Chapter 84
The next day, Yang Jinxin woke up at half past six in the morning, the sky was slightly bright, there was a thin mist floating in the air, and the peach blossoms, pear blossoms, and apricot blossoms in the garden were already in bloom...... They were all wet with heavy dew, and the cool breeze was blowing, and there was a burst of fresh and elegant floral fragrance.
Yang Jinxin grabbed the cold carved iron railing, took a deep breath, thinking that such a beautiful air would eventually be infected by the smell of bloody gunsmoke, and the vibrant beauty in front of him seemed to be able to see a dead air, and the calm and peaceful mood was dissipated.
It was almost seven o'clock, Sister-in-law Liu knocked on the door as usual, turned around from behind the screen, and saw Yang Jinxin wearing a white thin nightdress, standing barefoot on the balcony, her long fluttering hair and light skirt swaying in the wind, and the whole person seemed to be going away with the wind.
Sister-in-law Liu couldn't help but feel distressed every time she saw her, and this moment was of course no exception, so she hurriedly took off the nightgown on the shelf, and went to the balcony with her slippers.
"Madam, it's so cold, why don't you wear shoes, your body can't be cold now!"
After listening to Sister-in-law Liu's words, Yang Jinxin turned around, gathered the nightgown she was putting on, and smiled softly: "I just woke up, and I didn't stand for long."
Yang Jinxin has always been very kind to this woman who has been accompanying and taking care of her, and Sister-in-law Liu is still persuading her: "Your current body can't be sloppy at once, and it will be troublesome to leave the root of the disease in the future......"
These days, everyone in the Overseer's Mansion has deliberately avoided her miscarriage, even Qin Muyang has not mentioned it once, and he automatically gave her the master bedroom and moved to the room next to the study.
Thinking of continuing to learn painting today, Yang Jinxin wore a light green placket top, with a white long skirt underneath, yesterday was worn by shoes, today Sister-in-law Liu deliberately took her a pair of light gold satin embroidered shoes, the whole person is simple and fresh, if it is not for the bun on the back of the head, it is a student dress.
Downstairs, Qin Muyang had already gone out as usual, Mrs. Qin and Qin Shuyao were sitting in the hall, looking like they were waiting for her, seeing her dress, Mrs. Qin smiled and said, "This young man looks good in everything."
Madame Qin's gaze swept over her slightly wide bell sleeves, where a bare piece of her wrist was exposed, and then she smiled lightly, "Go and put that bracelet on." The tone was still gentle, but with a bit of solemnity.
Yang Jinxin paused slightly and replied: "I'm going to learn painting today, so I won't wear such a valuable thing, so as not to bump into it."
"Don't go out today, last night, a few familiar wives called and made an appointment to come to the house today, and I introduced you to you." As she spoke, Mrs. Qin beckoned her to go to the restaurant, and when she saw her slightly stiffened face, she said again.
"Don't be restrained, their husbands and Muyang are colleagues, and everyone usually has nothing to do, walking around, playing cards, Taoism, purely to pass the time, I will take you to socialize, there are several young wives, all of them are about the same age as you, and you just happen to make more friends."
Yang Jinxin rubbed his fingers secretly, such an obvious entertainment, but Mrs. Qin put aside Chu Yu's orthodox young grandmother and chose her. In this family, Chu Yu would never appear in the hall in the front yard, and all the people in the mansion would not mention her, and Qin Muyang had never been to her for the night, as if she had never existed. Yang Jinxin probably knew that the accident of the old handsome Qin Yufan and the second aunt might be because of Chu Wenfu, but she couldn't accept it no matter how they treated an innocent woman who treated each other sincerely.
"Muyang said that you have a bad stomach, this fish fillet porridge is said to be the most stomach-nourishing, eat a little more!"
Mrs. Qin's kind and gentle voice pulled Yang Jinxin out of her contemplation, and she hurriedly pulled a gentle smile and held the spoon.
After breakfast, Mrs. Qin reminded her to wear a bracelet, Yang Jinxin responded, looked down at the clothes on her body, thought for a while and asked, "Do I want to change my clothes again?"
Mrs. Qin had already picked up the newspaper sent early in the morning, didn't look at her again, and only replied, "It's good that you're doing this, you don't need to change it."
Yang Jinxin nodded, and went upstairs, the bracelet was very valuable at first glance, she usually locked it in the cabinet, so she had to go up and get it herself.
When she came down again, Mrs. Qin took her hand and looked at it, and saw that on her ring finger, she had also brought a gemstone ring of the same color, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face, "How beautiful it is, you are so young, you need to wear more jewelry." ”
After speaking, he handed her the newspaper again, "The women of the Qin family must always know what is happening outside and know what their husband is doing now!" ”
Yang Jinxin nodded stunned, took the newspaper, and heard Mrs. Qin continue: "Muyang will be very busy during this time, he may not be able to take care of you, these days, you should try not to go out."
Yang Jinxin frowned imperceptibly and looked up at Mrs. Qin, "Are you going to fight?" ”
"You have to believe in Muyang, as long as the Qin family army is there, no matter how little Japan he has, he won't be able to hit the south."
Mrs. Qin's confident appearance did not make Yang Jinxin feel any easier, she responded randomly, squeezed the newspaper in her hand, and looked down again.
I saw that the headline on the front page was printed with big words: Yujiangguan victory! The following is the enthusiastic text that put the Ninth Army on the altar, and the scene of the whole country celebrating in Jinling City, no wonder there were firecrackers on the street yesterday, and the reason is here.
Yang Jinxin lowered his head and looked at the newspaper seriously, and heard Mrs. Qin shouting Qin Shuyao: "Watching the sun come out, you let people move the easel to the garden, we have nothing to do, let your sister-in-law wait for the guests while painting me a portrait!"
"I ...... It's not very good to draw......"
Yang Jinxin heard her say this, and hurriedly looked up at her, and saw Mrs. Qin smile softly.
"Don't be modest, I've seen the portrait you painted for Muyang, it's very good, it's very expressive, you can put your mind at ease and paint it for me, and it's not in the way."
Yang Jinxin frowned, when did she draw a portrait of Qin Muyang, she didn't remember, she didn't delve into it, thinking, Mrs. Qin probably just asked her not to be nervous and talk nonsense.
Qin Shuyao was still a little sullen, but she still instructed the servants to take the paintbrush and move the easel, and Yang Jinxin also followed Mrs. Qin to the garden together.
The sun had risen, and the mist had cleared, leaving behind a clear blue sky, and the golden sunlight was shining directly down on the flowers and trees that were competing for red and green, white and pure, red and bright, pink and dazzling, and green and verdant...... The roses that climbed the veranda flower stand pulled out a little bit of new green branches, and there were already faint small buds hidden in them, and the stars were tender and lovely.
Passing through the winding verandah, behind a few strange stones, a small open space came out, where an octagonal pavilion was built, in which benches and round tables and round benches were installed, and not far from the lawn outside the pavilion was a swing holding Fu Fangteng.
Yang Jinxin sat in this pavilion to paint a portrait of Mrs. Qin, she still held a pencil in her hand to draw the sketch she was best at, her technique was extremely fast, and she sketched the charm of Mrs. Qin with a few strokes, and then slowly processed and modified.
Before she could finish it, a maid came to inform her that the guest had arrived, and Yang Jinxin had to stop writing and go with Mrs. Qin to welcome the guest.
As soon as they came out of the verandah, they saw two cars coming in from outside the gate, and stopped at the gate in turn, and then they saw a lady dressed in fine clothes and good makeup getting out of the car in front of them.
"Why bother Madame to come and greet us herself? It's really ours anymore! ”
A clear voice was heard before laughing, and Yang Jinxin saw that the person who said kind words was a young woman of about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a lotus-colored Su embroidered cheongsam, which made her figure more slender and colorful, only a handmade brocade shawl was draped outside, her curly hair was neatly coiled, a white face, and her facial features were soft and delicate and moving, especially the Danfeng eyes with a smile all the time, which added a gorgeous charm to her.
As she said this, she stepped on her high heels and walked over lightly, elegant and dignified. The two people who followed her got out of the car behind her, one was a little older, in his forties, his body showed signs of fat, and his slightly chubby face showed a shrewdness that matched her age. The other was younger, in his mid-twenties, in a light pink dress, and a delicate smile.
Yang Jinxin smiled generously and decently, and looked at the three of them quietly, and the eyes of the three of them were more glued to her.
The three of them arrived in front of them in a moment, and the beautiful young woman from before looked at Yang Jinxin and said twice, "If you don't say it, it's still the fourth young man who has a good vision, and only this fairy-like character is worthy of our young hero!"
Mrs. Qin naturally smiled decently, looked at Yang Jinxin's slightly blushing face, and introduced her to the visitor.
"This is Premier Tong's eldest daughter-in-law, and she is also the daughter of Director Xu of the Capital Police Department, and her name is Xiangyu." As he spoke, he looked at Xu Xiangyu again.
"This is my daughter-in-law, Yang Jinxin."
This Xu Xiangyu pursed her lips and smiled again, and pretended to be depressed towards Yang Jinxin, and raised her forehead, and said: "Hey, I think at the beginning, I was also a famous beauty in Jinling City, but now, after seeing my wife's beautiful appearance, where can I get my turn."
As he spoke, he looked at Mrs. Qin and said, "If you say something that is not afraid of offending you, I am afraid that the second lady in the house will be compared to you."
This is really a frequent visitor in the social scene, everyone knows that Mrs. Qin gave birth to the eldest lady and Qin Muyang, but the second miss was born to the third aunt, and the fifth lady born by the fourth aunt was raised by Mrs. Qin since she was a child, and she has a deep affection, like a mother and daughter.
And it is said that the daughter of the Qin family is the most outstanding, the third lady who has passed away, but Xu Xiangyu just skipped these and brought out a second miss, neither mentioning the sadness of the Qin family, but also offending the affectionate fifth miss, and praised Yang Jinxin in this way.
Yang Jinxin only thought that she couldn't learn such exquisite thoughts.
As soon as Xu Xiangyu's voice fell, he heard a kind voice from behind him interject, and his tone was a little joking.
"Thanks to the fourth young man marrying his wife, he just suppressed the limelight of Grandma Tong and just avenged the revenge of our daughters-in-law and girls."
Yang Jinxin looked over, it was the old lady who said the words, and Mrs. Qin introduced: "This is the wife of Secretary General Chen of the Senate, and next to it is her daughter-in-law, the sister of Commander Ma, the commander of the capital garrison, whose name is Xuejuan, who is about the same age as you."
"Yes, yes, the things I like are similar to each other, we Xuejuan plays a good piano, and we must have a good discussion with my wife when I have time."
Mrs. Qin said repeatedly: "This relationship is good, our Shu Yao wants to be admitted to the British Conservatory, but she can practice the piano hard, and now, she has finally found a partner."
Mrs. Chen's face stiffened, and she quickly nodded again and again: "This is just right, this is just right!"
At this point, the three of them finally finished the introduction, Yang Jinxin took half a step forward, and said generously: "Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Tong, Mrs. Chen, meet for the first time, Jinxin has given you a gift, please come in and chat!"
"Yes, yes, let's go in, go in!" Mrs. Qin also greeted the three of them again and again, and the group went to the hall with a smile.
As soon as they entered the hall, the driver behind the three people also followed with boxes of gifts.
"It's not a precious thing, it's just coffee that I just brought back from abroad, and I want to give it to my wife to try it." Xu Xiangyu was the first to speak, and Mrs. Qin smiled and asked people to accept it, while saying kind words.
Here, Mrs. Chen only took a palm-sized brocade box, "Last time the four young people were married, I was abroad and didn't have time to participate, I was really guilty, this time I made a special trip to pick this small gift, it is worthless, be careful, and ask my wife to smile, it should be a late gift." ”
Yang Jinxin looked at the box, I was afraid that the contents were worth a lot, so he glanced at Mrs. Qin with his eyes, and said, "Jinxin is a junior, how can this be embarrassing to let you break the bank."
"Ouch, worthless, worthless." As Mrs. Chen spoke, she stuffed the box into Yang Jinxin's hand.
Mrs. Qin was silent over there, and Yang Jinxin accepted it without much excuse.
"Mother, I see that the weather is so good today, and you haven't finished painting the portrait just now, so let's finish it first."
Qin Shuyao was too lazy to see their flattering appearance, and interrupted their words.
Mrs. Qin looked at Yang Jinxin, "That's okay, otherwise, let's continue to paint, the left and right are also our own people, and no one will judge whether it's good or bad, just practice your hands." ”
Yang Jinxin naturally said yes, so the group set off to the garden again, and on the way, they naturally praised this beautiful garden. When she rolled up her sleeves and revealed the bracelet that Mrs. Qin deliberately told her to wear, she saw that Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Tong both stiffened their faces, and they looked incredulous.