The winter snow stopped, the sky was dark, and the house was bone-chilling. I flicked the black charcoal from the brazier with tongs, and the smoke blinded my eyes, choking and coughing, and my face was full of tears.

Ya'er was wearing a cyan cotton jacket embroidered with a small lotus, leaning close to the charcoal basin, and playing colorful silk in her hand.

She kept moving, turned her face to me, and said, "You are so delicate!" Even black charcoal can't burn, and I really don't have much to count on you. I endured the dazzling smoke, kept fiddling with the fire tongs, and said, "The charcoal fire is red and bright at a point, and it is so difficult to burn through like this, this is the first time I have seen it." Ya'er rolled her eyes and sneered: "You really think you are the master's miss" She spoke politely, but she didn't have a bad intention, tied the ribbon in a knot, threw it into the small bamboo basket, snatched the fire tongs from my hand, stirred it into the fire, and said: "The middle has to be empty, you are really piled up in a pile, of course it can't be burned!" She leaned over the brazier and blew into it so hard that the house was dusty, but the black charcoal was burning vigorously.

I choked uncomfortably, and the dust was fluttering, I was afraid of staining my hair and clothes, so I hurriedly ran to the window and said casually: "There is really a lot of dust, let Yu Zhu buy some good charcoal next time!" Ya'er said, "You can be content!" In the two years when Miss first bought Xiangyuan, I personally chopped the firewood in the kitchen, and it was so cold in winter that my hands were full of chilblains, and I didn't even have black charcoal in Miss's house! She stretched out her hands to show me, and sure enough, her hands were full of red sores, although the conditions are better now, and there is no need to be frozen in winter, but the frostbite that has grown will recur every year, and it will not work to wipe anything.

Ya'er instinctively stared at my hand, and said with a smile: "You really seem to be the life of the eldest lady, your hands are white and tender, and there are no scars at all." She grabbed my palm again and said, "Oh, I'm afraid I haven't even done needlework." I turned my hand left and right and said, "How do you see that?" Ya'er said: "People who often do needlework will have calluses on their hands. As we were talking, we heard a figure walk by under the window and say, "Who doesn't have calluses on their hands?" As soon as the curtain was lifted, it was Aunt Qin, who was in charge, who came.

Ya'er moved a chair and invited Aunt Qin to sit down, and said, "Who else can there be, naturally it is the eldest lady of our family." As he spoke, he glanced me up and down.

Aunt Qin glanced at me coldly and said, "Ya'er, you have some unfinished work, just leave it to her, she is idle anyway, and it is also a blessing to be able to learn to do things with you." Then he said to me, "There are two buckets of clothes hanging under the eaves of the verandah in the backyard, you can help me take them back." After a pause, Pi Xiaorou didn't smile and said: "Just take away the clothes, you won't come to Miss and accuse me of bullying you!" You can't be so shameless, I gave you a monthly silver yesterday, how many things have you done in January, you know in your heart, it is worth the two taels of silver that Miss gives you every month. "A good man doesn't suffer immediate losses, I am too lazy to worry about Aunt Qin, lest she make any waves and make Yu Zhu embarrassed.

I smiled reluctantly and said, "I'll go collect my clothes." After speaking, he walked out of the house as if fleeing for his life.

It's cold outside, but you don't have to look at people's faces. Yu Zhu and the servants usually wash their clothes separately, Aunt Qin manages all the affairs in the backyard, and the clothes of the servants are washed by her.

In the cold winter, the clothes dry quickly, and the clothes that were dried the night before are now completely dry.

The wind is strong under the corridor, and the slaves and maids are afraid that the clothes will be blown away by the wind, so they put the legs and trousers directly into the bamboo, so when collecting the clothes, they must remove each bamboo pole before they can take off the clothes.

I work very slowly, and my back hurts, and I don't know when I remember the low back pain, it seems to be ingrained, and as long as I use my waist, I will be careful.

I stood on the small bench to get my clothes, and the north wind blew, and my face felt like it had been cut by a knife, and it was sharp and painful.

A few days ago, Yu Zhu gave me two boxes of cream, and I applied a thick layer to my face, except for the greasy and greasy, the effect of preventing chapping is not good.

Ya'er had never used anything from Yu Zhu, and her rouge gouache was the worst on the street. I shared a room with her, and I mixed up my toiletries, clothes, etc., and once I found out that she had used my cream, and I gave it to her without thinking about it.

Ya'er was shocked and said, "You really don't want it?" This is for you, Miss! I don't like things that have been used by others, and besides, the smell is not very good, there is a smell of butter, so I said, "I have two boxes, and this box will be used by you." Ya'er was overjoyed, and a little embarrassed, and smiled: "Thank you." "There were a few screams in the wind, I was not surprised, this is a brothel after all, although it is elegant and noble on the surface, and there is no cheesy of the Qinglou, but no matter what is used to cover it, it cannot hide its essence.

In addition to Yu Zhu in Xiangyuan, there are also a few girls who serve tea to pick up guests, they will not be listed, but if they are favored by guests, they will not refuse to accompany the night.

I thought there were guests in the garden, so when I heard the noise in the front yard, I didn't pay attention to it.

A few small servants ran out of the low house, and rushed to the front yard, and two more grandmothers walked briskly and said, "Why are you still collecting clothes?" I saw that their faces were flustered, holding their green shirts and cloth in their arms, and asked, "What's the matter?" Mama didn't stop, and said, "I heard Xiao Jiuzi say that someone in the government came to arrest someone, and Miss asked everyone to go to the compound." I jumped off the small bench and said, "You wait for me, wait for me to hand over the clothes to Aunt Qin" Mama said: "Aunt Qin must have gone to the front yard a long time ago, you take your time, let's go first." "I don't know what happened, it stands to reason that Yu Zhu is operating properly and has not violated the laws of the Qing Dynasty.

Besides, she has a close relationship with the ministers of the imperial court, even if there is really something, she should have gotten the news early, and she should not let the officers and soldiers break in without being prepared for everything like this at this time.

Suddenly snow particles fell from the sky, hitting the eaves one by one, like salt and sugar. I carried my clothes and walked down the corridor to the front yard, which was empty, and I didn't know where everyone had gone.

I followed the sound all the way to the courtyard of Yu Zhu, and vaguely saw through the cracks that all the people in the incense garden were kneeling in the snow and shivering, I couldn't help but pause, and I didn't know whether to break in for a while.

At this time, there was a person wrapped in a tiger skin coat and walked in front of Yu Zhu, he was tall and majestic, my mind was stagnant, and I always felt that this back had been seen somewhere.

The man's voice was so light that he couldn't hear his emotions, and he said, "Have you ever seen the person in the painting?" As he spoke, a guard in armor stepped forward and held up a drawing of the portrait, Yu Zhu looked up, and said with a determined look: "Yu Zhu has never seen it." After a pause, he said proudly: "I have also made friends with the ministers of the six departments of the Three Academies, but I have never met you, my lord. I don't know where the lord is sacred, suddenly broke into the incense garden, and let us kneel in the snow for no reason" Someone on the side of him screamed: "Bold, dare to be rude to the fourteenth Belle Lord, and don't you confess your guilt quickly?" Saying this, Yu Zhu looked at the formation, knew that what he said was true, and was surprised and happy in his heart, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Please say hello to the fourteenth master, the fourteenth master is auspicious." In her opinion, as a man, since he came to her incense garden, it was impossible to go back in vain.

The look on Fourteen's face was gloomier than the dark clouds in the sky, and snow particles fell from the sky, hitting him in the face, and he ordered the guards to take the drawings and let every slave in the garden recognize them.

He didn't look at Yu Zhu, standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, like a relict immortal, without the slightest smell of fireworks and worldliness.

Finally, someone was hesitant, I don't know whether he was scared or shivering with cold, he trembled and said, "Isn't this her?" "Yu Zhu picked me up for more than half a year, and he didn't give me a random name, and the people in the yard only called me me

"She". When I hid behind the door and listened, I immediately understood, kicked with my foot, opened the corner door, stood by the threshold, and said, "Are you looking for me?" The man in the tiger skin coat turned around suddenly, and before I could react, he had already rushed forward, buried his face in my shoulder through my full clothes, and muttered, "I can't be dreaming, right?" "I stood still, and although I don't remember who he was, the smell of his body felt familiar and familiar to me.

I was about to say something when another old man pounced, snorting and tearing, and cried, "Vivi, Amako has found you. I was a little overwhelmed, struggled slightly, and asked Fourteen with a raised face, "Who are you?" Fourteen's body seemed to stiffen, slowly raised his head, looked at me for a while, and then whispered: "I know why you are in the capital and not going home." And he said, "What are you doing with so many clothes?" I told the truth: "The clothes are dry, and the lady in charge asked me to take them back into the room." Then he stubbornly asked, "Who are you?" Fourteen took off his tiger skin coat, draped it over my shoulder, took my hand, and said, "Let's go home and talk." He pulled slightly, my hands loosened, and all my clothes fell to the ground, I thought to myself, this is over, Aunt Qin will definitely take this opportunity to teach me a lesson, so I shook my hands and bent down to pick up my clothes.

Before his waist went down, Fourteen hurriedly said, "What are you doing?" If you stay, you have to shout about back pain. I was stunned and said, "Do you know that my back hurts?" He smiled calmly and said, "If my clothes are wet, Aunt Qin will scold me." Fourteen suddenly smoked, turned his cold face, glanced at the ground, and said, "Who wants to scold you?" I subconsciously pointed and said, "It's her!" The one kneeling next to Yu Zhu, she is the lady in charge of the backyard, as long as I don't do a little bit of things, she will scold me, it is windy and snowy, and she still asks me to collect my clothes. "Hey, actually, I don't know, why did I file a lawsuit.

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