six-fingered peasant girl

Chapter 178 Clues

The Warm Pavilion in the Song Mansion is a tall pavilion with earth dragons inside, and the windows are built on all sides, inlaid with glazed glass.

At this time, in the warming pavilion, there is only a slight fragrance of tea, and the delicate little dots are placed on the table, and the teapots are covered with thick cushions, making it soft and warm to sit on.

Under the pavilion, a small piece of wintersweet is planted, the plum branches are covered with snow, and the plum blossoms bloom proudly on the branches, and the cold plum fragrance hits the tip of the nose.

In Xiaomeilin, Su Xiao and Song Ying each held a small flower basket and picked up petals under the tree. They were chatting and laughing, but they became acquainted faster than anyone else.

Su Liu is happy to see that Su Xiao has her own best friend. Although Song Ying is delicate and savage, she has a pure heart. Su Xiao has a good relationship with her, both good and bad.

"Ying'er, come up and have some hot tea, it's freezing carefully." Cao Qing'er stretched out half of her body and called.

Su Liu glanced at her, and felt that Cao Qing'er was too deliberate, trying to please Song Ying, but Song Ying treated her indifferently, which was somewhat interesting.

"I'm not cold." Song Ying replied impatiently, even pulling Su Xiao to run away.

"She is your cousin, don't you like her?" Xiao Su picked up the tender plum petals that fell on the snow and put them in the bamboo basket, saying, "I think she treats you very well."

"Cut!" Song Ying snorted lightly, and said, "She just wants to marry my second brother to please me."

"Huh?" Su Xiao looked at her, marrying Mr. Song?
(Note: Song Fei is ranked third in the Hou Mansion, but in Song Ying's heart, he is the second elder brother)
"Otherwise, when I see my second brother, I wish I could stick to my second brother's eyes." Song Ying pouted her lips and said, "I'm used to putting on a show. If my mother didn't say she was pitiful, I wouldn't even want to get along with her." .”

Su Xiao glanced at her, frowned, and said: "Then Mrs. Song is going to ask her to be the wife of Third Master Song?"

"I don't know, and my mother didn't tell me, why are you asking this? Could it be that you also want to be my second sister-in-law?" Song Ying looked at her.

"Bah bah!" Su Xiao bawled twice and said, "How is this possible?"

"Yo, my second brother is not good enough for you?" Song Ying puffed up her cheeks, her eyes widened.

"It's because I'm not good enough for him. Is it done?" Seeing her coming, Su Xiao rolled her eyes and said, "I think Third Master Song and Sister Mingzhu are in love with each other."

"That merchant girl?" Song Ying looked back at the pavilion and said, "Beauty is beautiful, and it's still pleasing to the eye, but it's a pity that her background is not good."

Su Xiao's face darkened, and she said: "What's wrong with the merchant girl? Sister Mingzhu is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is also knowledgeable. She is much better than some people, at least better than your cousin. If you look down on her as a merchant's daughter, then I will still Those who grew up in the country couldn't be more vulgar."

Seeing Su getting angry, Song Ying pouted and said, "I didn't say anything about her."

"In short, I think Song Sanye and sister Mingzhu are a pair of gods and gods made in heaven." Su Xiao left behind and ran away.

"Hey, why are you running, stand up for me." Seeing Su Xiao ran away without saying a word, Song Ying threw the basket angrily, stomped her feet, saw Su Xiaohuan as if she hadn't heard of it, bit her lip, and chased after her.

The two little maids who were waiting on the side looked at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes.

In the warm pavilion, the three of Su and Liu chatted one after another, Cao Qing'er intentionally or unintentionally revealed that she was close to Song Fei and the others, watching Cao Mingzhu's beautiful face getting whiter and whiter, her eyes became more smug.

"Don't look at the gentleness of the second cousin. In fact, he was the most mischievous when I was a child. I remember that he put a bug on my shoulder for a while, and I was so scared that I cried. He tried his best to coax me alright."

"Another time, we played hide-and-seek and ended up falling asleep in a dark room. It was autumn and the weather was very cold, and my cousin and aunt were almost frightened. My body is weak, which is the problem that fell at that time. "

blah blah blah.

Su Liu yawned boredly, and said to Cao Mingzhu: "Sister, I think this wintersweet blooms very well, why don't we go down and buy two to send to Mrs. Song?"

Cao Mingzhu was taken aback: "Isn't that bad?" Seeing Su Liu blinking at her, she said clearly, "This warming pavilion is boring after sitting for a long time, and it's not bad to go for a walk."

Cao Qing'er was talking vigorously, but unexpectedly when Su Liu interrupted her, she also stood up and said, "I'll go with the two younger sisters."

"Miss Cao, your body is weak, it's better not to go to the cold, we will come back when we break." Su Liu hurriedly stopped, took Cao Mingzhu's hand and walked down quickly.

Seeing that the two really left her behind, Cao Qing'er bit her lip.

Under the wintersweet, Cao Mingzhu pulled down a wintersweet, put it together, and sniffed the cold plum fragrance.

"I don't want to fight for the spring, let the crowd be jealous, and the bits and pieces are turned into mud and dust, only the fragrance remains the same." Su Liu twirled a plum branch and sang a poem about plums, saying: "Sister, your heart is disturbed."

Cao Mingzhu turned her head and showed a wry smile: "You can also see that Mrs. Song doesn't like me very much. That girl Qing'er has been close to him since she was a child. I..."

"Song Fei is not so bad that someone who is obviously happy will push you to his mother. I think that Qing'er is just putting you in trouble. If you are serious, you will lose. "Su Liu said lightly.

What Cao Qinger meant when she said those words, no one is a fool, she knew it after hearing it, it was nothing more than telling Cao Mingzhu that she and Song Fei were childhood sweethearts, they were childhood sweethearts, and both of them wanted to get married.

Cao Mingzhu pursed her lips and said, "But you also saw it, Mrs. Song..."

"I still say that, everything depends on Song Fei." Su Liu held her hand and said, "And I think the Song family may not be very satisfied with Cao Qing'er."

"How to say?"

"Others don't know, but she already knows Song Ying's reaction. She doesn't like Cao Qing'er." Su Liu snorted, but didn't mention the flash in Gao's eyes when Cao Mingzhu regarded herself as the master when she just came out. Disdain.

After Cao Mingzhu heard this, her gloomy eyes finally recovered a bit.

"You're right, self-confidence is the most beautiful, correct yourself, don't worry too much about Mrs. Song will always see you well." Su Liu said with a smile.

Cao Mingzhu nodded, took a deep breath, she should have believed in Song Fei, and she had to work hard herself.

It wasn't too long after visiting the garden, Madam Song sent someone to invite a few people back for dinner, and did not send Su Liu and the others away until noon.

Mrs. Song was lying on the couch, with a flowery blanket around her waist, and a little maid at her feet held a beauty mallet to help her beat her legs, her eyes were half closed, and she didn't know if she was really sleeping or pretending to be sleeping.

The sound of footsteps came, and she opened her eyes slightly, but it was Mrs. Gao who came in, Mrs. Song smiled and beckoned her over.

"All sent away?"

"En." Gao Shi took the beauty mallet from the little girl and helped Gao Shi kick her legs.

"Ancestor, why do you need to do this? Take a rest, you have worked hard all day, don't be tired." Mrs. Song winked at Madam Tang, who immediately took over Gao's beauty hammer .

Gao Shi didn't hold back, she also felt a little tired, so she sat aside.

"how do you feel?"

Gao Shi blinked and knew that Mrs. Song was asking about Su Liu and the others.

"I saw that Miss Su didn't look like a child in the countryside. She was more generous than the concubine daughter in our family. Then Xiao Su, she caught our Yinger's eyes. I heard that the two were in the plum blossom forest. There was a small dispute here, and Yinger gave in." Gao said with a smile.

"What else is there?" Madam Song raised her body slightly in interest.

Mrs. Gao nodded, and briefly explained what the maid reported. Madam Song said with a smile: "Then these two maids really hit it off. It’s okay if you’re not sensible yet.”

"Anyway, there is a mother and a few brothers supporting her." Gao Shi pursed her lips and smiled.

Mrs. Song also showed a smile, and said: "This woman is the most comfortable when she is a girl. It is different when she is married. She is the governor, so I can rest assured. Su Xiao is also a young age, so she is more sensible. gone."

"Mother, there's no comparison at all. Su Xiao and the others grew up in bitter water, and our Ying'er grew up in a honeypot. It is said that children from poor families are already in charge of the family. There is no comparison." My sister-in-law is not fair.

"Don't spoil her, you still have to learn." Mrs. Song patted her hand and asked casually, "Where is that Cao Mingzhu?"

Mrs. Gao glanced at Mrs. Song, and said: "Speaking of which, Miss Cao is bad because of her birth. Although her manners are not comparable to ours, they are not bad. Doesn't it mean that she is a talented woman? I heard that Qin Chess, calligraphy and painting are all good."

"That's just for fun, but it's a pity that there is no elder in the family to teach." Mrs. Song touched her fingertips and said: "Go and bring me the embroidered screen sent by Miss Cao."

Mammy Tang naturally knew that she was called, so she stopped and went to fetch it herself. Mrs. Gao said again, "Mother, I heard that this huge house of the Cao family is also owned by Miss Cao."

"Oh?" Mrs. Song raised her eyebrows and said, "She still has this ability?"

"That's right, Cuihuan and the others heard from the conversations with those maids that Miss Cao has been in charge of the house since she was ten years old. It's really amazing!"

Mrs. Song sighed, was silent for a moment, and said: "It is said that a child without a mother is a grass, and this is forced out, and it is difficult for her."

Mammy Tang quickly brought the embroidery that Cao Mingzhu had sent, asked the little maid to help open it, and exclaimed, "Ah, it's actually double-sided embroidery."

Mrs. Song sat up straight, took it over and looked at it repeatedly, nodded while looking at it and said: "It's a promising embroidery work, and it can be embroidered on both sides."

Gao also sighed in admiration, and said: "Mother, this embroidery work is really good. Look at this butterfly, it looks like the real thing. Putting it in the room is like looking at flowers in the garden."

Mrs. Song also nodded with a smile. What Cao Mingzhu gave was a double embroidered screen with hundreds of flowers, the colors were uniform and lifelike, and the butterflies flying on the flowers were as lifelike as real ones.

"Go, take it to Jinxiufang and inlay it." Mrs. Song ordered.

Gao shi breathed a sigh of relief, and thought, Second Uncle, I can help you so much, it's up to you to make it happen.

(End of this chapter)