swear not to be concubine

Chapter 8

Hearing Jian Yan calling her, Shen's mother had no choice but to turn around, and asked with a smile: "Is there something else, girl?"

Bai Wei at the side was handing over something with both hands at this time, Shen's mother took a look, and saw that it was a pair of red satin knee pads with thread-stitched Ruyi patterns and Helu Tongchun.

Mother Shen was puzzled and looked up at Jian Yan.

Jian Yan smiled and said, "This pair of knee pads was made early in the morning, but I haven't had time to give them to Mother Shen. Coincidentally, I met Mother Shen here today, so it saves me from asking the maid to run around again."

Mother Shen looked at the crane, deer and pine trees embroidered on the knee pads. The colors are elegant and exquisite, and it took a lot of effort to think about it.

She immediately refused: "As a servant, I have already obtained a lot of things from the girl in the past, how dare I accept the things made by the girl now? It really beats me. Girl, please take it back."

"Mother Shen, please don't say that," Jian Yan took the pair of knee pads from Bai Wei's hand, then took the hand of Shen Mama and stuffed it into her hand, and said with a smile, "Mother likes to be quiet. I often bother her. You are an old man who takes care of your mother every day. Honoring you is the same as respecting your mother. You have to accept these knee pads. If you don’t, I will be annoyed. "

Afterwards, there was a hint of a little girl acting like a baby to her elders in her tone.

Mother Shen actually had a daughter before.It's just that the level of medical treatment these days is limited after all. It's nothing more than a small typhoid fever, and that little man didn't survive it.So when she suddenly heard Jian Yan acting like a baby to her, she suddenly felt a soft heart inexplicably.

So she didn't refuse anymore, took the pair of knee pads with both hands, and said in a low voice: "Then thank you girl."

With a faint smile on Jian Yan's face, she watched her walk away.

After she walked away, Siyue couldn't bear it after all, and asked, "Girl, why did you make knee pads for Shen's mother? She is the number one celebrity in front of my wife, don't you have anything? Why do you suffer for nothing?" eyes."

Although Jian Yan told Shen's mother that the pair of knee pads had already been made early in the morning, but in fact, it was just a rush to make them in the past two days.Just for this, if you look carefully, Jian Yan's eyes are still bloodshot.

Lamei was also broken, and the most important thing was that the knee pads were finally sent out without any traces and without attracting attention. Jian Yan took Bai Wei and Si Yue and turned around and went back slowly.

Listening to Si Yue's question, Jian Yan smiled and said, "Guess what?"

Si Yue shook her head when she heard the words, saying that she couldn't guess it.

Jian's family was originally rich and wealthy, and there were more maids and servants in the house than other big families in the same city, not to mention Shen's mother was the number one celebrity next to his wife, do you want anything good?Although the pair of knee pads made by Jian Yan are made of satin, and the embroidery on them is fine, but if you want to tell the truth, I'm afraid it won't catch Shen's mother's eyes, so Si Yue really doesn't understand why Jian Yan insists on Baba'er personally made a pair of knee pads for Shen's mother.If you have this skill, you might as well take a rest.

Bai Wei laughed at the side and said, "The things we make with our own hands show our girls' sincerity."

In April, I became even more confused.

Looking at Si Yue's dazed look, Jian Yan pursed her lips and smiled, but didn't say anything else.

She naturally knows that mother Shen has all kinds of good things, and it is precisely because she has everything that she has to make things for mother Shen from time to time.

Shen's mother's husband died, and her only daughter also died. In this world, it can be said that she has no relatives.Even if Mrs. Jane relied heavily on her, it would definitely not be the kind of equal and respectful dependence. She was just treating her like a trash can, and she would confide in her every day if she had any troubles.And it must be a one-way trash can. Mrs. Jane will never care about a maid, even if it is what the dowry maid who has followed her for decades is thinking.So even in the eyes of outsiders, Shen's mother has an important position in Jian's house, she should be living a good life, but no matter how rich she is materially, how can she be equal to being poor spiritually?If there was another person who cared about her at this time, even if it was only a little bit, it would be enough for Shen's mother to soften her heart.

Naturally, Jian Yan also knew that Shen's mother was a delicate and transparent person, she would not favor her side just because she did some small things for her from time to time, and would fight against Mrs. Jian from then on.Jian Yan only needs her to say a few good words for herself in front of Mrs. Jian when she occasionally has something to do.Even if she doesn't say good things, as long as she doesn't speak at critical times, just sit on the sidelines, and don't open her mouth to add fuel to the fire, then her knee pads and the like will not be in vain.

When we went back, it was snowing harder and harder.Jian Yan entered the room, and saw that Mother Zhao was not in the room, and she didn't know where she had gone, so she took off the cloak and Guanyin by herself, and handed them to Bai Wei.

Bai Wei took it, and then took the cloak and Guanyin bag to dry on the hand stove-even though there was an oil-paper umbrella blocking the way, it was inevitable that some snowflakes fell on the cloak and Guanyin bag.

When drying clothes every day, I will throw a piece of spices into the furnace, so that the whole room will be filled with fragrance, and the clothes will also have fragrance. The scent is gone.

Bai Wei opened the mahogany incense box on the table by the window, took a small piece of lily incense, and was about to throw it into the stove, but Jian Yan stopped her.

"The fragrance of wintersweet is already strong. If you smoke it again, you don't even need your nose. It's better not to smoke this lily fragrance for now."

Bai Wei put the lily incense in her hand back into the incense box according to her words, and started drying Jian Yan's clothes.Jian Yan, on the other hand, sat on the clinical kang, and ordered Si Yue to bring the white-glazed plum vase that was placed on the side shelf.

Si Yue agreed, tiptoed to take the plum vase off the shelf, went outside to fill half a bottle of water, and then put it on the kang table in front of Jian Yan.

Jian Yan had picked out a plum vase with a better shape and outline a long time ago. At this moment, she reached out and inserted it into the plum vase, looked at it carefully, and then used small silver scissors to cut off a few branches that she felt were not harmonious. The twigs and flowers, and then she put down the little silver scissors and said with a smile: "Okay. I can send it to my brother."

Over the years, because of Jian Yan's active approach, the relationship between her and Jian Qing is not bad.At least in the situation like last time, Jian Qing did not hesitate to be punished by Mrs. Jian, but also said a few words for her injustice.

Although what he said didn't have any effect in the end, it also proved that he had her sister in his heart, didn't it?And in the future, Jian Qing will be the master of the Jian family after all, and there is no harm in having a good relationship with him.

"Young lady's winter plum in a vase is so pretty," Si Yue boasted from the side, and then volunteered to say, "The servant girl sent this winter plum in a vase to the young master."

Jian Yan was only amused by her, she turned her head and smiled at Bai Wei: "Look at Si Yue's mouth, it's really sweeter than honey."

"That's not it," Bai Wei also said with a smile, "It doesn't matter what the girl does, she is sure that she is powerful and has the most discerning eyes. This little hoof is definitely a bear, eating honey every day Can't it work? Otherwise, why is this mouth so sweet?"

"Miss and Sister Baiwei are used to laughing at me," Siyue Guduo opened his mouth, and then laughed again, "Actually, I am not afraid of the jokes of Miss and Sister Baiwei when I say it. In the past, every time the girl sent me to give the young master something , the young master is very happy. When he is happy, he will reward me with a handful of copper coins. So in the future, I will be rewarded by the girl for such a good job as sending things to the young master. Sister Bai Wei, don't tell me Rob."

"I thought it would be so sweet because of a small mouth after eating honey, but after a long time, it was because of the copper coins." Bai Wei held Jian Yan's cloak and Guanyin bag in her hands, but still raised a hand with great effort, Stretched out his index finger and scratched his cheek a few times, shy to Siyue, "But are you ashamed?"

Si Yue snorted, turned her face away, and ignored Bai Wei.But there is still a little redness in the ears.

Seeing the two of them quarreling, Jian Yan couldn't help laughing, and said after laughing: "Bai Wei, you are used to bullying April, could it be that you don't like coins? I don't believe it. April , I remember that I had a pair of golden lantern earrings and a pair of golden gourd earrings in my makeup, you found them."

Si Yue followed her words and went to open the makeup box on the case, found out the two pairs of earrings, and brought them to Jian Yan.

Jian Yan glanced at the two pairs of earrings with Si Yue's hands, and then said: "I have never worn these two pairs of earrings. You are young in Si Yue, so you choose the one you like first, and the rest I'll give you one pair, Sister Baiwei."

The implication was to give this earring to Si Yue and Bai Wei.

April is a bit of a stay.She subconsciously looked at the two pairs of earrings in her hands.

These two pairs of earrings are not big, but they are exquisitely made.But this is gold, no matter how small the earrings are, at least one or two taels of gold must be spent, right?How much copper is this worth?She was a little hesitant to accept it for a while.

Bai Wei has been by Jian Yan's side for many years, so she knows her personality.Since she had already said that she would give these two pairs of earrings to her and Si Yue, it must not be just a show on the surface.Besides, Jian Yan only recently started to get close to Si Yue. Her actions also meant to win Si Yue over and make her more loyal to her from now on.

So Bai Wei smiled and said: "What is this? Usually, when the girl is happy, she will reward us with the whole golden hairpin. It's just a pair of gold earrings. April, since the girl asked you to pick it first, then you should hurry up." choose."

Si Yue hesitated to pick the pair of golden gourd earrings, handed the pair of golden lantern earrings to Bai Wei, and then saluted Jian Yan to thank her: "Thank you, Miss."

Jian Yan pursed her lips and smiled.

In her previous life, she was the old daughter of her parents, and her brother was ten years older than her. The whole family regarded her as the apple of their eye and loved her very much.It's not like she doesn't have expensive jewelry, so she doesn't pay much attention to these gold and silver things.

Besides, gold and silver are dead things, if they can't help her, she will really be given to some old man by Mrs. Jane as a concubine in the future, then what's the use of more gold and silver things?It's better to take it out now to buy people's hearts.

Seeing the faint joy and excitement on Si Yue's face, Jian Yan thought in her heart, this little maid is very clever, and she can teach her a little bit for her own use.But if you want to collect it for your own use, you must not be stingy with money first.

"April," Jian Yan called her with a smile, and ordered, "Go and call Cui Liu over. Then go to the kitchen and bring over lunch."

"Hey," Siyue agreed very crisply.She carefully put away the pair of golden gourd pendants in her hand, then turned around and closed the curtain to go to the small wing room to call Cui Liu.

At this moment, Bai Wei asked softly: "What did you call Cui Liu to do here?"

Ever since Cui Liu helped Zhao's mother search for Jian Yan's dress and jewelry last time, Jian Yan stopped shouting that Cui Liu was waiting by her side.Cui Liu also felt ashamed, and she was a little afraid of Jian Yan, so she simply didn't want to stay in her own small room when Jian Yan was calling, and would not easily come to the main room.But this girl at the meeting asked Siyue to ask her to come here for what?
Jian Yan stretched out her hand and fiddled with the branch of wintersweet in the plum vase in front of her, the smile on her lips reflected the faint snow light coming in from the window, it seemed a bit unpredictable: "I called her to let her Put this winter plum in a bottle and send it to my brother."

(End of this chapter)