Chapter 12: Hearing Words
"Spring Garden, Spring Garden!"
Chunting was still confused, but was woken up by Qiu Zhi's voice, and was about to turn over and fall asleep, Qiu Zhi lifted her quilt, and Chun Ting was frozen and completely sobered up.
Chun Ting sat up with the quilt and looked at Qiu Zhi sadly, "What are you doing this morning?" Tell me to sleep a little longer. ”
"You don't wake up early on weekdays, what's wrong with this today?" Qiu Zhi said in his mouth, his hands were not idle, and he dragged Chun Ting off the bed, "Look at how good I am to you, the hot water is ready for you, wash up quickly, my mother made three fresh packets, I specially left a few for you." ”
No, Chun Ting had no choice but to start dressing and washing slowly, "What are you doing, you are so excited early in the morning." ”
Qiu Zhi slapped the water-soaked handkerchief on Chun Ting's face and rubbed it indiscriminately, "Why are you so slow, those three fresh buns will be cold for a while." ”
Chun Ting wiped the water from his face, and spoke three points slower than usual: "You just take care of yourself, don't you go out to inquire about anything again, right?" ”
"How do you know?" Qiu Zhi suddenly leaned over, his eyes shining, "Guess what, what did I hear today?" ”
"Where can I guess, this mansion is so big, and there are many things, who knows which one you inquired about." Chun Ting tied up his hair while replying, and casually picked a red rope from the box to tie it, but was taken away by Qiu Zhi, "Didn't the girl reward you for the silk flower a few days ago?" Wear that, wear that, that looks good. ”
Chun Ting stopped his hand and looked at Qiu Zhi fixedly, "Don't you think, you're too excited today?" ”
"Is there one?" Qiu Zhi finally stopped tossing, maybe he couldn't hold it anymore, sat down and began to speak, "Do you remember what I told you about the plain-clothed sister in Madame's yard?" Guess what's wrong with her? ”
"Don't sell it, if you want to say it, say it quickly, or I'll go find Sister Huanqing."
"Oh, don't. Su Yi was asked to go by the second young master! Qiu Zhi took a sip of tea, "Cheng's mother is going to be angry, she originally fell in love with the youngest son of the Qiu steward in the outer courtyard, and when Sister Suyi reached her age, she begged Mrs. to give her a grace and promised her to the Qiu family." As a result, who knew that this plain-clothed sister was a big-hearted girl, and she hooked up with the second young master in a blink of an eye, and Cheng's mother had no choice but to let her. ”
"Second Young Master?" Chunting asked.
"But no, you said that the second young master moved to the outer courtyard last year, how did Su Yi do it?" Akieda was puzzled, unable to figure it out.
What Chunting cared about was not this, she was thinking about the two people she and Xia Yun met that night, could it be that the woman was plain?
Chunting was thinking about things in his heart, and he was absent-minded about doing things all day. Huanqing saw that she didn't sleep well, and laughed with her a few words, "I don't dare to take you to the night in the future, it's only worth the night and I will be in a trance like this." ”
Chun Ting smiled embarrassedly, "Sister Huanqing will joke with me, how can I be such a squeamish person." ”
"Then be more focused." Huanqing handed her the fruit plate in her hand, "Go and send it to the girl." ”
Bai Huanru was practicing calligraphy, and Chunting lightly put the fruit plate aside and was about to retreat, but was stopped by Bai Huanru.
"You don't always have to follow Huanqing on weekdays, if you have time to go out for a walk with Qiuzhi." Bai Huanru put down the pen and forked a piece of honeydew melon, "I don't lack people to call, it's more interesting for you to follow Qiuzhi than to stay in this courtyard." ”
Chun Ting's face flushed, "Slave, slave maid is interesting everywhere." ”
This made Qian's mother laugh, Bai Huanru smiled: "I thought that living with Qiuzhi and those people could bring her smarter, but today I see how she is more humble than before, I should ask her to follow Huanpei." ”
"Don't say that, girl." Before Huanpei arrived, the voice came, "This girl can't say ten words a day, just like Qiu Zhi, it would be good if she could reply to her for half an hour." ”
"How can I have ......," Chunting muttered.
"I remember that there were a few snacks left over from breakfast, so I brought them to Chunting and asked her to go out for a walk with Qiuzhi." Bai Huanru made a final decision, "Go to other yards more, and let Qiu Zhi lead you to the kitchen for lunch, so that you can eat better than you in the yard." ”
Before Chunting could say anything, he was pushed out of the door by Huanpei, and as soon as he went out, he saw Qiu Zhi waiting on the corridor outside, and when he saw her come out, he stretched out his hand to hold her, and said with a smile: "Let's go to the big girl's yard first and lead you to see the fun." ”
"What are you going to do in the big girl's yard?" Chunting's impression of Bai Huanhua is really not very good, and when she mentions going to her yard, she feels uncomfortable.
"I'm going to inquire about things." Qiu Zhi dragged her forward, "You can't still go to small talk." ”
As a result, when she arrived at Bai Huanhua's Zhi Shangju, Qiu Zhi said hello to the little maid guarding the door, and the little maid looked around, "Our girl is angry inside, so we won't invite my sisters in, let's just talk here." ”
Qiu Zhi didn't seem to mind at all, took the food box in Chunting's hand, and took out a snack in this ice and snow and chatted with the little girl.
"Why is the eldest girl angry today, our grandfather is good to her, which young master and girl in the house can compare to the eldest girl in the grandfather of the country, I see, even if the eldest girl wants the stars in the sky, the grandfather of the country is also willing to win it for her." Qiu Zhi opened her mouth and began to tout, as if Bai Huanhua was her girl.
"It's not what I'm talking about, it's not Aunt Tong yet, this Aunt Tong is here again, and I don't know what to say to my girl, as soon as she leaves, our girl didn't get out of the house." The little girl chewed on the snack and said vaguely.
Qiu Zhi also sighed, "No, this Aunt Tong is too ignorant, why do you always make the eldest girl angry." It's really hard for my sisters, have you been here this second young master? The second young master is not used to coaxing the eldest girl to be happy. ”
"It would be nice if the second young master came, I saw that Sister Zhuping went to the outer courtyard in the morning, and in the end she didn't come back disgraced. On weekdays, I see that she is very energetic, and when she arrives in the outer courtyard, she is not a gray nose. The little maid talked no less than Qiu Zhi, and handed Chunting a piece of snack as she spoke, "This sister looks very raw, and she is also from Mu Yuanju?" ”
Chun Ting was a little embarrassed, holding the piece of dim sum that had been cold, and didn't know what to say, so he had to nod. Qiu Zhi took over directly, "Otherwise, which yard can it be, this girl is very simple, leave her alone, let's continue." ”
"What did you say just now, oh, why didn't the second young master come, usually not as long as the eldest girl sent someone to invite him?" Akieda then asked.
"Who knows, what is going on in the outer courtyard is what we can inquire about."
Qiu Zhi took the topic elsewhere and chatted with the little maid for half an hour before leaving, and when he left, the snacks in the food box were all at the bottom. Qiu Zhi rubbed her stomach and complained: "This girl is so good at talking, I was told to eat half a plate of dim sum, and what to eat at noon, I was full just by eating dim sum." ”
"So what did you find out? I saw you gossiping there. Chunting muttered a few words.
"You are really a simple girl, didn't you hear her say, Aunt Tong has been here today?"
Chun Ting was puzzled, "So what, Aunt Tong is the biological mother of the eldest girl, isn't it normal to come to get close to the eldest girl?" ”
Qiu Zhi sighed, "How did she come to get close to the eldest girl, the eldest girl is angry like that, she is eighty percent here to ask the eldest girl to do something, and this matter, eighty percent has something to do with the second young master." ”
Chun Ting was confused when he heard this, "What does this have to do with the second young master?" ”
"How can you be stupid like this!" Qiu Zhi knocked Chunting's head, "The second young master is responsive to the eldest girl's needs on weekdays, and since he didn't follow the eldest girl's wishes today, it means that he himself is in trouble." The eldest girl must be angry because she can't do what Aunt Tong wants. Think about it, what's going on these days? First of all, Sister Suyi was pregnant, but not many people knew about this matter, and I also wasted a lot of effort to find out, this second young master accepted Suyi to make a room, but Sister Suyi is a person in Mrs. Yard, and the second young master only moved to the outer courtyard last year, so they must have had a head and tail a year ago. Cheng's mother is full of eyes and only the youngest son of Qiu's housekeeper's family, and she must not be able to help Suyi, this thing is done by Suyi behind Cheng's mother's back. ”
Chun Ting was dumbfounded, and he had to admire Qiu Zhi in his heart, and he deduced things from only a few words.
"Akizhi, you're so good." Chun Ting said with emotion from the bottom of his heart.
"Don't tell me this useless here, if you grow up in this mansion, you won't be much worse than me." Qiu Zhi's tone was not very happy, "It would be nice if I could go to the outer courtyard, there must be more to hear than this, just these little girls know too little, we can't talk to those big girls, which first-class maid in the courtyard can be like Sister Huanqing Huanpei." ”
"That's right." Chun Ting rubbed his hands, "Aren't you cold after standing outside for so long?" ”
"It's okay, I'm used to it. I forgot to tell you, so I told you to take your hand out. ”
The two walked while talking, and walked around and around to a place that Chunting didn't know. Chunting frowned, "Where is this?" How can you find it in any remote place. ”
"I'm amazing." Qiu Zhi led Chunting to the bottom of a low wall, pointed to a stone on the ground and said, "Go up, I'll lead you to listen to the corner of the wall." ”
Chunting honestly climbed up, the stone was just enough for her to lie on the wall, and when she looked inside, it was a small courtyard, but the scenery inside was too exquisite. Qiu Zhi also climbed up and whispered: "I have been looking for this place for a long time to find it, there are trees behind it, and the place is also remote, so that others can't see us." ”
Chunting also learned from Qiu Zhi to lower his head, and said in a small voice: "Which courtyard is this?" ”
Before Akizhi could answer, he saw a woman walk out of the courtyard. The woman wore a peach-colored cloak, a loose ponytail on her head, and a hosta slanted into her black hair.
"It's Aunt Tong, this is Aunt Tong's remote mountain residence."