that Madame Matthew prepared for her was still very generous compared to that of ordinary concubines. It's just that Xiao Ma wants to go to find Ma's, and the more he compares his heart, the more unbalanced he becomes. She always felt that she had suffered a loss, suffered a big loss, and thought that the Ma family owed her, even over the years, she also felt that she felt justified in eating and living in the Ma Mansion. So after all these years, not only did she not feel embarrassed, on the contrary, she felt that it was far from enough. This concept will inevitably bring Lu Yan, but under Ma Linlin's suppression before, Lu Yan's performance is not obvious. Now without Ma Linlin, this trait is triggered.

Lu Yan was very aggrieved when she saw that everyone was alienated again, she wanted to practice a good handwriting, borrowed a rubbing, and practiced calligraphy, why did everyone look like this, as if they looked down on her.

Lu Yan was so aggrieved in her heart, but she didn't know that she couldn't say anything on this occasion, and if she said it, she would only lose face, so she could only go out with Xiao Ma and leave the main house.

Ruolan waited for the two of them to come out of the courtyard before whispering to Yueyao: "She's like this, you don't have to take it to heart." Ruolan doesn't know if this second aunt has a brain or not, she always wants to take advantage, how can there be so much cheapness in the world. Speaking of which, the Ma family is also kind, and if it were an ordinary family, it would have been sent back to her husband's family a long time ago.

Yueyao shook her head: "I didn't take it to heart. "It's true that Xiao Ma is her aunt, but the two of them don't intersect, and if they don't get along, there will be feelings. In her eyes, Xiao Ma was just a stranger, how could a stranger take her to heart.

Ruolan looked at Yue Yao who smiled and said she didn't care, she only sighed in her heart, if her sister-in-law and Lu Yan could be half as big as Yue Yao, she would be able to save a lot. But then he also smiled, Ma Fu is not bad, there is only a difficult sister-in-law, an unlikable cousin, and it is already very easy for those inevitable cousins in the Guogong Mansion. It's just that Zhuang Ruolan only shook her head whenever she thought of Ma Linlin who was sent back to her hometown. This sister-in-law ran into such a pair of parents, she can only say that she was unlucky.

It's a pity that after a while, Lu Yan came back again.

Ruolan looked at the flattering Lu Yan, and her heart softened. She has no ill feelings towards Lu Yan, a little girl should be kind to her, so Zhuang Ruolan was also very good to Lu Yan at the beginning. It's just that after a long time, I also found that Lu Yan has many shortcomings. Zhuang Ruolan felt that she should find someone to correct these shortcomings.

Lu Yan also stepped forward to help Zhuang Ruolan, and his cautious expression made Caiyun and Caiyi look twitching.

After walking in the courtyard for a while, Ruolan was also a little tired. Lying on the chair and sitting for a while, I was a little bored: "Cousin, do you know how to play chess?" Accompany me in a game of chess. ”

Yueyao was a little worried: "Cousin-in-law, I heard that pregnant people should eat and drink well, relax their minds, and not be too tired, it is very sad to play chess, will it be bad." ”

Ruolan listened to these words and had a better impression of Yueyao, where did a girl's family know this, she must have asked her mother around her: "No hindrance, just pass the time." But after getting pregnant, my brain is not as good as before, and I guess I won't be able to win you this time. ”

Yueyao chuckled: "Then I'll let my cousin-in-law have three sons." ”

Ruolan smiled: "Cheng." ”

It was a cloudy day, and it was not hot. Yahuan quickly moved the table out and set up the chessboard.

Yueyao played chess with Ruolan in the courtyard. Lu Ying stood next to him and couldn't understand it at all, and he didn't know what it was like. If she can draw and play chess like her cousin, her cousin must like her too!

Yue Yao conceded the three sons, and the battle ended in a draw.

Ruolan is also a pastime, not a fight to win or lose, and Ruolan thinks that Yueyao must have gotten rid of herself early if she worked hard in this regard: "Sister, I lost." "A loss is a loss.

Yue Yao put the chess pieces in her hand back into the chess bowl: "If it was my cousin-in-law's normal circumstances, I would definitely not lose." "She is interested in winning or losing in painting, and chess is just a pastime.

Ruolan nodded.

Yue Yao looked at Lu Yan who was following Zhuang Ruolan, and Yue Yao felt very weird. She didn't go back because she had to wait for her uncle to come back, why didn't Lu Yan leave in the courtyard. Ignoring her as if everyone was ignoring her, she couldn't feel it.

Zhuang Ruolan is not surprised, she has seen a lot of this kind of thing in the Guogong Mansion. If Lu Yan wants to stay, let her stay.

At noon, Ma Chengteng came back. Because Ma Chengteng is a Shangguan, he will come back at noon when he is not nervous about his errands. In addition, the Ma Mansion is only two minutes away from the Yamen, of course, the premise is that there is something in the mansion, and Ma Chengteng will not come back on weekdays.

Ma Peng is a rookie who has just entered the Hanlin Academy, except for the time when Ruolan was diagnosed with Xitale and ran to ask for half a day off, he never asked for leave.

Shangguan is also willing to take a holiday at present, and at other times, you can't walk away at will, otherwise you won't have a good impression.

Ma Chengteng heard Yueyao coming over and sent Yahuan to the main room.

Yahuan said respectfully: "Young lady, the master said to invite the cousin girl to the study." "Ma Chengteng has lived in the study since Cheng left.

Ruolan now understands why her father-in-law loves Yueyao so much, being sensible and helping each other is one thing, and on the other hand, she also likes Yueyao's talent.

Lu Yan watched Yueyao leave with Yahuan with a blank look, the look in his eyes was very complicated, there was envy, jealousy, and sadness. It has been five years since she came to Mafu, and her uncle has not seen her alone once in the past five years, but Yueyao has found her alone every time she comes to her uncle.

Ruolan didn't seem to see Lu Yan's complicated expression, she just smiled and said, "Cousin, it's almost time for lunch, let's go back after lunch." ”

Caiyi said beside her: "Then I'll ask Yahuan to talk to my mother in the kitchen and add two more dishes." This is to let Lu Yan go back and eat.

Lu Yan shook his head: "No, cousin-in-law, I'll go back and eat." After saying that, she hurried out of the yard, she was afraid that she would cry if she couldn't control it later.

Caiyun remembered what had just happened and said with a smile: "Girl, it's been a long time since I've seen you so happy." "Of course, it's been a long time since I've seen my own girl say so much. The girl talked to the girl of the Lian family for almost a morning, and she still looks like she is still unsatisfied.

Caiyi frowned: "Why can't I change my mouth for so long." "If this is for the eldest young master to hear, it will definitely not be comfortable.

Caiyun's face turned red: "I'll pay attention." ”

Ruolan didn't care: "Yueyao is good at writing and embroidery, good at chess, and knows how hard this kid is." Next time I have a chance to see her paintings. "Even the calligraphy and embroidery that I have just learned for a year are so good, so the painting skills that I have been painting since I was a child should reach the top level. Ruolan couldn't help but look forward to it.

Caiyun also nodded rarely: "The cousin girl is a real talented woman in the world." "Many talented women are brought out, such as the cousin's mansion in the Guogong Mansion is a talented girl, but how much real level that talented woman has, everyone has a number in their hearts.

Caiyi shook her head and chuckled.

Lu Yan went back, threw himself into Xiao Ma's arms and cried howlingly: "Mother, why does my cousin know anything, I don't know anything." Mother, I also want to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting like my cousin. Mother, can you find a gentleman with me? "Lu Yan is also a little ignorant of the world when he follows Xiao Ma's side. There are so many requirements for living in someone else's house, who would like it!

Xiao Ma patted his daughter: "Okay, wait for two days, let your cousin-in-law invite your husband, and when you learn well, you will step on the girl under your feet." ”