On this day, the prefect's family held a flower-viewing banquet, and a special post was sent to invite Daiyu and Qingyun. Qingyun was in the filial piety period and it was not good to go out to the banquet, so she politely refused, but Daiyu was not good not to go, and took the car over early in the morning. In the past, the two of them ate and played together almost every day, or read books and painted, or told stories with the girls, or did needlework together, and they didn't feel difficult to pass the time.

Just after lunch, Aunt Xu came.

"Please, big girl, the big girl has lost a lot of money in the past few days, but the food is not appetizing?"

Mrs. Xu has high seniority and deep qualifications, and she has always been loyal and does not rely on the old and sells the old, so she is very popular. Aunt Xu treats the two of them as masters on her face, but she treats the two of them as juniors in her heart.

"Aunt Xu, sit down. How can such a hot lady come over in person? Something to tell the girl to pass on. Qingyun said while ordering the girl to pour tea.

"Don't be busy, big girl, I'll bring someone over on the order of the master." As soon as Aunt Xu said, Qingyun had already gotten up, and Aunt Xu pointed to the two people who followed behind her and said: "Previously, the master asked the old friends in Beijing to help find two nurturing grandmothers from the palace, so that they could be placed next to the girls, and it would be beneficial." The old friend was very attentive, and sure enough, he invited two grandmothers, who used to serve by the queen's side, because there was no one in the family, and he liked the Jiangnan climate, so he responded to the master. Two grandmothers, one surnamed Li and the other surnamed Zhou, just arrived today, and the master ordered me to bring the grandmothers over to meet the eldest girl. Keep one by the eldest girl's side, and the other will be sent to the girl over there. ”

"Father Lao is bothered, and it is hard for Aunt Xu to run." Qingyun quickly looked at the two of them, they were about thirty or forty years old, and since they came in, they had stood firmly with their heads down, their eyes not squinting, and they had good manners. She had also heard that some grandmothers from the palace had served their noble masters, and they reprimanded the girls at every turn, and their tempers were extremely difficult to get along with, but fortunately, the two of them were not bad when they first met. If they obey the rules and respect their duties, she will also treat each other kindly, after all, no matter what she looks like on her face, she actually has a temper in her heart.

She also knows the benefits of raising her mother, not to mention that she has served the queen mother, she is decent, and even her own identity is invisibly elevated, and no one will talk about her own rules at will in the future. However, she is not a serious lady in the end, she has heard too much of the old mother's cunning and viciousness in the past, and she has some rejection in her heart.

"Mama Li will stay with me, and Mama Zhou will follow her sister." Originally, Qingyun was reluctant to pick first, but today Daiyu is not here, and it is not good to leave the two grandmothers here, but it looks childish.

"Then look at the placement, I'll take Mama Zhou over." After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she led the people to retreat.

After Aunt Xu left, Qingyun invited Mama Li to sit and asked, "Mama has worked hard all the way, can you have dinner?" ”

Mama Li didn't sit down, nor was she as strict as she imagined, but replied with a smile: "Miss Lao asked, I just met the master in the house, and the master has already ordered the dinner." ”

Qingyun saw that she spoke kindly, and she didn't hold her identity, so she felt a little good. "Mama sit down, my business must be known to Mama, I am not more serious than the young ladies and girls, and I will work hard to teach Mama in the future. If Mama has something to do, just ask, I can help without refusal. ”

Because the two grandmothers were invited, not sold to the Lin family, they are naturally different from other grandmothers.

"The girl is serious, this is my business."

Qingyun chatted with her for a while, and the previous rejection gradually dissipated, and it happened that the egret said back and forth that the house was cleaned up, so she asked Mama Li to go down and rest.

Since then, she has noticeably felt different. There is Mama Li in the room, like a needle in the sea, and the little girls who are usually lazy and slippery are more self-disciplined, and no one dares to enter and leave her house at will, because Mama Li gave a lesson to the big and small maids on the first day of her tenure, and repeatedly reaffirmed the rules, especially the rules in the girl's room. On the other hand, she and Daiyu have no elders to teach, Aunt Xu is a subordinate in the end, the two grandmothers are here, where they are not doing properly, where they can point out the teachings one by one, and the two grandmothers are the people who have served the queen's mother, how to socialize and socialize is the most understanding, and even the secret things of each family also know a thing or two, she and Daiyu have benefited a lot.

On this day, the weather was cool, and Qingyun and Daiyu made an appointment to paint in the garden.

Qingyun studied painting in his previous life, and was good at sketching and pastel, and also liked realistic oil painting, but he did not understand classical Chinese landscapes and gongbi. Anyway, she also has a painting background, Daiyu only thought that she had never learned, when she first taught her, she only sighed that she was very talented, and now she can paint gongbi paintings, Daiyu is better at far-reaching landscape freehand.

At present, the two of them are painting lotus flowers, and Daiyu is inscribed with poems.

"I remember when I was a child, when my mother was there, she also painted summer lotus flowers, and played the piano in this pavilion, and my father hugged me to the side to admire." Daiyu touched the scene, and her eyes were red.

"I remember that my father-in-law is resting today, so it's better to invite my father-in-law to appreciate our paintings." Qingyun mentions yì road.

"That's a good idea!" Daiyu also missed her father, so she immediately echoed and ordered Xue Yan to invite.

Shaoqing Snow Goose came back with a strange look, looked at Lin Qingyun frequently, and said in his mouth: "The master has a guest, and he can't be empty." ”

Daiyu frowned: "What guest?" ”

“…… Zhang's official media. ”

Qingyun was stunned for a moment, and then contacted Xue Yan's strange look, and instantly had a guess.

Daiyu also guessed, raised her eyebrows and said, "Why is there an official media here?" Don't you know about our family? ”

This is a euphemism, even if I guessed that it was to propose marriage to Qingyun, but it didn't mean that Daiyu couldn't say it before that. The so-called "our family's business refers to Lin Qingyun's business", Lin Qingyun is eleven this year, which is the year of kissing, but she is in the filial piety period, how can she say kiss?

Qingyun immediately guessed the reason, and said to Daiyu in a low voice: "Where do outsiders know, even the people in the house don't know much, they just think that I am □□ plain color." ”

Lin Qingyun did not keep filial piety with great fanfare, the Lin family knew, but outsiders may not, everyone has rules, how can subordinates talk about the master. I just don't know that she has never gone out, who will suddenly propose to her?

Daiyu obviously came to her senses and asked Xue Yan again, "What did you hear?" Who invited the official media? ”

Xue Yan shook her head: "I didn't get close, Fu Bo said that the master was busy meeting guests, so I came back." ”

The two grandmothers, who had been silent, glanced at each other, and Mama Li stepped forward and said to Qingyun: "The eldest girl doesn't have to worry, even if the family affair is suitable, there will be no marriage in the filial piety period." ”

Qingyun naturally knows.

At dinner that day, Qingyun knew who had proposed the kiss, and it was the prefect's wife who wanted to propose the marriage for the concubine.

"No wonder I went to the banquet that day, the prefect's wife treated me very warmly, and I also asked about my sister, but I didn't even notice it. It's just that my sister didn't go to his house that day on the grounds of filial piety, how could she come to propose marriage knowing that she was filial piety? What a heart this is! Daiyu knew a lot of things, and she also understood that the prefect's wife did not fancy Lin Qingyun, but because she was the righteous daughter of the Lin family, so she couldn't help but be very angry.

Qingyun paid attention to the other side: "Although the father-in-law's refusal is reasonable, how do you know what the other party thinks?" I'm afraid that I will hold a grudge against this, and relying on the function of the prefect, I am afraid that I will cause a lot of trouble to my father-in-law. ”

Daiyu was transparent: "If this is the case, this family affair can't be dealt with." One is unbearable, and the other is ......" Daiyu raised her finger and pointed to the sky, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that if the boss knows, I should be suspicious." ”

Qingyun looked at her in surprise, she didn't expect her to be so sharp in court politics.

Daiyu smiled a little proudly: "Sister Xu knows, don't you allow me to guess one or two?" It's just that the girl's family is not good at discussing court affairs, and in the past, my father allowed me to read the newspaper and was not allowed to discuss it in private. This prefect Fang was transferred last year, and looking at the gift list at home, they are equal to our family, but they are married to Liu Shilang's family in Beijing. Liu Shilang's daughter got married to the Holy Lord a few years ago and married the third prince as a side concubine. ”

Qingyun nodded and sighed: "My father-in-law has to serve for another year, how difficult it is. ”

"Even if I can be transferred back to Beijing, who knows if I can be quiet." Daiyu has always been thoughtful, but she is also pessimistic.

"If you want to be quiet in this life, you can only shave your head and be a monk's sister-in-law, but I'm afraid that the monk's sister-in-law can't be really quiet." Qingyun asked her, "I heard that the Jia family sent a letter?" ”

Daiyu suddenly had a smile on her face: "The sisters wrote a letter to Baoyu, and it was very lively to say that they were composing poems and couplets. Baoyu also asked me when I would go back? And I boasted that his words had grown a lot. ”

Qingyun knew that she also had happy times in Jiafu, especially when Baoyu treated her very dedicatedly and differently from others, and their brother-sister relationship was naturally deep. Just observed carefully for a long time, and found that the two were still two brothers and sisters at this time, and they were immediately relieved. If Lin Ruhai does not die early, Daiyu will definitely not marry Baoyu, because Baoyu has a thousand other things, but Lin Ruhai will not like to read if he doesn't like to read.

"I don't think he's lying, it's true." It's hard to be so neat and tidy, Qingyun has a sore hand every time she writes, and she can only barely practice neatly, as for the style of the word, it is difficult.

"It can be seen that he also knows how to work hard." Daiyu thought of Baoyu saying in the letter that Jia's mother missed her, and she couldn't help but feel guilty. Even if Jia's mother treats her well, she hurts more than her granddaughter, but she can't be filial in front of her.

Qingyun also thought of Jia's mother, but it was different from Daiyu. Since Jia Lian left, Jia's mother sent someone to pick it up again, Lin Ruhai only ordered a Tuyi gift, and the others politely refused, only saying that they were reluctant to give up their daughter. Obviously, Jia's mother is not dead set on the marriage of the two Yu'er, and it is easy to push it now, if the Xue family enters Beijing next year, Jia's mother is afraid that she will be in a hurry.