concubine leisurely

Chapter 7

"Girl, I don't want to go back to sleep anymore, I'm going to attend the family banquet after I get dressed." Mo Lian stood by the bed, persuading Youran to get up and wash up.

Youran had already woken up, hugged the pillow for a while, and then jumped out of bed under the urging of Mo Lian and Mo Tao.

Generally speaking, she can ignore Mo Lian waking her up, because Mo Lian yelled once and then walked away, and then yelled again later; Mo Tao was not like that, she would yell one after another if she didn't get up leisurely, anyway, she was sleeping. No, it's better to get up obediently.

You can go back to sleep when the alarm rings once, but if the alarm rings non-stop, you can’t sleep anymore.Mo Lian is an alarm that only rings once, while Mo Tao is an alarm that rings non-stop.

Mo Lian was able to serve You Ran to wash and dress up, and the little girl on duty outside reported, "The eldest girl is here, and Mother Guo is here."

Leisurely walked to the door to welcome Yueran in, let Yueran sit on the couch, and ordered the girl to pour tea and refreshments.

Standing beside Yueran was a nanny, in her fifties, her hair was combed neatly, and she had a serious face.The two sisters gave way, and Nanny Guo sat on the small stool.

Yue Ran smiled and asked Hou, "The fifth younger sister just arrived home, but is she still used to it? The garden has been unoccupied for a long time, if there is anything missing, just let the girl come and find her sister." Leisurely smiled and said, "Thank you, big sister, for thinking about it. What, I have to have the cheek to bother big sister." That smile was so eye-catching that Yue Ran was a little dazed for a moment.

Youran is wearing a light green cross-neck satin jacket, with a gorgeous red passionflower embroidered on the chest, a moon white plain satin skirt, and a lovely double-ringed bun with a jade hairpin inserted in the bun, which sets off the leisurely and delicate look. A small snow-white face, although she is still an immature girl, is already beautiful and heart-pounding.

Yue Ran settled down, and said gently, "This is Nanny Guo in the old lady's room, the old man who takes care of grandma. I heard that Nanny Guo rang to see you in the afternoon?"

She sticks out her tongue leisurely, "Big sister, I've been asleep until now, I don't know." He hurriedly called Mo Lian to ask.

Mo Lian replied, "Mother Guo came to visit the girl in the afternoon, she was sleeping in the middle of the day, and she didn't dare to wake her up."

A wave of anger appeared on Guo Nanny's old face, and she yelled strangely, "I came to see the girl with good intentions, but I was sent away by a yellow-haired girl. The girl taught me a good girl!"

Mo Lian bowed his head and stood beside Youran, not saying a word.

Leisurely stretched out her hand and lightly pressed Yueran who wanted to smooth things over, and said to Mo Lian, "I can't wake me up when I'm asleep, but why don't you keep Mammy for tea?" Mo Lian looked aggrieved, "I stayed, Mammy Mama refuses to show her face."

With a pleasant face, she smiled lightly at Guo Nanny and said, "I am most afraid of sleeping unsteadily. There are also girls who dare not wake me up when they see me falling asleep. Mammy has served the old lady for a long time, so she must be with the old lady." Those who are as tolerant and magnanimous as the wife who loves the younger generation will definitely not care about this solid-eyed girl."

Nanny Guo relied on being the dowry of the old lady, and even the wives would give her three points on weekdays. No one in the Meng family would dare to offend her.Seeing leisurely going back to Meng's mansion today, he had the intention of playing the autumn wind, saying that he came to Haoyuan to visit the fifth girl, but in fact he wanted to reap some benefits.Unexpectedly, the fifth girl who was a concubine had a lot of airs, she sat in the side hall for half an hour, she had drunk too much tea, and the fifth girl still didn't show up.

She was so angry that she was trembling all over, she was cursing all the way out of the good garden to complain to the old lady, "I'm old, I'm useless, I'm ashamed, I don't have the face to stay in the house anymore."

Someone had already reported the big girl.Yue Ran came over in a hurry, with a smile on her face, she tried to persuade Nanny Guo for a long time, but she couldn't persuade her, so she had to drag Nanny Guo to Haoyuan.Thinking of Fifth Sister making an apology, saying something nice, and being a peacemaker by herself, it would be fine to fool her around.

Unexpectedly, Youran only said a few light words lightly, and refused to say even a soft word.

When Mother Guo heard leisurely and confident words like "I can't wake me up when I'm asleep" and "I won't argue with this solid-eyed girl" as a matter of course, she became very annoyed.

She is the old lady's dowry, and she is a veteran in the mansion. When was she so underestimated?

It's just that she couldn't refute Leisurely's words for a while.

Nanny Guo is full of momentum, but her eloquence is not good.

The atmosphere turned cold for a moment.

Drinking tea leisurely, with a relaxed attitude, Mimi smiled and handed a piece of pastry to Yueran, "Big sister, try it. Although the name is called lard cake, there is actually no lard in it."

The lard cake is white and crystal clear, green onion is fragrant and green, waxy and soft and moist. After taking a sip, I feel that it is oily but not greasy, soft and delicious, and I praised it with a smile.

Mo Tao came in to report, "Madam sent someone to deliver something."

A woman came in, greeted the ceremony with a smile, took a small brocade box, and said, "My wife said, it was a new silk flower that I got a while ago. It's a pity to keep it for nothing. I asked to send it for the girl to wear."

You Ran hurriedly got up to thank her, ordered Mo to connect the brocade box, and ordered Mo Tao, "Take five strings of clear money to buy wine for mother."

The mother-in-law was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank her, "Let the girl spend the money, thank you for the reward."

The mother-in-law walked away with a smile on her face, and showed Yueran the silk flowers leisurely, and said with a smile, "It's so beautiful. My wife is in charge of such a big family, and she has to do so many things every day. She still remembers to send the silk flowers to us, that is, Mrs. Such a capable and kind-hearted person, I don’t know what to do with someone else.”

Yue Ran looked at the silk flower and said with a smile, "It was sent by Cheng Guogong's mansion. Although it doesn't look very fresh, the workmanship is exquisite. It's good that my sister likes it."

Leisurely and Yueran were gossiping, leaving Nanny Guo aside.

Nanny Guo was angry and impatient, and when she was about to explode, no one paid any attention to her; when she was about to leave, she was very greedy to see the woman getting a reward, but she couldn't bear to leave, her old face turned red.

You Ran saw it in her eyes, and secretly smiled in her heart, she really didn't want to see her ugly appearance, thinking it was time to send this old bastard away, she raised her voice and called Mo Lian, "Bring a purse here."

Mo Lian understood, and brought a gold and silver silk embroidered hibiscus flower purse over, and sent Mammy Guo away with a leisurely smile, "Madam Lao came to see me, so please take this purse to your little grandson. Mo Lian, send Mama Guo out." .”

Mother Guo couldn't hold back when she heard the leisurely repelling tone, but her eyes lit up when she saw the exquisite and gorgeous purse, and she felt heavy when she took it into her hand. Spend money".He grinned and let Mo Lian pull him out.

Yue Ran watched Nanny Guo leave and sighed. "Fifth Sister doesn't know, it's my grandmother's letter, we don't dare to offend her."

You Ran didn't take it seriously, "What are you afraid of, we are girls, we are petites."

"I'm afraid that in grandma's mind, we are not spoiled guests, but losers." Yue Ran shook her head.

"Even if the money is lost, the goods are ready, but she can't be compensated." Youran shook her head accordingly.

Yue Ran let out a "chi" laugh.

Leisurely said seriously: "Those who serve the elders, we should be more respectful. It is true. But after all, the master is the master, and the servant is the servant. The elder sister will come to the Changxing Marquis Mansion, and it will not be possible to deal with these old servants like this? Changxing Marquis Mansion But the founding fathers, who have been proud for 100 years, have countless servants, and there are also many people with face, so if they let their temperaments go, wouldn't it be very hard for the eldest sister?"

Yue Ran was moved in her heart, grabbed Youran's hand and held it, "Silly boy, how can it be hard to be a human being? Good sister, you are doing this for the sake of my sister, and my sister knows it. If you are not a real sister, you can't say that you are so heartbroken." Take what your son said. Don't worry, my sister knows it well."

Yue Ran is seven or eight years older than Youran. Before the Meng family changed, she was hugged by Meng Lai and Zhong Shi on the knees and held in the palm of her hand. She grew up carefree. It doesn't matter what hinders her, she is still the eldest lady of the Meng family.When Mrs. Meng moved to the capital from her hometown in Tai'an, she brought her third aunt Hu and her cousin Yiran. Suddenly, there were more ancestors in the family to criticize her, more aunts to criticize her, and more cousins. Competing with her, she is unwilling to confide in her mother: her mother, Zhong, has more troubles than she does.

Although she is pampered, she is the eldest daughter of a well-educated and courteous daughter. She has always been good in etiquette. She is filial to her grandmother, respectful to her aunt, and friendly to her cousin. , but felt extremely aggrieved and depressed.

Yiran is only one year younger than her, but she is an excellent female celebrity.That day my mother was listening to the servants in Baosha, and the third aunt, who wanted to be a housekeeper but could not, was upset. She compared Yiran's embroidery with hers and laughed at her, "My niece embroiders, I know Lotus, those who don’t know think it’s a mess.” The grandmother smiled indulgently at the third aunt, raised her head happily, her little face was flushed with excitement, after all, she was only ten years old, she was about to shed tears, she was ashamed feel ashamed.

Yanran is only five years old, lovingly nestling in the arms of the old lady, watching the fun with a smile, enjoying herself while playing with Anran, leisurely sitting alone, looking around, seeing that she is about to cry, stepping Running in front of Yueran with short legs, he pulled Yueran's skirt and shook her to comfort her, "big sister, don't cry".After a while, An Ran also heard it, and she pulled Xin Ran over, and the three little radish heads coaxed her sister together.

Yueran cried a lot that day, and the three little radish heads cried with her. Meng Lai went down to the Yamen and returned to the mansion to see the red-eyed looks of her daughters. After learning the reason, her face darkened.

He hugged the three younger daughters one by one in his arms and felt the pain, and comforted the eldest daughter with gentle words, but he didn't say anything to the old lady and Mrs. Hu in the end.

The next day, Meng Lai Xiumu went to find an old classmate, and sent Yueran to Xishan Boudoir through the door.

Yue Ran recalled how Xiao Youran tried to comfort her on her toes that day, and felt warm in her heart, "The clothes, leather, ornaments, and purses sent back by my father were all taken care of by my sister, right? My sister took care of it."

She said with a leisurely smile, "What's the point? What's more, let's wait for my father to tell my sister in person, what will be given later will be really useful things."

Yue Ran opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Leisurely pulled Yueran, and said with a smile, "Sister is the eldest daughter of our family, this dowry should not be thin, it must be accompanied by a thick one, so that father and wife are happy to go. Haven't sister heard of it? , no regrets."

"If you give me more, you will have less, aren't you afraid?" Yue Ran teased You Ran.

"Money is a spring, it flows, water has no shape, money has no place, less can become more, nothing can become more." You Ran didn't care.Lu Xun often wrote that money is like a spring. If the money is with you today, it may not go where it will flow tomorrow.

"Money is a trivial matter, but last year in Guangzhou, a nobleman from the capital came to visit his father from afar. My sister was curious and secretly looked at this nobleman from behind the screen."

Yue Ran naturally knew who this noble young master was referring to, so she couldn't help but blush.

"This noble young master is extremely heroic and upright, and he comes from a famous family. He can barely match up with my sister." You Ran said seriously.

"It's getting more and more serious." Yue Ran spat.

"My younger sister is not sensible, so I want my older sister to teach me." She said with a leisurely smile, "My younger sister read a few days ago about the virtuous women, and there was something I couldn't understand. Said: It is better to be cautious. My sister said, why should it be better to be cautious?"

"It's better to be careful?" Yue Ran murmured and repeated, with inexplicable emotion in her eyes, "Don't worry, sister, I know it well."

The two sisters walked out of the good garden hand in hand, smiling at each other.

(End of this chapter)