Pan Jinlian's petty bourgeoisie life

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39 Conservatory

On the second day, Pan Jinlian got out of bed with her waist supported, and Chai Wu pretended to be crazy by drinking, turned out the lights, turned into a beast, ate and wiped off, and even pretended to be a little daughter-in-law, blushing early, got up and walked away in the dark I didn't even dare to turn my head. If I didn't know that I was married, I would just say goodbye to my lover in private.Ying'er also got up early, and stayed obediently in the yard to work. After boiling the hot water, Pan Jinlian poured it into a brass basin and brought it over.

"My lady is still going out today? I've already made porridge and I'm putting it on the stove. I added shredded chicken and eggs to it, so I can eat some while it's still hot, so as not to be cold."

Pan Jinlian replied with a smile while washing her face:

"I know what you're thinking. If it's okay, I won't go out today. You can go play with your friends after dinner. But don't go home after dark and make people anxious. If you don't play after the New Year's Eve After a few days, I'm afraid you will scold me in your dreams when you sleep."

She would not take Ying'er in the eyes of the current people, and usually said that she was for her own good. Although the Chai family is a big family, there are many dirty things in it, who knows when someone will be abducted, so be careful as well.Ying'er nodded with a busy smile, raised her hands and swore:

"Of course the lady is doing it for my own good. I know it in my heart. I am ordered to work hard to repay the lady and the officials after the fifteenth day."

"Little girl, how did you learn to be so glib, I don't want your reward, it's just that you take care of yourself."

Pan Jinlian smiled and raised her arms and tapped Ying'er's forehead with her finger. Seeing her screaming and running away, she took a towel and wiped her face. After changing her clothes, she went to the dressing table and took a hairpin to wrap her hair loosely. Hair bun, put on the white jade bracelet Chai Wu bought, looked in the mirror for a while, and felt that she didn't look like a yellow-faced woman anymore, so she brewed a pot of lotus leaf, chrysanthemum and rose tea by herself, and leaned on the chair to read a book.

There are many inconveniences at this time, and Pan Jinlian knows how to avoid suspicion, so she doesn't often think about going out for a walk. She just waits for the spring to plant a few clumps of flowers and plants she likes in the garden, set up a swing, and set up a In the pergola, I can smell the fragrance of flowers and look at the fresh greenery every day. I make delicious snacks and eat slowly while sitting around. It is a good time to steal half a day of leisure.

At noon, Ying'er still didn't come back. Chai Wu had already said that he would not come back to eat at noon. Chai Li only said that he would go to his relatives' house for drinks in the next few days, and he didn't want anything to eat.Pan Jinlian became bored, so she had to put the book away, went to the kitchen and cut peas, ham, cucumber, lotus root and quarreled with the leftover rice from yesterday, spread another egg skin to wrap the fried rice, and served it with two side dishes After that, he rested for a while, and then strolled around the yard a few times.

Just as she was about to go back to take a nap, there was a movement at the door, and Pan Jinlian hurriedly stopped and asked:

"Who's at the door?"

"It's me, Di Cui, in the Second Young Master's room. The lady opened the door. Our young wife asked me to invite the lady to talk."

Pan Jinlian hurriedly opened the door, and answered with a smile. Seeing that there was nothing wrong with her clothes, she followed her out from the garden along the path to the backyard, where there was a greenhouse.Dicui stood at the door, raised the curtain, and said with a smile:

"The young lady is inside, please go in quickly, my lady, I will take care of you here."

That Dicui was originally Chai Lin's personal maid, but she had never stood outside to wait on her. Pan Jinlian was taken aback, seeing that her face was not depressed, it was inconvenient to ask further questions, so she just lowered her head and walked into the greenhouse .

It's really warm here. After walking a few steps, Pan Jinlian felt dizzy on her head, and her body was heavy. There were flowers of various colors on both sides, red, orange, red and green. Chai Lin was sitting on a chair at the end, There is a carved nanmu table in front, and several jasper teacups are placed on it.Seeing Pan Jinlian approaching, she smiled and waved:

"Come on, I see that today is a good day, and my body feels refreshed, so coming here to smell the fragrance of flowers can be regarded as getting rid of illness."

Pan Jinlian walked over a few steps, and replied with a smile:

"It seems that the young lady's complexion has improved a lot recently, and she must be fine as long as she takes care of her."

"As long as you struggle to get up, that's all. I don't want anything great. Come on, sit next to me, they are all daughters-in-law of the Chai family, and there is no need to tell me those rules. Also, don't call me anything less." Ma'am, call sister-in-law directly, or I will be angry."

Chai Lin pulled Pan Jinlian to sit beside her, only felt that her hands were very thin, white and slender but showed the shape of bones.Pan Jinlian only felt that Chai Lin's health was really bad, and she might have been aggrieved after all these years, but who in this mansion didn't feel aggrieved?Hearing her earnestness, she didn't refuse, so she changed her words:

"My sister-in-law didn't ask me to come here to look at the flowers, did I? I don't have any brains. If you have something to tell me directly, even if you go around with me until the end, I'm afraid I won't understand it."

It's not Pan Jinlian's temperament to go around. She knows that Chai Lin has something to do, and she can do whatever she can, and she can't do it by going around a few times.Chai Lin was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed randomly:

"What a refreshing person, sister, you know that my family is a scholar, and I have read many classics and history collections since I was a child. It is only when I marry here that I realize that a woman's lack of talent is virtue. The words of a sage are not practical for our family. So I just regret that I didn't learn more about housekeeping when I was a girl, but fortunately, I have a sister-in-law, and I don't feel tired, just a husband and a child."

While talking about Chai Lin, she slowly shed tears, wiped off the handkerchief quietly, then forced a smile, stared at Pan Jinlian and begged:

"I know that my sister has a prescription in her hand, which is used to make wine. It happened that my family official asked the master to ask for a job as a manager of the wine shop in front of the master, so I wanted to ask my sister to tell me the prescription. In the future I will never forget my sister's kindness."

Pan Jinlian was startled, she knew that Chai Wu did not hand over all the recipes to the Chai family master, and she only took out the medicine packs to make wine for them every month under the pretext, but she did not expect that Mrs. Chai and Chai Wang would return. He didn't say that he wanted his own things, but he saw that the second young lady who saw through the world and had nothing to do with the world actually spoke first.She regained her senses and thought about it, guessing that the concubine of the second master of the Chai family was about to give birth to her first child, but she had nothing to produce, and she was afraid that she would use it to compete for favor.

But she didn't let her step on the unlucky steps to climb up. Pan Jinlian calmed down and replied with a smile:

"What my sister-in-law said made me feel sore. I was born in a small family. Even if I want to study, I can't do it. I can only do some rough work to make ends meet. I also have to be beaten and scolded by others. It's even more endless if I think about it. Tears. They are all women. I naturally know the difficulty of my wife, but this and that prescription were handed down from my family. I have sworn poisonously in front of the ancestor tablet. Even the officials of my family only took the medicine powder and blended it in the winery, and they don't know what's in there."

Before he finished speaking, he also quietly pinched his thigh, holding back tears, looking really touching.Chai Lin looked at Pan Jinlian suspiciously, knowing that she would not come out, instead she changed her face, wiped her face gently and docilely, and said:

"Since this is the case, I can't embarrass you anymore, sister, but I was rude. There are a few sachets sent by my sister-in-law just now. They are all in the style of the palace. My place is full of medicinal smells, so I can't help but spoil good things, so I I asked my family officials to take them away, and only one was left with me, so I just gave it to you."

Chai Lin took out a sachet with octagonal embroidered gold and pearls from his waist. It was covered with auspicious cloud birds with gold and silver threads, and a huge south pearl was hung on it, which looked shining.Pan Jinlian didn't know anything and felt that the thing was very valuable, so she hurriedly declined for a long time, but Chai Lin let her take it desperately, and softly reprimanded:

"Take what I give you with confidence. You also know that my temperament is never to blackmail others. If I don't accept it, I will look down on you."

Seeing what she said, Pan Jinlian had no choice but to accept it, but she was thinking about how to repay the favor without leaving a trace.But Dicui had already knocked on the door and came in. When Wanfu came, he said:

"Young Madam, the woman in the Eldest Madam's room has come and said that she is here to pick up a pot of flowers that the Young Madam promised yesterday."

"I remembered. It was Ye Laixiang that I mentioned yesterday when we were chatting with my sister-in-law. It is the one in the corner. You take it out and give it to her. Send her back."

Chai Lin thought for a while before clapping his hands and said, pointing to a shelf in the corner of the door, on which several pots of flowers were placed.Dicui went out with the flowerpot in her hands, and after a while Pan Jinlian hurriedly said goodbye, and saw that it was already noon outside, and the sun was warming her body.She lowered her head to look at the sachet in her hand, it shone even more under the sun, Pan Jinlian sighed, knowing that this thing was not taken for nothing, and she couldn't help you not to take it.

In the evening, Chai Wu returned to the yard covered in dust. After walking outside for a day, Pan Jinlian asked Ying'er to boil hot water and pour it into a basin, and waited for him to wash up before serving warm egg noodle soup. , with chicken soup, bacon and cabbage in it, Chai Wu was full, patted his stomach and laughed:

"The food cooked by the lady is still delicious, but the ones I ate outside are obviously unbearable."

"Don't give me a high hat, how is the wine shop?"

Pan Jinlian saw that his expression was not going well, so she had to ask first.Chai Wu paused while holding the chopsticks, his face sank.

"The shopkeeper's repudiation?"

She just felt that the people here are loyal and trustworthy in doing business.