Jian Qiu thought for a while and said: "The brothers and sisters of the Su family lost their mother when they were young. Miss Su lived in the Shen family when she was young, about four or five years ago. At that time, the slaves had just entered the house. I heard that Su The girl accidentally fell into the well one time, and she seemed to have been rescued by someone from the main house. Maybe it was because of that incident, but these are all slaves' guesses."
Jian Qiu mentioned the past events as if it was a joke.
"Oh? Do you know who saved her?" Liu Yingying asked curiously.
Jian Qiu thought for a while and said, "I can't remember clearly, but I think it's either the eldest or the second young master."
Liu Yingying nodded and said No wonder.
While the few people were talking, they had returned to Qinfang Courtyard. They saw the east courtyard next door was bustling. The maids and ladies had received rewards and were sharing fruits in the yard. Mother Wu was sitting under a banana tree. When Guazi saw Liu Yingying coming back, he immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Yao brought back some fine grapes from the Western Regions. Miss Yao gave the girl a plate. Let's go and try them."
When Liu Yingying returned to the west courtyard, she saw that a plate of crystal-clear grapes had been placed in the room. They were larger and rounder than ordinary grapes. It turned out that they were brought back from the Western Regions.
Chapter 021
It is said that after attending the welcome banquet organized by Shen Yuechan, Liu Yingying had no chance to leave the courtyard for several days. Even if she went out for an excuse, she could not leave the confines of Beiyuan.
Only then did I realize that the rules of a large household were strict, and the outer courtyard was separated from the backyard. Even if you walked around the backyard, you would rarely have the opportunity to see your outside husband. Unlike in Yuncheng and Yuanling City, the folk customs there were open. Although there are big differences between men and women, they are far less strict than those in Qingyuan.
Liu Yingying was still full of confidence when she came here, but no matter how confident she was, no matter how beautiful she was, she was trapped in the inner courtyard of this deep house every day, and even if her face grew into a flower, no one would appreciate it. Even if you just want to hook up with someone, where should you go to hook up with someone?
In addition, she was just a guest. If she looked for opportunities to wander around every day, she would only be around for a few days before she would be disliked by the entire Shen family.
Why.
Liu Yingying counted the days, and it was almost the middle of the month. In a blink of an eye, it had been half a month since she came to the Shen family. So much time had passed in March, but she still hadn't even recognized the faces of the Shen family. , most of the ambitions and ambitions I had before coming here were suddenly released.
But then I thought about it, if it didn't happen and she returned to Yuncheng one day, her situation in the Liu family would definitely be worse than before. If her identity was exposed again, she might not have a chance to stay in the Liu family. , Liu Yingying crawled out of the gloomy hells such as brothels, and she knew very well the cruelty there, and she also knew how precious and rare life like this was.
When they were in brothels, in order to redeem themselves, many girls worked hard to save money by accepting customers, and finally ended up with a heart disease and died miserably. When they died, they were nothing more than a straw bag and were thrown into a mass grave. If Liu Yingying was still alive, In a brothel, there is no way to avoid such an end.
Now, a good opportunity was placed in front of her, how could she not have the determination and thoughts to seize it firmly?
Immediately, Liu Yingying got up from the low couch, washed and dressed up, and prepared to "take a walk" outside the yard to try her luck. Unexpectedly, at this time, someone suddenly called the door and said, "Yes." person?"
Jianqiu went to the old lady's courtyard early in the morning. Her home was in Beiyuan. Although she came to serve Liu Yingying, many things had not been completely moved there. She had obtained Liu Yingying's permission early in the morning.
Taoyao should go to the kitchen.
As for Pinyue, no one is seen from time to time, and she doesn't know where to hide and laze around.
Now Liu Yingying was the only one left in the west courtyard, so Liu Yingying walked out in person and saw a pretty girl standing outside, about ten years old, with an oval face, pink cheeks, bright eyes and sparse eyebrows. When she was young, her eyes were crooked and stars were shining in her eyes. She turned out to be a little beauty with a charming smile.
Liu Yingying couldn't help but her eyes lit up, why did she, Qin Yuanfang, have such a little beauty?
I also saw that the other party was not very old. He was wearing a Western-colored trousers, a thin light-colored forged jacket, and a smoky green skirt. There were no beads or jewelry on his head, only the left and right sides of his head were tied up. There are two buns, and the remaining hair is braided into seven or eight small braids, hanging down on the chest. The braids are decorated with light green headbands, which look fresh and pleasant.
He also saw a tassel hanging around her neck and a pair of wishful locks hanging on her chest.
Although the jewelry is simple and wearable, it is not vulgar, especially the temperament that flows through her body. She is definitely not a little girl running errands, but must be a noble master in the house?
But if it was the young master, he saw her alone again, with no maids or maids around her. When she was hesitating to find out who was coming, at this moment, she saw this pretty little beauty who was even more surprised and stunning than she was. , just looked at her blankly for a long time, his face became slightly hot, and he spoke first: "Is it Sister Liu?"
As he spoke, he suppressed the shyness in his eyes and announced his family status: "I am Ling'er from the third room, ranked fourteenth in the house. I heard from the eighth sister that a fairy sister came to the house. Not only was she beautiful, she was also beautiful. I know how to raise silkworms, Sister Liu, can you teach me how to raise silkworms? All the silkworms I raised last year were completely dead, and my cousin laughed at me for more than half a year. This year I vowed to feed them, but I have no skills. No, Sister Liu, can you help me?"
Shen Yueling looked at Liu Yingying expectantly, with stars in her eyes.
It was as if Liu Yingying was about to drop the golden bean if she disagreed.
When Liu Yingying heard the other party's intention, she was stunned for a moment, and then she looked slightly embarrassed.
The girls from the Shen family are quite interesting to compete with each other. Why are they all so interested in silkworm babies? There is the eldest girl from the Shen family, and here is the fourteenth girl?
Also, Qingyuan is not as good as Jiangnan. Many people there make a living by raising silkworms. Many people know how to raise silkworms. It is a livelihood. Unexpectedly, Qingyuan has become a popular and elegant thing. However, After thinking about it, it’s true that women in the boudoir don’t have many opportunities to go out, and there aren’t many interesting things to do to pass the time. However, not every woman likes to make tea and embroider. It's a grueling business, so sericulture is much more interesting.
What's more, raising silkworms and spinning silk to make cloth and silk is an elegant thing and a beautiful thing that is praised by others, so why not do it.
Liu Yingying is worried that she won't have a chance to go out and rush out. Come on, doesn't the opportunity just come to her door?
Although she was thinking this in her heart, she didn't agree outright. Instead, Liu Yingying thought about it and said to Shen Yueling opposite, "It's Miss Fourteen."
After a pause, he continued: "Has the Third Madam agreed to the matter of Miss Fourteen raising silkworms?"
When Shen Yueling saw Liu Yingying showing signs of loosening her words, she immediately said hurriedly: "My mother agreed, she will definitely agree."
Liu Yingying thought for a while and then said: "But raising silkworms requires patience, and it is not something that can be done in a day or two. It may take two to three months, or even three to five months to accomplish it. Are you sure Miss Fourteen wants to raise it?" "
Shen Yueling immediately raised her hand and promised: "I have such patience. I stayed with the silkworm babies for three months last year and never left them for a day. However, the silkworm babies always died before they could be raised well. , It’s really hurt.”
Shen Yueling said with red eyes.
After a pause, he remembered something, and immediately put away the emotion on his face, and said: "I will only be more patient this year than last year. I swear that I will make the silkworm babies fat and let them spit them out." Come on, I want to make a sweat towel for my mother with the silk spun out by the silkworms I raised myself."
Shen Yueling said firmly.
Liu Yingying was stunned after hearing this. She looked at the beautiful and determined little girl in the distance. For some reason, she thought of herself who had just been sold into a brothel. After thinking about it, Liu Yingying smiled and said: "It just so happens that it's the silkworm raising season now."
As he said that, he fixed his gaze on Shen Yueling's face and said, "Well, raising silkworms requires some preparations and some specific environment and climate. I'll go to Miss Fourteen's place tomorrow to have a look. Let's prepare first. "
Liu Yingying said so.
When Shen Yueling heard that Liu Yingying had agreed, she was so happy that she jumped twice on the spot with her eyes crooked. When she jumped up, she remembered the food box in her hand. She immediately walked up to Liu Yingying shyly and cheerfully, and put the food box in her hand. He sent it to Liu Yingying and said, "This is the fruit snack prepared by Ling'er. It's not respectful. Sister Liu can try it."
After a pause, he looked again and again at Liu Yingying's face, and said like a grown-up, "Grandma said that the Shen family and the Liu family are ancestral relatives. From now on, I will call you Sister Liu, Sister Ying. How are you?" Sister, just call me Linger."
Although Shen Yueling was shy, she was also generous. Liu Yingying put the food box away with a smile. Shen Yueling immediately said happily: "Then I will wait for Sister Ying in the yard tomorrow. Sister Ying must remember to come."
After that, he jumped up and down.
After Shen Yueling left, Liu Yingying opened the food box and saw that the snacks inside were exquisite and exquisite. She thought they had been carefully prepared. Suddenly, she thought of this unexpected opportunity and couldn't help but feel a little bit funny. She didn't expect it back then. The skill of feeding silkworm babies for the master Zhenniang who was waiting for her at Wanhua Tower came in handy at this time.
Liu Yingying immediately picked up the dim sum and took a bite. It was so sweet. The Shen family's dim sum was 10,000 times more delicious than the leftover moldy and hard dim sum that the diners at Wanhua Tower used to eat.
The next day, Liu Yingying freshened up carefully, took the meeting gift for the fourteenth girl and some specialties from Yuncheng, and headed to the third room early.
The third bedroom, the third bedroom, and the fifth bedroom are all direct descendants. However, the master of the third bedroom has passed away many years ago, leaving only the third wife alone. She raised her only daughter, Shen Yueling, to grow up alone. However, I heard that the third wife was born from Although the famous family lives in simplicity, it has its own character.
The courtyard of the third bedroom is located between Dafang Nanyuan and Erdang Garden. It is a little remote. On this day, Liu Yingying deliberately did not bring Jianqiu, who knew the way, but only brought Tao, who was also a new arrival. Yao, I plan to ask for directions along the way to the third room.
After leaving Beiyuan and approaching Dongyuan, I saw two men walking from the end of the verandah from a distance. They were both tall and tall, both fifteen or sixteen years old. One was wearing a blue brocade suit and a crown of jade on his head. They are tall and thin, with handsome faces. One of them is wearing a French green robe, the other is slightly shorter and has a round face. They are walking side by side from a distance.
It looks like he came from the east, could he be from the second house?
In addition to the eldest son Shen Mo, the second wife also has three concubines. Among them, the ninth son is slightly younger, fourteen or fifteen years old, and the fifth and seventh sons are both sixteen or seventeen years old.
Liu Yingying didn't recognize the whole person at the moment, so she looked around from a distance, and the taller one seemed a little familiar. Maybe she had seen him in the old lady's courtyard that day. Liu Yingying had a very good memory, and she remembered that it was the same person who fell in love that day. Mo Yiyi came.
Not much to look at right now.
He just pretended that he hadn't seen it and walked forward without changing his expression.
Walking straight to the fork in the middle of the verandah, I saw a cross in the middle of the verandah, making it accessible from all sides. Then I saw Liu Yingying slowly stopped, as if she didn't know where to go. She was hesitating at random, her eyes sharp. When he saw the two young masters walking from a distance, his expression suddenly showed surprise.
At this time, the Fifth Young Master Shen Jie and the Seventh Young Master Shen He happened to spot Liu Yingying who was standing undecided at the fork. Their expressions were startled, then they looked surprised, and then shocked. Obviously, the two of them were stunned. He also recognized at a glance the stunning Liu family girl whom he had seen in the old lady’s yard.
In the past few days, the word "Miss Liu" has been widely circulated in the Shen family private school. Even everyone in the foreign branches of the Shen family knows that there is a fairy-like girl in the old house. It is said that the new arrival That cousin of mine was as beautiful as a fairy, soft and boneless, and one look at her could make you shudder. It made the eyes of more than ten gentlemen of the Shen family gleam, and they had been discussing her privately for several days.
Before anyone arrived, Shen Jie and Shen He looked at each other, their ears turning red.
But then they saw the two of them bumping each other with their shoulders, signaling the other to speak first.
It was Liu Yingying who spoke first, then turned towards the two of them and said, "I wonder which young masters are in front of me?"
Liu Yingying lowered her head and said with a gentle look: "Ying'er just came to Shen's house. The route is not familiar yet. I accidentally lost my way. Could you please give me some directions? I don't know where to go." Where should I go to the third room?"
Liu Yingying lowered her eyes a little, not looking at anyone openly, and looked shy.
Her voice was gentle, like an oriole singing on a branch, and it was particularly tingling and pleasant to the ear.
She lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, nodding her head, her amorous feelings changing, and she was extremely enchanting.
For a moment, I saw the two big men opposite me dodge their eyes and their hands and feet were cramped. I didn't know where to look. Fortunately, Shen Jie and Shen He were not people who had never seen the world before. They were very familiar with each other. Quickly raise your chest and put your hands behind your back, looking like a handsome man.
While the two were excusing each other, Shen Jie coughed lowly, and Fang put his hands behind his back and pretended to be calm and said, "Miss Liu, you're welcome."
After a pause, he added: "I am Shen Jie, the second eldest brother, ranked fifth, and he is the seventh."
As he spoke, he quickly glanced at the face of the immortal and beautiful person in the distance, then hurriedly closed his eyes and said: "To go to the third room, you should go to the right. The right is in the southeast direction, and the third room is in the southeast corner. Location."
Shen Jie carefully pointed the way for Liu Yingying.
Liu Yingying looked along the veranda on the right, as if she was relieved. Then, she raised her eyes from a distance and glanced at Shen Jie's face, then quickly lowered her eyes and saluted Shen Jie again.
But he didn't expect this glance to hit Shen Jie's eyes. Shen Jie stood there blankly and forgot to return the gift. Shen He who was standing by him bumped him with his shoulder. Shen Jie suddenly woke up. His ears turned red instantly.
When Liu Yingying saw this, she covered her lips with a handkerchief and snickered. Shen Jie's entire face turned red.
At this time, Liu Yingying was about to accidentally "fly down" the handkerchief in her hand into the waterside pavilion. She asked the two young masters to help each other fish it out, but unexpectedly, the handkerchief "accidentally" fell before she could. "At this time, I saw Shen He on the side quickly pulled Shen Jie and whispered something in his ear. Then I saw that Shen Jie's expression suddenly changed. After a while, he quickly Bowing to Liu Yingying, Fang stammered awkwardly: "Miss Liu...Miss Liu, please help yourself. I...Lao Qi and I are going to be late for class, so we are leaving."
After saying that, the two of them left in a hurry.
When they reached the end of the corridor, they saw that instead of slowing down, the two of them started running as if they had seen a ghost.
Liu Yingying: "..."
What the hell?
Is this shyness? Or...scared?
What did she do to them?
She hasn't made any move yet!
Liu Yingying was only a little confused.
Chapter 022
Are the gentlemen of the Shen family inexperienced in flirting, or are they just serious?
What's more, Liu Yingying didn't even have time to take action?
Liu Yingying was stunned by the two figures fleeing in the distance and forgot to react.
Unexpectedly, Liu Yingying died before leaving the army.
This is her first time out of the mountains! Didn't expect such a bad start?
If Qin's mother, who was trained by Wanhualou and taught her for three years, saw this, she would be so angry that she would vomit blood.
