swear not to be concubine

Chapter 6

Zhao's mother put away all the previous cautious and flustered expressions on her face, straightened her waist, pointed to the dresses on the table and said: "The styles of these dresses are a bit outdated, I guess the girl is too." I don’t want to wear it anymore. If I hadn’t, I’d have taken it out now, saving space in the cabinet. There are also a few pieces of gold jewelry, the color is not as bright as before, it should be taken out for frying Just blow it up."

Among the few dresses on the table, except for the pomegranate red jacket with persimmon stem pattern and folded branches, which was made last winter and Jian Yan wore it two or three times, the other three were all made this summer. It's just because Master Jian just let go immediately, and it's hot Xiaozhong, so why would he wear such bright colors?So Jian Yan never wore it once.

As for those pieces of gold jewellery, Jian Yan followed Mother Zhao's fingers and looked over. Reflected by the candlelight, it was so bright yellow that she dared not look directly at it.

Jian Yan handed the small copper fire chopsticks in her hand to Siyue who was standing beside her, and looked up at Mother Zhao with a light smile on her face: "Father's funeral, I don't have the mood to care about whether these laborious styles are out of date, Is the color bright or not? Well, since Mother Zhao said so, I guess these are not good things. I gave all these things to the beggars on the street in the days, just as if I hired someone to engrave a few volumes of scriptures for my father, which is always my filial piety as a daughter. But for now, Mother Zhao still puts these things on the table for the time being. Don't move here, father has just passed a hundred days, if mother knows that I despise outdated dresses and want to fry gold jewelry, I'm afraid she will say that I am not filial."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhao's mother's face became a little ugly.

She originally wanted to take these dresses and jewelry for her own wife and daughter. It's not like she hasn't done such a thing before, and she made all kinds of excuses. Jian Yan didn't care too much, and let her take it away .At that time, she only said that Jian Yan was easy to manipulate, and she became more and more courageous.But now that Jian Yan said so lightly and cleverly, although she couldn't take the things away, she was secretly scolded by her.

Doesn't the meaning of her words mean that she doesn't like these things, and they are only suitable for those beggars on the street to wear?They compared their whole family to beggars.It's just that even so, Zhao's mother is not easy to have a seizure.

How did it happen?She couldn't find any faults in Jian Yan's words to refute, and if it really made a big deal, it got into the ears of the wife, followed the clues, and found out that she had taken it from Jian Yan privately in the past. There are so many things, my wife is not a person who will miss old love, and the nursing home will definitely get her whipped with a board.

"What the girl said is," Zhao's mother could only reluctantly agree, but she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, so she thought about leaving, "It's late at night, girl, let's rest earlier, I This is quitting."

When Zhao's mother was young, Mrs. Jane was in charge. She married the housekeeper of Jian's house. She was very respectable. Now the whole family has a house outside, but they only come in to serve during the day, and they still belong to themselves at night. Go to rest in the house.

Jian Yan nodded, and then instructed Si Yue: "Pick up the lantern and send Mama Zhao a ride."

Si Yue agreed, raised the lantern, went two steps ahead and opened the padded door curtain, and was about to send Mama Zhao out when Mama Zhao suddenly turned her head and said, "Madam Zhao has ordered , the girl has to apply jasmine powder all over her body every night before going to bed, it can make the skin fair and smooth, don't forget, girl."

Jian Yan curled her hands on the small hand stove, her fingers tightly digging at the pattern of copper coins on it, but she still nodded with her usual expression on her face.

Only then did Mother Zhao turn around and leave, still thinking in her heart, what kind of girl's score is there in front of her?The wife just raised you like a baby or a prostitute, no matter how white and smooth you are with some good jasmine powder, in the end it's just for old men to touch you.

Once Mother Zhao left, there were only three people left in the room, Jian Yan, Bai Wei and Cui Liu.

Cui Liu was already pale with fright earlier, standing there helpless, now when Mother Zhao left, she became more and more nervous.

She stole a glance at Jian Yan, and saw that she was also looking at her, with no expression on her face, but her eyes were a little colder than the ice skates hanging on the eaves outside.

Cui Liu was stared at by her cold eyes, even in such a cold day, a fine layer of sweat still leaked out from the palm of her hand, her legs went limp, and she knelt down uncontrollably.

"Girl," she stepped forward on two knees, explaining anxiously, "The maidservant didn't want to rummage through the girl's things, it was because Mother Zhao forced me just now, so I..."

"Forget it," Jian Yan suddenly interrupted her, and turned her head away, "I'm tired too, you go fetch water and come over to wash me up."

Cui Liu was startled instead, as if she didn't expect Jian Yan to let her go so easily.After a while, she agreed, got up and opened the curtain, and hurried away.

Bai Wei was very upset. As soon as Cui Liu left, she said softly: "The girl just let Zhao Mama and Cui Liu go so easily? The dresses that Zhao Mama said were outdated and the color of the jewelry was not good enough." Brightness is just used to deceive the girl. If she was taught to take these things out, wouldn’t it be like a meat bun beating a dog and never returning? It would be cheaper for her daughter-in-law and daughter. As for Cui Liu, Obviously seeing that the girl is not favored by the wife, I want to please Mother Zhao and let her climb another high branch."

"Of course I know," Jian Yan sighed, "I want to get rid of Mama Zhao and Cui Liu more than you do, but what's the use? What Mama Zhao said just now is for the sake of her on the surface. I think about it, you can't find any fault in her. Besides, she is mother's dowry maid, and she has been with mother for decades, but she made a fuss in front of mother. It's not necessarily her or me that mother should punish. .”

No matter how good-tempered Bai Wei is usually, she couldn't help being annoyed at this meeting.

"Then what should we do? Just let Mother Zhao bully us like this?"

"Of course it's impossible," Jian Yan said slowly, her brows gradually turned cold, "It's just that we have to find a solution once and for all."

It's not difficult to send Mother Zhao out of her yard, but the hard part is how to make Mrs. Jian stop placing stakes in her yard in the future.Otherwise, what's the use of sending away a mother Zhao and bringing in another mother Li or something like that?Isn't she still living under Mrs. Jane's eyes every day?So you have to find a suitable opportunity and hit it with one hit.

And this opportunity came soon.

Mrs. Jian was leaning on the kang, holding a small hand stove in her hand, watching through the window those rough servants sweeping the snow in the yard.

The little maid served the tea, she picked it up and took a sip, then frowned, disdainful: "What kind of water is used to make this? The smell of the water is so strong that it covers up the fragrance of the tea."

Shen's mother has followed Mrs. Jian for decades, so she naturally knows her mind clearly, and immediately followed her mind and said: "If you want to say the water for making tea, the Yuquan water in Yuquan Mountain is the best. See It’s as clear as jade, boiled to make tea, it’s the most honest and sweet.”

This Yuquan mountain is located on the outskirts of the capital, and there are springs everywhere in the mountains, and the water is clear and green.

Mrs. Jian showed a few smiles on her face, and put the tea cup in her hand on the small table beside her, and smiled at Shen's mother: "I remembered it when you said it. Remember when I made a tea cup?" During my daughter’s meeting, one spring day I went out with my mother to Yuquan Mountain for an outing. At that time, I had heard that the Yuquan water was the best for making tea, so I brought two big clay pots there early in the morning. Just to bring back some jade spring water."

"That's right," Shen's mother also laughed, "This servant also remembers this. At that time, the young master was still laughing at you, saying that today he was out for an outing to enjoy the scenery, but you are lucky, but you came to fill the water and go back. There is no As for the water, do you still have to rush here to fill it? But when you go back and boil this Yuquan water to make Yangxian tea, and invite the young master to drink it, the young master immediately gave you a thumbs up, saying that you You are well-read and knowledgeable, and later even the master praised you."

The smile on Mrs. Jane's face deepened for a while, but after a while it turned into a mournful expression, and she sighed: "My mother gave birth to me and my younger brother. I don't think that my younger brother is unlucky. At the age of 30, I went with my parents, but I was left alone in this world."

"Ma'am, don't be sad either," Shen's mother comforted, "Didn't the young master leave behind a young young master? It can be regarded as a successor."

Speaking of her nephew, Mrs. Jane finally showed another smile on her face.

"This nephew of mine is a very competitive one. He passed the scholar examination at a young age. He was still a granary student and entered a government school. According to a letter from his younger siblings, the master said that his essays are ready, and next year will be the year of the provincial examination. I'm afraid Can't you win a Juren?"

Shen's mother was also delighted when she heard this: "Young Master, if you pass the Juren examination next year, if you pass the Jinshi examination in the next year's general examination, if you win the favor of a sage in the palace examination and become the number one scholar, won't our family be able to prosper again? "

"Yes," Mrs. Jane nodded with a smile, "If it can be like this, it will be great, and the parents and younger brother will also be happy down here."

Speaking of this, she thought of Jian Qing again, so she frowned and said: "Speaking of which, Qing'er is half a year older than my nephew, but she has never even been a child until now. "

"Brother Qing's talent is also clever," Shen's mother comforted Mrs. Jian, "It's just a wife, not a servant, our place is not a good place, it starts to snow in August, even if there are such celebrities I also don't want to come. The school that the young master attends now is the best school in our place, but the master there is just like that. How can it compare with the school that the young master attends? If the young man is in the capital now, I'm afraid Everyone has already passed the mark.”

Mrs. Jian naturally agreed with what Shen's mother said: "I think so too. What is there to miss in such a dilapidated place? What I mean is to sell all the property and ancestral house here, and then move to the capital city Go, donate a prison for Qing'er in the Guozijian, wouldn't it be better to study there than here?"

(End of this chapter)