Shen Yanjiao first went to Shen Yanliu's small yard.
The brothers in the house in the front yard all have a certain number of servants, and the four brothers are all the same. But in addition to the ones assigned as usual in the house, Shen Yansong was also given by Mrs. Shen Er. The two brothers Shen Yanbai and Shen Yanzhang were born by Mrs. Shen San. There were also more considerate "own people" sent by Mrs. Shen. ".
But Shen Yanliu didn't.
This time Shen Yanjiao picked someone, the strong girl and Luo Qingshi, but she didn't let Mrs. Shen Er handle the government accounts for her. She used her own body to get the body contracts of these two people.
If it is the public account of the government, then the person chosen is a member of the government, and the government has the final say on any future arrangements, and is not considered "one of its own".
Therefore, under special circumstances, when the master and servant see someone they are compatible with, they will keep the personal deed in their own hands and not be manipulated by the government.
For example, Nanny Song beside her was the one her biological mother had left by her side before, and now the body deeds are also in her hands.
This time she arranged Luo Qingshi to be with Shen Yanliu, and it was the first time that Shen Yanliu had "one of her own" among the people she had summoned.
"A Liu,"
Shen Yanjiao first spoke to Shen Yanliu privately, "Although Luo Qingshi has become your and my slave now, remember not to scold him wantonly based on his status as master -"
Shen Yanliu looked at her doubtfully and said, "Sister, what do you mean?"
"It's what you think,"
In the past, Shen Yanjiao might have been afraid that her younger brother would not understand the world, so she deliberately spoke plainly. But after seeing A Liu's scheming on the last Chinese Valentine's Day, she spoke more directly, "He is not an ordinary person, he is a talented person, and you like it." Those...this Luo Qingshi can teach you."
"oh?"
Shen Yanliu opened his eyes wide, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
"Don't tell outsiders,"
Shen Yanjiao finally told him, "From now on, he will be your personal servant. He will study with you at night and make tea and hand you a cup, which is what he should do."
This matter cannot be known to my father Shen Ke or the gentlemen at the school. Let a slave teach me where to put the dignity of these noble families.
If word spreads, the reputation of the Shen brothers will probably be damaged.
But as long as Shen Yanliu didn't say anything, and the servant was waiting on him while he was studying, who knew what the servant was doing?
"I know,"
Shen Yanliu hurriedly said, "Secretly it's Mr. Luo, but openly it's Qingshi, right?"
"Treat him as your husband in your heart, and don't shout out at him, either overtly or covertly,"
Shen Yanjiao corrected, "It takes time to see people's hearts. Whether you can bear the title of husband or not will only come after we get along with each other for a long time."
As the saying goes, you know a person's face but not his heart. In her previous life, she had only heard rumors about this person, but what kind of character this person was, she still had to take a closer look.
Shen Yanliu nodded solemnly.
"A Liu,"
When the two siblings talked about this in private, Shen Yanjiao thought of something and hesitated before speaking, "Although money and food are rare in this world, sincerity is rare."
There are thousands of people in this world, and it seems lively and bustling, but if you count, how many people in this world can really shed a tear for you when you are in trouble or when you pass away?
As long as there is someone in this world who only cares about you as a person, rather than your money and other external things, then that is worth cherishing.
In the last life, she was paranoid about these things outside her body, but in this life, she also hopes that A Liu can understand.
"I don't care whether it's rare or not,"
A Liu raised his little face and looked at his sister, and said sonorously, "I just want my sister's good - if it's for my sister's good, I will work hard to do it. If it can make my sister good, even if I am reviled by the world, so what? ?”
Shen Yanjiao: "..."
She stretched out her hand and pinched her brother's little face. She took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Yeah."
At this moment, the rotten soul that had almost been frozen to death by human affection in her previous life suddenly felt a little hope of life in her heart.
Returning to the Mozhu Courtyard, Shen Yanjiao saw Qiu Yu leading a few little girls, holding a long bamboo pole with a small net, carefully catching the Ailanthus elephants flying in the courtyard.
Their courtyards are all adjacent to gardens, with many flowers and trees. At this time of year, these annoying insects fly in. This bug has a stink when it touches it, which is unbearable to anyone, so every time during these days, the little girls are busy getting rid of the bugs.
And the strong girl who had just been bought was standing in the yard with her hands and feet tied up, with a confused and embarrassed look on her face.
Qiuyue saw Shen Yanjiao coming over and quickly took the brocade mat.
Shen Yanjiao didn't even enter the house. She sat on the brocade mat in the corridor and signaled Qiuyue to bring the girl over.
"May I have your name?"
Shen Yanjiao took another cup of tea from Qiuyue, took a sip and looked at the strong girl.
"Pinch, pinch... pinch it and call it Black Ya."
That strong girl's accent sounds weird.
Shen Yanjiao asked a few more questions and found out that the black girl had been sold around and transferred to several places, so her voice had accents from many places, which sounded strange.
Qiuyue corrected the pronunciation of Hei Ya several times for her, but Hei Ya was simply the word "I" and was pronounced like "pin", let alone something else.
Shen Yanjiao knew that the accent could not be changed in a short time, so he smiled and asked her to learn it slowly in the future.
"From now on, you will be called Qiu Guo,"
Shen Yanjiao thought for a while and said, "It's a lot of achievements, and it sounds more festive."
"middle,"
Qiu Guo said happily, "Pinch it and call it Qiu Guo...it's so beautiful——"
Shen Yanjiao: "...Well, it sounds good."
Then he changed the topic, "I heard that you are very strong? How big are you?"
Qiu Guo pointed at Qiu Yue and said loudly: "Someone like her can hold ten people by pinching them -"
Qiuyue: "..."
Shen Yanjiao pointed to the large bucket of water carried by the two nuns at the entrance of the courtyard and said, "Can you pick up that bucket of water?"
Qiu Guo stared at it and said happily: "That's bullshit."
"Autumn Fruit,"
Upon hearing this, Qiuyue hurriedly said, "What nonsense are you talking about - girls also use foul language in front of them."
Shen Yanjiao signaled Qiuyue not to interrupt.
At this time, Qiu Guo rolled up her sleeves, looked around, strode to the stone table in the yard, clasped the stone table with both hands, and without much effort, she actually lifted the entire stone table.
Perhaps because she was afraid that Shen Yanjiao would look down on her and not have enough to eat in the future, Qiu Guo threw the stone table in her hand and caught it again, and then smiled at Shen Yanjiao.
The girls and grandmothers in the yard all exclaimed and looked at Qiu Guo as if they were monsters.
Shen Yanjiao couldn't help but smile: "Put it down quickly, I understand."
After saying that, he ordered Nanny Song to give Qiu Guo's salary as the second class in her courtyard for the time being, which is slightly lower than Qiuyue Qiuyu and the others.
"Pinch... pinch..."
Hearing that Aunt Song asked her to thank the girl, Qiu Guo looked confused, "Just say it... I don't understand money... I just want to win as long as I can eat -"
She was scared of hunger.
Every time it is sold by the owner because it is edible. Besides, if a master wants to buy a slave with strength, he can just buy a man. She is a woman, and she has to sell strength... In fact, few masters are willing to buy it.
She did ordinary rough work, and because she ate too much, she was often scolded.
"Eat as you wish,"
Shen Yanjiao smiled and said, "I heard that you also stayed in a martial arts gym? Do you know two moves?"
Qiu Guo scratched her head and smiled honestly: "No, but pinching... will make me fight——"
Qiuyue pursed her lips and smiled, and Shen Yanjiao also smiled. Then she asked Qiuyue to take her to the resettlement first, teach her some rules in the house, and then arrange for her some physical strength work in the yard. She also told her to let this girl practice more strength when she has time...
She might need it in the future.
As the weather gets cooler day by day, there are more and more things going on in the Shen Mansion. First, Shen Ning's family was going back to the south. Before leaving, Fu Yunshan came to see Shen Yanjiao, and his eyes turned red before he could say anything.
"Third sister, when we get to the south, I will bring you something good."
Fu Yunshan reluctantly said, "Bring them over as well as A Liu's... If someone bullies you in the future, send me a message and I will support you."
Shen Yanjiao finally coaxed this future famous official away, and sighed in her heart for a long time.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shen Ke's birthday was soon followed. In the hustle and bustle, the Beginning of Winter passed quickly and October entered.
When the first light snow fell, the Qin family asked someone to deliver some things. They said to the outside world that they were some gadgets given by the girls of the Qin family to the girls of the Shen family.
There was a big baggage inside. When Shen Yanrou called Shen Yanjiao into his courtyard, he pulled her into the private room and pointed at the big baggage. She pushed it and said with a smile, "Get your things quickly." Go—it takes up a lot of my space.”
Shen Yanjiao: "...What is this?"
She vaguely guessed it, but found it funny: It was such a big burden.
Aunt Jin beside Shen Yanjiao smiled and opened it, revealing several fur clothes inside.
"Here are two cloaks, and two halves..."
Grandma Jin smiled and said, "Look at this hair, it's so good. It's hard to buy something of this quality with money outside -"
Shen Yanjiao also didn't expect that Nie Xiao would keep his word, but it was just that she accepted it at this time... something was wrong.
The name is not justified.
Not even a single step of the marriage negotiation process has been completed. If she accepts the marriage, it will not be much different from a private arrangement.
Shen Yanrou smiled and said, "Sister Qin gave it to me, what can others say?"
In fact, she also felt that it was a bit inappropriate, but Nie Xiao had given it to the Qin family Feng Feng Huohuo with sincerity. If he made a fuss and then returned it, thinking about the in-law relationship between the Shen family and the Qin family... it would also be inappropriate.
"Let's leave it at my sister's place first,"
Shen Yanjiao still refused, "When Sister Qin passes the door, I'll thank her in person before taking it."
It means dragging.
Shen Yanrou understood and said with a smile: "Forget it, then take this little cloak first - it's for A Liu. The Qin family was considerate of the fourth brother's illness and specially sent an extra piece of clothing. I'm afraid I won't be able to use it anymore. said."
Shen Yanjiao smiled, and she refused again.
"To say that Nie Xiao also has a good heart,"
After Aunt Jin exited, Shen Yanrou smiled and whispered to Shen Yanjiao, "I also gave grandma a wolfskin mattress this time. Grandma liked it very much."
In fact, Mrs. Shen only lacked this wolfskin mattress. She just saw Nie Xiao's intentions and was sincerely happy for this good marriage.
Shen Yan smiled coquettishly, pretending to be shy, and turned sideways.
At this time, Shen Yanrou came closer and looked at her carefully. Seeing that the corners of Shen Yanjiao's eyes were red, she took her hand and looked at it. The delicate fingertips seemed to be rougher, and she couldn't help but feel moved.
She knew that the third sister often stayed up late at night to do some embroidery work for her dowry.
At first, Grandma Jin guessed that the third girl was pretending to be a show-off in front of everyone in the house, but who knew that the third sister had been doing it for so long.
And the embroidery that was brought over, the patterns, the number of embroiderers...it really surprised Grandma Jin for several days, and Lian Hu really misjudged these three girls.
"Third sister, please don't stay up all night just because of me."
Shen Yanrou said sincerely, "There are also embroidery workers in the house, let them do it-"
"It's not that hard,"
Before Shen Yanrou could finish speaking, Shen Yanrou smiled and lightly covered her sister's mouth and said, "Do you know how happy I feel when I am doing this? I can't do anything else but can do it for my sister. If I do something, I can sleep peacefully at night.”
This is what she means.
She owed her sister a lot in her previous life, but she really didn't find it hard to do this kind of work in this life.
The truth is always moving. Although Shen Yanrou is gentle and seldom talks, she is not a fool. She can still feel whether the truth is spoken.
After hearing this, Shen Yanrou's eyes turned red, she grabbed Shen Yanjiao's hand and shook it gently: "Even if we have families in the future, we are in the same spirit, and the love between sisters will never fade... We can be together in this world. Support is a blessing in life.”
Shen Yanjiao also shook her sister's hand, feeling the warmth, and couldn't help but feel reluctant to give up when she thought about her getting married.
Fortunately, in this life, my sister-in-law married the prince of Anjun.
The more reluctant you are to let go, the faster the days seem to pass.
More than half a month later, Shen Yanrou's wedding date officially arrived.
