Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Day of Wandering

In the evening, Mama Hua came in from outside with a casserole pot, and while scooping some from the pot into the bowl, she said loudly, "Madam, this is a freshly boiled bird's nest soup, and the slave specially explained that the kitchen made it according to the practice of Yanjing City. ”

The eating habits here in Changzhou are a little different from those in Yanjing City, and Mama Hua saw that Xu Jiayi didn't use chopsticks much during the meal two days ago, and now she specially explained what she did in the kitchen. Who thought that if he didn't pay attention, he actually let the girl below be lazy and chew the root of her tongue in the yard.

Xu Jiayi took it and tasted it, only to feel that this bird's nest melts in the mouth and tastes excellent, which shows that it has been carefully boiled. Thinking that Mama Hua disappeared early in the morning, she didn't appear until something happened in the yard, so she went to the kitchen to stare at the bird's nest soup.

Thinking of Mama Hua deliberately supporting her face just now, she couldn't help but praise her heartily, "This bird's nest is so good, it really bothers Mama Hua." ”

"It's all what slaves and maids should do, and if Madame likes to drink it, it's fine." Mama Hua was originally a little worried, afraid that Xu Jiayi would be alienated from her because of the peach red and their affairs, but now that she has seen Xu Jiayi's attitude, she has a bottom in her heart, and she feels that this new lady has a good temperament and serves her more attentively.

The next day, Xu Jiayi was about to go to Rongyang Hall to say goodbye, so she asked people to take the two girls from yesterday with her. When he saw the pink and rose with a swollen face like a pig's head, he was shocked, but his face was inconspicuous, and he only glanced at it coldly, and then people twisted and followed her to Rongyang Hall.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and Mrs. Chu had heard about the Fengyuan yesterday a long time ago, so she didn't even have any surprise at all about the maids brought by Xu Jiayi, and she didn't even see their faces, so she just asked Mama Yao with a cold face to take their deeds and find a tooth woman to sell them.

The girl in the house did such a thing, and it was her face as the housewife who lost it.

It stands to reason that the middle feed in the house should be handed over to the daughter-in-law of the long house, and the Marquis of Anping Mansion is such a child as Chu Changfeng, and it should be taken care of by the old lady without marrying a wife in the past, but now that Xu Jiayi has married in, it stands to reason that she should be allowed to assist in doing things from the side first, and after she is familiar with it, she will slowly hand over the power of the family to her.

But Mrs. Chu didn't mention it at all as if she didn't know, and pinched the right to be in charge of the feed, and Xu Jiayi was also happy and relaxed and didn't mention it. She feels very good about such a good life, and she doesn't have to worry about those who don't have it.

From then on, Xu Jiayi still ran to Rongyang Hall every morning and dusk, usually only saying three or two sentences before being sent out by Mrs. Chu, but instead pulled Xu Yao to talk non-stop. Originally, I wanted to make Xu Jiayi feel uncomfortable, but who would have thought that Xu Jiayi was not affected at all, she only read books in the yard every day, worked as a female worker, and occasionally walked around the house.

Because Mama Hua took the initiative to take the lead in expressing her attitude, and there were two lessons in front of her, Pink and Rose, the maids in Fengyuan all knew that this new lady was not easy to fool, and she was also conscientious in her daily work and served Xu Jiayi wholeheartedly.

The tenth day of Xu Jiayi's entry into the house was a rare good weather.

It was a clear day, not as hot and humid as the previous days, and the air seemed to be much fresher after the rain. In the outer yard, there are still flowers and leaves that have been swept away by the cool breeze last night, and a little maid is carefully sweeping with a broom. The broom rubbed against the bluestone slab to make a "rustling" sound, and when you listened to it, you felt very relieved.

Xu Jiayi woke up at this time, put on her clothes, shoes and socks and slowly walked to the window, raised her hand to open the window, and what caught her eye was the roses that were blooming brightly in front of the window.

Xu Jiayi's favorite in the whole courtyard is the roses on the wall. When she first saw this rose, Xu Jiayi looked around it excitedly for a long time.

However, after being excited, what surprised her was that people like Chu Changfeng would also plant flowers in the yard, and it was only clear when she heard Mama Hua talk about the origin of this rose.

This rose was not planted by them, but from the wild. At first, everyone didn't notice it, and when it had its first flower, everyone found that there was a rose in the yard at some point. Since Chu Changfeng has always disliked these flowers and plants, and there are only some common pine needles and green bamboos planted in the yard, there is nothing else, so this rose was almost directly removed.

Fortunately, when Chu Changfeng came back, he saw it, and felt that the vitality of this rose was quite tenacious, and it didn't look ugly, so he asked his subordinates to keep it. Three or five years have passed, and the rose, which was originally only one, has now almost covered the entire wall.

Looking at this full of roses, Xu Jiayi's mind suddenly remembered the maid who was sold a few days ago, it seems that one of them is also called Rose? Thinking about it like this, Xu Jiayi felt that the maid was not worthy of the name Rose. But the thought only went through her mind once before it dissipated, for her eyes were sucked by the roses.

From a distance, the whole rose wall is like a sea of flowers, spreading and growing along the corners of the wall layer upon layer, and the roses are becoming more and more delicate. In full swing, like a brocade of clouds, the leafy roses emit a golden glow under the sun, which looks particularly beautiful.

It is so far away, occasionally when the cool breeze rises, it can also send a burst of fragrance, and the rose petals are even more falling with the wind, sprinkling on the ground and covering a layer of flowers, which is beautiful in a flash.

After staring at the rose outside the window for a long time, Xu Jiayi unconsciously chanted a verse she saw in the poetry book, "If you don't shake the incense, it's chaotic, and there is no wind and flowers flying." ”

That's pretty much it.

There are a few little maids doing some embroidery work under the corridor outside, and even occasionally gossiping a few words are deliberately lowering their voices, and they can only vaguely hear that they are asking for advice on how to make this needle and thread, and how to draw that pattern. Now the girls in Fengyuan don't dare to gossip between their masters, for fear of being heard and follow in the footsteps of RosΓ© and Rose.

For most of their actions, Xu Jiayi seems to see through them, and they are all right, which is the best.

At this time, when Xiangqiao from outside came in and wanted to wake Xu Jiayi up, she found that Xu Jiayi had woken up, and she couldn't help but be slightly stunned, "Why don't you sleep much today, and get up so early." ”

"I couldn't sleep, so I got up." After Xu Jiayi washed up, she simply had breakfast, and then walked to the front of the rose with great interest. Watching it up close is a different feeling from just watching it from a distance.

Xu Jiayi approached the stamen of a pink-white rose and sniffed lightly, and a faint fragrance came to her nose, refreshing people's hearts and spleens, making people's mood brighten up all of a sudden. Xu Jiayi couldn't help but bend the corners of her lips, asked Cuiyun to take the scissors over, and carefully selected a few brightly blooming roses from the wall and cut them out.

Cuiyun took the rose handed over by Xu Jiayi, and advised, "Girl, be careful, don't hurt ......."

"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Xu Jiayi nodded, and suddenly said out loud as if she thought of something, "Xiangqiao, I remember that we brought a high-legged white jade water purification porcelain bottle from Yanjing City?" ”

"Yes."

"You go and find it."

Xu Jiayi said this, and Xiangqiao understood what she meant. I thought I wanted to take this white jade bottle out and arrange flowers, so I nodded immediately.

When Chu Changfeng returned to the courtyard, he felt that there was a vague fragrance floating in the air, thinking that the roses in the courtyard should have bloomed, and he knew the source of this fragrance. As soon as I entered the courtyard, I looked at Xu Jiayi, who was seriously looking up and looking up with joy and picking flowers and branches, and the footsteps that had been hurrying back stopped at this moment, just looking at her.

The little girl had a strand of broken hair on her sideburns, which swayed gently against the breeze, as if stirring in his heart. In particular, there seemed to be stars in those eyes, which were amazingly bright. Looking at it like this, Chu Changfeng couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips, secretly glad that he had left this rose in the first place, it was really the right choice, it seemed that the little girl liked this rose very much.

Chu Changfeng looked at Xu Jiayi's beautiful face a little stupidly, and unconsciously moved behind Xu Jiayi step by step, standing behind her and looking at her tightly.

Cuiyun and Yuanxiang were originally carrying a basket to pack flowers, and the other was assisting Xu Jiayi to pick flowers, so they felt that someone was approaching behind them. Originally, I thought that Xiangqiao, who was looking for a porcelain vase, went and returned, but found that the person who came was a man, so he immediately whispered and saluted, "Shizi." ”

"Hmm." Chu Changfeng responded softly in a hoarse voice, but his eyes never left Xu Jiayi's figure from beginning to end.

Xu Jiayi was startled by the sudden sound behind her, and screamed, but in a panic, the scissors poked her hand, and she subconsciously withdrew her hand and took a step back, but she accidentally tripped her foot and fell directly into the rose bush in front of her.

Cuiyun and Yuanxiang on the side were shocked, and their reactions were not slow. Yuanxiang stepped forward with an arrow and blocked in front of the rose bush. If Xu Jiayi really pounced, she could also cushion in front of her without causing Xu Jiayi to be injured. Cuiyun threw the flower basket away, and reached straight to grab Xu Jiayi's arm to prevent her from falling forward.

Compared with the speed of the two, Chu Changfeng reacted more quickly than them, and in the blink of an eye, the time had already arrived in front of Xu Jiayi, stretched out his arm and hugged Xu Jiayi's waist, and only gently took the person into his arms, and was imprisoned between Chu Changfeng's arms and chest.

The moment she was rescued, Xu Jiayi only felt that her brain was blank. Looking at the roses in front of me, I still had palpitations, and my face was white. Just now, she almost broke her appearance.