Compared with the beginning of summer, Miss Liu prefers Xia Bangqiu.

They are the same concubines.

At the beginning of the summer, she was a concubine.

Although her father is a concubine, this does not change anything, there is naturally a barrier between her and them.

It's different.

Mrs. Liu likes Xia Chu, there is no doubt about this, she mentioned her in front of them more than once, but unfortunately she has no daughter, no daughter like Xia Chu. Let them listen to a little envy, but also a little depressed.

How good is she?

Miss Liu's eyes always fell on the girl who was playing chess with her third sister, intentionally or unintentionally.

She can do the same three.

Her gaze was clear, her expression was focused, and there was nothing perfunctory about her.

The smile is also kind, sometimes the third sister wants to regret the chess, she also smiled and let her, and did not show the slightest condescension.

High?

Miss Liu was shocked, why did she think so?

It's as if when I first saw this girl, I felt that she was different, and there was a sense of looking up as if I saw a noble girl.

It's just the daughter of a county magistrate, no, now it's the daughter of the magistrate.

What is such a petty official? People who are serious about kissing may not be able to look down on her.

But she looks so indifferent, no matter how they say it, they are also the daughters of a dignified scholar, how many people are too late, they are the relatives of the five officials, but this is just the case, she is like this.

So ...... Alike.

Miss Liu pursed her lips, just in time to hear Xia Bangqiu say to her second sister: "Second sister Liu's craftsmanship is also very good, this handkerchief embroidered is lifelike, but it is much better than me!" ”

Miss Liu Er has to look at her embroidery.

Xia Bangqiu's face flushed, and Ai Ai said, "I've just started learning!" There are no embroidered patterns yet. ”

Whose lady goes out as a guest and won't bring one or two embroideries made by herself, so that she can take them out to show her craftsmanship when she can use them?

She doesn't even have a purse that she can take out to see people?

Doesn't it mean that she won't be a female celebrity at all?

Miss Liu Er's face suddenly froze.

Of course, the other party's praise made her happy, but the other party compared herself with her, but she turned out to be a person who couldn't get on the stage, didn't she say that she was only a little better than her who couldn't be a female celebrity at all?

Miss Liu Er is very confident in her craft, because she has received the true inheritance of her own aunt.

Her father and mother also praised her for learning quickly and well.

The smile on her face disappeared all at once.

Xia Bangqiu looked at her suddenly changed face, a little inexplicable, and didn't know what she had done wrong.

She guessed she had lost her words.

But she obviously only has praise words, and there is nothing bad about it!

Why is what Xia Chu said so natural and still happy, and so unsatisfactory to her?

Every time she wanted to do something well, it always backfired.

It happened that Xia Chu finished playing chess, and when he saw Xia Bangqiu's predicament, he smiled and said: "Second sister really overestimates herself, second sister Liu is such a skillful hand, and the eldest sister is only in the middle of the game, and she is in vain about you and me." ”

This is to admit in public that it is not good to be a female celebrity, but it is not too much to elevate the second miss of the Liu family.

said that her craftsmanship and Xia Xue are only between the best.

Miss Liu's face looked better.

Their second sister-in-law, although she married in not long ago, her status in Mrs. Liu's heart is not low.

She has seen the second sister-in-law's female red embroidery, not to mention the top-notch, at least into her eyes.

I think the two are probably comparable.

Therefore, at the beginning of the summer, these words were deep in her heart.

"Where can I compare to my second sister-in-law." There was a little mildness in her eyebrows, but she was a little arrogant, and she said that she couldn't compare, but she was just humble, and she couldn't take it seriously, but she had a feeling of "you still know the goods".

Xia Bangqiu felt that he was really going to vomit blood.

She realized that it was because of the mistake of the sentence 'much better than me'.

How can two people who are not equal in rank compare?

It's like a layman saying to a soccer player: You're much better at playing football than I am.

It's not like a compliment, it's like a disparagement.

In modern times, people may just laugh it off, but for these ancient girls, those with stronger self-esteem can be angry to the point of internal injury.

As a result, Xia Chu came back for her in a few words.

It's wrong for her not to do it, she looks cold and high, she does, it's still wrong, and she almost offends people.

It also depends on the round field at the beginning of summer.

She could only echo and said: "What the third sister said is that I am a clumsy person and don't speak very well, so the second sister Liu should not take it to heart." ”

Miss Liu Er glanced at her and said lightly, "How come?" ”

Your attitude doesn't look like you can't!

Xia Bangqiu was depressed and didn't want it, but he could only admit that he was unlucky.

"You don't play chess anymore?" Miss Liu got up, brought a pot of incense tablets over, poured one for several people, and asked.

Xia Chu thanked him softly, and laughed again: "I've been sitting a little stiff, so I'll get up and move." I'm just active, I can't sit still, and I'm not as qualitative as Sister Liu's third sister. ”

Miss Liu San pursed her lips and smiled softly: "I'm also a little tired!" ”

"Then let's drink tea, it's just brewed, our own new one, I don't know if you like it or not?" This 'you' is talking about the two girls of the Xia family, who are used to drinking in their own families.

"I'll taste it," Xia Chu Wen Yan glanced at the tea cup, bright brown color, clean and no impurities, there was a small white jasmine floating on it, because of the bubble, it did not look shriveled, but full like flowers, bowed his head and took a sip, the sweetness revealed the slight astringency of the tea leaves, and the mouth was full of a faint floral fragrance: "The aroma is fresh and long-lasting, the taste is mellow and fresh, the soup color is yellow and green, and the bottom of the leaves is tender and soft, it is really the best jasmine slices!" ”

As soon as she heard this, she was a person who knew tea, and Miss Liu immediately smiled: "If you like it, go back and bring some back, and the family has made a lot of it!" ”

This kind of tea fragrant piece is very good as a gift, and Xia Chu did not refuse, and responded with a smile: "Then I'm welcome, I love this very much, and my grandmother also likes it!" ”

Of course, it is a good thing that others like their own things, and Miss Liu secretly remembers this in her heart.

Xia Bangqiu was also holding a jasmine slice and drinking, and her heart was depressed. Due to the limitations of experience, she can't taste anything, and there is no room for interjection. When she ate it, she only felt that the jasmine was very fragrant, but compared to the flower tea drinks she had drunk, the taste was not so good, not only not sweet, but also a little bitter, was it really as good as they said?

…… Of course, the drinks and incense tablets are much worse, girl!

Adhering to the principle of saying more and making more mistakes, Xia Bangqiu did not take the initiative to speak this time, but just nodded in agreement when Xia Chu spoke.

It's a pity that she didn't notice her slight movement at all.

After playing for a while, a little maid came to pass the word, saying that the second young grandmother had taken a nap and wanted to talk to the two girls.

Xia Bangqiu and Xia Chu got up to say goodbye and followed the maid.

Seeing the backs of the two, Miss Liu looked at Miss Liu, who was a little stunned: "Third sister, what do you think?" ”

The second sister seems to have a cannonball-like character, and it is the cheapest to test the temperament of these two coquettish guests, Xia Bangqiu's mind can be seen at a glance, it is very simple, and it will be difficult at the beginning of summer.

Among the sisters in their own family, the second sister is thick and fine, and the third sister is as delicate as a hair, but her temperament is a little coquettish.

The fourth sister is still young, so don't mention it.

Miss Liu San seemed to come back to her senses after she screamed, and a hint of sharpness flashed on her somewhat immature face: "She is very good at chess." ”

"You can see it, didn't they all win?" Miss Liu played with the chess pieces in her hand and said, such a simple word, it is equivalent to not saying it. Can you win her if you don't have good chess skills? Or three times in a row, people are just afraid that they are embarrassed, so they don't go down to her, right?

"The second sister misunderstood, I mean, her chess strength is far better than mine." Miss Liu San is not annoyed, she has a gentle temperament, not to mention that the second sister has always spoken like this, she has long been used to it: "Except for the beginning of the first game, when she was more cautious, she seemed to be serious after that, but in fact she was very casual." You don't like to play chess, so you don't notice that the interval between her moves is almost the same, no matter what the chess board is. ”

The first game is cautious because it is necessary to test the opponent's chess strength.

And judging from her subsequent performance, I'm afraid she has tried it out at the beginning. But she didn't kill all sides, but grinded three sets with her, and she didn't lose patience at all, and in the end, she was embarrassed and called to stop.

However, she didn't win many games in every game, but she never lost a set.

This is a soft-looking, but strong inside, she will not deliberately lose to the other party because of politeness.

And her control of the chess game also impressed Miss Liu San. It's just right to be able to do it with all her might and control it every time...... It's not the same level of chess as her.

That's why she said that Xia Chu's chess strength was far better than hers.

Mrs. Liu is a noble daughter of a family, and when she is interested, she occasionally tells them something about how to behave.

The women of the family are arrogant, but this arrogance is not in their character, but in what they are good at. For example, if a person is good at tea, she must be the best at this.

They are gentle and polite, never rude in front of others, and they are smiling when they talk, and they don't see any edge.

Miss Liu often followed Mrs. Liu out to meet guests, and more than once saw how Mrs. Liu dealt with the ladies and ladies of various families.

She had never admired any of her juniors so much.

Only at the beginning of summer.

Now that I think about it, Mrs. Liu's appreciation of Xia Chu is not a tolerant reminder from the elders to the juniors, but a complex emotion between sympathy and regret.

If she had a daughter, she would like to be an impeccable girl like the beginning of the summer.

It's not that Mrs. Liu doesn't treat them well enough, in fact, Mrs. Liu herself has no daughters, and she treats the concubines under her equally.

But in the end, they are not biological, there are some things that Mrs. Liu will not teach them at all.

Even if it's just a little bit, it's enough for them to be infinitely useful.

Miss Liu drank tea, contemplated her brows, and her heart turned a thousand times.

Jasmine tablets have the effects of calming the nerves, relieving depression, strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, and she has always liked it.

It's a little tasteless today.

She seems to be supple, but she is extremely arrogant in her bones, and among the girls, Mrs. Liu treats her the best.

Her character, even among those concubines, is also extremely outstanding. When the lady saw her, she didn't praise the good rules.

The most unpleasant thing in life is just the identity of a concubine.

But she can't compare to the beginning of summer.

That girl, her mother Mrs. Liu, who she admired very much, were all praised.

She always felt that her mother praised each other excessively, even if it was good, how good could a girl from a low-level official family be? Her mother was just the daughter of a rich man.

But after seeing it with my own eyes, I found that Mrs. Liu was not exaggerating.

The two of them are actually very similar.

Mrs. Liu herself didn't notice this, but as a bystander, Miss Liu, Xia Chu and her mother were really exactly the same in some of their behaviors and habits.

It's no wonder that Mrs. Liu would regret not being a mother and daughter so much.

Xia Chu and Xia Bangqiu followed the maid to the Xia Xue House, and she just fell asleep, her face was red and fluttering, and she was very delicate.

"The big sister is getting better and better." Xia Bangqiu Road.

Xia Xue touched her face a little embarrassed and said: "It's nothing, but I've been dozing off recently, since you came, our sisters haven't spoken properly!" ”

"My sister, there's no need to rush for a while." Xia Wanqiu hurriedly said: "Big sister, is she unwell? These first few months are the most important! ”

It is not appropriate for an unmarried girl to talk about pregnancy.

Fortunately, Xia Xue knew about this sister, and she had heard Wu say that she had written a pregnancy list for Mei, and Mei did it for a long time, and there was no bad reaction, even the doctor said it was appropriate.

Although the children in the womb are still young now, they are all mothers, she can understand Mei's heart, and she can't care about these things with Xia Bangqiu, there are no others in the left and right rooms, and the irrelevant ones have already gone out.

As soon as she talked about it, Xia Bangqiu naturally had nothing to do.

"I'll write it to you, big sister," Xia Bangqiu looked around: "Is there paper and ink?" ”

"That's what people are going to do for you." Xia Xue did not refuse, and called someone to come and get a pen and paper.

Xia Chu looked down at the pattern album that Xia Xue had put away on the table, as if he hadn't heard anything.

Xia Xue is measured, this matter will not be spread, and Mei's side will not talk about it when people meet.

But if Xia Bangqiu's character of writing what precautions during pregnancy is not changed, it will be difficult to get married in the future.

A girl who knows so much about pregnancy...... What will others think?

Is she really unaware, or doesn't care?

"Look at my impatience, but I neglected my third sister." Xia Bangqiu was writing a recipe, and Xia Xue remembered that she had a younger sister at home, so she was embarrassed, and hurriedly pulled her aside to sit: "I heard that your grandmother is sick, is it safe now?" ”

"It's cured, it's not a serious illness." Xia Chu said: "Big sister is good? (To be continued.) )