Chapter 40: Grabbing Merit
Because Qinglan was pregnant, she was even exempted from setting rules for Zhao Yuechan, and she only walked around the garden every day, did needlework, laughed with the maids, and occasionally went to the Qin family to ask for peace. She is also a generous and good servant, and she is not too picky about food and clothing, Xianglan no longer has to embroider dowries endlessly all day long, do sweeping chores, be squeezed by Hui'er and Huairui, listen to Cao Lihuan's mean scolding, she only needs to help Qinglan make children's clothes every day, do some easy work of serving tea and pouring water, and can steal half a day of free time from time to time.
Since Lin Jinlou sent her back to the Zhichun Pavilion last time, she has only been here two or three times, and she has never returned. Chunling said that Lin Jinlou went to the army. "Uncle has always eaten and lived with the soldiers, and sometimes he doesn't come back once a month in the camp, and he really loves the soldiers like a son." Chunling talked about Lin Jinlou with pride on her face, implying shyness, "When the military affairs were busy, I didn't go home for three months, and when I mentioned the 'Lin family soldiers' outside, who didn't take a look?" Don't look at the second master's official position is slightly higher than the uncle, but the prestige and reputation are far less loud than the uncle, I heard that the saints have praised our master, and when the old lady is filial, he will be promoted to another level and transferred to Beijing as a Beijing official. â
Xianglan nodded frequently in agreement, casually saying sycophants such as the uncle's wisdom and martial arts. She heard that Lin Jinlou was going to the army for a long time and did not come back, and heard that he would be transferred to the capital in the future, she was secretly happy in her heart, she wished that Lin Jinlou would never come back - it was like a grazing rabbit who was born to know that the tiger was vicious, and she was faintly afraid of Lin Jinlou.
"When the master enters Beijing, and the aunt and grandmother also give birth to a son, just because the uncle loves his aunt and grandmother so much, maybe he can still ask for a decree when the time comes, who will dare to show us the face of the East Chamber!" Chunling folded her clothes in her hands, and she couldn't stop talking, "Amitabha, I just hope that my aunt and grandmother can give birth to a little master this time." â
Xianglan was puzzled: "The uncle has no outstanding military exploits, how can the saint give the uncle's concubine a decree?" â
Chunling said disapprerovingly: "How is it impossible? Our lord's mentor is Zhen Guogong, a famous general, and it is only a matter of time before the uncle gets military merits. Don't look at the parrot and thrush next to the uncle, but those two are the girls who have a room...... Maybe how long you can stay in the house, and you won't see Chunyan and send it out? Our aunt and grandmother are the good concubines who are carried in by the wife in a sedan chair in a serious manner, and she has a body, except for the eldest grandmother, who can cross her in the future? When the uncle returned home, he mostly rested in our east wing...... It's the two little hooves of the parrot thrush, seeing the angel's means to let the uncle pass, and when you see the people in the two rooms in the future, you don't have to give a good face, phew, shameless! â
Chunling raised her eyebrows as she spoke, pulling Xianglan to fight the same enemy, and Xianglan had no choice but to make a look of righteous indignation, nodding vigorously and saying: "Yes, where does the uncle want to go, the uncle loves our aunt and grandmother, and no matter how many means they use, it is useless!" â
Chunling felt that Xianglan was being taught, and patted her shoulder with relief.
In fact, since Chunling heard that Xianglan was a second-class girl sent by the uncle himself, she couldn't help but feel worried, she was originally a third-class girl next to the Qin family, and gave Qinglan a second-class promotion, she originally expected Qinglan to give birth to a son, and she also followed the light to become a first-class girl, who wants to kill Chen Xianglan out of thin air.
She smiled like Xianglan on her face, but she was always worried that Xianglan was competing with her in front of her master, but after looking at it in the past few days, she found that Xianglan was not only in charge of the needlework, but also interfered with all the side, and did not ask much, but to see which little girl was busy with her work, she took the initiative to go up and help. Some of the work of showing her face in front of the master, she deliberately gave it to Xianglan, and Xianglan shirked her. Chunling was relieved at this time, and felt that Xianglan was a fool - who doesn't want to be motivated, and get the master's blue eyes! The attitude towards pandan has become more and more kind.
How did Chunling know that what Xianglan didn't want in her heart was to "get the master's blue eyes". Now that her life is more comfortable, she has long thought about painting to earn money, if Qinglan relies on her, she will not have any leisure. This time, one of them worked hard in front of the master, and the other was happy to shake off his hands and be idle, but they were all right.
The Chiharu Pavilion is quiet every day. Zhao Yuechan nested in the house and stayed at home; Brother Parrot also only stayed in the house, only at dusk he loved to stand under the banana tree or in front of the rose shelf in the courtyard, singing two "Du Yu can't bear to hear the blood" sad spring and autumn songs, Xianglan felt that she was doing this to wait at the gate of the courtyard to wait for Lin Jinlou to come back. Thrush likes to sit in the East Wing from time to time, pulling Qinglan to gossip.
"The little wave of the thrush is thick-skinned, and my aunt and grandmother yawned twice and didn't know it's time to go." Mother Wu helped Qinglan half leaning on the head of the bed with a calm face. She is Lin Jinlou's nurse, her status in the Lin family is transcendent, this time she heard that Qinglan was pregnant, so she volunteered to come to serve, she was the companion of Qin's mother's family, the most loyal, and also under the influence of Qin's ears, she has no good impression of the bewitching woman, so she is very disgusted with parrots and thrushes.
"She's kind enough to come to see me, can't I get out of here? I couldn't sit for a while, so I let her go. Qinglan was a little sleepy.
"Grandma is just too good-natured, I don't think thrushes are a good thing, and when the uncle comes back, I will tell him, let those little goblins come to the East Chamber to hang in front of grandma."
"Then don't, turn around and let the uncle think I'm troublesome." Qinglan hurriedly opened her eyes.
Mother Wu sighed, brought the refreshments on the begonia table at the head of the bed, and handed Qinglan a piece of cake: "Okay, I won't say it." My aunt and grandmother have lost their appetite these days, so eat a piece of cake and then go to sleep. â
It was a plate of jade belt cake, steamed with poria cocos, lotus seeds, barley, etc., which had the effect of regulating the weakness of the spleen and stomach, replenishing the middle and invigorating qi, Qinglan ate sweetly, couldn't help but eat another piece, and said to Wu's mother: "If you want to say that Chunling, this girl, is worthy of being taught by Mrs. *, she is clever and capable, and everything is thoughtful for me." With her, half of my heart was saved. Don't say anything else, just say this cake, in the past two days, she saw that I had less things, so she made this snack over, which shows that she has a heart. â
Mother Wu was stunned for a moment, and her brows furrowed: "Chunling said that she made this cake?" â
Qinglan nodded and took a sip of tea: "Chunling said she got up early in the morning to make it." â
Mother Wu's brows furrowed even tighter, she clearly saw that it was Xianglan's little girl who was kneading dough and putting molds in the kitchen, making a drawer of jade belt cakes, sandwiching them in a celadon dish with chopsticks for Chunling to bring in, and leaving two pieces each for her and Xiaojuan, why did this become Chunling's doing? Ban Yan said: "This cake is made of pandan ......"
Qinglan was stunned for a moment, but she didn't take it to heart, just nodded and said, "Okay, I'll reward her when I go back." â
Wu's mother said: "I'm not busy rewarding, grandma thinks, although Chunling has to be used, but I feel that she has too many eyes, not a sincere person, but to make a cake, this pet has to fight, and the credit of others is ignored, although it is a trivial matter, but you can also see the dim sum nature." Xiaojuan is too small, still a childish mess, the one called Yindie has a restless look, I heard that he always inquires about the uncle. These days, I look at it coldly, Xianglan is an honest person, I thought her face was beautiful, but I was afraid of being uneasy, who knew that she worked quietly every day, and there was no carelessness in the work she explained, nor did she fight, nor did she like to be idle. â
Qinglan was sending the pastry to her mouth, when she stopped when she heard the words, she frowned and frowned: "Mom means ......"
Mother Wu said: "I mean, my aunt wants to gain a foothold in the house, how can she do it without cultivating a few henchmen?" To plan for the long term, when the old lady Zeng is full of mourning, the eldest master will return to the capital, and the wife will follow at that time, this big backer is gone, and there are few caring people, I am afraid that my aunt will be bullied. Xianglan is young, and her heart is real, and she never says a word more, like a good one. â
Qinglan twisted her eyebrows and thought about it for a while, only to feel that this pandan was as light as a wisp of smoke, as if there was no zĂ i, she was cautious in her words and deeds, and she was cautious, just because she was the second class mentioned by Lin Jinlou, which made Qinglan feel very comfortable, and she was not very serious even with it, but now that she thought about it, she was probably an honest rule, so she nodded slowly and said: "That's right, I'll pay more attention to that girl." â
At that moment, he called Xianglan to the house, and gave Xianglan a silver ring engraved with the word "Xi" with a pleasant face, and rewarded her with a bowl of tea and a plate of fruit, and sent her away.
Xianglan was confused, and she didn't know why she won the reward for nothing. When I returned to the room and took a closer look at the ring, although the style was old, it still had some weight, and secretly said that this Aunt Lan was really generous and took pity on it, and happily put the ring away. She wanted to leave some of the fruit for Chunling, but she thought that Chunling was jealous, last time Qinglan praised Xianglan's noodle tea was well done, and she appreciated one more dish at noon, Chunling's face darkened, and then hinted to her that Aunt Lan's food made Xianglan no longer have to bother, "Auntie is pregnant, and the things next to her don't dare to let her eat more, next time you do something, what do you want to give to your aunt, the prophet will give me a voice, if it is bad, Mrs. blames it, and our faces are not good-looking." â
Now that Qinglan has rewarded another plate of fruit, Xianglan thought about it and didn't say it, so she secretly shared it with Xiaojuan.
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