Chapter 32: Apathy
Although Li Yuanjing had never been to the Ning Mansion before, he knew a lot about the ladies of the Ning family, and he knew all about it from his mother Yu. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info And the thing that Yu knows is to listen to her concubine, Aunt Li.
Aunt Li is usually able to go back to her parents' house very few times, but the letters she sends back are not few, she often spits out her bitterness to her brother in the letters, which is nothing more than complaining about how difficult her situation is, Mrs. Ning is too harsh on her, Ning Jinyun has added a lot of blockages to her, and so on.
She has a good relationship with her brother Master Li, and she gets along well with her sister-in-law Yu, so she naturally has no scruples to say something in her heart in the letter, but the so-called speaker has no intention of listening, and these words she wrote down at will are very interesting in the eyes of her sister-in-law Yu.
Before Li Yuanjing and Li Yuanqian came to Ning Mansion, Mrs. Li Yu specially called her eldest son into the house and said a lot of instructions.
Among them, Yu also mentioned Ning Jinyun.
"Yuan Jing, your age is not too young, the Ning family happens to have four more girls, I think you are so smart, you should be able to understand what your mother means. This time, it would be great if you could find an eldest daughter-in-law for the Li family from among these four girls. It's just that you have to know that the second lady of the Ning family is a concubine, and her identity is more noble, if you can marry her into the door, she will definitely be able to give our Li family face, and the eldest lady Ning Jinhua, she is not only the eldest daughter, but also your cousin, and her temperament is okay, but she is barely qualified. As for the third and fourth misses, you don't need to care too much, one of them is too unstable, and the other is too young, which is not suitable for the position of the eldest daughter-in-law. ”
Yu's words at that time often echoed in Li Yuanjing's mind, he knew in his heart that his mother had high hopes for him, he had always obeyed his father's orders, and rarely disappointed them.
Because of this, he was particularly interested in Ning Jinyun from the day he entered the Ning Mansion.
For him, Ning Jinyun not only has a beautiful face that attracts people's attention, but also has a golden concubine status.
Thinking of this, Li Yuanjing couldn't help but be a little stunned, and pondered for a while.
Ning Jinyun's mood was not very good, she looked up at the familiar and unfamiliar face in front of her, the taste in her heart was very complicated, obviously, she could no longer have affection for Li Yuanjing, but she still inevitably had to have some contacts in her future life. These intersections between them only add to her troubles.
Ning Jinyun said secretly, since they live in the same Ning Mansion and there is no way to avoid meeting each other, it is better to directly say the ugly things in front, but it will be a hundred times.
She tried her best to control her emotions, looked at Li Yuanjing expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice, "Li Gongzi is too careful, you and I are nodding friends, and now such a title is not polite, but it is normal." What's more, you also know the truth that men and women don't kiss, if I am too enthusiastic about you, it will be inappropriate, so I hope that Li Gongzi doesn't have to care too much about these, and you and I should still keep a distance between you. ”
Li Yuanjing, who came back to his senses, felt a little crying and laughing after hearing this, he was just chatting casually, how could he cause such a big reaction from Ning Jinyun.
He didn't want to say much, so he could only nod his head with a smile, and responded: "Okay, so I didn't think about it enough, and I caused trouble for the second miss." ”
Ning Jinyun didn't answer his words again, and replied, "If Li Gongzi doesn't have anything else, I'll go first." ”
"Then you're not going to look for your bracelet?" Li Yuanjing raised his eyebrows and asked.
Bracelet? What other bracelets are you looking for...... Ning Jinyun just wanted to leave quickly. She frowned and shook her head, and after being blessed, she turned around and walked in the direction of the Red Peony Courtyard.
Only Li Yuanjing was left standing alone, and some monks were confused. He always felt that Ning Jinyun was resistant to him, as if he had offended her, but this was not the case.
"Maybe it's because of my aunt and them, that's why she hates me even with me." Li Yuanjing muttered to himself, he thought about it, and there was only this one possibility.
As soon as Ning Jinyun returned to the Red Peony Courtyard, Qingyun walked towards her with a smile.
"Miss, why have you been there for so long, the fourth miss came over and sent the peeled almonds."
"Then where is she now, has she returned to Qilan Courtyard?" Ning Jinyun looked around, didn't see Ning Jinyao's figure, and asked.
Qingyun took a rose chair with a backrest, "The fourth lady went to Huilantang to learn the piano, today is the first day she followed Yuan Niangzi to learn the piano, just now when she came over, she still wanted to complain to you, she said that she didn't want to learn the piano, and Yuan Niangzi was strict, she was very annoyed." ”
Hui Lan Hall, there is the meaning of Hui Lan heart, it is in the backyard of Ning Mansion, is the Ning family of the female family to study place, Mrs. Ning invited a few famous female gentlemen in the city, to teach the four young ladies in reading, female red, as well as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and other aspects of knowledge. Ning Jinhua and Ning Jinyun have been learning piano skills for three years, and now they are considered to be teachers, only Ning Jinrao and Ning Jinyao, who has just started, still need to continue to study with Yuan Niangzi.
Ning Jinyun sat down, took a small box of almonds handed over by Qingyun, and muttered, "When Yao'er is time to learn the piano, how can I forget it." ”
She looked down at the almonds in the box, they were all white and clean, they had already been peeled, and they should have been peeled by Ning Jinyao herself.
Ning Jinyun muttered in a low voice, "Yao'er is really a child, what she thinks about every day is not food, but she is afraid that Yuan Niangzi hates such trivial things as learning the piano...... "Unlike her, there are too many things to pretend in her heart, too much."
Qing Yun didn't hear clearly, so she leaned her ear over and asked, "Miss, what did you say?" ”
"It's fine." Ning Jinyun raised his head, diverted Fang Cai's words, and said thoughtfully: "By the way, Qingyun, is there something wrong with Yuexiang in our yard?" I saw that she always had red and swollen eyes, as if she had often cried, and I heard from Mrs. Wei that it seemed that her mother was seriously ill. ”
After hearing this, Qingyun put a smile on her face and sighed, "The slave maid is trying to tell you about this, Yuexiang's mother is indeed sick, her family has no money, and after grabbing a few pairs of medicines, she has completely spent all her family funds, she has no idea now, and she doesn't dare to come over to ask you for help, so she can only cry secretly every day." ”
Yuexiang, a second-class maid in the Red Peony Academy, has been working in Ningfu for several years.
"I see." Ning Jinyun thought for a moment, and then ordered, "Qingyun, you talk to Yuexiang, let her come to me after dinner, I have something to tell her." ”