Chapter 23 Jewelry

Last night, it snowed all night, and the ground was covered with a layer of silver. The two rough maids took the broom early and swept a clean road. Now there are snowflakes falling, sprinkling spots on the road.

Yao's mother took a brand-new cloak and put it on Sister Jiu and carefully held the jewelry box.

The ninth sister glanced at Yao's mother, who did not squint, with a shy smile on the corners of her lips, and looked at Feng's mother with an unnatural face, and said, "Mother Feng, come together!"

Mother Feng looked at the young face of Sister Jiu in surprise and tried to see the clue from above, but she still met with a faint smile. After she guessed something, Sister Jiu had asked Yao's mother to hold an umbrella, and the fine snowflakes outside became dense. She didn't dare to neglect, pulled the collar and hurriedly followed.

Dongyuan and Nanyuan are not far away, but the scenery along the way is exquisite. The trees on both sides of the corridor were covered with snow, and some dishonest green came out, which looked particularly pleasant.

As soon as she arrived in Nanyuan, the ninth sister felt like she had arrived in her own Dongyuan. She looked around. It turned out that the layout of Nanyuan and Dongyuan's house was the same, but this Nanyuan was the house where the third sister often lived, which was taken care of tightly. All kinds of flowers were planted in the yard, and a flower bed in the corner of the wall also stretched out a wax. Mei. It is staggered and does not seem messy.

The third sister also likes to be lively.

Looking at the layout of Nanyuan, Sister Jiu made this conclusion in her heart. People who know how to enjoy are better.

Vanilla came out of the small kitchen and held a hand-warming stove that had just been filled with hot water, but she saw Sister Jiu with sharp eyes and quickly greeted her. "Sister Jiu is safe. Which gust of wind has brought you here. It's very cold outside. Let's go to the house first."

Vanilla blessed her body. When she stood up, she gave way half of her body and let Sister Jiu go first.

The ninth sister nodded, "The ninth sister is bored in the room for fear of disturbing the third sister. Sister Vanilla, what is the third sister doing now?

"Just sit with the maids and embroider the flowers. Now I'm free. It just so happens that you're here." Vanilla replied affectionately.

When Sister Jiu walked to the door, Vanilla rushed to the front and opened the door and welcomed Sister Jiu in.

The third sister's room looked much colder, and it was clear that the old lady had ordered her to take more charcoal. However, the decorations in the room are much warmer than those in hers. Although they are all antique mahogany, occasionally there are a few eye-catching decorations.

The third sister sat in the middle of the stove and talked and laughed with the two close maids, as if she had not noticed the ninth sister appearing at all.

The ninth sister sighed secretly. No wonder she said that the third sister was gentle and reasonable. Since she could get along with the maid like this, she made the ninth sister more careful.

"Third sister, ninth sister is here, and you are still gossiping with your sisters!" Vanilla walked to the third sister with a smile and handed the hand-warming stove that had just been changed with hot water to the third sister. He looks respectful and obviously respects and fears the third sister.

The third sister raised her head and looked at the dark eyes of the ninth sister, stunned for a moment. Last night, she warned the ninth sister like that, but she didn't think that the ninth sister could calm down and come here, but I don't know if it was the idea of Yao's mother.

Her eyes leaked from the third sister, but looked at mother Yao standing behind her, but she was disappointed to find that Yao's mother was also as dull as those servants in the yard, and instantly turned her eyes to the third sister. This action is only between breathing.

"Ninth sister, what are you doing standing? Come and sit down quickly!"

As soon as the third sister spoke, the two sitting maids stood up, with an indifferent face, and there was no play for a long time.

"Vanilla, take out the pastries I prepared."

"But..." Vanilla was about to speak, but her words were stared back by the third sister's eyes.

Vanilla looked more and more respectful. She turned into the inner room, but stared at the ninth sister secretly. The ninth sister didn't come early or late, but at this time, those cakes were prepared by the third sister for the tenth brother and the sixth sister. What should I use to entertain when the tenth brother comes to play this afternoon?

The third sister frowned slightly at Vanilla's back and then looked at the ninth sister. Seeing that the ninth sister was sideways and just avoiding Vanilla's eyes, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She personally pushed the son to the ninth sister, which made the ninth sister feel flattered.

"Sister, Jiu'er came to compensate you. Last night, Jiu'er was ignorant and annoyed you. Please don't worry about it." The ninth sister lowered her posture, and her face was full of regret.

This caught the third sister off guard. She thought that the ninth sister must mean to do this, and she would definitely not be willing to. After all, she was a child, and it was impossible to hide all her thoughts in her heart. But there is no dissatisfaction on Sister Jiu's face, but it is more restrained than before.

"Haha, I was also in a hurry last night. Sister Jiu, don't worry about it. Seeing that vanilla brought the cake out, she quickly turned around and picked up the cake to hide her embarrassment. "Try it quickly. I made it myself in the morning. Don't dislike it, ninth sister."

The ninth sister did not delay, but took the pastry in the third sister's hand and put it in her mouth. This pastry is not big, just one bite at a time. Obviously, it was specially prepared for the child. She thought that this pastry must not be prepared for her by herself. After all, she came too fast. According to the third sister's idea, she would definitely come to Nanyuan for a while, but she came the next morning, completely out of the third sister's clothes.

The ninth sister guessed well, so the third sister was a little at a loss, but the third sister quickly adjusted it.

Two shallow dimples appeared on Sister Jiu's face. "Last night, Feng's mother also said that Jiu'er was indeed not the third sister for Jiu'er's good. Jiu'er never thought of getting anything. She just wanted to live in Xue's house safely until she got married."

The third sister thought about it carefully and felt that she was too reckless last night. Even if she was favored by the old lady, but this matter was about face. If she knew that the eldest daughter of the Xue family would still bow down in front of her second daughter in the second room, where would the old lady's face go? She looked at Feng's mother with great interest and said, "Sister Jiu, I really regard you as my own sister, so I told you so sincerely."

"I am also a child. Naturally, I want to make my mother happy, and I also hope that the sixth sister and the tenth brother will be blessed after I get married. You are a sensible person. After being in Xue's house for so long, you should know what kind of personality my mother is. After all, she is the mother of Xue's house, but since the eldest sister got married, no one has helped her. I'm also selfish. I also want the sixth sister to live the life that the girl should live in Xue's house, but do you think my grandmother will let my mother and the sixth sister do after I get married?

Sister Jiu suddenly felt a little confused. Was she wrong? Didn't the third sister say that last night to suppress her? She licked her lips and felt that her throat was dry and her chest was stuffy.

"Hey--" The third sister said quietly, "I'm about to be there. As you can see, my mother and grandmother have been watching for me for a long time. In this house, I only care about my mother and the sixth sister. The tenth brother is the legitimate son of Xue's family. Both grandmother and mother will cherish him, but I don't have to worry too much about him. Sister Ninth, I just hope..."

The ninth sister raised her eyebrows and interrupted the third sister, "Third sister, Jiu'er is only eight years old. Do you think I, a child, can influence my grandmother and second aunt?" She raised her head slightly and said with a smile, "Jiu'er can't understand what the third sister said. The second aunt is the mistress. She can do whatever she wants to do. Jiu'er only thinks that as long as the mistress needs to take good care of the whole family. Grandma also enjoyed her old age. It was her children and grandchildren who were on her knees. How could she have a quarrel with her second aunt? Listening to you, it seems that her grandmother didn't want her second aunt to be the mistress.

The room suddenly became much quieter, and the maids all lowered their heads. The third sister looked at the ninth sister's closed mouth inconceively. She did not recover until the ninth sister's voice stopped.

"Papa!" The charcoal fire in the stove made a crisp sound.

The ninth sister lowered her eyes and said lightly, "Since even the one-year-old sixth sister Jiu'er doesn't understand this, how can Jiu'er, a person from outside, understand this?"

She understands that even if she does nothing, as long as she lives in Xuefu for seven years, she can get married safely and doesn't need to pay attention to those messy things at all. The old lady is in good health, and there is no problem to live for more than ten years. The third sister's words made the ninth sister decide to be by the old lady's side.

"Although Jiu'er is the granddaughter of her grandmother, she is not raised by her grandmother after all. For her, I'm just concerned about her face. The third sister thinks highly of Jiu'er, but the third sister's heart is appreciated by Jiu'er.

To put it bluntly, the third sister just wants the ninth sister to be the pawn between the second wife and the old lady.

After saying that, Sister Jiu said hello to Yao's mother. She took out the jewelry box and said, "I heard that the third sister's birthday is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and Jiu'er has no good gifts for you. Just a pair of white jade bracelets, which are just worthy of the white jade Buddha."

She pushed the box to the table and exposed the white jade bracelets to the air. The pair of round white jade bracelets looked particularly dazzling.

The third sister only felt that her face was hot, and then looked at the jade Buddha hanging on her chest, and then looked at the smile on the ninth sister's face, as if she was a monkey being fooled.

The ninth sister used this jewelry to tell her to handle her identity. Even if she is favored in the courtyard now, she is not the eldest daughter of the long house. What's more, she will still fill the house in the future, and she doesn't even have the same identity as the ninth sister.

The ninth sister looked at the third sister with a smile, got up and said sincerely, "I hope the third sister likes it."