Chunying took a deep breath of fresh air with the fragrance of jujubes. I was about to turn around and walk in the direction of the garden gate, but I heard a familiar voice from the alley not far away: "Chun'er? She followed the prestige, it was actually Zhou Nian, she was happy in her heart, and she was about to say hello, but she found that he was followed by a young man with a face, twelve or thirteen years old, dressed as a small girl, looking at her with curiosity in his eyes.

Chunying guessed that he was probably the little guy arranged by Hou Ye and the third young master for Zhou Nian, and she was a little unsure whether he could trust it, so she forced herself to press the surprise of seeing Zhou Nian, and saluted in a proper manner: "Nian...... Brother Nian, are you back? ”

Zhou Nian happily took two quick steps forward and said, "Why did you come at this time?" Fortunately, there was a holiday reward in the house today, and I brought things home in advance, so I met them, otherwise you would have fallen into vain. ”

Chunying was secretly happy, but she still couldn't let go: "I went home today, and now I'm going back to the house, but I'm just passing by here, thinking of stopping by to visit." How is Brother Nian lately? Is there any work you want me to help you do? ”

Zhou Nian noticed Chunying's scruples about the young man behind him, and couldn't help but feel a little remorseful. I had to remedy and said: "You came just in time, I have something to ask you for, and I am still thinking about when I will ask someone to bring a letter in." Then he introduced the young man to her: "This is Xiao Yao, who is on an errand with me in the outer study." Xiao Yao, this is Chun'er, she was originally the third young master's girl, she once cleaned up the house for me, and occasionally came to help with some work on weekdays. ”

Xiao Yao smiled and said, "It turned out to be Sister Chun." Brother Nian'er's words raised me, in fact, I was just a little guy who poured tea and swept the floor, and I helped Brother Nian Er, and I helped do some chores at his house on weekdays, why hadn't I seen my sister before? ”

Chunying replied: "I have changed my errand now, I am no longer in the Third Young Master's Courtyard, I was not free for the past few months, and I just passed by here when I went home by chance today." Because he didn't want Xiao Yao to ask any more, he turned to Zhou Nian: "What is Brother Nian looking for me?" ”

Zhou Nian hurriedly opened the door and entered the yard, took out a piece of clothing from the house, and said a little embarrassedly: "I accidentally hung up a hole, I don't know how to do needlework, Xiao Yao is also a layman, what to do when I am worried about the festival, you came just in time, can you ...... Help me make it up? ”

Chun Ying responded happily, and only then took the clothes, and heard Xiao Yao say: "Brother Nian is too particular, the group of aunts who are idle at home in the back street." Everyone will mend clothes, but you don't want to find them to mend them, I didn't know until today that Brother Nian is a craft that only believes in one person. ”

Chunying felt a little strange, and was even more surprised when she saw Zhou Nian's embarrassed face. When he used to live in seclusion in the garden, the clothes he wore were secretly made by a tailor outside, and it stands to reason that he would not dislike it, not to mention that he went to Huofu for two months, and he didn't know when he would come back, so he had no reason to wait for himself? Could it be that there is something wrong with the clothes?

She looked down and took a closer look, only to find that the clothes were half-old, but the material was very good, but it looked like it had been at least three or four years old, and it should have been made when she was still living in Zhumeng Mountain. She suddenly understood: it stands to reason that three or four years ago, Zhou Nian was "still" in the salt field, and it was impossible to wear such a gorgeous silk dress and hand it over to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who didn't know the details to do.

Chun Ying secretly sighed Zhou Nian's carefulness. smiled: "I remember which young master rewarded you here?" The material is good, but this color is a little old, and now it is rare outside. Why don't you find someone to make a new dress to wear? Do you want to find this out of here? ”

Zhou Nian's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed, he didn't even think of such a simple excuse, and hurriedly said: "It's just that I occasionally wear it when Hou Ye sees foreign guests, which one is impatient to wear it on weekdays?" Because it was rewarded by the young master, I was afraid that I would make up for it to someone I didn't know, and if it spread, it would cause trouble for the young master, so I put it away. Originally, I didn't know that you would come, and I thought I couldn't wear it in the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, but I didn't expect you to come by coincidence. I remember that there is a sewing kit at home, you wait, I will find it for you immediately. "Just go through the boxes and turn over the cabinets.

In the end, Xiao Yao found the thing, and persuaded Zhou Nian: "Brother Nian, you are too careful, the eldest young master is not a person like the second young master, he treats people the most kindly, and the Hou Ye values him again, but he is just a reward for old clothes, and he will gossip if he has no eyes!" ”

Zhou Nian's age is the closest to the eldest young master Li Jing, and his body size is similar, plus the second young master has been staying on the mountain except for a few days when his aunt went home for a funeral, no wonder Xiao Yao thought so, Zhou Nian and Chunying didn't correct him, they only exchanged a look with each other. Smile slightly.

After two years of training, Chunying's needlework has long been no longer Wuxia Ameng, so she immediately mended her clothes in three or two strokes and handed them to Xiao Yao: "Go back and wash and iron it, it will look good when you wear it." He said to Zhou Nian: "If I have clothes in the future, if it is inconvenient for me, I can just leave it to someone else to make." The servants in this house, if there are no female dependents in the family, they all do this, don't be afraid of bothering others, spend one or twenty wen at a time, and those concubines will be happy to take your work. In the past, when her family was down, her mother also made money to supplement the family's income by sewing and repairing for others, and there must be many daughters-in-law who had similar experiences among the residents of the entire backstreet.

Xiao Yao smiled when he heard this: "That's right, every time I walk through the back street, someone always grabs me and asks me about Brother Nian'er, who told Brother Nian to look good and learn with a belly?!" ”

Zhou Nian glanced at him, and already understood what Chunying meant. He is now different from before, he is "openly" "slave" in the Hou Mansion, and he no longer has to hide and tuck, how other servants do. He followed along, and if he did not associate with others because he had scruples, he would behave differently everywhere, but he would attract attention. So he thought about it for a while, and said: "Chun'er is reasonable, then ask Xiao Yao to find a good needlework lady for me, seeing that it is about to enter winter, I want to make two thicker cotton clothes." In the past, those clothes were not actually worn by a "little guy", and he had to try to be consistent with other little guys.

Xiao Yao happily agreed, wondering if he would find his aunt to get this job. He has been by Zhou Nian's side for a few months, and naturally knows that the latter is very valued by the Hou Ye, and he has a sufficient wallet, so he doesn't have to worry about not being able to pay his salary.

Not to mention that Xiao Yao was playing his own wishful thinking on the side, Chun Ying saw that Zhou Nian understood his hint, and she was also very happy, so she took out a handkerchief bag from her sleeve and said: "It's a holiday, I forgot to bring a gift, this is a little sugar osmanthus made at home, don't dislike Brother Nian, just eat it as a snack." After that, he put it on the table and said with a smile: "I should go back, you take care." ”

Zhou Nian nodded, sent her all the way to the courtyard gate, and said with a smile: "Take care...... Don't be afraid to worry. Chun Ying smiled and nodded, and vaguely heard the conversation between Xiao Yao and Zhou Nian coming from the door: "Brother Nian, what is the relationship between Sister Chun and you?" Seems to care about you? ”

"Hugh has to talk nonsense, she just stopped by to take a look, although she is a girl sent by the third young master, but now she has changed to wait for another master, don't go outside to talk nonsense and make her embarrassed."

"I know, I know, I don't tell anyone to go. You said there was a new book to borrow from me today, which one was it? ”

"This "Dongtian Anthology" is good, you-that sugar osmanthus is a gift to me, put it down!"

Chunying knocked on the garden door with a snicker, said hello to Sanqing, thought about it, and quietly put down two pieces of osmanthus cake and invited him to eat. Sanqing smiled a little and took it: "This is good, this is ...... Sweet. It's a pity that his smile is too lethal, Chunying can't bear it, and replied with a dry smile: "If you like it, it's hard work today." I'm leaving, goodbye. Then he ran as fast as he could.

Back in the garden, Qiu Yu was already impatient to wait, and naturally it was a bit of a loss. Chunying said aggrievedly: "It always takes time to make cakes." I told Miss Cousin beforehand that they wouldn't blame us. ”

Qiu Yu glared at her: "You and I are as idle as you?!" Glancing at the cake in the basket again, "This is ...... Newly made? So much? Did you use all the osmanthus you picked? ”

Chunying said with a smile: "That's coaxing, you have to use sugar osmanthus to make osmanthus cakes, and you have to dry the fresh flowers in advance, where can you do it for a while?" This is made with the sugar osmanthus at home. My mother loves to eat sugar osmanthus, and there are osmanthus trees in the yard, I guess there must be one at home. ”

"Aren't you afraid of being exposed?"

"Afraid of what? I've been working with them for a few months, and I know their details, if it's a medicinal juice, a bird's nest porridge or something, they are quite expert, but when it comes to serious cooking and pastries, where can they compare to me? It's just that the tongue is strong, and it tastes good. Even if it's Aunt Qing, she can only fry a few side dishes and boil a few tonic soups. ”

Qiu Yubai glanced at her: "Don't be too arrogant, your little ability is far from being compared with the red bean and mung bean sisters, what is there to boast about?!" She has some bad feelings in her heart, because she has been waiting in the house since she was a child, she is no different from Linglong in cooking, and she is no different from Linglong in cooking, and it is no problem for her to distinguish the taste of a bowl of soup, but it is far inferior to her sister to cook it herself. Chun Ying's words seemed to be making fun of her.

Chunying knew that she was speechless, so she hurriedly smiled and grabbed her sister's arm, leaned closer and whispered to her: "Gossip, I have met my father and mother, and I have persuaded them." It turned out that they really took a fancy to the two sons of a housekeeper, one was running errands with his father, and the other was working as a partner under our father, but they hadn't decided which one they would have. Fortunately, I can speak, and finally persuade them to find you a good family outside the house, and after you find someone, they will let you take a look first, and wait for you to nod before talking. Rest assured? Sister, you have to thank me this time. ”

Qiu Yu's face turned pale at first, then turned red, and in the end it was almost red, biting her lip, spitting Chunying, and then turning her head away and not speaking, but there was a slight hint of shy joy in her eyes.

Chunying smiled at the corner of her mouth, quietly looked at her a few times, and folded a few half-opened Su Ju casually, planning to take them back to replace the flowers in front of Mrs. Gu's spirit, but she felt that today's Su Ju was more fragrant than in the past......

As soon as she entered the courtyard gate, Qiu Yu quickly stuffed the basket to her sister, and ran back to the room, Chun Ying came to Aunt Qing's room with her things, and said, "I made some, but it was too late, and the rest of the osmanthus had to be cooked slowly." This is my mother's gift to my aunt, a little care, please don't dislike it. ”

Aunt Qing smiled when she saw it: "Your mother is becoming more and more polite, they are all their own people, what they mean, why send so many ......" I felt ashamed when I thought about it: "I originally wanted my wife to bring your family over and take care of it, but I didn't expect so many things to happen one after another, even my wife ...... It's delayed, but now that they have survived with their real skills, I feel better. ”

Chunying recited "Amitabha" in her heart, but comforted her mouth: "My mother doesn't care about this, she always tells our sister and brother that when she was young, she was on an errand in front of her aunt, and her aunt took good care of her." ”

Aunt Qing smiled, saw that the osmanthus cake was sweet and fragrant, and hurriedly said: "Take the plate and divide it, first send a plate to Mrs. Ling to make offerings, and the others are called Linglong, Dong'er, and Ju'er to help distribute and send them everywhere." We'll just keep two plates. ”

Chunying hurriedly called Linglong and them, and Linglong said that the young grandmother came to see Miss Biao, and she wanted to wait in the house, so only Dong'er Ju'er came.

When Chunying faced Dong'er, she still remembered to put on a stinky face. Dong'er pursed her lips, picked up the cake and took a bite, and said, "It's too sweet, Miss doesn't like to eat like this." Chun Ying smiled coldly: "Do you like to eat or not, do you think everyone has the same taste as you?" Regardless of her reaction, she picked up flowers and a plate of cakes and entered the house, letting Dong'er stomp her feet behind her.

Mrs. Gu's spiritual seat is placed behind the curtain on the right hand side of the wing, and next to it is a blue gauze cabinet that is Miss Biao's bedroom. Chunying heard a voice inside, and knew that it was Miss Biao talking to the young grandmother, Linglong glanced back at her at the door, and saw her holding a white porcelain plate, so she raised her index finger and silently made a "shhh" mouth. Chunying nodded knowingly, and walked lightly behind the curtain.

Put the offering plate, replace the wilted chrysanthemum with a new one, carefully remove the residual leaves, and light a pillar of incense. Chunying was busy in front of the confession, but there was a faint voice from Miss Biao at the other end of the blue yarn cabinet.

"These months...... I finally know what it means to be in the hot and cold world...... In addition to my grandmother and uncle, my eldest cousin and sister-in-law in this house treat me sincerely......"

"Cousin, don't be careful, it's just that it's almost the holidays, and everyone is very busy, so I snubbed this ...... a little" This is the eldest young grandmother talking.

Miss Biao sneered: "I can still tell the difference between true and false." My eldest cousin only needs to look at the attitude of some people towards me in the past, and then look at the attitude they treat me now. I can't bear to make my grandmother sad, I only dare to say a few words to my eldest cousin, and my eldest cousin doesn't have to worry about someone spreading it out. The people under me are not so confused! ”

Chunying sweated profusely, hesitating whether to quit? However, he didn't mean to eavesdrop, and took the initiative to go out, would Linglong be suspicious?

Miss Cousin continued: "The eldest cousin doesn't have to worry, it's just because I am young and my grandmother is sad that my mother has passed away, so I have only lived here for a few years to do my filial piety for my mother. When I have my own reason in addition to serving, can I really not rely on this house when I leave this house? ”

The young grandmother persuaded her: "Don't be impulsive, the old lady and the Hou Ye really love you, you are a girl, how can you live when you go out?" Do you really want to go to your uncle and brother? His family is known for being cold, even if you have the production of the grange, it is better to live comfortably in this house. ”

"This big cousin doesn't have to worry about it." Miss Cousin paused, "Haven't you sent a letter back from the south?" The imperial court should also have a charter, hasn't the eldest cousin heard the news yet? ”

The young grandmother was taken aback: "What? Wasn't the fleet taken back by the imperial court?! ”

Chunying was also taken aback, is there room for reversal in this matter?! That...... What about Hu Fei?!

(It's been a bit more recently, can you ...... Asking for a pink ticket?! ）。.。