Chapter 13 The Snake
Seeing that Jiang Ruan had not answered for a long time, Bai Zhi and Lian Qiao looked at her with some confusion, and were shocked by the coldness in Jiang Ruan's eyes. Just when they were about to say something, Jiang Ruan smiled again, and the coldness just now swept away: "I know."
"I know she has bad intentions, does the girl still want to go?" Lian Qiao asked, "It's too risky."
"I must go to this agreement." Jiang Ruan said: "It's just not to appreciate the flowers, but to collect debts."
"Collection of debt?" Lian Qiao became even more confused.
"Liang Qiao, I have something to leave to you." Jiang Ruan ordered Lian Qiao to come over and whisper a little advice.
Besides, Chen Fang left Jiang Ruan's house and walked forward happily. After walking out of the yard, people outside the yard saw her coming out and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is it? Did she agree?"
"Of course I agreed." Chen Fang curled her lips: "Now that she is so in a down-and-out way, when I mention the beauty under the moon, she will naturally not miss this opportunity. Brother, what did you promise to me?"
Chen Zhao grinned happily and took out a crystal clear jade bracelet from his arms and said, "Good sister, my brother hasn't loved you in vain. After the matter is done, I will thank you very much."
Chen Fang couldn't wait to take the bracelet from Chen Zhao's hand and put it on, and said with satisfaction: "The quality is good," and then remembered something again and glared at Chen Zhao: "Do you really like her? What's the good thing about that fox charmer? The master doesn't like her, so there is no future."
"Oh, I won't marry her," Chen Zhao said happily: "With such a beautiful concubine at home, I won't have to go shopping in brothels in the future, so wouldn't it be very cheap. I have never tasted the taste of a lady in the official family. Although she is a poor lady, she is still tender and tender. Ah, I won't tell you this anymore. I'll leave first, remember to keep it confidential."
"I'm too lazy to care about you." Chen Fang snorted lightly and turned around and walked away.
Taking advantage of the good sunlight in the afternoon, Lian Qiao took the quilt in the house to the outer yard to dry. The old quilt was thin, just a thin layer, and it was extremely dazzling in the thick and bright quilt in the yard.
Chunying was directing several little maids to hang several quilts in Zhang Lan's house on the ropes outside. Compared to the dimness in Lian Qiao's hand, the quilt in front of Chunying was painted with exquisite peony embroidery, and it was stuffed with new cotton this year, bulging, and it felt very thick at a glance. The quilt pressed the rope for hanging clothes straight down. Chunying said loudly: "Be careful, don't scratch the back, but the best silk."
Lian Qiao didn't look at her, and walked straight to the other side, raised her hand to hang the quilt on the rope. The quilt was light and weightless, and it was extremely easy to hang. Chunying saw Lian Qiao and laughed: "Oh, Sister Lian Qiao is here to dry the quilt myself." After that, she glanced at the quilt on the rope and said: "You all come and learn a little. Seeing Lian Qiao is really capable, she can dry the quilt alone, and it doesn't take much effort to look at it. Unlike us, several people feel tired when they carry it together."
A few little maids giggled, and one of them smiled and said, "Maybe the quilt in the lady's house is made of cotton, but it looks like it doesn't weigh much. Such a quilt is comfortable to cover. Unlike our quilt, it is thick and big, and it's so heavy."
Lian Forsything smoothed the folds on the quilt and ignored their teasing. Seeing this, Chunying refused to give up and continued: "Liang Forsything, why don't you just dry the lady's quilt and not dry yourself and Bai Zhi's quilt? Let's see if your quilt is the same as the lady and is different from ours."
Several little maids laughed again, and it was a bit too much to say that Jiang Ruan, a master's quilt, was not even as good as the servants. Lian Qiao raised her eyebrows and was about to get angry, but a little maid with a sweet smile came hurriedly: "Sister Lian Qiao, you asked me to find it..."
"Dewdrop," Lian Qiao interrupted her: "Wait a minute," she smoothed the folds on the last quilt, then turned around and pulled the little maid's hand: "Come and talk."
The two of them walked along the way, getting very close and didn't know what they were saying. After a while, Lian Qiao picked up the empty wooden basin and left. After Lian Qiao left, Chun Ying called out to the little maid who was about to leave: "Your name is Luzhu, right?"
Lu Zhu looked at Chunying with some timidity: "Yes."
"Don't be afraid," Chunying said: "What did you say to Lian Qiao just now?"
"No, nothing." Dewzhu shook his head, just lowered his head to look at his feet.
"What are you afraid of? I won't eat you anymore," Chunying's voice was a little fierce: "Liang Qiao is asking you for nothing, what are you doing for no reason? What are you discussing just now? I believe you understand who is the decision here. If you don't explain it clearly today, don't stay in the village in the future."
"Don't," Lu Zhu raised his head suddenly, his eyes red with a little helplessness: "Sister Chunying, don't drive me out of the village."
"As long as you explain the matter clearly, I will naturally not do anything to you." Chunying said: "I am not an unreasonable person. You look very good at face. You should be a new girl. Do your work well. I will not let you bully you in the future."
"Really?" Dew duck raised his head, with a hint of hope.
"How could I lie to you?" Chunying's tone became softer, and she only thought in her heart that something was wrong with Lian Qiao.
"Actually, Sister Lian Qiao is fine," said Lu Zhu. "I just heard that I did a good job of embroidery. I asked me to embroider a water lily in the place where the lady's clothes were torn, so I couldn't see it."
Chunying looked at her suspiciously: "That's all?"
"Yeah." Dew nodded.
"It's so strange. Miss always cares about clothes, why did she suddenly remember to embroider a water lily for clothes?"
"This..." Dewdrop hesitated a little.
"What else?" Chunying said anxiously.
"I heard that I had a pot of beauty under the moon outside. Tonight, the lady is going to the pear orchard to enjoy the flowers. If you want to wear it better, don't neglect the precious flowers." Dewdrop said in a nutshell: "I heard that beauty under the moon cherishes it very much, and it is also a rare variety that can bloom on winter nights."
"Beauty under the moon?" Chunying was surprised in her heart: "Is there a beauty under the moon in the village? I haven't heard of this." She glanced at Chunying in front of her: "Okay, there's nothing else, you go and do things."
Luzhu responded and turned around and left. After Luzhu left, Chunying stood there and said to herself: "It's already like this now. Why do you still have the intention to appreciate flowers? You have the intention to appreciate flowers? Why do you have to find a beautiful dress? You care about these things most on weekdays. Today is so abnormal, there must be other reasons. I must figure out what they are thinking about."
In the side courtyard, Bai Zhi was also taking out the books in the box to dry it. A box of books was spread out in the yard to dry it. Bai Zhi carefully opened the pages and said, "Miss, this box of books is well preserved. After the New Year, the house is wet, so you have to take it out and dry it from time to time." After that, he thought of something: "When my wife was there, she loved books very much, and she had to dry it every day."
Chapter completed!