Chapter 27: The Garden

Seeing that the sun is just right, all kinds of flowers in the garden are colorful and colorful, and you can smell the rich fragrance of flowers when you sit next to the embroidery frame in the lotus courtyard. Sanniang became interested in painting, so she asked Bai Ying and Bai Zhi to clean up the pen and ink paints, and wanted to go to the pavilion in the middle of the garden to write freely. Mama Zhao knew about it and hurriedly rushed over, and instructed everyone to prepare brocade mats, gauze curtains, tea, pastries, and herbs and insect incense...... There are all kinds of things, so that Sanniang can't help but wonder if her decision is too exciting, and the interest in finally rising up has also decreased slightly.

But thinking that this is all out of Mama Zhao's care, she saw that she was despised in the house, so she had to be strong in front of everyone, and everything had to match the identity of Miss Wang, so Sanniang didn't make a sound, just flipped through the books in the study, waiting for the pavilion to be properly arranged.

The owner of this body originally learned to paint with the ladies of the Wang family with the previous female gentlemen, but this skill and embroidery of those current Sanniang did not inherit with this body. In the previous life, Wang Ke had learned to paint, but at that time, he mainly studied oil painting, and he did not have too many artistic cells. This comment also made Wang Ke think that the teacher must not have hurt her grandfather's face, and it was just a comforting word.

But I've learned it anyway, haven't I? Although Chinese painting and oil painting seem to be two systems, to learn oil painting, you also need to learn sketching to lay the foundation for oil painting. Wang Ke was used to using ink to start painting when she was learning to draw at that time, because the Italian teacher who taught her to paint also said that it was a very interesting thing to paint with ink, because the ink lines drawn could be covered with oil painting colors, and they could also be retained, because it was not easily washed off by turpentine.

Finally, when Mama Zhao commanded the girls and mothers-in-law to arrange the pavilion and asked Sanniang to move over, half an hour had passed. Sanniang took a few maids to the Yiran Pavilion in the garden. The name of the pavilion is ordinary, Xu is Sanniang has seen a lot and feels that the pavilion itself is nothing special, just a corner pavilion. Because this pavilion is some years old and is still located in the back garden where few people come, it has not been repaired for many years, and even the red paint on the four pavilion pillars is slightly peeling. Now the pavilion is surrounded by gauze curtains on all sides, leaving only one side for people to enter and exit. Mama Zhao sent a little girl to stand at the entrance with a ponytail whisk in her hand to drive away mosquitoes, and the stone table in the pavilion was placed with pen and ink paint, and the stone bench was covered with brocade mats. There are also two plum blossom tables on the side, placing tea and pastries.

Sanniang couldn't help but sigh when she saw that the wild fun of this pavilion had been ruined, but although there was a gauze curtain around it, it would not be sullen because the gauze curtain had holes and ventilation. Seeing that a girl was lighting the herb insect repellent incense, she hurriedly stopped her and said to Mama Zhao: "This pavilion is surrounded by a curtain, so there is no need to light the incense, and there are no mosquitoes around here." ”

Bai Ying also said: "The slave maid sees that there are some geraniums planted around here, and these flowers are so fragrant that they can repel mosquitoes." ”

Mama Zhao just left.

Sanniang smiled and said to Mama Zhao: "Mama, you can go busily." Didn't you say yesterday that you were going to my brother's yard to watch the girls take out the bedding and dry it? Look, the sun is right here today. ”

Mama Zhao was right to think about it, and when she saw that everything in this pavilion was arranged, she told Bai Ying and Bai Zhi to serve her well, and went back to Hefeng Courtyard by herself.

Sanniang stood in the pavilion and watched the scenery in the garden for a while, standing at the table for a long time and didn't know what to do, for fear that she would accidentally spoil the scenery. When he hesitated to pick up the pen again, he saw the white fruit left in the courtyard coming far away.

"But what's going on in the yard?" Sanniang asked Bai Guodao, who had just entered the pavilion, with a smile.

Bai Guo bowed down and saluted: "Miss, Mama Chang from Songling Courtyard is here." She came to deliver medicine to Sanqi, and when she heard that Miss was in the garden, she asked the slave maid to come and say goodbye, and wanted to come over to say goodbye to Miss. ”

Sanniang was stunned, Mama Chang hadn't been to Hefeng Courtyard these days, and she only exchanged information with Bai Ying and Bai Ying on weekdays, why did she come here today, and she specially wanted to come over to greet her?

Thinking so, Sanniang said to Bai Guo: "Mama Chang is from her grandmother's yard, don't be lazy, please come over soon." ”

Bai Guo answered, and soon took Mama Chang and Sanqi into the pavilion.

As soon as the two came in, they saluted Sanniang, and Sanniang hurriedly raised her hand to help Mama Chang.

"Mama is too polite, and you deliberately found the garden, you are serving your grandmother, Sanniang is uneasy."

Mama Chang said: "The third lady must not say this, you are the master, the slave is the slave, this rule cannot be abolished." ”

Sanniang turned her head again and asked Sanqi, "Is the wound better?" Is that medicinal okay? ”

Sanqi hurriedly bent down and said: "The slave maid hasn't thanked Miss for the medicine, the medicine is very effective, the wound of the slave and maid after rubbing the medicine is not painful or itchy, and now I removed the gauze and looked, it looks like it will be fine in two days." ”

Sanniang nodded and smiled: "The medicine works, I'll send the little girl to send you some later." You heal your injuries first, and then talk about the errands when your hands are free. ”

Sanqi was busy and thanked.

"I saw that the flowers in this garden were blooming really well, and that day the little girl picked some and gave them to the old lady to put in a bottle, and the old lady liked it very much. Today, I also picked some back to Songling Courtyard to make the old lady happy again. Mama Chang smiled.

Sanniang hurriedly said: "Since my grandmother likes it, it is better for me to pick it up and let my grandmother take it back, and it is also my intention to be a granddaughter." ”

Mama Chang nodded and said, "If the third lady picked it herself, the old lady must like it even more." ”

Sanniang turned her head and ordered: "Bai Zhi, you take them back to find flower baskets, scissors and other things." Bai Ying, Bai Guo, you two will go with me and Mama Chang to pick flowers first. Sanqi also went to see the flowers, and when the mood is good, the wound will naturally heal faster. ”

Bai Zhi went back with a few girls, Sanniang and Chang Mama took Bai Ying, Bai Guo, and Sanqi to the depths of the garden.

Bai Ying took the two little girls to lag behind, and told them about the varieties and habits of flowers and plants while walking, and Mama Chang and Sanniang walked to the front.

"Third Miss, just now the young lady from He Mansion came to visit, saying that she was here to make amends for your sins, and was sent back by Mama Li." Mama Chang suddenly whispered.

Sanniang was stunned, she didn't know any young lady of Hefu. I have basically not seen any foreigners for a year here, so where does the theory of reparation come from? When it comes to seeing outsiders, the only way to go back to Qingming Temple is to go up...... Wait a minute...... Mrs. He?

Sanniang recalled that when she entered the temple that day, she met the two gorgeously dressed women, and the older lady seemed to say, "Do you want people to see the jokes of our He family?" Sanniang thought about it carefully and didn't seem to have seen other foreign ladies these days, and she couldn't help but feel a little sure in her heart.

However, after several days, why did you come to apologize now? And there is no need to apologize to her for this matter, after all, the young lady taught her own maid, and she just happened to pass by and saw it. The two sides didn't even say a word at the time.

Thinking of this, she asked, "Does Mama know where this family comes from?" ”

Mama Chang nodded and said, "I just went to the concierge to inquire again." This He family is a merchant who lives in the west of the city, and his family runs a spice shop, so he can be regarded as the richest man in Qingcheng County. It's just that a few days ago, their lord was imprisoned by the government, saying that he was suspected of selling illicit salt. ”

Where does Sanniang not understand when she hears this? This He family is planning to climb the relationship. Thinking of what the eldest lady said about the Grange in the Sun family's room last time, I am afraid that the He family has long planned to climb to the Wang family.

"Speaking of this He family, I once heard that the late old lady of their family, Ma, was a strong woman who did not let her eyebrows go. I heard that this Ma family was also born in an official family in the capital, and after marrying into the He family, because her husband was a cowardly and careless character, the He family's huge family business was supported by her as a woman. ”

"Wait, Mama, did you say that the late old lady of the He family is surnamed Ma, or is she from Beijing?" Sanniang suddenly smiled when she heard this.