Weak Concubine [Qing Wear + Red House]

relative?Go to her?

When Jinyao got the news, she couldn't turn her head around.

"Please come in!"

She wanted to see exactly which relatives came to join her. No matter whether it was from the father's family or the mother's family, they should not come to her. Her two brothers are both in the capital, so there is no reason to come to her directly. A married woman, what kind of confused "relative" is this?

After waiting for a cup of tea, Xizhi came in to report:

"Master, Miss Tao is here!" Knowing that Jinyao must not know who Miss Tao is, she leaned over and explained in a low voice:

"This Miss Tao is the daughter of the third concubine. I heard that the third concubine passed away three years ago. Now that the girl has just graduated from filial piety, she came to Beijing to join her grandfather's family. She ran to find us for some reason."

Jinyao thought for a moment about the third concubine... Then she realized that she was talking about her mother's concubine Jia Mei, who had never been with their family, so she was not familiar with her. I only heard that she married in Shandong, but she didn't expect everyone It's been three years, but the third aunt is gone, and the father's family is still there. Why does her daughter go to Beijing alone to visit relatives?

With doubts, Jin Yao hurriedly asked someone to come in.

I saw a steady girl of medium stature coming in with a rough envoy.

The two came in and saluted:

"Meet my cousin Nian!"

"Meet the princess!"

"Get up, I'm not a concubine, just call me Jin Fujin. I heard you are the cousin of the Tao family?"

This is just what she said, and no one can confirm her identity.

Jin Yao took a closer look, this girl looks good, but her dress is a bit outdated, or she doesn't have much dress, compared to a person like her who is used to dressing up.

The clothes are half-new, but relatively light. It is the twelfth lunar month of winter. The master and servant are only wearing cotton-padded clothes, not even woolen clothes. The skin exposed by the heat in the room is red, obviously from the cold before. Not light.

Jin Yao frowned, becoming more and more unsure if this person was Jia Mei's daughter.

Although Jia's mother is not very kind to children other than her own children, she is also a person who likes to play tricks on the surface. It is impossible for Jia Mei to marry too badly back then, so why is her daughter so embarrassing?

"Sit down, you're welcome." Looking at the time, it was just after dinner time:

"Have you used the rice yet? Why don't you use some more?"

A shyness flashed in Miss Tao's eyes, but her mother was very happy, so she opened her mouth and said:

"Thank you Jin Fujin, this is not an outsider, I'm not afraid of your jokes, our master and servant haven't had a bite of hot food all day..."

"Mom! Don't be presumptuous!"

Jinyao would never argue with a shallow old woman, and the people around her got her hint to make arrangements.

Seeing this mother, Jinyao believed in the girl's identity three points. If it was fake and had a purpose, she might not bring such an insignificant woman with her.

Looking carefully at Miss Tao, she looks about the same age as her, and her appearance is also average, but she doesn't show it without good clothes and jewelry. From the time she entered the door to now, she has been in a certain order when she walks and sits. Obviously, she is a self-disciplined person, or I learned the rules when I was young.

It seems that she is similar in character to Xing Xiuyan (the niece of the eldest aunt Xing), and Jin Yao has a little liking for her.

"Did my cousin bring only one mother from Shandong? But what happened at home?" The woman didn't stop staring when she came in. It was obvious that she couldn't stand on the stage, and she didn't look like a dignitary in charge of the house.

Embarrassment flashed across Tao Qiugui's face:

"To be honest with my cousin, my mother was born with a cowardly temperament, and she was not favored by my father. After more than 20 years of marriage, she only gave birth to me and hurt her body. She didn't have any brothers. She passed away three years ago, and my father remarried that year." stepwife."

Tao Qiugui paused and said:

"For the past three years, I have only been in the courtyard to keep filial piety for my mother, and I have lived in peace. It's just that my step-wife brought a girl who was a few years younger than me. It's not An Sheng. I don't know when I provoked a local bully outside. .

That rascal came to marry her, but her mother didn't want to, and she didn't dare to offend anyone, so she proposed to her father to replace her with me. Fortunately, a kind girl heard about it and told me secretly. They didn't pay attention, packed up some soft things and escaped with the nanny.

I have nowhere to go when I come out. I have never traveled far in the past many years. I only heard the nanny talk about my grandfather's house in the capital, so I came here wholeheartedly. "

It's just that I didn't expect to find Rongguo's mansion very easily, but was told that Jia's family had been defeated, and now I don't know where to move.

Jin Yao is curious:

"Then how did you find me here?"

Tao Qiugui obviously didn't ask anyone, and he didn't dare to lift his head from the moment he entered the door:

"I heard from the people on the street in the original Rongguo mansion."

Jinyao understood.

Most of the people living on that street were the down-and-out family members of the Jia family. When the Jia family collapsed, they didn't have much influence.

"Since my cousin is here, don't worry, I will arrange it properly. Go to dinner first, and we will talk after dinner."

Tao Qiugui anxiously followed the girl who led the way to dinner, thinking about the meaning of Jin Yao's words.

It is indeed inconvenient for Jinyao to keep her in her yard.

The fourth master almost always stays in her yard, even if the fourth master does not come, leaving an unmarried girl in her yard for a long time will damage her reputation, not to mention that the girl is about the same age as her.

Her relatives have a bad reputation, doesn't her face look good?

Living for a few days will not have much impact, she still has to find time to think about how to arrange her, but it is not a big deal to have two extra pairs of chopsticks, but if the arrangement is not good, she will get dirty easily, which is a bit tricky.

Tao Qiugui, master and servant, traveled all the way, fearful, cold and hungry. Now that they had a warm meal and were fumigated by the air, they became quite lazy and their eyelids were clenched.

Jinyao took a look, what else is there to say, let's go down and rest, let's talk about it when I wake up tomorrow.

Besides, Tao Qiugui was really tired, so he took a comfortable hot bath and fell asleep when he lay down regardless of the light, and turned on the lamp when he woke up.

Seeing her wake up, the little girl in the room hurriedly said:

"Miss is awake, wait a moment, wait for the servant to call someone to inform Sister Xizhi."

When I went to the outhouse, I asked someone to inform the guests that they were awake, and I brought another little girl in to help Tao Qiugui wash up.

Although the little girl was newly promoted to the third class to do chores, she had also been trained and her mouth was very strict. Tao Qiugui didn't dare to speak again, but she didn't get the information she wanted after a few trials. She was afraid of causing misunderstandings.

After a while, Xizhi came in with someone holding some objects:

"My cousin is awake, are you resting well?"

Tao Qiugui stood up: "Thank you for your concern, I've had enough sleep, but what orders does my cousin have?"

"My cousin just sit down, the master doesn't have any special instructions, just seeing that the girl is coming from the south, she doesn't know the weather in the north, she is dressed lightly, so I specially asked someone to find some clothes that she didn't wear for you to change and wash. Don't be disgusted, girl."

Tao Qiugui panicked:

"Where is this girl, my cousin's clothes are of course very good, not to mention they are new? I have caused trouble to my cousin, so I should apologize to her!" If it was not a last resort, she would not come to ask for help.

"Biao girl is serious!" Ask someone to put the clothes and some heads on the table, let Tao Qiugui check.

Tao Qiugui didn't move, so naturally she couldn't make such a rude gesture face to face.

Xizhi casually asked:

"How old is the cousin girl?"

Tao Qiugui said embarrassingly: "Twenty after the new year." If it wasn't for keeping filial piety for his mother, he would have married a long time ago, but now he is delaying becoming an old girl.

Xizhi opened her eyes wide:

"What a coincidence? In the same year as our master, what month was the cousin girl born?"

"April."

"April?" The servants in the room looked at each other.

Tao Qiugui's heart skipped a beat:

"What? Could it be that my cousin is also born in April?" Is it such a coincidence?

"Really, what day is the girl?"

"I am on the morning of the fifth day of April."

As soon as these words came out, the whole room fell silent, only the sound of burning coals in the charcoal basin was heard.

Tao Qiugui didn't dare to ask anymore, but looked at Xizhi with complicated eyes.

Xizhi swallowed her saliva:

"It's really a coincidence that she was born in the same year and month as our master, but our master is 26."

Tao Qiugui felt a "bang" in his head like a thunderbolt, and he was numb.

This year's cousin... No, it should be Nian's sister, who is actually younger than her?this……

Tao Qiugui was so ashamed that she just wanted to put on her shoes immediately and leave the palace. She just looked at the dark sky outside and didn't dare to move. Where else could she go?She is not familiar with the place of life, she doesn't feel it when she is at home, she has food and clothing, and she realizes that life is not easy when she goes outside, and the soft clothes she wears can't help spending, and she can't get a foothold if she has no one to help her.

But right now...

Seeing the guest so cramped, Xizhi was also a little embarrassed, but it was a big deal, you said the guest came to the door and called her "cousin", who would have thought that she was older than the master, the meaning of taking in a cousin is different from taking in a cousin.

The cousin came to the door, and the cousin was obliged to help, but the cousin ran to the cousin's house to cling to him when he was in trouble?She hadn't heard of such a thing so far.Even if it is difficult to be an elder sister, it is only to borrow some silver taels from the younger sister, and few people cling to it.

This era pays attention to the order of the elders and the younger. When you meet your younger brother and younger sister, you greet your older brothers and sisters. You are a cousin who is attached to you, do you still have to ask the master to greet you every day?

So this kind of thing rarely happens, and it is easy to be laughed at, no, she has to tell the master about it quickly.

Jin Yao also had a headache when she found out.

What are you talking about!

The other party is also, since you have already found out that there is a cousin like me who wants to join him, can't you ask more about how to call him?It's a good thing that he is strict in his own yard, if Li Shi and others find out about this kind of oolong, it will definitely be a joke again.

At this time Tao Qiugui was also talking about it with her nanny.

The nanny's face changed a few times:

"Damn it, Zhou Rui's family didn't mean to harm me. She didn't say how old Jin Fujin was, but she only heard that she had two children, so she just assumed that she was older than you. This..."

Tao Qiugui widened his eyes:

"Didn't Mom say that she found out about the chronology...my sister from the former Rongguo Mansion? Why is there something going on with Zhou Rui's family now? Isn't Zhou Rui's family the companion of the second aunt?" I often heard this from the nanny before. people.

The nurse's face is embarrassing:

"This is not... this is not..."

Tao Qiugui sternly said:

"I believe in my mother's loyalty to me, but I'm afraid that someone with good intentions will take advantage of my mother's good intentions, so my mother must not hide anything from me. It's better for us to discuss it than to think about it alone!"

The nanny said:

"I knew we couldn't hide it from the girl, yes, it was the second wife's companion, from Zhou Rui's family, who directed us to find Jin Fujin!"

"...Okay, why did she do this? Also, since I can find Zhou Rui's family, then I can find my grandmother, uncle, and aunt. Why don't I go to their house and come to my cousin who is farther away?"