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When she was a girl, she had bangs. Now she is out of the box, Gillian tied up her long hair, revealing her smooth forehead. The black hairline formed a peach tip in the center of her forehead. The madam said that this was a beauty tip. Some girls didn't have long and had to draw it on purpose.
It's ridiculous that Gillian lost her mother when she was young, and her aunt was not cold and warm before the accident. The one who taught Gillian the most over the years was the madam in Huayuelou, although the madam taught most things that were not good at it.
The voice of the madam in his ear faded away, Gillian's attention returned to the mirror, and her hair was combed. Gillian wore an ordinary wooden hairpin and only left the lifelike crabapple silk flower. The silk flower was pink and tender, although it was cheap, but it also became the finishing touch of this simple makeup, making Gillian soft and charming.
Marrying a wife and a virtuous person, taking a concubine and taking a spoiled person, Jiao thought that Mrs. Zhao’s expectation for her was a concubine.
After packing up the countertop of the dressing table, Gillian moved out.
Everyone in the Zhao family was already sitting outside, with a square table, and Old Mrs. Zhao sat in the north, Liu and Chen Ying sat side by side on the west side, Zhao Yan sat on the east side, and a chair was placed next to him, which was a seat for Gillian.
In addition to breakfast, tea was also placed on the table.
All four of them looked at her. Gillian and Zhao Yanping were the most familiar, and looked at him shyly and reliably.
Zhao Yanping stood up and waited for Gillian to come to him. Zhao Yanping ordered: "Salute tea to the old lady first."
Because Gillian is a concubine, she can only call her an old lady, a lady, or a girl, and can't call her grandmother with Zhao Yanping.
Gillian gave tea to the three of them in turn.
"Okay, sit down and have a meal. We are small families, and there are not so many rules."
Old Mrs. Zhao spoke.
Gillian sat down with Zhao Yanping.
Everyone's bowls were empty, and the rice bowl for the porridge was on the side of A Jiao. A Jiao smiled and held the rice spoon, and took the initiative to add rice to the family. She acted quickly and scooped the porridge cleanly, without sprinkling any of them on the edge of the bowl or dripping on the table.
Old Mrs. Zhao looked silently.
Zhao Yanping took the bowl and started eating, but no one looked at it.
Gillian also lowered her eyes and drank porridge quietly. The sweet sweet potato porridge was the taste she liked. Because my aunt didn't like sweets, she rarely made it.
I don’t know if it was because I changed the place, but I just had an ordinary bowl of porridge, so Gillian was very comfortable to eat.
After eating for a while, I noticed that Chen Ying was looking at her. Gillian raised her eyes and looked over.
When he was caught peeping, Chen Ying smiled embarrassedly and whispered: "Sister-in-law, you are so beautiful."
Chen Ying wanted to chat with Ah Gillian, but Ah Gillian's life experience and experience were very complicated. Chen Ying couldn't find a suitable topic for the opening. She didn't speak and was afraid that Ah Gillian would misunderstand her and looked down on her, so she finally praised her first.
A Jiao looked at Chen Ying carefully for a moment and smiled and said, "Not as good as a girl, the girl is beautiful and dignified, and she is obviously a lady from a noble family."
Chen Ying blushed and felt guilty.
Liu finally found the opportunity to interrupt and explained helplessly: "It's fine if Ajiao praises Ying'er for her beauty, but she doesn't have any dignity. She has never liked to embroider the girl since she was a child, so she likes to fiddle with abacus. Now she is also dedicated to the rouge shop left by her aunt, and she likes to be called a female shopkeeper."
Gillian really didn't realize that Chen Ying was such a unique daughter.
Chen Ying was very proud of her ability. Since she mentioned her rouge shop, Chen Ying immediately took off the purse she wore and handed it to Jiao Gillian and said, "Sister-in-law, this is my wedding gift. There are two boxes of rouge in it. The red box is lip fat and the green box is facial fat. Sister-in-law will use it first. If you think it is good, I will give you more next time."
Gillian hurriedly put down the bowl, took Chen Ying's purse with both hands, and thanked him: "Thank you, Miss, I've made you spend money."
Chen Ying had a sweet smile: "What's this little gift? Just my sister-in-law likes it."
Gillian has fallen in love with her. She is just a concubine in the Zhao family. The official’s sister is so enthusiastic and polite to her. It’s a surprise.
Old Mrs. Zhao felt that Chen Ying was too polite to Ah Jiao, but Chen Ying was a member of the Shen family and she was not qualified to criticize the Shen family’s lady.
After dinner, Jiao wanted to help clean up the dishes. Old Mrs. Zhao looked at her fair and tender hands and stopped her, "You don't have to leave these rough work to Cui Niang. You don't have to work hard. I had a first statement when the matchmaker proposed marriage. You will be the one who will serve the official. All the things in the official's house will belong to you, and you don't need to interfere with the others."
What Mrs. Zhao is worried about is what if Gillian makes her hands thicker and her grandson doesn’t like women even more?
While speaking, Cui Niang had already come over and took away the bowls, chopsticks, rice and basins with a smile.
"You guys sit down, I'll go and return all the borrowed tables and chairs."
Zhao Yanping took Guo Xing to pay back the things without any nostalgia.
As soon as the grandson left, Mrs. Zhao no longer had any scruples and asked Ah Jiao to go to the east room.
After entering the house, Mrs. Zhao headed straight to the shelf bed in the north. Seeing two quilts on the bed, Mrs. Zhao frowned and asked Gillian: "Why, do you sleep in one bed?"
A Jiao's heart skipped a beat, but fortunately, the official taught her how to answer this question in advance. A Jiao polished it a little, lowered her head and lied: "I originally slept in one bed, but later the official felt that the two of them were uncomfortable in one bed, so she went to get another bed and said that she would sleep like this in the future."
Old Mrs. Zhao narrowed her eyes.
What does it mean to sleep like this in the future? Should I finish doing things first and then split up, or is it that my grandson cannot accept the crying Gillian who only slept with her for one night and never slept again in the future?
Let’s not care about this for now. Old Mrs. Zhao first checked the white parquet under the pillow. Seeing that there was really a fallen red on it, the stone in Mrs. Zhao’s heart finally fell steadily. She was really afraid that she would spend ten taels of silver to get back from someone who had been slept and lose money.
After checking the most important thing, Mrs. Zhao walked to the dressing table and greedily touched the diorama given by the magistrate. She wanted to take a look more, but suddenly she saw her old face in the mirror. Because decades of work in the fields were dark, yellow, and full of wrinkles, it was incomparable to the little girl's tender face. Mrs. Zhao immediately rested and planned to move the dressing table to her house.
Sitting on the chair in front of the dressing table with his back to the mirror, Old Mrs. Zhao waved her hand, let Gillian get closer, and then asked in a low voice: "How did the official treat you last night?"
Jiao was panicked, her eyelashes trembled, and she said with a red face: "Yes, it's pretty good."
Old Mrs. Zhao curled her lips: "What is good? Apart from sleeping, did he say sweet words to you? Have you asked you about something or just separated from the bed after sleeping?"
Gillian felt that too much words would lead to mistakes, so she simply showed a little aggrieved, pinched her finger and said, "The official seems to be not talking. She sleeps, and she will be separated from the bed after sleeping."
Old Mrs. Zhao guessed that the same was true. How could she change her special hobbies for so long?
"He doesn't talk to you, which means you haven't reached his heart. The colder he is, the warmer you will be. You have been in Huayue Tower, and you must have taught you how to grasp the heart of a man." Old Mrs. Zhao was halfway through, and seeing Ah Jiao's face suddenly turned pale and she didn't like to listen to old things, Old Mrs. Zhao coughed and explained: "Don't think too much, I don't mean to look down on you. I just hope you can make the official like you as soon as possible, and use all the means you can use on the official, without any scruples. One day you can make him open your mind, I will still reward you."
Gillian finally understood the thoughts of the grandparents and grandchildren. One wanted her to act as a joke to fool the old lady, and the other wanted her to be a vixen to seduce her grandson.
"Don't worry, old lady, I understand." Jiaoyan said insincerely.
The more Mrs. Zhao looked at Ah Gillian, the more beautiful she looked at, but she lacked the charm she needed the most. She didn't look like a brothel at all.
After looking at it, Mrs. Zhao advised: "You are so honest. Didn't the magistrate add a box of silk? You should make yourself a few silk clothes, do whatever you want to seduce others, and make your eyes grow on you and you can't bear to remove that kind of person when you wear it."
Gillian's face turned red again.
Old Mrs. Zhao remembered and reminded her: "The official doesn't like being too spoiled. He was very unhappy when you cried last night. I know you were not used to it when you just got married, but if you can, just hold it up, cry less. You don't want him to sleep with you every day, right?"
Gillian reacted for a while before guessing what the official might have said about her, and nodded in a daze.
Old Mrs. Zhao is out.
Chen Ying enthusiastically held the arm of Mrs. Zhao: "Old lady, it's rare for me to come to the county town. Please take me around. My brother will take us back in the afternoon."
Old Mrs. Zhao knew that Chen Ying must have brought money, and the daughter of a daughter was very generous in spending money. Maybe she could take advantage of her. She agreed with a smile and asked Liu: "Are you going together?"
Liu said softly: "I'll forget it. When Yanping comes back later, I'll talk to him about the past."
Speaking of grandson, Mrs. Zhao snorted: "That stubborn donkey, I will never marry a wife no matter what. I have no choice. Tell me about him."
Mrs. Liu responded with a smile.
Old Mrs. Zhao took Chen Ying away. Before leaving the door, Chen Ying turned around and blinked at her mother.
Mrs. Liu smiled back at her daughter.
It was guessed that Mrs. Zhao had already walked away, and Liu immediately knocked on the door of the east room: "Giao, can I come in?"
When Ah Jiao heard the voice of the official’s mother, she immediately came out to greet her.
Liu's expression was gentle and pushed Gillian back into the room. She walked behind and closed the door.
A Jiao thought to herself, did Liu also want to do what Mrs. Zhao did, and told her to use all her skills to seduce the official?
Liu didn't know the real reason why her mother-in-law took a concubine for her son. When she came, she was only worried about whether Ah Jiao, who had entered the brothel, was a good girl. Now that she saw Ah Jiao, she had no sense of elegance in her body, but was obedient and honest, and she was very pityful. Liu was completely relieved.
Mrs. Liu came to find Ah Jiao, but she wanted to give her a gift.
She also took out a purse from her sleeve bag, which contained ten taels of silver and put it in Ajiao's hand and said, "This is what Ying'er's father specifically told me to give it to you. In recent years, Ying'er's father actually wants to take care of the official. If the official doesn't appreciate it, he will definitely not accept the money for him. He will give it to you for custody. It's better to use it yourself. In the future, the official needs money urgently. You can keep it for him to respond to the emergency. Anyway, it's all our wishes to be our elders."
Gillian couldn't refuse such a thought and promised: "Don't worry, ma'am, I will keep it for the official."
Liu Shixin took off a pair of jade bracelets on his wrist and handed them to Jiao and said, "You spend silver with the official, this is what I gave you alone. You are so young, it's time to dress up."
Seeing that the jade bracelet was green and expensive, Ajiao refused and said, "Madam, this is too expensive..."
Liu grabbed her hand, his eyes full of regret: "I remarried early and could not be with the official. He was so worried that he didn't want to say to the old lady that you are the one next to him, and maybe he could help him. The official didn't want to marry, and he didn't know when he would marry. You are the only close friend around him, so you must take good care of him."
Gillian saw tears in Liu's eyes.
Chapter completed!