The next day, Russell wanted to say goodbye to his mother, and Jin Chao went to his mother early.

Russell, as a bride, wore a lake-blue Hangzhou silk gown, a Xiangfei-colored moon-colored skirt, with small pearls on her ears, and silver sideburns with lotus patterns on her temples, which was simple and generous.

The three aunts were also waiting for their mother, and Russell saluted her mother and raised her head, and as soon as her face was revealed, the three aunts all changed their faces.

With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, Jin Chao took a sip of tea. It is estimated that no one thought that she would find someone who looks so similar to Aunt Yun to come back.

Aunt Song was the first to laugh: "The new sister looks like a flower, I like it when I see it." ”

Ji let Russell in, took her hand and asked softly, "Last night...... Is the gift complete? ”

Russell's fair face was a little shy, and Mother Xu, who was standing next to her, replied with a smile: "Xipa is red." ”

Aunt Song bit her lower lip, that is, how thoroughly she cultivated, it was also very uncomfortable for her beloved to have a round room with another young woman.

Ji instructed Xu's mother: "No need for decoction, our Aunt Luo may add ding to the house." ”

He also asked Mo Yu to take the meeting gift he prepared, which was a pair of cloud double dragon Fushou golden sideburns inlaid with yellow tourmaline. Mother has always been generous, and she is not short of these things. Russell thanked his mother for taking the things, and several aunts gave gifts in turn, Aunt Song gave a silver gilt crown, Aunt Du gave an agate Buddha-shaped golden hairpin, but Aunt Guo only gave a pair of jade gourd earrings.

Jin Chao glanced at Aunt Guo, her expression was neither humble nor arrogant, and she didn't feel that the gift she gave was too thin.

Mother Xu brought a brocade to sit for the aunts, and Aunt Song and Russell smiled and said: "I see that my sister feels familiar, and she looks similar to our original Aunt Yun, and I think it is very kind." ”

Russell's voice was soft and soft: "My mother is the sister of Aunt Yun before, and I want to call her a little aunt." ”

Aunt Song glanced at Jin Chao, who was sitting next to her and had not spoken: "No wonder our eldest lady is sure that the old lady wants the master to take a concubine." ”

Yo, speaking of her.

Jin Chao put down the teacup and said unhurriedly: "Aunt Song's words are biased, people are approved by my father, I just help choose." ”

Ji said lightly: "Aunt Song, you have to control what you say, don't say it and harm the reputation of the Jin Dynasty." ”

The corners of Aunt Song's mouth moved slightly, can Gu Jinchao's reputation still need to be ruined by himself...... He could only say apologetically: "It's the concubine's mistake, this is inappropriate." ”

Aunt Du smiled, and the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes were clearly visible: "With a new sister, Aunt Song is happy......"

Jin Chao glanced at her.

The weather gradually warmed up, the Jin Dynasty let the mother-in-law of the Qingtong Courtyard clean up the Qingtong Courtyard, the original some extravagant decorations are not needed, and the hundred birds brocade screen embedded with white jade and jade has also been replaced with a marble screen for painting ink landscapes. Some gold ornaments were removed from the house, and it looked much more refreshing, and a light blue and white porcelain vase was added, and flowers picked from the conservatory were placed.

Jin Chao wanted to build a grapevine in the yard again, and invited a gardener from the outer courtyard to set up a wooden frame, and she personally selected the grapevines to plant in the yard, waiting for spring, where a shade could grow.

Yuzhu likes grapevines the most, and she talked to Jin Chao: "When I was a child, Song Siya's house next door had grapevines, and every summer purple grapes hung on the vines in bunches like glass. Their family will pick grapes to sell, and the money from the sale can eat osmanthus candy...... A group of our children were so hungry that we once quietly climbed over the wall to steal from Siya's house, and I was bitten on the ass by her dog......"

She said these words proudly, she didn't feel embarrassed, and she really wanted to share her happiness with Jin Chao.

Bai Yun was so angry on the side that she couldn't speak, this girl simply has too many mouths!

Jin Chao liked Yuzhu's temperament, and told her with a smile: "In the future, when this grape bears fruit, you can pick it if you want to eat it." ”

Yuzhu cheered happily, and every day he went to watch the vines sprout, and compared how long they had grown with his fingers, and came back to tell Jin Chao.

She thought the vine was growing too slowly: "I go to see it every day, and it doesn't seem to grow, and you say, miss, how long will it take to fill the whole shelf with ......"

Qingpu opened the curtain and came in: "Miss, Aunt Luo is here." ”

Yuzhu stuck out his tongue and withdrew with Yutong, and Jin Chao also sat up straight before nodding: "Please let her in." ”

Russell walked in, with only a girl in Qingyi by his side. This girl has been raised for half a month, and her complexion is much better, but she can see a vague beauty blank.

Qingpu brought the pestle, Russell sat down, and Jin Chao looked at her with slightly red eyes, as if she had cried. He also retracted his mind and asked, "Auntie, what's wrong?" But homesick? ”

Russell shook his head: "The concubine also knows that I am not married to the Gu family, so naturally I don't want to go home." ”

Jin Chao smiled and said, "If you want to go back, it's not impossible." I'll send someone to take you back to save your family. ”

Russell smiled bitterly: "But it's not ...... The concubine has encountered this matter several times, and she originally wanted to go to Madame, but she thought that Madame was unwell and should not work hard, so she came to Mademoiselle to say. I had two girls, begonias and okra, who were given to me by the attendants. According to your and Xu's mother's instructions, I don't want them to serve me in terms of food and clothing, and I only let them stay outside. But ......"

Jin Chao nodded and said, "Go on." ”

"These two girls are outside...... Several times the lord came to my place, and they directly said that I had not gotten up from bed, and the lord heard it and left. I heard it inside, in fact, I didn't sleep, I was just embroidering in the inner room......" she said with tears falling again, "Mother Xu heard that the master has often gone to Aunt Song recently, and asked me to talk about it, but how can I manage this matter ......"

Jin Chao saw her crying sadly, but he sighed in his heart, he was still too young.

She asked Russell, "Do you know who you are?" ”

Russell was stunned for a moment, "Miss...... I...... I'm naturally Russell......"

Jin Chao continued: "You are indeed Russell, but you are still the aunt of the Gu family!" The two little girls are not sensible, you punish them, why make yourself cry and cry, let them rise their prestige. ”

"I ...... The concubine was originally in the Luo family, she was a concubine, and she didn't even have a personal girl. My eldest sister has a girl, and my eldest sister treats that girl very kindly. I thought that if I treated them kindly, they would naturally be kind to me...... The concubine doesn't know how to discipline a girl. Please also ask the eldest lady to give me advice, how to punish this girl? Russell's expression was cautious.

Jin Chao smiled and shook his head: "Do you want me to say this too......" instructed Qingpu to find her a coat. "Then you can come with me."

Jin Chao got dressed, took Qingpu, Caifu, Bai Yun, and Russell to the Weeping Flower Gate together.

Russell was surprised: "This ...... What are you doing in the outer courtyard? ”

Jin Chao replied casually: "Of course, I am looking for someone to serve you." She stepped through the weeping flower door and walked straight to the stable, and the steward of the stable, when he heard that the eldest lady was coming, hurriedly ran out to greet her: "Miss, why do you have time to come here!" ”

Ladies rarely go out of the hanging flower door.

Jin Chao said: "Find Mother Liu and Mother Chen." "These two mothers-in-law are the two who helped her catch Liuxiang at the beginning, they are bold and thoughtful, and they are very loyal to her, what is going on in the outer courtyard, as soon as the stables know about it, they can immediately reach the ears of the Jin Dynasty.

The steward saw that the eldest lady came to find her in person, where did she dare to slack off, so she personally invited the two mothers-in-law out, and thought that they had a relationship with the eldest lady, but the eldest lady politely called them mother. The two mothers-in-law were even more surprised and delighted that the eldest lady had come to them, and the steward had never been so polite to them.

Jin Chao led the mother-in-law of the two stables to Jing'an Ju, and made it clear to them on the way.

“…… From now on, you will serve Aunt Luo in Jing'anju, and if anyone does not listen to her aunt's orders, just follow your punishment. Aunt Luo has a gentle temperament, and if she sees someone bullying her or making trouble, she will punish me. Would you like to? ”

Mrs. Liu said respectfully: "The slaves and maids know that the eldest lady treats the slaves and maids well, and the slaves and maids must do their best to help the eldest lady and Aunt Luo!" ”

Qingpu pursed her lips and smiled beside her, Miss is really, the mother-in-law in this stable is the most fierce, and she has great strength, and the general nursing home will not provoke them, so she will serve Aunt Luo, and see which girl dares to make a mistake.

Aunt Luo looked at the two mothers-in-law with big shoulders and round waists, and called their names in a whisper, seeing that their smiles were very respectful, and her heart was a little more settled.

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Chen are naturally happy, but the treatment of the mother-in-law in this stable and the mother-in-law in the inner courtyard of the family is very different. They only have two dollars of silver a month in the stable, and the mother-in-law in the inner courtyard has a minimum of five dollars of silver, and there are new clothes every winter and summer, and they can also get the master's reward for the New Year's holidays.

If you have the opportunity to serve your master, you must do a good job, so as not to be sent back.

As soon as Jin Chao walked to the door of Jing'an Ju, he saw two girls sitting on the verandah of Begonia and Okra eating melon seeds, talking while snorting.

"I don't know how long our master can be favored......"

"Didn't Aunt Song say it, it won't be long before the two of us can become second-class girls......"

"I think she is just taking advantage of her youth, and we are not much worse than her, and some people just have a good life...... One step to the sky to become an aunt, the two aunts Shui Ying and Biyue in the master's room, how many years have they served the master, and they haven't become aunts from the room......"

One of them was gossiping, but they suddenly heard a faint voice ask.

"So, you two want to be aunts?"