swear not to be concubine

Chapter 9

Cui Liu didn't know why Jian Yan asked her to come over, and felt very disturbed.

When she entered the main room, she saluted Jian Yan forcefully and called a girl, then she didn't dare to look at Jian Yan, she just looked down at her own toes.

Today she was wearing a tooth-colored double-breasted jacket, a stone-blue pleated skirt, a plain white silver hairpin on her head, and a pair of silver lilacs on her ears. She looked very elegant and quiet.

Cui Liu is someone who knows how to dress herself up, Jian Yan thought in her heart, it's just that her appearance is bright and bright, which is more suitable for more delicate colors.Although the dress in front of her looked elegant, it still looked a bit old-fashioned on her.

But there is no other way. Speaking of which, Master Jian's Hundred Days Ceremony has passed, and it can be regarded as the hot filial piety period, but after all, it has not been a year yet, and no one in the whole house dares to wear too bright clothes.

"I called you here because I have something to tell you to do," Jian Yan said with a faint smile on her face, and said in a gentle voice, "I just put the winter plum in the vase, you take it to the young master, just say Let him keep it for fun when he is bored."

Cui Liu furtively raised her eyes to glance at Jian Yan, and saw that she was sitting on the kang, with a peaceful smile on her brows and eyes, not seeming to be annoyed.

The cold light in her eyes that night seemed to be just her own illusion.

Cui Liu regained her composure, answered yes respectfully, then bowed forward, took the plum vase on the kang table with both hands, turned and went out.

The big window on the kang is opened with a thin slit, and the scene inside the house can no longer be seen from the outside, but if one is careful, the people inside the house can clearly see all the scenes outside.

So Jian Yan saw Cui Liu holding the plum vase with both hands, but she didn't go out of the courtyard immediately to Jian Qing's place, instead she turned first and entered her own hut.But after a while, she came out with the plum vase in both hands, and then walked out of the courtyard.

Jian Yan looked away.

After Cui Liu went back to the house, she put on an autumn-colored makeup flower over the original jacket and skirt, and a primrose-yellow gauze pile flower was added to her hair bun as before, which made her look pale immediately. A lot more delicate and elegant.

Jian Yan remembered that Jian Qing came to her place a few days ago. Originally, after that night, if she hadn't taken the initiative to let someone pass the call, Cui Liu would seldom hang around in front of her.But that day, Cui Liu took the initiative to serve two cups of tea on a black lacquer tray, and even brought one cup to Jian Qing herself.

But serving tea was originally just the job of a little maid, so she didn't need to be a big maid to do it at all.And at that time Jian Yan was watching coldly, Cui Liu's dress was dressed with care, even the face was rubbed with rice flour and rouge, it was white and pink, as if the branches had just bloomed in March As delicate and charming as peach blossoms.

Jian Yan knew at that time that Cui Liu was probably interested in Jian Qing.

That's right, Jian Qingyuan was born delicate and handsome, and he was the only young master in this Jian's house, Cui Liu naturally hoped to climb up to his high branch.

Bai Wei has already dried the cloak and Guanyin bag, folded them carefully and put them in the suitcase.As soon as he turned around and saw the few wintersweets left on the Kang table, he asked, "Girl, which vase should I put these wintersweets in?"

Jian Yan recovered from the matter of Cui Liu, thought for a while, and then said: "I remember that there seems to be a flower cup with white glaze and blue flowers in our room? That's it."

Bai Wei then went to find the flower goblet and came out, filling half a bottle of water.Jian Yan asked her to find sulfur again, and sprinkled some into the water, so that no matter how cold the weather was, the water in the vase would not freeze.

After everything was done, Jian Yan casually gathered the few wintersweets on the kang table with her hands, and then inserted them all into the flower pot in front of her.

Jian Yan has read a post about color matching before, and knows that white + blue is one of the most classic combinations among all colors.But if there is only white + blue collocation, it is too simple and elegant, but if yellow elements are added to the white + blue, it will immediately become bright and fashionable.

And the flower goblet in front of it happens to be blue flowers on a white background, plus the golden wintersweet flowers, it looks really energetic.

Jian Yan nodded in satisfaction, then stood up, holding the flower goblet in both hands, and placed it on the side table with her own hands.

A room full of fragrance.

Bai Wei sighed in admiration: "The scent of wintersweet is indeed better than those of incense."

"Naturally," Jian Yan said with a smile, "One is a natural fragrance, and the other is a synthetic fragrance. How can it compare?"

Jian Yanfu sat back on the kang again, thought for a while, and then whispered to Bai Wei: "Last time Brother Zhou said that he had already copied a copy of the account book in the woolen shop quietly, but only checked it for many days. Didn't find anything wrong? I thought, since they have already wiped out the account, Brother Zhou will not find anything if he checks again. If this is the case, we might as well change it Find the way."

The cashmere shop is one of the properties of Jian's family. The store manager is Sun Wangcai, the son of Zhao's mother, Qian Laibao, Cui Liu's brother, is the accountant, and Zhou Lin is a clerk in the shop.Jian Yan wanted to bring down Mother Zhao and Cui Liu, and this wool shop was the best entry point.

"According to the girl, what should I do to investigate?" Bai Wei also asked softly.

Jian Yan glanced out the window, mother Zhao was nowhere to be seen, and Cui Liu hadn't come back yet.

"I heard Brother Zhou mentioned that the silk thread in this woolen shop is usually sold by Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao in Jiangsu and Zhejiang together, but last time the silk thread was sold by Qian Laibao alone in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. And ever since that time, Sun Wangcai has been at odds with Qian Laibao, and he has always tried to squeeze him in his words—this matter of selling silk thread, if he received it at a low price, he reported it to his mother at a high price. The profits are extremely lucrative. I figured that Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao must have made a lot of money from it over the years—not to mention, didn’t Brother Zhou say that both of them were quietly working in this city? He bought a good house? There are all maids and servants in the family, but they just hide it from their mother. The reason why Sun Wangcai often runs on Qian Laibao now is probably because he thinks that Qian Laibao was alone last time. I went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to sell silk thread, and I got a lot of oil and water, but I didn't share much with him, so I always had a knot in my heart, and I always disagreed with him in my words. I have also paid attention to it these days Now, usually Cui Liu is extremely respectful to Zhao's mother, and Zhao's mother talked and laughed with her, but now the two of them meet each other with cold faces, not saying a word, It must be because of Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao that the two families dislike each other."

Bai Wei listened carefully to Jian Yan's words, thought for a while, but still didn't quite understand, so she asked: "Young lady, what do you want Brother Zhou to check?"

"What I mean is that Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao have gone to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to sell silk thread over the years. It is impossible for the two of them to go. They must have brought a few guys with them, and they must be distributed to these guys. There will be less oil and water, and there will definitely be people who feel dissatisfied. So I thought, it is better to let Brother Zhou start with these guys. When it is time to spend money, let Brother Zhou not be soft, just take it from me. It must be Obtain witnesses and material evidence, and knock down Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao with one blow."

As long as the matter of Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao's profit-making in the woolen shop is exposed, then Mrs. Jian will be angry, and Cui Liu will be needless to say. I went to the house.

When Bai Wei heard this, there was some hesitation on her face.

"Girl, your money was exchanged for the things you embroidered day and night. If it's all used up, isn't it..."

Although Mrs. Jian has never been short of Jian Yan in jewelry, but the monthly allowance is very little.Originally, Jian Yan, a girl in the boudoir, didn't have any big expenses, but if she wanted to know some information about Mrs. Jian's daily life, she would have to spend money to manage things up and down to win people's hearts, and these monthly bills of money would not be enough.Unable to say, I had to embroider some items by myself, and entrusted Zhou Lin to sell them quietly outside for money.

"Good steel is used on the edge of the knife. You don't need money now, but when will you save it?" Jian Yan waved her hand, signaling that she shouldn't be distressed, "Money should be spent where it should be spent, otherwise it will be just a pile of dead things That’s all, it’s too much space to leave it alone.”

Bai Wei had no choice but to agree: "Yes. I will have someone tell the truth about what the girl said to Brother Zhou."

The two of them had just finished discussing the matter, and April also came over with lunch.

As usual, there are three more vegetarian dishes, half a bowl of round-grained rice, Jian Yan tastes like chewing wax, and I feel like the bird is about to fade out of my mouth.

After lunch, Jian Yan talked to Si Yue, asking her to walk around with the little maids in Mrs. Jian's room when she was free, and try her best to find out what's going on in the room recently.

It was Bai Wei who went to the kitchen to get the dinner, and as soon as Jian Yan entered the door, she saw a smile on her face.

"Girl, come quickly," she put the rosewood and vermilion lacquer carved food box in her hand on the round table, and said with a smile, "Today's dinner includes roasted pork with dried gourd sticks and a fish."

Rao Jian Yan was usually indifferent to emotions, but this time she walked over in two steps, and asked in surprise: "Really?"

Bai Wei looked a little sad.

Speaking of which, she is still a young lady, but the daily meals are so mediocre that she can't even see the traces of oil. Even the meals of the servants are not as good, and she doesn't know what the wife is thinking in her heart.

So Bai Wei's voice softened a bit: "Really."

For a while, his hands kept moving, and he swiftly lifted the lid of the food box, and brought all the food inside to the table.

A plate of roasted meat with dried gourd sticks, a plate of fish, and a plate of vegetarian stir-fried cucumber shreds.Even the staple food is not just a bowl of porridge as usual, but a bowl of solid white rice.

"According to Mama He in the kitchen, this is what Mama Shen specially ordered." Bai Wei sent Si Yue to watch the wind on the porch outside the house to prevent Mama Zhao from coming, and at the same time urged Jian Yan in a low voice, "Girl Eat it quickly. There is also a bag of jujube cake under this food box, which was also ordered by Shen's mother. You can keep it and eat it when you are hungry at night."

He smiled and said in a low voice: "It seems that the pair of knee pads that the girl sent out during the day have already taken effect."

Jian Yan couldn't wait a long time ago, she took the chopsticks and started to eat, she was quite voracious for a while.

Just eating and eating, tears suddenly rolled out without warning.

Thinking of her parents and elder brother doting on her like that in her previous life, even if she wanted the stars in the sky, she wished they could pick them for her, but in this life, even if she wanted to eat a meat dish, she had to try her best to please people .

But she quickly reached out to wipe away the tears on her face, comforting herself in her heart, it will pass, all sufferings will pass, and she will definitely live well in this other world.

It's just that tears rolled out uncontrollably, blurring his eyes.

(End of this chapter)