Chapter 15 - Snowman Competition
After Jian Yu finished speaking, he looked at Bai Yue affectionately, and Bai Yue lowered her head. She couldn’t do it without lowering her head. If she kept looking at Jian Yu, she might be unable to hold herself tight and make her laugh.
“So?” Jian’s mother looked at Bai Yue with disbelief.
Bai Yue lowered her voice and said “Indeed I am going to follow, although there are some fearful people in Dali Temple, but with Mo Yi there, I am not afraid.”
“As soon as father saw you, he said that you have the style of your parents, bold and careful.” Mother Jian smiled slightly and patted Bai Yue’s hand “You are not afraid of Dali Temple, it shows that father’s vision is really good.”
The father that Mrs. Jian spoke of was Jian Yu’s grandfather, the old master of the Jian Mansion.
It was Bai Yue’s parents who saved him and the old lady, who had passed away by now, and that led to this marriage. He was also the one who supported Bai Yue in the Jian Mansion, saying that if he told Jian Yu to kneel at the ancestral hall, he would have to kneel at the ancestral hall.
Mentioning Mr. Jian, Bai Yue suddenly became very confident and said with a grateful face, “Actually, my family has undergone sudden changes, and I was very uneasy all the way here. I didn’t expect that my grandfather, uncle and aunt were so kind to me, so I didn’t know how to express my gratitude. “
“You.” Mrs. Jian smiled and said, “Don’t worry so much at a young age. If you are really serious, go talk to grandpa more and he will be happy.”
This is naturally what should be done. Bai Yue happily responded, “Okay, Auntie.”
If necessary, she could not only talk to the old man, but also chat with the deceased old lady in front of the memorial tablet in the ancestral hall. Only Jian Yu could not think of it, and she could not do it.
Mrs. Jian chatted for a while and saw that Bai Yue looked normal and not scared, so she felt relieved and let them go back to eat and rest.
“You young people have something to say together, so you don’t need to accompany me.” Mrs. Jian waved her hand and said, “Go, go, it’s cold, so wear more clothes so you don’t catch a cold.”
The two of them didn’t look like an unmarried couple they had never met before. They looked like newlyweds with deep feelings. They said goodbye to Mrs. Jian together and walked out side by side.
After walking out of Yiranju, I turned a corner and reached a place that was absolutely invisible inside. The two quickly took a step aside, one to the left and the other to the right.
Jian Yu said disgustedly, “Looking at the way you fooled your mother, I know you are used to lying. You talk sweet words and pretend to be pretentious, but there is no truth in your mouth.”
“Both each other.” Bai Yue turned back in disgust, “But my uncle and aunt love peace, so there is no need for them to worry about the grudges and hatreds among us young people.”
The ancestral hall is a good place. When Jian Yu heard the words “peace-loving”, he felt knee pain as a conditioned reflex. He didn’t dare to resist at the moment. He silently recited the sentence “It’s never too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years” before turning around and leaving.
Although Bai Yue lived under someone else’s roof, she had her own small yard and didn’t have to follow Jian Yu. She gathered her clothes and went back to her room.
The weather is really cold. It’s only November, but the temperature in Liangzhou City has dropped sharply. According to local people’s experience, it’s going to snow.
Peiqi closed the door, opened the window, and lit a charcoal fire. “Miss Bai, you are from the south. You haven’t seen snow yet, right?”
“…” Bai Yue paused. “Ah, yes, it never snows there, and it’s not that cold in winter. But my father and I have been out and we have seen snow outside.”
It’s better that we’ve seen it before, otherwise if it really snows tomorrow, we won’t have to pretend to be surprised.
“Although it’s cold in the snow, it’s fun. It’s white everywhere and it’s beautiful.” Peiqi lay on the window and looked out. The wind blew her hair and clothes flying around. “We can also build a snowman.”
The innocent little girl Peiqi turned around and said, “Miss Bai, every year when it snows, there is a competition in our house.”
Bai Yue was curious, “What kind of competition.”
“Snowman building contest.”
“How can we compare it to each other?” Bai Yue said in admiration, “You guys really know how to play.”
Peiqi chuckled, “Based on the yard, each yard will build a snowman or several snowmen, and then the old man and his wife will be the judges to choose the most interesting one.”
“Is there any bonus?”
“Of course there is.” Peiqi said with great enthusiasm. “There is a bonus of twenty taels of silver for the first place. When I was in the second wife’s yard, I won first place once. The second wife didn’t want the bonus and gave it to us. separated……”
Peiqi was delighted, the little girl had less than one or two months of money, and she got two taels of silver that time. It’s equivalent to two months’ wages, and she was happy for a long time.
“That’s it, then we have to use our brains.” Bai Yue also likes money, “Find a way to get first place, and we will share the bonus.”
Ever since Bai Yue entered the mansion, in order to make her feel like she was at home, Mrs. Jian told her that she would be treated the same as the ladies in the mansion, except for food and clothing, and a monthly salary of five taels.
This money, more or less, is certainly enough in Jian’s house, but what if something unexpected happens? Bai Yue’s life experience is complicated, so she must try his best to save more and leave himself some escape route.
Lotus Fragrance Residence has her and Peiqi, plus two small boys, one person can also share five taels it, the master and servant look at each other and smile, are very satisfied.
In the middle of the night, snow began to fall. Bai Yue put on her clothes and got up and took a look. Sure enough, a layer of white had fallen on the ground.
Early the next morning, the steward came to each courtyard to spread the word.
I don’t know how many snowman-making competitions have begun in Jian Mansion. It is free time during the day, and no one is allowed to peek in the yard. Tomorrow morning, Mr. and Mrs. will conduct a judging and scoring exercise to select this year’s most interesting first prize.
The housekeeper smiled and said, “Miss Bai, you may not understand much when you come here. Madam specially told me that if you are in trouble, you can ask the eldest young master to help.”
Bai Yue said sternly, “Then if I win, do I have to share the prize money with him?”
The housekeeper was asked and couldn’t answer the question for a while.
Bai Yue chuckled, “You’re just kidding, I know, thank you, madam. If I didn’t know how, I would ask Mo Yi to help.”
The housekeeper wiped his sweat and left. Who said that Bai Yue, an outsider who had just entered the house, was timid and fearful and couldn’t let go. Isn’t this quite lively?
As soon as the housekeeper left, the boy hurried back with a few things wrapped in a large piece of cloth.
“Miss, please see if this works.” The boy opened the package and placed it on the table. Inside were several round pieces of wood, each piece larger than a fist.
Bai Yue picked up the wood, looked at it, pressed it, and said with satisfaction, “Where’s the knife? Have you got the knife?”
“Yes, yes, yes.” The boy hurriedly took out a bag from his arms. When he opened the bag, there were several knives of different shapes inside.
“This is a good thing. I’m willing to borrow it because I’m very familiar with Master Liu.” The boy said proudly, “Miss, do you think it’s suitable for you?”
This is a set of carving knives with different blades, flat, beveled, triangular…
“Miss, can you also carve?” Peiqi was very impressed. “You are really amazing.”
“That’s not the case.” Bai Yue smiled proudly. Although her carving skills were not very refined, she could still carve a few small things with round heads.