Chapter 34: Qiao's Invitation
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When she woke up, Kang Yan felt refreshed, seeing that the weather was a little cool, after breakfast, Kang Yan was about to go to the shop to go around, but Zhao's mother brought a few people into the yard.
Parallel to Zhao's mother is a woman about fifty years old, with a pair of smiling eyes on her round face, a bun on her head, a red gold hairpin on the left, and a light red dendrobium orchid on the right, giving people a kind feeling, with a string of pearl chains on her hands, a slightly fat figure, wearing a stone blue embroidered silver thread slanted gown, a blue pleated skirt on the lower body, followed by two maids wearing lotus lotus clothes.
"Girl, this is Mother Qian, the newly appointed steward of the Governor of Macheng Mansion, Lord Qiao's Mansion." Zhao's mother introduced Kang Yan.
Mother Qian saluted Kang Yanfu, "Hello Miss Kang." "
Kang Yan leaned over and returned the half-salute, Mother Qian is the mother in charge of the prefect's mansion, she can't accept her full gift, "Mother Qian is good." "
As he spoke, he led Qian's mother into the house to sit down and ordered Xinghua to serve tea.
Mother Qian sat down and said: "Yesterday, on the birthday of the old lady in our house, when I saw the girl's love words in the snow that bloomed in full bloom of the girl's recuperation, the old lady was very happy, and at that time she asked our wife to send someone to pick up the girl to see her in the house, in the end let our wife stop, knowing that the girl was inconvenient to go out, no, as soon as the old lady's birthday passed, she hurriedly sent me over, thanks to the girl's skillful hand, can adjust the love in the snow so well, our old lady said that such a good girl who can raise me must not be mortal, said that the flowers raised by her old man would only be raised by the girl alone. This is a little bit of heart in the house, please be sure to accept it with a face. "
Mother Qian waved her hand, and the two maids who came with her quietly put down the gift box in their hands, turned around and retreated, without making a sound between actions, it can be seen that these maids are well trained, and the family style of the prefect's family should be good.
Kang Yan has a heavy filial piety, although she can go out on weekdays, but the occasion of Mrs. Qiao's birthday is really not suitable for her, for fear of rushing to other people's happy birthday, Kang Yan smiled and thanked Mrs. Qiao, "。。。。。。 Is the old lady in good health? I should have gone to the old lady in the house, Mrs. to ask for peace, how dare the old lady send someone to invite me, besides, the pot of snow has already received the money from the housekeeper Wu, how dare I be the old lady's thank you again? "
Mother Qian waved her hand, "At a glance, you can see that the love in the snow has been carefully raised, and the girl deserves it." "
The two were polite, Kang Yanfang instructed Xinghua to accept the gift, and asked Zhao's mother to prepare a return gift, this is the first time to deal with the female dependents of the prefect's family, and the return gift should not be sloppy.
Mother Qian saw that Kang Yan was dressed plainly, but she had a beautiful charm, and she spoke and did things in a very orderly manner, it was difficult for her to act like this at a young age, she couldn't help but secretly admire, picked up the teacup and took a sip, the tea fragrance was light, it seems that this Kang girl is also a wonderful person, her eyes quickly scanned the furnishings in the house, and she saw that the house was neatly furnished, plain and elegant, clean, and there was a picture of a hundred flowers in the middle of the hall. It is covered with a light blue yarn mat embroidered with phalaenopsis, which looks cool and comfortable.
Opposite is a Bogu shelf, I think it should be Miss Kang's bedroom, Qian's mother can't help but be attracted by a pot of flowers placed on the small table next to the Bogu shelf, in the flower pot with a light white porcelain carved landscape pattern, a medium-sized epiphany is blooming, the kelp-like green leaves are straight up, it looks energetic, in the middle of the layers of green leaves, a light blue flower is quietly open, the calyx-like flower is stretched outward, the petals tremble slightly, revealing the light blue stamens inside, faintly seem to exude a pale golden light, Breathe as if you smell the fragrance.
Mother Qian thought she was dazzled, so she involuntarily stood up, looked at it and looked at it, and then said to Kang Yan in disbelief: "Miss Kang, this, this is an epiphany?" "
Kang Yeon stood behind her with a smile, "Mom's eyesight is so good. "
Mother Qian muttered to herself, "This, how is this possible, doesn't it mean that the epiphany will bloom at night?" How can there be an epiphany that blooms during the day, girl, how do you do it? "
After asking, Mother Qian immediately realized that she had lost her temper, such a rare thing must be someone else's unique skill, how can she say it casually, looked up and saw Kang Yan smiling silently, she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and returned to her seat and sat down, "Wu Da Butler went back to the house and said that Xue Zhongqing was adopted by a little girl about fourteen or fifteen years old, we don't believe it, this craft of raising flowers is not something that can be practiced in three or five years, our old lady loves to raise some flowers and plants every day, I have been with the old lady for more than forty years, I have never seen such a rare flower, and now I know that there are really people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky, and such a rare epiphany can only be raised by the skill of the girl. "
Kang Yan was relieved to see that Qian's mother no longer asked how to raise epiphany, she couldn't tell others that she was raised with her own blood, so she smiled and introduced to Qian's mother: "This pot of epiphany is called ''Blue Shadow Under the Moon', which is a rare variety of epiphany, and it is a birthday gift given to me by my father. "
Mother Qian knew that Kang Yan's parents were now dead, and when she mentioned that the epiphany was given by her deceased father, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, for fear of causing Kang Yan's sadness, so she changed the topic, "Come today, one is to express my gratitude to the girl, and the other is that our old lady really likes that pot of snow, and I really want to meet you, let me ask, you got kung fu that day, and went to our house to talk to the old lady about flowers and plants." "
This is to invite Kang Yan to Qiao's house as a guest, Kang Yan's heart moved, and she responded with a smile, "If the old lady is not annoyed and is willing to listen to me, I am so happy, but I don't know how convenient it will be." "
"How about the 10th day of the first month?" Mother Qian proposed, "There are also a few girls of the same age as you in our house, who went to play in the house for a day." "
Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and there are still five days of hard work, Kang Yan has thought about it, since Mother Qian proposed this day, it shows that there are no major events in the prefect's mansion that day, and it is convenient to go by herself.
"So I'll go to the house that day and bother for a day." Kang Yeon responded with a smile.
Mother Qian even said that Kang Yan was too polite, and said: "I heard that there is a little master in the house, if it is convenient, the girl will also bring the young master to the house to play." "
Kang Yan thanked Qian's mother for her kindness, and politely declined for Xiao Jiu, not to mention that Xiao Jiu was studying, what kind of family the prefect was, and he was willing to come to make friends with them, before she came, she must have inquired about her family background clearly, knowing that Xiao Jiu was her stepbrother, and invited him to the house as a guest, which was enough to show their sincerity.
But Kang Yan didn't take the liberty to respond, mainly because she didn't know that there were those masters in the prefect's mansion, what his temperament was, Xiao Jiu was a child who grew up in the countryside after all, and the etiquette rules were still being learned, if he took Xiao Jiu to go, in case Xiao Jiu accidentally collided with the master in the house, the first time he was a guest and left a bad impression on others, not to mention, more importantly, Xiao Jiu had just cultivated a little relationship between the two during this time, and Xiao Jiu's temperament was becoming more and more cheerful, if he encountered such a thing, it would be a harm to Xiao Jiu himself, He will feel guilty because he may have ruined his own things, and the more guilty he is, the more it will affect Xiao Jiu's personality and temper, and she doesn't want Xiao Jiu to be like this.
Xiao Jiu has always been a sensitive and sensible child, Kang Yan doesn't want to ruin their budding relationship because of any accidents, if there is a chance in the future, wait for Xiao Jiu to mature before taking him out.
Mother Qian listened to Kang Yan's words, and she was no longer reluctant, anyway, she passed on the old lady's kindness, the two gossiped for a while, Mother Zhao prepared the return gift, and Mother Qian offered to leave.
Kang Yan sent her to the door of the inner courtyard, and saw her go out, but when she saw Kang Jia coming in from the outside, she turned around on Mother Qian with envy in her eyes, and asked Kang Yan: "This is the lady in the house?" "
Kang Yan didn't want to say more, so she only replied lightly: "It's the housekeeper mother who raised the lady in the snow." "