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The small Yaju where Xue Chengjiao lived was originally a cross-courtyard on the west side of Shun'an Hall, the east side was given to Cui Qiong to live, and the west side was originally intended to put Cui Yu in front of her eyes and ask him to live, but later Cheng Jiao entered the house, and Mrs. Runda felt sorry for her niece, so she moved the west side to live for her.

Going around the back corner door of Xiaoyaju and walking through a long corridor of copying hands, the five upper rooms of Jinghetang appeared in front of Xue Chengjiao's eyes.

In her previous life, she rarely went around to the back to ask for peace, and Mrs. Zhang's attitude towards her was also alienated, she was just a guest, never warm, occasionally the old lady asked Cui Qiong to accompany her to talk or eat, she could see Chang'an appear in front of the door of the East Cross Courtyard, but she never walked to her small elegant house.

Xue Chengjiao took a deep breath, calmed down, and followed Chang'an forward.

When I arrived at the door, someone inside opened the curtain and went out, and looked at it for a while, it was the first proud girl next to Mrs. Zhang, Jinling.

Seeing her following behind Chang'an, Jinling smiled and greeted her, but did not greet her first, but instructed Chang'an: "It just so happened that you came back and went to fetch a basin of water, the fifth girl cried and put on makeup, and the old lady said that it was not good-looking, so she asked her to clean her face." ”

Chang'an belched and turned his head to look at Cheng Jiao, then looked at Jinling, and then went around the road from the door to the west wing.

Xue Chengjiao's heart was very clear, Mrs. Zhang came out to tell Chang'an at this time, and nine times out of ten, she told her and did it for her.

In the final analysis, Cui Ying is the Cui family, she is just a guest house, if she really makes trouble and lets outsiders know that the girl in the fourth room of the Cui family is so small, it is not a good thing for the Cui family. The old lady is warning her to be more interesting, and not to make an inch.

So Xue Chengjiao smiled and instructed Wei Shu: "A few days ago, my cousin gave me a box of Tiangongqiao, you go home and get it, and after a while, she cleaned her face and just gave it to her." ”

Wei Shu's small mouth was full of reluctance, Xue Chengjiao grabbed her and urged her, and then she squatted down and walked back.

Xue Chengjiao clearly saw a hint of appreciation flashing in Jinling's eyes, and smiled quietly: "Sister Jinling, take me in." ”

When I entered the house, I was facing a large red sandalwood moire carved table, on the left side of the table was a floating green jade glazed full-grade Pixiu to ward off evil beasts, and on the right was a lotus peony pattern jade incense burner, and the stove was green smoke, Xue Chengjiao took a deep breath and tasted it carefully, and the furnace was burning with three even incense.

Then along the green smoke, hanging is Liu Songnian's "Heavenly Maiden Offering Flowers", and then there are Huanghuali three-legged tables on the left and right, and there is an amphora with azure glaze dark engraved patterns on each side.

Jin Ling led her around to the back from here, and after sixteen screens with red inlaid bat patterns, behind her was the guest room where Mrs. Zhang lived every day.

Before Xue Chengjiao could look around, there was already a little girl holding a futon with carmine gold thread embroidered birds and putting it at her feet, so she lifted her skirt and knelt down, and kowtowed respectfully to the old lady of Chaozhang.

After this bow, the old lady said lightly: "The body is not well maintained, get up and sit down." ”

The little girl who came with the futon got up with her and then put the futon away.

Xue Chengjiao looked around for a while, but saw that only her aunt Mrs. Runda and Mrs. Pu in the fourth room were sitting, Cui Qiong and Cui Ying were both standing aside, where did she dare to really sit? He moved a few steps to Cui Qiong and stood still.

The majesty in Mrs. Zhang's eyes narrowed a little, and although it was still very light when she spoke again, she didn't hold it in the end: "Sister Qiong'er said a basket of good things to me here, saying that you want to come to ask for peace, girl, do you have something to say?" ”

Xue Chengjiao's heart tightened, and Cui Qiong next to her grabbed her hand and used her strength, as if to comfort her, and as if to remind her that she must be careful when she speaks.

Before she could reply, Mrs. Runda glanced at her side and asked with a smile, "Why did you come here alone?" What about Wei Shu? ”

She raised her eyes to see the old lady's expression, and sure enough, the old woman, who was over fifty years old, had a tense face, and her face sank, obviously thinking that it was very inappropriate for her daughter-in-law to intercept her words, and she was a little displeased.

So he stood two steps outside, and his delicate little face was harmless, and Mrs. Chong Run replied with a smile: "She originally came with me, but she just met Sister Jinling outside, saying that she asked Sister Chang'an to fetch water and clean noodles for Cousin Ying, and I remembered that there was a box of Tiangongqiao sent by my cousin a few days ago, so I asked Wei Shu to go home and get it." ”

Xue Chengjiao secretly looked at the old lady's expression as she spoke, and saw that although she didn't smile, her face was a little pale when she heard these words, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and heard the old lady cough lightly, and then hurriedly went back to the old lady's words: "I heard my cousin say that Aunt Pu Lingying is here with you, because I was afraid of wronging my cousin, so Cousin Yang replied for me, and wanted to come to you to say goodbye." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Mrs. Zhang leaned crookedly on the seven-screen hoarding arhat bed, she supported her head with her left hand, her elbow was pillow on the Yunjin soft pillow, and she held a string of old green jade beads in her right hand, turning twice from time to time. ”

Xue Chengjiao smiled and replied, "You are good", and then folded his hands on his knees, his knees bent slightly, and gave a full salute: "Yesterday morning, I was interested, and I went to the garden to see the lotus, I was playful again, I was crazy alone, and I bent down to pick the lotus, but you know, the dew was heavy in the early morning, and the stones next to the pool were wet, and I slipped under my feet and was about to fall, it was Cousin Ying who happened to bump into it, and she came to pull me, it is estimated that Wei Shu sent a silk handkerchief to only see this scene, and I thought that she pushed me into the water, Actually, no," she said, getting up and tilting her head slightly, "You said, you really punished her today, didn't you wronged her?" Those who do good deeds will be punished. ”

Old Madam Zhang's face finally showed a smile, and she beckoned to Xue Chengjiao for the first time and asked her to come closer.

When the girl knelt in front of her and stepped on her feet, she sat up straight again, stretched out her hand and pulled Cheng Jiao to the bed, half-hugged the girl's shoulders, and smiled: "It's hard for you, you are still thinking about your sister if you are not good, and you came to me to speak for her, which shows that you have a good heart." ”

Mrs. Pu was stunned, turned her head to look at Cui Ying, and saw that she was also sluggish, sitting on the seat and just wanted to speak, Mrs. Runda next to her pressed a handful on her hand, and her heart was dissatisfied, but she couldn't say anything on her face, so she laughed and said: "Since it was a misunderstanding, you should take Sister Ying'er to her house quickly, this early morning made her suffer a grievance, and shed so many tears, you don't think about the girl when you are a mother, she is a rescuer, you don't ask clearly, but lead it first to make amends, and the loss of Jiaojiao comes quickly, Otherwise, I don't know how. ”

Mrs. Pu Da was a solid-hearted person, and she belched and wrenched her hand out of her hand: "Look at what you said, why didn't I ask her?" How many times did I ask at home, she cried and told me that she was thinking wrong, and she missed pushing someone, so I quickly brought her to the old lady to ask for guilt, why is it ...... now?"

"Alright." The smile on Mrs. Zhang's face tightened, and even Xue Chengjiao, who was snuggled up to her, secretly scolded Mrs. Pu for being really blind, so she listened to the old lady's eviction order, "Since you said it, you can go back." According to what you said, didn't we become Jiao drowning and drowning our brains? asked people to push them into the water, and when they turned their faces, they excused the victims. ”

Mrs. Pu Da hasn't woken up yet, and she has to reply in confusion, Mrs. Runda is no longer satisfied, and she can't find fault with them anymore, seeing that she is not on the road, lest she provoke the old lady to be unhappy, so she got up and saluted, pushed Mrs. Pu, and said with a smile: "I'll send you out." ”

It wasn't until Mrs. Runda sent their mother and daughter out of the house that Mrs. Zhang pulled Xue Chengjiao to sit upright, squinted and asked her: "Girl, you obviously asked her to push down, why did you open your mouth and plead for her?" ”

Xue Chengjiao said that the old lady is really sharp-eyed, and it is very difficult to fool her if she has seen people for a lifetime.

There, Cui Qiong was afraid that what she said would not hurt people, so she stepped forward and just called her grandmother, but was glared at by the old lady.

Xue Chengjiao still had a smile on her face, all of which was the innocence of a little girl of her age: "I didn't think about it that much, I just felt that I couldn't embarrass you with my aunt." Cui Ying and I are just a child's fight, she just lost her sense of proportion for a while, but Aunt Pu came to ask for sin, if Aunt Pu was unforgiving for me, wouldn't it hurt the harmony with Sifang? You are an elder, and you can't punish them for the sake of me, an outsider. ”

The old lady called the good boy with her mouth, and took Cheng Jiao into her arms: "Who said that you are an outsider, since you live in Xiaoyaju, you are a member of our Cui family." But what you think this time is very right, your aunt wants to worry about Ying girl for this, hurt the harmony of the family, it's too ugly to spread out, besides, ......" The old lady lost half a sentence, closed her voice again, and ordered with a smile, "I have a new dish here tonight, you come with your cousin, it's time to recuperate, you should make up for it." ”

After that, he dragged the sisters to continue their daily routine for a long time before letting them out.

Xue Chengjiao actually understood in her heart that the words that the old lady didn't finish must be related to Cui Yu, and her cousin was protecting her and wanted him to know that Cui Ying pushed her into the water...... Judging from her previous life, her cousin, who will be Lian Zhongsanyuan in the future, will play tricks on Cui Ying in the next few years, and even do things like catching mice and scaring her.