It turned out that it was the maid Xiaofen who was favored by the young master Kui by the cousin Uncle Kui that Wanning said last time, and with Wanning's help, the old lady spoke and gave her to the little Li who was a childhood sweetheart, and according to the rules of the house, she had to kowtow to the owners of the house to thank her.

It seems that Sister Wanning is still a little capable, coaxing the old lady back so quickly? She has other skills, but her ability to coax people is first-class, and the old people seem to like her a lot.

Shuning stayed by Tong's side and watched Xiaofen kowtow happily, and other maids-in-law teased her on the side, but she just smiled shyly with a red face. It was rare to have a happy thing, so Tong relaxed a little and let the people under him go out to make trouble. Only Su Yun was still loyal to his duty and stayed in the house to wait.

When the room was quiet, Tong asked the second sister-in-law, "Didn't you hear that the eldest lady has already given Xiao Fen to Uncle Kui?" Why did the old lady meddle again? The second sister-in-law said: "I heard that the second girl begged the old lady, and the eldest lady was very angry." Tong pursed his lips and smiled: "That's natural, recently the eldest sister-in-law has been humiliated by her daughter, and she is hindering the old lady, so she can't get angry." Well, if I'm free, I'll go see her more. ”

After Shuning confessed to her mother, she went back to her room to prepare for class, and when she saw Qiaoyun staying in the house doing needlework, she asked her why she didn't go to mess with the others. Qiao Yun pouted: "If I really mess with them, don't think that Su Yun will give me a good face when I turn around." Shuning hurriedly asked what was going on, and she replied: "That Xiaofen originally promised the young master, but now that she has changed the hexagram, of course it must be topped by others, otherwise Uncle Na Kui and the young master will not give up." Now that the person to replace has been decided, it is Su Yun's own sister, who is one year younger than Xiao Fen, and she is smart, isn't this a waste of people? Girl, don't you see Su Yun with a dead face all day today? ”

No wonder she didn't play with the other girls just now, it turned out to be a touch of injury. Shuning was also a little sad for that innocent little girl.

I was about to bring something to class, but I heard someone shouting, "The second girl is here." Then Wan Ning walked in and said with a smile: "I don't have to go to class today, Mr. Cai caught a cold last night and wants to ask for leave." ”

Shuning silently put down her things and said lightly, "Thank you, second sister, for coming to tell me." ”

Wan Ning didn't seem to see the cold faces of others, and said with a smile: "The courtyard is so lively, it's Xiaofen who is here to kowtow, right?" I was so happy to see that they had lovers and finally became married, and it was in vain that I tried my best to intercede for my grandmother in front of her. ”

Qiao Yun sneered, lifted the curtain and went out. Wan Ning was a little strange, so she asked, "What's wrong with Sister Qiaoyun?" Where did I provoke her? ”

Shuning sat down and said, "It's nothing, she's not happy today." What's the matter with the second sister? It can't just tell me about Mr. Cai's suspension of classes, right? ”

Wan Ning hurriedly said: "Of course not, in fact, ......" She looked at Shuning with some embarrassment, "Grandma was angry that day, I glared at you, you are very unhappy, right?" I misunderstood, thinking that it was the third sister who sued in front of her grandmother, but I didn't expect it to be done by the fourth girl, and you were punished. I'm a little reluctant to go, so I'm here to apologize to you. ”

Hmph, if an apology is useful, why do you want the police?

But Shu Ning wouldn't say this, she just said lightly: "Second sister is serious, I didn't take it to heart, you don't have to apologize." ”

"If you want it, I also brought some snacks to make amends for you, you can taste it, it's delicious." Wan Ning hurriedly put a small basket in her hand on the table and uncovered the cloth on her head.

Shuning looked at it and was speechless.

This, this is the Qing Dynasty version of cookies?!!!

Although the color looks a little different, it doesn't have a scary appearance of burnt black. Shuning raised her eyes to look at Wanning, this shouldn't have been done by herself, right? Look at the beautiful new chai pattern, it is definitely not made by this eldest lady.

"This ...... Did the second sister do it? Shuning asked, picking up a piece of "cookie".

"I thought of it, I asked someone in the kitchen to bake it in the oven, I tried it, it was delicious, and my grandmother liked it too." Wan Ning sent the basket to Shu Ning, "Taste? ”

Shuning put the "cookies" in her mouth, although it was only seven or eight minutes, but the taste was really good, with a very fragrant butter flavor and egg flavor.

She asked, "Is this made of butter?" Wan Ning nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, I specially learned the recipe for making butter from Western missionaries, is it delicious?" ”

"Why learn from foreigners?" Shuning deliberately vomited, "I also ate the food made of butter by the Mongols when I was in Mukden, and it was delicious." ”

Wan Ning was a little embarrassed, and immediately changed the topic: "If my sister thinks it's delicious, I'll give these to you, you can't be angry with me anymore." ”

It turned out to be a bribe. Shuning raised her eyebrows: "Sister is too worried, I wasn't angry in the first place." "The cookies taste good, so let's put them away first.

She summoned Chun Xing and was about to clean up, but Wan Ning on the side took out an object and said, "This is a novelty toy I made recently, give it to my sister to play with." ”

It's a kaleidoscope!

Chunxing, who was about to retreat, saw it and exclaimed, "Huh? This is not ......" Before the words came out, she was immediately stopped by Shu Ning's eye knife, she had never seen her own girl so fierce, she was so frightened for a while that she shrank her hands and feet, and went out with the basket.

It's dangerous! I almost missed the filling. Shuning hurriedly pulled up a smile and said to Wanning: "I'm sorry, the girl has never seen the world, it's too rude." ”

Wan Ning didn't pay attention at all, and patronized Xianbao. The kaleidoscope she brought was obviously much more delicate than Shuning's homemade homespun goods, and the effect was not a little better, and it was not colored paper painted by herself, but real stained glass balls.

It really looks like a glass ball that is common in modern times, but it doesn't look like a cheap plastic piece embedded in it. Shuning pointed to the three-color flakes and asked, "What is this made of?" Wanning was triumphant: "It's beautiful, isn't it?" The red is coral, the yellow is topaz, and the green is jadeite, all carefully ground to such a thin level, the second uncle specially found the best jewelry craftsman to help me make it, and I don't have to pay for it. ”

Second uncle? Could it be that he is making amends to Wanning for his daughter?

Shu Ning frowned and said, "Although this thing is interesting, but it is a plaything, will it be too valuable?" "All she used was broken lenses and worthless materials, and it was an exaggeration to use so much jewelry for a kaleidoscope.

Wan Ning didn't care: "Second Uncle Hengzhi has money, and I have helped him come up with a lot of ideas, and he only gets so much money, which can be regarded as welfare." ”

Shuning said deliberately: "I don't understand my sister's words. ”

But is Wan Ning using such a valuable toy to bribe herself?

She said: "If it's just a worthless toy, I don't dare to accept such a valuable thing, so I should ask my sister to take it back." ”

"Oh, what are your sisters polite?" Wan Ning affectionately grabbed her cousin's arm, "It's nothing at all." ”

couldn't help but get goosebumps, forget it, take the initiative to ask, lest this eldest sister continue to be scared.

"If my sister really wants to send me, why don't I tell me what I can do for my sister so that I can feel more at ease?"

"Little girl, you're so smart!" Wan Ning happily twisted Shuning's cheeks, causing her to frown.

"It's just a small thing. Isn't your family related to the fourth elder brother? I still have two kaleidoscopes there, which I plan to give to the fourth and fifth elder brothers, but I can't go out now, so why don't you do me a little favor and bring them to them, if it's too troublesome, just ask them to come to the house and get it. ”

It turned out to be this idea. Whether she sent it or asked someone to pick it up, those people would know that she was trapped in the house, and as long as these princes intervened, even her grandmother would not be able to stop her from going out.

"It's a pity I'm not the little girl you're going to get kidnapped for a toy." Shuning thought to herself. She handed the kaleidoscope back to Wan Ning: "Although they are relatives, in fact, there are several layers apart, we have never interacted with the princes, even if we really want to find them, I don't know where to find them, I really can't help with this favor, my sister should take things back." ”

Wan Ning was disappointed: "Is it really not good?" Third sister, aren't you still angry with me? Shuning got up and sorted out the books on the desk: "No, I said I wouldn't be angry a long time ago, but I really don't know how to help." Wan Ning had no choice but to admit it, and said in a low voice: "Forget it, I'll find another way." She put the kaleidoscope in Shu Ning's hand again: "It's been sent out, I won't take it back, my sister was punished a few days ago, so it should be regarded as an apology." ”

You've said that, I'm welcome, anyway, don't take it for nothing. Shuning took the kaleidoscope and said, "Thank you so much, sister." ”

She paused and said, "There's something I want to ask my sister." Xiaofen, who came to kowtow just now, is it the girl that my cousin said last time that my cousin wanted to beg? Didn't you say that the eldest aunt had already made a promise? Why did my sister meddle? ”

This matter is the most proud thing in Wan Ning's heart in recent days, and she hurriedly said it in detail. She also said: "It's cruel to forcibly dismantle a lover, I'm doing a good deed." ”

Shuning frowned slightly: "Although it's a good thing, but if you agree, you have to regret it, presumably it will be difficult for the eldest aunt to do it." ”

Wan Ning was a little unhappy when she heard this: "If she hadn't wanted to give Xiaofen away, there would have been no such thing." ”

Shuning looked puzzled and said, "It's really strange, my sister is so good to the people, but why does she seem to be a little estranged from her aunt?" Doesn't the second sister like her mother? ”

Wan Ning was stunned, was silent for a moment, then raised her head and asked, "Third sister, I heard that your family also had a concubine before, but later...... is dead, don't you think it's terrible for the third aunt to get rid of a person so quietly? ”

There is so much gossip in this house, and even things from so long ago have been dug up. Could it be that the eldest aunt has done this kind of thing? Shuning shook her head and said, "That woman almost killed me and my brother, it's not strange what E-Niang did." ”

"How do you know she's really going to hurt you? You were young, weren't you? ”

"I don't remember, but my brother experienced it himself, and he told me that the woman really pushed us into the water." It's just not sure if it was intentional or accidental. "And," Shuning added, "the closest people in the world are parents and children, even if E-Niang really did something, why should I alienate her for the sake of irrelevant outsiders?" ”

Sister Wanning, you are really stupid, don't you know who you are wearing? For us traversers, our parents are the biggest support, and you actually have a discord with your mother for this kind of thing?!

Wan Ning snorted, "I'm just...... I think those maids are already pitiful, and they should be treated better......"

Shuning interrupted her: "My sister has so much pity for the maids, but do you know that you begged your grandmother to match Xiaofen to the person she wants to marry, but there is another Yahuan who wants to replace Xiaofen and will marry your cousin as a concubine soon." ”

She looked at Wan Ning's widened eyes, and said coldly: "It's Su Yun's sister-in-law, so Qiaoyun and they don't give you a good face!" She turned around and walked out, "As the master, my sister will involve many people in her words and deeds. I hope that what my sister wants to do in the future, it's better to think twice. ”

She walked in the direction of the upper room, leaving Wanning alone in the room in a daze.