Value peace

Chapter 68 Plan ahead

Whelan blushed: "Young lady is just talking, Madam is still up to her..."

Duanniang shook her head: "You are coming into the mansion soon, and I'm not afraid of making fun of you. As long as our lady doesn't step on her head, she doesn't care about anything. Every little movement will make her feel unhappy...you are guarding the garden this afternoon, don't you see anything?"

The corner of Whelan's mouth twitched slightly, but stopped talking.

"Show it! Show it!" Duanniang sighed over there, "No matter what, I'm just a servant, not to mention, I'm going to my hometown in Shuzhou soon..."

"Ah!" Whelan exclaimed in shock, "Auntie, why does Auntie want to go back to her hometown..."

Duanniang smiled wryly and said: "I used to be by Mrs. Tai's side. When Mrs. Tai was driving west, she released all the maids in the house. I married into the mansion, and then my husband passed away. The child also died, and Madam Lian took pity on me for having nowhere to go, so she asked me to be a wet nurse for the second girl... After so many years, I can be considered worthy of Madam Lian. Now I have a little savings in my hand, just begging to go... Don't worry about these messy things in the girl's room!" After speaking, the tone was sobbing.

Whelan smiled and said, "Then the girl wants to add someone to the room?"

Duanniang smiled and said: "There are a lot of nurses who accompany the room. The girl told me that she doesn't want to be a housemaid, so just add one or two to serve by her side."

Huilan's eyes flickered: "Girl, have you asked Xing Hong and Mo Ju if they are willing to go out of the house? Even though you are a girl, they are more expensive than ordinary ladies outside..."

Duanniang was taken aback, and said, "Oh, you were right to remind me. I haven't asked about the two girls yet!"

Just as she was talking, Mo Ju's lotus-colored clothes flashed in front of the small kitchen door, and Duan Niang called her: "Mo Ju, why are you outside, who is waiting in front of the girl?"

Mo Ju came in and said, "The girl asked me to come out, saying that she wanted to talk to Xing Hong."

Whelan gave Duanniang a wink, and Duanniang nodded slightly.She smiled and said to Mo Ju: "Mo Ju, your sister Huilan will come to the mansion to be your company soon, so you are not considered an outsider..."

When Mo Ju heard that Hui Lan was coming into the mansion, she smiled kindly at Hui Lan. Just as she was about to say something, Duan Niang continued, "I have a question for you, and you want to answer me carefully." Mo Ju asked after hearing this. Deji suddenly became serious again, quickly restrained his smile, and said respectfully: "Auntie, please tell me!"

Duanniang hesitated for a while, and said: "Mo Ju, you also know the girl's current situation, and she will marry as soon as it is settled. I also need to make preparations first. Let me ask you, what are you going to do?"

Mo Ju knew that she was interrogating Gu Xiyan, so she bowed her head and remained silent.

Duanniang said: "If you don't think about it for a while, just call back in two days, or if you are too embarrassed to tell me, you can talk to the girl directly." After speaking, she said to Huilan: "We have been out for a while, Hurry up and go back to the house and wait, lest the girl and Xinghong finish talking and find no one."

Huilan responded, picked up the lacquer tray, and was about to appear with Duanniang, but Mo Ju grabbed Duanniang's sleeve: "Girl, I want, I want to beg the girl to let me out." Looking at Duan Niang.

Duanniang was overjoyed, she really gave the girl the right idea.Naturally, she believed in Gu Xiyan's order even more deeply, hurriedly obeyed Gu Xiyan's order and sighed, and said: "You really thought of going with the girl, and the girl also meant the same."

Mo Ju felt relieved, her face was full of joy, she illuminated her pretty face like a flower, and said: "I will remember how kind you are to me, and I will never let the girl go to her husband's house alone. Dear family, after the girl is married, I will serve her for a few more years, and it will not be too late to ask for this grace."

Duanniang patted Mo Ju's head in relief: "Good girl, it's a good thing she hurt you once."

Whelan was thoughtful aside.

Several people brought mung bean soup with ice cubes to the main room, and after waiting for a while, Gu Xiyan finished talking with Xinghong, and entered the room, where Xinghong was standing there blushing.Duanniang and the others pretended not to pay attention, and just went to serve Gu Xiyan to drink mung bean soup.Gu Xiyan doesn't have so many concepts of superiority and inferiority, and always treats Duanniang as an elder. The iced mung bean soup is very rare in this era.Mo Ju served Gu Xiyan a bowl, and Gu Xiyan asked her to give it to Duan Niang first, and took the second bowl herself, and everyone Mo Ju, Xinghong and Huilan also shared a bowl.

When women are together, how can they not talk.Several people gathered together to drink iced mung bean soup and chat while chatting, and the atmosphere was harmonious.After finishing the mung bean soup, Whelan rushed to clean up the dishes, and took Xinghong to wash them together.Duanniang sat for a while, got up and said that she was going to see how the dinner was going, Mo Ju hurriedly got up and said, "Girl, let's talk with the girl, I'll go pick up the food box."

Duanniang refused, and Gu Xiyan didn't stop her, so Mo Ju had no choice but to let Duanniang go.

As soon as Duanniang left, Gu Xiyan asked her: "How is the matter at Liu Ting?"

Mo Ju said: "Aunt Qin asked me to apologize to the girl on her behalf, and said that she would look for a house in the next two days."

This was expected, Gu Xiyan asked again: "What happened to their accountant?"

Mo Ju wondered: "How did the girl know that something happened to the accountant next to Aunt Qin?"

Gu Xiyan just asked casually, wanting to find out some news, but she didn't expect to hit the wrong target.As soon as Mo Ju's words fell, her face suddenly turned white: "Come on, what happened?"

"It seems that the girl is worried." Mo Ju said with a smile: "Auntie didn't say anything, but when I came back, I faintly overheard Auntie's apprentices muttering, saying that their accountant was admitted to the longevity class. My silver taels are gone, my aunt has nothing to do, that's why she refuses to move away..."

Gu Xiyan just lowered her head in thought.

Mo Ju saw Gu Xiyan's unhesitating expression, and watched from the side cautiously not daring to speak.

After a while, Gu Xiyan raised her head, her mind was in a trance.

The two sat opposite each other for a while, when they heard light footsteps gradually approaching, Huilan and Xinghong came in with a smile.When they entered the room and saw Gu Xiyan and Mo Ju confronting each other in silence, they were all taken aback.Whelan stepped forward with a smile on her face and said, "What's the matter, girl, but Mo Ju made the girl angry, you have to take care of yourself..."

Mo Ju raised the corners of her eyebrows when she heard this, and looked towards Gu Xiyan.

Gu Xiyan smiled vigorously and said, "It's nothing, it's just that I'm not in a good mood!"

Huilan hurriedly told Xinghong: "The weather is too hot, please fan the girl!"

Xing Hong followed the sound and went away, found a plantain fan and was about to fan Gu Xiyan, Huilan blocked it: "It's not noon, bring a round fan, be careful not to let the girl get cold." Xing Hong hurriedly put it away again Banana Fan found a round silk fan, Huilan took it in her hand, and sat on the edge of the bed to fan Gu Xiyan.

"I see that the lotus flowers in Yuanxiang Lake are blooming well, and they have formed small lotus pods. If the girl is bored, why don't we get up early tomorrow morning and take a boat to pick lotus pods." Whelan shook the fan for Gu Xiyan while talking to her Chatting, "If you want to say that the lotus is clear, the best thing is in the early morning. When the sun shines, the lotus blooms "popping boom" again and again, and the fragrance fills the courtyard. It is a rare sight..."

"Really?" Gu Xiyan responded with a smile, "I seldom saw lotus before, let alone appreciate lotus..."

"Then I will accompany the girl to visit Yuanxiang Lake tomorrow..."

Under Huilan's affection, Gu Xiyan gradually revealed a gentle smile.

Mo Ju watched from the side, and gently tugged Xing Hong's clothes, and the two tiptoed out the door, standing under the eaves and whispering.

"Duanniang asked me what I meant, and I said that I wanted to serve the girl for a few years and let the girl let me out of the house. How did you tell the girl?"

Xinghong said: "I said follow the girl's arrangements."

Mo Ju nodded and said, "Let's stay together then!"

Xinghong hesitated: "Whelan said, let me stay with the girl with her. It is said that the world outside is not good. People like us will inevitably be gossiped even if we leave the house. It is better to sit down." Now, I will wait by my aunt's side..."

Mo Ju said sadly: "But being a concubine is always bad..."

Xinghong lowered her head and blushed: "Whelan said that if you can give birth to a son, it will be the same..."

Mo Ju was startled when she heard this, and said anxiously: "Don't listen to her nonsense, a concubine is the mistress even after giving birth to a son, so it's not up to the aunts to discipline her..."

Xinghong interrupted Mo Ju's words: "Ke Huilan said that if you get the favor of the master, the mistress will have nothing to say..."

Mo Ju heard that her brow was sweating: "Don't be stupid, don't you still want to go past the girl!"

Xinghong bowed her head and said nothing, her meaning was very obvious.

Mo Ju jumped up and down: "You don't want to be with this Whelan in the future, she is not a good person..."

Xing Hong rubbed the embroidered shoes under her feet, but refused to speak.

Mo Ju looked at Xing Hong in surprise, as if she was a stranger in front of her. After a while, she smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, everyone has their own plans. But you have to be careful, and be careful not to be used by Hui Lan... ...Look at Huilan's posture of serving the girl today, where have we ever treated the girl like this, but the girl mentioned something... Xing Hong, not everyone has a good temper like a girl..."

But Xinghong raised her head and said back to Mo Ju: "The girl is human, but we are not human. In terms of appearance, the girl is not much higher than us... I have to make plans for myself..." There was unwillingness in her eyes.

Mo Ju was speechless, unable to utter a word.

Xinghong changed from her previous meekness, and stared at Mo Ju without flinching.

The two were at the moment of their swords being at war, and Duan Niang's voice came from behind: "What are you two doing standing there, and you don't come to help!"

Mo Ju looked at Xing Hong helplessly, and hurried to help Duan Niang carry the food box.

That night, Huilan stayed in Wuyuan. Xinghong was supposed to be on duty, but Xinghong said she had a headache and wanted to exchange the night with Mo Ju.Usually Gu Xiyan is not very particular about these things, and sometimes they are not required to be on duty at night.Hearing what Xinghong said, she said, "Then don't be on duty, and go to sleep!" But Xinghong rarely insisted, insisting that Mo Ju should be on duty at night for her.Gu Xiyan nodded indifferently in agreement.Mo Ju was still thinking about what she had said with Xinghong this afternoon, and wanted to persuade Xinghong again, but Xinghong stayed with Huilan all the time, and she didn't find a chance until Gu Xiyan was about to rest.

(End of this chapter)