novelraw Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Qing'er had been driving all morning, now she was tired, thirsty and hungry, but she didn't want others to underestimate her, so she reluctantly stayed next to her with a face full of food and drink, waiting for them to use her food. After the meal, one of the little girls was asked to pour her a cup of tea.
After only two sips, she suddenly heard Song'er call for someone to wash her face, Qing'er hurriedly put down her teacup and was about to go out.Zhao'er hurriedly stopped her and said, "Sister Qing'er, you can rest, I'll go."
Qing'er glanced at her, frowned and said: "As long as I'm here, you don't interfere with the personal affairs of these young masters; if I'm not here, invite you to come by yourself, don't just stick anyone to the young master's side, I understand. ?"
Zhao'er was embarrassed, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, Zhao'er understands." Qing'er then nodded, walked out quickly, poured washing water and sent it to Yan Li's room.
As soon as Qing'er left, the other three little maids in the room immediately surrounded Zhao'er and asked quietly: "Sister Zhao'er, is this sister Qing'er the most favored maid in front of our young master?"
The smile on Zhao'er's face froze a bit, and he forced a smile and nodded.Another one who didn't know the door asked directly: "Sister Zhao'er, I heard that this sister Qing'er has long been the son's housekeeper, and she will be the concubine in the future. Is this true?"
Zhao'er heard this, and immediately shouted: "Don't talk nonsense!"
The little girls hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to talk nonsense.Zhao'er sternly swept over everyone's faces one by one, and said earnestly: "Sisters, you are new here, don't gossip behind your back, especially when it concerns the reputation of the master, let alone Ask a question, do you understand?" It was the first time that everyone got angry when they saw Zhao'er, and Manonuo nodded in agreement.Zhao'er's expression became a little more relaxed, and he specially instructed a few things to be careful in front of Yan Li, everyone should keep them in mind.
After cleaning up the mess, everyone was about to disperse and go to work, but saw two women working in the big kitchen come in with two food boxes, Zhao'er hurriedly greeted them, one of the women smiled and said: "This is the young master. Let's prepare lunch."
Zhao'er was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly turned his head to look at Yanli's room, just in time to see Qing'er coming out of the room, seeing that the food was delivered from the kitchen, his face was a little embarrassed.Zhao'er instantly understood what was going on, took the food box quickly, and said with a smile: "Thank you for bringing it, we will send it back when the young master finishes eating." The woman nodded, and greeted the other woman gone back.
Qing'er also came over hurriedly, and explained embarrassingly: "My lord didn't eat much on the way, now I'm hungry again."
Zhao'er knew in her heart that she was trying to find a way for her lies, so she hurriedly smiled and said, "Young master hasn't come home for more than two months, so he must want to eat the food at home. When the young master finishes eating, my sister will use it again." These are."
Qing'er reluctantly nodded, then took one of the food boxes, and went into the inner room with Zhao'er to set up a meal.
After the meal, Qing'er and Zhao'er took down the dishes, Zhao'er put the leftover food back in the servant's room, dragged Qing'er to use some more, and then let Shun'er send it back to the kitchen.
Inside Yan Li's house, Yan Li, who hadn't returned home for more than two months, looked at the untouched furnishings in the house with a somewhat complicated mood, and finally fixed his eyes on a painting on the desk that would not be finished in time.
This is a birthday celebration picture, which was entrusted by my classmate friend Ye Mozhi to draw it by himself, in order to use it when celebrating his grandfather's birthday in the spring of next year.In fact, Yan Li is not very good at making such paintings, but since his friend opened his mouth, and it was inconvenient to refuse, he also drew carefully, but he left home in a hurry before finishing the painting, and then he happened to meet Jia Yun After finding him and asking him to take care of Daiyu for a while, he was so busy making preparations that the painting was delayed for a few days.
Thinking of this, Yan Li also felt ashamed of his friend, hurriedly cleaned his hands again, ordered Song'er to study the ink carefully, and Fang calmed down to continue this unfinished painting.
For the whole afternoon, I kept my hand on the brush and discarded all distracting thoughts, so I painted smoothly. As soon as it was time to hold the lamp, a perfect picture scroll was completed.Yan Li was originally a person who demanded perfection. After the painting was finished, he set it up again in front of the case, looked at it carefully, and made a few delicate corrections. After making sure everything was safe, he told Song'er to wait for the ink to dry. Let someone take it for mounting, and he will send it to Ye Mo himself in a few days.
After everything was arranged, Mrs. Wei came in to answer with a maid named Tao'er, saying that the wife had invited her.Yan Li guessed that it must be because of what the women were talking about in the afternoon, although he was very reluctant, he had to change his clothes again, and followed Tao'er to the main room where Mrs. Yan lived.
In the main room of Yan's house, there are four or five beautifully carved mahogany boxes on Mrs. Wei's table. Mrs. Wei is sitting by the table, looking at the items in the box one by one thoughtfully, when she sees Yan Li coming in , hurriedly ordered the girl to close the lid of the box, and Fang beckoned Yanli to come closer.Long ago, a little girl brought a round mahogany pole covered with a brocade mattress, and Yan Li sat at Madam Wei's seat.
Mrs. Wei first smiled and asked: "You have been away for two months, right? Have you heard any anecdotes? Come and let me see!"
Yan Li smiled and said: "Mother was joking, you are someone who knows the world without leaving home, why do you think I have such a little knowledge outside?"
Mrs. Wei spat: "Stop being so talkative, you'll know how to make fun of your mother!"
Yan Li chuckled, changed the subject, pouted at the boxes on the table, and asked, "What kind of rare treasure did the mother get, and won't let the son see it?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Wei smiled and asked the girl to open the lid again, pulled him closer, pointed to him one by one, and said: "Look, here is a straight-neck vase with cloisonné enamel and lotus patterns. , that one is a blue and white smoker, this one contains your favorite Four Treasures of the Study, and the last box contains some novel gadgets." After Mrs. Wei introduced them one by one, Fang laughed, "Li'er, look at that set of Four Treasures of the Study How? Can I take advantage of your wish?"
Yan Li has been most concerned with things like pens, inks, papers and inkstones since he was a child, and hurriedly took them into his hands to look at them carefully, and he couldn't help but praise: "Sure enough, they are all excellent, and they are rare, but I don't know where my mother came from. These things are expensive, right?"
Mrs. Wei was overjoyed when she saw his praise, she quickly smiled and said, "Where can I find such a good thing! To tell you the truth, all the things on this table were brought by the guests who came here today." Yes. This bottle and the smoker are for me, and the Four Treasures of the Study and those gadgets are for you, since you like it, hurry up and take it!"