After the luncheon, Xiao Yurong took Wen Jiaojiao to take a nap. Qin Weishuang took them directly into the inner courtyard. Qi Yao knew that Wen Jiaojiao was going to take a nap, so he pulled her into her yard.
"Sister Jiao Jiao can just rest in my room. I see that Jiao Jiao feels like old friends at first sight, so I won't let Jiao Jiao stay in the guest room. It won't be close to her anymore."
Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Qin were also happy to see their two girls together, so they let them go. Mrs. Xiao also thought that Jiaojiao had rarely gone out since she was a child, and she didn't have many close friends, so she could have someone close to her.
Little sisters, too.
Mrs. Xiao gave instructions to the two girls, Yuzhu and Xiangjin, and then went to reminisce with Mrs. Qin and talk about herself.
Qi Yao knew from her aunt that Wen Jiaojiao had been in poor health since she was a child and was a very delicate girl.
Seeing that she took two pills just after lunch, and even took the pills with her, I couldn't help but feel a little more pity for her.
Qi Yao has a straightforward temperament and has never liked those squeamish women, but she only feels sorry for Wen Jiaojiao and does not feel unhappy. Maybe the little girl in front of her is too lovable.
"Jiaojiao, how troublesome it is for you to hang so many things on your body every day."
Wen Jiaojiao was sitting by the bed, and Yuzhu was picking out these hairpins for her to make her sleep more comfortable.
"Today is a bit exaggerated. As long as my mother-in-law brings me out, I will be covered with jewelry."
Qi Yao saw the beaded hairpin on Wen Jiaojiao's head and thought it looked familiar. She took it off and looked at it, and said in surprise: "Isn't this my grandma's dowry jewelry?"
Wen Jiaojiao paused and asked, "Is this Aunt Shuang's dowry?"
Qi Yao nodded and said: "When my mother-in-law married my father, because her grandfather was a military general and had been stationed at the border, her family was not rich. My father was the same. At that time, he was thinking about fighting all day long and had a little money.
They are all subsidizing the army, so my grandma’s dowry is only a small amount, so I recognize them all.”
Wen Jiaojiao also took off the two bracelets given to her by Qi Yao and showed them to her, "Sister Ayao, do you think this is also Aunt Shuang's dowry?"
Qi Yao took it over and took a look, "Oh, my grandma even gave you these two precious bracelets. This bracelet was a dowry from my grandmother when she was young. It has almost become a family heirloom. Even my second sister was not willing to give it to her when she got married.
She said she wanted to give it to her future daughter-in-law, but my eldest brother and third brother are both married, and I haven’t seen her give it to my two sisters-in-law."
Wen Jiaojiao looked at the beaded hairpin and the two bracelets. Although they were in the style used by young girls, they were not luxurious and a bit plain. They were not the latest styles now. It looked like they were old.
Qi Yao said that Mrs. Qin must have treasured her dowry, not because of how valuable these things were, but because in her time, these things were of great significance to her.
Now I gave it to her so easily, this is not a simple meeting gift.
Considering that his wife and the Qin family have such a good relationship, Qi Shuo's intentions towards him have always been obvious.
Looking from left to right, Mrs. Qin seems to want to treat her as her daughter-in-law.
Wen Jiaojiao thought that if the two mothers really wanted to discuss marrying her to Lingyang Marquis, it would be better than Shen Zhishu.
Maybe she could rewrite Wen Ruyue's ending and break the curse of dying on her eighteenth birthday.
"You said that if my mother-in-law wants to give it to you, why don't I just give you the best one? This hairpin and bracelet are old antiques for many years, and they really don't match you, sister Jiaojiao."
Qi Yao was so careless that her mind could not turn around for a moment. She looked at these pieces of jewelry with a look of disgust, feeling that what her mother-in-law had given her was really shabby.
With that said, Qi Yao took her jewelry box to the bed, "I have a lot of beautiful jewelry, but I don't like wearing these things, which prevents me from practicing martial arts on horseback."
Qi Yao put a beautiful jade bracelet on Wen Jiao Jiao's hand, "Jiao Jiao Jiao is suitable for wearing these. You are round and round, and you are born with a look of wealth."
Wen Jiaojiao watched Qi Yao gesticulating with the jewelry on her body. She simply lay down on the bed and said, "Sister Ayao, I just took off the things on my body, and you put them on me again. Besides, I have a lot of jewelry now."
There’s no place to put them, Sister Ayao doesn’t need to give me these.”
Qi Yao put the jewelry box aside, lay beside Wen Jiaojiao and said, "Sister, do you have anything else you like?"
Wen Jiaojiao thought about it carefully. In the past, she thought that she would not have to worry about eating and drinking, and then she would be a salty fish without having to work. She did not have any special interests or hobbies, nor did she particularly like it.
She's the kind of person who can like anything but won't be obsessed with it.
Just like she likes reading books, but it's just to pass the time, and she likes building blocks to pass the time.
"Does it count as liking to sleep?"
Wen Jiaojiao thought for a long time, maybe sleeping can make her a little obsessed.
In her previous life, she was a small planner in a company, and she was tortured every day by Party A and her boss until she became bald. Because she had just graduated, her colleagues were also looking for labor in various ways, so she felt that she didn't get enough sleep every day.
"sleep?"
Qi Yao was stunned when she heard Wen Jiaojiao mention such a preference.
She smiled and pinched Wen Jiaojiao's round cheeks, and stopped disturbing her to sleep.
After a while, Wen Jiaojiao fell asleep next to her.
Qi Yao looked at the peaceful sleeping face of the little girl next to her and thought about how she and her grandmother had gone to many aristocratic family banquets in the past few days since they returned to Beijing, and they all heard from the noble ladies that the fourth lady of the Wen family was coquettish and domineering, but
After spending some time with her today, I don't think she is what those noble ladies say she is.
What a pretty girl likes to sleep.
Qi Yao lay next to Wen Jiaojiao for a while and then couldn't lie down anymore. She didn't have the habit of taking a nap and was very energetic on weekdays.
Both sides of her parents' families were three-generation military generals, and the children they gave birth to were as strong as cattle. Not to mention serious illnesses, it was very difficult for them to even catch a cold when they were young.
When the brothers and sisters of the Qi family were just born, they lived with them at the border. Later, when Beiyuan was settled, they followed their parents to Lingnan to garrison. They lived freely every day, riding horses, practicing martial arts, and having fun.
So when Qi Yao saw Wen Jiaojiao, she felt like she was a porcelain doll, the kind that makes people hold her in their hands.
Qi Yao couldn't sleep anymore and got up quietly.
Yuzhu and the others were guarding the outside. Qi Yao said to Yuzhu, "If Jiaojiao gets up, let me know and I will go ride a horse in the garden behind."
Lingyang Marquis Mansion is very large, and there is also a special martial arts training ground. Qi Yao and Qi Shuo practice martial arts on horseback in the garden when they have nothing to do. At this moment, the princes and ladies of the aristocratic families are also having fun in the garden.