Please come to your door

After delivering the things, Shi Jin returned to Qingfengyuan, where he had already returned from weaving pictures and holding a musical instrument.

Zhi Hua got a handful of silver melon seeds and a plain silver hairpin from the two ladies. He was so happy that he took them in his hands and played with them.

Baoqin got more. The old lady gave her two golden silk-wrapped flowers to her head, and the eldest lady gave her a few taels of broken silver. Especially the two flower heads, with gold foil wrapped around them, and the petals were extremely thin.

, it almost seems to pass through the light, but it is lifelike and particularly moving.

"Sister Shi Jin, what did you get?" Bao Qin asked her.

Shi Jin put the reward that the eldest mistress had received on the table, "Here, jade earrings and a bracelet."

The two people's eyes immediately shone, and they couldn't stop looking at the earrings and bracelets.

"I've long heard that the eldest mistress has a lot of dowry, and she really has a lot of good things." Baoqin looked at it very happily.

Zhi Hua used to work in the young master's yard, so he knew about it, so he just walked around again and asked Shi Jin, "Is it gone?"

"What else do you want?" Shi Jin laughed at her.

"I thought the second young master would also appreciate the reward!" She muttered.

"It happened that the Second Young Master was not here when I passed by. That's good. Have you forgotten what Qing Zhi said last time?" Shi Jin was satisfied. The Second Young Master was tired of him, so it would be better not to meet him.

Several people collected their rewards and went about their business at hand.

Shi Jin made a lot of pastries, and now he ate a lot of fermented cheese, but when it was time to have dinner, he used less.

She placed the cakes left for her second master on the tea table next to the lounge chair in the compartment, and then used incense to smoke the room. Only then did she find some leisure time.

Thinking that the second master might be back soon, she heated hot water in a tea room and waited for her master to come back to make tea.

Now we are rushing to celebrate the New Year, and the second master has a lot of social activities. He leaves early and comes back late every day. But today, he stepped back with his front foot before leaving the house. He put the tip of his nose against her and told her that he would be back early today.

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Although she didn't respond, an indescribable sweetness bloomed in her heart.

After the water in the long-mouthed copper kettle boiled, the tumbling water ribbon caused the copper lid to make a sharp whistle, and she woke up from the daze. She was holding the handle of the kettle with a handkerchief on it, trying to lift the copper kettle down.

, Shi Mo's usual voice floated in, "It smells so good! It smells like fermented cheese."

Zhi Hua's attentive voice came from outside, "Second Master is back!"

Then came the sound of moving footsteps.

Shi Jin gathered his thoughts and hurriedly made tea according to the method taught by Si Qi before.

After placing a set of pottery and ink-painted fish teapots and tea cups on the tray, Shi Mo opened the curtain and entered the tea room. Shi Jin turned around and saw him grinning with his teeth bared, "Shi Jin, I heard you made

Got some fermented cheese? Is there any more?”

"Yes, you go find Baoqin, and I'll bring the tea to the second master first." Shi Jin said with a smile.

"Okay, the one you made last time was so delicious, but it was too little." Shi Mo turned around and went out, not forgetting to help Shi Jin lift the curtain.

After bringing the tea into the main room, Shi Jin saw the second master sitting on the ebony lacquered stepping rocking chair in the partition.

Through the complicated hollow ebony patterns on the partition, the second master was holding a five-petal peach blossom-shaped fermented cheese and looked out.

His eyes were very indifferent. When Shi Jin glanced at him, his heart beat slightly faster.

She brought the tea, walked smoothly into the partition, half-knelt down, put down the teapot and tea cup, poured the tea with her eyes lowered, and then looked up at him, "Have you tasted it, Master?"

His face was calm and composed, he looked down at her face, trying to discern something from it, but in the end it was in vain.

Finally, the cool voice sounded a little alienated, "Who are you making snacks for this time?"

Shi Jin didn't mind what he said, and was stunned for a moment. She suddenly remembered the last time, when she was giving snacks to him, she asked a lot about the second master.

Do you still remember this?

However, although the second master looked calm, there was a little bit of unnoticeable joy in her heart. Just as she was about to explain it to him, a voice came from outside, "Second master, the slave has brought dinner here, and now we need to use it."

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"Put it on." He said, and the peach-petal-like fermented cheese in his hand was thrown back into the celadon plate, and all five petals were broken into pieces.

As the second master stood up and went out, Shi Jin said no more. He just stood up and walked to the Eight Immortals table and stood aside.

The second master didn't need her to do the dishes. He just picked up the silver chopsticks and picked up the usual meals to eat. For a while, there was no other sound in the whole room except for the occasional tinkling of cups and cups.

Zhihua saw that the second master's face was slightly cold, he stepped back, and tugged at the sleeves of Shi Jin's clothes.

Shi Jin might as well be pulled away by her, his eyes slightly doubtful. He was about to ask with his eyes, but was interrupted by the second master who was eating by himself, "You are sneaky. If you have something to say, tell me in person."

Zhihua was startled and immediately knelt down to report the matter, "There was a little maid from the Xiangzhu Pavilion just now. She said she was someone close to my cousin and wanted to beg Shi Jin to come over and take a look at her lady."

"Miss Cousin?" The second master didn't seem to have this person in his memory.

But Shi Jin reminded, "On July 7th, during the Qiao Qiao Festival, the second master is also traveling with my cousin."

Although she had finished speaking, looking at the second master's appearance, she might not have remembered it for a while.

Shi Jin had no choice but to continue, "That day, my master bought a lot of rouge and gouache for my cousin, but my servant didn't catch it and scattered it all over the floor..."

Having said this, the second master seemed to be impressed, and his gaze on Shi Jin became even sharper.

Shi Jin was too frightened to say anything, but she remembered that the second master had frightened her so much that she desperately wanted to leave Qingfengyuan.

The second master glanced from Shi Jin to Zhi Hua, "What's wrong with her?"

Although Zhihua usually likes to gossip about his master, but now when he was asked about it in person by the second master, his head was almost lowered to his shoulders, "It is said that my cousin is not in good health and fell from the bamboo ladder..."

"Bah!" The silver chopsticks fell on the plate and made a crisp sound. Zhi Hua was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything.

His brows were almost invisible, and his voice became more serious, "If you fall, go and call the doctor. What can you do with a maid?"

Zhi Hua was so frightened that he dared not speak out, so he accepted the order and went to spread the word.

Shi Jin was stunned on the spot.

She knew that her cousin was pregnant out of wedlock, so it was only because the maid was helpless that she turned to her.

The eldest mistress was naturally very angry. If she said that she would postpone the doctor's request for medicine, it would be better if she didn't do anything.

But if she passes it by herself and the young mistress investigates it in the future, she will not get a good harvest.

When I think about it like this, I'm in a dilemma.

"Second Master..." She thought about it for a moment and looked up at him, "I heard that my cousin is pregnant. This fall may be a disaster..."

"So, you want to save me?" His voice was calm and there was no hint of emotion or anger.

"This slave just wants to ask if we should save him." She shook her head and looked at him.

After a long while, he finally smiled and said, "It's not that stupid."

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