novelraw Chapter 5
Chapter 5
In the east room, Zijuan waited for Daiyu to barely eat a bowl of porridge, but couldn't eat any more. Zijuan had to take it down, and then ate it indiscriminately, before she could say what Aunt Li had said.After hearing this, Daiyu closed her eyes and thought for a while before she said: "Since that's the case, let's give her some silver, so that I won't owe her too much, so as not to take advantage of her in the future."
Zijuan knew that she was the most sensitive in this regard, so she had no choice but to obey her and took a few silver coins to the east wing room where Aunt Li and Uncle Li lived in the front yard.
In the room, Aunt Li was changing clothes in the inner room, seeing her coming in, she rushed out to greet her.Zijuan then took out the silver and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "My girl ordered me to bring this little silver. She said that since she was working for my aunt, how could she spend your family's money again? In this way, she also I'm uneasy! Besides, my girl said that everything should be kept simple and not too extravagant, it's better to save some money, and if I have some money left, I'll treat my aunt to tea."
Aunt Li saw that although Zicuckoo spoke politely, the few pieces of silver on the table cost at least a dozen or so taels. She seemed to be bluffing at the moment, picked it up in a hurry and wanted to return it to Zicuckoo, and returned it in her mouth. He kept muttering: "Oh, what's the matter? My young master asked me to take good care of your master and servant before he left. He also left me money for tailoring clothes early in the morning. How can I ask your girl again?" ? If you let the young master know, I will drive this old woman out of the house!"
Since Zijuan had been instructed by Daiyu, how could she take it back? After some pushback, she stuffed the silver into her arms and slipped away in a hurry.Aunt Li couldn't chase it out anymore, so she had to put it away anxiously, thinking that she would return it to Daiyu if she had the chance in the future.
Aunt Li and Uncle Li took a car and left. As soon as they left, the courtyard suddenly became quiet.Daiyu had been lying on the bed for two days, her back was sore and her back was sore, now she saw the autumn morning sun shining in through the window sills, shining golden, reflecting the glow in the house, so she got up and went for a walk in the courtyard thought.But at this moment, a few unknown birds flew over the window sill, chirping cheerfully, and sometimes pecking mischievously until the window edge slammed, which amused Daiyu's heart, and she actually put the two days' troubles together. All kinds of unhappiness have been diluted a lot, and I can't lie still more and more, so I want to go out for a stroll no matter what.
Zijuan couldn't help it, so she had to help her up, waited for her to wash up, and combed a bun for her carefully. Because she didn't go out, she simply inserted a silver hairpin into the bun, without any other accessories.If this is the case, it is hard to hide Daiyu's natural beauty. On the contrary, her face is clean and simple, coupled with her light body, she moves more like a willow, making her look more graceful and graceful.
After dressing up, Zijuan helped Daiyu out of the room.Because it was late at night when she came here and she was exhausted, Daiyu naturally didn't notice the scenery in the courtyard. When she came out this time, she sighed in surprise: "What a quiet place!"
Indeed, the yard in front of me is the back room of the front yard, and it was originally a hidden place.In addition, among the five principal rooms, only the east three rooms are occupied by Daiyu and Zijuan. Although the west two rooms are fully furnished, they are unoccupied.
The ground in the courtyard is paved with blue stones, and a small flower bed is surrounded by a wooden fence under the west window of the third room in the east. Several plantains and autumn chrysanthemums are planted in it.That autumn chrysanthemum is quite common, and it has already opened bright yellow buds at this time, and it should bloom in a few days; but the leaves of the plantain are already withered and yellow because it is late autumn, but there are still unpicked ripe ones on the tree. Most of the plantains in the garden have been pecked by birds, which is very interesting to watch.
Daiyu stared at the plantains intently, and unconsciously chanted: "The plantains are planted in front of the window because of the rain. Flip. ——Zicuckoo, don’t you think that Du Mu’s poem is written for the mood of people like us?”
Zijuan is illiterate, so naturally she can't understand the artistic conception of the poem, but she can vaguely understand it from words such as "returning home", so she said with red eyes: "Poetry is a good poem, but it's just too sad. Let's take a look." This is a red plum tree!" After saying that, she pointed to the west, Daiyu turned her head and noticed that there was actually a red plum tree planted in front of the windows of the two rooms on the west.
The red plum tree must have been planted by the owner only two or three years ago. The trunk is only as thick as a child's wrist, but it is growing very vigorously.And because it is late autumn, there are faintly bulging flower buds on the branches, but they have not yet formed. Presumably when the heavy snow falls, there must be a beautiful scene of red plums reflected in the flying snow in front of the window, right?
Daiyu quickly moved under the tree, stared at it for a long time, and couldn't help but recall that winter, after the heavy snowfall, the sisters were in Luxue nunnery to couplet poems, and Baoyu was punished to go to Changcui nunnery. Qiumei, at that time he was so pure and beautiful, when he was standing on the bridge holding a bottle of red plums, he was really like a banished fairy descending from the earth, people couldn't take their eyes off him, but he never expected...
Thinking of this, Daiyu felt sour in her heart, her eyes turned red.Just as he wiped away his tears with a silk cloth, someone behind him suddenly coughed and asked abruptly, "Miss Lin, Sister Zijuan, it's rare that you are out today, and you are in the mood to enjoy the flowers. My sister is really happy for you!"
Both Daiyu and Zijuan startled. When they turned around to look, it was none other than Qing'er.Zijuan laughed and said, "Sister Qing'er, you came just in time, tell us quickly, when did the red plums grow?"
Qing'er glanced at the red plum tree, and said lightly: "When can it be? Naturally, my young master planted this yard when he bought it. It has been three years since my sister asked this." do what?"
Zijuan said: "It's nothing, I just think it looks good, so I'm just asking. It seems that Mr. Yan also likes red plums, otherwise he wouldn't plant such a plant specially!"
A trace of disdain flashed in Qing'er's eyes, and he shook his head and said, "I don't know about this. But according to my memory, it seems that the young master has lived in the front yard since he bought this yard, and rarely came to the back yard. , also passed by in a hurry, as for this plum blossom, I didn't pay much attention to it, presumably I didn't particularly like it."
"Oh..." Zicuckoo was a little embarrassed, and couldn't say anything more.Daiyu on the side had been standing in front of the tree and listening quietly. Now she turned her head slightly and said to Zicuckoo, "I'm tired, help me back to the house." then go.
Zijuan hurriedly nodded to Qing'er as a greeting, then stepped forward to help Daiyu and went back to the house slowly.Seeing Daiyu ignoring her outside the door, Qing'er, who was already a little uncomfortable, felt angry again, turned her face away and spat, and Fang went to the front yard angrily.
Inside the house, Zijuan helped Daiyu in, wanting her to sit for a while, have some tea and then lie down.Helpless, Daiyu stood outside for a while, feeling a little dizzy, so she had to sit on the couch, and Zijuan put a pillow on her back so that she could tilt her head before pouring tea.Daiyu took it and took a few sips, then put it down, and said: "This Qing'er doesn't look like an honest person in his eyes. Don't get too close to her in the future, lest she be tricked."
Zijuan didn't think so at first, but these few words today made her a little wary of Qing'er, so she nodded and said: "I remember. But you don't have to take her to heart. Zuo Zuo is just a maid, what can they do to us?"
Daiyu turned her gaze to the window, and said coldly: "No matter how she is a maid, she is also a maid in their house, she is no match for us, she is here for nothing without relatives and reasons, and we are even more shameless!"
After hearing this, Zijuan felt uncomfortable, and just wanted to comfort her a few more words, when she suddenly heard Qing'er's voice outside the door shouting: "Sister Zijuan, come out!"
Zijuan frowned, thinking that if she was in Rongguo Mansion, she would never be allowed to yell in front of the master's house as a girl, which shows that this person is very unruly.But after thinking about it again, although Daiyu was born as a daughter of a thousand gold family, she is in someone else's family, she can't be regarded as the master, and it is reasonable for them not to take them seriously.Thinking of this, Zicuckoo no longer cared about it, so she had to look at Daiyu.Although Daiyu was unhappy in her heart, her face was calm, she just nodded at her, and Zijuan put down her teacup and went out.
"Sister Qing'er, what's the matter?" Zijuan asked.
Qing'er put a washbasin with a few rags in her hand under Zijuan's feet, raised her face and said: "Young master told me to wipe the house once when I left. I wiped all the rooms in the front yard, and the back yard The house is small, the furnishings are simple, and my sisters live, so I don’t want to disturb you, so I’ll make it hard for my sister!” After finishing speaking, she turned around and left without waiting for Zijuan to agree.
Zijuan blushed with anger, and was about to question her a few words, but Qing'er suddenly stopped and turned around with a smile: "Sister, don't misunderstand that I am lazy, it is really a thread of the young master's clothes. I sew it myself, I have to go to work on it quickly, or the young master will be angry if he delays wearing it when he comes back." After saying this, Fang twisted his slender waist, and went away with a haughty expression on his face.
Zijuan was so choked by her words that she rolled her eyes, but there was nothing she could do, so she came back and said to Daiyu: "Girl, if you're tired, go to sleep first, and I'll be back after cleaning the house."
Daiyu had heard Qing'er's words clearly in the house, and there was a sneer on the corner of her mouth, but she still said to Zijuan: "We live in other people's houses and eat other people's houses, and it's not bad to do some work. In the future, we will talk about it. Well, I have an excuse, so go!" Seeing that Daiyu was right, Zijuan put away her complaints and started to work with a washbasin.
Although there are only five main rooms in the backyard, because it is in the countryside, the dust accumulates quickly, and it has not been cleaned for a while, so it is very laborious to wipe it.Zicuckoo wiped for an hour before cleaning the two rooms on the west side.Daiyu saw that she was so tired that her waist was sore and her back hurt, so she wanted to let her rest for a while before working again, but Zijuan refused to let others talk about her, saying that she was lazy and slippery, so she continued to pour clean water and began to wipe the three rooms on Daiyu's side.
After a while, they heard the sound of horseshoes outside the door. Zijuan guessed that Yan Li had returned, and wanted to stop what she was doing, but Daiyu stopped her and said, "You do what you want, I'm afraid he will come back." What are you doing? Besides, he just came back, so he might not be coming to our side!"
Zicuckoo had no choice but to agree, and continued to work hard.Just stepped on a stool to reach a vase on the ancient shelf, suddenly someone shouted behind him: "Zicuckoo, who told you to do this?!"