Not long after returning to the flower hall, the family Chinese New Year's Eve banquet was dispersed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shen Jingshu returned to Qingmei Ju, and Mama Zhao was arranged by Ling'er to wait in the side room of the upside-down landlord, and when she saw that Shen Jingshu was back, she let Mama Zhao go to the warm pavilion.

The room is a faint aroma of jasmine, which is much more refreshing than the strong smell of wine in the flower hall.

Ling'er untied Shen Jingshu's rose red gold silk lily cloak, and handed a copper cloisonné enamel flower butterfly pattern begonia hand stove to warm her hands.

Shen Jingshu did it on the wooden kang, and Ling'er brought the brocade lotus color silk cushion to Shen Jingshu to pave, which she embroidered in her leisure recently, that is, it was already spring, and it was a little late, Shen Jingshu praised her needlework as a female worker, and said that the embroidery was not late, the spring was warm and cool, not thin or thick, it was the time to use it.

Cui'er boiled water from the small kitchen, made a cup of jasmine tea and put it on the kang table.

Shen Jingshu looked at Mama Zhao who was standing in front of her, her eyes were red and swollen, her eyes were flickering, and she lost the momentum she had when she was in the provincial room.

Mama Zhao thought timidly: "Will the fourth lady want to help me, maybe she wants to embarrass me for the sake of saving the room, and I knew that I shouldn't have accepted her belongings at that time." ”

Shen Jingshu pecked at the jasmine tea, only to feel that the teeth and cheeks were fragrant, and with the faint fragrance wafting from the incense burner, it was even more refreshing.

Shen Jingshu raised her eyes slightly, the corners of her mouth slightly drunk, intoxicated by the fragrance of jasmine she loved.

"Say, what is the difficulty, crying and crying during the New Year, and I am not afraid that the masters will think that you have touched your head." Shen Jingshu finally opened her mouth to ask about Mama Zhao.

Mama Zhao listened to Shen Jingshu's tone unhurriedly, tepidly and unangrily, and her heart was at a loss.

"Although these four young ladies are gentle on weekdays, but in recent years, I heard that their temperament has become more and more stubborn and arrogant, and even the eldest lady is sometimes not afraid, it is said that what she did in the provincial room is already good, and she did not really treat them harshly, but she must have received two good things in advance, and the fourth lady will not punish me with this, right?" Mama Zhao muttered in her heart, for fear that Shen Jingshu would give her a board to eat.

can think of the three-year-old grandson lying on the hospital bed at home waiting for her to find money for treatment, and Mama Zhao doesn't care about anything else, so she kneels down for Shen Jingshu with a "plop" and kowtows a few times, and says in her mouth: "Fourth Miss help, Fourth Miss help." ”

Shen Jingshu looked calm, but she was not surprised by Mama Zhao's sudden ringing of her head, and glanced at Ling'er who was waiting on the side, and Ling'er helped Mama Zhao up.

Shen Jingshu asked Mama Zhao why, only to know that the grandson of Mama Zhao's family was sick and had no money for treatment, and she was about to die, she went to the flower hall to beg the eldest lady but was stopped by Mama Guan, saying that the eldest lady only cares about the slaves and maids in the house, how can she manage the slaves' families. But right now, the grandson urgently needs silver to save his life, because Mama Zhao's son is a gambler, relatives and friends are afraid of borrowing, and said that her grandson is afraid that he can't be cured, and the silver is borrowed in vain.

"Didn't you also accept a bracelet and a jade pendant from Miss, which are also worth a lot of money." Ling'er said with a hint of anger.

"If you have a good gambling son, where can you hide the silver."

Shen Jingshu thought that a rough mother-in-law of a provincial office went to beg the dignified and peaceful marquis to save her grandson, if she was really sick and sought medical treatment, if the other housewife had a good temperament, it would be fine, the eldest lady is not the kind of soft-hearted person, let alone a person who cares about the good or bad of the slave.

Shen Jingshu thought that when she was in the provincial room, Mama Zhao didn't do anything to them, and she helped her this time, which was a life-saving kindness, which was greater than Mama Zhao's own life, so there was one more helper in this house.

Shen Jingshu didn't think much about it, so she asked Ling'er to take the silver to Mama Zhao, and said that it was not enough to ask her for it, and the child's condition could not be delayed.

Mama Zhao took the money, and she wanted to kowtow to Shen Jingshu again, but was stopped by Shen Jingshu, saying that this silver was given because the child died in vain because she couldn't afford to pay for medical treatment, so Mama Zhao didn't have to worry about it.

When Shen Jingshu said this, Mama Zhao was naturally even more grateful, and said that she owed Miss Fourth a life, and it would be worth it even if it was for Miss Four to break her bones in the future.

Ling'er took Mama Zhao out, and when she came back, she saw that the maid Lily, who had been arranged by the eldest lady before, was busy in the small kitchen.

"It's so late, what is Lily doing here?" Ling'er was curious, so she went to the small kitchen to have a look.

When she went in, Lily was boiling something on the stove, and when she saw Ling'er coming in, she blessed Ling'er and asked, "Sister Ling'er is good." ”

"What are you boiling on the stove so late?"

"It's for the fourth lady to boil millet porridge, the fourth lady will inevitably eat wine in the flower hall, wine hurts the spleen and stomach, millet porridge is very stomach-nourishing."

"It's rare that you have a heart, and you'll serve it after a while." Ling'er said that she went back to the warm pavilion.

After arriving at the warm pavilion, Shen Jingshu said to Cui'er, who was pinching her shoulders: "You go to rest with Ling'er, it's the second half of the night, is it possible that you want to keep the New Year with me?" ”

"If the young lady wants to keep the New Year, the slave and maid will naturally be around to serve." Cui'er said.

Ling'er picked up the wick and said to Shen Jingshu: "When I sent Mama Zhao back just now, I saw Lily in the small kitchen cooking millet porridge for Miss, saying that Miss hurt her spleen and stomach after eating wine, and she is also a discerning child. ”

Shen Jingshu didn't say anything, only to see Cui'er pouting and saying, "She wants to curry favor with our young lady." ”

Ling'er just listened to Cui'er's words with thorns, so she replied to her: "It's as if you don't want to please your master." ”

Cui'er was about to say something again, but Shen Jingshu waved her hand to tell them to stop, and they were not tired of arguing at night. Neither of them dared to speak.

At this time, Zi Lily came in with millet porridge, gave Shen Jingshu a blessing, and put the millet porridge on the kang table and was about to retreat.

Shen Jingshu stopped her and asked, "You turned out to be serving in the third lady's house." ”

"Yes, the slave turned out to be the one who served in the third lady's house."

"Then how can you be arranged to come to me in a good manner, and you are not waiting in the house." Shen Jingshu recognized Lily on the day she was taken to Qingmeiju by the eldest lady, but she didn't ask, and it happened that she came to deliver porridge today, so she asked directly.

Lily replied softly: "The slave is stupid, she didn't serve the third lady well, she always made mistakes, and the third lady ran to the eldest lady and said that she was going to sell me, and the eldest lady said that since she didn't serve the master well, she would come to the fourth lady, and it was better to do some chores on weekdays than to sell." ”

As soon as she finished saying this, Shen Jingshu looked at the lily in front of her, her big eyes were bright, her appearance was delicate, and there was nothing uncomfortable about it, and it was very pleasing to look at.

But the sentence "The eldest lady said that since she didn't serve well, the master would come to you, Fourth Miss", made Shen Jingshu look at this young maid differently.

At this time, Ling'er and Cui'er had already looked at Shen Jingshu at the same time, and this little girl was too bold to speak.

Shen Jingshu waved her hand and said that she was tired and asked Cui'er and Lily to go back, leaving Ling'er to wait for her to clean her face and remove her makeup.