Chapter 22: Revealing the Heart
Sure enough, Mother Yin is a well-known figure in the circle of servants, after all, the best result of a handmaid is to be a steward, of course, she chooses to become the master's concubine, the pros and cons are balanced, and it cannot be called the best. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but the maids are really out of the country, but there are very few of them who are the masters of the house, the main reason is that most of their children and grandchildren are born in the family, relying on the relationship, you can follow the young master and Miss to the sky one step by one, and become the steward around her, which is far more face-saving than the small officials who have studied hard for ten years in the cold window, even if they are not good, as long as they can get a messenger in the house, they are diligent, and the well-off life can still be guaranteed, so it is not how difficult it is to get out of the country, but it is difficult to be willing to give up the benefits brought by the noble mansion. Not to mention that like Yin's mother, the county lord's steward didn't do it, and he became the concubine of a high-ranking official, and the high-ranking official died, and then he became the concubine of the landlord, and finally he could be robbed to be a wife.
I CAN'T HELP BUT PRAY IN MY HEART THAT MOTHER YIN CAN COME BACK SOON, AFTER ALL, THIS ROOM IS FULL OF MISCELLANEOUS PEOPLE, NOT I AM A BABY WHO CAN ONLY PLAY SOME CLEVER TRICKS TO HOLD, BECAUSE OF THIS, I EITHER DO SOME CHORES EVERY DAY, OR HIDE IN THE HOUSE AND PRETEND TO HELP CHUN TAO SORT OUT GRANDMA'S DOWRY, AS FOR GOING OUT, GRANDMA HASN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO ARRANGE IT FOR ME, AND I AM ALSO HAPPY TO BE IDLE. Therefore, what I have to do at this stage is to show my face less in front of people, after all, even Yun Xiu, who has learned from the past, has to be a big girl and live a life inseparable from Miss, not to mention that I, a person who doesn't know martial arts at all and has never learned anti-reconnaissance, where can I withstand being followed, in case I am unfortunately arrested again, between punishment and commitment, I really don't know which one is better.
Unconsciously, Wu Ye has been gone for almost two months, and the time agreed to be more than one month and less than half a month has long passed, and my mood is like a flat boat waiting for rescue in the sea, from the beginning of the anticipation to the faint loss, from the gradual confusion to the indifferent numbness, and now there is a faint despair. It's just ridiculous that Dongmei reminded me to beware of the future, and I was very worried on one side, and disapproving on the other, always thinking that I had just started to ask for this, which was too impatient, and I was afraid that he would not accept it for a while, and I was unhappy at both times. Originally, the agreement between my grandmother and me had made him embarrassed, and he had to accommodate, if he fought over these unwarranted things, I was afraid that he would doubt whether I really followed. But no matter how many excuses I make now, it is impossible to redeem the old days, maybe I am simply worrying about the sky and cocooning myself.
I meditated for a long time last night, I couldn't sleep, I got up a little dizzy this morning, thinking that there was nothing to do, so I asked Dongmei to take leave for me, lay on the bed, and continued to pretend to sleep. In the midst of chaos, a pair of warm and dry hands covered my forehead, "Ah Ye! I grabbed the hands suddenly, woke up, looked up, I actually held the hand of Yin's mother, who I hadn't seen for a long time, and the alarm bell in my heart suddenly rang out, how dare I pretend to be lazy, and immediately put on my clothes and knelt on the bed and saluted, and then lowered my head and didn't dare to speak.
"I still remember the rules, and if I can struggle up and salute, it doesn't seem to be terminally ill." Mother Yin said in a slightly sarcastic tone, "The slave just didn't sleep well, had a headache, and didn't have any serious illness, so she got up and went to work." "After I replied resignedly, I immediately dressed, fetched water, washed my face, took care of myself in a moment, and walked to Yin's mother to obey the instructions." Sure enough, I grew up, and I haven't seen it for a year, so I can't recognize it," Yin's mother looked at me and sighed leisurely, "Yin's mother's eyes are like torches, and the slave maid is fortunate to follow her grandmother into Beijing, and she has the love of her sisters, so it is inevitable that she will be greedy, and she will grow taller again." I replied respectfully and flatteringly.
"It's still so good at avoiding the important and light, and it can be seen that it's not all a year old. Grandma instructed that if someone wants to see you, you should go with me to Zhenbao Zhai to see how the birthday gift for Mrs. is being prepared. Mother Yin said with a slight smile, it turned out that she wanted to use this excuse to take me out, Mother Yin once followed the county lord, and her vision was excellent, I have been taking care of the treasury, and it is normal to go together. It's just who wants to see me, Wang Shaoxia or Zhuang Shaoxia? What must you do to see me? Is it because Yun Xiu can't go out recently? But shouldn't there be a special way of communicating between them, and what must be me?
Along the way, I followed Yin's mother to take the car to Zhenbaozhai, I didn't come up with a reason, anyway, it couldn't be Wu Ye, if he came back, how could he let Liu Yi first bring a message to calm my heart, after all, it was he who didn't believe in his words first, since it wasn't him, then seeing everyone was also for grandma's business, and it just so happened that I didn't want to be decadent all the time, just when there was something to do, I could also think less about what I didn't have. When I arrived at the place, I helped Yin's mother directly into the backyard, and generally the big customers will arrange a private room to choose alone, although we wear a subordinate to serve, but Yin's mother is very stylish, anyone who knows at a glance is the attendant of a large family, but it has not attracted people's attention.
"You change your clothes, go to the teahouse opposite, I'll only stay here until noon." Mother Yin said lightly, how do you listen to this, it doesn't seem like she wants to take me back. Since Yin's mother said this, there must be a reason, she refused to say more, and I naturally didn't dare to ask about the delay, so I turned around and went out to the wing room specially prepared for me at the back to change my clothes, and went straight to the opposite teahouse.
I didn't want to come for a few months, the layout of the teahouse has changed a lot, even my favorite storyteller is gone, such a strange atmosphere makes me inexplicably a little nervous, because I don't know who I want to meet, so I have to try my luck and ask Xiao Er if anyone is waiting for guests, "Yes, your Excellency is Qin Gongzi, upstairs in the south from the left, there is a guest officer waiting for you for a long time." "Seeing that this little two didn't mean to take me upstairs, I had to look for it myself, facing the street in the south, probably the person who asked me about it had already seen me enter the treasure house opposite, so he would tell Xiao Er to do things. Upstairs, I found that the private rooms on the second floor are not connected to each other, independent houses, very special, very much like a private guest specially built, it seems that the owner of this teahouse must be replaced, otherwise such two different styles, how to think will not be from the hands of one person. Hey, why do you want to do so much, it's not my shop, it's still important to do business, it's always rude to make people wait for a long time, so I walked quickly to the first room on the left side of the south, and gently pushed the door in.
"Young Master?!" I didn't expect that the person who asked me to come turned out to be Liu Chang, since my grandmother came back to meet him drunk and talking nonsense, we may not have seen each other for a long time, but think about it carefully, if there is no Ah Ye, I have no intersection with Liu Chang, he asked me to meet, most likely not for grandma or Ah Ye, if it is for grandma, there is no reason for me to talk to Liu Chang, if it is for Ah Ye, there is also Liu Yi can hand a message in, we are always different from men and women, for a while I really can't guess the purpose of his trip.
"Since you wear men's clothes, you should call the second brother, so as not to wear a goof." Liu Chang said lightly. "I haven't seen you for a long time, I heard Ah Ye say that you like to come here to drink tea, sit down and drink tea with me." The eldest young master's he ordered this, how dare I disobey, so I sat down opposite him, and poured myself a cup of tea, anyway, he asked me to come, and I couldn't ask anything if he didn't say it.
Who knew that I sat down and waited for half an hour, and he didn't speak, just looked at the traffic outside the window, and drank tea slowly. Forced by his previous obscenity, I didn't dare to ask him directly about Wu Ye, for fear that he would make fun of me as a child, and I wouldn't tell me that Wu Ye's matter was true. So I was patient and drank a pot of tea with him.
Seeing that noon was coming, I really couldn't wait, so I asked bluntly, "Second brother, did he send a letter back?" Hearing my urgent words, Liu Chang smiled bitterly and said, "According to the schedule, Ah Ye will be able to enter Beijing tomorrow, and I came today to take you to the Beijing suburb courtyard." "What? Obviously knew that I would ask him about the news of Ah Ye, and he also came for this matter, he was stunned to drink tea in the morning before he was willing to spit out, sure enough, the country is easy to change, and his nature is difficult to change, if he doesn't toss me, he won't give up.
As soon as noon came, Mother Yin came out of the treasure house, glanced at the private room where I was casually, and then boarded the car back to Shangshu Mansion, because I was anxious to see Wu Ye, and did not find the fact that I was left outside. Finally sure that Ah Ye was coming back, the boredom that had been pressing in his heart for many days suddenly dispelled a lot, and he chatted with Liu Chang without a word, "Second brother, how is everything at home?" I asked in a homely manner, "It's calm for now, but it's going to be rough soon." Liu Changyi's pointful answer made my second monk confused, and didn't know how to answer, so I just heard him say again: "But it has little to do with you and Ah Ye, and besides, you have been in Beijing for less than a year, can you still worry about this 'family'?" Hearing him say this, it seems that there is really something big going to happen in the Protector's Mansion, I don't know if it has anything to do with the matter of the young lady's mother, I want to ask a few more questions, but Liu Chang got up and went downstairs by himself.
Since he came to pick me up, I naturally had to leave with him, but his abnormality today really made me a little frightened, so on the way out of the city, I didn't dare to talk to him again, and I kept leaning on the wall of the car and closed my eyes and pretended to sleep, maybe I really didn't sleep well recently, maybe I knew the news of Ah Ye, my spirit was completely relaxed, maybe the carriage was shaking too rhythmically, I finally lost to the sleepy worm, fell asleep on the side of the carriage, and later, naturally I didn't hear Liu Chang tell the carriage to go slowly, Nor did he feel his head being snatched by him, leaning on his shoulder.
When I woke up in a trance, it was dark all around, and there seemed to be a heavy object on my head, which made my neck faintly numb, and after a while, I saw that I was still in the carriage, and I saw that I was still in the carriage.
Hearing Liu Chang's stomach growling, I couldn't help but feel disdainful in my heart, I was so hungry that I didn't wake up, I didn't want to accompany him in this dark carriage, so I could only put my hands together, and little by little I held up the noble head of the eldest young master, and let him lean against the wall of the car first. After moving my stiff neck, I gently pushed the sleepy Liu Chang, who knew that after pushing for a long time, I didn't see him wake up, but his brows were furrowed, humming indiscriminately, like a nightmare. Seeing this, I didn't dare to be careless, so I had to lie in his ear and whisper: "Second brother, eldest young master, Liu Chang; Second brother, eldest young master, Liu Changγγγγγγ I didn't know which name to call to wake him up in his sleep, so I had to call each title in a loop, and gradually he calmed down, and I was going to get out of the car to ask someone to help him go back, but as soon as I got together, I was pulled back by a powerful force, and a pair of powerful arms tightly wrapped around me, and I remembered Liu Chang's muttered words in my ears, "Feiying, don't go, don't go with Ah Ye, don't goγγγγγγ βοΌ
My head buzzed, as if I couldn't hear anything except Liu Chang's words. Big young master, he said, he said that he didn't want me to go with Ah Ye, what did he mean? What else could it be interesting? I suddenly remembered what I heard in a daze on the night of my birthday, what did he say in an awkward tone? I still think I'm a little smart, but I forget that there is such a kind of person, who always loves to bully the people I like, as if only by seeing her resentful eyes can I really feel that she cares about herself. This kind of typical person who needs to be loved but can't pull down his face, isn't it this Liu Chang who likes to tease me but can always give me a gift that pleases me, it is precisely because he cares too much that he will snatch Ah Ye's jade pendant, and he will care that I don't take the initiative to give him water to drinkγγγγγγ
It's a pity that he is not the person he should have met at the right time, and I, who had already fallen in love, did not notice his awkward intentions at all, but repeatedly misinterpreted it as a little trick he deliberately found fault with and used it to retaliate against me for taking away his playmate. Sure enough, men and women have very different minds, Rao is that I have watched many love stories, but I am really in them, and I am only a fan of the authorities.
After a while, he and I both calmed down, anyway, it is impossible for me to respond to his thoughts, it is better to pretend not to know, so as not to be embarrassed to meet each other in the future, after all, there is still the relationship between Ah Ye and grandma there, and Liu Chang and I will inevitably have contact in the future, since he knew my mind before, he has been avoiding me, and he must not be embarrassed by me now. And most of the admiration when he was young was young and fruitless, he was the eldest young master of the Protector's Mansion, and sooner or later he would marry a famous lady, respect each other like a guest, live in harmony, and spend his life together, where will he remember my little episode at that time.
But now that I have such a special relationship, why should I be afraid and give in to his pranks, thinking about it like this, my mood instantly cleared. So I didn't care about his identity, pinched his nose with one hand, tickled him with the other, and he finally woke up after holding it for more than ten seconds, and his arm was also taken back because of the itching of his body.
"Sister Xiyun, Young Master Liu is still sleeping soundly in the carriage, and he refuses to wake up with a rumbling stomach, and he has to ask my sister to find someone to get him down, otherwise if he is sick, I can't afford to be offended." And my sister is so hungry, so my sister will accompany me to the kitchen to get some food. "Seeing that Xiyun ordered someone to move Liu Chang, I took her to the kitchen to find food like a coquettish.
Through the last birthday here, I got to know Xiyun a lot, according to my years of experience in flattering the big girl, Xiyun is a big sister who gets along very well, so I dare to know not long after, relying on my young age, I pulled her to be coquettish, anyway, I have seen both men's and women's clothes, it must be a very trustworthy subordinate of Ah Ye, it is rare to have a day that I can do whatever I want, why not?
Xiyun accompanied me to eat some snacks, and I took her to the house where I lived last time to gossip, maybe because Ah Ye was coming back, maybe because I knew Liu Chang's love, and I was satisfied with the girl's heart, so I chattered with Xiyun about Ah Ye's past. As for the person who was left in the car, no one must dare to snub him in this courtyard, where do you need me, a little slave, to worry about, naturally I should eat, sleep, that he once said, I will naturally forget when I wake up from a dream, and I should naturally not remember itγγγγγγ