Chapter 15: The Beginning
In the blink of an eye, the New Year's Day, the Anguo Mansion was lively, Bai Huanru led Huanqing to Tangxiangyuan to keep the New Year, leaving Huanpei with a few small ones in Mu Yuanju.
Qian's mother asked Bai Huanru to go home for the New Year in the middle of the month. Originally, Qian's mother was not at ease, after all, Bai Huanru had just started to take charge of things, not to mention that it was such a big thing as the New Year, she should have stayed to help Bai Huanru give advice.
In the end, it was Bai Huanru who persuaded her to leave, and Mother Qian still remembered what Bai Huanru told her that day a long time later.
"Mom really doesn't have to work too hard for me, just like my mother said, I'll be fourteen after the New Year, and I'm no longer a child, so my mother can rest assured. My mother may be weak, but I am not a mother, and I will not hide in my tent and cry. After a while, my mother will go home to enjoy the blessings, and my mother has suffered with me all these years. ”
Mother Qian is not here, Qiu Zhi should be the happiest one, but unfortunately she has to go home to celebrate the New Year with her father and mother, and she can't be with Chunting and them.
The room is a lot more deserted without Qiu Zhi, who can speak well, but fortunately, with Huanpei by his side, it is not so boring.
Chunting crouched on the table and drew patterns, but his thoughts drifted to nowhere. In previous years, when I was at home, Chunting was the one who was most looking forward to the New Year, because only during the New Year would there be new clothes to wear, and there would be a new head rope belt, but now, Chunting looked at the clothes on his body, which were sent by Qian's mother a few days ago, a peach-colored jacket, and a few begonias embroidered on the hem.
The other three also have them, but the embroidery at the hem is different, Xia Yun's is a thousand-petal lotus, the autumn branch is a golden cinnamon, and the winter cocoon is a few cold plums. It's all a pattern made with their names, and it looks like it's heartfelt.
Chunting had never thought that she could live such a good life before, she knew very well what kind of virtue Lao Lin Tou was, she didn't have any great ability, but she would only play prestige at home. But if the Sun family is stronger, the old forest will not have to advance to such a point.
Thinking of Lao Lintou, I can't help but pull on An Guogong Baiyi. Chunting listened to Qiu Zhi talk about this grandfather, Bai Yi was able to get to this position today mostly by himself, when Bai Yi led the troops to lay down half of the country for today's saints, and finally retreated bravely, took the initiative to hand over the military power, and none of the four sons practiced martial arts. Bai Yi carried the affairs of the Qing Dynasty court, but he couldn't figure out how much of the world as the back house, spoiled concubines and killed his wives, was extravagant, and did not have the appearance of An Guogong who galloped on the battlefield.
Chen and Bai Yi's family affairs are still high in terms of Chen's climbing, although the Marquis of Yong'an Mansion is a family with decades of roots in the capital, it can be said that its title is not as good as Bai Yi's rising star. Back then, Bai Yi was just a poor boy from a middle-of-the-road family, and if there was no support from the Chen family, he would not have been able to get to where he is today.
Chunting was almost pressed in the house by Huanpei and Qiu Zhi to make up for these family backgrounds, for fear that she would have something wrong with this. Chunting's back head is big.,She hasn't recognized all the words until now.,Partial Qiuzhi is still a diligent.,Talking to her every day.,I'm afraid she won't remember and even wrote her a booklet.。。
Huan Pei saw that Qiu Zhi was still there to draw patterns, and reached out to snatch her pen and paper, "What are you doing in the Chinese New Year's Eve, this pattern can't run again." If you are bored, come with me to the kitchen, and you will be in the house every day, and I am afraid that you will get moldy. ”
The kitchen prepared a small table for Mu Yuanju's side for a banquet, Chun Ting and Huan Pei carried a heavy food box, and Chun Ting smiled like a well-fed kitten.
Huan Pei knocked Chunting's head, "You are a glutton, I don't see you so happy on weekdays, but I am very happy when I see food." ”
Chunting argued twice: "Where am I happy to see food, I am obviously happy because of the New Year!" ”
"When did you girl learn from Qiu Zhi's sharp teeth." Huan Pei laughed twice, "If it's really close to Zhu and red and black from ink, why don't you learn more from Xia Yun, how good it is to be a little talented girl, you have to learn from that little broken mouth." ”
The two talked and laughed and returned to Mu Yuanju, and as soon as the food was put on the table, a little maid came to find Huanpei. Huan Pei listened to her say a few words, her face was not very good-looking, and she told Chun Ting that she didn't have to wait for her, just start the meal first.
Chun Ting absentmindedly took a bowl of dumplings, and as soon as he took the first bite, he felt that he was diaphragm by something, and he lowered his head and carded, and it was a copper coin.
Winter Cocoon's eyes were sharp, and she saw it at a glance, and praised it with a smile.
waited until the second half of the night to come back, Chun Ting didn't sleep, saw her come back, heated the food left, watched Huan Pei eat in a daze, and always felt that he had forgotten something. She didn't react until she was lying in bed, why didn't she ask Huanpei what she had done?
Chunting's first New Year in Anguo Mansion passed in such a daze, Chunting likes Mu Yuanju, likes this place that is warmer than home, she will not spend only one such New Year here, she has a warmer future waiting for her.
After another two years, Chunting has grown from an ignorant little girl to a steady big girl, with more than a star and a half in size and a half and a half in her brain.
The year before last, Bai Huanhua was making a fuss about changing the establishment of the yard, and originally each yard was equipped with two big maids and four small maids, and a number of maids were swept and sprinkled. called Bai Huanru to make such a fuss, and two big girls were added to each courtyard.
Bai Huanru directly brought up Dong Cocoon and Xia Yun according to her qualifications, and transferred two little maids from the courtyard next to her, one named Dongyin and the other named Xia Ai. Winter Cocoon and Xia Yun had already moved out, and Bai Huanru didn't ask anyone to enter the house again, leaving only Qiu Zhi and Spring Ting inside.
Bai Huanru's family affair with the Cheng family has also been decided, the second young master of the Cheng family, and the Bai family can be regarded as a good match, when Bai Huanru was in time for the family last year, the old lady of the Cheng family personally came to Bai Huanru as a guest.
Getting married attaches great importance to this family business, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it. But Bai Huanhua is not one of those clear-eyed people, and he can't wait to mock Bai Huanru 800 times every day.
Bai Huanhua's family affairs have also been decided, but her husband's family is not as high as Bai Huanru. Bai Huanhua's relatives were selected by Bai Yi, and they didn't even go through the hands of Chen's mother-in-law, which can be described as painstaking.
It stands to reason that Bai Huanhua's family affairs are the most difficult to determine, if you talk about the family background, the Anguo Mansion is one of the best in the capital, but Bai Huanhua is a concubine, so it is not high or low.
Chunting, who has grown into a big girl, is now on par with Qiuzhi, although it is not as clever and lovely as Qiuzhi, but the level of inquiring about news has skyrocketed, almost on par with Qiuzhi girl. On the day of Bai Huanhua's marriage, before Qiu Zhi made a move, Chunting first inquired about the first-hand news.
Mu Yuanju planted a few camellias, which bloomed just right at this time, and the girl standing on the edge of the camellia had crooked eyebrows and eyes, but she was really more delicate than flowers, but this girl did something that destroyed flowers with spicy hands.
Chunting folded two camellias, a little distressed. She waited for these flowers every day like a baby, and she only bloomed so many flowers, but now she asked her to pick the flowers by herself, which was really digging out her heart.
"It's just a few flowers, why are you so slow?" Qiu Zhi suddenly appeared beside Chun Ting, which frightened Chun Ting.
Autumn branches have grown a lot in the past two years, and they are no longer as round as before, and gradually have the slender appearance of a girl. Qiu Zhi turned out to be a tray of camellia flowers in Chunting's hand, and symbolically comforted a few words: "Just bear with it, this flower can grow longer if it is broken, and the one will go out in a few days, so you will follow her at this time, and you won't see her in the future anyway." ”
Chunting pursed her lips, noncommittal, and followed Qiu Zhi to send the flower to the house, and then watched her baby camellia hairpin reach Bai Huanhua's sideburns.
Bai Huanru smiled and praised a few words, "This camellia is very good for my sister" "My sister is really good"
Bai Huanhua seemed to be satisfied, and only sat down for a while and left.
Chun Ting breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that if she stayed any longer, even her few begonias would suffer.
Bai Huanru smiled when she saw her like this, "Still feel sorry for your two camellias?" Two camellias for three or four days of tranquility, this transaction is not a loss. ”
"That's not what the girl said." Qiu Zhi teased: "If the girl gets married in the future, don't you have to stay in the yard with these treasures, can you still bring these with you?" ”
"Okay, you autumn branch girl, now you dare to joke even with me, don't you? You wait for Huanqing to come back and how to clean you up. Bai Huanru smiled and scolded a few words, "Get out quickly, don't mess with my eyes here." ”
Huanqing got married a few years ago, and he was a steward in the outer courtyard, and his husband's family couldn't leave because of something these days, so he took leave from Mu Yuanju. Qian's mother also followed her son back to enjoy Qingfu a few years ago, and it happened that Huanqing came up to be a housekeeper. Who would have thought that looking at the gentle and gentle Huanqing on weekdays is not much better than Mother Qian, Qiu Zhi was punished by her several times, and now seeing Huanqing is better than seeing Mother Qian back then.
Qiu Zhi and Chunting pushed out, but as soon as they went out, they saw Xia Ai standing in the corridor sneakily not knowing what to do.
Qiu Zhixin was straightforward, and when he saw it, he asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
Xia Ai was stunned for a moment, and said two sentences, but he didn't say anything. When Chunting saw it, he stepped forward to relieve the siege, "This is exactly the tuyere, although it is warmer this day, don't catch a cold, go back quickly." ”
Seeing Xia Ai leaving, Qiu Zhi muttered a few more words: "Why is this girl so strange, rush Ming'er to find Dongyin to ask." You said that it all started with Xia characters, why can't you learn Sister Xia Yun's half-star. ”
Chun Ting poked her head, "You are smart, you have lived with Sister Xia Yun for more than a year, why haven't you learned a single thing about Sister Xia Yun?" ”
"Hey, you hooves, dare to do anything with me? See if I don't pinch you! ”
The two girls laughed and drifted away, lost in the spring light.