Chapter 40
The chance encounter that day was like a dream for Wisteria, and for several days, she was the figure of that man as soon as she closed her eyes, and it constantly coincided with her seniors in her previous life, which made Wisteria's love low for several days. Wisteria even went to the mezzanine the next day, but he didn't see the man again after standing for half an hour, and then he laughed at himself, how could he see him again. Look at the dress, listen to the voice of the son, must be here to ask the old lady to say goodbye, because there is no one to lead the way, so he walked down the road that people often walk, Wisteria felt a faint disappointment in his heart, he was really stupid, the table at that time was really terrible, even if he said two sentences, it was good.
But Wisteria didn't have much time to think about that, because she was now preparing the story for the autumn feast. She thought about the old story, not too long, suitable for girls, and lively and interesting, which is indeed a very difficult thing to do.
After thinking about it, Wisteria prepared three stories, namely Snow White, the Fool Moving the Mountain, and the Ugly Duckling. Of course, she did her homework in advance, deliberately listed the outline of the story, deleted some sensitive words and plots in the middle, and added some plots to enhance the interest, and revised and modified them until she was satisfied.
Three days before the autumn banquet, there was a big incident in Graceland, and Yuan Dong didn't know why Liu's mother lost her temper so much that she was not allowed to accompany the second lady to serve on the day of the autumn banquet.
It wasn't until the day before the autumn banquet that Liu's mother decided to be followed by Shuangqiao, Jiao Hong, Jiao Xing and Yuan Yue. Chunrou took Yuan Dong's position and took Qiuxiang to the banquet to wait. Ying'er took the cress to the stage to serve tea and pour water to wait for the dispatch. Ruoxiang was transferred to the second gate of the outer courtyard because of her literacy, and guided the guests to take a soft sedan chair to the inner courtyard according to the post.
Just when everyone thought that it was possible for Yuan Dong to watch the garden with Zirui, Mother Liu left Gu Lan in the garden, and instead arranged for Yuan Dong to take a few unwaited little girls to the north kitchen to help take care of some of the mother-in-law's diet brought to these nobles.
Liu's mother's arrangement can really be said to have stirred up a wave in Graceland. Because everyone knows that this annual autumn banquet is the time when these girls show their faces the most, I think that back then, the winter pattern next to the old lady and the Baojuan next to Mrs. Shizi were mentioned because of their good performance at the autumn banquet, not to mention that there were many people who were rewarded for doing their errands well.
And the first-class good errand at the autumn banquet is naturally to serve by the master's side, which is the best time to gain face, of course, such people are generally the grandmothers and first-class girls around the master. The second-class errand is to wait at the banquet, in fact, the highlight of the autumn banquet is not to enjoy the flowers, but to eat the banquet, many nobles in the capital often observe the situation of other people's homes by sitting together to eat and drink, and those who look at each other are also taking advantage of such an opportunity.
Further down is to go to the stage, the flower pavilion or the promenade, the water pavilion and other places to serve. When you meet a noble person who is generous, you can get a lot of rewards for helping you guide the way, going to the Gongfang or sending someone to find someone or something. The least recruiting thing to do is the big kitchen, and the dishes on the autumn banquet are generally made by the small kitchens of each courtyard after division of labor, and then gathered together in the garden where the banquet is held. Therefore, the two large kitchens are dedicated to bringing food to the nobles. The north kitchen is responsible for the mother-in-law and the girls, and the west is responsible for the servants and grooms.
Wisteria is also very puzzled, what did Yuan Dong do to make Liu's mother have such a big face at such a time, as a second-class girl, and it can be said that she is a first-class girl who is determined, this is really a thing that makes people look up. Although she usually doesn't have much contact with Yuan Dong, she knows that Yuan Dong was bought from outside and has no relatives in the house, so she has been working hard and doesn't talk much. is not as delicate as Yuanyue, but she is calm and hardworking, and Zirui has always praised her.
Of course, none of this is about wisteria, others have their own work, and they were all transferred to their own places to practice the afternoon before. Therefore, the afternoon before the autumn feast was very quiet in the Graceland Garden.
Wisteria didn't go back to the house when she came back from Canglang Garden, and went directly to Zirui's room. Today, Qin Niang gave herself a box of pastries, saying that the prince took them back from the palace yesterday, and Mrs. Shizhi specially ordered them to be kept for her. Wisteria had never seen such a finely made dim sum in her previous life, so she happily brought it to Zirui and wanted to eat it with her.
As soon as she opened the curtain and entered the room, she saw Yuan Dong sitting at the table with a handkerchief to try her tears, and Zirui persuaded her to drink tea on the side. Hearing that someone entered the house and saw that it was wisteria, Yuan Dong hurriedly turned around and tidied up, stood up, and said to Zirui, "There must be something wrong with wisteria coming to look for you, I'll go over there first." My sister doesn't have to worry about me, I just want to talk to someone. After speaking, he didn't wait for Zirui to answer, just nodded slightly towards Wisteria and pulled the curtain out.
Wisteria put the box on the table and watched Yuan Dong walk away through the window before turning around and looking at Zirui with a questioning expression.
Zirui opened the box, pinched out a small red bean ball inside, put it in his mouth and ate it. Wisteria didn't squeak, poured a cup of tea and put it in front of Zirui, and picked a small pink and white ball to eat, a floral fragrance filled the mouth, it was indeed a thing in the palace, it was beautiful, and it tasted good.
"Yuan Dong, this is being framed." Zirui took a sip of tea, and then continued: "Tell me that I didn't eat at noon, because there was no one in the courtyard today." ”
"What's going on?"
"Do you know, why did Mother Liu suddenly have such an arrangement? In front of so many people, Ming Huang was slapping Yuan Dong's face? ”
"Why? Sister Yuan Dong is usually a careful person? ”
"Hmph, someone found Ruihetang's paper bag for medicine in Yuan Dong's closet."
"Ruihetang? Is it the shop where we often go to grab medicines? Wisteria asked.
"Not bad. It was originally a pharmacy in the Chungkook Mansion. Why did Mother Liu suddenly help our sisters intercede last time? ”
"Didn't you say that Mother Liu would never help anyone?" Wisteria asked, shaking her head.
"That's right, Mother Liu is only in charge of the personal affairs of the second lady, even if it is a first-class girl like me and Shuangqiao, who is waiting by her side, she is lukewarm and never close to us. She helped us this time because she suspected that the last time you had a problem with the medicine she was taking. ”
"Ah~" Wisteria looked surprised.
"Because it was difficult for Liu's mother to go to the toilet for a while, she specially asked the doctor of Ruihetang to dispense the medicine, I don't know if it was the wrong dose, or the child caught the wrong one when grabbing the medicine, Liu's mother only ate one packet just like you did. So Liu's mother threw away the rest of the land.
"Because these medicines prepared by Ruihetang are all different colors of paper or different patterns are drawn to distinguish them according to different disease packs, so when the medicine bag was found from Yuandong's wardrobe, Liu's mother recognized it at a glance that it was the medicine bag she threw away before she finished eating it."
Wisteria covered her mouth in disbelief, how could she not believe that this matter was done by Yuan Dong.
Zirui seemed to see her thoughts, "I don't believe that Yuan Dong will do this, she has no reason to do this." But Liu's mother didn't think so, she decided that this was a means to compete for the first-class girl, but she couldn't tolerate letting the second miss lose face in front of Miss Huai'en Houfu. ”
"So, you assigned such an errand to slap Sister Yuandong's face? Then why did he bring Qiu Xiang to wait at the table, it stands to reason that it should be Gu Lan's turn? "Wisteria is very incomprehensible to Qiu Xiang's ability to ascend to the world and serve at the banquet in one step.
"It's Shuangqiao, at that time in Yuan Dong and Yuan Yue's house, when Liu's mother scolded Yuan Dong, Shuangqiao was by her side. She said, how can anyone who has a child who knows the roots, just like Qiu Xiang, not to mention fighting for the second lady, even if she risked her life, she didn't care at all. Just this sentence reminded Liu's mother of Qiu Xiang's rescue of the second miss, so she made such a decision. ”
"This, what exactly do these two people want to do? When everyone else is dead? How can you step on people like this? Wisteria stood up and said angrily.
"There's no way around it, we all know what's going on, but we can't say it, and others won't believe it, and they will think we're chasing after the wind. They also captured our hearts, so ******** coaxed the second miss and Liu's mother, and they didn't have any worries. It's Yuan Dong, let's say that Shuangqiao's sister-in-law framed her, she may not believe it. ”
"Didn't you tell her? Tell me about drinking water? ”
"Do you think it helps? Yuan Dong bought it from outside, and there was no half of his relatives in the house. She came to explain to me today that she hadn't done anything to hurt you, but she didn't mention that she was wronged, and if I hadn't led her to ask what was going on, I'm afraid we would have been kept in the dark. ”
After hearing what Zirui said, Wisteria sat back on the stool and stopped talking. After a long time, Zi Rui said, "It seems that this Qiu Xiang is bound to win the first-class position, and the ambition is really big enough." You have to be careful when you talk to her in the future, especially after I'm out. Even if you're not in her way, she'll frame you like this, let alone those who stand in her way. ”
"Yes, sister. You don't have to be cāo for me, just embroider your dowry and wait for your brother-in-law to marry" The sentence dispelled a somewhat solemn atmosphere.
Wisteria walked out of Zirui's house, looked at the empty courtyard, and only thought that Young Master Yue should quickly exit the chapter.