Seeing that Mrs. Tai's birthday was getting closer and closer, the entire Zhuo Mansion was also busy.

Yuan Niang every day, except for Mrs. Tai to say goodbye, is to stay in her own yard, to Zhuo Xiyu, after the temple after the incident, always love to come to Yuan Niang here.

Yuan Niang also figured out a little bit, Zhuo Xiyu was close to her because of what happened in the temple last time, right? It's just that Yuan Niang doesn't believe that the sisterhood relationship can really be so good.

"Yuan Niang, what kind of person do you want to marry in the future?" On this day, Zhuo Xiyu suddenly put down the book in her hand and looked at Yuan Niang, who was embroidering the girl.

Yuan Niang stopped her hand calmly, raised her head and thought for a while, "I wish to win the heart of one person, and the white head will not be separated." ”

This is just a wish, it is difficult to find such a family affair in ancient times, not to mention that she has no parents and can't make her own decisions about marriage, just think about it.

"I wish to win the hearts of one person, and the white head will not be separated?" Zhuo Xiyu buried her head and muttered for a while, and when she raised her head again, her eyes were bright, "I didn't expect my sister to have such a talent, she is so willing to win the heart of one person, and the white head is inseparable, I'm afraid this is what all women think." ”

Only then did Yuan Niang realize that she had lost her mouth, and directly changed the topic, "I heard that the few pieces of cloth that my aunt gave to my sister were rewarded by the palace, and it must be difficult to find." ”

Zhuo Xiyu smiled slightly coldly, "It's just some vulgar things." ”

It seems that the incident in the temple hit Zhuo Xiyu a lot, and Zhuo Xiyu's temperament was favored and disdainful like this, I am afraid that I also understand that those family feelings are just in front of me.

Yuan Niang really had nothing to say to her, so she could only bury her head and be the female red in her hand, in fact, if it weren't for Zhuo Xiyu here, she would prefer to read, and now that the other party is reading, she can only embroider and embroider.

"Grandmother's birthday is left in two days," Zhuo Xiyu sighed again, "Sister, let Lan Mei find the shoes for me in a while." ”

Yuan Niang's hand paused, but still responded, "Okay." ”

"You and I are sisters, no one else can kiss us, as long as I have something to rely on, I will naturally have yours, now we can only support each other as sisters" Zhuo Xiyu glanced at Yuan Niang lightly.

Yuan Niang smiled so that people couldn't see the emotion, "These sisters are awake." ”

Lan Mei endured her anger on the side, and reluctantly took out the shoes and handed them to Yu Yan's hand, Yu Yan looked at the upper of the shoe in her hand, and didn't think there was anything special, but she woke up better.

Before lunch, Zhuo Xiyu left.

Yuan Niang put down the half-embroidered handkerchief in her hand and looked out the window, "Why don't you speak today?" ”

Lan Mei made a fuss, "It's useless for the slave to say it, so I won't say it." ”

Yuan Niang couldn't help but smile and glared at her when she heard this, "It's because your temper is bigger than that of my master." ”

Lan Mei was still sulking, "I gave the upper to the eldest lady, so what will the young lady take as a birthday gift, she won't be empty-handed, right?" ”

This Yuan Niang has also thought about it, her only good thing is the female red, and now it is given to Zhuo Xiyu, it is impossible to embroider anymore, and the time can't catch up, and there is not much silver on her body, and there is nothing that can be taken out, and she has a headache for a while.

Lan Mei also pulled the embroidery in her hand dissatisfied, "It's better for Miss to embroider another one in a hurry and see what the eldest lady can say." ”

Yuan Niang didn't listen to what she said at all, and her eyes lit up for a long time, "The hairpin sent by the second lady of the Hou Mansion is there?" ”

Lan Mei nodded, "It's just an ordinary hairpin、、、"

Yuan Niang interrupted her, and her eyes were like bright stars when she laughed, "The hairpin is ordinary, but the blue feather on it is real, you get all the blue feathers on the hairpin now, and then find a piece of white cotton cloth." ”

She turned it through the sewing box herself, and Lan Mei didn't dare to delay when she saw it, so she hurriedly turned around and went into the inner room to find the hairpin from the dresser, and went to turn over the cotton cloth again.

After she came back from looking for the cotton cloth, Yuan Niang folded the blue threads of different shades of color that were turned out, and finally cut the ends together, and without raising her head, she directly took the white cotton cloth in Lan Mei's hand, picked up the needle and thread and moved on it.

Lan Mei watched quietly from the side, slowly seeing some fame, and her eyes lit up, until a bird with blue feathers made of thread appeared on the white cotton cloth, she exclaimed.

"Miss is amazing, just like the real thing."

Yuan Niang only smiled lightly, but it was the cheapest and simplest thing, but this method of painting was not available in ancient times, and it was just a fresh picture.

Lan Mei also figured out some tricks after watching for a while, helping to cut the thread on the side, the master and servant were busy until noon outside the girl to deliver the meal, Lan Mei took it and put it away, Yuan Niang didn't care about eating, until more than two hours later, more than a dozen birds of different colors appeared on the white cotton cloth, Yuan Niang stopped and rubbed her neck with her hands.

Among the birds, the most attractive is the blue bird, and after a closer look, it is found that the blue feathers taken from the hairpin are sewn on it, and under the illumination of the light, it is vivid.

In the end, grass and flowers were made with various colored threads, and a pair of birds competing for spring was completed.

"It's so beautiful," Lan Mei couldn't help but sigh.

Yuan Niang didn't care to look at it, rubbing her stomach, "Your master is going to starve to death." ”

Lan Mei couldn't help laughing, the master and servant ate the cold food in a big gulp, and then came out with a sigh, Yuan Niang was always so comfortable in front of Lan Mei, after the meal, I saw her lying on the soft couch rubbing her stomach, the action was indecent, Lan Mei seemed to be used to it, and there was no surprise.

"Lan Mei, what kind of person are you going to marry?" Thinking of Zhuo Xiyu's words today, Yuan Niang couldn't help but be curious about Lan Mei's thoughts.

Lan Mei blushed, "The slave maid will not marry for the rest of her life, and she will be by the side of the young lady." ”

"That's not good, I've always treated you as a sister, and I'm going to find a good man for you to marry" Yuan Niang said the truth.

Lan Mei on the side blushed and couldn't lift it up, "Miss is still a boudoir girl, so she said this, wouldn't it make people laugh if she spread it." ”

Yuan Niang didn't care about this, but she didn't refute Lan Mei, this little episode is in the past, dinner was used at Mrs. Tai's, rested for a while, and saw that the hour was almost up, so Yuan Niang went to Zhuo Wenjun with makeup.

When I arrived, I found out that Zhuo Wenjun had never come back when she went to Mrs. Tai at noon, and Lan Mena learned that Zhuo Xiyu had also gone to Mrs. Tai earlier, so she smiled bitterly, it turned out that the concubine who was raised by her didn't know what kind of well-behaved mansion she was in, and she was just putting on a show.

When Yuan Niang arrived at Qingzhixuan, as soon as she entered the courtyard, she heard a burst of laughter, there seemed to be a lot of people, Yuan Niang was slightly stunned, didn't there be a guest coming?

She paused slightly, just in time to see Wang's mother coming out of it, she hurriedly smiled and greeted her, and lowered her voice, "Mom." ”

When Mother Wang saw her, her expression was obviously stunned, but she immediately laughed again, "The second cousin girl is here, and Mrs. Cai still asked, saying that since she was sick, she was raised in the courtyard, but there was a guest here, and she told the slave and maid to go over, and the slave and maid didn't have time yet." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Niang was stunned, but she immediately brought the words over, "Laber's mother is worried, but she didn't sleep well last night, so how dare she say it's sick." ”

Mother Wang was actually strange from the moment she saw Yuan Niang, and now when she heard Yuan Niang say this, she didn't think much about it, so she smiled and said, "Second cousin, go in, the lady and girl from the Hou Mansion are also here." ”

Yuan Niang smiled and nodded, but her heart was gloomy, needless to say, she also knew who lied that she was sick, but at this time she could only bring the lie over, if she broke it on the spot, Mrs. Tai would blame Zhuo Xiyu, and she would also blame her for not being interesting, after all, the people in the Hou Mansion were still there at this time.

After entering the house, taking a deep breath, Yuan Niang walked in with a calm face, only to see that on the soft couch, Mrs. Tai was personally holding a woman's hand, the woman was the same age as Dong's, but she was a little more noble than Dong's, and what naturally exuded from her body was not externally decorated.

In addition to Sima Ruyan, who was sitting under the woman's drooping head, another beautiful girl should be the eldest girl of the Hou Mansion.

Doubts flashed quickly in Mrs. Tai's eyes, but she smiled lovingly, "Yuan Niang is here, and I haven't seen Mrs. Sima and the two girls yet." ”

Yuan Niang did not lose her manners but did not bow humbly, Mrs. Sima looked Yuan Niang up and down, and pulled Dou Shi and said, "The old lady's life is really good, there is such a good girl by her side." ”

Mrs. Tai understood that people were polite, but she couldn't help but smile and squint her eyes, "If you want to talk about good girls, these two girls from the Hou Mansion, who don't know the rare knowledge and etiquette in the capital." ”

Mrs. Sima Wang has a straight temperament, only smiled faintly, listened to these more, and did not go to her heart, only smiled and said to Yuan Niang, "Thank you for taking care of Ruyan before, this child is squeamish, and he is very squeamish outside, but your fried noodles are very special, and this child has not forgotten to take it back and be filial to me." ”

Yuan Niang hurriedly said that she didn't dare, but she didn't say more.

Wang Shi was a little satisfied when he saw it.

However, such a scene made the people in the room have different thoughts, especially Sima Ruqing, the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion, since Yuan Niang came in, her eyes have not been taken away from Yuan Niang, I don't know what she is calculating, and she can't tell whether she hates it or likes it, and she has a hint of exploration.

Yuan Niang sat next to Zhuo Xiyu on the chair outside, her eyelids drooping from her nose and nose, but she could also feel the gaze from time to time, as for Zhuo Xiyu beside her, the moment she appeared, her face became different.

Yuan Niang's eyes swept over her, and she nodded and smiled at Zhuo Wenjun, who was sitting across the chair, as a greeting.

It was getting late, and Yuan Niang was already late when she arrived, and just a few minutes after she sat down, Wang got up to leave, but what shocked her was that before leaving, Wang took her hand again, "You have time to go to the house to play, you are the same age as Ru Yan, she is very rare to have someone she likes, you move around more." ”

Mrs. Hou Fu actually noticed Yuan Niang, which naturally made everyone feel flattered and frightened for Yuan Niang, but there was nothing to be done here except for Yuan Niang, and there was a cowardly response on her face.

After sending away the Hou family, Mrs. Tai didn't say much about today's events, only let people set the meal, and left the three of them to eat together, and only after the meal did she ask how Yuan Niang and Sima Ruyan met.

Yuan Niang simply said the matter, and the narrative was just a trivial matter, except for the slight flash in Mrs. Tai's eyes after hearing it, there was no side reaction.

On the way back to the Snow Pavilion at night, Zhuo Wenjun was still puzzled, "When the eldest sister said that you were not feeling well, I still wondered, why did you suddenly get sick, it turned out that I didn't sleep well yesterday, and I couldn't see that you were a lazy girl." ”

On the way back, Zhuo Wenjun naturally asked Yuan Niang about her illness again, and Yuan Niang said the excuse to Wang's mother again, no matter whether Zhuo Wenjun believed it or not, no one went to investigate some things.

Zhuo Xiyu was very quiet, until Zhuo Wenjun found out, he was embarrassed to pull her hand, "The eldest sister talked to Ru Qing about the embroidery today, and it will be drawn by then, don't forget my share." ”

Zhuo Xiyu smiled, "I can't help my cousin." ”

It turned out that today, after Mrs. Tai ordered a few girls to go to her to say that Mrs. Hou Fu was coming, Zhuo Xiyu stopped Xia Ri who was going to deliver the message, and only lied that Yuan Niang was sick, Xia Ri thought that after all, the person who came was Mrs. Hou Fu, so she didn't dare to make the decision to invite, but secretly felt that Yuan Niang's life was not good, and she was sick at this opportunity to show her face.

Zhuo Xiyu took the shoes she took from Yuan Niang to Mrs. Tai, and that kind of craftsmanship naturally won the praise of Mrs. Wang, the wife of the Hou Mansion, and she had to let Wang take a serious look.

And in front of everyone, there is no Yuan Niang for the credit of making shoes, Zhuo Wenjun on the side only frowned slightly at that time, and did not break it, but secretly he did not like Zhuo Xiyu more and more.

After Sima Ruqing saw that kind of shoe pattern and stitching, she shouted that Zhuo Xiyu wanted a few, and only said that she wanted to make shoes for her grandmother, and after being scolded by Wang with a few laughs, she did not object.

Mrs. Dou also directly helped Zhuo Xiyu to respond, so that Zhuo Xiyu couldn't refuse if she wanted to, and secretly thought that she would let Yuan Niang draw a few looks, but she didn't want to lie was broken by Yuan Niang.

At the moment, I also feel shameless to face Yuan Niang, so on the way back, I was very silent.

Zhuo Wenjun refused to let go of Zhuo Xiyu lightly, and pulled Yuan Niang with envy, "Second sister, you don't know yet, don't talk about grandmother, even Mrs. Hou likes the shoes made by her eldest sister very much, and even Ru Qing, who has never disliked female popularity, likes it when she sees it, and shouts to ask her eldest sister for shoe samples." ”

Yuan Niang only understood Zhuo Wenjun's intentions at this time, and couldn't help but be grateful, and said with a smile on her face, "This is a good thing." ”

turned back to Zhuo Xiyu and said, "Sister, don't forget your sister's share when you arrive, your own sister doesn't allow you to be partial." ”

Zhuo Xiyu forced out a smile, "Naturally." ”

Seeing that she had suffered a dumb loss, Zhuo Wenjun also felt that it was almost over, and she had already entered the courtyard, and the three of them went back to their own courtyards separately.

Lan Mei didn't dare to say anything along the way, until Yuan Niang said her heart, "Actually, it's good, then we can directly take out the gifts we made, otherwise if my sister says that we got it together, I don't know if I send it to Xian alone." ”

"Did the young lady expect the eldest lady to do this, so she made that painting?" Lan Mei suddenly realized.

Yuan Niang smiled, dogs can't change eating, and it's not wrong for her to describe Zhuo Xiyu like this.