Ink Burns

Chapter 30 The process of counterattack (Part )
This sentence successfully caused the girls to look at each other sideways.

Cui Niang's death made them deeply sad for several days. After three days of mourning, they gradually began to be afraid - they heard that the mistress had found a 78-year-old man for Cui Niang to marry. Oh my God! 78 years old! What's the difference between this and marrying a coffin board!
Oh no, there is still a difference.

The coffin lid won't move, but a 78-year-old man will move, kiss, hit, hug you and lick your ears.
Just thinking about it, the girls cried in despair until the sky was dark and the earth was broken - they knew what they were going to do when they entered the Cheng family. They knew from the beginning that Madam Duan was vicious and profit-driven. She was a bad woman, but she would not lie. She had agreed that they would marry into the Cheng family to help them find a good marriage, either as a wife or as a concubine. Even if she was a concubine, she would be a good concubine with a clean background. If they thought about it carefully, it was better than staying at home and being sold at will by their parents!

Some of them are willing, some are unwilling. There are always four or five girls in the embroidery building all year round. Some of those who are unwilling cry day and night, faint from crying, and continue crying when they wake up. The lady does not give them food or water. If the girl is too hungry and thirsty to bear it, she will ask the maid for food, which naturally means surrendering her head.

Cui Niang lowered her head at that time, but later she didn't. She stiffened her neck and hit her head with a hole - she should have thought of it earlier. The lady only promised Gao Zhier, but didn't promise that Gao Zhier, who was young and upright, would be a good wife.
Since Cui Niang is dead, who will fill the vacancy on her post?
The girls' anxiety was not relieved until Shanyue moved into the second floor of the embroidery building. But when the madam came to the embroidery building and the good stuff flowed into the east wing, their anxiety reached its peak - she was not here to fill Cui Niang's gap! Such treatment had never appeared in the embroidery building before!

Since this is not the top requirement, who will fill it?
The leading girl with phoenix eyes was named He Yaoniang. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Who is that?"

The tone of voice cannot hide the expectation.

Shanyue took two steps to the museum shelf, squatted down, opened the closed cabinet door, and took out the painting of beauty that was originally placed on the museum shelf.

The beauty in the picture has a round, plump face, big round eyes, a cherry mouth, and rosy cheeks. She looks like a young girl, but has a great figure, with big breasts and a slim waist. Even when she is wearing a wide horse-faced skirt, her long legs are still visible.

"This is my uncle's daughter, Duan Cuiniang, right?" Shanyue asked.

He Yaoniang knew it without even looking: the girls in the embroidery tower would receive a painting like this on their coming of age day, and the painting would be of themselves.

If there is one painting, there will be a second and a third. If the first one is in their hands, then the others must be in the hands of the so-called "high branches".

He Yaoniang tilted her head and nodded: "So what?"

Shan Yue put the painting back into the cabinet with a normal expression: "Then the person who will replace her will not be among us."

He Yaoniang opened her mouth to ask why, but Shanyue guessed the latter part.

"You are smart and elegant, and your appearance is like a spring jasmine flower blowing in the wind, which makes people feel friendly;"

After Shanyue finished talking about He Yaoniang, he turned his gaze to the faces of the sisters Qiaozhi and Xiaozhi: "These two sisters are small and exquisite, like lovely and beautiful lotus in a bowl; the other is elegant and beautiful, like a green calyx that holds its head high and does not break."

Then he turned his eyes to Lin Yueyue who had not spoken a word. After a moment of silence, Shanyue smiled and said, "This girl is very noble. She doesn't look like an orphan living under someone else's roof. Instead, she has a delicate and precious aura, like a wisteria plant raised in a deep boudoir." Without waiting for anyone to respond, Shanyue retracted his gaze and said calmly, "We are not like Miss Uncle, who is both beautiful and delicate. We don't meet other people's needs. How could Madam send us to fill the gap?"

The girls suddenly realized: In short, although they each have their own advantages, none of them have the childish face and proud capital of Cui Niang. The goods are not what they claim to be, so Duan Shi will naturally not blindly send them away.
Yao Niang was still afraid and asked, "Are you sure?"

Shan Yue nodded.

"Then who do you think Madam will send? Since you have accepted the invitation, you must complete it. If you fail to complete this invitation, the higher-ups will not send invitations to the Cheng family again for at least a year."

Lin Yueyue, who had been silent, finally spoke. Her voice was soft and delicate, full of the soft Wu dialect.

Shan Yue smiled again: "It's not fun to talk nonsense, let's make a bet?"

Shan Yue's eyes were fixed on Lin Yueyue.

Lin Yueyue raised her chin slightly, a little hesitant, and looked back at the girl walking with her, curious and a little scared: "What are you betting on?"

Shan Yue turned around, took a pen and paper, and quickly wrote his name. He folded the paper into a square, sealed it with wax, and handed it to Lin Yueyue with one hand: "If it weren't for her, I would draw you a realistic "Hunting Rabbits on the Hill" and sell it for two hundred taels of silver in Shantang Street."

"If it's her, you need to promise me to do one thing."

Lin Yueyue's eyes were full of eagerness. She took the tightly sealed paper with one hand and answered "OK" for some unknown reason.

The mountain moon smiled at her, and her smile was bright and kind.

But Lin Yueyue always felt a little uneasy. She always felt that although this new beautiful girl was looking at her, her eyes seemed to be looking through her and at someone else.

　Today's post is a little shorter because Yuanzai (a human cub) is sick. I started typing a little late and will make up for it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)