Going around and around this day, Tao Yao only felt like a numb heart, and when she returned to Ziya Pavilion, who would have thought that Zheng Qiaoyan would be waiting for her in the house.

Wu Yan's injury is almost healed, and now she is standing beside Zheng Qiaoyan, watching Zheng Qiaoyan sitting there drinking tea slowly, Zheng Qiaoyan has a proud look between her eyebrows and eyes, and she doesn't know what she is talking to her.

As soon as she saw Tao Yao coming back, Zheng Qiaoyan hurriedly stepped forward and pulled her over to sit, and asked with concern: "I heard about you at home early this morning, are you okay?" Can it hurt? ”

Tao Yao never thought that Zheng Qiaoyan cared about herself so much, and was a little flattered, so she only smiled at her reluctantly, and said, "I'm fine, I'm not injured, but my coachman was injured, so I came back earlier and let him rest." ”

Zheng Qiaoyan is the young lady of the prefect's house, she has never sat in the boudoir, except for listening to the play, she has never seen such a confrontation between the two armies,-for-tat, and the use of force.

Tao Yao is helpless, this girl still comes to listen to gossip.

was entangled by her, so she had to cover up Chu Ping's part and tell her carefully. Zheng Qiaoyan only hated that she didn't have a melon seed fruit plate at hand, admiring the thrilling excitement on the one hand, and praising Taoyao for her wit and courage on the other hand, her eyes were shining, and she listened to a big drama alive.

When he was about to leave, he said to Tao Yao: "These people are really bold, they dare to block the road and rob." Don't worry, I will let the servants take those who have bullied you, arrest them and put them in prison, and when the time comes, they will fight or kill, and they will listen to you. ”

Tao Yao glanced at Wu Yan, who was standing aside and bowing her head silently, but smiled slightly at Zheng Qiaoyan: "Thank you for bothering." ”

Zheng Qiaoyan also asked Tao Yao for credit, she heard about this at home, so she came to ask Tao Yao alone, and she never let the girls and ladies of Zi Silk Pavilion know that no one would talk about Tao Yao behind her back.

Tao Yao thanked her, but once again she couldn't help but glance at Wu Yan who was standing aside, she still lowered her head, twisted the corners of her clothes with both hands, and lowered her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.

It was easy to get back to Zheng Qiaoyan in every detail, and finally sent away the melon-eating masses.

Tao Yao cautiously stepped forward to ask Wu Yan, "Are you okay?" Qiaoyan is this kind of character, you know, she is young and straightforward, but she doesn't have any bad intentions. ”

Wu Yan bit her lip and said after a while: "I'm sorry, I've thought about it." ”

Tao Yao looked at her solemn expression and asked with some surprise, "What have you thought of?" ”

Wu Yan hesitated slightly, and then said, "About the future you said." ”

Saying that, Wu Yan took out the deed of sale that Tao Yao returned to her a few days ago from her arms and handed it to Tao Yao: "I am willing to follow you and be a maid for you." ”

I don't know if it's because Zheng Qiaoyan told her something, or if she figured it out herself, Tao Yao looked at the deed of sale handed over by Wu Yan, and she was still a little apprehensive about suddenly having a maid with such an identity.

Tao Yao didn't take it immediately, but stared at Wu Yan seriously and asked, "If you want to follow me now, what about the future?" What are your plans for the future? ”

Wu Yan was a little embarrassed, and Tao Yao didn't urge her, but waited quietly for Wu Yan to slowly make up her mind, and then finally said: "I plan to follow you to continue to learn art in Ziya Pavilion, I can make some handkerchiefs and sell them for some money in my spare time."

I want to save some money, and when I have enough money, if you will let me go, I will redeem myself and open a needlework shop, so that I can support myself. ”

Tao Yao listened to Wu Yan's plan, and was happy for her, she had a plan in her heart, and she would not rely on herself for the rest of her life in the future, and she had to plan for her in everything.

Tao Yao said with a smile: "Your calculation is the same as Wanrong's. Very good, I should come down to you now, and when you have slowly saved enough money, and when you feel that you are enough to open a shop, tell me that I will let you go.

And I don't want your ransom money. For when I bought you today, I did not give you any money. ”

Tao Yao thought about it for a while, suddenly got up, went to his silver box, took out five taels of silver, and brought it to Wu Yan, and said: "Since you are willing to follow me, I don't have any silver, after all, it is not good, you take these five taels of silver, it is considered that I have invested in your shop, if you really open it in the future, remember to give me two pieces of cloth as a bonus during the New Year's Festival." ”

Wu Yan excused herself: "I will give you cloth for a certain amount, I can't take this silver, you have already taken such a big risk for me outside today, if it weren't for Master Liu who happened to let the two little guys accompany him, I don't know what kind of trouble would happen." This is what I owe you, and I will remember it for the rest of my life, and I will pay you back in the future. ”

Tao Yao said: "If you really miss me, it's fine, if Qiaoyan told you something, you don't have to take it to heart." If you work as a maid for me for a few years, you can be regarded as returning the favor.

Let's talk about your plans for the future. Your daughter's family is helpless, and it is not easy to open your own shop, besides, once you are in Hangzhou, if you do not have a reliable person to protect you, it is inevitable that your father and uncle will come to the door again.

If you want, I can take you back to Taoyuan, in our Taoyuan County, with my uncle and grandfather to support you, no one dares to come to you for trouble.

Let the second aunt tell you about good family affairs, and your children can also go to my father's library to study, maybe you can get famous, and you will have something to rely on. ”

Wu Yan looked at Tao Yao gratefully, she calculated her future so beautifully, better than she thought about herself, Wu Yan seemed to see the hope of the day all of a sudden, sure enough, as long as she passed this hurdle, life would always be better.

Wu Yan's eyes reddened: "Yes!" Miss Xie did it for me. ”

Having said this, Tao Yao took Wu Yan's deed of sale, and carefully folded it and put it away: "Since you can trust me, then I will accept your deed of sale, and one day in the future, if you come to ask me, I will return it to you." ”

Wu Yan nodded in response: "Yes, Miss Xie is willing to take me in." ”

The two were talking, and suddenly there was a knock on the door outside, Tao Yao was about to get up and open the door, but Wu Yan touched her tears, stopped Tao Yao, and said, "Girl, I'm coming." ”

As he spoke, he went to open the door by himself, and saw that it turned out to be the mother-in-law of the Purple Silk Pavilion who brought lunch with a food box.

Originally, the ladies of each family had three meals a day in the Purple Silk Pavilion, and the Purple Silk Pavilion was prepared, but if the ladies were not in the pavilion when they were resting, they could inform the small kitchen of the Purple Silk Pavilion, and they would not be prepared there.

Today, Tao Yao went out, and I didn't know if I would come back for dinner at noon, so I didn't inform the small kitchen, thinking that even if I didn't come back, lunch could be left for Wu Yan to eat.

Now that she is back, Wu Yan took the food box by herself, thanked the mother-in-law who delivered the meal, and set it up for Tao Yao on the table.

Tao Yao greeted her as usual: "Let's eat together." ”

Wu Yan hesitated for a moment, but said, "The girl eats first, and I'll wait for the girl to finish eating." ”

Tao Yao just wanted her not to see her like this, but after thinking about it, if she really bought a maid for five taels of silver, it should indeed be like this, and she couldn't eat at the same table with the maid.

It's just that this person used to be his classmate, Wu Yan, so he really did what Zheng Qiaoyan said, and he couldn't wipe his face to call her.

But this is not a long-term solution after all, this is the path she chose herself, Tao Yao should respect her choice, if one day, Wu Yan said to herself, she doesn't want to be a maid for herself, then, Tao Yao can let her go at any time.

However, as long as she is willing to be her maid for a day, then she and she will have the distinction of master and servant, if you have to make any sisterly affection, it will mess up the order and inferiority, making the two get along more awkwardly.

Tao Yao nodded at Wu Yan and responded gently: "Okay." ”

After that, he picked up his chopsticks and ate them.