Chapter 14 Bait
"My mother comes from a family of generals, but she has collected these precious books, just to please people, but it has made me cheaper." Jiang Ruan whispered at the books in the yard.
The ancestors of the Zhao family were generals, and they were used to the battlefield of wind, sand and blood. The men in the family were all heroes in the army. The only legitimate daughter Zhao Mei fell in love with Jiang Quan. The whole Zhao family strongly opposed it, but Zhao Mei insisted on marrying, and the Zhao family cut off relations with the only daughter.
After Jiang Quan got married with Zhao Mei, Zhao Mei learned that Jiang Quan favored a knowledgeable and talented book woman, so he collected many lonely books from all over the world to study them carefully. Unexpectedly, Zhao Quan soon married Xia Yan, the most talented woman in Beijing, as his concubine.
Zhao Mei still didn't live until the day she finished reading this box of books, but Xia Yan transformed from a noble concubine into the current Mrs. Jiang Ruan smiled mockingly. Her mother didn't understand until she died. If she really didn't love her, she would never be able to win the other party's favor. From the past to the future, Jiang Ruan's love was never a talented woman, but Xia Yan as a talented woman.
"Did the girl remember her wife?" Bai Zhi looked at Jiang Ruan's face: "If the lady was still there, she would definitely be relieved to see the girl so smart and agile now."
Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, not saying anything. Bai Zhi walked back and was stunned when she saw the book in Jiang Ruan's hand: "Why is the girl reading military books again? Now she doesn't have to go to the battlefield. Girls might as well read some poems."
"Enemy will come to the door if he doesn't go to the battlefield," Jiang Ruan's eyes fell on the words of military tactics in front of him: lure the snake out of the hole.
The winter is very peaceful, the lively places become more lively, and the deserted places become more deserted. No one has ever seen Jiang Ruan’s yard for a long time, and Jiang Ruan and the other two have a rare leisure time.
The air was fresh in the morning, and Bai Zhi and Lian Qiao sat at the door to sew clothes. The clothes of several people were old and could not be old anymore. They were repaired and repaired. Although the two of them had outstanding embroidery life, they could wear them even with embroidery of flowers and plants. Only bright silk thread was extremely precious to them, and they would not use such exquisite patches on weekdays.
The girl sat quietly in front of the window, looking at the pages in front of her seriously. The sunlight shone on her beautiful side face, and her eyelashes that were as long as the wings were trembling gently. Her eyes were pure and beautiful, with a softness that made people unable to help but feel pity.
Lian Qiao looked back accidentally and was a little confused. She only thought that her own girl was really a rare beauty in the world. She was quiet and soft, just like a quiet landscape painting. When she started to be cruel, she had a sharp and flying charm. The so-called quietness is like a virgin moving like a rabbit, which should be said to be a woman like Jiang Ruan.
Seeing Lian Qiao being in a daze, Bai Zhi turned around and looked at it thoughtfully, "Miss is growing a little taller this year, and she has to be able to hold on to her clothes in the past. It's about to start spring. I'll find some time to make two new clothes for the girl to wear."
"It's easy to say," Lian Qiao came to her senses and continued to sew the buttons of the clothes in front of her: "The cost of those people sent by half at the end of the year is reduced by half. Two new clothes require a lot of materials, where can I find them? I think we have to go to the mountain to pick some herbs and exchange them for some silver, and save them to buy fabric for the lady." As she said that, she said another: "Our girls are so good, but the clothes they wear are all old. At this age, other girls wear the same flowers as flowers. Our girls are so good, without a single bright dress, wasting their good looks. If our girls wear those beautiful clothes, they will not compare the girls in the capital."
Bai Zhi couldn't help but smile when Lian Qiao said it: "You can say that you are talking about the capital now, and I don't know when I will go back to my house."
Once they talked about returning home, their interest dissipated a little. After a while, Lian Qiao shook her head and said, "Don't think so much. Didn't the girl say that she can go back after the New Year? I think the girl has an idea, so we don't have to worry."
Bai Zhi nodded: "Miss is a smart girl, but...it's better not to make any mistakes."
While chatting, someone knocked on the door outside. Xiaoyuan, a maid who came to deliver firewood. The village gave them not charcoal but firewood. It is natural to say whose instructions were from whom. It is the most difficult day for the master and servant every winter, but there is still a case of firewood, which is not enough. Zhang Lan is really not afraid of freezing the three of them to death.
Xiaoyuan and Jiang Ruan met Li, picked out the firewood from the basket, and moved quickly. Lian Qiao was helping around. After finishing, Xiaoyuan glanced at the clothes in Bai Zhi's hand and smiled: "Sister Bai Zhi's hand is so clever. The needle and thread are sewn in fine and firm, and there is no way to see it outside."
Bai Zhi smiled and said, "It's just a sewing and playing. If you wear it on your body, who will pay attention to it on weekdays?"
"Sister Bai Zhi was wrong," Xiaoyuan shook her head: "This year my mother made me a new pink short jacket. When I didn't want to do my job, I tear a hole under my arm. I wanted to make up for it, but it was not easy to make up for it. I would be seen if I accidentally got it. I was very worried. If I had my sister's skills, I wouldn't have to worry."
"What's the difficulty?" Lian Qiao returned the basket to Xiaoyuan: "Just let Bai Zhi make up for you."
"Really?" Xiaoyuan looked at Bai Zhi in surprise, her eyes full of unconcealed expectations.
Bai Zhi nodded with a smile: "Of course, it's just that I don't have peach-colored silk thread here, you have to send it all."
"No problem, thank you sister Bai Zhi, you are so nice." Xiaoyuan immediately laughed: "If I had known Sister Bai Zhi was so easy to talk to, I should have come and walked around more on weekdays. I have a bunch of torn and sewn clothes there."
"You girl," Lian Qiao pretended to be angry: "I will take advantage of us. Who doesn't know that the girls you serve outside are so glamorous, so there are no torn clothes."
"Who said it was glamorous?" Xiaoyuan pouted: "Although it was a little deserted here, I would rather serve someone like a lady. To be honest, the two sisters, the few outside are really difficult to serve. Not to mention Madam Lan, even the youngest son of her family is not a good-looking lamp. It's fine to make trouble everywhere on weekdays, but recently it's extremely excessive. I heard that Madam Lan sold a piece of land in her family without telling Madam Lan. Madam Lan got furious when she learned about this. These days, these maids have been lying down, for fear of causing trouble for her."
"Oh? Is this really a matter?" Bai Zhi winked at Lian Qiao: "Although Chen Zhao likes to make trouble on weekdays, he is not very generous in his actions. How could he sell the land?"
"That's right," Lian Qiao said: "Are you here to help us?"
"Nothing," Xiaoyuan waved his hand repeatedly: "We all know about the maids who are buying outside. They made Madam Lan very angry that day. I heard that he was asked about the way he went, so I turned his house upside down. What's the result - there was no one left!"
Chapter completed!