After the meal, Lu Binrou took Ning Xiang and spring twilight, and walked slowly to Mrs. Wang's yard.

Before entering the old lady's courtyard, a maid had already come out early, Lu Binrou looked at her and asked, "But Jin'er who followed the red silk?" ”

The girl obviously didn't expect Lu Binrou to recognize her, her face turned red with excitement, but her speech was neat: "Back girl, the slave maid is Jin'er, she has not been in the house for a long time, and she is learning the rules from Sister Hongxuan." ”

Lu Binrou smiled and nodded at her, and walked past her to the front. Ning Xiang walked up to her, patted her on the shoulder and said, "No need to send us, go and talk to your sister Hongxuan, I'll go to her house to talk for a while, and let her wait for me in the house for a while." ”

Jin'er hurriedly said: "Sister, don't worry, Sister Hongxuan went to the garden to pick petals, and Jin'er went to look for her." Sister Hongxuan has been talking about you for several days, and said that if you don't follow the girl to the old lady's yard in the past two days, she will go to the girl to talk to you. ”

Ning Xiang turned around and smiled: "Jin'er is really sweet, no wonder Hongxuan has only taken you for a few days, and she praised you several times in front of me." ”

Jin'er smiled even brighter, touched her head, and ran to call someone.

Lu Binrou asked in a low voice as she walked, "A few days ago, Hongxuan went to our yard, but she cried with you?" ”

Ning Xiang hurriedly said: "The girl is aware that Hong Xuanxuan is not the kind of person who loves to chew the root of her tongue, she didn't complain anything to the slave and maid that day, although she cried...... But it's not because of that ......"

Lu Binrou sighed and said, "You also persuade her to want to open a little, after all, she was the youngest of the four second-class maids, and it was not easy to cross Ziyu in any way, so she was lifted." ”

Ning Xiang said in a low voice: "The slave has already persuaded her. It's just that the girl also knows that although Hongxuan is young, she is the most faceable in the second class, last time Sister Ning Cui got married and raised Qinglan to wait, this time the slave maid and Ning Lu went to the girl and the little boy's courtyard respectively, and the old lady suddenly vacated the seats of two first-class maids, and Hongxuan She thought that she also had a ......"

Lu Bin said: "Having said that, she doesn't want to think about it, I heard that Ziyu is already looking at others, and with her grandmother's temperament, how can she have to lift the seat to her before she is married......"

At this point, they had reached the gate of the courtyard, and they all shut up and said no more.

Just as she was about to cross the threshold of the courtyard, a tall girl wearing a bamboo green skirt hurried over, supported Lu Binrou on the other side of Ning Xiang, and said with a smile: "This threshold is high, girl be careful." ”

Ning Xiang scolded with a smile next to her: "Where are the little girls, the girl doesn't know how to come out to pick it up, and let your sister Qinglan come out in person?" Do you know how to stand in the house and wait for the curtain to be opened? ”

As soon as she finished speaking, several girls came out of the house, and flowers ran over, and a warbler whispered: "The girl is here", "The girl is careful under her feet, the mud in the yard has not dried up since it rained yesterday", "Sister Ningxiang, why haven't I seen you for a few days"......

Lu Binrou held Qinglan's hand and said with a smile: "Sister Qinglan, grandmother is chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall?" ”

Qinglan nodded with a smile and said, "What the girl said is good, the old lady is accompanied by Sister Ningshuang, and she is reciting the Diamond Sutra, and she is almost finished reciting it here." ”

Lu Binrou said with a smile: "I have two volumes of the Diamond Sutra copied by the Western Tan layman, I remember that my grandmother liked his words, and said that there was a clear air in the uprightness, and I asked Muyang to send the two volumes of scriptures to my grandmother's yard." ”

At this time, Mrs. Wang's voice with a smile came: "Good granddaughter, she is really a filial child, and she doesn't forget her grandmother if she has any good things, and she didn't hurt you in vain." Before she finished speaking, her figure supported by the maid turned out from the back of the house, thinking that she had just come out of the small Buddha hall in the backyard to chant sutras.

Lu Binrou hurriedly greeted her when she heard this, and said: "Grandmother loves Rourou so much, of course Rourou always remembers her grandmother, Rourou doesn't recite the scriptures, and I brought those two scriptures back to honor you." ”

Mrs. Lu smiled even more happily when she heard this, although the manuscripts of the Western Talkers were rare, but what really made her happy was her granddaughter's sincere heart. Filial piety to children and grandchildren is more important than any number of treasures.

Lu Binrou helped her grandmother into the house, and a little girl had already brought tea, and another big girl in the house, Ziyu, poured it and handed it to the old lady and Lu Binrou respectively. The old lady smiled and said, "Rourou, I came here from my grandmother so early, but for the banquet of the six girls of the Jin family?" ”

Lu Binrou deliberately pouted and said, "Grandmother, can my granddaughter only come to you if she has something, people miss her grandmother." ”

The old lady pinched her face and said, "This ghost girl will say good and obedient things to make grandmother happy." Let's talk about it, is it the first time I don't know the bottom of my heart when I go out by myself? ”

Lu Binrou smiled, shook her grandmother's arm and didn't speak. The old lady nodded her nose dotingly, and explained: "That girl of the Jin family is the daughter of the third room of Pingguo Gong, ranking sixth, her father is a compatriot of Pingguo Gong's mother, and she is the only younger brother of Pingguo Gong, and her mother is the youngest daughter of Rao Yangbo. This Liu Niang is seventeen years old this year, the same age as the Xiang boy who came to our house last time, but the month has grown a few months. There are a lot of girls in the Pingguo Mansion, but there are only a few concubines, she is the youngest of the concubines, and her status in the mansion is not low. ”

Lu Binrou blinked and said: "I read her post, and she writes wonderfully in hairpins, but she is still a talented girl?" ”

The old lady nodded and said: "Yes, Jin Liuniang is known for her talent, not only good handwriting, but also famous for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." ”

Lu Binrou nodded when she heard this, and said thoughtfully: "It's rare to say this." But last time Jin Long ......" she caught a glimpse of her grandmother's face out of the corner of her eye, and quickly changed her words: "Cousin Xiang came, listening to his tone, it seems that he is not very familiar with the sisters at home, which is strange, there is such a talented female sister here, and she is from her uncle's family, she should be close, could it be that I think too much......"

The old lady smiled: "It's not that you think too much this time, although Ping Guogong and his younger brother are relatives, but the relationship between the two rooms is not good, and although Liuniang is famous, but that temperament is ......" She thought about what to say, Fang said: "That temperament is really a little weird, the daughter of the noble Guogong Mansion is a sad temper, and she loves the delicate and twisted style the most." I've seen her twice, and that line is a copy of her father's favorite Aunt Xue. ”

Lu Binrou said in surprise: "Auntie? Isn't she a concubine, and her mother is there, how can she still be like an aunt? ”

The old lady's expression couldn't help but carry a hint of sarcasm: "If you don't say that the Pingguo Mansion is in turmoil, why did Pingguo Gong and Liuniang's father fall out, just for this Aunt Xue!" Brothers compete for concubines, if they change the rules, it is impossible for this kind of aunt to enter the door, and the best result of entering the door is to sell it. However, their family was able to let Aunt Xue stay in peace until now, and gave birth to a son and a daughter, the daughter was a few months younger than Jin Liuniang, and she died at the age of two. ”

Lu Binrou was almost amazed when she heard this, this Aunt Xue ...... is simply a model of concubines in the world.

She asked, "Is that Aunt Xue also a talented girl?" ”

The old lady said: "Yes, I heard that the aunt is the daughter of a criminal official, and she was going to sell the Jiaofang Division, but she was taken home by the three boys of the Jin family. ”

Lu Binrou blinked and said, "Grandmother, have you seen that aunt, is she a peerless beauty?" ”

The old lady knocked on her head and said, "She is a concubine and a junior, how can grandmother meet?" But I saw it from afar, and I didn't see the face clearly, and the figure was indeed a graceful one. But that was many years ago, and I don't know what it was now. ”

Lu Binrou wanted to ask again, but the old lady said: "These things, how does grandmother and an old woman know so clearly, you should ask your third aunt to go, she has a lot of communication in the house, and she knows these gossip things the most." ”

Lu Binrou said with a bitter face: "The third aunt knows, but she can only believe half of her words, and the aunt's personal feeling is too strict......"

The old lady laughed heartily, knocked on her granddaughter's head and said, "You girl, dare to criticize the elders, if you really come, I won't tell her how her good niece arranged her......