It has been two days since I went to the Big Buddha Temple to offer incense that day, and gradually the weather in summer is getting hotter and hotter, and the whole Lin Mansion seems to be sleepy in summer and quieted down.

On this day, Lin Yuan went to Ci'an Hospital as usual to ask for peace, but was turned away by the old lady as usual.

When she came back from Shuyuan, Lin Yuan was sweating hot, and she couldn't help complaining about the cumbersome costumes of this era. Fortunately, Xianghe had prepared the mung bean soup that had been hanging in the well for a while.

"Hey, it's so comfortable, let's have another bowl." Lin Yuan drank the mung bean soup in one go, and handed the bowl to Xianghe.

Xianghe naturally didn't allow it, "Miss, it's too cold, you can't drink it anymore." ”

Lin Yuan was helpless, "You are becoming more and more like a housekeeper, and Mama Qiao is not as verbose as you." ”

Xianghe made a face, "If the slave doesn't persuade you anymore, you won't care for your own body." "On the night he came back from the Big Buddha Temple, Lin Yuan was greedy for cold, so he drank two bowls of chilled mung bean soup and pulled his stomach in the middle of the night.

Xianglan held her bowl and drank it in small sips, and couldn't help but snicker, "It's still Sister Xianghe's words that work." ”

Lin Yuan is even more depressed, she is now more and more "miserable" in this house, and she is "nagged" every day.

"Miss, the master said to come over for lunch." At this time, San'er shouted outside.

"Got it." Lin Yuan replied, "Call all the four and five children and drink a bowl of mung bean soup." ”

"Well, I'm going to call them." San'er responded happily.

"My lord was fed by you." Xianghe said with a smile while holding the mung bean soup that was ready for San'er and them. Since Lin Guangcheng tasted Lin Yuan's craftsmanship, he often came to their small courtyard to eat.

Lin Yuan pretended to be pitiful and spread out her hands, "I'm just a miserable person, with such small arms and legs, I still have to cook on the stove, and I can't drink more bowls of mung bean soup." With that, she got up, "I'm going to the kitchen." ”

Xianglan hurriedly drank the rest of the bowl in one gulp and chased after her, "The slave will accompany you." ”

Xianghe watched Xianglan become more and more statistical, and couldn't help but feel relieved.

The small kitchen of Tianjiao Courtyard has already changed to a mother-in-law, and when she saw Lin Yuan coming over, she also gave up her place and helped wash and chop vegetables.

In less than half an hour, Lin Yuan added two dishes casually, plus the one brought back from the big kitchen, just five dishes and one soup.

When she returned to the small courtyard, Lin Guangcheng had already arrived, and seeing Lin Yuan's sweat, he hurriedly stepped forward to pick up Lin Yuan.

"Good girl, did you cook for your father again?" Lin Guangcheng stretched out his hand to wipe Lin Yuan's sweat, and said with happy eyes.

Lin Yuan wrinkled her nose, "Your mouth is getting more and more tricky." ”

"That's what my good daughter is used to." Lin Guangcheng laughed.

The father and daughter sat down to eat, and halfway through the meal, Lin Guangcheng's belly was solid, and he also said it.

"Well, this is a post given to you by the young lady of Liufu." Lin Guangcheng took out a note from his arms, "She invited you to be a guest at her house tomorrow, speaking of which, how did you know Miss Liu?" ”

Lin Yuan took the post and took a closer look before remembering who this was, "I met Shangxiang at the Big Buddha Temple last time." She briefly told her about meeting Madame Liu.

"By the way, my aunt reminded me that Mrs. Liu's meeting gift was extraordinary, and I should give it back." Lin Yuan suddenly remembered such a thing, and hurriedly urged Xianglan again, "Xianglan went and brought the jade bracelet to show her father, it was in the makeup box on the table." ”

After a while, Lin Guangcheng took the jade bracelet and looked at it, but he didn't see any eyebrows, only frowned and said, "It's a high-grade mutton fat jade bracelet, and I didn't see anything special, but since your aunt and grandmother said so, it naturally makes sense, since Miss Liu posted that you will go to play tomorrow, you should prepare a return gift and go again." "Lin Fu makes gold and silver jewelry, it is naturally easy to distinguish the quality of a jade bracelet, since he has not seen anything special, then it must be nothing special.

"Yes, I see." Lin Yuan took the jade bracelet, looked at it carefully, and thought for a while before saying, "I remember that my aunt and grandmother gave Mama Yu in Liufu two purses that day, saying that they were for Miss Liu and Liu Gongzi, and Mrs. Liu specially gave me the jewelry to wear closely, is it special here?" ”

Lin Guangcheng suddenly realized, "It should be." He remembers that when his wife was alive, he often asked him for the gadgets in the store, saying that it was prepared on his body as a meeting gift for his younger generations.

"Then you have to prepare a gift, I really can't find a suitable one, tomorrow morning my father will send you a set of jewelry." Lin Guangcheng groaned.

Lin Yuan hurriedly waved her hand, "This is not good, Mrs. Liu really likes me, Miss Liu must also really want to make friends with me, if I get some gold and silver vulgar things, they must think that I don't want to associate with Miss Liu." Originally, she thought that what Liu Ru said that day, "There is a chance to play together" was a polite remark.

Lin Guangcheng suddenly laughed, touched Lin Yuan's head, and sighed, "Yuanyuan has really grown up." "These should have been taught by an elder, but now my daughter is asking her to explore it on her own.

"The relationship between Governor Liu and his father is not bad, Governor Liu is upright, and the family members in their mansion are also harmonious, and it is also a good thing that you have more contact with Miss Liu." Saying that, Lin Guangcheng admonished, "But you can't fall into your own style because of their family, you must know that our Lin Mansion is also famous in Jinling." ”

Father was afraid that she would have stage fright when she saw the Sipin officials.

Lin Yuan nodded obediently, "Don't worry, I know my father is rich." ”

Lin Guangcheng laughed, "Let's eat, I'll ask Fang Ping to prepare the carriage for you when I turn around, and I'll ask him to send you over tomorrow." ”

Lin Yuan responded with a smile, and actually had the psychology of an eight-year-old child, and began to look forward to the new friends she was going to make.

After dinner, Lin Yuan and Xianghe sat outside the courtyard to enjoy the coolness.

The sky was very clean, the moon was hanging brightly in the black curtain, and Lin Yuan remembered that tomorrow would be the first seven days of Xiangyue.

"Xianghe, let's go out early tomorrow, and I'll go with you to worship Xiangyue before going to Liufu." She looked at the moon in the sky and said softly, "By the way, does Xiangyue still have a family?" ”

Xianghe also learned from Lin Yuan to look at the white moon, "I don't remember, the slave maid and Xiangyue were sold when they were very young, and at first they thought about their father, but then they were bought by their wives to take care of you, so they didn't think about their families anymore." ”

Speaking of which, most of the personal maids around the master of Tianjiao Courtyard were brought by Second Mrs. Lin from Wang's Mansion, or they were bought later, and the children of the Lin Mansion were rarely reused. Perhaps the reason for this lies in the discord between the old lady and the second Mrs. Lin.

Lin Yuan hugged Xianghe, "If you don't remember, forget it, this is your home." ”

Xianghe nodded, "Miss is good to the slaves and maids, the slaves and maids know it, and Xiangyue also knows it." She knew that Lin Yuan had been blaming herself, and felt that she had killed Xiangyue, and Lin Yuan had never untied this knot. But she also knew very well that Xiangyue must have never blamed Miss, and she had never regretted it.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan's heart was a little sour, and he nodded heavily, but he was silent.