Chapter 15: Sisters
As soon as Aunt Li left on the front foot, the fourth lady, Ning Jinyao, came to the Red Peony Courtyard on the back foot. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
She was dressed in an apricot-yellow satin embroidered coat, with a neat ingot bun on her head, and pink beads on both sides of the bun, dressed very pleasingly, she carefully held the paper bag in her arms, and jumped into the inner room.
Seeing that it was her cousin who came, a shallow smile unconsciously appeared on Ning Jinyun's face, and she told Qingyun to get some pine nut rose cake and jujube paste cake, these two are Ning Jinyao's favorite dim sum, and she has always remembered them.
"Second sister, what are you doing?" Ning Jinyao put the things in her arms on the table of the Eight Immortals on the kang, then sat down and muttered, "The first few **** were sick, and my mother never let me come over, saying that she was afraid of disturbing your rest, but it suffocated me." By the way, you see what I brought you. β
She stretched out her little hand to open the shiny paper bag, and pushed it forward as if offering a treasure, "Second sister, look, it's a donkey meat roast cake that has just come out of the pot, you can eat it while it's hot." β
The pancake has a golden color and a steaming aroma on it, making it mouth-watering just by looking at it. Ning Jinyun took the bowl and chopsticks handed over by Zijuan, picked up the baked cake with chopsticks and took a small bite, the dough of the baked cake was crispy, the meat filling inside was also very tender, and there was a mellow old soup marinade in the middle, the taste was just right, and the taste was also excellent.
Don't think about it, this baked cake must be from Chef Xu's hand. Chef Xu originally opened a restaurant in the Lingnan area, her cooking skills can be said to be famous, and she was supported by many rich and noble families at that time, but then for some reason she suddenly sold her belongings and moved to live in Qingzhou. Once the second master Ning met Chef Xu by chance, so he invited her to come to Ning Mansion on an errand at a high price, and now she is in charge of the small kitchen of Qilan Courtyard.
Seeing that Ning Jinyun was eating fragrantly, Ning Jinyao raised her chin in satisfaction, put her hands on her cheeks, and looked around with a smile, looking at her leisurely appearance.
Ning Jinyun wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and asked, "Fourth sister, what are you smirking at, why don't you eat baked cakes?" β
Ning Jinyao was stunned for a moment, and then shook her head, "I've eaten it a long time ago, and now I'm full, I asked the cook to make these baked cakes especially for you, second sister, eat them while they're hot, lest you get tired of getting cold for a while." β
She always likes to blink when she speaks, and her long eyelashes move with her, like two thick black feathers.
Ning Jinyun said with a smile, "Okay, wait for Qingyun to bring you some pastries to eat later." After finishing speaking, her eyes glanced at it casually and landed on Ning Jinyao's chest, clearly seeing a few drops of oil stains on it.
There were a few deep marks on the yellow satin fabric, which looked a little abrupt, obviously thanks to these baked cakes.
She lowered her head and looked at the oily paper bag on the table again, and guessed that it was probably Ning Jinyao who had been carrying the baked cakes all the time, so she accidentally caused her clothes to suffer as well.
"Look at you, such beautiful clothes are all dirty, you don't know it yourself, do you?" Ning Jinyun put down his chopsticks and sighed helplessly.
After she said this, Ning Jinyao still didn't know it, until she followed Ning Jinyun's gaze and looked down for a long time, only to see a few drops of oil on her body, she reached out and wiped it twice with her sleeve, trying to clean it up, but instead wiped her sleeves dirty.
Seeing this, Ning Jinyun had no choice but to persuade her, "It's useless like this, you better take off your clothes quickly, I'll let someone wash it for you, the oil stains are just stained, and you can wash it if you wash it now." β
"Okay then, there will be Second Sister Lao."
Ning Jinyao childishly stretched out a pair of arms back, winked at Ning Jinyun mischievously, Zijuan on the side paused, and then reacted and hurriedly stepped forward to take off her coat for her.
Zijuan just came to the inner room to serve, and many things can't be used to right away, and sometimes they need to be reminded.
"Send Miss Four's clothes to Grandma's son, let her wash them immediately, don't delay Miss Four to wear them, go quickly." Ning Jinyun commanded softly.
After Zijuan left, when only the two sisters were left in the house, Ning Jinyao cautiously leaned forward and asked tentatively, "Second sister, are you okay, yesterday ...... Aunt Li, she hit you, she ...... She didn't come back to look for your faults later. β
No wonder this little girl has always looked at her with hesitant eyes since she entered the house, it turns out that she has something to ask.
Ning Jinyun shook his head and replied, "No, don't worry, I won't be bullied by her anymore." β
Although she said this, Ning Jinyao was still relieved, and muttered, "If Aunt Li comes to treat you badly next time, you can run to Qilan Courtyard quickly, I will ask my mother to drive her away, and then she will never be able to beat you again." β
This is really naΓ―ve, Ning Jinyao is still young, and there are many things she doesn't understand.
However, even if she is not familiar with the world, she also understands sisterhood, she is really very good to Ning Jinyun, thousands of times better than the pair of tricky daughters born by the Li family.
Ning Jinyun looked at her dotingly, knowing that she was caring about herself, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, which also reminded her of all kinds of things in her previous life.
For Ning Jinyun, who has been oppressed by the Li family, the relationship between the two sisters is a short and rare comfortable time for her, she has been confined to the Red Peony Courtyard by the Li family since she was fifteen years old and is not allowed to go out, so she looks forward to Ning Jinyao every day to come and tell her some interesting things outside, so as to pass the boring days.
The relationship between the two of them is very good, and they often get together to play, but all this had to be terminated with Ning Jinyao's marriage.
On that day, it was supposed to be Ning Jinyao's thirteenth birthday, but before she could eat the longevity noodles made by the second wife, the wedding team had already come.
Ning Jinyao is going to marry a martial arts family in Liangzhou, Liangzhou is far away from Qingzhou, and after marrying, it means that there is almost no chance to return to her parents' home. At that time, Ning Jinyao's age was still young, and Ning Jinyun didn't know why her grandmother would agree to this family business, but she later inquired about it and learned some news, and it seemed that Aunt Li was making an obstacle to this matter!
Presumably, for the sake of his three children, the Li family thought of coaxing the old lady and married Ning Jinyao to Liangzhou, which is far away from the mountains and rivers.
Since then, Ning Jinyun has never seen her only cousin again, until the day she committed suicide.
It's also ridiculous to say that the two of them are so similar, they are both manipulated by a hateful woman, and they are both forced to marry, and in this way, how good can the results of these two family affairs be......
"Second sister, why are you in a daze?"
Ning Jinyao stared at the corner of the table in a daze, she couldn't help but feel a little strange, stretched out her five fingers and shook them in front of her, and asked, "Are you thinking about something?" β
Ning Jinyun came back to his senses and smiled awkwardly, "No, it's nothing, it's just a dream." β
Of course she won't tell the truth, now that she is here, she won't let Ning Jinyao get married crying and wiping tears anymore, if she wants to marry, she should also let the two daughters of the Li family marry.
Ning Jinyao looked at her strangely, and stopped talking.
At this time, Qingyun suddenly came in, and she lifted the door curtain at once, looking a little anxious.