Chapter 18 Inquire
The biological mother of Miss Jiang Er, Ye Zhenzhen, married into the Jiang family for three years without a child. It was not until Jiang Yuanbai's concubine gave birth to a concubine's eldest daughter that Ye Zhenzhen became pregnant with Jiang Li. Unfortunately, Ye Zhenzhen's fate was short-lived. After giving birth to Jiang Li, her health deteriorated day by day, and she passed away half a year later. Jiang Yuanbai took into account that his young daughter needed someone to take care of her, so he married Ji Shuran soon.

The courtyard where Ye Zhenzhen recuperated was right here in Fangfei Garden.

Jiang Yuanbai was a scholar, and although he was a scholar who was determined to climb up the social ladder and had great ambitions for power, he was somewhat tainted with the pedantic temperament of scholars. For example, Jiang Yuanbai liked to flaunt his nobleness and disliked vulgarity. Ye Zhenzhen was born in a merchant family and had always liked prosperous and lively things, even the flowers she grew had to be delicate and splendid, but Jiang Yuanbai liked the quiet lotus and green bamboo.

Ji Shuran would cater to her tastes and show off her elegance and grace, so she would not bother to enter Fangfei Garden. Now that Jiang Li has returned home, she has intentionally or unintentionally given her the courtyard where her biological mother was recuperating.

If you think about it from a bad perspective, this courtyard is the most remote one in the eldest house, far from other sisters and brothers, not to mention Old Lady Jiang and Jiang Yuanbo, so naturally they are not close. Living in the courtyard where her biological mother is recuperating, will Miss Jiang be reminded of her mother, or be stimulated or even angered by the sight of the things?

Tong'er's worries completely disappeared when she saw Jiang Li's actions.

Jiang Li was neither sad nor angry. Except for being a little stunned when she saw the words "Fangfei Garden" at the beginning, she had always been very calm. This surprised Nanny Sun very much. After she hurriedly said a few words, Nanny Sun left.

Only Jiang Li and Tong'er were left in the room. Since everyone had returned to Jiang's house, Yuxiang also returned to Madam Liu's house in Chengdelang's house. Before leaving, Jiang Li asked Yuxiang to express her gratitude to Madam Liu and that she would come to thank them in person another day.

The room was relatively clean, except that the Fangfei Garden used to be full of various flowers that Ye Zhenzhen had ordered people to plant. Now the yard had been abandoned for many years, and apart from the weeds that had been cleared, it was completely barren. And because the yard was too large, it looked particularly deserted.

Tong'er looked at Jiang Li, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Miss, don't you feel uncomfortable?"

"This yard is nice." Jiang Li looked around. "It's big and quiet." She didn't seem to care about Tong'er's concerns. She looked at the abandoned flowerbed and thought seriously for a while before saying, "It's just a little desolate without flowers and plants. But it doesn't matter. You and I have lived in Qingcheng Mountain for many years and are very familiar with tending flowers and plants. You can find some flower seeds someday and we can plant them in the yard. After a few days, it will be lively."

Tong'er became happy as she listened, and said, "Young lady, you are right. We have grown crops and flowers in Qingcheng Mountain. This yard is big, and it will be beautiful if we grow flowers here." She felt that ever since Jiang Li had that thrilling experience of falling into the water, she had been living better and better every day since she woke up. Perhaps it was really the incident with Ningyuan Hou that stimulated Jiang Li. Now Jiang Li acts in an orderly manner and has a strong will. This may be what the old people often say, "destruction followed by construction."

"Our days will be just like the flowers blooming in this yard, becoming more lively and better day by day." Tong'er said sincerely.

Jiang Li smiled. She planted flowers in the yard not to suit the occasion or to show that she was full of hope for life. Rather, she always had to do something to attract other people's attention and let people know that the second daughter of the Jiang family could not be thrown into a corner and covered with dust and forgotten.

It is the same when planting flowers, and it is the same for everything you do in the future.

She is not prepared to be an unknown rich girl.

At night, Fangfei Garden became lively. First, the tailor sent by Ji Shuran came to make clothes for Jiang Li. Ji Shuran could not fool Jiang Li in front of everyone at the gate of Jiang's house during the day. In order to show the generosity of this stepmother and restore her broken image, Ji Shuran naturally had to spend a lot of money to make some truly luxurious clothes for Jiang Li.

Not only that, Ji Shuran also sent a box of jewelry, and Madam Jiang also sent some silver. Compared with jewelry, the silver sent by Madam Jiang was more practical. Jiang Li was now empty-handed, and without silver, she could not send people to do things in this Jiang Mansion.

Jiang Yuanbai also came and saw that Fangfei Garden was decorated quite well, so he nodded. After exchanging a few words, the father and daughter felt that their feelings had faded after not seeing each other for many years, so Jiang Yuanbai left.

After a while, when the lights were turned on in the room, the two maids sent by Ji Shuran, Xiangqiao and Yunshuang, came.

The two maids who Ji Shuran described as "sensible and well-behaved" stood in front of Jiang Li and greeted her.

The maid sent by Ji Shuran could only be Jiang Li's personal maid. The clothes these two wore were much more expensive than Tong'er's, especially Xiangqiao, who had a gold bracelet on her wrist that was made of pure gold and bright in color.

Although Yunshuang stood to pay her respects, her eyes revealed some arrogance, and her manners were careless. Perhaps she felt that Jiang Li was just a young lady who had lost her power, and even if she returned home, with Ji Shuran in charge now, she would sooner or later have no good ending, and she didn't even pretend to be good. Xiangqiao was smart and sweet-talking, her eyes kept rolling around, and she turned around the jewelry box that Ji Shuran sent, and respectfully paid her respects to Jiang Li.

No matter what form they took, they were all sent by Ji Shuran to keep an eye on her. Jiang Li only took a glance at the expressions and movements of the two men, and she had a rough idea of ​​their personalities.

Yunshuang flatters the powerful and bullies the weak, looking down on others, Xiangqiao is greedy and money-worshipping, and they are all villains. Although they are not our own people, they may not be useless.

Tong'er didn't like these two people no matter how she looked at them, so she showed her displeasure clearly on her face.

Jiang Li waved her hand and said, "I don't have anything to do here. Xiangqiao, you stay and tell me about the current situation in the mansion. Yunshuang, you go down first."

Yunshuang was eager to leave early, so she agreed immediately. Xiangqiao stayed, and Jiang Li asked her to sit down, but Xiangqiao said she didn't dare.

After Xiangqiao declined and sat down, Jiang Li opened the jewelry box given by Ji Shuran, picked out a ruby ​​dragonfly hairpin from it, stuffed it into Xiangqiao's hand, and said, "I just returned to the mansion not long ago, and I still need to rely on Sister Xiangqiao for advice. Sister Xiangqiao, please tell me about the situation in the mansion."

Xiang Qiao swallowed, she should have declined, but the jewel hairpin in her hand was so heavy that she just couldn't bring herself to say no.

If Miss Jiang Er doesn't make a move, it's fine. But once she does, it's an irresistible temptation! Who can resist?

After thinking for a while, Xiang Qiao thought, it seems that the second young lady is a fool. Since she is now serving the second young lady, as long as she can make the second young lady happy, she can make a lot of money every day. As for the situation in the mansion, there are no smart people around Jiang Li anyway, so she has to rely on her own mouth? This way, she will not betray the lady, and she can even get two silvers.

Thinking of this, Xiangqiao became happy and said, "Second Miss, please don't say that. It is my duty to answer your questions. Now in this mansion..." But she never let go of Chaizi's hand.

Tong'er was so anxious that she scratched her head. It was obvious that Xiangqiao had bad intentions. Jiang Li even gave her such a generous reward. You know, people are always greedy. But looking at Jiang Li's current expression, it was clear that she was listening to Xiangqiao's words very seriously.

Xiangqiao was talking so much that her saliva flew all over the place, and her mouth was dry. Seeing Jiang Li listening carefully, she couldn't help but feel proud. What she said seemed to be detailed, but in fact, most of it was about the second and third rooms. As for the wife of the first room, she didn't reveal a word. This second young lady was also stupid. She actually believed it without a doubt. She could get a gem hairpin by saying some insignificant words. It was a rare and good job.

After talking for half an hour, when they finally ran out of things to say, Xiang Qiao said, "Second Miss, this is the current situation in the mansion."

Jiang Li was listening intently. Xiang Qiao stopped talking at this moment. She seemed to be still wanting to hear more. After thinking for a while, she said, "Since there is nothing to talk about in the mansion, let's talk about the interesting things outside the mansion."

"Outside the house?" Xiangqiao was stunned.

"Yes, is there anything interesting happening in Yanjing City in recent years? I heard that Rong Xinling's old lady passed away three years ago. I remember that she gave me a double-sided embroidery of Guanyin when I was a child. Also, I heard Sister Yuxiang talk about the most beautiful woman in Yanjing City. Her husband was the new champion. I heard that he died of illness a few days ago. Is it true?"

　Previous heroines, such as Ruanmei and Niangniang, were the result of lack of family education since childhood. They did not receive proper guidance during their growth, so their personalities had some minor flaws. The difference in this book is that Lizi's family is complete and happy, and the scumbag she met in her previous life was also met after she got married. Therefore, Lizi's personality is not dark, on the contrary, she is a very wise, warm, and righteous good girl.

　　The one with character flaws in this book is the male protagonist, a dark devil who is particularly ruthless, heartless, cruel and merciless.

　　But it's really fun to train a chili pepper, right? It's really rewarding to train a big bad wolf into a loyal dog, right?
　　Correct!
　　Chacha's bad taste [smile]
　　
　
(End of this chapter)