Chapter 61

Chu Jinyao is lost and is looking for Qin Yi to ask for directions.

Chu Jinmiao unloaded his cloak from the servant girl's clothes. Her cloak was specially made by Zhao. It was made of cloud brocade of inch brocade and inch gold. It was sandwiched with the best cotton wadding. It was very wide. It basically covered her lower legs and covered her body like a large upper jacket. The neck was made into the most fashionable stand collar. A pair of gold inlaid Ruby buttons were used. The wide cuffs and neckline were also decorated with rabbit hair. Chu Jinmiao is slim and slim. Wearing this suit, he looks more and more weak and empty. He has the prevailing style of weak beauty.

Chu Jinmiao's eyebrows are very light and her lips are very thin. It looks a little light. It's not as good as the other sisters. Since Chu Jinmiao found that she was not as good as her sisters or even common women, she secretly made a ventilation. Since then, she dressed herself up again and exerted herself in the direction of being thin and weak. Nowadays, the imperial examination is popular, and scholars praise ancient beauties who are sad, soft and graceful, and weak. Many women dress up to be weak, and now they still wear tear makeup. Although Chu Jinmiao's facial features are not as good as those of the sisters, her brothers like her in temperament and dress.

Now hou Chujing is in charge of the Hou's house in Changxing. The old lady is still alive and holds the power of the housekeeper of the Hou's house. The old lady is still there. Naturally, the brothers can't be separated. There are three brothers in the house. The big room is Changxing Hou, the wife Zhao, the second room is Chu Duan, the second wife Yan, the third room is Chu Zhang, and the wife Qian. Changxing Marquis and the second master are born directly, and the third house is born from a concubine, which is not very liked by the old lady. Among them, the big house has won the title, which naturally leads the way among the brothers. Even the expenses of the big house women are much better than those of other houses, second only to the old lady.

There are four sons and five daughters in Changxing Marquis, of which only the eldest girl, the second young master and the fourth girl are born directly, which is very few. At the beginning, Changxing Hou brought a girl back and said it was his daughter, which scared the people in the house. Zhao refused to admit it. He cried and hugged Chu Jinmiao so that no one would send Chu Jinmiao away. Later, the old lady came and saw that Chu Jinyao, who was black, thin and rustic, was also difficult to accept. The old lady had a long talk with Changxing Hou. When she came out again, the old lady said: "There were some mistakes in the blood of the house because of the war. Now that the lost girl has been found back, let's keep it. Our family is not a family that can't afford a girl. Jinmiao can continue to live at home. The new one will be ranked behind Jinmiao and become the five girls of our family."

The old lady decided to recognize Chu Jinyao, but at the same time, she also kept Chu Jinmiao and didn't let Changxing Hou send Chu Jinmiao away. A woman's heart is always softer than a man. She has been with her own daughter for 13 years, not to mention the Zhao family. Even the old lady is not willing to give up. When Changxing Hou met his wife and mother, her former daughter Chu Jinmiao also stood aside and cried pitifully, Changxing Hou had long lost the fire on the road. He was softened by crying, so he no longer insisted on sending Chu Jinmiao away.

Anyway, it's not that Changxing Hou's house can't afford a dowry. It's just to raise one more girl. No one cares about this.

For some reason, a woman came out and became five girls. The girls who were behind could only move one by one. It's amazing to put such a thing in anyone's house. Chu Jinyao made such a big noise as soon as she came back, and she was black and thin. At first glance, she was a countryman, which attracted more people to watch. It was very unpleasant for the girls to rearrange her teeth. Now I'm with her A countryman became a sister, and the girls in Hou's house disliked Chu Jinyao more and more.

Chu Jinmiao took off her cloak and revealed her double breasted, wide sleeved makeup jacket. Below it was a blue satin horseback skirt with two inch wide flower and bird patterns woven with gold thread. Mammy Zhang and others who were used to luxury were surprised. How much money the four girls were worth, not counting the headdress? The four girls changed clothes almost every day. In this way, Zhao shouted that they didn't wear clothes That's enough. Yesterday, I called someone into the house to pull cloth to make clothes for the big girl and the fourth girl.

Mammy Zhang thought of the dress Chu Jinyao wore when she entered the house. I'm afraid it's not even one tenth of the four girls. The real Miss Qianjin lived like that. It's said that she did rough work since childhood, and her palms were cocoons. Mammy Zhang sighed. To be fair, she also felt pity for the five girls. But what's the use? The four girls are the pearls in the eyes of everyone since childhood, and they are used to the expenses of the Hou house , the whole body's luxurious bearing was also soaked with golden honey. Compared with a person with such talent and behavior, the five girls were immediately lined with nothing.

Chu Jinmiao took off her heavy outer clothes and was as relaxed as in her own room. She went straight to the west room where Zhao sat and cried, "Mom, I'm coming..."

As soon as Chu Jinmiao entered the door, he saw Chu Jinyao standing aside. Chu Jinyao had heard Chu Jinmiao come in for a long time. Now when he saw Chu Jinmiao, Chu Jinyao turned back and smiled sweetly.

"Fourth sister, you're here." Chu Jinyao asked strangely. She thought other girls said hello in this way. She didn't know if she was right. Chu Jinyao had just returned to her own family. She wanted to get on well with her parents and sisters. Even if the person in front of her was a fake daughter who took her place, Chu Jinyao also wanted to get along well with each other. Who can blame for this? She can only blame Su's father and mother for being selfish and vicious Lard has a conscience. Chu Jinmiao and Chu Jinyao, including Changxing Hou and Zhao family, don't know. What's wrong with them? Although Chu Jinyao grew up in the village, she has been sensible since childhood. She thinks she can't complain. Otherwise, good relatives will get along well. People always have to change their hearts and talk well.

Chu Jinmiao didn't smile as Chu Jinyao expected. Chu Jinmiao immediately put away the look on her face and replied, "I know." after that, Chu Jinmiao quickly said, "who is your sister."

Although Chu Jinmiao's voice was not high, it was not deliberately lowered. Many servant girls around, including Chu Jinyao herself, heard it. Chu Jinyao was immediately embarrassed, but the servant girl who followed Chu Jinmiao showed a narrow smile. When people didn't pay attention, she secretly filed a lawsuit with the friendly servant girl and squinted at the so-called "five girls", a sparrow who had just flown back from the mountain village.

Chu Jinyao heard that high-ranking families have to get up early to greet their parents and elders. She didn't dare to delay and was ready early. Fortunately, when she was in the village, she had to get up early to pick up firewood, so it was not difficult for her to get up early. On the contrary, she felt flattered. She's just wearing clothes. How can so many people wait on her?

But it's easy to get up early. What do you do here? Chu Jinyao is stumped. It turned out that the villagers didn't pay attention to these things. When they got up, they went directly to the yard to sweep the floor and draw water. When their sister Su Hui hadn't married, they did everything in the yard and kitchen. When Su's father and mother come together, they can see the clean courtyard and the cooked hot rice. Then Su's father would go out to the ground, and sometimes Su's mother would go together. When her parents left, Chu Jinyao went back and knocked on the door to get her brother Su Sheng up. Su Sheng is the only boy in the family, much more expensive than the girls.

So Chu Jinyao really doesn't know what to do to greet her parents. She doesn't have to sweep the floor and wash clothes in Hou's house. Chu Jinyao is really at a loss standing in Zhao's house. Zhao's side was surrounded by a group of servant girls. Some of these servant girls handed clothes, some wiped Zhao's hands, and some carefully brought Zhao's golden silk bun. These people surrounded Zhao's side. Chu Jinyao just wanted to come forward, but she couldn't squeeze in.

Now Chu Jinmiao says this in front of everyone. Obviously, she doesn't want to be Chu Jinyao's sister, nor does she think Chu Jinyao is her fellow sister. Chu Jinyao was stunned for a moment, and Chu Jinmiao had lined the gap and walked briskly towards Zhao.

As soon as Chu Jinmiao approached, all the servant girls and daughter-in-law gave way to Chu Jinmiao. They shouted "four girls" and kept saying auspicious words. Seeing Chu Jinmiao coming, Zhao smiled and scolded her from the bronze mirror: "you're making trouble again."

"Where's the trouble, daughter? I'm clearly filial to my mother." Chu Jinmiao said, skillfully taking the hairpin from Zhao's dressing box to make a gesture, and then said, "mother, hairpin this today, just match your big red through sleeve robe."

The daughter-in-law who combed her hair made fun of her: "four girls are the best dressed people. With four girls in front of Zhuyu, we can't take out the head for our wife."

Chu Jinmiao smiled and talked and laughed with Zhao and others. Chu Jinyao stood not far away and suddenly felt very redundant.

Seeing Chu Jinmiao's familiarity with these jewelry, it is obvious that he has been used to it since childhood. Chu Jinyao can't even recognize the bottles and boxes on the dresser.

Chu Jinyao looks down at her hands. She has been helping her family since she can remember. The same is true of girls in the same village. Chu Jinyao has never thought that there are a group of girls in the world who live an exquisite life that she can't think of. But can you blame her? If possible, she also hopes that she will not be held wrong in that year, and can grow up safely in Hou's house and be a qualified daughter of Hou's house.

In fact, Chu Jinyao hasn't had a good life these days. Although her living environment is earth shaking, she has seen many things she didn't dare to think of, but Chu Jinyao is not happy. She could feel that the people in Changxing Hou's house, from Zhao and Chu Jinmiao, to the aunt and sister in the other room, and then to the servant girl under her, actually rejected her. She is really out of tune with the prosperous Changxing marquis.

When Chu Jinyao goes to bed every day, when the servant girl outside the night watch falls asleep, she secretly cries under her quilt. The young lady of a rich family is served even when she sleeps. Chu Jinyao doesn't want to cry in front of others. It's not good. She can only hide and complain secretly. When she left, her sister Su Hui caught up with her and gave her a bag of clothes. Chu Jinyao knew that her sister was afraid that she would suffer in someone else's house, so she tried to give her good things. However, when she came to Changxing Hou house, Chu Jinyao found that even the woman sweeping the floor in the Hou house didn't wear such a gray cotton jacket and skirt. However, in the village, these coats and skirts are good clothes to wear on New Year's festivals.

When Chu Jinyao came, someone changed her clothes. Naturally, her sister's cotton jacket and skirt couldn't be taken out. What's more, when she saw the camellia, she almost threw it out. Chu Jinyao quickly snatched it back and hid herself in bed. Every night, Chu Jinyao secretly took it out and cried with her clothes.

Chu Jinyao now finally knows why Su's father and mother always have a bad face towards her. Looking at her sister Su Hui's performance before leaving, it is obvious that Su Hui also knows that she can't bear to be soft hearted after all. She often secretly helps her behind Su's father and mother's back.

Chu Jinyao finished crying at night and got up the next day with a mental appearance. Although everyone doesn't like her now, if a relative of the Su family suddenly wants to borrow it, their sisters have to talk about it secretly, so it's human nature. Chu Jinyao told herself on the way that as long as she looked and studied hard, and got along with Zhao and Chu Jinmiao with her heart, they would always see their own good.

Now, however, Chu Jinyao looks at Zhao and Chu Jinmiao, who are affectionately picking jewelry, and she is standing aside. Chu Jinyao suddenly doubts her confidence.

Can she really integrate into the mother and daughter?

Chu Jinyao was embarrassed. The voice of the little servant girl outside the door sounded like a silver bell. She fell and said hello to someone: "the big girl is coming, the big girl is blessed."

A soft and pleasant sound, like water flowing gently through the pebbles, sounded: "mother is inside?"

"Yes, four girls and five girls are also here."

There was a pause outside, and then a gentle sound of footsteps approached. The servant girl in Xici had already opened the curtain. With a flash of light, a woman with soft appearance and dignified temperament appeared in front of everyone.

"Big girl."

Chu Jinxian nodded. After saying hello to Zhao, she stood aside and waited for Zhao to make up. Chu Jinyao also said hello to Chu Jinxian like everyone else: "Hello, sister."

Chu Jinxian nodded slightly, took back her sight and stood with Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao saw Chu Jinxian and knew what the lady in the play looked like. Chu Jinxian was gentle and soft in everything she did, and she spoke softly, just like the beauty in the talent and beauty. Although Chu Jinxian is as light as Chu Jinyao, Chu Jinyao doesn't care. Chu Jinxian is like this to everyone, and Chu Jinxian stands with her as soon as she comes in. Chu Jinyao doesn't have to stand alone anymore. She is greatly relieved. Chu Jinyao thought, no wonder Chu Jinxian is a big girl praised by everyone in the house. She really has the style of a long sister. Chu Jinyao was very moved because Chu Jinxian helped Chu Jinyao out of the siege. Chu Jinyao had never received anything good from others.

However, Chu Jinyao found that Chu Jinxian and Zhao were not close, at least not as tired of playing coquettish with Zhao as Chu Jinmiao. Of course, Chu Jinxian can't do such a thing, but it also has a lot to do with Chu Jinxian growing up around the old lady.

With Chu Jinxian's company, Chu Jinyao finally didn't feel the time was hard. Slowly, several common women arrived. Everyone stood quietly waiting for Zhao to clean up. Only Chu Jinmiao and Zhao's laughter could be heard in the room. When Zhao finally made up, the woman had already arranged breakfast. The Marquis of Changxing didn't come to Zhao's for dinner. The second young master was weak. He had been eating by himself these years, so only these women had dinner together. Changxing Hou's aunts made a show for Zhao's cloth dishes. Zhao asked them to hold a few chopsticks and said, "OK, you are all people with children and women. You don't have to wait in front of me. Go down and eat by yourself."

Several aunts just quit. The concubine room is not qualified to eat at the table, even if they have sons and daughters. In fact, these aunts are fairly good. Zhao will give them dignity only if they have children. Other Tongfang without children must stand behind the main room and make rules to wait on Zhao and the girls before they can leave after dinner.

Chu Jinyao looked at several fat and thin aunts with spring and autumn in her eyes. She sighed that big families are really different.

After dinner, Zhao took his daughters to greet old lady Chu. Old lady Chu is a very dignified person with a slightly square jaw and deep lines around her mouth. She is a very powerful person at first sight. This is not the same as the old lady in the village Chu Jinyao met. She didn't dare to be careless. She followed the girls and respectfully greeted the old lady.

With a protective forehead on my head, I looked in a bad mood. She didn't have the heart to deal with these granddaughters. She said, "a few days ago, the South weaving house sent another batch of cloud brocade, which is bright in color and suitable for you little girls. Each of you went to pick one and cut your own clothes. When my aunt came back, you can meet the guests with dignity."

Chu Zhu is the aunt of the old man's population. The old lady's only legitimate daughter married to the second room of huailing Prefecture as the main wife. Her sister-in-law is princess huailing. From the Marquis to the palace, this is already an excellent high marriage, so Chu Zhu has a great style every time she goes back to her mother's house. The water spilled by the married daughter is a guest when my aunt comes back. Chu Zhu married well. Chu Jinyao's nieces have to cut clothes when they see my aunt.

Little girl, who doesn't like new clothes, not to mention the brocade in the south, which are all tributes and rarely spread outside. Although Changxing Marquis house is a marquis house, it can't get a few horses a year. In the past, these horses fell into the hands of the big room. They made clothes for the big girl and the four girls, and the other girls could get some corners. Now grandma says one horse for one person, and the girls are very happy.

A group of charming women went to the compartment to pick up cloth. Although Chu Jinyao didn't know what Yunjin was, she also knew it was a rare good thing by looking at other people's faces, so she went with her.

Chu Jinyao felt incredible. In the past, her family couldn't pull a piece of cloth a year. Their clothes were all worn by Su Hui. It was not a year or a festival. She even said that she would make clothes and a piece of brocade for each person.

Chu Jinyao has no private wealth since she was young. She has calculated what to do with the rest of the cloth.

Chu Jinyao is also a little girl after all. Of course, she is very happy that she can choose her own clothes according to her preferences. Immersed in joy, Chu Jinyao didn't find that several red catkins were missing from her jade pendant.

The next day Chu Jinyao woke up and the first thing was to see Qin Yi.

"Qi Ze, Qi Ze?" Chu Jinyao whispered, but Qin Yi didn't respond.

It's over. He's angry with her! Chu Jinyao was really suffering. She called a few more times. She saw that Qin Yi had not moved yet, and several servant girls of clove and Camellia were about to come in. She had to press and not mention it.

After washing, Chu Jinyao changed into a light red stand collar jacket, a ginger seven piece horse face skirt and a bright red cloak, and hurried to rongning hall.

She greeted the old lady, who nodded indifferently. Chu Jinxian also sat next to old lady Chu. Seeing her, she said, "it's the most important thing for you to learn the rules with mammy these days. Be diligent. Although mammy hasn't come yet, you can't be lazy. Go back and review your pen and ink."

After hearing this, Chu Jinyao bent over and saluted Chu Jinxian: "elder sister Xie." then she hurried to the back classroom.

Chu Jinxian reminds her to go to review her brush and ink as soon as possible... Chu Jinyao has a headache when she hears it. It seems that they had a holiday yesterday. Today they are not relaxed. In addition to learning rules, needlework brush and ink should also be practiced.

Chu Jinyao lived in a poor family for the first 13 years. Food and clothing were a problem. How can he talk about embroidery, writing and other skills that rich people can afford for recreation? However, the leakage of the house happened to rain at night. Today, several other girls seemed to have an appointment. Not long after sitting down, the seventh girl in the second room said, "Mammy, the fifth girl learned the best rules yesterday. We sisters can't catch up with her. I just don't know how her needlework, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are. The fifth sister might as well move a few strokes casually to open our eyes!"

Before Chu Jinyao spoke, Chu Jinmiao answered, "yes, Mammy specially praised five girls yesterday. I want to come. Five girls hide deeply and have many skills that surprise us. Five girls don't want to be modest!"

Several other girls also helped. When mammy saw it, she also said, "in that case, five girls can write a few words at will."

The seven girls showed a successful smile, and Chu Jinmiao also bowed his head and smiled gently. Nowadays, literacy is the privilege of a few people. Farmers face the Loess and face the sky from generation to generation. They can speak clearly, but they are blind and can't recognize a word. Many vendors in the city are illiterate, and a few women in the back house are literate. Chu Jinyao had to do farm work at home. The daughter of this family still writes. Is it a problem to know words?

This is the consensus of the girls. The eldest girl's status is respected. In addition, she will be out of the cabinet soon. She does not participate in this selection. The second girl is a common woman in the second room. She is 15 years old. She is too old. Her character is tempered by Yan Shicao. She is basically out of the game. The third girl is Chu Jinchan, the concubine of Changxing marquis. She is just fine at the age of 14, but she is a concubine. Her identity is a little worse than the legitimate sisters.

The fourth girl is Chu Jinmiao. She has outstanding talent. She was raised by Zhao with silver money since childhood. If she didn't hold it wrong, the accompanying reading would be in her bag. However, it's such a coincidence. Chu Jinmiao is actually the daughter of the farmer Su family, not the young lady of Changxing Hou house. If her elders don't care, she can't live in Changxing Hou house anymore. After all, it's for the county leader to choose playmates. The daughter of Hou men is the best, and the daughter of a junior official with a poor identity is also normal, but it's too much to choose a farmer's daughter!

Because of this layer, Chu Jinmiao's competitiveness is greatly reduced.

The next girl of the right age is Chu Jinyao, the fifth girl. Although Chu Jinyao is a legitimate daughter, she has not been raised in the Marquis house for the first 13 years. Maybe the princess and the prince will be picky about this. Later, the six girls were the legitimate daughter of the third master. The six girls had the right talent, identity and age. It happened that her father was born to his aunt. When the old Marquis was alive, he was confused and doted on the third master's biological mother, Yang. Yang dared to lose face in the main room because of his pet. Master Chu endured it all the time. As soon as the old Marquis died, he immediately sold Yang, After three rooms also rarely have a good face. Although the sixth girl is suitable in all aspects, she is a concubine. I'm afraid it's difficult for the old lady of Chu.

Under the six girls, there are seven girls. Seven girls are the legitimate daughter of the second wife Yan. They are arrogant. Such people go to be the accompaniment of the county leader... Six girls and Chu Jinmiao think, I'm afraid, Xuan.

Seven girls are twelve years old. They are already a little younger. Next, eight girls are only six years old. Obviously, they are automatically out. So to speak, the competitive ones are big Fang Shu's three girls, Chu Jinmiao, Chu Jinyao and three Fang Di's six girls. Seven girls have been secretly crossed by many people. Each of the four of them has their own strengths, but they all have some small defects. This offset, but they are evenly matched. No one is sure to win or lose.

It's easy to say. Chu Jinmiao reached a consensus with three girls and six girls. Seven girls are not afraid. Now they work together to squeeze out one, two places under them, and the three of them fight again. It's better than a cheap outsider. Chu Jinyao, who has the highest status and the best appearance, but has no foundation because she has just returned, is the best target.

Several girls joined hands to crowd out Chu Jinyao. They all know Chu Jinyao's background. They can make stitches and lay out an invitation. It doesn't matter. Chu Jinyao can't read or write. How can such a person be a companion? The flower mother and Deng Momo are from the royal palace. In a sense, they are the eyes of the princess. As long as they destroy the impression of Chu Jin Yao in the minds of these two mama, things have already become half.