Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 111 Daughter's Mind
"Sister..." Putting a hand on her shoulder, Xue Wanying turned her head and looked at Gu Sixiao's smiling face. She was startled and then relieved. Someone was still standing with her.

But immediately, she became angry from embarrassment, "Take your hands away! Who told you to touch me."

Smiling and moving her hands away, Gu Sixiao didn't seem to care at all, but Lin Mo Niang who turned around frowned.

"Miss Xue San, Sister Hua'er is devoted to you, how can you be so unreasonable? Could it be that Sister Hua'er did it for nothing to protect you from injury?"

When Lin Moniang mentioned Gu Sixiao's injury, Xue Wanying's expression darkened.

His mouth moved slightly, although he was apologetic, he still didn't say anything, he just turned his head away awkwardly.

Gu Sixiao didn't force her to apologize, she just held Lin Mo Niang's hand with a smile, and said with a smile: "Sister Mo Niang treated me so well, she stayed here and waited for me."

"I don't like to listen to operas." Lin Mo Niang smiled, looked at Gu Sixiao and said, "I don't know why, but I just feel like old friends with you. Xu, is it a kind of fate? In previous lives, maybe we were sisters!"

"It's really possible!" Gu Sixiao followed her words, smiling happily, but her eyes were indifferent.

"I haven't congratulated my sister yet!"

"Congratulations?" Lin Mo Niang's expression was slightly gloomy, not as blushing just now, but this meeting is really sad.

There are not many people left in the back garden, except for the servants and girls, there are only Lin Mo Niang and the two sisters of the Xue family.

Lin Mo Niang also stopped smiling like before, "It is said that it is good to marry into a noble family, but who knows the pain?!"

Sighing softly, she said with a wry smile: "Just now Yurong said that you are merchant women, but in fact, squires like us, in the eyes of those noble families, are nothing more than wealthy landowners. The door is wrong, the household is wrong, how can... "

Speaking of this, Lin Mo Niang wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said with a wry smile: "To tell the truth, my sister, I haven't smiled for a long time since I knew about this marriage."

But it turned out that it was not the young girl who forced herself to express her sorrow because of the new poems, but she was really suffering from her own heart, which made her so depressed.

Gu Sixiao's heart moved slightly, holding Lin Moniang's hand, and persuading: "Maybe it's not what my sister thinks? Even if it's a high-ranking family, it's not that there are no good people like that. Or Wu Zhangchang The joy of thrushing eyebrows always has the feeling of raising eyebrows..."

Before she finished speaking, she covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Sister, don't think I'm being blunt. After all, I've been living outside for a long time."

In her previous life, she would never have dared to say that, and she would have blushed like Lin Mo Niang.

Because of what she said later, Lin Mo Niang still raised her head.

Looking at Gu Sixiao, she smiled and said, "Sister speaks straightforwardly, how could I blame you? In fact, I don't know why, but I just told my sister what was on my mind. These words, even my mother, I don't agree with you." Dare to speak."

"My grandfather's house is very well-regulated. I have only been there once, and I feel depressed. It is only a third-rank official. One can imagine what it looks like in the Hou's mansion."

"Hou Mansion?" Wei Dao said it was a high school.

Gu Sixiao asked with a smile: "I don't know which one? I heard that the emperor attaches great importance to meritorious families and has always given preferential treatment to these marquises."

"Even my younger sister knows..." Lin Mo Niang laughed when she heard the words, "The marriage you are talking about is the only son of the Marquis of Jianchang. If you say that this Marquis is nothing, he is just a third-class Marquis, but this Marquis's mansion is full of people. Little lady, she is the current crown prince and concubine..."

Stunned for a moment, Gu Sixiao thought to herself, no wonder Lin Mo Niang felt overwhelmed and feared that there would be discord in the future.

This concubine is the elder sister-in-law, and if the crown prince ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor in the future, that son-in-law will be the uncle of the country.

Such a disciple is indeed taller.

"Although my maternal grandfather's family is a family of officials, but the ancestor's family is just a squire. I don't know why the Marquis Mansion chose me after a long distance—could it be, that son, suffering from..."

Sudden silence, Lin Mo Niang covered her mouth, stopped talking, and looked at Gu Sixiao with some confusion. Although she didn't speak, it meant that she was begging her not to speak out.

Gu Sixiao pretended not to see it, but still smiled and said: "I think, it must be my sister who is famous far and wide, and that's why the Hou Fu fell in love with my sister..."

It was as if she hadn't heard what Lin Mo Niang had said.

Lin Mo Niang breathed a sigh of relief, feeling both relaxed and sad, "You will comfort me..."

But what else can I do besides comfort like this?

The whole family was looking forward to this marriage, even the prefect asked his wife to congratulate him in person.

Her opinion was ignored at all.Who knew that she was sleepless in the middle of the night, and the more she thought about it, the more panicked she became!

I thought that the son had a hidden disease, or was a villain at all, and no one in the capital would marry, so I chose her...

But how dare you say these words indiscriminately?If it was spread to Beijing, let alone her family, even the grandfather's family would not be able to bear the blame.

Feeling sad, Lin Mo Niang cheered up, talked and laughed with Gu Sixiao, and put the matter aside.

When Gu Sixiao was talking to Lin Moniang, Xue Wanying didn't come forward, but although she was far away, she could vaguely hear some of it.

On the way home, she leaned against the window, silently looking at the crowd outside the window, suddenly turned her head, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Mo Niang is not happy to be married to such a noble family, but she is really happy to marry a businessman." ?”

Looking up at her, Gu Sixiao was a little dazed, "I don't think it's because of the businessman or the prince, it's just that I'm worried about the future."

"Yeah, I'm worried..." Xue Wanying, who had always been so energetic, was actually feeling sad at the moment, "Who knows what kind of person he will marry in the future? If he knew who he was early on, and he was his favorite , it’s different.”

Looking at her dejected expression, Gu Sixiao suddenly remembered the past for some reason.

"Yeah, if you know who it is and you like it, it will be different..."

At that time, she knew that she was going to marry brother Meng Sheng, and she was full of joy, but she never felt any anxiety or anxiety.

Hearing her faint tone, Xue Wanying glared at her, "Didn't you say that you never thought about getting married? You would deceive people..."

After scolding, she leaned on the back of her hand and murmured in a low voice, "Actually, I don't want to marry into a noble family, so what about a businessman, it's him, I am willing!"

Seeing her in a trance, with tears in her eyes, it didn't seem like she was just feeling emotional.

This is clearly...

Blinking her eyes, Gu Sixiao suddenly thought of Li Chongyang.

She was suspicious then, but now it seems that the person who made Xue Wanying willing is really Li Chongyang.

It's really too entangled, such things as sisters robbing a husband...

Shaking her head, Gu Sixiao thought to herself, it really doesn't stop anywhere.It is the Xue family, there are no three wives and four concubines competing for favor. It seems simple, but it is not peaceful.

She is the legendary illegitimate daughter from outside, maybe she is also a mess in the eyes of others, right?
Thinking so, she sighed in her heart.

In fact, just like Mrs. Xue, she also felt that she might not really be Xue Wen's daughter, but she didn't know why Xue Wen recognized her so definitely.

However, these are not important anymore. On the contrary, now that she stays at Xue's house and has the opportunity to study again, she is naturally happy to let it be.

After the flower viewing feast at Lin's house, she went to Yinlou to study business during the day, and learned crafts with Xue Wen at night.

In addition to carving, I also learned the skills needed to make jewelry, such as melting gold, pinching flowers, filling silk, stacking, inlaying, etc.

Although these techniques are generally not used in fan making, there are exceptions, such as the Qibao Peach Blossom Fan, which is inlaid with various jewels.

Sculpture here is the hardest thing to learn, even if she has some foundation before, it is still difficult to learn, less than half a month later, her hands have already been scarred by carving knives.That's it, and it's just a beginner, like Xue Wen's best micro-carving, I don't know how long it will take to learn it.

Xue Wanying looked at her hands, and snorted straight through her nose, "Take good hands, hurt like that, uglier than chicken feet, don't be disgusted by your husband in the future!"

Although her words were still harsh, Xue Wanying treated her much better.

These words sound like mocking, but they are actually concerned about her.

Gu Sixiao could hear it, and smiled even brighter, "Isn't that what learning a craft is like, I'm not afraid of being rejected by any man, as long as my sister doesn't hate me."

After hearing this, Xue Wanying just rolled her eyes at her, waved her fan, turned around and left without answering.

That fan was made by Gu Sixiao in her free time, not only for Xue Wanying, but also for all the women in Xue's family.

She also made the fan that He Yue had promised, but when she delivered it herself, she was rejected.

The old man guarding the back door didn't even let her in, but let her stand under the sun.

"Does everyone enter our house? Sending things? Don't talk about people, even things don't come in casually."

The words were very rude, and when she was asked from the mansion, although she was a little more polite, she still didn't let her in.

"Leave your things, our wife is busy and has no time to see you."

While talking, he handed over a piece of silver, at least a tael of silver.

It is enough to buy an ordinary round fan on the street, but she is not here to sell things.

Smiling and shaking her head, Gu Sixiao put down the box, and said lightly: "I gave this to Miss He, and it's not for sale. How can I collect money? Please return it on your behalf."

While talking, he grabbed some copper coins from his purse and sent them to the old man.

The old Cangtou watched Gu Sixiao leave, weighed the money in his hand, thought and thought, and finally gave up the idea of ​​greedy for the two silver coins.

Since it is said to be a gift for the little lady, maybe he really knows the little lady.

In case we meet again in the future and miss the point, he will not be a good man.

Thinking like this in my heart, I felt a pity, "Who would know? Really, this silver dime is for nothing..."

Shaking his head, he turned into the mansion, turned around and handed the money to the gatekeeper's mother on the second gate.

The mother also frowned, "Really don't want it? This little lady is really weird——Okay, I understand, now go back to Madam."

With the box in hand, she turned around and went to the inner courtyard, complaining, and took out another piece of broken silver from her sleeve pocket, "Really, if the good silver is not accepted, I will also be empty-handed."

In this way, Gu Sixiao's fan was delivered to Mrs. He after all. When she opened the fan box and looked at the exquisite fan inside, Mrs. He sighed heavily.

After sending the big girl to collect the money, she thought again and again, and then closed the fan box, "Don't tell the little lady about this, if anyone misses the point, drag it out and deal with it..."

(End of this chapter)