Chapter 14: The situation

When the room became quiet, the surrounding movements were amplified. After a stick of incense, they heard the sound of unhurried footsteps coming from the stairwell.

Go and have a look. Eleven Niang, who was tying her knot with her head down, suddenly raised her head and told Dongqing to see what Eleven Sister did.

Dongqing has been thinking about the arrival of her aunt. Eleven Niang didn't move, and she couldn't say anything. Now when Eleven Niang asked her to find out the news, she immediately beamed with joy, and responded with a smile, saying "Yes", lightly.

and walked out.

After a while, she came back: Miss Eleven, it’s my aunt, she just left.

Eleven Niang’s hand that was tying the knot paused for a moment and said: What was the expression on the aunt’s face when she left?

Dongqing muttered: It’s the same as usual, I can’t see any difference.

He is indeed a master.

Eleven Niang thought secretly in her heart.

Light footsteps came from the stairwell again.

The two looked at each other.

Eleven Niang whispered: Go and have a look

Dongqing immediately left in response and quickly came back: Miss Eleven, it's Miss Ten. Accompanied by Zhutao, she came downstairs wearing a gray crane-colored brocade silk cloak.

Eleven Niang looked thoughtful.

When Shi Niang goes up and down the stairs, she always stomps on the floorboards. Why is it unusual for her to walk so softly today? Also, since she went out without taking Baizhi or Jiuxiang, why did she bring the little maid Zhutao or Zhutao with her?

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Thoughts flashed through her mind and Eleven Niang said: Go and see where Miss Ten is going.

Holly nodded and walked out quietly.

After Eleven Niang finished beating a bat, Dongqing came back.

Outside on Eleven, I didn’t dare to come close

Three years ago, Shi Niang pushed Eleven Niang to the ground. In front of people outside, the eldest lady said that she slipped on the ground and Eleven Niang accidentally fell. But in front of the eldest master, she lost her temper. Said the eldest lady

The master indulged his concubines, and the ladies not only developed domineering and domineering temperaments, but also had no feelings of dissatisfaction, let alone the bearing of a young lady. The master did not dare to refute.

The fourth aunt, Yang, was given by the elder’s superior when he was participating in politics in Shaanxi Province. When the eldest wife knew that there was such a person, the fourth aunt was not only pregnant, but also took care of the elder’s salary and family gifts.

The eldest lady thought about it and sent her the most beautiful maid, Lu. When the eldest saw her, she really liked her. Lu soon became pregnant. Before the child was born, the eldest lady took her away.

She married Lu as the fifth aunt. Who knew that although the fifth aunt was beautiful, she was a weak character. She was suppressed by the fourth aunt after only a few encounters. When the eldest lady saw her, she found the young and beautiful Lu from among the maids.

They were sent to the eldest father and gave birth to twelve mothers. At that time, the eldest father had already served as the chief envoy of Fujian. The three of them also grew up with their father in office. Because of this incident, they were placed in

When they arrived at Luyun Tower, the eldest wife sent the capable maidservants around her to discipline her. The fourth concubine Yang, who was not strict with her goddaughter, was punished by the eldest wife to kneel in the ancestral hall.

The weather was cold, so after spending the whole night kneeling on the open space paved with blue bricks in front of the ancestral hall, the fourth aunt fell ill and was moved to a two-room wing next to Shuangxingyuan to recuperate.

This maintenance lasts for three years.

In the past three years, Shi Niang could count on one finger the number of times she visited Fourth Yiniang. Unexpectedly, she would go to Fourth Yiniang's place as soon as her eldest aunt left.

If it was a coincidence, Eleven Niang would not believe it anyway.

What's more, the fourth aunt asked her maid to guard the door while the two were talking.

Her fingers were flipping around quickly: "Go find a flat square box and put the two knots I've made into it later."

Dongqing was slightly startled: You have to go and deliver the pills to your eldest aunt and second aunt in person.

Eleven Niang answered the question incorrectly: I was going to pay my respects to the eldest lady, and I just wanted to give this child away.

When the eleventh mother arrived, the eldest lady's room was already filled with laughter and joy.

Ziwei and Ziyuan were standing in front of the eldest lady holding a calligraphy and painting. Wu Niang was sitting next to the eldest lady, pointing at the calligraphy and painting: Look, do you think this calligraphy looks good? I imitated the ancient seal script. And this one is imitated by Wang Xizhi.

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The eldest lady smiled and nodded her head, as if she was very satisfied with the work in front of her.

Seeing Eleven Niang walking straight in, the eldest lady waved to her: Come, take a look at this hundred-year-old picture written by your sister.

It was written so quickly

Eleven Niang was secretly surprised. She smiled and greeted the eldest lady, and then greeted Wu Niang: Is this for making embroidery samples? Sister is so fast.

Wu Niang returned the gift to Eleven Niang and said with a smile: I wanted to give a birthday gift to the eldest sister's family, so I rushed out in a hurry. I was afraid that if the writing was not good, my sister would not be able to embroider well.

I don't see anything wrong with it. Eleven Niang smiled and looked at Wu Niang's writing.

On a piece of rice paper that was six feet square, she could not help but be secretly surprised by the dazzling array of calligraphy, seal, cursive and cursive fonts of different sizes.

No matter how good the calligraphy skills are, the intention alone is admirable.

Unexpectedly, Wuniang's calligraphy has reached this level.

The eldest lady also laughed: I thought it was well written after reading it.

Thank you mother for the compliment. Wu Niang smiled and was modest.

The eldest lady asked Ziwei and Ziyuan to give the calligraphy and painting to Eleven Niang: Just follow this and embroider it.

Eleven Niang bent her knees and responded, while Hu Hue hurriedly stepped forward to collect the calligraphy and paintings.

The eldest lady pointed to the box in Amber's hand. This is

Eleven Niang said with a smile: That was a tie for Brother Yu.

The eldest lady's eyes lit up after hearing this and said: "Bring it to me and have a look."

Amber listened, hurriedly opened the box and handed it over.

Two colorful silk coins representing the five elements, white, blue, black, red and yellow, were lying quietly in the big red velvet box. When I looked carefully, I found that the two silk coins were woven into a network of plum blossoms.

There are five jujube-sized bats in the middle.

It's really exquisite. The eldest lady held it in her hand and praised it. If nothing else, just with these two connections, Shiyiniang's female celebrities can be regarded as one of the few in Hangzhou.

Wu Niang's eyes flashed when she heard this.

Eleven Niang smiled and said: My daughter can make such a knot because her mother hired a master from Hangzhou.

The eldest lady listened with a bit of relief in her eyes: "Go and deliver it to the two aunts in case it gets late."

Eleven Niang agreed with a smile, and just as she was about to bow her knees and leave, a little maid came to report that Eleven Niang was here.

Everyone looked surprised, even the eldest lady raised her eyebrows.

Ever since she suffered from asthma three years ago while kneeling in the ancestral hall with her fourth concubine, the eldest wife would skip her morning and dusk readings every winter.

Shi Niang couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when she thought about what happened before she came. She always felt that Shi Niang's sudden arrival was not that simple.

Let her in quickly, lest the cold wind blows and she starts breathing again. The eldest lady ordered the little maid, but her tone was a bit contemptuous.

Everyone in the room looked left and right, pretending not to hear.

Soon, the little maid led a man in a gray crane-colored brocade silk cloak.

Eleven Niang was slightly startled.

She didn't even change her clothes and came directly from the fourth aunt to the eldest lady's place.

The little maid carefully helped her take off her cloak, revealing a semi-new grass-green ruffle with persimmon pattern and engraved silk.

The daughter paid homage to her mother. Her figure was as light as a willow and she knelt down to the eldest lady.

The eldest lady accepted her full courtesy, and then raised her hand: "It's such a cold weather, why are you here? If you freeze, how can I feel at ease?" After saying that, she ordered Mother Xu next to her to simmer a cup of ginger soup for Miss Ten.

Come on. She has a weak body. She is no better than Wu Niang, a monkey that jumped out of a rock. She is not afraid of wind and rain. She is also not like Eleven Niang. The north wind has not yet blown, and she wears cotton clothes and skirts without worrying.

She smiled when she spoke, and her tone of voice was very caring, but in Eleven Niang's ears, she felt something strange.

Wu Niang was already pulling the eldest wife's sleeves and acting coquettishly when she heard this: My daughter has grown up now, and my mother still uses these words to tease her. My daughter doesn't obey me, so she just jumped out of the crack of the stone. Ten sisters, you can hold her in your arms.

In the palm of your hand, Eleven Sisters are so cute that you don’t have to worry.

Look, it makes me dizzy. It's not a monkey, it's some kind of lady holding her forehead with a smile.

Everyone laughed at the occasion.

However, Eleven Niang stepped forward to meet Shiniang.

There was a smile on Shi Niang's normally tense face, which made her thick eyebrows bloom like summer flowers, giving her a breathtaking look.

Eleven Niang's heart tightened as she looked at it.

Reminds me of the first time I met my fourth aunt.

It was also winter at that time, and the fourth aunt was wearing a bright green grass-green embroidered silk jacket with an orangutan red white mink cape, and in her hand was a sapphire blue enamel consecrated hand stove with flowers and birds, and she walked over.

She had just woken up, and in a hazy state, she thought she was confused, dreaming that the beauty in the ancient lady painting was walking down. It wasn't until Fourth Aunt's warm catkin gently touched her forehead that she realized

There is a sense of reality.

Eleven Niang still remembers that her face was full of love and pity at that time: Poor child, it is all our fault, Eleven Niang. I will ask her to come and excuse you later.
To be continued...