Chapter VII. sisters
The two of them moved to the front of the painting case, and the attacker and Qingwen slowly opened the painting, while Musk Yue lifted the middle of the painting, and the three of them gently placed the painting on the case and stepped aside. Eryu walked in front of the painting to take a closer look, and talked a few words from time to time, leaving a person in the room to wait, while Qingwen Musk Yue walked out of the door.
The little maid outside the house saw that she had come out, so she greeted her and said, "Sister Qingwen, Sister Qiuwen, we have washed the roses, are they going to be used to make rouge?" ”
Qingwen thought that the two masters in the courtyard were the most happy, if they knew that this rouge lipstick was made of petals that fell on the ground, let alone use it, just put it on the makeup table, it would be dirty.
So together with the musk moon, I will pick a batch of fresh roses tomorrow, and these flowers will be dried by the little maid to make sachets.
So Musk Yue said to Fan'er: "These flowers won't be used if you want to come to the second master, you can take them down and dry them to make sachets." “
After all, for such little girls as theirs, the flowers in the garden are not picked by them if they want to, only the masters have used them up, leaving the flowers for ornamentation, and the rest is also given to the big girls in each courtyard first.
But that girl doesn't love incense, even if she is already a mother of several children outside, she has to buy two jasmine flowers in the summer, don't put them on her clothes, and give herself a fragrance, not to mention that they are the little girls who are beginning to love beauty? A few little maids discussed together what kind of patterns should be used for the sachet at that time, Qingwen Musk Yue looked at them and they discussed the joy of their discussion, and the two also discussed their recent embroidery patterns.
On embroidery, Qingwen in the whole house is also second to none, the little maids discussed, so they came to Qingwen to get ideas, Musk Yue also helped to put forward some small opinions on the side, a group of girls, big and small, in the yard, embroidered what tricks, said so lively.
At this time, Daiyu Baoyu finished commenting on the painting, and was standing in front of the window watching the maids discuss, Daiyu said: "Brother Bao, the maids in your yard get along so well, especially Qingwen, in the past, I saw it like a crazy man, but now it seems that I have taken my eyes, this Qingwen and the little maids are so good." ”
"My maid is really good, my mother often praises her these days, since my sister thinks she is good, then my maid in the yard will be handed over to my sister in the future, how about it?" Baoyu said meaningfully.
Daiyu turned her face to the attacker and smiled: "Listen, your master is a lazy person, the maid in his yard pushes back to me." As he spoke, he pretended to leave, and Baoyu was going to send it again, and the two went out of the door together, and no one paid attention to it, and the handkerchief in the attacker's hand was about to be torn at this time.
Outside the house, a group of maids saluted the two masters, and continued to discuss, and as they were talking, they saw Si Qi coming in from outside the door with a food box, "Sister Qingwen." Si Qi said.
Qingwen said goodbye to the maids, then walked to Si Qi and took her into her house, at this time Qiu Wen didn't know where to go, and there were only the two of them in the house.
After entering the house, Si Qi put the food box on the table, and then gave Qingwen a deep salute and said, "Thank you sister today, if it weren't for my sister inviting a doctor, our girl's illness wouldn't know how to get better." ”
Qingwen hurriedly turned sideways to avoid Si Qi's gift, and helped Si Qi up again: "Sister Si Qi, please hurry up, my sister can't stand such a big gift, the second girl and our second master are siblings and brothers, as the second master's eldest girl, this is what I should do, my sister doesn't dare to take credit, now the second girl's health can improve?" ”
Si Qi got up, sat down at the table with Qingwen and said, "After taking the medicine today, my body has improved a lot, and the girl said that her head is not so dizzy, and she can drink half a bowl of white porridge for lunch." ”
Qingwen remembered that she went to the second girl's yard before, and the whole yard looked a little desolate, except for Si Qi, a big girl in the yard, there was only one confused nurse Zhao Pozi and three little girls, and the corner of the cabinet next to the bed also fell paint, and the furniture in the whole house couldn't even compare to her own house.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, although I looked at the flowers in this house, but the selfishness under this flower, who would have thought that the people outside the house would probably never think big, in this huge mansion, the young lady who is not favored, even a maid like herself can't compare.
Qingwen said: "That's good, when the second girl is safe, I'll go and say hello to the second girl." “
Si Qi opened the food box and said to Qingwen: "This is our second girl, in order to thank Sister Qingwen, specially asked me to go to the big kitchen and order a few side dishes to thank my sister." “
"Sister Qingwen......" and "Sister Siqi......" both called each other's sisters at the same time, and the two couldn't help laughing. So, I'm 15 years old, and it's my birthday in February. I wonder how old you are? Si Qi took Qingwen's hand and said.
"Then you are my sister, I am 14 this year, and it is also my birthday in February, I don't know what day my sister's birthday is in February?" Qingwen shook back. "I'm born on the second day of February, what about you, sister?". Si Qi said mildly.
Qingwen didn't expect that Si Qi's birthday was the same day as herself, and it was also the second day of February, so she was pleasantly surprised: "I, like my sister, is also the second day of February." ”
After hearing this, Si Qi was also overjoyed, and said: "There is such a coincidence at this time, in this room, there are actually two people who were born on the same month and day. Let's become sisters, but we know if my sister is willing to let my sister climb high. ”
"Where is my sister talking about," Qingwen: "My sister is alone in this house, helpless, if you say Gao Pan, it is also my sister Gao Pan's sister." ”
Si Qi pulled Qingwen to stand up and said: "Then our sisters don't say whether they are tall or not, we have eaten today, and when my young lady is well, let's pick a good day, I will ask my young lady, you also ask your second master for a leave, how about we go to worship again?" ”
"Okay, just listen to my sister." Qingwen said with a smile. So the two of them ate first. The reason why Qingwen is willing to bow to Si Qi is because she sees that Si Qi is attentive to the second girl, the second girl is so down-and-out, she is also wholeheartedly devoted to the second girl, and she wants to be a person who values love and righteousness.
On the other hand, although Qingwen doesn't care about what others say about herself, whether in her previous life or in this life, a little girl is always said to be a slave of a slave behind her back, and how can she not care at all if she is born lowly, but Si Qi is different, whether it is in this life or the previous life, she has never heard her say that she is a slave of a slave, so although she has never said it, she still remembers it in her heart, otherwise she will not help her ask for a doctor for the Spring Festival. When I opened the food box, almost all of them were Qingwen's favorite food, including tofu skin buns, jade shoots and bracken, and fish maw and simmered ham. There is also a serving of spicy chicken.
Si Qi smiled: "I don't know what my sister likes to eat, so I asked my mother in the kitchen and privately ordered my favorite spicy chicken." I want my sister to try it. "Thank you, sister, these are my favorite foods on weekdays. I'll try my sister's favorite food, and I'll ask my sister to try my favorite food in a while. Qingwen said with a smile while setting up dishes and chopsticks with Si Qi.
Qingwen drank four cups of tea in a row before she felt that she was back from the brink of death, and Si Qi was also relieved.
The two sat down again, Qingwen thought, Si Qi recommended her favorite dish to herself, but she was so embarrassed, she must feel uncomfortable, she must eat again, this time she must have a calm expression, so that she can be relieved.
So Qingwen stretched out her chopsticks to the plate of spicy chicken, but was gently blocked by Si Qi with chopsticks.
Si Qi just saw that his chopsticks and spicy chicken made Qingwen so uncomfortable, and he felt very guilty, so he made up his mind that he would never let Qingwen eat this spicy chicken again today, and he was ready to throw it away after a while, and bring some light food to Qingwen next time.
Suddenly, I saw that Qingwen's chopsticks were about to fall into the spicy chicken, so I hurriedly opened her chopsticks and said, "Sister, what are you doing?" ”
Qingwen pretended to be relaxed and said: "Just now, my sister didn't check for a while, so my sister wants to try again now." ”
Si Qi didn't know Qingwen's thoughts, she was afraid that she would feel guilty in her heart, so she took the risk of eating spicy again, so she was moved and said: "My sister knows that my sister is afraid that my sister will feel guilty so she continues to eat spicy, but my sister doesn't want my sister to be spicy again like just now, if my sister is really afraid that my sister will feel guilty, my sister will use tea instead of wine to make amends to my sister, and my sister will eat my sister's cup of tea." ”
Qingwen hurriedly took the tea handed by Si Qi and said, "Sister, I'm serious. So he drank all the tea in his hand.
Qingwen thought, this is true concern, sincere concern, will not make the other party feel embarrassed, just like she was afraid of being embarrassed by Si Qi just now, so she was very moved.
The two sisters continued to sit down to eat together, and after the meal, Qingwen and Si Qi packed up the dishes and put them in the food box, and Qingwen pulled Si Qi to send her, and she was almost sent to the Jinyuan Courtyard, only to be "rushed" back by Si Qi angrily.
When he returned to the courtyard, he saw that Musk Yue was the only one in the house urging the little maids to move books out, and there was no attacker, so he asked Musk Yue: "Where did the attacker go?" Why are you the only one moving books here? “
said that he was going to get an embroidered bandage, but when he went, there was no shadow, who knows where he went? Anyway, she is already a quasi-aunt, where can we take care of her. Musk Yue said half disdainfully and half speechlessly.
"You can't talk nonsense, my wife and my lord haven't spoken." Qingwen stepped forward and pulled Musk Yue away a little bit and said.
Musk Yue lowered her voice and secretly said to Qingwen: "Don't believe it, this is what I saw with my own eyes. “
As he spoke, he looked around again to make sure that no one was eavesdropping, and said sneakily: "I'll tell you, don't tell anyone else" Seeing Qingwen nodding, Musk Yue whispered to Qingwen what happened.
It turned out that last winter, because the plum blossoms in the courtyard were in full bloom in the East Mansion, Jia Zhen's wife, Mrs. You, hosted a wine banquet to invite Mrs. Jia Muxing, Mrs. Wang, and others in the West Mansion to enjoy the flowers.
Tea first and then wine, after the feast, Baoyu was sleepy and slept on Grandma Rong's bed.