Tangbao has the habit of taking a nap, and after talking to Xia Siya for a while, he fell asleep unconsciously.
When I woke up, it was already past midnight.
Xia Siya took the sugar baby to the back garden to enjoy the chrysanthemums.
The two of them were holding hands and wearing the same clothes, like two hibiscus flowers emerging from the water.
Vibrant and charming.
Pomegranate and peony followed, each carrying a basket.
The basket contains tea, cakes, peanuts, melon seeds, and various other snacks.
These are the filial piety of the girls and women in Yayuan.
Some of them make it themselves, and some of them have someone buy it from outside.
It has to be said that even Xia Siya, the master, has never received such enthusiastic pursuit.
Sure enough, women's yearning for beauty is unstoppable.
Whenever I meet servants on the road, I will bow down respectfully when I see a sugar baby.
"Hello, Miss Su..."
"Hello, Miss Su..."
Hello one after another, one after another.
At the same time, don’t forget to secretly glance at the sugar baby with eager eyes.
While Sugar Baby was sleeping, what happened in the elegant garden had already spread throughout the back house of the prefect's mansion.
Those beauty creams, freckle removal creams, acne removal creams... are good things that even money can't buy.
Sugar Baby unknowingly became the most popular guest in the entire mansion.
Sugar babies can naturally feel the eager eyes wherever they pass.
"Sister Siya, I feel like Tang Monk Meat." Tangbao said with emotion.
Xia Siya comforted her: "It's okay, you should have gotten used to it after so many years."
After saying that, he corrected the sugar baby's words.
"You are not Tang Monk Rou, you are a Bodhisattva who saves the suffering. No, that is not right, you are a walking little lucky star." Xia Siya said with a smile: "Wherever you go, you are destined to be surrounded by stars holding the moon."
The sugar baby smiled among the stars.
Likewise, as a guest of the prefect, there is no comparison, so naturally there is no gap.
"Miss, these cheap maids look down on others!" Zou Shuqin's maid Mo Ju said with an angry face: "Isn't it just some small favors? These people actually swarmed to praise the stinky feet of a country girl..."
After listening to Mo Ju's words, Zou Shuqin fiddled with the strings at will and said calmly: "Don't lie, Miss Su is my aunt's goddaughter and she is deeply loved by her. These people like my aunt and pursue Miss Su.
There’s nothing wrong with that.”
"Miss, you are just too kind." Mo Ju said, "That country girl is just the goddaughter of the prefect's wife. You are the prefect's wife's niece."
When Mo Ju said this, she looked at her young lady's face and whispered: "I guess I will be my daughter-in-law soon."
Zou Shuqin's hand paused and the syllables were messed up.
"That's it this time. If you say this again, you won't have to wait by my side!" Zou Shuqin said in a stern voice.
Mo Ju's expression changed, she lowered her head and said respectfully: "Yes!"
Zou Shuqin put her hands on the strings and looked at the sugar baby holding hands with Xia Siya in the distance.
After a long time, he said in a soft voice: "You have been by my side since you were a child. I naturally know that you are loyal and you are aggrieved for me. However, my aunt has no intention of getting married at all, and my cousin has no intention of me either.
I can't marry your young lady, so I insist on marrying the Xia family?"
After Zou Shuqin finished speaking, she withdrew her gaze and lowered her head to play the piano seriously.
A string of clear and melodious piano sounds flowed out...
Mo Ju opened her mouth, remembering what she overheard the lady saying to the young lady, she couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Tangbao heard the sound of the piano in the distance and couldn't help but look at Zou Shuqin in the pavilion.
"No wonder your cousin's name has the word "qin" in it. As expected, she plays the piano very well as her name suggests." Tangbao sighed.
Xia Siya also sighed: "But if you listen to it all day long, you will think it is noise."
Sugar baby: "..."
"Your cousin, do you play all day long?" Tangbao asked.
Xia Siya: "More than that? You can continue to enjoy it at night."
Sugar Baby: "...Oh, that's really disturbing."
The two of them sat at the stone table, supporting their faces with one hand and looking at the white gauze in the pavilion, and the dreamlike picture of a beautiful woman playing the piano.
"You two are not good at playing the piano yourself, but you despise others playing the piano for disturbing your purity."
Xia Siming's teasing voice sounded from behind the two of them.
The two sisters turned back.
I saw Xia Siming, dressed in a white Confucian shirt, walking over like a moonlight.
"Second brother."
"Second brother."
They both greeted each other.
Immediately, Xia Siya said: "Second brother, you are wrong. You can say that I am not good at piano, but you cannot say that about Sister Fuya."
Xia Siya's face showed a hint of pride: "If you have heard Sister Fuya's piano playing, you will definitely not be able to listen to anyone else playing the piano."
Xia Siming looked at Tangbao in surprise.
Sugar baby: "...cough cough."
Sister Siya blew a little too much.
Tangbao and the others were smiling and talking together. Zou Shuqin in the distance stopped playing the piano, and Tingting walked over.
So, what was originally a tea party for two ladies became a tea party for four people.
**
The next day, Su Laowu really came to visit him.
Magistrate Xia knew that Su Laowu was coming, so he deliberately did not go to the front office.
Moreover, he called Su Laowu into the study and secretly told some interesting things about Qiu Wei.
For example, who is the examiner, what style of articles do you like, etc.
Su Laowu benefited a lot.
In the main room, Xia Siya was happily telling Fuya the travel guide.
Mrs. Xia said helplessly: "I just know how to play all day long, and I don't look like a lady at all!"
"Mom, I'm not just playing for myself, I'm taking Sister Fuya around Fucheng." Xia Siya said, "You can't just stay in the house and not go out when Sister Fuya comes to Fucheng."
"In that case, after returning to the village, the neighbors will ask Sister Fuya what fun and delicious food there is in Fucheng, but Sister Fuya doesn't know anything."
"Aunt Su and Sister-in-law Su will naturally not think that you have treated Sister Fuya harshly, but other people in the village may not..."
When Xia Siya finished speaking, Mrs. Xia began to rub her temples.
"Mom, say one thing, you say ten things. After so many years, why don't you learn from your sister?"
Mrs. Xia felt heartbroken when she mentioned this.
When I sent my daughter to the Su family, it was because I wanted my daughter to learn more, but also because I wanted my daughter to be more well-behaved when she was with the sugar baby?
Xia Siya was very unconvinced after hearing what Mrs. Xia said.
"Mom, I have learned a lot from Sister Fuya over the years."
Xia Siya said and started to clasp her fingers.
"Threading needles and threads, reciting poems and playing the harp, picking up brushes to paint, practicing medical consultations, feeding chickens and pigs, raising geese and ducks..."
"Pfft!" a sound.
Before Xia Siya finished her words, Xia Siming, who looked bookish, couldn't help laughing.
"Second brother!" Xia Siya glared: "Are you laughing at me, or at Sister Fuya?"
Xia Siming immediately looked at Tangbao and said, "Sister Fuya, don't worry too much. The second brother definitely has no intention of making fun of my sister."
Tangbao nodded seriously: "Second brother, don't worry too much. My sister has no intention of doubting him."
Xia Siming: "..."
How do you feel... something isn't quite right?
Xia Siming looked at Tangbao's big clear eyes and delicate little face, and blushed with embarrassment.