Hongyun and Hongqiao stood at the door, turning around in a hurry, knocking on the door from time to time and shouting inside: "Miss, open the door." ”

Hong Qiao complained: "I just said that the eldest lady is a disaster, and whoever meets it is unlucky." Originally, Miss was fine, but she had to send a kite over, but now you see that Miss is sad. ”

Hongyun was also anxious, but he knew that this matter had nothing to do with the eldest lady.

Jiang Zhi lay on the bed in the house, crying for a while, the original idea of depression dissipated, hearing Hong Qiao's words, the more she thought about it, the more she felt like what Hong Qiao said, and she suddenly felt aggrieved in her heart, and she cried again on the bed.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the lanterns hanging under the porch were blown back and forth by the wind, and the halo reflected on the ground also swayed back and forth. Hongyun saw that it was not early, and there was still the cry of the second lady in the house, and he became more and more anxious: "Miss has been crying for an hour, and if she continues to cry like this, Ming'er will definitely not be able to hide it." I think I'd better go to the main room first to talk to Yao's mother and ask her for an idea. ”

Hongqiao also had no master, and hurriedly said: "Then you go quickly, I'll guard here." ”

"Then you can be careful to persuade me, don't add fuel to the fire." Hongyun said uneasily.

Hongqiao waved impatiently to tell her to hurry up.

Hongyun hadn't taken two steps before he heard a hoarse screaming voice from inside the house, "Don't go, fetch me water." ”

Hongyun paused, glanced at each other with Hongqiao, and hurriedly answered loudly to fetch water.

Hong Qiao stood at the door, and after a while, the door opened from the inside with a creak.

It was pitch black inside.

Hong Qiao timidly entered the door and said, "Why doesn't Miss light the lamp." As he spoke, he touched the table in the dim light under the porch. Light the candle.

The sudden light made Jiang Zhi's eyes sting, and she subconsciously narrowed, and tears flowed out again.

"Red Qiao. You're the most honest ever, I ask you, is my handwriting really not as good as hers? Am I not as hard as she is? Jiang Zhi asked aggrievedly, her heart was full of apprehension, and it was the first time she doubted herself like this.

Who she is, Hong Qiao knows it.

"How can she compare with Second Miss." Hong Qiaoman said disdainfully: "She was lucky to crawl out of his wife's belly, if she wasn't the eldest lady." Who will give her this face, she is afraid that she can't even compare to the maid who sweeps the floor in our yard, where can she be compared with the second lady. ”

The red clouds came up with a basin of water. Hearing Hong Qiao's words, my heart suddenly chuckled.

The second lady had already copied the punished book because Mrs. said that the eldest lady had worked hard for two days at night, and the handwriting was fair, and the words were also written clean and refreshing. And the second lady dragged on and spent six days copying the book. The handwriting is still a little sloppy. Let the second lady calm down. It's a common thing, but since the eldest lady came, the second lady, who has always been the only one in the house, has relegated to the second. And the clothes that have always been customized from Linglong Fang only during the Chinese New Year are also because the eldest lady made an exception, and made six new clothes for the eldest lady at once, of course the second lady is not a taste in her heart. Bi Hongqiao didn't know how to solve the second lady, so that their sisters could eliminate their suspicions and get along in harmony. actually fanned the flames next to him, making the second lady even more resentful of the eldest lady. This is not the appearance of wanting harmony in the house.

"Second Miss, don't listen to Hongqiao's nonsense, she doesn't like to read and write, she can't even recognize all the words, where can she understand whose words are good?" Hongyun smiled and said: "The slave maid thinks that the eldest lady's words are angular, square, and down-to-earth. The second lady has studied everyone's calligraphy since she was a child, and the words have been styled. Anyone can see that the second lady's words are better. ”

"You have grown up in front of your wife, and as the saying goes, love is deep and responsible, and your wife always expects more and more from you. The eldest lady is obedient, and she is filial to the old lady in front of the old lady, and the lady always pities her more, and she must not be compared with the young lady to say that she loves her. Hongyun put the basin away, waited for Jiang Zhi to wash, and said slowly.

Red is upright, speaking too straight and not knowing how to turn, and sometimes speaking is not easy for people to accept. Hongyun has a soft temperament and a steady personality, and he usually doesn't like to speak, but he speaks very well. A few words made Jiang Zhi feel a lot better.

Hongyun wiped Jiang Zhi's hands and said casually: "How good can life be in the countryside?" The slave and maid vaguely remembered that when she was a child, at home, the slave and maid were not yet as high as the stove, and they had to cook the family's meal. The spoon was so long and heavy that the slave couldn't hold it, so she put a bench at her feet, trembling and stirring the dishes in the pot. When I was a child, I just had enough to eat, and I didn't care about the taste of the food. The first time I went into the house to eat leftovers, the slave even thought it was the most delicious thing I had ever eaten in my life. Hongyun said with a very evocative expression.

Jiang Zhi was very sad to listen to, she couldn't imagine what kind of day it was, her personal maid was too bitter when she was a child.

The Red Cloud Ninja burst into tears, sniffed, and looked very happy: "The slave is lucky, I entered the house and became the personal maid of the young lady, and since then I have been well fed and clothed, and everyone has been good to me." Thinking that the whole village was flooded, the slave maid felt that she should cherish such a hard-won good life. Thinking about the eldest lady and Miss Chun'er is also the same idea. ”

Jiang Zhi listened carefully, faintly moved, and was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and said coldly: "What does it have to do with her." ”

Hongyun has been a maid since she was a child, her mind is delicate and sensitive, and she also noticed that Jiang Zhi was just pretending to be indifferent, but she actually wanted to know the reason.

"I heard that there was a big drought in some places in Huguang last year, many people starved to death, and there were riots. Hongyun said for a while, the prince of Ming Wang is a tyrant in the capital, and he makes trouble all day long, but it is not a good example, so he was busy: "When there is a drought, the grains in the fields are not harvested, and last year there were many officials in Huguang who were imprisoned for greedy ink, and the life of the common people must be not easy to come." I heard that in such a difficult time, the eldest lady sold what the old lady left her, bought food and donated it, and also helped to resettle the refugees. This kind of righteousness is not only that the people remember the kindness of the eldest lady, but even the imperial court has issued a decree to commend it. Our lady is steady. Don't let our subordinates go out to boast about this, but who outside doesn't know that our eldest lady helps the needy, and Hui has a blue heart. Last year, the slave maid followed the young lady to Chen's house to study. The maid next to the eldest lady of the Chen family usually always pointed her nose at the slave maid, and that time she also grabbed a handful of candy for the slave maid, and asked if the eldest lady was as tame and well-behaved as the second lady. ”

Hongqiao couldn't interject for a long time, but after a long time, Hongyun finally stopped, and said someone she was familiar with, and hurriedly interjected: "Phew, that hoof is the maid next to Miss Chen." Who have you usually looked at? You still take what she said to heart, who knows what she thinks? ”

Hong Qiao saw that everyone seemed to owe her money, so she naturally hated each other with a maid like Tingqi who was above the top. Don't look at Tingqi, who is fifteen years old this year, but he often quarrels with Hongqiao, a twelve-year-old maid. It was because the Liu family didn't like Jiang Zhi to go to the Chen family to study with her.

Jiang Zhi didn't hear Hongqiao's complaints, she was thinking about Hongyun's words in her heart. Her parents are smart and capable, and she's not stupid. Red Cloud is exquisite. Although the bend around is a bit big. The purpose is clear, telling her that Jiang Quinoa has grown up in the countryside since she was a child, and she should have suffered a lot, plus she no longer grew up next to her father, and she is always pitiful, so she thinks of these and lets Jiang Quinoa more, and the two get along in harmony. Besides, why do the maids around Miss Chen dare to show their nostrils. Miss Chen San and Miss Chen Liu tolerated the maid everywhere, not because Miss Chen was a concubine. looked down on the sisters who came out of the house, and stepped on them everywhere. If your own family doesn't respect them, how can you expect others to respect them? The day after tomorrow is the day of the family banquet, if others see that she is not in harmony with Jiang Quinoa, the people in the capital will be used to stepping on the high and low, and others will definitely not give Jiang Quinoa a good face, and they will not embarrass Jiang Quinoa in public, and when the matter spreads, people will only say how the girl of the Jiang family is ashamed, but they will not point out who it is, and even carrying it will tire her reputation.

"Red Cloud, thank you." Jiang Zhi sincerely thanked her, but she wanted to leave the left and drilled the tip of the horns.

"Hong Qiao, you go and find out the waterwheel that my father made for me during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, send it to Xinglan Academy, and give the eldest sister a gift, just say that I am a child, and let her not worry about me. I went to thank her in person. Jiang Zhi commanded loudly, his voice firm and unmistakable.

"But the waterwheel ......" Hongqiao opened her mouth unconvinced, but Hongyunyan quickly grabbed her and pushed her into the inner room to find the waterwheel.

Jiang Zhi twisted a wet handkerchief and put it on her eyes, and then she felt the stinging pain in her eyes better.

Outside the house, Liu stood quietly, and Yao's mother looked at her face, and she couldn't see it very clearly in the night.

There was a sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the room, and there was a faint sound of Hongqiao complaining, Liu stood for a while, and then moved his somewhat stiff body, and said, "Let's go, go back." There was a lot of tiredness in his voice.

Why don't you go in and have a look? Yao's mother swirled around and swallowed again, holding Liu's hand, and left without making a sound.

Jiang Mansion is such a big place, Jiang Zhi looked wronged when she left the main room, and soon the movement here reached the ears of Mrs., but she was busy with the spring banquet the day after tomorrow, she couldn't leave for a while, and thought that when the maid from Xinying Courtyard came to pay her respects, Jiang Zhi had been crying for a while, and the depression in her heart should have almost dissipated, and she came over to persuade two sentences. Who would have thought that the lights were lit, and she hadn't gone to a person yet, so she couldn't sit still, so she came over to take a look, but she didn't expect to hear Hongyun say such a thing.

Hongyun's hometown was flooded, and she was put in a wooden basin by her father and mother and floated away along the water to finally pick up a life, but a little girl was helpless, and she couldn't even support herself, she followed the fleeing people all the way to the outskirts of Beijing, and finally fainted next to Liu's carriage who went out to incense. At that time, she had only been in the capital for a few years, the Jiang family was poor, and the life was tight at the beginning, there were only Jiang Xi and Yao's mother and his wife, as well as the porter Li Yang, three subordinates, at that time, she was close to Jiang Xun and took care of Jiang Zhi, who was only two or three years old, plus she was pregnant at the time and had low energy, so she kindly took in Hongyun and asked Hongyun, who was only eight years old, to take care of the three-year-old Jiang Zhi.

At that time, I only felt that Hongyun had a calm personality, she said very little when there was a sudden change in her family, and her temperament was tenacious, but she didn't want to pick up a treasure, with a calm person like her by Jiang Zhi's side, she could always take care of Jiang Zhi more.

The second thing that surprised Liu today was Jiang Zhi's last attitude.

Jiang Zhi is not a person who can listen to anyone's words, and can calmly admit her mistakes, when she was a child, she always loved to compete with Wei Ran for favor, and the two would do it when they didn't agree with each other, she was young and had no sense of proportion, and once she grabbed a piece of Wei Ran's face. Afterwards, she was obviously very worried, scared and regretful, but she bit her mouth and said that Wei Ran was disobedient, she should be a sister's lesson to her younger brother, and she didn't say a word of apology to Wei Ran, but silently took out her collection of baby toys and gave them to Wei Ran. Although she was also treated in the same way this time, she was finally relieved, and Ming'er was going to apologize to Jiang Quinoa in person, which had to be said to be a great improvement. Her Ah Zhi has grown up and is sensible.

But why is she the one who makes Ah Zhi grow?

Liu Shi felt that her heart was sour when she thought about it, and she wished that someone could listen to her solve a problem or two, at this time she missed Jiang Xun very much, and wanted to lean on his shoulder and cry bitterly.

Early the next morning, Jiang Zhi came to the main room with a radiant face, and the upper seat Liu had a straight face, and a blue shadow under his eyes was covered by thick fat powder.

Jiang Zhi didn't care about her mother's black face, knelt down and kowtowed sincerely, and said sincerely: "Mother, I was wrong." This time, without waiting for Liu to speak, she talked about her mistakes.

"My sister worked harder than me, and finished copying the book before me, so I should reflect on my laziness, and at the same time take precautions and never commit it again in the future. But instead of reflecting on it, I was resentful, angry with my sister, and carefully tore up the kite sent by my sister, which is my fault, and I ask my mother to punish me. "Jiang Zhi also made preparations when she came, brought a ring ruler over, and raised it at this time, so that Liu could punish her.

Liu Shi looked at the immature but similar face of Jiang Xun, waved his hand and said, "Since you know that you are wrong, what else will I punish you for." ”

When Jiang Zhi heard this, she immediately stood up happily, threw herself into Liu's arms and was coquettish, and soon made Liu laugh.

Jiang Quinoa took Jiang Weiran's little hand and walked into the flower hall when she heard the hearty whispers of the mother and daughter, Jiang Weiran shouted loudly: "Mother, sister, what are you talking about funny things?" ”

Liu followed the prestige, his eyes fell on the two hands he was holding, and he suddenly smiled. (To be continued......)

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