diskusbooks Chapter 60 She should be like this!
Chapter 60 She should be like this!
Qin Shaobei went out.
Seeing that the two children were learning very well from Master Pei, Shen Ruoyan did not stay long.
Not long after she returned to the yard, someone came looking for her outside.
"Madam, this is the sachet you asked me to make the other day. Shopkeeper Liu sent someone to deliver it."
The weather has warmed up recently, which has made people feel sleepy and restless, so Shen Ruoyan asked someone to make some sachets to calm the mind.
She nodded, "Send them to all the concubines. By the way, the styles of the young masters are different, so don't make a mistake."
Women love flowers, so the sachets are embroidered with various patterns of petals.
The designs for the gentlemen are elegant, such as pine and bamboo, and are lighter in flavor.
"Don't worry, Madam. I can save myself the trouble."
Shen Ruoyan, the mistress, was very generous. Not only did she give out rewards during festivals, but she would also show some concern for the people down below when the weather changed.
The masters gave out sachets, while the servants added herbal tea in the afternoon.
When you are tired from work and are sweating and feeling hot, a cup of thirst-quenching tea is just right.
Old Madam Lu looked down upon such small favors. It was not as if the servants had not been paid, so why add these unnecessary expenses?
But now Shen Ruoyan is the housekeeper, and Madam Lu is too lazy to bother with her about such trivial matters.
Anyway, as long as she can settle the account herself.
"Sister Lan, what brings you here?" Xiaoyue was waiting outside. When she saw Xiaolan, she greeted her with shining eyes.
Xiaolan is a member of the mistress's courtyard. She is on good terms with first-class maids like Chunxi, and is someone who can show off in front of the mistress.
So when Xiaoyue saw her, she was very enthusiastic, especially when she saw the tray in her hand.
"The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Madam asked someone to make some calming sachets for the concubines and asked me to bring them over."
She opened the brocade covering it, revealing the sachet inside. "It was specially made at Jingrongfang. Madam ordered it long ago, and she put a lot of effort into it!"
The embroidery skills of Jingrongfang are beyond reproach. And the business is so good that if you don't order in advance, you won't be able to get the goods!
The smile in Xiaoyue's eyes deepened, and when she was about to take it, Xiaolan blocked her.
"Hey, be careful, this is rare fabric from the south, it's very precious! Don't damage it if you are clumsy!"
She looked inside and heard no movement. "This is the reward from the Madam to the concubines. Concubine Zhuhong came to pick it up in person just now. Where is your concubine?"
"This..." Xiaoyue was a little embarrassed and said in a low voice: "Sister Lan, it's not that our aunt doesn't know etiquette, it's that the Marquis is in our aunt's yard right now."
Therefore, it is not convenient to meet guests.
It's broad daylight, even if the Marquis is here, what does it matter!
Xiaolan was not so easy to get rid of. She immediately laughed and said, "What a coincidence! Madam asked me to deliver it to the Marquis. It's just right that we are all in one place. I don't have to make two trips!"
Having said that, he walked straight inside.
Xiaoyue hurried forward, but she was not confident enough and did not dare to stop him, so Xiaolan ran in after a few seconds.
"This servant pays homage to the Marquis and the aunt."
When Xiaolan went in, Lu Jing was taking the "weak" Liu Lu outside to get some fresh air.
He sat in the pavilion and saw that Xiaolan looked familiar. "Are you from the mistress's courtyard?"
Xiaolan lowered her head politely, not daring to raise it, and only replied: "My Lord, I am Xiaolan, who serves the Madam."
Liu Lu was a little dissatisfied. She didn't expect that the Marquis could even remember a maid.
Fortunately, she had just taken a look and found that the maid was not very pretty and posed no threat.
"What did the mistress send you here for?" Lu Jing asked casually while drinking tea.
"My Lord, as the Madam has seen that the weather has been getting hotter recently, she has specially asked Jingrongfang to make some calming sachets and send them to the masters."
As she spoke, Xiaolan presented the sachets, and presented Lu Jing's one separately.
"Madam knows that the Marquis does not like complicated things, so she specially had someone embroider only bamboo on the side to highlight the Marquis's elegance."
Lu Jing looked at the sachet with satisfaction. The smell was not greasy and actually gave him a calming feeling.
He smiled and said, "You, a maid, are quite good at talking."
Xiaolan did not dare to take credit for it. "Madam always thinks about the Marquis, and we servants are just influenced by what we have seen and heard."
Liu Lu clenched her handkerchief tightly. As expected of someone from the mistress's courtyard, she really knew how to take advantage of every opportunity!
She casually took a sachet from the plate and smiled, "Thank you for your concern, madam. It is my blessing to meet a mistress who cares about me like this."
Lu Jing nodded in agreement. This was indeed true.
He often heard rumors about mistresses of other noble families torturing their concubines, and even illegitimate sons and daughters suffered from it, but Shen Ruoyan never made him worry.
The daughters of scholarly families are indeed of different character.
Look, even the concubines are speaking for her!
"It's just some small favors, things that the mistress casually gave away. Does Aunt Liu have to rush to thank her?"
Fang Rou brought Xiao Tao in from outside. Although she was also a concubine, she had no self-awareness at all.
When she came in, she didn't even bother to inform anyone, and walked out with the arrogant aura of a mistress!
"Aunt Fang, what do you mean?" Liu Lu was angry. Although she didn't really want to stand up for Shen Ruoyan, Fang Rou's words were obviously a slap in her face!
"The mistress is kind and generous. Shouldn't I be grateful?"
When Lu Jing saw Fang Rou coming over, his eyes lit up. He hadn't seen Fang Rou look so bright for a long time.
But after hearing Fang Rou's words, he also disagreed, "Rou'er, you're going too far."
"My lord, did I say something wrong?" Fang Rou only glanced at the sachet and then looked away.
She raised her chin slightly, her face full of pride, "Madam is from a noble family, so she has all the good things. The sachets she casually gave away can make us concubines grateful. Maybe Madam did too much!"
Fang Rou looked at him with disdain, and said with a hint of self-mockery in her arrogance, "People are indeed divided into different classes. Others' charity is just a luxury for me."
Lu Jing looked at her in a daze, and suddenly remembered the days he spent with Fang Rou outside.
[People are really divided into different classes. Even if you are a marquis, so what? You still have to be arranged by people of higher status. You have no choice at all.]
Those were the words Tong Fangrou said when he was frustrated in officialdom.
He originally had an opportunity of his own, but it was snatched away by a kid from another family.
He complained to Fang Rou about the injustice of the world, but Fang Rou said that in her heart, he would always be the best.
He also told Fang Rou that he would make her a superior person and make everyone envy her!
But now, she has become a concubine who is forced to thank her mistress for giving her a scent bag...
After all, it was him who didn't take good care of her.
She is such a proud person!