Chunying buried her head in needlework, and raised her eyes from time to time to look in the direction of the courtyard gate to see if the third young master had returned. Today, the Hou Ye went out to meet friends and brought his youngest son with him, and he hasn't returned home until late in the evening. It's just that Mei Xiang is not here, and she doesn't even have anyone to talk to.

Manru came with a sewing basket and sat down on the porch next to her, and began to embroider. Chunying frowned and glanced at her, ignoring it. As she did this, she looked up at her from time to time, as if she had something to say. She turned her head away, pretending not to see.

Xia He ran over from outside the courtyard, his face was a little pale: "Chun'er Chun'er, someone died in the garden, did you see it?!" ”

Chun Ying shook her hand and nodded: "I heard about it, have you gone to see it?" ”

"I've heard from people, but I don't dare to look at it." Xia He squeezed to the corridor between Chunying and Manru and sat down, "Others say that it is Sister Lian in the courtyard of the second young master, I heard Shi'er say that her family seems to be in the same courtyard as the two of you?" ”

Chunying lowered her head and didn't answer, Manru reluctantly smiled: "It turned out to be her?" We've only heard of someone dead, but we don't know which one, which is sad. In fact, although she and we are in the same hospital, she has no friendship, and she has not met since she entered the house. ”

"It's good if you don't have a relationship, I heard that she doesn't. It's good guys. Xia He lowered his voice and looked mysterious, "I came back from the second young lady's courtyard and heard a sister in the second young master's house say that that Sister Lian is restless, she talks with the big girls all day long, and she pulls and pulls with the little girls, and her hands and feet are not clean. ”

The needle in Chunying's hand was crooked, and she poked her finger, and a drop of blood came out. She pulled out the needle and said in a muffled voice, "Everyone is dead, why do you say bad things about her again?" She was on an errand at the second young master's, how many clean people do you think there are in that courtyard?! That sister dares to say something inconsequential to a little girl like you, which shows that it is not much better! ”

Xia He sneered, Manru was. frightened, his face turned even paler: "Chun'er, don't talk nonsense......"

"Am I saying something wrong?" Chunying raised her eyes and stared at her, "If you change our hospital. , which sister would say such a thing to a little girl?! It's still the yard of the second lady! Say it so that the housekeepers and ladies will hear it, and see how many boards they don't punish her?! ”

Manru shut up. She was just scared for a while, worried that Chunying would leak her mouth, but she forgot that the girl who said bad things about Sister Lian was inappropriate. She lowered her head sneeringly and continued to do needlework, occasionally looking up to peek at Chunying's expression.

Xia He knew that he had said the wrong thing, and when he saw Chunying's serious face, he didn't dare to laugh anymore, so he hurriedly stood up and pulled Chunying's sleeve: "Chun'er...... Sister Lu'er asked me to give the finished beads to the eldest young grandmother, the second miss and the third miss, and the eldest young grandmother and the second miss all rewarded me with things, can you put them away for me? She took out a small bag of silk from her sleeve, revealing a small piece of silver and a pair of gold flowers inside.

Chunying looked at Xia He. The pitiful look, his heart softened, put down the needle and thread, and took the silk bag: "When you come with me, I always want you to know where the things are." ”

Xia He grinned happily, followed Chunying into the house, watched her take out a red mirror with a lotus pattern from the cabinet under the window, and opened the second drawer on the left, which was filled with broken silver and copper coins, and the third drawer on the right was a headdress. Xia He watched Chun Ying put things away, and took out a pink beaded flower from the small drawer with a smile: "I want to wear this!" Chunying still put on the hairpin for her and said, "What else?" Let's talk about it early! ”

Xia He smiled embarrassedly, reached out to hug her left arm, and said coquettishly: "Good sister, I know it's wrong, don't dare to talk nonsense in the future, you can spare me." ”

Chun Ying knew that she was just angry, where would she worry about her as a child, so she softened her tone: "Don't you like my pair of jade butterfly earrings?" I borrow you to wear it overnight, and you must not break it! ”

Xia He was overjoyed and nodded busily, so Chun Ying smiled and put away her mirrors, took out her own, and picked out the earrings for her to wear. Xia He happily showed off in the mirror, and took a fancy to a silk flower in Chunying's mirror, and Chunying reluctantly let her go.

As soon as she turned around, Chunying found that Manru had also entered the house at some point, leaning against the door and staring at them in a daze, her eyes seemed to fall on her mirror. She moved her body a little uncomfortably, blocking the mirror. It was filled with the monthly money, silver and jewelry she had accumulated in the past few months, as well as a few small things sent by Qiu Yu, which were worth at least a dozen taels. Speaking of which, she hasn't been home for more than two months, so it's better to take a day off and go back to have a look, and bring back all the things she has accumulated by the way. Anyone can enter this room, so it's not very safe.

There was a commotion outside, and Chun Ying heard someone shouting "Third Young Master", so she guessed that he was back, and hurriedly whispered to Xia He: "If you pick it up, help me put it away and put it in the cabinet, don't let people rummage around, you know?" ”

Xia He nodded in response, and Chun Ying hurriedly ran out of the door, seeing that the third young master had really come back, but he seemed to be drunk, his face was flushed, and he was in the girl's arms in a daze. Lan Xiang Lu'er and the other big girls hurriedly helped him back to the backyard, and Lan Xiang was still there scolding: "Which one doesn't tell you to drink so much?!" Don't look at how old you are! ”

The third young master muttered "verbose" inarticulately, and then crookedly supported Lu'er's hand and went back to the house, Lan Xiang stomped her feet, determined to go to the second door to ask the little guys who went out, the third young master was so drunk, does Master Hou know? How did the little guys wait! As soon as he turned around, he saw Chun Ying following behind and probing his head into the house, and his face sank: "What do you see?!" I haven't seen you all afternoon tonight, and I don't know where to be lazy, so why don't you ask the small kitchen to prepare hangover soup?! ”

Chunying bit her lip and turned around, and when she left the small kitchen and was returning to the house, she met Manru coming out of it, and when she saw her, she seemed to be a little uncomfortable, and hurriedly walked over with her head down. Chunying frowned, entered the house, and saw that Xia He was still looking in the mirror there, with two silk flowers on his head, and his mirror was still on the counter. She stepped forward to open the small drawers of valuable objects, and when she saw that there was no shortage of things, she breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Xia He again: "What did Manru do when he came in just now?" ”

"Nothing?" Xia He was a little puzzled, "She said that the pink beaded flower didn't match the color of the clothes I was wearing, so she asked me to wear something else, and she also picked out two silk flowers for me, but they were all ten." ”

Worthless things such as silk handkerchiefs, the three of them have always shared them, although Chunying is not used to it in her heart, but she and Shi'er have always been very indulgent to the youngest Xia He, so they didn't pay attention to it. Thinking about it carefully, she may be too sensitive, no matter how small Xia He is, she is not a stupid person, how can she watch Man Ru turn over her mirror? So she put the mirror back and didn't mention it again.

The third young master was so drunk that he didn't wake up until the night, but his head was still hurting. Both the old lady and the lady sent messengers to tell him to stay in his house and eat without having to go to the court. The big girls in the main house came and went, and Chun Ying tried to find a chance to talk to the third young master several times, but she was unsuccessful, so she had to wait until the next morning.

Fortunately, the next morning, Chun Ying got up and heard water from the main house. She was so busy grooming that she didn't even have time to put on her headdress, so she rushed to the backyard, but she bumped into Chen'er coming out with a basin of water and a handkerchief, and stuffed things into her with an arrogant face: "Go!" Pour the water! Chunying held back her anger and took the basin handkerchief, turned around and came back, Chen'er was already guarding the door with another second-class girl, and it was impossible to let the little girl into the house.

Chunying returned to her room depressed, deeply missing Mei Xianglai. If Mei Xiang was here, she would have seen the third young master a long time ago, so why bother?

Shi'er approached her and said with a smile: "Look at your depressed face, what are you worried about?" Dress up quickly, and when the third young master goes out, let's go to the door. ”

Chunying smiled reluctantly, dragged the mirror over, and lazily looked for the jewelry she was going to wear today. She was wearing a lotus color dress, preferably with a pair of pink and purple double-layered lotus beads, and she felt awkward when she thought that the beads were made by Manru.

Hey? Why is there one less bead flower? Chunying searched through the entire mirror, but she could only find one bead flower, and she obviously saw two more yesterday morning. She turned around and asked Shi'er, Shi'er thought about it, and was a little unsure: "When Xia He went out in the morning, it seemed that she was wearing beaded flowers, but I don't remember if it was yours or her own." ”

Chunying looked at the bead flower, she really couldn't figure it out, but she heard someone outside shouting: "Sister Meixiang is back!" She was overjoyed, and hurriedly put the beaded flower on her head, put away the mirror, and rushed out.

Mei Xiang still had a touch of crimson on her face, and with a smile on the corner of her mouth, she handed over a bamboo basket tied with a red rope: "The fried small noodles and fruits at home are not expensive things, let's take them to play." The little girls rushed up and grabbed the snacks in the basket, Mei Xiang nodded at Lan Xiang and Lu'er who came out: "I wasn't there yesterday, I was sorry for you." ”

Lan Xiang tugged at the corners of her mouth: "Where, this is our duty." With that, he turned back silently. Lu'er stepped forward to take Lan Xiang's hand and laughed, and Manru also walked to the side with a smile on her face to listen. Chunying wanted to interject several times, but she didn't dare to make a mistake, and suddenly saw that there was a pink and purple double-layer lotus bead flower on Manru's head, which was almost exactly the same as the one she didn't see, but it was a pity that the core of the flower was purple beads. Manru noticed her gaze and turned her head uncomfortably, Chun Ying was not in the mood to pay much attention to her, Xunkong gave Mei Xiang a look, and the latter willingly supported Kai Lu'er and the others, and walked to the corner, Chun Ying hurriedly told Zhou Nian about seeing the third young master.

Mei Xiang immediately sent a message to the third young master, and after a short time, she brought back the news, saying that he would go over in the afternoon and ask her to follow at that time. Chunying's heart was a little settled.

When the time came, she carried a food box and re-entered the garden with the third young master, and before she could reach Zhou Nian's temporary residence, she saw the second young master Li Chang walking out of there, followed by Pan Lao Liu, who had a black mole on his face. The third young master greeted his brother with a smile, and the second young master also cared about his younger brother with a smile, and his eyes inadvertently swept over Chunying behind him, and he suddenly froze: "This girl is ......"

Chunying bowed her head and said nothing, her hands clenched tightly.

"It's just a little girl doing rough work." The third young master tilted his head mockingly, "What?" The second brother has changed his preferences recently? Don't love beauty, but love shriveled goods? The second young master stretched his face, turned around and said the word "go" to Pan Lao Liu, and went angrily.

The third young master sneered, turned back to Chun Ying and said, "It's really bad luck today, see him later, remember to take a detour!" ”

Chunying said in her heart, if you don't say that I will too, it's just that you belittled me too hard just now, right? She nodded in response, and as the third young master continued to move forward, she couldn't help muttering in her heart.

The second young master Li Chang didn't go far, then stopped, looked back at the backs of his younger brother and Chunying, and thoughtfully: "That girl brought ...... Looks exactly like that beaded flower? ”

Pan Lao Liu touched his chin: "I also saw it, but the flower core is different, not a pair." It's just that the two beaded flowers are so similar, maybe they were made by the same person. I'll get that girl and ask her. ”

Li Chang nodded: "Be secretive, don't make the third child suspicious." ”

(Finally updated early...... Everybody, tap ...... ）。.。