A few days later, Xia Jin's health gradually improved, and he stayed a little bored in the house. Helplessly, it was early spring at this time, it was raining, and the weather was still cold and biting, so Shu detained her and refused to let her out.

In the evening of this day, seeing that the weather was warm and the afterglow of the sun was still hanging in the sky, Shu Shi was not around when he went back to the hospital to deal with some things, Xia Jin wanted to sneak out for a walk.

She didn't call anyone, changed her clothes, went out of the door, and saw Qingdai and Qinghao sitting under the porch embroidering.

Seeing that she couldn't get around them, she had to say, "I'll go for a walk in the garden." ”

Qingdai hurriedly put down the embroidery work and stood up.

"It's good for Artemisia annua to follow." Xia Jin said.

The Xia family is not a wealthy family, and the number of people in Xia Jin's courtyard is limited, only two big maids, two little maids, and two rough mothers-in-law. Although Qingdai and Artemisia annua were valued by Xia Jin and Shu Shi in the past, Xia Jin did not like it now. She always felt that Qingdai seemed to be calm and serious, but she was scheming; And Artemisia annua is only Qingdai, and her master's words are not as useful as Qingdai's. The most important thing is that the parents and elders of the two maids are all useful people in the big wife's house. It couldn't be easier for them to be the eyes and ears of the big house.

But in ancient times, it was the duty of the big girl to serve the lady closely, Xia Jin had just arrived, although he had the intention to call the two little maids, but he didn't want to rush it, he just wanted to wait for the opportunity to replace the two people.

Qinghao glanced at Qingdai first, and saw that she was not unhappy, so she answered "yes", put down the embroidery work and followed Xia Jin.

The Xia family's house is not big, but it is a few courtyards and a pond, about half an acre of land on the edge of the pond, planting some trees and flowers, and building a small pavilion, which can be regarded as a small garden, which can allow the women in the back house to move here.

In Xia Jin's memory, Mrs. Xia is a person who likes to be quiet, and rarely comes to this small garden when she has nothing to do; The eldest lady was busy housekeeping and didn't have time to come. Here, only the second wife and a few cousins occasionally come to visit.

However, it is the beginning of spring, and the temperature has not yet warmed up. Even if there is some sunshine, the wind in the small pond is still colder than in the house, and those who are okay will not come here. Otherwise, she would have chosen a secluded place instead of coming here for physical training.

At the beginning, Xia Jin walked more slowly. Gradually, she became faster. By the time she left the cloister and entered the small garden, Artemisia Annua, who was following her, had to trot to keep up with her.

"Yo, isn't this Sister Jin? Hurry, where is this going? "Just now I entered the small garden, a female voice sounded in the pavilion next to me.

Xia Jin frowned, stopped, and looked up at the small pavilion built on a small slope.

I saw the eldest lady sitting in the pavilion, wearing a thick cloak; On the desk in front of her were steaming teapots and teacups; Across from her sat a strange and beautiful woman in her thirties. Behind the two of them was her cousin, Xia Yuan, the second girl of the Xia Mansion from the eldest lady, who was holding a fan in her hand to fan the small red clay stove, and seemed to be cooking tea.

"Auntie." Xia Jin bowed slightly, bowed, and then replied, "It's okay to come out for a walk." He beckoned Xia Yuan, who looked up, "Second sister." ”

The eldest lady smiled and nodded, turned her face to the beautiful woman and said, "This is my fifth girl's sister, and you have also seen her mother, it is my brother-in-law Shu." As he spoke, he beckoned to Xia Jin, "Come, Sister Jin, come over and greet Mrs. Xue." ”

Xia Jin had no choice but to step forward and salute and called, "Mrs. Xue." ”

Originally, when Mrs. Xue saw Xia Jin, although she had a smile on her face, she was not enthusiastic. Now that I heard that Xia Jin was the daughter of the Xia family's third room, she was a little warmer, and said with a smile: "Come and sit down and have a cup of hot tea." Although it was spring, it was still cold. ”

After looking at Xia Jin as she spoke, she said angrily, "This kid, why don't you wear a cloak when you go out?" It's good to be frozen. That tone, like blaming his own daughter, is kind and natural, which makes people feel a lot of good feelings for no reason.

Only then did the eldest lady notice that Xia Jin was only wearing a thin half-worn jacket. She was already thin, but now standing in this pavilion with wind on all sides, it seemed that she would fall down as soon as the wind blew.

She frowned, turned her face to Artemisia and scolded, "What did you do with this girl?" The girl doesn't even wear thick clothes when she goes out, what are you doing with raising you? He turned his face and instructed his maid, "Put my cloak on the fifth girl." ”

Qinghao opened her mouth and wanted to explain a few sentences, but when she saw Xia Jin looking at her coldly, she had to close her mouth.

Xia Jin explained: "I didn't wear so much because I wanted to walk warmly. Otherwise, if you sweat for a while and are blown by the wind, you will get sick. ”

"Then you have to get enough clothes." The eldest lady said, "It's hot and then take it off, but you can't be frozen first." ”

"Yes, I see." Xia Jin didn't want to be verbose with her, so she let the maid put her cloak on, and then said, "Auntie, Mrs. Xue, you sit slowly, I'll go for a walk in the small garden." ”

The eldest lady did not answer immediately, but first glanced at Mrs. Xue with a meaningful gaze, until Mrs. Xue looked back suspiciously, then turned her face to Xia Jin and said, "Sister Jin, I heard that you make tea well, why don't you make a cup of tea for the eldest aunt and Mrs. Xue." ”

The eyebrows and eyes of the two of them naturally can't escape Xia Jin's eyes. She is a troublesome person, if it is not necessary, I can't wait to get as far away from these troublesome inner house women as possible, where is she willing to stay at this time, and said lightly: "The second sister's skill in making tea is a must, I don't dare to be ugly." Saying that, he squatted down and turned around and said, "Artemisia Qing, let's go." He didn't care what the eldest lady said behind her, and left straight away.

"This girl!" The eldest lady's tone was quite hateful, and she turned her head, and her tone became extremely light and pleasant, "How? My five girls are good, right? ”

Mrs. Xue frowned: "Too small, right?" Is there a twelve-year-old? ”

The eldest lady laughed "sneering" and said in a long voice: "Fourteen! ”

"Fourteen?" Mrs. Xue's eyes widened.

The eldest lady nodded, and the mocking smile on her face could not be hidden.

Mrs. Xue shook her head directly: "That's even worse!" This body is also too thin, fourteen years old, looks like a twelve-year-old child. ”

The eldest lady coughed lightly and said to Xia Yuan: "Sister Yuan, it's cold here, you can go back first." I'll talk to you Aunt Xue for a while. ”

Xia Yuan glanced at Mrs. Xue, smiled clearly, answered "yes", put down the fan in his hand, and took his maid out of the small pavilion.

After walking along the stone path for a while, Xia Yuan stopped. Across the pond, look at the figure of Xia Jin in the small garden. At this time, Xia Jin was walking along the path, and his small body was so thin that he could float away when the wind blew, but at this time he was radiating an indescribable vitality. Artemisia took the big lady's cloak and stood by and watched.

After watching quietly for a while, Xia Yuan sighed, and then said to the maid, "Let's go." He turned around and walked towards the east courtyard where the big house was.