Holding three or four exquisitely crafted purses, Zhao Yuanyi ran back home quickly.
"I was so scared! It was so scary!"
After entering the main room, Zhao Yuanyi's heart was still pounding.
"What? Are the neighbors to the west difficult to talk to?"
Or even a bad guy who is causing trouble?
Gu Qingcheng saw that her adopted niece looked unhappy, so she asked.
However, she denied her own guess in her heart - she didn't hear any noisy sound, so the people next door should be fine.
And her eyes fell on the purses Zhao Yuanyi was holding.
Although the material used is the most common fine linen, the embroidery thread is not very fine and the embroidery pattern is also simple.
However, Gu Qingcheng was someone who had seen good things, and she could tell at a glance that the person who made this purse must have excellent embroidery skills.
Even ordinary fabrics and household items can't help but show exquisite craftsmanship.
The neighbor to the west is an embroiderer?
Or, is there any ancestral skill in your family?
Gu Qingcheng pondered secretly.
However, regardless of whether she is an embroiderer or not, being able to "return the gift" also shows that she knows etiquette.
Since he knows etiquette, why is Zhao Yuanyi so scared?
"Aunt, you don't know, that old lady is not hard to talk to, but, she is freezing cold all over!"
"When I saw her, I couldn't help but tighten my hands and feet, not even daring to breathe."
"Aunt, what on earth does that old lady next door do? Why does she look even more imposing than the old nanny next to Mrs. Cui?"
Zhao Yuanyi has little knowledge. If she hadn't been with Gu Qingcheng, she wouldn't even be able to meet a noble person like Mrs. Cui.
The most noble and imposing person she could think of was only Mrs. Cui.
Oh, and the old lady from the Cui family.
It is said that she was a retired female official from the palace who was invited by Mrs. Cui from the capital.
The old lady looked kind, but her every move was very particular.
Whenever Zhao Yuanyi saw her, he couldn't help feeling inferior and didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
The old lady next door was even more polite and stern than the old nanny of the Cui family. Zhao Yuanyi was directly intimidated by her aura.
"Even more imposing than Nanny Chen?"
Gu Qingcheng raised her eyebrows.
Nanny Chen from the Cui family was a female official released from the palace.
However, she was not someone who was useful to the empress, imperial concubine and others, but just an ordinary female official in the Shangshi Bureau.
When he was old enough, he was released from the palace.
She didn't want to get married, nor did she want to be sucked dry by her evil relatives, so she wanted to be a nanny in a wealthy family.
Mrs. Cui had no daughters of her own, but she had several concubines' daughters.
Mrs. Cui is a typical mistress of a wealthy family. She is not jealous, nor will she be intolerant of a concubine's daughter.
On the contrary, Mrs. Cui felt that no matter whether it was a concubine's son or daughter, as long as they were well educated, they would be a help to her own children and grandchildren.
However, she was too lazy to educate the child herself.
She wrote a letter to her relatives in the capital, asking them to help her find a nanny.
There is no need to look for the best, as long as the rules and etiquette are acceptable.
So, there came Nanny Chen.
Gu Qingcheng was good friends with Mrs. Cui, and thus came into contact with Nanny Chen.
Every time Gu Qingcheng went to the back hall of the county government, she would bring a "maid" with her, and Zhao Yuanyi also went with her a few times.
Mrs. Cui is fine. Although she is noble, she doesn't deliberately follow any rules.
As for Nanny Chen, she had just come out of the palace and was very careful about her words and actions.
I came to the magistrate's house to educate girls.
She pays special attention to rules.
Every time Zhao Yuanyi saw Nanny Chen, he was instinctively afraid, but also wanted to get close to her.
She is just ignorant, but not stupid.
All the young ladies in the magistrate's family have to learn from Nanny Chen. If she can get even a little bit of guidance, it will only benefit her!
"Yes! She didn't pretend to be anything, but she looked respectable and scary!"
Zhao Yuanyi said seriously.
oh?
So imposing?
Gu Qingcheng secretly wondered if the woman on the west side was also a palace maid.
Or is she a real female official with status and rank who has served nobles?
Exquisite embroidery + impressive?
Gu Qingcheng couldn't help but feel curious.
She became interested in her neighbors to the west, and they were talking about her.
"He's quite polite. I heard the mistress is a chaste woman!"
The nanny who had frightened Zhao Yuanyi so much spoke in a gentle voice to a little girl of seven or eight years old.
However, when it comes to the word "chaste woman", she did not praise it as much as Mrs. Wan did.
Being chaste at a young age is admirable, but it should not be encouraged.
A man can remarry his wife after she dies, and he doesn’t even have to wait three years. Why should a woman remain a widow for her entire life?
Her young lady had just passed away, and her uncle-in-law—
Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Mammy's eyes.
What a heartless man he is! He really let down the young lady's sincerity.
The most hateful thing is that this person doesn't even care about his own flesh and blood.
Poor little lady, such a noble person, but she was raised to be an inferior and cowardly person.
She is timid, cowardly, and petty-minded. Where is the brightness and flamboyance of a young lady?
“…”
The little girl lowered her head, her face was thin and her expression was timid.
She nervously tweaked the ribbons on her dress, not saying a word and not daring to look up.
When the nanny saw this, she became angry again.
She was not angry with the young lady, but cursed the unfaithful man and the bastard father over and over again in her heart.
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