in spring

Chapter 55
Chunying walked all the way to the gate of the garden, and sure enough, she saw someone sitting and talking in the room where the gatekeeper was resting. It was Qing'er and Duo girl. Pushing her away, Miss Duo tried to persuade her several times but failed, so she had to bring back the bracelet again, and chatted with her again with a smile, it seemed that they had a pleasant chat?Qing'er even smiled.

Chunying stood there peeping, the woman guarding the door soon found out, and asked aloud: "Who is there?!" Her words alarmed the two people in the room, they all turned their heads to look, Chunying hurriedly Pretending to be as if nothing had happened, he smiled at the old lady, "Mom, I just came from the kitchen and I'm going back to Huanhuaxuan, can you let me go?"

The woman quickly glanced at a garden in the house, twitched the corners of her mouth, and said: "Young lady, if you want to go there, go there, and ask me what to do?"

Chunying said with a smile: "I heard that people are not allowed to enter or leave the garden casually after dark, so I want to ask you, if everyone enters the garden whenever they want, and leaves the garden whenever they want, wouldn't it be okay?" What's more, even if my mother works so hard to stay here, I can't leave without saying hello."

The woman was in a good mood when she heard it, and waved her hand casually: "Stop talking to me, if you have time to spare, go please the ladies in charge. Go there, stop wandering around at night from now on, and be careful of bumping into each other."

Chunying responded with a smile, and hurried to the gate outside the garden, turning her head inadvertently, and saw Qing'er standing by the gate, looking at herself with a pale face.Chunying paused, but still went forward.

When she reached the corner, there was a whistling wind behind her. She was shocked, stopped and turned around, and saw many girls chasing after her. When she saw her, she showed a smiling face and said enthusiastically: "Little sister is also now Where did you enter Huanhuaxuan? I knew that with your wit, you would be successful! It’s a pity that someone made trouble that day, otherwise you would have been working for us long ago!”

Chunying evaded uncomfortably, avoiding her holding her hand, lowered her head and asked, "What's the matter with you?"

"Why are you so born?!" Miss Duo shook off her veil, covered her mouth and smiled, "Now that you have entered the mansion, we are the same people, and it is time to get close to each other. Anyway, our two families are also acquaintances. If you don't understand anything, feel free to come to me, and don't hide any difficulties, we sisters should help each other." Saying that, she took Chunying's hand affectionately, took two steps closer, and said : "I have something to tell you, will you come with me?"

Chunying got goosebumps all over her body, thinking who is your sister, if you don't know, you may think it is a matchmaker or a bustard, look at how slippery the handkerchief is.Remembering that many girls are the perverted concubine of the second young master, and that the second young master has always been at odds with the third young master, she immediately broke away and said with a fake smile: "You are not like us, how dare I do it to you Sister? Sister has something to ask, and she shouldn't refuse, but I still have something urgent to go back to our third young master, I'm really sorry, can you find someone else?" After saying that, she immediately jumped away and left, leaving the girls in the room He yelled loudly from behind, but ignored him.

The girl stomped bitterly: "Damn girl! Be careful that you will fall into my hands one day!" After thinking about it, she decided to turn around and deal with the half-hooked one, lest the bamboo basket be empty.

When Chunying ran back to Huanhuaxuan, the third young master had already returned, and hurriedly called her into the room, and walked away, leaving only Mei Xiang, and asked her if things were going well.

Chunying nodded and said: "Master Nian ate all the food, and took the cotton clothes, but I heard his tone, it seemed that the person who delivered the food every day didn't deliver it on time, he was very thin, and his appetite was small, as if nothing was wrong. Appetite, even the snacks, I urged to eat."

Li You felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this: "I knew it! When I saw him the other day, he had lost a lot of weight compared to last month. When asked, he only said that he didn't have the appetite to eat because of the cold weather, and he didn't mention the good deeds done by the second brother at all!"

Chunying hesitated for a moment, and then carefully asked: "Third young master, why did the second young master want to miss the young master so much? Aren't you family friends?" Seeing that the third young master turned cold, but did not speak, he was startled, knowing that he was determined to It's a question that shouldn't be asked, it's better to get away early, so as not to make the third young master angry again.

She thought that her work was done, and planned to leave, but she hesitated, and couldn't help but feel distressed, and said, "Third Young Master...Master Nian's room...seems to be quite cold. The brazier is not lit, it is said that the charcoal is used up, and the winter is not half over yet, how is he going to survive?"

These words reminded Li You: "Yeah, I only thought of sending food and clothing, but I forgot to keep warm in winter!" He turned around and called Mei Xiang: "The silver frost charcoal I use, my wife sent a lot of it. Come? Make a share and send it to Brother Nian later."

Mei Xiang said with some embarrassment: "Third young master, the silver frost charcoal is packed in a basket, and it is only for the old lady, the marquis, the wife and the young masters and ladies. There is a fixed number every month, and the wife will give it away once every ten days. The ones that came here are only enough for you to use, if you give a share to the young master of the Zhou family, what will you do?"

Li You said nonchalantly, "If it's not enough, I'll ask my wife for it again. I just say that I'm afraid of the cold this year, so I need it more than in previous years." Anyway, my mother will definitely agree.

Mei Xiang still didn't let go: "Third young master, if this is the case, you will use twice as much silver frost charcoal this year than in previous years. Even if Master Zhou saves it, it is too much. My wife may not care, but there will always be people gossiping Yes, if the whereabouts of the charcoal is found out..." It's not that she is stingy, but that silver frost charcoal is not a commodity that can be bought and sold at will, and ordinary officials and officials may not be able to use it, except for the palace and the palaces of princes and ministers. Second, only a long-standing family like the Hou Mansion can get it, and it only costs about a thousand catties a year.Because things are rare, they can be regarded as valuable outside the market, and the housekeepers are watching closely, and it is very conspicuous to miss a basket.

Li You frowned, he was negligent on this point, his mother has always been reluctant for him to get close to Zhou Nian, if she found out, at most he would be reprimanded, but Zhou Nian would inevitably suffer harsh words.His mind is heavy and his health is not good. What should he do if he gets sick?
"That..." Chunying interrupted hesitantly, "You don't have to use silver frost charcoal, do you? The charcoal our girl uses is not bad either. The smoke isn't heavy, it's warm, and it's easy to get."

Mei Xiang hurriedly said: "That's a good idea! Third young master, although the charcoal we girls use is much better than the charcoal used by ordinary people outside, if you are afraid of wronging Master Zhou, you can use my charcoal? It is said that it is Fruit charcoal, it still has a fragrance when it burns. I can use the same one as Chun'er and the others. This year, I joined the newcomers. I just say that they are afraid of the cold, and they get an extra ten or twenty catties. It won't be suspicious, so don't worry about it. It’s enough to save a little and mix it together.”

Li You frowned and thought for a while before reluctantly agreeing: "Okay, I just have to pick the right ones. Chun'er, I'll go see him tomorrow, remember to make more delicious snacks."

Chunying agreed, and seeing that he had no other orders, she left the room, and Mei Xiang went to collect charcoal by herself.As Chunying walked, she was thinking about what to do tomorrow, since Zhou Nian has a bad appetite, why don't she make some appetizing soup?By the way, the Jianlian red date soup that the third young master used to drink in the morning, I heard from Aunt Li that it nourishes qi, nourishes blood and appetizers.I remember that there were still walnuts in the small kitchen for making snacks, and Aunt Li mysteriously put away the Junqianzi which she said was to be used to make soup for the third young master. Do black dates and walnut cakes?She had heard people say that this kind of snack is very beneficial and can nourish the body...

Suddenly a strong force came from the side and dragged her away, she was startled, looked up to see Qing'er, and asked, "Where are you taking me?!"

Qing'er kept silent, just pulled her along and kept walking, the girls she met on the road all avoided, Chunying kept asking, but she couldn't get an answer for a long time, Leng might as well see Shi'er looking at him worriedly, When he wanted to call her, Qing'er dragged her into his room.

Chunying's hands hurt, and she was also a little annoyed: "What's the matter with you?!"

Qing'er closed the door with both hands, breathing heavily, and suddenly turned her head to stare at her. Chunying took a step back, thinking that there were so many people outside, so she raised her head: "What's the matter with Sister Qing'er? If you don't say anything, I'm leaving Lah!" It's one thing for her to feel guilty, but it's another thing for her to be rubbed round and flattened by others. After all, Qing'er was not wronged last time, and she doesn't have to pay for others.

Qing'er was silent for a while, before saying: "Just now... what did you see?!"

see what?Chunying lowered her head and thought for a while before remembering.Could it be that Qing'er was afraid that she would come back and tell the truth?She curled her lips and said: "Don't think that I will be like that one, and I also like to inform. As long as you don't offend me, who do you talk to, what does it matter to me?!"

Qing'er said anxiously: "I didn't say anything to her!" Then she paused, bit her lip, and hummed softly: "She forced me to talk..."

Seeing her like this, Chunying felt bored.She can guess what Qing'er is afraid of. In this day and age, the word "loyalty" is very important. As the third young master's girl, she was found to be in private contact with the second young master's concubine, and they had a very happy conversation, especially now that Qing'er is here. Huanhuaxuan also received a cold reception, so I have to make people murmur here, maybe people will suspect that Qing'er wants to change jobs.

She whispered: "Don't worry, I won't talk nonsense to others. But you... you should stop associating with that girl, she is not a good person." After a pause, she added: "Her back He's not a good person, so don't be too hard on yourself, the third young master is still very kind to us..."

Qing'er heard this, and suddenly lowered his face: "Who are you, dare to talk about the master here?! How many years have you been in the mansion? How many years have I been in the mansion? What do I do, and you need to take care of it? You just need Just take care of your mouth! Get out of here if you don't!"

Chunying got sprayed for no reason, and got angry, turned her head and left, still cursing bad luck in her heart.Ten'er ran over and asked, "What's the matter? Did she bully you again?" Chunying curled her lips: "She scolded me without thinking, what is she thinking?" Ten'er pulled her with a smile. : "Leave her alone, she just lost her temper anyway, she wanted to beat Rong'er this morning, and she was scolded by sister Lan Xiang, what else can she do now? She thinks it's the same as before? Let's go, are you here again today?" Out to run errands? What good did you get?"

The two walked towards their own room while chatting and laughing. After a while, the door was reopened. Qing'er looked at their backs faintly, tears streaming down her eyes.

(Recently, it’s often late, I’m sorry...ask for the pink ticket...)
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