Chapter 17: Rejoice
Luo Chan sat idly and had nothing to do. It's strange that Ming'er is the Danpi Flower Club, why is there no movement in the Rong Mansion today. and Liu'er and Qing'er went out of Cuiyuan. Walking to the stone bench where she met the uncle of the Rong family last night, she blushed a little and her heart was beating, and she touched the jade pendant in her close-fitting shirt, and her heart swelled with the joy of Huaichun.
From time to time, maids passed by, and they all hurried to the direction of the dove building. Liu Er said curiously that she didn't know what was going on, and she seemed to be full of joy when she saw these maids.
Only then did Luo Chan retract her thoughts and raise her eyes to look. Sure enough, from time to time from the east and west courtyards, the maids and women walked briskly towards the dove tower. Luo Chan walked forward and listened to their discussions. Two fat and thin mothers-in-law who had just come out of the west courtyard chatted while walking.
"Who else but Baodie this time! It's just a formality. β
"No, you don't have to guess to know it's Baodie. That person has followed the second lady for five years. β
"Be quiet!" The fat woman looked at Luo Chan's master and servant vigilantly. Seeing that Luo Chan didn't care at all, she was relieved.
"Hurry up, it's better to steal a moment of leisure than to face that sick man." The fat woman pulled the thin woman and went happily.
Luo Chan motioned for Liu Er to investigate. Liu Er also followed the flow of people. Approached a little girl and asked what happened to Sister Baodie?
The little maid retorted strangely, "Are you new here?" Why haven't I seen you? β
Liu Er sneered and was noncommittal. The little maid had no intention of pursuing it, saying that the slaves and maids in the house all guessed that the big girl was elected in the house this time, and it must be Sister Baodie who was elected. After speaking, there was envy in his eyes.
"What's the use of a big girl?"
The little maid glanced at Liu Er's black and red face, covered her mouth and said, "It's useless to tell you!" You're an errand boy in the kitchen, aren't you? β
Liu Er smirked, her black and red face revealing loyalty. The little maid sighed, "I won't tell you, hurry up and go to the Taoyuan theater to watch, this year the house invited a few relatives and girls from official families to judge, it must be fun." He said enthusiastically to pull Liu'er.
Liu Er bent down to lift her shoes and let her go first. Only then did he turn back and sue sΓΉ Luo Chan.
After Luo Chan listened to Liu Er's words, her white face turned blue. It turned out that the girls in Qingfangyuan had all gone to the Taoyuan Opera Yard, but they didn't call her. At the beginning, Baodie was so affectionate to her, and when she knew her identity, she immediately lost her previous enthusiasm. She couldn't hold back the anger in her heart, feeling that the Rong family's garden could not stay any longer.
Stretching out his hand to hold Qing'er, he was about to go back. One hand inadvertently touched the hard object on his chest, and he changed his doctrine for a while. "Let's go, go to the courtyard of the Rong family and have a look."
Liu Er reminded that a boudoir woman, I'm afraid it's not good to go to the uncle's yard! Luo Chan's thin lips pursed, and she glanced at her squintly, and Liu Er hurriedly closed her voice.
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The courtyard of the eldest lord of the Rong family is on the west side of the main gate of the Rong Mansion, and there is a plaque "Baifu Garden" embedded in front of the door. Luo Chan walked into the yard, but saw that the flowers and trees were overlapping, the small pond was quiet, the covered bridge attic, and the red paint and green tiles. Compared with Naji Garden, it is simply a heaven and an underground. I can't help but sigh that I have seen too little before, this is the real heaven and earth.
After walking a few times into the house, I did not see a single slave or maid. I thought about going to Taoyuan Theater. Luo Chan thought like this, and unconsciously walked deeper again. The glazed tile wing room shaded by a cluster of flowers and trees in front of him is somewhat similar to Qingju. Luo Chan was about to turn around and turn back. The door opened, and a little girl in a blue shirt came out. Dignified appearance, but expressionless. Seeing Luo Chan from afar, she shouted, "Did you send medicine to grandma?" β
Luo Chan was stunned for a moment, looking at the copper basin in the little maid's hand.
The copper basin was very large, and the little maid had some difficulty holding it. Seeing that Luo Chan was silent, the little maid put down the copper basin and walked over. When she approached and saw that Luo Chan was dressed extraordinarily, she felt that she was reckless.
"The slave vanilla is offended, I don't know who the girl is?" Vanilla gave a blessing, and the look on her face was the same.
Luo Chan raised her eyebrows, and a smile spread on her cheeks. Unexpectedly, there were still slaves and maids waiting in the uncle's mansion. "Don't worry, get up and talk back."
Qing'er came up and said that this was the eldest lady of the Luo family, and the vanilla still gave another blessing with a blank face, "The slave and maid recognized the wrong person, thinking that she was sending medicine to the eldest grandmother, and she was offended." After saying that, he turned around and went back to pick up the copper basin, and walked to the backyard with some staggering.
The grandmother of the Rong family, isn't it the man's wife! She pinched the jade pendant in her small shirt, and it was hard and cold. She couldn't help but take a few steps, lifted the curtain on the door, and looked inside.
The room was lonely and silent, and the north direction was not well lit. It took Luo Chan a long time to see the furnishings in the house, and a few simple household items were far worse than her house in Qingju. Could it be that the grandmother lives in such a house! She sighed in her heart. I couldn't help but pick up the bead curtain in the inner room, and saw a motionless human figure sleeping under a brocade quilt on the Luohan bed by the window. There was an indescribable smell of herbs in the air, which made people hold their noses.
Suddenly, she heard Vanilla and Liu'er talking outside the window, and Luo Chan withdrew. When he saw Vanilla standing under the window with a polished copper basin, he asked, "Vanilla girl, what's wrong with your grandmother?" β
Vanilla hesitated, and the eldest grandmother had been ill for more than a year and moved from Baifuyuan to this remote garden. It is said that it is conducive to meditation and recuperation, but in fact, it is afraid that bad luck will pollute Baifu Garden. The first time I met someone who cared about him, I couldn't help but sigh.
The corners of her mouth were raised, and she only said that the eldest grandmother was born prematurely and suffered from blood loss, and she had not been able to recuperate well. In fact, she knew in her heart that the days of the eldest grandmother were numbered, and the medicine in the Rong Mansion was cut off. Lang Zhong went to the clinic last night, and the uncle came back to take a look, and then went back to the mansion.
Luo Chan sighed, asked her to take good care of her, and moved out of Baifu Garden. He glanced back at the plaque on the courtyard gate and smiled. All the way back to the residence of Cuiyuan, he took out the jade pendant and looked at it carefully. Thinking about what Uncle Rong said, "You are so beautiful, you shouldn't suffer." Follow me! "I don't feel blushing and covering my face, and I'm not shy.
It seems that the eldest grandmother will not live for a few days, and it is a good way out to follow the uncle. Luo Chan made up her mind that she was left out in the west wing of Cuiyuan, and the unhappiness of not being invited to the Peach Blossom Theater disappeared.
Luo Chan's joy over there naturally revealed, and Luo Yan's joy here was hidden in her heart. Looking at the Rong family maid standing on the red lacquer platform, she couldn't help laughing.
The Rong family selects the big girl once every four years, and all maids who have reached the age of 19 are among the candidates. The selected big maid will be responsible for the discipline of the new slaves and maids in the house, no longer need to serve the master of which house, and the monthly case has also doubled, and what makes the maids even more excited is that the marriage of the selected big maid will be married by the Rong family. The future is bright. Luo Chan's mother, Baozhu, was the eldest girl selected that year.
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