Chapter 488 Xiao Feng'er Misses You
Besides, this little girl is always with Jia Cong, and she might find out about the affair between him and the master someday. It would be better to improve their relationship now, so that when she really finds out one day, it will not cause hostility from this little girl.
Qingwen quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Madam, for your reward!"
"What's the use of being a servant or not?" Yu Shi laughed. "Master has long told me that the reason he hasn't given you a position yet is simply because he can't bear to part with you. Besides, our master loves you the most. When you get your own room, how can it be any worse than Yuanyang and the others? So, I can't control you in other courtyards, but in this courtyard, you can't tolerate such estrangement."
Qingwen nodded her head with a red face, and thought shyly in her heart, why does her master tell everything to others?
Not long after, Yindie brought the fruit and handed it to Qingwen, who then ran away with the fruit.
Zhen Muring and Xing Xiuyan were also in Yuanyang's courtyard. Ever since Jia Cong went to war, the three of them often got together to talk.
"Sister, your needlework is getting better and better!" Xing Xiuyan said as she looked at the work in Yuanyang's hands.
Looking at the half-embroidered robe in her hands, Yuanyang was also very satisfied, but she said modestly, "What's the point of calculating my work? If anyone wants to say it's good, it has to go to that girl Qingwen."
"Even the old lady says Qingwen is the best at needlework. Even the things our master wears every day, both inside and out, are embroidered by Qingwen herself. I'm just making some for fun!"
"Cousin Cong is leading the troops outside, and I don't know whether he will have enough food and clothing!" Xing Xiuyan sighed.
"Sister, are you missing the master?"
"Sister doesn't want to?"
"The master is away, and we can't help at all!" Zhen Muring said softly from the side.
"The girl called the master's name in her dream last night!" Mo Hen said with a smile.
Zhen Muring gave Mo Hen a cold look, but rarely refuted. She knew that she had fallen into depravity and could no longer leave him. Moreover, she had never stopped missing Jia Cong since he left.
"Aren't we going to the old lady in the West Mansion to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow?" Zhen Muring asked Yuanyang, "Should we prepare gifts in advance?"
"The master had already prepared everything for us before he left! I have a set of ivory utensils, my sister has a glass screen, and Sister Xing has a set of colored glassware. They are all in the public warehouse, and we can just send them over when the time comes."
"In addition to these, we can ask the kitchen to prepare a few excellent dishes and serve them that day, and then everything will be perfect."
"Not only the old lady , but also the first lady of the West Mansion, Sister Xing's parents, and your Zhen family, all prepared gifts. Although they are not very expensive, they are enough to make us look decent."
"In the past two days, many people from various mansions have sent festival gifts to Master . The eldest wife has already made a list. We should learn from them later. This time, it was the Second Mistress of the West Mansion who came to help arrange the festival gifts for each mansion. We can't always trouble others with this kind of thing!"
Gifts between different mansions were not given randomly, but were prepared according to regulations, the closeness of their relationship, and gifts from previous years. Before, Muring and Xing Xiuyan had never been housekeepers. Although Yuanyang was in front of the old lady, she only knew a little about it, and was far less knowledgeable about these things than Feng Lazi. Therefore, Feng Lazi was asked to come and help Youshi and Keqing decide on the gifts.
"We have to support them for at least one or two years. Once Miss Bao and Miss Lin come to live with us, we won't have to worry about them anymore."
"Which of our two wives in charge is not smart and clever? Whether it's managing the household or handling gifts, they are both good at it!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Ning and Xing Xiuyan couldn't help but nodded.
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In Wang Xifeng's courtyard in the West Mansion, Keqing smiled and handed a box to Wang Xifeng.
"What is this? Could it be a gift for the Second Madam?" Wang Xifeng asked in confusion.
As he spoke, he opened the box.
He was stunned when he saw it. "You little rascal, why did you bring so many banknotes to Second Madam? Are you trying to show off to Second Madam the private money that the buffalo grass gave you?"
"Second Madam knows that Buffalo Grass dotes on you, so you don't have to show off!"
Keqing smiled and took a sip of tea. "Second Madam is really unreasonable. She started talking before I could even say anything!"
"Second Madam said that Master doted on me, but this silver was given to Second Madam by Master."
"Master knew that it was not easy for his little Feng'er to support the West Mansion, and when faced with some major events, money was even more difficult to handle. Therefore, before leaving, he left these tens of thousands of taels of silver, fearing that his little Feng'er would be worried. Originally, I wanted to hide it and see you, the Second Madam, make a fool of yourself, but in the end, I couldn't bear to give it to you. I never thought that not only would I not be well treated, but I would also be gossiped about by the Second Madam. How can this be justified?"
Wang Xifeng was stunned, then looked at the banknotes in the box and burst into tears.
After a moment, she murmured, "Master, Xiao Feng'er misses you..."
Keqing beside her also fell silent. She had thought about it too!
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Xing Xiuyan had already arrived at the mansion, so naturally she didn't need to come and learn the rules anymore. Xiangyun, because Shi Nai was away on the expedition, had been staying at home with her two aunts for a while, only coming to the mansion occasionally. And with the festival coming up soon, she probably had to stay home too.
In addition, the two younger ones, Xichun and Baoqin, basically work for three days and rest for two days, so the only ones who learn the rules every day are Baochai, Daiyu, Yingchun and Tanchun.
By the afternoon, the day's study was finally over. Only after the two maids left did the few people stand up.
"Finally, I can rest for two days!" Tanchun said with a smile.
"But Sister Lin and Sister Bao, are you two also going back home to celebrate the festival?"
"Daddy said he would come to the house tomorrow to pay his respects to grandma in advance. I'm afraid I'll have to stay at home during the Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow." Daiyu said with some annoyance.
Baochai also nodded and said, "That's what Mom arranged too."
"Sister Yun probably feels the same way. Doesn't that mean we have to wait until after the Mid-Autumn Festival to get together? " Tanchun said, pulling the two of them aside.
Daiyu rolled her eyes, and then said, "We need to rest for three days. It's naturally inconvenient to rest on the day of the festival, but the day after the festival is fine. Why don't we all come to the mansion then, and then go to the East Palace to play for a day?"
"Third brother is not here, but Sister Yuanyang and the others are here. Let Yun girl come over too. Wouldn't it be best if we sisters can have fun together? Besides, we are at home after all. I think Grandma won't worry too."
"That's great!" Tanchun nodded happily. "Then I'll tell Sister Yuanyang tomorrow and have her write a letter for us. Then we can all go together. It would be best if we could invite the eldest and second sisters-in-law too. It will be more lively when we have more people."
