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Chapter 6 The old lady rewarded the laurel garden (2)
Ruoxi sat on the chair, lowered her head to drink tea, but felt a few scrutinizing eyes.She raised her head and met a haughty and glamorous face. It was Han Ruoyan, the eldest daughter of Dafang. She was the oldest among all the sisters.

Her eyes and Ruoxi's eyes met, and they immediately staggered away, but Ruoxi still noticed the disdain and contempt in her eyes.

"What does Ninth Younger Sister do on weekdays?" Eighth Girl who was sitting next to Ruoxi looked at her with a smile and asked.

Ruoxi bit her lips lightly, twisted the silk handkerchief with her fingers, and replied in a low voice: "I just do some work. I don't know how Eighth Sister spends her time?"

As soon as this remark came out, eyes with various emotions all looked over.Although Ruoxi didn't look up, she could vaguely distinguish the kindness and dislike in it.

"She is so busy!" The grandma joked with a smile, "Greetings to the third wife in the morning, then come to greet the old lady, and then go to my place to ask for tea, so it will be noon. She still has the habit of taking a nap in the afternoon, so she will bother your third sister and seventh sister in the afternoon, and she will not be free all day long."

There are three concubine girls in Sanfang, and Ruoxi lives on the farm all year round, so only the sixth girl Ruo Ling and the eighth girl Ruoying are left.These eight girls didn't go around with their own sisters, but went to the first room and the second room to find two cousins ​​who were born in the first place. It's not difficult to see some clues from this.Ruoxi looked at Sixth Sister coldly, seeing her looking at Ruoying with envious eyes, then her eyes became dull again, and she shrank back into the chair.

"My sister-in-law has changed her way of arranging people again!" She stomped her feet, looking innocent and cute, "I also read books on weekdays, when I was a red girl."

"It's okay to do, but we dare not take out the purse you gave me and Third Sister during the Chinese New Year!" Seventh girl covered her mouth and said with a smile: "I haven't seen my sister-in-law bring it out before." She grew up A pair of almond eyes, she is the second wife's daughter, thirteen this year, half a year older than Ruoxi.

"It took several nights of hard work to make it, but you made fun of me over and over again, so I won't send you off again!" She pretended to be angry, but she could see that she wasn't really angry.

The old lady seemed to especially like to watch her granddaughters joke, and kept watching with a smile on her face.

Not long after, the third wife came over after changing her homely clothes. She replied with a smile: "I ordered someone to clean the yard where Aunt Zhao used to live, and I went to look around. The furnishings and objects inside are still intact, and Jiu Yatou moved in. It's a good place to live. This time, Jiu Yatou came back with three girls and a mother, and there are not enough people to wait around. The old lady looks..." After finishing speaking, she stopped and waited for the old lady to show her.

"Jiu girl has lived in the farm for a long time, and it is inevitable that she has forgotten the rules of the house. It is better to have a reliable and stable person by her side." The old lady thought for a while and said: "Guiyuan, from now on, you will serve in front of Jiu girl." .”

Immediately, a thin-faced and big-eyed girl came out, wearing a pink jacket and a royal blue crepe skirt with brocade and flowers. She agreed and walked to Ruoxi to greet her, "Slave Guiyuan, from now on, I will be on the girl's order!"

"Sister Mo Duoli!" Ruoxi hurriedly stood up and supported her, "Speaking of errands, my sister should be a very proper person to serve in front of the old lady. Now that the old lady loves to reward me with her sister, if Ruoxi has If there is anything wrong, I hope my sister will say it clearly."

"My maidservant is terrified, but my maidservant dare not!" Seeing that she was treated so courteously, Guiyuan seemed a little at a loss.

"No matter how safe she is, she's just a girl, and she can handle it with you when she gets by your side. If she makes a mistake in the future, you don't have to answer me and beat her up!" Although the old lady said so, she still approved of Ruoxi's performance in her heart. of.After all, it was bestowed by the elders, so it should be higher than other girls.

Guiyuan stood behind Ruoxi in an orderly manner, and listened to the old lady order the third wife, "Once the girls are all over, you can make arrangements for the rest."

"Yes, I see." She responded with a smile.

After a while, the second wife came in with someone, "Old lady, the second master has sent a letter, saying that he will return to Beijing to report on his work next month."

"Eh? Chengyi is coming back? He went to Qingzhou to take office, and he has been away for a year and finally he is coming back." The old lady smiled, "What else did he say in the letter?"

"Daughter-in-law read to you?" The second wife hurriedly took out a letter.

The grandma on the side smiled and said, "Second aunt was so happy that she lost her sense of proportion. My niece, nephew's wife, and brother's wife are all here. How can I listen to the letter written by my second uncle to my second aunt? Why don't you just pick up relevant words and learn from them. "

The second wife's complexion changed slightly, as if she had gouged her out, and then said with a smile: "After all, my niece and daughter-in-law are the most exquisite, and they think about everything carefully." After she finished speaking, she learned some words in the letter, nothing more than Please greet the old lady, say some auspicious words that are not painful, please take care of the old lady and so on.

The old lady has been listening, occasionally interjecting a few words.But she was getting old after all, and she had come back from the farm early in the morning, and now her face was tired.

When everyone saw this, they all stood up to leave, and Ruoxi also stood up and went out behind the third wife.After leaving the old lady's Rong Shan Tang, the people were divided into two groups, the people in the third room all went east, and the others all went west.

"I'll sit around after Ninth Sister settles down." The grandma said to Ruoxi with a smile.

She hurriedly replied: "It should be Ruoxi who went to greet sister-in-law and second aunt."

The second wife didn't know whether it was due to a stuffy nose, or she snorted, but turned around and left anyway.Ruoxi pretended not to see, and bid farewell to the third and seventh sisters, and then followed the third wife.

The eldest grandma took a look at her receding back, then took the girl to the west, and went to the Liulian Pavilion to take a rest.

"Ganoderma lucidum, how about you look at Jiuyatou coldly?" She looked at the red plums blooming not far away and asked thoughtfully.

"The slave girl is really pitiful looking at the nine girls. The girls in the room are either wearing crane cloaks or furs, but she is the only one who is not as good as a slave girl in a shrunken cotton dress." Ganoderma lucidum is her dowry. Girl, she is naturally a person who can rest assured, "The news about Nine Girls has spread in the house, and it is said that she will have good luck if she survives a catastrophe."

"Whether there will be future blessings is uncertain, but she is a very smart master." The grandma thought for a moment and said, remembering that the uncle mentioned Ruoxi's name just now when he returned, there was a trace of importance in his words.She has been married for more than two years, it's not that she doesn't know the temperament of the uncle, he is a master with his eyes above his head.Could it be that this nine girls were born stunningly beautiful?Her master is a romantic figure, and she has worried a lot about it!

With the idea of ​​finding out, she hurried over, but after reading it, she understood how the uncle felt.Although Nine Girls is not considered to be an all-powerful girl, she exudes a faint and soft light that cannot be ignored, especially her voice, which seems to penetrate into people's hearts so comfortably.If she is some irrelevant person like a cousin, I'm afraid Grandma will be uneasy again.

(End of this chapter)