Chapter 34 Admission

After the Lantern Festival, the whole Chang'an ushered in a light rain, occasionally mixed with snowflakes, and the temperature became colder.

The matter of going to private school has also been delayed.

Sister recalled the beautiful words and remembered several times when she saw the painting screen embroidered with mandarin ducks or a hundred-year-old good patterns. At that time, she also made fun of the painting screen. Every time she drew the screen, her face turned red. She only thought that she was thin-skinned and didn't pay attention to it at all. Is it true that the painting screen...

Her heart couldn't help pounding and quickly called Yao's mother to discuss.

Yao's mother shook her head and only said that she would observe for a while. If the painting screen liked the boy in the house, she would be a match. If they are with outsiders, no, they don't think about what the screen painting will have to do with outsiders. The painting screen has always been a rule, and there has never been Xue's house. Where did any outsiders come from?

"Mother Yao, you and Mother Feng are well aware of it. Don't let the painting screen provoke a moth." Sister Jiu's disappointment with the painting screen was even stronger.

"Sister Jiu, why don't you directly find the painting screen to ask clearly? If that happens, we can do it. If someone catches the handle like this now, what will the second wife do to you? I'm afraid the old lady won't spoil you!" Yao's mother is really not optimistic about the treatment of the ninth sister.

Sister shook her head, "If the painting screen had a conscience, she would not do anything to disgrace Jiu'er. After all, she was left by her mother to Jiu'er. Jiu'er has treated her like a sister since she was a child and didn't want her to suffer."

Yao's mother was angry and gritted her teeth and said, "Your heart will suffer one day."

Sister Jiu turned a deaf ear, and there was a little starlight in her eyes. How could she not know how bad her reputation was when it spread? It is said that there is such a master and such a slave. If this matter is really shaken out, she will be really doomed. But sometimes you really need to fight, and at worst, you won't get married. Of course, this is just a momentary thought. However, she really wants to fight. If she really lives in this deep courtyard, her reborn life will be in vain.

"If only I could live the life I like!" The ninth sister thought so.

Yao's mother saw that she couldn't persuade Sister Jiu no matter how much she persuaded her, so she had to tell Feng's mother and Jinxiu to look at the painting screen. If she saw any man on the painting screen, she'd better tell Sister Jiu quickly.

Since Jinxiu and Feng's mother chose to stay with the ninth sister, the two of them have no different intentions, perhaps because they can't see through the ninth sister's thoughts at all and are really loyal to the ninth sister. There may be other reasons. In short, the master and servant of Dongyuan finally worked together, of course, except for a few rough maids and women.

However, Sister Jiu will not worry about them. She doesn't like that there are often people walking around in the yard. Those rough maids can go to other courtyards to make trouble after finishing their daily things. The whole Dongyuan is well organized, but it is very quiet during the day.

The rain has been intermittent for more than half a month, and when it clears up, it is almost time to be stunned. The old lady also went back to the small courtyard in the south. Surprisingly, the old lady actually chose a set of four treasures of a valuable study and sent them to Dongyuan, which made the aunts in the courtyard more and more unaware of how to stand.

During the Lantern Festival, the old lady disdained the ninth sister. In just a month, she did not summon the ninth sister at all, but the ninth sister insisted on greeting the old lady every day, whether it was windy or raining.

Is it that the old lady will spoil the ninth sister again? But except for the four treasures of the study, the old lady has not done much.

The ninth sister looked at the four treasures in the study room on the table and only answered Ge's mother faintly and let her mother Ge go back to recover her life, as if she had really achieved a state of not being happy or sad. However, when Ge's mother left, the ninth sister still saw the distorted expression on Ge's mother's face.

"You have really grown a lot after experiencing the previous things!" Yao's mother is particularly gratified.

The ninth sister was dumb. She only felt that the old lady must have her purpose in doing this. Maybe the old lady only regarded her as a pawn in her hand, which was a little less moved and family affection. How could she grow up in Yao's mother's eyes?

Sister Jiu thought for a while and felt that although Mother Ge might prefer the second wife, she was always the old lady's person. She definitely couldn't move. She couldn't gnaw it either. It's better to leave it like this.

She is not wasting time to be neglected this month. Which aunt in each courtyard trusts which maid. The relationship between the second room and the third room, the second wife and the old lady, was also clearly told by Feng's mother and listened to the ninth sister. I just didn't expect that the situation in Xue's house was more powerful than that in the previous life. Some of these maids were too lazy to do superficial work. Fortunately, she didn't care about the attitude of these outsiders, otherwise she would really get angry.

After spring, the weather gradually warmed, and the withered branches in the garden actually emitted tender green buds.

The second wife lay on her side on the couch, took a mouthful of hookah, and exhaled thick smoke. She looked extremely enjoyable. When the smoke dissipated, she said slowly, "You said that the old lady actually gave the four treasures of the old lady's study to Sister Jiu!"

There was not much surprise in this. A few days ago, the old lady deliberately neglected Sister Jiu, which only made everyone in the courtyard think that Sister Jiu was out of favor, and even she was cheated. She thought that she would pull the ninth sister to her side after these days. It seemed that this road would not work.

Liu's mother thought that the second wife was unhappy and explained, "After all, the ninth sister is a direct relative. The old man also used that set of Mobao in those years, and she should have passed it on to the ninth sister. As for the tenth brother, the old lady must have kept a better one."

The second wife frowned and smiled, "The old lady will not lose her identity by sending that set of ink treasures to Sister Jiu, and we can't fall behind. Hurry up and ask Mother Deng to go to the accounting room to send my purple sand pen to Sister Jiu. No, just send that agate pen. The objects we give can't be more valuable than the old lady's.

"But aren't you going to make a dowry for the sixth sister?" Liu's mother's question blurted out.

"The sixth sister is a prospective daughter-in-law determined by Anguohou Mansion. Although it is a continuation, there must be a lot of bride price gifts sent by Anguohou Mansion at that time. Just pick a few valuables from it directly." The second wife said lightly and didn't care much about the sixth sister's marriage. "What's more, there are still some days, no hurry, no hurry. Now the most important thing is the marriage of the third sister. The second wife's tone aggravated a little.

"You cherish the sixth sister and want to stay with the sixth sister for a longer time." Mother Liu echoed, "The third sister's marriage is decided by an old lady, and you don't need to worry too much."

The second wife actually complained about the third sister. The third sister was her biological daughter and went to beg the old lady to find her marriage. Since the old lady agreed, how could she say it as a mother, so she suppressed her thoughts fiercely and only said that the third sister was unlucky and didn't wait for a few days. But she is not going to tell anyone about these things.

"That's all. Let's not talk about this. You can ask Deng's mother to do this first." The second wife is a little helpless.

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Before Ge's mother went out, Deng's mother next to the second wife went to the door, holding the little son in her hand and greeted Ge's mother faintly.

"Yo, what wind blew Sister Deng here." Seeing that it was Deng's mother, the expression on Yao's face eased a lot.

Deng's mother blessed the ninth sister, put the little girl on the table, and then said, "It's not the second wife who asked me to come here, and I can't come to you." She then said to Yao's mother, "Sister Yao, I couldn't get together with you a few days ago, but it's my sister. When the weather is warmer, our sisters will get together to eat wine.

She glanced at Sister Jiu intentionally or unintentionally and saw that Sister Jiu smiled faintly and did not mean to blame her, so she was relieved. This ninth sister is very kind. Although she had contact before, she didn't have much. She was born in the family and served the eldest wife with Yao's mother, but when the eldest wife went to Zhejiang, she only brought Yao's mother with her. After that, she served the second wife before climbing to her current position.

Mother Deng looked kind and opened the little sister respectfully and said to the ninth sister, "This is given to you by the second wife. Tomorrow you should go to the private school with the young ladies and young masters in the house."

"Thank you for your hard work, Mother Deng!" Sister Jiu is polite to Deng's mother. She has a good impression of Deng's mother. Since Deng's mother respects her, she will also give Deng's mother a face.

"Sister Deng, I have been away from the house for more than ten years, and I don't know what the private school in the house is like. Please talk to Sister Jiu." Yao's mother said quickly.

"The most important thing for the second wife to let the maidservant come here." Mother Deng said kindly, "The private school is only for the young master at home to read and practice. Mr. Liu, who invited him, is a down-and-out scholar, but he is a little talented. He is also polite to the young masters and ladies. He has never done anything more, and he especially cares about the tenth brother's studies. In addition to studying calligraphy in private schools, Xun Xiuniang of Jinxiu Pavilion was also invited to teach the female workers of the ladies. The ladies would call Xun Xiuniang Sir, and only the sixth sister would call Xunxiu. I just don't know how your female worker is?"

Sister Jiu'er concentrated in an instant. Obviously, the Xun Xiuniang looked at the sixth sister with new eyes, "Jiu'er has only studied female workers for one year, and I'm afraid she can't get into Mr. Xun's eyes."

"Xun Xiu Niang is a good match, and I don't think it will embarrass you. As long as you follow Xun Xiu's words and don't lift out your young lady's shelf, Xun Xiu will not make things difficult for you. She paused and said, "You have a good manner. You have never put on the airs of a lady in front of us servants. Don't care about this."

Mother Deng said something that made Sister Jiu pay attention to before leaving Dongyuan with satisfaction.

Sister Jiu asked Yao's mother to send Deng's mother out in person. She went to the door and found that the courtyard was wrapped in warm sunshine, and the newly extracted buds grew particularly happily under her eyes.

Her heart can't help but feel a little sad, and the fifth sister should also go to school tomorrow!